Late Afternoon/Early Evening Open Thread

What You Missed on Sunday Kos ....

• In The Past and Future Election, DemFromCT discussed the stark policy contrasts between the two presumptive nominees for president--particularly in policies that the American people are reporting as most important to them this election cycle.
• DemFromCT--doing double duty this Sunday--addressed the painful and difficult topic of how decisions are made about who to treat and who not to during a widespread emergency, when medical resources are finite and can't cover all of the afflicted, in Disasters, Surge and Pandemics.
• SusanG reviewed Larry Bartels' Unequal Democracy.
• DHinMI explored how the Bush administration's naivete and bumbling closes doors on opportunity in Lebanon: Yet Another Foreign Policy Opportunity Screwed Up by the Bush Administration.
• BarbinMD looked at John McCain's long, corrupt history of doing favors for shady characters and land speculators in If the Price is Right, You've Got a Friend in John McCain..
• mcjoan examined the subterranean ties between telecoms and front groups involved in the electoral process in Hoyer's and Rockefeller's Strange Corporate Bedfellow.
• Plutonium Page gave readers the rundown on the new line of junk science making the rounds in Alaska in Enter the Inhofian Polar Bear Expert.
• Meteor Blades reviewed Tim Shorrock's Spies for Hire.