Open Thread and Diary Rescue

This evening's Rescue Rangers are Yashua, PaintyKat, jennyjem, Wes Opinion, grog, and joyful, with shayera as editor.

• One of the worse things about having a non-obvious chronic medical condition is people not believing you are actually sick. dancing in a field of yellow flowers explains in her diary But you look so good!. (Wes Opinion)
• iampunha writes a powerful piece that recalls both the birthday of good man, and a terrible mass-murder in May 12, 1889 and 1942: Otto Frank and Auschwitz. (jennyjem)
• JohnnyRook walks us through the political and psychological back story of those who don't believe in global warming in Why Climate Denialists are Blind to Facts and Reason: The Role of Ideology. (grog)
• DCLaw brings us a truly creative tale of intrigue, action and heroism, in which the GOP Superfriends Battle for Telecom Immunity – Full Story! (Yashua)
• In a primer for pundits and anyone else who's a bit fuzzy on how polls work. kendg8r explains it all in an informative diary titled Why The Pundits Don't Understand Polling. (Wes Opinion)
• rmelcher wonders whether we have given sufficient thought to the potential use or abuse of power concerning online organizing and the Presidency in The Presidential Cult. (PaintyKat)
• Mrs Panstreppon connects the dots and gets a picture of a PAC in this link-a-licious post, American Future Fund, GOP Front: Update. (jennyjem)
• Might as well face it, the Bushies are addicted to war, writes ezdidit in the post The Drumbeat for War on Iran...denial and relapse...$20/gal gas? (jennyjem)
• Darkmoth believing we are all racist, discusses his personal perspectives, his experiences, and his comfort level concerning racism and racial accusations race, racist, racism...ugh. (PaintyKat)
• In a well-researched diary about a little known episode in the history of U.S. and Central American relations, gjohnsit takes us through what it takes to go From a whorehouse to a White House. (Wes Opinion)
• Code Breaker questions whether our dependency on oil will raise our unemployment and foster the global food shortage now in its infancy Guess what, US Economy worse than you think. (PaintyKat)

jotter has High Impact Diaries - May 11, 2008.

kath25 has Top Comments 05/12/08 : Of Monks and Mandalas.

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