Open Thread and Diary Rescue

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• IndieArmyWife provides a tour-de-force of opportunities to Remember the Injured As Well as the Fallen This Veteran's Day. (HoosierDeb)
• shanikka ponders why the abortion debate hasn't changed much in the last 40 years and suggests how it needs to change in order to bring wider rights to women in We Won't Win the Stupak-Pitts War With The Same Old Same Old. (grog)
• Self-proclaimed "gay-friendly musician who shops at farmers markets and prays at the altar of composting" citisven shares detailed memories of a 2006 World Cup trip to Germany, in We're Going to Berlin! (of walls and soccer balls). (ItsJessMe)
• Vikingkingq offers yet another pragmatic suggestion on solving one aspect of the current jobs problem in Jobs (Insurance) For the Young! (Part 11 of a Series). (grog)
• Yosef52 takes a look back -- way back -- and wonders about The World No One Anticipated--Or Could Have. (jlms qkw)
• First-time diarist dackmont riffs with several sources to comment on health care and mental illness in I'm not coming down, no matter what you say *. (mem from somerville)
• ArchibaldWatt provides some helpful, snarky advice on how to punch a few wingnut buttons in Rhymes with Schmaschmortion. (grog)
• socratic finds a silver lining in a story about a recent loss: It ends, peacefully and with family all around. (ItsJessMe)

jotter brings us High Impact Diaries: November 9, 2009.

brillig has Top Comments - Preparing to Travel Edition.

Please suggest your own favorites from the last 24 hours, and use as an open thread.