Open Thread and Diary Rescue

Riding the Diary Rescue streetcar tonight are watercarrier4diogenes, Blank Frank, HoosierDeb, ybruti, shayera, and jlms qkw, with YatPundit in the motorman's chair on a cool New Orleans night.

Diary Rescue is all about promoting good writers, so remember to subscribe to diarists whose work you enjoy reading.

The Rescues:

• Altoid77 alerts us to the start of a fantastic event in Shameless Plug for Wildlife: Operation Migration 2009. (jlms qkw)
• AKMask shares some fascinating information about the International Space Station and wonders But do the aliens steal wifi? (shayera)
• There's a new film out about Joshua Heschel, the civil-rights rabbi who "looked like God." Kossack jmadlc55 has some thoughts on this remarkable man in Missing Someone You've Never Met. (Blank Frank)
• citisven brings a really surprising and excellent edition of EcoJustice: Getting a taste of what it means to be Black to us, replete with some wonderful photography. (watercarrier4diogenes)
• Timothy Karr warns that the FCC Fine Print Could Undermine an Open Internet. (ybruti)
• Nuisance Industry takes us on a mindful walk down memory lane, starting One year ago. (HoosierDeb)
• fake consultant describes the possible results of today's vote in WA state in On Closing The Deal, Or, Referendum 71 Polling Analyzed. (ybruti)
• Avenging Angel points out that Cheney Turns to Sgt. Schultz Defense in Plame Case. (shayera)
• rdbaker43 regales us with his recent adventure in BBC Arabic TV interviews Obamabot on the streets of D.C. (w/poll). (watercarrier4diogenes)
• thereisnospoon deconstructs thought processes in Teabaggers: The Cult of the Silent Majority. (jlms qkw)
• Max Udargo has an update to his recommended diary of a few weeks ago: his mom finally found a program to get some coverage for her health problems. But that's just one of the reasons he gives in Why I Just Contributed to Alan Grayson. (Blank Frank)
• ElsieElsie provides a deeply personal look at Coming Out and Living Out: My Story and a Prayer. (watercarrier4diogenes)
• BruceMcF provides the details on the (criminal?) shenanigans of our favorite ex-Australian in Is Rupert Murdoch Picking His Partner's Pockets ... (jlms qkw)

jotter has High Impact Diaries: November 2, 2009.

brillig has tonight's Top Comments - Election Night 2009 Edition.

Please join the Diary Rescue krewe this evening by suggesting your own rescues in this Open Thread.