Open Thread and Diary Rescue

This evening's Rescue Rangers are Louisiana 1976, vcmvo2, Got a Grip, jlms qkw, jennyjem and ybruti with shayera editing.

• fab 3 writes about World AIDS Day 2009. (jlms qkw)
• Union Review reports this year's White House Christmas Cards Have Teamster Stamp of Approval. (ybruti)
• Still have turkey? RLMiller has a new tasty treat in The Ultimate Thanksgiving Leftover: Socialist Gumbo. Enjoy! (Louisiana 1976)
• While we are focused on HCR, myles spicer reminds us the health care industry is not standing still in A creative new way to help healthcare reform speed BACKWARDS! (jlms qkw)
• RJ HEART describes a children's hospital and wonders What are the colors of humanity? (ybruti)
• Tasini looks at the meta and proposes some connections in Hunger, Dubai and Shopping--The Links. (jlms qkw)
• Looking for an interesting book on climate change and suggestions on how to prevent it? First-time diarist bmx writer offers us A Review of Al Gore's New Book, Our Choice. (Louisiana 1976)
• philiplisagor presents a Critique of Counter Insurgency Warfare Theory. (jennyjem)
• TPau shares some fictional futures, and the reality-based sources in Utopia 17: When the Red Wind Blows. (jlms qkw)
• An elegant experiment in trapping light and slowing down the wavelengths is discussed by AKMask in Weekend Science: Bottle a Rainbow. (vcmvo2)
• erratic describes how he took a chance on learning something new in Drumming in Domenica. (vcmvo2)

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