Open Thread and Diary Rescue

(Tonight’s selections are brought to you courtesy of the Rescue Rangers. Miss Laura)

This evening’s Rescue Rangers are srkp23, taylormattd, watercarrier4diogenes, got a grip, shayera, msobel, and joyful, with nyc in exile as editor.

• When CNN Ignores Three Big Stories to Cover Bush’s Scottish Terriers, diarist We Have Mitchell From NYC On The Line lets the dogs out and doesn’t let the big stories get away. (msobel)
• pale cold gives us a heartbreaking story on Throwing Stones, honor killings, and other atrocities committed against women. (joyful)
• Like an evil jack-in-the-box, Douglas Feith has popped out of his neocon box to explain why he’s not as stupid as he appears to be. litigatormom shares the details in Heeeeee’s Baaaaaaaack! Douglas Feith ‘Splains How “Mistakes Were Made”. (Got a Grip)
• a brain asks a question, one that Dem leaders (cough-Rahm-cough) should get ‘a brain’ and think of an answer to, in Will Texas and other Democrats blow it again?. (watercarrier4diogenes)
• Young N Restless wonders if we are headed to a post-democratic nation as BushCo consolidates power and both Rs and Ds pass unconstitutional legislation: Reviewing the Post-911 America. (srkp23)
• Eternal Hope reports on how hate flies under the radar in Anti-Immigrant Group FAIR Designated as Hate Group. (msobel)
• Jesselyn Radack knows that this isn’t the first time BushCo has withheld torture evidence: Déjà vu: The Erased CIA Interrogation Tapes and Withholding Torture Evidence from Courts. One (of many?) recent times that it happened, she paid a heavy price for objecting. (watercarrier4diogenes)
• Silence is Complicity says that Torture, Destruction of Evidence, Obstruction of Justice–Just a Typical Day in the Bush Administration yet former ethics advisor Jesselyn Radack can not get any Democrats to listen to her. (joyful)
• jimstaro spotlights today’s congressional hearings on veteran suicides and PTSD and offers up an excellent compendium of research on Mental Health Care for Our Combat Veterans. (srkp23)
• LithiumCola does his best to translate Friedman’s rhetoric in Friedman Thinks Bahrain is a Heroin-Stuffed Teddy Bear. (shayera)
• Mary2002 meticulously analyzes the details and puts together a micro-timeline in Tapes & Torture I – What Happened September 13th? (srkp23)
• markthshark highlights another battle we need to keep fighting in FISC Rules Against Release of Warrantless Wiretap Documents. (shayera)
• The Big E provides a thorough and well-researched report on the race to replace a retiring Minnesota House republican in MN-03 Candidate Comparison. (taylormattd)

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