Open Thread and Diary Rescue

by Diary Rescue [courtesy of Daily Kos]

Tonight's Rescue Rangers are joyful, Truth of Angels, vcmvo2, YatPundit, and ybruti, with Unitary Moonbat shuffling the scrolls.

Jotter Appreciation Day continues!  The Rescue Rangers are pleased to announce that beginning tonight, a link to jotter's High Impact Diaries will be a regular feature of Diary Rescue, just like the one we provide for the day's Top Comments.  Thanks again, jotter – your hard work and tireless dedication have not gone unnoticed!

• Red no more has a personal tale of how the War On Drugs disproportionately affects individuals in What Passes for Justice in America Today? (TruthOfAngels)
• Bendy girl reports how and why the strike by United Auto Workers may soon be resolved in End In Sight? (vcmvo2)
• With pictures and startling comparisons to the U.S. in Iraq, gjohnsit presents Lessons from a forgotten American Occupation. (ybruti)
• david mizner highlights recent efforts by Senators Levin and Snowe to Help Protect a Victim of Female Genital Mutilation from deportation into a forced marriage.  (Unitary Moonbat)
• kansasr gives us sufficient reason for Why Local Elections Should Matter To You. (vcmvo2)
• What sort of Bush's National Mall Memorial would The Decider decide on?  jcnossiter has some very snarky theories.  (Unitary Moonbat)
• sagewater2 reflects on the one of the worst of the Bush Administration's policies in A former lawyer writes to her friends about the Yoo Torture Memo. (YatPundit)
• Magnifico offers fascinating insight into Mexico's oil industry in Calderon's Privatization Plan for Mexico's Oil. (YatPundit)
• joeshwingding traces the history of The Debasing of Our Money in the highly-informative Part II of what's turning into an econ series.  (Unitary Moonbat)
• mole333 remembers a great professor in John Stewart Died Last Year: Belated Obit and the Cosmic Banana. (ybruti)
• In the first-part of a promised series, umasslefty lays out how Massachusetts came up with its universal health care model in The Massachusetts Model (or Why Mandates Don't Mean that Much). (vcmvo2)
• Project Vote's Erin Ferns brings the links for Voter Registration Surges, But Fuels Voter Suppression Attempts In State Legislatures, this week's Voting Rights News Update.  (Unitary Moonbat)
• Departing unconditional friends - Sallah, 2002-2008 is a Kossack's diary of love and lament for a late pet, by JDSoOR. (TruthOfAngels)

jotter brings us High Impact Diaries - April 9, 2008.

BeninSC has tonight's Top Comments - XXXXXXXXXXL.

Enjoy, and please promote your own favorite diaries in this open thread.