Open Thread and Diary Rescue

Tonight's Rescue Rangers are BentLiberal, drbcladd, Louisiana 1976, and Yashua, with Unitary Moonbat shuffling the scrolls.

August 6 is a day heavy with portent: previous todays have seen Jamaica gaining its independence from Great Britain (1962); the atomic bombing of Hiroshima (1945); and the first execution by electric chair (1890).

• Two diaries about three days we must always remember: BlueMoon writes on the anniversary of the nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Two days we cannot forget and one year after the deadly Utah mine tragedy jlms qkw reminds us to remember in Coal Kills: Anniversary 2:48AM. (BentLiberal)
• Valtin puts the recent drumhead tribunal in perspective with Torture Trial Ends: Reflections on the Hamdan Verdict.  (Unitary Moonbat)
• dmhlt 66 crunches some numbers, finding that To Get Even RICHER, CEOs Tap Workers' Pension Plans. Okay, the WSJ crunched the numbers but the diarist's point stands. (drbcladd)
• jennix uses both history and anecdote to weave a tale of Steinbeck, Hemon and Our Progressive Zeitgeist.  (Unitary Moonbat)
• Liberal Youth warns of the quagmire of occupation in the well-researched Afghanistan as the next Iraq. (BentLiberal)
• Stormbear's Black History: Brown vs. Board of Education is a good overview of the case and some of social change that transpired as a result of the decision.  (Unitary Moonbat)
• Eagleye spots McCain and His Wife at Motorcycle Sex-O-Rama. Not really, but neither do the traditional, corporate media. (drbcladd)
• Citing Jane Mayer's book The Dark Side, diarist teacherken asks tough questions about the actions of our government and ourselves in the haunting diary, "if that conscience is well and truthfully informed." (BentLiberal)
• First-time diarist rwthomso looks at our country's Warped View and has a bit to say. (drbcladd)
• exexcutedtoday sees some of the same themes in today's date as I do – check out As American as the A-bomb: Debut of the Electric Chair. (Unitary Moonbat)
• feebog discusses a connection to 2001's anthrax attacks and asks some tantalizing questions in The Anthrax Puzzle- Why Princeton?. (Louisiana 1976)
• RH Reality Check views the outcome of a Kansas Republican primary as a sign of things to come in Pro-Choice GOP Win & Kline Defeat Signal End of Social Conservatism. (BentLiberal)
• hannah explores Bushco, Korean War massacres, and issues of motive in Criminal Intent--That's going to be hard to prove. (Unitary Moonbat)

taylormattd has tonight's Top Comments: These Should Be Sig Lines, Part VII.

jotter brings High Impact Diaries - August 5, 2008.

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