(Tonight's selections are brought to you courtesy of the Rescue Rangers. SusanG)

This evening's Rescue Rangers are pico, hhex65, twilight falling, shayera, Cordelia Lear, joyful and srkp23, with watercarrier4diogenes with his Gryffindor 1st Year robes on at the wheel of editmobile.

Tonight's diaries cover a variety of interesting issues rarely (if ever) covered by the MSM, definitely not with the perspective and analysis offered here:

• Lib Dem FoP describes the mechanics and effects of currency carry trade transactions in The US Dollar - From Reserve Currency to Carry Currency. (hhex65)
• An informed voter is a smart voter: DemocraticLuntz helps by laying out positions and voting records in Where they Stand: Voting Rights. (pico)
• Mark H brings us a interesting worm that wouldn't make it past the FCC decency law: Marine Life Series: Mighty Aphrodite. (pico)
• The Epic Love, Suffering, and Death of Ricardo Gomez Garcia is a touching story of how immigration and deportation affect the young and innocent by kyledeb. (Cordelia Lear)
• In Too Few Good Men CommanderJeff Huber laments the retirement of Judge Advocate General officer Colby Vokey. (Cordelia Lear)
• First-time diarist dantyrant updates us on the possibility of US Military Bases Proposed in Lebanon. (joyful)
• be inspired had a scary Halloween attending the last public FCC meeting on media consolidation, and urges us to Stand Up for Better Media! (srkp23)
• McCamy Taylor looks at the force of religion for progressive change: Who's Afraid of the Virgin Mary? Reclaiming Our Slice of the American Spiritual Pie. (srkp23)
• Veteran TKK tells us‚Äîfrom personal experience‚Äîwhat our military personnel who suffer traumatic brain injuries face in The silent epidemic & "signature" injury of the Iraq war. (twilight falling)
• juliewolf reminds us how many Americans are one problem away from financial disaster and starts looking at solutions in Poverty: What Now? (twilight falling)

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