Riding tonight's Rescue Ranger streetcar are Yashua, vcmvo2, hhex65, dopper0189, kath25, and Got a Grip, with YatPundit in the motorman's chair.

• Stranded Wind shares a fascinating idea for generating power and heat (and there are pootie pics, too!) in Walkabout #23: Felines & Fenestration. (Got a Grip)
• DWG shares a parable that goes to the heart of what it may take to sway those that deny global warming in Zen and the art of earth maintenance. (Got a Grip)
• Forgiven highlights the racial disparity in the enforcement of America's drug laws in Drug Wars VIII. (hhex65)
• StormBear continues his excellent history series in Black History: Reconstruction. (dopper0189)
• clammyc writes a nice op-ed on why voter identification law hurt democrats in Your vote only counts if you are a republican. (Yashua)
• protothad writes a poem about the Bush years and concludes with the refrain, No More (a poem about November). (vcmvo2)
• iampunha offers a bit of important history regarding a deadly disease, one which we can all make a difference in fighting with minimal time, effort and money in May 13, 1857: Sir Ronald Ross, malaria doctor, is born. (Got a Grip)
• Cufford brings us a thorough piece on one reason the Bush administration is beating the war drums against Iran in It's about the pipelines, stupid! (Yashua)
• In Give veterans the chance to pursue higher education, Code Breaker gives a point-by-point rebuttal of the President and Senator McCain's, cynical opposition to this GI Bill (Webb version). (vcmvo2)
• kyledeb reports the Bush administration's heartless ICE policy and calls for new legislation in A Crumb For the Starving: Detainee Basic Medical Care Act of 2008. (Avila)
• azindy provides some in-depth analysis on a Proposition that should interest everyone voting on June 3rd in California in Specious Argument for California's Proposition 98. (Got a Grip)

jotter brings us High Impact Diaries - May 12, 2008.

brillig has Top Comments: 5/13/08 NNSL/Meetup Edition.

Please join Diary Rescue this evening by suggesting your own picks in this Open Thread.