Tonight's Rescue Rangers are HoosierDeb, mtperson, shayera, mem from somerville and grog.
- CatM gives us a pre-Christmas poem that's awfully relevant: The Night Before Healthcare (Parody). (grog)
- Ralph Lopez reminds us of one of the results of war in Starvation Alert, Our Chance to Show Afghans We Are for Real. (shayera)
- itzik shpitzik provides insights into a moral dilemma with How can I hate this pharmaceutical company? My left eye still works! (mem from somerville)
- In Let's Talk about Regulatory Capture, pragprogress examines the effectiveness of government oversight and whether it's sufficient to offset mounting corporate greed. (HoosierDeb)
- Is frustration at Obama’s seeming to settle for being a good President rather than aspiring to be great one reason for the firestorms engulfing the left blogosphere? catilinus offers his perspective inTea-bag this Hamsher-phobic regressives! (mtperson)
- On topics ranging from binge drinking to trickle down economics, K S LaVida examines Myths that still rule America. (grog)
- In a brutally frank but humorous narrative, Daveparts tells howAn Angel in Memphis touched his life in an unforgettable way. (mtperson)
- CayceP suggests those outraged over The Man making folks work on holidays direct it elsewhere in On working during the holidays. (grog)
- icemilkcoffee finds a confidence building revision in the latest version of the Senate Healthcare package, noting the Devil in the Details 2: AHIP took a left hook to the liver. (HoosierDeb)
- IfIt's Time to Play Hardball then 'tis the season for either baseball or politics. Michael in Ohio goes for politics. (mtperson)
- FrankCornish offers an informative post-mortem in A Couple Days After Grand Ayatollah Montazeri's Death. (mem from somerville)
jotter gives us the day's High Impact Diaries: December 21, 2009, while brillig has Top Comments - Musical Edition.
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