News and opinion from around US-opolis for Friday, January 27, 2012

Wonder about Purgatory no more, it’s time for another GOP debate! You’re invited to join us here for a live blogging of this last debate before the GOP primary in Florida.

President Obama delivers his State of the Union address tonight at 6:00 pm PST/9:00 pm EST. You’re invited to join us tonight for a special Live Chat during this address and the Republican response to it.

Join us tonight for a live blog of the anticipated Rocky-type slugfest of a debate between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney…with Rick Santorum as Adrian and Ron Paul as Mickey. See you then!

The Dickensian disdain for the poor resonates with some people today.

Just a week ago, Mitt Romney was on the verge of winning three straight primaries and locking up the nomination. Today, Mitt has only one win and may lose tonight in SC. Join us here to discuss predictions about and the results and impact of the SC primary.

Just in time for the 2012 election PlanetPOV presents the new Periodic Table of Dangerous Elements. There are plenty of new infamous characters added but there are still some golden oldies on the table.  Some more notorious international figures were added as well but really you could make a whole [...]

As an antidote to some of the negative things we’ve seen recently, this weekend’s music theme is a tribute to the goodness and compassion of many of our fellow Americans in the South.

Perry’s out! Newt’s up! Romney’s down! Newt’s ex-wife attacks! Romney’s taxes attack him! And the South Carolina primary is in two days! Join us for a live blog of tonight’s debate, it should be entertaining!

For Mitt Romney whose “principles” are interchangeable Lego blocks, his response to the GOP base that wants him to say things that would be lies is, “No problem, I can do that!”

This is penultimate debate before the South Carolina primary which looks like the final opportunity for any of the others to stop Romney so logically, they should come out guns-a-blazin’ against him…but expecting logic from Republicans is like expecting honesty…from Republicans. Join us for tonight’s live blog of the debate!

This weekend’s theme is a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. and the better world we live in today due to the principles and dedication of this great man.

What would happen if I listen, really listen to the news 24 hours a day? What would I hear from the different channels? Would it make me angry, happy, sad, disgusted? I asked myself those questions and decided, what the hell, I m going to find out.

Bernie.Madoff speaks out against the travesty of attacking Romney and Free Enterprise in the following piece…originally written on several rolls of toilet paper in prison.