Time to cheer up your weekend with a set of the blues. Old or new, share your favorite blues songs and artists, sunglasses are optional.

AdLib : Cheers Murph! MurphTheSurf3 : AdLib saw your final note and agree AdLib : Murph – Sad but true though as that Citibank memo revealed, the one thing the 1% is fearful of, is that the 99% get pushed too far and all the money they have won’t prevent [...]

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Wednesday, March 21, 2012

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Tuesday, March 20, 2012

This week’s music thread is a nostalgic trip through the music that you remember enjoying when you were in school. Share your music education with The Planet (and maybe earn some extra credit!).

AdLib : Looks like time to bring tonight’s edition of Vox Populi to an end. Thanks Sally and everyone else for making it another great evening and discussion. See you next week! AdLib : Get some sleep Murph and please do fill us in on what you see and hear! [...]

Just a heads up that we’ve scheduled server maintenance for tonight and the site will be down for approximately an hour in the late evening, sometime between 10 am and 1 am. Sorry for the inconvenience but this should help The Planet spin even better!  

With Spring on its way, this weekend’s theme is about nature, growing, the seasons, the Earth and all things natural…which clearly won’t include Mitt Romney’s campaign. Nature’s Way — Spirit Joy to the World — Three Dog Night Field’s of Gold — Sting Harvest Moon — Neil Young Two Against [...]

SallyT : Good night! choicelady : LOL!! Good night! SallyT : You have a good weekend, too. Hope you see some rain. Sweet dreams or dreasm right back at you! choicelady : Yes – I’m sad for Sue as well, but she will be fine. She’s one strong woman! Be [...]

SallyT : Night! AdLib : Night! SallyT : Done! AdLib : Thanks Sally! You’re the best! Don’t forget to put the dip back in the fridge. SallyT : You go enjoy the show and the rest of the evening. I will get the lights. AdLib : He was a government [...]

To recognize their strength and power that won’t be diminished by obese neanderthals, this week’s music theme is about women. Women singers, composers and songs about women. It’s time for Girl Power!

With the Academy Awards coming up on Sunday, this weekend’s theme is music from movies. Share your favorite songs and soundtracks from movies past and present or even clips of your favorite movie scenes.

AdLib : Looks like it’s about that time now to wrap up Vox Populi for the night. Thanks to all for another rousing evening. Sleep well Sabreen and Sally! Have a great weekend and hope to see you here next week! Sabreen60 : Nite everyone. Have a great week and [...]

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Monday, February 20, 2012

This week’s music thread is dedicated to celebrating those we miss, whether because time has separated us or time has made it hard to see them as much as we wish we could.

SallyT : Good night, AdLib! AdLib : That’s good news all the way around! Night! SallyT : She feels like she is contributing to everything again. SallyT : You have a great weekend and holiday, too. Oh, thanks AdLib. She is so excited about it. So far likes it too! [...]

News and opinion from around US-opolis for 2012

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Thursday, February 16, 2012

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Tuesday, February 14, 2012

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Monday, February 13, 2012

Since this week’s hot button issue was contraception, we “conceived” a theme for this week’s music thread to be about “baby”s and sex.

choicelady : Thank you Sally – sleep well. Let the meds work their wonders. Another really good conversation on The Planet with wonderful people, excellent ideas. It was great seeing you. Be well! SallyT : You did a great job, too! SallyT : Sure, CL, we can turn off the [...]

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Friday, February 10, 2012

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Thursday, February 9, 2012

Dear Readers: Yesterday I had a frustrating glitch just as I was ready to post. I lost all formatting—no links. Anyway, here are the items. I just hated to throw them all away, so if you want, here they are. You can access all the past editions of The Daily Planet on the green Category bar on the top of each page under the heading PlanetPOV.