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Friday Music Thread – Why So Serious?

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You've blogged about important issues all week, you've earned a chance to relax and recharge. It's Music Time. So, this week's theme for this thread...

Join Us Tonight For Vox Populi!

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Another Friday is here so once again PlanetPOV presents tonight its live chat on the week's events, Vox Populi. All members are invited to...

Vox Populi – 7-30-2010

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Blues Tiger : I will call it a nighht too.. Thanks once again for the great convo Blues Tiger : nite...

Friday Music Thread – Nostalgia

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Today's music thread is about nostalgia, songs that remind you of times in your past or the past itself. Songs that take you back...

Time Out for OT – Vol 10

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During the day, do you read a story and you feel it is worth sharing? Where to place it? I don't...

Vox Populi – 7-23-2010

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PatsyT : All the Best to you Dear Bito Have a lovely evening bitohistory : night all, been fun,again bitohistory : We...

Vox Populi – 7-16-2010

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PatsyT : Washington opps it is late PatsyT : Khirad I am still looking forward to you washing pics PatsyT : Hey...

Netroots Planet

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This Thursday, the premiere annual Progressive convention, Netroots Nation begins. I'm pleased to say that I will be attending, representin' PlanetPOV and our community. All...

Vox Populi – 7-9-2010

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1 guest is online. VegasBabe : Hi Folks. I ama not sure if any of you have heard the sad news about...

Friday Music Thread – Remembrance

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This week we lost one of our bigger-than-life colleagues in the world of Progressive blogging, HumeSkeptic. Much has been shared about him here and at...

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