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Friday Night Music Thread – You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet!

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Welcome to our Friday Night Music Thread here at The Planet! Tonight is all about discovery. Songs that you love that a lot of...

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Another Friday means another edition of our live, real time chat about the week's events, Vox Populi! You are again cordially invited to join your...

Vox Populi – AfterChat – 2-5-2010

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Vox Populi – 1-29-2010

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PlanetPOV store on Zazzle – Now Open!

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UPDATE: THE PLANETPOV STORE ON ZAZZLE IS NOW OPEN! You can go there now to purchase shirts, bumper stickers and coffee mugs! And you can...

First Planet Pop Quiz

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OK I get the feeling some of you did not do your home work so here is a pop quiz. Who is Ruckusium and what...

Time Out for OT – Vol 3

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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 like to...

Vox Populi – 1-22-2010

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