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Friday Night at the Planet 12-18-09

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A happy Friday to everyone! What a week! The health care bill, Copenhagen, and Tiger Woods. Guess which got the most coverage? Once again, The Planet...

Musical ties through the generations and those “Ingleses locos”

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The “Oldies But Goodies” Friday night at PPOV post last week got me recollecting about a neat thing that happened this summer. It was...

Vox Populi – 12 -11-09

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Vox Populi - 12 -11-09 AdLib : THAT'S ALL FOR VOX POPULI BUT WE"RE MOVING OVER TO THE POST, PLEASE JOIN US THERE!...

Vox Populi – AfterChat – 12-11-09

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Tonight's live chat continues here!

The Weekly Planet – 11-20-09

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The Weekly Planet 11-20-09 Special Guests: FeloniousMonk and Grabamop AdLib : THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US AT THE WEEKLY PLANET! THANKS TO OUR SPECIAL GUESTS,...

Debate Night Live – 11-13-09

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Debate for 11-13-09: Did Democrats compromise too much on the Health Care Bill? Debating: Pro: KarateKid Con: KQuark nellie : Moving to the thread now... see y'all there ...

Friday Music Thread – Your Early Faves

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Welcome to our Friday Night Music thread! This week's theme is the music you grew up with, the songs you heard as a kid...

Friday Night at The Planet – 12-11-09

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A happy Friday to everyone! It's been another eventful week. a breakthrough in the Senate on Health Care Reform, President Obama made his historic acceptance...

Talking about Not Talking about Not Talking

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Since the orbit of The Planet periodically brings it close to the wormhole that is The Huffington Post (mainly after full moons), I think...

Touched by an Angel – A Christmas Story

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This morning after my husband and I walked our little dog, and while my husband was on the phone, an unfamiliar vehicle pulled into...

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Friday Night at the Planet 12-18-09

Musical ties through the generations and those “Ingleses locos”

Vox Populi – 12 -11-09

Vox Populi – AfterChat – 12-11-09

The Weekly Planet – 11-20-09

Debate Night Live – 11-13-09

Friday Music Thread – Your Early Faves

Friday Night at The Planet – 12-11-09

Talking about Not Talking about Not Talking

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