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Fine Young Cannibals

Speakers' Corner Marion - June 23, 2011 1

When the Democrats have to be told home truths by Pat Buchanan, you know something is not only rotten, it's shameful. Earlier this week, in...

The Daily Planet, Vol. 102

Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - June 23, 2011 4

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Thursday, June 23, 2011. Sorry for the late post--computer pixies!!

The Daily Planet, Vol. 101

Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - June 22, 2011 21

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Remember That Thing You Liked When You Were A Kid?

Speakers' Corner ADONAI - June 22, 2011 9

I could tell my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio. ~Rodney Dangerfield I wanna talk a little nostalgia in this...

The Daily Planet, Vol. One Hundred

Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - June 21, 2011 38

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Tuesday, June 21 , 2011

The Daily Planet 99

Speakers' Corner Chernynkaya - June 20, 2011 5

News and opinion from around US-opolis for Monday, June 20, 2011

A Message to Progressives: Lily Ledbetter’s What Democrats Are All About

Speakers' Corner Marion - June 19, 2011 2

The kindergarten of spoiled, affluent children pretending to dabble in politics, otherwise known as Netroots Nation, hit a new low when the White...

To my Father….

Speakers' Corner Abbyrose86 - June 19, 2011 4

Today is Father’s day and I wish to honor my father, Gene, who left this world 9 years ago at the age of 75. My...

….. on the “BitTorrent” issue…

Speakers' Corner BlueStateMan - June 18, 2011 29

There is a great deal of consternation regarding the fact that a Senate Committee just passed the ‘Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act’. If signed...

Why You Don’t Know What You’re Talking About

Speakers' Corner ADONAI - June 18, 2011 36

There comes a time when the mind takes a higher plane of knowledge but can never prove how it got there. Albert Einstein How much do...

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