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News and opinion from around US-opolis Tuesday, March 27, for 2012

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News and opinion from around US-opolis for Monday, March 26, 2012

The Tao and I

Speakers' Corner KillgoreTrout - March 25, 2012 38

The book was the translation by Gia Fu Feng and contains beautiful black and white nature photos by Jane English. I was pleased with this gift and was eager to dive in get acquainted with the Tao Te Ching. Wow, it was so mysterious to me at first. I had very little understanding of what these eighty one ideograms meant and how they could apply to my life.

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

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

Vox Populi – 3-16-2012

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AdLib : Looks like time to bring tonight's edition of Vox Populi to an end. Thanks Sally and everyone else for making it another...

PLANETPOV UPDATE: Site Maintenance Tonight

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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...

Giving Limbaugh the Bum’s Rush

Speakers' Corner MurphTheSurf3 - March 5, 2012 140

The Best Apology from Limbaugh would be for Limbaugh to Leave the Air... His absence is the only "I'm sorry" that will do. IT IS TIME...

Vox Populi – 2-24-2012

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AdLib : Looks like it's about that time now to wrap up Vox Populi for the night. Thanks to all for another rousing evening....

Vox Populi – 2-17-2012

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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...

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The 2nd No Kings Protest – 10-18-2025

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It was quite energizing to be among thousands of my neighbors in this city who reflect how informed, creative, and principled they are. It was a real antidote to the ignorance, bigotry, and hateful cruelty that oozes every day from Trump and his MAGA cultists.

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