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Things to Do This Week!
Things to Do for December 5-8 by Mercury Staff Christmas continues to pile up around us in a blizzard of tweaked takes on the season, including a holiday opera based on the life of a superstar...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Trump Picks Unqualified Ben Carson, Michigan Recount...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! And you have the audacity to even come and step to me, ask to hold some money from me until you get your check next week. LET'S GO TO PRESS.FINALLY SOME...
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The Walking Dead Recap: Dear God, Carl is DUMB
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Hey Walking Dead fans, this just in: CARL IS DUMB. You'll know what I mean if you watched last night's episode, so join me after the jump for a SPOILER-FILLED recap of how...
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Westworld and the Bloodless Robot Coup in the Season Finale
by Tricia Romano Dr. Ford and BernardHBOWe want the robot. We love the robot. We fear the robot. I have two robots already in my house; I call their names, Alexa and Siri, and I ask them for simple...
View ArticleIncoming Attorney General Jeff "I Thought the KKK Was OK Until I Heard They...
by Dan Savage Politico takes a look at Jeff Sessions'"coming war on legal marijuana."Without any protection from Congress, every marijuana grower and dispensary owner who came out of the shadows to...
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The Eagles Lodge on Hawthorne May Soon Be Sold, Members Say
by Doug Brown The East Portland Eagles Lodge at 4904 SE HawthorneGoogle MapsAfter 51 years in the middle of the Hawthorne District, the East Portland Eagles Lodge may soon be sold by the national...
View ArticleWhat I Wish I'd Done
by Anonymous There I was doing my servant job. The day before, a hard day of technical difficulties, and stupid, entitled, rude, ungrateful, horrible, rotten people, left me tired and in a bad mood....
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Amazon Plans to *Disrupt* the Bodega Industry with "Amazon Go"
by Rich Smith Just a guy feelin' great about purchasing his individual food unit. LADO / Shutterstock.comThank GOD. I was just about to write a 20,000-word thinkin' piece about how dangerously close...
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The “Liberal Bubble” Is a Ridiculous Myth
by Ned Lannamann SNL extrapolated the idea of the liberal bubble in a recent sketch.NBCNow that the white working class has enabled a Manhattan billionaire to dick-swing his way into the White House,...
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Recount Update: Jill Stein's Quixotic Battle For Democracy Continues Apace...
by Jennifer Campbell COURTESY JILL STEIN FOR PRESIDENTJill Stein's #Recount2016 appears to be going full steam, despite the best efforts of Trump's lawyers and Republicans in Michigan, Pennsylvania...
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Good Morning, News: Portland Cops Kill a Man, City Battles Judge on Police...
by Dirk VanderHart Officer involved shooting in East Portland early this morning. Details are sketchy, but cops say they've killed a man in his 50s who emerged from a home toting a rifle, following a...
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No Faith in the Faithless: These “Heroic” Half-Measures are Doomed to Fail
by Bobby Roberts iStock/Bill OxfordThe Electoral College as designed by Alexander Hamilton is meant to be the last defense against a demagogue's ascension to our country's most powerful position. This...
View Article"Thrifty" Trump Cancels Air Force One Order; Twitter Hilariously Responds
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Today in stupid things that President-Elect Donald Trump said:Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4...
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Photos from the Thesis' Two-Year Anniversary at Kelly's Olympian, Thurs Dec 1
by Ciara Dolan The Last Artful, DodgrChristopher Garcia ValleChristopher Garcia ValleChristopher Garcia ValleLast Thursday monthly hip-hop showcase the Thesis celebrated its second anniversary at...
View ArticleOne Day at a Time
Your deeply trusted, time-honored chronicle of the collapse of western civilization. by Ann Romano MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28Welcome back to One Day at a Time, dears—your deeply trusted, time-honored...
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Hulk broke... so Hulk write fake news! by The Incredible Hulk Dear puny humans...HULK BROKE! First, landlord make Hulk pay “extra tenant fee” for puny Bruce Banner! Then, Hulk get “let go” from...
View ArticleMijo's Magnetic and Mutated House Music
Mexico City producer Mijo speaks to third world experiences through techno. by Daniela Serna MIJO IS AN alias of producer Alec Sander, a hyperactive player in Mexico’s internationally hyped and...
View ArticleMy Body’s Fragmented Identities
Portland duo My Body’s forthcoming EP, Seven Wives, is classical pop. by Morgan Troper BEING CLASSICALLY trained has never exactly been a badge of honor in the world of popular music (unless you’re in...
View ArticleThe Pylon Reenactment Society Revives the Past
Athens, Georgia’s Pylon Reenactment Society builds on Pylon’s enduring legacy. by Robert Ham BACK IN 1987, when R.E.M. were reaching a commercial breakthrough with their fifth album Document and its...
View ArticleThings to Do Music
Noteworthy shows for the week of December 7-13. by Mercury Staff WEDNESDAY 12/7MATMOS, JEFF CAREY, BULLY FAE (Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison) Experimental electronic musicians Drew Daniel and M.C....
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