Hillary's Popularity Vote Lead
by Anonymous Thank gawd the US is a republic and we have the electoral college system. It protects us against mob rule. Majorities can be oppressive. 51% of the pop should not have boundless control...
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First Impressions of Final Fantasy XV (Without Any Spoilers) (But With a Lot...
by Morgan Troper Samantha SutcliffeIt took slightly longer to build Rome than develop Final Fantasy XV. The game was first unveiled over a decade ago, as a spinoff that was then titled Final Fantasy...
View ArticleManchester by the Sea and the Saddest Handyman
Casey Affleck is very sad. by Marc Mohan THE HISTORY of American men on screen is the history of repressed emotion. From Marlon Brando’s animalistic slow boil to Cary Grant’s Teflon-coated...
View ArticleTech Time
by Anonymous Good God. the amount of time people spend on technology. on their devices, whatever it is, hours and hours of the day, all this useless, mindless information. selecting which device is...
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Good Morning, News: Polluted National Guard Armories, A Revenge Porn...
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. These links should be clicked. Neil PerryIf you aren't, at least, morally opposed to police beatings, maybe you'll be against them for financial reasons:In a...
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Things to Do This Weekend!
Things to do for December 2-4 by Mercury Staff Welcome to December. It is not playing around. December's pretty goddamned serious about providing as much holiday cheer as possible, in as many...
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Trump Supporters Panic; File Lawsuit to Stop Recount
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey "The election was rigged! Which is why we must stop this recount!"iStock/scarletsailsIn a story that will quite likely shock the crap directly into your pants, Trump supporters...
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BJ Smith on Top Chef Tryouts and His Secret Weapon
by Andrea Damewood Top Chef went 11 seasons before it cast any chef from Portland—and then gave us a two-fer with Departure's Gregory Gourdet and Doug Adams, then of Imperial and of the upcoming...
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The Portland Office that Handles Pot and Neighborhood Associations Might Soon...
by Dirk VanderHart If Portland officials approve a bold new system for financing city elections in coming weeks, it's not going to be housed anywhere near city elections staff. Instead, the Mercury...
View ArticleTo the Person Who Ran Over My Cat Last Night
by Anonymous Hey, first off, I'm not here to yell at you. I'm not %100 sure what happened, but I do know that you stopped, picked him up, and drove him across town to the emergency vet during rush...
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What To Watch Tonight: An "Emergency Healing Screening" of Leonard Cohen's...
by Ned Lannamann The news of Leonard Cohen’s death came like a cruel punchline, karma’s final dig following the horrors of America’s 2016 election. Despite the timing, Cohen was never a generational...
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Steve Novick is Renaming SW Fourth Avenue After an Embittered Bob Dylan Tune
by Dirk VanderHart First line of the song City Hall's location is now named after: "You got a lot of nerve to say you are my friend. When I was down you just stood there grinnin'."PBOTThe Bob Dylan...
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Record Review: Point Juncture, WA, Me or the Party
by Morgan Troper “THE DOUBLE ALBUM”—considered by many to be a vestige of rock’s masturbatory past—is an affront to the modern music fan’s stroboscopic attention span. But the medium is experiencing...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Love Letter, Interrupted
by Dan Savage Should I get married to my transgender undocumented girlfriend before January 20? We live in Chicago and have been very happy in love and committed to each other for 2...
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Just In Time For Trump, Jobs Are Back to Where They Were Before the Crash of...
by Charles Mudede The Matrix is hiring...20th Century FoxWhile there was lots of talk about the 1,000 or so jobs that Trump saved with a bunch of promised tax breaks—an approach to job protectionism...
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Former Police Chief Larry O'Dea, Who Shot A Friend, Says Charge Against Him...
by Doug Brown Ashley AndersonFormer Portland Police Chief Larry O'Dea, who resigned this summer after news broke that he shot a friend during a camping trip in rural Harney County in April, says that...
View ArticleIt is NOT a "Crash"
by Anonymous It’s not a "crash," good people.The word "crash" is obviously onomatopoeia, just like "boom" and "bang." No crashing sound is heard when nearly one or two tons of metal crushes soft human...
View ArticleCheck Yourself
by Anonymous To the people who are constantly complaining about people who move to Portland. To the people who try to shame and make them feel guilty. Wake up! You claim to be a "native oregonian" -...
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TONIGHT! It's Dan Savage's Holiday Special!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey You know Dan Savage, you love Dan Savage... and now Dan Savage is returning to Portland TONIGHT for a special one-night-only engagement! It’s Dan Savage’s Holiday Special—a...
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This Weekend's Style Events
by Elizabeth Mollo As promised, here is the round-up of fashion events for this weekend:WM GoodsWM Goods will host a Holiday Pop-Up Shop where vendors will include REIFhaus, Berlin Skin, Beach Bones...
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