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Game of Thrones Recap! "Home" Is Where I Want to Be
by Ned Lannamann GAMA THRONES!Now that’s what I’m talking about!After a disappointingly sleepy first episode, Game of Thrones’ sixth season kicked into high gear in its second, proving that the HBO...
View ArticleViolent Dog Owner Shithead
by Anonymous I tried to stop your raging dog from getting to my pup. I saw the 100 lbs of muscle running and I lunged but the dog got to her first. I pulled him off and struggled to hold him but he...
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John Kasich Confident he Could "Probably, I Mean, I Don't, I Don't Know," be...
by Matt Baume John Kasich: Coming in third in a two-man race.Andrew Cline / Shutterstock.com"I don't know how it all works, okay?" said last-placer John Kasich at a campaign appearance that was...
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Twenty-Three People Shot by American Toddlers So Far This Year
by Ansel Herz This is disturbing.Iva Barmina/ShutterstockWashington Post:Last year, a Washington Post analysis found that toddlers were finding guns and shooting people at a rate of about one a week....
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My Misplaced Devotion to Space Jam and Ecstatic Enthusiasm for Space Jam 2
by Bri Brey I'm sure you've seen it floating around the internet this morning: Space Jam 2 is really happening and it's staring LeBron James. GettyThis may be a symptom of being a garbage-brain...
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East Portland Treasures
by Robert Ham Thomas Teal[From E+D, the Mercury's new Spring Eat & Drink Guide!]FEW STREETS are as emblematic of Portland's rapid growth in population and stature as SE Division. While a few...
View ArticleThe Mercury Endorses: Bernie Sanders for President
by the Mercury Endorsement Strike Force HILLARY CLINTON is smart, tough, experienced, and unquestionably qualified to be president. She's also closer than any woman in American history to winning the...
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Despite A Plush Budget Year, Charlie Hales Says A Controversial Business Tax...
by Dirk VanderHart Mayor Charlie Hales glad-hands before unveiling his budget.Last Thursday, it became official: The budget Mayor Charlie Hales proposed for next year would include more general fund...
View ArticleThings To Do Tonight!
by Bobby Roberts Mo Troper, Mr. Bones, Little Star, Alien BoyMo Troper wears many hats. He's a frequent Mercury contributor, and his label, Good Cheer Records, has already dropped a pair of absolute...
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Here's Your 2016 May Voters Cheat Sheet. Love, the Mercury
by Wm.â„¢ Steven Humphrey If you love to read, and want to know how and why we made our choices for the 2016 May election, then check out our Mercury Endorsement Issue here! But if you've got absolutely...
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I Saw Papa: Hemingway in Cuba for Giovanni Ribisi, But Giovanni Ribisi Isn't...
by Suzette Smith How do we know we're in Cuba? Blaring salsa music! Shiny cars! Non-white servants who alert white people to danger! Papa: Hemingway in Cuba is NOT historically accurate! It's not even...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: Soft Serve
by Dan Savage I've been low-grade cruising this beautiful/smart/interesting woman for about 3 years. We cross paths professionally and every once in a while will have a meal or a drink together. There...
View ArticleRadiohead Releases "Burn the Witch" Video
by Ciara Dolan After scrubbing their social media, then sending out vaguely threatening "Burn the Witch" mailers (claiming, "We know where you live") and releasing frustratingly cryptic Instagram...
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Three Indicted For 2014 Murder That Prosecutors Said Helped Spark Gang Violence
by Doug Brown Ervaeua HerringThree men were just indicted for the 2014 murder of Ervaeua Herring, the Portland Police Bureau announced this morning. DeAnthony Simmons, 21, Demetrius Brown, 22, and...
View ArticleA Walk in the Dog Park, i.e. Fred Meyers
by Anonymous I counted three pooches walking the aisles of Freddie's yesterday with owners in tow and a fourth trying to get in but I think he was turned away. Maybe the employee turned him away...
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Donald Trump Solves JFK Assassination, Mocks Puny Human Concepts of Reality
by Matt Baume Is he a man? Or endless Destruction walking the Earth, seeking retribution for the human Age of Reason?a katz / Shutterstock.comOkay, so he's probably not the Zodiac Killer. But did Ted...
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Marvel vs. DC: The Ultimate Comic Cookbook Battle!
by Erik Henriksen [From E+D, the Mercury's new Spring Eat & Drink Guide!]FOR DECADES, obnoxious nerds such as myself have fought one of the stupidest fights in the world: Marvel vs. DC.In years...
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by Bobby Roberts The Von TrappsSay it ain't so! After 15 years of entertaining the crap out of audiences, the von Trapps (actual descendants of the famous Trapp Family Singers from The Sound of Music...
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The Mercury Endorses: Amanda Fritz for City Commissioner, Position 1
by the Mercury Endorsement Strike Force WE KNOW, we know. We talk boldly about shaking up the city in the intro to this thing and then tell you to vote incumbent Amanda Fritz back onto city council...
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Colorado PAC to White Guys Running for Office: "Can You Not?"
by Megan Burbank These success stories are made up. But Can You Not PAC, which urges white men not to run for office, is real. Can You Not PACIt's my trademark response for street-harassing dudes who...
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