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It's Official: Portland's About to Adopt a New Campaign Finance...
by Dirk VanderHart It wasn't a final vote, but if you were watching Portland City Council consider a new proposed campaign finance system on Wednesday afternoon, you got the picture. As expected,...
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by Anonymous I don't know why, but when I see someone with a huge grin on their face, it annoys the fuck out of me. I saw a guy earlier today pull into the Fred Meyer parking lot after I had just...
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Good Morning, News: Snow, a Big Day For City Council, and the Rape Kit Backlog
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. Put on a sweater and click these links. And, just to get it out of the way early, here's a link about today's weather, and here's a list of school closures....
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Will Trump Kill Legal Cannabis? Maybe, But Don't Forget About All That Weed...
by David Schmader Mike ForceJOE DOLCE is the former editor of Details magazine and the author of Brave New Weed, an expansively researched new book that finds the author trekking from Amsterdam to...
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Finally, An Office Christmas Party That Won't Get You Fired
by Ned Lannamann There's nothing more depressing than a bad office Christmas party. The music is schmaltzy, the eggnog has a skin growing on it, and Walt from marketing starts getting reeeeal...
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Steve Novick's Tax on Egregious CEO Pay Passed, and National Media's All Over It
by Dirk VanderHart Steve NovickIt's a well-worn tradition of Portland City Council (and probably any political body, large or small): Commissioners who are about to pass groundbreaking or politically...
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Snow is Coming—Is Your Sled Ready?
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey As I write this, a snow storm is quickly approaching Portland—and what exactly are you doing about it? While worry warts are rushing the local grocery stores for unneeded...
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Things To Do Film: Jet Li, Christmas Vacation, and Spartacus and Sleeping...
by Mercury Staff AquariusSee review, this issue.Cinema 21.ArrivalIn the bright light of something shiny and new, it’s easy to declare that thing an outlier: To smile and point and proclaim that here,...
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Mexico City Producer Mijo Speaks to Third World Experiences Through Techno
by Daniela Serna MIJO Mexican tech.Courtesy of the artistMIJO IS AN alias of producer Alec Sander, a hyperactive player in Mexico’s internationally hyped and ever-evolving dance music scene. Sander...
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Things to Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff Young Thug Young Thug dropped Jeffery in August, a fantastic preview to his forthcoming and oddly named debut studio album, Hy!£UN35. Though the Atlanta rapper (whose full name is...
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Just So We're Clear, Ohio, Banning Abortion at Six Weeks is Effectively...
by Megan Burbank Unless you have a uterus!fotoguy22 / istockThis week, Ohio's state legislature made a conservative wet dream come true: They voted to ban abortion when a fetal heartbeat is detected,...
View ArticleI Want UK Friends But Not In A Weird Way
by Anonymous I know some Americans are weirdly into Brit culture, they hang up Union Jacks everywhere and devour Doctor Who or Sherlock or Downtown avidly and completely. The truly strange ones will...
View ArticleRubbed Too Many Off
by Anonymous Snow day. Stayed home and ate too much and jacked off far more times than I could count. Now I have all day tomorrow home as well but dick is super raw so no go on that again. What is it...
View ArticleTwo Roommates Who Don't Pay Rent
by Anonymous I rescued two kittens last June and have regretted it ever since. At first, their cuteness was enough to overpower the stench of shit and urine that seems to constantly emanate from the...
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Things to Do This Weekend!
Things to do for December 9-11 by Mercury Staff Up until this point, if you were careful, you could probably duck a lot of the Christmas season's encroachment into most aspects of your life. But this...
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We Got High and Went to Cirque du Soleil's Avatar Ballet
by Erik Henriksen It seemed like a good idea at the time: Get high, fumble our way to some seats in the Moda Center, and watch people in blue unitards jump and dance and sing and pretend to be giant...
View ArticleMoshow's Newest Slow Jam Spreads Love for Cats (and Oregon Humane Society)
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey We've shouted out Moshow—Portland's most prolific and talented cat rapper—before, because he is just SO AWESOME. And now Moshow has a brand new joint to share titled "Adopt a...
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Good Morning, News: Surprise! You've Been Imprisoned in Ice! Also, Pensions
by Dirk VanderHart Good morning, friends. Once again, the Mercury's august leadership elected to hold our holiday party on a Thursday, meaning—triumphant karaoke rendition of Bob Seger's "Fire Lake"...
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The Eighth Fast and the Furious Is Titled The Fate of the Furious and Now I...
by Erik Henriksen From the bloated, festering, maggot-shitting corpse that is 2016, something good and pure and beautiful has, at last, wriggled free and burst forth: It is the title of the eighth...
View ArticleWin Tickets to Spartacus in 70mm!
by Erik Henriksen This weekend, the Hollywood Theatre is showing two classics on 70mm: Disney's Sleeping Beauty and Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus! And it's your lucky day (maybe), because I've got a...
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