Long haired bartender
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View ArticleOne of a Kind Freethinker
by Anonymous I'm a proud right-wing deplorable and whenever I read something about TRUMP that the BIASED FAKE LIBERAL media "reports" on, I just sit back, crack open another Rocky Top and look at the...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: GOP Health Care Vote Postposed Again, Trump Reaches New...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Don't need no hateration, holleration, in this dancerie. Let's get it percolatin' while you're waiting, so just dance for me. LET'S GO TO PRESS.A man in...
View ArticleThings to Do Monday!
6 things to do for July 17 by Mercury Staff Danielle Ate the Sandwich, The Doubleclicks Angela Webber—half of the nerd-folk duo the Doubleclicks—will soon depart for Los Angeles, which means this...
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Things to Do This Week: July 17-20
by Mercury Staff Summer's in full swing. The public pools are open. The days are sunny. The city awaits, a playground of entertainment just waiting for you to jump in, with free shows from Orquestra...
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Thorns Flex and the Courage Fall 1-0
by Erin O'Regan Too hot to wear a scarf? Just hold it above your head! ROSE CITY RIVETERS REPRESENT!Photo courtesy Portland Thorns FCIn stone-cold stunning fashion, the Portland Thorns defeated the...
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Remembering George Romero with Night of the Living Dead
by Erik Henriksen Legendary horror director George Romero died over the weekend, leaving behind a remarkable body of work—one that kickstarted this entire zombie thing, for starters, but one that also...
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Harvey's Comedy Club Is Closing
by Megan Burbank fitriyantoandi/GettyIt's Monday, so here's an announcement about a performance space closing. KGW:The last show at Harvey's Comedy Club in Portland's Old Town district was on...
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Game of Thrones Recap! Hitting the Home Stretch in “Dragonstone”
by Ned Lannamann So THIS happened last night.Helen Sloan/courtesy of HBOThe seventh season of HBO’s Game of Thrones appears in a decidedly different America than the sixth season did. It’s a different...
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Good Morning, News: Senate Health Care Plan Dies, Walmart Gets Racist, and...
by Dirk VanderHart (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)The Obamacare replacement is dead. For now. Two Republican senators—Jerry Moran of Kansas and Mike Lee of Utah—announced last night they...
View ArticleThings to Do Tuesday!
7 things to do for July 18 by Mercury Staff Joan Shelley, Michael Hurley Joan Shelley’s voice and songs are the most powerful force in folk music today. That doesn’t necessarily mean the Kentucky...
View ArticleI Get It Now
by Anonymous Hey dude, look, I'm sorry I honked my horn at you. And when you made that stupid face at me I told you to fuck off. I realize you rode your bike into my lane, cutting me off and stopping...
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This Mockumentary About The Room is as Hilarious as the Real Thing
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Courtesy The Disaster ArtistThose of you who love Tommy Wiseau's fantastically terrible camp classic The Room (which plays in near constant rotation at Cinema 21) should check...
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Don't Miss the Mercury's FREE Sound + Vision Concert Tomorrow at Mississippi...
by Ciara Dolan LENORE Wed 7/19 Mississippi StudiosKim Smith MillerSound + Vision is the Mercury's FREE monthly concert series at Mississippi Studios showcasing some of the city's best up-and-coming...
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Fact Check: Does Oregon CPS "Err" On Believing Kids Who Allege Abuse?
by Sydney Brownstone Mayor Ed Murray's lawyer, Katherine Heekin, defended her client against a CPS child sexual abuse finding by saying that CPS "is supposed to err on the side of believing a child's...
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Republican Effort to Repeal Obamacare Without Replacement Fails, For Now
by Rich Smith Even this vampiric motherfucker couldn't revive the vampire bill.Mark Wilson / Getty The repeal and no-replace plan, Mitch McConnell's last-ditch effort to kick millions of people off of...
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Mississippi Studios Is Giving Away a Year-Long Concert Pass
by Ciara Dolan La Luz plays Mississippi Studios in 2016Christopher Garcia ValleThis morning, Mississippi Studios announced that they're giving away a Unicorn Pass in celebration of their 1000th...
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Let's Discuss the Rapid Devolution of the GOP's Health Care Bill
by Megan Burbank They still don't have the votes.BIGFISHDESIGN / GETTYThe Republicans' awful health care bill is dead for now—you know things are bad when you can't muster the support for a procedural...
View ArticleLook Here Son
by Anonymous The thing about these public transit seating is it's awkward. Especially the max. Seats are perpendicular or facing each other. All people are doing is looking at each other with their...
View ArticleThe Very Last Time
by Anonymous I bought my coworker chips the other day. No strings attached. Just out of complete generosity not expecting anything in return to which I know there will be no favor returned. Just to...
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