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...
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....
View ArticleWestworld 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...
View ArticleAmazon 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...
View ArticleThe “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,...
View ArticleRecount 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...
View ArticleThe Eagles Lodge on Hawthorne May Soon Be Sold, Members Say (Updated)
by Doug Brown The East Portland Eagles Lodge at 4904 SE HawthorneGoogle Maps***Update***Dawn Panttaja sent us a letter that East Portland Eagles Lodge members received, dated November 29, from...
View ArticleGood 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...
View ArticleNo 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...
View ArticlePhotos 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 ArticleWorthless Piss
by Anonymous Allright, so you were this young punk kid who decided to piss on a homeless guys tarp covering all his stuff. Your bootlicker friend thought it was funny and stood watching. The way all...
View ArticleThings to Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff Ear Candy: Ice Queens, The Wild Body The holidays are upon us, so consider Ear Candy—the Mercury’s free monthly music showcase in partnership with Mississippi Studios—our first gift...
View Article2017 Grammy Nominations Announced: Beyoncé Gets Nine. Eight Each for Drake,...
by Sean Nelson Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Album of the Year... It looks like another good year to be Beyoncé.The 2017 Grammy Award nominations were announced this morning. Leading the pack...
View ArticleFatalities In The War On Cars Are Never In Cars
by Dan Savage If a pedestrian jumped off a sidewalk, ran into the street, pulled a driver out of her car, and inflicted injuries so severe that the driver died moments later in the arms of a passing...
View ArticleMay Fiona Apple's "Trump's Nuts" Become the Holiday Classic It Deserves to Be
by Jennifer Campbell As much as I don't want to picture Trump's nuts in any context at all, including and especially dangling over an open flame, I hope this incisive, funny (and only slightly...
View ArticleIt
by Anonymous in the tentnear the mountainyour head against memy arms around youhigh, happythis was itbreakfast and coffeestop along the hiketurn, hold and kiss this was itdriving somewhereyour hand in...
View ArticleDear Amy Sherman-Palladino: Get it Together. Gilmore Girls is Not a Gritty...
by Megan Burbank Rory Gilmore deserved better than this.NetflixEds. Note: Spoilers for Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life are coming so don't say I didn't warn you.Anyone else feeling personally...
View ArticleHow Trump Turned Christmas Films into Horror Films
by Charles Mudede It's a Wonderful Life if you’re rich and white, that is.My family was never into Christmas. We were just too African to really feel it. Christmas is a feeling. The gifts, the trees,...
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