This Week in the Mercury
Friday, June 19, 2009
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Posted by Sarah Mirk on Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 9:20 AM
Iran! Still divided and oppressive! Now "shadowy vigilantes" are "vowing bolder action". That probably means more than Twittering complaints...
Healthcare HELLL: Discovering it could cost $1 trillion to enact Obama's healthcare plan, Congress is now bickering while people die.
Dear Obesity Epidemic Sufferers, don't squeeze raw cookie dough from the tube into your drooly food hole because you could get E. coli.
Innocent? Who Cares! The Supreme Court decides prisoners have no constitutional right to DNA tests to determine their innocence.
Teachers Take Cuts: PDX teachers agree to wage freezes to try and save money for extravagant luxuries like PE and music classes.
Oregon Ballet Survives! Raising $853,000 in three weeks, the ballet won't shut its doors. Phew.
Mega Giant Cruise Ship, how we will miss ye.
More White Workers at Day Labor Center: I wrote this story three months ago but aw what the hell, it's fresh news at KATU!
NASA Plans to Bomb Moon! I am not even exaggerating. NASA is shooting a giant missile at the moon!!
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Gloaters Gonna Gloat by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
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Do Spoilers Really Matter? The Relative Importance of Storytelling in Film by Bobby Roberts
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Scientology's Shiny New Church/Giftshop by Alex Falcone
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"Tin-Foil Hat Parade," at City Hall Tonight, Celebrates Fluoride Defeat by Denis C. Theriault
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I Don't Think Superman Actually Eats Like This by Bobby Roberts
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Hey, Slackers! Your New Arts Tax Deadline is Monday, June 10 by Denis C. Theriault
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The Pope Doesn't Understand the Point of Atheists by Paul Constant
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Union Way by Marjorie Skinner
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