This Week in the Mercury
Friday, October 19, 2012
News Good Morning News!
Posted by Sarah Mirk on Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 9:33 AM
Blast in Beirut: A giant bomb explodes in Beirut, killing eight people, including one of Lebanon's top security officials.
Droning On and On: Despite being extremely controversial and killing civilians, the CIA wants more drone strikes.
Touchdown for Jesus! A judge rules that cheerleaders can make banners of Bible verses at public school games.
Poking Fun: Both Obama and Romney make fun of themselves at a fancy dinner.
Do HPV Vaccines Encourage Promiscuity? No. Also, no, no, and no.
Babymakin: Some speculation on how free birth control could transform society.
Where Gays Are Almost Equal Citizens: The Guardian has a cool infographic of LGBT rights state-by-state.
Seattle Sellout: The Seattle Times donates $75,000 worth of free ad space to the Republican governor candidate, a giveaway more 100 newsroom staffers protested.
Fingers Crossed: The 14-year-old girl shot in the head by the Taliban is slowly improving.
Now That You've Stolen a Picasso... selling stolen famous works of art is tougher than stealing them. Not a good business plan, thieves.
We've Been Waiting So Long for This Headline: Cat Discovers Catacomb.
Most Commented on Blogtown, PDX
-
Scenes from the the No on Fluoride Party. Which Is Winning by Denis C. Theriault
-
Bunkered Down: Pro-fluoride Edition by Dirk VanderHart
-
Gloaters Gonna Gloat by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
-
Fluoride 2013: Let's Just Start Drinking a Poison We All Agree On (Hint: It's Alcohol) by Denis C. Theriault
-
Game of Thrones Recap: Wedding Bells Edition by Joe Streckert
-
Birth of a Killer Tornado by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
-
Union Way by Marjorie Skinner
-
If You Missed KBOO's Election Roundup (with Yours Truly as a Guest), Listen Here by Denis C. Theriault
-
Steven Spielberg Presents Halo: The Television Series by Bobby Roberts
-
Tweet Wars: Michael Ian Black vs. Marc Maron by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey
Our Friends
- UrbanHonking
- Culture Shock
- Portland Roundball Society
- Steph Cassano
- Cort and Fatboy
- Street Roots
- Powell's Books Blog
- Portland Transport
- Portland Afoot
- Bike Portland
- Eater: PDX
- Portland Food and Drink
- Mr. Movie
- Sunday Softball
- BlueOregon
- Sightline Institute
- Ultra: Arts Portland
- Bitch Magazine
- Blazer's Edge
- Reading Local: Portland
- Portland Food Carts
- Stumptown Vegans
Our Enemies
RSSGoing to Seattle?
