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Frashour Rally Planned at City Hall; Jefferson Smith “Disappointed” in Ruling
Developments are afoot this morning in the wake of yesterday’s news that the Oregon Employment Relations Board has ordered Mayor Sam Adams to reinstate the fired Portland police officer who shot and killed a distraught, unarmed man, Aaron Campbell, in 2010. • The Albina Ministerial Alliance Coalition for Justice and Police Reform is planning a […]
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This Man Wants to Be President
Mitt Romney, via the Los Angeles Times: “When you have a fire in an aircraft, there’s no place to go, exactly, there’s no — and you can’t find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don’t open. I don’t know why they don’t do that. It’s a real […]
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Mitt Romney Says the Emergency Room Is a Fine Health Insurance Plan for the Poors
Huffington Post points out this bit from Romney’s 60 Minutes interview: “Well, we do provide care for people who don’t have insurance,” he said in an interview with Scott Pelley of CBS’s “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday night. “If someone has a heart attack, they don’t sit in their apartment and die. We pick them […]
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Homer Simpson Does His Civic Duty
Wouldn’t it be nice if that was what actually happened when people pulled the lever for Romney? (And suicide jokes aren’t funny, people. Except the one in this clip. It’s actually pretty funny.)
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Looks Like There’s a Whole Lot of Nothing in Mitt Romney’s Taxes
In case you missed it, at long last Mitt Romney has released his 2011 tax returns. And I’ve now scraped my eyes over every page, even though I didn’t understand most of what I saw. But here’s what I think: There’s virtually nothing of interest there. There are lots of investments in Google and Lululemon […]
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The MC Hammer/Obama Mashup We’ve Been Praying For!
While this President Obama/MC Hammer mashup titled “U Didn’t Build That” is a thing of absolute beauty and brillance—the dance sequences from Michelle Obama lift this puppy into the stratosphere. Check it out! Oh, and speaking of MC Hammer, to find out what Hammer-themed product I recently purchased off eBay, hit the jump! STOP. IT’S […]
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Mayoral Candidates Answer Your Ridiculous Questions
Our Mayoral Inquisition on Tuesday night was so packed that we didn’t get a chance to ask the candidates everyone’s questions. The candidates addressed the CRC, police oversight, parking spot minimums for developments, fluoride, and domestic violence funding, but they didn’t get to answer many fun questions. I really liked the audience question: “How often […]
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Mitt Romney is Kind of Awkward… Umm… You Know… Sometimes
Man, I cannot wait for the upcoming presidential debates! (BTW, the Mercury’s going to be hosting televised viewing parties of the debates at the Backstage Bar starting on October 3rd—stay tuned for details and be there!) But the main reason I can’t wait is because people keep forgetting how TERRIBLE Romney is whenever he is […]
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Chaos on Bullshit Mountain
Jon Stewart burned Fox News’s house down and ate Mitt Romney’s lunch last night. This is must-watch TV, in three parts: The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The […]
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Someone Is Testing Negative Messages Aimed at Jefferson Smith
KATU At the Inquisition! We just heard from an Inner Southeast resident who reported receiving a very interesting phone call the other day. It was a survey taker asking about local politics—and while it seemed innocuous at first, the questioning quickly revealed itself as very much designed to push the glory of Charlie Hales and […]
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Romney, Losing Independents, Listlessly Picks at His Food
Romney’s 47% comments, which were about how he was trying to attract independents, are now pushing independents away: The survey, taken Tuesday, finds just over half of independents say the video won’t make a difference in their vote. Those who say it will have an effect by 2-1, 29%-15%, say it makes them less likely […]