2 dead, 1 injured in Iraq: Not by enemy fire, but shoddy electrical fires caused by shoddy American private contractor work.

Steal, whore, sell first child: Driven crazy by a lust for oil, Americans will do anything for free gas. Meanwhile, public transit around the country is going Tri-Met’s way and upping fares.

Segway Shooter Squad: Beijing releases Olympic games terror manual. These men and their legion of posh robots are the first line of defense.

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Fresh Faces: A beauty contest in Rwanda redefines beauty 14 years after ethnically-driven genocide. It’s interesting.

Cars, cars, and then more cars: Metro approves the six-lane option of the Columbia River Crossing freeway bridge.

Dollars, dollars and more dollars: Oregon Republican congressional candidate Mike Erickson’s campaign is looking stronger, thanks to widespread support millionaire Lake Oswego friends

Sarah Shay Mirk reported on transportation, sex and gender issues, and politics at the Mercury from 2008-2013. They have gone on to make many things, including countless comics and several books.

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  1. “I thought an interesting comment was made — somebody said to me, I heard somebody say, ‘Now, where’s Mandela?’ Well, Mandela’s dead because Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas.”

    -George W. Bush
    September 20, 2007

    …HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY, NELSON MANDELA!

    “[George W. Bush is] a president who can’t think properly…”

    -Nelson Mandela, 2003
    Prior to the invasion of Iraq

    “If a ninety-year-old may offer some unsolicited advice on this occasion, it would be that you, irrespective of your age, should place human solidarity [and] a concern for others at the center of the values by which you live”
    -Nelson Mandela, June 2008

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