Good Morning, News: Sessions Confirmation Hearing, Trump's Nepotism, and...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Thugs give good loving (oh). Whoa, you're supersonic. The way he treats me different, oh, like he bionic. LET'S GO TO PRESS.In case you missed our news...
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by Mercury Staff Kung Fu Theater: 36th Chamber of Shaolin This month’s installment in Dan Halsted’s ongoing celebration of all things whoop-ass is a rare 35mm print of what many consider to be the...
View ArticleWatch: Jeff Sessions's Confirmation Hearing
by Rich Smith It's Jeff Sessions's confirmation hearing day! So far, the longtime senator and former Attorney General of Alabama who was too much of a racist for a Republican-led committee to approve...
View ArticleBands I Pretended to Like for Boys: Part Five: Grateful Dead
by Kathleen Tarrant The Dead got me. I tried to escape them.I need to preface this by saying that I ate a great deal of Cherry Garcia ice cream growing up. My dad loves Cherry Garcia. He does not, you...
View ArticleFox News Reportedly Helped Bill O'Reilly Scuttle a Sexual Harassment Suit
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Courtesy Fox NewsBill O'Reilly, loudmouth host of The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News, was accused of sexual harassment by a fellow Fox employee—but network executives hushed up...
View Article"Perhaps It Is Trump Who Is The Loser???"— You
by Anonymous I keep seeing headlines about how sad Trump is, how he has no famous friends, how he's weak, how he's thin-skinned, how he only won because Russia leaked the Podesta emails. But consider...
View ArticleJeff Sessions Dodges Question About Whether He'll Go After Legalized Weed
by Rich Smith Still not sure what time it is on weed's doomsday clock.The Stranger During the Senate hearing to nominate Jeff Sessions as Attorney General, Senator Leahy of Vermont asked if Sessions...
View ArticleRex Tillerson to Humans: You Must Adapt to Global Warming
by Charles Mudede "A cloud of pollution [caused by capitalism] hangs over the Eastern United States..."NASAIn 2012, Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil's CEO, and Trump's pick for the next Secretary of State,...
View ArticleIntelligence Chiefs Informed Trump of Russian Plan to Compromise Him
by Megan Burbank istock / macidaJust when you thought the worst political news was happening at Jeff "I Don't Know What Sexual Assault Is" Sessions'confirmation hearing. Here's CNN, from an article...
View ArticleIntel Chiefs to President-Elect: Um, Dude, the Russians Have a Compromising...
by Dan Savage What was that, CNN?Classified documents presented last week to President Obama and President-elect Trump included allegations that Russian operatives claim to have compromising personal...
View ArticleGrass and the Gridiron
Cannabis could help NFL players with work-related injuries, but the league prohibits it. by Vince Sliwoski Can NFL playersuse weed to treat their work-related injuries?NO. THE NFL prohibits its...
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Valentine’s Day is coming... do you have your lingerie? by Elizabeth Mollo VALENTINE’S DAY is not too far away, and that particular holiday is synonymous with flowers, candy, and more importantly,...
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Clubbing by Dan Savage My partner and Ihave been playing with male chastity devices. We've been considering going to a strip club while his cock is caged up and getting him lap dances. Is there some...
View ArticleCanna News for 2017
City bureau shakeups, canna dollars, and CBD across the pond. by Josh Jardine HAPPY 2017! If your New Year’s resolution is to stay more up to date with all that’s happening in the world of cannabis,...
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Hey celebs! Climb inside my garbage hole! by Ann Romano MONDAY, JANUARY 2SABOTAGE! That’s what Mariah Carey’s manager is screaming following Mimi’s devastatingly embarrassing performance on Dick...
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Hey Republicans! Hulk got great idea for new health plan! by The Incredible Hulk As puny human know, HULK POOR AS DIRT. Price of living too high! Plus Hulk get fired (again!) from Forever 21! So Hulk...
View ArticleThe Ben Affleck Wheel of Fortune!
So... which Ben Affleck Made Live by Night? by Ned Lannamann O, FORTUNA! Your capricious wheel of fate brings us mortals to greatest highs and most miserable lows as we rotate, ever onward, through...
View ArticleHail to the Bus Driver
Riding along with Jim Jarmusch’s Paterson. by Erik Henriksen “THERE ARE NO POETS that were ever in it for the money,” Jim Jarmusch recently told British film magazine Little White Lies. “Nobody makes...
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This week: a Friday the 13th double feature, Reel Music, and a Studio Ghibli retrospective. by Mercury Staff The Blob Steve McQueen stars in this 1958 horror classic about ravenous slime bent on...
View ArticleThe Moonlit and Melancholy Indie-Pop of Dear Nora’s Mountain Rock
Portland’s Katy Davidson returns as Dear Nora to reissue her 2004 cult classic, Mountain Rock. by Ben Salmon {{ image:1, align:right, width:200 }} RIGHT NOW, it feels like we need the winsome,...
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