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The Joke is on Us

Rumors have been swirling that the closure of Jokers Bar and Grill (the downtown nightclub/disaster in the former Elks building on Greenwood) is imminent.
Eric Flowers

Rumors have been swirling that  the closure of Jokers Bar and Grill (the downtown nightclub/disaster in the former Elks building on Greenwood) is imminent. No surprise after owner Todd Sampson and his wife we’re recently charged with writing tens of thousands of dollars in bad checks in an apparent attempt to keep the bar afloat.

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Sound Check Link-o-rama: Laromlab and NIN

The future is now with the music of Laromlab.Here in The Blender, we’re all about technology. If the toothbrush isn’t electric and/or made of carbon
The Source Staff

The future is now with the music of Laromlab.Here in The Blender, we’re all about technology. If the toothbrush isn’t electric and/or made of carbon fiber, keep it. If the shoes don’t have pressurized air in the soles, we can’t walk in ’em. So, of course, we’re mighty glad to help spread the gospel of this week’s Sound Check with the following links to extra-digital music and related this n’ thats from Laromlab and other chiptune artists, not to mention the fabulous electronic music makers from way back, Nine Inch Nails. Read on.

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Bending It Like The Bulletin

The Bend blogosphere is abuzz with the story of a Bulletin reporter who lost his job after complaining the paper was sugar-coating its coverage of
H. Bruce Miller

The Bend blogosphere is abuzz with the story of a Bulletin reporter who lost his job after complaining the paper was sugar-coating its coverage of the local real estate market.

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A Click Away: Online networking sites are proving to be gathering places for grievers

Kyle Sonnen and girlfriend Laura Deatherage before he was killed in a car crash last month.Just before 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 13 Laura Deatherage logged
Eric Flowers

Kyle Sonnen and girlfriend Laura Deatherage before he was killed in a car crash last month.Just before 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 13 Laura Deatherage logged on to Facebook and posted a short message on the wall of her boyfriend, Kyle Sonnen.
"i love you more than the world and wish i was in your arms up in heaven, i can't live without you."Laura said she can't help but believe Kyle heard her message.
"It was just kind of a way to talk to him - that there's this chance that he sees it," she said quietly, maybe still not sure herself what prompted her to leave him a message on the Internet.
At the very least, it was her way to say another goodbye.
Sonnen, 20, and Deatherage, 18, were traveling on the Mt. Baker Highway outside Bellingham, WA., on Feb. 7 when Sonnen attempted to pass another vehicle in a no-passing zone, according to police. Sonnen's 2000 Subaru hatchback slid off the road and hit a tree, killing him almost immediately. Laura suffered several injuries including a broken femur, a broken wrist and a gash on her head that required 22 staples.

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Kitzhaber Backs Liberal Pantywaist

Steve Novick, campaigning for the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican Sen. Gordon Smith, picked up a valuable endorsement this week - that of former Gov.
H. Bruce Miller

Steve Novick, campaigning for the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican Sen. Gordon Smith, picked up a valuable endorsement this week - that of former Gov. John Kitzhaber.

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Last But Not Least: Oregon is in play in this year’s primary and changes could keep it that way

A couple of weeks ago on a rainy Tuesday morning, Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury shuffled papers on his desk when his assistant informed
Eric Flowers

A couple of weeks ago on a rainy Tuesday morning, Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury shuffled papers on his desk when his assistant informed him of a discreet caller on the line. It was President Clinton, and this time the phone call wasn’t to discuss personal pleasantries. Bradbury worked on Clinton’s presidential campaigns in 1991 and 1995, and both of their daughters, Chelsea Clinton and Zoe Bradbury, attended Stanford University together in the late 1990s
The former president was calling Bradbury, one of Oregon’s 12 so-called Super Delegates — there are 796 nationwide — to persuade him to cast his vote for Hillary rather than Barack Obama

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