In the greatest military operation of the year, the US government dropped 2000 poison-laden mice onto Guam today, in an attempt to control an invasion of snakes – that have been disrupting both the protectorate’s ecosystem and power grid. And, by dropped, we mean, parachuted in! And, in the saddest civic story of the year, […]
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Street Art at Mass-Produced, “Roll-Back” Prices: Banksy Prints for Sale at Walmart.com
Need a bargain gift for the anti-establishmentarian in your life? Look no further. Walmart.com, via a third party, is selling prints of the famed street artist Banksy’s work at everyday value prices (plus some for the un-Walmart high price of $868). The Banksy line at Walmart.com also includes some mis-credited pieces by California street artist […]
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Portland’s Leigh Marble Has a New Music Video
A new music video from one of our favorite artists.
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What in the World? Todays News!
Italy’s Senate tells Berlusconi to beat it. Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister, was stripped of his parliamentary seat and expelled from the senate. No more sauce for Sriracha? An Irwindale, Calif. judge order the Sriracha hot sauce plant to partially close because of strong odors and neighbor complaints. More band news for Greece. […]
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Bulletin Health Insurance Cuts Make National News
Here’s an article on the Huffington Post about Monday’s health insurance cuts for Bend Bulletin employees. From HuffingtonPost.com The article includes the full memo from President and publisher of the newspaper, Gordon Black, to his employees explaining the decision. Here’s the Source’s coverage of the unfortunate cuts yesterday.
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More Bad News About Newspapers—Here and There
At times, yes, it does feel as if we are captaining the Titanic. Last week, The Onion published its last paper edition. That same day, some 700 jobs were cut from the Tribune Company—an organization that, most notably, publishes the LA Times and Chicago Tribune, as well as six other daily newspapers. And, closer to […]
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Allie Brosh: WARNING SIGNS
WARNING SIGNS is an excerpt from Allie Brosh’s new book “Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened.” Read our full article on Brosh here…we’re still hoping for an awesome pterodactyl drawing. WARNING SIGNS When I was ten years old, I wrote a letter to my future self […]
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Pacific Power is Done with Dam
Huge news: Pacific Power, the utility company that owns the dam which creates Mirror Pond, is calling it quits on the leaky, 103-year-old dam. Here is an excerpt form PacifiCorp’s press release: PacifiCorp has determined that it would not be cost-effective for its customers to make the investments needed to continue long-term operations at the […]
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Tickets for Hendrix 70: Live at Woodstock TONIGHT
Who wants to see Jimi Hendrix absolutely wail on guitar tonight? We don’t have tickets to a live Hendrix gig—obviously—but we do have tickets two to a showing of his 1969 performance at Woodstock featuring screaming renditions of “Voodoo Child,” “Fire,” “Purple Haze,” “Foxy Lady” and “Star Spangled Banner.” Presented by the Rockumentary Film Club […]