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Good Morning, News: Portland Accused of Censorship, More Lead Woes, and the...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Ooh baby, anytime my world gets crazy, all I have to do to calm it, is just think of you. LET'S GO TO PRESS.And the lead panic continues: The city is...
View ArticlePoll: Should Portland Public Schools Enable Climate Change Deniers?
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey While mentioned in Good Morning, News, this story is just too amazingly weird not to delve into a bit more deeply. SO: According to the Guardian, the National Coalition Against...
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Trains Are Moving Through Mosier Again—Against the City's Wishes
by Dirk VanderHart The citizens of Mosier don't have a working sewer system, following Friday's oil train explosion in the midst of the small Columbia River Gorge city. They're unsure if the water...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: Little Big Man
by Dan Savage I’m a hetero male in my late 20's. I have a smaller dick. It’s not a micro-penis, as it’s around 5", maybe 6". I honestly don't mind that aspect of it—whatever, it’s “average,” right?...
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Tacos 'n' Tequila Preview: Taqueria Nueve & Abuelo's Dark Secret
by Andrea Damewood Andrea DamewoodJoin the Portland Mercury, Hornitos Tequila, Nicky USA, and Mississippi Studios on Saturday June 18th from 12-4pm for Portland's ONLY celebration of Tacos ’n’...
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Me Before You: In Which Finnick Odair and Daenerys Targaryen Fall in...
by Elinor Jones Advance movie screenings often feature crappy free swag. When I arrived at the advance screening of Me Before You, I was urged to take a free box of tissues emblazoned with an image...
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Portland's Largest Bike Advocacy Group Is No Longer Just About Bikes
by Dirk VanderHart Not for longBike City, USA, just lost its largest bike advocacy organization. Sort of.After 26 years pushing for better bike amenities in and around Portland, the Bicycle...
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The End of Bridgetown: Yo, Is This Racist?, Rachel Bloom, and Bad Manners...
by Megan Burbank Andrew Ti and his panel of "racism experts": Rhea Butcher, Sam Jay, and Curtis Cook.Pat MoranAt last night's final Bridgetown show, it felt like my face was melting. You too? Here are...
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Game of Thrones Recap! "The Broken Man" Is Still Good at Chopping Stuff
by Ned Lannamann All hail the new queen.HBOThat was kind of weird, wasn't it? Last night's Game of Thrones didn't feel quite like a normal episode. This was a good thing, in large part—there was a...
View ArticleI Missed the Memo from ODOT.
by Anonymous Driving in Pdx is frustrating these days, especially with the new changes to red lights.Can anyone tell me when ODOT changed the laws and made it so red lights not longer mean stop? I ask...
View ArticleThings To Do Tonight!
by Bobby Roberts The Sadies, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Kris Orlowski, Michael DamronTonight's bill at the Star Theater will deliver a double whammy of legendary Canadian '90s surf from the...
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Bridgetown: THE WORM! and Photos
by Courtney Ferguson Well, Bridgetown's over. My brain is now a melty, gooey puddle of laffs, chuckles, guffaws, and snortles. I hardly have words, so let's just look at Pat Moran's great photos from...
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Hillary Clinton Has Already Won the Democratic Nomination
by Dan Savage jctabb / Shutterstock.comJoan Walsh in The Nation:Hillary Clinton needs just 24 more delegates to clinch the Democratic nomination, when the total of delegates she’s won in primaries and...
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Bullseye Glass Has Finally Reached an Agreement With the State. It's On A...
by Dirk VanderHart It's been a little more than four months since Portland citizens learned Southeast Portland's Bullseye Glass has been pouring harmful compounds into the city's air for decades. It's...
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Good Morning, News: Oil Train Fallout Continues, New Rules for Bullseye, and...
by Dirk VanderHart Is it possible for a week to be too newsy? There are a hell of a lot of things going on right now. Paloma Ayala, courtesy of Columbia RiverkeeperFirst, Union Pacific has resumed...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: Cyber-Cheating
by Dan Savage Originally posted on July 23, 2014.I am a gay man and have been in a relationship with my GGG boyfriend for more than three years. We are in our early 20s and have a good sex life. I...
View ArticleThose Stupid Selfies
by Anonymous You want a job and send a resume with a selfie of you in the bathroom, looking up as if you are sitting on the toilet. You are a little too old to think you are from the Kardashian Klan....
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Among the City's First Gas Tax Buys: 13 New Employees
by Dirk VanderHart When Portlanders approved an historic 10-cent local gas tax May 17, the Portland Bureau of Transportation snatched victory in a long-fought battle for stepped up funding to fix and...
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Portland's Claymation King, Will Vinton, on a Career of Filmmaking,...
by Joe Streckert IN THE WANING YEARS of the '80s, one of the biggest (and most surprising) pop culture phenomena was stop-motion clay animation, or "claymation."Dinosaurs, singing California raisins,...
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Tacos 'n' Tequila Preview: La Taq & Memphis Maria
by Andrea Damewood Andrea DamewoodJoin the Portland Mercury, Hornitos Tequila, Nicky USA, and Mississippi Studios on Saturday June 18th from 12-4pm for Portland's ONLY celebration of Tacos ’n’...
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