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Timbers Hammer Seattle, Get Season Back On Track
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersThe Portland Timbers, be it through missed flights or missed chances or missing players, had their backs firmly against the wall ahead of Sunday...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Back to School, Trump Backpedals, and Nobody Wants to...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! I'm sorry that you seem to be confused. He belongs to me. The boy is mine. LET'S GO TO PRESS.It's Back to School time for Portland students, and PPS is...
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Anthony Weiner Caught Doing What Weiner Does
by Dan Savage Everyone's favorite "disgraced" ex-congressperson Anthony Weiner was caught swapping sexts again. The New York Posthas the goods. For the last year and a half Weiner was flirting and...
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Developers and Businesses Are Planning to Fight A Terminal 1 Homeless Shelter...
by Dirk VanderHart Terminal 1Dirk VanderHartAs a shelter at Terminal 1 plods forward, a handful of development and business entities are falling back on a standby for stymying new homeless facilities:...
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Civil War: Team Thor: A Friendly Reminder Taika Waititi Is One of the Best...
by Erik Henriksen "And who's this purple weirdo?"This Comic-Con reel hit over the weekend, and it's just delightful.It's delightful because it's from Taika Waititi, the director behind What We Do in...
View ArticleStarbucks Pecker Guy
by Anonymous yeah, you ride a bike and wear these super skin tight pants, and you don't wear any underwear as evidenced by the bulge and every shape therein being hugged by the thin cotton of your...
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Everything as Fuck: Dog Days
by Ian Karmel I got super stoned the other night trying to think of something to write about, and nothing came to me. Instead I ended up watching a movie where the Chairman from Iron Chef America used...
View ArticleFall TV Preview: Two High-Concept Sitcoms Are on Their Way
by Ned Lannamann Fall TV season is right around the corner, and we've already seen signs that there may be a dearth of original ideas in this fresh crop of shows. However, two new sitcoms appear to be...
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Gene Wilder is Dead; There is No More Good Left in the World
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey via WikipediaGet ready to bawl your goddamn eyes out: Gene Wilder, the comedic genius and star of such amazing films as Blazing Saddles, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,...
View ArticleThe Clinton Campaign Is Courting the Christian Left, Which Has Really Existed...
by Christopher Frizzelle Remember this Clinton campaign ad from four months ago? Did it have a religious vibe to you?Maybe not overtly, but a New York Times piece from yesterday puts it in fascinating...
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Right On, Colin Kaepernick: America's National Anthem Celebrates Racism and...
by Ansel Herz "I have to stand up for people that are oppressed."Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.comSan Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick won't stand for America's national anthem, he says,...
View ArticleToday in Stupid: Giuliani Says He's Saved More Black Lives Than Beyoncé
by Jennifer Campbell Rudy Giuliani was on Fox & Friends this morning to discuss, among other things, Trump's moving-target immigration position. The panel also touches on Beyoncé's performance...
View ArticleTo the Thieves Who Broke into Our Van During H2C:
by Anonymous You are so fucking smart. Once a year a group of runners leave their vans near the Hawthorne Bridge, which contain a treasure trove of stuff all for the taking. Cash, credit cards, ipads,...
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The City Club of Portland is Investigating How Its Membership List Got Leaked...
by Dirk VanderHart The City Club of Portland, a perennially weighty voice on pressing civic matters, has walled off a portion of its web site after a list of its membership was improperly shared with...
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Good Morning, News: A Nude Interloper, A Nasty Old Mansion, and Olympus'...
by Dirk VanderHart ICYMI, more (predictable) drama over that proposed homeless shelter at Terminal 1. Now a business group is teaming up with developers and a Portland architect to challenge the city...
View ArticleSavage Love Letters of the Day: Dammed If You Don't
by Dan Savage A question, sir, if I may. I'm a bi guy in my forties who enjoys swinging the other way more and more. I rarely do anal, and am always safe when I do, but my question involves oral. I...
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Get Your Tickets Now for Portland‘s “Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy” Show!
by Mercury Staff The Portland Mercury and Revolution Hall presents... THE UNDISPUTABLE GENIUSES OF COMEDY!Portland comedy is BLOWING UP—and in this one-of-a-kind show you’ll see Portland’s funniest...
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Portland = Big in Japan
by Ned Lannamann The interior of Paddlers Coffee, a Portland-themed coffee shop in Tokyo. (Records + wood paneling = Portland, apparently?)Photo by Amelia Ayrelan Iuvino, via Atlas ObscuraAtlas...
View ArticleA Mashup Using Scenes from The Avengers and Full House? Okay, Fine, I'm In!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Three cheers to YouTuber Zach for slapping together this mashup which depicts a world where The Avengers are in a Full House-style sitcom. Because... WHY DO YOU PEOPLE NEED...
View ArticleShut Up About Trigger Warnings
by Dan Savage Read about them instead...According to this useful round-up of the relevant research by Richard J. McNally, a Harvard professor of psychology, here are the main nuggets about triggering....
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