Good Morning, News: Happy "Not My President" Day!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Scott Olson / GettyGOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Who are you to call my cell? Oh I'ma wish you well, 'cause any girl that tried has fell. LET'S GO TO PRESS.HAPPY PRESIDENT'S DAY—it's...
View ArticleThings to Do This Week: February 20-23
by Mercury Staff Normally, President's Day isn't sitting all that high up on the hierarchy of holidays. It's just kinda there. But this week, President's Day is a big one, and the week that follows...
View Article"Not My Presidents" Day Marches and Events
by Emilly Prado Here are three events you may want to take part in today for President's (or more aptly, #NotMyPresidents) Day.We the People: Marching United in Resistance & Be Heard, Be...
View Article"What's in Those Cargo Trains?"
by Anonymous Visiting a local news website this morning I read this header. It's a brief posting, proposing the question of hazardous materials in cargo trains passing by homes without community...
View ArticleWin Tickets to PIFF After Dark's Screening of The Autopsy of Jane Doe!
by Erik Henriksen We're in the midst of the Portland International Film Festival (read Andrew Wright's festival preview here!), which means we're also in the midst of PIFF After Dark—the late-night...
View ArticleMilo Yiannopoulos: Girls Are In Danger When Adult Trans Women Use Public...
by Dan Savage Milo Yiannopoulos was on Real Time on Friday night, where he justified his history of harassing trans women by claiming he's protecting women and girls from sexual predators. Here's...
View ArticleDon't Miss the I, Anonymous Show...TONIGHT!!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey America loves two things: freedom, and the Portland Mercury’s monthly I, Anonymous Show at the Secret Society! Now more than ever, America needs a place to post their furious...
View ArticleThe Walking Dead Recap: The Enemy of My Enemy is Kinda Weird
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Hey! Did you watch last night's episode of The Walking Dead? Yes? WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THOSE NEW ODDBALLS (who I'm calling the "Garbage Pail Kids")? Let's chat about them, and...
View ArticleCops and Protesters are Clashing at Portland's #NotMyPresidentsDay Protest
by Dirk VanderHart Anti-Trump demonstrators protest downtown on Monday. Doug BrownA relatively small group of people protesting Donald Trump on this President's Day has been met with a forceful...
View ArticleClipping.'s PhD Level, Post-Gangsta Anecdotes
by Dave Segal BRIAN TAMBORELLOLOS ANGELES trio clipping. are the latest anomalous group recording for that unlikely incubator of outsider hip-hop, Sub Pop. As home to intergalactic explorers Shabazz...
View ArticlePortland Mercury's Highball Drink Recipes Are Here: Dig A Pony, Dot's Cafe,...
by Mercury Staff It’s almost time for... HIGHBALL!Brace yourself for over 40 specially crafted cocktails… for only $5 each!All of the tantalizing drink recipes are available online! Check out what...
View ArticleBig Little Lies is Unapologetically About Women
by Megan Burbank At last! Adult women in a show that isn't about sex robots!HBOLast year, I watched Game of Thrones by asking a friend each Monday morning what horrors had been visited upon the show’s...
View ArticleMilo Dropped by Simon & Schuster (Like a Cuck)
by Sean Nelson News Flash: Medium Talent Gay Blogger loses book dealBummer, man.Statement: After careful consideration @simonschuster and its @threshold_books have cancelled publication of Dangerous...
View ArticleSavage Love Letters of the Day: Reader Advice Round-up
by Dan Savage My inbox received so much advice (and hate mail) this week that I'm pretty sure Savage Love readers broke a record. Here's the smartest (and meanest) advice/feedback sent in from readers...
View ArticleProtesters Went to Mayor Ted Wheeler's House on Monday Night
by Dirk VanderHart FacebookTed Wheeler got his first house call tonight. A video posted to Facebook this evening shows a group of demonstrators outside the mayor's West Hills home at some point this...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Cops Crack Down, Ted Wheeler Gets a House Call, and...
by Dirk VanderHart A woman is arrested at a #NotMyPresidentsDay protest in Downtown Portland on Monday.Doug Brown'Twas President's Day yesterday, so: protest. Things turned oddly sour at a small...
View ArticleFamily Values, My Ass!
by Anonymous Oh man, how I am relishing in reading the news of Milo Yappy-Trollius' fall from alt-right grace. I just love it! He's the favorite big league troll of the al-right and his career is...
View ArticleThe Best of THE WORST Seminars at the Conservative Political Action...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey The annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is going down February 22-25 in National Harbor, Maryland—and DO YOU HAVE YOUR TICKETS YET? No? Well perhaps you just...
View ArticleThe Great Wall: A Goofy-Ass Medieval Monster Adventure
by Ned Lannamann Don't go see The Great Wall looking for any sort of commentary or perspective on America’s own, possibly pending “great wall.” Don’t go looking for insight into China’s actual Great...
View ArticlePortland Mercury's Highball Drink Recipes Are Here: Double Dragon, East...
by Mercury Staff It’s almost time for... HIGHBALL!Brace yourself for over 40 specially crafted cocktails… for only $5 each!All of the tantalizing drink recipes are available online! Check out what...
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