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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Lonely Unicorn Looking for London Ladies
by Dan Savage Okay, it has been literally years since I first wrote to you.I'm now 24, no longer a virgin, and I'm living in London. I've slept with long-term boyfriends and had my share of DFMOs....
View ArticleHappy Birthday, My Best Uncle
by Anonymous You check in when I make comments on here. Sometimes when I rant, you seem to know it is my sarcastic humor. I think no one is funnier than you, and love to make you laugh.You are suppose...
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Good Morning, News: Health Care Hysteria, an Unprosecuted Killing, and Your...
by Dirk VanderHart If you missed the delightful fact that local anarchists have taken it upon themselves to help speed the repair of this city's worrisomely pocked streets, well here you go. Not a...
View ArticleFill in the Blanks New Bigoted IA Template
by Anonymous I work in the (blank) industry and I have to deal with (people with kids, poor people, old people, blue collar people- anyone not in your group) . I am not an unoriginal bigot, but I have...
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Don't Miss the I, Anonymous Show... Monday Night!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey One of the funnest (and funniest!) comedy shows in town in undoubtedly The I, Anonymous Show, featuring rants and confessions written by YOU, anonymously, for the Mercury’s I,...
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Fill Out the White House's Dumb Form: "Share Your Obamacare Disaster Story"
by Tricia Romano I hate you.Tricia RomanoThe Trump White House really is run by a bunch of idiots. First, they put up a "media accountability poll."Now, they've got this open call for sob stories. I...
View ArticleI Want My Fucking Croissant Back
by Anonymous Dear White Men,Last night I freaked out because some old white man in Iowa thinks I don't contribute anything to the United States because i'm bi-racial. This morning on my bus ride to...
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For Pi Day Let's Celebrate Pizza Jerk's Awesome Website
by Bri Brey It's plastered all over social media so I'm sure you already know that it's Pi Day! Our favorite kind of pi(e)? PIZZA. Here's a bunch of reviews of local pizza places where you can stuff...
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At Last, Some Good News! Your Bridgetown Comedy Festival Lineup is Here
by Megan Burbank The Bridgetown Comedy Festival 2017 lineup is here and it's great—as usual, it's a delightful mix of big-name stand-ups and local performers and I'm so excited about so many of them!...
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Portland's New Exclusion Policy Wouldn't Be Able To Exclude Anyone—Yet
by Dirk VanderHart If (and probably when) Portland City Council passes a new policy tomorrow enabling Mayor Ted Wheeler to exclude disruptive audience members for months, those exclusions aren't on...
View ArticleSavage Love
Wishful Kinking by Dan Savage I went toDark Odyssey Winter Fire, the big kink hotel takeover event in Washington, DC, in February. There was one thing I saw there that is messing with my head, and I...
View ArticleA Small Oregon Town Triumphs with Cannabis
Idaho smokers are fueling Huntington, Oregon’s resurgence. by Josh Jardine The Associated Press and the Idaho Statesman—both of which are a part of the deeply feared and dreaded “opposition party”...
View ArticleCannabis in California Is About to Be a Big Deal
Legal weed in the Golden State will have impact in Oregon. by Sean Clancy What’s happening in the California cannabis scene? And why should we care in Oregon?There are literal tons of cannabis-related...
View ArticleOne Day at a Time
Chance the Rapper is our real president. by Ann Romano MONDAY, MARCH 6In dark days such as these, only one man can save us: Ryan Gosling! Or, y’know... a chubby German Ryan Gosling impersonator. “The...
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Hulk take over for puny Sean Spicer at White House press briefing. by The Incredible Hulk [Today on C-SPAN: The daily White House briefing. Standing in today for White House Press Secretary Sean...
View ArticleHall Monitor: The Rush Is On
The mayor’s vow to negotiate a new exclusion policy turned out to be awfully fragile. by Dirk VanderHart A Portland City Council meeting was primed to blow up yet again on March 8, when Mayor Ted...
View ArticleIn Other News
Kenton says “YIMBY!” ONI director bounces. by Dirk VanderHart KENTON RESIDENTS have gone YIMBY.By a margin of 178-75, residents at a Kenton Neighborhood Association meeting last week voted to approve...
View ArticleThe Happiest Hours
The Mercury’s guide to more than 75 of the city’s best happy hours. by Mercury Staff The day is done, but you’ve still got work to do—eatin’ and drinkin’ work, that is. Which is where the Mercury’s...
View ArticleFrom Slacktivism to Activism
Resistance events for the week of March 15–21. by Emilly Prado WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15Statewide Ethnic Studies Hearing HB 2845A Roosevelt High School senior and Momentum Alliance activist named Alexis...
View ArticleHappy Hour Guide: North
The Mercury’s guide to more than 75 of the city’s best happy hours. The Fixin’ To8218 N LombardMuch like the St. Johns neighborhood in which it’s tucked, the Fixin’ To has undergone some recent...
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