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Things To Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff Homoween Blowpony already knows how to throw an excellent party—but when this highly beloved queer event has a Halloween bash? Get ready to get real! Blowpony's Homoween features all...
View ArticleThe Portland Mercury Endorsement: No on Mesure 26-183 (Appointed County Sheriff)
by the Mercury Endorsement Strike Force MEASURE 26-183 (Appointed County Sheriff): NoMultnomah County, you are bad at electing sheriffs.Sheriff Dan Staton resigned this year, amid a roiling...
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by Anonymous Friday morning I headed to Spin Laundry Lounge to get coffee, work, and do laundry. I live in a conversion van, I’m conscious of the environmental impacts of the consumer lifestyle. I do...
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by Anonymous I'm a Republican and I'm a very, very emotional person. I vote on my feelings and fear rather than logic and reason. Although if you saw me on the street you might think I'm this big,...
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Mike's Drive-In, Longtime Sellwood Burger Joint, May be Demolished for...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Google EarthCLARIFICATION: The following story has been edited to reflect that the Mike's Drive-In property is being developed by David Sackhoff's Urban Development Group,...
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by Anonymous Congratulations, scofflaw dog owners, you win! You have worn me down with your excuses, challenges, verbal abuse, and even threats, so I give up trying to get you to respect the law and...
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Things To Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff 3rd Annual Pug-O-Ween Halloween is a time of terror, when shambling monstrosities lurch out of our nightmares and into reality. Which brings us to Pug-O-Ween—the annual benefit for...
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Things To Do This Week!
Things to do for October 24-27 by Mercury Staff The one thing, maybe the only thing that could possibly dislodge a Blazers season opener from the top spot on this very busy week's list of things to...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: RIP Tom Hayden, Racists Hate Trump's Wall, and...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! You're lickin' your lips, and blowing kisses my way. But that don't mean I'm gonna give it away. LET'S GO TO PRESS.Beloved Sellwood burger joint Mike's...
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Timbers' 2016 Season Ends in Disgrace
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersSo much for that.Though they took on plenty of water throughout a 2016 season that was far more turbulent than it ever portended to be, the Portland...
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Don't Shoot Portland's Teressa Raiford Wants to be Sheriff
by Dirk VanderHart After spending years railing for reform in Portland's justice system, Teressa Raiford wants in. Raiford, a prominent Black Lives Matter protestor and founder of the accountability...
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Walking Dead Recap: You Picked a Fine Time to Beat Me, Lucille
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! Welcome back to the Walking Dead Chitty-Chat Club in which we chat and chitty about last night's brain-bustin' episode of The Walking Dead. Will I offer...
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Wing Week 2016: It's Here
Check out the wings! by Mercury Staff It's time. ICARUS WAS AN IDIOT.All Icarus had to do was escape the island of Crete. That’s it. And he even had help: Using wax and feathers, his father Daedalus...
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Mandatory Election Viewing: The War Room
by Erik Henriksen The Criterion CollectionI KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW. You spend a good portion of each day actively resenting the amount of real estate in your brain that, over the past year, somehow,...
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Let's Do It with Bri Pruett: Listen Up!
by Bri Pruett Illustration by Erika MoenIt's the end of October and people are stressed. Worried about a Trump regime, worried for the safety of black and brown lives, stressed about keeping or...
View ArticleThis is about a Man that wants to be King
by Anonymous You know him and so do I. He wants to pretend he is a Mafia Godfather. Because he is from New York, he is convinced we will believe he is from the Trump Putin Family. He hires people on...
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Elizabeth Warren: "Get This, Donald. Nasty Women Are Tough. Nasty Women Are...
by Christopher Frizzelle Elizabeth Warren: “Get this, Donald: Nasty women are tough. Nasty women are smart. And nasty women vote.”https://t.co/RvU6qnJr8s— Joshua Chavers (@JoshuaChavers) October 24,...
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by Anonymous Late October, peak of the yearly sports calendar. Fans everywhere thrilling to the key games of big-time football, pro hockey's body checks and howitzers, plus the World Series. Except in...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Guys Keep Putting Him In "The Bottom Zone"
by Dan Savage I’m a 24 year-old gay man, and I’ve had a problem for most of my life: I always find myself being cast as the role of a bottom in hookups and relationships. When I was going through...
View ArticleWin Tickets to Late Night Action with Alex Falcone—Before it's Too Late!
by Megan Burbank After seven illustrious, variety-filled years, Portland's very own talk show, Late Night Action with Alex Falcone, is coming to an end. But dry your eyes! Because the Mercury is...
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