To the Person Who Ran Over My Cat Last Night
by Anonymous Hey, first off, I'm not here to yell at you. I'm not %100 sure what happened, but I do know that you stopped, picked him up, and drove him across town to the emergency vet during rush...
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What To Watch Tonight: An "Emergency Healing Screening" of Leonard Cohen's...
by Ned Lannamann The news of Leonard Cohen’s death came like a cruel punchline, karma’s final dig following the horrors of America’s 2016 election. Despite the timing, Cohen was never a generational...
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Steve Novick is Renaming SW Fourth Avenue After an Embittered Bob Dylan Tune
by Dirk VanderHart First line of the song City Hall's location is now named after: "You got a lot of nerve to say you are my friend. When I was down you just stood there grinnin'."PBOTThe Bob Dylan...
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Record Review: Point Juncture, WA, Me or the Party
by Morgan Troper “THE DOUBLE ALBUM”—considered by many to be a vestige of rock’s masturbatory past—is an affront to the modern music fan’s stroboscopic attention span. But the medium is experiencing...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Love Letter, Interrupted
by Dan Savage Should I get married to my transgender undocumented girlfriend before January 20? We live in Chicago and have been very happy in love and committed to each other for 2...
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Just In Time For Trump, Jobs Are Back to Where They Were Before the Crash of...
by Charles Mudede The Matrix is hiring...20th Century FoxWhile there was lots of talk about the 1,000 or so jobs that Trump saved with a bunch of promised tax breaks—an approach to job protectionism...
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Former Police Chief Larry O'Dea, Who Shot A Friend, Says Charge Against Him...
by Doug Brown Ashley AndersonFormer Portland Police Chief Larry O'Dea, who resigned this summer after news broke that he shot a friend during a camping trip in rural Harney County in April, says that...
View ArticleIt is NOT a "Crash"
by Anonymous It’s not a "crash," good people.The word "crash" is obviously onomatopoeia, just like "boom" and "bang." No crashing sound is heard when nearly one or two tons of metal crushes soft human...
View ArticleCheck Yourself
by Anonymous To the people who are constantly complaining about people who move to Portland. To the people who try to shame and make them feel guilty. Wake up! You claim to be a "native oregonian" -...
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TONIGHT! It's Dan Savage's Holiday Special!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey You know Dan Savage, you love Dan Savage... and now Dan Savage is returning to Portland TONIGHT for a special one-night-only engagement! It’s Dan Savage’s Holiday Special—a...
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This Weekend's Style Events
by Elizabeth Mollo As promised, here is the round-up of fashion events for this weekend:WM GoodsWM Goods will host a Holiday Pop-Up Shop where vendors will include REIFhaus, Berlin Skin, Beach Bones...
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Right 2 Dream Too's Landlord Says He's Ready to Evict the Homeless Rest Area
by Dirk VanderHart The owner of the land where well-regarded homeless rest area Right 2 Dream Too sits says he's done. In a brief phone conversation with the Mercury this evening, Michael...
View ArticleMiracle in my Mind
by Anonymous I am sleepless more than usual. I just can't believe all the people that support Donald Trump.I have decided for the time left before he becomes King, I will act like it didn't happen. I...
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Things to Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff The Exorcist with Linda BlairThe Exorcist stays pinned to the top of all-time genre best lists not just for the horror of its subject matter, but the horror of its making. Director...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to You Portland
by Anonymous Dear Portland,I've recently discovered that I am a gender queer male and I am starting to embrace that side of my personality. I wanted to express my most deepest and heartfelt gratitude...
View ArticleClean Water, Respect for Ancient Burial Grounds
by Anonymous I thought the Veterans going to standing rock were the Irac and Afgan vets. The younger stronger ones, but today I found out many from the Vietnam era will be with them.. So you men and...
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Blazer's Recap: Blazers Cool Down the Heat
by Arthur Bradford The Miami Heat rolled into town a depleted squad with only 9 of their 15 players available. Still, they had their star guard Goran "The Dragon" Dragic, and kick-ass big man Hassan...
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Things to Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff Bitch'n, Sama Dams, Sea Charms, Like a Villain This free matinee show is the capstone event of Young Audiences of Oregon and SW Washington’s Sound Engineering for Teens program—it’s...
View ArticleUtopia Bleeds Red
by Anonymous Mississippi, New Mexico, West Virginia, Hawaii, South Carolina, Alabama, Maine, Montana, Alaska, Virginia, Arizona, Idaho, and Kentucky: States that get more than $2 back for every $1 in...
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Celebration and Tears at Standing Rock as Obama Administration Halts Plans to...
by Sydney Brownstone Christinia Eala, 70, told me back in September that she took a stand against the pipeline for her grandchildren. Tentatively, it looks like Eala and her fellow water protectors...
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