Polar Bear Mascot Slips on Ice, and It Is Funny
by Ned Lannamann You think Portlanders can't handle the ice? Check out these very funny outtakes from a commercial for Minnesota car dealership White Bear Mitsubishi. The gopher seems all right (if...
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Festival News for 2017: Pickathon, Project Pabst, Coachella, and More
by Ned Lannamann It's barely 2017 and music festival news is already swarming. While the big national news is the announcement of Coachella's lineup (hey, not too shabby this year!), it's already come...
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This Week's Style Event
by Elizabeth Mollo Happy New Year! I hope you all had a fashionable NYE packed with sequins, glitter, and drinking so much you forgot most of it. (I know I did.)Fashion events are SUPER slim right now...
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Paul Ryan Says Obamacare Repeal Will Also Defund Planned Parenthood
by Megan Burbank Paul Ryan and the GOP continue their crusade against people going to the doctor.istock/ gsheldonToday, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-FUCKEVERYTHING) continues his crazy crusade against...
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Here's How To Support the DC Women's March Without Leaving Portland
by Bri Brey As the days wistfully slip away from us, and a nacho cheese Dorito-dusted shadow begins to loom over 2017, we at the Mercury want to remind you not to lose hope. There are tons of ways to...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Trump Supporters Want Invite To Their Gay Wedding
by Dan Savage My partner and I are getting married on February 26th. We are both male. We have been living together since May and together as a couple just over two years. After the November election...
View ArticleCoffee Breath Bouncer
by Anonymous Dear, security guard who works at Doug Fir Lounge. While enjoying a night out listening to some great local bands you decided to kick me out of the club because in your words I was being...
View ArticleHey you with the manbun.
by Anonymous And the outfit. And the tat. And the hat. The kooky facial hair. The wacky glasses. The phony laugh. Stop trying to attract attention to yourself. It's pathetic and it's embarassing.And...
View ArticleAlso: Eff Fred Meyer
by Anonymous AKA Kroger. While local stores may give a bit to local causes, the corporation gives to Trumpian organizations, and they treat their employees like crap. Winco is employee-owned. Yeah,...
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Good Morning, News: Ice and Snow are Coming, the River Might Get Cleaned Up,...
by Dirk VanderHart “Maybe it is time for us to look at beefing up security,"Mayor Ted Wheeler tells OPB, which has been doing stories on the increasingly raucous audiences at city council meetings. An...
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Things to Do This Weekend!
Things to do for January 6-8 by Mercury Staff Humanity has, for a very long time now, found itself looking for inspiration and motivation in the stars. There's a lot to be inspired by up there, and...
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Ex-Sex Pistol Steve Jones’ Unapologetic and Cheeky New Memoir
by Robert Ham Since 2004, former Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones has been holding court on LA radio as the host of Jonesy’s Jukebox, a delightful free-for-all that finds him spinning beloved tunes...
View ArticleCold-Hearted
by Anonymous As my husband and I left a restaurant last night, we saw a dog tied up outside in 30 degree weather, shivering and clearly miserable. We went back in and asked a server to locate the...
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Federal Orders For Cleaning Up the Willamette River Just Got Stronger—and...
by Dirk VanderHart Sometimes public comment pays off. After thousands of Portlanders provided input over three months this summer, the US Environmental Protection Agency revealed today it's beefed up...
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It's Official: Trump Voters Were Duped by Putin
by Ned Lannamann The full report on how Russian intelligence interfered with the 2016 US presidential election was released today, and it confirms what everyone—except president-elect Donald Trump—has...
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Blazers Recap: Lillard's Back and Blazers Beat LA 118-109
by Arthur Bradford The buzz in the Moda Center before this game was all about the return of Dame. He'd been out for five games with a sprained ankle and even though the Blazers looked pretty good...
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Join Me as I Gape in Horror at All These Proposed Anti-Abortion Laws
by Megan Burbank The attack on abortion rights in America is a targeted effort. And we need to pay attention.istock / Xavier_AscanioNed already posted the document you'll probably want to peruse...
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Ted Wheeler on His First Week As Portland's Mayor
by Doug Brown Portland Mayor Ted WheelerDoug BrownMayor Ted Wheeler is wrapping up his first week on the job, and it's been a busy one. Portland's new leader gave a short press conference this...
View ArticleMoon Landing
by Anonymous I was driving home tonight and stopped at a red light. The moon was bright in the night sky and I thought to myself, "I don't really think we could have put man on the moon AND brought...
View ArticleZupan's Belmont
by Anonymous Are you really closing Zupan's Belmont? I asked the woman in your beer department why there wasn't any beer on the shelves and she said it's a slow time for beer distribution. Um, what? I...
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