I Flip You Off, You Flip Me Off, We Good
by Anonymous I needed to take a right on 28th to get home for the night. Car on my right was sleepily trailing me, lingering in my blind spot. This is problem #1 right here in Portland, this timid...
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Don't Miss This Week's Mercury—Written Entirely by Women
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey MARLOWE DOBBEIf you haven't picked up the print edition of the Portland Mercury this week—DO IT! To celebrate International Women's Day and Women's History Monty, every byline,...
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Meet Cover Artist Inés Estrada
by Kathleen Marie On the cover this week is Inés Estrada, a self taught artist from Mexico City, currently based in Texas running an online shop of comics, apparel, and her own designs through...
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Blazers Recap: Wizards Cast Blindness Spell On Officials, Blazers Lose In...
by Aris Hunter Wales Jusuf Nurkic got his likeness pasted to the side of the Moda Center this week. Ask any Trail Blazer fan or anyone in the organization, and they’ll tell you he’s earned it. In the...
View ArticleDo You Want to "Pass" or Be Loved for Who You Are?
by Anonymous There's no comment field below the article "Fighting for my Womanhood" by Sophia Lee, but I feel compelled to comment. The piece was well written, poignant and enlightening. but there's...
View ArticleOrganic Splooge
by Anonymous So I just ate some vegan cream cheese. You see, I have some super-insane-mega-fucked-up digestive... Let's call it "stuff,". When I eat things with cream, milk, or really super dense fats...
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Things to Do This Week: March 13-16
by Mercury Staff This week is a veritable rainbow of entertainment wonderfulness descending upon the city before its pot of gold is kicked over and used as a beer mug for St. Patrick's Day. Some of...
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Good Morning, News: Blazers Get Robbed, New Ferguson Footage, and Kellyanne...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey KELLYANNE CONWAY "I'm no Inspector Gadget."Pool / GettyGOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Unmistakin' urge to be sexin' with society. How can you be happy alone? LET'S GO TO PRESSA man...
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The Walking Dead Recap: Murder, Morgan Wrote
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Hey! Did you people see last night's episode of The Walking Dead? You know, the one where Morgan did the hmmm-hmmm to hmmm-mmm? Then join me after the jump where I will explain...
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Timbers Take Wild Game in LA For First Road Win Since 2015
by Abe Asher Portland TimbersFor the first time since MLS Cup in Columbus some 462 days ago, the Portland Timbers have a road win.They got it at 2017's first time of asking, beating the LA Galaxy 1-0...
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Need a Pothole Fixed? Maybe a Portland Anarchist Can Help!
by Bri Brey Not all heroes wear capes, some wear face masks. A new Facebook page has appeared touting the handiwork of Portland Anarchist Road Care, an organization who claims to be taking "the state...
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Meeting Between Mayor's Office and ACLU Over Exclusion Proposal Won't Happen
by Dirk VanderHart Demonstrators at a Portland City Council meeting on March 1Dirk VanderHartWhen Mayor Ted Wheeler last week eased off the gas of a new proposal that could see disruptive audience...
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We've Got to Talk Misogyny in Hip-hop
by Jenni Moore Kelsey WrotenIt’s officially Women’s History Month, and I’ve been writing Sneaker Wave for a while now. It’s time to talk about my relationship with hip-hop.First off, I don’t identify...
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This Just In: Liberals Love Being Told They're Right
by Erik Henriksen HBO"There is a new safe space for liberals in the age of President Trump: the television set." That's the (pretty funny, at least by New York Times standards) lede of "For Solace and...
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After Homophobic Scrawlings, Grant High School Just Got Hit With...
by Dirk VanderHart At some point Sunday night or early Monday morning, a banner was hoisted in front of Portland's U.S. Grant High School: "QUEERS BASH BACK!" it proclaimed, before being removed by...
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I, Anonymous Classic: Star Wars LSD Trip
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Kalah AllenHere's a classic submission from the I, Anonymous blog, circa January 2016.Keep Your LSD Cryfests Away from My Star WarsI WAS TRYING to enjoy the new Star Wars in...
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CBO: 24,000,000 Americans Will Lose Health Insurance Under Trumpcare
by Dan Savage NYT:The House Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act would cause 24 million people to lose health insurance within a decade, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget...
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Portland Business Owner Won't Be Charged for Killing a Homeless Man Last Month
by Dirk VanderHart The East Portland insurance agent who shot and killed a homeless Portlander last month won't be prosecuted, police announced today.A Multnomah County grand jury decided that Charlie...
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Much Too Much: The Who’s Lean ’n’ Mean My Generation Goes Deluxe
by Ned Lannamann The Who’s first album has been reissued for what’s probably the umpteenth time—news that’s of interest only to diehard fans and fetishists of physical media. My Generation was the...
View ArticleConflicted with My Philosophies in the Workplace
by Anonymous I manage a warehouse and mill. I am in my 30's, college educated, worked my way up and the good fortune of having the right jobs, right experiences, and right accolades landed me where I...
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