Good Morning, News: Another Massacre in France, Impending Springwater...
by Dirk VanderHart French officials have feared and even predicted an attack of the very kind that struck Nice. https://t.co/RP4xPa2Hhq— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) July 15, 2016It's Friday, which...
View ArticleThings To Do This Weekend!
Things to do for Jul 15-17 by Bobby Roberts Remember that old Sesame Street story, The Monster at the End of This Book? This week is kind of like that book, in that there's a monster show in the form...
View ArticleSay What You Will About the Sharknado 4 Trailer—At Least They Crush Carrot...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey By this point you're probably saying to yourself, "What can the Sharknado franchise show me that I haven't seen already?" Well, you've seen stars Tara Reid and Ian Ziering...
View ArticleHere Is a Picture of a Wiener Dog That Is Going to Die
by Ciara Dolan Todd Solondz is notorious for mercilessly toying with his characters like some kind of sadistic puppeteer—the dude wrote Welcome to the Dollhouse, okay? In the filmmaker’s latest,...
View ArticleThe Portland Mercury Is On Snapchat; Alert the Authorities!
by Bri Brey Do you use Snapchat? You do? That's great! So do we!HOORAY!The Portland Mercury is now officially on Snapchat! We promise not to overwhelm you with boring face swaps or toast selfies....
View ArticleEverybody Relax: The High Guy Wearing Camo and Throwing a Hatchet on Foster...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Portland-Police to 85th/Foster-report of a high guy in camo pants throwing a hatchet around and breaking out windows -avoid area— Portland OR Alerts (@pdxalerts) July 15,...
View ArticleParking Spots Outside of Voodoo Doughnut Are About to Become a Public Plaza
by Dirk VanderHart A rendering of the incoming Ankeny PlazaPortland Bureau of TransportationNo grassroots transportation group in the city has had the impact Better Block PDX has mustered lately....
View ArticleConvicted Sex Offender Who Wants Guns Again Allegedly Once Threatened...
by Doug Brown Mark SusiLeft: Linked InA few weeks back, we reported that a 60-year-old Gresham man convicted of felony sex crimes a few years ago petitioned Multnomah County to allow him to own...
View ArticleTimbers v. Seattle Match Preview
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersThe biggest game in American soccer is here. The Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders are set to clash for the first time in 2016 on Sunday at...
View ArticleSix Portland Bands and Six Oregon Brewers Make This Year's Malt Ball a...
by Ned Lannamann We live in the era of multitasking—it’s impossible in this day and age to avoid combining two activities at once. But while recent scientific studies show that multitasking drains...
View ArticleScience News: Trump's VP Pick Mike Pence Is Bad on Global Warming and...
by Ethan Linck "Give me a minute to think about this. I was not made by a giant kitty but a supernatural ape."yykkaa/shutterstock.comTrump’s Reported VP Pick Predictably Poor on Global Warming,...
View ArticleAs Springwater Sweep Looms, Mayor Charlie Hales Says Camping Policy "Has Not...
by Dirk VanderHart Police and city officials conduct a sweep along the Springwater Corridor in 2014. Far more people live along the trail today.Dirk VanderHartVoicing the strongest misgivings we've...
View ArticleRemembering Meticulous Comics Artist Geneviève Castrée Elverum
by Suzette Smith Geneviève Castrée ElverumGeneviève Castrée Elverum's work may be familiar to you, maybe not. She produced a powerful, personal graphic novel three years ago, called Susceptible, about...
View ArticleThe I, Anonymous Blog Quote o' the Day: Fuck with the Developer
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey If you love "fun," then you may enjoy a brand new game this I, Anonymous blogger came up with called, "Fuck with the Developer."OH DO GO ON.I came up with a new game. Anyone...
View ArticleHere are but a few of the Reasons Why You Hate Mike Pence
by Matt Baume What could be more credible than covering yourself in all-caps slogans about your enemies?a katz / Shutterstock.comWhat's the worst thing about Donald Trump choosing Mike Pence as his...
View ArticleBreeders
by Anonymous To the hipsters that scowl at me and my infant child while we grocery shop or sully the public park where you like to sit in a cloud of expensive tobacco and dwell on your self involved...
View ArticleDon't Miss Taika Waititi's Hunt for the Wilderpeople
by Ned Lannamann Ricky Baker (Julian Dennison) is a troubled kid, a real bad egg. At least, that’s how the system has labeled him. Shuttled from foster home to foster home, he’s—supposedly—a...
View ArticleA Look at Muscle Beach, One of the Portland2016 Biennial’s Only Venues Inside...
by Eleanor Ford Lisa Radon’s exhibition at Muscle Beach presents the rare opportunity to see work from an established artist in a genuinely alternative setting.Lisa RadonAs a regional event,...
View ArticlePortland's Yelliest Bridge
by Anonymous Commuters of Tilikum Crossing, please stop yelling at me. I am sorry you are going to a job you dislike. I am sorry you are returning to a home you dislike. Please stop informing me...
View ArticleTrimet, What the Actual Fuck...
by Anonymous Trimet, get your shit together. Your max drivers need to learn that when they are at a stop and they see people getting off a bus at the same stop to fucking wait the 10 extra seconds to...
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