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Someone's Setting Up "Trip Wires" At Portland's New Mountain Bike Park
by Dirk VanderHart It took more than a decade for advocates to convince the city to open up a mountain bike park. Now Portland has one, and someone's putting dangerous "trip wires" on its trails.Word...
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Toking for Shut-Ins: Bloom Delivers Weed to Your Door
by Josh Jardine All this, but in the comfort of your own home.Bloom/FacebookYou know what will be coming soon? (No, not your mom, nor mine, pervert.) The rain. The wind. The cold. And if Jesus is...
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Tort Claim Notice Filed Against City After Portland Cop Shoves Legal Observer...
by Doug Brown The National Lawyers Guild legal observer just before he was shoved to the ground SundayDoug BrownThe Portland Police Bureau is again taking heat for questionable actions during Sunday's...
View ArticleErosion of Freedom
by Anonymous Probably nobody here will relate to me on this but I've got a bone to pick anyway. It's simple really, I don't think enough people even consider the potential ramifications. I don't have...
View ArticleJennifer Lawrence Gets Sucked Into Darren Aronofsky’s Mother!
There will be blood. by Erik Henriksen A two-hour nightmare, nearly every frame of Mother! is designed to be deeply unpleasant. Since that's the goal, and since it accomplishes that goal so well,...
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Good Morning, News: London Terror Attack, Mountain Bike Booby Traps, and the...
by Dirk VanderHart Doug BrownSO MUCH NEWS this morning, y'all. The City of Portland is already facing a potential lawsuit over police use of force at rival demonstrations downtown on Sunday, after...
View ArticleLet Punk Kids Burn!
by Anonymous This group of brats had many opportunities to change their mind before stopping at Eagle Creek. Each and every one of them was an accomplice to an unnecessary destruction of precious...
View ArticleThings to Do Friday!
11 things to do for September 15 by Mercury Staff Feast Portland For one long weekend each year, Portland’s hard-working Bruce Banner of a food scene gets angry—and we all like it a great deal. It’s...
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16 things to do for September 16 by Mercury Staff SZA, Smino, Ravyn Lenae SZA pours her honeyed vocals over catchy melodies with brazen, gritty, and sometimes triggering lyrics that dig into toxic...
View Article10 for $10: The Best Bang for Your Buck Shows, September 15-17
by Mercury Staff The Prince & Michael Experience Dave Paul dedicates the dance floor to the everlasting magic that both Prince and Michael Jackson created over the course of their careers,...
View ArticleThings to Do Sunday!
10 things to do for September 17 by Mercury Staff Havania Whaal, Bitch'n, Deathlist, Floating Room Local noise-pop trio Havania Whaal celebrate the release of their third full-length, Elaborate Minor...
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This Weekend's Style Events
by Elizabeth Mollo The Accessory JunkieThe Accessory Junkie and their Speakeasy Pop-Up Shop will land in Portland on Saturday with between 600 to 800 one-of-a-kind pieces that will include jewelry,...
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Tomorrow Night... It's the Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy Showcase!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey It’s back! The biggest night of Portland comedy is returning to Revolution Hall TOMORROW Saturday, September 16!It’s the Portland Mercury’s Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy...
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Timbers v. Real Salt Lake Match Preview
by Abe Asher Portland TimbersComing off of a 1-0 win at New York City last weekend and tied on points atop the Western Conference, the Portland Timbers complete their three-game road-trip on Saturday...
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David Lynch Should Not Make Another Season of Twin Peaks
WARNING: Here There Be Spoilers by Ciara Dolan Cool your jets, David.ShowtimeLast night I dreamt that David Lynch and I lived in the same apartment building. Dream Lynch was an unpleasant neighbor—he...
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Broad City's Fourth Season Turns the Trauma of Trump into Something Funny
Same old Abbi and Ilana: perennially hustling, uncouth, and good. by Jessica Fu They're back. Cara Howe / Comedy CentralThe last time Broad City was on-air, the show took a minute to endorse Hillary...
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State Supreme Court Ruling Means Washington Teens Who Sext Could End Up Felons
Three justices say the decision "will produce absurd results." by Heidi Groover Editor's note: This piece was originally published in our Seattle-based sister paper the Stranger.Sexting could be...
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Sandwich Fight: Feast is Back
by MJ Skegg The biggest question in the food world was answered last night: Who won the Feast Sandwich Invitational? This year sponsored by the Trailblazers (I don’t know what a Trailblazer looks like...
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White Evangelicals Believe in Nothing
These people are nihilists. by Rich Smith These people are nihilists.Chip Somodevilla / GettyNice bit of eye-popping, soul-crushing, but ultimately predictable data journalism in The New York Times...
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With the Gorge Fire Partly Contained, Authorities Are Letting Residents...
by Dirk VanderHart The westernmost portion of the Eagle Creek Fire, at least, appears to be under control.The Multnomah Count Sheriff's Office announced today that it was knocking back all Level 3...
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