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Fate of Portland's New Renter Protections to be Decided By A Judge Our Last...
by Dirk VanderHart Joe SchlaudThe City of Portland's about to argue the legality of its brand new renter protections in front of a judge former Mayor Charlie Hales just insulted. In a move that an...
View ArticleIt is Time to Go
by Anonymous yesterday the president got upset because a family member lost a good gig with her fashion line. I wonder how he will quit being the leader of America. I think it will be no shock when he...
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Good Morning, News: Two Police Shootings, One Overturned #MuslimBan, and A...
by Dirk VanderHart Thursday was insane, Portland. A rundown: Portland police shot two people in separate incidents. The first came Thursday morning, as cops were searching for a suspect in an armed...
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Things to Do This Weekend: February 10-12
by Mercury Staff The heart-shaped storm of Valentine's is approaching. The upper arches of the pink-and-red behemoth have broken the horizon. Why wait until the day itself to indulge in giving (and...
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This Weekend's Style Events
by Elizabeth Mollo Get that last minute Valentine's Day shopping done this weekend with these events!Piper DaltonCovet is an annual Valentine’s Day pop-up that features lingerie, jewelry, art, plants,...
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New National Poll Says Americans are Just About Ready to Impeach Trump
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey "You guys are really starting to hurt my feelings."Win McNamee / GettyPublic Policy Polling—who released this very illuminating poll two weeks ago—has been very busy as of...
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Blazers Recap: Celtics Rally and Kill Our Buzz
by Arthur Bradford The last time these two teams met the Blazers beat the Celtics in overtime. It looked for a while like they were going to get another nice win, this time at home, as the Blazers...
View ArticleToday in Tween Girls Rule the World: Tween Takes Down Utah Congressman Chaffetz
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey If you need a pick-me-up today, watch this. As you may have heard, a town hall put on by Utah Republican congressman Jason Chaffetz was inundated by over a thousand people...
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Santa Clarita Diet: A Sitcom with Blood and Puke
by Ned Lannamann The domestic sitcom has gotten a shakeup in recent years by circumventing its white-bread tendencies with solid network shows like Black-ish and Fresh Off the Boat. But apart from...
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Hate Graffiti Returns to Portland—Bet You Can't Guess Why (*Cough* Trump)
by Doug Brown The City of PortlandIT'S A SCARY TIME to be an immigrant or refugee in this country, with President Donald Trump’s rise to power leaving already-vulnerable populations feeling even more...
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Local Public Defenders Are Plotting Resistance to Trump's Immigration Policies
by Dirk VanderHart Demonstrators protest Trump's immigration/refugee ban at Portland International Airport recently. This post has been updated to add comments from Commissioner Amanda Fritz. Portland...
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Fifty Shades Darker: Here's That Beautifully Shot, Morally Problematic Smut...
by Elinor Jones Early in Fifty Shades Darker, heroine Anastasia Steele blankly stares at her former/current lover, Christian Grey, and says, “This isn’t a relationship; it’s ownership.” She says it...
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Hair of the Dog/Omnipollo Bottle Release Tomorrow
by Brian Yaeger Hair of the Dog Brewing has long been a Portland brewer without borders. Brewmaster Alan Sprints has worked with brewers in Belgium, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands, England, and our...
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Sleater-Kinney Are Playing the Hell No! Protest Show at the Crystal Ballroom
It Will Be Only Their Second Portland Show Since Reforming in 2014 by Ned Lannamann Sleater-Kinney will play a live show in Portland on Sunday, February 26. (Quick, cancel your Oscar party!)It's not a...
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Release Date for Dear White People is Announced, Pisses off White Nationalists
by Jenni Moore YESTERDAY a super-short trailer for upcoming series Dear White People announced its April 28 release date, and simultaneously pissed off a bunch of the alt-right. (I know, shocking.)...
View Article"I dnt Know"
by Anonymous Can someone explain this to me. Why in the world do we develop these communication oddities? Like saying "hashtag" in actual conversation, or when people say things on facebook like "when...
View ArticleThis Time it's Personal
by Anonymous Remember when the mom from Jaws made the bad decisions of making Jaws 4? It was a horrible movie, pure shit, nothing like the masterpiece that was Jaws 3-D. But that line, about it being...
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So You Want to Counter-Protest Abortion Clinic Protesters. Here's How to Do...
by Megan Burbank Saturday ChoresLeft: Grayson Haver Currin, hero.Another week, another attempt by grim-faced politicos to defund Planned Parenthood. Or investigate Planned Parenthood. Or to sit...
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One Killed, One Wounded by Portland Police on Thursday. Here are the Two...
by Doug Brown Left: Quanice Hayes, 17, was shot and killed. Right: Don Perkins, 56, was shot and wounded.Portland Police BureauThe Portland Police Bureau (PPB) identified the two people shot by...
View ArticleNon-Violent Response to Texting While Driving* (1)
by Anonymous Okay. I will try to do this using my understanding of the techniques of Non-Violent Communication (NVC), as described by Marshall Rosenberg. I can start by giving you empathy. In your...
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