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Racing Cars in the West Bank with Speed Sisters
by Elinor Jones In the West Bank, there’s a team of Palestinian women racecar drivers, and the documentary Speed Sisters chronicles a racing season with them. That’s putting it as simply as I can,...
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Fleet Foxes Announce First US Show Since Hiatus at Portland's Crystal Ballroom
by Ciara Dolan Shawn BrackbillThis morning, the mountain monks of Fleet Foxes took to Facebook to quietly announce (via a BandsInTown link) that they'll play at Portland's Crystal Ballroom Thursday,...
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Good Morning, News: ICE Picks Up Portland Dreamer, Trump Blame Game, and Ugh!...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey JARED KUSHNER"What's that smell? Oh, it's me."Pool / GettyGOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! When you're feeling good in somebody's spot, getting hot, don't stop. Just don't think I'm...
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Things to Do This Week: March 27-30
by Mercury Staff The last week of March is going to have some sunshine, dammit. If the sun doesn't wanna come out, Portland will provide its own light and warmth, be it a stand-up set from the...
View Article"Do You Know Who We Are?"
by Anonymous Yeah I know who you are. I could spot you two-blocks away. It was raining and you were standing there in your Frog Togg holding a clipboard on the corner. You stood there, arms crossed,...
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SEQUIN SHOWERS! Thorns Beat Chicago 1-0
by Erin O'Regan Just like Rhianna, all Nadia Nadim does is WORK WORK WORK WORK WORKPhoto courtesy Portland Thorns FCAND ALL THAT JAZZ!The Portland Thorns HIGH KICKED into their preseason Sunday night...
View ArticleProtestes
by Anonymous If you buy a permit to protest, or only protest in "approved zones", you are NOT protesting anything. You are playing by their rules and paying them for the privilege. Think about it: you...
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The Walking Dead Recap: BOOM! We Got Your Guns.
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Hey! Did you watch last night's episode of The Walking Dead? Are you ready to say "Screw you, I'm just going to take all your guns?" Then let's get ready for a second...
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Wilson Is A Helpful Reminder That Most People Are Goddamn Idiots
by Marc Mohan Everybody loves a misanthrope, right? Well, maybe not everybody, but there’s a long American tradition of giving it up for the curmudgeons and the cranks, especially when they can make...
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Two Openly Gay Candidates Are Running For Office Up In Anchorage—Or Is It...
by Dan Savage Originally posted Friday at 6:30 PM.Despite the fact that the Anchorage Assembly—their city council—has long had "a dominant progressive bloc," as Alaska Dispatch News columnist Charles...
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RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: Come to Mama! (She's on VH1, and With Lady Gaga)
by Chase Burns She done already done had herses!Viacom Media Networks. Collage by author.Eight years ago, RuPaul Charles birthed her child, RuPaul's Drag Race, with the help of a daddy named Logo TV....
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Mega Bog and Hand Habits Released Fantastic Albums Last Month—Tonight They...
by Ciara Dolan MEGA BOG Mon 3/27 High Water MarkADAM GUNDERSHEIMERLast month, two magnificent records were unleashed to the world: Hand Habits’Wildly Idle (Humble Before the Void) and Mega Bog’s Happy...
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Senate Investigators Want to Talk to Jared Kushner About Russia Meetings
by Eli Sanders Getting ready to chat with the Senate Intelligence Committee.Getty ImagesWell, well:Senate investigators plan to question Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and a close...
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Speedballs for Hitler: According to Blitzed, Nazis Were Meth-Addled Psychos
by Christopher Frizzelle Blitzed is a fast read and it explains a few things.When the Nazis invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, they were high on methamphetamine. The German-made product Pervitin...
View ArticlePlease Pay for Her Birth Control
by Anonymous Dear Boyfriend of my Housemate: I get that you’re an awesome guy, a Bernie Bro and a friend of feminism. But if you go on more rant about how the government should fund birth control...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: She Needs Help! NOW!
by Dan Savage I screwed up. Here’s the deal, though. I have been dating a great guy for FIVE years now, but we have ALWAYS been long distance. 2,000 miles. Some months we don’t even see each other....
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Good Morning, News: Another Cop Suspended, Quanice Hayes Shooting...
by Dirk VanderHart As promised, the transcripts from a grand jury investigation into the death of 17-year-old Quanice Hayes at the hands of police were released yesterday. They span more than 500...
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The Last Word: Lady Curmudgeons Deserve Better
by Megan Burbank The Last Word, starring Shirley MacLaine as a miserable old woman and Amanda Seyfried as the ornery journalist writing her obituary ahead of time, could’ve been a celebration of lady...
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Congress Votes on Giving Away Your Internet Privacy Today
by Ana Sofia Knauf ROYALTY-FREE/GETTYIMAGES.COMLast week, the United States Senate voted to repeal broadband privacy rules, which require internet service providers (ISPs) to obtain permission before...
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I, Anonymous Classic: You Brought a Beehive Into Our Garage
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Here's another classic from the I, Anonymous archives!Done with this Craig's List Roommate ShitYou want to know why we basically paid you off to leave? YOU BROUGHT A BEEHIVE...
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