The Skinny on the Tiny House Conspiracy
by Anonymous WHy are they trying to push tiny houses on us so much? What if I want to eventually own a one story ranch style home on 1.7 acres with a double car garage? All those new skinny & tall...
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Alex Gibney Takes on Cyber Warfare with Zero Days
by Erik Henriksen "This was obviously the first, biggest, and most sophisticated example of a state or two states using a cyber weapon for offensive purposes," says New York Times national security...
View ArticleHello, FOR FUCKS SAKE.
by Anonymous I’ve lived in Portland for about 17 years. In that time, I moved for work to places like Texas and gasp, even California. Something has really stuck out in my time back in the Portland...
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Defense Strong Again in Timbers' 0-0 Draw With Red Bulls
by Abe Asher Brad Penner-USA TODAY SportsNat Borchers lets you know when his team has had a good day at the office. After Portland's win in Vancouver in the playoffs last year, he tetrissed with the...
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Down, But Not Out : Thorns vs FC Kansas City Recap
by Erin O'Regan Thorns regroup with a quick joke before the game begins.Photo Courtesy of Portland Thorns FC The Thorn’s 12 game winning streak was broken Saturday night when they fell to Kansas City...
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Tone Roads: Classical Music Roundup for July 2016
by Robert Ham Emerson String QuartetLisa MazzuccoToday on Blogtown, we introduce Tone Roads, a new column by Robert Ham, a regular contributor to the Mercury, highlighting the most interesting...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: Can I Book a Session With My Friend The Sex...
by Dan Savage I'd appreciate your thoughts on a matter of sex worker etiquette and social boundaries. Someone I'd describe as an acquaintance/casual friend recently let me know that she is working as...
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Jay Som's Melina Duterte Can Shred
by Ciara Dolan JAY SOM Taking a deft architectural approach to songwriting.Marissa CarpenterVICTORY MOON. That’s the loose translation of Jay Som, San Francisco musician Melina Duterte’s baby name...
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Gay Republicans now Loathed Slightly Less by Their Colleagues
by Matt Baume Nice to see young women getting the respect they deserve from the GOP.Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com"Festering" is the word that the New York Times chose to describe the process of...
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A New Lawsuit Says Covered Water Reservoirs Will Poison Portlanders
by Dirk VanderHart As the city moved ever closer to shutting down its open air drinking water reservoirs in recent years, lots of opponents offered a steady refrain: They argued the shift to covered...
View ArticleI am Joe Hamm (Facebook VILLIAN)
by Anonymous I feel like I've been misunderstood... First of all I am a police officer in Portland and Joe Hamm is clearly not my real name. That part is true. However, I am on Facebook only to...
View ArticleTomorrow
by Anonymous I will feel like at the last minute Bernie will say "Hell No Hilliary, I am running as an Independent". I have not been consumed with this debacle of a run for President in either party,...
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Good Morning, News: Bike Share NIMBYs, A City Reservoir Lawsuit, and the...
by Dirk VanderHart ICYMI, a new lawsuit against the city makes the same claims activists have for years: That the city's new underground water reservoirs are going to lead to radon in Portland's...
View ArticleClippings
by Anonymous About ten years ago, I started saving my finger and toenail clippings. At first I put them in an old dixie cup but when that got too full, I doubled down and kept it going, putting them...
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Timbers v. Montreal Match Preview
by Abe Asher Eric Bolte-USA TODAY SportsAfter consecutive 0-0 draws at Colorado and the New York Red Bulls, the Portland Timbers return to Providence Park for their longest and most important...
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The Bachelorette Recap: Episode 7 - Lotsa Horses In This One
by Campy Draper "I'm so horny I could fuck a horse."@BacheloretteABCThe world is fucking awful. There is so much tragic and important stuff happening right now that if feels a little stupid to recap...
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Watch Live: President Obama's Remarks at the Memorial for Slain Police...
by Eli Sanders Speaking soon, in Dallas.PETE SOUZA / WHITE HOUSEAccording to The New York Times, President Obama......huddled with his speechwriters for much of Monday, hoping to find words that would...
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Good Morning, News: Blow Pony, A Baby on LSD, and Trump's RNC Speakers
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. Here are those links you've been waiting for. Blow PonyThis week's feature story, out in print yesterday, is about queer dance nights Blow Pony and Bearracuda...
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The Infiltrator Review: Now That's Some Grade-A Cranston!
by Andrew Wright It may be impossible to completely screw up an undercover cop movie, with the very nature of the premise guaranteeing some vicarious hopscotching over the morality line. Judged on...
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Lemonade Gets Four Emmy Nods; Plus Other Less Accomplished Shows Do, Too
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey YOU ARE GODDAMN RIGHT Beyonce's Lemonade—AKA the greatest work of art so far this century—got four Emmy nominations, because it is damn near perfect. Lemonade's four nods...
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