Please Don't Smoke Weed in the Laundry Room
by Anonymous Seriously. Smoke in your own apartment like a normal person. Order a pizza, watch some cartoons, whatever. Newsflash: It's 2016. Marijuana is legal in Oregon. One of the benefits of...
View ArticleIf You Can't Take it, Don't Bring it
by Anonymous So you're jokes are condescending, disrespectful, sexist and racist. That's what all jokes are. HaHa. Your jokes are an insult to what being funny is supposed to be. You're not even a...
View ArticleWe're Owed an Apology
by Anonymous I've been waiting for years for John McCain to finally apologize to the American people for introducing us to the train-wreck that was Sarah Palin. Not once, has he ever indicated regret...
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The Know Has Found a New Home: the Old Blackbird
by Ned Lannamann THE KNOWNow and forever.It was a sad day earlier this year when the Know announced it would be closing at the end of November. The Portland dive bar and punk venue has been ground...
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This Week on Blogtown
by Bri Brey Everything you missed on the Mercury blog from Monday, October 17-Friday, October 21. TOP STORY:Doug BrownBIG BOOM: A large gas explosion leveled a building in NW Portland Wednesday...
View ArticleThe Portland Mercury Endorsement: Yes on Mesure 26-180 (Recreational Pot...
by Mercury Election Strike Force MEASURE 26-180 (Recreational Pot Sales Tax): Yes Even if Portland voters approve this city-wide 3 percent recreational pot tax, you’ll still be able to get legally...
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Movies To Watch This Week: Old-School John Carpenter, the Portland EcoFilm...
by Mercury Staff OASIS: SUPERSONIC “Regulaaaaaators! Mount up!”JILL FURMANOVKSYThe AccountantIt’s not hard to imagine how Ben Affleck was convinced to sign on to The Accountant. “Hey Benny!” director...
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Things To Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff Homoween Blowpony already knows how to throw an excellent party—but when this highly beloved queer event has a Halloween bash? Get ready to get real! Blowpony's Homoween features all...
View ArticleThe Portland Mercury Endorsement: No on Mesure 26-183 (Appointed County Sheriff)
by the Mercury Endorsement Strike Force MEASURE 26-183 (Appointed County Sheriff): NoMultnomah County, you are bad at electing sheriffs.Sheriff Dan Staton resigned this year, amid a roiling...
View ArticleThe Banana Peel Crusade
by Anonymous Friday morning I headed to Spin Laundry Lounge to get coffee, work, and do laundry. I live in a conversion van, I’m conscious of the environmental impacts of the consumer lifestyle. I do...
View ArticleMy Voting Checklist
by Anonymous I'm a Republican and I'm a very, very emotional person. I vote on my feelings and fear rather than logic and reason. Although if you saw me on the street you might think I'm this big,...
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Mike's Drive-In, Longtime Sellwood Burger Joint, May be Demolished for...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Google EarthCLARIFICATION: The following story has been edited to reflect that the Mike's Drive-In property is being developed by David Sackhoff's Urban Development Group,...
View ArticleYou Win
by Anonymous Congratulations, scofflaw dog owners, you win! You have worn me down with your excuses, challenges, verbal abuse, and even threats, so I give up trying to get you to respect the law and...
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Things To Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff 3rd Annual Pug-O-Ween Halloween is a time of terror, when shambling monstrosities lurch out of our nightmares and into reality. Which brings us to Pug-O-Ween—the annual benefit for...
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Things To Do This Week!
Things to do for October 24-27 by Mercury Staff The one thing, maybe the only thing that could possibly dislodge a Blazers season opener from the top spot on this very busy week's list of things to...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: RIP Tom Hayden, Racists Hate Trump's Wall, and...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! You're lickin' your lips, and blowing kisses my way. But that don't mean I'm gonna give it away. LET'S GO TO PRESS.Beloved Sellwood burger joint Mike's...
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Timbers' 2016 Season Ends in Disgrace
by Abe Asher Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland TimbersSo much for that.Though they took on plenty of water throughout a 2016 season that was far more turbulent than it ever portended to be, the Portland...
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Don't Shoot Portland's Teressa Raiford Wants to be Sheriff
by Dirk VanderHart After spending years railing for reform in Portland's justice system, Teressa Raiford wants in. Raiford, a prominent Black Lives Matter protestor and founder of the accountability...
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Walking Dead Recap: You Picked a Fine Time to Beat Me, Lucille
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! Welcome back to the Walking Dead Chitty-Chat Club in which we chat and chitty about last night's brain-bustin' episode of The Walking Dead. Will I offer...
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Wing Week 2016: It's Here
Check out the wings! by Mercury Staff It's time. ICARUS WAS AN IDIOT.All Icarus had to do was escape the island of Crete. That’s it. And he even had help: Using wax and feathers, his father Daedalus...
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