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The Bachelorette Recap - Episode 1: JoJo 2, Electric Boogaloo

by Campy Draper Most of these dudes will be dead before the year is out. Courtesy of ABCHello Bach-fam! Can I call you that? No? Well after watching The Bachelor with me last season my wife has...

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Hillary Says Hell No to Yet Another Debate with Bernie

by Christopher Frizzelle "Another debate? With Bernie? Hosted by Fox News? Uh... I'm good."a katz / Shutterstock.com"Hell no" is not an actual quote. Nor is "I'm good."The actual statement from camp...

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Dan Saltzman Is Proposing A New Construction Tax to Fund Affordable Housing

by Dirk VanderHart Nicole CmarRight now, Portland developers building new projects pay into a fund that helps parks meet demand of new residents or employees. And they pay similar "system development...

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Required Viewing: Samantha Bee on Parking, Starting Times, Rigged Systems,...

by Dan Savage The comments, of course, are a foot-stomping, bed-wetting shit show.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

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Just Like That, Police Chief Larry O'Dea is on Paid Leave

by Dirk VanderHart Ashley AndersonThings are moving awfully quick for Police Chief Larry O'Dea these days. Five days after it became public that O'Dea mistakenly shot a friend on April 21, he's on...

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Attention Late Night Diners!!

by Anonymous First off, if you go into a restaurant five or ten minutes before they close, and the place is obviously pretty much closing down (obvious to everyone but the people this rant is aimed...

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Writers Sign Petition Against Trump

by Rich Smith "Is that guy a writer? Get 'em out a 'eeeeeere. I've written books, best sellers actually. And you know what? They were terrific. Not like these lightweights."Gino Santa Maria /...

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Things To Do Tonight!

by Bobby Roberts Comedy Bang! Bang! Live!The reliably hilarious Comedy Bang! Bang! is one of the longest-running podcasts for good reason. It features the intensely funny Scott Aukerman and some of...

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Meet "Pepper"—Your Newest Robot Overlord

by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey "Would you like fries with that, future slave—BZZT!—I mean, human?"Last year, SoftBank Robotics Corporation announced their humanoid robot, Pepper, would be available to...

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Check Out This Great New Video About Hazelnut Grove

by Dirk VanderHart For most of the people who pass Hazelnut Grove on a regular basis, it is a fenced off, ever-shifting mystery. The organized tent camp on North Greeley Avenue often emits a clatter...

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Seattle Is More Well-Read Than Portland, Says Company That Ruined Seattle And...

by Megan Burbank Let's consider the source: Amazon "A Great Place to Cry at Your Desk" Dot Com. vgajic via iStockCheck out this horrible regurgitated press release from the bottom-dwellers at Amazon,...

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Chuck Palahniuk's Tells Wired About His Favorite Places in Portland

by Doug Brown Wired just released a cool piece featuring Portland author Chuck Palahniuk and his favorite places to visit in Portland. The list, which is Southeast Portland-centric, is great. Here are...

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Left for Dead?

A new lawsuit alleges a vulnerable, HIV-positive woman was abandoned in a state-mandated facility. by Doug Brown Daphne Mosley was unconscious, and no one would help.According to a lawsuit filed...

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Hall Monitor: Are O'Dea's Days Numbered?

The police chief shot a guy. That's not even the worst part. by Dirk VanderHart MAYOR CHARLIE HALES' phone rang early on April 25. The police chief had some surprising news.Chief Larry O'Dea had just...

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Death of the Mall Rat

Portland is changing—can the Lloyd Center Mall keep up? by Morgan Troper I BELONG to the last generation of mall rat. My experiences at the Lloyd Center Mall as a kid transcended commerce—it was where...

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The Chirashi of Pause Japanese Bistro

Healthy, super tasty—and available from a cart. by Andrea Damewood STOP ME if you've heard this one: Two veterans, a South Korean piano teacher, and a repurposed 1972 Mobile Scout travel trailer roll...

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Eat This: Welcome to the Torta Chamber

A roundup of Mexican sammies. by Heather Arndt Anderson SOME THINK it's one food masquerading as another, but I say a torta is something else. The canon is some iteration of a soft, flattish roll...

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I, Anonymous

"To all the women over 30 at the Violent Femmes show..."I, Anonymous {{ image:1, align:right, width:200 }} TO ALL THE WOMEN over 30 at the Violent Femmes show: I caught that shitheel kid who was...

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Everything As Fuck

Vikings? Why Vikings? WHY VIKINGS?? by Ian Karmel There's a problem lurking in Southwest Portland. A conundrum. A botheration. A mistake. A big time fuck up. There's a question that can't possibly...

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Letters to the Editor

"If you want an ultra-precious, cutesy-poo mini-Frisco that virtually no one can afford, surrounded by a dismal Orange County of sprawl, keep it up with the NIMBYism."DENIAL, BARGAINING, ANGERRE: The...

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