GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! I see you lookin’ at me, like I’m some kind of freak. Get up out of your seat. Why don’t you do somethin’? LET’S GO TO PRESS.
HAPPY LEGALIZED POT DAY EVERYBODY! Hundreds gathered at the Burnside Bridge last night at the stroke of midnight to wave bye-bye to cannabis prohibition… even though you can’t buy it yet. All in good time, stoner friends… all in good time. Until then there’s always fun pot-sampling events, and your friendly neighborhood dealer, Sergio. Isn’t your dealer’s name Sergio? Mine is Sergio. HI, SERGIO!
PORTLAND CIRCA 2015: new east side office space, unseasonably warm weather, pot legal #burnsideburn pic.twitter.com/myHhPuRJc7
— Aaron Brown (@ambrown) July 1, 2015
And completely coincidentally, our Cannabis Legalization issue comes out today, and you can get a jump on it with this HIGHly informative article, featuring all the results from our Portland Pot-Users Survey!
According to reports, the Blazers are working on a very lucrative deal to keep Damian Lillard on the team until 2021.
In World Cup news, the U.S. Women’s team defeated the Germans with a score of 2-0. Next they’ll face the winner of the England/Japan game… which is to say, JAPAN. (Sorry England, but you know it’s true.)
Disturbing lede of the day: “Police in the United States are killing people at a rate that would result in 1,100 fatalities by the end of this year, according to a Guardian investigation, which recorded an average of three people killed per day during the first half of 2015.”
Related: An Ohio cop accidentally shoots a 4-year-old girl... while he was trying to shoot a dog.
Well, well, well… it looks like Jeb “JEB!” Bush has a lot more in common with Mitt Romney than we thought… in that he’s a rich bastard.
Speaking of rich douchebags, rich douchebag Donald Trump has filed a $500 million lawsuit against Univision for pulling his stupid, misogynist MIss USA pageant.
Meanwhile Macy’s has severed their clothing ties with Trump following his “immigrants are rapists and killers” remarks.
In hillbilly news: The KKK plans to stage a pro-Confederate flag rally on the grounds of the South Carolina state capitol, because… HILLBILLIES!
A historic black church catches on fire in South Carolina—but the FBI thinks the blaze may have been caused by lightning (AKA malicious mischief from God).
In case you missed it, actors Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are getting divorced… another relationship destroyed by the “Daredevil Curse.” (Which is to say, you’re cursed if you starred in the 2003 Daredevil movie.)
Now here’s what’s going on in your neck of the woods: HOT AGAIN, Y’ALL. 95 today and tomorrow with slight cooling over the weekend.
And finally, because it’s federally required whenever a state legalizes pot, THIS SCENE FROM UP IN SMOKE.
THE PEOPLE! UNITED! WILL NEVER BE DE-WEEDED!