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Campaign Season’s Underway, And City Council Candidates Are Popping Up All Over the Place
MLK Day has passed, the winter doldrums have set in, and suddenly there’s a whole hell of a lot of movement in this May’s races for mayor and city council, just four short months away. Since we wrote about the candidacy of local architect Stuart Emmons this morning, candidates have been coming out of the […]
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Veritable Quandary Will Close This Summer
Sorry, patio people. The latest victim of Portland’s changing landscape is longtime downtown staple, Veritable Quandary, which will close after this summer. The Oregonian reported this morning that VQ owner Dennis King announced the impending closure in a news release, saying he’d “explored a number of alternatives with the county” before deciding to shutter the […]
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A Few Bernie Sanders Victories Could Be Just What Hillary Clinton Needs
Hillary clutches her pearls in mock surprise at the turnout. “You’re all here to see ME?” Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com So far it’s been a slow news day, election-wise. None of the candidates have dropped any babies they were trying to kiss, or hacked each others’ mailing lists, or called for the deportation of an […]
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Steve Novick Has Another Challenger. Architect Stuart Emmons Will Formally Announce Candidacy Today
stuartemmons.com Since January 2015, City Commissioner Steve Novick’s raised a little over $176,000 to fund a re-election bid. In that time, Novick’s also collected a long list of challengers. The latest? Portland architect Stuart Emmons says he’ll formally announce a bid against Novick this afternoon. He’s been quietly assuring reporters this month that he’d go […]
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Broadly is Tracking All 44 Assault Allegations Against NFL Players
Broadly A LAMP? Really? UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH forever. It’s called “The Rapey Roster,” which certainly gets the point across (and, you know, reminds you you’re reading a blog owned by Vice). But what’s particularly smart about this critique of the league is that it straight-up lists facts ‘n’ numbers, which, taken together, provide names, faces, and concrete […]
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The Bachelor Recap – Episode 3: Hot Tubs and Airplanes
Courtesy of @bachelorABC Here we are, The Bachelor. Week three. I can’t believe it. You can’t believe it. But here I am, spending two hours of my unknowably short, precious, life watching this unholy baloney. But you know what? It’s not so bad when you just embrace the darkness. Embrace your inner darkness by catching […]
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Pay to Lay?
I’m a 40-year-old hetero woman. (I may possibly be bi—but that’s not relevant here.) I’ve had surprisingly good luck on Craigslist finding good FWBs. I have two partners that I met through Craigslist that I’ve been seeing for ten months. We have so much fun! But they’re irregular, so I thought I’d search out an […]
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The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o’ the Day
Maybe you’re not in need of the following advice… but on the other hand, I don’t know you. So here goes: LSD AND STAR WARS DON’T MIX. From the I, Anonymous Blog: I was trying to enjoy the new Star Wars at Imax. You were sitting right behind me and started whimper-crying in the most […]
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Keep Your LSD Cryfests Away from My Star Wars
I was trying to enjoy the new Star Wars at Imax. You were sitting right behind me and started whimper-crying in the most pathetic way. Mind you, this started around the time Han and Leia were reunited, so I couldn’t understand what the fuck could be so fucking sad at that point in the film?!? […]
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Your Words are Containers of Shit
Your “words are just containers” screeds against political correctness are stupid. So your words are packed up in little racist Tupperwares, and everyone else’s responsibility to microwave them and find the peace and harmony within? When someone hands me a stinky bag labeled “TURDS”, I don’t open it and pick around looking for macaroons inside. […]
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Pickathon Lineup Announcement! And Slab Sessions, Episode 5: Joseph
Last night Pickathon announced the first part of its lineup for the 2016 festival at a special event at Revolution Hall (missed it? Click here or check out the poster above), and today, to celebrate, we’re posting the latest episode of our Slab Sessions series. This one’s pretty fantastic, with Oregon sister trio Joseph playing […]