Last week, after some gentle prodding, the City of Portland announced that it’d be opening one of two day storage sites for homeless people this week, months later than planned. We reported that’d be happening. It hasn’t. The west end of the Steel Bridge has neither the 53-foot modified shipping container officials said was on […]
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Portland Legislator Outlines Proposals for Renter Protections
Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer (D-Portland) at a Thursday Human Services and Housing Committee hearing announced a trio of strategies she’ll introduce in a housing relief bill during the 2016 legislative session. Keny-Guyer’s bill would require landlords to pay relocation costs equal to one month’s rent for tenants served with no-cause eviction notices, prohibit no-cause evictions within […]
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I’ll Take Manhattan; Or, Portland’s Best Winter Cocktails
Ronitphoto.com Winter’s still got 10 more weeks. Slipping down my treacherous porch stairs to chip away at my ice-covered Ford Escape (like Brendan Fraser in Encino Man), I’d be lying if I said my first thought is anything but “Damn it, I need a drink.” Specifically, I need a Manhattan. Whiskey provides warmth, fortified vermouth […]
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Video Game Junkie
I tried to stop playing video games on my PC. Really I did. I wanted to do more with my available time besides sit in front of a screen. I felt others were experiencing more and had the stories to prove it…. but you know what. Fuck you Extroverts! I like sitting in a cave, […]
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Watching Charlie Kaufman Movies Stoned, Part IV: Synecdoche, New York
“I like it, I do. But I’m really concerned about dying in the fire.” In preparation for the release of Charlie Kaufman’s latest movie, Anomalisa, I’ve been rewatching ALL THE FILMS (six films) written and directed by the critically acclaimed, eccentric screenwriter (and sometimes director). I saw most them in the theater as they came […]
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“I’d Buy the Mercury and Shut It Down.” Here Are This Week’s Letters to the Editor!
RE: “If You Win Saturday’s Powerball Jackpot, Here’s What You Could Buy with $800M” [Blogtown, Jan 8], which listed things lottery winners could buy with all that money—like 6,466,000 lap dances at Mary’s Club. I’d buy the Mercury and shut it down. posted by Totalitariland CONTINUE READING >>>
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Everything the Oregonian Thought They Knew About What You Thought You Knew About Baby Carrots Being Wrong is Wrong
This morning, Oregonian food writer Molly Harbarger dropped an orange howitzer shell on your frontal lobe with an amazing expose that rips the lid off conventional wisdom surrounding carrots and their strange, inscrutable life cycle, in an article entitled Everything You Thought You Knew About Baby Carrots Is Wrong. An excerpt: Baby carrots are not […]
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#BusShame: The 15 on January 14, 2016
A few months ago, I wrote a story for the Mercury: “You’re Riding the Bus Wrong.” A lot of people read it! AND YET: A lot of people are still riding the bus wrong. Let us be clear. Riding the bus wrong is a shameful blight that gnaws at the heart of Portland, spreading its […]
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Explosions, Honor, and Jingoistic Malarkey: MICHAEL BAY’S BACK, BABY!
13 HOURS: THE SECRET SOLDIERS OF BENGHAZI “Alright, boys! Let’s go fight them transformers!” The best thing that can be said about 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is that the words “Hillary Clinton” don’t appear anywhere in it. The new Michael Bay movie depicts the 2012 attack of Libyan militants on two American […]
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PDX Pop Now! Announces 2016 Dates and Location
Glenn Allen Henrickson PDX Pop Now!, the all-local, all-free, all-ages music festival that has become a Portland institution, has announced the dates and venue of this year’s festival. It will be taking place on July 22-24 for three days of glorious summertime music action, once again under the east side of the Hawthorne Bridge, outside […]
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New York Daily News to Ted Cruz: Go Back to Canada
Debates are supposed to be Ted Cruz’s strong suit. But the mincing slime ball had a disastrous debate last night. Ted’s worst moment: when one of the moderators invited Ted to explain what he meant by “New York values.” Clearly Ted felt there was something wrong with New Yorkers and their values. Could Ted pretty […]
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Good Morning, News: Minimum Wage Wars, Angry Birders, and A Prosthesis Mystery!
So here’s where we stand on Gov. Kate Brown’s proposal to raise Portland’s minimum wage to $15.52 in six years (the rest of the state would rise to $13.50): Senate and house leaders are good with it—signaling the proposal might have legs in the upcoming legislative session—and Republicans and organizations like the Portland Business Alliance […]