What’s with all the wrong headlines today?!? First there was this, and now there’s this. I don’t think this is true at all. DO YOU?
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FOX News & CNN Big-Time Screw Up: The Video
As you may have heard, or potentially saw, both CNN and FOX News mistakenly reported that the SCOTUS this morning struck down the Affordable Care Act—causing a monumental embarrassment for both news agencies. New York Magazine put together this hilarious video of CNN and FOX making their gaffe and then spinning nearly out of control […]
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RE: The Internet Bottomed Out Earlier This Month
If you haven’t read “the internet’s worst article” (“10 Pranks That Will Spice Up Your Relationship”) that Paul was referring to earlier—DO SO. But! For even more fun, read the comments beneath the article as well. There’s a few Fox News lovers/jackasses in there, but there’s also tons of comedy gold, such as: More here!
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The Internet Bottomed Out Earlier This Month
On June 7th, you probably felt a disturbance in the Force. Maybe you started crying for seemingly no reason. Maybe you got into a fight over something stupid and small. Maybe you just woke up in a foul mood. It probably left you feeling confused and hurt on an emotional level, and it haunted you […]
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High-Speed Chase Leads Suspect to Finally Admit He Has Swag…
… and wonders aloud (as we all do), “What is drugs?” Also: “Cuff ’em and stuff ’em!” (There is so much joy to be had in this 40 second clip.)
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The Nicest Guy in Detroit (Did I Say “Nicest”? I Meant “Not Nicest.”)
There are some nice things to say about Detroit wood dumper Ihor Stetkewycz: ………… Ummm… he kind of has a cool accent? via
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Me and Ms. (Victoria) Taft
Hi, Blogtown. How’s your day going? Really? That’s good to hear. This is how mine’s been going: Um… I thought I’d blame this on the notion that Cameron Whitten, because he’s on Day 12 of a hunger strike outside city hall, is clearly hallucinating and out of his mind and that we’d never even had […]
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Listen to the First Episode of PDXOXO with Anya Marina
The inaugural episode of Anya Marina‘s new podcast, PDXOXO with Anya Marina, is up! It’s the first in what Marina is planning as a series of in-depth interviews with musicians, comedians, artisty types, and other people of note, both from here in Portland and elsewhere. She hosted a live edition of the show at the […]
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The Lars Larson Headline of the Day!
I know you guys have been waiting for it all day, so here it is! THE LARS LARSON HEADLINE OF THE DAY! HA! Good one, Lars! See, it’s funny because… because… wait a second. I don’t get it. Sam Adams doesn’t dance, but he wants to? And he only dances with questions? WHAT? Maybe Lars […]
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Out of Context Oregonian Snippet of the Day
Well, shoot. The story it’s pulled from is (unsurprisingly) interesting. Last week, a local woman won a total of $900,000 in a lawsuit against a man who had given her herpes in 2010 after meeting on an online dating website. While it sounds like an unlikely situation, apparently these lawsuits aren’t uncommon, but only if […]
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CNN Pits Seattle Against Portland
CNN This is odd: CNN is running a series called “city smackdown,” where two allegedly rival cities are pitted against each other through opinion pieces and the readers decided which one takes the cake. So, of course, Seattle and Portland step into the ring. On Tuesday, CNN released its pro-Seattle piece, written by a Seattle […]
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Cheryl Strayed Gets Vogued
Joni Kabana Cheryl Strayed’s a babe Last night I went to my first Back Fence PDX—Portland’s version of the Moth, jam-packed with witty, captivating stories told without notes by (mostly) local storytellers—and absolutely loved it. One of the six storytellers was Cheryl Strayed, wonderful Portland author who recently released the bestselling memoir Wild, who shared […]