…says Christina Henry de Tessan, a mother of two in Portland, Ore., who supports Mr. Obama, quoted in this morning’s New York Times. Providing proof that Portlanders give the best quote on a national basis, on any issue, any time.
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Peterson’s Launches Blog
Fresh from from having their jobs saved from the vicious gentrifying Brooks Brothers and Portland Business Alliance, Peterson’s convenience store employees have launched their own blog. So far, there’s a super-surreal video introduction to the 4th avenue store—two minutes with a jazz soundtrack, and some descriptions of a soda. But there’ll be customer and employee […]
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This Is NOT Mean, I Swear…
But if people are on the fence, we aim to help. And it’s not like we’re sending them to the lions’ den…they get two years’ salary! So. Who should accept the Oregonian‘s buyout offer? Click away… If you feel we missed someone, toss ’em in the comments.
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Liveblogging The O’s Collapse…S. Renee Mitchell: “We’re Luckier Here Than at a Lot of Other Newspapers…”
I’ve been outside the Oregonian for the past hour, trying to get a sense of people’s reactions to this morning’s news of at least 100 buyouts for the staff. There have, admittedly, been one or two “creative” responses to my questions, but for the large part, people have been very forthcoming. And polite. Columnist S. […]
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Liveblogging The O’s Collapse…Steve Duin: “We’re All at a Total Loss Right Now…”
I’m outside the Oregonian‘s offices at 1320 SW Broadway, trying to get a sense of the mood inside. Fortunately columnist Steve Duin just stepped out and gave me his perspective: “The question we’re all asking: Is there more stability in taking the buyout offer or in staying at the newspaper?” he says. “I don’t know […]
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BREAKING: Oregonian To Lay Off At Least 100 Employees
UPDATE, 10:52: Our down-market crosstown rival reports that the O has 1120 employees, 270 full time and 90 part time in the news room. It’s quoting O “insiders” as saying 50 of the jobs will go in the newsroom. UPDATE, 10:46: This is pretty awful. We’re trying to figure out how many employees the Oregonian […]
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Homeless Clean Up After Each Other
Homeless advocate Larry Bishop said he was tired of reading about homeless people being “dirty” in the comments on blogs all over Portland, and decided to get down to the East End of the Hawthorne Bridge with a clean up crew this afternoon. I stopped by at 2pm, to find Bishop, along with 3 others, […]
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Business Journal Runs Sit/Lie Poll
Which is interesting. Because shockingly, 60% of their readers are in favor of renewing the controversial law in October. Of course, they could easily acquire some new readers. Like you. With voting intentions. Just thinking out loud here.
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Beats The Hell Out of Salmon Street Springs Fountain
We have some very cool fountains in Portland. But we can’t beat Canal City, Japan, and their amazing water show. This is absolutely mind blowing. Make sure you watch the entire thing. It just gets better and better.
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NW Institute For Social Rage
UPDATE, 3:30pm: I should stress that in no way am I implying that these students had been bought off financially, to make their film about Milepost 5 a certain way. I do feel, politically, that by lending credibility to the students’ efforts by being on the board of the institute, Sam Adams must have been […]
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BREAKING NEWS – Terrorists Strike Against MusicFest NW!
The Mercury has a firm policy of no fat chicks never negotiating with terrorists. But last night there was a daring kidnapping during the Willamette Week‘s First Thursday poster show for Musicfest NW. Their precious iconic letters, seen here in happier times, were kidnapped by armed thugs, possibly some sort of jihadist sect hellbent on […]
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Adbusters Tackles The Hipster(TM)
What is it with the media and their obsession with hating people born after 1980 today? First it’s generation Y-bother. Now it’s bloody “hipsters.” I’ve stopped using the word “hipster” as an insult, but Adbusters sure as hell hasn’t. Their cover story this month focuses on hipsters at great length, calling them “the dead end […]