Old news

This page is where stuff on the main page's news section goes when it changes from news to olds. Observe forgotten current events and primitive human societies from the dawn of time!

Tuesday | October 26, 2010

Unthank thankful.

Unthank Park's Upgrade: A Thankless Task Thanked
A resourceful City Commissioner manages to thrust two thankful thumbs upwards, expressing "thanks" to "our Parks maintenance staff" for the park's new "facelift."

Go to story: Unthank Park upgrade

Go to park page: DeNorval Unthank Park

Monday | October 25, 2010

South Waterfront: Urban wasteland and ideal film prop.

Secret Revealed: South Waterfront Is Actually Portland's Most Overpriced Film Prop
And you thought South Waterfront was merely "a highrise wasteland of condos no one lives in." But for "budgetless" film directors "it’s a filmmaker’s dream." Why? If you "want to film a scene with a skyscraper environment without the hassles of random people interrupting your shot" the "very deadness of SoWat makes it (an) ideal (location). You’ve got skyscrapers, busses, the streetcar, the tram, the river. And now there’s even a really cute park. It all feels pretty generic.... It could be any city."

Go to story: South Waterfront: Ideal for Filmmakers?

Sunday | October 24, 2010

Root of all evil.

Oregon Woman Seeks Out "Lives To Change"
Presses evil roots into hapless hands of unsuspecting, disconcerted "changelings."

Go to story: Woman seeks to change lives with $100 a day

Saturday | October 23, 2010

Uncooped chicosaur.

Playin' Chicken
Portland "authorities" will let you keep three hens. Where are you gonna put that fowl li'l harem? A stylin' chicken coop, of course!

Go to story: Coop Dreams

Friday | October 22, 2010

Yo Homie! It's EZ Being Green!

Yo Homie! It's EZ Being Green!
Sure, the Environmental Protection Agency paddled Portland General Electric on the bum bum earlier this month to punish the utility for the coal-fired air pollution its Boardman plant inflicts on breathing life forms. Despite these sins, the City of Portland managed to crawl onto "EPA's elite list of Green Power Communities for the city's extensive efforts to reduce its carbon footprint."

Go to stories:

• Portland dubbed one of the country’s greenest communities with EPA designation
  
• EPA: Boardman coal plant has been violating pollution rules since 1998

Thursday | October 21, 2010

Public-private leadership council.

Takin' Care Of Business And Workin' Overtime
"Leadership Council" frets that "Portland's hyper-pluralistic decision-making process" may disrupt public development schemes, concocted behind "closed doors," to lure "private investment." Proposes "Community Investment Initiative" to "overcome a uniquely Portland roadblock."

Go to story: Reserves used as template for investment Leadership Council idea

Wednesday | October 20, 2010

Barack Does Bridge City

Barack Does Bridge City
As the President rolls through Portland today, the burning question on the tip of every Portlandian's wagging tongue is: "Does Obama support U.S. Predator Drone Bombing Policy (USPDBP) in his Heart of Hearts (HoH)? Or is this kind of depraved folly the product of a Spiritually Dead National Security Policy (SDNSP) imposed by Nefarious Deep State Forces (NDSF) that infest the Wretched Bowels of the National Security State (WBNSS)?" Enquiring minds want to know!

Go to story: Pakistan, Afghanistan on Obama's agenda

Tuesday | October 19, 2010

When the Timbers were away, the Beavers could play.

Timbers Ready To Chop Down Some Trees!
But wait! Wasn't that the Beavers' job!?!

Go to story: Major League Soccer Expansion: Portland Timbers Sign Four Players

Monday | October 18, 2010

Shoes with a "smaller footprint."

Are You Stumbling Over Your Own Clown-Sized Feet?
Take heart! Chinese footware giant Li-Ning has established a "foothold" in Portland. Centuries of tradition practically guarantees wearers a "smaller footprint."

Go to story: Move over Carbon Footprint. The Chinese have landed in Portland to introduce a smaller footprint for runners.

Sunday | October 17, 2010

Beavers to migrate out of Beaver State.

Portland Beavers Will Migrate To More "Southerly Regions"
A Portland institution since 1903, the triple-A team is pawned off to a San Diego-based baseball executive.

Go to story: Portland Beavers Sold To San Diego Padres' Owner

Saturday | October 16, 2010

Christians and the beast.

North Portland's Roughriders Persecute Christian Royalty
"It didn't take long for the bigger and stronger Roosevelt Roughriders to jump in front of the Portland Christian Royals in a non league football game Friday night..."

Go to story: Roosevelt Roughriders run over Portland Christian in Oregon football

Friday | October 15, 2010

Bungling Burgling Shrub

Setback For Green Economy: Shrub Man Gets Clipped
Maybe he should've disguised himself as a museum piece to pull off a heist at the yard & garden center.

Go to story: Man dressed as underbrush tries to rob museum

Thursday | October 14, 2010

Have you hosed your Standpipe today?

The Glen Jackson Bridge's Standpipe System Serves An Honorable & Noble Purpose
Did you know that standpipes "basically serve the same purpose as fire hydrants and are used by fire personnel to supply water to remote locations." Neither did PortlandWiki's NewsEditorBOT (NEbot) until it stumbled upon the Fire Blog.

Go to story: Station 12 Tests Glen Jackson Bridge's Standpipe System

Wednesday | October 13, 2010

Kayse Jama

Killing Robo Elections In Three Easy Steps
1. Unplug your TV.
2. Disconnect your phone.
3. Plug in Voter-Owned Elections.

Go to story: Fair, Open and Accountable Elections: A counterweight to wealthy special interests

Go to robo elections service provider to wealthy special interests: Political Campaign Robo Calls

Tuesday | October 12, 2010

Ecological suicide! Thoughtfully provided by motorized lemmings.

Onramp To Oblivion
The milepost just ahead: one billion vehicles on the beleaguered planet's roads. By 2020 traffic accidents will be the third biggest cause of "death and disease" worldwide. That's above war, violence, and "self-inflicted injuries." Traffic fatalities are still the leading cause of death for U.S. children.

Go to story: 5 Things It's OK to Hate About Your Car

Go to rant: I Hate Cars, I Hate Driving

Go to juvenile prank: Drivers Not Wanted

Monday | October 11, 2010

"Wear sky blue" advises Dr. Maya Angelou.

Celebrate Community Healing Days: October 15, 16, and 17, 2010
Portland's African American community is invited to take part in the second annual Community Healing Days, a multi-day and multi-venue celebration that aims to heal the community from "lies that have been told to us and lies we've told ourselves."

Go to story: Community Healing Days Celebration Oct. 15-17

Sunday | October 10, 2010

10/10/10 Global Work Party: Find an Event Near You

Today Is 350.org's 10/10/10 Global Work Party Day.
People all over the world are joining together to demonstrate how humans can find ways to live more gracefully with our planet. Get to work building the change we want to see in our communities, from planting forests to installing wind and solar power generation facilities on schoolhouses to digging a community garden.

Go to story: 10/10/10: Find an Event Near You

Go to wiki: Welcome to the 350.org Global Work Party Wiki

Check out what others are doing: Ideas For Your 10/10 Work Party

Saturday | October 9, 2010

Fierce baby cougar.

Terrifying Baby Cougar Spotted At Zoo
Suddenly appearing without warning, the cub and its mother, a Washington cougar named Chinook, hadn't been seen in public since the cub's birth last month.

Go to story: Cute alert: Oregon Zoo shows off baby cougar

Friday | October 8, 2010

Find out where your job was "off-shored" with Job Tracker.

Where Did Corporate Kingpins Move Your Job?
Find out with Working America's "Job Tracker."

Go to story: Who's Exporting Oregon Jobs? Find Out Online

Go to job tracker: Job Tracker

Thursday | October 7, 2010

City of Boardman: Got mountaintops? We've got mountaintop removal gear!

EPA Mails Warning Letter To Eco-Terrorists
Environmental Protection Agency's letter "gives (Portland General Electric) 30 days to meet with agency staff and outline the steps it will take to bring (PGE's hazardous coal-fired power plant in Boardman) into compliance." Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) continues "negotiating."

Go to story: EPA says Boardman Coal Plant Violates Clean Air Law

Wednesday | October 6, 2010

Every day is a great walk or bike to school day.

To Heck With All That "Talk Like A Pirate" Nonsense, It's...
International Walk and Bike to School Day! Woo Hoo!

Go to story: Walk and Bike to School Day roundup

Tuesday | October 5, 2010

Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show, October 9-10, 2010.

Yo PDX Bike Snobs! Wanna see what real bicycles are made of?
If so, you might consider attending the Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show this weekend.

Go to story: Oregon Handmade Bicycle Show, October 9-10, 2010.

Monday | October 4, 2010

Use your words...passionately.

Wordstock: Portland, Oregon, October 7-10.
Get passionate about words, and the hallucinations humans attach to them.

Go to story: Wordstock, 4 Days of Passionate Discussions, Books and Authors, Portland, Oregon, October 7-10

Sunday | October 3, 2010

Vikings pillage Idaho State's Bengals.

Vikings Peel Idaho Potatoes In Hillsboro
"Vikings established their potent offensive attack on their first drive of the game."

Go to story: Vikings pillage Bengals

Saturday | October 2, 2010

Greater Portland Prosperity Index

Portland Metro Region Home To More Than Eighty-Five Wind And Solar Energy Firms
"State and local governments have played an active role in attracting and developing ('green' energy) sectors through a myriad of incentives and assistance."

Go to stories:

• Green Industry: Portland is becoming a green energy hub.
  
• 85+ Wind and Solar Energy Companies now in Greater Portland, Ore.
  

Go to report:

• Greater Portland Prosperity Index: A Regional Outlook (PDF)

Friday | October 1, 2010

"Moving away from a highly materialistic age."

House Sales Sink While Unemployment Stays Buoyant
But that hasn't stopped the crime lords in banking and finance from putting your family on foreclosure's fast track, now has it? What to do? DYI: Build your own shelter with locally-made, lego-like "green" bricks similar to those the Europeans used "after World War II to rebuild Europe and use all of the waste and rubble." It's all part of an "historic shift" and "reordering of priorities," says the green brick maker, who "hope(s) it's permanent and we're moving away from a highly materialistic age."

Go to stories:

• Sustainable DIY house a possibility
  
• Lenders Forced to Suspend Thousands of Foreclosures after Admitting to Faulty Review Process
  
• Chase's foreclosure halt does not affect loans in Oregon

Thursday | September 30, 2010

Speaking with forked tongue.

Do You Write With Forked Word Processor?
If so, maybe Portland Fiction Project wants you! If you're particularly skilled with turning actual reality into depraved fantasy, you might have a bright future as mouthpiece for government bureaucracy, multinational corporatism or the TV news!

Go to story: Portland Fiction Project Seeking Writers For Short-Term Project

Wednesday | September 29, 2010

Wynde The Golden Rule Gal

An Assertive "Wynde" Becomes "Driving Force Behind Golden Rule"
Transforms age-old wisdom into a "social experiment in creativity and commerce (and craziness)."

Go to story: Portland Spaces: Golden Rule

Tuesday | September 28, 2010

Birthday Bot.

PortlandWiki's 1st Birthday Is Today!
To celebrate, we're demoting WikiMaster to WikiBot as soon as we can figure out how.

Go to non-story: Littlest GNU Bot (in) Transition

Monday | September 27, 2010

H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival: Hollywood Theatre, October 1-2-3, 2010.

The End Is Nigh!
H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival: Comes to Portland's Hollywood Theatre, October 1-2-3, 2010.

Go to story: H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival

Sunday | September 26, 2010

America's Rivers Expedition Route Plan

Canoeist Alexander Martin: "Extreme Paddler" Ain't No Day Tripper
Begins paddling in Portland, Oregon. 4,300 miles later, ends journey in Portland, Maine.

Go to stories:

• Cross-country paddler completes canoe trip
  
• America's Rivers Expedition

Saturday | September 25, 2010

Beat up bike spotted in front of Common Grounds Coffee House, 4321 SE Hawthorne Boulevard.

Portland, Oregon: Cheap-Ass Cars & Spendy Bikes
Phoenix, Arizona: Spendy cars & cheap-ass bikes. Can we trade?
Portland boasts lower car resale prices than most other U.S. towns. Unfortunately, the burden of over-priced used bicycles is greater only in Seattle. Will City Repair's "community lantern walks" become a favorite activity for Portlandians squeezed out of city's costly used bike culture? Or how 'bout serving up a "$20 plan" as a tasty side dish to the city's "20 minute plan"?

Go to stories:

• September 25: Firefly Community Lantern Walk Along Portland’s Willamette River | Free
  
• Bicycle Inflation in Paradise?
  
• A 20-minute city plan

Friday | September 24, 2010

Predator pilot strikes inferior village people with robotic hellfire to protect superior drone culture.

Kindle-Reading Predator Drone Pilot Wipes Out Entire Village Of Missing School Children
A distracted Lt. Lahcen Qouchbane accidentally squeezed his joystick moments after Sports Illustrated's "Swimsuit Issue" downloaded to his Kindle 3G. The errant squeeze unleashed the wrath of one thousand missile-drones, raining hellfire down upon the tiny village of Kyron, located in the remote Horman province. Qouchbane's joystick snafu was compounded by a CIA contractor who "illegally and hastily reverse-engineered" drone software code resulting in "inaccurate" targeting "by up to 13 metres."

Go to stories:

• CIA used 'illegal, inaccurate code to target kill drones' 'They want to kill people with software that doesn't work'
  
• Pakistan drone attacks kill scores: At least three suspected US drone attacks in the Pakistani tribal region of South Waziristan kill at least 28 people.
  
• Friendship for sale
  
• Parrot’s AR.Drone captured on video – it’s like having your personal Predator!
  
• Nine years, two wars, hundreds of thousands dead – and nothing learnt

Thursday | September 23, 2010

Portland Transit: Dave knows, so can you.

Don't Know Jack? Can't Help You.
But Dave Knows Portland Transit!

Go to story: Portland Transit Blogging 2010

Wednesday | September 22, 2010

Homeless dispersal policy results.

Portland's Homeless Populations: "Keep 'em helpless, hopeless and above all, atomized."
Why not add "barefoot and pregnant" to that list? "But if people have no choice, it's my preference that they find smaller, dispersed places to camp." - Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish

Go to story: The Coldest Shoulder: Portland Rousts a Homeless Camp that Tried to be Something More

Go to camp ground: Free Camping in the National Forests: It's called dispersed camping and it's free.

Tuesday | September 21, 2010

"Luring" and "grooming" minors upheld.

Porno Perverts Pummel Oregon's DOJ
Uncle Creepy can continue engaging in "practices of 'luring' and 'grooming' that expose minors to sexually explicit materials in the hopes of lowering their inhibitions against engaging in sexual conduct."

Go to story: Powell’s, ACLU and Allies Beat Anti-Porn Law at U.S. Court of Appeals

Monday | September 20, 2010

Gabriel Park's bridge to wonderland.

Day 172: Gabriel Park
The one hundred and seventy-second thing you can do, according to "365 Things to do in Portland."

Go to story: Day 172: Gabriel Park

Go to website: Gabriel Park, SW 45th Avenue & SW Vermont Street, Portland

Sunday | September 19, 2010

Lucky ducky.

U of O Shows PSU "The 69"
Despite Ducks' willingness to "play ball," Vikings fumble.

Go to story: Ducks Rout Portland State 69-0

Saturday | September 18, 2010

Roadway slaughter comparison by city.

Portland Roadway Slaughter Lower Than Other U.S. Towns
Motorized mayhem reigns in Atlanta, Detroit and Los Angeles. Autocide rates relatively lower in Stockholm, Berlin and Tokyo. Study fails to factor in carnage caused by resource wars.

Go to story: Portland Rated Safest Traffic City in America! Woot!

Go to study: The New York City Pedestrian Safety Study & Action Plan, New York City Department of Transportation, August 2010 (PDF)

Friday | September 17, 2010

PARK(ing) Day 2010 in Portland. Two admirers of the commons enjoy a leisurely morning in the micropark in front of Powell's Books at NW Couch Street and 11th Avenue.

Today Is PARK(ing) Day!
According to PARK(ing) Day (dot)ORG, "PARK(ing) Day is an annual, worldwide event that inspires city dwellers everywhere to transform metered parking spots into temporary parks for the public good." And after you and your friends finish reading Autophobia: Love and Hate in the Automotive Age, maybe EVERY(day) will become PARK(ing) Day.

Go to stories:

• PARK(ING) DAY: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH 2010
  
• Celebrate PARK(ing) Day and The Intertwine! Parking spaces transform into mini-parks on September 17
  
• September 17 is World Park(ing) Day
  
• Tiny Parks Sprout In Parking Spots
  
• Bumpy Ride

Thursday | September 16, 2010

White Stag welcomes you to Old Town.

Yet Another Facelift For White Stag Sign?
Sign's current owner "gives" sign to City of Portland in exchange for a $2000 monthly maintenance contract. Property developer will foot the $200,000 new makeover tab for the high-maintenance Stag.

Go to story: Portland now owner of Made in Oregon sign

Wednesday | September 15, 2010

Less Than 0.01 Percent Of Food Stamp Funds Spent At Farmers' Markets
"It is the best place to spend (your monthly food stamp allotment)," said Anna Curtin, education and outreach specialist for the Portland Farmers Market in Oregon. "It benefits (food stamp) users, it benefits the farmer, it benefits the larger community. And it is the freshest, healthiest food you can buy."

Go to story: Farmers' markets draw few food stamp users

Tuesday | September 14, 2010

"Disturbance" blamed.

"Disturbance" Blamed As Source Of Woes
Unwilling to find source of peace deep within, Old Town resident blames "external disturbances" instead.

Go to story: DISTURBANCE

Monday | September 13, 2010

Help Wanted: Professional Malingerer
From Craig's List Help Wanted Ad: "Part-time temporary positions available for healthy women between 45-55 years of age who are needed to portray 'fake' patients of Hispanic descent as part of a study assessing healthcare delivery in rural Oregon."

Go to story: Simulated Patient Position available (Portland, OR )

Sunday | September 12, 2010

Eating Out: A community of like-minded eaters, coming together.

Enjoy Life--Eat Out More Often *
Portland Eats Out is "a community of like-minded eaters, coming together." "Staff Eaters" hit the streets to build "a tribe of restaurants, cafes, coffee shops, bars and food carts to participate in the program." "Members" are encouraged "to 'Eat Out' frequently on slower nights."

Go to story: Introducing Portland Eats Out, a community-focused dining program supporting local restaurants and the Oregon Food Bank

Saturday | September 11, 2010

Member of Portland's Black Bloc (a loose coalition of infiltrators, snitches, agents provocateurs and homeless goth-vegan runaways) carries the flag in honor of National Fly The Flag Day.

Today is "national fly the flag" or "burn someone's holy book" day!
Tea Party militia groups urge Americans to "fly the flag," while dominionist religious cults threaten to burn some other religion's holy book. In Portland, independent journalists and talk show hosts will burn copies of the 9/11 Commission Report.

Go to story: GROUP TO BURN 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT AT ANNIVERSARY GATHERING

Friday | September 10, 2010

Bonghits in Bridgetown: Will Portland's Snow Bud and the Flower People make a surprise appearance!?!

Bonghits With Blumenauer In Bridgetown
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) rolls into Portland for 39th annual convention.

Go to story: NORML National Conference In Portland, OR

Thursday | September 9, 2010

Texas Hold 'Em Fever Overwhelms House Of Pain
Uncontrollable "rowdy, lawless" behavior at illegal NE Portland gambling den leaves city toothless.

Go to story: Poker gamble fails to pay off

Wednesday | September 8, 2010

Bike thieves "liberate" Bike Free's "Buttercup."

Charity Begins At Home; Ends In Portland
After a 3500 mile ride from Maryland to Oregon, Bike Free's "Buttercup" gets ripped off in Portland. How will Paul and Adam complete their journey and carry out the Bike Free mission? Fear not! "With God’s help," they’ll "overcome this selfish deed, get bikes to the kids, and continue spreading the word about the goodness of bikes."

Go to story: Bike stolen in Portland after 3,000 mile charity ride

Tuesday | September 7, 2010

Big Timbers Run Little Beavers Outta P-Town
Portland Beavers, the Rose City's minor league baseball team and Portland institution since 1903, is pushed out of PGE Park (formerly Multnomah Stadium) by Portland's new major league soccer team, Portland Timbers.

Go to story: Triple-A Beavers say goodbye to Portland

Monday | September 6, 2010

Oxbow Regional Park: A wonderful place to raise your homeless family.

Oxbow Regional Park: A Wonderful Place To Raise Your Homeless Family
Did you lose your job quite a while back? Your unemployment insurance finally sputtered out? A bailed-out bank foreclosed your family out of your home, and you're sick of squabbling with other homeless folks on Portland's mean streets? Take heart! Oxbow Regional Park's campground is open year 'round, it's not far from Portland, and Stag Beetle Power! says it's a wonderful place to bring the kids!

Go to story: Oxbow Regional Park

Sunday | September 5, 2010

Sun Devils Scuttle Portland's Vikings
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the Devils' kitchen.

Go to story: Arizona State Handles Vikings, 54-9

Saturday | September 4, 2010

From depraved to depaved: volunteers remove asphalt from church parking lot to create community garden.

Tearin' Up The Parking Lot
City Commissioner Nick Fish helps "Depave" a SW Portland church's parking lot, transforming it from asphalt-covered dead zone to community garden.

Go to story: Depave photos

Friday | September 3, 2010

Locker Room Eviction

Locker Room Pragmatism
City assures public it's providing Portland's homeless folks with access to storage lockers for "practical--not just humanitarian--reasons." Will "creeping compassionism" ultimately undermine self-righteous ruthlessness and free-market fanaticism? Experts fret over the "inevitable unwinding" of multiple decades of carefully contrived pro-corporate cultural conditioning.

Go to story: Homeless get storage lockers in Portland

Thursday | September 2, 2010

Multnomah County "Taps Out" Disposable Plastic Water Bottles
Commissioner asks employees to "pledge" oaths of loyalty.

Go to story: Multnomah County "Takes Back the Tap!"

Wednesday | September 1, 2010

Portland Beavers! (From the sketchpad of SubwayFox.net.)

Portland Dealt A Bad Hand
Aces come down hard on the Beavers.

Go to story: Reno Aces defeat Portland Beavers

Tuesday | August 31, 2010

Food Cart Fight
Will Bing's Food Cart Finder best Google Maps' Food Carts Portland!?! The battle rages as iPhone and Android apps skulk nearby.

Go to story: Battle of the Portland Food Cart Apps

Monday | August 30, 2010

Former Transportation Office Spokeswoman Awarded DUII
Mary Volm falls off motor scooter while allegedly intoxicated. Mid-life transportation crisis for would-be Portland City Councilperson?

Go to story: Former Portland candidate faces Ore. DUII charge

Sunday | August 29, 2010

The "go by streetcar" sign at NW Lovejoy and 10th in Portland.

A Streetcar Fuels Desire
Other towns covet Portland's street car success.

Go to story: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-08-30-streetcars30_ST_N.htm

Saturday | August 28, 2010

Electric car cattle prod.

Electric Car Cattle Prod
Oregon's governor pushes an electric car "future" while TriMet eviscerates public transit. Will strip mined coal compete with oil wars as the roadway slaughter continues?

Go to story: Road to electric cars not so easy

Friday | August 27, 2010

Horse teams and hand tools--that's how streets were built a hundred years ago.

Ninety-Seven Year-Old "Green Jobs" Initiative
These employed folks (and their horses too!) from nearly a century ago already had "green jobs." Then cars came along and ruined everything.

Go to story: N Jonesmore Street, 1913

Thursday | August 26, 2010

Burnt Coal Fires Up Young Artists
Kids tell Oregon’s Boardman Coal Plant to walk the plank.

Go to story: In Portland, Students and the Community “Paint Past Coal”

Wednesday | August 25, 2010

Doggy Style: Amtrak's choice of "fly ride" for their doggy detectives shows the rail transport operator has the inner strength to purposefully derail its own train-centric bias.

Canine Cops To Sniff Rails From Portland To Seattle
Amtrak's Vernae Graham claims doggy detectives to thrust noses into "all sorts of illegal substances."

Go to story: Amtrak Goes to the Dogs

Tuesday | August 24, 2010

Portland Casinos Await Voter Approval
Measure 75's passage will bring gambling halls to Multnomah County dog tracks. Coming next: dens of iniquity and houses of ill repute.

Go to story: Ore. casino backers drop lawsuit, voters to decide

Monday | August 23, 2010

Pakistan Flood Relief: Be The Change
As Pakistan's "epic floods" continue, Portland's Mercy Corps dives in.

Go to story: Project: Pakistan Flooding - Mercy Corps is providing clean water, staple foods and clean-up tools to families affected by massive flooding in Pakistan, which has killed at least 1,600 people and affected 20 million people.

Sunday | August 22, 2010

Portland's fake Jimi Hendrix poses with Vancouver B.C.'s actual blonde.

Vancouver B.C. Blonde Does Her Part To Help "Keep Portland Weird"
Beer, Jimmy Hendrix and a "sunny and stinking hot" Saturday Market are all part of her plan.

Go to story: Perfectly Portland

Saturday | August 21, 2010

Portland's Mayor Takes Aim At Loose Cannons
Mayor Sam Adams asks openly female city attorney to come up with new strategies for reducing gun violence in city. Local firearm fanatic Kevin Starrett derides proposal as "a desperate move by a disgraced mayor."

Go to story: Portland Mayor Proposes Gun Restrictions After Rash Of Shootings

Friday | August 20, 2010

Get Folked Up This Weekend!
Over twenty venues co-host Portland's first annual Folk Festival.

Go to story: Portland Folk Festival: For the family

Thursday | August 19, 2010

A TV News Channel To Oblivion
Local corporate media propaganda claims bicycling bad for business. Portland's business community claims otherwise.

Go to story: Bikes bad for business? Not in Portland

Wednesday | August 18, 2010

Salem Witch Trial Hangings

"Mob Mentality" Breeds "Irrational Hatred" In Portland, Oregon
Facebook comments threatening "fat, sick, twisted bitches" with "a tall tree and a short rope" invoke memories of "Salem Witch Trials," when "innocent women were condemned" for supposedly making a "covenant with the devil." Exposes Portland's "ugly side."

Go to story: Why a Mob Mentality, an Irrational Hatred for DeDe Spicher and Terri Horman?

Tuesday | August 17, 2010

Portland-Area Home Sales Plummet 30%
"...it feels like the bottom just fell out..."

Go to story: Portland-area closed sales of homes fall 30% in July

Monday | August 16, 2010

Let's Widen The Expressway To Hell!
Responses to call for a rational, long-term transportation plan:

• Step hard on the gas pedal.
• Rack up more frequent flyer miles.
• Drill baby drill!
  

Go to story: Get a transportation plan, Oregon

Sunday | August 15, 2010

Portland's "Charms" Backfire
City ends up looking "a lot like Fayetteville."

Go to story: Portland, Oregon Charms CITY A LOT LIKE FAYETTEVILLE

Saturday | August 14, 2010

Lackluster Local Lucre Licks Lone Lesbian Lounge
The Egyptian Club, Portland's only lesbian bar, to close doors for good October 9th.

Go to story: Portland Oregon's Lone Lesbian Bar Closing for Good

Friday | August 13, 2010

As Friday The 13th Dawns, Gloom Lurks In Shadows
Portland forecast: sunny and hot. "Much warmer than yesterday."

Go to story: 5-Day Forecast for ZIP Code 97209

Thursday | August 12, 2010

Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Popping Up In Portland
Pentagon covetously sets sights on faraway lands selfishly hoarding large lithium-ion reserves. Possible invasion targets seen.

Go to story: Game Changer: First public quick-charge station for EVs installed in Portland

Wednesday | August 11, 2010

Heartless County Bureaucrats Threaten Entrepreneurial Tot With Hefty Fine
Public outcry assures that seven year-old lemonade impresario gets to take her mom to Disneyland anyway.

Go to story: Seven year old entrepreneur raises cash for Disneyland

Tuesday | August 10, 2010

A Bridge Too Wide
Ten lane span threatens to drive even more highly-dangerous motor vehicles into city. No end in sight to roadway slaughter, fossil fuel depletion, resource war proliferation.

Go to story: Oregon, Washington Leaders Agree On Key I-5 Bridge Details

Tuesday | May 25, 2010

Portland's architectural landmark, United States Custom House, officially goes on the auction block today. Previous efforts to turn the building into a 82-room boutique hotel or house Portland's International School fell through. Ideas for turning the building into a home for a Public Market, Sustainability Center or a Rose City Campus for the University of Oregon went nowhere. A couple of months ago, the Oregonian's Anna Griffin thoughtfully observed that someone with "with a vision" should turn their vision for what should happen with this Portland treasure into reality. Here's a chance to step up and take that challenge. What is your vision for the U.S. Custom House? Don't be shy; describe your vision here.

Tuesday | March 23, 2010

Portland's message to upscale consumerism: "Take a hike!" Portland, Oregon Saks Fifth Avenue to Close. MarketWatch

Saturday | March 13, 2010

Portland Tribune 25 jobs @ semi conductor business in Gresham

Saturday | February 6, 2010

KATU Health insurance now open to all Ore. kids

Saturday | January 2, 2010

Oregon Live Portland's 2009 homicides drop to lowest level in almost 40 years

Wednesday | December 23, 2009

Portland Tribune Shuttered Cascade Grain plant sold at auction

Monday | December 21, 2009

Portland Tribune Zidell plans $20 million waterfront cleanup project

Friday | December 18, 2009

Economist says Portland's economic strategy isn't working. Portland Tribune Gold Coin

Sunday | November 22, 2009

KGW 3 million gallons of sewage into willamette due to power outage in oregon city

Friday | November 6, 2009

Vista Ridge tunnel partly closed tonight for high-pressure washing

Wednesday | November 4, 2009

Oregon Live Oregon Convention Center opts for rooftop solar

Thursday | October 1, 2009

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• Econvergence: NW Regional Conference
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