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Being trapped in a bus, plane, or car with a screaming infant is unpleasant for all involved. The non-relatives of the infant are annoyed, the infant's caretakers are often embarrassed, and the infant herself is usually the state of utter discomfort and frustration that can only come from not being able to effectively communicate with anyone that you're about to shit your pants. One Oregon bus driver decided to try to take the "crying infant on public transportation" matter into her own hands earlier this week by kicking a mother and her crying baby off of her bus. As could be expected, the mother and child's ejection caused more problems than it solved. More »
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Brittney Sykes and Emma Westhusing robbed a bank on Monday in Portland, but got busted: There was a tracking device hidden in the cash and instead of ditching it, one Googled it while the other hid it in her Hyundai. More »
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"Controversy over a popular dance style known as grinding has finally cropped up in Maine's largest school district." Finally. More »
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Says Lloyd Grove on The Daily Beast: "Now, four weeks into his multimedia ordeal, Gore hasn't managed to formulate an effective PR strategy to counter the toxic fallout polluting his once-gleaming image." More »
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Bitch Magazine turned down this ad, for Voodoo Doughnuts in Portland, on the grounds that it "goes against our mission statement to be anti-sexist." We agree, and add: Pubic hair and doughnuts are two things best enjoyed separately. [AnimalNewYork] More »
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ThunderAnt is a comedy duo that is a double dose of awesome: it consists of Carrie Brownstein, formerly of Sleater Kinney, and Fred Armisen from SNL. The two get together, don wigs and make hilarious videos about one man shows, chefs and awkward dates. One of their more popular videos centered around two women who work in a feminist bookstore. Following desperate pleas for more of these two characters, ThunderAnt has released a second video from the sage-scented counters of Women and Women First. In this video, the ladies select CDs to sell in the store. Watch the video by clicking on the image above left. [Videogum] More »
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A Portland construction company has dropped out of its contract to build a local Planned Parenthood, the Oregonian reported on Monday. Bob Walsh, the owner of Walsh Construction, broke the contract after hearing about how aggressive and inappropriate anti-choice protesters had been towards other contractors building Planned Parenthoods across the country. And even though Walsh had no moral objections, according the Oregonian he said, "It's disruptive and very threatening. I just didn't want to put my family through that." And honestly? He has a point. If you'll recall, back in December Colorado anti-choicers picketed outside the homes of the contractors who were building a Denver Planned Parenthood. In fact, on Christmas morning the yahoos showed up at the contractor's home with signs depicting dead babies. More »
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Seventy five thousand people showed up to see Obama's biggest yet speech in Portland, Oregon yesterday. Firstly, that represents something like one-seventh the entire population of Portland and undoubtedly the biggest-ever congregation of fixed-gear bicycles. In fact, the crowd was bigger than pretty much any outdoor rock concert including Burning Man (though not including the Stones at Altamont Speedway) and it was in a city, a city we can only imagine smells kind of awful right now, if only because the coffee in Portland lends itself to really foul shits. Anyway, a friend of mine used to call Portland "White People Gone Wild." It is not such a terrible shock this crowd digs Obama. So as this woeful chapter in our nation's history concludes I can only hope the WPGW contingent will stop saying ludicrous things like the election of John McCain would be "eight more years" of Bush. To say such a thing cheapens the trauma of the World's Worst Presidency and further tries our almost thoroughly bankrupt national capacity for nuance, a capacity Obama is trying to restore. That and lots more with Megan and I, after the jump. More »
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