Monday, July 5, 2010

Sand Dumped Over Oil On Louisiana Beaches



The sand covering most of the beach was of a much different consistency from the beach closer to the water (very gritty and filled with broken shells). There were lots of piles of sand dumped on the beach as well as the sand covering everything else. After shooting this video, two local deputies, who came to escort us off the beach, confirmed that BP had been trucking in sand to the beach and smoothing it over.

PBR Pub Bike Ride

Is a monthly ride hitting PBR bars along the way. Highlighter Pink koozies for everyone 21+ and $1 PBR’s. It’s a casual ride through Ybor City, Downtown and South Tampa. All bikes are welcome. This event will be on the last Saturday of every month. Meet at New World Brewery at 7:30pm. The next Pub Bike Ride Tampa is on July 31st 2010.
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Sunday, July 4, 2010

HooDooed

A gathering of information for like-minded people in Florida.
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Gulf Drinking Water Contaminated by Dispersants



Melissa McGinnis from Greenopolis TV sits with Cyndie Lepori in Orange Beach, Alabama and learns that the locals have already stopped drinking tap water and are extremely worried about the fresh water supply.

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Re/Creating Tampa

2010 Florida Netroots Awards
Multiple Nominee
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Vast Conspiracy Of Radical, Progressive Socialists

Just got a heads-up from one of my sources inside the St. Petersburg Times, which is said to be working on an in-depth report about how “Radical Progressives” around Tampa Bay are conspiring to discredit Michael Pinson.......here

Hands Across a Sham

I know, I know. I can hear it as I type these words: how dare I call last Saturday’s event a sham. Those who attended will tell you it was a beautiful demonstration of … well, something. I’m not sure what. I know that everyone there seemed pretty passionate about stopping drilling off Florida’s coast......here

The Spencerian: Why Hard Candy is Wrong

Nicholas Ruiz III For Congress

Florida District 24
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FEMA Plans to Evacuate Gulf Residents to California

"A well-placed source in California told WMR that the California Emergency Management Agency (CEMA) has been briefed by its counterpart agencies in the Gulf coast states that there are plans to conduct a mass evacuation of millions of Gulf coast residents due to the catastrophic environmental and public health effects of the BP oil disaster......here

Oil Raining On Tampa

Tampa Access To The Courtney Campbell Causeway

Karla Price of the city of Tampa reports that the trail connecting Cypress Street with the Courtney Campbell Causeway and then Skyway Park is officially open......here

The Eyesore Near Bayshore

Help Decide What To Call Derek Jeter's House.
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Jose Menendez Of Tampa

Most bicyclists talk about making bicycling more popular and getting people on bikes.
Jose Menendez doesn't just talk. He does. Jose's a doer......here

Friday, July 2, 2010

Pizza In Ybor City

I have said it before, and I’ll likely say it again: Ybor City’s Market on 7th has the best pizza I have ever put in my pizza hole. It even photographs real purty.
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Brian Moore For Governor Of Florida

Based out of Spring Hill, Moore ran for Congress in 2002 and 2004, ran against U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson in 2006 and, in 2008, was the presidential nominee of the Socialist Party. Calling himself “more liberal, more progressive, more left-leaning” than Sink.

John Travolta Thanks Florida Fans

John Travolta is thanking his hometown in central Florida after residents lobbied in an online campaign to bring the "Grease Sing-A-Long" to the area. The 1978 classic is being re released in select theaters nationwide, but Ocala wasn't one of them. So residents rushed an online poll that allowed the city with the most voting fans to bring the film to them. Ocala surfaced as No. 1 in the poll, leading by hundreds of votes......here

Ybor City Art Walk

Put on your walking shoes for YBOR ArtWalk! This self-guided tour of Ybor City’s artistic spaces is held the FIRST Saturday of every month from 12:00 noon to 6 p.m.......here

The Happiest Place on Earth

Dragging Orlando kicking and screaming to the Left since 2010.
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Why We Love The Beach….

and shouldn’t we be mad as Hell that our beaches may be destroyed forever ?!
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BP And US Government Burning Endangered Sea Turtles Alive

Three environmental groups on Tuesday filed formal notice of their intention to sue BP, the Coast Guard and a string of federal agencies involved in the cleanup. They contend the practice of corralling and torching oil at sea was being conducted without first adequately checking for turtles and likely claiming hundreds of them, including endangered Kemp's ridleys........here

Oil Disaster - Relocation UN Vehicles on Florida Base



Thousands of UN vehicles are possibly staging at Reynolds Airpark in Green Cove Springs, Florida. This facility is located near train tracks. There are multiple storage contaners for equipment and gear as well.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

The Pizza Diet: St. Petersburg Man Eats Pizza for 30 Days

Loses 24 Pounds
If someone told you that you could eat pizza -- and only pizza -- with the promise of losing weight, you might just jump on board. One Florida bicyclist and pizza shop owner Matt McClellan said he dropped pounds and improved health with his pizza diet.....here

Tour de Pizza

Brian Blair Pisses His Pants

Brian Blair
Candidate for Florida House District 47, was supposedly so shitfaced he pissed his pants.......here

Ybor City Historic District

Vincente Martinez-Ybor, a wealthy Spanish cigar manufacturer from New York and Key West, began development of Ybor City in 1885.
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Pushing Rope

2010 Florida Netroots Awards
Multiple Nominee
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Steve Wilkie For Florida's 2nd Congressional District

A political realist would probably not give me a very good chance of winning, but it is becoming increasingly clear that the corporately controlled, two-party system is no longer even remotely capable of addressing the needs of American citizens......here

40 Acres of History; Ybor City!

Ybor City, founded in the 1880’s, with its accessible port, and railway locations it attracted the attention of prominent Spanish born cigar manufacturer Vicente Martinez Ybor......here

Hurricane Alex

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