Saturday, June 9, 2012

Terry Jones Hangs Obama Effigy Outside Florida Church

The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., has hanged an effigy of President Barack Obama from a gallows on its front lawn, a move DWOC pastor Terry Jones said was in response to Obama's recent endorsement of same-sex marriage, as well as his stance on abortion and what Jones called his "appeasing of radical Islam."
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott Is The New George Wallace


The Tampa Bay Times compares Scott’s defiance of the Justice Department’s request to stop purging voter rolls to George Wallace preventing blacks from registering at the University of Mississippi.
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Occupy Tampa TV


Occupy Tampa discusses the 1st Regional General Assembly, held on June 2, 2012.

Friday, June 8, 2012

Rick Scott's Motivation For Purging Voters

If there were any lingering questions that Gov. Rick Scott's motivation for purging voters, this should put it to rest. Former Secretary of State Kurt Browning, who worked with Scott on cooking up the purge (and is no stranger to voter suppression, having kicked minority and Democratic voters off the lists in 2008), has close ties to an astroturf group funded by, you guessed it, David and Charles Koch. The guys who have committed hundreds of millions to defeat
Barack Obama in November.
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Obama 2012

Downtown Havana, Cuba


Felix Guirola waves to people as he takes his self-made 3.45 meters (11 feet) tall bicycle for a spin through downtown Havana, Cuba.
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Hit By A Car

Hillsborough Avenue Tampa

Lisa Marzilli: Off the streets and in recovery


With no fanfare and barely a mention in the local news, the Hillsborough County Commission gave its blessing and a tidy sum of cash last month to a pilot project that could actually do something to solve the growing problem of homelessness.
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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Garbanzo Bean Soup
$2.99 At 3 Coins Diner in Seminole Heights 
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Suitcase City

Republican Luncheon


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