Saturday, August 26, 2017
Friday, August 25, 2017
An Immigrants Story
My father Arsenio Rodriguez was born in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba in 1923. His love of cooking came early in his life. In his twenties he owned a small place at the Lanchita de Regla, the place where you could catch a ferry to Havana. (Yes Cuba had a ferry across a bay over 70 years ago) There he would cook Cuban delicacies (Frituritas de Bacalao, Fritas, Croquetas, Papa Rellena, etc.) . Nearby there was a park where singles would come to mingle. The men would walk around the park clockwise, the women counterclockwise. That is where he met my mom. They soon married and had me and my brother.
He went on to work at The Hotel Nacional De Cuba as a chef and cooked for the workers building the Havana Tunnel till the job was finished. He then became a Merchant Marine. Cooking on ships that traveled all over the world. In 1959 when Batista was overthrown he was in Tampa, he never got back on the ship. He did the paperwork necessary and brought my mom, brother and I in September of 1962 to Tampa. We moved to the Ponce De Leon housing project. We lived at 3 different locations there, Cano Ct., 23rd Ave and 26th Ave. I was 6 years old. I started 1st grade at Orange Grove Elementary. I knew no English. They put me in Mrs. Castellano's class who was trilingual (English, Spanish and Italian). The next year I got lucky and she was teaching 2nd grade so again she was my teacher. Doing this time my mom and dad added 2 girls to the family.
My father worked hard, most times working 2 jobs. He would cook at one restaurant for lunch and another for dinner. He worked at many restaurants in Tampa, Spanish Park, Las Novedades, Valencia Gardens but his favorite was always The Columbia in Ybor City. He loved Cesar Gonsmart and was always bragging that he was a chef there. In 1967 he bought a 3 bedroom house in the East Tampa neighborhood of Highland Pines. He put $150 down and was paying $54 a month. We lived there for years till we moved to West Tampa where my mom still lives.
This beautiful wonderful man saw me come into this world.
On August 21, 2017 at 5:10 PM I saw him leave.
I will never forget him!
This beautiful wonderful man saw me come into this world.
On August 21, 2017 at 5:10 PM I saw him leave.
I will never forget him!
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
RIP: Chef Arsenio Rodriguez
1923 - 2017
Born in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba. He loved to cook and was a veteran of Hotel Nacional de Cuba, JD Sandwich Shop, Spanish Park, Las Novedades, Valencia Gardens, Martha's Cantina and his favorite The Columbia - Ybor.
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Monday, August 21, 2017
Jessica Vaughn's Lengthy Political Rant
At the end of the day, the only thing that defines you are the choices that you make in your life and how you treat yourself and other people. Not your skin color, your religion, your wealth, your gender, your age or any of the other ways you chose to identify or define yourself.
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We are all one.
I really believe that good will triumph in the end. more
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We are all one.
I really believe that good will triumph in the end. more
Andrew Gillum On Confederate Monuments
Joe Redner First Freedom
Tampa's own. Smart business & smart government. Free speech. Due process. Science. Compassion. Question authority. Respect facts. Environmentalist.
Bernie 2020.
Bernie 2020.
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Sunday, August 20, 2017
Florida GOP Hurt Sick Kids To Help Big GOP Donors
In the spring and summer of 2015, the state switched more than 13,000 children out of a highly respected program called Children's Medical Services, or CMS, a part of Florida Medicaid. Parents and Florida pediatricians raise questions about the true reasons why
Florida's Republican administration switched the children's health plans. They question whether it was to financially reward insurance companies that had donated millions of dollars to the Republican Party of Florida.
"This was a way for the politicians to repay the entities that had contributed to their political campaigns and their political success, and it's the children who suffered."
Watching The Right Wing Since 3.19.03
Tampa Paparazzi
Meet Jane
At Net Park Transfer Center collecting signatures
to get ex-felons their right to vote back.
Local Hero Travis Malloy
Travis Malloy was supposed to show up to the Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club on Thursday to pick up his Citizen of the Year award at the Chamber of Commerce banquet. Instead, Malloy stayed away in protest. The club, he recently learned, will be hosting a "Southern Heritage" event with a "War on the South" program on Sept. 2.
"While it is their absolute right to do that, I do not want to lend my support to a club that would host such a group. here
Young Democratic Socialists of America at USF
Join them here
Right Wing Website "The Daily Stormer" Shut Down?
After Charlottesville The Daily Stormer did what many Alt Right outlets refused to do, they doubled down after the car murder took place, saying that the real tragedy was the car being destroyed and they were happy “the fat slut” was dead.
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The hosting company promised to take down the website, and businesses were refusing to deal with the Daily Stormer. They moved the website to the “Darkweb,” where it is only available through the Tor service. This may give them anonymity, but it shrinks his reach to almost nothing. here
Watching The Right Wing Since 3.19.03
Saturday, August 19, 2017
Tampa Bay Bike Taxi Co. Not A Free Service
Dems After Sandy Murman
Angel D'Angelo
Charles Davis III
Kimberly D. Overman
Sky U. White
All Dems, where are the Greens
and the Democratic Socialists?
Speak Up Florida
Join them here
Downtown Tampa 7 PM
Florida Right Winger Augustus Sol Invictus Running For Senate
Augustus Sol Invictus, who first came into the national spotlight as a Libertarian primary candidate for U.S. Senate in Florida, is at it again, this time running as a Republican. He made the announcement in Washington, D.C., outside of current U.S. Senator—and potential opponent—Bill Nelson’s office. here
Friday, August 18, 2017
Cover Up In Tampa
Watching: Kelly and family
Sam
And Vinny
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Hillsborough County Courthouse
Tampa, Florida
Right Wing: Florida To Be The Next Battlefield
The University of Florida has fought off a right wing infestation. White nationalist Richard Spencer was scheduled to speak there. But UF called it off. here
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University of Florida president Kent Fuchs released a statement saying that safety concerns were paramount, especially after rhetoric was displayed on social media declaring Florida to be “the next battlefield.”
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Thursday, August 17, 2017
Right Wing Hillsborough County Commissioners
Raise $140,000 in private donations in 30 days or the monument stays where it is!
It Is currently being guarded.
"G4S?? Who the fuck is paying for that?" Marc Rodrigues
It Is currently being guarded.
"G4S?? Who the fuck is paying for that?" Marc Rodrigues
Their Ring Leader! here
They got a GoFund Me page and want your help. :) For real.
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ken Hagan,
Sandy Murman,
Stacy White,
Victor Crist
The Merchants Of Ybor: Tabernacle Tattoo
Stacy White's Hillsborough County War Veterans' Memorial Protection Ordinance
Our right wing Commissioner Stacy White plans to introduce a bill that would ban the relocation of any public memorial or monument. The "Hillsborough County War Veterans' Memorial Protection Ordinance" would also prohibit the renaming of streets, bridges, buildings or public property named or dedicated in honor of military figures or U.S. Presidents. here
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We warned you about this guy years ago.
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Tampa Bay Hate Groups
The Daily Stormer
Brandon NEO-NAZI
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Ku Klux Klan
Hudson KU KLUX KLAN
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American Freedom Party
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Ku Klux Klan
Hudson KU KLUX KLAN
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American Freedom Party
Lakewood Ranch WHITE NATIONALIST
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Straight Way and More
Venice ANTI-MUSLIM
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New Black Panther Party
Tampa BLACK SEPARATIST
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Nation of Islam
Saint Petersburg BLACK SEPARATIS
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