Saturday, July 3, 2010

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
here

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.
here

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.
here

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.
here

Why We Love The Beach….

and shouldn’t we be mad as Hell that our beaches may be destroyed forever ?!
here

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.
here

Pushing Rope

2010 Florida Netroots Awards
Multiple Nominee
here

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

here

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Snickers The Dog

2000 - 2010
Sorry Dave And Jennifer

Kid Having A Beer At Rays Game

This past Saturday during the Tampa Bay Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game, a 10-year-old boy was seen drinking a beer in the stands. Allegedly the beer was purchased by the adult sitting next to him and the kid chugged it down within ten minutes......here

Joe Allen For Governor Of Florida

I've always been against offshore oil drilling. Florida is the Sunshine State. We should have solar energy as well as wind and wave energy programs. Just the risk of the oil slick coming ashore is already a disaster.
here

"Viva Joe!"



Tampa Bar Takes Advantage of Waiter's Stunt at the World Cup.
Last week, 28-year-old St. Petersburg, FL resident Joe Fernandez rushed the field during the World Cup group match between Uruguay and Mexico with a Mexican flag tied around his neck like a cape.

An Oilicane?

The gulf oil spill is bad but it could become much, much worse and soon. The threat is a hurricane moving over the spill. If a hurricane’s violent winds track over the spill, we could witness a natural and economic calamity that history has never recorded anywhere or anytime. We will literally be in oil-soaked waters. We will have witnessed the first oilicane......here

Old People's Home

Opened in 1924, The Old People's Home was the largest publicly supported home for the elderly in Tampa and represented a major civic achievement......here

Tampa And The Fuentes

There are plenty of things that Tampa is famous for, but it’s very hard to get away from one of its greatest claims to fame, and contributions to world culture, the cigar......here

3rd Annual GaYbor Days

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Darcy G. Richardson

FOR STATE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER
here

Tampa #1 In Staged Accidents

Recent data points to a surge in Florida of so-called “staged accidents,” incidents where criminals fake a no-fault accident to collect insurance money. The NICB found that while South Florida remains a hot spot for the crime, operations have expanded northward to Tampa, which has become the activity’s epicenter with 487 questionable accidents that appear staged last year, a 290% increase......here

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Peter Schorsch And Saint Petersblog 2.0

2010 Florida Netroots Awards
Multiple Nominee
here

Bud Chiles for Governor of Florida



I Knew His Daddy Well!

The Monster Under The Kennedy Boulevard Bridge

A worker getting off late in downtown Tampa saw a bipedal animal swimming under the Kennedy Bridge. The creatures body was covered with hair and he was eating crabs on the rocks below. When the man got close, the animal swam off at a very high rate of speed north up the Hillsborough River......here

Stogie Recommends

A film directed by Joe Wright, and starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. The screenplay by Susannah Grant is based on the book, The Soloist by Steve Lopez. The film is based on a true story of Nathaniel Ayers, a musician who develops schizophrenia and becomes homeless.

The Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Foundation

Charlie Crist: ‘We Need To Ban Oil Drilling Off Florida’


Watch CBS News Videos Online

Independence From Oil Bike Ride

Celebrate the Fourth of July with either an 11- or 24-mile bike ride. Leaves Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park at 8 AM. It's free and an easy ride of 12-14 mph.
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Fema Plans To Evacuate Tampa?

FEMA has plans to evacuate the Tampa Bay area in the event of a controlled burn of surface oil in the Gulf of Mexico, or if wind or other conditions are expected to take toxic fumes through Tampa Bay......here

Democrat Darryl Rouson Of St. Petersburg

“Everyone knows what’s being smoked out of these pipes; the only ones who claim they don’t know are the sellers of these pipes.”.......Rep. Darryl Rouson, D-St. Pete

Doesn't St. Pete Have Real Problems?

10-Years-In Prison For Having Sex And Smiling

Circuit Judge Chet A. Tharpe
Tampa teacher Stephanie Ragusa was sentenced to 10-years-in prison for having sexual relationships with two of her underage students. One of the issues addressed by Judge Tharpe during Monday’s sentencing was Stephanie Ragusa’s smile......here

"No Drill No Spill" T-Shirt

Joe Garcia For Congress
here

Monday, June 28, 2010

Everybody's Acting Strange

Psychological Toll Of Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Quietly Mounts.
here

That Meek-Rubio-Crist Thing Going On ‘Round Here

I’m coming very, very late to this game, but let me put my two cents in as regards the Meek-Rubio-Crist matchup. Specifically, the question of what might happen down the road as Crist seems to be hovering up an awful lot of Democratic support that might otherwise have gone to Meek......here

Heather Beaven

Democrat For Florida's 7th District
here

BP Opens First Claims Office In Tampa Bay

BP set up a claims office in Clearwater over the weekend, its first in the Tampa Bay area. The storefront at 2551 Drew St. is the oil giant's 12th claims office in Florida and one of 35 in states affected by the oil spill........here

Jennifer Capriati

Get Well!

Friends Of Stogie

In Tampa

Peter Allen For Governor Of Florida

The Independence Party Of Florida

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Destruction Of The Gulf Of Mexico

Do you live in an area that is being affected by the oil spill? Do you have photo or video of what's happening on the coastlines? We want to see your on-the-ground photos.

Pensacola Beach Covered In Oil And Tar



Look At What These Monsters Have Done To Our Home!

Cathy Salustri's Hard Candy

2010 Florida Netroots Awards
Best New Blogger Nominee
here

Gulf Oil Spill: A Catastrophe of Epic Proportions

As the Gulf oil spill crisis enters its fourth week, independent scientists estimate that the volume of this spill in one week matches that of the 1969 Exxon Valdez disaster, making the Gulf spill by far the worst such disaster in U.S. history......here
Photo Gallery

Voting Now Open For 2010 Florida Netroots Awards

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Pushing Rope - Saint Petersblog 2.0 - Re/Creating Tampa - Daily Loaf - The Feed - Doug Tudor - Pinellas County Democrats - Progress Florida - Tampa Bay Living Green - Ray Seaman - The O-Train -
Cathy Salustri - SpillBabySpill - Jackie Dowd - Ybor City Stogie

Idiots In The News: Republican Rep. Joe Barton

On The $20 Billion BP Was Asked To Pay For The Gulf Cleanup
"I think it is a tragedy of the first proportion that a private corporation can be subject to what I would characterize as a shakedown, in this case a $20 billion dollar shakedown...a $20 billion dollar slush fund."......Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas


Seize BP!

Oil Spill - WorldNet Daily Says It Was God

Carl Gallups - Hickory Hammock Baptist Church - Milton, Florida
Yes, that’s right folks. I knew it would be just a matter of time, but the tea bagger crazies are now claiming the oil spill in the Gulf was caused by God......here

Florida Beaches Turning Black