Local foodie blogger Carlos Hernandez had a vision, now more than 100 food trucks will assemble at the Florida Fairgrounds in Tampa in an...

Made CREW'S List of worst governors. here Thay say he is a ringmaster.

Deborah Newell Tornello For those who argue--ridiculously--that Edward Snowden should have "faced the music" and stayed in ...

  The Cuban Mary With Black Bean Soup $6.95 at Hamburger Mary in Ybor City  

  Jorge Ramos,  the “Walter Cronkite of Hispanic media said in an interview that Boehner and fellow House Republicans will get absolutely...

  Lester Chambers  attacked on stage for dedicating a song to Trayvon Martin...... here The has-been rocker Ted Nugent blames Trayvon Ma...

The town of Deer Trail, Colorado is considering an ordinance that would create a license and bounty for hunters to shoot down drones. “We d...

Raw O ysters At Gaspar's Patio in Temple Terrace

MoveOn's site just weathered a massive anonymous online attack—the biggest in our 15-year history. The attack seems to have been spar...

  Despite a flood advisory and severe weather warnings, over 15 people gathered outside the U.S. Federal Building in downtown on July 13 ...

According to current Florida law, you can get a gun, follow an unarmed minor, call the police, have them explicitly tell you to stop follo...

If right-wing Republicans were to kill comprehensive immigration reform, that would make it the second time in six years they have succes...

Protesters occupy Rick Scott's office in Tallahassee to demand an end to Stand Your Ground law. The activists, known as the Dream Def...

The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes , Indecision Political Humor , Video Archive Stephen Colbert dedicated a ...

to follow up on Pilar's post " Florida Coward " of a couple of days ago. Here is a 17 year old kid walking home after a s...

Check out Jessica Ehrlich a St. Petersburg native who is running for Congress in Florida's 13th District. She out raises Bill Young. ...

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office did not formally discipline any of its employees in the aftermath of a disastrous series ...

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Hungry Americans should long remember the vote taken last week by the House to endanger the nation's food stamp program. House Republ...

Marissa Alexander of Jacksonville who is black fired warning shots against her allegedly abusive husband has been sentenced to 20 years ...

Florida Legislators: Bring marriage equality to the ballot. Petition by Matthew Feck of Apollo Beach Sign Here

Spoke at the monthly meeting of the East Tampa Community Revitalization Partnership. . He wants to replace State Rep. Betty Reed, who is t...

His blood pressure spikes over leftist agenda. So he called Rush to tell him about it. RUSH: Here's Tony in Tampa. I'm glad you...

Shrimp with Lobster Sauce With fried rice and a drink $4.99 at Taste of China in Tampa

Chairman of the Tampa Port Authority,a Rick Scott appointee and prominent Republican fundraiser, has been running an illegal rental prope...

EMILY’s List has endorsed Gwen Graham in her race to unseat Congressman Steve Southerland in Florida’s Second Congressional District. EMI...

Rick Scott spoke to a bunch of Dixiecrats in Graceville, a North Florida town where folks still call themselves Democrats in part because...

Supporters of the Lens have formed a political action committee and launched a website..... here

 Apparently all it takes to get into MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa which is home to two of the nation's premier combat commands - U...

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Ropa Vieja With black beans and yellow rice. $3.99 at Las Palmas Supermarket In South Tampa.

Allen Daniel Hicks Sr Poor guy, he has a stroke on I275 in Tampa and pulls over. When the the cops show up instead of calling EMS they p...

The Tampa Bay Times on the left, the Tampa Tribune on the right and Stars and Stripes in the center.

According to the pitbull of the Republican Party Ann Coulter It seems he is being courted by the right-wing to take up ban on abortions...

We Were Here First Tampa, whose Cuban population first came from the island in the 1800s, has spent the past decade on a careful plan to...

A group of North Florida lawmakers met with governor Chiles in the South Florida capital "Progress" on monday to voice their co...

Work will be getting under way this summer to make some of Hillsborough County's most dangerous road segments safer for pedestrians a...

Larry Klayman the Judicial Watch founder, conservative attack dog and wingnut lawyer says he will save the legacy of the country’s founde...

Baptist preacher Jay Dennis of the First Baptist Church at the Mall in Lakeland, Florida launched a campaign at the Southern Bapstist Co...

Bolivian President's Plane Rerouted I find it disgusting how European powers and the US have always treated Latin America. First th...

Former Miami Heat player Tim Hardaway use to hate gay people. He responded to John Amaechi's coming out in 2007 by declaring "I ...

July Fourth events in bay area. here

Jeb Bush on Tuesday attended a fundraiser for Maine’s Tea Party-backed Gov. Paul LePage. LePage is best known nationally for comparing Ob...

Many of them (Republicans), as I said before, are callous bigoted tools. I take no pleasure in saying that. Well, yes, I do, actually.-Rep....

Right Wing blogger  Javier Manjarres has a poll on his blog Shark Tank on who should run For president in 2016. Here are his choices.  S...

There's a once in a lifetime opportunity to ensure Florida protects its precious waters, wildlife, and open spaces, and we can't ...

Copper And Wool t he blog of the Kirby Family adventures from Gulfport, Florida and beyond. Ben Kirby of The Spencerian  and his wife Dun...

One of Stogie's favorite local blogger Litbrit and her husband own 3 Boys Farm (Fresh, Florida organic pesticide-free grown food ye...

Grand OLD Party Greg Palast writes , t hey might as well have burned a cross on Dr. King's grave. Last year, the GOP Secretary of ...

Meet Marco He is from Detroit. He has been homeless 2 years.

What Stogie had for lunch Lobster Bisque At The Stone Soup Company in Ybor City. More here .

In George Orwell's novel 1984 , "Big Brother" is the dictator of Oceania. No one knows whether Big Brother is a real person...

Not our job to measure voting wait times Florida’s top elections official said Friday the state has no plans to measure where polling pl...

The Cuban Sandwich Show (July 8-August 8) is an annual one-month long series of arts and cultural events about Tampa. Events include cine...

Using federal grant dollars, InVision Tampa is creating a master plan for the City Center of Tampa, Fla., spanning from downtown to Ybor ...