The potential for fraud in the 2012 presidential election was how Florida Republicans justified measures that made it tougher to register voters. So nine months after ballots were counted, where exactly are the culprits of voter registration fraud? The Florida Department of Law Enforcement hasn't found them. They did find 2, both involving Strategic Allied Consulting, a vendor for the Republican Party of Florida........more>
Sunday, September 15, 2013
Time For #19
It's time to make Florida the 19th state to allow recall of elected state officials. Rick Scott bought his way into office spending tens of millions of dollars of his own money in the process. Rick Scott is rapidly proving himself to be an ideologue Libertarian, abandoning what's good for Florida, in an effort to push through his far right ideas of how state government should be run, no matter what harm it does to the future health of the State's economy and citizens........here
Florida Women Kicking Ass On X-Factor
Meet Rion Paige, Jacksonville's Finest
And meet Lillie McCloud from Orlando.
Miami protest at Senator Nelson’s office
Over 25 people gathered outside of Senator Bill Nelson’s Miami office on
Sept. 12 to demand that the U.S. Senator from Florida vote against any military
authorization bill that comes his way. The rally began at 6:45 p.m. in
front of Nelson’s office, which is located in Coral Gables. Protesters held
Syrian flags and anti-war signs with slogans such as, “Hands off Syria,” and “I
don’t want my tax dollars supporting Al-Qaeda.”........more>
Saturday, September 14, 2013
The Citrus Taliban: Terry Jones
The Rev. Terry Jones was planning on torching nearly 3,000 Qurans on the 12th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at Loyce E. Harpe Park, in Mulberry at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Supporters gathered, but Jones never arrived. That's because Grady Judd's boys saw Jones at a McDonalds in Mulberry and watched as he doused the books with kerosene on his way to the park. He was pulled over a couple of miles away and arrested on charges of unlawful conveyance of fuel and open display of a firearm........more>
Rick Scott Is Selling Our Public Lands
Have you ever enjoyed a nature trail or stream that was then turned into a strip
mall or parking lot? I know I have. Now Gov. Rick Scott wants to sell off up to
4,000 acres of environmentally sensitive lands our tax dollars have already
purchased and protected so he can kick back more money to his big business
buddies. here, Here’s a complete list of all the lands the state is
considering putting on the auction block. Take a look and see if any of them are
in your backyard.
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Tampa Rapper Prophit
Prophit (real name Reginald M. Wilks) a local who grew up in an East Tampa neighborhood near Hillsborough Avenue and 40th Street, and still lives in the Tampa area has scored a spot on the soundtrack for “The Family,” the upcoming film starring Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Friday, September 13, 2013
Human Rights Forum In Tampa
University of Tampa, Reeves Theater
401 W Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa
401 W Kennedy Boulevard, Tampa
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Walking While Black In Florida
Bobby Wingate was cited by an officer for “walking down the wrong side of the road” during the stop, then punched in the face. When the officer pulled out his Tazer, Wingate called 911 to protect himself. “He said do I really want to fight him?” Wingate can be heard telling the emergency dispatcher. “I haven’t done anything wrong.” Wingate was arrested, charged with resisting arrest without violence and walking down the wrong side of the road and brought to trial. But in court, the officer testified he was not sure what side of the road Wingate was on, prompting the judge to dismiss the case. Wingate has since filed a civil suit against the department........more>
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Bob Buckhorn’s Shtick Begins To Wear Old
For a guy who lost three races before winning his dream job, Bob Buckhorn sure is worried about a lot of other things than being mayor of Tampa......more>
Conservatives Completely Disconnected From The Consequences Of Their Politics
A couple of months ago, a study was released that showed that conservatives are completely disconnected from the consequences of their politics. It doesn’t matter if banning contraceptives increases the number of abortions, all that matters to them is punishing whores their “religious beliefs.” It doesn’t matter if cutting billions from food stamps will send millions of children to bed hungry every night as long as niggers those people don’t get a free meal........more>
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