The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Friday, August 28, 2015
Ybor Radical Cinema Club: Film Night
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Welcome To Tampa Fortune 500 Companies
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Bob Buckhorn,
Lenny The Tour Guide,
Local Delays
Is Jeb Bush A Schlemeil?
Translation: A bumbler, a fumbler, a person plagued by ineptitude. Or, to put it more inelegantly, a schlemeil is somebody who eludes a mud puddle only to step in dog poo.
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While trying to mend fences with Hispanics, he said that he hadn't meant to suggest that the slur term "anchor babies" applied to them. No, no. Here's what he meant: "Frankly, it's more related to Asian people coming into the country." Well, that clears things up. He hadn't meant to smear Hispanics. He was trying to smear Asians. here
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Alan Grayson - Most Effective
UNITED FOR CARE STATEMENT REGARDING MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION PETITION
Regulate Florida, a recently formed political committee, released a
constitutional amendment petition to allow adult use of marijuana in Florida,
under a regulatory structure similar to that which exists for alcohol. The
organization led by longtime marijuana reform advocates, Karen Goldstein and
Michael Minardi.
United for Care remains dedicated to the passage of
a constitutional amendment to allow sick and suffering Floridians access to
medical marijuana and has no official position on the legalization initiative.
Campaign manager, Ben Pollara, issued the following statement regarding the new
initiative:
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"I know firsthand that getting on the ballot by
petition is a Herculean task that they are taking on, and I wish Karen and
Michael the best of luck in this endeavor.” Pollara continued, “United for Care
remains entirely dedicated to passing a strong medical marijuana law that serves
sick and suffering Floridians, and we have not and will not take a position
regarding this new amendment.”
“Perhaps our intellectually dishonest opponents will
have to find a new argument to oppose medical marijuana now, given that their
standard line of attack has been that this is a ‘trick’ to legalize marijuana.
This campaign has always been and will always be about the needs of the sick and
suffering among us."
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To date, United for Care has collected about 400,000
petitions, and 43,259 had been verified as of 5 pm on Wednesday. A
constitutional amendment petition requires signatures from 683,149 registered
voters.
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For press inquiries please contact
Bianca Garza at press@unitedforcare.org.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Bush Backtracks After Falling For Right-Wing Media Talking Points On Birthright Citizenship
After falling for right-wing media talking points about ending birthright citizenship and "anchor babies," Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush is scrambling to justify and backtrack his offensive rhetoric. here
Conservative media have spent years complaining about "anchor babies" and "birth tourism," and calling for an end to birthright citizenship -- a constitutional guarantee.
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Conservative media figures going back to Glenn Beck in his Fox News days have railed against so-called "anchor babies" and "birth tourism," the former a derogatory slur and debunked myth used against U.S. born children of non-citizens, the latter of which represents a sliver of births that experts have repeatedly pointed out are "extraordinarily rare" and an insignificant immigration problem. As Salon's Simon Maloy wrote, this "grossly nativist and legally dubious" rhetoric has nevertheless found a receptive audience among conservatives.
Florida Call For An Independent Redistricting Commission!
For a third time, the GOP led state legislature failed to draw fair congressional maps after wasting millions of taxpayer dollars fighting the Fair District amendments.
St. Pete for Peace Film Series "SubMedia TV with Bruce Wright"
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Koch Brothers Thanking Florida GOP
Koch Brothers-financed Americans for Prosperity announced it’s launching a two-week long ad campaign featuring TV, digital and mail to praise the 72 lawmakers
who the group says, “stood up for taxpayers and patients against special interests who pushed to bring Obama‘s Medicaid expansion to the Sunshine State.”
The ad to be aired in the Tampa Bay area features local Republicans Jeff Brandes, Richard Corcoran, Dana Young,
Larry Ahern, Chris Sprowls and Jamie Grant.
Florida GOP voters how is that booty feeling?
Remember we got your back!
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Dana Young,
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Florida's Koch Problem,
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Jeff Brandes,
Larry Ahern,
Richard Corcoran
Tampa Dead Last Out Of 60 Metro Areas For Commuting
In 2010, Forbes ranked Tampa dead last out of 60 metro areas for commuting. Transportation for America declared it the second-most-dangerous city for pedestrians. And a 2007 survey of 30 metropolitan areas found exactly one with no walkable destinations: Tampa, Fla. “Tampa is not a particularly pedestrian-friendly city,” Mayor Bob Buckhorn recently admitted. here
What Pilar And Stogie Had For Lunch
Capitalists Are Depending On A Leninist To Prop Up The Global Economy
In speeches and writings, Chinese President Xi Jinping often delivers the rhetoric of a Communist Party hard-liner. Yet more than ever, capitalists worldwide are depending upon this Leninist to prop up the global economy. here
Florida GOP Luncheon
Monday, August 24, 2015
Florida Banana Republican
Florida GOP kept alive the distinct possibility that we may soon be able to proclaim 2015 as the most pathetic year in the history of Florida politics. Sacrilege, you say!
After all, this is a state that single-handedly held up a presidential election in 2000. It bungled the 1876 presidential election, too. For crying out loud, this is a state that elected Rick Scott as governor. Twice! John Romano
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