What Stogie Had For Lunch

One of Brew Town's great burgers

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Ybor Paparazzi

At The Czar. Were they texting each other?

Help JJ From Seminole County

I desperately need your help to pressurize our local public school into providing my 9 year-old son’s work in an accessible format. My son, JJ, has multiple and severe physical disabilities; he can’t walk, he’s unable to hold things in his hands, he’s visually impaired and uses a computer to talk (go to OK4JJ on Facebook.
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Bill Gunter aka The Beer Boogeyman

 Along time ago before he found god Bill Gunter was know around the beaches of Bradenton as The beer boogeyman. He would run into convenience stores at night and steal two to three cases of beer, along with some potato chips, can't forget the chips. He smoked his first joint when he was in the 5th grade. From marijuana, he went onto LSD, reds, valium and speed. “My parents found pot and rolling papers in my laundry,” he added. “I smoked pot in my room, and pretty much did what I wanted to do because my parents were scared of me.” His dream was to play football at a major university but if that didn't work out he  had already planned his alternative occupation: to work with a cocaine dealer as a thug. “I was on my way to it already. I was hired once – I drove by and shot at a man’s house and broke his windows.  Pasco beware, read more about Mr. Bill here 

Our Mayor Is A Democrat?

Where the hell have I been, when did this happen?

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Una Noche Official Trailer

Una Noche is a Cuban-set drama-thriller film written and directed by Lucy Mulloy. It premiered at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival and 2012 Tribeca Film Festival to international critical acclaim and "earning rave reviews

1.2 Million Uninsured Floridians

As you read this, 1.2 million hard-working, uninsured Floridians are one-illness away from bankruptcy, forced to use emergency rooms for primary care and are being refused the benefits of our nation’s new health care law. Why? Because the Florida legislature has refused federal funding to expand health care to these families in dire need.

Call 866-443-1844 today and tell your state representative that it is time to stop playing politics and expand health care for more than one million hard-working Floridians.

Tampa Fundraiser for Amanda Murphy

September 30, 2013 - 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Tampa Museum of Art

120 West Gasparilla Plaza in Tampa

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In this special election to replace Mike Fasano, Amanda Murphy is challenging extremist Republican pastor Bill Gunter.  This district leans Democratic, with 4,000 more Ds registered than Rs.  But victory in a special election is all about turning out the most voters.  Your support will help send a talented, progressive woman to Tallahassee to represent all Floridians.  Please join us to meet Amanda and be part of her historic race. 

INEQUALITY FOR ALL - Official Trailer

Join Governor Howard Dean and former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich on a special conference call for an advance preview

of the Sundance Film Festival award winning documentary

"Inequality for All."

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I Am Rick Scott

Rosa Parks, Lech Walesa, Martin Luther King and Ted Yoho?

“It only takes one with passion ” said Representative Ted Yoho of Florida, one of the rank-and-file House Republicans who have risen up to challenge their party’s leadership over whether to confront the Senate and President Obama with their demands to cut off funding for the president’s health care law........more

“People with passion that speak up, they’ll have people follow them because they believe the same way, and smart leadership listens to that.”

Congratulations To Rick Scott

He was voted Best Local Villain and Worst Local Politician by local readers in Creative Loafing's 2013 Best of the bay.

Ybor Paparazzi

Local comic Will Ejay with friends at The  The Improv Comedy Club.

Hillsborough County Animal Services

Don't Let Rick Scott Fool You, He Has Been A Disaster For Our State

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Household income remains stagnant in Florida almost five years from the depth of the recession as the state's largest cities rank at the bottom in income levels for the nation's most populous metro areas, according to U.S. Census figures released Thursday. Three Florida metro areas ranked at the bottom of the list for household income in the nation's 25 most populous cities. The Tampa metro area was last with a median household income of about $44,000 -- half that of Washington, D.C., the city at the top of the list. Metro Orlando was the next lowest at $46,000, followed by South Florida -- made up of Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach -- at $46,600. labor activists say Florida's leaders are partially to blame for giving tax breaks to corporations instead of investing more money in education, Medicaid expansion and public transportation. .......more

2014 can't come soon enough!

Heartless GOP: Steak, Caviar And Vodka

One member was given $127.41 a day for food on his trip to Argentina. He probably had a fair amount of steak. Another member was given $3,588 for food and lodging during a six-day trip to Russia. He probably drank a fair amount of vodka and probably even had some caviar. That particular member has 21,000 food stamp recipients in his district. One of those people on food stamps could live a year on what this congressman spent on food and lodging for six days,"

Via Pushing Rope

Apopka Man Arrested For Protesting Red Light Cameras

66-year-old Mark Schmidter was on the corner handing out fliers to motorists stopped at red lights. The fliers had a petition and a message about a city council meeting, where citizens could voice their concerns about red light cameras. Schmidter was approached by a police officer. He told the officer he didn't have a permit for the protest, and when asked for identification, responded that as he wasn't driving, he had no need for ID. When he continued to (peacefully) resist the officer's requests for identification or information about who he was, the officer cuffed him and made an arrest. Schmidter's argument about the cameras was that,
Red light cameras are all about money - not safety......more

Nancy Pelosi In Tampa

A little high for a single working mom, but still a lot cheaper then Rick Scott's shindig in Pinellas.  

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Rick Scott Touts New Obamacare Jobs In Tampa

We are blessed in Florida with mild winters, good Cuban food and spectacular, mind-bending politics that turns other states green with envy. Consider Wednesday's big economic story: A company called HealthPlan Services announced it would add 1,000 jobs in Tampa over the next five years. HealthPlan Services is adding people largely because of the new national health-care law pushed by President Barack Obama and fiercely opposed by most Republicans, including (at least initially) Scott. In fact, as the Tampa Bay Times' Steve Bousquet reminds us, Scott called the health-care law "the biggest job killer ever," last year in an interview with FOX News........more
Read what Mitch Perry has to say about it here

Amanda Murphy, Democrat, for Florida State House, District 36

 The Republicans picked their man to replace Republican Mike Fasano in House District 36. Bill Gunter, a candidate handpicked by Republican leadership in Tallahassee and funded by Rick Scott's wealthy allies. We know the Republicans in Tallahassee will spend big for their handpicked candidate and to try and continue Rick Scott’s agenda: cuts to education, higher insurance rates, and no access to health care. Check out Democrat Amanda Murphy.

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Friends Of Stogie

 At Gaspar's Patio in Temple Terrace

$50K Per Couple For Rick Scott's Pinellas Fundraiser

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The Citrus Taliban: David Caton

 Florida Family Association Labels Al Jazeera America 'Jihad TV'

The far-right Florida Family Association is planning to run an aerial banner this Sunday before the Cincinnati Bengals game criticizing Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble, for running ads on Al Jazeera America........more

I wonder how his addiction to pornography is going?

Al Jazeera America

Bill Nelson Will Vote Yes For War On Syria

Over 60 protesters stormed his Jacksonville office on Sept. 12, demanding that the senator renounce his support for President Barack Obama’s proposed military strike on Syria......more

Right Wing 2016

Bumper stickers are ready, get them here.

Tim Tebow A Jacksonville Jaguar?

A group of Jacksonville Jaguars fans held a rally in order to convince the owners of the Jaguars to sign Tim Tebow as their next quarterback. It started at 3:16 PM and was to last for 3 hours and 16 minutes (all allusions to Tebow’s faith, of course). It drew a whopping crowd of 20 people.....more. They have a website, check them out here. The folks that don't want him there The Bold City Brigade, a nonprofit organization in Jacksonville which seeks to expand and embolden the fan-base, has created a website called

“Even If He’s Released”.

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Pot Steak

With Black Beans and Rice

$6.50 at Super Saver Supermarket, 2001 E. Fletcher Ave. in Tampa 

Every time I am in Suitcase City I always eat here. Great Spanish food.