Thursday, November 28, 2013
Failed State: Florida Still Looking For Creative Ways To Suppress Voter Rights
Florida is well known for finding creative methods of suppressing the vote. The latest ploy is a new rule issued by Governor Rick Scott’s chief election official Secretary of State Ken Detzner, directing that absentee ballots be returned by mail or directly to the offices of election supervisors. It has been a common practice in the state to allow ballots to be dropped off at locations such as tax collectors offices, libraries and other sites designated by the local election supervisors. This was to accommodate those who wished to save the postage or found it more convenient to drop them at a nearby location.......more>
The directive appeared to take dead aim at one supervisor, Deborah Clark in Pinellas County, who aggressively promotes voting absentee and has a small network of remote drop-off locations to make it easier for people to turn in their absentee ballots. The state’s order comes as Clark prepares to send thousands of absentee ballots to voters in the upcoming special election in the 13th Congressional District, vacated when longtime Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Young died last month......more>
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Bartlett Park Community
Bartlett Park Community Garden,
we are excited to announce that we have bought the land the garden sits on.
It goes without saying that this is a major milestone for our garden. We no longer have to wonder each month if we will be able to continue
to grow food for our neighbors.
We can run the garden as a resource for the
Bartlett Park Community for as long as the community needs it." Tom Tito
It is amazing what we can do when we all work together. Mr. Tito and the Bartlett Park Community should be commended for their great work, they are a treasure to Tampa Bay.
George Zimmerman’s Florida Stash
Here are the Weapons Police found in Zimmerman’s Florida Residence
Three handguns
One 12-gauge shotgun
One AR-15 rifle
106 rounds of ammunition, including two AR-15 magazines
One 12-gauge shotgun
One AR-15 rifle
106 rounds of ammunition, including two AR-15 magazines
Florida Stingray's Close Encounter
Mark "the Shark" Quartiano has caught thousands of sharks, but never anything like the 800-pound deep-water stingray he landed off Miami Beach.
It was released after being caught......more>
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Bacalao
With red beans and rice
$5.70 at Tierra Latina, Nebraska Ave and Linebaugh in Tampa.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Rally For Solar Power In St. Pete
The rally and a press conference are scheduled for Wednesday 10 a.m. at Williams Park, across from Duke Building, 299 1st Avenue North......more>
Florida Islamophobic Fringe Group
Citizens For National Security
Are in DC planning to accuse the Council on American-Islamic Relations of
“advancing its agenda of radical Islam” and backing
a campaign of “extortion, intimidation and subversion.”
Republican members of Congress regularly demonize CAIR:
One former representative even called the organization a
“terrorist organization.” CFNS previously collaborated with then-congressman Allen West. CFNS chairman William Saxton believes that the Muslim Brotherhood has captured public schools in the US and is training students to become Islamic extremists.....more>
“terrorist organization.” CFNS previously collaborated with then-congressman Allen West. CFNS chairman William Saxton believes that the Muslim Brotherhood has captured public schools in the US and is training students to become Islamic extremists.....more>
This latest controversy is not new in Florida. The website at Citizens for National Security is heavily devoted to the topic, including a report of the ongoing textbook issue in Florida; a 10-minute instructional video devoted to the topic; and a “Teacher’s Guide” to correcting “Islamic bias.” Saxton calls the Islamic-biased textbooks a “national issue” that’s been ongoing for some time.
THERE'S SOMETHING ROTTEN AT PUBLIX
Florida’s tomato farms supply 50% of all U.S. fresh tomatoes
but have also been called America’s ‘ground zero for slavery.’
Countless workers held against their will, threatened with violence and forced to haul hundreds of heavy tomato buckets a day for little to no pay. Thankfully, a new solution called the Fair Food Program has been proven successful. The Fair Food Program is working to enforce a policy of
zero tolerance for slavery on tomato farms.
But a major U.S. supermarket chain, Publix Super Markets,
is refusing to support the Fair Food Program. Publix continues to buy tomatoes from growers that are not partners of the Fair Food Program and where workers still toil beyond the reach of its proven protection from modern slavery.
Monday, November 25, 2013
"I’m proud to say I’m a “Liberal.” John F. Kennedy
What do our opponents mean when they apply to us the label “Liberal?”
…If by a “Liberal” they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people — their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties — someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a “Liberal,
” then I’m proud to say I’m a “Liberal.”
John F. Kennedy, September 14, 1960
Was JFK A Conservative — Or A Socialist?
Let’s Ask The Right-Wingers Of 1963
Let’s Ask The Right-Wingers Of 1963
Florida Ccongressman Trey Radel: The Family Guy
Mother Jones reported last year Radel, a tea party favorite and a Fox News radio host, came to office with an unusual background, having run a business that bought somewhat pornographic sex-themed domain names in both English and Spanish, Radel's business snagged all sorts of un-family-friendly domain names, including www.casadelasputas.com ("whorehouse") and www.mamadita.com ("little blow job"). (After our story, he sent an email to supporters attacking Mother Jones as an "ultra-liberal San Francisco rag" whose "attack" on him he wore like a "badge of honor.")........more>
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Ken Hagan's Early Christmas Gift
A bright, shiny (Big Box) lawsuit
naming Hillsborough County and Red Cast Bloomingdale LLC
as defendants in a declaratory judgment complaint.....more>
Compliments of Bloomingdale CANDO Inc. This is what happens when the community
fights back. Great job Bloomingdale.
Visit Mr. Hagan's Countdown Clock at
www.kenhagan.info
fights back. Great job Bloomingdale.
Visit Mr. Hagan's Countdown Clock at
www.kenhagan.info
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Pepper Steak
With Moro and Yuca
$5.99 at Bravo Supermarket, 4340 W Hillsborough Ave, Tampa
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Landslide Support For Florida Medical Marijuana
Tampa Wal-Mart Black Friday Protest
A sign in the employee lounge in the Wal-Mart reads
“Please Donate Food Items Here, so Associates in Need Can Enjoy Thanksgiving Dinner.”
Friday, November 22, 2013
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