The Ybor City Stogie

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Florida Agnostic Society Is Born

An Internet-based society for Florida residents who are agnostics.
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Terrorist Orlando Bosch Is Dead

“As many critics have pointed, out, terrorism is not an enemy. It is a tactic. Because the United States itself has a long record of supporting terrorists and using terrorist tactics, the slogans of today’s war on terrorism merely makes the United States look hypocritical to the rest of the world.”.....Professor William Odom, formerly President Reagan’s NSA Director

More Drilling In The Gulf Of Mexico

Answering the call of Republicans and Democrats from Gulf Coast states, Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address that he would extend all Gulf leases that were affected by a temporary moratorium on drilling imposed after last year's BP oil spill.

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Cuban Seals for Florida?

The debate continues: Was the killing of Osama bin Laden justified? Perhaps a rather useless debate since he is now most certainly dead. But despite their distance in time and space some flashbacks insist on recurring. I for example still think about that Cuban plane which exploded on October 6th 1976 in the Caribbean, killing the 5 crew members and all 73 passengers, including the entire champion fencing team of Cuba. All four men directly responsible for this horror had ties to the CIA which, it was later revealed, knew of the bombing in advance.

So wouldn’t the arguments being trotted out to justify the US raid in Abbottabad mean Cuba would have been justified (or would still be justified today) in “taking out” the organizers of the plane bombing, Luis Posada Carriles and Orlando Bosch Avila, by sending in a Cuban equivalent of SEAL Team 6? The two were never holed up in some cave or secret mansion but have been enjoying care-free lives in Florida, with court decisions preventing their extradition to Venezuela, where they were once sentenced, or to Cuba where, it was claimed, they “might be tortured.”

Posada Carriles, after being acquitted of minor pass violations, is completely free. Bosch, referred to years ago by a US expert as “one of the deadliest terrorists in the hemisphere,” was officially amnestied years ago by – guess who – President George H.W. Bush, who just happened to be CIA-Director at the time of the plane bombing.

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Brandon Community Advantage Center?

State Rep. Rachel Burgin is calling for changes and an apology from the nonprofit agency that runs The Regent, a facility built with public money that was supposed to serve as a community center but that she says is being run more like a country club. The board running the $7 million edifice on Watson Road has turned its back on the people they are supposed to serve.
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A local Boy Scout troop was asked for $700 to hold a two-hour event on a Tuesday, a women's counseling group was told it would cost $3,000 to use the building for a few hours.

Ybor City Museum Society's Legacy Awards

Ybor City Museum Society honors local residents making their mark on
historic preservation in Ybor City.

Friday, May 13, 2011

Ybor Dancer

Cindy, a Bay Area model and dancer at The Ritz Ybor.
Finding Tampa

Seminole Heights Antiques

South Tampa Quality at Seminole Heights Prices!
Corner of Osborne Ave and Florida.
Stop in and say hello to Keith.
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Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Mary
She is from Ohio. She has been homeless 2 years.
Tampa Bay Homeless

The Fall of America and the Western World

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

CL Pre-Heat

WMNF's Tropical Heatwave
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Awake The State 2: Palm Beach County

Florida fights back against regressive, repressive GOP-controlled government with second round of statewide Awake The State protests & rallies. Just a couple of days after the 2011 FL legislative session ended, Floridians from all walks of life unite in opposition to reactionary bills & budget forced through by the radical right-wing Republican super-majority currently in control of the Sunshine State.

Re/Creating Tampa 10 Year Blogoversary

Today marks my tenth year anniversary of blogging. While Re/Creating Tampa has only existed for 3 years, I put up my first blog post ten years ago today. The title of that first blog was Slushbrand Actionblog and the first post was about a Thomas Pynchon sighting in NYC.
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