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Washington Post’s List Of Best State Political Blogs
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Saint Petersblog - The Spencerian - The Buzz
With special thanks to the FPC for keeping us all together.
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Tampa, Donuts, And Rick Scott

Rick Scott, AKA “Pink Slip Rick”, is going to be in Tampa early Wednesday morning as part of his new “workday” tour throughout Florida. He’ll be promoting his image during this “photo op” while far too many Floridians wonder when he’s going to create some actual “jobs” for our state. The job-killing Governor is going to be selling donuts TOMORROW (Wednesday, August 3rd) 6:00am – 8:30am at
Nicola’s Donuts and Bakery
14390 N. Dale Mabry Hwy. Tampa
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Artūras Zuokas, The Mayor Of Vilnius, Lithuania

Zuokas, who is described in news reports as an "avid cyclist" and who is bringing a bike-share program to Lithuania's capital, staged a fairly awesome stunt the other day: He ran over a Mercedes parked in a bike lane. With an armored personnel carrier.
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Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Jeff
He is from Minnesota. He has been homeless 3 years.
Tampa Bay Homeless

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Picadillo
With Red Beans and Rice and Yuca
$3.99 At Huracan, corner of Central and Sligh in Tampa
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My Recent Journey Into The Abyss

Exposing The Right-Wing Extremist
Alberto De La Cruz At Babalu

On July 28, Babalu Blog posted this.
Strangely enough, Tampa airport is actually proud and boasting about becoming a business partner of the vile, murderous, criminal, and repressive Castro dictatorship. Go figure.

After having to register and waiting for moderation i left this comment,
Isn't it wonderful Mr. de la Cruz?
You make Castro sound just like our Republicans. Go figure.

It was out of joy for getting something so many people worked so hard to get and
my daily poke at Republicans.

Mr. de la Cruz came back with this:
"Actually, Stogie, Castro sounds just like a liberal because... well, you know why."
Wait, i never said Castro sounds like a liberal, and the "well, you know why" contrary to what his little mind thinks, all liberals are not Communist.

Then he comes back with this:
Because you know that the millions of tourists who visit Cuba every year from Canada, Italy, Spain, the UK, France, South America, and various other free countries have done such a great job of exposing the Castro regime for the sham and repressive tyranny that it is.

These are tourists, they have no ties to Cuba but the great deal they got from their travel agents back home. We are family, we go there to help.

Then he ends it with this:
I am not surprised that you are not ashamed. If you were an intellectually honest person with a modicum of shame, te daria pena offering a stale and bankrupt argument. But it is obvious that you do not think that highly of yourself.

Stale and bankrupt argument? Sir, your argument is over 50 years old, it should be pretty stale by now.

Help, end the war on the Cuban people, they are being held hostage by a small group of
Right-Wing Extremist in South Florida.
Stop The MCM.

As the great late George Carlin once said, "Never argue with an idiot. They bring you down to their level and beat you with experience."

Ms. Zeno - The Louisiana Mojo Queen

Check out Stogie's friend Ms. Zeno on her European tour.
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Ms. Zeno

Help Get Pamela Jo Hatley On Our Planning Commission

Our Planning Commission reviews development proposals and makes recommendations to our county & city governments about what kind of development to allow where. They help plan how our transportation systems will fit into our communities and whether our natural resources will be protected, or not, as we grow. Several seats are about to open up on this important board.

Hillsborough County Commissioners have been known to fill these seats with their cronies within the development industry — especially if they think no one is watching. (The Planning Commission is currently overweighted with developers.) We need to urge them to appoint Planning Commissioners who will represent the best interests of our whole community — not just developers' interests — as we plan for future growth.

Please urge our County Commissioners to appoint Pamela Jo Hatley to the Planning Commission.

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Eric

He is from Alabama. He has been homeless 5 years.

Tampa Bay Homeless

Best Of Babalu

On "Odor diverts Mexico-bound U.S. flight to Cuba."
The source of the odor has not yet been determined, but well placed and knowledgeable sources in the commercial aviation industry have told Babalú that the most likely source of the stench came from Raul Castro's "reforms." The expert sources suggested that since the flight's route placed the aircraft close to Cuba, the airliner's ventilation system must have ingested some of the plumes of malodorous stench emanating from crap Havana has been producing the past few months. The Cuban dictatorship and "Cuba Experts"
commonly refer to the mountains of high-powered feces accumulating
in Cuba as "Raul Castro's Momentous Reforms.".......Alberto de la Cruz

Help, end the war on the Cuban people, they are being held hostage by a small minority in South Florida.
Stop The MCM.

Local Shops1

Welcome to Tampa Bay's Local Movement!
LocalShops1.com connects local, independent businesses with
community-minded shoppers all over Tampa Bay.
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Cuban Blogger: Ángel Santiesteban

The Children Nobody Wanted
A translated blog from Cuba
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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Shrimp Creole
With Yellow Rice and Green Plátanos
$6.99 At Huracan, corner of Sligh and Central in Tampa.
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Don't Fucking Threaten Me Again!

Comment below was recently left on local blog SOG City Oracle......
"Ok. You do that. True Americans will mostly ignore you, arrange for your votes to be meaningless, and quietly laugh. If that doesn't work or if you get too obnoxious, we'll go ahead with the rifles and cannons. That's one of the many great parts about truly loving America; it gives
you those 2nd Amendment remedies to domestic enemies.".....Jonolan

Here is SOG on 2nd Amendment remedies.

Honduran Police Burn Community to the Ground

Homes, churches, schools, and crops all destroyed as the post-coup government continues to side with wealthy plantation owners over the country's organized farmers.

Should The American Embargo Of Cuba Be Rescinded?

This is what Americans want.
Yes 67.73%
No 32.27%
Take The Poll

This is what Republicans do.
There is a move afoot to again tighten restrictions on travel to Cuba,
the tiny Communist nation 90 miles south of Florida.

"Considering the pervasiveness of ignorance and bad information on the topic of the Cuba embargo, it may be an exercise in futility to vote your opinion on this online survey, but what the heck.
It will not hurt to at a minimum let the ignorant and uninformed know that we know they are ignorant and uninformed."......Alberto de la Cruz At Babalu.

Help, end the war on the Cuban people, they are being held hostage by a small minority in South Florida.
Stop The MCM.

Tampa Bay Homeless

Homeless Living In Tampa
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Local Bloggers And Hot Women

Peter Schorsch's Future Smokin' Hot Wife Michelle
St.Petersblog

Ben Kirby's Smokin' Hot Wife Duncan
The Spencerian

The Stogie is looking for a liberal atheist who enjoys long afternoon walks in the inner city.

Evidence Suggests GOP Hacked, Stole 2004 Election

Three generations from now, when our great-grandchildren are sitting barefoot in their shanties and wondering how in the hell America turned from the high-point of civilization to a third-world banana republic, they will shake their fists and mutter one name: George Effin' Bush.
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Draft Keith Fitzgerald for Congress

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Diners, Drive-ins and Dives - California Tacos

California Tacos featured on Food Network's Diners, Drive-ins and Dives with Guy Fieri.

Emergency Rally In Tampa

At noon on Tuesday—whether there's a deal in place or if we're about to default on our nation's bills—we're protesting at hundreds of GOP offices around the country. We'll show our outrage at their plan to protect the super-rich and tax-dodging corporations—all while millions of Americans remain jobless.

Marco Rubio's District Office
Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, at 12:00 PM
3802 Spectrum Boulevard Suite 106, Tampa
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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Reuben
With chips
$7.50 At The Independent Bar and Cafe, 5016 N Florida Ave, Tampa
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Tampa Bay Homeless

Homeless Living In Tampa
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Blessing And A Curse Folk Music Festival

With Have Gun, Will Travel, Ronny Elliott and Rebekah Pulley
Saturday, August 20 · 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Carrollwood Cultural Center
4537 Lowell Rd, Tampa

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Right-Wing Babalu On Tampa International Airport

"Strangely enough, Tampa airport is actually proud and boasting about becoming a business partner of the vile, murderous, criminal, and repressive Castro dictatorship. Go figure.".....Alberto de la Cruz

Castro sounds just like our Republicans. Go figure.
TIA - America's Favorite Airport

America Held Hostage to Two-Party Failure

Government of, by and for the Corporations
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