Sunday, May 1, 2011

When Did Our Democracy Die?

When did it irrevocably transform itself into a lifeless farce and absurd political theater? When did the press, labor, universities and the Democratic Party—which once made piecemeal and incremental reform possible—wither and atrophy? When did reform through electoral politics become a form of magical thinking? When did the dead hand of the corporate state become unassailable?
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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Hands Across the Sand Tampa

June 25, 2011 from 11am to 1pm
Between St. Petersburg and Tampa on the south side of the Gandy Bridge.
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Bay Area Rallies To Fight Bullying

On Saturday, dozens of people marched through the streets of Ybor City against bullying. They chanted, "Stop the bullying, stop the hate," as they walked near Centro Ybor.
It was part of the "Pride on 7th" event, but this was the first time the anti-bullying rally was held.
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Seminole Heights Community Garden Is Two Years Old

Join us on Sunday, May 1st, 4-6pm at The Independent for Music, Food and our very first Seed Swap to celebrate Seminole Heights Community Garden's Second Birthday!
Thank you for making this all happen! We wouldn't be here without you!


Microfunding Solutions For The Arts

Think Small to Think Big
Is the name given to a series of microfunding initiatives of Hampton Arts Management. These initiatives offer small dollar funding to fuel the development of the Tampa Bay arts community. Projects funded by this program are ambitious, exciting, experimental, risk-taking,

and relevant to contemporary trends in the National arts scene.
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Tanning In Florida

Tampa

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Philly Cheese Steak
With Fries
$5.95.....At Carolyn's Freaky Tiki, 1001 US 92 West, Seffner
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
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Carolyn's Freaky Tiki on Urbanspoon

Larry Boswell's Farewell

At Gaspar's Patio In Temple Terrace
More At
Streets Of Tampa Bay

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Sleepy Vikings CD Release

Saturday at 9:00pm - Sunday at 1:00am
Crowbar
1812 N. 17th St. Ybor City
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Ybor City Building Projects Turn Tampa Bay Green

A group of developers in Ybor City are taking "green'' to the next level and making money doing it by building office complexes that save on energy costs and literally turn "green'' ideas into action — on a large scale.
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Via....Manny Potter

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Stew Beef
With Rice, Salad And A Can Of Pepsi
$5.95......Caribbean Crown, 4812 East Busch Boulevard, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
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Florida CS/HB 1355

Think voting is too easy now? If you do, the Florida Legislature is on the case to make it much more difficult. If Republican leadership in the legislature has their way this will be Florida’s reality. A sweeping elections bill (CS/HB 1355) that is being fast-tracked through the GOP-controlled legislature would, if passed, trample democracy and impact Florida’s elections in devastating ways.
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Ron Paul's take on Cuba

"If we wouldn't have had this embargo for 40 years, Castro would have been gone a long time ago, history shows you're more likely to get rid of a dictator if you undermine his support by trading with him."
......U.S. Rep. Ron Paul

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Fight For Florida: "First"

Florida Mayor Blames Atheists for World’s Problems

Mayor Sonny Nobles of Live Oak
"The main point is that if people around the world truly had God in their lives, there would not be any of the things that atheists point to in order to discredit a belief in the Almighty. God is caring and loving. He is not a mean God. If people were to turn toward God and not away from Him, there would be a heaven on earth.
God bless us all."
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WMNF Skate Party

May 1st, 5pm-8pm
Skate World in Town & Country
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Charlie Sheen Trumps The Donald In Tampa

Charlie said that a few years back he went to dinner with Trump and Donald told him “I like you, so I’m giving you this gift from Harry Winston.” It was a pair of silver and diamond cufflinks that Trump bragged was “worth $100,000.” Charlie was surprised and grateful and a few years later happened to have the cufflinks appraised. He was informed that the links were cubic zirconium and worth “about $60.”
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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Filet Salteado
With Moro and Yuca.
$8.95.....At Arco-Iris in West Tampa
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Arco-Iris on Urbanspoon

Tampa Homeless Speak



Interview with a few of the homeless people in Tampa.
Why they have become homeless along with some facts on homelessness in Hillsborough County, Florida.

Living Without Money

Wednesday, April 27 @ 8:30pm Free
Cafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave. St. Petersburg

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Johnny
He is from Jacksonville. He has been homeless 4 months.

TTL Legends

Marla and Mike
Temple Terrace

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Local Right Winger

In Tampa

Green Thumb Festival

Walter Fuller Park
7891 26th Avenue N., St. Pete
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Making The World Safe for Hypocrisy

Making the World Safe For Hypocrisy
Is a chronology of the largely suppressed history of the United States. It is the history that good upstanding Americans are not supposed to know. Almost everything you read here is based on publicly available information and most historians know all about it. And yet they remain strangely silent, allowing the fantasyland, propagandized version of American history and the fatuous pseudo-patriotic nonsense spewed by politicians and the mass media to stand unchallenged.
here
Via....Cuba Journal

Stogie's Favorite, Howard Zinn's
A People's History of the United States

Friday, April 22, 2011

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Shrimp With Lobster Sauce
With Fried Rice, Egg Roll or Drink.
$4.95.....At Wok & Roll, 2802 West Kennedy Boulevard Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
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What Happen To Tampa's Back Door Ways?

Does Anyone Know?
here
I Googled it. And found
this.
She is an old friend and the Stogie is worried.

Tampa Bay Homeless

Homeless Living In Tampa

Happy Earth Day

Check Out Stogie's Pepper Plant