Friday, August 5, 2011
A Little Tour Of Ybor City
Tampa Hot Spots brings you a little taste of Tampa's historic district "Ybor City", where the nations original cigar shops originally formed and where every weekend in a Mardi Gras! Our host Erik aka "Short-E" gives you a day tour of the scene and interviews some of the Ybor City locals.
Public Hearings on Fair Districts
Monday, August 29thTampa
4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Hillsborough County Commission
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Tuesday, August 30th
Largo
8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
EpiCenter at St. Pete College
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Tuesday, August 30th
Sarasota
6p.m. to 9 p.m.
New College, Harry Sudakoff Conference Center
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
Fullerton Police Department
Kill Homeless ManThe incident was captured by a bystander with a cell phone, and bus surveillance tape released Monday showed agitated witnesses describing how officers beat Thomas and used a stun gun on him repeatedly as he cried out for his father. On the cell phone video, a man can be heard screaming over a fast, clicking sound that those on the tape identify as a stun gun being deployed.
"They caught him, pound his face, pound his face against the curb ... and they beat him up," the man said. "They beat him up, and then all the cops came and they hogtied him, and he was like,
'Please God! Please Dad!'"
here
Deaf man sues Tampa officers, claiming excessive force.
'Please God! Please Dad!'"
here
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Picadillo
With Red Beans and Rice
$6.95 At Rio Cafe, 602 E Polk Street, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
More at Tampa Locavore. Eat Local!
With Red Beans and Rice
$6.95 At Rio Cafe, 602 E Polk Street, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
More at Tampa Locavore. Eat Local!
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
The Moral Courage Award
County officials are seeking nominees for the 2011 edition of the award, including those who have fought for the principle of right and wrong.
The deadline for nominations is 5 p.m. Aug. 15.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Marco Rubio: The Cuban Ronald Reagan
Best Of Babalu"Marco Rubio is the real deal, and we all may be witnessing the emergence of
the Cuban Ronald Reagan.".....Alberto de la Cruz
the Cuban Ronald Reagan.".....Alberto de la Cruz
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"Marco Rubio has been called the Energizer Bunny. But he's really the Wizard of Oz, a manipulator behind a façade, making himself seem larger than life.".....Stephen Goldstein
Congratulations to Peter, Ben, Ken and The Buzz
Washington Post’s List Of Best State Political BlogsHere is their list of locals
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 atNicola’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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Monday, August 1, 2011
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Picadillo With Red Beans and Rice and Yuca
$3.99 At Huracan, corner of Central and Sligh in Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local!
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."
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.
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.
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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Sunday, July 31, 2011
Gaby For Mayor T-Shirt
$13.00 + $2.99 Shipping(No shipping charge if picked up)
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Gaby For Mayor
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Shrimp CreoleWith Yellow Rice and Green Plátanos
$6.99 At Huracan, corner of Sligh and Central in Tampa.
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local!
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.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
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.
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