Saturday, July 28, 2007
Friday, July 27, 2007
Oil-Covered PenguinsOff Coast Of South America
Hundreds of oil-covered Magellanic penguins have surfaced off the Atlantic coast of South America in the past few weeks. A continuous stream of oil from spills has created a chronic problem across South American waters and other parts of the world.....more
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Bay Pines VA Medical CenterEmergency Room Refuse Critically Ill Man
Mark A. Surette a 25-year VA employee, collapsed of a heart attack in Building 24, perhaps 200 feet from the hospital emergency room. Since he wasn't a veteran, confused paramedics asked Bay Pines if its emergency room would treat Surette. Paramedics were directed to take him to St. Petersburg General Hospital, three miles away. A doctor who made the decision did not realize the man, a Bay Pines employee who later died, had collapsed on the Bay Pines campus......more
"In a life-and-death situation it appears to me that any medical professional would be willing and able to help save a life."........Rep. C.W. Bill Young
Havana NightsFlorida GOP Lavish Fundraiser
A yacht cruise, salsa dancing lessons, dinner at the famed Versace Mansion in Miami Beach, and even a personal concierge. Platinum sponsors who fork out $100,000 will get two rooms at the hotel and also get three different private meetings with House leaders over dessert and breakfast. Gold sponsors who donate $50,000 will be given one room at the hotel and be allowed to bring two people to all events.......more
''There's a lot of people out there who think that Tallahassee is out of touch with the rest of the state of Florida; maybe there's some truth to it''.......Rep. Jack Seiler
No Summer Of Love For Howard DeanWith Peace And Understanding In Short Supply
The Democratic National Committee chairman faces several formidable challenges. Some states are determined to move up the dates of their presidential primaries despite the potential for upending the nomination process, and the party's convention in Denver in 2008 is already dealing with nettlesome labor and financial woes......more
What Stogie Had For LunchFilete Salteado
White Rice And Collard Green Soup
$7.25 At....La Teresita 7101 66th Street Pinellas Park
Forget Corporate - Spend Your Money Locally
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
What Stogie Had For LunchPork Shop
Red Bean And Rice, (Great Red Beans Here) And Platanos
$5.49 At......Pino's Cafe 4627 N. Lois Ave Tampa
Forget Corporate - Spend Your Money Locally
Cape Coral Couple Will Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
More than 20,000 people try to scale Africa's Mt. Kilimanjaro every year, but only about half actually make it to the top. One local couple is training for the climb-- and they're doing it right here in Southwest Florida.......more
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
What Stogie Had For LunchPalomilla Steak
Yellow Rice And Red Beans (Stogie Likes Onions)
$7.25 At.......China Latina 3715 E. Busch Blvd Tampa
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Contaminated Water ReachesThe Florida Keys
The widespread use of in-ground waste disposal through septic tanks and injection wells appears to be leading to the contamination of submarine groundwater even up to six miles offshore, when the contaminated groundwater mixes with surface water and reaches the reef, the corals as well as human health might be harmed.......more
Keel & Curley WineryDrink Local
Chase Marden’s recipe starts with crushing fresh blueberries and fermenting them on the skins to give the wines their deep color. The wine is 100% Berries. They also produce Tangerine, Wild Berry, Peach, Mango Citrus and Apple wines. Visit them.......here
NEW TASTING ROOM NOW OPEN!
5202 Thonotosassa Road, Plant City, Florida
Spend Your Money Locally
Monday, July 23, 2007
300 Pound Pythons On The Loose In FloridaThe South Asian snakes, which can top 300 pounds, or 135 kilograms, and 20 feet, or 6 meters, are presumed to have entered the park as discards or escapees from the bustling international trade in exotic pets. Year-old, foot-long pythons are a popular $70 item at reptile fairs, but in a few years can reach room-spanning, cat-munching size, prompting some owners to abandon them by the roadside. That practice may not pose an ecological problem in Detroit, Snow said, but in a near-tropical Florida park, it is an unfolding nightmare.......more
What Stogie Had For LunchThe Big Daddy
$6.95 At.......Merino's Deli 6428 North Florida Ave Tampa
Forget Corporate - Eat Local
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Mexicans In Florida Share A Rite Of DeathBut their teenage giggles are sliced with talk of death. And faith and family. And being buried in a homeland a thousand miles and a gulf away. Soon, the girls will compete in a special pageant in which beauty falls second to charity. They're raising money to help pay for the proper burials of Mexican migrants who die here. The pageant is as much a celebration of honoring the dead as it is about youth and grace -- a strange juxtaposition of beginnings and endings......more
Tampa Bay Mitigation BankTen years in the making with three years to go, the 160-acre site is being bulldozed into Hillsborough County's first wetlands mitigation bank. When it's finished, developers that want to destroy wetlands will be able to compensate for the environmental damage by buying credits in the form of wetland acreage in Casey's Tampa Bay Mitigation Bank.......more
"The neighborhood where the wetland is damaged suffers flooding and pollution of their lake or river, But they don't get the benefit of the mitigation when the developer purchases part of a wetlands somewhere else.".....Mariella Smith
Saturday, July 21, 2007
BaoziChinese Cardboard Buns With A Side Of Chemicals
The report generated wide national and international attention as the latest in a string of scares involving China-produced foods, including toxic seafood, virus-plagued pigs and chemical-laden toothpaste. The "expose" purportedly showed a seller of the buns, known as "baozi," softening shredded cardboard with an industrial chemical and fortifying the bogus meat with a bit of fatty pork........here
Friday, July 20, 2007
The World's Worst AirlineA TAM Plane Crashed In Brazil Tuesday. I Wasn't Surprised
TAM Linhas Aereas is the worst airline in the world. I've been saying that repeatedly since early April, when my boyfriend and I took a short vacation in Brazil and returned happy with our stay but traumatized by the air travel.....more
Elizabeth Spiers
Blind Loyalty Latest US War CasualtyPemberton, New Jersey
If George Bush loses towns like Pemberton, then he has surely lost America. And it seems he is losing this piece of small-town America, population 29,000........more
"Me and my husband try not to be political people — we try to take authority from God, I think he has been a good president. But I do think in some ways, instead of letting God totally rule his decisions (Bush) has let some of the other people higher up do that."........Virginia Green
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