A Letter To Charlie Crist’s Liberal Blogger, Peter Schorsch
Monday, November 18, 2013
Happy Birthday Howard Dean
On my 65th birthday join me in supporting DFA
Right now, Republicans in Congress are trying to dismantle the Affordable Care Act and cut earned benefits like Social Security and Medicare. Radical right-wingers are in state legislatures across the country trying to restrict the right to vote and take away women’s reproductive rights. But we will continue to fight back -- it's the only we will win and preserve our version of America. And thanks to the Tea Party's obstructionism, Democrats have a real opportunity to win back the House in 2014. So, instead of receiving gifts on my 65th birthday, I'm asking people to support DFA as we fight to build a more progressive America.
In the spirit of our Dean for America presidential campaign, can you donate to DFA today?
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Florida Executes Inmate With Controversial Lethal Injection
Darius Kimbrough – convicted of sexually assaulting and killing a Florida woman in 1991– was executed and pronounced dead at 6:18 p.m. EST, roughly 18 minutes after his lethal injection was administered. Kimbrough’s execution was notable because it was the second time the state had used the drug midazolam as a sedative in the first of a three-stage lethal injection procedure. As Reuters reports, midazolam has come under fire from prisoners, who challenged the use of the drug in a lawsuit. Seven of Florida’s death row inmates sued the state, arguing the drug – typically used as a sedative in minor operations – is not actually an anesthetic. They claimed that in addition to halting the body’s ability to speak or move, midazolam leaves inmates aware of their surroundings and in severe pain as they die........more
Friday, November 15, 2013
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Bloody Mary with a California chicken sandwich and a bowl of chile.
At BJ's Brewhouse in Citrus Park.
Music For Manatees Benefit Concert
On November 22, you can be a part of the debut concert of the Tampa Bay Music Society (TBMS) at Spoto High School beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10. Spoto High School is located at 8538 Eagle Palm Dr. in Riverview. Proceeds from the debut concert will benefit the Florida Manatee and Aquatic Center at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo......more
Koch Bros. Beerfest In Miami
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
HART’s ridership At Record High
HART reported all-time record ridership in October with nearly 1.4 million passenger trips, a 1.8 percent increase over the previous record set in October 2012, the Hillsborough County transit system said Monday.......more
homophobic Rubio
U.S. senator Marco Rubio of Florida is set to deliver the keynote address at an annual fund-raiser for the Florida Family Policy Council, an antigay group that counts a veritable who's who of right-wing, homophobic activists and pundits among its honorees.......more
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
FreeElCritico: His Crime? His Music
The wife of a jailed Cuban rapper known for his vocal opposition to the Castro regime is calling on America’s music industry to stand by her husband, who is on the brink of death after 24 days on a hunger strike......more
Monday, November 11, 2013
The Launch Of The Sunshine State Clean Energy Coalition
The Sunshine State
should be a world leader in solar energy production.
should be a world leader in solar energy production.
Instead, we're home to dirty and obsolete coal plants like
Duke Energy's Crystal River.
Duke Energy's Crystal River.
Launch of the Sunshine State Clean Energy Coalition, rally across from
Duke headquarters
WHEN: Wednesday, November 13, 10:00 a.m.
WHERE: Williams Park, directly across from Duke's offices at 299 1st Ave North, St Pete
Questions: Contact Julia Hathaway at julia.hathaway@sierraclub.org
Duke headquarters
WHEN: Wednesday, November 13, 10:00 a.m.
WHERE: Williams Park, directly across from Duke's offices at 299 1st Ave North, St Pete
Questions: Contact Julia Hathaway at julia.hathaway@sierraclub.org
or call (727) 824-8813 ext. 309
New/Old Local Blogger Is Back
Vox, who use to blog at Tampa's Backdoor Ways is back with a new blog.
Florida Cat Trap. check it out here
Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan
A political scientist at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg and former Democratic operative, has filed to take on Republican state Sen. Jeff Brandes........more
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Anti-Communist Rafael Cruz
 The more we learn about Rafael Cruz, the more the existence of Ted Cruz begins to make sense. Rafael Cruz was born in 1939 in Matanzas, Cuba; at 14 years old he fought for Fidel Castro, though he later claimed he “didn’t know Castro was a Communist.” After Castro’s regime turned bad, Rafael disowned his former leader, left for Texas to become a mathematician, and later instilled a seething hatred of anythingremotely Communist into Ted Cruz.....more |
No New District
Hispanics who spent years pushing for a Hillsborough County Commission district that would enable them to elect one of their own thought that was finally going to happen Wednesday. But commissioners rejected the idea, refusing in a largely partisan vote to put the issue on the 2014 ballot. Commissioners voting in opposition, Victor Crist, Sandra Murman, Ken Hagan and Al Higginbotham all republicans. Mark (The next politico to leave the GOP.) Sharpe joined Democrats Les Miller and Kevin Beckner in backing the proposal........more
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Jacksonville Tells School Board: “No KKK High School"
About 30 residents of Jacksonville rallied and spoke out at a Duval County School Board meeting on Nov. 5 in favor of changing the name of Nathan Bedford Forrest High. Nathan Bedford Forrest was the first Imperial Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and members of the Jacksonville Progressive Coalition (JPC) have been gathering community support to change the name.....more
Friday, November 8, 2013
Florida Tea Party Republican Ted Yoho Wants To Impeach Eric Holder
A group of House Republicans plan an effort to oust Attorney General Eric Holder by year's end, Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) told the Gainesville Sun. “It’s to get him out of office -- impeachment,” said Yoho, who was a large-animal veterinarian before winning election last year. “It will probably be when we get back in [Washington]. It will be before the end of the year......more
Where The Hell Did Florida Go?
If all of the ice in the world melted, sea levels would
raise some 216 feet. But what exactly would that look like? And more
specifically, what would such a worse-case scenario mean for the Earth’s
population? National Geographic has created a fascinating visual representation of this
thought experiment and provided an analysis of how each continent would be
affected by such a catastrophic change........more
What Florida might look like in the near future.
Florida 2073
What Florida might look like in the near future.
Florida 2073
Thursday, November 7, 2013
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Democrats Force Jessica Ehrlich Out
Jessica Ehrlich is out of the race to replace the late Rep. Bill Young.
"This morning I am officially announcing that I am suspending my campaign for Congress," she wrote in a statement distributed by the Florida Democratic Party.......more
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Hey Rubio, Prayer Is Not Going To Help You
Marco Rubio says he'll be at the Supreme Court today for oral arguments in a case from upstate New York that tests church-state separation......more
Our Christ despises people like you! more
CBS News: Stop Reporting Obamacare Myths
which says:
Cuban Rapper May Die On Hunger Strike
Yunier Remón, a young Cuban rapper who is in critical condition because of his hunger strike in protest of the Castro regime.
We must not ignore the plight of those suffering in Cuba and we must lend our voices to those who are being silenced by the regime and who are risking their lives every day, demanding that dignity and freedom be respected.”.......more
ENDA: GOP Bigots Still Said ‘No’!
Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson joined Democrats and a handful of Republicans to move the legislation forward. Republican Sen. Marco Rubio voted against it.
Thank you Mr. Nelson.
ENDA is supported by over 70% of Americans, including 81% of Democrats, 74% of Independents, and 66% of Republicans. Even among people who think gay people are icky, there is 50% support for ENDA. In other words, this one is a no-brainer.
ENDA is supported by over 70% of Americans, including 81% of Democrats, 74% of Independents, and 66% of Republicans. Even among people who think gay people are icky, there is 50% support for ENDA. In other words, this one is a no-brainer.
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Hillsborough County Commission Meeting Single-Member Districts
Wednesday, November 6, 2013 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Hillsborough County Center
Contact Joyce Hamilton-Henry at jhamiltonhenry@aclufl.org
Ted Cruz For President
Monday, November 4, 2013
Right Wing Bullshit
Email From Ken Blackwell Chairman, of the Tea Party Victory Fund
The latest poll from Emerson College shows
McAuliffe, the Democrat, with 42 percent support and Cuccinelli, the Republican,
with 40 percent. Libertarian Robert Sarvis has 13 percent in the poll of 874
likely voters.
According to Zogby, McAuliffe, former Democratic National chairman, now leads
Cuccinelli, state attorney general, by a margin of 44 percent to 32 percent
statewide, with 10 percent going to Libertarian Robert Sarvis, 3 percent for
other candidates, and 12 percent undecided.
In fact here is the headline at Newsmax "McAuliffe Headed for Big Win".....more
Is this the bubble everyone talks about?
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