Monday, May 23, 2011

WMNF Funding

We thought you should know Rick Scott is reviewing the final State budget and is considering eliminating funding public broadcasting stations in Florida. If this happens,
WMNF would lose more than $72,000 in our upcoming fiscal year.
Please contact Scott today to let him know how you feel about State funding for public broadcasting.
Please call or write today.

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You may also call (850) 488-7146

Bend and a Twist

Hand made sterling silver wire wrapped jewerly man made and natural stones.
1808 Lakeview Drive, Brandon
813.833.5983 or 833.0192
Mon - Sun: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
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What Stogie Had For Breakfast

Two Eggs
With Homefries And Ham.
$4.75.....At Three Coins Diner, Nebraska and Broad in Tampa.
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
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Tatiana "Personal Chef of Tampa Bay"

Tatiana (Center), with Gaby Perham and Manny Potter of Mace Multimedia.
At the Riverview Spring Fest.

Doing My Part

In Largo

Master Gardener Allan Bednar





We Sell Green Thumbs
SIMPLY HYDROPONICS and ORGANICS
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TakeOut Butler

TakeOut Butler is the premier restaurant delivery service for
the greater Brandon area and beyond.
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Tomboy Gardening Tools

Tomboy Tools is an official sponsor of the
Avon Walk for Breast Cancer
Contact: Cora Simon 813.741.0413
or visit her website here

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Friday, May 20, 2011

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Fritada
A typical dish in Ecuadorian cuisine. Its main ingredient is fried pork. It is a traditional dish, and its origins date back to the colonial era, to the beginning of the 19th century. The pork is cooked in boiling water with various spices and then is fried with pork fat in a brass pan over flames. It is generally served with Llapingacho or whole boiled potatoes, mote or cooked corn, pickled onions and tomato, and fried ripe plantains......
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$8.95.....Amazon Ceviche bar & Grill, 4810 E. Busch blvd Tampa


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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Melanie Ware From Mississippi

An article and photographs about hookah smoking in the Mitchell High School yearbook has drawn the ire of a parent who says the feature is inappropriate for a yearbook. (Melanie) Ware, who has lived in Pasco County for four years, said she attended public schools in her native Mississippi and wants to support the public schools here. Mitchell High's decision to feature hookah in the yearbook is making her rethink that view, though.
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She could always pack her family and go home.

Tampa Bay Progressive

Hillsborough PDA Meeting
Sat, May 21, 3:30-5pm
John F. Germany Public Library
900 N. Ashley Dr. Tampa

Spotlight Tampa - Waterwise Award Winner



Nanette O'Hara

The Secret Garden Of SOG City

One of the first things I did when I got back from the Persian Gulf War was to kill off the lawn, shit-can the mower, and mulch both the front and back yards. My next move entailed planting flowers, vegetables, fruit trees, and colorful ornamentals. Going green was one of the best decisions I ever made.

Now, while the mowers are fuming around the neighborhood,
I just kick back in the shade and toss back a couple of ice cold brewskis.
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Rock On Maria!

Maria Shriver
The Republican Sperminator Is History.
Hasta la vista, baby!

Townhall Meetings: Allen West Style



At U.S. Rep. West's 5/16/11 Town Hall, GOP congressman & Tea Party favorite is circled by security forces, but still gets confronted by small business owner from his district who publicly takes issue with West talking points on deficit, gets "police escort" out of the meeting, then hits home run with his own simple common sense comments in parking lot.
Via....Pushing Rope

Jacksonville Voters Put Tampa To Shame

The big news out of a Jacksonville this morning is that it's very possible a black Democrat will win the mayor's race, though the race is officially too close to call. But more interesting to this reporter from a Tampa-centric aspect is the voter participation. The turnout, according to the Supervisor of Elections Jerry Holland, was 36.81 percent. In Tampa last March in the race between Rose Ferlita and Bob Buckhorn, it was a paltry 22.3 percent.
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Update: Congratulations to Mr. Brown

Extreme Right-Wing Americans for Freedom

Website Attacked
NO WORRIES - Our web team is working on getting the site restored. They will get it back up soon, and off we go with more news articles to help clean up our government. Such computer attacks are a "Felony" in the USA. They hope not to get caught?

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Hillsborough Needs Your Ideas and Input

The Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission is in the process of updating plans that impact your quality of life as we move towards a more prosperous and sustainable future. In this brief survey, please weigh in on what you think are the most important issues and opportunities for improvement in Tampa,
Temple Terrace, Plant City, and Unincorporated Hillsborough County.
Take The Survey

9th Annual Tampa Elvis Festival

July 16, 2011 - 11:00 am-9:00 pm
All Peoples Life Center
6105 E. Sligh Ave. Tampa
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Who Is Our Next Bogeyman?

Two weeks after the world's most infamous terrorist was buried in the North Arabian Sea, there's a central, lingering question in the sanctums of intelligence and military planning: Who are the new terrorist leaders causing U.S. counterterrorism officials to lose sleep?
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A bogeyman is an amorphous imaginary being used by adults to frighten children into behaving.....Wikipedia
The guy on the left looks like The Jewel Of The Nile.

The Ybor City Shoe Licker



What Is This All About?

The James Tate Prom 2011

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You Are Not Welcome Illinoisans

As a resident of Illinois, I just thought it would be rude of me not to pass along my heartfelt "thanks.” When you elected Rick Scott, he promised to oppose President Obama's evil socialist agenda. And in February, he put his – I’m sorry: YOUR – money where his mouth was. Thanks to him,
and by proxy, to you (for electing him),
most of that money was reallocated to build that corridor from St. Louis to Chicago instead of Tampa to Orlando.

Florida's Bestiality Law

Florida Democratic Senator Nan H. Rich
Logic time: Premise A: Humans are animals. Premise B: Florida banned having sex with any animal. Conclusion: it is illegal to have sex in Florida.........@fleetadmiralj Josh Chambers
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Sunday, May 15, 2011

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Gyro
With Fries
$4.99......At Brooklyn Express, 7502 N Florida Ave, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
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End The War On Drugs

Since the declaration of a "war on drugs" 40 years ago:

•America has spent at least $1 trillion on the drug war. It cost U.S. taxpayers at least $51 billion in 2009 at the state and federal level. That’s $169 for every man, woman and child in America – and that’s not counting opportunity costs or costs at the local level.
•Millions of people have been incarcerated for low-level drug law violations, resulting in drastic racial disparities in the prison system.

•More than 1 of every 100 American adults is behind bars. In 1980, the total U.S. prison and jail population was about 500,000 – today, it is more than 2.3 million.

Rebekah Pulley at New World Brewery

BBQ Wednesday Acoustic Series
Wednesday, May 18 · 7:00pm - 9:00pm
The New World Brewery
1313 East 8th Avenue, Ybor City
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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Florida Agnostic Society Is Born

An Internet-based society for Florida residents who are agnostics.
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Via....Cuba Journal

Terrorist Orlando Bosch Is Dead

“As many critics have pointed, out, terrorism is not an enemy. It is a tactic. Because the United States itself has a long record of supporting terrorists and using terrorist tactics, the slogans of today’s war on terrorism merely makes the United States look hypocritical to the rest of the world.”.....Professor William Odom, formerly President Reagan’s NSA Director

More Drilling In The Gulf Of Mexico

Answering the call of Republicans and Democrats from Gulf Coast states, Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address that he would extend all Gulf leases that were affected by a temporary moratorium on drilling imposed after last year's BP oil spill.

Cuban Seals for Florida?

The debate continues: Was the killing of Osama bin Laden justified? Perhaps a rather useless debate since he is now most certainly dead. But despite their distance in time and space some flashbacks insist on recurring. I for example still think about that Cuban plane which exploded on October 6th 1976 in the Caribbean, killing the 5 crew members and all 73 passengers, including the entire champion fencing team of Cuba. All four men directly responsible for this horror had ties to the CIA which, it was later revealed, knew of the bombing in advance.

So wouldn’t the arguments being trotted out to justify the US raid in Abbottabad mean Cuba would have been justified (or would still be justified today) in “taking out” the organizers of the plane bombing, Luis Posada Carriles and Orlando Bosch Avila, by sending in a Cuban equivalent of SEAL Team 6? The two were never holed up in some cave or secret mansion but have been enjoying care-free lives in Florida, with court decisions preventing their extradition to Venezuela, where they were once sentenced, or to Cuba where, it was claimed, they “might be tortured.”

Posada Carriles, after being acquitted of minor pass violations, is completely free. Bosch, referred to years ago by a US expert as “one of the deadliest terrorists in the hemisphere,” was officially amnestied years ago by – guess who – President George H.W. Bush, who just happened to be CIA-Director at the time of the plane bombing.

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Brandon Community Advantage Center?

State Rep. Rachel Burgin is calling for changes and an apology from the nonprofit agency that runs The Regent, a facility built with public money that was supposed to serve as a community center but that she says is being run more like a country club. The board running the $7 million edifice on Watson Road has turned its back on the people they are supposed to serve.
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A local Boy Scout troop was asked for $700 to hold a two-hour event on a Tuesday, a women's counseling group was told it would cost $3,000 to use the building for a few hours.

Ybor City Museum Society's Legacy Awards



Ybor City Museum Society honors local residents making their mark on
historic preservation in Ybor City.

Friday, May 13, 2011

Ybor Dancer

Cindy, a Bay Area model and dancer at The Ritz Ybor.
Finding Tampa

Seminole Heights Antiques



South Tampa Quality at Seminole Heights Prices!
Corner of Osborne Ave and Florida.
Stop in and say hello to Keith.
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Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Mary
She is from Ohio. She has been homeless 2 years.
Tampa Bay Homeless