Monday, November 11, 2013
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
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