Saturday, December 19, 2015
Jeb Bush’s role in freeing a Cuban terrorist
An international terrorist enters the United States illegally, with no visa. FBI agents alert their superiors; the suspect is linked to more than 40 bombings — including blowing up a civilian airliner. He makes it clear he has no intention of renouncing violence to achieve his goals. here
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The fiery, white-haired Cuban exile by the name of Orlando Bosch, was freed by the U.S. government in a deal cleared by the White House — thanks in part to the backing he received from the then president’s son Jeb Bush.
Friday, December 18, 2015
Central Florida NORML Rocks Ybor City
Local Treasure Jessica Rose
Meet George
He spent over 32 years in prison
for marijuana possession.
We have the power, we are on the right side.
We will win!
George seems to be doing ok,
we would be really pissed off!
Join NORML
We missed you Bianca!
Pat Kemp For Hillsborough County Commissioner
with their fiduciary responsibility.” Pat Kemp
Replace Debbie Wasserman-Schultz Immediately
Dems want taxpayers help to pay for their convention. here
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"Debbie Wasserman-Schultz failure as DNC Chair is now being placed on the tax-payers backs! This is outrageous! She must be replaced immediately!"
"Debbie Wasserman-Schultz failure as DNC Chair is now being placed on the tax-payers backs! This is outrageous! She must be replaced immediately!"
Chris Cano
Ronny & The Rev @ WMNF Tonight
Ronny & The Rev will be playing all the songs that didn't make the airwaves in 2015! Most of 'em never made any waves, air or otherwise. Friday, 3:00- 5:00 WMNF 88.5 Tampa or wmf.org.
Thursday, December 17, 2015
FL SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA PETITION
On Thursday, December 17th, 2015 the Florida Supreme Court ruled in favor of theUse of Marijuana for Debilitating Medical Conditions petition. The final hurdle to making the 2016 ballot will be gathering enough valid signatures- 683,149. At the time of the Supreme Court ruling, 400,032 petitions had been validated. With 900,000 gathered, United for Care is confident they will garner enough valid signatures to make the 2016 ballot.
This ruling comes as no surprise to United for Care, the organization spearheading the effort to make the 2016 ballot.
Ben Pollara, Campaign Manager, said, "The unanimous decision by the Florida Supreme Court to approve the new medical marijuana constitutional amendment is a huge victory for hundreds of thousands of sick and suffering Floridians who could benefit from the passage of such a law. While we still must collect the required number of petitions before officially being placed on the 2016 ballot, we are confident that we will and that Florida voters will approve this amendment in the general election. In 2014, four of seven Supreme Court justices approved our ballot language and 58% of Floridians voted "yes"; this time, all seven justices approved our language and we feel strongly that well over the required 60% of Floridians will vote "yes" for a comprehensive and compassionate medical marijuana law."
United for Care's chairman, John Morgan, stated,
"This is a huge victory for Florida. We will win next November.
Compassion is coming!"
Compassion is coming!"
For press inquires please contact Bianca Garza
at press@unitedforcare.org
Marco Rubio Blames American People For Immigration Reform Failure
During the December 15 Republican presidential debate, Sen. Marco Rubio again backed away from his support of comprehensive immigration reform in 2013, saying his opinion changed with that of the American people. However, polling data suggests that Americans consistently favored comprehensive immigration reform, the Republican Party sabotaged immigration reform, and Rubio faced extreme backlash from right-wing media causing him to change his position. here
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"He should start with Cuban immigration reform, people from other places
(Central America, Middle East) are a lot worst off then those fleeing Cuba,
yet Cubans get a free pass." YCS
A Few Words From Alan Grayson
"War— what is it good for? We’ve been asking ourselves this question since Edwin Starr first belted it out in 1970. I can tell you what it’s good for-- padding the pockets of defense contractors and a certain former Vice President who shall remain nameless. I can tell you what it isn’t good for-- peace, the majority of Americans, and our economy. When the rich decide to go to war, it’s the poor and middle class who end up paying for it, with both their money and their lives. Personally, I’m a firm believer that we shouldn’t sacrifice human lives so that a few defense contractors can make big bucks off of making bombs." Alan Grayson
Help him out. here
In Florida Prisons, Guards Are The Criminals
Lowell Correctional Institution, in Ocala
Your tax dollars are financing a prison where officers from the Florida Department of Corrections allegedly abuse inmates sexually, physically and psychologically, dehumanizing them at their will. here
Your tax dollars are financing a prison where officers from the Florida Department of Corrections allegedly abuse inmates sexually, physically and psychologically, dehumanizing them at their will. here
Poll: Marco Rubio Top GOP Presidential Candidate Among Wealthy Voters
According to a CNBC Millionaire Survey, 26 percent of Republican voters with at least $1 million in investable assets support the Florida senator. here
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Miami Under Siege
In the Miami area, the daily high-water mark has been rising almost an inch a year. here
Florida's Charter School Ripoff
Charter schools, which are public schools run by private groups, have received more than $760 million from state taxpayers since 2000 according to an Associated Press analysis of state Department of Education records. Schools can use the money for construction costs, rent payments, buses and even property insurance.
Yet charter schools in 30 districts have wound up closing after receiving as much as $70 million combined in such funding. here
Environmentalists Protect The Morris Bridge Sink
https://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/contact
Join here
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"Thank you to all our great environme ntalists who stood up to protect the Morris Bridge Sink. Everyone had the same message: Sierra Club opposes the permit to pump water from the Morris Bridge Sink. Speaking in opposition was Phil Compton, Sierra Club, Mary Elizabeth Figg, Rick Garrity, Jan Platt, Sid Flannery, Janet Dougherty, the new Director of the Environmental Protection Commission and Chet Joyner."
Pat Kemp
Join here
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"Thank you to all our great environme ntalists who stood up to protect the Morris Bridge Sink. Everyone had the same message: Sierra Club opposes the permit to pump water from the Morris Bridge Sink. Speaking in opposition was Phil Compton, Sierra Club, Mary Elizabeth Figg, Rick Garrity, Jan Platt, Sid Flannery, Janet Dougherty, the new Director of the Environmental Protection Commission and Chet Joyner."
Pat Kemp
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If we remember correctly they built The Tampa Bypass Canal
(Destroying Six Mile Creek) to keep the river from flooding.
So why now do we have to take the water from The Morris Bridge Sink?
If we remember correctly they built The Tampa Bypass Canal
(Destroying Six Mile Creek) to keep the river from flooding.
So why now do we have to take the water from The Morris Bridge Sink?
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
The 809 Idiots Of Woodland, North Carolina
But the best/worst reason
came from local
came from local
Bobby Mann,
who claimed that the solar panels would …
“suck up all the energy from the sun.”
Rick Scott's Soul
Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R-of course) has once again demonstrated just how much he doesn't care if people—children, even—suffer and die in ways that are totally preventable on his watch. An investigation by the Miami Herald has uncovered how the state gutted its Children's Medical Services, a program designed to help chronically ill and disabled poor children. here
In Miami-Dade, It Is Illegal To Own A Pit Bill
Tell Miami-Dade, Florida to Get Educated and Drop BSL! here
Billionaires For Marco Rubio
Ken Griffin, (The wealthiest man in Illinois) one of the Republican Party's biggest donors, is backing Marco Rubio for president, the latest top-tier financier to align with Rubio
in recent months. here
Rick Scott's Florida Voter Suppression
When Republican Rick Scott took office in 2011, he immediately rolled back a policy of his predecessor, Charlie Crist, who automatically restored the rights of many felony offenders who had completed their sentences. Scott introduced new rules requiring that people convicted of nonviolent felonies wait five years before they can apply to have their civil rights restored; those convicted of violent and certain more serious felonies must wait seven years to apply. Under Crist, tens of thousands of felons, on average, won back their right to vote each year. So far, Gov. Scott has restored the rights of just 1,866. here
Monday, December 14, 2015
St. Pete Civil Citation Program For Marijuana Offenders
A St. Pete City Council committee unanimously approved taking a closer look at implementing a civil citation program for adult marijuana offenders. here
Florida's Solar Amendments
Floridians for Solar Choice
Would allow us to contract with a solar company to put panels on our roof.
while the other
Consumers for Smart Solar
Backed largely by the state's major utility companies, including
Florida Power and Light and Duke Energy
Largely reaffirms existing regulations over utilities, solar energy
and who can provide it. here
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Florida don't be confused, that is what they are hoping for!
Sunday, December 13, 2015
Rick Scott's Florida Prisons: 50 Is The New 70
In prison, 50 is the new 70: Lifetimes of poverty, limited access to health care, untreated mental illness and addiction leave inmates in such poor health that 50 is the formal definition of an elderly prisoner in Florida. here
Gun Nuts Stay Out Of Pinellas County
Jack Latvala: Trump Is A Plant
Florida Tea Partier Ted Yoho
Florida GOP Ted Yoho said the U.S. should eject Muslims and others with a
“Middle Eastern background”
who shouldn’t be here.” here
“Middle Eastern background”
who shouldn’t be here.” here
Saturday, December 12, 2015
For Our Blue Pill Friends
There are none so blind as those who will not look. If you are one of those who will look, take a look around. You are surrounded -- surrounded by millions who will not look. These are the blue pill people. Who are these blue pill people and why won't they look?
“The Matrix” may be only a movie, but it presents some scenarios with much relevance to our current situation. In the movie, Neo meets Morpheus and is offered an opportunity and a choice. Neo can take the red pill and see the truth for himself, or he can take the blue pill and return, comfortably unaware, to the illusion of the Matrix. There he can live out his life undisturbed by the truth.
“The Matrix” may be only a movie, but it presents some scenarios with much relevance to our current situation. In the movie, Neo meets Morpheus and is offered an opportunity and a choice. Neo can take the red pill and see the truth for himself, or he can take the blue pill and return, comfortably unaware, to the illusion of the Matrix. There he can live out his life undisturbed by the truth.
here
"Most of our old friends are Blue Pill people. They are so selfish they are more interested in drinking beer, watching sports and other crap on TV, playing poker on the computer and posting nonsense on Facebook then what kind of a future they are leaving their children.
You guys, you know who you are! It doesn't really matter right? You will be dead and gone.
Let your kids deal with it you selfish assholes."
Pilar Sanchez-Robbins @ YCS
"Most of our old friends are Blue Pill people. They are so selfish they are more interested in drinking beer, watching sports and other crap on TV, playing poker on the computer and posting nonsense on Facebook then what kind of a future they are leaving their children.
You guys, you know who you are! It doesn't really matter right? You will be dead and gone.
Let your kids deal with it you selfish assholes."
Pilar Sanchez-Robbins @ YCS
Don't Mess With The Everglades
Crab Alliance leader Karen Dwyer, of Naples, leads a rally Tuesday at the Big Cypress National Preserve welcome center against a proposal to conduct seismic testing for oil in the preserve. Almost 80 opponents attended a national Park Service meeting afterward about the proposal by Texas-based Burnett Oil. here
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