Abortion

African-Americans Need to Use Condoms

African-Americans Need to Prevent STDs and Pregnancy

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke talks about the importance of safe sex. When New York-based prophylactics company b Condoms approached me about doing a safe-se ... More >>

Herald: Obama, Sentinel: Romney, New Times: Romney Lies

Now it's our turn. The Sun-Sentinel this morning endorsed Mitt Romney. Then the Miami Herald threw its support to Barack Obama.We don't endorse candidates. We are just a motley crew of renegades who like to throw darts at pictures of Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, and Britney Spears.But we believe Mitt ... More >>

Most Ridiculous Anti-Obama Ad Ever Runs in Major Florida Newspaper

According to an ad running today in The Sarasota Tribune-Herald, Barack Obama is basically going to come down to your place of work and fire you, and then give it to an illegal immigrant. He's then going to reach into your pocket and steal all your cash to pay for gay babies and abortions. Go ahead ... More >>

RNC Madness: Scenes From a Week Among the GOP Faithful in Tampa

RNC Madness: Scenes From a Week Among the GOP Faithful in Tampa

Amid the sound, fury, and heated arguments between 82-year-old actors and empty chairs at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, I stopped briefly to listen to Mommy Lobby President Cindy Chafian argue with a French blogger. "All I'm saying is that there should be a 48-hour cool-off period an ... More >>

Mentally Disabled Liberty City Woman Raped by Ex-Con Care Provider

Mitt Romney's Miami Fundraiser Is at the Home of Man Who Makes "Abortive Pill"

Plan B is not actually an "abortion pill." It's an emergency contraceptive intended to be taken within three days after intercourse to prevent pregnancy. However, many Republicans aren't deterred from referring to it as a form of abortion. Mitt Romney, in fact, has referred to medicines like Plan B ... More >>

As Pop-Ups Take Over Miami, Why Stop At Parks, Shops and Restaurants?

In the past year, the Magic City has seen more pop-ups than Katie Perry performing inside a correctional facility. We've been inundated with so-called "pop-up" restaurants, bars, and art galleries. Impromptu porno studios have popped-up (and then promptly deflated) on Monument Island, inside a pizze ... More >>

Ave Maria University Sues Obama Administration Over Contraception Rule

Ave Maria University -- the much-troubled, uber-Catholic institution near Naples -- is suing the Obama administration over its rule requiring health plans to cover free contraception."It is a sad day when an American citizen or organization has no choice but to sue its own government in order to exe ... More >>

Mitt Romney Is a Flip-Flopping Racist Cyborg (And 14 Other Reasons Florida Must Destroy Him)

Rick Perry has dropped out of the race and returned to Racial Slur Hideaway, Herman Cain is now making unwanted advances on his housecats, Rick Santorum's last name is a synonym for booty juice, and Newt Gingrich is an angry, sexed-up troll with facial hemorrhoids. Even with Newt's victory in Sout ... More >>

State Senate Honors "Crisis Pregnancy Centers," Outraging Pro-Choice Activists

Late on Tuesday, three Florida state senators -- Mike Haridopolos, John Thrasher and Mike Fasano -- pushed through a resolution honoring so-called "crisis pregnancy centers," a symbolic gesture that has outraged the abortion rights movement. The problem, advocates say, is that such centers have reli ... More >>

Politics, Pandering, and Punch Lines

Herman Cain: Our next vice president

Pro-Lifers Respond to Nevin Shapiro Abortion Controversy

​Among the claims made by Nevin Shapiro that Yahoo! Sports journalist Charles Robinson really had no business including in his story: allegations that Shapiro funded an abortion for a woman impregnated by a University of Miami football player. That aspect really has no impact on the school. It nei ... More >>

OMFG!!! Justin Bieber's Hair Makes Fundraising Appearance in Miami Beach

Michael E. MillerNo Bieber's were harmed in the making of this photo.​When Justin Bieber made the momentous decision to allow someone to cut off his famous locks, MTV called it "the haircut heard 'round the world."So Riptide wasn't surprised when we heard that the precious pelo had sold for $40,66 ... More >>

Justin Bieber Hates American Health Care System, Abortions

The Biebz is full of love. But he hates America.​The Biebz thinks Americans are "evil," and according the 16-year-old Canuck, sometimes rape "happens for a reason." At least, that's what he told Rolling Stone's Vanessa Grigoriadis in the forthcoming issue that hits newsstands on February 18. "Ca ... More >>

Rep. Frederica Wilson Joins Two-Person "Cowboy Hat Caucus"

via News-Leader​While freshman Rep. Frederica Wilson has more important things on her priority list she's still trying to get presumptive Speaker of the House John Boehner to let her wear her trademark hats while the House is in session. Well, she's found an unlikely alley in a conservative Republ ... More >>

Archbishop Thomas Wenski: Tea Party conservative and church radical

Abortion Fights Crime?

UMiami and UF Criticized For Having More Liberal Student Groups Than Conservative Groups

​CampusReform.org's mission includes giving college "conservatives powerful new weapons in their fight for the hearts and minds of the next generation of citizens, politicians, and members of the media" and helping "a new generation of student activism to identify, expose, and combat the radical l ... More >>

Democrats Opposed to Anti-Abortion Legislation Shut Down Florida House

​Florida's House of Representatives is pretty much closed for business today. That's because Republicans decided to bring up a last-minute piece of pro-life legislation in the final days of the regular session. Democrats pulled a rare procedural move and have virtually shut the body down.Republica ... More >>

Pro-Lifers Condemn Family Guy's Terri Schiavo Song-and-Dance Number

​Last week marked the five-year anniversary of the death of Terri Schiavo. Just ten days before the March 31 anniversary, Family Guy, which basically stays relevant by creating controversy, poked fun of the entire Schiavo affair by including a storyline about Stewie's pre-school class pu ... More >>

Saints' Scott Fujita Doesn't See Eye-to-Eye With Tim Tebow on Women's Reproductive Rights

via Navy.Mil/Wiki Commons​Tim Tebow isn't the only football star stepping into the gridiron of abortion rights. New Orleans Saints linebacker Scott Fujita told the New York Times he doesn't exactly agree with Tim Tebow's pro-life message, his support of Focus on the Family, or with CBS's ... More >>

Tim Tebow Pro-Life Super Bowl Ad Stirs Up Controversy

Predictably, Tim Tebow's Super Bowl ad for the politically divisive, anti-gay, and pro-choice group Focus on the Family is causing controversy.Focus has released few details about the ad, but it will likely feature UF's Heisman winner and his mother, Pam Tebow. Pam notably carried Tim to term despit ... More >>

Riptide's Ten Most Popular Posts of 2009

Riptide put up somewhere in the neighborhood of 3,000 posts this year, so before we get started on writing 3,000 more it's time to sit back and look at some our successes: Our top ten posts by pageviews.Yeah, it's a collection of slightly seedy stuff, with abortion doughnuts, rape tunnels, and XXXra ... More >>

Crist Looking to Bolster Conservative Credentials: Maybe Should Concentrate on Being a Good Governor Instead

In an interview with Time, Charlie Crist and his senate campaign manager Eric Eikenberg say that in the face of Marco Rubio's right-wing threat, the Governor new tactic will be to bolster his conservative credentials while casting doubts on Rubio's. [Crist and Eikenberg] described a counterattack fo ... More >>

News Roundup

Mayoral candidate Tomas Regalado may be accused of not being able to deal with his personal finances (he claims to only be worth $5000 year after year, and once had his wages garnished for not paying taxes), but his campaign manager is doing a good job with his war chest. He's consistently out-raisi ... More >>

Personhood Amendment Could Outlaw Birth Control Pills

The Florida Personhood Amendment we wrote about last week would not only outlaw abortion in the state, but also potentially ban birth control pills and other forms of contraception.The American Life League, one of the main groups behind the push (when it's not busy printing tacky "Bury Oba ... More >>

Miami Social: Who the Hell Text Messages About Abortion?

via BravoTV​George and Martha of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Burt Pugach and Linda Riss of Crazy Love. Samantha Ronson and Lindsay Lohan of Us Weekly. Pop culture is full of quite literally insane couples who manage to stay together no matter how much we're secretly rooting for their relations ... More >>

News Roundup

LocalThree years later, Belkis Gonzalez, the owner of an abortion clinic who put a live baby in a bag after a botched abortion, is arrested. [NBC6] The original building that housed Miami Senior High has been repurposed as a community center. [Herald]The half-penny tax for transit will now be allow ... More >>

Election Day: Coral Gables Polling Place Quiet and McCain-Loving

Live Blogging The Third Presidential Debate

Magic City Kitty - Abortion Schmamortion

Michael the Black Man Trashes Obama

A former cult member crashed the UM rally.

WTF? Blacks Against Obama?

Sarah Palin, Abstinence Only, and Planned Parenthood

Listen up McCain! Nix Palin Before It's Too Late.

Weekly News Wrap - Cancer Patients and Good Samaritans Get Screwed

Missed Opportunities

Kick yourself for not seeing these 10 movies.

The Drowned and the Saved

An anti-abortion crusader faces manslaughter charges for the accidental death of a child

Secrets and Lies

In Mike Leigh's new film, motherhood is a very tricky business

Haute Chili

Jeb Repackaged

News of the Weird

Letters

Letters

A Crash Course in Tolerance

Rosie Heffernan's students are no dummies when it comes to the U.S. Constitution -- as their parents are learning

Calendar for the week

The Commish

She's naive. She lacks experience. She's too "nice" to survive in Dade's policitical jungle. So why is Katy Sorenson so dangerous?