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Last Night: Chris Rock at the Seminole Hard Rock

Daily Show Visits Florida's Most Powerful Voting Block, Jewish Retirees

A Rundown of This Week's Democratic Conquest of Florida

Miami Obama Rally Still On, Despite Grandmother's Illness

Bicentennial Hootenanny with Barack

Obama Was Worth The Wait

Haha, This Satire Video Sure is Funny ...Oh, Sh*t They're For Real?

Miami Blogdom As First Lady Fashion Critic

Own a Piece of History for Only $1,099

The venerable New York Times is selling prints of this picture of Barack and Michelle Obama in downtown Miami starting at the low, low price of $199 for the 11 x 14 size. But if you've got the big bucks, you can splurge $1,099 on the 20 x 24 that's framed and "signed, sealed, delivered."Or, you k ... More >>

Tuesday Will Forever Be Known as Aretha's Hat Day

This past Tuesday, January 20, 2009, things changed forever. Something inside the American people clicked, something that will have repercussions for years to come. It was the realization that Aretha Franklin's bow hat is friggin' awesome, and we, as a country, would not rest until it become part of ... More >>

New Poll: 9% of Southerners Find Bernie Madoff Favorable

This week poll magicians were out in full force collectively interrupting Americans' family dinners with long surveys. Both CBS and the Daily Kos have interesting polls out where we learn surprising things (Hillary Clinton has better approval ratings than Michelle Obama) and not so surprising things ... More >>

Boogie Down Barack

Riptide offers to DJ Obama's inaugural ball.

Home-Wreckers and Harlots

The Other Woman gives voice to wives, mistresses, and those caught in between.

Speak on It, Nancy

Love her or hate her, Nancy Pelosi’s in the house.

Leonard Abess Makes TIME 100

Every year Time magazine makes a list of the 100 most influential people of that year. It is a big deal, because the American public loves lists. Those you would suspect make the grade: Barack & Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and Oprah. A few surprising, but warranted inclusions: ... More >>

Norman: Crist's Alleged Former Boy Toy Booked for Stealing Pastor's Daughter's Wedding Ring

​Remember Jason Wetherington? New Times Broward-Palm Beach columnist Bob Norman penned a story about the lad, who apparently went around blabbing he had a hotel-room tryst with Gov. Charlie Crist in 2006. Wetherington also worked for Katherine Harris's hilariously failed 2006 Senate campaign.  ... More >>

This is What Michelle Obama Distilled Down to Shoe Form Would Look Like

via HDMag​Miami Designer Robert Tabor has worked out a niche for himself creating shoe sculptures, or "Sole Sensations," if you will. He has made flip-flops that look like sandwiches, stilettos that looks like spaghetti, and high heels that look like little red wagons.But his Sistine Chapel is mos ... More >>

Miami: Second Worst Place to Raise a Family

Michelle Obama appears on Children's Health October issue. ​When the editors of Children's Health describe the perfect locale to raise a family as "the kind of place where a child can slip on her rubber boots, grab her colorful umbrella, and play on the quiet, tree-lined street outside her home wi ... More >>

News Rounds

City of Miami Commissioners may have promised to keep taxes low, but they're upping most fees by 5%. The includes parking. [Herald]Michelle Obama is expected in Miami next week, and will be the featured speaker at a luncheon at the Freedom Tower. [CBS4]Upside to the recession? Since travel is down, ... More >>

Michelle Obama's Comin'. Will She Join the Top 5 Craziest First Ladies?

Joyce N. Boghosian Go ahead, make my day Blaise Compaore, President of Burkina Faso ​Michelle Obama has a ridiculously difficult job.  She has to raise a family and schmooze with googly-eyed dignitaries, all the while still having to share her shortbread cookie recipes with Good Housek ... More >>

Michelle Obama Continues Her Harsh Criticism of Barack's Dance Moves in Miami

Last time Michelle Obama was in Miami she made her husband dance for the world as she mocked him. Well, not directly, but she had gone on Ellen earlier in the month to make fun of Barack's dance moves, and then in a live link with Ellen from his Miami rally Mr. Obama continued his campaign of ... More >>

The Week That Was

DJ Seasunz, a well established local DJ, drove around in his car with the dead body of his 18-year-old girlfriend before turning himself into police. He's being charged with second-degree murder and was denied bond.Miami's best known graffiti crew, MSG, is heading to divorce court as one of the co-f ... More >>

Mary J. Blige Brought Diva Drama to Jazz in the Gardens?

​Oh, Mary J. Blige, how we believed you when you told us you were "So tired. Tired of all this drama." But now sources are telling the New York Daily News that you brought your drama A game to this past weekend's Jazz in the Gardens festival at Sun Life Stadium, and we're not sure who to beli ... More >>

Conservatives Want The Burger King to be Next President of United States

​Every once in a while, about as often as a blue moon, the conservatives on the Internet actually come up with something that is sort of hilarious. Not like "funny" in the way Glenn Beck is funny, but actually legitimately funny.See, now they want The Burger King to be the next president of the Un ... More >>

Song Spotlight: Brianna - "B.M.F. Freestyle"

Brianna pictured with Flo Rida (via Myspace.com)​Poe Boy's princess Brianna returns with another freestyle that offers a look into her lyrical prowess. She chooses the instrumental from one of the hottest street records in the country: Rick Ross' "B.M.F." that currently has the mixtape and club ci ... More >>

Michelle Obama Visits Riverside Elementary -- Hide the Cuban Food!

White HouseFirst Lady Michelle Obama is in Miami today, and she wants to educate young children on the importance of a healthy diet.Students at Little Havana's Riverside Elementary will welcome Mrs. Obama and local area chefs at 2 p.m. to discuss what schools are doing to improve cafeteria lunch opt ... 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 >>

Florida is Very Hungry, Study Shows (Updated)

​A report released this month by the USDA's Economic Research Service shows food insecurity increased significantly in Florida from 2004-2006 to 2007-2009. Food insecurity means the inability, at times, to buy enough food for household members due to lack of funds or resources. In our state, an a ... More >>

Live Eels and Dead Gators Sold At International Wal-Marts

Flickr/Terry Lee Stout Looks like Gary Busey found a second career.​Wal-Mart, with the approval of First Lady Michelle Obama, recently announced it would introduce healthier foods. Store brands will eliminate trans fats and reduce sugar, artificial colors and sodium. This is a positive ste ... More >>

Rush Limbaugh to Michelle Obama: You're No Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model

​Chubby radio ranter Rush Limbaugh called out First Lady Michelle Obama for eating ribs with her daughters while on a ski break in Vail, Colorado. Rush said that while the nation's number one mom wants everyone to "basically eat cardboard and tofu. No calories, no fat, no nothing -- gotta sto ... More >>

Frank Jeannetti Dishes About Just How Organic Essensia Is

Jeannetti gets up close and personal with his food.​Yesterday, we chatted with the guy we affectionately referred to as Chef Green Jeans, Essensia's Frank Jeannetti. Click here to read the first part of this interview.You claim your restaurant is organic but, really, with the incredibly high cost ... More >>

Fake Lady Gaga Revealed as Mega Church Singer Amy Evans, Security Co. Denies Hoax

Miami actually went gaga over church singer Amy N. Evans​A Fort Lauderdale-based security company denies that it misled Miamians -- particularly a gullible Guess PR flack -- into thinking Lady Gaga was shopping on Lincoln Road last weekend."The girl that we used really does draw attention. You guy ... More >>

Sean Hannity Disses "Controversial Rapper" Common, Karl Rove says Common's a "Thug"

Artist's TwitterCommon sure doesn't look like a thug.​Fox News' Sean Hannity dedicated 10-minutes of his program last night to shit on Common, and criticize Michelle Obama for inviting the "controversial rapper and poet" to her White House Poetry Night. In typical "fair and balanced" fashion, ... More >>

Vote Luther Campbell for mayor

Artist's TwitterCommon sure doesn't look like a thug.​Fox News' Sean Hannity dedicated 10-minutes of his program last night to shit on Common, and criticize Michelle Obama for inviting the "controversial rapper and poet" to her White House Poetry Night. In typical "fair and balanced" fashion, ... More >>

Michelle Obama's American Grown: Gardening and Cooking with FLOTUS

The White HouseMichelle Obama and Bo in the White House garden.​The first lady has written a cookbook with gardening tips. The 256-page book, American Grown: How the White House Kitchen Garden Inspires Families, Schools, and Communities, is scheduled to be released April 10 in both print and e-boo ... More >>

Michelle Obama to Become First Black Woman to Watch NASCAR Race When She Visits Homestead

​It's almost that time of year again when race fans across the nation descend on Homestead for the last race of the NASCAR season. This year they'll be joined by First Lady Michelle Obama and Second Lady Jill Biden, meaning that very likely Michelle Obama will become the first black woman in histo ... More >>

Michelle Obama, Jill Biden Booed Lustily By Homestead NASCAR Crowd (Video)

via YouTubeObama and Biden weren't warmly received in Homestead.​OK, so maybe Michelle Obama didn't actually break any barriers yesterday in Homestead as the first black woman ever to watch a NASCAR race. She may well have set a different, all too predictable record, though: Most heartily booed em ... More >>

No More Gym Class in Middle School? Florida Lawmaker Wants To Rewrite P.E. Requirements

Michelle Obama would not approve.​All of us remember middle school gym class, some as the best part of the day, and some of us as a hellish daily ritual steeped in shame and failure. But now Republican state Rep. Larry Metz has introduced a bill that would no longer require all Florida middle scho ... More >>

Republican Candidates Eats: Romney Removes Chicken Skin, Perry Calls BBQ Roadkill

​​Today the voters of New Hampshire will trudge through miserable weather and vote for their preferred Republican candidate in the presidential primary. You are probably familiar with all of the folks running by now: Newty, Mittens, Sneezy, Grumpy, etc. If they look a bit pale and green around t ... More >>

School Lunch: French Fries Still a Vegetable, But New Rules Are Better

​Yesterday, First Lady Michelle Obama ate a cafeteria lunch at a local D.C. area elementary school as a sign of support (and photo op) to mark the new USDA nutritional standards for public school lunches. These rules, which must be implemented by July, 2012, aren't perfect (French fries are still ... More >>

Florida Republicans' Dilemma: Should They Ban Poor People From Buying Cupcakes?

​It's always fun to see different strains of a political ideology rub against each other in conflict, and that's exactly what's happening as a Florida House committee ponders whether or not to limit the kinds of foods that can be bought with food stamps. On one hand you have the part of the Republ ... More >>

Women chefs struggle to break into fine dining's good-ol'-boys club

​It's always fun to see different strains of a political ideology rub against each other in conflict, and that's exactly what's happening as a Florida House committee ponders whether or not to limit the kinds of foods that can be bought with food stamps. On one hand you have the part of the Republ ... More >>

Terrible Couple Buys Out Target's Entire Jason Wu Collection at Midtown Store

​Eager fashionistas lined up at the Midtown Target Saturday morning for the launch of the chain's latest bargain priced collection from designer Jason Wu. Unfortunately, they were all beat to the punch as a single couple bought out the store's entire stock of the collection with apparent plans to ... More >>