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Federal Lockup is No Picnic, Either

Code Pink Inspires Shoe Puns

Here is Calle Ocho's favorite protest group Code Pink throwing shoes at a guy in a Bush mask outside of the White House, because these very mature actions will end the Iraq War tomorrow. The Washington Post has decided to be a very wry version of The Daily Show, and documented the whole thing while ... More >>

News Roundup

The Washington Post company, which owns channel 10, will not be buying channel 6 as previously planned. It will remain an NBC O&O. [Just News]Florida isn't as competitive in luring movie shots as other states, anymore. [SunSent]A lady decided to track down some hoodlums that snatched her purse b ... More >>

Gundown Rundown

The Washington Post company, which owns channel 10, will not be buying channel 6 as previously planned. It will remain an NBC O&O. [Just News]Florida isn't as competitive in luring movie shots as other states, anymore. [SunSent]A lady decided to track down some hoodlums that snatched her purse b ... More >>

WaPo Video Serves Up Some Softballs for Diaz

The Washington Post is the only media outlet claiming Manny Diaz is "in the mix," as some tend to say, to run for Senate, and earlier this week, the paper sat down with Diaz for a video. That subject wasn't addressed; the interview was mainly about "leadership."  It doesn't show anything all that ... More >>

Swelter 14

The Washington Post is the only media outlet claiming Manny Diaz is "in the mix," as some tend to say, to run for Senate, and earlier this week, the paper sat down with Diaz for a video. That subject wasn't addressed; the interview was mainly about "leadership."  It doesn't show anything all that ... More >>

Swelter 28

The Washington Post is the only media outlet claiming Manny Diaz is "in the mix," as some tend to say, to run for Senate, and earlier this week, the paper sat down with Diaz for a video. That subject wasn't addressed; the interview was mainly about "leadership."  It doesn't show anything all that ... More >>

Program Notes 10

The Washington Post is the only media outlet claiming Manny Diaz is "in the mix," as some tend to say, to run for Senate, and earlier this week, the paper sat down with Diaz for a video. That subject wasn't addressed; the interview was mainly about "leadership."  It doesn't show anything all that ... More >>

High School Basketball Stars May Have Served You McNuggets

via Kevin Cole's flickrThe McDonald's All-American High School basketball games goes off tomorrow on the UM campus. The Washington Post has been posting blog dispatches from Maryland's National Christian Academy stand out Dante Taylor. He has been having all sorts of fun in Miami. He's swam with dol ... More >>

Swelter 8

via Kevin Cole's flickrThe McDonald's All-American High School basketball games goes off tomorrow on the UM campus. The Washington Post has been posting blog dispatches from Maryland's National Christian Academy stand out Dante Taylor. He has been having all sorts of fun in Miami. He's swam with dol ... More >>

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

But you’ll be wide-awake at Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy.

Don't Wait, Do Tell

But you’ll be wide-awake at Cirque Dreams: Jungle Fantasy.

Colombian Exposition

Reporter details South American strife

Texas High Notes

The SXSW music fest showcases the city as much as the artists

Live from Havana, It's Mesa Redonda!

Thanks to one show, an unprecedented amount of foreign news is airing in Cuba -- but it ain't Nightline yet

News of the Weird

Thanks to one show, an unprecedented amount of foreign news is airing in Cuba -- but it ain't Nightline yet

News of the Weird

Thanks to one show, an unprecedented amount of foreign news is airing in Cuba -- but it ain't Nightline yet

Powell Makes the Sports Book

Thanks to one show, an unprecedented amount of foreign news is airing in Cuba -- but it ain't Nightline yet

News of the Weird

Thanks to one show, an unprecedented amount of foreign news is airing in Cuba -- but it ain't Nightline yet

News of the Weird

Thanks to one show, an unprecedented amount of foreign news is airing in Cuba -- but it ain't Nightline yet

News of the Weird

Thanks to one show, an unprecedented amount of foreign news is airing in Cuba -- but it ain't Nightline yet

News of the Weird

Thanks to one show, an unprecedented amount of foreign news is airing in Cuba -- but it ain't Nightline yet

News of the Weird

Thanks to one show, an unprecedented amount of foreign news is airing in Cuba -- but it ain't Nightline yet

News of the Weird

Thanks to one show, an unprecedented amount of foreign news is airing in Cuba -- but it ain't Nightline yet

News of the Weird

Thanks to one show, an unprecedented amount of foreign news is airing in Cuba -- but it ain't Nightline yet

See You Later, Alligator Penis

North Florida gators are losing their manhood to pesticides and other toxic chemicals -- and that's no phallusy

News Roundup

LocalYet another publication takes a crack at understanding the reaction to President Obama's changes in Cuba policy amongst Cuban Americans in Miami. This time it's the Washington Post, and they find, quite poetically, that the hard lines have softened. I think honestly though, the pieces on the ma ... More >>

Herald Circulation Tumbles

via I think we should coin a term here on Riptide for when we blog about the miseries facing The Miami Herald. "Herald in a Barrel"? You know, how like in the great depression days people got so poor they had to wear barrels to hide their nudity? Ok, no. Heraldpocalypse? Anni-Herald-ation? Yeah, the ... More >>

NPR, WaPo Refuse to Report That Outrage Is About Crist

You've probably already heard about Outrage, the new documentary that aims to out closeted politicians who hypocritically vote for anti-gay legislation. Since you live in Florida, you've probably also heard that the film prominently features our own tanned gubernatorial whiz-kid and maybe gay guy Ch ... More >>

Sparked By Sucess in Miami, Feds Widen Health Care Fraud Force

The string of headlines involving several local busts of fraudulent HIV/AIDS treatment facilities milking medicare for money was no coincidence. Two years ago the justice department begin specifically targeting medicare fraud in the city. After success in Miami and then Los Angeles, today Attorney G ... More >>

Goodbye Solo Screens This Weekend

Forget Brüno. Forget Moon. Forget Public Enemies. Forget Harry Potter, Ice Age, Away We Go, Transformers, The Hangover, etc.The movie you need to see this weekend is Rahim Bahrani's Goodbye Solo.Don't believe me? Go to Metacritic and keep scrolling until you find a rating under 100. (It will t ... More >>

Kendrick Meek Opposes Using Federal Funds to Pay for Abortions

Rep. Kendrick Meek has joined a small group of house Democrats asking that any health-care reforms not lead to federal funding of abortion, according to the Washington Post. The possibility of taxpayer money being used to pay for abortions is becoming a hot-button issue in the health-care reform ... More >>

President Alex Sink?

One day, when we are all living under the Sink administration --no, no, not just in Florida, but in the entire nation-- we can look back at this Washington Post blog post as the first public utterance of a possible Alex Sink presidential run. Chris Cillizza isn't saying Sink will be P ... More >>

Harmony Vegetarian Meats: Fake Fish, Chicken, Beef, Pork, and Shrimp

Jacob KatelChef Bernie Matz, Books & Books owner Mitchell Kaplan, and Julio Maza at the Café at Books & Books' fifth anniversary party.​ Hippies, peaceniks, and pothead philosophy majors, rejoice! It's OK to kill and eat plants. They won't scream, they don't cry, and "they don't have a so ... More >>

Herald Explains Why It Deleted Sentence from Worldwide Climate Change Op-Ed

Myriam Marquez​When The Miami Herald was the only American paper to run a world-wide op-ed about Climate Change by London newspaper The Guardian we thought either they must be the only daily in this country with balls on that particular issue, or because they've fired so much of their staff they j ... More >>

Food News Roundup: Burger King, Seattle's Best, South Beach Thai, Sea Hunter, and Haiti

Miami's own Burger King will kill its BK Joe brand to start selling Seattle's Best, a Starbucks company, at 7,250 BK's around the U.S. [MarketWatch]Chef Michael Harr, former executive corporate chef for Miami-based Celebrity Cruises, will now work for Gaylord National Convention Center in Washington ... More >>

No Pulitzers For the Herald, But Ex-Tropic Editor Gene Weingarten Nabs Another

The 2010 Pulitzers were announced earlier this afternoon. Shockingly, New Times was not recognized for excellence in Kim Kardashian poop jokes. Maybe next year, kids. ​The Miami Herald also went without any hardware this year after nabbing a breaking news photography win last year. ... More >>

New Times Finalist for Three Association of Food Journalist Awards

Photo by C. StilesThese pigs unfortunately couldn't Babe their way out of their fate.​The finalists for the Association of Food Journalists Awards were revealed yesterday, and the Miami New Times was nominated for three awards, more than any other alternative weekly in the country.Staff writer Gus ... More >>

Jeff Greene Bashes Kendrick Meek, Muslims, Ron Howard While Aboard His $23 Million Private Jet

​Billionaire Democratic Senate candidate Jeff Greene isn't flying high in the polls -- just yet. Like his Democratic rival Kendrick Meek, he finishes a distant third behind Marco Rubio and Charlie Crist in three-way matchups. But he's flying high above Florida in his $23 million Gulfstream V priva ... More >>

Correction: Jeff Greene Does Not Think All Muslims Believe "Crazy Stuff"

​We already talked about today's profile of Jeff Greene in the Washington Post and highlighted a bit where he seems to say something controversial about the Muslim faith:"I'm not an expert on Muslims," Greene said. But he added that anyone who knows anything about the Koran knows that it contains ... More >>

Pink's "Dear Mr. President" Gets Al Gore Hot and Bothered in a New Sex Scandal

Photo by AFP/GETTY​This could possibly be the weirdest sex scandal ever released. As you may have heard, according to the Washington Post, a police report has just been found which lists Al Gore (yes, that Al Gore) as the suspect in a complaint reporting unwanted sexual contact.Apparently, the for ... More >>

New Times Nabs First Place Award at Association of Food Journalists Conference

Photo by C. Stiles​Over the weekend, the Association of Food Journalists held its annual conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where the wiiners of the annual awards competition were announced. Miami New Times was a finalist in three categories. And the winners are:Our feature, "Pork Pirates," a loo ... More >>

Did Channing Crowder Just Call Anne Frank a Ho?

University of Florida"I don't know who the fuck Anne Frank is."Well, no, he didn't... we think. But the Miami Dolphins linebacker did somehow confuse the diary-writing Holocaust victim with deaf and blind author Helen Keller, which is a front-runner for this month's Most Ignorant Comment By an Athle ... More >>

Pulitzer-Winning Newspaper Publicly Congratulates Sex Tape Star on Engagement

​Today, The Miami Herald, a newspaper that has won 20 Pulitzer Prizes in its history for covering things such as voter fraud, the Haiti earthquake and U.S. Iran-Contra affair, took to its Twitter to publicly congratulate Kim Kardashian, a basic cable reality television star who rocketed to fame af ... More >>

Marco Rubio Caught Lying About His Family Story by Birthers, National Media

​American politics is a fickle bitch. One day you're Marco Rubio, Tea Party pretty boy and front-runner for the Republican vice presidential nomination. The next day, you're just an asshole who distorted his family history to play on the sympathy of constituents, including fellow Cuban-Americ ... More >>

Marco Rubio Calls Washington Post's Allegations "Outrageous" and an "Insult"

​The fallout from this morning's take down of Marco Rubio's supposed family story in the Washington Post has been fierce and fast. First, The Miami Herald came to Rubio's defense and challenged some of the Post's assertions. Now Rubio has penned his own editorial for Politico and calls the story a ... More >>

Old Man and His Sea

​The fallout from this morning's take down of Marco Rubio's supposed family story in the Washington Post has been fierce and fast. First, The Miami Herald came to Rubio's defense and challenged some of the Post's assertions. Now Rubio has penned his own editorial for Politico and calls the story a ... More >>

Fidel Castro Is the Only Thing Less Popular Than the U.S. Congress

​The popularity of the U.S. Congress is at an all-time low. A recent CBS News/New York Times poll shows that just 9 percent of Americans approve of the federal legislative body. How bad is that? Well, just about the only thing Americans hate more than Congress is Fidel Castro.