I guess it is possible a news ticker could bring down an oppressive regime, but in reality it’s just going to serve as another silly point of conflict. The U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana turned on the five-foot high, 25-windows-long news ticker in January 2006. The first message, to celebrate Martin…
Navy Cmdr. Jeffrey Gordon is a 41-year-old career military officer. He is the chief spokesman for the most controversial outpost on the planet, the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base. And, if you’re to believe a letter he sent to the Miami Herald last week, veteran Miami Herald reporter Carol Rosenberg so…
Former Senate President Jim King died this weekend after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He had been a lawmaker for more than 23 years. Perhaps King’s highest-profile moment came when the Republican senator successfully opposed Gov. Jeb Bush in the Terri Schiavo case. [FTU]It’s been a bad month for the former…
You gay porn connoisseurs might know Bruno Diaz from Wet Dreams, Part 2 and the very subtly titled: Thick as Thieves. Or maybe you horndogs recognize him as Coast Guard Officer #1 in 1999’s quadruple X-rated Hot Times in Little Havana. Remember that oldie but goodie? After a tanned and…
Seems that Marco Rubio’s fledgling senate campaign has another group of detractors? The graphic design community. Last night we were browsing You Thought We Wouldn’t Notice, a blog dedicated to pointing out blatant design rip-offs. Six pages in we saw the name “Marco Rubio,” and seriously thought our weird obsession with…
Three men tried to rob a Brinks armed truck this afternoon, and one of the suspects was fatally shot according to CBS4. The robbery attempt occurred near SW 216th St and SW 103rd Court a little before 2 pm. Police put the area on lockdown while they searched for the suspects. …
In an unanimous vote yesterday, the City of Miami Comission passed a resolution condemning the military’s anti-gay “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. Introduced by Joe Sanchez, the resolution cited the dismissal of translators, inability to meet recruiting levels, and the blatant discrimination. The measure even went as far as to call some of…
So yeah, The Florida Super-Con went down more than a month ago, but they’re just uploading photos to their Flickr now, and I continue to be obsessed. I know you might want to just scroll on past this initially, but please, just please, take the time to look at the…
The federal government decided to raise the minimum wage, and it supersedes Florida’s old rate. So beginning today, the minimum wage in the Sunshine State rises four cents. That’s a total of $7.25 an hour. If you work 40 hours a week for 50 weeks a year, that increase comes out to an…
There are your basic, everyday Entourage fans, and then there are your Entourage fans who would shell out a few grand for a hotel package in the hope they can live the authentic Vinny Chase lifestyle. I probably wouldn’t want to meet the latter type of fan, which means I…
Marco Rubio’s valiant fight to reclaim the GOP for people who refresh the Free Republic website all day and attend tea parties with “Obama Is a Socialist” signs isn’t going so well financialy. So much so he’s been forced to drop his campaign manager, Brian Seitchik, and top fundraiser, Ann…
Miami Police Chief John Timoney was on MSNBC’s Morning Joe today weighing in on the Henry Gates dispute. If you’re not up to speed on the latest media-made controversy, Henry “Skip” Gates is a highly respected Harvard professor. Upon returning from a recent trip, he couldn’t get into his own…
The Florida Medical Association has denounced the racist doctor who sent out that picture of Obama depicted as an aboriginal witch doctor. [Buzz]He has since apologized. He sent an email directly to Obama, which the president will probably never see. Of course, though, the doc still pulls the victim card. [PoHo]Someone stole the…
A few weeks ago, New Times brought you the story of our own black-market cigarette king, Roman Vidal.The feds accused the gray-haired Cutler Bay resident of funneling millions of illegal smokes through the Port of Miami to England and Ireland. Worse, investigators say Vidal’s profits went to a group connected…
The town manager of Fort Myers Beach was fired because it was discovered his new wife has a career as a MILF porn star. The funny thing is that, by all acounts, Scott Janke was a competent, responsible manager and the town council had no other qualms besides the fact…
It’s really sad there are so many high-profile Republicans out there sending out racist jokes about our president on their email that I’ve kind of gotten sick of reading them. It’s just depressing. So, I’ve seen this picture about a million times today online and finally decided to break down…
Comic-Con, one of the largest American comic book conventions, kicked off in San Diego this week. Miami’s version, Florida SuperCon, went down last month at the Doubletree Miami Mart Airport Hotel, and we just came across this picture from the convention’s Flickr stream. …
Hello, Kitty: I have been dating my co-worker for two and a half months. At first, it was supposed to be just as friends, but things ended up unexpectedly steamy. He is going through a separation, and I was there to console him. We ended up falling in love, and…
The City of Miami is so desperate for revenue that nothing should really surprise us here in Riptide’s heavily fortified underground command bunker.Cockfighting at Miami-Dade Public Libraries? Yawn. Legalized brothels beneath county hall? Eh, whatevs. Drunken Russian roulette tourneys at Manny Diaz’s place? Sure, we’ll believe it.But the Onion-esque absurdity…
Every election cycle, both parties’ congressional election committees identify their weakest incumbents in order to throw massive amounts of cash at them and hope they don’t get booted out of congress. The cash is nice, but it’s never good news for those on the list. Too bad for Mario Diaz-Balart, who was recently…
Police think a former business associate of Byrd and Melanie Billings may have paid to have them murdered. [DailyBeast]A 34 year-old man was shot early this morning at a self service car wash that is practically across the street from our office. Yikes. [Herald]Marco Rubio is wondering why Charlie Crist…
The Marlins’ three game sweep of the Padres couldn’t have come at a better time. The Fish had lost three devastating games to the Phillies at home and trailed last year’s champions by seven games in the standings. Any more losing streaks, and the Marlins’ season could have been over. But terrific pitching, timely hitting,…
