Citrix Systems, the Ft. Lauderdale based software company, is instituting a new policy in which it gives employees $2,100 to buy a laptop of their choice. The gimmick is that it’s cheaper to essentially give each employee a computer than buy a company owned computer and provide tech support. Employees…
The image of a bald Britney Spears attacking an SUV with an umbrella is pretty much as good as any visual metaphor for our economy right now: volatile, fear-driven and in the midst of a major crisis. Then perhaps economists should breath a sigh of relief when they watch Britney’s…
via The Caucus Florida is an absolute must-win for John McCain. Now, the Republican candidate could win the state and lose the country, but if the talking heads declare Florida blue on election night, then Obama supporters will probably break out the party hats early. So it doesn’t bode well…
Sarah Palin has been riding that ‘hockey mom” label from day one, what with her Joe Sixpack friends and dontchya know Middle Class America Values, gosh darnit. But confronted with an arena packed full of actual hockey fans this weekend in Philadelphia, Palin wasn’t exactly welcomed as one of their…
Ever since Barack Obama announced his intentions to run for President there’s been a subtle campaign that he wasn’t one of “us”. Us meaning a certain breed of easily manipulated, middle to lower class, christian, white, values voters. That hush campaign has in recent weeks bubbled up (hello William Ayers),…
The Miami Dolphins dropped to 2-3 after a frustrating 29-28 loss to the Texans yesterday. When the Fins defense caught two early interceptions and Patrick Cobbs scored a 53-yard and an 80-yard touchdown, and it seemed like Joey Porter was going to turn Texans left tackle Duane Brown into his…
The wet weekend streak continues. Not that we don’t enjoy the cooler temperatures, but we can’t exactly drink our economic sorrows away at the city’s many outdoor lounges when the skies open up. The dry season will be here soon though and with it comes brown lawns and tougher water…
Coconut Grove peacocks may be put on birth control pills. You know, there are some health insurance company that don’t cover this for humans. [CBS4] Meet Annette Taddeo [Herald] And surely you’ve already met Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [Herald] Let’s not get too ahead of ourselves. A two game winning streak was…
The story broke just a few minutes ago: Turkey Point closed its number four reactor — a nuclear unit. If you’ve been in town for more than a few months, you know that FPL was recently nailed for allowing guards to sleep on the job at Turkey Point — and…
[ via the Orlando Sentinel The University of Central Florida may not have prevailed on the field against the Miami Hurricanes. But as you can see, they won big time in the obscene-gestures-caught-on-national-TV contest. The best Miami players could muster were some “L-on-the-forehead” loser signs when Joe Burnett — No…
This man works as a Carvalho impersonator. He is available for parties, bar mitzvahs, and to fill the lustful needs of any Herald reporters who don’t want to face ethics charges. So, the School Board ratified Albert Carvalho’s superintendent contract, but only for two years, not the expected three. Still…
The Dolphins (and hey, The Golden Panthers, too!) continued their surprising winning streak last weekend. Meanwhile the young Canes continued their heartbreaking streak of staggering greenness. Will the streaks continue for another week? That is why you tune in to find out. I am not a psychic. Sorry. Miami Dolphins…
I am trying to remember the politics of The Golden Girls. All I recall is that on one episode they were campaigning for some Miami Councilmen or something, and the dirty, dirty press insinuated that Blanche was sleeping with him, but it turned out he was really a FTM transexual…
via TMZ Joan Fleischman isn’t completely gone from The Herald, and is reporting that Alex Rodriguez and his soon to be ex-wife just listed their Coral Gables mansion for $14.876 million. That’s almost $3 million more than what they bought it for in 2004. Even the upper ends of the…
Good news for anyone in the area who wants to buy an eco-friendly ride but doesn’t want to be cheap about it. Tesla Motors will be opening a Miami show room and service center sometime in the first quarter of next year. The firm was founded in Silicon Valley (as…
Editor’s Note: Keith Berger of Boca just dropped us this e-mail. When we called to get his permission to print it, he termed Sarah Palin “the antchrist” and added: “I couldn’t believe they treated her like this… We would have stoned her if it were legal.” On October 6, a…
Another day, another frightening outburst of misdirected rage from a McCain-Palin rally. This time, a gathering in scenic Waukesha, Wisconsin devolved into screams of “Socialist” and middle fingers and boos directed at the press corps, the Washington Post reported. Speakers proclaimed “I’m mad! I’m really mad!” and members of the…
Embedded video from CNN Video Tami Nantz, the South Florida proprietor of Moms 4 Sarah Palin, furthered her path to media super stardom by appearing on CNN last night with a group of other South Florida ladies inspired by Gov. Palin. As predicted Nantz and her blog (which now has…
The McCain campaign is on the ropes. They’re pretty desperate at this point, what with all that Bill Ayers nonsense. Voters don’t want to hear about that. They want to hear about the pressing issues, like the economy and health care, and according to Jack Thompson, violent video games. The…
President Bush is in town today. [Local 10] A day after another set of his private emails surfaced, the schoolboard will vote on Alberto Carvalho’s contract today. [NBC6] The city manager of Coral Gables, who abused a taxpayer-funded credit card, is expected to announce his retirement by Tuesday. [Herald] A…
“I don’t answer those questions. I just keep it to myself and it’s nobody’s business. If I wanna fuck a girl, a boy, a dog—that’s my business.” That’s Michelle Rodriguez’s answer to Latina magazine’s question of how she deals with speculation about her sexuality. Well, damn girl, if you’re going…
The New York media gossip blogs are aiming their wrath today at two magazines, both with operations based out of Miami, that aren’t paying their freelancers. The first is Hip Hop Weekly, a Miami-based rag that covers the hip-hop world in the dumbed down, gossipy style of Us Weekly and…
