You’d think if someone was lucky enough to be acquitted on a double murder charge they kinda, sorta admitted to they’d try their best to stay the hell away from a courtroom for the rest of their lives. Lightning doesn’t strike twice, y’know. Not true for Kendall’s most notorious resident,…
This blog is now qualified to be Vice President. A year ago everyone thought this election was going to be Clinton vs. Giuliani. Four months ago it became Obama vs. McCain. Now its pretty much Sarah Palin vs. the World, or at least Sarah Palin and her positions on the…
Floridians should learn how to turn pee into drinking water NOW. Floridians that scare easily should be careful not to leaf through this week’s Time Magazine while waiting at the Publix check-out counter. Because apparently- and I think we all knew this, but it’s just not nice to talk about…
While we are sorry our Haitian neighbors had to bear the brunt of a strong Hurricane Ike, we are happy that we dodged that bullet. Instead, we were met with clear blue skies and rather cool Miami weather. It sort of feels like the city is finally waking up out…
Forbes updated its yearly list of the best cities for sad, lonely people who can’t find anyone to marry. Of 40 urban meccas, Miami came in thirteenth overall, and ranked higher in some individual categories. I’m not sure what “coolness” even means anymore, or why a magazine run by Steve…
What follows is a new, regular feature on Riptide 2.0., a look at the day’s most important, bizarre and wacko news. So forget about that damn Herald.com. Miami-Dade County Commission Chairman Bruno Barreiro’s attempt to abolish the chairman’s (a.k.a. his) term limits failed. This is not surprising. The rest of…
Around the middle of the third quarter Sunday, nine Miami-Dade cops marched into my section at the Dolphins game and dragged off a vociferous Jets fan, who flashed the crowd a victory sign as he headed for the calaboose. That kinda said it all. Sunday’s Dolphin game, which the team…
Natalie O’Neill Amazon Lindsay getting ready for a video shoot. This past week, I accepted an invitation to hang out on the set of an erotic video shoot, in order to do research for a story. There would be no actual sex, I was told, but I’d be in for…
Favre loosing the Mary bowl. The Dolphins-Jets rivalry is always heated, but things got extra spicy during the off season when the Jets signed a promising little quarterback by the name of Brett Favre (keep an eye on this guy, he could be going places!) and dropped long time QB…
Every year the National Hurricane Center gets a lot of crackpot suggestions for how to deflect oncoming storm systems. According to Scripps, they’ve had geniuses call in and suggest things like “setting up banks of giant fans to blow the storm back to sea.” Is that the best they can…
It’s college football’s best part-time rivalry, Miami Hurricanes versus Florida Gators — but the Gators have been left with out a win since 1985. The last time the teams played was New Year’s Eve 2004 in the Peach Bowl. This time though the tables are turned as the Gators are…
The Cuban 5 Ten years after the world was shocked, astounded, blown away, and all that stuff to learn that Fidel Castro had sent spies to check on Miami’s exiles, we may finally stop hearing about em. The United States Court of Appeals in Atlanta today denied a defense request…
Back in April, New Times wrote about a case in which the only witness to a high-profile cop murder was about to be deported. To sum up the story: Jamaican-born Dwayne Henry watched a light-skinned man slay revered Sheriff’s Deputy Chris Reyka in the parking lot of a Walgreens last…
Hurricanes often have geeky names. Gustav was a loser for sure. Back in 1989, Hugo sounded like a kid who’d get beat up on the playground. There was Iris in 2001 — want to go bowling? And Georges in 1998. What in God’s name is up with that ‘s’? Check…
via Code Pink DC The interruption of last night’s snooze fest of a John McCain speech by a group of pink clad crazy ladies may have been the highlight of an otherwise boring final session of the Republican National Convention. The group responsible, Code Pink, started as an all female…
via I Can Has Cheezburger LolCats are unstoppable. In a world where Internet memes have an average lifespan of 3.47 hours before they’re deemed “old newz”, the LolCats have managed to endure. They’ve spawned a book, and now they’re staging what will surely be the most important and revelatory art…
Sayre Berman Dear Kathy Griffin –- you dirty, skanky, goddamn, whore, I am writing you this fan letter to commend you on starting out your show last night at the Seminole Hard Rock Live with the word “pussy.” And not just a little pussy, a whole “bucket full of pussy.”…
This face will haunt your dreams. Riptide had its tongue firmly planted in its cheek when it warned you of an elderly crime spree sweeping Miami-Dade. Apparently we should have been more serious, because Police arrested a 71 year old man (one year younger than McCain!) who needed a walker…
Biden What if a vice presidential candidate said he’s open to prosecuting the current administration on war crimes and nobody paid any attention? While it happened in in Deerfield Beach. And none of the local dailies wrote the story. NewsBusters, a conservative-leaning website affiliated with the Media Research Center, found…
Hello, Kitty My job recently transferred me to Miami from St. Louis for a month to start up our Southern branch and I ‘m having a hard time fitting in. It’s not so much the fact that my hair can’t take the humidity (though it can’t), just that I can’t…
The Sun-Sentinel screwed with Miami Herald readers this morning. Or so it seemed. The Magic City’s paper of record this morning printed what I think was the first Sentinel story since the once hotly competitive newspapers announced they would share some material. The experiment commenced with the work of a…
“Don’t make like this is Beverly Hills. This is the real goddamn hood. The motherfuckin’ hood.” So warns the gentleman watching workers set up lights and cameras in front of a graffiti-strewn, one-story yellow house. The man’s name is Tommie Lee Carter Sr. — “but they call me Kool-Aid.” It…
