There are only a few jobs we recommend doing while high on marijuana: Reggae singer, surrealist artist, and Lil Wayne’s personal assistant are among them. Third-grade teacher is not.Elizabeth Edmonds, a third-grade teacher in Leesburg, Florida, was recently suspended after she went to school high as a kite and later…
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According to an ad running today in The Sarasota Tribune-Herald, Barack Obama is basically going to come down to your place of work and fire you, and then give it to an illegal immigrant. He’s then going to reach into your pocket and steal all your cash to pay for…
Last night, the NFL’s replacement referee situation turned into the controversial clusterfuck we all feared. It’s been pretty much the only thing the sports world has been talking about all day, including Miami players. Obviously, Miami Dolphins players chimed in on Twitter with rookie Kevyn Scott wondering if Roger Goddel…
Playboy’s top party school list seems to be an ever changing beast. The University of Miami used to dominate the list back in the ’80s, but its party-hard reputation sort of tapered off as its academic standing improved. Though, back in 2009 the school made a dramatic return to reclaim…
Mitt Romney has enlisted Marco Rubio in his efforts to reach out to Latino voters, and the Florida senator recently cut two ads for the campaign in both English and Spanish. TBS late night talk show host Conan O’Brien spoofed the Spanish ad last night by cutting it up with…
When Venezuela closed its consulate in Miami, it left the country’s largest group of foreign-based voters without a convenient polling place. In order to vote in the upcoming October 7 election, those that live in Miami would have to travel to another consulate. Which isn’t easy, considering the nearest one…
Despite speculation that Mitt Romney got a bad spray tan or even purposely tried to make his skin darker during a recent Univision forum held at the University of Miami, the truth appears to be a bit less devious. According to ABC News/Univision, the makeup artist on hand that night…
Alex “Rube” Rubin doesn’t have a legion of fans breathlessly awaiting his next single — at least not yet. He’s just a white guy living in a mostly Hispanic city using hip-hop to back our black president. Sounds about right for South Florida.See Also:- Rapper Alex “Rube” Rubin Invites Miami’s Scorn…
In 2010, a Miami New Times investigation revealed that more than half the cops in Miami Beach made six figures a year, and some racked up more than $200,000. What’s more, some of the highest-paid officers had some of the worst records.See also:- Miami Beach cops are paid up to…
Things aren’t looking good for Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen. With rumors that his job may be on the hot seat, the team’s reliever Heath Bell told WQAM host Dan Sileo today that he’s been having a hard time trying to respect the controversial and often outspoken Guillen…
In perhaps the world’s most important bro conference held at Miami’s biggest bro hot-spot, Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte and Jersey Shore star Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino hung out at LIV. The two discussed the implications of Mitt Romney’s latest campaign blunders, the sublime beauty of the new Grizzly Bear record,…
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We’re not sure what is more “Florida” about this story. That no one would pick up a dehydrated and hitchhiking pregnant woman walking along the road, or that her boyfriend eventually decided to just hijack a random car.Robert Boudreaux, 31, and his 22-year-old pregnant girlfriend (whose name was not released)…
Nothing like a good ol’ political sex scandal to start the week off right.State Rep. Mike Horner, a Republican from Kissimmee, now finds himself connected to an ongoing prostitution and racketeering case. While investigating charges that a man was running a brothel out of his house, Horner’s name popped up…
Is controversy-laden Republican congressman David Rivera cruising to re-election in District 26? Depends on whose numbers you look at. Two polls commissioned by Democratic PACs show challenger Joe Garcia with a sizable lead. Of course, an internal poll released by Rivera’s own campaign shows him in the lead. …
The Miami Marlins first season in their taxpayer-funded Little Havana palacio has been nothing short of a catastrophe; the team was out of contention by August and so boring and terrible that the Franchise — the Showtime series chronicling the club’s season — ended early after star Hanley Ramirez got…
Anyone expecting Florida to swing for Obama after video leaked showing Mitt Romney heaping scorn on the “47 percent” — filmed at the home of a Boca millionaire, no less — obviously doesn’t know the Sunshine State. We live to make national elections exciting!A statewide poll released last night by…
There was a time when kicker Dan Carpenter was responsible for the majority of the points the Dolphins scores, and could be relied upon to line up and bang out a field goal — from seemingly any distance — with a twirl of his flowing locks. That time is gone…
If this game was a fancy four course meal it would have started out with the greatest soup ever. Seinfeld Soup Nazi level soup. You’d be content with eating nothing but this soup for the rest of your life. Then the second course comes around and the waiter serves you…
Early this week, Mitt Romney showed up at the Univision event at the University of Miami aimed at Hispanic voters with a suspiciously orange tint to his skin. Some just laughed at his Charlie Crist-like fake tan job, but others accused him wearing “brownface” to appeal to Latinos. Of course,…
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