Judge Will Matthews from Dothan, Alabama, was settling into a meal of hot dogs loaded with ketchup and mayonnaise inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum amidst the third day of the Republican National Convention when he noticed a Republican from Southern California to his left. She had puffy blonde hair,…
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Before heading to the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Mark and Irene Harris decided to stop in Orlando to visit Epcot at Walt Disney World. While in the World Showcase area of the Disney park, the Harrises were absolutely outraged to find a person of Mexican descent working at the…
It’s not so great to be a Miami Hurricane.The cloud of an NCAA investigation looms over the program all because a pathetic, Ponzi scheming manchild decided it would be a real cool idea to buy the friendship of college kids. Much of the ballyhooed-but-ultimately-disappointing 2008 recruiting class is off somewhere…
“Clint Eastwood and an empty chair. This should be good,” I thought from a media riser inside the Tampa Bay Times Forum, site of the 2012 Republican National Convention. The delegates from Vermont and Kansas seated just below me were enthusiastic, anxious to hear what the former mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea,…
You really want that six pack? Maybe you should down a six pack every night. According to a new University of Miami study, people who report heavy drinking habits work out harder than moderate drinkers and non-drinkers. This also might explain why the University of Miami gym is so damned…
Earlier this week, an insurance company ranked Miami-area drivers as some of the worst in the entire nation. As if to celebrate and confirm the ranking, an SUV promptly lost control and crashed into a backyard pool in Palm Spring North…
Joining the pantheon of Tebowing and planking in the Gerund Internet Meme Hall of Fame, “Eastwooding” has taken over Twitter this morning. In case you missed Clint Eastwood’s historically odd speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa last night, he spent a solid five minutes arguing with a nearby…
Last night, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush addressed the Republican National Convention on the topic of eduction. Well, education and milk. He talked a lot about milk, and how many different types of milk there are. Even during a night in which an old man talked to an empty chair…
Gov. Rick Scott’s Department of State recently amassed a list of 180,000 possible non-citizens who were registered to vote in Florida. Eventually that list was whittled down to 2,600, and even many on that list were found to be actual citizens.Turns out so far only a single person on that…
Dear South Beach Residents Who Say We Never Visit Them Anymore Since They Moved to the Beach:So, um, we read this over at Huffington Post Miami’s blog about how you never want to leave the Beach.You’re right.We’ve noticed you never want to part ways with your precious little 33139. That’s…
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Yesterday, New Times’ correspondent Victor Gonzalez caught up with none other than former GOP presidential hopefuls (and, hence, rivals) Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachmann. The primary battle apparently didn’t come between their friendship, because the two caressed each others’ Republican backs with their Republican hands while talking about things like…
Between July 1 of last year and July 31 of this year, only 11,365 new voters have registered as Democrats in Florida. In that same time, 128,039 new Republicans have registered to vote in the state. While Democrats still have more registered voters in the state, the trend marks a…
Read our article on the free-speech fight that forced Palacio to flee his country.Ecuadorian journalist Emilio Palacio — sentenced last year to three years in prison for denouncing President Rafael Correa — has been granted political asylum here in the United States.Palacio announced the news this morning during a press…
Never mind the Lakers’ new monster-like lineup. Don’t worry about the maturing Thunder. According to a Sports Illustrated poll of NBA insiders, including head coaches, general managers and other executives, the Miami Heat are the early favorites to take home next year’s Larry O’Brien trophy. Which, you know, duh…
Tonya Burns, 36, appeared in court yesterday for allegedly using a tire iron to strike her 15-year-old daughter in front of Carol City High School. The incident occurred Tuesday morning, after the teen told Burns that she didn’t want to go to school that day. Burns dropped her off but noticed she…
As Republicans parade through Tampa this week touting their party’s platform, one formerly signature Florida issue — Jeb Bush’s Stand Your Ground law — has been nowhere to be found. That probably has something to do with the ongoing trial just down the road in Orlando of George Zimmerman, who…
In what is typically the most uninteresting and uneventful of all preseason games, the Dolphins conducted business-as-usual by falling to the Dallas Cowboys 30-13 last night, completing the 2012 preseason with only their third winless effort in franchise history.The Fins followed up in the most appropriate way possible: By literally…
On Tuesday, the GOP ended the first day of its national convention by letting Chris Christie pummel Ann Romney’s message of love to death with his meaty, angry fists like a Garden State mob goon. Last night, Republicans tried a more refined tactic, choosing concert pianist and conservative counterpoint to…
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