Trying to find an underlying ideological thread between anti-gay mouthpieces is futile. The only thing that unites them is hate. Take evangelical conservative Frank Turek’s column on Town Hall today. It’s a bunch of wack shit the crosses over into offensive, but basically he comes to the conclusion that “there…
Last week, New Times brought you the story of Cassy the squatter, the homeless Haitian mother who moved into a blue, bank-owned foreclosed house in Buena Vista with her young daughter. Her tale included a tribe of activists, a couple broken laws, and a mortgage lender none the wiser.Cassy, whose…
A group of devoted fans have already started a Draft Alex Sink website, but they were hoping Florida’s CFO would run for Governor. Turns out she may have her eye on Washington instead. The Hill is reporting that Sink will make an announcement very soon as to the future of…
If Google News search results are any indication, yesterday’s biggest locally relevant story after the gay adoption ruling was the Turkey Day scandal involving Madonna and her A-Rod. Roddy was reportedly planning to ditch his kids to spend the day with the Ciccone youth. People is reporting that Alex Rodriguez…
South Florida’s coral reefs constitute the largest such ecosystem in the United States, and nationally they fuel a $4 billion a year industry that sustains up to 35,000 jobs. So caring for them is not just good environmental stewardship, its important to our economy. Time chronicles the two latest human-induced…
The Fontainebleau’s marketing department is one entity that seemingly won’t need a bailout anytime soon. Last weekend’s festivities certainly must have cost a pretty penny, and inserting a 16-page booklet into December’s Vanity Fair doesn’t come cheap. The thing is supposed to be a calendar, but basically is just semi-erotic…
Riptide was going to write you up a nice “The Florida Supreme Court for Dummies” post, but in its research found itself caught up in tangents. Our interest was spurred in part by yesterday’s overturning of the gay adoption ban by a Miami judge (as well as by future Crist…
A Judge rules that we’ll go forward with this property appraiser run-off election, to which about three dozen people will show up for. [Local 10]”Jerry Newcombe with Coral Ridge Ministries in Fort Lauderdale argues, ‘Homosexuality is a sin. The Bible tells us so.’ He then adds, ‘research has shown children…
Miami Gardens has the 13th highest level of crime, according to CQ Press’ just released rankings, higher than any other city in Florida. Orlando comes in at 18th, and Miami comes in at 30. Miami Beach sits at 50, just three spots behind West Palm Beach. The city with the…
You remember that scene in Heat when Robert De Niro’s badass crew perfectly executes this plan to knock over an armored truck? How they all pulled on those hockey masks, then blocked the truck’s path with a stolen ambulance, rammed it with a stolen semi-truck, and then laid spikes so…
The sporting powers that me are in the midst of a debate over weather use of Viagra amongst athlete should be banned because it may boost performances in areas other than the sack. An Italian cyclist was caught with a stash of the stuff, and two years ago a Stanford…
In Miami, Save Dade aims to protect gay people from discrimination. So you’d think, on a day like today, the group would tally one point for themselves on the old civil rights scoreboard. A Miami-Dade Court ruled there’s “no rational basis” for prohibiting gay adoption this morning and, yeah, at…
Miami-bred Perez Hilton and Miami-based Matt Drudge have an awful lot in common. Both have built mini-media empires around self-published web pages. Both, for better or worse, influence the coverage of mainstream media. Neither has made a convincing public case for their heterosexuality (not that it’s any of our business,…
It seems that as one battle is lost in the fight for civil rights/the culture war/the “gay and secular fascist” takeover of America, another one is won. Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Cindy Lederman ruled earlier this morning there is “no rational basis” for banning homosexuals from adopting children, thus overturning the…
Riptide continues to be thoroughly confused by the A-Rod-Madonna love connection. While she’s no Einstein, Madonna seems to be comfortably above the average American intelligence level. A-Rod is a guy who hits balls with big pieces of wood for a living. Not that we want to be one of those…
Katherine Cue, of course, isn’t the only recent controversial appointment to an elected office. Yesterday, Delaware’s Governor announced that she would appoint Vice President-elect Joe Biden’s chief of staff Edward Kaufman to his soon to be vacated senate seat. The Governors of Illinois and possibly New York will also name…
Hey, why not? Hair Gelz Carvalho thinks that while all this bail-out stuff is going, the public schools should be bailed out too. [Herald]Manny Diaz would also like some sort of Federal stimulus package that would make his job a lot easier, too. [Reuters]Charlie Crist is considering a moratorium on…
Maybe it’s the palm trees, the sunny weather, the women on the beach. Maybe it’s the welcoming international culture. Maybe it’s the ready supply of blow. Who knows? But there’s definitely something about Miami that appeals to murderous despots and wanted criminals of all nationalities, from ex-Venezuelan dictator Marcos Perez…
“Oh noes! Starting tomorrow the Muslins will be hijacking our buses! Where is Rudy Guiliani to save us!?!” 120 buses from the Miami-Dade and Broward fleets will carry the above advertising for 8 weeks, in a campaign that hopes to lessen reactions to the Islamic faith like that little pretend…
The shortlist for HUD secretary keeps getting longer. Mayor Manny Diaz is still on this list, released to the AP from ominous sources inside the party and transition team: Miami Mayor Manny DiazRep. James Clyburn, D-S.C.Renee Glover, head of Atlanta’s housing authorityNicolas Retsinas, director of Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing StudiesShaun…
So we’ve got this little economic downturn going on, in case you’ve already taken up residence in your new tent city and haven’t heard the news. But don’t worry about it. Manny knows how to cure what ails us.Miami’s suddenly superstar mayor, who has been rumored as a candidate for…
The venerable New York Times is selling prints of this picture of Barack and Michelle Obama in downtown Miami starting at the low, low price of $199 for the 11 x 14 size. But if you’ve got the big bucks, you can splurge $1,099 on the 20 x 24 that’s framed and “signed,…
