Florida is the only state in the union with laws that specifically single out gay people from adopting, and again that ban is being challenged as a gay Man who has been the foster parent of two sons since 2004 petitions for adoption. Now, are you ready for the huge…
Jeez. This stuff just goes on and on. The State is in court spending your tax dollars fighting a Gay man who wants to adopt the two foster children he’s raised for four years. [Herald] Miami Canes are in the top 25 for the first time since 2006 (and ps,…
Holy crap. That was close. For a while there, it seemed as if we were witnessing the return of the Shitphins. With just 4:30 remaining in a game that the Dolphins had been leading in all day, Oakland’s John Lee Higgins ran a Miami punt back 93-yards to pay dirt,…
I think you’ll agree that the following pictorial essay, although composed of just four photos, provides a concise overview of The Fontainebleau’s dazzling opening party on Friday evening. In fact, perusing these snapshots is almost like being there. Without the champagne and cocktails, that is. And sans the shellfish buffet…
So your Riptide was at the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show “Bloggers Lounge” earlier at the refurbished Fontainebleau hotel. Bloggers lounges are a new frontier of blogging activity, but the ahi tuna, and the crème brûlée and the open bar, oh the open bar, made it very, very worth it. We…
The Fontainebleau got some work done, and, like any mature lady with a fresh face lift, is being discreet about. Oh, she’s just having a small, little shindig tonight with like 500 of her closest celebrity friends. Who are we kidding, she hasn’t been this excited since all those times…
Every weekend the local professional and college level football player-type people assemble on the field to play their games. Every weekend we write things about it, because it is an easy Friday afternoon post. We also post something dumb holding a football. This week is no exception. Anyway, we are…
UM Coach Randy Shannon is clearly sending secret signals to the GOP about the path to redemption after a few years of stining defeat. Listen Republicans, Randy Shannon took the helms of Larry Coker’s sinking ship and has turned it around. Whoever takes over your party in is going to…
Nebraska (yes, the middle of nowhere) passed this brilliant law that let parents basically abandon their kids at the hospital, and leave them as the State’s problem. The law doesn’t specify that the parents need to be Nebraska residents, or even gives an age limit for the children. The law…
Charlie Crist’s orange-y skin tone proves he’s not someone who’s afraid of the bright lights, but he completely got overshadowed at the Republican Governor’s Conference. A recent Ramussen poll, taken before the conference, showed Crist coming in dead last in a completely speculative competition for the 2012 nomination, with only…
Don’t look now but the Miami Hurricanes are in first place in the ACC Coastal Division. Couldn’t decide between watching the Canes getting their mojo back or 30 Rock last night? That’s what the “previous channel” button on the remote is for (or, for those of you still living in…
Oh, Hell no New England Republicans. You do not come down to our town and try to ignore the Riptide! No one ignores the Riptide! You can try New England Republicans, but the writing is on the wall. Unless you heed our call for trickle-down truck nutz policy, abolishing the…
Oh, Hillary Clinton. She’s a bonafide superstar deserving of a continued media frenzy (unlike, say, another recent failed candidate) whose inspired a rabid political fanbase through out the country. Maybe it’s because she represented a certain brand of feminism and the real redefinition of marriage in this country – that…
The full team of Victoria’s Secret angels all happened to run into each other at the Lincoln Road store yesterday, and they were all wearing the same thing. At first they were kind of embarrassed, but then they laughed and laughed and laughed about it and decided to pose for…
The best thing about NBC’s American version of Kath & Kim is its cast. Molly Shannon, Selma Blair and John Michael Higgins have all had flashes of brilliance in their careers, and occasionally have them here. The second best thing about it is that it comes on right before The…
Exactly what happened. Not that there’s ever a reason for diverting a flight that makes you feel good as a passenger. But an overheating toilet? That’s just unfortunate. That’s exactly what happened to 350 passengers in the wee hours this morning on a Miami to London Virgin Atlantic Flight. The…
Canes Win! Canes Win! Canes Win! After their narrow 16-14 victory against Virginia Tech last night the team for the very first time since entering the conference looks like a serious contender for the ACC title match-up late in the season. Right now they stand alone at the top of…
Virginia Tech Hookies @ Miami Hurricanes, 7:30 pm on ESPN The sports press has a crush on all the young, true freshman on University of Miami’s footballing sports crew, but they aren’t sure if they’re ready to commit. Sure, the Canes have won four in a row and have an…
The South Florida Lawyers blog points out that 2 Live Crew enemy for life, recently disbarred lawyer, pixelante opponent/Palin lover, and occasional Riptide commenter Jack Thompson has found a back up career. And he’s found it in an industry were it’s increasingly hard to find any sort of job -…
via Fail Blog “Miami-Dade leaders admit transit tax has failed” Where did all $900 million of the money go? Probably to buying those stickers for the buses that say “Your 1/2 Penny at Work!” or whatever. These buses and their hallow be-stickered promises are now all in the metaphorical river…
Last week New Times ran a story on the 14-second fall of Kimbo Slice and the death of EliteXC, entitled “MMA’s Post-Kimbo Limbo” written by Bob Norman. The same piece ran in Norman’s home paper, The Broward Palm Beach New Times, with the title “Kimbo Slice’s a sissy: The fight…
Two main camps of thought are emerging at the Republican Governor’s Conference as to what the Party’s most pressing concern is. On one side you’ve got this “We’ve lost our way, and our credibility on fiscal conservative policy thanks to Bush and his $11.3 trillion dollars debt and his record…
