In the past year, parimutuel and casino companies have contributed over a million dollars to state legislators and Republican political action committees as the gambling industry gears up for a combative legislative session in 2012. The stakes are high. State Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff and Rep. Erik Fresen have drafted two…
With just a few days left in 2011, we can’t help but predict what 2012 has in store. Will the world come to an end? Maybe. Will Barack Obama be re-elected? Hopefully. Will the Miami Heat dominate the NBA? Of course. But what about the music world? What changes will…
A Massachusetts woman recently had a cupcake confiscated by a Transportation Security Administration agent at Las Vegas-McCarran International Airport. The offending baked good was packaged in a jar, which immediately made it a potential weapon of mass destruction (and we’re not even talking about what it can do to your…
If you’re looking for quick and easy finger foods and hors d’oeuvres for your New Year’s Eve party, why not give homemade sushi a shot? It’s easy and relatively inexpensive to make, provided that you have all of the necessary tools.Why make your own sushi? It’s fun (‘specially when you…
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez has vetoed a controversial lobbying contract that included a law firm that has generously supported his political campaign for the county’s top elected position. Citing the county commission’s failure to cut the cost of Miami-Dade’s lobbying services, Gimenez killed the deal yesterday. He told the Miami…
In 2011, Luther Campbell ran for mayor, sued Nevin Shapiro, and called out rappers
Reader mail: “Animals are not garbage”
Ever since Michael Moore’s exploitive documentary, Bowling for Columbine, liberals, hipsters, and pseudo-intellectuals have fawned over our great cousin to the north.But perhaps Canada is not the peaceful, crimeless country depicted in Moore’s documentary — the one where people leave their doors unlocked and the murder rate of the entire…
Shit … We thought the Miami Heat was an $80-million professional basketball team. Turns out, though, The Big Three and company is actually a crappy boy band. Just check out King James, D-Wade, and Big Bosh’s new music video, set to Kanye West’s weenie anthem “All of the Lights,” and…
For all the hype still surrounding it, dubstep won’t be popular forever. From collaborations with Korn to Christmas carol remixes, signs of its imminent demise are springing up all over the place. But will 2012 be the year that dubstep finally dies? Or will it desperately cling to life and…
Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Campbell looks back on the Year of the Booty Man.I had an exciting, productive 2011. I set goals for…
Let’s face it. For most of us, keeping a New Year’s resolution is as likely as the Miami Dolphins finally finding Dan Marino’s successor in the draft.And some locals should look back on the past year with shameful regret.They could use a fresh start, so Banana Republican came up with…
Looking back upon the year that was, it’s not too difficult to narrow the field of food trends that gripped Miami’s culinary scene. There are those that we love (local craft brews to go with your meal) and naturally, those that we hate (those silly mini-cupcakes that are everywhere), but…
Earlier this week, I mentioned that I’d be dusting off my Ouija board in time for the annual predictions post, but of course I was just kidding; obviously one cannot accurately foresee the future solely by sliding ones hands over some letters. That’s why the Ouija board only accounts for…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
On Dec. 14, Miami Police officers hauled off Reid Welch to jail because he sent his nemesis, Miami city Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, an email. According to his arrest report, Welch violated a temporary restraining order prohibiting him from contacting Sarnoff and his wife.Welch’s arrest is the latest skirmish involving the…
On a recent random night, as we were making complete pigs out of ourselves at Pubbelly from start to finish, Andreas Schreiner, the resto’s managing partner, came over and tipped us off that all the cool kids are doing what has been known on the street as the “Pubbelly crawl.”…
Liberty City coach Sam Johnson was a hero
Reader mail: “MAM board members should be indicted for stupidity”
Last Thanksgiving you might have seen the Tonight Show parody of Martha Stewart donning a face shield then spraying a turkey with what appears to be a canister of pepper spray.Despite the fact that the video appears to be fake — and despite Fox News’ Megyn Kelly’s claims that Occupy…
A local law firm that raised at least $30,000 in campaign funds for Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez is seeing its investment pay off. On Monday, the county commission approved Gimenez’s request to split Miami-Dade’s state lobbying contract among four companies, including Orlando-based Akerman Senterfitt & Eidson, which has an extensive…
The other day in a meeting, the Short Order bloggers got into a tizzy about which holiday had the better bites: Christmas, AKA Santa’s birthday — or is it Rudolph’s? — or Hanukkah, the eight days of lights not being turned off or something. This actually got our two members…
