“Backed Into the Corner” is the provocative name of a new research report that shows almost nine out of ten Miami restaurant workers do not receive any paid sick days and that nearly 50 percent of those employees have gone to work sick. An even larger majority — 63.6 percent…
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…
Reader Mail: Norman Braman Is a Bully in the Guise of a Civic-Minded Leader
Absentee Ballot Fraud Is Wrecking Democracy in Miami
Thank God for Chad Johnson. Last night, the “Look At Me” wide receiver was the star of the first episode of Hard Knocks: Training Camp With The Miami Dolphins on HBO. You get the feeling the Dolphins brain trust of General Manager Jeff Ireland and Head Coach Joe Philbin picked…
See also “Kim Kardashian ‘Honored’ to be Kanye’s ‘Perfect Bitch,’ Causes Twitter Uproar.” Kanye West has reportedly given girlfriend Kim Kardashian a new pet name … The “perfect bitch.” According to the New York Daily News, the 35-year-old rapper dropped some previously unreleased tracks at a Manhattan nightclub over the…
Also read: “Al Lorenzo Wins Elections, but Will His History Hurt the State Attorney’s Latest Bid.”Late yesterday, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez sacked Al Lorenzo, the campaign consultant who’s been by his side since he first ran for elected office eight years ago. The Miami Herald reports Gimenez fired Lorenzo because…
Uncle Luke, 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, Luke wants the feds to investigate the latest election fraud scandal in Miami-Dade.President Barack Obama needs to send the…
What hath the dog days of summer wrought? A smackdown testing out fake chocolate milk, that’s what. Does this mean that nothing much of interest is happening in the local food world today? Unless you find the sexual preference of chicken franchise customers a matter of fascination, that’s about right…
With Miami’s primary elections rolling in on August 14, Banana Republican decided to do Dade a solid by tallying up the worst scalawags, scoundrels, and scumbags who weaseled onto the ballot. Rock the vote, long live democracy, and all that jazz.But honestly, we’d rather you stay at home and watch…
If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it. Unless you’re a millionaire musician with a megasuccessful career. And then fuck it, change your name completely. We’re pretty sure that’s how the old adage goes, and that’s what you’d be led to believe by Crossfade’s little list of moniker madness. When an…
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…
See the full archive of Pepe Billete’s columns here.Last week I took a little break from the column to celebrate my birthday. The party was amazing and even managed to get the attention of NBC!While it did take me a couple of days to recover, I had a plan to…
We knew that something good would have to come from the public relations debacle that Chick-fil-A is in the midst of. And we were right!Thankfully there are comedians that rock our world and shed light (and some much-needed humor) on whether to boycott or support a fast food restaurant that…
Last year, Homestead City Councilman Rev. Jimmie Williams III wanted to open his own fried fish restaurant. So he turned to a generous land owner who helped him and three other candidates, including current Mayor Steve Bateman, win in 2009. Real estate developer Wayne Rosen — who bankrolled a political…
Reader Mail: Florida Needs to Ban Red-Light Cameras
Norman Braman Is a Phony, and So Are His Candidates
Mike Huckabee, former governor, former presidential candidate, former marathon runner, political pundit, and author of a children’s book, has announced that today, August 1, be proclaimed across this great nation as Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, in honor of the company that sparked a shitstorm of controversy after its president and COO, Dan…
These days, musicians are nothing without high-profile, million-dollar endorsements. You just aren’t a winner unless you’re shilling soda, makeup, electronics, and your own personal brand of booze. Luckily, today’s commercial powerhouses are more entrepreneurial than ever. So they will literally sell anything for the chance to make some extra cash…
Uncle Luke, 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, Luke goes after the County Commission’s biggest enemy.Car magnate, activist, and billionaire Norman Braman has everyone fooled. He’s not…
See also “A$AP Rocky Announces LongLiveA$AP 2012 Tour With Fillmore Miami Beach Show.” It had been 62 days since Miami’s last zombie attack. But now we have to restart the counter. A$AP Rocky and his A$AP Mob just released “Bath Salt,” a dark banger with enough evil swag to make…
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…
