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Justice is served The 20-year-old San Francisco resident was rolling across the upper deck of the Bay Bridge at 10:40 a.m., smoking a cigarette. When he got to Harrison Street, he rolled down the window of his white 2004 Ford Expedition SUV and tossed out the butt. Instead of bounding along the pavement, however, the [...]

The Tampa Tribune polled Florida’s Congressional delegation on their Social Security theft stances. Nothing surprising for those who have been following the fight: lots of privateers amongst the GOP, with some notable CYA exceptions for those in districts with lots of retirees. Constituents in Allen Boyd’s district need to keep the heat on. Delegation Unnerved [...]

Pre-K schools: Funds too low The Policy Group for Florida’s Families and Children estimates it would cost $3,862 per student to create a “high quality” program. “What (Bush) is talking about is a voucher slot that just pays for a child’s seat,” Gellens said. Danny Morris, president of the Florida Association for Child Care Management, [...]

A court recently ruled that Fox News has every right to air lies and distortions – it’s not technically illegal. As a result of this ruling, the two Tampa reporters who have been fighting Fox for years over their unjust firing have been ordered to pay millions in Fox legal fees. Jane Akre and Steve [...]

The Rude Pundit We are a nation of savages. That is what we decided last night. We belong to the “most advanced” society in the history of the world, and we decided that we would rather be barbarians, hunched over fire pits, ripping meat off the bones of our enemies, raping our women, howling out [...]

TAPPED expresses almost exactly the thoughts I was having this morning, thus saving me the trouble of actually having to write anything. First, the GOP, using what appear to qualify as illegal methods, has attempted to mislead thousands of Democratic-leaning voters in Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere, into thinking they’d be registered but [...]

Midnight deadline.. You need to do it in person at your local office. More info here – fill out the form and carry it in. The books will close at midnight tonight for registering to vote in November’s election, amid an unprecedented voter drive in Florida that has both presidential campaigns claiming success and overwhelmed [...]

Spinning like a top off of Palm Beach – spreading squalls throughout the Tampa area and on into the Gulf. My electricity has already been out twice, not counting the flickering and dimming incidents. We’ve had some strong winds and locally violent storms, but nothing major yet. Local coverage Also here And here 1 million [...]

I’m back, having been allowed to fly and subsequently having not been arrested during my travails around Manhattan. Minus a pilfered Palm Pilot, and a little peeved about a total laptop failure, rather than do the right thing by making my way to an internet cafe and renting computer time to post, I took the [...]

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