Subject: Barack Obama

• Hova For Hope: Free Miami Jay-Z Concert this Sunday for Obama!

  October 1, 2008

• Last Night: Jay-Z at Bayfront Park

  October 6, 2008

• Race Trudges On After Dullsville Debate

  October 7, 2008

• Broward Links

  October 27, 2008

• Foxaganda

  October 28, 2008

• Throwback Tuesdays: Sam Cooke--"A Change is Gonna Come"

  November 4, 2008

• On the List - Election Day Edition

  November 4, 2008

• Early Election Results

  November 4, 2008

• The Morning After

  November 5, 2008

• How Do You Spell Relief? O-B-A-M-A

  November 6, 2008

• Hey Barack: Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em

  No to be contrary, but I'm not remotely bothered by the fact that the incoming president is a smoker. Or at least I'm not as concerned as Palm Beach Post columnist Rhonda Swan who today demanded that Obama "Quit Smoking, Period."This habit makes him human. The man who directed the most disciplined campaign in modern political history has earned the right to be completely undisciplined in at least one facet of his life. Rhonda points out that Obama should set a good example for his two daughters.

  December 11, 2008

• Morning Juice: Samaritans, Good And Bad, All on Same Sinking Ship

  The big story today is that justice appears to have caught up to the driver of the truck that killed wheelchair-bound Kenneth Scotto Sunday night in Dania Beach. The Bad Samaritan's name is Hugo Daniel Detteren and this is the truck model.But fate was unkind to a Good Samaritan, too. Former Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Tim Smith says that he tossed aside his bike to render aid to a couple drivers who'd collided on Sunrise Boulevard. Since the drivers did not need Smith's life-saving skills,

  December 31, 2008

• On the List - XXXChange, VNDLSM, Little Louie Vega and Yo! Majesty

  Should we be worrying, ya'll? Economy is going to shit. Let's hope Obama fixes things soon after he gives Bush the boot from the White House next week. Until then, there shall be more drinking and partying to forget we are on the verge of going broke.Here is what you'll want to check out this weekend:Spank Rock DJ XXXChange will be spinning at PS14 for its Happy House party tonight. As we said yesterday, XXXChange is the man largely responsible for the hipster-hop sound that's quickly becoming

  January 15, 2009

• Fashionable Inauguration Parties Will Serve Barack O'buca Till You Puke-a

  The view from my train, bound for the center of the political universeAfter trekking 21 hours by Amtrak from West Palm Beach to Washington DC.   -- along with  140 kids from a high school marching band and conductors who swore they had graduated from "Choo Choo U."  --  the first thing I wanted was a drink. Well, a nap, a shower, then a drink. At a charming downtown bar called Kelly's Irish Times, I hung out with a guy who was a legislative aide to a Congressman by day

  January 19, 2009

• My Inauguration Photo Album Full of Obama Droves, Celebrity Specks And Snipers

  It is hard to overstate how crowded it was on the National Mall Sunday. I've been to New York City.  I've been to Disney World. I've been to Phish concerts. But to be one amongst nearly a million human bodies is oddly disconcerting. Especially because it seemed like a good thirty percent of those bodies were Marines, cops, or Secret Service agents. The rest of the crowd was mostly happy, but reserved: affluent Washington types in tweed, groups of black women on all-girls trips, one chick on

  January 19, 2009

• Coral Ridge Surrenders; Jack Seiler Explains

  The church that D. James Kennedy built is waving the white flag in the culture war -- just in time for Barack Obama's inauguration. By hiring 36-year-old Tullian Tchividjian -- Billy Graham's grandson -- Coral Ridge Presbyterian has all but surrendered its right-wing, homophobic agenda. Oh sure, it'll still flare up from time to time, but the days of Kennedy's overbearing, right-wing, homophobic, hate-drenched sermons are over. The headline over Jawe

  January 20, 2009

• Inauguration Update: Boobs Not Welcome in a Post-Bush World

  This may come as a disappointment to all those Wag the Dog conspiracy theorists, but the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States was not a CGI stunt; it really happened, reports Juice Capitol Correspondent Deirdra Funcheon. She witnessed the ceremony firsthand, over the heads of a few million other humans, from approximately a mile away:To be around a million or two million people listening to a Jumbotron, it was an overwhelming phenomenon. When Obama was giving h

  January 20, 2009

• Local Artist = Celebrity BFF in D.C.

  We first heard of Fort Lauderdale artist Ryan Paul Simmons in the fall, when he made a real cool painting of Barack Obama and offered it up to help the campaign in whatever way he could. He ended up participating in a Miami event where actors Matt Damon and Alicia Silverstone were urging voters to choose Obama.  Simmons saw his moment of opportunity.  Next thing we knew, he was a celebrity's BFF, popping up with his painting at movie premieres and concerts. This week, he made it all th

  January 21, 2009

• If There's a Conspiracy, Florida Journalist's in on It

  No television cameras bore witness to President Barack Obama's second oath of office -- just a single photographer who snapped the shot above, of two people who vaguely resemble Obama and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, their right hands raised and looking all oath-y. Or... it really happened. Yes, in the interest of strangling this lame-ass conspiracy theory while it's still in the proverbial cradle, here's St. Pete Times reporter Wes Allison swearing that he witnessed the oath sequel

  January 22, 2009

• Morning Juice: Fear Broward's New Child Teacher, Fidel Succumbs to Internets

  The president falls prey to the Vulcan mind meld. The newest teacher in Broward County schools is an 11-year-old child prodigy. Some might say that Adora Svitak is an inspiration to children everywhere because she has already taught college classes, appeared on CNN, published a book, taken over the Ukraine, and assembled the world's largest Pokémon collection. But I say: fear Adora. Fear her like you fear The Rapture. Because Adora Svitak is a sign of how things have changed under President O

  January 23, 2009

• Talking With Chuck D About Obama

  Image via www.myspace.com/chuckdpublicenemyThere are few rap songs as important to modern culture as Public Enemy's "Fight the Power," a rallying cry against political indifference. Well, it's been 20 years since PE's frontman Chuck D helped scare the hell out of white America, and a black man now sits in the Oval Office thanks in large part to record black turnout last November. "We had numbers [on our side] this time," Chuck says of the election, a few days before Obama's inauguration. (His o

  January 23, 2009

• Obama's BFF (Best Florida Friend) Embroiled In Home Renovation Scandal

  Sun-SentinelBroward County Mayor Stacy Ritter's involvement with a billion-dollar Ponzi scheme should finally wise Barack Obama up about his supporter, friend, and possible White House hire (that's the two of them pictured above at an Obama rally at the BankAtlantic Center last year). It's already an embarassment for the new Administration here in South Florida.  Just to update on what we know: A fraudulent viatical company, Mutual Benefits Corp., hired R

  January 23, 2009

• Wasserman Schultz Pushing for Delay in Digital TV Switch

  Starting February 18, television signals are scheduled switch to digital, meaning that people with analog televisions (read: the elderly) who don't have converter boxes would lose their signal. But today the U.S. House of Representatives voted to push conversion back to June. President Obama is expected to sign that bill into law tomorrow.Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been circulating this pamphlet to her constituents, but there are still 5,000 people in her West Broward congression

  February 4, 2009

• Schlepping for the Vote: Comedian Sarah Silverman Sends Jewish Grandchildren Descending on Florida

  October 9, 2008

• Barack Obama Wins Over Pageant Queen and Reggae Prince at Rally in Sunrise

  October 30, 2008

• Barack Obama wins -- and So Does South Florida

  November 6, 2008

• Koala Overdose

  The Australian bush fires that started on Saturday have racked up a devastating death toll, with 181 confirmed dead and it could total over 200. How does the world comfort itself? By oohing and ahhing over a rescued koala bear. Get outta the way, you un-cuddly human survivor with unsightly burn wounds. We'd rather care for the now-I-want-one-for-a-pet, thirsty koala bear. Forget the pictures of the carnage, repeat the video that captured this. While Obama shares in the pain of all the family an

  February 13, 2009

• Pembroke Pines Mayor Has Most Boring Stimulus Wish List Ever

  Broward CountyOrtisWith its 150,000 population, Pembroke Pines stands to get a nice, fat slice of the $10-12 billion coming to Florida from the economic stimulus package Obama will sign into law today. How will Mayor Frank Ortis spend his Obama bills? Not on hookers nor cocaine. Not on a U2 performance at city hall. Not a space station or even a monorail. Nope, Ortis told The New York Times that the top item on his wish list is repairing the city's aging sewer lines. Booo! Monorail! Monorail! Mo

  February 16, 2009

• Teflon Charlie Rules Lauderdale Stage

  The big punchline in Washington D.C. these days is "bipartisanship." Barack Obama wants to be friends with Republicans but they don't want to be friends with him. Of course, it's all politics. The Republicans have nothing to gain from jumping on the Obama bandwagon and everything to gain if that wagon loses a wheel or three. But Obama has managed to make a friend out of at least one Republican: Our own Gov. Charlie Crist.In opening remarks before this afternoon's town hall meeting at the Galt Oc

  February 18, 2009

• And Now, a Break From the Gloom and Doom in the South Florida Housing Market

  Maybe the worst days of this region's housing crisis are finally behind us.A day after President Barack Obama outlined a plan to help as many as 9 million families avoid foreclosures comes news that the number of foreclosure filings in South Florida fell 12 percent in January.

  February 19, 2009

• Waste Reduction a Red-hot Political Trend

  With Americans stressing about the economy, politicians at every level are either skimping on the usual luxuries that come with elected office, or pillorying their rivals for failing to do so. But mostly, they're trying to do both.The Obama administration, which staged a bargain basement inauguration, has come dangerously close to creating a lynch mob in its outrage over the bonuses handed out by taxpayer-rescued AIG. Congressional Republicans have been trying to out-outrage Obama and pin the bl

  March 19, 2009

• In Hallandale, National Review Writer Finds Liberals to Lampoon

  Doesn't really look like Obama, but he smiles. And he's black(ish).After eight years of watching Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Michael Moore crack wise over the dunderheadedness of a Republican president, the arrival of a Democrat in the Oval Office means the Republican humorists get their turn.But this campaign got off to a rocky, racist start. There was the Rush Limbaugh-approved Barack the Magic Negro, which had all the subtlety of a minstrel show. Our state of Florida made a few embarrass

  March 30, 2009

• New Perspective on How Obama Won Florida -- or not?

  Obama at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise this fallFreshly arrived election data, suggests that Barack Obama's defeat of John McCain in Florida was not the product of an energized Democratic base:Updated election data shows that Florida Republicans actually turned out at a greater rate than Democrats -- nearly 80 percent of Republicans voted, compared to 76 percent of Democrats and 66 percent of other voters. GOP turnout grew 1 percent from 2004; Democratic turnout grew 3 percent.The article c

  March 31, 2009

• A Change Will Do You Good

  Celebrate the switch-off we've all been waiting for, today

  January 15, 2009

• Obama Is Three Syllables, Haiku Lovers

  January 15, 2009

• T.G.I.2009

  Let auld years be forgotten, tonight

  December 18, 2008

• Fear of the Queer: Blacks in Florida vote to oppress gays

  November 13, 2008

• South Florida maintenance man becomes Barack Obama impersonator

  October 30, 2008

• War Between Obama Mamas and Palin Pretties in Lake Worth

  October 23, 2008

• D-Wade Invited to D.C., May Play One-on-One With Obama

  flickr.com Obama has game, but can he beat MV3? When the president says he wants you to come over to play some hoops, you go. Especially if you're a gold-medal-winning NBA champion who comes from the same neighborhood in Chicago. Dwyane Wade will meet with Obama in Washington, D.C., for a Father's Day weekend full of events aimed at promoting male mentorship. There will be speeches to high schoolers, a barbecue, and -- probably -- some one-on-one. On whether he'd talk

  June 18, 2009

• Obama's Listening Tour Comes to Broward Monday

  Flickr user: fyunkieSure, President Obama's ears are big, but he's got a helluva lot of people competing for their attention. If you have a message you hope will make its way to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., your best bet may be to attend Monday's "Listening Tour" stop in Plantation.  The prez himself won't be there, but staff members of Organizing for America (an extension of his presidential campaign) will be. Hot topics include health care, gay rights, and Supreme Court nominee Sandra Sotomayo

  June 19, 2009

• Sotomayor Confirmed for Supreme Court

  As was widely expected (and dreaded, in conservative quarters) the U.S. Senate gave its approval to Barack Obama's appointment for U.S. Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor. Florida's Sen. Mel Martinez was one of just nine Republicans to cast a vote in favor of the appointment. That's because he fell head-over-heels in love with her, in June.

  August 6, 2009

• For Cub Reporter, No Love From the Home Crowd

  Flickr: luvreforsale​It's a pity that not all commenters are as classy as those here at Juice. I'm reminded of this disparity after looking hopefully toward the comments field in this NBC6 Miami report about Damon Weaver, the 11-year-old African American boy from poverty-ravaged Pahokee who just might be the youngest person to ever interview the U.S. President.Let's check in with those commenters:Why doesn't Obama let a white kid interview him? Could it be that he is a racist?Looks like you've

  August 14, 2009

• Ohmygod Grandma Do Not Rap When the NY Times Reporter Is Around!

  nytimes.comArtificial hip-hop and health care hysteria: all the rage at Sunrise Lakes​They've still working do on destroying Obama's health care plan but in the opening moments of this New York Times video,  Sunrise seniors dealt a death blow to hip-hop. Chilling video here.The accompanying article is set in the massive Sunrise Lakes retirement community, and the writer remarks at how that area voted overwhelmingly for Obama, but that many of the seniors are now second-guessing that vote

  August 20, 2009

• Morning Juice: Justice at a Snail's Pace

  ​On the day that Obama has chosen for his health-care miracle, let's look at what's happening on this rain-spattered peninsula.Opening arguments today in the trial of the week: Toby and Kerstin Fenn, accused of first-degree murder in the death of Elly Lorey -- Kerstin's 89-year-old mother, who had Alzheimer's and whose emaciated corpse was found in the couple's Boca Raton home four years ago. The Palm Beach Post's Susan Spencer-Wendel will be posting updates on her Twitter page, here.Broward's

  September 9, 2009

• Pretty Speech, Barack, But What Will You Do About the Robots Who Will Eat Our Pills?

  Seriously, that classic SNL sketch above is only slightly more absurd than the kind that are being circulated by Boca Raton's state legislator and House Leader Adam Hasner. In tonight's speech, Obama took on the "death panel" myth and the socialism myth and remembered to shave the Hitler mustache that he must have grown during his vacation.Did anyone else notice how our South Florida congressional delegation lined up for the pre-game handshake gantlet with the POTUS? Ron Klein, Robert Wexler and

  September 9, 2009

• Media Spins Survey to Find Racial Divide Between Obama, Whites

  Flickr: uncletony063​This past weekend, the major newspapers in the Tribune company chain, including the Sun-Sentinel, ran this article, originally from the Los Angeles Times, about how Obama is "fast losing white voters' support."And judging by the mostly white tea party types who've been heckling Democrats at health care town halls and who tune in to Glenn Beck, it does seem like Obama's losing ground among whites. But then, we have to be careful about being misled by the saturation coverage

  September 10, 2009

• Your 912 Project Scavenger Hunt

  Pretending Obama is a Muslim might never get old. ​Here's a fun way to look at today's so-called 912 events. But first, some background: Eight years ago, this country was struck in the worst terrorist attack in our history. In the days and weeks following, Americans felt a sense of unity, coming together to collectively lick our wounds and fly our flag in the face of adversity. Before anyone attacked anyone else, before any new laws were passed, before we even knew exactly wha

  September 12, 2009

• Did Wexler Have Falling Out With Obama?

  Wexler​In Barack Obama's presidential election, Robert Wexler was one of those linchpins. As an early supporter, he convinced a great many wary Jewish voters in South Florida that Obama would be a friend of Israel, as Obama himself promised. It was crucial to winning Florida.But since Obama won election, he's been tough with Israel, insisting that it cease new settlements along borders of the Palestinian territories. More recently, the president has softened that tone -- "restraint" for new se

  October 14, 2009

• President Obama Fails to Go After Those Responsible for Financial Meltdown

  October 29, 2009