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Economic Crisis

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Lake Worth Gun Shop and Shooting Range Gets $500K Stimulus Loan

    Flickr user: kevitivityYour stimulus dollars at work.​Buying guns and shooting targets in Lake Worth is officially part of the economic recovery effort.According to data compiled by the nonprofit journalism website ProPublica, the Palm Beach Shooting Center in Lake Worth received a $550,000 loan ... More >>

  • Film

    February 2, 2012

    Sundance 2012: Thick With the Anxieties of Our Times

    Flickr user: kevitivityYour stimulus dollars at work.​Buying guns and shooting targets in Lake Worth is officially part of the economic recovery effort.According to data compiled by the nonprofit journalism website ProPublica, the Palm Beach Shooting Center in Lake Worth received a $550,000 loan ... More >>

  • Film

    January 12, 2012

    The Godly Union of Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah, Sullied in "Joyful Noise"

    Flickr user: kevitivityYour stimulus dollars at work.​Buying guns and shooting targets in Lake Worth is officially part of the economic recovery effort.According to data compiled by the nonprofit journalism website ProPublica, the Palm Beach Shooting Center in Lake Worth received a $550,000 loan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    In Defense of Bankers: Why Occupy Protesters Shouldn't Target Those Who Cash Our Checks

    ​One banker, we'll call him Steve, was walking out of the corporate office in Orlando recently when a protester got in his face. There were three or four Occupy protesters who spotted Steve with a couple other people wearing suits. The protesters figured they had found one percenters. "You're resp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    GOP Intentionally Sabotaging Economy to Boot Obama? Only 39 Percent of Floridians Say No

    wildmanhangout.com​Old news: Floridians think Gov. Rick Scott sucks. New news: Nearly half of Florida thinks Republicans are intentionally sabotaging the economy to prevent the reelection of President Obama.It's not just those damned liberals either -- 24 percent of Republicans agree, according to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2011

    Census: Young People Still F*cked by Recession

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ret0dd/Down and out on mom and dad's sofa.​Now for some bad news. U.S. Census Bureau figures released today show that young people are getting especially pummeled by a recession that supposedly ended two years ago. According to the Associated Press, 20- and 30-someth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    Democratic National Committee: Florida Would Lose 473,000 Jobs Under Tea Party Economics

    ​In advance of tonight's GOP presidential debate, the Democratic National Committee has released a report claiming that 9.5 million American jobs would be lost if a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution were implemented by next year -- including the loss of 473,000 jobs in Florida.The reas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Lauderdale Lakes' Financial Crunch Is Part of a National Problem

    via www.kathyhyatt.comLauderdale Lakes' financial troubles are part of a national issue.​Lauderdale Lakes cannot balance its budget without aid, though it's still unclear how this aid will take shape. In November, the Juice reported that the city was behind on its payments to the Broward County Sh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Foreclosure Madness Just Won't Stop

    More pain is forecast in the housing market. All you need to do is look at Broward County Property Appraiser records to see why. There are thousands of properties left over from the housing boom that have neither been foreclosed or short sold. They're saying the bottom might hit in 2012 and th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    SoFla Tea Party's Everett Wilkinson Says Juan Williams Got It Wrong

    The average Tea Partier in South Florida is a lot more likely to look like this, Wilkinson says.​NPR commentator and Fox News talking head Juan Williams has been all over the media lately dissecting the Tea Party movement. In an April 2 Wall Street Journal editorial, Williams decried the liberal ... More >>

  • News

    October 29, 2009

    President Obama Fails to Go After Those Responsible for Financial Meltdown

    The average Tea Partier in South Florida is a lot more likely to look like this, Wilkinson says.​NPR commentator and Fox News talking head Juan Williams has been all over the media lately dissecting the Tea Party movement. In an April 2 Wall Street Journal editorial, Williams decried the liberal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 2009

    Kuluck Persian Restaurant, in Danger of Closing, Saved By Community

    ​It's become a sad fact of reality in the restaurant scene: businesses are closing every day, and by the dour way in which the best and brightest restaurateurs are talking, there doesn't seem to be any end in sight.That makes what happened last week at Tamarac's Kuluck Persian Restaurant and Loung ... More >>

  • Film

    October 1, 2009

    With Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore Sells the Same Old Shtick

    ​It's become a sad fact of reality in the restaurant scene: businesses are closing every day, and by the dour way in which the best and brightest restaurateurs are talking, there doesn't seem to be any end in sight.That makes what happened last week at Tamarac's Kuluck Persian Restaurant and Loung ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    No Recession on Clematis: Downtown WPB Gets Areperia, Pizza Joint

    Photo by Flickr user ulterior epicureArepas, hopefully as pretty as these, will headline a new joint on Clematis.​Recession, you say? Apparently not on Clematis Street, where despite a dining economy that has many restaurateurs contemplating an easier line of work, like shipping out on a tramp ste ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Surprise! Corrupt Palm Beach County Runs Out of Cash

    Former County Commissioner Mary McCarty and her colleagues had a slight spending problem.Beaches without life guards, higher bus fares, laid off county workers, a major tax hike. Such a dismal budget proposal is hardly shocking in a county that's drowning in a housing bust. But Palm Beach County's p ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 14, 2009

    Making Yourself at Home

    Former County Commissioner Mary McCarty and her colleagues had a slight spending problem.Beaches without life guards, higher bus fares, laid off county workers, a major tax hike. Such a dismal budget proposal is hardly shocking in a county that's drowning in a housing bust. But Palm Beach County's p ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 14, 2009

    Petal Pushers

    Former County Commissioner Mary McCarty and her colleagues had a slight spending problem.Beaches without life guards, higher bus fares, laid off county workers, a major tax hike. Such a dismal budget proposal is hardly shocking in a county that's drowning in a housing bust. But Palm Beach County's p ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 30, 2009

    Ease Recession Depression With the Jove

    Former County Commissioner Mary McCarty and her colleagues had a slight spending problem.Beaches without life guards, higher bus fares, laid off county workers, a major tax hike. Such a dismal budget proposal is hardly shocking in a county that's drowning in a housing bust. But Palm Beach County's p ... More >>

  • News

    April 23, 2009

    Letters From the Issue of April 23, 2009

    Former County Commissioner Mary McCarty and her colleagues had a slight spending problem.Beaches without life guards, higher bus fares, laid off county workers, a major tax hike. Such a dismal budget proposal is hardly shocking in a county that's drowning in a housing bust. But Palm Beach County's p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2009

    Ford's Hybrid Saves Liberals, One Rental Car at a Time

    It's hard to be a card-carrying, foreign-car-driving, alt-weekly-newspaper-working, Cheez Whiz-loving liberal these days. The conservatives say President Obama's corporate bailouts amount to socialism, and who knows if they're right, because they kind of lost me at the first trillion. So that's why ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2009

    Recap: Crist on Meet the Press

    Florida Gov. Charlie Crist faced off with David Gregory on NBC's Meet the Press a few minutes ago. Crist started by stressing the importance of bipartisan support for President Obama's stimulus package, then ended by... well... essentially withdrawing his own support for the package.Host Gregory beg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    Miami Herald Publisher: More Layoffs Coming To Newspaper

    Miami Herald Publisher David Landsberg informed all Herald employees this morning in an e-mail that newspaper would be laying off more employees in the coming weeks. "Unfortunately, it is already apparent there is no way to avoid the elimination of staff positions. We are exploring several alt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    Nicaraguan Pot Endorses This Post, The Donald Is a Downer, Big Ball Cuts Corners

    After watching last night's Pepsi Cola-Bud Light Super Bowl, it became clear to me that everything needs an official sponsor. So today's Morning Juice is brought to you by the Nicaraguan Tourism and Marijuana Growers Cooperative. It's good timing to land that sponsor too, because they just picked up ... More >>

  • News

    January 29, 2009

    Developer Tibor Hollo Helped Build Miami

    An epic condo bust can't burst his bubble.

  • Calendar

    January 15, 2009

    A Change Will Do You Good

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

  • Calendar

    December 18, 2008

    T.G.I.2009

    Let auld years be forgotten, tonight

  • Calendar

    December 4, 2008

    Bust Your Gut

    And the recession will follow.

  • Calendar

    November 20, 2008

    Comedy, Unleashed

    And the recession will follow.

  • News

    October 30, 2008

    Ahoy, Yacht Lovers

    The Boat Hustle Is Alive and Well

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    Bailout Is Vile But Necessary

    The Boat Hustle Is Alive and Well

  • Dining

    August 14, 2008

    Last Man Standing?

    For restaurants in a recession, it's survival of the fittest

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2008

    John Rodstrom Up, Sam Zell Down

    For restaurants in a recession, it's survival of the fittest

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2008

    Confirmed: Worst President Ever

    For restaurants in a recession, it's survival of the fittest

  • Calendar

    March 27, 2008

    Reality Bites

    For restaurants in a recession, it's survival of the fittest

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2008

    America's Economy Is A Sinking Cesspool

    For restaurants in a recession, it's survival of the fittest

  • News

    March 6, 2008

    They'll Take Your Houses

    South Florida's real estate forecast calls for pain

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2008

    New Courthouse? Ha!

    South Florida's real estate forecast calls for pain

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2008

    Hillary Clinton: Retro-Candidate

    South Florida's real estate forecast calls for pain

  • Culture

    December 4, 2003

    Tomorrow Never Dies

    Sugar leavened with enough spice makes tasty holiday fare

  • Subtropical Life

    May 15, 2003

    Best Sign that Good Help Is Hard to Find

    Guardian Pools

  • Dining

    January 31, 2002

    Riding in Style

    Leave the driving to Mike's on the Beach

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