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  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Chris and Jeff George's Pill Mill Operation: Your Pulp Reader

    If you've been reading here for a while, you remember former New Times writer Tom Francis, who has since moved on to more mysterious plans elsewhere in the country. Whatever he's been up to, it's involved rooting around in the court records of Chris and Jeff George, the Wellington twins who are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Mitt Romney's Secret Palm Beach Stump Speech: Destroy HUD, Pitch a "Republican DREAM Act"

    It's amazing what a politician will say when he doesn't think the press is around.Mitt Romney, who's the subject of this week's cover story, held a closed-door, $50,000-a-plate fundraiser in Palm Beach Sunday night, and, though he has been irritatingly vague in his publicly announced plans for his p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2012

    Debbie Wasserman Schultz Gets New Hairdo; Internet Goes Nuts

    Normally, the Pulp would never consider a politician's hairstyle news, but U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Weston) is a special case. For some reason, the internet hates her hair. Her tightly spiraled, dyed-blond curls have been called "angry perm" and "nappy," and Rush Limbaugh once accused h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2012

    Old, Old Panther Euthanized at Palm Beach Zoo

    Update, 12:25 p.m.: The Busch Wildlife Sanctuary in Jupiter says it has six panthers in captivity on its website; waiting for a call back to confirm, but it looks like there are some options to check them out in captivity after all.Original post:The only A panther in captivity in South Florida ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 8, 2012

    A Talking Head, Talking

    Update, 12:25 p.m.: The Busch Wildlife Sanctuary in Jupiter says it has six panthers in captivity on its website; waiting for a call back to confirm, but it looks like there are some options to check them out in captivity after all.Original post:The only A panther in captivity in South Florida ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Gingrich Loses Florida Republican Primary, Asks for Delegates Anyway

    "​Andy Bernard does not lose contests. He wins them, or he quits them because they are unfair."-- Andy Bernard, The OfficeRepublican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich lost Tuesday's primary by 14 points, which means he doesn't get any of the state's 50 delegates and front-runner Mitt Romney can ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    We Make Our Demands After Fox News Plagiarized This Website

    Fox News stooped to a bit of copyright infringement last week in lifting a story from the Pulp. In response, we sent a letter to Fox this morning with a reasonable demand for compensation. ​Dearest Fox News,It came as some surprise to see your January 27 article titled "Epic Campaign Ad Brings Oba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    Allen West, Believe It or Not, Takes Up the Most Airtime of Any House Freshman

    Harriet Tubman​Believe it or not, Rep. Allen West -- the self-proclaimed "modern-day Harriet Tubman" who compared being gay to liking ice cream and riding scooters, said gay soldiers can "change their behavior," called not-a-lady Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz the "most vile, unprofessional, and de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    Allen West, AKA Harriet Tubman, Sent His Own Brother to "Plantation Overseer" Maxine Waters

    Harriet Tubman​As you may remember, Rep. Allen West -- the self-proclaimed "modern-day Harriet Tubman" -- said the other day that he was starting his own "underground railroad" to get black people away from the "21st-century plantation."Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters, whom West had identified as a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2011

    Five of the World's Largest Candies and Their Calorie Counts

    When we said "giant candy cane" we meant the edible variety.​We live in a country where obese children are more of a concern than nuclear war. Americans spend $110 billion annually to shove Big Macs, super-sized fries, and milkshakes down their gullets in the hopes of doing what? Surely not mainta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    Debbie Wasserman Schultz Ends Congress vs. Press Corps Softball Game With a Walk-Off

    ​Democratic National Committee Chairwoman and South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz finally earned a victory against the press -- at least in the charity softball game she played last night.After two consecutive losing games and suffering a broken leg at the hands of Capitol Hil ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 16, 2011

    A Big Gay Parade

    ​Democratic National Committee Chairwoman and South Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz finally earned a victory against the press -- at least in the charity softball game she played last night.After two consecutive losing games and suffering a broken leg at the hands of Capitol Hil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Four Foods to Put You to Sleep, Make You Fat, and Save Your Marriage

    Marcia Cross needs a nap.​The Today Show on MSNBC reported this morning that women with sleep deprivation report higher problems with their marriage.Well duh. A lack of sleep makes anyone cranky and women are already doped up on estrogen which means that less quality melatonin-time, well... you ju ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    Nicole Sandler Arrested for Heckling at Allen West Town Hall, Says She Was Maced in Jail (UPDATED with BSO Report)

    Read on for the BSO report of what happened in the jail.On Tuesday night, Allen West held a "town hall" event in Fort Lauderdale, at which he took only preapproved questions. He got started by complaining about bloggers who want to "skin him alive," then got held up by a man screaming "What about ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    MSNBC: South Floridian Oil Man May Have Bribed Jordanian Officials

    King Abdullah II​Last month, this blog reported that a Delray Beach oilman named Harry Sargeant III may have overcharged the U.S. government by more than $200 million while fulfilling military contracts. Now, according to MSNBC.com, Sargeant is being accused of bribing Jordanian government officia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2011

    Allen West On Keith Olbermann: Vengeance Is His

    I'm digging up what one source called "game changer" in the continuing Scott Rothstein saga today, so in the meantime I'll give you the Reader's Digest version of this weekend's Allen West speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington on Saturday. West hit a lot of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    The Tea Party Is the Muslim Brotherhood of America? You Betcha

    MSNBC's Chris Matthews made a remark yesterday comparing the Tea Party of America to the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt. "So the Muslim Brotherhood has a parallel role here with the Tea Party," he said. "They're the ones who keep you honest and decide whether you've stayed too long?" That's what  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    UPDATED: Schools Threat Suspect Is Green Party Member

    The woman charged by the FBI with making a threat that led to the lockdown of more than 300 Broward County schools after hearing the words of right-wing talker Joyce Kaufman isn't a member of the Tea Party -- she's a member of the Green Party. Ellisa Martinez was arrested yesterday for ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    Election Day Notes

    Let's start this thing off with a couple of blog votes. On Amendments 5 and 6, it's pretty easy: If you like gerrymandering, vote against them. As for me, it's a yes vote on these two. On the judicial race between John Fry and John Howes for County Court Judge in District 1, I've made a decision. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Allen West Beats Out Bee-Crapping Dog for Dubious Cable TV Honor

    ​​Producers for liberal MSNBC pontificator Keith Olbermann have been following our extreme conservative candidate for Congress, Allen West, since April when the host devoted his "Special Comment" segment to the campaign comments where West encouraged supporters to make incumbent Ron Klein "scare ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Live-Blogging Crist's Independence Day

    Sorry, that's the best we could do for a dramatic video lead-in on such short notice. Anyway, Charlie Crist's about ready to step to the mic and make it official. Follow us after the jump for the MSNBC feed and commentary.

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Allen West Gets "Special Comment" Treatment by Keith Olbermann

    We showed you the offending video a few days ago, and it landed right in the wheelhouse of MSNBC's fire-breathing liberal Keith Olbermann. This moment of infamy should help West burnish his right-wing ideologue credentials, but the former Army lieutenant colonel will need to move toward the center ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    George LeMieux Talking Points Get Mangled on Cable News Show

    Is there anyone out there besides George LeMieux and his fellow Republicans in Congress who think that this health care issue hasn't been debated to death? To someone who was appointed to the U.S. Senate this past fall, it may seem like health care reform has sneaked up on Congress, but it's been p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2009

    Metaphor Alert: Merry Christmas Arrested in Boynton

    Flickr: DanCentury​Just because your name is "Merry Christmas" doesn't mean you can go resisting arrest during the holiday season. That's allegedly what happened in Boynton Beach, where a 44-year-old woman by that name -- who probably grows irritable every year at this time -- came out of her home ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Debbie Wasserman Schultz Now a Lightning Rod in Party Politics Over Health Care

    Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyMove over, Alan Grayson. There's another Florida Democrat who's not afraid to ruffle Republican feathers -- West Broward Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz. In yesterday MSNBC segment (roughly 3:15 of the video above) she w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2009

    Rubio Wins the Week in GOP Senate Race

    Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyU.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio scored two big endorsements this week, plus the criticism of from one of those Democrat-leaning MSNBC talking heads, which kinda counts as an endorsement. About 1:10 in the video above, Hardbal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Teabag Gags And Other Important Democratic Functions

    All this talk on the news about the right-wing "teabagging" protests is cracking me up. In fact I'm starting to think that the evil liberal media talked the national frustrati into taking on that moniker for their movement as a juvenile prank. (Locally, our own Michael Mooney mixed it up w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2009

    America is Watching Riviera Beach's Ass, Laws

    There was a fantastic piece in The New York Times yesterday from former New Times managing editor Edmund Newton about a Riviera Beach law banning droopy drawers. The ordinance, passed last year with over 70% voter support, makes it illegal to wear pants low enough to reveal skin o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    Sorry, Chris Hansen. Internet Predators Not Biggest Online Threat To Teens.

    The new study by Harvard's Internet Safety Technical Task Force doesn't come straight out and say that Chris Hansen (right) -- MSNBC's moral equivalent to Nancy Grace -- is completely full of shit, but it does say that America's children are not nearly as at risk from the so-called internet pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2009

    The Great Publix Fish Fillet Swindle

    Last night I followed a craving for fish fillets into the deepest recesses of my freezer. (Do NOT make fun -- we are poor writers over here; in fact, some of us survive mainly on tuna fish sandwiches).  Now, look at the image below. Do you see the writing on the box?  I'm not talking abou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 2, 2008

    Biden-Palin Debate Rundown

    Last night I followed a craving for fish fillets into the deepest recesses of my freezer. (Do NOT make fun -- we are poor writers over here; in fact, some of us survive mainly on tuna fish sandwiches).  Now, look at the image below. Do you see the writing on the box?  I'm not talking abou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2008

    The Russert Death-A-Thon Continues

    Last night I followed a craving for fish fillets into the deepest recesses of my freezer. (Do NOT make fun -- we are poor writers over here; in fact, some of us survive mainly on tuna fish sandwiches).  Now, look at the image below. Do you see the writing on the box?  I'm not talking abou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 25, 2007

    Jay-Z Steps Down as President of Def Jam

    Last night I followed a craving for fish fillets into the deepest recesses of my freezer. (Do NOT make fun -- we are poor writers over here; in fact, some of us survive mainly on tuna fish sandwiches).  Now, look at the image below. Do you see the writing on the box?  I'm not talking abou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2007

    A Quick Post On Fucker Carlson

    Last night I followed a craving for fish fillets into the deepest recesses of my freezer. (Do NOT make fun -- we are poor writers over here; in fact, some of us survive mainly on tuna fish sandwiches).  Now, look at the image below. Do you see the writing on the box?  I'm not talking abou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2007

    Local Reporters' Political Tribs

    Last night I followed a craving for fish fillets into the deepest recesses of my freezer. (Do NOT make fun -- we are poor writers over here; in fact, some of us survive mainly on tuna fish sandwiches).  Now, look at the image below. Do you see the writing on the box?  I'm not talking abou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2007

    Tragic News

    Last night I followed a craving for fish fillets into the deepest recesses of my freezer. (Do NOT make fun -- we are poor writers over here; in fact, some of us survive mainly on tuna fish sandwiches).  Now, look at the image below. Do you see the writing on the box?  I'm not talking abou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2007

    Rose Blooms, Imus Stomped

    Last night I followed a craving for fish fillets into the deepest recesses of my freezer. (Do NOT make fun -- we are poor writers over here; in fact, some of us survive mainly on tuna fish sandwiches).  Now, look at the image below. Do you see the writing on the box?  I'm not talking abou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2007

    Why We Cared (Really)

    Last night I followed a craving for fish fillets into the deepest recesses of my freezer. (Do NOT make fun -- we are poor writers over here; in fact, some of us survive mainly on tuna fish sandwiches).  Now, look at the image below. Do you see the writing on the box?  I'm not talking abou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2006

    The Value of JonBenet

    Last night I followed a craving for fish fillets into the deepest recesses of my freezer. (Do NOT make fun -- we are poor writers over here; in fact, some of us survive mainly on tuna fish sandwiches).  Now, look at the image below. Do you see the writing on the box?  I'm not talking abou ... More >>

  • News

    September 22, 2005

    Savage Station

    The Sun-Sentinel's news station, WFTL-AM (850), was an oasis of local talk. Now it's just another haven for hate.

  • Subtropical Life

    May 12, 2005

    Best Career Move

    Rick Sanchez

  • Calendar

    March 10, 2005

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Rick Sanchez

  • Calendar

    September 2, 2004

    No Question

    Jadakiss cashes in on controversy

  • News

    April 22, 2004

    The GOP's Brain

    Fear good. Facts bad. Frank Luntz reveals the Republican way.

  • News

    May 1, 2003

    Political Therapy

    Talking war with dissident Jim Mullins is good for a battle-scarred psyche

  • News

    January 23, 2003

    Card Shark

    A Delray businessman's cards create an international stir

  • News

    January 16, 2003

    Letters for January 16, 2003

    Rick Is a Wreck

  • News

    January 9, 2003

    Slick Rick

    Why won't those mean, old, sniping critics just quiet down?

  • Culture

    January 3, 2002

    Rescue 9/11

    This year, a handful of shows provided the healing power of laughter

  • Best of BPB

    May 17, 2001

    Best Local Politician

    State Rep. Lois Frankel

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