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    April 13, 2012

    Allen West Blames Obama for Results of 2007 Housing Crash

    ​Welcome to another post in our Allen West Fact Party series, in which we take claims made by the District 22 Republican and attempt to figure out whether they have a basis in reality. In case you were wondering, they usually don't.President Obama came to South Florida on Tuesday, giving Congressm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Florida Republican Socialists Piss Off Los Angeles Over Food Stamps

    ​Florida Sen. Ronda Storms is causing an uproar all the way to L.A. -- as seen in today's Los Angeles Times -- with her proposal to forbid Florida food stamp recipients from using the program money to buy junk food. Storms' bill was approved by the Senate Committee on Children, Families, and Elde ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Whose Dole Is It, Anyway?

    ​Florida Sen. Ronda Storms is causing an uproar all the way to L.A. -- as seen in today's Los Angeles Times -- with her proposal to forbid Florida food stamp recipients from using the program money to buy junk food. Storms' bill was approved by the Senate Committee on Children, Families, and Elde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    That's Low-Down: Pembroke Pines Man Gets Rich by Stealing From Disabled Cousin

    John Kopras, formerly of Pembroke Pines, entered a guilty plea in Fort Lauderdale's federal court Thursday to charges that he raided the Social Security accounts of a cousin who was mentally disabled.According to the federal prosecutor's news release, Kopras set up trust accounts at Wachovia Bank th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    Call Centers Overwhelmed With Floridians Needing Public Assistance

    You know things are bad when the people who are paid to help the folks applying for public assistance need help themselves. More than five million Americans are seeking unemployment benefits, the most since records of such things have been kept. Now Florida call centers (not pictured ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Food Stamp Nation - Florida Leads The Pack

    The Miami Herald reports that "In the last two years, the number of Floridians on food stamps has increased more than 40 percent to 1.7 million. That increase is the highest in the nation, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture."The numbers read like this, 356,000 food stamp recipients li ... More >>

  • News

    September 20, 2007

    Rx for Plunder

    Looting the Treasury was never so easy

  • Dining

    April 8, 1999

    Foodstuff

    Looting the Treasury was never so easy

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