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Jeb Bush Versus Marco Rubio for President in 2016? Tough Week for Jeb So Far

It's been a landmine-filled week for Jeb! so far, on both of his two supposed strongest fronts: outreach to Hispanics and education "reform."See also:-Jeb Education Group Benefiting Corporate Funders?-Jeb Won't Stop Talking About Run for President On Monday, he got up on the Today show and 180'd h ... More >>

DEA Storms Synthetic Pot Distribution Centers Across Florida

See also "Synthetic Marijuana Ban Seems Like a Good Idea, Probably Won't Do Much" and "Broward Commission Moves to Ban Bath Salts, Fake Weed"The war on synthetic drugs has gone federal, and in a big way.Officers with the Drug Enforcement Administration and Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office on Wedne ... More >>

Warren Buffett Buys 63 Newspapers From Media Company, Says It Can Keep the Florida Ones

A U.S. media company announced today that they would be selling 63 newspapers to Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway holding company for $142 million, according to the Associated Press. Berkshire Hathaway will also be loaning the company, Media General, $400 million to pay off other debts.Buffett's ... More >>

New Florida Senate Ad: Vote for George LeMieux Because at Least He Lives in Florida

Republican Senate candidate George LeMieux released a sequel to his "Two and a Half Macks" campaign ad against primary opponent, Connie Mack, yesterday. While the first ad's thesis was essentially "Connie Mack is a doofus," this one takes a more specific route -- the Lemieux campaign says Mack doesn ... More >>

Connie Mack's Dad Chastises Reporters for Pointing Out His Son Is Way, Way Behind

Republican Rep. Connie Mack IV's Senate campaign has hit a bump in the road -- a bump shaped like an electorate that doesn't want to vote for him. He's come up short in poll after poll, and papers in Florida and elsewhere have pointed it out. Well, one person is not having it -- Mack's dad.Former Fl ... More >>

Barry "Bear" Silverman Is a Fake Navy SEAL, Says Lawyer Representing Real Navy SEAL

Assuming you, like most of our dear readers, are a lily-livered sissy who has never made it through a "Hell Night" or advanced Navy SEAL training, here are a couple of things you may not know.1. There are former Navy SEALs who teach classes on how to be like a Navy SEAL, like this guy:2. There are o ... More >>

Allen West on Gay Soldiers: "People Can Change Their Behavior, but I Can't Change My Color"

​Well, it didn't take too long for Rep. Allen West to make a statement that people are seeing as more outlandish than his last one.West was asked by an audience member at a speech Saturday night about openly gay people serving in the United States military, according to the Tampa Tribune.His respo ... More >>

Palm Beach County School District Has the Most Bullied Kids in the State

familiesonlinemagazine.com​The Palm Beach County School District apparently has a bunch of stinkin' meanies.According to some research by the Tampa Tribune, Palm Beach schools reported nearly 4,000 bullying incidents between 2008 and 2010, which is the most of any district in the state.To put that ... More >>

Rick Scott Asks Few Remaining Supporters to Mail Pre-Written Letter to Newspapers

Making a mockery of journalism, politics, and the practice of reading.​Rick Scott, apparently desperate to appeal to the thin slice of voters who a.) might consider supporting him and b.) still read newspapers, has orchestrated a fake-letter-writing campaign to ambush Florida's newspapers with uns ... More >>

Marco Rubio On Waterboarding

​"We need to find out how this information was gathered," said Marco Rubio to the Tampa Tribune, referring to the intelligence on Osama bin Laden's courier that led to last Sunday's raid. "Again, this is not for the purposes of saying we were right and you were wrong. It's for understanding what w ... More >>

The Rick Scott Word Cloud Sums Up His First 100 Days

Can you sum up Rick Scott's first 100 days in one word?​With his popularity plummeting and ethical scrutiny spreading like a bad rash, Gov. Rick Scott reached the 100-day mark of his first term last week. From the racist voting law to the ridiculous urine jug, it's been an interesting time, to say ... More >>

Pulp Black Tie Edition: Boden's Latest Gig

Rothstein, with his vodka martini, and, from left, Adler, Lippman, and Grant at his Versace mansion wedding ​This is a good shot of some of the alleged co-conspirators in the Scott Rothstein fiasco. Russ Adler, at right, and Steve Lippman were knee-deep in the mess.& ... More >>

Top Five Foodies to Follow on Twitter

In the world of instant gratification, Twitter provides us with more quick and up-to-date information than we can actually swallow. With more than 50 million tweets per day, keeping up with the traffic has proven to be difficult. Since it's next to impossible to follow every foodie in the Twitterve ... More >>

Is Lauderdale Girl's Hotness to Blame for Near-Fatal Busch Gardens Accident?

Photo by Bob Fiallo It's hard to understand how Maikon Bonani, the star kicker for the University of South Florida, could have possibly forgotten to lock the door of the gondola on the Skyride at Busch Gardens in Tampa. After all, that was his job. It's doubly perplexing that after realizing hi ... More >>

Crist Reaction to New Times Best Pool: I Want to Go to There

One of the best parts of being Florida governor is access to a jet with which to indulge your most sudden, insatiable geographical impulses.For example, New Times' eagerly anticipated Best Of Broward/Palm Beach issue hit this website on June 11. (Memorize that date -- we'll get back to it.) The Best ... More >>

It's Unanimous: Florida Legislature Flunked

Flickr User: MonteCristoScene of the crime: the state capitol in TallahasseeSure, it's unfair to focus entirely on what did not happen in a legislative session, and with all the economic troubles, this one was going to be grueling no matter what. But even grading against a curve of extremely low exp ... More >>

Tweet Tweet: Sun-Sentinel Getting Social

New memo from the Sun-Sentinel. Ladies and gentleman, newspaper's management lexicon gets a fairly new title: "Social Media Coordinator." It's all about Twitter and Facebook and what not. And the SMC for the newspaper is Chris Tiedje. Here's the memo:     Several weeks ago, Seth Liss ... More >>

Boom Times For Bogenschutz

As the economy goes further into the tank, there's at least one guy in Broward County whose business appears to be thriving like never before: David Bogenschutz, the go-to defense attorney for ethically challenged judges, indicted politicians, and just about anyone else with a high pr ... More >>

Green Eyeshade Award Winners

DeGroot: The Wasteland Cometh

Somebody Got It Wrong

This Isn't Good News

“White Marble Farms" Pork = Hog Wash!

Hardballed

Foley's Priest Unmasked

Charlie Crist Is NOT Gay

And other things the Republican Party wants you to believe on Election Day.

Charlie Crist Is NOT Gay

And other things the Republican Party wants you to believe on Election Day.

Blog Hijacking

The Corrupter

The sheriff is selling out the public. Do you give a darn?

Last Candidate Standing

Davie's Richard Grayson has built a political career of joke campaigns

GOPundit

Oft-quoted USF Prof Susan MacManus is neutral. Yeah, right.

Moving Targets

In the past 15 years, at least 14 newspaper hawkers have been killed on the job and 29 more have been injured

Lapsed Ethics

The governor's new man on the state ethics board done us wrong

SoFla with a Twist

Tim Dorsey strives to out-Hiaasen that other chronicler of Sunshine State zaniness

Undercurrents

Forget the Marc Rich pardon. Bob Crawford is the one who really got away with something.

Caught in the Headlights

Tim Dorsey

The Sheriff's Criminal Association

If Ken Jenne were like most cops, he'd be investigated for being friends with felons who give him money