The Palm Beach County Human Rights Council, a group dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, have released their list of candidates they’re endorsing. Among them, President Barack Obama, West Palm Beach Attorney and police officer Dave Kerner, Susan Bucher, Patrick Murphy, Alcee Hastings,…
Round three of the presidential debates was last night. And people who went in expecting to have their asses blown off with the two candidates going at each other for a final climactic showdown were mildly disappointed. No asses were blown off here, unfortunately. The main take-aways from the debate:…
As we noted earlier, we’ve invaded Lynn University for tonight’s third and final presidential debate. As get ready to live-blog tonight’s nuttery for you, please enjoy the photos of things we’ve spotted so far, including a Budweiser taste testing booth for the media (woo-hoo!) and John Kerry looking slick (awwwwriiighht!!)…
NBA.com took their annual general manager survey recently and, according to the consensus, the Miami Heat will repeat as NBA champions, this time beating the L.A. Lakers. The thirty GMs of the NBA were asked 57 questions with topics ranging from who will win the MVP, to best off-season moves,…
In case you haven’t heard, there’s this presidential debate thing going on at Lynn University in Boca tonight. And, as you might expect with these things, traffic is going to be a bit of a pain in the butt. Between 6 a.m. Monday and 2 a.m. Tuesday, Boca Raton Police…
Gary Root, a 71-year-old registered Republican from Naples, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge after he protested Obama in the most sarcastic way ever. Root was apparently unhappy with being taxed, so he went over to his local Democratic Party headquarters and threw a penny at the workers inside the…
Marco Rubio went on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, and did that thing that GOPers do when they don’t like what Obama did, but instead of offering their own solution, they just bitch and whine and say dumb things. This time around, Charisma Boy! decided the best…
On Friday morning, WPLG Channel 10 News ran a story of a blimp with the words “America Needs Romney” emblazoned next to a giant drawing of Mitt Romney’s face on the side of the airship. “Flying high in the polls,” the lede in the story began, “Mitt Romney was also…
Fidel Castro Is Dead rumors are about as common as rain clouds over a South Florida sky. It’s happened so many times, people hear news of his demise and their reaction is mainly, meh. And, with Cuba’s state-run news being so paranoid about the rest of the world having any…
Remember Tropical Storm Isaac? What a pain in the ass storm that was. It was particularly damaging to Palm Beach County, which got smacked harder by Ike than Miami-Dade or Broward, leaving more than 8 to 10 inches of rain in the southeast part of the county, damaging schools, homes and…
Back in March, the non-profit watchdog group Integrity Florida put out a study that said Florida was number one in terms of being the most corrupt state in the U.S. Their study found that a whopping 1,762 of Florida’s public officials have been convicted of public corruption since 1976. From…
The Miami Heat will begin their NBA title defense next week. It’s been a harrowing journey since the Big Three came together in the Summer of 2010. The whole world watched and hated and delighted when they failed to beat the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals. Then they were…
First Lady Michelle Obama will be speaking to supporters in Davie this Monday, a few hours before the third and final presidential debate takes place in Boca. Michelle is hitting up South Florida five days before early voting kicks off (October 27) and will look to rally supporters to help organize…
Four City of Fort Lauderdale firefighters have been arrested and a warrant has been issued for one former firefighter on charges of using bogus medical certification cards in a yearlong corruption investigation. According to Ft. Lauderdale Police, the investigation began when a routine audit by the State of Florida’s Department…
According to ESPN.com’s Brian Windhorst, some NBA executives believe the L.A. Lakers are going to target the Miami Heat’s LeBron James when he becomes a free agent in 2014, because of reasons. The Lakers are very good at building championship contenders, like they did this off-season when they traded for…
Remember Marc Leder? The Boca resident, private equity executive, and Patrick Bateman-look-a-like who loves throwing sex parties and hosted the fundraiser for rich people where Mitt Romney famously took a piss on 47 percent of Americans? Well, he’s totally going to host another event for the Mittbot. And this time,…
Oh, hey, South Florida. Good news! We’re number one in being the least affordable place to live in the 25 largest metro areas for moderate income households. Woo hoo! According to a new study from the Washington-based Center for Housing Policy and the Chicago-based Center for Neighborhood Technology, South Florida households…
The one and only debate between Bill Nelson and Connie Mack went down Wednesday night at Nova Southeastern University, and it had all the decorum and civility of the last three minutes of Reservoir Dogs. The two candidates took to their respective podiums and immediately began attacking each others’ records…
According to former ESPN/MSNBC/Current TV personality, Keith Olbermann, the Miami Marlins have been in discussion with the New York Yankees on a possible trade for third baseman Alex Rodriguez. Olbermann says his sources claim that one possible scenario would be for the Yankees to pay for a portion of A-Rod’s…
So you got a hankerin’ for a pulled pork sandwich and a beer and decide to take the wife and kids out for a bite at your favorite restaurant. And there you are, at Paddy Murphy’s, munching on your sandwich, the kids eating their burgers, the Misses eating her pasta…
Getting a hold of a government representative can leave you feeling a little butthurt. Be it wanting to talk about a water bill, or getting a new license plate, or to tell someone raccoons are eating from trash cans and leaving a mess, it’s been nearly impossible to get through…
Adam Manuel Lee Raicies, of Tampa, was in court at a 9 a.m. Monday to go before a judge and be sentenced for giving false information to a law enforcement officer. Raicies, 25, was given probation by Circuit Judge Dick Greco. That’s when Raicies went bananas. Because he didn’t want to…
