Mitch Ceasar, clown dictator of the Broward County Democratic Party, has lent his not-considerable wit to a column for today’s edition of the Huffington Post. Since your time is valuable (and mine is only slightly less valuable!), I will cut straight to his lounge-act punch lines. For optimal effect, you’ll…
It’s the second day of the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, which must bring a wave of nostalgia for a Weston retiree named Jeffrey Hammonds. Eighteen years ago, he was the Stanford University outfielder selected as the fourth pick in the draft. Two picks later, the New York Yankees picked…
An excerpt from Tom Ricks’ 2006 book Fiasco alleges that former U.S. Army Lt. Col. Allen West — a candidate for Congress in Broward and Palm Beach — had to be told by a subordinate that the interrogation of an Iraqi detainee had gone too far.For background on that August…
Sen. George LeMieux is beginning to doubt whether this Barack Obama fellow really is the Chosen One. Because if he were, Obama would be standing on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico, parting the sea. Oil to the left. Saltwater to the right. And his people (Americans) would be…
The headlines in Broward and Palm Beach:Mercedes Morales may be an even more bloodthirsty spouse than Dalia Dippolito. The Miramar women is accused of hiring a hit man (who turned out to be an FBI agent) to murder her ex-husband as retaliation for his providing information that led to her…
A political bromance is brewing between Florida’s former governor and the mayor of New York City, leading the New York Post to speculate that Jeb Bush and Michael Bloomberg are plotting a political marriage of sorts, running for the White House in 2012.On one hand, it makes sense. Both Bush…
History will remember Jim Greer as one of the worst party officials in state history. But most of that will be due to the allegations that Greer stole from Republican donors. The pending felony case obscures a number of earlier episodes that should have been grounds for Greer’s resignation. Among…
The prayers of local Christian leaders have been answered — if not by God himself, then at least by investigators with the Broward Sheriff’s Office. That’s because two Blanche Ely High School teachers accused of harassing an atheist teacher have been reinstated.The South Florida Times reports that BSO investigators told…
Security was tight this weekend at Rush Limbaugh’s Palm Beach nuptials, where only good (heterosexual conservative) hard-working (plutocrat) Americans like Sean Hannity and Karl Rove were on the guestlist. An exception was made, however, for a gay man named Elton John with the condition that he play the piano, sing…
[jump] Joel Steinger and Scott Rothstein wanted Crist’s help in their Ponzi schemes; Crist obliged. George LeMieux wanted to get political power and vast wealth through his law firm Gunster Yoakley; Crist was happy to help. Jim Greer and Harry Sargeant wanted Crist’s help to gain more power — and…
A look at the local news for this Monday morning:During the confusion of last night’s storm, a mother in West Palm Beach backed out of her driveway while her 3-year-old child was behind her SUV, striking the child, who later died. [WPTV-5]Lonely times for Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti, who is…
I’m not saying that Charlie Crist is happy about the oil spill, but since it’s happened anyway, Crist may as well use it to engineer a surge in the Senate race. This appearance yesterday on CBS This Morning was particularly strong for him. Wearing a polo that screams “volunteer,” he…
This past December, Juice chronicled the bloody year at El Toro Loco, a cantina on South Military Trail Road in suburban West Palm Beach. But as you can see in this corrected version of the post, we had mistakenly ascribed one of the recent shootings to El Toro Loco when…
Don’t call David Brady a “moderate” Republican. No, he prefers “extreme conservative.” He’s just not quite as extreme as his opponent in the primary, Allen West. Few are.Brady has never been accused of torturing an Iraqi detainee. He doesn’t think it’s appropriate to make veiled threats to the Democrat incumbent,…
Two Christian teachers at Blanche Ely High School in Pompano Beach have been cleared of wrongdoing by the Broward County School District, whose investigators reportedly found that the two did not sprinkle holy water at an atheist teacher, as was alleged. But interviews conducted in that investigation appear to have…
The man, Charles Bostwick, is said to have fired a gun at his ex-girlfriend, who was not struck. But the gunshot brought Boynton Beach police to a home on the 1600 block of N. Seacrest Blvd. According to the police report, Bostwick fired a shot at police, who then set up…
A look at what’s happening this morning in South Florida:The National Indian Gaming Commission has found that the Seminole Tribe violated gaming laws in giving six tribal members more than their appropriate share of casino proceeds. Money that was supposed to be spent for constructive community purposes was allegedly spent…
Sen. George LeMieux loves to invoke the future of his children among his reasons for wanting to slow federal spending and shrink government. But if that really is what drives his political actions, doesn’t the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico pose a far greater risk to his children’s…
David Brady has been listed as a candidate for Congress in Florida’s 22nd Congressional District since August, and he qualified in April, but nobody’s paid any attention to him. Frankly, I just assumed he was the typical long-shot whack-job who gets a thrill from seeing his name on a ballot.Then…
