Back in June, BSO Deputy Anthony Vincent claimed he had been harassed by Broward Sheriff’s cops because of his sexual orientation. On February 15, Vincent, who was riding his motor scooter, was pulled over in Southwest Ranches. In his claim, Vincent says that the deputies ticketed him for speeding, even…
UPDATE 3:45 P.M.: Capt Engel says: “We found the girl. She had a copper-colored gun lookalike that’s a lighter.” Did the police and school security overreact or not? “I think that they did what was right, because you don’t know. If you saw this thing, it looks just like a…
Barack Obama won both the electoral votes and the popular vote (and he did it without Florida, which is looking like it will go to him anyway!) Despite those things that reelected our president and will have him serve a second term, the real winner of the 2012 election was…
Since mock execution is not an accepted method of investigating election results in South Florida, confessed torturer and probable one-term congressman Allen West has turned to the next-best thing: a team of high-powered attorneys.See also:-Allen West Won’t Concede, Demands RecountTuesday’s results in West’s contest with young Patrick Murphy for U.S…
To say the web bridges worlds together seamlessly through invisible streams of data would be a gross understatement. In any case, New Times is well aware of the importance of the web, and we’re celebrating with our first South Florida Web Awards. We’ve scoured the internet in search of the…
On Tuesday, Floridians went to the polls and voted against the state GOPer Legislature instilled amendment that would have banned government-mandated health insurance requirements. Basically, had the amendment passed, it would have exempted Floridians from the Affordable Care Act. But it failed to pass, losing 52 percent to 48 percent…
There was a moment — maybe it’s difficult to remember now — but there was a moment back in early September when Barack Obama ran advertisement after advertisement suggesting Mitt Romney was a rapacious and perhaps soulless businessman. But the question was: Would the barrage work? Would the message stick?…
Last Friday, Apple Stores around the country hosted long queues of heavily bundled citizens waiting out weather and time to buy a cache of new limited-supply products, including the unlocked iPhone 5 and the just-released iPad Mini and iPad 4. At Apple’s Lincoln Road store in the heart of South…
“What the fuck is up, Coachella?” In the dark California desert, a rapper who had been dead for 15 years shouted to tens of thousands of fans. Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre flanked the stage, but the projected likeness of Tupac Shakur was the main attraction at the 2012 Coachella…
It’s Wednesday afternoon, the day after Election Tuesday, and Florida is still lagging on declaring a winner between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.SORRY, YOU GUYS. Although Obama won reelection after gaining 303 electoral votes, Florida continues to Florida things up by not knowing the final tally just yet.(Because our governor…
Those vote tabulating machines are COMMUNISTS! As we predicted earlier today, Allen West is not going quietly. Even though the polls are closed, the ballots are counted, and the margin of victory for Patrick Murphy is outside any legal reason to require a recount, Allen West is demanding a recount. Specifically,…
The GOPers in the Florida Legislature put Amendment 6 on the ballot this year and were roundly told to eat a crap sandwich by Florida voters. Basically, voting YES on the amendment would have prohibited public funds for abortions, drastically limiting access to safe abortion care as well as limiting…
Donald Trump was a tad butthurt last night when it was announced that non-American-born Barack HUSSEIN Obama had won reelection. This, despite the world-shattering challenge Trump laid out for Obummer when he graciously offered a $5 million donation to charity if the so-called president released his college transcripts. See also:…
It’s a sad day for Commie hunters and fans of men who force their wives to have buttsex everywhere — and kind of a bittersweet morning for the Pulp this morning. Several sources are reporting that Allen West has lost his bid for reelection to Patrick Murphy for Florida’s 18th…
By 11 last night at the GOP “victory” party at the Palm Beach Kennel Club, it was all over but the shouting — and there hadn’t even been any shouting. The networks having called the show for Obama, all that remained were a few stragglers packing up bunting and party…
It’s almost 8 in the morning the day after the election and Florida still doesn’t have a winner in the presidential election. People were still voting around 2 o’clock this morning. Is anyone else embarrassed?I hope Gov. Rick Scott is. And I hope he — and his Republican majorities in…
Move over, Broward County. There’s a new sheriff in town. Al Lamberti lost his bid for reelection to Scott Israel as Broward sheriff. See also:- Al Lamberti Mystery Emailers Remind Voters of the Sheriff’s Shady Past Around 10:30 Tuesday night, with 100 percent of precincts reporting, Israel had a 53.31…
One of the major rules of party décor is that you show up to your own shindig. Just don’t tell that to Fort Lauderdale Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who skipped her victory bash last night for the national spotlight in Chicago.She left her supporters, dizzied with political victory, to feed…
Well. It’s here. The 2012 Election is, finally, coming to a slow and merciful end. Time to close the polls, tally the votes, and hope that Florida didn’t screw things up too badly. Keep it here as we update the winners, and losers, and tell you who’s President, who won…
Just before 8 p.m., as CNN was announcing that Romney took Kentucky and Obama took Vermont, a musician by the name of Billy Bones was delivering a wincing saxophone solo to a roughly 80-person crowd. “There’s a hidden place only two can find,” Mr. Bones wailed as his laptop computer provided a backbeat…
Radio blowfish blowhard Rush Limbaugh opened his face hole again and said that it’s pretty friggin obvious that Mitt Romney is going to win the election tonight. And not just win it, but win it by a landslide! Despite every single poll showing a tight race, Romney’s actually going to…
Election Day wouldn’t be complete without celebs taking to Twitter and letting us know what’s what. Particularly because so many of us were on the fence as to who we’d be voting for. I WILL NOT CAST MY VOTE UNTIL I’VE READ WHAT JOHN CUSACK’S TWEETS ABOUT MITT ROMNEY SAY.After…
