305 Photo of the Day: Spotty
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Joe Garcia to Challenge David Rivera in District 25
Well, this seemed inevitable.Joe Garcia, the man who has run as a Democrat in Congressional District 25 in the past two elections, is letting it be known that he’s about to try one more time and will throw his hat in the ring. The move comes after Democrats have repeatedly…
How to Save Florida’s Economy: Make Everything a Nudist Colony!
Like many small business owner on Florida, Paul Hodges has been struggling over the past few years. His Cocoa Beach motel, the Fawlty Towers, has seen its profits plummet. So, he’s come up with a new plan to jolt his bottom line. Starting tomorrow the Fawlty Towers will now be…
Cocaine Cowboys Creator Gets Called “Tweeting Twit” by Crotchety, Out-Of-Touch Columnist
It’s as if Miami Herald columnist Fabiola Santiago read her own paper’s story on a defense attorney trying to get a new trial for his client because a juror, Cocaine Cowboys director Billy Corben, mused about the mundane details of jury duty on Twitter and then muttered to herself, “Wow,…
Marco Rubio Fined $8000 by FEC, Which No One Would Care About if There Wasn’t VP Buzz
Senator Marco Rubio can say he does not want to be Mitt Romney’s running mate a million times, but that won’t stop the media from buzzing about the possibility. Rubio could do cartwheels down the Senate floor before singing “I Don’t Wanna Be VP” to the tune of Aerosmith’s “I…
Miami is the Fourth Most Violent Area in America, Florida Fourth Most Violent State
Miamians don’t keep the peace. Miami-Dade is the fourth most violent area in the Institute for Economics & Peace’s Peace Index. Meanwhile, Florida is the fourth most violent state, with two other metro areas in the bottom ten for peace…
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Florida Schools’ 30-Year Streak of Producing First-Round NFL Draft Picks Could End
We all know the University of Miami’s historic streak of having a football player taken in the first round of every single NFL draft between 1995 and 2008 is now a thing of the past, but an even longer streak may come to an end this year.Every single year since…
305 Photo of the Day: South Beach Classic
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Tampa Strip Clubs Prepare for Horny Conservatives During Republican National Convention
In late August, hundreds of thousands of Republican heavyweights will descend on Tampa to officially crown Mitt Romney their presidential nominee and celebrate their policies, which include abstinence-only education, limiting women’s reproductive health choices, and an aversion to birth control and gay rights. Oh, yeah, they might also enjoy some…
Poll: Fidel Castro’s Florida Approval Rating Is 4 Percent, Ozzie Guillen’s Is 7 Percent
Are you ready for your morning dose of statistical overload? Good, because Public Policy Polling just unleashed a wide-ranging poll of Floridians that somehow asks about Fidel Castro, Major League Baseball, and the Trayvon Martin case. Some interesting highlights: Ozzie Guillen is only slightly more popular than Fidel Castro, the…
Miami Police Want Your Old Drugs, Please
Are loads of half-empty hydrocodone bottles clogging up your medicine cabinet? Do you still have that Xanax prescription in your nightstand even though you stopped taking it because you swore it made your crazier? Do you just have so many drugs you don’t even know what to do with them?Well,…
305 Photo of the Day: Sweat’s Stock
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“Stuff Miami Heat Fans Say” Video Finally Exists
Apparently, the “Shit ____ Say” video meme is still trudging along. Which means at this point in a meme’s lifespan we wouldn’t be drawing attention to any new entries unless they were pretty good. And this “Stuff Miami Heat Fans Say” video is pretty good…
Only 36 Percent of Americans View Miami Favorably; 33 Percent Just Don’t Like Us
Miami’s polling numbers are almost as bad as Gov. Rick Scott’s.Public Policy Polling decided to ask Americans whether they view 21 prominent American cities favorably or unfavorably, and Miami didn’t do too well. Only 36 percent of Americans view Miami favorably, compared to 33 percent who view the city unfavorably.Miami…
Miami, FAU Announce Three-Year Football Series
In a series that is sure to have Howard Schnellenberger enthusiasts and probably a small handful of others excited, the University of Miami has announced it will play FAU in a three-year series between 2013 and 2016. The series will take the Hurricanes to the recently completed FAU Stadium in…
Our Vulgar Marlins Sculpture Nickname Winner: The Tremenda Mierda Fountain
We asked you for your dirtiest and most disgusting nicknames for the Marlins much talked about home run sculpture travesty, and you delivered. We narrowed it down to seven finalists, and Miami’s vilest (AKA Riptide readers) have crowned a winner: The Tremenda Mierda Fountain…
Gabrielle Union is Banned from the Front Row of Heat Games
You can see a lot of famous faces in the front row of Miami Heat games, but there’s one you won’t be seeing again any time soon: Gabrielle Union. Dwyane Wade’s ladypal has been banned by Wade himself from sitting in the front row. Apparently she has a bit of…
305 Photo of the Day: Pier to Nowhere
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Flaming Dead Squirrels Blamed for Starting Florida Brush Fires
Earlier this week, firefighters had to deal with four separate brush fires in four straight days in the Lehigh Acres area of Lee County. Don’t worry though, a serial arsonist is not on the lose in Southwest Florida. Authorities believe they know who’s to blame for starting the flames: squirrels…
Poll: Which Dirty Nickname Should We Give the Marlins’ Home Run Sculpture?
You all are dirty! On Wednesday we asked Riptide readers to come up with the most vulgar possible name for the Miami Marlins’ technicolor home run statue. We waded through the comments both here and on our Facebook page. After scrubbing ourselves clean in the shower with a wire brush…
Miami Beach Has Banned Plastic Straws
Sorry sippers, Miami Beach has banned plastic straws from the beach. Yes, to cut down on litter on the beach, the city commission amended an ordinance last week that could result in fines of $50 to $500 over straws. Don’t worry though, the ban is aimed at beachfront hotels who…
Here’s Dwyane Wade Playing Basketball With Kids in SoHo
Dwyane Wade was recently in New York, where he defeated the Knicks, hung out with Tim Tebow at a Yankees game, and, as we’re just learning, dropped in a street ball game being played by some NYC kids in SoHo. There’s video…