305 Photo of the Day: Neon Bambi
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Michele Bachmann Tells Florida Blog That Obama Is “Waving a Tar Baby”
Michele Bachmann sure loves talking, but after her flameout in the Republican primary, no one really wants to talk to her so much right now. So she’s apparently just giving interviews to random Florida conservative blogs such as the Shark Tank.During that interview, she accused President Obama of “waiving a tar…
WSVN Thinks FIU Golden Panthers Are in NHL Playoffs
Riptide has gone on record admitting we don’t know much about hockey, but at least we’re able to tell the difference between the collegiate FIU Golden Panthers (who do not have a hockey team) and the NHL’s Florida Panthers. Apparently WSVN knows less about hockey than we know…
Poll: Marco Rubio Is Second Most Popular Pick Among Potential Romney Running Mates
Two separate polls now have shown that Florida’s junior senator, Marco Rubio, wouldn’t give Mitt Romney much help in his home state against President Barack Obama in November, but that hasn’t stopped voters in the rest of the nation from thinking he’d be a pretty decent Republican running mate. He…
Florida Panthers in the Playoffs: A Native’s Guide to Hockey
Florida Panthers in the Playoffs: A Native’s Guide to Hockey
Connie Mack Gets His Daddy to Yell at Mean Liberal Media Bullies
This weekend the Tampa Bay Times and the Miami Herald got their two top political reporters together to pen a piece about Republicans who weren’t all that enthused about Rep. Connie Mack IV’s Senate candidacy so far. Of course, Mack IV’s biggest advantage in the race so far seems to…
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Riptide Rips Off Miami Herald‘s Ripoff of Palm Beach Post‘s “Name the Marlins Home Run Thing” Contest
Yesterday, Palm Beach Post writer Dave George filed a column entitled, “Help us find a proper name for the outrageous home-run contraption at Marlins Park,” in which he asked readers to submit nicknames for that thing in the Marlins stadium. Well, what do you know, today the Miami Herald announced…
305 Photo of the Day: High Horse
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Rick Scott’s Welfare Drug Testing Law Even Bigger Failure Than Previously Thought
Gov. Rick Scott championed a controversial law that required all recipients of state welfare to submit to drug tests, claiming it saves the state money. We’ve known for a while now that in fact the program actually cost the state money, but supporters pointed to potential “hidden savings” of potential…
State Sen. Nan Rich to Run Against Rick Scott in 2014
Florida’s next gubernatorial election is more than two years away, but if Gov. Rick Scott’s popularity remains below sea level, there’s a good chance a Democrat could emerge victorious for the first time since 1994. The question is, of course, which Democrat?State Sen. Nan Rich, the top Democrat in the…
Miami Heat to Open Hyde Nightclub in American Airlines Arena
The Dolphins have an outpost of LIV at Sunlife Stadium. The Marlins have a mini-Clevelander at their new park. Now, the Heat wants to get in on the in-stadium nightclub craze and is planning to open a new nightclub inside American Airlines Arena in time for next season.Unlike the other…
Here Are Some Really Interesting Street Couture LeBron James Jerseys
Unknwn, the Aventura Mall shop owned by LeBron James and friends, just debuted online shopping on their website, and to celebrate the store teamed up with street fashion’s Dr. Frankenstein-like couturier Dr. Romanelli for a limited edition collection of some, uh, really, really interesting LeBron jerseys…
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305 Photo of the Day: Blown
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Poll: Rick Scott or Allen West as VP Would Hurt Romney in Florida
As always, Florida will be a critical swing state in the 2012 election. According to the latest Public Policy Polling survey, President Barack Obama currently has a 5-point lead over Mitt Romney. So what could Romney do to improve his chances? Well, he certainly shouldn’t take Sarah Palin’s advice and…
Marlins’ Reality Show Trailer Shows Ozzie Guillen Being Suspended By David Samson
The second season of The Franchise, Showtime’s baseball “docudrama” (a fancy word for reality series) isn’t supposed to debut for months. Of course, this season the show is following the exploits of the Miami Marlins, and the season has already had its fair share of drama. So, Showtime is rushing…
Florida Women Make 80 Cents for Every Dollar a Man Makes; Latinas Make Only 66 Cents
Here’s the good news: The gap between how much women and men make in Florida is actually pretty low compared to the rest of the country, and the Sunshine State actually has the 11th narrowest gap in the nation.Here’s the bad news: That gap still means a Florida woman makes…
Florida Man Steals Dead Woman’s Ashes, Threatens to Snort Them
Some people steal things for monetary and material gain. Others steal things because they are just truly horrible people who get a kick out of hurting others. Joseph W. Pointer, 51, of Lakeland, Florida, is apparently in the later category.He allegedly stole a dead woman’s ashes and then told the…
305 Photo of the Day: Valves on Valves on Valves
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Marc Sarnoff Creates a Park to Quell New Sex Offender Encampment
Yesterday marked the two-year anniversary of the day the final sex offenders moved out from the infamous encampment under the Julia Tuttle Causeway. However, the problems that created the camp in the first place haven’t been totally eased, and earlier this year sex offenders started popping up in a road…
Students Boast on Twitter About Taking FCAT Drunk and High
Today is the first day of FCAT testing for students across the state, and on Twitter some high school students are sharing their secrets to getting high scores. Not good scores, mind you, but the kind of scores you get when you’re literally high. Like stoned, or at the very…
Maserati Wedged Under a Jeep and Into a Porsche at Epic Hotel
Miami’s roads are known for two things: insanely bad driving and fancy cars. It’s always a shame when the two combine, especially when a wreck involves somewhere in the neighborhood of $400,000 worth of automotive extravagance.Friday night out front of the Epic Hotel in downtown a Maserati GranTurismo S (worth…
SNL Takes on Trayvon Martin and Ozzie Guillen
Saturday Night Live dove full-on into the Trayvon Martin case this weekend. Of course, there’s not a whole lot humor to be found in the specifics of the case, so instead the show lampooned CNN’s Piers Morgan, Miami Marlins manager Ozzie Guillen (played by host Josh Brolin), and Florida in…