In regards to the stupid YouTube video we talked about Wednesday, popular conservative Blogger Erik Erikson of RedState.com declares that Charlie Crist is playing the race card. Here’s the Headline: “Charlie Crist Finally Pulls Race Card. Jealous of Rubio’s Better Tan.””The video shows Marco Rubio speaking in Spanish, then has a…
Say whatever you want about over-development, but it sure photographs great. Pay no mind to the number of units with their lights out. They’re probably out partying or something. Photo from Ebenhazard’s Flickr. If you’d like to see your photo here, feel free to join our Flickr group…
CNN’s Rick Sanchez was in extreme overshare mode last night on Twitter. Apparently a combination of not being picked to replace Lou Dobbs and flying to FIU parents’ weekend to see his son had him feeling emotional, a bit edgy, and finally confessional, admitting to something we’ve long known: He…
A day after being sworn in for her second term on the Miami city commission, Michelle Spence-Jones has surrendered to police and faces grand theft charges. Prosecutors allege Spence-Jones forged letters, at least one in the name of a former county commissioner, and steered $50,000 in county grants to a…
Commissioner Angel Gonzalez will resign Friday as part of an agreement with prosecutors, after setting his daughter up with a no-show job. He’ll now face only misdemeanor charges. [CBS4]In his first public comments since resigning, John Timoney says he’s pleased and proud with the job he’s done as police chief. [NBCMiami]An elderly…
In a move that would surely tickle its founder Andy Warhol, Interview Magazine will be curating the Mondrian South Beach’s luxury vending machine during Art Basel. Mondrian’s vending machine, which we wrote about earlier this year, usually includes such pedestrian items as a $400 marabou feather vest and the keys to a…
As mentioned yesterday, Wade has been personally picked to be the spokesman for the new shoe, the first time Jordan has shared the spotlight for his Nike-owned brand. He’ll be wearing them for the first time during All-Star weekend. Dime Mag was there for the unveiling of the new kicks, and…
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Just days after sending out a fiery letter calling for the resignation of Florida Democratic Party chair Karen Thurman — a letter that made liberal use of his word processor’s bold and underline features — Miami-Dade Democratic chairman BJ Chiszar has been given the boot. Chiszar’s letter is five pages of “inside…
Miami City Commissioner Angel Gonzalez will resign soon amid an investigation into a job he got his daughter. There’s probably a joke in here about his name being Angel while he is clearly not one, but why would we make a joke as horrible as that? That joke would be…
For the 25th anniversary of the iconic Air Jordan sneaker the shoe’s namesake will be making some room in the spotlight for another superstar: Dwyane Wade. Wade is expected to debut the shoe in Februrary, and will be the first spokesman other than Michael Jordan himself for the Air Jordan brand. “I…
Just weeks after much too much of Florida’s political establishment and media took a dumb Crist/Rubio remix of an old YouTube meme way too seriously, there’s another stupid YouTube video that certain journalists, it seems, are forcibly trying to turn into a controversy. It’s a ridiculous anti-Rubio ad that somehow tries…
The stables at Tropical Park, from Sienar’s Flickr. …
From CBS News: Asked if he would welcome the support of former GOP vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor Sarah Palin, Rubio offers an unqualified yes, adding that “I can’t think of anything her and I disagree with off the top of my head.”…
There’s no doubt Orlando-area Rep. Alan Grayson pisses Republicans off (and probably takes glee in it), but it’s not good news when his top GOP challenger is also pissing off Republicans.Armando Gutierrez Jr., a Miami native and son of local political mover and shaker Armando Gutierrez, moved to Orlando last month…
After all of those politically conscious goths, poetry café types, and other assorted folk who think regular cigarettes are too mainstream helped Barack Obama get elected, what does he do? He turns around and bans their beloved clove cigarettes! How long until he bans cigars too?The Miami Herald today chronicles…
City of Miami Police Chief John Timoney has resigned, according to sources. His resignation comes as Tomas Regalado is being sworn in as mayor. Regalado made firing Timoney a frequent point in his campaign. It appears Timoney beat Regalado to the punch before he could pressure the city manager to push through…
The only things little goys really know about Jewish culture they learned from A Rugrats Chanukah and kindergarten multicultural holiday celebrations. Basically this amounts to knowing there are eight days of presents and candle lighting, latkes taste great, and the lyrics to the dreidel song. During those kindergarten multicultural holiday celebrations, the teacher…
As of noon today, Manny Diaz will no longer be mayor of Miami. The Miami Herald paints him as “a sober, patient reformist up to his elbows in the minutiae of turning around a troubled city” who enacted “an agenda of a scope unmatched by any other Miami mayor in…
Just a day after rumors made the rounds that the temporary hoops marriage of LeBron James and Shaquille O’Neal might come to an end next year, TMZ reports Shaq and his wife Shaunie are heading for splits-ville again.Shaunie originally filed for divorce in 2007 while Shaq was still playing for…
Today’s photo comes from HellFire Design’s Flickr…
Rakontur’s highly anticipated documentary on University of Miami football, The U, premiers on ESPN on December 12, and this latest bit of news has us even more excited: Uncle Luke has recorded the theme song.Luther Campbell, The 2 Live Crew rapper, was persona non grata at UM for a decade…
