It was a horribly slow news week. Not going to lie. Then Charlie Crist goes ahead and dumps something we could have squeezed an entire week of posts out of on a Friday. You sly, media savvy bastard.While Charlie Crist sits in Tallahassee serving out the reaming days as Governor…
Counting Charlie Crist’s announcement today that he’s chosen his former Chief of Staff to fill out the remained of Mel Martinez’s senate term, in that past year alone six United States Senators have entered office through being appointed by a Governor. Depending the outcome of a debate over a law…
Former Opa-locka gangbanger turned WWE superstar Alvin Burke Jr., AKA MVP, has some very provactive thoughts about the state of political discourse in this country: Basically he wants to see Ariana “the Greek Gladiator” Huffington take on Ann “Man Hands” Coulter in a steel cage match. “I’d love to get…
Albert Gonzalez, the Miami hacker who pulled off the biggest theft of credit card information in history, has reached a plea deal with the feds. He’ll get 15 to 25 years in prison. He’ll also return $2.8 million in ill-begotten funs along with some pricey personal property. He’ll plead guilty to 19…
We checked in on our Miami New Times Flickr pool today and saw all sorts of new goodies from DCVision, AKA the photographer behind the Street — the tumblr that documents Miami’s ladies of the street. He is to Miami crackheads and hookers what the Satorialist is to European grandpa dandies and…
Marco Rubio and Kendrick Meek have only a few things in common: They’re both running for Senate. They’ll both likely face Charlie Crist. They’ll both likely lose to him. And now they both don’t very much like George LeMieux’s status as newly minted senator. Politically, this is just about the only thing…
Remember when Mel Martinez deemed his primary opponent Bill McCollum as the “new darling of the homosexual extremists?” Well, now he’s being replaced by the new new darling of the homosexual extremists. The combined forces of the Times/Herald are trying to stir up some controversy by dragging out quotes George LeMieux…
Remember “The 7th Floor Crew,” the raunchy nine-minute rap opus dedicated to gangbanging ladies, recorded by members of the University of Miami football team? Boy, do we, and it’s with a bit of trepidation we report that some are speculating a new rap song recorded by current Canes players has…
Charlie Crist will appoint George LeMieux, his former chief of staff, to Mel Martinez’s vacated Senate seat, according to an Associated Press source. State Rep. Jennifer Carroll, who was also considered for the job, spilled the beans. The official announcement is expected to be made later today. Update: It is official. LeMieux…
USL found a new owner yesterday, and it’s not Traffic Sports, owner of Miami FC. In fact, the ownership switch could result in FC’s demise. [Herald]Your Miami Dolphins beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 10-6, continuing their dominance of the preseason. [UPI]But don’t get too happy, because a troubling pattern is…
You might recall our “Weekend Football” blog column from last year. It was probably the most proudly ignorant thing ever penned about South Florida football anywhere. Well, with the NFL and NCAA regular seasons around the corner, it is time once again to force ourselves to catch football fever. Basically, we’ve…
Yesterday, Johnson Jamerson, an HIV-positive drifter, was sentenced to 15 years for biting a police officer after threatening to infect him with the virus. The sentence seems stiff considering the CDC says biting “is not a common way of transmitting HIV.” In all recorded cases, the blood of the HIV-positive person…
A slightly abstract view from Miami Beach, courtesy of 🙂 Carmen’s Flickr. …
The University of Miami invited 149 women between their fifth and seventh months of pregnancy to one of its many research labs and split them into two groups. One group totally lucked out and got two complimentary massages every week. Massages in the name of science. The other group was absolutely…
Supporters of Florida’s gay adoption ban sure are grasping at straws trying to find evidence to justify the backward law. Last November, Miami-Dade Judge Cindy Lederman overturned the law. During the original trial, the state relied on the so-called science of two discredited, Bible-thumping researchers whose opinions and findings stand in…
The Miami Dolphins continue their embarrassing march toward all things ridiculously South Florida stereotypical and cheesy. Add an “exclusive, ultra-modern” nightclub cobranded with Ocean Drive magazine in the middle of the stadium to their dumb venue name, ever-growing list of celebrity owners, crappy collection of new theme songs, and Britto art…
A 50-foot yacht went up in flames yesterday on Biscayne Bay. [CBS4]A woman with amazing hair stole an ambulance yesterday. [Herald]Miami-Dade Transit got $64.5 million in stimulus money to use on the Metromover and Metrorail. [SFBJ]Driver’s license, tag, title, and registration fees are all set to increase beginning September 1…
So, about a year ago, some folks went out shark fishing in Flamingo Bay in Everglades National Park. The crew was never heard from again, and now the FBI has arrested a group of men connected to the governor for what they believe could be politically motivated murder. Just kidding. This…
If you drive a pretty, little 2000 Honda Civic in the state of Florida there’s a higher than average chance that you might find it stolen one day. Or so says the National Insurance Crime Bureau. They put together a list of the top 10 most stolen cars in these…
Miami designer Robert Tabor has carved out a niche for himself creating shoe sculptures, or “Sole Sensations,” if you will. He has made flip-flops that look like sandwiches, stilettos that look like spaghetti, and high heels that look like little red wagons.But his Sistine Chapel is most likely the first-lady…
Today’s photo comes from Isaac Z1’s Flickr, and our Miami New Times Flickr pool (which you should join). …
Senator Bill Nelson’s anti-offshore drilling news conference today in Tampa attracted a protest by memers of a group called the South Pinellas Patriots, according to The Buzz. Who are they? Well, their website says they “are inspired by Glenn Beck,” the shouting, sad clown who is allowed to rant on a daily…
