Given the overdose of media coverage of the swine flu virus, there are a couple of points not being discussed: 1.) We keep hearing that clinical trials are underway — but where? And by who? And how many people are getting tested? There are five private companies manufacturing the virus,…
As local gadflys go, Wes Blackman is one of the most thought-provoking; in fact, New Times gave this urban planner an award for “Best Blog” in 2009 for his insightful commentary about the city of Lake Worth. These days, Blackman is running for city commissioner and he has to make…
It’s been almost 20 years since the notorious “Bangkok Six” incident, when investigators at a Thailand airport intercepted a crate marked “live birds,” only to find that it contained six tightly-packed endangered orangutans destined for Russia from Indonesia. Only two of the orangutans survived. A Miami primate dealer named Matthew…
New Times Broward-Palm Beach is excited to announce our newly-established Amplitude Academy of Musical Arts MasterMind awards! We’re giving away $1,000 to four local artists. Fashion designers, filmmakers, visual artists, performance artists, tattoo artists, and more are invited to apply. Alternately, individuals can nominate an artist whose work they admire…
photo by Michele SandbergTo view a full slideshow of photos from the concert, click here. The Jonas BrothersBankAtlantic Center, SunriseAugust 19, 2009Better Than: The Backstreet Boys, N Sync, and NKOTB put together.The Review:I felt a little ashamed as I slinked up to the BankAtlantic Center for the Jonas Brothers concert…
On August 19, 48-year-old John Marek will be put to death by the State of Florida unless there is a major last-minute intervention by the governor or the courts. In 1983, Marek and a friend, Raymond Wigley, drove to Florida from Texas. On June 16 of that year, the two…
Today the Juice directs your attention to an oldie but goodie: Los Angeles area blogger/smartass extraordinaire/ former New Times correspondent Tim Hammill, AKA Tim Hammer, has launched a podcast (and entertaining blog full of chuckly boy humor). In episode two, Hammer describes an alleged encounter between the Miami Heat’s Jermaine…
Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-Miramar) tried to help gays in the military but says he has been forced to back off “due to pressure from some of my Congressional colleagues and from the White House.” Yesterday, he withdrew his proposed amendment to H.R. 3326, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act,…
Yesterday, I wrote about local businessman and political busybody Earl Rynerson having called out City Manager George Gretsas for holding two controversial meetings for city employees. Today, Fort Lauderdale City Commissioner Charlotte Rodstrom chimed in on the matter. Although she didn’t go as far as Rynerson (who likened Gretsas to…
Anyone who paid attention to Fort Lauderdale’s most recent mayoral elections may remember Earl Rynerson, a local businessman (he owns a tile company) who ran unsuccessfully for the seat now occupied by Jack Seiler. Despite losing the election, Rynerson hasn’t stopped sticking his nose in the goings-on at City Hall…
It could be a well-timed move to make him look like a crime-fighting hero (it comes conveniently at the very same time that he’s running for state attorney general), but regardless, it’s pretty cool that State Sen. Dave Aronberg (D-Greenacres) is taking public officials to task for letting private contractors…
On Saturday, nudists around the country set out to establish a Guinness World Record for the number of people simultaneously skinny-dipping. Some locals — 800 alone from a group called South Florida Free Beaches that organized at Haulover Beach (see photo, above), plus 31 participants at the Seminole Health Club…
Beginning Sunday, August 30, at 7 a.m., Comcast will air a half-hour TV program devoted to news about the Middle East. The show, run by the so-called Israel News Network (INN), will be unabashedly pro-Israel and makes no secret of its aim: to counter the growing influence of Al Jazeera,…
The internet is abuzz with rumors that Phil Fasciana, guitarist for death metal band Malevolent Creation, shot and killed a man during an attempted robbery in or around Fort Lauderdale. There are also counterrumors that the story is unverifiable and that Fasciana is a lying “douche turd.” The Juice attempts…
Approximately two weeks ago, the House of Representatives passed an amendment, introduced by Congressman Alcee Hastings, that would prohibit people affiliated with hate groups from joining the military. The amendment is one of dozens tacked on to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010 — the bill that OKs money…
When the Sun-Sentinel announced that Arkansas transplant Lu Hardin would take the helm of Palm Beach Atlantic University July 1, the newspaper quoted R. Marshall Jones, chairman of the presidential search committee, who called Hardin “a person of great character and ability as well as a man of great faith.” …
If the website NoGovernmentHealthcare.com is any indication, the group of conservative folks who organized the local version of the nationwide “tea parties” have become emboldened by the turnouts they’ve drawn. Now they are fighting Obama’s plan to move toward nationalized health care. If they have their way, they’ll become the…
Pete Dye has modestly dismissed his own career as “digging up other people’s property,” but in truth, he elevated the act of golf course design from a mere landscaping job into an art form. When Dye was inducted into the Golf Hall of Fame in November, Greg Norman introduced him,…
In an unabashed marketing ploy, the makers of Old Spice deodorant have ranked the Top 20 All-Time Sweatiest Cities. Phoenix took the top spot, Miami came in at number 7, and West Palm Beach placed at number 8. Old Spice number-crunchers say that “Phoenix’s average temperature was 94 degrees in…
The website for Publix supermarkets states, “There are plenty of fish in the sea, but not all of them are good enough for Publix.” According to the environmental organization Greenpeace, that statement is all sorts of wrong. First, there are NOT plenty of fish in the sea, as scientific report…
Ronald Belisario was just 16 years old when he was signed to the Florida Marlins in 1999. The right-handed pitcher from Venezuela worked his way through baseball’s farm teams, missing the 2005 and 2006 seasons due to surgery, then landing in the Pittsburgh Pirates’ minor league system. This year, the…
Sure, President Obama’s ears are big, but he’s got a helluva lot of people competing for their attention. If you have a message you hope will make its way to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., your best bet may be to attend Monday’s “Listening Tour” stop in Plantation. The prez himself won’t…
