So it’s come to this. The Sun Sentinel, that bastion of muckrakery and insight, has now begun dabbling in what appears to be — yes — freestyle beat poetry about the tragic arc of the Christmas tree. Its merits aren’t immediately discernible, because the poem hides among the column inches…
Boynton Beach Commissioner Marlene Ross has resigned from her post in District 4. Ross announced her resignation on Thursday through a letter sent to the city clerk’s office. In the letter, she explains that her and her “beau” are expecting a “blessing in the New Year.” The resignation comes after…
An employee working at the Supreme Auto automotive shop in Naples didn’t like the music that was being played on the radio, so he went over to turn the dial. However, his coworker wasn’t too fired up about that idea and expressed her disappointment in the man’s decision to change…
The National Hurricane Center has announced that it’s going to alter the definition of a “hurricane warning.” This means that the next time there’s a storm headed toward land that has the potential to be another Sandy, a “hurricane warning” will be posted by the Hurricane Center — even if…
Imagine you want to travel to a foreign country to work with the locals. You link up with a company that promises to handle the specifics across the ocean. Everything sounds legit, so you kiss the family goodbye and hop the thousand-some miles for the big adventure. But when you…
Cooper City City Commissioner John Sims is considered to be “outspoken.” A straight shooter who isn’t afraid to “tell it like it is.” He’s also mind-blowingly racist. As Bob Norman reports, Sims had himself a racisorgasm and threw out every racial stereotype anyone has ever said pertaining to Obama EVER…
A recent round of job cuts at the Department of Environmental Protection has stoked the wrath of environmentalists. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility on Wednesday issued a statement blasting the DEP’s decision to lay off 26 employees from the agency’s Southwest District Office while eliminating 14 vacant positions. “These are nonmanagement employees,”…
One month from now, something very unusual — and very, very Florida — will occur in the Everglades, representing a metaphoric clash of man and beast: the Burmese python challenge. Its requests are simple. Kill as many snakes as you can. No, no, no. Don’t worry. You don’t need a…
It’s been a marquee week for boner pills. First, a University of Florida professor and colleagues published a study showing that Cialis, the blockbuster erectile dysfunction drug, can help treat Becker muscular dystrophy, a rare and debilitating disease that often cripples sufferers by age 30 and for which there’s no…
“Have you ever wrecked one of these?” I ask as our burnt-orange Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse bursts onto the Julia Tuttle Causeway like a fireball from Hell. Butch Leitzinger shakes his head. The mild-mannered former racer is Bugatti’s official driver, but a better title would be “pilot.” With a…
Over the past few weeks, as the political yammering mercifully subsided and we sank into the offseason for national intrigue and drama, out of the quiet rose the name Jack Seiler. That’s because Fort Lauderdale’s mayor is mulling a run at governor. And though that 2014 election may seem as…
Alex Galvan was in El Salvador teaching English to poor kids when he first learned about his ties to terrorism. It was last March, during the patch of the calendar most universities cut out for spring break. But instead of beer-bonging his way through a beach week or posting up…
A few weeks ago, Marco Rubio was asked by GQ how old he thought the Earth was in one of them uppity gotcha questions the lamestream media love to throw at Republicans. Rubio’s answer was, “I’m not a scientist, man.” Then he rambled on about how the age of the…
Debbie Wasserman Schultz is a pretty big deal. She helped Democrats expand their majority in the Senate, which in and of itself was a task. And she helped Obama win Florida in November, which is almost impossible. But because she did these things, the POTUS announced Tuesday that he wants…
A man Broward Sheriff’s detectives say they’re on the lookout for a man who locked himself out of his own getaway car after loading two batteries he had just stolen into the front and back seats of the vehicle. A surveillance camera located at Lou’s Super Service Auto Repair, at 4431…
When you celebrate a birthday, your friends buy you a Hallmark card and make fun of you for being old and then take you out for drinks. But when rich people celebrate a birthday, their friends name a whole street after them. Business magnate; Waste Management and Blockbuster founder; onetime…
Mammon trounced Jesus yesterday in the battle over a wage theft ordinance in Palm Beach County, as county commissioners favored the pleadings of big business over those of a faith-based coalition of activists.Everyone involved made a show of concern for those victimized by unscrupulous employers — who rob Florida workers…
There’s been a lot of sideline crystal-balling and analysis about the national decline of horseracing, but Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach racked up some impressive numbers this past weekend with the kickoff of the thoroughbred season. Besides tanking cultural relevance, the big issue here was the start date. Traditionally, thoroughbreds begin…
This is what happens when the Heat players look like they left all their fucks in their other jeans and those jeans are in the wash. A 105-101 loss to the Washington Wizards, the worst team in all of professional sports: That’s what happens. It’s nothing new. The Heaters have…
Earlier this year, Joel Lester, a Canadian living in Boca Raton, saw a void that needed to be filled. Head shops and corner stores across the country had been raking in big bucks from bath salts and so-called herbal incenses, better-known as fake pot. Then the feds tossed down a…
Prominent Brazilian banker Igor Cornelsen, who spends half of his year in Boca Raton, will hand over $5.1 million to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission complaint that he had illegally traded Burger King stock, the oversight committee announced this week. Yes, a classic case of whopper speculation gone awry…
It was only a matter of time before PETA got involved with SeaWorld Dolphin Bites Little Girl Gate. Eight-year-old Jillian Thomas was bitten in the hand by a dolphin she was feeding at the theme park over the weekend. The attack left several dime-shaped punctures in her hand. See also:…
