Back in October 2011, Tarvess David Taylor mailed five separate envelopes filled with a powdery substance to the Broward County Sheriff’s Offices and the State Courthouse of the 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida. The Broward County Fire-Rescue HAZMAT Team had to be called in, and the Sheriff’s Office and courthouse…
Even though a good portion of its candidates were booted out of office in November, and even though Floridians shot down Amendment 1, and even though Obama not only won the election but also won Florida, the Tea Party is still insisting that the government do what it says, because…
Apparently nobody trolls Rick Scott quite like… Rick Scott.After the governor insisted he would reject any and all of Obama’s health-care laws that come his way, he then turned around and changed his mind. Then, after suppressing the vote in November before the elections, he vowed that voting procedures will…
Yesterday we told you about Jillian Thomas, the 8-year-old girl who was feeding dolphins at SeaWorld when one of the animals bit her arm. Don’t worry; she was left with three dime-sized puncture wounds and an unbelievably cool anecdote for the rest of her life. While a dolphin biting an 8-year-old…
Broward County Public Schools Construction chief Tom Linder agreed to resign from his post Monday after Schools Supt. Robert Runcie moved to have him fired, reports Bob Norman. Runcie accused Linder of “rouge activities” and alleges that the construction chief refurbished his office, failed to clean up his department, and…
Our crack investigative team has uncovered startling information relating to Oakland Park terrorist suspect Sheheryar Qazi. He appears to be a bro — that certain genus of man subsisting purely on Jägerbombs and skank — plays warfare videogames on X-Box, and frequently tries to sell traumatically ugly bikes on Craigslist…
International Polo Club owner John Goodman, who had been under house arrest on a DUI manslaughter charge for killing 23-year-old Scott Wilson back in February 2010 with his car, was caught screwing with his ankle monitor back in October. Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Colbath had Goodman’s bond temporarily…
An eight year-old girl was happily feeding dolphins at SeaWorld’s Dolphin Cove when one of them lunged from out of the water and bit her hand. Jillian Thomas, who was visiting the SeaWorld Orlando park with her parents from Georgia, was lined up with other children, feeding the dolphins from…
Just because Allen West isn’t around to yell COMMIE! at people from his seat in congress, doesn’t mean he’s not going to stop saying loopy things. West spoke to NPR’s Michel Martin over the weekend to discuss the election and his memories of being in congress.In the interview, West tells Martin that…
In the least shocking news of the entire history of human persons, Sports Illustrated has named LeBron James the 2012 Sportsman of the Year. All LeBron pretty much did this year is cleave the earth with his astounding awesomeness by winning his first NBA title for your Miami Heat, won…
Over the last few weeks, as the political yammering mercifully subsided and we sank into the off-season of 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…
Not content with locking up Palm Beach medical marijuana activist Robert Platshorn for almost 30 years, the federal government has now decided to rob him of his constitutional rights, restricting his ability to travel and enjoy free speech and assembly. They don’t like him advocating drug law reform. See also: Pot Smuggler Schools…
Just weeks before Christmas, the Miami Dolphins were supposed to pull another big win out of their collective asses to inch closer to an improbable post-season berth. Instead, they delivered a stocking full of turds in the form of a 23-16 loss to the New England Patriots. There’s plenty of blame…
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 people by age 30 and for which there’s no…
Delray Beach Police were called when a man was seen running around his neighborhood, and throwing random things out of his house into his outside plants. Among the things the man threw at the outside plants: a ladder, a CO2 tank, and some credit cards. Also, the outside plants were…
As you may have heard, Allen West lost his election battle with Patrick Murphy, as well as math. But the fine folks at Stand Up Florida want to remind West not to lose his battle with common sense. On Saturday, local constituents will be putting up a lighted message at…
Hard to believe it’s been 25 years since a group of folks gathered in San Francisco to commemorate and remember loved ones who had passed away from AIDS. This small gathering gave birth to the AIDS Quilt, which eventually gave birth to World AIDS Day — officially observed every December…
One of the wonderful things about Obama’s winning reelection is watching the GOPers immerse themselves in doing what they do best: making loud noises and saying crazy shit that makes even certifiably crazy people say, “Whoa. Thassome crazy shit.” But amid the thicket of Benghazi ramblings and other frivolous stuff,…
It’s the blahs: postelection, in the limbo between the holidays. The nation’s not in totally awful shape, no rioting in the streets (though some think that would be an improvement). We’re enduring the social equivalent of what Freud described as the goal of psychotherapy: normal unhappiness.Dismal as the tinsel may…
The Dolphins and Patriots face off this Sunday at Sun Life Stadium for the first time this season. And even though New England is a heavy favorite, history has proven that this matchup can go in any direction. This isn’t the most heated rivalry in the AFC East (both teams…
City commissioners in Pembroke Pines clearly have too much time on their hands. This week, the city passed a resolution to warn residents about a potential link between cell phones and cancer and recommend that residents keep their mobile devices at least an inch from their bodies. Several news outlets jumped…
With tensions continuing to writhe in the Middle East as Israel and Palestine fall into an uneasy calm, a group of Zionist Jews in South Florida condemns both the cease fire between the neighbors as well as the United Nations’ decision yesterday to award Palestine the status of nonmember observer…
