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Allen West Hates His Coworkers

Congressman Allen West hasn't been at his job for a month, and already he's hating on his coworkers.In a letter to his supporters last Friday, West wrote that he was "appalled" at his co-Congressmen's "arrogance, belligerence, and dishonest rhetoric filled with empty emotional platitudes."  He wondered: "Have they no shame?"...
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America’s Next Great Restaurant Recap: Meltdown at Chipotle

Last night's America's Next Great Restaurant episode put contestants in the restaurant business, literally. As a group, contestants ran one of judge Steve Ells's Chipotle restaurants. It was a total disaster. The judges watched what was going on in and out of the kitchen on a TV in another room...
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Square Grouper Reviews Are In

Well, the reviews are in. Square Grouper, the new documentary about South Florida's wild pot-smuggling history -- the movie features Robert Platshorn, the man who served the longest pot-related prison term in U.S. history for his part in a the Black Tuna gang -- premiered last week in Austin at...
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Girl Talk at the Fillmore Miami Beach, May 19 and 20

Have you ever slipped into a pair of wet jeans, popped a pill, shared drinks with a stranger, rubbed private parts with 4,000 people, and danced so hard that you blacked out before waking up for another night of the exact same thing? If not, get ready for your first...
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Stop Writing About Smart Kids

The story of the smart-kid-who-graduates-high-school-early-and-goes-to-college-at-a-crazy-young-age-and-will-do-great-things-in-her-life is a journalistic gimme. Every few months, a journalist will find such a story and will report on it, expecting perhaps that readers will feel a brief moment of hope for the otherwise doomed present generation before sinking back into their default modes of cynicism...
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You Heard It Here First: Rocco’s Cinco de Mayo Plans

Last year, Rocco Mangel elected to have a police officer escort him to and from his West Palm Beach and Boca Raton restaurants so that he could celebrate Cinco de Mayo with everyone.He ended up in the hospital after suffering from heat exhaustion.(The tequila dance can be physically taxing, and...
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Terry Jones Burns Qur’an; Mob Kills Ten UN Workers

Rev. Terry Jones is an asshole.There will be a lot of talk in the coming weeks about Jones' culpability for the murder of ten U.N. workers, and not a few Afghan citizens, in a Friday riot protesting Jones' burning of a Qur'an. Those on what passes for the "left" side...
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Backstage: Classic Concerts With Hendrix, the Who, Springsteen, and More

Music vet and New Times scribe Lee Zimmerman shares stories of memorable rock 'n' roll encounters that took place in our local environs. This week, Lee's most memorable shows ever... I've often alluded to my concert experiences in past columns, and indeed, I've seen so many shows throughout the years/decades that...
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Live: Boom Chick at Laser Wolf, March 23

Boom Chick Laser Wolf, Fort LauderdaleWednesday, March 23, 2011Better Than: Skipping out on seeing The Kills for free at a local bar, only to find out a year later you'd be paying $30 for a ticket. Maraca in one hand, drumstick in the other, Boom Chick's Moselle Spiller was armed...
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Florida Citizens for Science Say: Creationism Is Bad for Business

It's well and good that Florida Citizens for Science would publish a release condemning the anti-evolution legislation recently drafted by State Sen. Stephen Wise. The execution, alas, is a little depressing. (Note: Read the Juice's own take on Sen. Wise's legislation here!)The full news release may be viewed at the...
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Sun Sentinel: Child Molesters are Hilarious

Poor Barbara Hijek! She's been toiling away on her FloriDUH blog over at the Sun Sentinel for what, by her reckoning, is over 4,100 entries. That takes a lot out of a gal. So you ought to be nicer to her about the minor (yet boneheaded) flub she committed two...
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UPDATED: Sheriff Lamberti Needs to Come Clean on Son’s Super Bowl Dream

Remember those first-class Super Bowl credentials that Sheriff Al Lamberti wrangled for his son from the NFL for last year's game while his agency provided security for the event? Well, the South Florida Times is dogging him about it, and some interesting things are happening as a result. For one, Lamberti is...
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Broward Election Results

For those of you wanting to keep an eye on the results as they come in, click here. Early voting totals are in. They are pretty good indicators, but you can see pretty good swings in some races as the night wears on. Gelber has about about 60 percent here...