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The Cuba Issue: Travel — how to "do" Cuba
It’s one thing to read the headlines regarding President Obama’s effort to restore diplomacy between the U.S. and Cuba, which was most recently evidenced with the reopening of a U.S. Embassy. It’s...
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Sh*t happened 7/23/15: Another bomb scare, beach bacteria, LEPROSY ARMADILLOS
Reach deep; the end of this week's road is within sight. Well, not within sight really, but you know it's there, because it comes every time, at the end of this tedious cycle, this meaningless,...
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Bernie Sanders watch parties set for Wednesday throughout Tampa Bay
On Wednesday, Senator Bernie "the Berninator" Sanders (I-Vermont) is going to make the case for why he should be the next president. The passionately outspoken liberal candidate obviously faces an...
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Sh*t happened 7/24/15: Tampa budget, BombWatch 2015 continues, TIA, scumbags
Welcome to Friday, your bon voyage party in honor of the week, and gateway to those days Republicans would like to see added to your week. Shall we run down yesterday's news before lunch beers lead to...
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Hillsborough Taps Out Against Winery Owner
It looks like the county wimped out in their precedent-setting reimbursement for defense costs case against the owner of Keel & Curley Winery in east Hillsborough. Owner Joe Keel filed ethics...
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Scott signs bills preventing human trafficking
A while back, we covered a press conference in which State Sen. Jack Latvala (R-Clearwater) and State Rep. Ross Spano (R-Sarasota) touted the overwhelming passage of bills aimed at curbing human...
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Rays president talks about the Rays so here's a post about the Rays
It was a dark and stormy afternoon. Tampa Bay Rays President Brian Auld approached the podium at a meeting of the Suncoast Tiger Bay Club at the St. Pete Yacht Club, where he stood before a packed...
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Kriseman in a climbing harness? Don't mind if we do.
Running a city like St. Pete is no easy job. You have meetings with police unions, a historically disenfranchised black population you want to help, the whining privileged folks upset that the...
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Sh*t happened 7/27/15: Hulk boned, Bern's honored, Megatoad victorious, more
Happy Monday! Please swim down through your flooded home to your waterlogged Internet Viewing Terminal, and let's begin.FRIDAY, JULY 24: The last few grapes of aging human cartoon Hulk Hogan's...
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Sh*t happened 7/28/15: Gay Boy Scout leaders, new Bulls uniforms, Sarasota...
It is Tuesday, and has rained every day since, well, what, Easter? But once we wring out our weary souls, we'll find them fuzzy with the healthy, green, growing sprouts of new hope and ideas. Or maybe...
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Castor and a Republican file long-shot — though appreciated — bill to lift...
While the relationship between the U.S. and Cuba has undergone a sea change since last December, there is, of course, only so much that President Obama can do to modernize the way the two countries...
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FL Senate admits to redistricting corruption oops
The League of Women Voters of Florida is applauding Florida Senators' admission that they indeed drew Senate districts to Republicans' advantage despite a constitutional amendment barring such a...
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Sh*t happened 7/29/15: Bucs slogan, Lexus lanes opposition, annual skeeter panic
He gazed balefully at the computer screen, then dutifully typed out the biased stories he selected based solely on his religious affiliation. You'd think he didn't like it. Actually, he thought the...
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Shut up, Marco Rubio.
The Trumpification of the GOP primary has entered new territory. Specifically, Zimbabwe, where popular, protected lion Cecil was shot with an arrow and later killed by Minnesota dentist and Romney...
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Streaming Sanders speech ignites grassroots at St. Pete's Venture Compound
There were roughly 60 people packed into the Venture Compound, an experimental music venue in St. Pete's Warehouse Arts District. This time around, the music wasn't the main event. It was a streaming...
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Sandstorm: The unintended consequences of an ongoing fight on Treasure Island
As far as lots in life go, Greg Taylor has a pretty damned good one. His job is to hit the beach all day, every day. (Disclosure: Taylor is a former neighbor of this reporter, but that is not how we...
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Sh*t happened 7/30/15: Bernie streams, beaches disease-y, PC overkill
"Nothing is infinite, Thomas," said Burroughs. "Resources are limited, actions have consequences. Omelets, eggs, and so forth. For you to get rich, somebody else has gotta get poor." Thomas stood at...
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Big cat advocates weigh in on lion death, how to stop trophy hunts
The last few days have left many grappling with the question of what has to be so fundamentally wrong with some people that they feel the need to dispose of part of their ample income by killing...
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Hey, cool, Jeb! says climate change is real, caused by humans
You don't have to be a scientist to understand what's (presumably) taught in remedial science. That's why the "I'm not a scientist" refrain, popular among GOP presidential contenders, can be so...
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Sh*t happened 7/31/15: Tampa cops need oversight, Gulf waters don't need...
Let's just get this over with and go have some hair of the dog, shall we?Tampa City Council Chairman Frank Reddickis pushing for the creation of a citizens' review board to add a little oversight to...
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