Monthly Archives: May 2014
Monday Musings – Pinellas mess, Boko Haram, School “choice”, Indian elections, NBC, Manchester City and Baseball in Palm Beach
We led off last week’s column talking about the debacle in Pinellas County RE: CD-13. The hope was this situation would have subsided by now. However, the opposite has occurred as the fallout has only intensified over the last week as the Pinellas County DEC and its Chairman Mark Hanisee have reacted defensively about the situation. […]
MUST SEE VIDEO: Marco Rubio doesn’t Believe Climate Change Caused By Man; Broad Hoax
“I Do Not Believe Human Activity Is Causing These Dramatic Changes To The Climate” Thanks for reading. JS
BREAKING: UKRAINE NATIONAL GUARD FIRES ON CIVILIANS
Media outlets are reporting the Ukrainian National Guard opened fire on CIVILIANS in the city of Krasnoarmeysk. Story is unfolding in real time. Make sure you also check out The Interpreter as well for their live blog of what’s happening in the ground. This news, on top of earlier reports that Putin did not pull […]
The Pulp: America’s Middle Class Is No Longer The World’s Wealthiest,Yet Dems Cheer April Jobs Report
When it pertains to understanding the critical nature of America’s stagnant economy, I’ve repeated a certain summation: It’s not that we don’t get it, its that we don’t get that we don’t get it. If you tuned in to any of the national media in the past week you probably saw a plethora of stories […]
BREAKING: Satellite Images Show Putin Has NOT Moved troops Off Border
Early this week, I wrote about Putin’s tactics in Ukraine and opined that his announcement could be nothing more than propaganda in a de fact war dominated by the manipulation chaos. Now, The Washington Post is reporting NATO satellites show no Russian troop moments along the border despite Putin’s comments. I’ll have more tomorrow as […]
Guest Column: Governor and Cabinet need to do the right thing about FPL’s Nuclear facility
By Brad Ashwell After several years of public unrest and fierce debate, the fate of Florida Power & Light’s pursuit of two new nuclear reactors and controversial high-voltage transmission lines at the Turkey Point facility is squarely in the hands of Governor Rick Scott and the members of the Florida Cabinet at their next meeting […]
Out with the old…Changing the name of the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner.
History. For years, annual Democratic fundraising galas nationwide have been called the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner. Of course, the reason for this is because of the historical context of the two men involved. Thomas Jefferson is considered the father of Democratic Party (under the Democratic-Republican Party, also known as Jeffersonian Democrats), and Andrew Jackson was the first […]
Charlie Crist in Cuba: an idea whose time has come?
Only an American President with the anti-Communist bona fides of a Nixon could have gone to China, the old saw goes — is it possible that it takes a Charlie Crist to visit Cuba? It just might. Though it wasn’t so long ago Charlie criticized Democratic gubernatorial nominee Jim Davis for taking a fact-finding mission while […]
Thursday Bookshelf : Dream State
I get very self conscious when people make fun of Florida – the exception to that general rule of mine is when Floridians especially those from long-time Florida families mock our state. Diane Roberts formerly of the St Pete Times, FSU Professor and longtime NPR commentator. Roberts family has lived in Florida since the 18th […]
August 2009 letter from Governor Crist to Republican leaders
As the debate continues about what motivated Governor Crist’s switch of parties, I stumbled upon this letter in my files from August 20th 2009. This was seven months after President Obama was sworn in as President and several months after the infamous hug which would haunt Crist among Republican activists going forward. Recall at the […]
The Florida Squeeze 