Monthly Archives: June 2022
The day slavery was finally abolished in Florida
While slavery was abolished in Florida technically by the Emancipation Proclamation, it was on May 20, 1865 that Emancipation was proclaimed aloud in Tallahassee, the state capital. Tallahassee had been the only Confederate capital east of the Mississippi that was not captured by the Union during the Civil War, a source of pride for many […]
DeSantis-Disney saga takes another turn and is another failure for Florida job wise – Four additional reasons (beyond Don’t Say Gay) Disney has pumped the brakes
In the wake of Ron DeSantis’ retaliation against Disney for speaking out about his discriminatory “Don’t Say Gay” bill, Disney has delayed relocating 2,000 high-paying jobs from California to Florida. This comes after DeSantis pushed through politically-motivated legislation to punish Disney for speaking out. The Walt Disney Company has officially said the delay was made “to give people more time,” with […]
Watergate at 50 – Looking back at the world Richard Nixon created through Rick Perlstein’s books
For the better part of the last 15 years, Rick Perlstein has written a narrative about the period from 1960 to 1980 and the effective conservative takeover of America. Perlstein’s four books provide the quite possibly the best societal and political critique of that era. This narrative is split up into four volumes. The first […]
Elon Musk the latest billionaire to embrace wannabe populist Ron DeSantis
This week, Elon Musk tweeted his support for Governor Ron DeSantis, who would be, per his own admission the first GOPer he supports for President. It’s quite interesting to see Musk and other billionaires like Ken Griffin so openly embrace Florida’s Governor who likes to play working-class populist – DeSantis policies aren’t conservative, but we’re […]
Is the January 6 committee accomplishing anything worthwhile? Will the next coup attempt be stopped? Unlikely…
January 6 was a terrible event, a permanent blot on the United States that perhaps can never be expunged. The January 6 Select Committee in the US House is currently holding televised hearings that do bring lots of light to what happened January 6 and who was responsible. This is a good thing. But it […]
Ron DeSantis and January 6 -a DeSantis presidential run would result in a more “orderly” coup which will be successful
As we’ve previously discussed on this site, a tangible difference between Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis, is that the Florida Governor, if ever in the position Trump was in during November and December 2020, the Florida Governor likely finds a way to stay in the White House. As a budding autocrat who takes after Hungarian […]
Inflation’s global scope need to be better articulated in the US
Last week, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson barely escaped a no-confidence vote within the House of Commons MP’s of his own Conservative Party. PM Johnson’s struggles might be tied to the “partygate” scandal (opposition Labour has its own “beergate” scandal to deal with)but Johnson’s standing is undermined by the high-inflationary spiral the UK finds itself […]
Seminole Wars: The First Battle of the Loxahatachee River
The first battle of the Loxahatchee River took place on January 15. We take a look at the battle site in this video.
Pelican Island – The nation’s original National Wildlife Refuge
Pelican Island NWR in Indian River County, was designated as the first National Wildlife Refuge in the country, in 1903 by President Theodore Roosevelt. In the following video’s we take a tour of internal areas of Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge and discuss the history of the protected areas in the Indian River Lagoon. Some […]
Florida and Watergate – 50 years later
The Watergate Scandal which ultimately brought down President Richard Nixon had many of its most important elements based in and around the Sunshine State. Like many things associated with the Nixon White House, Florida was center stage for much of the scandal. The 50th Anniversary of Watergate taking place this month, is a great time […]
The Florida Squeeze 