Author Archives: Kartik Krishnaiyer
The fall of Florida – depopulation in the hinterland
Having recently, once again visited the Mission San Luis de Apalachee, this week’s Florida History Podcast which is part of our ongoing Albion Florida series was particularly poignant and sad. It was there, in modern-day Tallahassee that the English committed the atrocities that destroyed La Florida . In the late 1600’s, St Augustine was arguably […]
TFS +: The founding of New Smyrna in the 1760’s, a unique British North American settlement
This audio will be part of a longer podcast on the period from 1763 to 1775 released next month, but for TFS+ subscribers only, we are releasing this portion early. New Smyrna was a unique British settlement in North America and eventually was populated largely by Catholics and Greek Orthodox Christians, incredibly unique for British […]
Redistricting fight- instead of partisanship it’s DeSantis, right-wing media and activists vs the rest of the Florida GOP
Governor DeSantis unprecedented foray into the reapportionment fight , here in Florida can be debated on its merits. The Governor has chosen to pick a fight over Al Lawson’s current congressional seat, deeming its presence unconstitutional (despite court rulings to the contrary) and threatening to veto any plan that doesn’t eliminate the seat. The State […]
Ukraine situation creating aviation changes
The combination of sanctions against Russia and increased oil prices both stemming from the Russian invasion of Ukraine is causing ripples throughout the aviation world. Florida is being impacted as expected. First off, Aeroflot obviously will no longer serve Miami. The last Miami-Moscow nonstop was flown last weekend. Frontier will not fly Orlando-Fort Myers/Milwaukee/Minneapolis-St Paul/Pittsburgh/Sioux […]
What *%$# is Marco Rubio doing?
As my Twitter feed indicates, while slamming other Florida Republicans recently, I’ve been pretty soft on Marco Rubio because I think, unlike the rest of the party of DeSantis and Trump here in Florida, he’s been strong in condemning Russia and Putin (we will try to have more on the party of DeSantis’ Russian love […]
Falling Waters short video
Falling Waters (near Chipley in Washington County) waterfall from below without narration
Let’s stop calling the GOP, “Republicans.”
Many years ago, Republicans and FOX News began a minor but very noticeable shift, calling Democrats instead “Democrat,” or the “Democrat Party.” It was intentional as many internal memos revealed to end implications that the Democratic Party was in fact, democratic. Well today we have a “Republican” Party that disdains republicanism. The Trump years have […]
Growing in irrelevance within the GOP, Rick Scott gets flamed by Florida newspapers
Senator Rick Scott’s irrelevance is almost complete. Shunned by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and increasingly anonymous in a Florida GOP led by Ron DeSantis, Scott is on the margins. DeSantis ability to acquire and use power in a fashion Scott was incapable of even conceiving let alone executing while he was Governor coupled with […]
Mission San Luis central plaza
In our continuing look at Mission San Luis de Apalachee a short video of the central square/plaza.
DeSantis adds France to checklist of western democracies he insults
Our Governor is proving once again that despite being Democratically elected himself (albeit with plurality not a majority) he has contempt for western leaders of all ideological stripes that represent democracies and republics. Wednesday, Governor DeSantis added the US’ oldest ally, France to his checklist of nations that are western democracies he attacks. France it […]
The Florida Squeeze 