News, gossip, tidbits and oddities we dug up from under Orlando’s couch cushions.
If you haven’t seen the Bad Brains DVD we reviewed this week, quit blowing bubbles and go check it out. I watched (most of) it this morning, and if you’re not old enough to have gone to a hardcore show pre-1995, it will open your eyes. My viewing partner, a music history teacher, tells...
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Uh-oh. DCF’s in the news again. They returned Trenton Duckett to his mommy twice. Even though she threatened to kill him if he misbheaved. Even though they diagnosed her with obsessive-compulsive disorder, a psych disease often found in people suffering other forms of mental illness, incliuding Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder. Now...
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As some of you might be aware, Tom Feeney is using a story I wrote about his November opponent, Clint Curtis, in his mailings. (Disclaimer: I’m by no means a Feeney fan, but Curtis’ claims are – how to say? – a bit devoid of reality, in my humble opinion.) Anyway, Feeney has a...
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Screech … porno … dirty sanchez! This is, officially, the end of the world.
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So the Sentinel decided to determine how Jim Davis’ selection of running mate Daryl Jones would impact the black vote, which almost always goes Democrat here. The problem, you’ll recall, is that long ago and far away Davis voted against compensating two wrongly convincted black men who’d been railroaded in a criminal case, and...
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Happy hangover Friday, everyone. Let’s get started. Troy Victorino sentenced to death. Who’da thunk it? At the risk of sounding boastful, we totally ran the best story on this guy and this crime to date, written by Elizabeth Randall. Here it is. If the Sentinel’s take of the trial is true (I didn’t make...
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To nail the George Felix “Macaca” “Am I really a Jew” Allen story. It’s so good I’m going to reprint below, but there’s a pic on the main page you must see. Deep breath. Last month, we learned that George Allen is secretly Jewish. Then, Senator Macaca was asked whether he was Jewish and...
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The prosecution rests in the Ernie Page trial. I was going to stop by for a bit yesterday, but quite frankly, I didn’t get a chance. But from what Schlueb’s saying here, I think Page may have an out, or the possibility thereof. See, he threatened Pina, but he never ordered staff to eighty-six...
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Today, Wired News has a great blog post on the FBI’s annual Uniform Crime Report. “Police in the United States made a record number of arrests in 2005 according to the FBI’s annual Uniform Crime Report. The 786,545 people arrested for marijuana violations made up 42.6 percent of all drug arrests, and more arrests...
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There’s a party at Red Light Red Light. Wonder what wikipedia has to say? I guess the whole thing was started by those attention whores that were on Wifeswap last night. God, I hate that show.
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Food Truck Wars News: Some say city’s temporary use permit for mobile food vendors is unfair By Erin Sullivan 6/19/2013
‘Arrested Development’ success in keeping the family together Film & DVD: Don’t let early reviews of the new Netflix episodes ruin it for you By Ashley Belanger 6/19/2013
Another Round Food & Drink: Diversified drinking in Mills 50 By Aimee Vitek 6/19/2013
Marco Rubio’s gay panic News: Senator sticks foot in mouth when discussing gay immigrants By Billy Manes 6/19/2013
Savage Love COLUMN: I’m a straight guy in my early 30s with an amazing girlfriend of two years. A few months ago, I felt open enough to share my taboo fantasy: father/daughter... By Dan Savage 6/19/2013
Soapboxer: A portrait of Trayvon Martin as a young black thug News: On the disgusting, racist ploy to drag a dead kid through the mud By Jeffrey C. Billman 6/12/2013