Life beckons
The Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria
A spook's spook
Candidates for Orange County's Biracial Committee of Low Expectations
The Wall Street Journal profiles Florida's latest Fortune 500 company, and explores Publix's past and present success.
The Associated Press reports on a state appeals court judge who is stepping down from office before he would be forcibly removed, due to his relationship with a stripper. Thomas Stringer, the first American of African descent to graduate from Stetson Law School, is in [...] 
Florida's crazy Democrat uncle 
Mayor John Hugh Dyer, Jr., AKA Buddy 
Congressman Alan Grayson (D-One Term) 
Congressman Alan Grayson (D-One Term) 
Tea Parties were held across the verdant peninsula and America today. From what we gather through the distorted prism of the press, they were an assorted collection of middle America, primarily (though not exclusively) protesting the spending and tax policies of the current administration. The [...] 
An unidentified crew member of the American cargo vessel Maesrk Alabama describes himself in McClatchy Newspapers as "the only redneck on board." Identified only by his first name, John, he is a resident of Lake Helen, Florida. [...] 
Mexico's government has issued a formal protest over Miami-based Burger King's depiction of a Mexican wrestler wrapped in the Mexican flag (and an American Cowboy) in a TV advertisement for its chili-flavored Texican burger, according to Breitbart.com. [...] 
Former US Senator and Florida governor Bob Graham is set to explain to young gatorlings at the University of Florida, what life was like when he first joined Gatornation. The event takes place this Friday during UF's Orange and Blue Weekend in Gainesville.
An article in today's Times of London newspaper surveys the central Florida landscape. [...] 
We want to congratulate the president on his first real-time foreign policy decision. In allowing the US Navy to use force in the rescue of Richard Phillips, he sent a clear message that though a Democrat is Commander-in-Chief, the United States will not be harmed [...] 
David Brooks of the New York Times* examines the narrative taking shape about the recent financial and economic problems. The entire column is worth your time, but it can be distilled down to this one sentence he wrote. "Too many people were good at" [...] 
Boo Weekley, iced tea aficionado 
Juan Ponce de Leon
The James Bond villain Hugo Drax from Moonraker
Never leave port without one of these
Josh Hafenbrack tees off in Friday's paper with the headline "Florida may sell Kottcamp's favorite plane." The short article ostensibly deals with the state legislature's budget proposal which would sell some of the planes currently in use by the executive branch, one of which was [...] 
Not the Everglades, but Santa Rosa Island is real Florida too
Federal officials and scientists are considering a 6-month ban on the fishing of red snapper from Florida to North Carolina, according to the Orlando Sentinel. This is due to the recently observed thinning of the population by the marine biologists at agencies tasked with [...] 
Florida citrus growers are questioning, again, Brazil's pricing practices for orange exports to the USA. The WSJ reports that Lakeland-based Florida Citrus Mutual is investigating whether or not Brazilian companies are "dumping" oranges at below market prices this year, which is to say, predatory [...] 
Far be for us, a usually skeptical blog to go triumphalist, but we shall put it plainly. After approximately two months into its existence, the Age of Obama is over.
The Populous Governor has issued a 15% across-the-board freeze in state budgets for the remainder of this year. The Miami Herald, which still has a print edition, has the details. [...] 
U.S. Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) gets glowing coverage from a Politico.com opinion piece written by someone with the same surname. The column suggests Sen. Martinez may be seeking President Obama's support on his immigration proposal since he cannot find any within his own caucus.
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The Wall Street Journal reports on Orlando-based Darden Restaurant's most recent financial results. The news - things are not so bad for the leader in sit-down dining.
Ruth Madoff, AKA Bernard Madoff's other half, has declared her Palm Beach residence to be her "primary residence," according to Bloomberg. This is a not-so-disguised attempt to hang on to ill-gotten gains before the sword of public justice falls on the Madoffs' bank accounts and [...] 
H.L. Mencken once remarked that, "a Puritan is someone who is deathly afraid that someone, somewhere, is having fun." We would add that, "a Democrat is someone who is deathly afraid that someone, somewhere, is doing better than them."
The Orlando Business Journal reports that A. Duda & Sons, Inc. has purchased the Dyal-Upchurch building in downtown Jacksonville. [...]
Gov. Charlie Crist writes an opinion piece in today's 
