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• Your Evening Sift

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  Hopefully, you have your shopping and traveling done and are ready to stay holed up for the next 24 hours. Let's begin this Turkey Day hibernation with your evening Sift...
  
  A- Carlos Miller continues his iPhone photo project with some impressive images.
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 6:40pm EST
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• New RRA Logo

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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 5:00pm EST
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• Talking Points For Turkey Day

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  For those of you who are heading home for the holiday, Campaign for America's Future Robert L. Borosage has some words of advice...
  
  

  Dear Heather,

  For millions of Americans, Thanksgiving is home, food, and family. And for many of us, the inevitable [...]

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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 3:00pm EST
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• The GOP: Home of the Whopper

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  This may be one of the bigger Whoppers...
  
  
  "We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term."
  
  -Dana Perino, former White House Press Secretary under the guy who was in the White House on 9-11-2001, on Hannity yesterday.
  Hmmm....let's see....
  
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 11:37am EST
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• What Are You Thankful For?

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  Since most everyone is going to be away from the computer tomorrow and enjoying family and/or friends, I wanted to post this video today so that you got a chance to view and think about it.
  
  Please don't be put off by the Mormon branding or the fairly heavy' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:33am EST
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• The Cooler

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  Yesterday's vehicle chases added some excitement to the news this morning. I found the CBS4 video to be the best and it's included below. There is lots of other good stuff so enjoy.
  
  A- Herald: Video, Miami's new police chief is sworn [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 9:19am EST
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• Your Morning Sift

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  Good morning.
  
  It's been raining hard here in Broward since oh-dark-thirty this morning. It's welcomed, don't get me wrong, but I can see a lot of problems for those who waited until today to get their Thanksgiving supplies. So dry off and take' [...]
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  Posted: November 25, 2009, 8:10am EST
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• Your Evening Sift

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  For those of you keeping track, and believe me when I tell you there are a few sociopaths out there who are, I'm officially on vacation. W00t! But there isn't time to celebrate because I have a full blown gorilla of an evening Sift [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:11pm EST
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• SFDB Not So Random Thought

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  In these times, I'm just wondering what "profile" this soldier fits...
  
  
  I'm thinking "brave American warrior who died fighting for his country" fits quite nicely.
  
  By the way, that's a Muslim crescent and star. In Arlington National Cemetery.
  
  'Magine that.
  
  More' [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 11:30am EST
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• Jackie Seal Gets Some Company

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  These Sarah Palin lines could be as much a source of entertainment as the John McCain lines were in 2008.
  
  Eights minutes of pure, conservative gold.
  
  
  
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:15am EST
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• SFDB Ecard Of The Day

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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 8:15am EST
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• The Cooler

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  Another rather slow day in the mainstream media, I'm afraid. Here's some of the the more interesting stories I ran into this morning.
  
  A- Sun-Sentinel: 80 years and it ends like this.HOLLYWOOD - An 80-year-old man fell to his death from a' [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 7:17am EST
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• Your Morning Sift

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  Good morning.
  
  Well, the Thanksgiving posts have finally started in the South Florida blogosphere. More to come as we get closer to the big day, I suppose. Here's your 48 Hours To Go Tuesday morning Sift..
  
  A- A Grand Illusion opines [...]
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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 6:36am EST
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• Your Evening Sift

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  I have tons of great stuff for you this evening so get real comfortable because it's going to take you a while to get through this Monday evening Sift...
  
  A- South Florida Lawyers wonders whether Rothstein's RRA lawyers were doing more than [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:39pm EST
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• Tea Party: The Documentary

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  Can this be real?
  
  
  
  It appears as though it is.
  
  For kicks and giggles, count the number of minorities who appear in the trailer...besides the token "Nate," of course, who is sprinkled throughout.
  
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:30am EST
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• They're Out There

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  In Denver....
  
  
  
  WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. - A billboard showing President Barack Obama wearing a turban has sparked a lot of attention at the suburban Denver used car dealership that put it up.
  
  The sign, completed Friday by [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:15am EST
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• SFDB Ecard Of The Day

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:10am EST
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• The Cooler

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  There's next to nothing in this morning's local mainstream media worth noting but I wanted to use this break in the action to illustrate just how strange the news reporting business can be.
  
  As most regular readers know, I peruse all the media [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:24am EST
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• Your Morning Sift

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  Good morning.
  
  Shhh. Be very, very quiet. It's Monday morning.
  
  A- Miami-Dade Dems has a short video and some commentary about Saturday's South Florida Blogup.
  
  B- Burger Beast bracelets?
  
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:41am EST
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• SFDB's We Live Here

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 10:00pm EST
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• Your Evening Sift

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  It was a heavy posting day for some reason. Sunday Sifts are usually a piece of cake but tonight's had me working overtime. Enjoy...
  
  A- Drop by Swampstyle's gallery and be surprised 'cause I'm not sure what's going on there for the' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:32pm EST
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• SFDB Post Of The Week

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  SFDB selects its Post of the Week by going back and reviewing all the Sifts that we've done over the past 7 days. We find the best post of the week and note the runners ups as we judge them to be.
  
  I' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 5:03pm EST
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• Glenn Beck Visits Central Florida [UPDATED]

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  For the same reason many Americans smoke cigarettes. For the same reason many Americans eat unhealthy foods. For the same reason many Americans make time to sit and watch "The Biggest Loser,"Glenn Beck has been catching the attention of a certain type of American. What he has to say is [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 2:15pm EST
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• The Cooler

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  I have a couple interesting videos for you in today's Cooler. Here you go...
  
  A- Herald: Wasn't Coconut Grove Grapevine recently making a point of how much crime there was around Mary Brickell Village? Detectives are searching for a rapist who attacked' [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:39am EST
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• Your Morning Sift

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  Good morning.
  
  Weekends go quicker and quicker it seems. Enjoy your Already Sunday morning Sift...
  
  A- Miami Bike Scene shares some photos from yesterday's Cranksgiving.
  
  B- Nikon Miami was there and snapped a few photos at The Burger Beast [...]
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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:00am EST
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• SFDB Saturday Night Turndown Service

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  Time to mellow out...
  
  
  
  
  Pat Metheny Group, Across The Sky
  
  
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:00pm EST
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• Your Evening Sift

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  Not too much happening in the SoFla blogosphere as I think many were tied up at the afternoon Blogup. Here's a few posts to consider in your Saturday evening Sift...
  
  A- Eye on Miami is down on Jimbo's as are the post's' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 5:58pm EST
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• SFDB October Post Of The Month

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  Eye On Miami: The Saga of the Phone Scam
  
  I suppose everyone likes a good story about getting back at telemarketers so I'm thinking that's what made The Saga of the Phone Scam so popular with SFDB PotM voters. After all was' [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 3:59pm EST
  by Rick

• 300

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  I recently picked up my 300th Google Reader subscriber and I couldn't be more proud.
  
  Thanks goes out to all of you who read SFDB or follow along with the help of Google, Bloglines, or any other RSS reader or Twitter.[...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:00am EST
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• The Cooler

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  There are some strange stories in today's Cooler. Enjoy.
  
  A- Herald: Jimbo's is under attack once again.The city has embarked on a soft-glove version of a code-enforcement crackdown on James ``Jimbo'' Luznar's famously tumbledown and quasi-legal palace of cheap beer, smoked fish [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:44am EST
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• Your Morning Sift

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  Good morning.
  
  It's a good day for blogging in South Florida because the SoFla Blogup is happening this afternoon. Before you pack up and head out, check out your morning Sift.
  
  A- South Beach Condo Blog looks at Miami Beach [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:54am EST
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• Sign Our Books!

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  How fast they turn on their own...
  
  Angry crowd shouts at Sarah Palin at her book signing in Noblesville, Indiana on November 19, 2009 after Palin quits and refuses to sign books for around 300 families that spent about 3+ hours getting wristband and another 3+ hours waiting in [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:00pm EST
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• Your Evening Sift

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  A week before Thanksgiving, Panera Bread is playing Christmas music in their restaurants. Just shoot me. But not before you read your TGIF evening Sift...
  
  A- Rakontur has Luther Campbell's title track from their new movie, The U, and it's catchy.
  
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:38pm EST
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• Friday Flashback

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  Madness, Our House
  
  
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:30pm EST
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• Driving Around South Florida

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  A Miata Woody spotted somewhere up in Deerfield Beach...
  
  
  
  
  
  - via [as if you couldn't tell] Acts of Sedition
  
  
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:30am EST
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• So Just How Old Is Jackie Seal?

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  If you recall, Jackie Seal was the name of the young lady interviewed by MSNBC as she stood in line for a recent Sarah Palin book signing. She came across as confidently uninformed and if may I say, foolish.
  
  Glenn Beck spent a portion of his show yesterday [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:15am EST
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• The Cooler

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  I'm short of time this morning so this is what my breeze through the local mainstream media turned up.
  
  A- Herald: Yoani Sanchez gets noticed.
  

  WASHINGTON -- Cuba's celebrated and increasingly brassy blogger Yoani Sánchez emerged Thursday as a player in' [...]

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:52am EST
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• Your Morning Sift

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  Good morning.
  
  The weekend slowdown has officially begun. Kind of a quiet night on the blogging front in SoFla. Make sure you check out the ever changing SFDB Weekend Widget for things to do as we move through the weekend. Enjoy your TGIF [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:32am EST
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• Your Evening Sift

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  I'm not going to say what I was doing to cause a delayed Sift but I do want to declare the Ricotta Gnocchi at Lola's on Harrison as some of the best comfort food this side of the Atlantic. Here's your satiated Evening' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:45pm EST
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• Your Evening Sift Takes A Delay

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  Tonight's Sift is going to be delayed because there are more important things to do this evening.
  
  Did I just say that?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 5:14pm EST
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• The World According To Americans

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  -via Hullabaloo [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:30am EST
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• We're Not Morans!

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  MSNBC heads out to a Sarah Palin book signing in Real America in search of intelligent life...
  
  Oh my, this is painful.
  
  
  
  And on a related note...
  
  
  
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:15am EST
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• The Cooler

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  AT&T's internet service was particularly slow and sucky this morning so I only have a few things for you gleaned from the local mainstream media.
  
  A- Herald: Because there's always a market for lawyers who see no evil and hear no evil.While [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:59am EST
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• Your Morning Sift

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  Good morning.
  
  We have a winner for the SFDB October Post of the Month that we'll announce shortly. In the meantime, the Weekend Widget is at the top of the right sidebar and is ready for your review. Enjoy your Day Before Friday' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:17am EST
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• Your Evening Sift

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  Can City of Miami politics get any more FUBAR? It's the source of much discussion in the local blogs these days. Hey, we're on the downside, folks! Enjoy your Hump Day evening Sift...
  
  A- Eye on Miami deems a South Miami' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:07pm EST
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• Reminder: Huge South Florida Blogup This Weekend

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  So far, these are the bloggers that have said they're going to be there...
  
  Discourse.net ~ SoBizMiami ~ @alexdc ~ Betty’s Events ~ Bark Bark Woof Woof ~ Burger Beast ~ Worst Pizza ~ TheRealEdwin.com & TheRealEdwin.posterous.com ~ What Time Is Your Flight ~ The' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 11:30am EST
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• An Open Note To Jimmy Cefalo

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  Dear Jimmy,
  
  For the last month or so, I've been listening to you do your morning show on WIOD and while I get the whole right wing hack, Rush Limbaugh wannabee thing you got going on there, let me say that for years I watched you' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:45am EST
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• The Cooler

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  The political scene in the City of Miami is rather interesting these days. That, and more, in this morning's Cooler.
  
  A- Herald: Oh, this would be so Miami. Miami Mayor Tomás Regalado on Tuesday announced a special election in January for Overtown's' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:51am EST
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• Your Morning Sift

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  Good morning.
  
  It's Hump Day in the South Florida blogosphere. It was fairly busy overnight so sit back and enjoy a substantial morning Sift...
  
  A- In the end, The Chowfather is glad that he wound up at the Gourmet Diner in' [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:38am EST
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• SFDB Late Night Politics

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  The Colbert Report takes on a bow...
  
  The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cObama Bows to Japanese Emperorwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorU.S. Speedskating
  
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:00pm EST
  by Rick