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• And if you thought Goldman was bad…

  Imagine if Toyota made cars that crashed in a speeding fireball of death on purpose, just so they could collect life insurance on the drivers… meet Magnetar. Magnetar is a hedge fund. Normally, hedge funds make money because they know lots of millionaires who give them money to invest, they [...]
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• “Is a dream a lie if it don’t come true, or is it something worse?”

  Is a dream a lie if it don’t come true, or is it something worse? That’s a line from Bruce Springsteen’s The River. (If you don’t know who Springsteen is, just ask your parents or click here.) So anyway, many of us had a dream, we called it The American [...]
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• Anybody lose a turtle?

  You know how those turtles can get away from you. One moment they’re sitting there, munching some lettuce and the next thing you know, they’re gone! This sign has been up in my neighborhood for two months now. That’s ten minutes in turtle years, so no hurry. [...]
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• SB6 is Toast

  Charlie Crist’s Veto Pen has 550 “fans” on Facebook [...]
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• Catwoman and The Penguin

  Great, just what we need… the synergy of Nut job and Wingnut. I’m calmly searching the tubes re: Charlie Crist and Miami New Times pokes me in the eye with this. I’m not going to sleep well tonight. There are parts of Florida where this could help Rubio. In the [...]
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• Proposed “Politician Protection Act”

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  A Bill to Adjust Elected Official Salary & Benefits Based on Performance Known as “The Politician Protection Act” Section 1. WHEREAS, we the people of Florida have elected a governor, cabinet, 40 senators, 120 representatives and various city and county officials to maintain and increase the standard of living for [...]
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• UF Study finds correlation between demographics and FCAT scores

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  You gotta respect the scientific method: Current school reform efforts, like No Child Left Behind, emphasize teacher quality as the most important factor in student success, but University of Florida researchers have identified another, stunningly accurate predictor of classroom performance—the student’s home address. Right down to the neighborhood and street [...]
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• Everglades vultures develop a taste for rubber

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  According to this Miami Herald report, vultures from Anhinga Trail to Flamingo, are stripping rubber and vinyl trim from cars and boats in the parking lots. The ever-resourceful fishing guides have responded by draping tarps over their boats and vehicles. Park employees and rangers are leaving plastic bags under windshield [...]
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• What happens when the mayor fires the fire department?

  Ask Flint, Michigan, Michael Moore’s hometown… The mayor laid off all the firemen and closed the fire stations because he ran out of money. There have been 62 fires of mostly vacant home in Flint since the mayor laid off 23 firefighters and 46 police officers. View Larger Map This is a [...]
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• Filing deadline: April 30

  April 30 is the filing deadline for US Senate. Charlie Crist has three weeks to change his party affiliation to Independent and I think he will. He’s going to make an announcement condemning the corruption and criminal behavior in the GOP. Then he’s going to say party politics is pulling [...]
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