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• Gulf Oil Spill: "managing expectations" ... by gimleteye

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  It took nearly a month for the US government to compel BP to broadcast a live feed of its catastrophic oil leak 5,000 feet under the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. The corporation had good reason to keep from public view the true scope of the disaster and understands, [...]
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• Fanjul family / Big Sugar influence, under the microscope... by gimleteye

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  The Florida Clarion is a new addition to the emerging online news market. "The Florida Clarion is the new progressive voice of Florida, an online media outlet without partisan slant or corporate bent. We'll bring you a look inside the halls of Tallahassee, the power councils of the political establishment,'" [...]
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• Next up: "Top Gun" ... US military will take over the Gulf Oil Spill? by gimleteye

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  BP tried "Top Hat". Now the company is trying-- Wednesday we hear-- "Top Kill"; to inject heavy drilling mud and stop the gulf oil spill. If that doesn't work, I bet the US military is coming in. It's a huge political risk for Obama if the military does come in' [...]
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• District 8 Candidates: The One Word Answers. By Geniusofespair

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  The Urban Environment League asked two questions that interested me and asked for one word answers. I looked on the video to get the answers from the candidates.Do you agree there should be one or two at large seats on the County Commission?Annette Taddeo - Yes, Jason Culler - No, [...]
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• Ricker Watchdog picks up a nugget: we tell you what it means. Is your drinking water well poisoned? by gimleteye

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  One of the operating principles leading to the Gulf Oil Spill is simply this: if government does not look for a problem, then it cannot be said to exist. In the case of deepwater offshore oil drilling, the problem that government regulators didn't look for was 5,000 feet under the' [...]
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• Senator Alex Diaz de la Portilla's Wife Gets an Order of Protection. By Geniusofdespair

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  Claudia Davant, wife of State Senator Alex Diaz de la Portilla - Majority (Republican) Leader, was granted a temporary injunction for protection against domestic violence on Friday in Leon County.She said in her statement:"My husband is capable of doing anything, including great bodily harm to me, because of the divorce" [...]
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• Gulf Oil Spill: great photos from Boston Globe... not The Miami Herald... by gimleteye

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  There is an amazing ongoing series of high resolution photos from the Boston Globe on the Gulf Oil Spill. They are very, very well done. But here is a question: why is newspaper photo essay coverage of the Gulf Oil Spill better in New England than in South Florida? I [...]
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• The TV Show Lost: The Final Episode Sucked. By geniusofdespair

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  The ending sucked. Too many hours of viewing over too many years to be let down in this last episode. It reminding me of the whole season of Dallas dissolving into a dream sequence. [...]
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• Gulf Oil Spill and "managed expectations": it is what it is ... by gimleteye

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  It is what it is. That's a line spoken to the NY Times, as reported this morning on the rosy prospects for the 75th Annual Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival. “They’re angry, they’re frustrated, they’re feeling helpless, but they still understand that it is part of the culture and the [...]
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• Miami Herald Ombudsman roars: woaaa! stop the presses! by gimleteye

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  I can't resist an ill-informed comment on the Sunday editorial page of The Miami Herald. "When a partner goes too far, who is responsible" asks the Herald ombudsman, Edward Schumacher-Matos, of the Herald program that is feeling its way to online alliances with non-traditional suppliers of news, "as an innovative'" [...]
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