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• US Century Bank Collapse: Biggest Business Story of 2012

  No surprise that The Miami Herald missed, in its annual review, the biggest business story of 2012: the collapse of the insider piggy bank, US Century Bank.
  
  Eyeonmiami, the blog, documented the hijacking of local government during the early 2000's by insiders who comprised the founders and board of' [...]
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• Chris Botti Jazz Concert at Blue Note was Terrific. By Geniusofdespair

  Chris Botti knows how to put on a show.  It was a bit pop, a bit jazz but all around, a great show. In a small venue like the Blue Note you can really enjoy music.  I go to clubs all the time in New York City but this was [...]
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• Pizza Quest. By Geniusofdespair

  
  Obviously good pizza is important to me. Most people are taking photos of the tree in NYC, I take photos of the pizza. I have written a number of posts about  good and bad pizza.  This slice pictured above, I got in New York City, Near Lexington [...]
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• Larry Fink: A Call To New Laws Against Polluters

  If a person trespasses on one's property, a trespasser does not have to cause damage for the trespass to be a crime. However, if a corporation trespasses on one's person by causing or contributing to unwanted contamination of one's body with a foreign agent of unnatural origin or of natural [...]
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• How much cancer could have been stopped by regulations against toxics we could have imposed but didn't, because of the power of polluters? ... by gimleteye

  The power of dis-proving a negative has confounded critics of regulatory failure for decades, while the American public blithely ignored the application of science and technology to assess the causes of cancer through the proliferation of man-made chemicals in the environment.
  
  Concurrently, well paid lobbyists and lawyers have successfully [...]
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• 12 Days of Christmas/ Hialeah Haikus ... by gimleteye

  Yeah, we're a little slo on the uptake. But here you go: pretty good whoeva did it. Props. 46 thou watched it on youtube.
  
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• Turkey Point nuclear plan could affect Keys water ... by gimleteye

  The Florida Keys have always been the neglected stepchild of South Florida planners, taking every wink and pat on the back as a sign that genuine care is around the corner.
  
  Its not that the Monroe County counter parties are ignorant of the effects of upstream decisions; their representatives [...]
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• Christmas Light Spectacular. By Geniusofdespair

  
  
  A happy Christmas Eve to you all.
  
  The first 45 seconds are not nearly as good as the rest, watch it through. On vacation. [...]
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• County Commissioner Bruno Barreiro: Digging himself in deeper. By Geniusofdespair

  Phoney Baloney? Who writes "Branch Office" on a sign?
  
  
  
  How dumb is Bruno Barreiro? If you read the Miami Herald today, you will assume pretty dumb.  Apparently Barreiro did not recuse himself from 2 votes on a contract award even though he has strong and [...]
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• N.R.A., unhinged ... by gimleteye

  The N.R.A. wants to turn the entry ways of our nation's schools into the equivalent of the TSA at airport screening sites. Already, the sight of armed police in grade school hallways makes me cringe.
  
  If the nation follows the advice of the N.R.A., our children will learn lessons [...]
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