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• When it comes to Cuba and the right wing Cuban American lobby, nothing is ever as it seems ... by gimleteye

  Last week, the right-wing, online newsletter "Capitol Hill Cubans" posted, "Odebrecht Has No Respect for Cuban-Americans". The post begins with a story repeating a faded theme: that the Miami Beach W Hotel removed a Che Guevara portrait from its lobby citing "respect and sensitivity" to the local community. The post [...]
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• "What greater Miami can do to achieve greatness" by Mitch Madique ... OMG ... by gimleteye

   2005 Photo - From left to right: Sergio Pino (former Board Member of U.S. Century Bank), Alan Carsrud, FIU President Mitch Maidique, Eugenio Pino, Governor Jeb Bush, and Carlos Pino FIU president emeritus Mitch Madique pens a Miami Herald editorial, "What greater Miami can do to achieve greatness." [...]
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• Former County Commissioner Joe Martinez is threatening to run against U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia. By Geniusofdespair

  Ugh. I though we were rid of this guy. This gets on the barf meter as a 4.
  
  Dusting off his 2012 stunning loss to Mayor Carlos Gimenez, Joe got 30% of the vote to Gimenez's 54%, Joe Martinez has told the press that he intends to run' [...]
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• A Look At Miami-Dade's Foreclosure History. By GeniusofdespairH

  
   Here is a history of foreclosures in Miami Dade County:
  
  
  Half a many in 2010. A good sign?Oops...spoke too soon, back up.
  In 2012 we are back up to our 2007 level of 26,000. We have 2,000 already this month. What gives? The [...]
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• Black History Month: The Nicholas Brothers. By Geniusofdespair

  
  
  This video has the late Gregory Hines and his tap dancing brother commenting on the famous "Stormy Weather" Jumpin' Jive tap dance. It is not often you have one gifted dancer in awe of another. Fred Astaire told the Nicholas Brothers that the Stormy Weather dance Jumpin' Jive [...]
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• Dump Site in the Redland Update. By Geniusofdespair

  Re: Proposed West Southwest Neighborhood Trash and Recycling Center - (We previously reported on this topic: "Redland Farmers are Pissed")
  
  Dear Southwest Miami-Dade Resident:
  
  Thank you for offering your thoughts and concerns regarding the potential development of a Neighborhood Recycling Center (TRC) at SW 202nd Avenue and [...]
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• Great Dancers, A Look Back. By Geniusofdespair

  Tap Dancing Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell ...
  
  Gregory Hines...
  
  Nicholas Brothers...
  
  
  And the greatest dancer of all...
  
  [...]
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• Disbelief greets Knight Foundation's $20K to plagiarizer ... by gimleteye

  It's ricocheting around the world of philanthropy.
  
  The Chronicle of Philanthropy notes with highlights, the Knight Foundation's $20K payment for a speech at a journalism conference to a former New Yorker reporter, Jonah Lehrer, "caught out using work by others without attribution and fabricating quotes."
  
  "Knight" [...]
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• Boondoggle With Our Tax Dollars. By Geniusofdespair

  “The big picture here is how the hell did this happen? How could somebody steal this money with minimal excuses? It’s almost ridiculous. It’s mind-boggling.” - Chris Mazzella, Miami-Dade County Inspector General
  
  The Miami Herald reported that an ex-Miami Beach Clinic head was arrested for stealing almost $7 [...]
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• Marco Rubio's Modest Home? By Geniusofdespair

  Rubio lives on a cul de sac, on a tree-lined street.
  Marco Rubio's State of the Union response Tuesday, emphasized his middle class creds over and over. He said he lives in the "same working class neighborhood he grew up in." The neighborhood might be the same, but certainly' [...]
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