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• Government officials claim video of Cuban detainees being beaten in Bahamas is a fraud

  Via The Miami Herald:

  Bahamas claims that video of Cubans being kicked is fraudulent

  A video purporting to show a Bahamian guard kicking Cuban migrants detained in Nassau has been branded a forgery by the Nassau government but sparked a call for a protest Wednesday at the Bahamas consulate in Miami.

  The [...]

  From Babalú Blog at June 19, 2013, 8:58am in Cuba

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• Former Greater Miami ACLU President Speaks Out On Government Surveillance Saying "Our Silence equals Complicity". By Geniusofdespair

  Troubled by the recent glut of reports on intense government surveillance, my friend John de Leon wrote about it in the Miami Herald:
  

  "We the people have the power to free ourselves from the propaganda that we abdicate our freedom, transparency in government, and accountability, in order to" [...]

  From EYE ON MIAMI at June 18, 2013, 5:30am in Media, News, Politics

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• Anti-Bateman e-Mails Delivered to Homestead Citizens' Inbox

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  It must be election season because the mudslinging has commenced.  Miami Herald first slams Mayor Steve Bateman for alleged corruption then the Miami New Times slams him for alleged vandalism.  The South Dade News Leader interviews the Mayor, he defends himself, says it's all' [...]
  From HOMESTEAD IS HOME at June 17, 2013, 8:59pm in Communities

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• Highways and the Decay of Once Glorious Overtown

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  Our local public radio station, WLRN, published a fantastic, must-hear/must-see piece this morning on  “How I-95 Shattered the World of Miami’s Early Overtown Residents”.

  In it, reporter Nadege Green of WLRN / The Miami Herald makes some excellent inquiries into' [...]

  From Transit Miami at June 17, 2013, 5:34pm in News, Life

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• Cuba’s traveling dissidents returning to the island ‘reenergized’

  Via The Miami Herald:

  Dissidents say they are returning to Cuba reenergized

  When Berta Soler, leader of Cuba’s dissident Ladies in White, returned to the island last month after her first-ever trip abroad, she felt ready to resume the grinding struggle against the communist government.

  Soler had received a hero’s welcome in [...]

  From Babalú Blog at June 17, 2013, 9:02am in Cuba

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• Kathy Fernandez Rundle on absentee ballot fraud: an air ball ... by gimleteye

  The Miami Herald is soft on Miami-Dade state attorney who penned a Sunday OPED, "Restore voters' trust, legislators". That editorial had the feeling of an air ball thrown up by the Miami Heat; somewhere towards the basket without much conviction.
  
  Ms. Rundle first thanks the Herald for investigating IP' [...]
  From EYE ON MIAMI at June 17, 2013, 8:14am in Media, News, Politics

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• "Fertile" territory for media bias! Or, that's why it's the Miami Herald -and is shedding longtime readers! Former Florida governor Jeb Bush makes some nonsensical comments on Friday morning in hopes of passing the amnesty-first immigration bill, b

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  Above, what the Miami Herald's webpage looked like shortly before 11 p.m. Friday. On a day when an embarrassing and nonsensical comment by former Florida governor Jeb Bush was one of the top political stories of the day as judged by the country's political class and blogosphere, guess which Florida newspaper has [...]
  From Hallandale Beach Blog at June 14, 2013, 11:54pm in Communities

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• The Incredible Shrinking Miami Herald

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  2003 - 2013. -via Billy Corben [...]
  From Random Pixels and Loose Talk from Miami Beach at June 14, 2013, 2:46pm in Media, News, Politics

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• Shuckers Deck Collapes Into Biscayne Bay: Two Dozen Injured

  The outdoor deck of popular sports bar Shuckers collapsed into Biscayne Bay last evening, sending dozens of people into Biscayne Bay last evening. According to The Miami Herald, the incident h... [...]
  From Short Order at June 14, 2013, 8:55am in Food and Dining

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• Remittances to Cuba: More questions than answers

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  Yesterday, The Miami Herald published a story on how based on a recent report on remittances to Cuba, which claimed the island receives well over 2-billion dollars in cash remittances every year, this huge flow of money from outside island is driving the Cuban economy. However, a more [...]

  From Babalú Blog at June 13, 2013, 12:00pm in Cuba

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• Mysteriously financed mailer links shadow candidate to Rep. Joe Garcia camp

  @MarcACaputo and @Patricia Mazzei

  As rivals call on the FBI to examine a former mystery opponent of Congressman Joe Garcia, the Miami Herald has uncovered a new connection between them: Both used the same print shop for campaign mailers.
  
  But the print shop, Image Plus Graphics, isn’t the only tie [...]

  From Naked Politics at June 12, 2013, 3:46pm in News, Politics

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• County Commissioner Lynda Bell is the Lone Vote AGAINST Trans-Inclusive Amendment. By Geniusofdespair

  This article in the Miami Herald should cause quite a stir with the Christian Family Coalition, I am surprised I didn't get a press release from them denouncing it. According to the Miami Herald:
  

  In May, Commissioners Bruno Barreiro and Audrey Edmonson filed a trans-inclusive amendment, which was' [...]

  From EYE ON MIAMI at June 12, 2013, 8:13am in Media, News, Politics

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• Republican Party of Florida pulls some slimy sh*t...and spokesperson Susan Hepworth is clueless

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  Last year, we learned that the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) paid a Texas company tens of thousands of dollars to manage Florida Governor Rick Scott's Facebook account. That fact came to light after the company phonied-up a Miami Herald front page. Herald executives were not amused. "The posting of a'" [...]
  From Random Pixels and Loose Talk from Miami Beach at June 11, 2013, 4:47pm in Media, News, Politics

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• More South Florida students exemplify WWE anti-bullying initiative to become a STAR

  BY JIM VARSALLONE, JVARSALLONE@MIAMIHERALD.COM

  In an effort to recognize deserving South Florida youth who promote the values of the Be a STAR anti-bullying program, World Wrestling Entertainment tag teamed with the Miami Herald for a contest in conjunction with a WWE show at the BB&T Center in [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at June 11, 2013, 9:26am in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• The political asylum of the Paya family

  More coverage on the political asylum of the assassinated Cuban dissident leader's family.

  Via The Miami Herald:

  Widow, children of Oswaldo Payá seek political refuge in Miami

  The widow of the late Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas, Ofelia Acevedo, and her children Rosa María and Reinaldo, have asked for political asylum in' [...]

  From Babalú Blog at June 10, 2013, 8:58am in Cuba

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• Florida "a mango republic before we were a banana republic"

  Fred Grimm gives us a little Florida history: "After Miami Herald stories exposing corruption in Miami-Dade County, a familiar disparagement has become inevitable in the e-mail reaction and readers’ comments. 'Nothing but a damn banana republic,' they complain, implying an ethnic superiority, as if local government was a pristine enterprise" [...]
  From Florida Politics at June 09, 2013, 11:33am in News, Politics

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• Miami Herald history: Gianni Versace’s brutal and sensational murder

  More: Miami Herald Reader's Guide

  BY STEVE ROTHAUS, SROTHAUS@MIAMIHERALD.COM

  "Stylish life, brutal death."

  I wrote that front-page [...]

  From Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida at June 09, 2013, 11:31am in Politics, News, Life, MiamiHerald.com Blogs

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• Homestead Mayor Bateman at center of Corruption Trifecta

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  The Miami Herald broke this story on Saturday night!
  The mayor of Homestead, Steven Bateman, who is running for reelection is under criminal investigation for allegedly pushing Ernesto Perez’s project to build the for-profit college, Dade Medical College, on city-owned land in the historic downtown district.  Mayor [...]
  From HOMESTEAD IS HOME at June 08, 2013, 10:21pm in Communities

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• Cayman Islands braces for ongoing effects of Cuba’s ‘reforms’

  How well are the "reforms" of dictator Raul Castro working out for the Cuban people? Just ask Cuba's close neighbor, the Cayman Islands.

  Via The Miami Herald:

  Cayman Islands prepare for more Cuban migrants

  Facing a potential increase in the flow of Cuban migrants, authorities in the Cayman Islands are reviewing their [...]

  From Babalú Blog at June 07, 2013, 10:33am in Cuba

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• More on The Trip to China...We The Taxpayers Paid For. By Geniusofdespair

  Okay, way too easy (artistic license: These 3 were Japanese)Miami Herald's Naked Politics also believed the trip to Asia by out County Commissioners was newsworthy:
  
  Miami-Dade Commission Vice-Chairwoman* Lynda Bell and Commissioner Audrey Edmonson were conspicuously absent from a high-profile April meeting setting a referendum for the' [...]
  From EYE ON MIAMI at June 06, 2013, 8:00am in Media, News, Politics

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• For Sale on eBay: Miami Herald's history in photos

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  1975: Miami Herald sportswriter Ed Pope waits in line at the Orange Bowl to buy Dolphins tickets. In case you missed it, I've written a post for the Miamu New Times blog, Riptide, 2.0. Click here to read "The Miami Herald's History Is For Sale on eBay: Here's the Best, Worst'" [...]
  From Random Pixels and Loose Talk from Miami Beach at June 05, 2013, 2:17pm in Media, News, Politics

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• Justin Bieber's Miami Clubbing Spree: Illegal If True, According to Police

  L'enfant terrible better known as Justin Bieber sure had fun yesterday gallivanting around the cities of Miami and Miami Beach. Miami Herald gossip columnist Lesley Abravanel reported that Bie...

  Continue reading "Justin Bieber's Miami Clubbing Spree: Illegal If True, According to Police" > [...]
  From Crossfade at Fetched: June 05, 2013, 10:36am in Music, Nightlife

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• The Miami Herald's History Is For Sale on eBay: Here's the Best, Worst and Weirdest

  Last month, editors held the final afternoon news meeting at One Herald Plaza. A few minutes later, some moving vans parked in front of the building, and employees and movers packed up what was ...

  Continue reading "The Miami Herald's History Is For Sale on eBay: Here's the Best," [...]
  From Riptide 2.0 at Fetched: June 05, 2013, 8:36am in Media

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• Today's classic Don Wright cartoon

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  25 years ago this week.... Miami News, June 2, 1988:  A Miami federal judge, who refused early today to release Orlando Bosch pending deportation hearings, cited more than 700 pages of secret government documents accusing Bosch of anti-Castro terrorism even after his release from prison in 1972. Miami Herald, June 3, 1988: [...]
  From Random Pixels and Loose Talk from Miami Beach at June 04, 2013, 6:00am in Media, News, Politics

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• Columnist Fred Grimm: Quarantine elections in Florida's 26th congressional district

  From Miami Herald columnist Fred Grimm:

  We’re calling the game off down in District 26. Suspending the democratic process. Citizens of District 26 will have to get by without a voice in the U.S. House of Representatives until they can come up with congressional candidates not inclined to subvert elections.

  Sure, this [...]

  From Naked Politics at June 03, 2013, 6:54pm in News, Politics

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• The Cubanization of Venezuela: Prisons, protests, and military control

  Over the weekend, thousands of Venezuelan exiles gathered at Calle Ocho in Miami's Little Havana to protest the Cubanization of their country.

  Via The Miami Herald:

  Venezuelans rally on Calle Ocho to allege fraud in presidential elections

  Several thousand Venezuelans gathered in the heart of Little Havana on Sunday in one of [...]

  From Babalú Blog at June 03, 2013, 2:33pm in Cuba

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• Odebrecht: Hurting Cuba, hurting Miami-Dade County

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  Via Capitol Hill Cubans:

  Odebrecht Hurts Cuba's People, Environment & Miami-Dade County

  Today's feature story in The Miami Herald about the environmental devastation reaped upon Cuba by the Castro regime's Port of Mariel expansion, being executed by Brazil's Odebrecht, illustrates:

  1. The extent of the environmental damage.

  The Mariel project has killed [...]

  From Babalú Blog at June 03, 2013, 10:11am in Cuba

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• Private Insurers in Florida Failing Despite No Hurricanes!

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  The Miami Herald (MH) has a good article analyzing the long list of failed private insurers, their rating agencies and the fleecing of Citizens insurance and by proxy the taxpayer.  HIH has been saying this all along with our article: Opt Out: Citizens Insurance under Depopulation in [...]
  From HOMESTEAD IS HOME at June 03, 2013, 9:56am in Communities

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• U.S. Marshal's tough-guy talk is a government slogan: "Get the fu--- outta here."

  @MarcACaputo

  Four black youths sat in the middle of the street as police swarmed around them.
  
  I went to take a picture from the sidewalk. An officer said I couldn’t.
  
  “I’m a reporter with the Miami Herald.” I said.
  
  The response, delivered from a U.S. Marshal: “Get the [...]

  From Naked Politics at June 02, 2013, 7:06pm in News, Politics

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• Miami Herald Deathwatch (cont.)

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  Un-retouched photo of Real Housewives of Miami cast member and Twitter Queen, Lisa Hochstein.  ______ Further proof this morning that the Miami Herald probably has about a year, or less, before it goes out of business. Here's an actual story headline on page 3B of Sunday's paper: "HOUSEWIFE TAKES TO" [...]
  From Random Pixels and Loose Talk from Miami Beach at June 02, 2013, 11:05am in Media, News, Politics

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