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Nothing personal, Indiana, but you are not what we wanted; plus predict Heat-Pacer series. New poll. Vote now!
1) It is SUNDAY, MAY 19. Click on Random Evidence for my newest Sunday notes column, leading with why we were rooting for Knicks over Pacers as Heat's next opponent. 2) In The Previous Blogpost (ITPB): It's Heat-Pacers, Heat title odds, Preakness, Wade goes to prom, Chad Johnson, Sad-O-Meter. 3) Join [...]
From Greg Cote's Random Evidence of a Cluttered Blog at May 19, 2013, 11:59am in MiamiHerald.com Blogs, Sports
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ASK IRA: Can Pacers inside game overwhelm Heat?
Q: The Pacers will be a tough opponent and the Heat need to do better on the boards than they did against the Pacers in the regular season. Can you see a possible Chris Bosh/Chris Anderson tandem at times if rebounding becomes an issue? -- Martin. [...]
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Cuba: Smile, you’re on ‘Thug Camera’
Number of comments: 5For decades, the hired thugs of Cuba's dictatorship have watched, harassed, intimidated, and viciously beat opponents of the regime with relative impunity. Living on an island prison where the rulers have effectively sealed off the people from the outside world, they could be as brutal and violent as they pleased [...]
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Toilet Paper and the Cubanization of Venezuela
Number of comments: 1
Caracastan buys 50 million rolls of toilet paper, blames opponents of The Revolution for hoarding.
It's almost too funny a milestone to be considered a news item. Yet, at the same time, it's also tragic.
It's but another step in the ongoing Cubanization of Caracastan, and a reflection of events [...]
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Heat's stingy defense best in playoffs
The Heat's defense has allowed the fewest number of points per game this postseason (83.9), and on Monday nearly set a franchise record for fewest points by an opponent in a playoff game.
With the Bulls running on empty in Game 4, the Heat held Chicago to 65 points, which ranked [...]
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Wife of Cuban opposition leader Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet visits Miami
Elsa Morejón, wife of Cuban dissident Oscar Elías Biscet, visits Miami
Elsa Morejón, wife of Cuban dissident Oscar Elías Biscet, said the Cuban government is “worried” more about assigning resources to criticize opponents while ignoring the most urgent needs of the population.
Morejón arrived recently in South Florida [...]
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Rick Scott Campaigning Early & Hard
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
You’ve got wonder whether Gov. Rick Scott has the stamina to keep it up for another 18 months.
Scott doesn’t even have a credible Democratic opponent, yet he is running like its two weeks before the election.
On Monday, Scott launched his Teachers Pay Raise Pep Rally Tour. It got [...]
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Delaware Passes Marriage Equality
Number of comments: 1This makes it eleven, plus the District of Columbia.
A divided state Senate voted Tuesday to make Delaware the 11th state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage, after hearing hours of passionate testimony from supporters and opponents.
Less than an hour after the Senate’s 12-9 vote, Democratic Gov. Jack [...]
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School Board Member Who Used “N” Word Draws Black Opponent
Number of comments: 10
BY BUDDY NEVINS
School Board member Ann Murray, who was reprimanded for making a bigoted statement using the “N” word, has picked up a re-election challenge from a black elected official.
Vice Mayor Felicia Brunson of West Park holds her kick off fundraiser tonight.
The only 2014 School Board candidate to draw an [...]
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Photo of the day – The Cubanization of Venezuela
Number of comments: 1Similar to the scenes so prevalent in Castro's Cuba, Maria Corina Machado, a member of Venezuela's parliament and staunch opponent to the Chavista dictatorship of Nicolas Maduro, recovers from the vicious and brutal beating she received from cowardly pro-Chavista members of the parliament.
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Bad sportsmanship: Belen Jesuit and the video gone viral ... by gimleteye
Florida water polo sore loser uses handshake line after state title loss to launch opponent into the water
By Cameron Smith | Prep Rally – 2 hours 18 minutes ago Yahoo Sports
Things are always tense when archrivals face off. When the teams are [...]
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Faster foreclosures bill speeds to Gov. Rick Scott's desk
A proposal to speed up foreclosures in Florida passed the Senate on a 26-13 vote and will soon head to the desk of Gov. Rick Scott.
The third attempt at foreclosure reform in three years, HB 87 creates new options for expedited foreclosures and tightens up filing standards for banks.
Opponents claimed it would harm homeowners [...]
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Political Tidbits: LaMarca, Lewy and Trash
Number of comments: 6
BY BUDDY NEVINS
You wouldn’t know that County Commissioner Chip LaMarca voted against a countywide 911 plan last month from his Facebook page.
A LaMarca opponent pointed out that he has put a large picture of the numbers 911 on his page.
Misleading?
You can decide after reading below.
When asked why he posted the [...]
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Gun rights concerns create new hurdle for medmal bill
A Senate priority bill to limit the liability of Florida doctors ran into trouble in the House on Monday when opponents suggested that it could be used by insurance companies who represent the doctors to create a private registry of gun owners.
The bill, HB 827, would deal with what are known as [...]
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Casino opponents go on the offensive against legislative gambling contract
No Casinos, the Orlando-based anti-gambling group, is launching a television and radio campaign urging House Speaker Will Weatherford and Senate President Don Gaetz to abandon the $400,000 contract they signed two weeks ago with Spectrum Gaming Group for a study of the state's gambling climate.
They say the company [...]
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Cuba’s long arm of repression: Castro-organized mob assails Yoani Sanchez in Italy
Cubans on the island are not the only Cubans subjected to attacks by Castro State Security. The long arm of Cuba's repressive state extends far beyond the shores of the island to assail opponents of the Castro dictatorship. Cuban dissident and blogger Yoani Sanchez knows this well as she has [...]
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UPDATED Mysterious flier praises Miami lawmaker's opposition to Dolphins stadium renovation
The Miami Dolphins are not the only ones sending political advertisements to voters asking them to support a May 14 referendum for a subsidized Sun Life Stadium renovation.
Some voters have also received fliers praising one of the renovation's vocal opponents, state Rep. José Javier Rodríguez, a Miami Democrat. [...]
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Mysterious flier praises Miami lawmaker's opposition to Dolphins stadium renovation
The Miami Dolphins are not the only ones sending political advertisements to voters asking them to support a May 14 referendum for a subsidized Sun Life Stadium renovation.
Some voters have also received fliers praising one of the renovation's vocal opponents, state Rep. José Javier Rodríguez, a Miami Democrat. [...]
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Cubanization process intensifies in Caracastan
Number of comments: 6Chavistas in Venenozuela are pushing hard against their opponents, hardening their grip on the nation, employing tactics familiar to anyone who knows how things work in the Castro Kingdom.
Two reports in Spain's ABC shed light on this Cubanization process.
Henri Falcon (r) campaigning with Henrique Capriles
First, a provincial governor who [...]
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NEW YORK, NEW YORK: Panthers Slow Down Rangers with 3-2 Win
PANTHERS 3, RANGERS 2
TWITTER: @GeorgeRichards
The Panthers have had ample opportunity to slow down the playoff aspirations of opponents for the past couple of weeks.
Until Tuesday night, however, they didn't do anything about it.
Thanks in great part of a strong defensive effort and a terrific game from goalie Jacob Markstrom,' [...]
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Too Funny
It’s almost like a skit from SNL:
Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) got into a heated argument during a hearing on immigration reform as Schumer berated opponents of a bill for exploiting the Boston Marathon bombing to delay its passage and for mischaracterizing groups backing the legislation.
The [...]
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The Irish Are Always Welcome
The Atlantic Coast Conference and the University of Notre Dame today announced the ACC opponents the Fighting Irish will play in the first three seasons of their football partnership with the league that begins in 2014.
As part [...]
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Miami Dolphins 2013 Schedule: Quarterback Break Down
The NFL is a passing league, centered on the quarterback. With the release of the 2013 NFL Schedule last night, we can now break down the Miami Dolphins' opponents, games, and bye week, trying to figure out exactly what the Dolphins will face in the 2013' [...]
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Pass Defense Key to Fast Start
Number of comments: 2
Kevin Coyle took special notice of our schedule last night. I am not saying he didn't get any sleep but he may have tossed and turned a bit.
When 4 of your first 5 opponents feature gun slingers you take notice.
Week 2: Andrew Luck
Week 3: Matt Ryan
Week' [...]
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BLOWN OUT ON BROADWAY: Rangers Close Out Panthers with 6-1 Win ... Cats Give Up Three Late in Rout
RANGERS 6, PANTHERS 1
TWITTER: @GeorgeRichards
INSTAGRAM: OnFrozenPond93
NEW YORK -- With no mathematical chance at the playoffs for the 11th time in 12 seasons, the Panthers have made it a point to just finish strong.
Florida's opponents of late are aiming a little higher. Simply put, the Panthers just don't have the' [...]
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House passes 'foreign language' bill opponents say is 'anti-Shariah'
After a contentious debate, the House on Thursday passed legislation that bans the use of foreign law in certain cases by a vote of 79-39.
While the bill's sponsor, Rep. Larry Metz, R-Yalaha, couldn't point to any Florida cases where the law would have been needed, he called it a "preventive" measure.
The bill [...]
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How Quickly They Turn
Number of comments: 2Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is finding out what it’s like to be on the receiving end of the wrath of the orcosphere.
With the release of the “Gang of 8“‘s bipartisan immigration bill today, conservative opponents of reform now have a juicy 844-page target to attack instead of just a [...]
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Gambling opponents raise doubts about independence of company hired to write report
Despite hours of testimony hearing about the state's gambling industry, and two years debating whether to open Florida to resort casinos, the Florida Legislature this year decided to spend $388,000 in taxpayer money to hire an outside consultant to study the state's gambling market.
Senate Gaming Chairman Garrett Richter, a Naples [...]
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Faster foreclosures bill zooms toward House floor
A bill to speed up Florida’s groggy foreclosure process is headed to the House floor after a largely partyline vote in the House budget committee.
HB 87 creates new options for expedited foreclosures and tightens up filing standards for banks.
Opponents claimed it would harm homeowners and favor banks.
“The bill appears to diminish the rights [...]
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Observations on today's funeral of Margaret Thatcher, THE most-important woman of the 20th Century, and for years, THE most-famous person. Period. History will remember her forever even as some of her political opponents and their professional social mi
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pressassociation·YouTube Channel video: Prime Minister David Cameron pays respects to Baroness Thatcher following the 87-year-old's death following a stroke. http://youtu.be/7lYolV88nLQ UKParliament YouTube Channel: Tributes to Baroness Thatcher in the House of Commons Chamber. The House of Commons was recalled from the Easter Recess on Wednesday 10 April, to pay tribute to Baroness [...]
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