Like any other hydrologist out there, I get thirsty.Step aside Gov. Charlie Crist. You've got some double-talking company** in the Republican race for U.S. Senate: Marco Rubio.
"I have never voted for a tax increase," Rubio says on his campaign Web site.
Not so, says the Pulitzer Prize-winning Politifact checker:
From 2000 to 2008 -- the years Rubio was in' [...]
There are many ways of saying thanks; a smile, a kind word, helping an elderly lady tote her groceries out to the car, and so on. And there's also the thanks in an inward way - of appreciating what you have and have achieved in spite of [...] 
Warm memories of Thanksgivings past, buttressed by simmering stoves and roasting ovens on the inside, are counter balanced by equal "outside" servings of chills to the cheek and toes that just won’t seem to get warm.Attorney Bill Scherer filed an amended complaint today on behalf of investors who lost around $100 million due to Scott Rothstein. Among the new defendants: Irene Stay, CFO at the Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm.
When the law firm's phones were ringing off the hook from bilked investors when Rothstein took [...]
Legislators might not be thankful for this heads-up: Senate President Jeff Atwater and House Speaker Larry Cretul just sent letters to members in their respective chambers to notify them that if negotiations continue to move positively, a special session on commuter and high-speed rail could be called Monday -- to [...]
Word is that legislative leaders and Gov. Charlie Crist are close to a deal on Tri-Rail, SunRail and high-speed rail, and could call a special session as early as next week.
Crist said he preferred the week of Dec. 7, but the Legislature might meet before then to avoid running into Hannukah.
Expect Sen. Paula Dockery of [...]
Here's something to be grateful for: Feds drop money-laundering case against Miami lawyer Ben Kuehne.
Justice was done too slowly here. But at least it was done.
[...]I wrote the post below about Phil Agre seven weeks ago, but somehow never put it online. Now I read via the Great Grimmelmann that Phil Agre Is Missing and there is a web site dedicated to finding Phil Agre.
It seems I am not the only one [...]
Gov. Charlie Crist just released the executive order to reschedule the special election to fill Congressman Robert Wexler's seat. The original date conflicted with Passover. Now it will be held April 13, 2010.
Read the order here: Download Wexler Executive Order 09-265
[...]Herbert Stettin, the trustee in the bankruptcy case involving Scott Rothstein's former law firm, raised questions today in court about Rothstein's defense attorney, Marc Nurik, living in one of his client's homes.
Stettin explained after the hearing that he wonders if the house was purchased with money from the Rothstein Rosenfeldt [...]
Gov. Charlie Crist bragged the other night that all his chiefs of staff have been from Broward County, forming a "Broward County connection."
Accused Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein was from there as well. And he gave loads of money to Crist and the Republican party. Did George LeMieux (now a Sen.) [...]
As expected, the Florida Supreme Court approved the permanent disbarment of alleged Ponzi schemer and major political donor Scott Walter Rothstein. The order, signed by the court's clerk, allows the Florida Bar to recover $1,250 in costs from Rothstein, though it might be difficult considering those at the front of the reimbursement line.
Rothstein [...]
The Rubio camp sent out this transcript of Rush Limbaugh on the Republican Senate race:
“I like Rubio. …
“In the Republican Party particularly, there is a fatigue with RINOs and moderate Republicans. …
“Republicans, the only chance they ever have of winning national elections is to go conservative. And I think that's' [...]
Dana Perino, press secretary in the George W. Bush administration:We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term.No, seriously. She said that. I'm not making it up. There's video and everything.UK jails schizophrenic for refusal to decrypt files.
In the UK under the odious Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), if you are served with an order to disclose a passphrase to an encrypted file and you don't, you're guilty.
We saw this coming ten years ago,
Caspar Bowden, director [...]
UK jails schizophrenic for refusal to decrypt files.
In the UK under the odious Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), if you are served with an order to disclose a passphrase to an encrypted file and you don't, you're guilty.
We saw this coming ten years ago,
Caspar Bowden, director [...]
Ah, the perks of raising money for candidates! Wagar, the Coconut Grove attorney and President Barack Obama's chief Florida fundraiser during the 2008 campaign, is among the bigwigs at tonight's State Dinner at the White House in honor of India, mingling with political dignitaries and the likes of actors Blair Underwood and Alfre Woodard, directors [...]
Former House Speaker Marco Rubio, ex-Senate President Ken Pruitt and Senate budget writer Lisa Carlton are potential witnesses in the House investigation of Rep. Ray Sansom, according to new documents that portend a high profile, politically-charged spectacle.
The names, [...]
Gov. Charlie Crist's office repeatedly said they wouldn't remove disgraced lawyer Scott Rothstein off the Fourth District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission until he resigned or was charged.
But today, Crist gave him the boot citing his right to suspend anyone for malfeasance. Rothstein has agreed to surrender his law' [...]
Well, it took awhile, but Gov. Charlie Crist finally suspended accused Ponzi schemer and major political donor Scott Rothstein from the Fourth DCA Judicial Nominating Commission.
Crist just release the executive order, which comes about three weeks after the initial reports of Rothstein's alleged misdeeds. He also has appointed William [...]
During his first visit to South Florida since his appointment to the U.S. Senate, Republican George LeMieux received gushing praise from the hometown congressmen, U.S. Reps. Lincoln and Mario Diaz-Balart.
They were so complimentary you'd think LeMieux planned to be on the ballot in 2010 instead of his former boss,' [...]
Borders is having a bad time in the US - $39M Loss in Q3 - and seems to be going broke in the UK.
Which is a shame, as I find their book stores a lot nicer than Barnes & Noble, which always [...]
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement released its final report today in its investigation into the Public Service Commission and concluded, as expected, no criminal wrongdoing. Download PSC Report
What is newsworthy is that PSC Commissioner Nathan Skop was the one who first brought the issue to state investigators on [...]
The 60 Plus Association -- which bills itself as the "conservative alternative" to the AARP -- today announced a new ad campaign targeting senators like Bill Nelson who voted Saturday to keep debating the Senate health care bill.
The $2 million ad buy which begins tomorrow, target centrist Democratic senators in 7 other states – Alaska, [...]
Post-Thanksgiving torpor.
Music by Charles Gross, performed by George Winston, from the film 
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