Smashed Frog

• A Slip of the They?

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  Most wouldn't think of the word "they" as a pejorative.
  
  Yet the 911 audio report of the Tiger Woods holiday fender bender certainly spins the situation from bad to worse. Around 00:25, "...they're laying on the ground....", is cited by the concerned [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 6:00am EST
  by Sunny

• Wool Over My Eyes

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  After getting slammed while sitting in Black Friday traffic a few years back, I've learned to stick to thrift shops on the traditional first day of holiday shopping. Yet somewhere between Goodwill and Salvation Army, I got the urge to work in a visit' [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 12:28am EST
  by Sunny

• A Thanksgiving Buzzkill

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  Happy Thanksgiving. [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 12:15am EST
  by Sunny

• Bubble-Wrapping Our Kids

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  A youthful family member recently explained the whole concept of Wii.
  
  With a vision of long ago street kickball games replaying against the back of my eyelids, I asked why the kid just didn't round up a couple of friends, go outside' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:48am EST
  by Sunny

• Organizing Genius

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  An engineer meets a frog who offers the engineer anything he wants if he will kiss the frog.
  
  "No," says the engineer.
  
  "Come on," says the frog. "Kiss me, and I'll turn into a beautiful woman."
  
  "Nah," says the engineer. "I don't" [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:37am EST
  by Sunny

• Pulp Diction

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  Jon Stewart "goes Tarantino" on Nancy Grace
  
  Check it out, beginning on or about 07:00.
  
  Enjoy.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:01am EST
  by Sunny

• Child Safety Zones Work

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  Take a few moments today to read Dr. Jill Levenson's 11/14/2009 op-ed over at the Miami Herald here.
  
  (Many thanks to Eye on Miami (11/15/2009) for posting the following comments by a self-described child advocate who has yet to conduct one [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:33am EST
  by Sunny

• Breaker! Breaker! Education Discrimination?

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  Question to ponder this weekend.
  
  Can a private vo-tech--conducting CDL training here in Florida--discriminate against acceptance of an ex-felon for training solely on the basis that the school cannot guarantee job placement upon course completion? [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2009, 9:57am EST
  by Sunny

• Obama's Low-End Option

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  Will we stay or will we go?
  
  The NYT (11/11/09):
  
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  General Eikenberry sent his reservations to Washington in a cable last week, the officials said. In that same period, President Obama and [...]

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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 6:07am EST
  by Sunny

• Howard Cosell Here...And That Man Can Sing

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  Throwing a dedication out to all America's vets.
  
  Marvin Gaye. 1979
  
  
  
  Thank you for your service to our country. ' [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 7:32am EST
  by Sunny

• The Rothstein Hot Seat

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  When it comes to ill-gotten gains, no one scatters faster than the recipients (or the perceived recipient of).
  
  
  The Palm Beach Post (11/8/09):
  
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  Revelations that Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein's nearly $1.4 million in political contributions since 2006' [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 6:32am EST
  by Sunny

• Filling the Void

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  The void over at the Florida House Public Safety & Domestic Security Committee is beginning to fill with education.
  
  The Miami Herald (11/4/09):
  

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  Marti Harkness, a criminal-justice analyst, told the House Public Safety & Domestic Security Committee that studies from [...]

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:47pm EST
  by Sunny

• 300 Feet

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  What does a 300 foot buffer zone look like to you?
  
  For St. Johns County, Florida, a child safety zone looks a little something like this:
  
  "...County Commission adopted a Child Safety Zone ordinance prohibiting registered sexual offenders and predators from loitering" [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 6:17am EST
  by Sunny