This image of an uncollared female panther mov-ing her three kittens to another den could be one of the first times anyone has captured a photo of a panther moving her kittens between den sites.
Photo: the trail camera at Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge in Naples, FL. www.fws.gov/floridapanther/
‘Festivus’ pole goes up next to Nativity in Deerfield
DEERFIELD BEACH - Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus have graced the corner of Hillsboro Boulevard and Federal Highway every December for more than 20 years.
This year, they’re joined by an 8-foot-tall aluminum Festivus Pole, symbol of a Dec. 23 atheist “holiday” that became a pop culture hit after being featured in a “Seinfeld” episode.
“It’s just 23 beer cans stacked 8 feet high and conveniently located 6 feet from Baby Jesus,” said activist blogger Chaz Stevens, who installed it Thursday with the city’s permission.
Stevens said he has been trying unsuccessfully for five years to get the city to take down the Nativity scene. So this year he asked for space to express his own unreligious beliefs.
“Think of how many people have died over the years to give us our freedoms,” Stevens said. “So I’ve got to push back a little.”
City Attorney Andrew Maroudis declined to comment.
But Marc Rohr, a law professor at Nova Southeastern University called the display an unusual move. “I think the atheists of the world are more interested in preventing religious displays than in joining them.”
No shit, Professor Rohr.
SANFORD, FL—Amidst the controversy surrounding the recent shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, the Sanford Police Department cautioned Florida residents Tuesday against taking the law into their own hands, except when following the state statute that explicitly authorizes people to do so. “Let me be clear: We do not want citizens resorting to deadly force when they believe they’re being threatened—unless, of course, they are following the letter of the law, which says they can resort to deadly force when they believe they’re being threatened,” said interim Sanford police chief Darren Scott, referring to the state’s “Stand Your Ground” rule. “Law enforcement should be left to the police. However, it can also be left to common citizens, since pursuing vigilante justice is perfectly within their legal rights. Have I made myself clear?” After being bombarded with questions about the confusing nature of the law, a flustered Scott said, “Just don’t be racist and kill people, okay?
![motherjones:
The Miami New-Times says that this letter, from Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) to the Florida chapter of the Council of American-Islamic Relations “might be the dumbest thing ever written on congressional stationery”—which is a serious charge in a legislative body that also includes Joe Barton.
Full context here.
I’ll provide some here from the MNT:
[CAIR]Executive director Nezar Hamze tells Riptide he’s befuddled: “Obviously, I was expecting a little more from an elected official. I don’t know if he was calling me nuts or calling my request nuts or what.”
(West’s spokesperson has yet to explain to New Times what the congressman meant.)
Hamze doesn’t think he’ll write West back. “How can I respond to this?”
I think we should follow the advice of Mother Jones commenter nmestate:
Hey, if the man needs nuts, maybe they should send him some.
Allen West’s office addresses are:
1708 Longworth HOBWashington, DC 20515
6300 NE 1st Avenue - Suite 100Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309
3111 South Dixie Highway, Suite 308West Palm Beach, Florida 33405](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq4zsmLSXQ1qat9xfo1_500.jpg)
The Miami New-Times says that this letter, from Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) to the Florida chapter of the Council of American-Islamic Relations “might be the dumbest thing ever written on congressional stationery”—which is a serious charge in a legislative body that also includes Joe Barton.
I’ll provide some here from the MNT:
[CAIR]Executive director Nezar Hamze tells Riptide he’s befuddled: “Obviously, I was expecting a little more from an elected official. I don’t know if he was calling me nuts or calling my request nuts or what.”
(West’s spokesperson has yet to explain to New Times what the congressman meant.)
Hamze doesn’t think he’ll write West back. “How can I respond to this?”
I think we should follow the advice of Mother Jones commenter nmestate:
Hey, if the man needs nuts, maybe they should send him some.
Allen West’s office addresses are:
Watch Rick Scott’s CNN Implosion
When not looking for national security news, I like to check in on Florida politics, which are a great bellwether for the nation at large. Specifically, I like to track tea party Republican Gov. Rick Scott, who lives just a couple blocks from me, and who’s setting records for unpopularity, just months into his tenure.
Scott’s latest crusade is to argue against any rise in the federal debt ceiling—an issue in which he has no official say, and whose basic economic consequences he seems to grasp not one jot. (This week, Scott said Florida would see no effects from a US default; his opponent in last year’s gubernatorial race, former state CFO Alex Sink, called his statement ”clueless…That’s Florida Budgeting 101.”) The beleaguered guv took his case to CNN today, and managed to get himself yelled at by two anchors. At one point, Ali Velshi gave up. “Why is this difficult for you to understand, governor?”
A failure to articulate basic principles of macroeconomics is all the more disturbing when you consider all of Scott’s corporate work before taking over the Sunshine State. That MBA really paid off.
Meet the Jacksonville, Florida, GOP mayoral candidate who’s joking about killing medical providers. “I mean, I’m not going to be politically correct,” he explains now. “That was a joke. This was an audience for this. This is a Catholic Church. I guarantee you they are 110 percent pro-life.”
BREAKING: “Pro-life” now means “pro-bombing stuff.”
Jokes about killing people AND is bad at statistics. Jacksonville, you better not vote for this guy.
In his last two months in office, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is considering a December surprise: a posthumous pardon for Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, for indecent exposure charges after an infamous 1969 Miami concert.
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“Candidly, it’s something that I haven’t given a lot of thought to, but it’s something I’m willing to look into in the time I have left,” said Crist. “Anything is possible.”
Morrison, a native of Melbourne, Fla., was convicted of indecent exposure and profanity after a March 1, 1969, concert in Miami in which he allegedly exposed himself and acted lewdly. He had seen a provocative stage play the night before in Los Angeles and was purported to have drank steadily that day en route to Florida.
Other band members have stated in interviews over the years that Morrison was clearly drunk at the concert, as obvious from sound recordings which showed he also tried to provoke the audience at various times.
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