Traffic Increases on ‘Cocaine Coast’
If you know what’s good for you, fisherman Teodoro Contreras says, stay away from certain places after sunset on the beaches of Mexico’s southern coast. From the resort city of Acapulco to the Guatemala border, this region has become Mexico’s “Cocaine Coast,” the main destination for drug-carrying speedboats, planes and even submarines that are switching [...]
South Carolina Governor Admits to Affair
The mystery surrounding South Carolina governor Mark Sanford’s recent disappearance has been solved. “I have been unfaithful to my wife. I developed a relationship with what started out as a dear, dear friend from Argentina,” Sanford said. Sanford disappeared for several days before the media caught wind of what was going on. Both Sanford’s staff [...]
Mayor to Hold Press Conference Thursday Morning
Mayor John Peyton will host a news conference tomorrow to outline a plan that the mayor’s office says will ”continue necessary community investments.” The mayor is expected to roll out his proposal for dealing with the city’s revenue short-fall. It has been reported that the plan will include a 14% increase in the property tax rate as [...]
Coffee Stocks are Piping Hot These Days
Looks like coffee is starting to perk up on Wall Street. While the broad market is struggling to hold its recent gains, shares of five of the largest publicly traded coffee companies are on a high boil. Shares of Diedrich Coffee are up 4,525 percent this year, Green Mountain has doubled and even Starbucks is [...]
The Nirvana Fallacy
President Obama has (http://tinyurl.com/mdemnc) announced his “sweeping overhaul of the financial regulatory system.” We can debate endlessly whether the Constitution authorizes any president to “overhaul” the financial system. But I want to focus on a different matter: whether any president, with all his advisers, is capable of overseeing something as complex as the financial system. [...]
May Sales Tax Collections Top Forecast, Officials Urge Caution
Florida sales tax collections last month topped estimates for the first time in almost three years, state officials reported Tuesday, while also warning the rosy numbers should not be seen as a sure sign of economic rebound. The state’s general revenue collections, steadily dropping for most of the past three years, are $56.2 million above [...]
Funny Ladies Cloris Leachman and Betty White Still Have Golden Careers
Mary might have turned the world on with a smile. But it was Cloris Leachman and Betty White who made us laugh our butts off. And these much-adored alums of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” the groundbreaking sitcom from the ’70s, haven’t stopped making us laugh yet. With more than 120 years of showbiz experience [...]
Trouble Still Shadows College Hoops
Record crowds filled Detroit’s Ford Field in early April for the annual three-day celebration that is college men’s basketball’s Final Four. North Carolina rolled to a title. Coach Roy Williams teared up. And the sport moved on. But to what? Southern California coach Tim Floyd quit this month amid allegations he gave cash to an [...]
Et Tu, Big Business?
What did you do when capitalism died, Daddy? I won’t be surprised to hear that question from my daughter by the time she gets out of college, or should I say the State Mandatory Voluntarism Training Facility. When liberals hear conservatives decry the death of capitalism, they titter and roll their eyes. “Oh, you paranoid [...]
A Parade of Republicans
Andie and I went Monday night to a meeting of the newly-chartered First Coast Republican Club, meeting every 4th Monday at Casa Marina in Jacksonville Beach, and tonight’s gathering featured pretty much an all-star lineup of elected officials and candidates. The danger of this is that I’m sure I’ll miss somebody, but let me see [...]
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