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Short Takes
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A fire in a Russian nightclub has killed over 100 people. Suicide bomber kills 40 in Pakistan. American Amanda Knox has been convicted of murder in Italy. The Senate preserves long-term healthcare in the proposed bill. Sen. Max Baucus nominated his girlfriend to be a U.S. attorney. The Florida ...3 hours ago -
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The jobs summit : lots of ideas... Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke had a rough day yesterday on Capitol Hill. According to Reuters, nearly 60% of Americans support the public option. The Senate passed an amendment to the healthcare bill that guarantees women access to mammograms. Comcast and NBC get together. ...1 day ago -
Storms: Rail doesnt matter to Tammy from Wal-Mart
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Sen. Ronda Storms emerged Thursday morning as one of the fiercest and most articulate allies of Sen. Paula Dockery, questioning the liability provisions and cost of the commuter rauil proposal facing lawmakers this special session. Storms said she wonders why Senate leaders have summoned the chamber to Tallahassee to ...1 day ago -
Judge refuses to dismiss Confederate Veterans lawsuit against Florida
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The Sons of the Confederate Veterans is trumpeting what they call a major victory this week in its efforts to get a specialty license plate in Florida. The controversial group filed a lawsuit in January against Legislature and the state Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles after lawmakers refused to take ...2 days ago -
Saunders seeks rail session absence to attend black caucus event
Naked Politics —
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And so the game of chicken/who flinches first continues between House leadership and black legislators and House Dems... Rep. Ron Saunders, Key West Democrat, just requested an excused absence from House Speaker Larry Cretul for the first two days of the special session on rail that starts tomorrow, Thursday. ...3 days ago -
House Dems want session delayed for black caucus
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House Democratic caucus Leader Franklin Sands and leader Pro Tempore Geraline Thompson are asking House Speaker Larry Cretul to delay the start of the special session on commuter rail until Monday -- when members of the black caucus will have returned from their long-scheduled conference in Fort Lauderdale for the ...4 days ago -
Atwater to Sens: Be here for rail special 9 am Thursday
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Senate President Jeff Atwater just sent senators a memo telling them to be in Tallahassee by 9 a.m. Thursday for a special session on commuter rail in South and Central Florida, though the official call is still beind drafted. The special session will extend into next week, when lawmakers already are ...4 days ago -
Fl lawmakers down on entitlements -- except for themselves
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Top Florida lawmakers are balking at Congress plans to help more poor people get health care, though theyve protected an entitlement of their own for years: free insurance premiums. Taxpayers have been stuck with covering the premiums at an annual cost of about $45 million -- even while lawmakers pledged to scrimp ...5 days ago -
Short Takes
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A man with a history of mental illness is being sought in the killing of four police officers in Tacoma, Washington. In his speech Tuesday night, President Obama will lay out a plan to get us out of Afghanistan . Iran plans to go ahead with nuclear plants. Swiss voters have approved a ban on new minarets. ...5 days ago -
More The Family creepiness from Jeff Sharlet
Re/Creating Tampa —
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In his recent interview with Terry Gross at NPR Sharlet explains Stupak and Pitts role in the secretive, ultra-Christian C-Street cabal The Family, as well as their connection with Uganda’s proposed extreme anti-homosexuality laws. He also explains some about the Ensign affair and Coburn’s role. Florida Senator ...5 days ago -
A Case for Dockery
Re/Creating Tampa —
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Billy Townsend at Metro I4 News, generally of liberal sensibilities, makes a case for Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland for the Governor of Florida. Some good political analysis. “You’ve probably all heard that Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland, plans to run for governor and will challenge that former Clinton ...6 days ago -
Progressive Round Table
Re/Creating Tampa —
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Florida Progressive Blog has this great post about the Palm Beach County Progressive Round Table meetings. “Almost fifty different progressive organizations with presence in Palm Beach County are invited to PRT quarterly meetings, where a representative from each group in attendance gets a strictly enforced ...1 week ago -
Atwater, Cretul tell members special might be called Monday
Naked Politics —
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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 ...1 week ago -
Special session could start next week
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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. ...1 week ago -
Sarah Palin signs books at Barnes and Noble, Villages (Update) Videos
Can I Just Finish My Waffle? —
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Sarah Palin book signing yesterday in Florida Hundreds of people look on as Sarah Palin arrives for a book signing at the Barnes & Noble at Lake Sumter Landing in The Villages, Fla. on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. Palin came to The Villages for a book signing to promote her new book “Sarah Palin Going Rogue An ...1 week ago -
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President Obama will lay out his plans for Afghanistan next Tuesday. Look for an increase in troop and an explanation of his exit strategy. A lot of people were killed in an election massacre in the Philippines. Almost a quarter of the mortgages in the country are under water; meaning the debt is more than ...1 week ago -
Charlie Crists Choices
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Gov. Charlie Crist (R-FL) told the St. Petersburg Times that between himself and Marco Rubio, hes the real Republican in the primary race for the open Senate seat in Florida. "There are a lot of Republicans that dont have the inclination to go to executive committee meetings, he said. "There is wide swath of ...1 week ago -
Short Takes
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Iran is making it harder to be a dissident. Violence continues in Afghanistan as President Obama nears an announcement on the war strategy there. The election in Iraq in January will probably not happen at that time. Eight people in Minnesota have been charged with recruiting terrorists for Somalia. Gov. ...1 week ago -
Trapped in his own body for 23 years and misdiagnosed as “vegetative,” does this change your mind about Terri Schiavo?
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After a horrific car accident twenty-three years ago, Rom Houben was believed to be in a coma. Doctors said he was in a vegetative state and, as a result, couldn’t understand or communicate with those around him.Almost three years ago, with the help of a super-duper scanner, neurologist Steven Laureys discovered ...1 week ago -
Maddox on offshore drilling: Wheres the moral outrage?
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Agriculture Commissioner candidate Scott Maddox , a Democrat, made his position on offshore oil drilling perfectly clear at a press conference Monday: "an absolute no." The former state party leader and Tallahassee mayor stood next to anenlarged photo of an oil rig on fire and declared that offshore oildrilling (in ...1 week ago
