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Cooper Levey-Baker — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:00:52 +0000

OMG! Former sexploitation star slash current right-wing Sarasota blogger responds to our reporting on her background!

Linkage: News from around the Suncoast in five clicks or less

Cooper Levey-Baker — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:21:14 +0000

Vern announces he's staying put... for the good of his district, of course.

Linkage: News from around the Suncoast in five clicks or less

Cooper Levey-Baker — Tue, 12 May 2009 12:01:13 +0000

If Gov. Crist runs for Senate — as expected — Vern's going to stay home, and a website decides to begin publishing outright trash: "Obama June Speech to Muslim: 'How to Behead America'?"

Daily Hero: Kathy Dent

Max Linsky — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:10:30 +0000

Because we often find ourselves desperately searching for role models, weâ€™re introducing a new feature this afternoon. Daily Hero doesnâ€™t need much of an explanation â€” weâ€™re simply looking for people to inspire us, to lead us, and perhaps to wear their drawers outside their pants. As the name so subtly implies, weâ€™ll be scouring [...]

Breakfast Links for Thursday, August 2

Max Linsky — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 13:51:47 +0000

Tragedy in Minneapolis. + Just this weekend we were talking about Edwards â€” a progressive friend loves Edwards’ talking points, we’re not sure how sincere he is. James Ridgeway tries to settle the debate. [mother jones] + The Jennings tax problem could haunt her in ‘08. [ht] + Interim no more! Van Weez director is gone for “personal [...]

Breakfast Links for Wednesday, August 1

Max Linsky — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:59:24 +0000

Happy berfday, MTV … + District 13 Tax Trouble #1: Christine didn’t pay hers. [ht] + District 13 Tax Trouble #2: Vern’s raising them, after promising not to. [ht] + Elijah Dukes = done. [rays index] + We’re officialy convinced that, at some point, Florida cut a deal with the rest of the country [...]

Breakfast Links for Monday, July 16

Max Linsky — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:35:45 +0000

We’re still having nightmares… + Vern’s on a fundraising tear â€” guess that’s what you need after “winning” by 362 votes. [bh] + McCain? No tear. But there are tears! [huffpo] + Nightclubs go green! AP makes grand generalizations in the second graf! Neither all that surprising! [ht] + What’s really inside a Red Bull. [wired] + Should the budget [...]

Breakfast Links for Thursday, June 21

Max Linsky — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:12:54 +0000

+ Listen to the woman. [radar] + Good news! If the bad guy hits your car when the cops are chasing, you’re covered. (We can’t believe they fought him on this.) [ht] + The next step for Jennings. [bh] + The real Friday Night Lights. [nyt] + We’re only linking to this because Apple is clearly trying to capitalize [...]

Midday Links for Thursday, May 17

Max Linsky — Thu, 17 May 2007 15:35:27 +0000

Short, sweet and about two hours late â€” just the way you like em… + PoHo weighs in on the latest with District 13. [cl] + Is David Stern evil? If you’re lucky, we might get into this ourselves later on. [slate] + Wolfowitz and W â€” even more alike than you think. [nyt] + Dang am I excited [...]

Breakfast Links for Wednesday, April 18

Max Linsky — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:24:59 +0000

Saw this bumper sticker on the way into work, my half-asleep brain is still in a knot. + Faces and stories of the VT fallen. [npr] + Trying to understand Cho Seung-Hui, an utterly impossible, yet impossible-to-resist task. [nyt] + Here’s one way to deal with tradgedy â€” scoop up domain names! Gotta move quick though, somebody [...]