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Previously of the South Florida Daily Blog & Stuck on the Palmetto. Politics, cars, craft beer crusader, the American West, & life.

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It was July 7, 1979, and the Skylab space station was in danger of falling and hitting Miami. "If you're out in the open [...] you should get under the nearest strong structure, such as an expressway overpass, or into a building or even a culvert." [The Miami News]

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#Florida #SeaTurtles "...if you see a local beach swarmed with hatchlings turtle scientists say to leave the baby turtles alone, move off the beach, and certainly do not help the animals"

Sea turtles are packing Southwest Florida beaches with nestswww.wusf.org This year's sea turtle nesting season is going great, with a leatherback on Sanibel and early nesting throughout the region. But few turtle lovers forget last season when early signs were record-break...

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BREAKING: Upside side down French flag spotted outside the Alitos' summer residence

Our NRA World: Sleeping man hit by a stray bullet that came through the window of his Virginia home. It happens.

Navy member shot by a stray bullet while inside of Chesapeake homewww.13newsnow.com Navy Chief Petty Officer Alastair Pobre is recovering after being shot by a stray bullet that went through his window early Wednesday morning.

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff tests positive for COVID. Vice President Harris has tested negative.

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff tests positive for COVID. Vice President Harris has tested negativeapnews.com Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff has tested positive for COVID-19 after experiencing mild symptoms, his office announced Sunday, but his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, has tested negative and remains...

"...according to a memo shared with Semafor that has been circulated to Democratic donors and bundlers as well as officials within the Biden campaign and administration..." This is a bad joke, right? via www.semafor.com/article/07/0...

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BREAKING NEWS: Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which instead came in third in initial results as polling stations closed.

Projections in France's election show voters rejecting the far rightwww.npr.org Voters turned out in numbers not seen in decades to stop the far-right National Rally from taking power in the French National Assembly. Polls predicted a first-place finish for National Rally, which ...

Your #CraftBeer Name Of The Day... Tripping Animals Brewing Slippery When Wet [Doral, Florida] 🍻

Charles P. Pierce in Esquire... via www.esquire.com/news-politic...

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This photo is pure 2024.

Our NRA World: 2yo Georgia toddler gets access to a loaded gun in a car parked at a Walmart and shoots himself. He has died. It happens.

Toddler who accidentally shot himself in Douglas Walmart parking lot dieswww.walb.com In a Facebook post, DPD said that the child died on Saturday afternoon at a trauma center in Jacksonville.

Sounds like going to the mall with your teenage pals is going to be one of those "good old days" memories.

Escort policies at area malls curb access to traditional teenage havenswww.thebaltimorebanner.com As the virtual realm of teens expands unfettered and unsupervised, the physical realm of teens — already limited by barriers of driver’s licenses, drinking ages, parental consent and finances — is sh...

South Florida Sunday Front Pages... 🗞️

On July 7, 1981, Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O’Connor to be the first female justice on the Supreme Court. She was confirmed by the Senate by a 99-0 vote on September 21, 1981. [The Palm Beach Post - July 8, 1981]

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How accurate is the weather forecast in your city? Niko Kommenda and I learned that NWS just began doing gridded assessments of forecast accuracy. We got the data and mapped of how many days into the future they get within 3°F of the observed high temp. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Even for the New York Post, this is breathtakingly awful. .

Our NRA World: 13yo South Florida boy hit by a stray bullet as he watched fireworks on the 4th of July. It happens.

Boy, 13, struck by stray bullet on Fourth of July in Miami-Dadewww.cbsnews.com In a separate incident, a woman in Homestead was hospitalized after she was also struck by a stray bullet in Homestead.

Love 'em or leave 'em, iguanas are amazing, prehistoric-looking creatures, aren't they? From the backyard today...

71% of swing-state Democrats believe Biden should stay in the race, according to the latest Morning Consult poll.

Biden Leads Trump in Michigan, Wisconsin After Debatepro.morningconsult.com Trump has widened his edge in Nevada and Pennsylvania

Your #CraftBeer Name Of The Day... Brewery Techne Lowlife [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] 🍻

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an entire movement of wicked people who celebrate wickedness

As a side note, this is John McEntee, Trump's Director of White House Personnel and the primary architect of Project 2025. On Tik Tok he said he gives counterfeit bills to homeless people so they will be arrested when they go to spend them.

Our NRA World: 6yo Arkansas boy shoots and kills his 3yo sister. Police are investigating to determine whether or not it was an accident.

6-year-old kills 3-year-old sister in Little Rock shootingwww.arkansasonline.com A 3-year-old girl died Thursday, a short time after police say her six-year-old sibling shot her, possibly accidentally.

30 years ago today... [Miami Herald]

On July 6, 1944, 25yo future baseball great Jackie Robinson refused to move to the back of a bus on a military base in Texas. Lt. Robinson was subsequently court-martialed but acquitted.

Jackie Robinson Refused to Move to the Back of the Bus. Here's How the Army Reacted.www.historynet.com In 1944, the future baseball star was a young lieutenant who stood up to injustice—resulting in his court-martial.

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If you grew up on the west coast, I think you never quite grow accustomed to the east coast thing where every neighborhood sounds like it’s having a moderately disorganized battle each evening for a week around the 4th of July.

Leftover Fireworks Night.

Your Daily Dose Of Humanity... via CBS Evening News, this is a great story for a Friday loaded with unpleasant news.

Friends save raccoon choking on cheese at cookoutyoutu.be Steve Hartman goes "On the Road" to Michigan to meet a group of buddies who saved the day for a furry friend."CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell" delivers...

"...according to his publisher, a 90-page section on climate change was removed from its high school chemistry textbook and the phrase was removed from middle school science books..." What is wrong with Ron DeSantis? I'm being serious.

"...among the highest of any state during this summer's COVID-19 wave." Never change, Florida. via www.cbsnews.com/news/florida...

I've been informed a number of times that "social media isn't real life," which is substantially true, but I haven't seen any serious discussions of "moving to Harris." Maybe in "real life" this is happening?