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Swampspace GallerypresentsLast Call Wrecking Balla collective retrospectiveJoin the Community of Design District Artists to Commemorate a Decade of Emergence and Fruition.Opens February 11, 20126-12 pmCristina Lei Rodriguez - Wendy Wischer - Nektar De Stagni - Naomi Fisher - Frances Trombly - Jim Drain - COOPER - Leyden Rodriguez- Friends W U - Roberto & Rosario - Bhakti Baxter - Jason Hedges -

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People who want to ride off into the sunset move to South Florida.Some carbon-footprint conscious types peddle their way towards the sunset on weekends.The me-firsters are unconcerned about the trail of emissions they leave behind. The otherwise considerate are all too often in no big hurry to pick up after their doogies.For some, 305 is a place to get down with the business of resort town

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DASH Portfolio Day 2012 cements the conviction that the next generation has promise. Design and Architecture Senior High School may be under the umbrella of the Dade County public school system but it is anything but mundane. DASH continues to be the 305 laboratory for creative genius delivering visionary cultivated socially.That is why recruiters from prestigious institutions of higher learning

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While world-class cities such as SaoPaulo Brazil logically abandon the odd model of promoting overt "In Your Face" consumerism, other towns such as Miami continue to embrace advertiser's invasion of public air space. So with unapologetic gall, another billboard goes up.In the swamp, every tree that is cut down seems to get replace with some steel and concrete contraption. Sadly the defoliated

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Swampspace GallerySeason Premier 2012Southernmost SituationspresentsFree Key Westopens Saturday January 146-12 pmSouthernMost Situations presents Free Key West.A collection of objects acquired in 48 hours. Victims of the economic recession go to Key West to see if the combination of alcohol and an island mentality are a catalyst for a new form of consumerism and plundering debauchery. Combining "

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UninspiredHaikuU BLOGSTIPS2012PicturePoem#1Word Challenged.fin*

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Wrapping up the Christmas extravaganza, it is time again to reconstruct the recent events of another year gone by. The good news is not just Christians love Christmas. Every denomination seems to be enthralled with the jubilee of Giving and Receiving, the practice of good consumerism. For the haves, it's a great time to have more; Chinese food.But for the have nots it is a time to re-load the

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On any given Sunday afternoon Downtown Miami is a ghost town, just a few obscure shops open for clueless tourists lured by cheap merchandise and luggage. Downtown street rhythm is mostly a mainstream tick-tock schedule of Monday through Friday 9am to 6pm.Just taking up public space, all county and federal buildings are surrounded by inhospitable walls and barricades, presumably to keep bad

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Yard SaleDesign District Annual Multi-Artist Rummage BazaarSaturday Only December 1712 noon until sunset3809 NE 1 CourtIt's New to You !Nostalgia For Sale*

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Forget our worries and woe, tis the season to be filled with hot air. Not surprisingly the shopping season has got off to a rather deflated start as economic inflation gives way to consumer recession with GDP stagflation and, for some folk, down right 30's style depression.Rejoice, praise and pass the potpourri. For many in their darkest hour dreams of a white christmas can be brought back for

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Big as BaselSouth Florida is a place of sunshine, fresh produce and a healthy simple lifestyle. But once a year when Art Basel comes to town a darker more sinister climate descends upon the swamp like a heavy fog of doubt and dare i say debauchery and delirium.When the winter moon is low and the sun of fire descends into the western abyss, a dark and sludgy swamp is awoken by artful dodgers,

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Making the GradeIt is not clear how exactly success is achieved during Art Basel Miami. It depends on who you ask, but a good yardstick measure criteria is just how swampy are you willing to get.Chopper OneIn the days before Basel, a private helicopter makes an elegant landing and heralds the coming exuberance of excess.Art in Public SpacesAs if artistic interpretation did not abound, the

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Church of ChanceA harbinger of thing to come is sometimes found in the most unsuspecting places. Such is this sign for a place of worship located in an unassuming neighborhood in a city that is on the verge of a precipice called legalized gambling. Scripture says odds are when the cat's asleep the rats will reap.Three Ring CircusInterestingly, here below are several comments posted by anonymouse

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Again another birthday, Think i'll plant a tree, With roots and bark flowers and fruit, I'm turning fifty three. A smile wide a salty tear, A very simple thing, I want to share with you, The joy that love can bring. swampthingPedro Oliverio Sanchez Menendez A Child Born of Revolution 1958.It is fair to say no one life is simple. But few take the time to write their story; few leave behind an

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In a world of endless Oops, appearance is 99% of perception. The bigger the lie the harder the truth. We report on Libya, you decide.

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Popularity is for Quitters... Republican Voter Suppression Update:After reading about a New Smyrna Beach High School civics teacher who ran afoul of Florida's new elections law while helping students register to vote, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is calling for a change.Have a Creepy Halloween.*

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Young Turks take on old establishment...

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Bring our troops home... i think.

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The stupidity of the corporate state is that it thought it could dispense with the liberal class. It thought it could shut off that safety valve in order to loot and pillage with no impediments. Corporate power forgot that the liberal class, when it functions, gives legitimacy to the power elite. And the reduction of the liberal class to silly courtiers, who have nothing to offer but empty

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Easy To Look At The people of Chile got a bonus from their grievances with the status quo, they got Camila Vallejo, Latin America's 23-year-old new revolutionary folk hero.Chile has been engulfed by student protests – and their young leader has huge public support in her fight against the elite...PreDisposed to DisObeyBut a social revolution does not need a face. A revolt of the masses is rarely

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I saw this article by Glenn Greenwald and decided to re-post it in its entirety. Honestly, there isn't much more that can be added, the only thing remaining is A C T I O N . . . It may as well be Glenn behind the Guy Fawkes Mask.What's behind the scorn for the Wall Street protests?By Glenn GreenwaldA few hundred demonstrators protesting against corporations march from nearby Zucotti park to Wall

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News of my demise was greatly exaggerated, there is no problem that isn't made better with Morphine. After a slight medical scare, happy to report your swampiness is alive and operating at 99% efficiency.Wish I could say the same for my pal Ty Bassett....Cancer may have claimed his right leg, but Ty Bassett is damn sure not about to let it take his life, too. Please join us for a very special

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Setting aside all intellectual progress and plunging us back into darkness is a pretty good definition of horror. Ned SubletteCustomers PetrifiedIt took less than ten years to solidify the myth that is 9/11. It took only seven days.Not that two airplanes did not strike the World Trade Center towers on that bright sunny late-summer day. The myth that was to be re-enforced in perpetuity at all

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... Must Go Up. Have a nice September 1, 2011 Under construction view of the new and improved World Trade Center. I decided not to visit ground zero until the 9/11 Truthers get their day in the sun. As sign for our times. October 11, 2001 A weary traveler finds adequate accommodations near lower Manhattan. Sugar Hill Harlem, a new view of an old neighborhood. *

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Words can not describe the loss of my dear humble master. Long live the memory of Juan Antonio Lopez.

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Having skirted widespread destruction, South Florida's attention is on the residents of the mid-atlantic coast struggling in tropical anticipation under the howling alarm of hurricane Irene. Those in her wake breathe a sigh of relief while those upwind in NYC hunker down in dreaded fantasy for the coming act of gawd. The only thing more obscene than the media's ensuing orgy of alarm and

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One of the hazards of modern living is a tendency to obsess with the trivial and ignore substantive issues worldwide. Folk are distracted by celebrity, smart phones, sports and art. I for one am fixated on endless road work in South Florida. This cone-headed logic serves to shrink our world into a innocuous air-conditioned bubble drifting in the wind. Sifting out the insignificant from the

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A short walk to the ocean, another property is boarded shut. Urban developments in Miami are a case study in global trends. Waste Management, Infrastructure improvements somewhere near you. As the city celebrates 115 years of incorporation, reminders of the perils of progress caution us that when we take one step forward, it is likely to follow with two steps back.Taking one step back and

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Taking a swim in the splendid waters of South Florida, one would think there are no problems in paradise. A daily dunk in the Atlantic is by far the single most rejuvenating lifestyle choice in the swamp. Yes there is the occasional tide of jellyfish or obnoxious tourists on Jetskis but the trouble begins where the ocean ends as the sands of time drift to earth-bound dilemmas. Sussing out the

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Social anthropology is best expressed in journalese. A cardboard and spit model by Hirschhorn casually captures the compartmentalized cubical mindset of our time in the information swamp. Our national pastime of brutality and teamwork is no stranger to South Florida. A solitary American Modern cast concrete sculpture guards a playing field at a local public school near Kendall.Winning Wynwood.

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The 14 karat gold plated corporate media has decided we can not get enough of the economic pornography they have packaged so irresistibly for general consumption. Propaganda mogul sports common man look. Literally millions of viewers weened on cable news can't seem to decide which story is most disturbingly stupid; the Debt Ceiling question looming overhead or Rupert Murdock loosing his grip as

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With the second tropical depression of the storm season garnering local attention, there is another storm looming that aught to set off alarms in the swamp, but few seem to bother or make needed preparation.Today, people have grown accustomed to endless war and that very consequential mindset translates from the most profound to the most mundane.Our love/hate relationship with automobiles and

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The Ambassador of Cool know simply as Sade brought the house up last night at the AArena Downtown Miami. It's been ten years since her last show in South Florida and, boy has she most def still Got It. Why does she return to the swamp? Because we desperately need a dose of true cool. Her hot benevolence is our refreshment.Some say that 'black don't crack' and like a Benin Bronze, the British

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Someday things will not what they used to be. Buildings will be made of composites and styrofoam and our food as well will be mostly composites and styrofoam with a bit of flavor... The year 2047 is the target date for the Air Force’s Holy Grail, the capstone for its long-term plan to turn the skies over to war-fighting drones.The trees of the forest will be made of recycled newspaper ...... and

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Opa-Locka RunwayLooming storms aside, the business of the establishment presses on into summer... until August vacation time when employed people arrange for some distance from the permanent nausea of modern life madness. Some will come to South Florida to recharge their batteries.Paving the winding Indian Creek approach to SoBe.Beneath the shimmering ebony pavement lies a boiling swampy core of

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Swampspace Gallery presents Desiree Almodovar Scale notes on sight and sound Opening Friday July 8th 6 -10 pmA painter paints pictures on canvas. Musicians paint their pictures on silence. ~Leopold Stokowski3821 NE 1 Court Miami Design District*

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With each observance of the Fourth of July , we echo historical myths in hollow scripted narratives. With each war for independence, truth becomes more obfuscated while folks get a little less agreeable. One fine example of such fiasco is our nation's first war for some other's independence, the Spanish/American War of 1898. Free of British rule, America was no more than 100 years old when we

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In a surprise announcement, the white house has released a summary of Alonso Morning's daily presidential brief for June 26 in the continuing celebratory spirit following NY state's approval of same sex marriage that caused the swell and a raucous at the annual gay pride parade.The good news from NY caused tremors of excitement in the oval office also as seen here in this official photo of the

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At sunset this past father's day, some folks on the beach must have thought the Town of Surfside was a bit early with their Fourth of July fireworks display.Who but the residents of this slow-paced seaside town would know that the celebration was for the much anticipated soft opening of our grand new community center.Nearly six years ago, setting aside a nostalgia for worn and familiar, town

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School's Out ! From coast to coast high school seniors that have completed their primary education requirements are eligible for certificates of graduation. With rented caps and gowns they readily line up to receive the earned recognition for toughing it out in what is perhaps the best or worst four years for every adolescent since the invention of books.Each year hundreds of kids and their

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The Napoleon (far left) of the little country of Yemen has left the building... Over the weekend, tens of thousands of Yemenis took to the streets to celebrate the departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. He's in Saudi Arabia being treated for injuries suffered in an assault on the presidential palace.High Fives by Low Lives. It is no surprise that for a few willing to sell their soul,

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South Florida is a magnet for all types of creatures. Most travelers arrive by airbuses, pre-screened and ripe for fleecing. To get here by car, you gotta deal with the gnatty welcoming committee of swamp-flies splattered on your grill. The recent Urban Weekend FreakFest is not alone in perennial organized events that get the ire of locals. No gathering of revelers or conventioneers in resort

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Luther Campbell bumper stickers flooding Dade County roads. Uncle Luke is a candidate for our times because sadly Blow-Fly is too old to run for Mayor of Miami. The county has already lost its shirt, now is the time to roll with Luke's Luck, we have nothing to loosen but our pants.For many longtime residents, South Florida living has always percolated along irrespective of the slurry of

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Just One Drop. When the going gets tough, the tough get soaked. Mobius Revolution. Irony runs counter-cyclical when focus is on naysayers. What is amusing today may be our woes tomorrow. One thing is certain: when it rains, truth roars. Mr. Mississippi is a shimmering blue snake in the grass not hard to find, enthralling to discover navigate trace the meandering towards its delta estuary

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The Man the MagicOne measure of success is how much you are loved by others, including former US presidents.The recent Beatification of Pope John Paul #2 confirms his sainthood and Vatican assurance that his remains will be preserved for adoration.Word is My SwordThe Legacy of Martin Luther King will also be revered for his life's work to bring world peace through non-violence. Act 3 Scene 2

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Ding Dong, the Warlock's Gone. With surgical precision, the might of America that was on the operating table has been resuscitated and it is a relief to say that the operation was a success, but the patient lied.Moby DarkLike the carcass of a mighty white whale consumed by nature and exposed by the receding tides; the pillars and trusses of the twin towers rise only in memory as the approaching

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In a Tit for Tat world, China gives the USA an F on Human Rights Record.Here is the full text from Beijin (don't shoot the messenger) Following are some facts and figures from the report: -- In 2009, an estimated 4.3 million violent crimes, 15.6 million property crimes and 133,000 personal thefts were committed against U.S. residents aged 12 or older, and the violent crime rate was 17.1

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If not me, who? And if not now, when? Mikhail GorbachevWelcome to MockbaWith the peculiar name of Domodedovo, a 600 year old town on the outskirts of Moscow is home to one jumbo international airport. With so many Russians living in Miami, there are now direct flights weekly. The 747 air-busses are flying at half occupancy so no need to pay first class as there is plenty of room in coach to

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Back in the old USSR, things were rather bleak with regard to contemporary art.In fact relations with the creative spirit were so bad after the Cuba missile crisis that I grew up with the misconception that the evil empire of the Cold War was as real as Ronald Reagan was an actor. But thanks to Gorbachev's Perestroika and Glasnost the end spelled the beginning for warmer relations with other

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To Tell The TruthA select few live in a secret underworld where they play the deadly game of intrigue and espionage. The stakes are high but the reward is silent glory. The top secret world of sensitive international intelligence is often portrayed in the most glamourous way on film and news from the iconic James Bond 007 to the down right mundane characters like Alger Hiss and Robert Hanssen.

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With storm season on the horizon, the rain soaked clouds dwarf the clutter of new condos.Like the majestic Royal Palms now gone, another monumental billboard rises.Framed by miles of concrete, a glimpse of the Miami River near Downtown and Little HavanaOut west where the highways meet the swamp, a row of concrete pilings stand firm to brace the paving of more better roads.Who among us has not

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Weiwei channeling Johnny CashA world class artist is no match for the Chinese government." The US and EU have spoken out over the detention of artist and activist Ai Weiwei, in China. Police detained the 53-year-old at Beijing Airpport, on Sunday morning, as he was going through immigration. No one has been able to contact Ai Weiwei since.It has also been reported that 8 of his studio workers

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Plato and Aristotle at DASH"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." "Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. " Shake and EducateA few weeks ago Miami Central Senior High School was honored by a visit from President Obama. At the request of the White House, Jeb Bush was also in attendance for a pep talk on the state

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The tragedy is that global radicalization is based on the Lie of Our Lives.

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South Florida newspapers are reporting a serious problem at the turkey point nuclear reactor.As of 9 a.m. 4/1/2011 the radiation readings being monitored by scientists and politicians have shown hopeful signs that the power company can avert a melt-down like the recent Fukushima Dai-ich plant in Japan.The water management district has asked residents to remain calm and boil water as a precaution,

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Boulevard of RealityJust north of downtown Miami is a stretch of Biscayne Boulevard that defies understanding. From thirty sixth street to seventy ninth, more recently known as MIMO or Miami Modern is a stretch of swamp anchored on the south end by MAC a new public school in the old channel 10 building and the Boulevard Strip Joint on the north. Along the way is a charming blend of the

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approaching a million plus hits on Utube....

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Hat Racking a Ficus...Endless Road Work Commentary... Movie House Closed Forever...Robert Chambers... The Real Thing...Artist Unknown...State Bird...Get the Job Done... on a 6 inch ledge.*

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Consternation is the order of the day.Welcome to Operation Odyssey Dawn.

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Miami is a place in transition, an anthropology that moves like molasses.I am old now but my recollections of Lemon City are forever etched in a bitter-sweet affection for the swamp that shaped me.Better known today as Little Haiti, the hood just north of fabulous Design District is home to an up-rooted people coping with assimilation while clinging to the spiritual heart of their beloved island

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Call me cuckoo for haarping on about the greatest myth narratives of our time, but i'm just saying consider the truths less traveled.Japan nuclear reactor meltdown 3/11 act of god...... NYC nuclear demolition 9/11 act of man.*

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Here we go again... the trillion dollar question is " W H E R E T O ? ".*

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In South Florida Turnpike, CASH is a 4 letter word. I've said it before and here it is again. SomePass others don't.When is the motoring public going to get a voice and stop the racket on our roads...*

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Surreal EstateSurveying the swampscape to find understanding and purpose has lead me to conclude that the trouble with the tropics is a man-made disaster. But here the Miami power players are not swayed from promoting the alter ego myth of the Florida Panther in spite of the real extinction of the Eastern Cougar. Tyrone PowerWhen i was a little brown nut fresh off the boat, Miami extended its

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Pigeon ParkHere are some scenes from Saturday's Support Workers Rally at Bayfront Park downtown Miami. Thanks to the organizers at Move On for staging this nationwide show of solidarity with the people of Wisconsin who are on the front line of the republican lead assault on workers unions. The GOP wants to bust all unions but their focus is on public employees. We are talking about the

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Gastronomic! BabayAt the INVENTORY Show "Objects of Desire" in Miami's Design District, one can nourish the mind with a sampling of delectable artworks by a cornucopia of locals including Victor Muñiz and Michelle Weinberg. There are some intriguing pieces to enjoy and digest or dissect at the scheduled panel discussions.Animal FarmOf particular note is the perfectly swampy work of Paloma Teppa

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Road RaunchThe days of romance with the american road are long gone thanks in no small part to greed at the hands of officials quick to embrace Red Light Cameras and any scheme that goes ching-ching in their grubby little minds. The motoring public should take note of alarm and caution with developing issues. Wake up and smell the racket.While the number of tickets is issued is plunging, the

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Brave Voices are all too often drowned out by the cacophony of infotainment that clutter media. It is always refreshing to happen upon things that matter. Indeed it is instrumental to our collective orchestration that each one actively pursue the sound truth. How does Susan Lindauer maintain such grace in the face of such extreme prejudice?Very nicely, thanks.

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Rounding OutWarning: Reading the history of man can be a nauseating activity of habitual proportion. Boning up on recordings of pivotal events can be a circular exercise of mobius implications. A bewildered novice observing the current global freak-show is better equipped to stomach the insane human activity on display but a seasoned reader will be hard pressed to refrain from outrage. Both can

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To look at this photo of president Carter pointing direction to Mubarak, one could say that it has taken 50 years and 18 days of civil protest for the last pharaoh to exit the stagecraft.from the NYtimesHere is Mubarak's resignation speech and commemorative mug.

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Hold on to your emotions and pass the botox, the mind police is here today. Technology, Sedition and Armageddon are accelerating at an alarming rate. ...the TSA's Screening Passengers by Observational Techniques (SPOT) program had 3,000 "behavior detection officers" in more than 150 airports. Their job is to strike up conversations with passengers at security checkpoints, checking for what one

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I doesn't take a genius to recognize the real from the relative. Promenade may not be the best word to describe this gem of an oceanfront scene, so Popeye Beach will do. It is certainly a great destination for those just wanting to stroll along a South Florida beach and feel comfortable among regular folk. If SOBE is for the uber-fashionable, Hollywood Beach is at the other end of the

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Lowest Common DenominatorFor South Florida drivers, suggestions of radicalization are bumper-sticker commonplace and billboard subliminal. Nationwide, the lone-wolves mis-adventures are likely to occur at increasing frequency and of course make headlines for a mind-numbed populace.Where the Rudder Meets the Road.Grappling with a landscape dominated by cars, trucks and asphalt, our culture

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Choose One: Jersey Shore or Cairo Egypt.One still has internet.

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Whining The FutureThe 2011 SOTU speech last night began at 9:11 pm promptly. Our president GObama had plenty of intriguing words for those listening in this world. To interpret this historic oratory one must keep in mind that it was crafted by an army of speech writers simply pulling buzz-words out of their ashtrays for news junkies drinking games and for all those wolf blitzers on teevee and

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Here is a delightfully human video by Matt Harding submitted by U-tube trawler Sir Tim . Don't know much about Matt except that he has managed to capture the meaning of HOPE for many folks around the world... and racked up allot of frequent-flier miles along the way.Swampthing faithfully dedicates this post to the memory of MLK. *

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I went to the nursing home to visit my friend's father who turns out to be quite the blogger.Edward Weiland was born in the midwest, met his sweetheart in Coney Island, served in the US Navy as a mine sweepers and had three lovely children.He also wrote and wrote and continues writing about thing that matter to us all.Ed recently hurt his knee and is recovering.Get well soon Mr. Ed and keep on

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Why not start indoctrinating kids early so they think the madness is normal behavior.

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Here is a quote from Obama's speech at the eulogy in Arizona."I believe we can be better. Those who died here, those who saved lives here – they help me believe. We may not be able to stop all evil in the world, but I know that how we treat one another is entirely up to us. I believe that for all our imperfections, we are full of decency and goodness, and that the forces that divide us are not as

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"It is when we notice the dirt that God is most present in us; it is the very sign of His presence." — C.S. LewisGood Times ?The new guys in Tallahassee have reason to celebrate in public because privately they know the odds of getting whacked at the mall are next to non. They know that what liberals are known for hurling are mostly rotten tomatoes and banana cream pies.Crazies Gun Shop USA"Do

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I once was comfortable being a regular guy, basically happy to partake in the American Dream and give a little something back for my good fortune. Feeling good to have faith in an imagined system was not an issue.Living was not always synchronized but there were plenty of green lights of encouragement. When the light turned red, like a good neighbor, I slammed on the brakes. But today our cities

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Like the obscenely lucrative red-light camera scheme, the Tax Lien Sales is the latest scam for quick-cash by money-grubbing cities across the nation. Though it is illegal in many states, South Florida has no problem selling tax debt in bulk to the highest bidders from a slew of shell companies set up by the very banks we taxpayers bailed out. Once these predators buy the debt from local gov,

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With our artificially imposed collective observance of the Gregorian calendar signaling a new beginning to the continuing cycle of reflections on the information age, here are a few exerts from the Jumel Terrace Books annual holiday greetings compilation of personal, profound and not surprisingly alarming observations on the state of our global clumsiness. It’s something that occurred to me while

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"You simply get chills every time you see these poor individuals...many of these people, almost all of them that we see are so poor and they are so black, and this is going to raise lots of questions for people who are watching this story unfold." –CNN's Wolf Blitzer, on New Orleans' hurricane evacuees, Sept. 1, 2005If I were a preacher, this week's sermon might be titled,"Is the Lawd Punishing

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"Everythin­g secret degenerate­s, even the administra­­tion of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. ­" - Lord Acton Stop Endless War"We've killed well over a million people. We've orphaned and displaced five times that number at least. And here in our own country, we've managed to throw millions of people of out work and out of their homes," Ferner

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Caps and GroansWhen considering the quest for credentials, a college education is well beyond the reach of most teenagers with diminished expectations. At my kid public high school, at best half the students will go on to college. DASH is the exception.Kettling for CurriculaMeanwhile back in the old country the Tea Kettle is whizzing with the vapors of discontent."More than 30 people were

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To their credit the Triple A (American Auto Association) appears to be one of the few voices of the motoring public expressing futile opposition to the current plague infesting our roadways. Sadly our whispers are being drowned out by an element of our communities blinded by the allure of a revenue stream the size of the Amazon river that is too tempting for those money grubbers to do the right

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Root of a RevolutionDaryll McCray better known as Cornbread began writing in the slums of Philadelphia in 1968. Forty years later he is recognized as one of the original writers of american graffiti. Prior to his public expression of love and despair, there were few signs that suggested the global profusion of mass culture art that is grafffiti today.Empire BluesBut graffiti is nothing new. It

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" Perhaps the biggest surprise from the cables is how hard everybody strives to meet the American test of fealty"Hello ChiefBack when bumbling Maxwell Smart battled the forces of KAOS for CONTROL, he had a great deal of help from his competent partner Agent 99. Things were satirical then. Chief EnchiladaObama has taken some bruising lately so he is not feeling the current Wikileaks headlines in

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Geez, Where's the Beach?Like no other perennially themed week of events in South Florida's SOBE, ABMB has once again cast an air of entitlement on the hollowed hegemony of the elite art industry and residual motivations to the local arts community. That which lures jet-loads of world-class enthusiasts is part home-grown part import. It is the habitual desire to live by art that transcends

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I can remember the year. It was 2001 when the news of ABMB signing a ten year contract with the swamp registered little attention from the multitude of people with marginal interest in a discipline founded on our vices of leisure and contemplation of the subliminal objects. Nine years later, the art virus has infested mass culture on a near pandemic level.But not every who in whoville is

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Dear LeaderWow, better get your comfortable walking shoes on. For your consideration,here is the most comprehensive listing of local attractions compiled by the incomparably Colleen at ArtMurmur. Are You a Collector?*

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One More for the RoadBefore the Tea Party got all teed-off at every Democrat Liberal, Jimmy's brother Billy Carter was craftily ridiculed for being the All American Guy.The Vision ThingBefore the Gipper turned Republican, he supported many Progressive Ideals. Papa Bush has always been the grease in the gears of regressive thinking.Tricky-DickyBefore nervous Nixon trashed the Executive Branch

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF 11/20/2010Who: SWAMPSPACE GalleryWhat: The "KISSING BOOTH" ShowWhen: Opening December 1, 2010 (closing Dec.15)Where: 3821 N.E. First Court Miami, Florida 33137Calling All SmoochersJoin Swampspace Gallery to celebrate the romantic nostalgia of love with the much anticipated"Kissing Booth" show, featuring artworks by Kenny Scharf and Oliver Sanchez. Kissing Booths were light

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Prizma-colored SplendorWith the anticipation of Art Basel Week 2010, here is a harbinger post for the artificiality of such an event. With all the hullabaloo expected, it is easy to ignore the permanent Miami for the other 51 weeks in the swamp.Made in DadeMuch of South Florida is a variegated landscape of affluence and destitute. We have established and packaged the background for the kabuki

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Paperless MagazineTom Austin wrote a nice article on "Friends With You" for Paper magazine. Here are some exerts. FriendsWithYou is about the enduring power of whimsy and creating fables: FWY bills themselves as a "portal to a secret club and lifetime adventure."Pals Times TwoTo Sandoval, it's all part of the FWY dialectic, an attempt to "incorporate all religions of the world in a playful and

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