Sick People Are Cooking Your Dinner

“Backed Into the Corner” is the provocative name of a new research report that shows almost nine out of ten Miami restaurant workers do not receive any paid sick days and that nearly 50 percent of those employees have gone to work sick. An even larger majority — 63.6 percent…

Mugshots Friday: Deep In The Lone Star State

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…

Hard Knocks Episode One: Thank God For Chad Johnson

Thank God for Chad Johnson. Last night, the “Look At Me” wide receiver was the star of the first episode of Hard Knocks: Training Camp With The Miami Dolphins on HBO. You get the feeling the Dolphins brain trust of General Manager Jeff Ireland and Head Coach Joe Philbin picked…

Carlos Gimenez Dumps Al Lorenzo Amid Absentee Ballot Fraud Scandal

Also read: “Al Lorenzo Wins Elections, but Will His History Hurt the State Attorney’s Latest Bid.”Late yesterday, Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez sacked Al Lorenzo, the campaign consultant who’s been by his side since he first ran for elected office eight years ago. The Miami Herald reports Gimenez fired Lorenzo because…

Snoop Doggy Dogg Lion and Six Other Musicians’ Midcareer Name-Changes

If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it. Unless you’re a millionaire musician with a megasuccessful career. And then fuck it, change your name completely. We’re pretty sure that’s how the old adage goes, and that’s what you’d be led to believe by Crossfade’s little list of moniker madness. When an…

Mugshots Friday: Angry Birds and the Queen of Swagger

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…

Pepe Billete Says Chick-Fil-A VPLP

See the full archive of Pepe Billete’s columns here.Last week I took a little break from the column to celebrate my birthday. The party was amazing and even managed to get the attention of NBC!While it did take me a couple of days to recover, I had a plan to…

It’s Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day: What Would Jesus Eat?

Mike Huckabee, former governor, former presidential candidate, former marathon runner, political pundit, and author of a children’s book, has announced that today, August 1, be proclaimed across this great nation as Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, in honor of the company that sparked a shitstorm of controversy after its president and COO, Dan…