Last year, we reported on the epic battle Fahmie was waging against Burns as the two men jockeyed for customers across the street from one another. This year, Burns and Fahmie have set up shop blocks away from each other, but they remain on frosty terms. The latest skirmish began with…
Luther Campbell loves the Miami Marlins, federal investigation be damned
Reader mail: “Republicans love socialism, but only for themselves”
After having a conversation about Florida Power & Light with Commissioner Deede Weithorn, Banana Republican is convinced it’s time for an Occupy Turkey Point rally. It’s bad enough the Florida Public Service Commission approved a rate increase for FP&L so the utility giant can cover $20 million in nuclear costs…
Is a Matisyahu without a beard like “A King Without a Crown”? Yesterday, in a sudden move that shocked every member of Planet Earth’s Hasidic reggae community to the etsem (or bone for all you non-Hebrew speakers), everyone’s favorite Jewish emcee, Matisyahu (born Matthew Paul Miller), shaved off his famous…
In Saturday’s edition of the Miami Herald, former U.S. Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart penned an opinion letter shilling for his client, Genting, the Malaysian-based gaming conglomerate that wants to transform the last prime piece of downtown Miami’s waterfront land into a gargantuan casino.Diaz-Balart cautions Herald readers “to see through the scare…
Luther Campbell, the man who made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Campbell praises the new-look Miami Marlins for making baseball matter again in South Florida. The federal government might look into claims…
The U.S. Department of Labor Office of Public Affairs is suing Whole Foods in an attempt to “reinstate a former employee with full back wages and benefits after the company allegedly fired the worker for voicing and reporting workplace health concerns regarding a raw sewage spillage at its store in…
Curtis Jackson, best known as 50 Cent (pronounced fitty) unloaded a mixtape about an hour ago via Hulk Share, one of those download sites that looks mad shady. Evidently, The Big 10’s so popular that it’s caused a massive cyber traffic jam and subsequent comment uproar. Crossfade’s working on four…
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…
Sure, it’s called the beautiful game. But occasionally, like local band (and rabid football fanatics) Lil Daggers will tell you, soccer’s just straight-up sexy. Sometimes, out there on the field in a sweaty pair of those short shorts, shit can get so hot that even the most talented and experienced…
Veldora Arthur, the disgraced Miami assistant fire chief who collected $120,000 in pay while she sat at home for seven months awaiting trial, could face a longer prison sentence if federal prosecutors have their way. On Sept. 30, a federal jury found Arthur guilty on three counts of mail fraud…
Anyone who followed the recall movement versus former Miami-Dade County Commissioner Natacha Seijas knows the group that sought her ouster calls itself Miami Voice and is chaired by activist Vanessa Brito. Miami Lakes dentist David Bennett, who supported Seijas, certainly knew about Britto’s Miami Voice when he incorporated a non-profit…
Reader mail: “The only way Democrats can win is if they cheat.”
FAMU Robert Champion hazing death scandal is no Penn State
Forget Las Vegas; get married at McDonald’s! The world’s largest fast-food burger chain has a lot of, shall we say, interesting items on its menu, such as the McLobster and the McAfrica burger. But three McDonald’s restaurants in Hong Kong offer something altogether different: weddings and engagement parties.The basic “Warm…
Luther Campbell, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Campbell comes to the defense of Florida’s largest historically African-American university, which has been caught up in a deadly…
‘Tis the season for thievery, according to Adweek’s list of most shoplifted items during the holiday season. Filet mignon and Jameson whiskey are numbers one and two on the list.Though that might conjure images of rich men stuffing meat and booze into their suits, most shoplifting is done by opportunists,…
Over the past six months, state Rep. Erik Fresen has established himself as the go-to-politician for the gambling industry tycoons who want to bring gargantuan casino resorts to the Magic City. The lawmaker from Coral Gables is the mastermind behind one of two proposed bills that would allow Malaysian-based Genting…
After urban warriors load up on free breakfast compliments of the nearest big-chain hotel, their stomachs will need more.What to do? Drop into the nearest Olive Garden for some free bread sticks, or try the free chips and salsa at Chevy’s of course! Managers at these restaurants say there’s not…
There’s been recent buzz over a buffet restaurant in the UK that tacked on a three pound fee because a woman’s baby stroller was taking up space. According to the London Evening Standard, another woman at the same restaurant was also charged a fee for her six month old. Media…
You can say Max Rameau is a social activist trendsetter. Long before the Occupy Wall Street movement was even an idea, Rameau was leading the charge for the disenfranchised 99 percent with his Take Back The Land organization. Five years ago, Rameau came up with the brilliant idea of organizing…
