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Besides Meatball, every face in this flick is smiley worthy. Lady in the green and the half face Karen lurking in the back are HOF
Florida Gov. DeSantis will run for President in 2028
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Idalia could be strongest storm to hit the Florida bend for a century
The large storm is currently churning around 80 miles off the western tip of Cuba and is barreling north towards Florida with winds now at 70mph as it nears Hurricane status.
He's definitely hoping for this to be a disaster of apocalyptic proportions
Idalia could be strongest storm to hit the Florida bend for a century
The large storm is currently churning around 80 miles off the western tip of Cuba and is barreling north towards Florida with winds now at 70mph as it nears Hurricane status.www.dailymail.co.uk
He's definitely hoping for this to be a disaster of apocalyptic proportions
Why? That would be he has to be there. Tending to the needs of the state which he haven’t been doing since announcing his run
This insurance thing really bout to make this storm shyt spookier than normal.
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Idalia could be strongest storm to hit the Florida bend for a century
The large storm is currently churning around 80 miles off the western tip of Cuba and is barreling north towards Florida with winds now at 70mph as it nears Hurricane status.
He's definitely hoping for this to be a disaster of apocalyptic proportions
I mean the guy is a sociopath so sure but it’s not like he’ll be showing us his great management and people skills that you think he has
That’s why I got a co-op in Florida… gotta have the forsight not to buy a house down there….
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I have a good time when I go out of my mind..
@satam55 - You posted that bullshyt blaming the rejection on "queer theory" earlier in this thread.
Florida reviewers of AP African American Studies sought ‘opposing viewpoints’ of slavery.
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Florida reviewers of AP African American Studies sought ‘opposing viewpoints’ of slavery.
Florida officials sought 'opposing viewpoints' blaming slavery on Africans: leaked documents
Florida education officials demanded changes to an Advanced Placement course on African American Studies because the curriculum focused on the negative aspects of slavery without presenting "opposing viewpoints."State officials rejected the course, saying they objected to studying concepts such...
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@satam55 - You posted that bullshyt blaming the rejection on "queer theory" earlier in this thread.
Florida reviewers of AP African American Studies sought ‘opposing viewpoints’ of slavery.
Florida officials sought 'opposing viewpoints' blaming slavery on Africans: leaked documents
Florida education officials demanded changes to an Advanced Placement course on African American Studies because the curriculum focused on the negative aspects of slavery without presenting "opposing viewpoints."State officials rejected the course, saying they objected to studying concepts such...
I will never understand this attempt to make slavery nog racial or about black people being oppressed based on race. They literally wrote white supremacy into the law. The Dredscott decision is based entirely on race. Plessy is based entirely on race. I just don’t get how anyone can make these arguments w/ a straight face.
And given that the US constitution itself, put a prohibition on the slave trade that would have taken place after the slave population was self sustaining, how much time do we need to spend learning about the internal African slave trade?
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Ron DeSantis’s Florida is a dangerous and hostile place for Black Americans — Guardian US
Throughout his tenure as governor, DeSantis has taken every chance to criminalize, stigmatize and sideline Black Floridians
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You guys aren’t really going to vote for this guy? Right??
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One big photo op. Kinda like Christie and Obama during Hurricane Sandy.
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Broward says losses mount for tourism as more conventions stay away, citing fear for safety of diverse groups
Sun-Sentinel - via RSS feedPosted onAugust 22, 2023
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Broward County tourism officials say that financial losses are continuing to mount as conventions once scheduled for Fort Lauderdale have opted to go someplace else.
The tally now stands at 14, with four of those conventions backing out in August alone, according to Visit Lauderdale, the agency formerly known as the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau.
They cite Florida’s culture wars on issues that critics say attack Blacks, gays, and transgender youth, as well as policies targeting state universities as well as migrants.
Broward’s tourism arm said the lost conventions could have brought hotel stays to Fort Lauderdale and its surrounding cities, which also meant money spent on restaurants and attractions.
The updated list now includes the National Sales Network Conference, whose founder and CEO emailed the county Monday: “Moving forward, we will not consider conducting any future conferences in the state of Florida given the Governor’s statement that slavery was good for Black people.”
And the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology wasn’t planning its annual convention until 2028, but backed out last week, citing in an email: “At the moment, we aren’t able to consider any Florida cities because of the political issues around women’s health and the added challenges with higher education there.”
It adds to the laundry list of groups including the Chicago-based American Specialty Toy Retailing Association, which had planned a 3,000-person conference in Fort Lauderdale in 2026, and cited the “unfriendly political environment in Florida.” The Washington, D.C.-based Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs, which was scheduled to come to Fort Lauderdale in January, diverted to New Orleans instead because of what’s perceived as anti-migrant policies. And the Atlanta-based aParent Miracles Foundation for this November is headed to Texas instead after the NAACP issued a travel advisory for Florida “in direct response to Governor Ron DeSantis’ attempts to erase Black history, and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in Florida schools,” the organizer wrote the county’s tourism office.
Last month, the Tom Joyner Foundation, and the 1,700 hotel rooms it wanted, disappeared, too. “If this were about economics, that would be one thing, but what is at the core of the issue from the above, is fear for the safety of African-American, LGBTQ+ and a smaller portion of even Latino students and others traveling to Florida to participate in what is a national event,” an organizer wrote the tourism office. The agency also cited the state’s new permitless gun carry laws, which allow people to carry concealed weapons without training or a permit, as another reason to skip the Sunshine State. That legislation was hailed by the NRA.
The emails were obtained by the South Florida Sun Sentinel in a public records request.
Stacy Ritter, president and CEO of Visit Lauderdale, Broward County’s tourism promotion arm, said Tuesday she was “keeping a careful eye on the trend, which isn’t great.”
“It’s most troubling because of the economic impact which translates into Broward County residents’ jobs,” saying an estimated 10% of Broward’s jobs were directly or indirectly tied to tourism.
Ritter’s agency is trying to offset the damage with advertising efforts to show Florida, at least the southern end, is welcoming. On Tuesday, they successfully appealed to the Broward County commission to spend nearly $800,000 — money raised from a tourism hotel tax — to participate in the January 2024 Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif.
Chief among the float participants considered to perform: Drag queens.
Lisa J. Huriash can be reached at lhuriash@sunsentinel.com. Follow on Twitter @LisaHuriash