Archive for the 'Florida' Category
Gladio, NATO’s Dagger at the Heart of Europe: The Pentagon-Nazi-Mafia Terror Axis by Richard Cottrell
April 1st, 2013Disclosure: The publisher sent me a copy of this book for review. This is a very richly detailed and terrifying account of Operation Gladio. There are many more tentacles than I had previously known about. While the imbroglios set in motion after World War II may seem like ancient history to the uninitiated, Gladio actually […]
Florida County Spends Tens Of Thousands On Ambulance For Obese Patients
March 30th, 2013Via: CBS: The Orange County Fire and Rescue spends tens of thousands of dollars for an ambulance to transport patients that weigh up to 1,100 pounds. Central Florida News 13 reports that the ambulance was purchased after emergency responders had to transport at least two dozen patients who weighed more than 500 pounds last year. […]
Florida Man Feared Dead After Sinkhole Swallows Him
March 2nd, 2013Via: Reuters: A Florida man was missing and feared dead on Friday after a sinkhole suddenly opened up under the bedroom of his suburban Tampa home, police and fire officials said. Rescuers responded to a 911 call late on Thursday after the family of Jeff Bush, 36, reported hearing a loud crash in the house […]
Miami Police Officer Luis Hernandez Held Without Bond on Armed Sexual Battery, Kidnapping Charges
February 6th, 2013Via: NBC: The Miami Police officer arrested for allegedly kidnapping and sexually battering a woman while on duty is being held without bond, a Miami-Dade judge said Thursday. Luis Hernandez, 27, made his initial court appearance on charges of armed sexual battery by a law enforcement officer and armed kidnapping. Internal affairs detectives arrested Hernandez […]
Florida Cops Too Busy Drinking Coffee and Screwing Around to Respond to Emergency Calls
February 6th, 2013That sergeant looks like it’s on the Jabba the Hutt diet. Via: NBC: A group of Miami-Dade police officers was disciplined following a 2010 internal affairs investigation, police documents showed. Five police officers and one sergeant with the Kendall squad were allegedly caught on camera ignoring emergency dispatch calls. The video, obtained by NBC 6 […]
U.S. Air Force X-37B Returns to Orbit
December 12th, 2012Via: NBC: An Atlas 5 rocket sent the Air Force’s X-37B mini-shuttle on its first repeat flight on Tuesday, kicking off a months-long classified mission reportedly aimed at testing advanced spy satellite sensors.
‘U.S. Ready to Offer Mercenaries $10 Billion for a Drug-War Air Force’
December 5th, 2012Kill the competition. Steal their drugs. Profit. Via: Wired: Unsure how your private security firm makes money as the U.S. war in Afghanistan winds down? One option: Go into the drug trade — more specifically, the lucrative business of fighting narcotics. The State Department needs a business partner to keep its fleet of drug-hunting helicopters […]
Palm-Scanning Technology ‘as a Handy ID System’
November 26th, 2012Via: USA Today: At schools in Pinellas County, Fla., students aren’t paying for lunch with cash or a card, but with a wave of their hand over a palm scanner. “It’s so quick that a child could be standing in line, call mom and say, ‘I forgot my lunch money today.’ She’s by her computer, […]
Why Miami Is Becoming the ‘Russian Riviera’
November 21st, 2012Where’s Crockett and Tubbs? Via: CNBC: On a recent afternoon, Miami real-estate agent Jill Eber is taking a Russian millionaire on a mansion-shopping trip. “This is the Versace Room,” Eber says, walking into a vast living room of blue velvet sofas and gold French Imperial lamps. “It really makes a statement.” The mansion, “Castello del […]
Man Tasered by Police for Trying to Prevent His House from Burning Down
November 15th, 2012Via: WSTP: Daniel Jensen wasn’t running from the law, he was trying to protect his home from burning up. Yet, Pinellas Park Police tasered him in the process. Jensen and his attorney say it’s an excessive use of force. Jensen was still shaken and visibly emotional as he retold what happened last Thursday evening. He […]
