Archive for the 'Florida' Category
Man Deposits $200 with Pot, Cocaine at Bank
June 28th, 2009A little Florida reading for the weekend. Via: AP: Authorities said a man using the drive-through at a Tallahassee bank deposited $200 and a small bag containing marijuana and cocaine. Police said an employee at the Wachovia Bank called police Wednesday after the unusual deposit. An officer arrested a 38-year-old man and found the remnants […]
After Major Florida Bank Fails, Carlyle Swoops In as a Buyer
May 22nd, 2009Via: Washington Post: Florida-based BankUnited collapsed yesterday, the largest bank failure so far this year, as a new federal investigation revealed that the bank’s regulator, the Office of Thrift Supervision, allowed the firm to cover up its financial weakness. A consortium of investors, including District-based private-equity giant Carlyle Group, agreed to buy and recapitalize BankUnited, […]
U.S. Army Biological Warfare Lab Missing Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Samples; 21 Polo Ponies from Venezuela Died at Event in Florida
April 23rd, 2009According to CBS News, the people investigating the deaths of the horses in Florida are focusing on the possibility that a tainted batch of a vitamin supplement called Biodyl might be to blame. All of the horses that died received the supplement. The five horses that didn’t receive the Biodyl are fine. Ok. Maybe that’s […]
Florida Woman Kills Son, Then Herself at Gun Range
April 8th, 2009I’ve lost track of all the recent bizarre shooting incidents. On the one hand, there’s a generalized crackup underway in the U.S. On the other hand, the regime is getting ready to try to get HR45 enacted. My guess is that we haven’t seen anything yet. Chillingly, hours before I read about this latest incident, […]
Florida Legislator Wants Random Drug Tests for the Unemployed
March 17th, 2009Via: Raw Story: Employers have justified drug tests in the workplace by pointing to such negative effects of drug use as absenteeism and work-related injuries. Now a Florida legislator has proposed that random drug-testing also be applied to those receiving unemployment insurance, justifying it as a way to make state funds go further. Florida State […]
And Now: Ammunition Shortages
February 15th, 2009Bullets are the projectiles that are propelled out of firearms. This stupid article treats bullets and ammunition as synonyms. I’m assuming that, regardless of the term, it’s referring to completed, ready to fire ammunition. Is there actually a shortage on bullets? That’s not clear from reading this. I’m sure there are some reloaders out there […]
Legatus and Reinhardt
February 11th, 2009WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. I follow a lot of deeply strange information as a matter of routine. Almost none of it gets mentioned here. I’m sufficiently weirded out by something that I’ve been watching unfold over the last couple of days and thought I’d open […]
In Florida, Despair and Foreclosures
February 9th, 2009Via: New York Times: Welcome to the American dream in high reverse. Lehigh Acres is one of countless sprawling exurbs that the housing boom drastically reshaped, and now the bust is testing whether the experience of shared struggle will pull people together or tear them apart. The changes in these mostly unincorporated areas outside cities […]
Toxic Chinese Drywall Making People and Pets Ill, Corroding Wires, Destroying Electronics
January 25th, 2009Always low prices. Via: Herald Tribune: As the investigation into toxic Chinese drywall continues, a single street in Manatee County appears to be ground zero for the largest cluster of problem homes. Within the Lighthouse Cove subdivision of Lennar’s Heritage Harbour development, sits a quaint street of two-story homes called Montauk Point Crossing. Today, it […]
Three Words That Should Strike Fear Into Anyone with Wealth to Preserve: Florida Hedge Fund
January 21st, 2009Via: AP: A missing hedge fund manager who owed investors a $50 million payout told his wife in a note he felt guilty about mismanaging people’s money, and threatened to kill himself, according to a sheriff’s report released Tuesday. However, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said it believes Arthur G. Nadel planned his disappearance and […]
