Category: July

Mini Lobster Days are in full swing. Please be safe and don’t forget here at Fanci Seafood, located at 22290 Overseas Hwy, we have plenty of ice–tons of it! 50 pounds for only $5. We also carry a variety of bait and chum.

Is there any way to move the scroll bar on a Word document from the right side of the window to the left?

[Ebola Doctor Dies] These guys and gals are the bravest people imaginable. The Real heroes. They fight an enemy no one can see! Link

[Free TV Antenna Check] Enter your zip code or fill in the form, but you’ll still get the report. This won’t work in the lower Keys, but some other folks might find this handy. Link

[Gay Marriage] Kudos to the two Key West men trying to take their right to be married to the Supreme Court to get this discriminatory law removed.

[“Tuesday’s “Sexy Parrot“] Now this is a sexy parrot! Look closely.  It’s not a bird but a painted woman’s body. The woman’s profiled face can be seen in front of her arm at the top of the parrot’s head.  Her hand is the beak.  Her foot is the bottom of the tail.

Confused? Me too. I’ve been confused ever since I learned that a sewage treatment plant and shallow sewage injection wells would be placed at the base of a landfill to improve nearshore water quality. Go figure?

Happy Hump Day from Springer’s Bar and Grill. Today’s special is hamburger steak with sweet onion mushroom gravy. A definite comfort food that will fill the belly and please the palate.
Thursday special: Sausage And Peppers On A Hoagie
Friday special: Fish And Chips
Happy Hour 2-7 daily with great drink specials and happy hour menu.
There’s always something special at Springer’s!

Kudos to Venture Crew and Keys Kayak for the Tom’s Harbor Island clean-up!

[Comcast merger: What you say matters] Comcast is “giving” most of it’s customers 50mbs (AT&T gives you about 6mbs) in order to cheer them up and not try to block Comcast’s merger with Time Warner Cable creating the largest media company with no competition to speak of. Bigger than Ma Bell before their monopolistic breakup. Tell the FCC exactly what you think of Comcast’s proposed takeover of Time Warner Cable. Comcast’s army of lobbyists will be pushing out feel-good comments, so make sure your opinion about this lousy deal get heard. The FCC must consider whether this merger is in the ‘public interest.’ High prices, lousy customer service, and lack of competition are all important concerns to raise.

If this deal goes through, Comcast will have huge power over what you see, when you see it, and what you pay. If that corporate control concerns you, make sure you let the Commissioners know it. Link

[“Hostel in Bogie Channel”] Isn’t that under the bridge?

Rachel Pawlitz

Although much of her professional experience has been in communications, she is also trained as a biologist, and has research experience in both terrestrial and marine ecology. After receiving a Bachelor’s in Biology from Truman State University (Missouri), she conducted research in marine ecology at the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia) for two years. There, she developed an interest in science communication which led her to pursue Masters of International Communication from Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia). She is in the final stages of completing a PhD in Interdisciplinary Ecology at the University of Florida, where she used her combined expertise to study adaptive management and the politics of science communication in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint water war.

Rachel will be in our Key West office and can be reached at rachel.pawlitz@noaa.gov  or by phone at 305-809-4700 x236.  Please join me in giving Rachel a warm welcome to the Florida Keys

[“Bring cash for boat”] How about bringing a local check and you wait by the boat while he goes and cashes it? Or if he’s so mistrustful, go with him. Is the boat held together with paper clips? He seems to want to conclude the sale rather quickly?

Weapons you won’t believe are legal. Link

Local companies can become sponsors of Stuff the Bus by pledging to provide a minimum amount of $250 worth of school supplies through a supply drive with their employees or customers, or by making a contribution of $250 or more, or a combination of both. Supplies can be collected until August 25th.

Individuals can participate in “Stuff the Bus” by taking school supplies to a sponsor’s business, by making a donation, or by shopping at Publix and buying “Tools for Schools” gift cards at the checkout counter. This Publix promotion will last until August 13th. United Way will purchase additional school supplies for Keys schools based on the money donated by Publix shoppers. For more information on “Stuff the Bus,” call the United Way office at 305-735-1929, or email admin@keysunitedway.org

Obama, due to his lack of any policy whatsoever pertaining to anything, continues his non-stop fund raising tour, golf outings, photo-ops at local pubs  and luxury vacations while the nation is going to hell in a hand basket.

Tens upon tens of thousands of these people, thousands of which are reported to be infected with untreated contagious diseases such as tuberculosis, body lice, scabies, Chinas disease, AIDS, fungal infections and more, are being trucked around the country, against the will of the states where they are being dumped, and left for the state to deal with them and overwhelming their health care systems.

While the world laughs at Obama and his ineptness, and Central America dumps their refuse across our borders, our so called President will, no doubt, tell us another grandiose pack of lies about how he is handling the latest crisis and blaming Congress and Bush for the mess that he, himself, has created.

Two and a half more years of this “buffoon-in-chief” and our beloved nation may well be beyond the point of no return for decades to come.

Cynically, the Democrat leadership is convinced that spreading impeachment propaganda will cause the party faithful to open up their wallets and donate, donate, donate.

Perhaps you are wondering if the Republican hierarchy is actually contemplating impeachment of Obama.

First you must realize that “impeachment” must take place in the House of Representatives. The Republicans control the House of Representatives.

“Impeachment” is a technical term that only means that a sitting President is brought up on charges. It is only a charging document, very much like an indictment. In order for a sitting President to be removed from office, he/she must first be impeached (charged) by the House. The case then moves to the Senate who will decide the guilt or innocence. If the President is found guilty, he/she, will be removed from office.

A sitting President can only be “impeached” for allegedly committing “high crimes or treason”.

The Speaker of the House, Republican John Boehner has flatly ruled out any attempt to impeach Obama. He characterized the swirl of impeachment rumors as a scam cooked up by the White House.

In all fairness, there have been a few Republicans who have discussed impeachment, and some Conservative talk show types have also discussed impeachment.

The fact is that it ain’t gonna happen. It ain’t gonna happen because the Republican leadership has ruled it out. Personally I fully and totally agree with the Republican leadership. Not because I approve of Obama’s conduct, but because I don’t believe that his conduct, as of now, while odious, does not now rise to level of “high crimes and misdemeanors or treason.”

Only two U.S. Presidents have been impeached by the House of Representatives. Both were acquitted at the trials held by the Senate: Andrew Johnson in 1868 (trial) and Bill Clinton in 1998/1999 (trial). The House Judiciary Committee voted on Articles of Impeachment for President Richard Nixon in 1974, but he resigned before the full House of Representatives could vote on any articles. Since the entire House did not vote, Nixon was never impeached. Get that? No American President has been removed from office after having been impeached!