Bad Ideas

Allen West "Willing and Ready" to Be Vice President

By Rich Abdill Tue., Mar. 6 2012 at 12:05 PM
Categories: Bad Ideas, When Common Sense Takes A Personal Day
​When asked about a vice presidential nod by CNN anchor Soledad O'Brien this morning, Congressman Allen West said he is "always willing and ready to serve my country in whatever capacity that the American people would desire."

"As far as the vice president thing, you know, who knows what the future lies because it wasn't too long ago, you know, I was sitting...

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Racist Video From Santaluces High School Girls, Rumors of "Cracka Beatdowns" Making the Rounds

By Rich Abdill Tue., Feb. 21 2012 at 12:52 PM
Categories: Bad Ideas, Everyone on Facebook's Doin' It, When Common Sense Takes A Personal Day
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Update, 3:50 p.m.: We've added a list of the top four racist YouTube rants by stupid young people, if you're interested.

Santaluces High School in Lantana has ​some extra police officers today, according to the Palm Beach Post, after two white teenagers from the school posted an online video of themselves "making racist comments."

We were kind of skeptical... but yeah, it's pretty racist.

Much of the four-minute video is just dumb giggling, and I was tempted to just leave the issue alone. Then one of the girls said, "So, guys, if you are watching this video right now and you have weave and you are black, please be offended, 'cause we are making fun of you." So here we are.

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Business

Florida Senate Bill Would Give Developers Immunity for Building Busted Neighborhoods

By Rich Abdill Mon., Feb. 13 2012 at 12:06 PM
Categories: Business, When Common Sense Takes A Personal Day
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"Not our problem." -- Company whose problem it should be
​Update: In a new post, we lay out the details on the bill's author receiving substantial contributions from the construction and real estate industries.

If SB 1196 passes this session, homebuyers looking at new developments should look much, much harder at their prospective neighborhoods.

The bill seeks to reel in claims regarding the "implied warranty of fitness and merchantability" of newly built homes and would let builders off the hook for any liabilities related to faulty "off-site" facilities -- which means roads, drainage systems, and plumbing.

So if you move into a new home and discover those things are busted, it's you and your

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Judge Sends Alleged Domestic Abuser on Date With Wife; Sun-Sentinel Thinks It's Adorable (UPDATED)

By Rich Abdill Wed., Feb. 8 2012 at 3:10 PM
Categories: Crime, Law, WTF, When Common Sense Takes A Personal Day
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"But, honey! There are sweet buttery biscuits!"
Update, 2:17 p.m.: Added comment from Hurley's judicial assistant.

Update: 3:05 p.m.: Added comment from the president of Women In Distress.
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Plantation's Joseph Bray is accused of pushing his wife onto a couch, putting his hand across her neck, and raising his fist to punch her. He was arrested and went before Fort Lauderdale Judge Jay Hurley for a bond hearing -- but instead of Hurley setting bail, he set Bray free on the condition that he take his wife to bowling and Red Lobster.

The court appearance ran as lead story in today's Sun-Sentinel, next to a picture of a bowling ball and a bouquet of roses. The first paragraph described a "marital spat" that "resulted in an usual [sic] bond court ruling by a perceptive judge."

How perceptive! Bray's wife likes seafood. How does she feel about being strangled? The story quotes Hurley as saying it was a "minor incident,"

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Allen West

Allen West: Iran Could Threaten South Florida With "21st Century Cuban Missile Crisis"

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Jan. 6 2012 at 9:33 AM
Categories: Allen West, When Common Sense Takes A Personal Day
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Rep. Allen Bernard West
​There are two things Rep. Allen West is trying to sell this week -- war and war propaganda.

West did yesterday what he typically does -- take to Newsmax or Fox News to call people names and speak without any hint of fact, this time claiming President Obama's "incompetence" at understanding national security, but he kind of forgot to explain why.

And, oh, by the way, Cuban Missile Crisis part two is coming to South Florida, and it's Iran's fault. Strap on your tinfoil hats, folks, Congressman West is here.

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Seven People Charged in Tax Fraud Case Based on Secret Bank-Account Conspiracy Theory

By Matthew Hendley Wed., Dec. 7 2011 at 1:40 PM
Categories: When Common Sense Takes A Personal Day
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​Get this: The government creates a secret bank account for every person issued a birth certificate in the United States -- and has been doing so since the enactment of the 1936 Social Security Act -- that holds $630,000. Through a series of IRS filings, people can become entitled to that money, which is being held by a Jewish banking cabal.

Really? No.

That theory, however, led to seven people -- three of them from South Florida -- being charged with participating in a $120 million tax-fraud scheme.

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Crime

Josephine Smith, Self-Proclaimed "Vampire," Allegedly Bit 69-Year-Old Man Outside Hooters

By Matthew Hendley Fri., Sep. 9 2011 at 8:52 AM
Categories: Crime, When Common Sense Takes A Personal Day

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Josephine Smith
​Welcome to the age of Twilight, where 22-year-old Josephine Smith thinks she's a vampire and allegedly bit a 69-year-old homeless man sleeping outside a Hooters restaurant.

According to an arrest affidavit from the St. Petersburg Police Department, the elderly gentleman was sleeping outside the Hooters around midnight yesterday when Smith got on top of him and said, "I'm a vampire, I am going to eat you."

That's when the cops say Smith began to bite the man.

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"Very Experienced" Captain Trashes Rental Boat, Leaves Yacht Club with Bill, Lawsuit Claims

By Victoria Bekiempis Sat., Aug. 13 2011 at 7:03 PM
Categories: When Common Sense Takes A Personal Day
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Maximum destruction?
​You know what's awesome about boating? 

Exactly the same thing that's awesome about driving: You can totally mess shit up behind the wheel of a big, powerful machine, which is what this great nation is really all about. 

Thing is, if you're going to be a total badass -- wearers of Affliction and TapouT T-shirts, heartbreaking panty droppers that you are -- you should probably do so in your own vehicle, not a rental. 

Unfortunately for Carefree Boat Club of Fort Lauderdale, a local man might not have had this important bit of common sense.

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Law

Sliding Glass Door Might Tear Margate Family Apart

By Victoria Bekiempis Thu., Jul. 21 2011 at 11:16 AM
Categories: Law, When Common Sense Takes A Personal Day
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Family Feudin'.
​A recently filed lawsuit is all the more evidence that hanging out with family really does suck, because relatives can bankrupt you.

Yolanda Dieppa, according to Broward County Civil Court filings, was hanging out at apparent relative Vilma Dieppa's Margate house in July 2007.

Yolanda was on Vilma's property as a "social guest." Things soured, so Yolanda claims, because of a dangerous sliding glass door.

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Painful Gas? RaceTrac Station Pump Injures Man, Lawsuit Claims

By Victoria Bekiempis Wed., Jul. 20 2011 at 1:27 PM
Categories: Law, Law & Order, Weird News, When Common Sense Takes A Personal Day
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Deathproof?
​In an accident seemingly snatched from the movie Zoolander, a man says a Pompano Beach gas station's faulty pump maimed him, according to a recent court filing.

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