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The political knife fight that was the Florida primary election season came to a close last night and the evening did not disappoint. On some levels it was predicable, other times it defied prediction. The winners in the contests for the republican nomination for U.S. Senate and the Democratic primary for governor were basically running [...]
August 25th, 2010 | Posted in 2008, Business Matters, History, Media, Politics | No Comments
Today in Singapore marks the hopeful end to the saga of Sunshine Empire Singapore. I’ve discussed it many times before but hopefully this will be the final time. I named this Florida based blog in 2006 purely unaware of any other organization sharing that name. I named the blog The Sunshine Empire. I found through [...]
July 30th, 2010 | Posted in Business Matters, Content Reminder, History, World Affairs | 1 Comment
Now that the nation is within 100 days of the midterm congressional elections, the campaigns seem to be coming to life with their arguments to the nation. One theme that has started to emerge from the political right is the issue of spending restraint. On this point conservatives and the Tea Party types are banking [...]
July 27th, 2010 | Posted in 2008, Afghanistan War, Business Matters, History, Iraq War, Politics, World Affairs | No Comments
For some time I’ve written about the saga of Sunshine Empire Asia. At about the same time that I named this blog with a not to my living in the sunshine state, a ponzi scheme was begun in Singapore bearing a similar name. Wherein this Asian company was named, “Sunshine Empire” my blog was named, [...]
July 18th, 2010 | Posted in Business Matters, Content Reminder, World Affairs | No Comments
One of the only redeeming things about this work week has been the British Open on all morning as I get ready. We as a sporting culture now just refer to it by its domestic name, The Open Championship. It’s interesting how that has evolved. For most of my life it’s been referred to as [...]
July 16th, 2010 | Posted in Business Matters, Politics, Sports | No Comments
The dog days of summer are here and upon us in the great state of Florida. I don’t exactly know why the hell they call them the “dog days,” but if it means being in a soaking sweat just from walking out to my car for all of 5 minutes then they are here. I [...]
July 15th, 2010 | Posted in 2008, Business Matters, Politics | No Comments
Biggus: Want to get mad at Mike Freeman? Read this: http://www.cbssports.com/columns/story/13556024/latest-failed-ticket-push-shows-jags-endangered-species-in-jacksonville?tag=headlines;other me: that doesn’t anger me Freeman I’m sure still carries a grudge against the city, but I think he was plenty deferential in the piece Biggus: Really? He made no mention of the fact that their off-season push to sell tickets has mostly worked. [...]
June 24th, 2010 | Posted in Biggus Chat Room, Business Matters, Footballtown TSE, History, Sports | No Comments
Biggus: Nebraska is supposed to make an official announcement of their move to the Big 10 today. me: oh damn with just one going, does the big 12 just grab TCU? or Boise State? Biggus: Missouri will also probably jump. They just haven’t said anything yet. Or hadn’t as of yesterday when I heard the [...]
June 10th, 2010 | Posted in Biggus Chat Room, Business Matters, Footballtown TSE, Sports, Television | No Comments