As distressed as our economy is, the United States continues to spend about $1.4 billion per year on sending food aid to other countries.President Obama is proposing a major change to the foreign food aid program that could greatly impact Florida, which ranks seventh in the nation in food exports.As…
When it comes to war-mongering, President Barack Obama has at times put his predecessor, George W. Bush, to shame. Consider the commander-in-chief’s cold-hearted use of unmanned drones to fight America’s war on terror. He’s launched more than five times as many drone strikes than Bush did, according to the Seattle…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
Whether you like it or not, dance music runs the world and therefore the cultural lexicon. We’re going to go ahead and say that’s a bad thing. Our hashtag-driven, buzz-worthy reality is giving us a headache, mostly because you dancing assholes can’t stop saying the same shit over and over…
Tonight is the premiere of the much anticipated new television series, Hannibal, based on the “Hannibal the Cannibal” character from Thomas Harris’ Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, and Hannibal novels. In homage to the serial killer gourmand and his namesake television show, we bring you some Hannibal-inspired recipes culled…
Listen … When Rick Ross raps, “Put molly all in her champagne, she ain’t even know it/I took her home and I enjoyed that, she ain’t even know it,” he actually means, “We were just two consenting, not-unconscious adults, enjoying some intimacy-inducing drugs, fine champagne, and mutually enjoyable sexual intercourse.”…
Throughout his embattled political career, David Rivera used his power to undermine Cuba’s communist government at every turn. The Cuban-American Republican was one of the staunchest hard-line crusaders against Fidel Castro’s regime. When he was a state legislator, he successfully championed a law that prohibited private colleges and universities from…
As The Dissident, J.J. Colagrande turns his critical eye on Miami culture. This week: Mourning the death of Wynwood as a locals’ scene. Wynwood, long considered Miami’s hippest, trendiest, coolest neighborhood, is no longer that hip or trendy; in fact, burgeoning Wynwood might officially be risky business. Dozens of out-of-town…
Uncle Luke: Justin Timberlake Sells Records the Right Way
Reader Mail: Biased Articles, Not Jewish Activists, Ruin Mideast Peace
Oh, mon dieu. Petite bites means “little dicks.” Leave it to a set of skilled brand developers to screw up and make our neighbors across the pond in France laugh hysterically at us. Those stupid Americans, they probably thought. Yep. Right they are. Because much to your likely surprise, this…
Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke assesses a former boy band member’s success.Justin Timberlake really understands how to sell records. Last week, The 20/20…
Dear punk-ass Miami Beach bike thief:On March 20, you rolled up on my ’80s Italian-made Univega road bike tied to a street post near the Raleigh Hotel on Collins Avenue. It had a dope iridescent purple-and-blue paint scheme, a chrome yoke, and neon-green hand grips. It took me close to…
If you’ve been noticing some weirder-than-usual news coming at you today, better double check the calendar! That’s right, bitches — it’s April Fools’ Day and there were plenty of websites and companies that punked us, but good. We especially liked Twitter wanting to charge for vowels and Google’s new smell-technology…
Ah, government. It protects and serves. Floridians spent last year lamenting Gov. Rick Scott’s bright idea for welfare recipients: a ludicrous plan to drug-test every single person on state aid. (The courts later threw that idea out the window.)Believe it or not, there’s now a governor whose food stamp plans…
Last week, I was bombarded with emails regarding a Facebook post I made wishing the gay community luck and expressing my hope that the Supreme Court delivers a favorable decision on their behalf. The majority of the emails were from fans of my work, gay and straight, just saying “thanks,”…
Rick Ross needs to Bawse up and take responsibility for his verses. But he doesn’t seem ready to admit to rappin’ about rape. Some guest spot lyrics on “U.O.E.N.O.” from the Miami MC have got a lot of women reconsidering their love for the hefty player. But just as we…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
There’s something funny about money. Once you have a certain amount of it, those greenbacks just keep multiplying. You don’t really have to do anything, except sit back and watch that money tree fruit up. Just look at Diddy. He hasn’t done anything in years, and he’s still the richest…
Galata Inc., a Homestead social service agency that received a no-questions-asked $500,000 county grant in 2008 to pay off a mortgage, is now seeking private donations to help pay down another loan. In January, the Miami-Dade Inspector General’s Office criticized Galata officials for misusing $99,000 from the grant to pay…
In Rome, in the Prati neighborhood located a short walk from the Vatican, there is a pizza al taglio (pizza by the slice) joint named Pizzarium. The restaurant is tiny, there are no chairs, and there is a ridiculously long line at lunchtime. There are craft beers and a choice…
As The Dissident, J.J. Colagrande turns his critical eye on Miami culture. This week: why updating your profile picture online doesn’t make you a freedom fighter. Facebook feeds around the country are now filled with red and pink, as users change their profile picture to the Human Rights Campaign’s logo…
