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Mitch PerryFebruary 25, 2015

Uh oh. He did it again. Keith Olbermann is on paid suspension for the rest of this week, after a few angry tweets to a Penn State supporter got him in hot water with his ESPN bosses. While the tweeter sent Olbermann a link about the university’s $13 million fundraising for pediatric cancer research, Keith […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 9, 2015

Sami Al-Arian’s legal battles with the U.S. government intensely divided the Tampa Bay area more than a decade ago, and his deportation hasn’t changed those strong feelings, apparently. The former USF professor was deported to Turkey this past week as a condition of his 2006 plea agreement in Tampa in which he admitted to providing […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 9, 2015

Sami Al-Arian’s legal battles with the U.S. government intensely divided the Tampa Bay area more than a decade ago, and his deportation hasn’t changed those strong feelings, apparently. The former USF professor was deported to Turkey this past week as a condition of his 2006 plea agreement in Tampa in which he admitted to providing […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 4, 2015

WUSF Radio reported Tuesday that Sami Al-Arian is being deported to Turkey, possibly as early as today. If accurate, this development ends a 20-year legal and political odyssey for the former University of South Florida professor, who was accused and pleaded guilty to one count of providing material support for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in 2006. […]

Guest AuthorNovember 30, 2014

Everyone knows how Charlie Crist lost: votes. But not enough has been said about how Charlie Crist won. First, the People’s Governor willingly walked into a $100 million wall. Rick Scott had $25 million in negative ads waiting to bully any challengers on day one and his campaign was boasting about an unprecedented, and almost […]

Guest AuthorNovember 4, 2014

In a recent interview on “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart asked Fox political commentator Bill O’Reilly: “Does white privilege exist?” O’Reilly denied the existence of white privilege but conceded that blacks carry more of a burden than whites. What exactly is the burden? Some argue the burden is carried within institutions such as education, employment, […]

Bob SparksJune 16, 2014

For those of you who, like me, do not know Josh Earnest, send a kind thought his way today and in the coming days. Earnest is the new White House spokesman, taking over for Jay Carney. Carney got out just in time because the IRS scandal is about to detonate. Expect to hear “operative statement” […]

Guest AuthorDecember 16, 2013

OK, deep breath, everyone. One more. Maybe coax a half-hearted smile? There, we’re feeling better. Now, we can perhaps refrain from obsessing about that Fox News-Bill O’Reilly-Jesse Watters silliness that ended up on the front page of The (Key West) Citizen last week. What did we expect from Watters’ World? Surely, we weren’t expecting Jesse […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 11, 2013

There is a major barrier blocking legislators from Tallahassee to Washington D.C. from doing their job. It is the statement that government benefits normally go to “able-bodied” people who would rather game the system and kick back at home, playing “Grand Theft Auto,” as Rep. Matt Gaetz contends. His father, the president of the state […]

Tag: Bill O’Reilly

Mitch Perry Report for 2.25.15 — Keith Olbermann and the golden age of MSNBC

Dick Beard says Sami Al-Arian still capable of “bad stuff”

Dick Beard says Sami Al-Arian still capable of "bad stuff"

Mitch Perry Report for 2.4.15 – The Sami Al-Arian odyssey in America ends today

Kevin Cate: How Charlie Crist won

Vanessa Lopez-Littleton: Black infant deaths point to flaw in health system

Bob Sparks: ‘Operative statement’ on IRS scandal about to change

Linda Cunningham: Fox News makes fun of Key West; islanders not laughing

Gary Stein: Where are all the couch potatoes and welfare queens?