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Mitch PerryJuly 28, 2016

Donald Trump gets more play on Facebook in Florida than Hillary Clinton. But Monica Lee, a data scientist with Facebook, emphasizes that, “we are not breaking this down into negative or positive comments.” That’s just something I learned while dropping on the Facebook Lounge Thursday afternoon., which was set up at both national conventions this month […]

Scott PowersJuly 13, 2016

A couple of recent, small and methodologically insignificant polls may be suggesting Democrat Valleri Crabtree‘s shoe-leather campaign for the nomination in the Kissimmee-based Florida’s 9th Congressional District could have an impact against her much-higher-profile and much-better-funded rivals. First, a straw poll at an Osceola Hispanic Democratic Caucus candidates’ event on Sunday had Crabtree finishing a […]

Scott PowersJuly 11, 2016

The Sweet Meteor of Death is not going to upstage this election season. That’s according to the NASA Near Earth Object Program that tracks roughly 15,000 asteroids, comets and gigantic pieces of space rock that pose any kind of threat to the Earth. That may be bad news for 13 percent of American registered voters, who told […]

Associated PressJune 22, 2016

State Sen. Greg Evers‘ contest to give away a semi-automatic rifle is still on despite the original post being taken down by Facebook. The Baker Republican, who’s running in the GOP primary for the open seat in Florida’s 1st Congressional District, announced Monday he’s giving away a “Homeland Defender” AR-15 rifle on July 4. But Monday night, […]

Associated PressJune 20, 2016

Orlando gunman Omar Mateen spoke in Arabic to a 911 dispatcher, identified himself an Islamic soldier and demanded to a crisis negotiator that the U.S. “stop bombing Syria and Iraq,” according to transcripts released by the FBI on Monday. The partial, printed transcripts were of three conversations Mateen had with the police during the worst […]

Associated PressJune 16, 2016

While his victims texted heartbreaking last words to loved ones from the blood-drenched bathrooms, Omar Mateen apparently went on Facebook to measure the shockwaves his attack on a gay nightclub was generating. He searched for the terms “Pulse Orlando” and “Shooting,” according to a letter released by a Senate committee. The letter detailing Mateen’s Facebook […]

Mitch PerryJune 13, 2016

Tampa Bay area Rep. Kathy Castor says when she returns to Congress Monday night, there’s likely to be a moment of silence on behalf of the 49 people killed in an Orlando LGBT nightclub on Sunday morning. But she says the times call for something bigger than that. “I’m pretty tired of having moments of silence without […]

Melissa RossJune 1, 2016

Fans of skateboarding are mixing it up on Facebook with Jacksonville City Councilman Bill Gulliford. After Gulliford proposed legislation to ban skateboarding downtown, foes of the measure quickly took to social media to denounce the idea — and Gulliford himself. You can check out one such lively exchange here, on the Facebook page of MetroJacksonville’s Stephen Dare. […]

Mitch PerryMay 20, 2016

Condolences this morning to St. Pete Deputy Mayor Kanika Tomalin, who lost her husband, Tampa Bay Times outdoor reporter Terry Tomalin. Condolences to all who knew and loved him. Moving on, the documentary “Weiner” is set to open today in some markets around the country (not Tampa, though wouldn’t it be great if the Tampa […]

Blake DowlingMay 11, 2016

Price discrimination has reared its head again. Just like most things, technology has taken something old school and rolled out a high-tech version of it. Not to be confused with “price gouging” mind you. This is where some run-down hotel in a college town charged you $300 a night for a $60 room. They should […]

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Fun facts in the Facebook Lounge at the DNC

Osceola Politics Facebook poll shows Valleri Crabtree may not be so unknown in CD 9 race

Sweet Meteor of Death campaign rolling on empty promises

Greg Evers’ AR-15 giveaway is still a go

911 transcript: Orlando gunman said he was Islamic soldier

Orlando gunman apparently searched Facebook during attack

Kathy Castor says she’s weary of having moments of silence in gun tragedies without any action to follow

That time Bill Gulliford got into it with his critics on Facebook — over skateboarding

Mitch Perry Report for 5.20.16 — Hacked off

Blake Dowling: Retailers use your online data to determine what to charge for a product