Largest python on record found in Florida

A 17.5 foot python, the largest one on record in Florida, was captured in the Florida Everglades this week. It  had 87 eggs in it ready to be born. Mostly peoples' discarded pets, the reptiles are not native to Florida, but have flourished there. Scientists originally predicted the freezing winter of 2010 would eradicate the snakes. Obviously, they were wrong. The pythons have eaten most of the fox, bobcats, and opossums in the Everglades. Way to go Exotic Pet Guy...
Monster Python With 87 Eggs Found in Everglades

Bears brawling in Florida

The black bear population seems to be expanding across the country. Imagine the surprise of these Florida residents when they woke up to find two gigantic bears fighting on their front lawns...

They're back

It sounds like something out of a science fiction movie. Three foot long Ghambian rats, previously believed to have been exterminated in 2003, are being spotted again in Florida. The rats began multiplying after a breeder from Key West released 6 or 7 of them into the wild in 2000. Seemed like a good idea at the time...

"We thought we had them whipped as of 2009," Scott FWC's exotic species coordinator. "In the early part of 2011, a resident e-mailed me and said he saw one of the rats. We were skeptical but went back and talked to people and [saw] there were rats that we missed."

Hardin says they've caught 20 since then through peanut butter and cantaloupe-laced traps in Grassy Key residents' backyards, reports KeyNet.

The rats rapidly destroy crops, could contain the monkey pox virus, and do bite, according to scientists. However, there is no reason to be alarmed, as the rats will most likely be eaten by the non-native Burmese Pythons living in the Everglades (who were released by their owners).

Gambian Pouch Rats Population Rises Again In Florida Keys


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Class clown

I don't know if I agree with his method, but one South Florida father isn't taking his son's bad grades lying down. During his spring break, he had him stand on a busy Miami intersection with a homemade sandwich board announcing his failings. On one hand, at least the father is around. He says he doesn't want his son to end up as a "statistic." On the other, I don't know if this type of punishment will work in the long run. I guess time will tell...

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Liquid courage

Lots of crazy people running around Florida these days. You may have heard about this one. A man ordered a beer, left to rob a nearby bank, and returned to his beer as if nothing had happened. I suspect stuff like this happened all the time in Florida for years. The internet has just made people more aware of it...

Deputies received a call at 1:42 p.m. that a white male entered the Wells Fargo Bank, 8994 State Road 52, Port Richey, and left with an undisclosed amount of money. Shortly after, deputies encountered a man fitting the description of the suspect at the Hayloft Bar, 8954 State Road 52.

A bartender said Whittle had ordered a beer, disappeared for about 30 minutes, and returned to his drink.

Deputies: Man orders beer, then robs Port Richey bank


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Hollywood Clergy

I saw in a recent TV interview that the Reverend Kenyatta Kobb was called by God to leave the "battlefields" of Buffalo for Orlando, Florida. How come God never "calls" these guys to go to Fargo, North Dakota or Cleveland, Ohio? Why not just admit you're moving to Florida?

A benefit is planned for the outgoing Reverend next Saturday at Mount Olive Baptist Church. In the famous sarcastic words of Buddy "the Book", "I'll take 10 tickets!"...
Warrior for nonviolence answers a new call

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‘Doctor’ accused of injecting woman’s butt with cement - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com

If you're dumb enough to want a backside implant, at least be smart enough not to go to a transgender woman without a physician's license. The victim says the incident is in the past and that she would just like to move on and leave it behind her...

Morris, a self-proclaimed doctor, injected a concoction of “fix-a-flat’’ — cement, mineral oil and Super Glue — into the woman’s buttocks, police said.

On Friday, Miami Gardens police finally caught up with the elusive “doctor,’’ a transgender woman whose own butt is the size of a truck tire. Investigators suspect she is part of an underground network of scam artists who have been offering “pumping parties” and home buttocks augmentations across South Florida for years.

‘Doctor’ accused of injecting woman’s butt with cement - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com

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Racist ice cream

A Florida ice cream parlor had to change their mascot after people complained it resembled a Klu Klux Klan member. Now can we do something about that Burger King guy?...

The mascot of a Florida ice cream and sandwich shop has been retired after being mistaken as a KKK protester, according to the Ocala Star-Banner.

According to the report, the costume, which featured a white hood with colored sprinkles and a waffle cone pattern for the body, might have been driving customers away, the shop's owners said.

Store's Ice Cream Cone Mascot Mistaken for KKK Protester



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Cyber stalker

You thought I had a lot of time on my hands? This computer hacker from Florida broke into the email accounts of girls he went to high school with. He took risque photos (intended for their boyfriends) and made them their Facebook profile pictures...

At least 19 women were victimized by a computer hacker who broke into their email accounts, captured risqué photographs of the women and then swapped them for the women's Facebook profile pictures, authorities say.

The hacker, Joseph Bernard Campbell, 24, of Largo, has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of cyberstalking and unauthorized access to a computer, according to documents filed in U.S. District Court in Tampa. He is scheduled to enter his plea Aug. 5 before U.S. District Judge Richard Lazzara.

The women "were devastated," said Lt. Bill Sohl of the Belleair Police Department. "All of a sudden they were getting phone calls from their friends, saying, 'Do you know what's on your Facebook page?' "

Computer hacker places risqué photos of women on their Facebook pages

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Best excuse ever

In Florida, we have the roller boogie gone bad. Some alleged pervert has been accused of knocking down little girls so he could "help" them up...

PALM BAY, Fla. -- A man was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of grabbing girls after knocking them down at a roller skating party in Palm Bay.

After several parents complained to Palm Bay police, officers went to the Skate Jam and arrested Delisle. Skate Jam is a free family event that is held on the third Saturday of every month from September to May."(They) put handcuffs on him, and the whole entire crowd, everybody at the Skate Jam, was clapping and applauding the police," Clausen said.

Can you imagine if this guy was just really a lousy skater, without any deviant intentions? How would you like to be him? One minute, you're trying to hold yourself up on the railing. The next, you're being taken away in handcuffs. It's hard to believe this happened in Florida, where the people are usually so normal. The skater with the happy hands did come up with one of the funniest excuses I've heard in a long time, though...

Delisle said the children ganged up on him and made the accusations because they were jealous of his skating skills.
Police: Man Knocked Kids Down At Roller Skating Party - Orlando News Story - WKMG Orlando

He was a boy, she was a girl
Can I make it anymore obvious?



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Florida snakes multiplying

Scientists predicted an extremely cold winter would kill off all the non-native Burmese pythons that have made the Florida Everglades their new home thanks to exotic pet guy. Oops. From the Sun-Sentinel...

Record freezes and a fearsome drought have failed to kill off the Burmese pythons that have colonized the Everglades Six of the non-native, constricting snakes were found last week in sections of the Everglades in which they had not turned up before, including an area north of Alligator Alley. This further dashed hopes by scientists that the past winter's cold weather could kill off the snakes, which are native to the warmer climate of southern Asia.

First the Florida pythons, then the New York City alligators under the sewers. What's next? If scientists really want to get rid of the snakes, forget St. Patrick or the pied piper. They need to contact this guy immediately...

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-python-everglades-notdead-20110326,0,1761461.story

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The world's oldest professor

Only in Florida: A 70 year old woman arrested on prostitution charges. It's amazing the things older people are able to do these days...

Charlotte County-Authorities arrested four women, including a 70-year-old, on prostitution charges following a raid at a Port Charlotte spa yesterday.

Acting on a tip, undercover sheriff's detectives began surveillance at Mandala Health Spa, 675 Tamiami Trail, and determined the women had received compensation for sexual acts within the business on numerous occasions, according to an arrest report.
www.heraldtribune.com/article/20110218/BREAKING/110219714/2416/NEWS

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Truck dealer gives away AK-47s

A truck dealer is giving away free AK-47s with the purchase of a new truck. And what a shocker. It's taking place in Florida, the state where all wackjobs seem to gravitate towards. It amounts to little more than a free national commercial for the dealer. Every national news outfit (and even some fringe bloggers) are taking his bait.

I'm all for guns for hunting purposes and I believe in the 2nd Amendment. However, a semi-assault weapon to protect yourself? When are our leaders going to make these types of guns illegal? I think our society needs to use common sense and draw the line somewhere.

The reporter asks the truck dealer, "What would Jesus do? Would he have carried a gun? The dealer says, "No. They didn't have guns back then." I have to admit, that was a great response...


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Another fringe pastor looking for publicity

I hope this pastor, Terry Jones from Gainsville, Florida changes his mind and doesn't burn copies of the Koran on Saturday, September 11th. When did organized religion become about hate? This nut is proving he is no better than the Muslim extremists he seeks to expose. Or is he seeking to expose/promote himself?

I've noticed that most forms of religion tend to be great catalysts for wackjobs to get up on their soapboxes and try to make names for themselves (sort of what I like to do with this forum). Now, military leaders are asking Jones to stop his protest, as the images from it could aid the Taliban and put American troops at risk. I'd like to see Tea Partyers and all religious leaders in America condemn this clown. I'm totally against putting a mosque at Ground Zero, but protests like this make the whole country look bad. Today, the protest was condemned by General Petraeus, Pope Benedict, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the lady who sells hot dogs next to Len Co Lumber, and the guy who sits next to Griffins with the Elvis sideburns.

Another thing: why do most pastors have to look like freaks? Shave your mustache, Terry Jones. You look like a cross between Colonial Sanders and Rollie Fingers.
Pressure mounts in U.S. against Koran-burning plan | Reuters

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Obvious

From the Who didn't see this coming? department: A catholic school teacher in Florida, known as "Mr. Hugs", was arrested this week on charges of sexual battery. Looking at this guy's rap sheet, it makes you wonder how he was allowed to continue teaching for so long...

He was reprimanded by the Lake County school district in 1992 for giving a full-body massage in his office to a naked 7-year-old boy who was hyperactive. Yet he was honored in 1993 as one of the state's top 15 principals. He was then charged in 1995 in Osceola County with fondling four boys, but the charges were dropped in 1997.

According to a sheriff's report, one former elementary-school student said Currie ran a finger up and down his naked body to "test" him for attention-deficient disorder. Another said Currie had ordered him and another boy to shake hands, hug and then kiss one another on the mouth because they had quarreled at school.

Mr. Hugs, what were you thinking?

"Mr. Hugs" arrested: Florida educator once known as "Mr. Hugs" charged in sex case - OrlandoSentinel.com

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Jim Keane returns from Florida for a day

The Fresh Air Club came back to Butler Park (by Mineral Springs and Pawnee Pkwy.) and conducted a bicycle tour last weekend. They stopped at specific addresses, honored certain individuals, rode back to the park, and reminisced about how great the neighborhood was (which is why most of them moved to the suburbs).

The group dedicated this year's ride to the late Dick Keane. Dick Keane was a great guy. He and my uncle Tom Blake were best friends until their recent deaths. They both ran the famous St. Patrick's Day Luncheon at the Bflo Irish Center for years.

Pictured here with Tony "the barber" Scaccia and his son Tony Jr. is Florida resident and Dick's brother, Jim Keane. Jim came back from Florida to pretend to be from S. Bflo again for the weekend. A few years back, Keane pretty much had his bags packed for the County Executive's office. Luckily, the voters could see right through the phoniness and insincerity of this career politician and elected Chris Collins instead.

Current residents became confused when they heard all the commotion going on at the park. One was heard asking, "what are all of these crazy honkies doing over here?".