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The fixer’s tour guide to Havana. It’s not all fine cigars, beautiful architecture and old cars. Link |
![]() This is a fuel test for ethanol on Rec90 gasoline. As the food color remains together it suggests that there is no ethanol in the fuel. Video |
Obama on the Charleston Black church massacre: “Some of my best friends are Black!” |
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[Stupid Crosswalk] The Florida Department of Environmental Protection built a crosswalk right where the curve on U.S. 1 is located as well as a short merge lane for those entering southbound traffic from Long Beach Drive. An accident waiting to happen. They did another stupid thing by designating the right lane of N. Roosevelt blvd in KW as a car/bike path. What’s more stupid is that the car/bike path is right next to the wide new bike path/sidewalk they just built. |
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What an outstanding job on Saturday’s bigpinekey.com. Best ever! Thank you and happy Father’s Day. |
The next meeting of our Big Pine Computer Club is coming up this Saturday, June 27, 10 am at the senior center. Hope to see you there! Full Menu > Ongoing Events. |
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[Pope Not A Republican] Pope Francis’ recent writing on climate change has brought the sides closer together on an issue of great importance to the low-lying Florida Keys. At a time when Gov. Rick Scott has downplayed the significance of global climate change, having been accused of telling state employees not to use the terms “climate change” and “global warming,” the Pope issued a 192-page document, Laudato Si, calling climate change a moral issue and urging people to act. |
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[Ramrod Key Fire Kills Mother And 2 Children] An online fundraising account was established Sunday afternoon at http://www.gofundme.com/Medical-Illness-Healing/ and had raised nearly $700 in the first 17 minutes to help support the family and Jacob Shores’ medical expenses. The fund description states: “Early on the morning of June 21 a fire broke out in the Ferrer/Shores Ramrod Key family home. Courtney has tragically lost her mother and her two youngest siblings. Her remaining brother’s bravery and courage has landed him in Ryder Trauma Center where he is expected to make a full recovery. Courtney and Jacob must now begin the long journey of salvaging their family. This fund aims to assist in funeral, medical and living expenses in this tragic time.” |
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[The Birth of The Who] Music clips that influenced and inspired The Who from soul to rock n roll via rhythm and blues. Link |
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[You only live once] False. You live everyday. You only die once. |
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The largest coalition ever assembled on the issue of wildlife mortality from feral cats—including more than 200 groups—has called on Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Sally Jewell in a letter to take action to reduce mortality to wildlife populations on public lands stemming from the nation’s ever-increasing population of feral cats. The coalition includes a broad range of groups, from national bird and wildlife conservation organizations to animal rights groups and state government agencies.“The number of domestic cats in the United States has tripled over the last 40 years and continues to rise,” said Dr. George Fenwick, President of the Washington, DC-based American Bird Conservancy. “We are asking Secretary Jewell to take actions that will protect our native wildlife from 150 million feral and outdoor cats that are decimating wildlife populations in the most sacrosanct of locations, such as wildlife refuges, national parks, and other important public lands.””Domestic cats have been either a direct or indirect factor in 33 bird species extinctions and have been identified by the science community as one of the world’s worst invasive species. Rational heads have prevailed in terms of how stray dogs are treated. Stray cats should be treated much the same way. Turning a blind eye to this problem will only perpetuate the escalating impacts to birds and other wildlife, as well as threaten human health and safety,” said Susan Elbin, Director of Conservation and Science, New York City Audubon Society.
“Cats out in the natural environment are rapidly proliferating and are also extremely efficient predators of wildlife, squirrel sized and smaller, often to devastating effect. If we are to conserve native wildlife, cat populations as well as other ecologically disruptive invasive species, must be controlled by natural resource professionals especially on lands dedicated for conservation purposes. Cat owners should also be educated as to impacts to the environment of their cats and as responsible pet owners should keep them inside,” said Manley Fuller, President of the Florida Wildlife Federation. |
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[“Big Pine Key drug arrests with paraphernalia”] Gee, just think if sex was illegal and the Man busted you for possession of vibrating dildos, slippery substances, Captain Dildo comic books, and insidious laughter when nude? Now about the bank robbers, the terrorists, the stock brokers, and not to mention murders and nun molesters. |
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[Another One Bites The Dust] The Eastern Cougar will be officially listed as extinct — almost 80 years after last sighting. Link |
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[Talent] I learned a long time ago that just because someone professes to be a singer/songwriter is no guarantee they are good at either. |
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[10 Second Trick to Prevent Heart Attacks] Unfortunately the video takes 6 hours to watch before they tell you the ten second trick! I never did finish, so I’m not sure what the trick is. I’ll probably die. Video |
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Mark Twain wrote, “It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled.” Remember that, Dump the Pumps. FKAA is counting on it. |
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[The Pussy of Islamorada] Florida Keys marina owner and former Islamorada mayor Michael Reckwerdt pleaded guilty Friday in Key West federal court to felony tax fraud as part of a plea agreement with prosecutors. Reckwerdt pleaded guilty to conspiracy to impede or impair the Internal Revenue Service, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison, fines up to $250,000 and up to three years of supervised release.Before Reckwerdt was investigated by the IRS, he got into a bit of a public squabble with his wife, who, it seemed, had found him early one morning in an Islamorada establishment with his girlfriend, and that pleased his wife so much, that after she had it out with him and he was walking away with his thought to be girlfriend, his wife jumped back in her golf cart and rammed him in the leg, and he called the chief of police of Islamorada and woke him up maybe around 2:30 a.m, with his domestic dispute that he may well have caused by being with what might have been his girlfriend, and the chief of police sent officers and the wife was apprehended, and that’s when the angels dragged me into it, and I named the then mayor “The Pussy of Islamorada”, which, I heard from then State Attorney Dennis Ward, who lived up that way, went viral in Islamorada, and the pussy, I was told, was talking to a lawyer about suing me, and I laughed and said, oh, I sure do hope so, wait till I ask for his cell phone records in discovery, and that seemed to be the end of the talk about the pussy suing me. As I recall, it wasn’t that long after, the pussy was popped called by the IRS. No cosmic connection, of course. Two entirely unrelated events. Yeah, right. |
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This diet I’m on makes no sense. How can grass-fed beef not count as a salad? |
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[FKAA Meeting] No one has mentioned what happened at Thursday’s Sugarloaf School meeting with the FKAA. What is the latest poop? Was it still smoke and mirrors? |
![]() Big-ass Walmart container ship crosses from China to U.S. in just 5 days! Link |
[Zoo animals roam flooded Georgian town] With the zoo dumping animals on the street that kill people, what do you think will happen if our economy crashes and people panic and some dimwits decide to “Free the Animals” in the zoos so they can live free on their own? Instant jungle or fresh meat? Video |
![]() [Pizza Nation] We sell enough pizzas every day to cover 100 acres! |
[Crooks] Florida Lobster Divers & Company Sentenced for Illegal Harvesting Activities] According to court documents and information, Charles Veach was the President and Director of Super Grouper, Inc., and the company was the registered owner of the fishing vessel, the “SUPER GROUPER.”On August 10, 2009, Charles and Ryan Veach operated the vessel and harvested lobster in the FKNMS. During that voyage, aircraft operated by the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWCC) videotaped their diving activities. NOAA Special Agents documented the vessel return to Charles Veach’s home, where a significant amount of spiny lobsters were unloaded and subsequently sold to a wholesale dealer in Key West.
On August 15, 2014, the Super Grouper, operated by Charles and Tyson Veach, was located in the FKNMS by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) aircraft. FWS agents subsequently documented multiple locations where a diver deployed from the Super Grouper and CBP video captured spiny lobster harvesting activities on board the Super Grouper. NOAA Special Agents later witnessed the landing and sale of a part of the harvest at Stock Island to a wholesale dealer. An additional sale was made to a Key West dealer. On August 19, 2014, NOAA Special Agents observed Charles and Tyson Veach aboard the Super Grouper harvesting lobsters in the FKNMS. During that trip, CBP documented multiple locations at which Tyson Veach engaged in diving activities. A later survey of the locations by the FWS Region 4 Dive Team verified the presence of illegal “casitas,” or artificial habitats, at the sites. Charles and Tyson Veach later landed the vessel and sold the spiny lobsters at a wholesaler dealer in Stock Island. Link |
![]() Greece’s economy crashed and people aren’t shooting each other. Why do the paranoids think we would start shooting here if our economy crashed? |
The south is moving north in Italy! African refugees, many of them Muslims, are pushing their weight around and the Mafia is responding in kind. Some of them are now near the French border, ready to push further. Video |
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People of Walmart uncensored. Link |
[Sewers] I am a realtor for RE/MAX All Keys. One of my listing is located in Big Pine Key and will be schedule for sewer assessment. I would like to know how much the new owner would be assess for the new sewer system. |
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[From The Right Guy] We’ll see how much pushback comes from left field. I’m having fun on Facebook, lots of people with their heads screwed on backward. It’s astonishing how ill informed so many people are. I’ve got no problem with people expressing their beliefs or opinion, it makes for interesting discussion. But those who misstate fact irritate me. National Politics. |
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