Five minutes looking at marketing information on the internet or attending any tech conference will tell you that the latest craze in “instant gurus” is to title yourself a “social media expert.” Anyone can do it. Just start using the term and vaguely talking about social networking sites like Twitter…
[Meeting a player in the Moroccan aspect of this story now. Will update as soon as I get back. Should be illuminating]. That’s all this is. Too many comments in the last post, need a fresh slate. I’m trying to track down a couple of people and will put up a…
If you watched much of the Vikings-Cardinals game last night (it wasn’t much of a game), you probably saw this week’s installment of Toyota’s “Great Moments in Tailgating History.” The topic: the origin of the giant foam finger.The legend, according to the entertaining reenactment, is that the foam finger came…
News from over the weekend:These Fins have some fight in ’em! Yesterday in Land Shark Stadium, they knocked off the Patriots, 22-21, thanks to New England’s two turnovers in the red zone. Now the Dolphins have playoff hopes and the Pats have a losing streak. [NFL.com]Former Palm Beach prosecutor Michelle…
The Sun-Sentinel’s Michael Mayo today reports on his ultimately futile journalistic mating dance with Scott Rothstein, one that even included pet names between them, Brooklyn and Bronx. There’s not a lot of new information in there, but it does give you some insight into Rothstein’s mindset. And I don’t think…
I’m still not sold on the idea that Judge William Zloch shouldn’t recuse himself from the Scott Rothstein forfeiture case. Before, we knew that Rothstein claimed publicly that Zloch’s brother, Chuck, was one of his best friends in the world. Now, we know that Chuck Zloch, an agent at MassMutual Insurance, sold…
If you haven’t heard, the governor of this great state has been directing people to call a phone sex chat line.Anyone calling Charlie Crist’s office heard a recording of the governor directing people to various social services, with URLs and phone numbers. The phone number he gave for Florida KidCare,…
Your weekly wrap up of what happened on Juice:Not so good news for us reporters and writers. It seems the Miami Herald may be following in the footsteps of the Palm Beach Post and the Sun-Sentinel, axing more than 24 jobs.An old issue of Las Olas Lifestyle, provides a virtual…
[Breaking News: It’s almost as if a slow-motion wrecking ball is moving through the Broward Sheriff’s Office. Call it the Scott Rothstein effect. After today’s news regarding David Benjamin and Arthur Santucci, the Sheriff’s Office opened an internal investigation into Santucci, according to a proven source inside the agency. Reliable sources also…
To some reporters at the beleaguered newspaper, Tim Burke’s promotion to publisher of the Palm Beach Post this week was a welcome change.Burke was as assistant sports editor at the Miami Herald who went on to become an award-winning sports editor at the Post, then worked his way up the…
“I got a big problem with you wanting to be the Senator of Florida,” says the man in the video below, speaking in a folksy North Florida drawl to Charlie Crist. “Because in my opinion, after looking through your record as governor, I believe you are a Democrat. You are…
Welcome back to South Florida football, Larry King! In advance of your color commentary during the first half of this weekend’s game between the Dolphins and Patriots, Juice thought it would help get you up to speed about how our area and football team has changed since you were last…
Roger Stone, the battle-scarred political operative once employed by Scott Rothstein, told Juice today that Spencer Levine had been a regular at Rothstein parties before Levine received a coveted appointment from the judicial nominating committee of which Rothstein was a member.”He was a fixture at Rothstein’s — at his home,”…
When the scent of free food wafts through the air, people tend to get violent. But Chick-Fil-A insists that everything will be calm for next week’s grand opening of its Pompano Beach store. The chain has promised to award a year’s worth of once-per-week meals to the first 100 in line…
Following is is a recording of Broward sheriff’s Lt. David Benjamin’s threatening phone message left for Dep. John Bailen on October 19, 2008. At the time, Bailen was trying to expose an incident involving Benjamin during what was a heated campaign between Sheriff Al Lamberti and Scott Israel. To get the background…
Oh, relax! That’s only a temporary tattoo Sobel’s wearing. And this is kind of my fault. Recently, when I learned that former foes Stevie Moon and Sen. Eleanor Sobel had resolved differences over a tattoo regulation bill that Sobel had proposed last session, I suggested to Moon that he give…
Herschel Walker may be the greatest athlete of our lifetimes, a modern-day Jim Thorpe of sorts. Now Walker, who will turn 48 next year, is bringing that athleticism to South Florida. And by “athleticism,” of course I mean some blend of Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, and ballet ass-kicking ability.That’s…
These are the nation’s most eminent legal minds? Read this article in today’s New York Times, about the U.S. Supreme Court’s debate over whether to allow the state to claim beach property that it recovers through anti-erosion measures. Or let’s just cut right straight to the high court’s high-minded dialogue:”If…
Fort Lauderdale attorney Michael Santucci went missing for a couple of days in April last year. Benjamin reportedly ran a check and found that Michael Santucci had used his credit card in Pompano Beach, according to sources. Santucci was believed to be in a silver Mazda owned by his wife’s parents in Doral…
Ethics, Shmethics. As this week’s feature story reminds us, Palm Beach’s reputation as “Corruption County” has been well earned. Two years after lawyer Bill Boose and county commissioner Tony Masilotti went to prison, we’re finally getting around to creating an ethics watchdog that might have a few teeth left in…
It’s Friday. A list of news-related questions the South Florida media hope to answer for you in the weekend (and weeks) to come:Where is Paul Merhige? Jupiter’s Thanksgiving killer has managed to evade police for an entire week, and the manhunt has now gone national. [WPTV]This questions comes courtesy Broward…
