They were local bodybuilders with a penchant for steroids, strippers, and quick cash. And they became expert in the use of a peculiar motivational tool: Torture.
"
Pain & Gain" [
part 1,
part 2,
part 3] [print version:
1,
2,
3], a series of articles from 1999-2000, chronicles a true life story of kidnapping, torture, extortion and murder. Just the thing to inspire a "
small" "
character-driven" action-comedy from
noted auteur Michael Bay. [
Trailer]
posted by dersins
on Dec 20, 2012 -
27 comments
Since the 80s Tony Galeota managed Porky's, a Hialeah dive
notorious for drugs, prostitution, and violence, where he was
part pimp, part bouncer, and completely untouchable. When he left to open a bona fide brothel in Panama, Galeota thought the
country's lax prostitution laws (NSFW) would make him rich.
Instead, he's trapped in a labyrinthine legal system, alone and unable to speak Spanish.
posted by Potomac Avenue
on Oct 7, 2012 -
58 comments
The first color cartoon came out in 1957, from
the Miami, Florida studio Soundac, beating out LA-based
Hanna-Barbera's The Ruff & Reddy Show by a few months. Soundac's
Colonel Bleep was
styled after space-age design ideas of the era, featured in three to six-minute long segments with limited animation, designed for syndication into local kids shows with live hosts. Of the 104 episodes,
less than half survive, as
most of that and other Soundac material was stolen from a studio van in the ’70s, when the studio was closing. Luckily, episodes have been found in the collections and archives of various TV studios, so
Col. Bleep and his side-kicks Squeek and Scratch are available online (YT),
some clips on Archive.org, and
more on YouTube (playlist with 43 clips).
posted by filthy light thief
on Aug 27, 2012 -
20 comments
Yahoo! sports strikes again. Charles Robinson (@charlesrobinson on twitter) , just revealed a nuclear bombshell of a scandal in the football program at the University of Miami, featuring drinks, cash, gambling, yachts, bounties on players, prostitutes, and an abortion.
[more inside]
posted by norm
on Aug 17, 2011 -
83 comments
Over the years, he's become so well versed in restaurant labor law that his attorneys don't even charge him for filing lawsuits anymore. 'They take them on spec,' he boasts. 'By now, they know that if I file something, it's legit.' Eddie Santana, restaurant rebel,
has filed 30 lawsuits against companies — nearly all restaurants and bars — for everything from illegal tip pools to excessive uniform costs. He's netted $144,924.79 after attorney fees from 20 separate settlements. And from the nine suits still pending, he hopes to make another $100,000, if not more.
posted by shakespeherian
on Mar 21, 2011 -
49 comments
The Case of the Vanishing Blonde After a woman living in a hotel in Florida was raped, viciously beaten, and left for dead near the Everglades in 2005, the police investigation quickly went cold. But when the victim sued the Airport Regency, the hotel’s private detective, Ken Brennan, became obsessed with the case: how had the 21-year-old blonde disappeared from her room, unseen by security cameras? The author follows Brennan’s trail as the P.I. worked a chilling hunch that would lead him to other states, other crimes, and a man nobody else suspected.
[printer-friendly version; behind-the-scenes video; via]
posted by kirkaracha
on Nov 19, 2010 -
131 comments
EveryScape launched this morning. It's a ground-level mapping service similar to Google's "Street View", only it offers you an "autodrive" feature that automatically moves you through a city or down a ski slope. There are links to information about stores and restaurants in the view and the ability to go inside buildings and look around. It currently features views from
Aspen,
New York,
Boston, and
Miami. And of course the obligatory view of
a colorful mime with a man-bag. [
via]
posted by cashman
on Oct 29, 2007 -
12 comments
"
'We want that shock. We want that awe. But at the same time, we don't want people to feel their rights are being threatened. We need them to be our eyes and ears'.... [Police] officers might, for example, surround a bank building, check the IDs of everyone going in and out and hand out leaflets about terror threats." While there have been no specific threats of terrorism against Miami, "'[t]his is an in-your-face type of strategy.
It's letting the terrorists know we are out there,' [Deputy Police Chief Frank] Fernandez said."
posted by orthogonality
on Nov 28, 2005 -
71 comments
Alternative Rapid Transit Looking for a funky way to get around town? Try Detroit's
People Mover (warning, embedded earworm). For 50 cents you can travel 2.9 miles through 13 stops in 15 minutes, and see some
fantastic art along the way.
People movers and modified
Personal Rapid Transit systems were built in various cities in the 1970s, such as
Miami,
Jacksonville, and at
West Virginia University. The
dream of true Personal Rapid Transit has not yet been achieved, and its
viability and
economic benefits are still up for debate, but the People Mover, at least, is
still hanging on.
posted by livii
on Apr 2, 2005 -
32 comments
Robert Cutter, Phillip Kuhn and Marlene Kuhn, Thursday night league bowlers: "I take the bus to the bowling alley," says Robert. "It takes me about an hour. I've been bowling 36 years. I've never missed bowling in 36 years. I'm the first one here and the last one to go home. I even beat the sheet maker (the guy who keeps score for the teams). If I have the flu, I'm still bowling. I still come. I've got rheumatisim and I'm still bowling. If I don't bowl I sit on the couch." When asked if he'd ever consider quitting bowling, he said, "Hell no! I gotta be dead first!" ..."Phil and I have been bowling five years," says Marlene. "We've only missed bowling once in five years. We walk here. We walk even when it rains or snows. It's about 4-1/2 miles to get here. I try to do my best. I've got a bad leg. I've got a trick knee that goes out on me. We're going to start up our own team soon: the Klingons. We watch Star Trek all the time. We're Trekaholics. We have a cat named Leonard 'Bones' McCoy."
Marzano's Miami Bowl
posted by y2karl
on Nov 13, 2004 -
17 comments
Terrorists Arrive in Miami! A little-noticed but chilling scene at Opa-locka Airport outside Miami last month demonstrates that the Bush administration's commitment to fighting international terrorism can be overtaken by presidential politics — even if that means admitting known terrorists onto U.S. soil.
There are other terrorists that the US government welcomes. I challenge you to name them (hint: Cuban origins for one).
What is that smell? Are we fighting terrorism or Islam?
posted by nofundy
on Sep 13, 2004 -
16 comments
The
Gumball Rally 3000 is almost upon us. San Francisco to Miami in five days all in the spirit of the classic
movie.
With an entrance fee of $20k and A List celebs like Johnny Knoxville and Jason Priestly participating... Not to mention the
Bikini Bandits it's sure to be a wonder to behold. Starts at the
Fairmont today at 9. Be sure to say hi to the Hustler Honeys in their twin turbocharged Lamborghini....
posted by zeoslap
on Apr 17, 2003 -
22 comments
Run Ricky Run. Ricky Williams, running-back for the Miami Dolphins, gets an A for effort for designing and maintaining his own website. He keeps a journal where he sounds off on everything from battling fame and the perks that come with it, to meeting his idol (Jim Brown). He even talks about money problems, just on a much larger scale then you or I would have.
posted by Starchile
on Nov 26, 2002 -
15 comments
Good! It's "Let's Make Fun Of Wall Street" Day At The Miami Herald! Can it be a coincidence that the two funniest columnists in Miami,
Carl Hiaasen [
Imagine if the entire board of Arthur Andersen were rounded up, blindfolded and flown to Guantánamo Bay for interrogation.] and
Dave Barry [
Wall Street is in trouble, and things are not going to get better until you, the small investor, stop selfishly thinking about yourself all the time.] have chosen this Sunday to raise a few laughs at the expense of poor, old beleaguered Wall Street? Let's hope not.
posted by MiguelCardoso
on Jul 28, 2002 -
10 comments
Outta my way, or under my wheels! According to this survey from the American Iron and Steel institute, Miami has the rudest drivers in the country. I live in Miami, and it's true. If you disagree with me, you're a slack-jawed moron.
posted by groundhog
on May 23, 2002 -
21 comments
Myths Over Miami. Captured on South Beach, Satan later escaped. His demons and the horrible Bloody Mary are now killing people. God has fled. Avenging angels hide out in the Everglades. And other tales from children in Dade's homeless shelters.
posted by Spoon
on Mar 7, 2002 -
8 comments
There's lots of controversy about Nebraska playing for the national championship in tonight's Rose Bowl because they didn’t win their division or conference and got crushed 63–26 by Colorado in their last game of the season. [more inside]
posted by kirkaracha
on Jan 3, 2002 -
29 comments
Hanging a dead chad . . . The Miami Herald has completed the recount of undervotes from all 67 counties in Florida. The findings? The Herald says it best:
. . . under almost all scenarios, Bush still would have won. Indeed, in one of the great ironies of the bitter 2000 election, Bush's lead would have vanished only if the recount had been conducted under severely restrictive standards advocated by some Republicans. Go figure.
posted by iceberg273
on Apr 4, 2001 -
28 comments
