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Rick Scott prays for hurricane to drown all the poor people in Florida

Rick Scott Prays for Hurricane to Drown all the Poor People

Florida Senator Rick Scott spent much of the past few days praying for the upcoming Hurricane Dorian to gather enough strength and drown every poor person in its path. “As governor of Florida, I made sure every poor person worked even harder than they had to if they wanted the dollars,” said Senator Scott, still…

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DeSantis to Personally Investigate Latest Assassination Attempt on Trump

By Clark Brooks | September 16, 2024

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will be conducting his own investigation regarding the attempted assassination of former President Trump at the Republican presidential nominee’s golf club in West Palm Beach yesterday. “Governor DeSantis feels very strongly that this situation requires his immediate and personal attention,” said spokesperson Katie Beatty. “He always gets involved at this level…

Miami dolphins move to Tampa Bay

Miami Dolphins move to Tampa Bay

By John Jacobs | September 9, 2019

A wild pack of Miami dolphins have swam from south-east Florida, all the way up to the Tampa bay, claiming it as their new full-time home. “These dolphins used to live in Miami.” Said senior marine biologist, Becky Crenchky as she chewed a large glob of Hubba Bubba bubblegum. “I’ve seen dolphins live pretty much…

Martin Garmatica to be voted to Tampa Bay Buccaneers Hall of Fame

Tampa News Force endorses Martin Garmatica for Buccaneers Ring of Honor

By Clark Brooks | September 7, 2019

Every year, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers pay homage to someone, usually either a former player or coach, who distinguished himself and brought glory to the team with his efforts by inducting him into their Ring of Honor. This season, former cornerback Ronde Barber will become the 13th member of the Ring of Honor, joining Lee Roy…

Petting Zoos on the road

Hillsborough County install petting zoos at intersections

By Clark Brooks | September 3, 2019

In an effort to reduce stress suffered by drivers and cut down on road rage incidents, Hillsborough County has announced that they will be installing petting zoos at select intersections, mostly in Tampa.  “There’s no denying the fact that navigating our congested roadways is what we now call a ‘challenge’ since we’re not allowed to…

Oldsmar disappears in sinkhole

Oldsmar Disappears in Sinkhole

By Josh Santos | September 1, 2019

After some light showers brought intense flooding to the streets of Oldsmar, a giant sinkhole opened up and swallowed the entire town. “I was out there recently because I have to cut through Oldsmar to get to Walmart,” said Wallris Bellymew, a Town and Country resident. “I thought the roads here were well taken care…

Popeyes line braces for hurricane

Popeye’s line prepares for hurricane

By John Jacobs | August 31, 2019

Local Popeyes have begun taking precautions to hurricane-proof their establishments in preparation for hurricane Dorian. Despite severe weather warnings, hundreds of customers are refusing to lose their place in line, forcing Popeye’s to accommodate their guests however they can. The manufacturing of makeshift tents using Popeye’s tinfoil have been underway, however most employees have never…

TECO streetcar hops the tracks and heads north

TECO Streetcar accidentally headed north

By Clark Brooks | August 30, 2019

One of Tampa’s TECO streetcars has somehow wound up on Amtrak railroad tracks and is headed up the east coast.  “They say if you don’t pay attention, things can go wrong,” says operator Casper ‘Cappy’ Klimper. “I guess I REALLY wasn’t paying attention because things have gone REALLY wrong.” When asked how this could happen,…

Rick Scott prays for hurricane to drown all the poor people in Florida

Rick Scott Prays for Hurricane to Drown all the Poor People

By Josh Santos | August 28, 2019

Florida Senator Rick Scott spent much of the past few days praying for the upcoming Hurricane Dorian to gather enough strength and drown every poor person in its path. “As governor of Florida, I made sure every poor person worked even harder than they had to if they wanted the dollars,” said Senator Scott, still…

Disabled impediments salesman hopes for another great year

Disabled impediments salesman in Tampa having another great year

By Clark Brooks | August 26, 2019

Roger Gnudtke, a salesman for Hindercapable Inc. is having yet another record breaking sales year. “When the company first assigned me the downtown Tampa territory, I didn’t have very high hopes. Mostly because nobody lived there and all the businesses closed at 5 PM,”, says Gnudtke. “But shortly after that, a couple condo towers were…

Tampa Bay Vipers prepare jock jams playlist

Tampa Bay Vipers prepare for upcoming inaugural season by downloading Jock Jamz playlist

By Clark Brooks | August 25, 2019

Tampa Bay’s newly christened team in the re-launched XFL, the Vipers, is preparing for the launch of their inaugural season in February of 2020 by making a playlist of songs commonly played at sporting events. “Let’s be honest; the biggest challenge we face is establishing ourselves as a viable, legitimate professional sports franchise that the…

Tampa News Force demands a Best of the Bay recount in case they lose (Which they did)

Tampa News Force Demands Recount if they lose Best of the Bay

By Josh Santos | August 23, 2019

Tampa News Force fans gathered outside of the Creative Loafing offices to demand a preemptive recount in the event that they don’t win anything. “We went through the list on ‘tampanewsforce.com/vote‘ and had some issues with it,” said one TNF fan who wanted to remain anonymous. “First thing, the login is really sketchy. Very bad…