Author Archives: Jorge Costales

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About Jorge Costales

- Cuban Exile [veni] - Raised in Miami [vidi] - American Citizen [vici]

Thoughts on Florida Marlins Management

I have 2 problems with the Marlins management. The 1st is that they are taking monies clearly intended for player salaries [“improve onfield performance” says the CBA] and using it for other purposes [stadium]. But they are not the only … Continue reading

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A Tale Of Two Piggies

It was the best of [MLB] crimes [profitable], it was the worst of [MLB] crimes [dishonorable] I was hoping that my headline could read, “pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered.” But as you will soon read, the hogs assault on … Continue reading

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When miserable people succeed or the little Hillbilly who could

This will not be easy, *óite. Dealing with the success of miserable people, like Nick Saban, can be a challenge, óite. Nick Saban’s legacy in South Florida is that he is the most blatant liar to have ever spoken before … Continue reading

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1965: Good Ol’ Boys and Tom Wolfe

Esquire recently selected what it considered to be the 7 greatest articles they ever published. One of them was by Tom Wolfe in March 1965. The article was about stock car racing and Junior Johnson. An excerpt: The first lap … Continue reading

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The Education Of James Cameron

Poor James Cameron. The most cartoonish thing about his animation movie was its politics. See, while I’m sure there’s nothing poor in the material sense about James Cameron [the beatitudes would have probably had to number 888 before he was … Continue reading

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Sherlock Holmes Meets Fight Club

Taking a cue from Robert Altman’s 1992 movie The Player, you just know that is how the latest Sherlock Holmes movie was pitched. Being in a bit of a hurry, I did not practice multi-cinema-civil-disobedience MCCD and recklessly paid to … Continue reading

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What’s Wrong With This Woman?

Of course it’s a trick question. So what is wrong with the appearance of Victoria Secrets model Selita Ebanks to the right? Well according to Victoria Secrets, a lot. Below is the list of changes they made to her image … Continue reading

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Seal Not The Same — U2 fans Go Clubbing

Enraged U2 Fans Protest Supposed Ticket Snafu [AP-BHO Newswire] — Ontario Canada For U2 fans arriving at Ticket Master offices in Ontario, it was a not so beautiful day. Not when they were notified that their concert tickets had been … Continue reading

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Tuning Out, But Not Turning Away

I heard it twice on the radio before I really heard it. Twin sisters and a six year girl old were gunned own on Thanksgiving by their own brother. This is why I don’t watch local TV news anymore. Reading … Continue reading

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Rubio and Barzini: It was them all along

How good are things going for Marco Rubio? He was on the cover of National Review. George Will even explained why he thinks Rubio will win. He is raising money as if this were 2008 and his initials were B … Continue reading

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