"OK, now the conventions are over, and we can go back to not hearing about politics until the election in November," said somebody who, I don't know, maybe just popped into existence on this plane of reality for the first time ever?
Video surfaced of a recent Pasco vehicle burglary in which someone stole a gun out of a Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission officer's unlocked personal vehicle. Kudos to the writer of this story for quoting a source who tries to make it about people targeting law enforcement personnel while still giving off a pretty strong overall whiff of, "no, this is about a guy who left a gun in an unlocked vehicle, which is a pretty dumb-ass thing to do."
A dolphin died at SeaWorld's Discovery Cove. Now before you go all Blackfish, you should know the dolphin was undergoing treatment for a form of cancer that dolphins experience in the wild as well as in captivity. And — hello? Oh, right, you didn't wait to read the whole thing before going all Blackfish.
And finally, in the latest edition of Today's Most Florida Story Ever: "Florida man on ‘Molly’ chased ghosts with machete, endangered kids" — which includes the bonus of a hastily written headline making it sound like the dude chased ghosts with endangered kids. Journalism!
This article appears in Jul 28 – Aug 4, 2016.