The Rumble in the Jungle; the sweetest right hand ever thrown and landed was 52 years ago today as Muhammed Ali in 1974 regained the heavyweight championship for the second time, knocking out George Foreman who was considered indestructible:
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HAPPY VETERANS DAY. You can search up our prior posts on this subject and we hoped you paused at 11:11 today and spent a moment in silence for the doughboys who were the first to die on European soil to keep the world free. Sadly, they would not be the last.
Speaking of remembrances, the remembrance of Gene Zenobi is up this week on Friday in the big courtroom on 4 starting at 2pm. We hope you attend. Gene was a remarkable man.
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UPDATE: ANOTHER FOUR OUT OF FIVE WINS DAY. We are ordering the Opus One this week.
If you are a U of M Hurricanes "fan" then most of you just canceled your plans to attend the final quarter of the National Championship game because the Canes lost to Notre Dame last night (and somewhere in Miami Judge Moreno was smiling last night). Fickle Miami fans won't support their teams if they lose, and now you need somewhere else to spend your money. Perhaps that new restaurant everyone in Miami wants to be seen at, along with a lease on a new Porsche to pull up to the new restaurant?
Well smarten-up and let us "learns ya somethin" as they used to say in our old neighborhood up here in the Northeast on a glorious November fall day (after a few days of rain).
Last week we gave you Steeler RB Jaylen Warren over rushing yards. He got over 100 in the first half- an ea$y win. While Warren is having a great year, the real secret is that the upstart Cleveland Browns cannot stop the run, much like chucklehead Floridians cannot stop voting for Maga drones.
This week the Browns play the Saints and you can get some nice odds on Saints RBs Estime over 40 yards and Kamara over 50 yards, Our pick is Estime over 40. [ WIN]
Rams -4.5 over DC in a bounce back game. [WIN]
Giants -3 over the hapless Eagles. [WIN]
Chiefs -9.5 over the sinking Jets. [WIN]
And home dog Falcons +3 over the Bengals. the over 52.5 is high, but what the heck? You can always make more money charging extra for no actions right? [loss 😱]
Sdfl US Attorney Jason something or other has jumped ship and quit.
Use your own metaphors for what jumps a ship.
Never never never quit.
Winston Spencer Churchill.
Count on Florida to hold the line.
While the rest of the nation returned to a bit of sanity, Florida continued to elect and re-elect science-denying, immigrant hating, MAGA republicans; proving once again that our state is populated by an overabundance of Chuckleheads.
The more things change in the Country, the more things remain the same in the State that proudly has a county named Dixie.
Meanwhile, California Governor Newsome, in an act of political courage, commuted the sentence of over 500 inmates on death row. They will now serve life in prison.
Soft on crime? No.
A society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals”
Fydor Dostoevsky, The House Of The Dead.
(Sadly we can probably count on one hand the number of Floridians who have read that book. But a whole lot more can belt out Dixie.)
First congrats to Artie McNeil, one of our two new elected judges. Well deserved and he will do a great job. We don't know the other elected judge so....good luck.
Next, help is needed.
It's a new day and America is reeling from what is being called (by some) an unprecedented amount of voter fraud. The DOJ and FBI spent tens of millions of dollars, assigned hundreds of agents and dozens of experienced prosecutors and indicted an earth shaking ....ready now...twenty-eight people!!!! for election fraud. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. We have it on good authority at least another dozen people who shouldn't have voted did.
So. we need your help.
1) If you saw lines of suspicious looking North Koreans at your polling place, click here. They are identifiable by all being thin and are puzzled on how to use a smart phone.
2) If you saw dead Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro near a polling place with a laptop trying to hack voting machines, click here. He was everywhere on election day.
3) If you saw lines of illegal Haitian immigrants snacking on cats waiting to vote illegally, click here.
4) If you are in Michigan and have been recruited into a holy Jihad against the US by their new senator, click here. Also click if any judge has applied sharia law in deciding your case.
5) And finally, if you saw a MAGA DOJ poll security expert trying to impound a ballot being cast by someone who looks suspiciously Hispanic (especially Mexican ) only to be wrestled to the ground by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez while she was waving a Soviet flag and holding a copy of Das Kapital, click here.
Remember if you see something, say something. We are a nation of snitches.
We will get through this disaster of an election day and muddle on.
And that sigh of relief you heard last night was all the DeSantis Drones on the bench when whasshiszname won the race for Governor. Their dreams of the 3rd DCA survive.
THE CAPTAIN REPORTS:
Congratulations to our two Judge-Elects: Marty McNeil and Rita Baez
CIRCUIT COURT — GROUP 5
Arthur LeMar "Marty" McNeil — 347,253
Monica Segura — 330,334
CIRCUIT COURT — GROUP 69
Rita Maria Baez — 396,930
Bonita Jones-Peabody — 282,831
BREAKING NEWS — GOVERNOR DESANTIS ANNOUNCES HIS LATEST APPOINTMENTS!
I know that all of my loyal readers have been sitting on the edge of their seats, anxiously awaiting the Captain's report on the identities of the FOUR newest judges in Miami-Dade County.
Well, ladies and gentlemen, the wait is finally over!
OR IS IT?
Last week, your faithful CAPTAIN JUSTICE reported that Governor DeSantis had ONCE AGAIN missed a constitutional deadline for appointing judges.
Remember that pesky little document called the Florida Constitution? The one the Governor took a solemn oath to support, protect, and defend?
Apparently, in Tallahassee, constitutional deadlines are merely suggestions.
On August 28, 2026, the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission certified its nominees for FOUR judicial vacancies in Miami-Dade County: one Circuit Court seat and three County Court seats.
The Florida Constitution gave the Governor 60 days to make those appointments.
DEADLINE: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2026.
APPOINTMENTS MADE: ZERO.
But fear not, loyal readers!
I am THRILLED to report that Governor DeSantis has been VERY busy fulfilling his appointment responsibilities.
In fact, on Friday, October 30, 2026, just three days after the constitutional deadline expired, the Governor's Press Office unleashed a virtual avalanche of appointment announcements.
And because I know how eagerly you have been awaiting this news, your CAPTAIN JUSTICE is delighted to share ALL THIRTEEN announcements with you:
1. Governor appoints SIX to the Florida Historic Commission.
2. Governor appoints Alex Kelly to the Florida Defense Support Commission.
3. Governor appoints Doug Broxson to the Triumph Gulf Coast, Inc. Board of Directors.
4. Governor reappoints Dan Giordano to the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority.
5. Governor appoints Thomas Frederick to the Florida Opportunity Fund Board of Directors.
6. Governor reappoints MaryLynn Magar to the State Board of Education.
7. Governor reappoints Rodolfo Pages to the Greater Miami Expressway Agency.
8. Governor appoints THREE to the Gainesville Regional Utilities Authority.
9. Governor appoints Andrew Dulcey to the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority.
10. Governor appoints Patrick Rooney and Kelly Smallridge to the Health Care District of Palm Beach County.
11. Governor appoints TWO to the Board of Chiropractic Medicine.
12. Governor reappoints FOUR to the Board of Pharmacy.
And finally, ladies and gentlemen, the announcement you have ALL been waiting for ...
13. GOVERNOR DESANTIS APPOINTS SEVEN TO THE BOARD OF MEDICINE!
WOW!
Thirteen separate announcements. Boards. Commissions. Authorities. Reappointments. Appointments. You name it, the Governor was appointing it!
The Historic Commission? CHECK!
The Board of Pharmacy? CHECK!
The Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority? CHECK!
The Board of Medicine? SEVEN APPOINTMENTS! CHECK!
And the four Miami-Dade judicial vacancies, for which the Florida Constitution actually imposed a 60-day appointment deadline?
CRICKETS.
Not one Circuit Court judge.
Not one County Court judge.
Not one explanation.
Apparently, the Governor can find time to fill seats on virtually every board and commission in the Sunshine State.
Just not the four judicial seats for which his constitutional deadline expired one week ago today.
Perhaps someone in Tallahassee should explain to the Governor that the Florida Constitution does not contain an exception for busy press-release days.
So, alas, Miami-Dade County remains short ONE Circuit Court judge and THREE County Court judges.
And our self-proclaimed Rule of Law Governor remains past his constitutional deadline.
THE CAPTAIN'S CLOCK IS STILL TICKING.
ELECTION CENTRAL - GENERAL ELECTION 2026
Oh yeah, in case anyone forgot, TODAY IS ELECTION DAY!
And while the rest of the country focuses on the races for Governor, Congress, and other elected offices, your faithful CAPTAIN JUSTICE will be keeping a close eye on the TWO contested judicial races in Miami-Dade County.
By the time the polls close tonight, voters will have selected TWO new Circuit Court judges.
Here are the candidates, along with their percentages from the August 18 primary election:
CIRCUIT COURT — GROUP 5
Arthur LeMar "Marty" McNeil — 42.48%
Monica Segura — 35.92%
CIRCUIT COURT — GROUP 69
Rita Maria Baez — 37.13%
Bonita Jones-Peabody — 34.97%
And Miami-Dade voters have certainly been busy!
A whopping 544,163 VOTERS have already cast their ballots:
EARLY VOTING: 354,257
VOTE BY MAIL: 189,906
And that's BEFORE the first Election Day vote is counted!
Your CAPTAIN JUSTICE will be watching both judicial races closely and will report the results later tonight, after the polls close at 7:00 p.m.
Stay tuned!