WaPo on Disney vs Florida Man

DeSantis's controversial Disney board tries to move past its bumpy start [in print as DeSantis's handpicked Disney board attempts to move past its bumpy start

By Lori Rozsa

Washington Post September 30, 2023 : A14.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/09/28/disney-florida-desantis-feud-lawsuits/

Disney outsmarts Florida man DeSantis, says WaPo

Disney quietly dodged DeSantis's oversight board, appointees realize

An 11th-hour agreement effectively strips much of the board's power to regulate Disney World. The deal includes a "royal lives" clause that ensures its longevity.

By Aaron Gregg, Lori Rozsa, and Bryan Pietsch

March 30, 2023

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/03/30/desantis-disney-world-board-loophole/

The Post reviews The Bad Guys, and explains Florida vs Disney (as much as possible)

'The Bad Guys' is a good movie: A heist flick with humor and heart [in print as Imagine 'Ocean's 11' with animals, and you get this fun heist flick]

The animated comedy about talking animals who try to give up the criminal lifestyle is like a family-friendly 'Ocean's 11'

By Kristen Page-Kirby

Washington Post April 22, 2022 p Weekend 24

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/movies/2022/04/19/the-bad-guys-movie-review/

 

It's pretty special when your governor embodies the meme of "Florida Man" -

Florida legislature passes bill repealing Disney special tax status [in print as Florida passes bill to cancel Disney World's tax status]

By Lori Rozsa,Tim Craig and Hannah Sampson

Washington Post April 22 2022 p. A18

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/04/21/florida-legislature-passes-bill-repealing-disneys-special-tax-status/

 

Timeline: Disney’s road from governing itself to GOP stripping its status

By Aaron Blake

Washington Post April 21 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/21/disney-florida-special-district/

 

Quiz: Is this Disney movie political?

By Philip Bump

Washington Post April 22 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/22/quiz-is-this-disney-movie-political/

 

 

Comics action in Cosmo 1957

Robert Day ad for Bell Telephone from Cosmopolitan, April 1957, in which they kindly define 'ubiquitous' for the reader.

Boy, public telephones certainly aren't 'ubiquitous' now, are they? In fact, this ad is incomprehensible to anyone under 20, isn't it?


Florida Cartoonists Poke Fun at Their State, p. 1, Cosmopolitan, April 1957. Featuring Lowell Hoppes and Charles E. Sharman.


Florida Cartoonists Poke Fun at Their State, p. 2, Cosmopolitan, April 1957. Featuring Martin Filchock and Bandell Linn.