Commitment to the church, commitment to working with underprivileged people, to victims. ibid.
The Summit Church: Physical rescue of those who are trafficked. ibid.
Something to do with children and human traffickers. ibid.
On 12th June America’s worst ever mass shooting – a direct attack on the gay community at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub. It shocked the world and brought the gay community together. Stacey Dooley: Hate and Pride in Orlando, BBC 2016
Florida: famed for its beaches, blue waters and year-round sun. But away from the crowd, Florida hides a wild side. Natural World: Florida: America’s Animal Paradise, BBC 2019
All life here is looking to the future. ibid.
To protect homes lightning-strike fires must be put out immediately. ibid.
The spring water is crystal clear … which attracts one of the state’s most magical animals: the Florida manatee. ibid.
The Everglades: a two-million acre wetland ... brimming with life. ibid.
Cape Canaveral in Florida: this is Kennedy Space Centre where fifty years ago Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins blasted off aboard Apollo 11. And on July 20th 1969 Neil and Buzz became the first humans to walk on the moon. Brian Cox & Dara O’Briain, Stargazing: Moon Landing Special, BBC 2019
Cape Canaveral space port in eastern Florida: it’s spread across over 200 square miles. In the centre are the rocket factories and science labs. While the launch pads are scattered along the coastline about four miles to the east. From here over 400 people have blasted into space. ibid.
‘At lift-off it was real shaky … real big vibration …’ ibid. Charles Duke
Aerospace company Boeing is building the Starliner Spacecraft right here on site. It will fly on top of a Atlas 5 rocket. ibid.
He’s [Gore] the most qualified person in my lifetime to seek this job. 537 Votes, Clinton, Sky Documentaries 2020
Sometimes people say I’m too serious, that I talk too much substance and policy … ibid. Gore
It didn’t hurt to have your brother as the governor of Florida. ibid. dude
Florida goes for Al Gore … Phew, what a night … ibid. Dan Rather
If you ignore the votes, you ignore democracy itself. ibid. Gore
Now, to the land of the hanging chad … ibid. Dan Snow, TV news
The Republicans wanted to pull off the perfect crime. ibid. dude
A patient survey form. You say, I got back pain. The problem is that no-one ever saw the patient. As long as they have any kind of credit card they were fine. You’d have a doctor on the east coast, a patient and drug seeker on the west coast, the pharmacy was in the mid-west. It was just a trafficking organisation that was hiding behind the veil of the internet. Alex Gibney, The Crime of the Century II ***** HBO 2021
Broward County has more pill-mills (142) than McDonald’s. ibid.
Superior Injury Centre 870-6370. ibid.
There was one store in particular that was known by drug dealers as the go-to: CVS Pharmacy. ibid.
In 2011 there was a crack-down by the DEA. Operation Pill Nation involved more than 500 law-enforcement officers resulting in seizures of 7 vehicles, $19 million in cash and 105 arrests. ibid.
But the real problem wasn’t on the street. It was in the Executive Suites of pharmaceutical companies which had become addicted to the profits opioids could deliver. ibid.
Workers disciplined in Prozac mailings: At least one Lilly’s employee fired; seven face various other measures. ibid.
The product was Act-Tiv. It was a lolly-pop made of Fentanyl whose potency carried the enormous risk of overdose. ibid.
They start paying exorbitantly, a huge number of speaker programs, and they use the speaker program basically as a way of cover for the bribes they are paying. ibid. whistleblower
Clearly we’re breaking the law. ibid.
CVS Pharmacy: on the edge of a highway, so people would cruise in, get their drugs, and be out in no time at all. ibid.
I know they’re sick like me. Gotta be number one. ibid.
These changes are good to one way of thinking in the sense that they make it harder to buy and abuse pharmaceutical opioids. But what that does is it drives all these people who are already addicted on to the black market. ibid.
International drug cartels catered to those who had become addicted to prescription pills. As their need for narcotics increased and doctors were more reluctant to prescribe increasing doses, users turned to heroin, and a synthetic opioid fifty times more powerful: Fentanyl. ibid.
1Since 2015, Fentanyl overdoses have been rising dramatically. Rates have soared by 2000% in San Diego. ibid.
The company told me nothing ever. ibid. salesman/whistleblower
Late in 2020 the Trump administration rushed to make an announcement for the presidential election. Pleading guilty to three felony counts, the Sackler family would pay a $225 million fine. Purdue Pharma would plead guilty to kickbacks and fraud. And promise to pay fines totalling $8.3 billion. ibid.
Purdue is in bankruptcy and only has about $1 billion which a whole bunch of creditors are already fighting over. That money is never going to be paid by the company or anybody else. ibid.
A cruel irony: the only way the company could pay damages was to increase its sales of drugs, including Oxycontin. ibid.
A legendary creature called the [Florida] Skunk Ape … dozens of sightings … ‘People describe the face as being somewhere between a human and an ape, very broad shoulders, no neck, very long arms.’ The Proof is Out There s1e5, History 2022
Champlain Towers: On 24th June 2021 a 13-storey apartment building Surfside, Florida, crumbles to the ground without warning killing 98 people. It’s the deadliest structural collapse in the US since 9/11. Why Buildings Collapse, BBC 2022
A building in urgent need of repair … What went wrong in Surfside? And could more buildings be at risk? ibid.
Florida became ground zero for the growing epidemic … Dealers abandoned traditional street drugs to get a slice of the Florida pill business. Heroin Explosion, National Geographic 2017
One clinic wrote prescriptions for more than a million Oxycodone pills in a five-month period. ibid.
Sinkholes: they can be sudden, catastrophic and deadly. And their numbers are rising all over the world even Britain. With holes hitting the headlines time and time again. But some places have more sinkholes than others. Sinkholes s1e1: Buried Underground, Channel 5 2017
Florida is the sinkhole capital of the world. ibid.
There’s one place that became my home away from home: Florida … The road trip of a lifetime … Holidaying with Jane McDonald: Florida s1e1, Channel 5 2022
A once in a lifetime chance to go get up close and personal with Florida’s favourite creatures: Manatees. ibid.
I get to grips with kayaking and get to grips with remarkable scenery, have a raucous night out Florida style, and get to meet my hero Mickey Mouse … It’s expensive in Disney but it’s worth it … It’s nearly 30,000 acres. ibid.
This time I’m hitting the highway … to uncover the wonders of the sunshine state. I’ll be exploring the beautiful backwaters, getting acquainted with the locals, marvelling at the wildlife, and going to extreme lengths to get a good view, with fantastic food and even better company. Holidaying with Jane McDonald: Florida s1e2
We head south to Fort Lauderdale … one of my all-time favourite places in Florida. For so many reasons. First, it’s the third busiest cruise ship port on Earth, so I’ve docked and rolled here many times. It’s gorgeous, a vibrant waterfront playground with a 4-mile stretch of dazzling beaches and 165 miles of winding canals and waterways. No wonder it’s nicknamed the Venice of America. ibid.
The wonderful experiences you can have here in Florida Keys, where I hit the heights for unrivalled views … The Florida Keys are a string of 44 islands stretching over 113 miles. They’re connected by 42 bridges from Key Largo to Marathon, and all the way down to Key West. Holidaying with Jane McDonald: Florida s1e3
Ocean view: I’m happy. This is just really seaside. It feels beach. It feels like you’ve arrived on your break … I just can’t get over that view … You’ve got this lovely breeze coming off the sea. ibid.
This is the best road trip ever. I’ve said goodbye to the Florida Keys and I’m now heading 160 miles north back to Miami. And over half my journey’s on this – the Overseas Highway. Holidaying with Jane McDonald: Florida s1e4
Art Deco all over this bit: This is South Beach and Ocean Drive and it is exquisite … It’s bouncing here of a night. ibid.
There’s endless sandy beaches to choose from. ibid.