Orange harvest season generally runs from late fall to early summer (October-June), with peak availability in winter (December-February)

and you gotta wonder who inside the administration is doing the classic "Trading Places" insider scheme.

In the movie Trading Places, Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd engineer a massive orange juice (FCOJ) futures trade, making millions

I vote for Stephen Miller to wear the gorilla suit.

numbers have been dropping for years



A combination of

- Citrus canker
- Greening disease
- Hurricanes
- Land prices

https://citrusindustry.net/2024/05/07/florida-orange-production-plummeted-years/

https://www.tampabay.com/news/business/2025/03/15/florida-citrus-greening-disease-oranges-hurricanes-freeze/

https://www.marconews.com/story/news/local/2025/10/07/collier-board-divided-over-replacing-citrus-grove-with-homes/86571409007/

https://www.fastcompany.com/91298274/floridas-citrus-industry-faces-mounting-threat-real-estate

Announced for the Orlando theme parks.

Watch for prices in the area to go up to cover for the increase in pay just to sustain the hit.

First couple, being-

Lots of kids to rip away (horrifying)

Can't see Disney Co. liking this news (somehow not so upsetting to me)

Not surprised.

Disgusted.

DEFUND ICE.

Many more keep arms in their homes, and some are surely involved in some of the less legal aspects of the “import-export” business.

I’m guessing ICE will sooner or later (and quite by mistake) start raiding some of the “wrong” homes, and get a hail of machine gun bullets instead of some terrified Hispanic family to greet them when they bust down the wrong door. I’ll leave it to DeSantis to send the condolances.

The people will have nothing else to lose. They will start defending themselves.

On the rare occasions when I've gone there I've enjoyed the excellent authentic Mexican restaurants.

Of course ICE is focusing on it, it's a "target rich environment."

desantis and some of his policies. T has already trashed the tourism industry, so what's a little more trashing, eh?

Edited to add: Since they are targeting the Kissimmee area with its multiple theme parks, warn any friends and family who might be thinking of going to that area to stay away. It's not going to be safe with ice there.

Damn them all.