Today at the Editor’s glance: In recognition of Veterans Day 2021, Flagler County Public Library presents “The White Table Ceremony” at noon in honor of soldiers missing in action in all wars, at the county library, 2500 Palm Coast Parkway. The POW/MIA Honor Guard detachment of 157 Air Force ROTC at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will perform the ceremony. Community Night at Flagler Playhouse: Community Night is designed to give people an opportunity to see the fabulous music review of And the World Goes “Round at a reduced price. It is our way of giving back to the community. No tickets will be on sale – it is first come, first serve. Pay $10.00 cash only at the door. Learn To Fence! This is an open invitation for all levels and all age groups, to participate in the exciting sport of Competitive Fencing, 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Belle Terre Elementary’s Multi-purpose Room. Beginners and World Class Fencers are all welcome. Get a great workout, learn technique, discipline, and focus. Registration through Adult Education, 386/446.6717. Big Pharma’s Supreme Phriends: in Florida and a few other states, low-level drug pushers are getting charged with first-degree myureder for causing the death of their client-victims. In Oklahoma, pharmaceuticals get a big pass for causing the deaths of tens of thousands a year: “Oklahoma’s highest court on Tuesday threw out a 2019 ruling that required Johnson & Johnson to pay the state $465 million for its role in the opioid epidemic. It was the second time this month that a court has invalidated a key legal strategy used by plaintiffs in thousands of cases attempting to hold the pharmaceutical industry responsible for the crisis,” The Times reports. “The Oklahoma Supreme Court, 5-1, rejected the state’s argument that the company violated “public nuisance” laws by aggressively overstating the benefits of its prescription opioid painkillers and downplaying the dangers.”
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May 2025
Hang 8 Dog Surfing Competition in Flagler Beach
Flagler Beach Farmers Market
Coffee With Flagler Beach Commission Chair Scott Spradley
Democratic Women’s Club
Flagler County Public Library Book and Bake Sale
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
Palm Coast Spring Arts Festival
Swing Through the Years Dinner Dance Benefit for St. Thomas Episcopal Church
Random Acts of Insanity’s Roundup of Standups from Around Central Florida
ESL Bible Studies for Intermediate and Advanced Students
Troop 472 Summer Camp Car Show and Fundraiser
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village
Al-Anon Family Groups
For the full calendar, go here.
“The day before my sister’s pretend wedding, the family gathered in Maine for our annual meeting, at my grandfather’s island house, so he could tell us how much of a disappointment we’d been. Dressed like a clam digger in rubber boots, filthy canvas pants, and an old sweatshirt full of pipe ash holes, he rose from his wing chair and leveraged himself to his feet with his cane. Stains extended from his collar to his knees, because at mealtimes he used himself as a plate. Like other monarchs, he may have confused menace with majesty and mistaken the wary looks of his subjects, cowering in the wicker, for devoted affection. He delivered his judgment not in words but through his leaky blue eyes, which lingered on each one of us before coming to rest on my sister.”
–From Jason Brown, “A Faithful but Melancholy Account of Several Barbarities Lately Committed,” in the Sewanee Review, December 2019.
Pogo says
@Attention on deck!
America250: Marine Corps Veteran Frederick C. Branch
https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/96214/america250-marine-corps-veteran-frederick-c-branch/
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
John 15:13, KJV
Timothy Patrick Welch says
Concerning the cartoon.
Classic process of “checks -and-balances” in action. Now if we could put a stop to the Collusion and Conflicts of Interest between the Executive and Legislative branches of government.
NitWoke says
Politicians are more concerned with doing something than doing the right thing. Thank god we have three branches of government and the checks and balances between them.
Ray W. says
Thank you, Pogo. I suppose it should be added that you are not teaching CRT. Only bringing to light a little much needed history. In my view, investing in human potential is a very rewarding effort.