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The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, February 10, 2024

February 10, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 5 Comments

Florida Sycophants, by Clay Jones:”The state’s chief financial officer and a member of the governor’s cabinet, Jimmy Patronis, promoted a bill to create a “Freedom Fighters Fund.” This fund would provide up to $5 million of taxpayer money to give, notice the quotation marks here, ‘financial support to Florida residents running for President who face legal, partisan, political attacks by the Department of Justice or State Attorneys.’ This was brought up right after Ron DeSantis dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump. But who else from Florida is running for president? Oh, yeah. Trump. And who makes the call that criminal charges against that Florida resident running for president are partisan and political attacks? Maybe the Floridian running for president gets to make that determination. This is like whining about Trump facing consequences for sexual assault after he proudly boasted that he can ‘grab them by the pussy.'”

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Weather: Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. See the daily weather briefing from the National Weather Service in Jacksonville here.



 

Today at a Glance:

The Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Wickline Park, 315 South 7th Street, featuring prepared food, fruit, vegetables , handmade products and local arts from more than 30 local merchants. The market is hosted by Flagler Strong, a non-profit.

Palm Coast Open: A USTA Pro Circuit Event: At the Palm Coast Tennis Center, 1290 Belle Terre Parkway, Palm Coast. Check daily schedules here. In its 13th year, the Palm Coast Open features elite men’s tennis played on our hometown stage. Competitors worldwide travel to Palm Coast for a chance at winning a total of $15,000 in prize money and points toward their ATP ranking, a merit-based method to determine tournament entry and seeding based on men’s tennis rankings.

Rummage sale at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 5400 Belle Terre Pkwy, Palm Coast, Friday, Feb. 9, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 10, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

American Association of University Women (AAUW) Monthly Meeting, 11 a.m.  at Cypress Knoll Golf Club, 53 Easthampton Blvd, Palm Coast. A monthly speaker is featured. Lunch is available for $20 in cash, $21 by credit card, but must be ordered in advance.  The lunch menu is available on our website.  Lunch may be ordered by sending an email to:  [email protected]. Today’s speaker: Lenny Foster, owner of Gallery 141 in St. Augustine, Florida. His Where We Stand series has been influenced by his relocation to Saint Augustine, and, more precisely, moving into the historic township of Lincolnville. In St. Augustine, he found himself at the center and early focus of the Civil Rights movement and discovered a deep, rich, powerful history of the first Africans and African American history in Saint Augustine. The historic community of Lincolnville played a huge role, largely unrecognized nationally, in shaping the development of the Civil Rights movement across the country.



‘Tuck Everlasting,’ at Limelight Theater, 11 Old Mission Avenue, St. Augustine. Tickets: $22.50. Book here. 7:30 p.m., except on Sundays, when the show is at 2 p.m. What would you do if you had all eternity? Eleven-year-old Winnie Foster yearns for a life of adventure beyond her white picket fence, but not until she becomes unexpectedly entwined with the Tuck Family does she get more than she could have imagined. When Winnie learns of the magic behind the Tuck’s unending youth, she must fight to protect their secret from those who would do anything for a chance at eternal life. As her adventure unfolds, Winnie faces an extraordinary choice: return to her life, or continue with the Tucks on their infinite journey.

Brass, Organ & Percussion at Jacksonville Symphony, 7:30 p.m. 8 p.m. at Jacoby Symphony Hall, Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts, 300 Water Street, Suite 200, Jacksonville. $27-$57. Book here. Take a journey to the heart of Jacoby Symphony Hall and discover a truly historical monument: the Symphony’s world-class pipe organ. The king of instruments, the Bryan Concert Organ, unites with the colossal sounds of Brass and Percussion for an exhilarating performance. Greg Zelek returns to showcase his mastery that highlights the organ’s versatile, musical power and equally monumental melodies.

Gamble Jam: Musicians of all ages can bring instruments and chairs and join in the jam session, 2 to 5 p.m. . Program is free with park admission! Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach, 3100 S. Oceanshore Blvd., Flagler Beach, FL. Call the Ranger Station at (386) 517-2086 for more information. The Gamble Jam is a family-friendly event that occurs every second and fourth Saturday of the month.  The park hosts this acoustic jam session at one of the pavilions along the river to honor the memory of James Gamble Rogers IV, the Florida folk musician who lost his life in 1991 while trying to rescue a swimmer in the rough surf.

Grace Community Food Pantry, 245 Education Way, Bunnell, drive-thru open today from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The food pantry is organized by Pastor Charles Silano and Grace Community Food Pantry, a Disaster Relief Agency in Flagler County. Feeding Northeast Florida helps local children and families, seniors and active and retired military members who struggle to put food on the table. Working with local grocery stores, manufacturers, and farms we rescue high-quality food that would normally be wasted and transform it into meals for those in need. The Flagler County School District provides space for much of the food pantry storage and operations. Call 386-586-2653 to help, volunteer or donate.






 

Notably: This line from one of Paul’s letter to Corinthians comes to mind, anticipating a second Trump presidency: “I fear that there may be discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder.”

—P.T.

 

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ESL Bible Studies for Intermediate and Advanced Students

Grace Presbyterian Church
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Sunday, Jun 08
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Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way

Flagler School District Bus Depot
Sunday, Jun 08
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Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village

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Al-Anon Family Groups

Silver Dollar II Club
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Monday, Jun 09
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Flagler County Commission Workshop

Government Services Building
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Monday, Jun 09
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Flagler County Library Board of Trustees

Flagler County Public Library
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Monday, Jun 09
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Nar-Anon Family Group

St. Mark by the Sea Lutheran Church
Monday, Jun 09
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Bunnell City Commission Meeting

Bunnell City Hall
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Trump’s religion was that of Norman Vincent Peale, but the religion of Trump was even bigger, a more amazing prosperity gospel, secularized. All that was ugly within it, the violence and the hate, was part of an expression of the sense of lack that Trumpism fed and to which it responded. It was, in its deepest sense, about desire. About wanting. Wanting things, yes, wanting the “green,” wanting jobs; and also wanting to feel safe (from threats real and imagined, the actual decay of the welfare state and “Black crime”), wanting to feel brave (that is, like a man, as seen in the movies, or like a woman, in love with such a man), wanting to feel like a winner. Wanting to feel like Trump. Trump knew his followers wanted what he had, and that what Trump had, that for which the plane and the gold and all the “green,” too, were merely symbols, was the freedom from want, economic and racial. Trump did not want, Trump was. “Is Trump strong?” Trump asked rhetorically. Those constrained by ordinary manners heard in the question evidence of insecurity. His admirers heard rejoicing. Trump’s strength was his strength. Why not take pleasure in power? It feels good to be strong. It was, for the believers, those whom Trump called, “my people,” a blessing.

–From Jeff Sharlet’s The Undertow (2023).

 

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  1. Laurel says

    February 10, 2024 at 10:55 am

    Let me see.

    Republicans want to:
    1.) Get rid of the pesky Sunshine Law
    2.) Use your tax money to send immigrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard
    3.) Use your tax money to fight Disney World
    4.) To remove you tax money from public school to give to private, Christian schools and home schooling
    5.) Save the Constitution when it may support Trump, and then let Trump shred it when it’s no longer of personal value to him
    6.) Take away your right to protest, now that Jan 6 has passed
    7.) Ban books
    8.) Rewrite history
    9.) Remove your ability to govern locally
    10.) Legislate your genitals
    11.) Legislate who you love
    12.) Legislate what you can and cannot say
    13.) Decide what you can wear
    14.) Hand your neighborhood over to big business on a platter
    15.) Ban food that competes with other food industries
    16.) Pick one universal religion, whether you want it or not
    17.) Legislate your womb
    18.) Use your money for DeSantis’ brown shirts to go to Texas and put up razor wire, but at the same time, turn down a real bipartisan bill to secure the border

    …and now…

    19.) Use your tax money to legally defend a man, who has been found guilty of sexual assault, and brags about sexually assaulting women, and who has 91 felony charges against him, some of which are treasonous

    There’s more, but I’m tired of typing.

    Have you had enough yet?

    Trump lost me at “…grab them by the pussy” and publicly mocked a man with palsy. I cannot believe any of you went further with him or DeSantis. If you so like fascism, go to it, don’t bring it here. I want my Florida, and my country back to normal.

  2. ray says

    February 10, 2024 at 1:27 pm

    All is so true !!!

  3. FlaPharmTech says

    February 10, 2024 at 4:54 pm

    We’re with you, Laurel! Well said and typed.

  4. Nancy NICHOLS says

    February 10, 2024 at 7:53 pm

    Amen!

  5. Laurel says

    February 12, 2024 at 3:06 pm

    VOTE accordingly!

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