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The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Tuesday, February 20, 2024

February 20, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 1 Comment

clay jones impeached at the border
Clay Jones on his cartoon: “Republicans impeached President Andrew Johnson in 1868. The Constitution states that “high crimes and misdemeanors” are the grounds that are required for impeachment. What was Johnson’s crimes? He fired a member of his cabinet. The Senate failed to convict Johnson and he was not removed from office. In 1926, the Supreme Court ruled on a similar case and stated that a president can fire cabinet members, even the ones they inherit. Andrew Johnson is one of our worst presidents, perhaps only surpassed by Donald Trump, but his impeachment was political. […] House Republicans impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by one vote, 214-213. It was the Republican’s second attempt as they tried last week after forgetting they should count votes before conducting sham exercises. Secretary Mayorkas didn’t commit any crimes. That’s not my opinion, it’s a fact. Republicans impeached him because he wouldn’t do enough, at least in their eyes, to protect the border. By the way, they did this while blocking a bill that will add protection to the border. Seriously. Representative Ted Lieu said, “This was a stupid, purely partisan impeachment. Republicans still can’t explain what misdemeanors Secretary Mayorkas allegedly committed, let alone any high crimes.” This is true. Republicans can’t explain and they’re stupid. Republicans did this stupid stunt on the same day they lost the special election to fill the seat vacated by George Pants-On-Fire Santos, and then they wondered why they lost.”
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Weather: Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. Tuesday NightClear. Lows in the lower 40s. North winds 5 to 10 mph. See the daily weather briefing from the National Weather Service in Jacksonville here.



Today at a Glance:

The Cold-Weather Shelter known as the Sheltering Tree will open tonight: The shelter opens at Church on the Rock at 2200 North State Street in Bunnell as the overnight temperature is expected to fall to 40 or below. It will open from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. The shelter is open to the homeless and to the nearly-homeless: anyone who is struggling to pay a utility bill or lacks heat or shelter and needs a safe, secure place for the night. The shelter will serve dinner and breakfast. Call 386-437-3258, extension 105 for more information.  Flagler County Transportation offers free bus rides from pick up points in the county, starting at 3 p.m., at the following locations and times:

  • Dollar General at Publix Town Center, 3:30 p.m.
  • Near the McDonald’s at Old Kings Road South and State Road 100, 4 p.m.
  • Dollar Tree by Carrabba’s and Walmart, 4:30 p.m.
  • Palm Coast Main Branch Library, 4:45 p.m.
    Also:
  • Dollar General at County Road 305 and Canal Avenue in Daytona North, 4 p.m.
  • Bunnell Free Clinic, 4:30 p.m.
  • First United Methodist Church in Bunnell, 4:30 p.m.

The shelter is run by volunteers of the Sheltering Tree, a non-profit under the umbrella of the Flagler County Family Assistance Center, is a non-denominational civic organization. The Sheltering Tree is in need of donations. See the most needed items here, and to contribute cash, donate here or go to the Donate button at this page.

The Palm Coast City Council meets at 9 a.m. at City Hall. For agendas, minutes, and audio access to the meetings, go here. For meeting agendas, audio and video, go here.

The Flagler County School Board will hold a workshop (it calls it a retreat, but it’s a misnomer: it basically would rather you did not attend, but it’s an open meeting) from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Training Room 3 at the Government Services Building, 1769 E. Moody Blvd., Bldg. 2, Bunnell. The workshop will continue a discussion on procedural matters. It is open to the public.




The Flagler County School Board meets at 1 p.m. in an information workshop. The board meets in the training room on the third floor of the Government Services Building, 1769 East Moody Boulevard, Bunnell. Board meeting documents are available here.

The Flagler Beach Library Writers’ Club meets at 5 p.m. at the library, 315 South Seventh Street, Flagler Beach.

The Flagler County School Board meets at 6 p.m. in Board Chambers on the first floor of the Government Services Building, 1769 East Moody Boulevard, Bunnell. Board meeting documents are available here. The meeting is open to the public and includes public speaking segments. School board members and their email addresses are listed here.

Flagler Beach Election Forum at Flagler Woman’s Club: As it always has, the Flagler Woman’s Club hosts a forum for the candidates running in the March 19 election, 7 p.m. at the Clubhouse, 1524 S Central Avenue, Flagler Beach. One commission seat and the mayor’s seat were up. Patty King was elected mayor without opposition. She will be among those speaking at the forum, to give residents a chance to get to know her. Eric Cooley’s commission seat is up. Cooley is running again, and has drawn one opponent, Bob Cunningham, who ran last year. But Cunningham has declined to attend, citing a medical issue. Joann Soman will moderate. Jane Mealy, the city commissioner and long-time club member, will be the time-keeper and cookie-bringer (the forum’s other tradition: a bevy of cookies.)

‘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.

Random Acts of Insanity Standup Comedy, 8 p.m. at Cinematique Theater, 242 South Beach Street, Daytona Beach. General admission is $8.50. Every Tuesday and on the first Saturday of every month the Random Acts of Insanity Comedy Improv Troupe specializes in performing fast-paced improvised comedy.






Notably: It’s not a good year for electric vehicles. The LATimes reported a few days ago that “After years of rapid expansion, California’s booming EV market may be showing signs of fatigue as high vehicle prices, unreliable charging networks and other consumer headaches appear to dampen enthusiasm for zero-emission vehicles. For the first time in more than a decade, electric vehicle sales dropped significantly in the last half of 2023. There are even signs that Californians may be growing tired of Tesla — or at least weary of its outspoken chief executive, Elon Musk — as state Tesla sales fell 10% in the final quarter of last year.” Fossilized politicians like our own anti-EV subsidies city councils will seize on the falling-sales part, but ignore the part about lacking EV charging stations, which is key to any sustainable EV market.

—P.T.

 

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June 2025
Sunday, Jun 08
9:30 am - 10:25 am

ESL Bible Studies for Intermediate and Advanced Students

Grace Presbyterian Church
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Sunday, Jun 08
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way

Flagler School District Bus Depot
Sunday, Jun 08
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village

European Village
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Sunday, Jun 08
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Gamble Jam at Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area

Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach
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Sunday, Jun 08
3:00 pm

Al-Anon Family Groups

Silver Dollar II Club
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Monday, Jun 09
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

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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It can all be summed up, beginning, middle, and end – yes, and fitting valediction too, perhaps – in the one word: “dis-gust”. The disgust which I now feel for everything and for life as a whole; the disgust that chokes me, that shatters me, that hounds me out and pulls me down, and that one day may give me strength to break the whole fantastic and ridiculous situation across my knee and finish with it once and for all. I may go on for another month or so, perhaps for six months or a year; eat and drink and fill my days somehow or other. Outwardly my life may proceed as peacefully, regularly, and mechanically as it has been doing all this winter, in frightful contrast to the process of dry rot and dissolution going on within. It would seem that the more placid, detached, and solitary a man’s outer life, the more strenuous and violent his inner experiences are bound to be. It comes to the same thing: if you take care not to be a man of action, if you seek peace in solitude, you will find that life’s vicissitudes fall upon you from within and it is upon that stage you must prove yourself a hero or a fool.

–From Thomas Mann, from “The Dilettante,” an 1897 short story.

 

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  1. Pogo says

    February 20, 2024 at 6:58 am

    @FWIW
    https://www.google.com/search?q=FWIW

    It turns out, even The Conversation (I bookmarked it the year it was launched) is occasionally actually useful:

    280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles
    E-bikes and scooters displace 4x as much demand for oil as all of the EVs in the world.

    The Conversation – 11/18/2023, 7:09 AM
    https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/11/280-million-e-bikes-are-slashing-oil-demand-far-more-than-electric-vehicles/

    Gas guzzling shitheads are saved from themselves by people who actually understand the truth of Paul Wellstone’s, “We all do better when we all do better.” The shitheads, of course, thank those whose conservation efforts help make the guzzler’s profligacy affordable — by murdering them at every opportunity, and remarking on their death with hate and disdain, or faint praise at the best.

    “If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.”
    ― Mark Twain

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