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Weather: Sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph. Wednesday Night: Clear. 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:
In Court: Sarah Welker, facing a felony child neglect charge, is scheduled to plead out before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins at 2:30 p.m. See the arrest affidavit here.
The Palm Coast Planning and Land Development Board meets at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall. See the full agenda here.
Separation Chat, Open Discussion: The Atlantic Chapter of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State hosts an open, freewheeling discussion on the topic here in our community, around Florida and throughout the United States, noon to 1 p.m. at its new location, Pine Lakes Golf Club Clubhouse Pub & Grillroom (no purchase is necessary), 400 Pine Lakes Pkwy, Palm Coast (0.7 miles from Belle Terre Parkway). Call (386) 445-0852 for best directions. All are welcome! Everyone’s voice is important. For further information email [email protected] or call Merrill at 804-914-4460.
Weekly Chess Club for Teens, Ages 9-18, at the Flagler County Public Library: Do you enjoy Chess, trying out new moves, or even like some friendly competition? Come visit the Flagler County Public Library at the Teen Spot every Wednesday from 4 to 5 p.m. for Chess Club. Everyone is welcome, for beginners who want to learn how to play all the way to advanced players. For more information contact the Youth Service department 386-446-6763 ext. 3714 or email us at [email protected]
The Circle of Light Course in Miracles study group meets at Vedic Moons, 4984 Palm Coast Parkway NW, Palm Coast, Fl every Wednesday at 1:20 PM. There is a $2 love donation that goes to the store for the use of their room.  If you have your own book, please bring it. All students of the Course are welcome. There is also an introductory group at 1:00 PM. The group is facilitated by Aynne McAvoy, who can be reached at [email protected].
 Keep Their Lights On Over the Holidays: Flagler Cares, the social service non-profit celebrating its 10th anniversary, is marking the occasion with a fund-raiser to "Keep the Holiday Lights On" by encouraging people to sponsor one or more struggling household's electric bill for a month over the Christmas season. Each sponsorship amounts to $100 donation, with every cent going toward payment of a local power bill. See the donation page here. Every time another household is sponsored, a light goes on on top of a house at Flagler Cares' fundraising page. The goal of the fun-raiser, which Flagler Cares would happily exceed, is to support at least 100 families (10 households for each of the 10 years that Flagler Cares has been in existence). Flagler Cares will start taking applications for the utility fund later this month. Because of its existing programs, the organization already has procedures in place to vet people for this type of assistance, ensuring that only the needy qualify. |
Notably: The Economist in its December 7 issue ran an erroneous editorial that began: “If you want to understand how desperately Israelis and Palestinians need peace, consider what would become of them in a state of perpetual war. Against a vastly superior Israeli army, the Palestinians’ most powerful weapon would remain the death and suffering of their own people. Israel’s fate would be woeful, too, if it wants to be a flourishing, modern democracy. If Israel permanently relies on its army to subjugate the Palestinians, it would become an apartheid-enforcing pariah. Israelis carrying out daily acts of oppression punctuated by rounds of killing would themselves be corrupted. For two peoples locked in a violent embrace, peace is the only deliverance.”
Here’s the correct version: If you want to understand how desperately Israelis and Palestinians need peace, consider what has become of them in a state of perpetual war. Against a vastly superior Israeli army, the Palestinians’ most powerful weapon remains the death and suffering of their own people. Israel’s fate has been woeful, too, as it claims to want to be a flourishing, modern democracy. But Israel permanently relies on its army to subjugate the Palestinians. It is an apartheid-enforcing pariah. Israelis carrying out daily acts of oppression punctuated by rounds of killing have themselves been corrupted. For two peoples locked in a violent embrace, peace is the only deliverance.
—P.T.
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River to Sea Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) Meeting
Fall Horticultural Workshops
Separation Chat: Open Discussion
The Circle of Light A Course in Miracles Study Group
Weekly Chess Club for Teens, Ages 9-18, at the Flagler County Public Library
Flagler County Drug Court Convenes
Model Yacht Club Races at the Pond in Palm Coast’s Town Center
Palm Coast Beautification and Environmental Advisory Committee
Flagler Beach City Commission Meeting
For the full calendar, go here.
I wondered if I should press him. That’s what journalists do. We’re worse than the media haters can imagine. We leave a message and when we don’t get an answer, we leave another and sometimes we just knock on a door on the other side of which, we know, is fear, or grief, or anger that does not want our questions. Our measuring gaze. But we want it. Their fear, their grief, their anger. Our measuring gaze. So we soothe, we cajole. We seek “access.” Open, sesame. Give us your story. Every journalist, the guilty ones, at least, knows what Janet Malcolm wrote in The Journalist and the Murderer: “Every journalist who is not too stupid or full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible. He is a kind of confidence man, preying on people’s vanity, ignorance, or loneliness, gaining their trust and betraying them without remorse.” Since we know what Malcolm wrote we think our readers do too. Some do. Sneddon didn’t. Was he lying about his father’s memorial? Had he simply thought better of talking to a reporter? He should have. But I thought he was telling the truth, and I didn’t have the stomach anymore–I should say the heart-for that kind of story, so I offered my condolences and hung up. I wanted to follow rather than to find, to let the strange wind of the singing smelter set my course.
–From Jeff Sharlet’s The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War (2023).
Pogo says
@Meanwhile, in the Spanish Inquisition 2.0 — that is Florida today
“DeSantis campaign staffers return to jobs at governor’s office…” (feral hogs, pay attention — this is how to)
“TALLAHASSEE — A month after Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his campaign for president, some of the most prominent members of his political team are returning to his administration with taxpayer-funded jobs.
Christina Pushaw, who became well-known for her online persona as the DeSantis campaign’s rapid response director, will be serving as a senior analyst for the governor. While the office has yet to comment on what her job duties are, records show she will be earning an annual salary of $155,000.
Bryan Griffin, who served as the presidential campaign’s press secretary, is back serving as the governor’s communications director. He is earning $160,000, records show.
And last month, James Uthmeier, who worked as the campaign manager for DeSantis’ failed bid for president, returned to his role of chief of staff. His annual salary is roughly $196,000…”
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/02/20/desantis-campaign-staffers-return-to-jobs-at-governors-office/
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As stated (PPE strongly recommended)
https://www.google.com/search?q=Christina+Pushaw
Deborah Coffey says
Great cartoon!
Bill C says
House Speaker Mike Johnson in the role of Elijah vs. the priests of Baal. (1 Kings 18)