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The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, April 20, 2024

April 20, 2024 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

Speaker Mike in Jeopardy by Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com
Speaker Mike in Jeopardy by Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com

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Weather: Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Saturday Night: Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest 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.

Democratic Women’s Club of Flagler County meeting at 6 p.m. at the Palm Coast Community Center, 305 Palm Coast Parkway NE.

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.

Flagler VegFest at Flagler County Fairgrounds: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Flagler County Fairgrounds, 150 Sawgrass Road, Bunnell. Vegfest is a diverse and inclusive event, that is committed to educating our community about plant-based lifestyles and how they contribute to a healthier, more sustainable, socially just, compassionate, and cruelty-free world. Join Jacksonville Business Connections. Free event  and parking, with vegan vendors and food, music, bounce house and face painting, education and awareness. Contact us via email at [email protected] if you would like to volunteer, speak, organize demonstrations, etc. To be a vendor or sponsor go here. Follow the Facebook Event for Updates. Share this event for a chance to win a $25 market bucks to spend with any vendor at the event.

Live From the Waterworks: Gamble Rogers Folk Festival’s Monthly Concert Series  every third Saturday at The Waterworks, 184 San Marco Avenue St. Augustine. Doors open at 6 p.m., music starts at 7. The annual event celebrating the life and music of folk legend Gamble Rogers. Through June 2024. Check performers and book tickets here. Read more details about the festival here.

Ormond Beach Celtic Festival, Saturday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Admission: $12 – under 12 free. The festival is on both sides of Granada Avenue at the east end of the bridge. See the entertainment schedule here.

Random Acts of Insanity’s Roundup of Standups from Around Central Florida, 8 p.m. at Cinematique Theater, 242 South Beach Street, Daytona Beach. General admission is $8.50. Every third Saturday RAI hosts Live Standup Comedy with comics from all over Central Florida.

Billy Strings at St. Augustine Amphitheater, 6:30 p.m., St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340 A1A South, St. Augustine. Call the box office Thursdays and Fridays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Otherwise see the amphitheater’s website, or click for tickets here. Raised in Michigan and now based in Nashville, Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Billy Strings is known as one of music’s most compelling artists. In the midst of yet another triumphant year, Strings is nominated for three awards at the 66th Annual GRAMMY Awards: Best Bluegrass Album (Me/And/Dad), Best American Roots Song (“California Sober” feat. Willie Nelson) and Best Country Duo/Group Performance (“High Note” with Dierks Bentley).






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Sistine Chapel, Vatican City.
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Trial notes: There was an arresting moment during last week’s trial of Marcus Chamblin on a murder and attempted murder charge. The prosecution was showing pictures of his tattoos. That would become relevant later when the prosecution tied a similarly tattooed arm to the murder weapon, which the arm was holding. Among the several pictures flashed to the jury and the rest of the courtroom was the one above, which of course immediately brings to mind the very same gesture in Michelangelo’s “Creation of Adam,” God’s hand almost touching Adam. Adm would be to the right. The only thing Chamblin touched, however, was the AK-47-style Draco below. No creation here, except for those who confuse Eden with evil.

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The Russian military may be in a shambles. But recalling a prouder, if more violent, time, the military is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Mikhail T. Kalashnikov’s assault rifle, the AK-47, which has armed more fighters than any other gun.

When the first of General Kalashnikov’s guns rolled off the assembly line, his very name was a state secret. Now, however, it is virtually synonymous with Russian-designed small arms. A 77-year-old retired major general and a recipient of three Orders of Lenin during Soviet times, he has now been awarded one of the Yeltsin Government’s highest decorations for ”service to the Fatherland.” At the recent gala opening of the Kalashnikov exhibition, the inventor was received with almost religious reverence. It was a rare appearance for the soft-spoken General Kalashnikov, who lives in the Russian republic of Udmurtiya, where the Izhevsk Mechanical Engineering Plant still churns out his ”children,” as he fondly calls his guns.

–From “Burst of Pride for a Staccato Executioner: AK-47,” by Michael Gordon, The New York Times, March 13, 1997.

 

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  1. Jackson says

    April 21, 2024 at 9:52 am

    So the Republican political theater failed once again. And what did the GOP accomplish with their tantrums? Ukraine gets more aid than originally proposed, the Republicans proved they are incapable of governing, and proved that their whining about the border is just more political theater whining when they killed the most significant immigration reform in decades, legislation they originally demanded, because they were more worried about Democrats getting credit for doing something the GOP has totally failed to do than they cared about the border. Basically they proved they are nothing more than whining toddlers having tantrums.

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    April 21, 2024 at 2:23 pm

    MTG makes Georgia look really stupid! IMO, she’s one of the top clowns in the current, sad circus. They ought to give her a shove, and pile on the dirt while she’s already in the pit.

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