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Weather: Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 90s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming northeast in the afternoon. Chance of rain 20 percent. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Chance of rain 20 percent.
- Daily weather briefing from the National Weather Service in Jacksonville here.
- Drought conditions here. (What is the Keetch-Byram drought index?).
- Check today’s tides in Flagler Beach here.
- tropical cyclone activity here, and even more details here.
Today at a Glance:
Drug Court convenes before Circuit Judge Terence Perkins at 10 a.m. in Courtroom 401 at the Flagler County courthouse, Kim C. Hammond Justice Center 1769 E Moody Blvd, Bldg 1, Bunnell. Drug Court is open to the public. See the Drug Court handbook here and the participation agreement here.
The Florida Supreme Court releases opinions at 11 a.m.
From the Clip Files: Esquire Magazine decided to mark its 30th anniversary in 1991 with “The Dubious Achievement Awards–From Tricky Dick to Long Dong Silver.” Reember Long Dong Silver, the porno Clarence Thomas, as he was lusting for his supreme court judgeship, was said to have discussed with Anita Hill as he harassed her, and as Joe Biden, then the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, enabled him, down to refusing to have a proper investigation of the Hill allegations, and thereby ensuring the confirmation of Thomas by a two-vote margin? Thomas has been laughing since. He made Esquire’s awards: “Now we know how justice went blind.” That year Geraldo published an autobiography with lines worthy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, minus the style (which is just about the only thing Rousseau really had going for him), describing himself as “a grunting voracious pig in heat” and having sex with Bette Midler, Judy Collins and Margaret Trudeau (I’m beginning to remember why I stopped subscribing to Esquire long, long ago). This goes on for 20, 30 pages. Vanilla Ice. Michael Ovitz. Brooke Shields. Norman Schwarzkopf. And this little gem, under the heading: “We don’t really give a shit: Donald Trump and Marla Maples announced their engagement.” Darryl Strawberry. Imelda Marcos (declaring that a volcano’s eruption was god’s punishment of the government not allowing her husband’s body to be buried in his homeland). Ted Turne. The first George Bush. Al Sharpton accusing Elizabeth II of racism. “Eleven-year-old Mark Harman of London, England, learned to do his homework while lying on a bed of four hundred nails with his six-year-old sister sitting on top of him.” That was under the heading: “Why can’t he abuse himself in the normal way?” Enough.
—P.T.
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August 2025
Palm Coast Code Enforcement Board Meeting
Separation Chat: Open Discussion
Flagler Beach Library Book Club
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 Republican Club Meeting
Palm Coast Council and County Commission Joint Workshop on Animal Control
Flagler Beach Parks Ad Hoc Committee
Flagler County Drug Court Convenes
Story Time for Preschoolers at Flagler Beach Public Library
Model Yacht Club Races at the Pond in Palm Coast’s Town Center
For the full calendar, go here.
So, therefore, that mortal man who hath more of joy than sorrow in him, that mortal man cannot be true—not true, or undeveloped. With books the same. The truest of all men was the Man of Sorrows, and the truest of all books is Solomon’s, and Ecclesiastes is the fine hammered steel of woe. “All is vanity.” ALL. This wilful world hath not got hold of unchristian Solomon’s wisdom yet. But he who dodges hospitals and jails, and walks fast crossing graveyards, and would rather talk of operas than hell; calls Cowper, Young, Pascal, Rousseau, poor devils all of sick men; and throughout a care-free lifetime swears by Rabelais as passing wise, and therefore jolly;—not that man is fitted to sit down on tomb-stones, and break the green damp mould with unfathomably wondrous Solomon.
—From Melville’s Moby-Dick (1852).
Bill C says
Read Walter Isaacson’ s biography of Elon Musk, who is on the autism spectrum, and to see how, despite his genius, he is completely dissociated from empathy for others.