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Weather: Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then showers with thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Highs around 90. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent. Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy. Showers with thunderstorms likely in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 90 percent.
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Today at a Glance:
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 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.
The Circle of Light Course in Miracles study group meets at a private residence in Palm Coast 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] for location and information.
 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 cover of Charlie Hebdo a couple of weeks back: “God Is Real. He Gets Rid of Mullahs for Us.”
—P.T.
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Free For All Fridays With Host David Ayres on WNZF
Scenic A1A Pride Meeting
Blue 24 Forum
Acoustic Jam Circle At The Community Center In The Hammock
Flagler County’s Cold-Weather Shelter Opens
Flagler Beach Farmers Market
Coffee With Flagler Beach Commission Chair Scott Spradley
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
Gamble Jam at Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area
ESL Bible Studies for Intermediate and Advanced Students
Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way
Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village
Al-Anon Family Groups
For the full calendar, go here.
… and I felt once again, but with unprecedented force, that we die countless times in the course of a life, little deaths that leave us standing there, petrified, surviving, like Robinson Crusoe on the island he didn’t choose, with only our memories to improvise what comes next and no Friday to help us cultivate it.
–From Philippe Lançon’s Disturbance: Surviving Charlie Hebdo (2018).
Jim says
Clarence Thomas is as corrupt as they come. No question.
I spent most of my career working for a company that provided products to the government. As a civilian, my company specifically prohibited all employees from either giving or receiving gifts from our customers or our sub-contractors. I remember three instances over 40 years where an employee was found in violation of that and in all three cases, they were fired and found themselves on the wrong end of a lawsuit. I never thought much about the rule because once it was known, we had to follow it.
Now, a justice on the Supreme Court gets away with having a $278k loan “forgiven” on his high-end RV, gets expensive trips to fancy places for “meetings” and spends time on his “buddies” luxury yachts sailing around foreign countries. All of this is acceptable according the Supreme Court and the Republicans in Congress who would howl like a wolf if this was a liberal member of the court.
The bottom line is that when all this “dark money” was allowed into the political system, the temptation has been too much for [almost] all politicians and, now unfortunately, those in the judicial system.
I hate to say this but I no longer believe that our political system nor our courts have the moral and ethical standards to be trusted anymore. Until we get rid of all this money flowing through the system, it will not get better. And I do not expect it ever to get better.