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The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Wednesday, January 29, 2025

January 29, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 6 Comments

Have mercy by John Darkow, Columbia Missourian
Have mercy by John Darkow, Columbia Missourian

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Weather: Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s. West winds around 5 mph. Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. West winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.

  • 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 Daytona Beach (a few minutes off from Flagler Beach) here.
  • Tropical cyclone activity here, and even more details here.




Today at a Glance:

Flagler Cares hosts its quarterly Help Night from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Flagler County Village Community Room, 160 Cypress Point Parkway, Suite B304, Palm Coast. Help Night is organized and hosted by Flagler Cares and other community partners as a one-stop help event. Representatives from Flagler County Human Services, Early Learning Coalition, EasterSeals, Family Life Center, Florida Legal Services, Lions Club, and many other organizations will be available to provide information and resources. The event is open to the public, free to attend, and will offer assistance with obtaining various services including autism screenings, fair housing legal consultations, Marketplace Navigation, childcare services, SNAP and Medicaid application assistance, behavioral health services, and much more. Free hearing and vision screenings for children will be available and coordinated by the Early Learning Coalition. For more information about this event, please call 386-319-9483 ext. 0, or email [email protected].


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.

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]

Notably: On Jan. 15, 1973, the New York Times reported that the average cost of a day in an American hospital–“total expenses”–had “risen” to $105.30. It had been $40 in 1965, and $15 in 1950. The 1973 rise was double what was allowed under Nixon’s price controls. The figure included the room charge, nursing costs, labs, food–and represented only the cost for community hospitals. Memorial Hospital in new York City, for example, was at $212 a day. Imagine that. In inflation-adjusted dollars, the $105 figure would be $777 in today’s dollars, and the $212 figure would be $1,570. In 2022, apparently the latest-available figures, Kaiser Health News calculated that the average cost of a day’s stay in an American hospital was $3,025–$2,826 in Florida, $4,337 in California, $1,761 in Wyoming. Those are the most expensive rates in the western world. We spend $12,197 per capita per year on health care in this country, 3.8 times the OECD average of $4,715. But life expectancy in the United States ranks near the bottom of the developed and developing world, at 76.4, almost four years below the OECD average. Other health rankings are too depressing to note. Luigi Mangione did not sponsor this item. 

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May 2025
flagler beach farmers market
Saturday, May 24
9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Flagler Beach Farmers Market

315 South 7th Street, Flagler Beach
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Saturday, May 24
9:00 am - 10:00 am

Coffee With Flagler Beach Commission Chair Scott Spradley

Law Office of Scott Spradley
grace community food pantry
Saturday, May 24
10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way

Flagler School District Bus Depot
Saturday, May 24
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Peps Art Walk Near Beachfront Grille

Palm Coast's Frieda Zamba pool may open year-round, based on today's direction from the Palm Coast City Council. (© FlaglerLive)
Saturday, May 24
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Pool Safety Day

Belle Terre Swim and Racquet Club
Sunday, May 25
9:30 am - 10:25 am

ESL Bible Studies for Intermediate and Advanced Students

Grace Presbyterian Church
grace community food pantry
Sunday, May 25
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way

Flagler School District Bus Depot
Sunday, May 25
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village

European Village
gamble jam
Sunday, May 25
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Gamble Jam at Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area

Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach
sunbros cafe
Sunday, May 25
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

SunBros Cafe Celebrates the Life of Travis Sundell

SunBros Cafe
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Sunday, May 25
3:00 pm

Al-Anon Family Groups

Silver Dollar II Club
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Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Laurel says

    January 29, 2025 at 8:55 am

    Trump’s spokesperson wears a cross the size of a door knocker, while spewing nasty remarks. I’m waiting for it to burn a hole in her chest.

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  2. Skibum says

    January 29, 2025 at 9:42 am

    I read a comment the other day from a Christian pastor who said that any Christian who is offended by someone asking the most powerful person in our country to have mercy on those who are least powerful has a fundamental misunderstanding of the teachings of Jesus Christ. All of these maga pseudo-Christians and their nasty comments about the Episcopalian priest who asked Trump to show mercy are just as bad as Trump himself, wanting revenge and even an apology from her for simply stating something that was obviously part of her job description and also easily found in the Bible, but I doubt Trump has ever read or followed what the Bible says anyway.

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  3. Pogo says

    January 29, 2025 at 9:50 am

    @Laurel 👍

    Perfect. ✌️
    https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=trump+press+secretary+2025

    A comedy legend is born — and trump finds love (almost as good as fast food and a diet coke) again after losing his favorite daughter.

    Farewell Ivanka

    4
  4. Endless dark money says

    January 29, 2025 at 10:04 am

    Haha Nazi christians. Don’t worry hopefully new bird flu will take them all out. Haven’t heard of it? Wonder why lol!!!

    2
  5. Joe D says

    January 29, 2025 at 2:27 pm

    AMEN SKIBUM! 🙏

    3
  6. Laurel says

    January 30, 2025 at 2:32 pm

    So here’s a thought, coming from a person who is not religious but likes to ponder things:

    I wonder what would happen if the Devil became President of the United States.
    What would the Devil do?

    I think he might be a rapist and a con himself, of course.
    Maybe he would he take money from the poor and middle class and give it to the rich.
    He would reward the people who would bow to his every word
    He would punish those who would stand up to him.
    He would rid us of those who work to protect us.
    He would promote those who work to harm us.
    He would lie constantly, to get what he wants personally.
    He would fire those who have long careers and experience.
    He would hire the inexperienced and incompetent loyalists.
    He would surround himself with yes men who fear his wrath.
    He would surround himself with those who protect him, and remove protection from others.
    He would free the guilty, and persecute the innocent.
    He would round up, and cage the most vulnerable.
    He would sabotage the personalities of those who act heroically, while promoting himself.
    He would promote the morally corrupt and disesteem the morally strong.

    I guess I could go on and on, but do I have the hang of this Devil thing? I would like to hear from the religious, please. I’m trying to understand.

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