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Today at a Glance:
Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village: The city’s only farmers’ market is open every Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. at European Village, 101 Palm Harbor Pkwy, Palm Coast. With fruit, veggies, other goodies and live music. For Vendor Information email [email protected]
ESL Bible Studies for Intermediate and Advanced Students: 9:30 to 10:25 a.m. at Grace Presbyterian Church, 1225 Royal Palms Parkway, Palm Coast. Improve your English skills while studying the Bible. This study is geared toward intermediate and advanced level English Language Learners.
‘Crimes of the Heart’ at St. Augustine’s Limelight Theatre, 11 Old Mission Avenue, St. Augustine. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. $25. Book here. The three MaGrath sisters are back together in their hometown of Hazelhurst for the first time in a decade. Under the scorching heat of the Mississippi sun, past resentments bubble to the surface and each sister must come to terms with the consequences of her own “crimes of the heart.”
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella: Youth Edition, at Athens Theatre, 124 North Florida Avenue, DeLand. Tickets range from $12 for students and children to $35 for preferred seating. Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m., with an extra 2 p.m. matinee on Feb. 1. Explore the enchanting world of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella: Youth Edition, where the magic isn’t just in the ball gown! This reimagined fairy tale is a magical musical filled with charm, laughter, and timeless life lessons. Follow the journey of a passionate Cinderella as she navigates the challenges of self-discovery, love, and unexpected adventures. With beloved characters, unforgettable tunes, and a plot that sparkles with warmth and hilarity, it’s a must-see for anyone seeking an escape into a world where dreams unfold, lessons are embraced, and enchantment reigns supreme. Brace yourself for a whirlwind of youthful exuberance and pure fun–Cinderella awaits with open arms, ready to cast its spell on hearts of all ages.
Grace Community Food Pantry, 245 Education Way, Bunnell, drive-thru open today from noon to 3 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.
Al-Anon Family Groups: Help and hope for families and friends of alcoholics. Meetings are every Sunday at Silver Dollar II Club, Suite 707, 2729 E Moody Blvd., Bunnell, and on zoom. More local meetings available and online too. Call 904-315-0233 or see the list of Flagler, Volusia, Putnam and St. Johns County meetings here.
Notably: In 2020 the Pew Research Center reported: “Fewer than half of Americans (43%), however, know that Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany through a democratic political process. And a similar share (45%) know that approximately 6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust. Nearly three-in-ten Americans say they are not sure how many Jews died during the Holocaust, while one-in-ten overestimate the death toll, and 15% say that 3 million or fewer Jews were killed. This raises an important question: Are those who underestimate the death toll simply uninformed, or are they Holocaust deniers – people with anti-Semitic views who “claim that the Holocaust was invented or exaggerated by Jews as part of a plot to advance Jewish interests”?” A few days ago, Statista reported: “ A survey by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) shows: Of 1,000 Americans questioned, almost half (48 percent) could not name a single [Nazi] concentration camp. The situation is somewhat better in countries that housed concentration camps, for example Germany, Austria, Poland and Hungary, with only between 7 and 18 percent not being able to name a single such camp. The memory is particularly present in Poland, the country on whose territory most of the extermination camps were located.” As for the percentage of Americans who can name, locate and dream of visiting Maralago, one suspects it is now considerably higher than Graceland.
—P.T.
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When people attending school or visiting historic sites today first begin to learn about the Japanese American internment, it is obvious that they view the evacuation as morally wrong. However, the way that Americans during World War II viewed the Japanese American internment was divisive. A poll from the American Institute of Public Opinion in March 1942 shows that 93 percent of Americans were in favor of the removal of Japanese immigrants and 59 percent supported the removal of Japanese American citizens. Only 1 percent opposed the internment of Japanese immigrants, while 25 percent opposed the internment of Japanese American citizens.1 While most Americans did not generally recognize Japanese American citizens and aliens as ordinary people, others from the 1 percent and the 25 percent shed some light on the truth of the situation involving the evacuees. Those people, who were well ahead of their time, believed that the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt did not enact Executive Order 9066 because of “military necessity,” as they called it. In fact, they believed it was the public’s overall lack of acceptance of Japanese Americans that caused the government to evacuate the entire Japanese population on the West Coast while they disregarded the facts. The reality was that many Caucasian Americans grievously had mistreated people of Japanese descent before evacuation, which is at odds with the fact that this set of individuals clearly did not pose a threat or do any harm to the country domestically.
–From “The American Public’s Reaction to the Japanese American
Internment,” by Nicholas Taylor, WVU Research Repository, September 2020 .
Ed P says
Bill Maher laments that everything in government is broken but Trump is not the answer. He’s probably partially correct in his assessment. Everyone must get on board with that premise and find a bipartisan path to “fix” it.
No one person or political party is to blame, yet everyone will need to come to that conclusion in order to forge a new path forward.
Probably can not happen, because no one believes they are wrong.
The divide continues to expand.
Has distain over ridden humanity?
Laurel says
The Trumptsters are so, damned easy to manipulate! Trump: “I love the poorly educated.”
Let’s see, fentanyl is made out of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and carbon. “Common sense” tells us it can’t possibly be made here.
Enjoy your overpriced avocados, that will teach our allies and neighbors!
Pogo says
@Time
https://logwork.com/countdown-h5o4
Pogo says
@Get it done
https://www.google.com/search?q=impeach+trump+2025
Pogo says
@Progress
https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=Pink+Floyd+time+meaning&mid=CAF4EBA8B7A2F371C2D3CAF4EBA8B7A2F371C2D3&FORM=VIRE
Time
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
Tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain
And you are young and life is long and there is time to kill today
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun
And you run, and you run to catch up with the sun, but it’s sinking
And racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you’re older
Shorter of breath, and one day closer to death
Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over, thought I’d something more to say
Home, home again
I like to be here when I can
And when I come home cold and tired
It’s good to warm my bones beside the fire
Far away, across the field
The tolling of the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spells
— Song by Pink Floyd
Vin says
To be fair when Barney Gumble was sober he was Harvard bound and successfully completed NASA training in ‘94. If anything, Homer Simpson is the one that drinks his way into jobs he hasn’t earned.
Sherry says
Hey Magas. . . interested in finding out about the absence of leadership in the FAA and what musk had to do with it? Here is something you will not see on Fox. Dare you to watch this:
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/musk-doge-treasury-payment-system-rcna190222
Ed P says
Challenge accepted.
Questions
Is there a farther left leaning media “show” than MSNBC/ Rachel Maddow?
Would Tucker Carlson’s Fox debacle been the 180 degree opposite? Polar opposites?
Does conspiracy theory reside in their neighborhoods?
Ray W, says
Hello Ed P.
Interesting question! Thank you.
A while back, I saved an L.A. Times editorial column, waiting for the moment. The columnist had decided to watch Fox News on New Year’s Day. The New Orleans truck attack had just happened, followed shortly by the Vegas Cybertruck explosion.
“I watched … Kaleigh McEnany (…), Tammy Bruce and Trace Gallagher following each other. Their broadcasts led with segments from the scenes of the deadly attacks that told viewers what was known at the time and included footage of press conferences by the law enforcement agencies investigating the crimes. Those short bits at least offered the pretense of objectivity — the ‘fair and balanced’ mantra Fox News has long insisted is its modus operandi.
“But once the anchors brought in Fox News contributors, their shows reflected the unhinged worldview that now holds power in this country.
“Guest after guest blamed the attacks on the FBI for supposedly preferring diversity initiatives and investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and conservatives over stopping terrorist attacks. Buzzwords flew around like confetti that had nothing to do with the crimes at hand: Antifa. Open borders. Police haters. The far left.
“McEnany, Bruce and Gallagher didn’t imply that the perpetrator had recently entered the country, as Trump and their own network originally did. But they kept referring to the attacker as a ‘U.S. citizen,’ as if they couldn’t believe that a man with a name like Shamsud-Din Jabbar could possibly be an American. The same term was not used on Fox News to describe the Las Vegas Cybertruck exploder, Matthew Livelsberger, according to a review of the transcripts.
“Ex-Green Beret Jim Hanson called President Biden a ‘dementia-addled, barely animated carcass.’ California Republican Party chair Jessica Milan Patterson demanded that all Trump nominees ‘be confirmed immediately’ so the incoming president could more easily accomplish his agenda. Counterterrorism commenter Aaron Cohen mentioned a pro-Palestinian rally in Times Square that day and tied it to the New Orleans attack, claiming, “You don’t shut this stuff down. This is what happens.
“The Fox News I remembered was in full force: Frothing. Paranoid. Vengeful. Seeking not to inform viewers but to inflame.
But the most wacko commentary came from former San Bernardino County sheriff’s Deputy Meagan McCarthy. Earlier in the day, Fox News published — and then walked back — a report that the truck Jabbar used to kill so many had crossed into the U.S. from Mexico a few days earlier. Following that erroneous piece, an avalanche of politicians demanded that the southern border be shut down, and Trump claimed on social media that ‘the criminals coming in are far worse than the criminals we have in this country.’
“Gallagher aired an interview with New-Orleans-area Republican Rep. Steve Scalise in which Scalise referenced Fox News’ original border crossing claim.
“‘We don’t know why,’ Gallagher told McCarthy. ‘We don’t know what the link is. We’re not pointing fingers. We’re just saying that it’s interesting that we are at this point.’
“‘Where there’s smoke, there’s fire,’ she replied. ‘And two things can be true at the same time. You can have an individual who was infiltrated while he was an American citizen, and you can have a problem at the southern border that maybe influenced this attack.’
“That’s why McCarthy suggested that the FBI allow the American public ‘to be a part of the investigation’ — something I doubt she would have advocated for back when she was a sheriff’s deputy.’
“‘I understand as a law enforcement officer, you’re privy to certain things you want to keep close to the chest,’ she said. ‘But I think we have seen the destruction at our southern border for four years. We know that there’s some correlation.’
“Later, Gallagher mentioned a police officer who had remarked earlier that day that not going after shoplifters made it ‘tougher to go after the big fish, the bigger criminals.’
McCarthy agreed.
“‘Back when I was a cop, you would do those traffic stops to get those moving violations because it would lead to a bigger crime,’ she said before adding, ‘We need to start getting back to defending people and not being afraid of offending people, and that starts with having some hard conversations and saying some hard truths.’
“From ripping off a Walgreens to a terrorist attack in New Orleans? Fox News used to have another slogan. We report, you decide. Given that its ratings are the highest in a decade and that it was the highest-rated cable network for the ninth consecutive years, too many Americans had decided that Fox News whine-world is reality and have voted into office fellow true-believers.
“Buckle up your seat belts, everyone else: It’s going to be a hell of a next four years.”
I particularly like that last part.
Okay, Ed P. You ask whether Fox News and MSNBC are polar opposites. Maybe they are. Fox News presents serial lying to the American people as its reason for being. You just read an example of it for yourself. What then is the polar opposite of that type of serial lying?
I am not saying that MSNBC is anything. You are the one trying to make the link. I’m not certain whether anyone should try to link any other news source with the serial lies promulgated by Fox News. Maybe news sources should be judged solely on their merits, without reference to Fox News. After all, Fox News, if compared to any other news source, could only bring the other news source down into the gutter.
My position is that you and everyone else should avoid serial liars whenever possible. Maybe the answer is to avoid all news, regardless the source? I don’t advocate that, but many young people reject all traditional news sources.
What was the story? A bombing in Las Vegas and terror attack in New Orleans. Everything unrelated to the two events that somehow wove its way into the broadcasts was surplusage that might best be called garbage.
Sherry says
@ Ray W Thanks so much for the very compelling argument. A truly superb point. . . since Fox has been proven to be filled with lies, what is the “polar opposite”?
I thought you may be interested in this article from Canada’s Policy Options regarding Fox :
https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/april-2023/should-canada-change-the-channel-on-fox-news/