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The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Thursday, April 3, 2025

April 3, 2025 | FlaglerLive | 2 Comments

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From Clay Jones.

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Weather: Sunny. Highs in the upper 80s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Thursday Night: Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight.

  • 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:

CJ Nelson Jr. Sentencing: The sentencing of C.J. Nelson Jr. is scheduled for 9 a.m. before Circuit Judge Dawn Nichols at the Flagler County courthouse, Courtroom 401. Nelson pleaded to manslaughter in the accidental shooting death of 18-month-old Ja’Liyah Allen at 2 Ranwood Lane in September 2023. It’s an open plea, which leaves the sentence, which can be up to 30 years in prison, at the discretion of the judge.

Model Yacht Club Races at the Pond in Palm Coast’s Central Park, from noon to 2 p.m. in Central Park in Town Center, 975 Central Ave. Join Bill Wells, Bob Rupp and other members of the Palm Coast Model Yacht Club, watch them race or join the races with your own model yacht. No dues to join the club, which meets at the pond in Central Park every Thursday.



consumer confidence

Notably: Forget Josh Weil and the revolting Randy Fine. It’s consumer confidence the Trump junta should be worried about. From Statista: “Consumer sentiment in the United States fell to the lowest level in more than two years in March, as uncertainty over tariffs, their effect on inflation and the overall economy are clearly weighing on Americans’ minds. The latest results from the University of Michigan’s monthly Index of Consumer Sentiment showed a steep decline in consumer confidence for the third consecutive month. The overall index, which is based on at least 600 telephone interviews per month and focuses on personal finances, business conditions and buying conditions, fell to its lowest level since November 2022 and is now approaching its all-time low recorded in June 2022, when inflation peaked at almost 9 percent. The latest decline was driven by an 18 percent drop in the Index for Consumer Expectations, which is based on two questions looking 12 months ahead and one question looking at the next five years. “This month’s decline reflects a clear consensus across all demographic and political affiliations,” Survey of Consumer Director Joanne Hsu wrote. “Republicans joined independents and Democrats in expressing worsening expectations since February for their personal finances, business conditions, unemployment, and inflation. Consumers continue to worry about the potential for pain amid ongoing economic policy developments.”

 

Now this, on Marlon Brando’s birthday (1924):





 

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November 2025
Sunday, Nov 09
9:30 am - 10:25 am

ESL Bible Studies for Intermediate and Advanced Students

Grace Presbyterian Church
grace community food pantry
Sunday, Nov 09
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Grace Community Food Pantry on Education Way

Flagler School District Bus Depot
Sunday, Nov 09
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village

European Village
gamble jam
Sunday, Nov 09
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Gamble Jam at Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area

Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach
Sunday, Nov 09
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town,’ at Limelight Theatre in St. Augustine

Limelight Theatre
al-anon family groups logo
Sunday, Nov 09
3:00 pm

Al-Anon Family Groups

Silver Dollar II Club
Sunday, Nov 09
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Thornton Wilder’s ‘Our Town,’ at Limelight Theatre in St. Augustine

Limelight Theatre
flagler county commission government logo
Monday, Nov 10
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Flagler County Library Board of Trustees

Flagler County Public Library
sheltering tree beds cold weather
Monday - Tuesday, Nov 10 - 11
5:00 pm - 8:00 am

Flagler County’s Cold-Weather Shelter Opens

Church on the Rock
nar-anon family groups palm coast
Monday, Nov 10
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Nar-Anon Family Group

St. Mark by the Sea Lutheran Church
Monday, Nov 10
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Bunnell City Commission Meeting

Bunnell City Hall
No event found!

For the full calendar, go here.


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For a third of a century, I got by nicely without Detroit. First off, I don’t do well in cars and have never owned one. The smell of anything faintly resembling car seats gives me motion sickness. That alone had always ranked Motor City a solid third from bottom of American Cities I’d Like to See. I always rely on scenery to deaden the inconvenience of travel, and “Detroit scenery” seemed as self-contradictory as “movie actress,” “benign cancer,” “gentlemen of the press,” or “American Diplomacy.” For my entire conscious life I’d successfully ignored the city. But one day two years ago, Detroit ambushed me before I could get out of its way.

–From Richard Powers’s Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance (1985).

 

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Comments

  1. Why says

    April 3, 2025 at 11:48 am

    Funny, why don’t we show the actual people america sent and are sending to concentration camps to be tortured. Can’t wait till the republican Nazis get what they deserve. Send the orange traitor to the El Salvador camp and that’s far better than he or his family deserves. This stain treats amerikkka like he did the 12 year old at Epsteins island. Always funny how supposed religious people support such a vile evil cruel person who worships money. I guess the Christian’s supported Hitler too!

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  2. Laurel says

    April 4, 2025 at 10:44 am

    Why: Christians crucify Jesus every day.

    Well, it’s good to know that Musk couldn’t buy Wisconsin, though he tried hard. Too bad he can buy Florida and other states; I wish it weren’t so.

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