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Weather: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Heat index values as high as 107. Light and variable wind becoming east 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 76. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
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Today at a Glance:
Bowling: 2026 PBA South Region Palm Coast Open Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Palm Coast Lanes, 11 Old Kings Road North. National Title holder Austin Grammer and Sunshine Lanes/Deland title holder Scotty Newell are among the competitors. Pro-ams Friday from 4 p.m. on (practice from 1 to 3 p.m.), qualifying Saturday starting at 8, Final rounds Sunday starting at 9 a.m.
The Saturday Flagler Beach Farmers Market is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at South 2nd Street, right in front of City Hall, featuring prepared food, fruit, vegetables , handmade products and local arts from more than 30 local merchants. The market is hosted by Flagler Strong, a non-profit.
Coffee With Commissioner Scott Spradley: Flagler Beach Commission Chairman Scott Spradley hosts his weekly informal town hall with coffee and doughnuts at 9 a.m. at his law office at 301 South Central Avenue, Flagler Beach. All subjects, all interested residents or non-residents welcome. The gatherings usually feature a special guest.
Gamble Jam: Join us from 2 to 4 p.m. for the Gamble Jam—a laid-back, toe-tappin’ tribute to the legendary Florida folk singer and storyteller, James Gamble Rogers IV! Musicians of all skill levels are welcome to bring their acoustic instruments and join the jam. Whether you’re strumming, picking, singing, or just soaking in the sounds, come be part of the magic at the Gamble Jam pavilion! The program is free with park admission! Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach, 3100 S. Oceanshore Blvd., Flagler Beach, FL. Call the Ranger Station at (386) 517-2086 for more information. The park hosts this acoustic jam session at one of the pavilions along the river to honor the memory of James Gamble Rogers IV, the Florida folk musician who lost his life in 1991 while trying to rescue a swimmer in the rough surf.
Grace Community Food Pantry, 245 Education Way, Bunnell, drive-thru open today from 10 a.m. to 1 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.
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Notably: I am in no shape, no mood.
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My children telephoned and I told them I was dying. I telephoned Linda after she finished her workday to remind her that I was dying. When a stranger wanted to come calling, I told him I was almost dead.
–From Donald Hall’s Carnival of Losses: Notes on Nearing Ninety (2018).
Ed P says
To anyone who has not investigated the current LEADERSHIP (not members) of the DSA,
I invite you to use google.
Simply ask WHO is the DSA leadership
Ask if they have a revolutionary caucus… they have several.
Ask if the DSA entryism is a slow infiltration that provides cover.
Finally, ask if the DSA LEADERSHIP has openly identified COMMUNISTS.
BillC says
Three days ago Ed P stated “I am a long term strategist who monetizes everything.” Everything?
The corruption and self dealing of Trump and his sycophants, and his disregard for the Constitution and the law is a far greater and immediate threat to democracy than than a few DSA congress members.
Skibum says
Ed P, You love to distract from the corruption being thrown right in our faces every day! I’m beginning to believe you are being bribed under the table, or even above it, by the convicted felon sex abuser con man himself. This is evidenced by the unrelenting, daily episodes of horrendous abuses of power we all see and must endure, but you jump up and down, flailing your arms and yell “Nothing to see here… HEY, LOOK OVER THERE!”
It is NOT working.
Laurel says
Trump is now getting Michael Boulos, Tiffany Trump’s husband, in on the corruption. Got to hand it to Trump, he keeps it all in the family.
Dennis C Rathsam says
As the Irainians continue to dig in the sand, the party’s almost over! 49 yrs, almost 1/2 my life time America has been threatened by these animals! They have killed thousands of their own people, & thousands of Americans! TRUMPS had enough, & so should every American. The delays, the lies the killings will be put to an end. Pickaxe Mountain will be a hole in the ground. You and I both know what’s in them planes. The Irainians cheer death to America, & now with the help of the Middle East, & Isreal, the cities will crumble, there electric will no longer exist They will live in the dark, for months to come, Lord knows where there gonna get water from? That plant will sit 1/2 way in the ocean. God bless our servicemen & woman & keep them safe. May the B 52s do a job on the desert rats TRUMPS gonna fry them like bacon.
Carolb says
Pierre, you must have watched the Correspondents’ Dinner last night; I feel your pain & ennui!
Laurel says
Trump painted himself, and us, into a corner; he has no way out. I think he is going to nuke them. He has no concern for human life, or the planet for that matter. We were doing okay before dipshit got involved. He and his cabinet of the incredibly stupid, greedy kowtowing puppets cannot leave fast enough. As it is, it’s going to take a long time for the world to accept us as any semblance of sanity. They will never look at us the same again. Really too bad.
Laurel says
I’ve noticed, on YouTube, that the far right’s new scare tactic is calling the Democrats “communists” and how they are threatening us normal people with the dreaded “DSA” (Democratic Socialist Agenda). You know, something that is so overwhelmingly popular that it could take over in a matter of seconds! Quick, grab your tinfoil hats!
Ah, yeah, new buzz words and buzz phrases since the old ones went stale. Getting closer to November will make the Democrats more heinous by Fox Entertainment’s *summations*. Good, ole Fox Entertainment, on top of everything that is disinformation.
Anyone watch Newsmax? Great way to laugh and shake your head at the same time!
Ed P says
Hello Laurel,
DSA FACT
51% of leadership has openly stated they are communists. Others align as Marxist and Leninist.
DSA has caucuses that believe the only solution to fixing the United States is revolution -5 explicitly
It’s not the whole Democratic Party but the infiltration of these radical leftist who are winning primaries and elections. The fear is that the Democrats will be pulled all the way to socialism making them a marginal choice for anyone who endorses capitalism and the constitution.
The DSA IS not the working class party. The brown and black voters do not support them. The DSA is propped up primarily white college degreed females who have been unsuccessful in their career paths and are earning below their expect potential. They have decided capitalism is to blame and the system is rigged. It’s got to be someone or something else, it can’t be their worthless degrees or them.
Bernie Sanders, AOC, Tlaib, and Mamdani all support the DSA
Many more prominent Dems are tolerating them and not speaking out or against the radical DSA platform.
No one is calling the Dems the boogeymen or going full McCarthyism.
To suggest otherwise is simply not true and disingenuous at best.
Laurel says
“The DSA is propped up primarily white college degreed females who have been unsuccessful in their career paths and are earning below their expect potential. They have decided capitalism is to blame and the system is rigged. It’s got to be someone or something else, it can’t be their worthless degrees or them.”
So, exactly, what planet do you reside on?
Ed P says
Hello Laurel,
Why don’t you just google if you don’want to research. These downwardly mobile individuals endorsing the DSA are about 60% of the females I referenced.
Facts are a funny thing….they are making you look like a clown.
I live in Realville… you should visit.
Laurel says
Damn feminists, damn them all.
J.J. Walker says
See Stalin and Lenin. American as apple pie!
Jim says
Note Ed P’s concerns about the DSA above! It’s almost funny to see this. The boogeyman is the DSA and the Communists and the immigrants and rigged elections and the people of color! Republicans are the most desperate I’ve ever seen (and with good cause)! They’re throwing everything against the wall hoping something sticks. That’s what has to be done with you have no policies to run on and your “governing” has got us into another Mid-Eastern forever war and driven prices up to where they are truly painful.
Prices will NOT come down much- if at all – between now and the election. I hope everyone understands what party has total power right now and the fantastic job they’ve done of wrecking the country. And I even hope that Randy Fine, one of the hairs on Trump’s ass gets a decent challenge this time. After all, if you vote for Fine, then you are “fine” with the current situation because if the Republicans maintain power, it’s just going to get worse.
Skibum says
It is just a never ending diatribe of distraction attempts from Ed P. He should feel uncomfortable in the hole he has dug for himself trying to brainstorm ways to justify all the corruption, self-dealing, attempts to steal this nation’s assets, AND the blatant protection and cover-up of some of the most despicable child molesting sex fiends. Yet, he continues to distract because he can’t handle the truth.
Ed P says
Hello Skibum,
I would think that with 30 years of law enforcement behind you, you would be a bit more analytical.
Once more, I am not trying to gloss over anything from the right or demonizing the left. I’m firing flares of concerns.
The DSA has been around a decade, their members hold nearly 200 public office and they are being represented in about 35 races in November. They are being endorsed by multiple high profile Democrats.
Possibly you might at least agree with the next 3 statements.
The DSA platform is anti capitalistic.
CAPITALISM establishes legal foundations that protect private commerce and property ownership.
Capitalism is the bedrock of the United States.
Pogo says
P.T.
Thanks.
Less is often the most:
Notes Nearing Ninety: Learning to Write Less
By Donald Hall August 8, 2018
“…Louise is my cat. Ten years ago, her vigorous sister Thelma squirmed out of the house and discovered Route 4. My assistant Kendel dug a hole, and we set a half-barrel over the grave to impede hungry animals from enjoying a Thelma snack. Louise is passive, too shy to scoot through an open door. At night, when I watch MSNBC, she annoys me by rubbing my knee, but she never knocks me over…”
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/08/08/notes-nearing-ninety-learning-to-write-less/
J.J. Walker says
Communist don’t allow down votes either.
BobAnonAnon says
” My children telephoned and I told them I was dying. I telephoned Linda after she finished her workday to remind her that I was dying. When a stranger wanted to come calling, I told him I was almost dead.”
We’re both nearing the exit. Having watched all but one of our friends and relatives die, I can tell you the endgame is never a pretty one. But I still want to live to vote these cruel miscreants out of office. Or die at their hands while protesting election interference.
But I have some hope. The Achilles heel of the Trump administration has been trading competence for blind loyalty. That infection now runs so deep that disaster and catastrophe will either wash them away. Or hopelessly and tragically, flush America down the toidy as a force for stability, freedom, and democracy. Even magits will miss the stability that made life so much easier for so many.
Pogo says
P.T.
Thanks.
Notes Nearing Ninety: Learning to Write Less
“…Louise is my cat. Ten years ago, her vigorous sister Thelma squirmed out of the house and discovered Route 4. My assistant Kendel dug a hole, and we set a half-barrel over the grave to impede hungry animals from enjoying a Thelma snack. Louise is passive, too shy to scoot through an open door. At night, when I watch MSNBC, she annoys me by rubbing my knee, but she never knocks me over…”
By Donald Hall August 8, 2018
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/08/08/notes-nearing-ninety-learning-to-write-less/
As stated
https://www.google.com/search?q=Donald+Hall+Carnival+of+Losses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnOMNeMPWH0
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