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Weather: Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers. Highs in the upper 60s. Monday Night: Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s.
- 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:
The three-member East Flagler Mosquito Control District Board meets at 10 a.m. at District Headquarters, 210 Airport Executive Drive, Palm Coast. Agendas are available here. District staff, commissioners and email addresses are here. The meetings are open to the public.
The Flagler County Beekeepers Association holds its monthly meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Flagler Agricultural Center, 150 Sawgrass Rd., Bunnell (the county fairgrounds). This is a meeting for beekeepers in Flagler and surrounding counties (and those interested in the trade). The meetings have a speaker, Q & A, and refreshments are served. It is a great way to gain support as a beekeeper or learn how to become one. All are welcome. Meetings take place the fourth Monday of every month. Contact Kris Daniels at 704-200-8075.
Nar-Anon Family Groups offers hope and help for families and friends of addicts through a 12-step program, 6 p.m. at St. Mark by the Sea Lutheran Church, 303 Palm Coast Pkwy NE, Palm Coast, Fellowship Hall Entrance. See the website, www.nar-anon.org, or call (800) 477-6291. Find virtual meetings here.
The Bunnell City Commission meets at 7 p.m. at the Government Services Building, 1769 East Moody Boulevard, Bunnell, where the City Commission is holding its meetings until it is able to occupy its own City Hall on Commerce Parkway in 2025. To access meeting agendas, materials and minutes, go here.
Babylonian Craptivity Day 35: Something our vulgar dictator works hard to overlook. From Statista: “According to a recent survey by Pew Research Center, Ukraine has its steadfast allies who vehemently oppose Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, there are also countries among the 53 surveyed by the organization that trust Putin more than Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, mistrust both politicians or seem complacent on the issue. Nations where almost all respondents have no confidence in Putin are found in Europe, including Eastern Europe. The United States, Japan, South Korea, Israel and Australia are also on that list, but beyond these nations, support wanes. While Latin American countries at least mistrust Putin more than they do Zelensky, suspicion of the latter surpasses that of the former in countries like Hungary, Malaysia, Greece, Thailand and Tunisia. Malaysia was also the country where most people in the survey saw Russia positively (57 percent), followed by Bangaldesh (53 percent), Tunisia and Thailand (52 percent each) as well as Peru (47 percent). While many African nations have split opinions on the issue, complacency reigns supreme in South Asia, with respondents from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh refusing to answer or answering “don’t know” most often in the survey. The same is true for South Africa, another of Russia’s BRICS allies. India, along with China (which wasn’t surveyed) has been one of the biggest buyers of Russian oil above price caps throughout the war, thereby funding the Russian military.”
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January 2025
Monday, Jan 13 – Monday, Oct 13
Flagler County Commission Workshop
Government Services Building
February 2025
Monday, Feb 24
East Flagler Mosquito Control District Board Meeting
Monday, Feb 24
Nar-Anon Family Group
St. Mark by the Sea Lutheran Church
Monday, Feb 24
Flagler County Beekeepers Association Meeting
Flagler Agricultural Center
Monday, Feb 24
Bunnell City Commission Meeting
Tuesday, Feb 25
Palm Coast City Council Workshop
Tuesday, Feb 25
Book Dragons, the Kids’ Book Club, at Flagler Beach Public Library
315 South 7th Street, Flagler Beach
Tuesday, Feb 25
Budgeting by Values: A Virtual Class to Learn Budgeting Skills
Tuesday, Feb 25
NAACP Flagler Branch General Membership Meeting
African American Cultural Society
Tuesday, Feb 25
Random Acts of Insanity Standup Comedy
Cinematique of Daytona Beach
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The past week has been the bleakest in Europe since the fall of the Iron Curtain. Ukraine is being sold out, Russia is being rehabilitated and, under Donald Trump, America can no longer be counted on to come to Europe’s aid in wartime. The implications for Europe’s security are grave, but they have yet to sink in to the continent’s leaders and people. The old world needs a crash course on how to wield hard power in a lawless era, or it will fall victim to the new world disorder. Speaking in Munich last week, America’s vice-president, J.D. Vance, offered a taste of how the home of fine wines, classical architecture and welfare cheques faces humiliation, when he ridiculed Europe as decadent and undemocratic. Its leaders have been excluded from peace talks between the White House and the Kremlin, which began officially in Riyadh on February 18th. However, the unfolding crisis goes far beyond insults and diplomatic niceties. Mr Trump appears ready to walk away from Ukraine which he falsely blames for the war. Calling its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, a “dictator”, Mr Trump warned him that he had “better move fast or he is not going to have a country left”. America may try to impose an unstable ceasefire on Ukraine with only weak security guarantees that limit its right to re-arm. That is bad enough, but Europe’s worst nightmare is bigger than Ukraine. Mr Trump intends to rehabilitate Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, ditching a long-standing policy to isolate him. Without any obvious geopolitical benefit to America, he is angling to restore diplomatic relations. He may soon be feted at a glitzy summit. Offering up concessions in Riyadh, Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, gushed about co-operation and “historic economic and investment opportunities”. (Trump Tower Red Square?)
–From an Economist editorial, Feb. 20, 2025.
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