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July 4th, 2025 Parade Video is Published

The American Legion Post 136 of Saint James City, Florida

Will be holding a “Labor Day Family Fun Day”.

Monday, September 3rd
noon to 3pm.

Activities Offered at the St. James City Civic Association This Summer.

Looking for an air-conditioned activity in an air-conditioned building this summer?

The St. James City Civis Association offers exactly that to all Pine Island/Matlacha residents.

MangoMania 2012 Volunteer Appreciation Party

On Friday, August 3rd, the new Greater Pine Island Chamber of

The 16th Annual Pine Island MangoMania was a Wet One.

Opening ceremonies kicked off at 10 a.m. on Saturday at Pine Island MangoMania, the annual event sponsored by The Greater Pine Island Chamber of Commerce.

4th of July Parade 2012 Pine Island Style

Winn Dixie parking lot was the place to be on July 4th around 9:00 am to mingle with those involved in this years’ parade.

Chamber Ambassador Training Program

Volunteering in the Greater Pine Island Chamber of Commerce’s Visitor Center

The Greater Pine Island Chamber and Visitor Center is looking for a few good volunteers for the Visitor Center

Meeting for Design Project from Burnt Store Road to West of Chiquita Boulevard

The Florida Department of Transportation, District One, is holding a public information workshop for the SR 78 (Pine Island Road) design project from Burnt Store Road to west of Chiquita Boulevard in

Matlacha Overlay Plan Approved By a 3 to 2 Vote

The County Commissioners today approved by a 3 to 2 vote (Manning, Judah, and Mann approving and Bigelow and Hall voting no) the Matlacha Overlay Plan.

Kiwanis Gives $25,000.00 to Help the Youth of Pine Island

"Our club is SO amazing! These past few weeks we have given $25,000.00 to help the children of this island! That’s absolutely amazing! Thank you all for everything you do!

The Second Annual “Casino Night at Tarpon Lodge” was a Big Winner Once Again.

The Kiwanis Club of Greater Pine Island recently held their annual event “Casino Night at the Tarpon Lodge” to raise money and awareness

CREATIVE COAST CONCERT Features Bluegrass with an Attitude

"Bluegrass with an Attitude" starring the host/songwriter Kip Lawrence along with his buddies Pat

Organizational Meeting for Pine Island Wildlife Sanctuary

A number of people, including myself, have determined that the time has come for Pine Island to set up a wildlife sanctuary, triage center, limited hospital, or rehab facility of some form.

NEW UPDATE: Cosmo Surgery Went Well

Cosmo had his surgery Friday. The vet found a calcification caused by the inflammation inside. She said that must have been causing him a lot of pain. She removed that and fixed the knees.

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Little Known Facts

Who's The Real Enemy?
Average Prices as of 3/10/22
Russian's pay $.44 per gal. of natural gas & $2 a gal for gasoline.
The U.S. pays $5 gal + del for propane and $4.35 for gasoline
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UPDATE:
Temp Extremes
on Earth's surface
These ARE "everyday" & NOT Record Temps!
7-20-2016!
Iraq: 126deg. F.
Antartica: -91deg. F.
217 deg. spread
8-4-2021!
Samoa: 129deg. F.
Antarctica: -96deg. F.
225 deg. spread
4 deg. warmer
5 deg. colder
>In over 5 Years<
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Sea Levels in Pineland
have NOT gone up 1 inch in 50 years - But the Atlantic Ocean, 150 miles away has risen 3 feet?
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The Dollar's Value IS Tanking!
'92-'05 ~ $400 oz.
2011 - $1800+ oz.
The Gold Story
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Money Isn't Counted
in Venezuela,
It Is Weighed:
10-31-16; Wall
Street Journal,
1 Doz. eggs, $150
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In 1757, Lomonosov fathered the theory crude oil originates from biological material. The Story
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Little Known Arab Facts The Story
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The REAL “Cellular Therapy” Story The Cell Story
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Read: Climate Change "Consensus" a Fallacy
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Read: Astronauts Object to Global Warming "Crisis" Assertion
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17,000+ children and teens are treated for lawn mower injuries each year. The Story

Event Calendar

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Items of Note

4th of July, 2025 Parade - Video
HURRICANE IAN - Video
4th of July, 2024 Parade - Video
4th of July, 2023 Parade - Video
4th of July, 2022 Parade - Video
4th of July, 2021 Parade - Video
Common Sense American Patriot Dearly Missed -
Rush Limbaugh - Died 2-17-21
4th of July, 2019 -- Here for 4th of July, 2019 Parade video
ClamJamSWFL Video video link
PIN Upgrade -- Here for Upgrade Story
4th of July, 2018 -- Here for 4th of July, 2018 Parade video
4th of July, 2017 -- Here for 4th of July, 2017 Parade video
4th of July, 2016- Here for 4th of July, 2016 Parade video
Actual Photo of the Calusa Golden
Mask discovered over 40 years ago

Wisdom From 450 BC

Just in case you or anyone you know or heard of thinks they have had one original thought in their entire life. . .some technology excluded.

“The longer a war lasts, the more things tend to depend on accidents."
“You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.”
“Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.”
"The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.”
"I am more afraid of our own blunders than of the enemy's devices.”

Quotes from Thucydides translated from the classic Greek text:
Born:460 BC, Halimous, Athens (modern Alimos)
Died:400 BC, place of death unknown
Thucydides was an Athenian historian and a general having fought in many Greek battles. Most notably fighting in and cronicaling the Pelopeneasean War in the fifth-century BC between Sparta and Athens manuscript of which he didn't finish for unknown reason. (more to come)

Relevant Quotes

The U.S. Constitution is just words on parchment. If no one protects and defends. . .protects and defends it, God won't bother.

“A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.” — Thomas Jefferson

When accused of colluding with the Russians, Winston Churchill said, “If Hitler invaded Hell, I'd find something nice to say about the Devil himself in the House of Commons."

". . .while the excesses of McCarthyism may be fairly described as a witch hunt, it was a witch hunt with witches, some in government.... " (Thomas Powers, New York Review of Books, 11th May, 2000)

"It (not being conclusively exposed until 1999) meant that he (Alger Hiss, assistant to Secretary of State Edward Stettinius under Franklin Roosevelt) could take pride in acting as Soviet agents in the United States were instructed by their handlers to act. Never reveal your covert existence, they were told; if exposed, categorically deny any complicity; if convicted (he WAS convicted with the help of Richard Nixon), strenuously maintain your innocence as long as you live... (G. Edward White, Alger Hiss's Looking-Glass Wars - 2004)

In 10,000 years no one ever sacrificed their arms, their legs, their family or their life for "progress."

Speaking of Iran's crude nuclear bomb technology and inaccurate delivery systems, "If I were the (west bank) Palestinians, I'd be a little nervous." --John Wohlstetter, a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute

"Goodbye, my beloved friend. A great voice falls silent. A great heart stops. " --Salman Rushdie (On the death of Christopher Hitchens, Dec.,16, 2011) UPDATE 8-22 (See link)

"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."...."To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."-- Thomas Jefferson

"If Congress can employ money indefinitely to the general welfare… The powers of Congress would subvert the very foundation, the very nature of the limited government established by the people of America."--Alexander Hamilton:

“You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else." --Winston Churchill

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Americans Support the Entire Constitution

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Huge Turnout at the Pine Island Chamber's August Card Exchange

Hurricane Hit Pine Island/Matlacha Area 8 Years Ago Today - Where Were You?

Labor Day Family Fun Day Planned at Local Legion