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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 |
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Barack Obama Sr Brought to America by Harry Belafonte
By Selected News Articles @ 4:07 PM :: 18895 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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U.S. and British officials were deeply suspicious of this outfit, observing that the AASF – though backed by singer (ands Communist Party member) Harry Belafonte and actor Sidney Poitier – had links to a Kenyan nationalist leader….
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012 |
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Unspeakable arrogance and Hawaii's environmental laws
By Selected News Articles @ 9:18 PM :: 5699 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...these laws were passed primarily to restrain politicians from being reckless with public resources, not to restrain the private sector....
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Monday, April 16, 2012 |
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Hawaii Bishop at Vatican, Prays for Courage to Defend Religious Liberty
By Selected News Articles @ 3:11 PM :: 10424 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Bishops from California, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah began their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican with prayers for courage in defending religious freedom and in sharing faith in the risen Lord.
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Monday, April 16, 2012 |
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Dalai Lama Slams Beijing for Burnings
By Selected News Articles @ 3:05 PM :: 13124 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Tibet's spiritual leader says China's 'totalitarian' policies sparked Tibetan self-immolations....
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Sunday, April 15, 2012 |
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Ed Week: Hawaii in Biggest Trouble, Feds Have Good Reason to Revoke Race to the Top
By Selected News Articles @ 7:10 PM :: 6222 Views :: Energy, Environment
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- HSTA: “You Cannot Expect Better Results”
- Inouye, Akaka, Hirono, Hanabusa: "Hawaii is making Significant Progress"
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Friday, April 13, 2012 |
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Hawaii Economic Performance Ranks 15th, Economic Outlook 46th
By Selected News Articles @ 9:50 PM :: 7445 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The annual Rich States Poor States report is out. Hawaii ranks 15th for economic performance and 46th for economic outlook.
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Friday, April 13, 2012 |
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Am Samoa Congressman Travels Through Ethics Loophole
By Selected News Articles @ 12:34 AM :: 2682 Views
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His trips there are allowed under a half-century-old law called the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961. The post-Abramoff 2007 law that tightened congressional travel rules did not cover these MECEA trips....
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Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
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HB 108: Dog Fighting OK, Dog Breeding Illegal
By Selected News Articles @ 11:24 PM :: 5938 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Days after the Hawaii Senate Committee on Judiciary and Labor replaced anti-dogfighting language from a House bill designed to deter dogfighting with a broad range of regulations for dog breeders and pet stores, the Hawaii State Senate is expected to vote on the new measure ....
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Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
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Not Aimed at Hawaii This Time: N Korea Rocket fails, falls in Ocean
By Selected News Articles @ 6:58 PM :: 9199 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Immediately after the launch, South Korea issued an order urging residents near the inter-Korean border to seek shelter to protect themselves from any debris that might fall from the rocket, Yonhap said....
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Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
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Am Samoa Congressional Race: Radewagen, Lancaster Challenge Faleomavaega
By Selected News Articles @ 6:22 PM :: 6225 Views :: National News, Ethics
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US Army retiree Rosie Fualaau Tago Lancaster, who will be making a second bid, and Aumua Amata Radewagen, who has entered numerous times, will be challenging the incumbent congressman Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin....
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Thursday, April 12, 2012 |
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Salon: Am Samoa's Congressional Delegate Defends Dictatorship at Behest of Lobbyist
By Selected News Articles @ 6:04 PM :: 8899 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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No one except Faleomavaega knows which demands had been 'met,' as Bahrain today remains governed by an undemocratic monarchy which tortures and imprisons its citizens with impunity....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
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Three Judge Panel Will Hear Reapportionment Case
By Selected News Articles @ 10:28 PM :: 6121 Views :: Energy, Environment
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At the conference, Defendants agreed that substantial questions of constitutionality require the convening of a three-judge court....
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
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$25M Kapolei Biofuel Refinery Produces 5 Barrels per Day
By Selected News Articles @ 2:46 PM :: 8777 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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At present, the new biorefinery is expected to churn out five barrels a day...thanks to ... the $25-million U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant that made the project possible....
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Monday, April 9, 2012 |
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Hawaiian societies caught as much fish as modern fishers
By Selected News Articles @ 3:35 PM :: 6596 Views :: Energy, Environment
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For some 400 years before European settlers arrived, ancient Hawaiian societies caught as much fish as modern fishers or more - without fishing the reefs to depletion....
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Monday, April 9, 2012 |
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RNC Moves to Boost Hawaii GOP
By Selected News Articles @ 3:03 PM :: 8334 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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As of the end of February, the Hawaii GOP had $29,000 in the bank in federal funds and was carrying over $100,000 in debt.
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Monday, April 9, 2012 |
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Pacific Rim GSA: 115 iPods Missing
By Selected News Articles @ 2:07 PM :: 8576 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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An investigation by the inspector general of the General Services Administration found rampant abuse of an employee awards program of the agency’s Pacific Rim region, the same region that has come under fire for spending more than $800,000 on a Las Vegas training conference for 300 employees.
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Sunday, April 8, 2012 |
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Hawaii Among Worst States in Nation on Taxing the Working Poor
By Selected News Articles @ 2:16 PM :: 6586 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Unlike most states, Hawaii taxes working-poor families deeper into poverty, and it charges them higher tax bills than all but four other states....
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Saturday, April 7, 2012 |
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NTU: Hanabusa voted for 91% of Tax Increases, Hirono 88%
By Selected News Articles @ 2:58 PM :: 7448 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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A zero score would indicate that the Member of Congress approved every spending proposal and opposed every pro-taxpayer reform....
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Saturday, April 7, 2012 |
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Biofuel: Honeywell Hints at Tesoro Refinery Takeover
By Selected News Articles @ 12:14 AM :: 12895 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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We are left to guess the initial refining partner – though it is not difficult to surmise that Tesoro has been the test partner to date, and presumably would be the first to license and deploy the process....
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012 |
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KOS: The Secret Behind Mitt Romney’s Hawaii Landslide
By Selected News Articles @ 2:47 PM :: 6655 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The Mormon vote in Laie is reminiscent of the margins that Democrats often pull in inner-cities. It’s pretty stunning.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012 |
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Hawaii: Is the Obama Administration Giving States Flexibility When It Rejects Proposals to Reduce Medicaid Costs?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:16 PM :: 7094 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...even the most basic attempts at experimentation have to wait endlessly for federal approval and many are rejected....
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012 |
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Faleomavaega: Bahrain’s Best Friend in Congress
By Selected News Articles @ 3:27 AM :: 7845 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Last year, as the government of Bahrain violently suppressed an Arab Spring protest movement, an unlikely champion of the small Gulf nation emerged on Capitol Hill in Washington: Democratic Rep. Eni Faleomavaega, the delegate from American Samoa....
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012 |
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Feds Reject Hawaii’s 10-Day Medicaid Hospital Limit
By Selected News Articles @ 2:30 PM :: 7778 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Private health insurers generally don’t limit hospital coverage ....
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012 |
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Pentagon Prepares for Possible Shoot Down of North Korean Missile
By Selected News Articles @ 2:24 PM :: 10266 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Three interceptor ships near Japan and the Philippines, as well as U.S.-based interceptors, are ready to shoot down the North Korean missile if space-, land-, and sea-based sensors determine its flight path is targeted at the United States or U.S. allies....
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Monday, April 2, 2012 |
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ACLU: Hawaii Counties Among Few Requiring Warrant to Track Cell Phones
By Selected News Articles @ 7:17 PM :: 12967 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Only six agencies responded that in order to track cell phones, they must first get a warrant or have probable cause: County of Hawaii, Hawaii; Honolulu, Hawaii; Wichita, Kan.; Lexington, Ky.; Lincoln, Neb.; and North Las Vegas, Nev....
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Monday, April 2, 2012 |
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The Ryan Plan: The Cliff's Notes version of Republican health reform
By Selected News Articles @ 1:17 PM :: 5768 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Will House Republicans save Hawaii's Prepaid Health insurance law from Abercrombie's effort to destroy it?
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Monday, April 2, 2012 |
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Vancouver Sun: Hawaii Vacation Rental Bills Violate NAFTA
By Selected News Articles @ 4:48 AM :: 11363 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The Hawaii state legislature has taken dead aim at NAFTA and the provisions it requires of the state, and the protections it affords Canadians who make cross-border investments in vacation rental properties….
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Sunday, April 1, 2012 |
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HB1033: Tracing the Financial Outlines of Socialism in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 5:59 PM :: 9604 Views :: Energy, Hawaii State Government
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Hawaii banks and Hawaii’s housing sector largely avoided subprime lending.... But Hawaii’s political leaders are working to change all of that.
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Saturday, March 31, 2012 |
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Felony Inducement? Laura Thielen Senate Run Rejected by Democratic State Committee
By Selected News Articles @ 11:58 PM :: 9059 Views :: Energy, Environment
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“In my interview, they actually suggested I run for office as a Republican and then convert to the Democratic Party,” Thielen said.... “One person on the committee asked, ‘Would you bring your mother into the Democratic Party?’”
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Saturday, March 31, 2012 |
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Overworked Doctor Commits Suicide at Tripler
By Selected News Articles @ 1:57 PM :: 20845 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...he did not want to leave his medical colleagues at the hospital short-handed. "He didn't eat (on shift), he didn't pee, he wasn't going to say 'I need to take an hour off to go to therapy,'" said Mrs. McCaddon....
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Thursday, March 29, 2012 |
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Rail Plaintiffs to FTA: We suspect that you are no longer shocked by the City’s deceptive practices
By Selected News Articles @ 3:23 PM :: 9886 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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When the wheels start coming off this project, as they undoubtedly will, we predict that many fingers will be pointing at your agency....
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Monday, March 26, 2012 |
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Report: HSTA not to Blame for All Delays in Race to the Top
By Selected News Articles @ 10:37 PM :: 6365 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The labor dispute is not to blame for all delays, however. The state has the ability to connect student achievement data to graduates of teacher-preparation programs, but it has not....
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Sunday, March 25, 2012 |
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Did Hawaii Geothermal Developer Benefit from Illegal Bailout?
By Selected News Articles @ 7:42 PM :: 14435 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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Ormat is Hawaii’s leading geothermal developer.... But a US House committee report shows that Ormat benefitted from its close ties to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and profited from a potentially illegal $98.5M bailout of an Ormat geothermal project in Nevada.
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Sunday, March 25, 2012 |
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Lingle Campaign: BoE ordered Furloughs, Not Governor
By Selected News Articles @ 3:08 PM :: 11541 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...no Hawaii governor can unilaterally furlough teachers or any Department of Education (DOE) employee since they are under the Board of Education’s (BOE) jurisdiction....
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Sunday, March 25, 2012 |
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Lingle Campaign: Superferry Decision Was Major Departure from Precedent
By Selected News Articles @ 3:02 PM :: 7948 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Determined to provide Hawaii residents and businesses with an alternative means of travel between the islands, Governor Lingle worked with Democrat House Speaker Calvin Say and then-Senate President Colleen Hanabusa, to convene a special session of the Legislature....
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Sunday, March 25, 2012 |
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Report: Hirono Campaign Funds Enrich Husband's Lawfirm
By Selected News Articles @ 12:06 AM :: 16510 Views :: Ethics, Congressional Delegation
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...$20,291 to husband's lawfirm, and an additional $10,310 paid to Hirono: Grand Total: $30,601....
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Saturday, March 24, 2012 |
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Lawsuits, Workers Comp Claims Detail Violence, Retaliation at State DoT
By Selected News Articles @ 4:17 PM :: 9419 Views :: Ethics, Hawaii State Government, Labor
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...a total of seven employment-based lawsuits against HDOT presently filed in state or federal court, at various stages of litigation, some involving workplace violence in one form or another. Also, there are Workers’ Compensation claims filed as a result of workplace violence at different stages of that process....
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Saturday, March 24, 2012 |
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Pentagon Budget Slashes Military Construction 29%
By Selected News Articles @ 3:05 PM :: 7959 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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$8.5 billion for military construction, down 29 percent ...
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
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SB2492: Hearing Looms on Hawaii Dog Ownership Ban
By Selected News Articles @ 3:40 PM :: 5900 Views :: Energy, Environment
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SB2492 regulating ownership of intact dogs is set to go before a Hawaii House committee today.
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Thursday, March 22, 2012 |
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Van Jones at Abercrombie State Bank Rally: Obama Opponents ‘Hate Everybody In America’
By Selected News Articles @ 3:34 PM :: 8432 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Disgraced former Obama “green jobs czar” Van Jones made an appearance in Hawaii last night in which he ripped on the “American fantasy” and called for socialistic approaches to wealth redistribution, while castigating Obama opponents as America-haters ....
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 |
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Socialists Cheer 'Potential Champion' Hirono--Single out her Support for Windfarm Scammers
By Selected News Articles @ 2:48 PM :: 7309 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"A potential new champion of progressivism is Mazie Hirono...." -- In These Times
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012 |
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GOP's Lingle May Keep Senate Pro-Choice Next Year
By Selected News Articles @ 3:12 PM :: 8123 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Olympia Snowe showed her importance to the Senate's pro-choice firewall when she voted against the Blunt Amendment. After she retires her most likely GOP successor on this issue is Hawaii's former governor, Linda Lingle.
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Monday, March 19, 2012 |
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Broken promises: The rusting wind turbines of Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:01 PM :: 47673 Views :: Hawaii County , Energy, Environment
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The UK Daily Mail asks: Does Kamaoa point to the future of Britain's Wind Farms?
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Monday, March 19, 2012 |
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Study: Hawaii Scores 'C' for Corruption
By Selected News Articles @ 3:43 PM :: 6763 Views :: Energy, Environment
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In the Aloha State, when big feeds and free drinks are involved, controversy is close behind....
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Sunday, March 18, 2012 |
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Trans-Pacific Carriers Unlikely to Serve Hawaii and Guam
By Selected News Articles @ 11:59 PM :: 11811 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The Holy Grail for many cargo interests shipping by ocean in the domestic Hawaii and Guam trades is an unrequited generational quest to find a way to take advantage of the existing mainline Trans-Pacific container carriers passing regularly Westbound by the islands ....
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Sunday, March 18, 2012 |
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Ackerman Exit Boosts Faleomavaega
By Selected News Articles @ 10:08 PM :: 6073 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Many of Faleomavaega’s antics are recounted elsewhere in this blog but just to give an example, after the killing of Osama Bin Laden Faleomavaega rose up on the House floor to demand that President Obama and then-CIA Director Leon Panetta apologize to native Americans for using “Geronimo” as a code word in the operation. Needless to say, he was ignored. Many think he is nuts.
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