China has increased its defense budget by double digits every year for the last 20 years. Just as China seems to be gearing up for some undefined enterprise, the U.S. is winding down its defense budget at a similarly rapid pace.

 Governor Abercrombie announced today that the State and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (“OHA”) are discussing an agreement in principle, subject to Legislative approval, relating to ceded lands.

At prior NSSEs, demonstrations had led to riots and property damage, so for APEC, Hawaii National Guard soldiers and airmen were ready to help the Honolulu Police Department with any civil disturbances.

The killing of Osama bin Laden was a hard-won victory for the United States, but the gains made in pursuit of that day of justice and in waging the war in Afghanistan--including putting al-Qaeda on its heels--could be squandered if the Obama Administration continues its plotted course.

The Center on the Family at UH Mānoa and the Homeless Programs Office of the Hawai‘i State Department of Human Services have released the Homeless Service Utilization Report: Hawai‘i 2011.

...Senate candidate Linda Lingle, the former two-term governor of Hawaii, will participate in the Bipartisan Policy Center's (BPC) third annual political summit, Taking the Poison Out of Partisanship, at Tulane University in New Orleans, beginning Wednesday, Nov. 16....

Next Tuesday, when the Republican presidential candidates come together to discuss foreign policy and national security in a debate presented by The Heritage Foundation and American Enterprise Institute on CNN, they should remember the lessons that the fall of the USSR taught us....

Mesa will continue to operate its jet inter-island service as go!Mokulele. Under the terms of the sale Transpac Aviation, operating as Mokulele Flight Services, Inc, will also continue to offer service under the go!Mokulele brand....

The Letter of Intent was signed by both parties just hours after the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Hawai'i-China CEO Forum “Transforming to Clean Energy.”

The site of a massive proposed wind farm in West Lanai where hundreds of archaeological and cultural sites have been identified has been named one of the state's "most endangered historic places" for 2011 by the Historic Hawaii Foundation.

• Strengthening our grassroots efforts;
• Growing our membership and expanding our base;
• Increasing the number of volunteers;
• Recruiting strong candidates to run for office in 2012; and,
• Improving our Party’s finances by working diligently to raise money.

...some jurisdictions did not accurately define compact migrants, account for federal funding that supplemented local expenditures, or include revenue received from compact migrants....

• Senate: Motion to Proceed; Net Neutrality disapproval
• Senate: Motion to Proceed; Cross-border air pollution rule disapproval
• Senate: Government Contractor Withholding Repeal Act

President Barack Obama wants the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction (“super committee”) to kill market competition for prescription drug coverage chosen by workers and retirees in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP).

...reusable bags are only more environmentally friendly than plastic bags if they are used 103 times, yet on average they are used only 51 times before they are thrown away....

Over the last several months, radical environmentalists along with Hollywood celebrity activists descended on the White House in protest, urging President Barack Obama to block the construction of the $7 billion pipeline that would bring in more than 700,000 barrels of oil per day from Alberta, Canada, to the Texas Gulf coast. Last week, they got their wish.

Obama, Occupy, and the assembled crony capitalists at APEC are enraged that the Super Committee and/or the Republicans may soon cut off their flow of US taxpayer dollars.

Lussier is currently serving as Communications Director for Charles Djou for Congress.

Anonymous Detroit-based website “The Verifiable Truth” (TVT), in a series of articles posted last week, is taking aim at the connections between Honolulu County GOP Treasurer Liz Hata-Watanabe and gaming lobbyist John Radcliffe.

“This will certainly be a race to watch, and Maggie’s List is proud to support Linda Lingle based on her proven record of results including responsible fiscal management, reducing burdensome government regulations and outstanding support of our military.”

As the clock ticks down to the December 31 expiration of the federal cash-grant program for green energy scammers, the New York Times puts one of Hawaii's many wind-scams on the radar....

“Hawai'i is a natural alternative energy test-bed due in large part to the many partnerships we enjoy,” said Senator Inouye.

This first-time ever research was based on a statistical survey of Hawaii residents and Hawaii clergy to capture prevailing faith-related attitudes, perceptions and practices in Hawaii today.

“A Life of Service” Q&A with James R. “Duke” Aiona, Jr. Thursday, November 17, 2011

The state’s official coven of wizards, the Council on Revenues, generally uses various economic indicators to shape their forecast of general fund tax revenues for the current fiscal year and six years beyond.

In Opportunity comes ashore, the daily paper reports that among other things, they wanted the world to see Hawaii as a good place to do business....

Spurred on by testimony November 10th from President Obama’s handpicked US Associate Attorney General Thomas J Perrelli, the US Senate Committee on Indian Affairs may soon vote to advance legislation placing all Americans under the jurisdiction of unaccountable Tribal police officers and Tribal courts. 

The world is laughing at the dead legacy of Frantz Fanon. The third world rejects victimology and embraces development and trade—and has nothing but success to show for it. All except for Hawaii’s reactionary and backwards Congressional delegation.

 “If voters are angry at Washington, then I can certainly see them perhaps looking at her as somebody who might be more willing to come to D.C. and try and get some things done.” 

1. USA Today: Fights erupt among Occupy Wall Street protesters
2. NH Union Leader: Woman charged with pimping teen recruited at Occupy NH rally
3. Madison WI Daily Cardinal: 'Occupy Madison' loses permit due to public masturbation and much much more....

IBEW 1357 leadership has indicated that its union-represented employees will return to the job at 8:00 p.m. Hawaii Time on Friday, November 11. 

In this national McClatchy-Marist Poll, Newt Gingrich has joined the top tier of candidates vying for the 2012 Republican nomination for president.

"A 5 percent labor cost savings from 14 Directed Leave With Out Pay (DLWOP) days during the remainder of this fiscal year, and 13 DLWOP days during next fiscal year...."

...SOPOGY at APEC's "See It" Exhibit at the Hawaii Convention Center. What an embarrassment! Not only they are not making energy at a cost effective rate they are a technological dead end as well given the 2011 dive in photovoltaic pricing....

5PM Sunday November 13, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu

The event will be at the "Five Palms Restaurant" in Kihei at 11:30AM on November 15, 2011.

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It hasn’t drawn any attention in the Hawaii media, but copyright trolls contracted by Hawaii Island media monopoly Stephens Media have taken a beating in a series of recent court cases.

47 percent of respondents from union households, believe that union members don’t get their dues’ worth from their unions.  60 percent of those in union households said that labor groups were too involved in politics...

The Republican National Committee put together a special video as a tribute to our veterans this Veterans Day. At the 6 minute and 30 second mark, our own Chairman David S. Chang talks about his military service and expresses his personal gratitude for those that have served and are currently serving in the armed forces. 

Today, we at The Heritage Foundation are proud to honor Veterans Day by pausing to remember the men and women in uniform who serve this country. They are some of the finest this nation has to offer.

The second interviewee is a lawyer with big gold earrings who proceeds to vigorously denounce herself for participating in foreclosure proceedings. That is worth watching again and again.

...veterans were respected and honored long before any official holiday was established, including by George Washington in his June 8, 1783 Circular Letter of Farewell to the Army calling on Congress to provide veterans’ benefits....

IBEW Rally Nov 11th, 4-6PM, at 1177 Bishop St

• First, the power lines and new infrastructure necessary to transport wind energy is enormously expensive.
• Second, much of the electricity produced is lost in transportation anyway.

Christmas is more than a month away, but the Obama Administration just couldn't wait to hang a shiny new ornament on every fresh Christmas tree in America: a 15-cent tax to support a new federal program to improve the image and marketing of Christmas trees.

Herman Cain has spent his life living and working all over the country — Indiana, Georgia, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Washington, D.C. — but never in Chicago.

So it's curious that all the sexual harassment allegations against Cain emanate from Chicago: home of the Daley machine and Obama consigliere David Axelrod.

S. 1763, Stand Against Violence and Empower Native Women Act; (NOTE: This Bill would give Tribes the right to arrest non-tribal members.)

If we looked at only the last three presidential elections before 2006 instead of looking at 40-year old elections, Hawaii would be the only state covered (by the Voting Rights Act).

...in more recent years (1998 to 2010) U.S. per capita soda consumption has actually fallen by over 16 percent.  This data suggests that consumers may be moving away from soda without the help of excise taxes....