Police stand by as activists break into Iolani Palace, armory
by Malia Zimmerman
Admission Day, Friday August 15 was supposed to be the celebration of the 49th year of Hawaiian statehood. But there was no parade, there were no special American events, and there was no celebration of America. Instead, a so-called Hawaiian sovereignty group, the so-called “Kingdom of Hawai`i Ministry Trust”, took over the Iolani Palace grounds late Friday afternoon. The 25-member group included an estimated 20 “guards” dressed in red tee shirts, a couple proclaiming themselves “King Akahi Nui” and “Queen Akahi Wahine”, and a man dressed in a black suit claiming to be the Kingdom of Hawai`i representative to the United Nations.
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Judge orders city accept “Stop Rail” ballot petitions
by Malia Zimmerman
The O`ahu grassroots citizens group, Stop Rail Now, won a major victory in First Circuit Court on August 14 when Judge Karl Sakamoto ruled Honolulu City Clerk Denise DeCosta was wrong in refusing the group’s 49,041 signatures and said the petitions must be processed immediately.
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Statehood Commission plans for 50th Anniversary
by Lenny Klompus
HONOLULU, HAWAII – Members of the 50th Anniversary of Statehood Commission today announced a comprehensive plan to commemorate Hawai`i’s golden anniversary of statehood, with a year-long series of events and activities that begin next week.
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O`ahu Elections Office subject of scathing audit
by Malia Zimmerman
A state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs administrative hearings officer issued a scathing audit last Thursday of the Office of Election’s $43.4 million contract award to Hart InterCivic to run O`ahu’s elections through 2016.
Hart Intercivic was selected over ES&S, despite ES&S bidding $18.1 million for the same contract, and ES&S filed a protest.
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Global Warmers: Children must die
by Maureen Martin and Aleks Karnick
Are global warming alarmists encouraging children to commit suicide because their carbon footprints supposedly are harming the planet?
It certainly appears so in a children’s game concocted by the state-funded Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Science Department, available online.
The game is called “Planet Slayer”. Using it, children can calculate their carbon footprint--how much impact their carbon emissions allegedly have on global warming. The purpose for doing so, children were told in a version of the game that was online in early June, is so they can “find out what age you should die at so you don’t use more than your fair share of Earth’s resources.”
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The West’s Islamist Infiltrators
by Daniel Pipes www.DanielPipes.org
Aafia Siddiqui, 36, is a Pakistani mother of three, an alumna of MIT, and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Brandeis University. She is also accused of working for Al-Qaeda and was charged last week in New York City with attempting to kill American soldiers.
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