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Monday, June 2, 2014 |
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Harry Reid’s Crusade Against the Koch Brothers Threatens Your Free Speech
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:00 AM :: 3843 Views :: National News
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...Reid, D-Nev., has promised the Senate will take up a proposed constitutional amendment this year that would radically alter the First Amendment.....
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Sunday, June 1, 2014 |
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NIOSH: Distant Water Tuna Fleet Workers at High Risk
By News Release @ 3:34 PM :: 5443 Views :: Jones Act, Labor
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... compared to most other fishing fleets in the U.S., workers in this fleet are at high risk of suffering a fatal injury ....
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Sunday, June 1, 2014 |
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Am Samoa: Will Faleomavaega Join the Old Bulls Leaving Congress?
By Selected News Articles @ 2:51 PM :: 6682 Views :: Democratic Party, National News, Politicians
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...we will have to keep a close eye on our election office to see if and when he or someone on his behalf picks up a packet containing the petitions that must be circulated....
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Sunday, June 1, 2014 |
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The Hawaiian Tribe--Taxes
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4411 Views :: Taxes
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We certainly hope that no one is thinking that the citizens of the reconstituted Kingdom living on state lands, and taking advantages of the benefits and services offered by the state and federal governments, will then claim they don’t have to pay for them....
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Sunday, June 1, 2014 |
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Moody's: US state debt growing at slowest pace in years--but Hawaii Still Tops
By News Release @ 12:53 AM :: 3001 Views
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Moody's state medians show Connecticut, Massachusetts, Hawaii, New Jersey and New York have the highest net tax-supported debt per capita....
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Saturday, May 31, 2014 |
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Ige on Kakaako: ‘Too much, too fast’
By News Release @ 10:16 PM :: 5967 Views :: Development, Politicians
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...We need to abide, throughout Hawaii, by the environmental and cultural regulations our state has enacted....
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Saturday, May 31, 2014 |
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Child Support Enforcement Abuse: Hawaii Parents Org. Scores Victories in Legislature
By Selected News Articles @ 5:56 PM :: 6889 Views :: Family, Judiciary
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This year National Parents Organization of Hawaii introduced several bills related to addressing abuses of the Child Support Enforcement Agency....
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Saturday, May 31, 2014 |
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Djou: Allow vets to bypass VA for health care
By Rep Charles Djou @ 3:14 PM :: 6044 Views :: Military, Politicians
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"Sec. Shinseki's resignation, however, does not fix the underlying failures at the VA."
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Saturday, May 31, 2014 |
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Carroll Cox: Exposing the Dark Side of Paradise
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:39 PM :: 11727 Views :: DHHL, Environment, Ethics, First Amendment, Law Enforcement
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Cox tells how he has literally risked life and limb in the pursuit of the truth behind crime and cover-ups in Hawaii government....
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Saturday, May 31, 2014 |
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HSDC Gives Away Another $4.5M in 'HI Tech' Corporate Welfare
By News Release @ 5:40 AM :: 5386 Views :: Tax Credits
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...HSDC today announced the State of Hawaii’s $4.5 million commitment to Startup Capital Ventures II....
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Saturday, May 31, 2014 |
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Hawaiian Sovereignty by Fiat? Feds 'advance notice' not a serious proposal
By Selected News Articles @ 5:12 AM :: 7510 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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...there is no Constitutional theory which endorses an executive agency alone to conduct foreign relations with existing (and for that matter, former) sovereign nations....
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Saturday, May 31, 2014 |
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IDG Geothermal Scammers Could Score $0.195 per Kwh Sandwich Profits
By Selected News Articles @ 5:03 AM :: 8568 Views :: Energy, Ethics, OHA, Cost of Living
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“In New Zealand we are trying to make new geothermal power stations work, competing with other forms of generation at probably 7.5 cents per KWh."
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Friday, May 30, 2014 |
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Appeals Court Rules: Hanabusa a Big Loser on Waimanalo Gulch
By Andrew Walden @ 11:29 PM :: 5826 Views :: Honolulu County, Politicians
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Today the Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled on Hanabusa v Honolulu, Colleen Hanabusa's fake effort to fight to close Waimanalo Gulch Landfill....
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Friday, May 30, 2014 |
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Today in 1984: SCOTUS Upholds Hawaii Land Redistribution Eminent Domain Plan
By Robert Thomas @ 5:52 PM :: 6695 Views :: Hawaii History, Land Use
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It was on this day in 1984 that the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 8-0 decision in Hawaii Housing Authority v. Midkiff....
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Friday, May 30, 2014 |
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America's Veterans Deserve Better: 5 Priorities to Fix VA
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:41 PM :: 4233 Views :: Military
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Washington is ever fixated on who’s in and who’s out. But the most important question here is: How can we build a more effective and efficient Department of Veterans Affairs?
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Friday, May 30, 2014 |
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Keli’i Akina to Run for OHA Trustee-at-Large
By News Release @ 7:40 AM :: 5042 Views :: OHA
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Pledges to oppose race-based nation plans and meet real needs of Hawaiians....
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Friday, May 30, 2014 |
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OHA now claims no meeting took place in Washington
By Selected News Articles @ 5:27 AM :: 5648 Views :: Ethics, OHA
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...I wrote to OHA on May 15 asking for a copy of the agenda and minutes of the meeting. They had 10 working days to reply....
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Friday, May 30, 2014 |
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HTA: Visitor Spending Down 2.9%
By News Release @ 3:06 AM :: 4497 Views :: Tourism
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For the first four months of 2014, total visitor expenditures fell 2.9 percent to $4.9 billion and total arrivals dropped 2.6 percent to 2,720,760 visitors....
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Friday, May 30, 2014 |
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Am Samoa: Faleomavaega Losing Touch With Reality
By Selected News Articles @ 12:52 AM :: 6497 Views :: Military, OHA, Politicians
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If anyone is looking for evidence that Faleomavaega really has lost his mind, perhaps his reaction to the growing Veterans Affairs crisis is providing it....
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Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
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May 29, 2014: Office of Elections Releases Updated Candidate List
By Andrew Walden @ 10:51 PM :: 4167 Views :: Office of Elections
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With the June 3 deadline to file quickly approaching, the Office of Elections is updating filing information daily....
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Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
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Debunking the Biggest Obamacare Myths
By NCPA @ 9:50 PM :: 3567 Views :: Health Care
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...6 million people have had their insurance policies canceled, and another 19 million are enrolled in private health plans that do not comply with the Affordable Care Act....
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Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
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Controversial candidates fill ballot for Ewa Beach House Seat
By Malia Zimmerman @ 9:18 PM :: 5938 Views :: Ethics, Politicians
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Among the candidates to represent District 41 in the state House are a convicted criminal who found God and two outspoken contenders who bring their own brand of controversy....
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Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
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Melodie Aduja: Former State Senator with troubled past wants another chance
By Malia Zimmerman @ 9:15 PM :: 8842 Views :: Ethics, Politicians, Drugs
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The investigation showed Aduja’s campaign issued $30,000 worth of checks to her former husband, Lee Williams.... Williams subsequently was arrested during a Chinatown drug bust....
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Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
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Will OHA Delay Kana'iolowalu? Live Stream Here
By News Release @ 6:50 AM :: 5614 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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The meeting, to be held at 10 a.m. at the OHA boardroom in Honolulu, will be streamed live on the Web....
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Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
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Obama Is Bypassing Congress Again. This Time It's Going to Cost You.
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:42 AM :: 5103 Views :: Energy, Environment
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...the Environmental Protection Agency, which will release its carbon-dioxide regulations for existing power plants on Monday....
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Thursday, May 29, 2014 |
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Aiea: More Condos, Fewer Traffic Lanes, and Toxic Waste
By News Release @ 3:24 AM :: 8367 Views :: Honolulu County, Environment, Development, Rail
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...1,500 residential units in five towers will be the city’s first catalytic Transit Oriented Development project along the rail route....
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 |
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May 28, 2014: Office of Elections Releases Updated Candidate List
By Andrew Walden @ 11:16 PM :: 4079 Views :: Office of Elections
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With the June 3 deadline to file quickly approaching, the Office of Elections is updating filing information daily....
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 |
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Native Hawaiians would be 'Indians' under Obama plan
By Selected News Articles @ 10:22 PM :: 5924 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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"Neither Congress nor the president has to power to create an Indian tribe or any other entity with the attributes of sovereignty. Nor do they have the power to reconstitute a tribe or other sovereign entity that has ceased to exist as a polity in the past. Tribes are 'recognized,' not created or reconstituted."
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 |
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Duke Aiona Releases First Campaign Video
By Lt Gov Duke Aiona @ 10:09 PM :: 6077 Views :: Politicians, Republican Party
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"A compelling spot..." -- Political Radar
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 |
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War and Democide Author Rudy Rummel Remembered
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 4:25 PM :: 5699 Views :: Higher Education
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Rudy was internationally known and respected for his war and peace modeling....
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 |
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Audio: Hawaii Shippers’ Council Discusses the Jones Act on Guam Radio
By Michael Hansen @ 3:18 PM :: 4938 Views :: Jones Act
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...Hawaii Shippers Council discussed its noncontiguous trades Jones Act reform proposal and related issues on Guam’s leading radio talk show....
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 |
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CitiBike? No, SillyBike
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 3:15 PM :: 6285 Views :: Honolulu County, Rail
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"CitiBike has put out 6,000 bikes at 325 locations at a cost of $6,833 per bike."
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 |
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Top 5 Things President Obama Should Do Today
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:12 PM :: 4205 Views :: Military
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Only some of each president’s speeches are billed as “major,” and today’s is one of them....
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014 |
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The Climate Moe'uhane in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 4:29 AM :: 5606 Views :: Environment, Ethics
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...there is only one region (Honolulu) in Hawaii that has records dating back "nearly a century"....
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
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CATO: Obama Administration Abuses Executive Power to Pursue Race-Based Government in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 9:49 PM :: 5652 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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This would be an end-run around both Congress and the Constitution....
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
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OHA applauds Obama Administration's consideration of Administrative path to federal recognition
By News Release @ 9:37 PM :: 4417 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chair Colette Machado and Ka Pouhana/CEO Kamana'opono Crabbe issued a joint statement today commending the Obama Administration....
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
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Court Guts Atheist Lawsuit Against Oahu Churches
By News Release @ 6:27 PM :: 10589 Views :: Education K-12, First Amendment, Religion
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A Hawaii court decided Tuesday to dismiss most of a renewed lawsuit against two Oahu churches....
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
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Department of Interior Secretly Planning Native Hawaiian Recognition Since 2012
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:06 PM :: 6667 Views :: Akaka Bill, OHA
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Three previously undiscovered announcements were titled “Procedures for Reorganizing the Native Hawaiian Community as an Indian Tribe.”....
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted May 27, 2014
By Congress.org @ 1:55 PM :: 4188 Views :: Congressional Delegation
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- Senate: Water Projects - Conference Report
- House: Water Projects - Conference Report
- House: NSA Metadata Collection - Passage
- House: Fiscal 2015 Defense Authorization - Passage
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
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The Smallest Victims of Obama's Immigration Policy
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:32 PM :: 4338 Views :: National News
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Children are crossing the border – and they’re doing it without their parents....
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Tuesday, May 27, 2014 |
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Railroading Paradise: Pro-Rail Sierra Club Releasing Rail Documentary
By News Release @ 5:47 AM :: 5672 Views :: Rail
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Flashback 2012: "Members, Donors Threaten to Resign as Sierra Club Oahu Group Votes to Back Rail"
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Monday, May 26, 2014 |
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VA Exec Overseeing Hawaii has Fake Masters Degree
By Selected News Articles @ 9:55 PM :: 6151 Views :: Military
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The director of VA's Sierra Pacific Network, Sheila M. Cullen falsely claimed in "numerous official documents" that Bernard M. Baruch College-Mount Sinai School of Medicine awarded her a master's degree she never earned....
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Monday, May 26, 2014 |
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Am Samoa: Candidates Line up for Run at Faleomavaega's Seat
By Selected News Articles @ 8:24 PM :: 5698 Views :: National News, Politicians
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It has been just over seven months now that Faleomavaega continues to have been absent from public view....
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Monday, May 26, 2014 |
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Afghanistan: The Meaning of Service on this Memorial Day
By Rep Charles Djou @ 8:05 PM :: 4282 Views :: Military
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I was at the airport with my family on Friday evening, when we noticed Schofield-based soldiers heading for Afghanistan....
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Monday, May 26, 2014 |
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Worth Dying For
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:25 PM :: 4416 Views :: Military
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For myself and many other veterans, Memorial Day is encapsulated in one unforgettable experience....
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Monday, May 26, 2014 |
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Democrats argue who can "take on Djou"
By News Release @ 12:03 AM :: 7477 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians, Republican Party
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Yesterday, Hawaii Democrats held their state convention and speaker after speaker made solemn promises to continue the status quo of one-party rule....
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Sunday, May 25, 2014 |
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Hawaii Memorial Day Ceremonies
By Andrew Walden @ 9:07 PM :: 5959 Views :: Military
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NOTE: Flags to fly at half-staff until noon on Memorial Day....
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Sunday, May 25, 2014 |
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Hawaii's "Environmental Court" - A Bad Idea Whose Time (Apparently) Is Nigh
By Robert Thomas @ 8:13 PM :: 6514 Views :: Environment, Judiciary
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...the only thing standing between the bill and the rest of us is Governor Abercrombie's veto pen....
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Sunday, May 25, 2014 |
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Sex and science: Hawaii’s ‘Babes Against Biotech’ flaunt T&A to attack GMOs
By Selected News Articles @ 8:10 PM :: 6892 Views :: GMOs
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“Go NON-GMO so you have a chance with a girl like Ryelee,” reads the caption to her picture....
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Sunday, May 25, 2014 |
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Time for the Kapalama Terminal Credit
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:01 AM :: 4759 Views :: Tax Credits
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Let’s use the discussion over this credit to help us all determine what time it is....
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