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Thursday, August 2, 2012
Hawaii-Based Task Force Stems Chemical Trafficking in Asia-Pacific
By Selected News Articles @ 3:53 PM :: 9935 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family

A little-known organization with U.S. Pacific Command is bringing together military and law-enforcement capabilities to combat drug-related transnational crime in the Asia-Pacific region ....

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Thursday, August 2, 2012
Hawaii DoD Launches ‘Hawaii Civic Justice Corps’
By News Release @ 3:47 PM :: 5838 Views :: Energy, Environment

...the Hawaii Civic Justice Corps program provides a customized approach to reconnect juvenile offenders to their communities....

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Thursday, August 2, 2012
Plunge In Carbon Dioxide Output Due to Natural Gas Fracking
By NCPA @ 3:21 PM :: 4546 Views :: National News, Ethics

But don't worry.  Environmentalists are working day and night to stop fracking and restore CO2 output to Gorewellian levels....

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Thursday, August 2, 2012
Heritage: Can Conservatives Be Environmentalists?
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:49 PM :: 4045 Views :: National News, Ethics

Efforts to protect the environment in America have ignored the most powerful force for improving the environment: free people....

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Thursday, August 2, 2012
DCCA: Let your auto insurer spy on you and save money
By News Release @ 2:17 PM :: 6194 Views :: Energy, Environment

Under the program, DTRIC evaluates how a customer drives based on data accumulated by an 'Akamai Rater' device installed in the vehicle.

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Thursday, August 2, 2012
Wind PTC Already Phasing Out—for Certain
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:38 AM :: 3098 Views

Though the eligibility date has a sharp cutoff, the financial flows themselves do follow a phase-out pattern. Wind generation that is put in place by December 31 will receive the tax credit for next 10 years.

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Thursday, August 2, 2012
Hawaii Congressional Candidates on the Jones Act
By Michael Hansen @ 3:52 AM :: 6720 Views :: Jones Act

The Star-Advertiser asked all 24 candidates running for three federal offices 6 questions including, “Should Hawaii be exempt from the Jones Act, the federal law that protects the domestic shipping industry from foreign competition?” 

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Thursday, August 2, 2012
9th Annual Navy League Golf Tourney
By News Release @ 2:58 AM :: 7999 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

The 9th Annual Navy League Golf Tournament will take place on Friday, August 31, 2012 at the Mamala Bay Golf Course...

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Forbes: The Hawaii Marxist Who Mentored President Obama On General Motors
By Selected News Articles @ 10:30 PM :: 8079 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

The problem was not Stalin’s Iron Curtain, scoffed Frank Marshall Davis in his usual incendiary language, but “G.M.’s iron curtain,” being raised by “General Motors’ Hitlers.”

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Life Expectancy: Stay in Hawaii if you want to live longer
By Selected News Articles @ 9:47 PM :: 6735 Views :: Energy, Environment

Hawaii noted the lowest at 589.6 deaths per 100,000 of the population, a staggering 21 per cent lower than the average for the entire country - 765.2 ....

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Rail: Leading Environmentalists Push Back Against Sierra Club, Endorse Cayetano
By News Release @ 9:20 PM :: 7054 Views :: Rail

The Sierra Club is the only environmental group that has advocated for the controversial elevated steel on steel rail system....  Several other high profile environmental organizations have opposed the project....

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
New Name for The Gas Company
By News Release @ 9:16 PM :: 6115 Views :: Energy, Environment

This change better reflects the Company’s identity as an important part of Hawaii’s energy community: proudly local and fully committed to clean technology and innovation....

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
NYT: Doctor Shortage Likely to Worsen With Health Law
By NCPA @ 6:50 PM :: 4133 Views :: National News, Ethics

Across the country, fewer than half of primary care clinicians were accepting new Medicaid patients as of 2008....

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Lingle Urges Supporters to Vote in Republican Primary
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 6:38 PM :: 5313 Views :: Energy, Environment

"Remember, you don’t have to be a Republican to vote for me on the Republican ballot."

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Head of DOJ Civil Rights Division Declines to State Whether He Will Protect Speech Critical of Religion
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 4264 Views :: National News, Ethics

... they urged for a legal declaration that criticism of Islam in the U.S. be considered racial discrimination, potentially under the Title VI anti-discrimination laws ....

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
235,000 Hawaii Juror Questionnaires to be Mailed Out
By News Release @ 4:40 PM :: 5001 Views :: Energy, Environment

As it does each year during the first week in August, the Hawaii State Judiciary mails juror questionnaires to persons who have a Hawaii state driver’s license and are registered to vote in the State of Hawaii.

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Djou: Our Polls Show us Ahead
By News Release @ 4:28 PM :: 7963 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

We are confident in our own internal polling and other polls we have seen that show us with a slight lead or tied.

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Black Pastors Oppose Gay 'Marriage,' Warn Obama: We ‘Will Not Stand With You’
By Selected News Articles @ 3:53 PM :: 5010 Views :: National News, Ethics

In a press release announcing the campaign, Owens encouraged black pastors and the black community to “withdraw their support for [Obama].”

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Obamacare's Anti-Religious Freedom Mandate Starts TODAY
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:45 PM :: 3996 Views :: National News, Ethics

Today signals the beginning of a season of impossible decisions for employers who, for reasons of conscience, have not been paying for abortion....

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Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Abercrombie Video Touts DoE, Financial 'Success'
By Video @ 12:37 AM :: 3874 Views

"Mr. Okabe is mistaken to characterize the administration's news of good fiscal management as a 'surplus.'" -- An Abercrombie statement not included in the video 

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Veterans in Politics Endorses Ed Case
By Ed Case @ 5:11 PM :: 6223 Views :: Energy, Environment

I was grateful to Dennis Egge, Vietnam veteran and VIP board member for presenting VIP's endorsement personally at my recent West O'ahu Talk Story in Kapolei....

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Romney must win over Asian voters
By Selected News Articles @ 5:04 PM :: 8622 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

Asians -- Chinese, Japanese, Indians, Filipinos, Vietnamese and Koreans -- are the nation's wealthiest, most highly educated and most aspirational voting demographic.

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Sequestration: Federally Funded Employees, Contractors to Receive Layoff Notices Just Before Election
By Selected News Articles @ 4:42 PM :: 6988 Views :: National News, Ethics

Obama's Labor Department on Monday issued "guidance" to the states, telling them that a federal law requiring advance notice of mass layoffs does not apply to the layoffs that may occur in January as a result of automatic budget cuts known as "sequestration."
 

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
HMSA Private shared-savings deal puts half of future raises at hospital system at risk
By Selected News Articles @ 4:15 PM :: 6533 Views :: Energy, Environment

The shared-savings agreement between Hawaii Medical Service Assn. and Hawaii Pacific Health puts 50% the hospital’s annual pay increases over the five-year contract term dependent on achieving both quality improvement and cost savings thresholds....

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Hawaii Solar Scammers Push for More Ratepayer, Taxpayer Handouts
By News Release @ 4:02 PM :: 5567 Views :: Energy, Environment

Solar scammers are pushing for even more taxpayer and ratepayer handouts. Here’s their latest blast of ‘research’.

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Ansaldo Awards Rail Electrification Contract to Siemens
By News Release @ 3:43 PM :: 8982 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

Question: Is Siemens paying the 4.5% GE Tax on its "multi-million dollar" subcontract from Ansaldo?  Will Ansaldo write a change order to account for the additional 4.5% cost incurred because this work is not being done in-house? 

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Rail Jobs? Honolulu Construction Employment Down 6%
By Andrew Walden @ 2:17 PM :: 8540 Views :: Labor, Rail

As Rail construction continues, Honolulu construction employments continues to drop, losing 1,300 jobs between June, 2011 and June, 2012....

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Friedman's Legacy of Fighting for School Choice for All
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:47 PM :: 4786 Views :: National News, Ethics

On the late Milton Friedman's 100th birthday today, his words are truer than ever: "There is no respect in which inhabitants of a low-income neighborhood are so disadvantaged as in the kind of schooling they can get for their children."

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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Abercrombie Appoints Maria Zielinski as DAGS Deputy Director
By News Release @ 4:03 AM :: 6296 Views :: Energy, Environment

Since 2010, she has served as the Accounting System Administrator for the County of Maui. Prior to that, she was the Director and Chief Financial Officer for the California School Employees Association.

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Monday, July 30, 2012
Failing, DoE Asks Feds for Permission to Scrap AYP Testing
By News Release @ 7:03 PM :: 5548 Views :: Education K-12

Simple solution: If you fail, get rid of the test....

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Monday, July 30, 2012
Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted July 30, 2012
By Congress.org @ 5:02 PM :: 7606 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
  • Senate: Tax Cut Extension – Passage
  • Senate: Cybersecurity – Cloture
  • House: Tribal Land Leases – Suspension
  • House: Levee Construction – Suspension
  • House: Oil and Gas Drilling – Passage
  • House: Federal Reserve Audit – Suspension
  • House: Regulatory Overhaul
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Monday, July 30, 2012
New Lane Open on H-1 Freeway
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 3:11 PM :: 7505 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

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Monday, July 30, 2012
Charter School Enrollment Reaches 10,000 Milestone
By News Release @ 2:55 PM :: 5585 Views :: Energy, Environment

The projected enrollment of 10,097 represents a milestone for Hawaii’s charter movement, which served just 1,341 students in 2000....

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Monday, July 30, 2012
Business Owners Battle Obamacare for Religious Freedom
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:33 AM :: 4767 Views :: National News, Ethics

...forcing nearly all employers to pay for abortion-inducing drugs, contraception, and sterilization services.  Beginning August 1, employers must amend their health insurance offerings to include these drugs and services. And if they don't? How about a fine of $100 per employee per day for non-compliance....

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Sunday, July 29, 2012
Hirono Claims Credit for George Bush STEM Legislation
By News Release @ 10:50 PM :: 7519 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

"Unfortunately for the people of Hawaii, this type of resume-padding behavior is business as usual for Hirono, who is well versed in taking credit for the achievements of others."

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Sunday, July 29, 2012
Henkin: Rumors of Hee-Wooley Affair “Scurrilous”
By Andrew Walden @ 10:02 PM :: 18427 Views :: Ethics, Politicians

A Democratic state representative says, “They’re like a couple of high school kids.”

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Sunday, July 29, 2012
Early Voting Begins Monday July 30--Find Your Polling Place
By Andrew Walden @ 8:12 PM :: 7465 Views :: Energy, Environment

Walk-In Absentee Voting Mon Jul 30 thru Thurs Aug 9 All Locations Open Mon – Sat 8-4 PM (except Molokai)

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Sunday, July 29, 2012
Clarity Needed in Holding Elected Officials Accountable
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 5:31 AM :: 5748 Views :: Energy, Environment

...former elected officials want to get back into the policymaking arena at a time when all of the chickens that they created in the past are coming home to roost....

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Sunday, July 29, 2012
Nanakuli Meet the Candidates July 30
By News Release @ 4:24 AM :: 7166 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

“MEET THE CANDIDATES” Forum on Monday, July 30th, 2012; at the NHIS Multi-Purpose Bldg/Cafeteria from 6:30 - 9:00 pm.

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Saturday, July 28, 2012
NRA: U.N. Arms Trade Treaty Stopped
By News Release @ 3:35 PM :: 5924 Views :: World News, Family

The Conference on the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (U.N. ATT) has broken down and will not report a draft treaty to the member nations....

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Saturday, July 28, 2012
Akaka Proposes Tribal Internet Gaming Bill
By News Release @ 3:24 PM :: 7969 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

"In any expansion of gaming, we must make sure that the unique circumstances surrounding tribal sovereignty are maintained in any legislation." 

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Saturday, July 28, 2012
FBI investigating? Sex, Lies and Retaliation at Big Island Election Office
By Andrew Walden @ 12:37 PM :: 19890 Views :: Hawaii County , Office of Elections

Will bureaucrats undermine public confidence in elections 'for a good time'? Read on ....

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Saturday, July 28, 2012
Honolulu City Lights Display Applications Due Now
By News Release @ 12:02 AM :: 6778 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12

The annual lottery was started several years ago in response to requests from private groups interested in erecting displays which will be on view during Honolulu City Lights.

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Friday, July 27, 2012
Mitsunaga: Hirono Took Same Illegal Contributions Cayetano Did
By Audio @ 11:49 PM :: 12737 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment

"John White ended up as Chief of Staff for Mazie Hirono and is smearing Ben Cayetano for receiving illegal campaign contributions. The truth is, Mazie Hirono accepted $98,000 in illegal contributions and he endorsed her – but he hasn’t said a word about that."

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Friday, July 27, 2012
BLNR: Boater Safety Course Will Be Required
By News Release @ 10:04 PM :: 6046 Views :: Energy, Environment

The Board of Land and Natural Resources (BLNR) today approved a new boating rule that requires boat operators to complete a boating safety course to operate a power driven vessel in state waters....

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Friday, July 27, 2012
Federal Transit Bill Shifts Funding towards Busses, Away from Rail
By Selected News Articles @ 5:59 PM :: 10907 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics

... BRT projects to receive at least 80 percent federal funding share each fiscal year. These provisions provide a significant opportunity for communities seeking to invest in BRT....

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Friday, July 27, 2012
As Primary Election Approaches, Governor Approves Funds to Complete Hilo International Airport Cargo Facility
By News Release @ 4:10 PM :: 8207 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment

"Senator Gilbert Kahele was actively involved in working with the state Department of Transportation (DOT) to legislatively see this appropriation through." -- Abercrombie news release

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Friday, July 27, 2012
Lawsuit Claims Hawaii IBEW Boss Solicited Murder of Critics
By Selected News Articles @ 1:21 PM :: 14023 Views :: Energy, Environment

"On Monday, May 14, 2012 a Solicitation to Commit Murder case was opened by the Honolulu Police Department under report number HPD 12-175720 ...."

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Friday, July 27, 2012
Fact Check: Case, Hirono Claim Credit for Bills Which Did Not Pass
By News Release @ 5:42 AM :: 5823 Views :: Energy, Environment

"You talk about your Providing Resources Early for Kids (PRE-K) Act in 2009 as if it were legislation that you passed. The fact is, regardless of its merits, you just couldn't get it done for the people of Hawaii when your bill died in the very committee you sit in."

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Friday, July 27, 2012
Justice Department Blocks Voter ID at Every Turn
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:23 AM :: 5139 Views :: National News, Ethics

People seemingly voting after they've been dead for years. Drug kingpins buying votes from poor people to sway elections. Non-citizens being bussed to the polls and coached on how to vote....

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