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Entries for 'Selected News Articles'
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
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Hawaii, Illinois Last of the ‘Easy Targets’ for Gay Marriage
By Selected News Articles @ 2:37 PM :: 4252 Views :: Family
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...no state - except for West Virginia, which has a tradition of conservatism on social issues - where gay marriage is forbidden by law or constitutional amendment has a government wholly dominated by Democrats....
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
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Worldwide Headlines: Sledgehammer Wielding 'Vigilante' Rep Brower is 'Extreme, Scary, Potentially Dangerous'-- Should be 'Behind Bars'
By Selected News Articles @ 3:55 PM :: 5192 Views :: Homelessness
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Think Progress: 'If Brower were found roaming middle-class neighborhoods and smashing items in people’s homes, he would find himself both out of office and behind bars.'
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013 |
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Hickam POW/MIA lab, slow to ID human remains, has time to shoot Bradley Cooper movie
By Selected News Articles @ 3:13 PM :: 4084 Views :: Military
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...a Pentagon spokeswoman said that no human remains were shown on camera....
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Monday, November 18, 2013 |
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"If I vote no on SB1 Ewa Beach will be toast." - Rep. Rida Cabanilla
By Selected News Articles @ 4:37 PM :: 6548 Views :: Ethics, Family, First Amendment
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She cited certain loss of money for James Campbell High School, Ewa-Makai Middle School, the "new High School in Ewa Beach", the widening of Ft. Weaver Rd., and others...
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Friday, November 15, 2013 |
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Forbes: Kaua’i goes rogue, anti-GMO bill passes, legal fight looms
By Selected News Articles @ 10:55 PM :: 7916 Views :: Kauai County, GMOs
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...a person hand selected by the fierce opponents of crop biotechnology cast the deciding vote....
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Friday, November 15, 2013 |
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For USA, Honolulu, LA, SF, Seattle Among World's 20 Worst Traffic Cities
By Selected News Articles @ 3:37 PM :: 5542 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail
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Los Angeles continues to be the most congested urban area in the United States, with an excess travel time of 35 percent. San Francisco (32 percent), Seattle, and much smaller Honolulu (tied at 28 percent)....
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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Obama concedes, announces changes to health care law
By Selected News Articles @ 7:41 PM :: 3007 Views :: Health Care
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President Obama said Thursday he will let Americans renew for one year any health plans that do not meet Obamacare's coverage standards....
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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Diamond Sangha's Secret: From Zen Buddhism to Preying on Vulnerable Women
By Selected News Articles @ 1:17 PM :: 7216 Views :: Hawaii History, Religion
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Aitken never went public with what he knew about Shimano, not in 1964, and not for the next half century until his death....
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Thursday, November 14, 2013 |
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Gay Marriage Signing Ceremony: "Imagine There's No Religion"
By Selected News Articles @ 11:27 AM :: 5793 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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"...SB1, is the epitome of the 1st Amendment in action." - Abercrombie at Signing of SB1 HD1
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013 |
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Honolulu Muslim Eye-Gouge Attacker Tied to Staten Island Jihadi
By Selected News Articles @ 1:44 PM :: 8737 Views :: Law Enforcement, Military, Religion
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...he was subpoenaed to testify in New York in a terrorism case against a friend he met in a Honolulu mosque....
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Friday, November 8, 2013 |
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Hawaii: Where agendized people go to live out their dreams
By Selected News Articles @ 2:18 AM :: 7156 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...we won’t be back because the state already seems to be choked with haoles like us....
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 |
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Judge: 1998 Voters May Have Thought they were Banning Gay Marriage
By Selected News Articles @ 6:32 PM :: 7136 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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Sakamoto said he would hear a challenge if the state Legislature passes and Abercrombie signs a law allowing gay marriage....
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 |
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Answered: Why Two Obama Loyalists Lost Their Health Policies
By Selected News Articles @ 6:10 PM :: 3499 Views :: Health Care
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It did not cover dependents in the manner set out by the law, and it did not cover pediatric dental....
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 |
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A Plant Scientist’s perspective on Hawaii County Bill 113
By Selected News Articles @ 12:16 PM :: 4823 Views :: GMOs
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...Bill 113 would ban the cultivation of genetically engineered plants in the open air....
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 |
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Labor Unions May Get Health Law Tax Relief
By Selected News Articles @ 8:21 PM :: 3652 Views :: Health Care
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Buried in rules issued last week is the disclosure that the administration will propose exempting “certain self-insured, self-administered plans” from the law’s temporary reinsurance fee in 2015 and 2016....
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 |
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Kauai anti-GMO ‘Witch Trials’ continue, as Mayor faces death threats for bill veto
By Selected News Articles @ 4:52 PM :: 4232 Views :: GMOs
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We have numerous horrific historical examples of periods of mass hysteria....
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 |
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Gary Hooser Rigs Star-Adv Poll the Pono Way
By Selected News Articles @ 3:19 AM :: 5803 Views :: Ethics, GMOs
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Gary Hooser advises anti-GMO activist how to cast multiple votes in online surveys ....
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013 |
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Hooser and Bynum’s Land of No Aloha Activists
By Selected News Articles @ 12:41 PM :: 5165 Views :: GMOs
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Meet the activists of Kauai and see how they treat their leaders....
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013 |
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Live Testimony on same-sex 'marriage' runs 895 - 137 against
By Selected News Articles @ 1:37 AM :: 9269 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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1,032 oral testifiers found 895 in opposition and 137 in support ....
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Friday, November 1, 2013 |
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Kiplinger: Hawaii Among Least Tax-Friendly States
By Selected News Articles @ 7:10 PM :: 3971 Views :: Taxes
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...our picks for the 10 most tax-friendly and the 10 least tax-friendly states in the U.S....
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Friday, November 1, 2013 |
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Hearings Expose SB1 'Not Ready for Prime Time'
By Selected News Articles @ 4:13 PM :: 5300 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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Thank goodness for the cogent and thoughtful questions being asked, both pro and con, by members of the House Judiciary and Finance Committees....
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Thursday, October 31, 2013 |
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Schofield 65th Engineer Battalion assumes vital mission in Afghanistan
By Selected News Articles @ 2:28 AM :: 4499 Views :: Military
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Early on the morning of Oct. 21, more than 250 soldiers from the 65th Engineer Battalion (CE), 130th Engineer Brigade and the 307th Engineer Battalion (C) (A), 20th Engineer Brigade gathered on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan....
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013 |
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Lawsuit: Gangsters Terrorize Union Members Forced to Fund Illegal Pro-Rail PAC Headed by Hawaiian Homes Commissioner
By Selected News Articles @ 3:33 PM :: 12129 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Labor, Rail
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...Union of Operating Engineers cavorts with international crime syndicates, spends union dues illegally and intimidates dissenters with threats of violence....
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013 |
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House Republican Infighting: Move to Dump Thielen, Johanson Fails
By Selected News Articles @ 9:37 PM :: 8732 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Politicians, Republican Party
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Rep. McDermott demanded the Minority Party give back their Vice Chair positions, calling them "polluted"....
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Monday, October 28, 2013 |
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In Search of Frankencorn in Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 3:47 PM :: 4594 Views :: GMOs
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Hawaii's dishonest anti-biotech activist campaign....
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Monday, October 28, 2013 |
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Ethics Commission Gives Instant Response to Demand Hawaii Mormon Church ‘Register Every Paid Employee’
By Selected News Articles @ 3:10 PM :: 6719 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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White guilt plus political correctness equals restricting free speech and religious liberty in the name of civil rights....
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Friday, October 25, 2013 |
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Jackson v Abercrombie delayed until after Special Session
By Selected News Articles @ 6:25 PM :: 4405 Views :: Family
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VT, MA Others ask Federal Court to Impose gay marriage on Hawaii....
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Friday, October 25, 2013 |
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Hawaii-Based New Age Hucksters Fight Over $5M Donation from “sap”
By Selected News Articles @ 6:16 PM :: 4528 Views :: Religion
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Among folks in the Hawaii chocolate-making community, where Walsh once worked, the 62-year-old is known as a smooth talker with a string of failed businesses and debts....
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Friday, October 25, 2013 |
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13 States with Gay Marriage: How Education Changed
By Selected News Articles @ 2:41 PM :: 7618 Views :: Education K-12, Family, First Amendment
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California prohibits any school material or instruction that reflects adversely on homosexuality, bisexuality or transgenderism, while prohibiting parents from removing children from classes....
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Thursday, October 24, 2013 |
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Obamacare Website Mess: 2010 Hawaii Audit Should Have Been ‘Red Flag’
By Selected News Articles @ 4:48 PM :: 5777 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Health Care
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CGI Technologies and Solutions, Inc., another subsidiary, had been responsible for overhauling the IT systems for the Hawaii tax department....
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Thursday, October 24, 2013 |
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Report: Chinese Spy Ship Operating Near Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 2:58 AM :: 10888 Views :: Military
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013 |
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GMO Free Kauai: Silencing a Dissident
By Selected News Articles @ 10:00 PM :: 4957 Views :: GMOs
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Here’s a personal account of someone who acknowledges the tactics being used....
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013 |
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Kaiser Health News: Thousands of Policies Cancelled Due to Obamacare
By Selected News Articles @ 9:12 PM :: 4703 Views :: Health Care
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Health plans are sending hundreds of thousands of cancellation letters to people who buy their own coverage....
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Saturday, October 19, 2013 |
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Pew: Five States Which Paid to Keep National Parks, Monuments Open
By Selected News Articles @ 8:22 PM :: 8658 Views :: National News, Hawaii Statistics, Military, Tourism
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Visitors spend about $76 million a day in communities near national parks, the National Park Service estimated....
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Friday, October 18, 2013 |
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Anti-GMO “Leaders”– Is There a Middle Ground?
By Selected News Articles @ 10:00 PM :: 5913 Views :: GMOs
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Opposition to GMO’s in Hawaii has attracted an eclectic mix of well-worn politicians and other “characters” interested in riding the groundswell of fear and misinformation....
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Friday, October 18, 2013 |
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The Constituents that Wooley, Hooser & Gabbard Listen To
By Selected News Articles @ 7:24 PM :: 4850 Views :: GMOs
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Just take a look below to meet their constituents…
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Friday, October 18, 2013 |
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Entitlement Reform: Replace Obamacare ACOs With Better Model
By Selected News Articles @ 2:11 PM :: 3442 Views :: Health Care
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The White House and Congress are inching closer to a conversation about serious entitlement reform....
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Thursday, October 17, 2013 |
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Memos: Hanabusa has Failed -- Schatz is a White Ideologue with a Superior Campaign
By Selected News Articles @ 3:28 AM :: 7509 Views :: Democratic Party, Politicians
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"With decisive advantages in money, endorsements, organization, and manpower as well as an ideology...."
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013 |
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Fall-out from Hoku’s failed polysilicon project heats-up
By Selected News Articles @ 5:32 PM :: 6331 Views :: Energy, Ethics, Tax Credits
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A family-owned North Carolina-based manufacturer is calling upon the US federal government and governors from five states to probe the reasons why Hoku Corporation and its major partner in the project, Tianwei have failed to pay its debts and review its investment practices into foreign owned businesses....
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013 |
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Study: Wind Power Costs Taxpayers Billions of Dollars
By Selected News Articles @ 8:38 PM :: 3364 Views :: Energy
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...the wind lobby is set to receive another extension on massive subsidies with little results to show for it....
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013 |
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Hawaii LDS Churches Release New Letter on Gay Marriage
By Selected News Articles @ 3:25 PM :: 7341 Views :: Family, First Amendment, Religion
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"There are two reasons for our opposition: First, it attempts to redefine marriage. The church is firm in its belief that marriage as the union of a man and a woman is essential to the well-being of children, families, and society. Second, the protections offered in the current draft are completely inadequate to safeguard constitutionally guaranteed religious freedoms...."
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Monday, October 14, 2013 |
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Hawaii Campaign Finance: A-1 Challenge Awaits McCutcheon Ruling?
By Selected News Articles @ 3:00 PM :: 4820 Views :: Ethics, First Amendment
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The 9th Circuit heard arguments on a challenge to Hawaii's campaign finance laws, but hinted that it may delay a ruling until the U.S. Supreme Court decides a similar case....
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Friday, October 11, 2013 |
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Groundbreaking Discovery by the Babes Against Biotech!
By Selected News Articles @ 12:09 AM :: 4844 Views :: GMOs
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If they actually did a bit more detective work before posting this, they would realize that there is no such thing as a GMO melon ....
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Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
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Hickam: Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command held 'phony' ceremonies for MIAs, using planes that can't fly
By Selected News Articles @ 2:39 PM :: 4587 Views :: Military
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...the Pentagon acknowledged Wednesday that no honored dead were in fact arriving, and that the planes used in the ceremonies often couldn't even fly....
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Thursday, October 10, 2013 |
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Obamacare: Hawaii Only State Which Still Has Not Launched
By Selected News Articles @ 2:06 PM :: 3927 Views :: Health Care
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Hawaii, President Barack Obama’s birthplace, has the only online health insurance marketplace that has not yet launched....
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Friday, October 4, 2013 |
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"Rich States" Also Have Debts -- Hawaii Ranks #5
By Selected News Articles @ 5:19 PM :: 4744 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Taxes
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The Taxpayer Burden for Hawaii, the 5th “richest state,” is $ 39,900 compared to its median household income of $66,259.
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Wednesday, October 2, 2013 |
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Mainland Anti-GMO money flooding into Molokai, funding “grassroots” protests
By Selected News Articles @ 2:40 PM :: 6376 Views :: Greenmail, GMOs
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Ritte and activist organizations have collected more than a million dollars from anti-GMO advocacy groups on the mainland....
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Monday, September 30, 2013 |
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‘They can still poison without fear’: Bette Midler unhappy that Kauai didn’t outlaw GMOs
By Selected News Articles @ 12:14 PM :: 4925 Views :: GMOs
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GMOs are likely saving tens of millions from starvation in underdeveloped countries....
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Sunday, September 29, 2013 |
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'Shamanic Energy Practitioners': Burn the GMO Fields, Then Burn Them Again
By Selected News Articles @ 8:34 PM :: 7094 Views :: Kauai County, GMOs
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It is amazing how pages like this will have such vile, hateful commentary and then always end it with truth, love, peace, and unity!....
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Sunday, September 29, 2013 |
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Another Six Degrees of Monsanto
By Selected News Articles @ 8:18 PM :: 7036 Views :: Kauai County, GMOs
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Last night I got a tweet from Christy Demuth, biotech opponent on Kauai. She's always a delight. She says that she's found the link between me and Monsanto....
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