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Thursday, November 24, 2011 |
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Heritage: A Day of 'Public Thanksgiving and Prayer'
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:43 PM :: 4149 Views :: National News, Ethics
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They also knew that, whatever church an American belonged to, he ought to give thanks to Almighty God. Not because we're living in some heaven on earth -- that's impossible. But because despite our problems, we're incredibly blessed. We live in a land that recognizes our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In a world beset with death, tyranny, disease and famine, that's nothing short of a miracle.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011 |
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NCAA “Extremely Concerned” about UH Point-Shaving Allegations
By News Release @ 11:24 PM :: 10176 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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"We are extremely concerned by the point-shaving allegations involving University of Hawaii football student-athletes and have been in contact with the school since early November."
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011 |
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Outdoor Circle Comes Out Against Rail
By News Release @ 10:37 PM :: 10657 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The Outdoor Circle now is considering how we might best support the broad based coalition of organizations and individuals which is challenging this project in court....
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011 |
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011 |
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The GOP Debate over Protecting America
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:01 PM :: 4445 Views :: National News, Ethics
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They came, they saw, and they debated....
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011 |
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UH Point Shaving? Blown Leads and Significant Movement in Money Line
By Andrew Walden @ 3:57 AM :: 14365 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“The #UNLV money line when it hosted #Hawaii opened at around +1600. By kickoff, it was around +700. Pretty mysterious movement at the time.”
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011 |
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Bill Seeks Terror Designation for Gaza Flotilla Groups
By IPT News @ 10:36 PM :: 12354 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The CIA and U.S. Treasury Department have determined IHH and the Free Gaza Movement "have known terrorist ties," the bill says. (They also have extensive Hawaii ties--Editor)
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011 |
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Heritage Foundation to Host Republican Presidential Debate Tonight
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:57 PM :: 5012 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Tonight at 8 p.m. ET (3PM HST), eight Republican presidential candidates will take the stage at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., to tell America where they stand on foreign policy and national security ....
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Monday, November 21, 2011 |
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Feds: Even with Low Usage, Hawaii Still has Highest Electric Bills
By Selected News Articles @ 11:31 PM :: 8039 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The 2010 figures show that residents of Hawaii, Maryland and Alabama have a lot more to fear in their electric bill than folks living in Utah, New Mexico or Montana.
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Monday, November 21, 2011 |
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National Journal: Hawaii Senate Race Up for Grabs
By Selected News Articles @ 11:03 PM :: 6920 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Lingle will benefit from what's likely to be a major schism in the Democratic field, as Rep. Mazie Hirono and ex-Rep. Ed Case battle it out in a late primary.
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Monday, November 21, 2011 |
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Lingle: Super Committee Failure Shows Lack of Bi-Partisan Leadership
By Gov. Linda Lingle @ 10:24 PM :: 7289 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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There are sensible proposals already available to cut federal spending, raise additional revenues and grow our economy. These include the balanced proposals offered by the Bipartisan Policy Center....
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Monday, November 21, 2011 |
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New rules turn GOP race from sprint into marathon, early nominee unlikely
By Selected News Articles @ 6:06 PM :: 7021 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“This year’s schedule will make our nominating process more of a marathon than 2008’s sprint,” said former Hawaii Republican Party Chairman Willes Lee.
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Monday, November 21, 2011 |
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Report: Hawaii Among Lowest Health Insurance Costs in Nation
By News Release @ 3:23 PM :: 7567 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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the report finds that costs were high even in the "lowest" average-cost states. Premiums ranged from $11,379 to $12,409 in Idaho, Arkansas, Hawaii, Montana, and Alabama, the five states with the lowest average costs for private employer-based coverage.
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Monday, November 21, 2011 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted Nov. 21, 2011
By Congress.org @ 2:04 PM :: 6809 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- Senate: Fiscal 2012 Agriculture Appropriations
- House: National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011
- House: Fiscal 2012 Agriculture Appropriations
- House: Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States
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Monday, November 21, 2011 |
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Heritage: Pilot Program Shows the Way to Medicaid Reform
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:43 PM :: 4474 Views :: National News, Ethics
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It has improved the health of enrolled patients, achieved high patient satisfaction, and kept cost increases below average, saving Florida up to $161 million annually.
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Monday, November 21, 2011 |
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Heritage: The Debate over Defense Spending
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:22 PM :: 8635 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Failing to enact the plan by January 15, 2012, would result in automatic cuts to military spending--a scenario that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta describes as "devastating."
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Sunday, November 20, 2011 |
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Ruse: Citizens for a Better Way, LLC
By Selected News Articles @ 5:45 PM :: 10667 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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... bankrolled by secret interests who want to operate outside the norms of Hawaii's Ethics Commission; and designed by experienced labor and gambling industry lobbyists desperate for the appearance of "grassroots" support ....
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Sunday, November 20, 2011 |
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Wind Farms Interfere With Military, Civilian Radar
By Selected News Articles @ 2:51 PM :: 9493 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...wind farms are interfering with military radar, making airplanes disappear from sight on screens and cluttering those same screens with the blade-rotation changes of turbine blades....
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Saturday, November 19, 2011 |
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Rothenberg: Hawaii Senate Race ‘In Play’
By Selected News Articles @ 1:20 PM :: 6446 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The Senate has been “in play” for months, but Republicans continue to expand the playing field by adding unexpected candidates in states from Hawaii and Michigan to Connecticut ....
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Friday, November 18, 2011 |
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Hawaii's Ocean Shippers now Guilty of Price Fixing in Puerto Rico
By News Release @ 9:47 PM :: 6061 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...companies affiliated with all three of Hawaii’s major water carriers—Matson, Young Bros, and Horizon—are guilty of price fixing in the Puerto Rico market. Is Hawaii next? ....
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Friday, November 18, 2011 |
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Hawaii Debt Highest in Nation as Percentage of Private Sector Production
By Selected News Articles @ 9:31 PM :: 8363 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Several states make multiple appearances at the bottom of the three categories in this study, meaning they rank worst. These states include: Alaska, New Jersey, Hawaii, Connecticut, New Mexico, and Illinois.
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Friday, November 18, 2011 |
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Hirono, Hanabusa Say ‘No’ to Balanced Budget Amendment
By News Release @ 8:18 PM :: 9349 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Earlier today, Reps. Colleen Hanabusa and Mazie Hirono voted against a Balanced Budget Amendment. A bi-partisan majority, including 25 Democrats voted to support the measure, H.J. Res. 2, to balance the federal budget, but the measure fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass....
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Friday, November 18, 2011 |
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Lingle Unveils Issues-Based Video on Economy
By News Release @ 8:06 PM :: 6511 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Former Governor and U.S. Senate candidate Linda Lingle released today the second in a series of videos detailing her positions on issues of importance to the people of Hawai'i.
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Friday, November 18, 2011 |
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Another Top Am Samoa Official Admits Stealing Funds
By News Release @ 2:23 PM :: 3847 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The former executive director of the American Samoa Special Services Commission pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to steal more than $325,000 in AmeriCorps grant funds....
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Friday, November 18, 2011 |
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America's $15 Trillion Nightmare
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:41 PM :: 4244 Views :: National News, Ethics
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So what's Washington doing about it? Fighting over how high to raise taxes instead of getting to the root of the problem.
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Friday, November 18, 2011 |
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Dillingham DMV employee, driving instructor charged with Selling Drivers Licenses to Illegal Aliens
By News Release @ 11:40 AM :: 8831 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, National News, Ethics
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A federal grand jury returned an indictment Wednesday charging In Chan Park, 53, of Honolulu, and Paige Teruya, 47, of Waipahu, Hawaii with fraud relating to identification documents....
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Friday, November 18, 2011 |
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Report: For Families in Poverty, Hawaii Income Tax is #2 in Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 11:15 AM :: 8084 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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A two-parent family of four with annual income at the poverty line (which is $22,314 for a family of that size) owed $498 in Alabama, $292 in Hawaii, $238 in Georgia, and $234 in Oregon.
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Friday, November 18, 2011 |
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Animal Liberation Groups Demand Matson End Pig Imports to Hawaii
By News Release @ 3:01 AM :: 7763 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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More than 15,000 people have joined a popular campaign on Change.org calling on Oakland, California-based Matson Navigation to stop shipping live pigs from the mainland United States to Hawaii for slaughter....
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Thursday, November 17, 2011 |
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Hybrid Vehicles Release Less Carbon Dioxide than Total Electric Vehicles
By NCPA @ 6:35 PM :: 4226 Views :: National News, Ethics
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As first reported in Motor Trend, hybrid vehicles that operate on gasoline and electricity such as the Toyota Prius often produce less carbon dioxide than vehicles that operate solely on electricity such as the Nissan Leaf....
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Thursday, November 17, 2011 |
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The Republican Debate Over China
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:20 PM :: 7588 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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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.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011 |
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The Debate over the War in Afghanistan
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:30 AM :: 4333 Views :: National News, Ethics
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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.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011 |
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Lingle Joins in Bi-Partisan Policy Summit
By News Release @ 12:26 AM :: 6602 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...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....
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011 |
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Heritage Foundation to Host GOP Presidential Debate
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:50 AM :: 4868 Views :: National News, Ethics
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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....
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Monday, November 14, 2011 |
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GAO: Improvements Needed to Assess and Address Growing CoFA Migration
By News Release @ 5:45 PM :: 11927 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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...some jurisdictions did not accurately define compact migrants, account for federal funding that supplemented local expenditures, or include revenue received from compact migrants....
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Monday, November 14, 2011 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation: How They Voted November 14
By Congress.org @ 5:34 PM :: 7799 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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- Senate: Motion to Proceed; Net Neutrality disapproval
- Senate: Motion to Proceed; Cross-border air pollution rule disapproval
- Senate: Government Contractor Withholding Repeal Act
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Monday, November 14, 2011 |
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FEHBP: Obama asks Super Committee to Take Over, Cut Prescription Coverage for Federal Employees
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:28 PM :: 4977 Views :: National News, Ethics
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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).
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Monday, November 14, 2011 |
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Plastic Bag Bans Are Bad for the Environment
By NCPA @ 12:02 PM :: 5466 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...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....
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Monday, November 14, 2011 |
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Keystone XL: How President Obama Killed Thousands of Jobs
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:50 AM :: 3619 Views :: National News, Ethics
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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.
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Monday, November 14, 2011 |
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Video: Makana, Wearing “Occupy” T-Shirt, Plays Protest Song at APEC Dinner for Obama, World Leaders—Nobody Notices
By Selected News Articles @ 10:56 AM :: 13131 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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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.
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Sunday, November 13, 2011 |
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Mafia-Connected FirstWind Got $117M in Federal Loans for Kahuku Windfarm
By Selected News Articles @ 7:55 PM :: 14197 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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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....
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Sunday, November 13, 2011 |
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Abercrombie, Inouye, Chu huddle with Green Energy Scammers, while Calls for Resignation Mount
By News Release @ 3:49 PM :: 10530 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“Hawai'i is a natural alternative energy test-bed due in large part to the many partnerships we enjoy,” said Senator Inouye.
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Saturday, November 12, 2011 |
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Obama Quest for Free Trade Gets Resistance from Hawaii Congressional Delegation
By Andrew Walden @ 3:36 PM :: 10934 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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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.
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Saturday, November 12, 2011 |
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ABC News: Will Lingle Win Hawaii Senate Seat?
By Selected News Articles @ 12:51 PM :: 8358 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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“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.”
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Saturday, November 12, 2011 |
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Death, Disease plague 'Occupy’ Protests ... and more
By Selected News Articles @ 9:00 AM :: 13727 Views :: National News, Ethics
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- USA Today: Fights erupt among Occupy Wall Street protesters
- NH Union Leader: Woman charged with pimping teen recruited at Occupy NH rally
- Madison WI Daily Cardinal: 'Occupy Madison' loses permit due to public masturbation and much much more....
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Saturday, November 12, 2011 |
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Poll: Romney Edges GOP Contenders, Gingrich Second
By News Release @ 1:52 AM :: 4273 Views :: National News, Ethics
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In this national McClatchy-Marist Poll, Newt Gingrich has joined the top tier of candidates vying for the 2012 Republican nomination for president.
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Friday, November 11, 2011 |
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Friday, November 11, 2011 |
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US Marshalls Seize Assets of Stephens Media Copyright Trolls
By Andrew Walden @ 10:26 PM :: 9762 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, National News, Ethics
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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.
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Friday, November 11, 2011 |
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Rank-and-file Fed up with Unions’ Political Spending
By Selected News Articles @ 9:41 PM :: 4264 Views :: National News, Ethics
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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...
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Friday, November 11, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Hawaii GOP Chair David Chang, Republican Veterans talk about meaning of Veterans Day
By Video @ 8:45 PM :: 6366 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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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.
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Friday, November 11, 2011 |
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Heritage: Honoring Veterans Day
By Heritage Foundation @ 5:30 PM :: 3725 Views :: National News, Ethics
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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.
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