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Entries for November 2013
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
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Obama’s Promise of “Competition” in Obamacare: Also False
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:58 AM :: 3261 Views :: Health Care
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In more than half of the counties in the U.S., people have only one or two insurance carriers offering coverage on their exchanges....
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
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Analysis: Hawaii Health Connector Signs up only 2% of Projections
By News Release @ 3:40 AM :: 4745 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Health Care
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By comparison, when Medicare Part D began, two-thirds of people who voluntarily enrolled in a plan did so after coverage began....
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
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Study: When it Comes to Climate Change, Hawaii Talks More than Most
By News Release @ 2:10 AM :: 3939 Views :: Environment
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placed in a category based on the overall quality of the discussion of climate change impacts ....
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Tuesday, November 12, 2013 |
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Limbaugh: Hawaii Republicans Have to be Their Own Version of Liberal
By Rush Limbaugh @ 1:16 AM :: 5624 Views :: Republican Party
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Hawaii is a special case. Republicans could actually die there if they were ....
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Monday, November 11, 2013 |
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Hawaii Congressional Delegation How They Voted November 11, 2013
By Congress.org @ 11:44 PM :: 6593 Views :: Family, Congressional Delegation, First Amendment
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Recent Congressional Votes
- Senate: Employment Nondiscrimination Passage
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Monday, November 11, 2013 |
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More Opportunities to Raise Your Voice--Let the People Decide
By News Release @ 10:48 PM :: 5516 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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Come down to the Senate Chambers before 9:00 a.m. Tuesday with your LET THE PEOPLE DECIDE ON MARRIAGE signs....
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Monday, November 11, 2013 |
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Why Our Veterans Fight
By Heritage Foundation @ 12:37 PM :: 3786 Views :: Military
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Today we thank all of our veterans who have fought and continue to fight for freedom around the world....
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Sunday, November 10, 2013 |
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Back and Forth with Grants-in-Aid
By Natalie Iwasa @ 10:55 PM :: 4421 Views :: Honolulu County
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At least one organization didn’t even ask to be funded....
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Sunday, November 10, 2013 |
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KIUC Gets Solar 37% Cheaper than HECO
By News Release @ 10:27 PM :: 6084 Views :: Energy, Cost of Living
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The net cost of electricity that will be generated by the array will be at 10 cents and 13.5 cents per kilowatt hour....
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Sunday, November 10, 2013 |
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NYT to Hawaiians: We Tell You What Your Culture is
By News Release @ 9:52 PM :: 9673 Views :: Family, Hawaii History, Religion
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As a Native Hawaiian Christian, allow me a response....
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Sunday, November 10, 2013 |
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Slowing Growth of Government Only Way to Avoid Another Shutdown
By Lowell L Kalapa @ 4:01 AM :: 4403 Views :: Taxes
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Whew, we dodged the bullet, sighed many beneficiaries of the federal largesse....
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Saturday, November 9, 2013 |
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Saturday, November 9, 2013 |
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Puerto Rico Legislature to Study Impact of Jones Act
By Michael Hansen @ 3:42 PM :: 5180 Views :: Jones Act
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The purpose of the study is to review three recent reports and determine what changes are needed in the law so as improve the island’s economy....
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Saturday, November 9, 2013 |
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Saturday, November 9, 2013 |
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VIDEO: 10,000 Dead as Typhoon Haiyan Blasts Tacloban City, Leyte
By Video @ 2:59 PM :: 7515 Views :: World News
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...smashed buildings and completely defoliated trees, with widespread looting and unclaimed bodies decaying in the open air....
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Saturday, November 9, 2013 |
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AMA: Hawaii 2nd Least Competitive Health Insurance Market
By News Release @ 12:09 PM :: 2526 Views
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Dominant market power increases the risk of anti-competitive behavior by big health insurers and can place physicians at a significant disadvantage since most work in small or solo practices....
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Saturday, November 9, 2013 |
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How They Voted: House Approves Gay Marriage 30-19
By News Release @ 4:53 AM :: 5613 Views
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The Senate will convene Tuesday November 12 ....
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Saturday, November 9, 2013 |
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Excerpts from House GOP Floor Speeches
By News Release @ 4:13 AM :: 5932 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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what will happen in the future when a newly-created, now state-sanctioned right of same-sex marriage conflicts with constitutional rights that have been enshrined in the 1st Amendment....
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Saturday, November 9, 2013 |
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Playing with Fire: Kahuku Windfarm to Install Molten Magnesium Batteries
By Andrew Walden @ 3:48 AM :: 9322 Views :: Energy, Tax Credits
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...magnesium melts at 1202 degrees Fahrenheit and antimony melts at 1166 degrees Fahrenheit.....
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Friday, November 8, 2013 |
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Proposed Kahuku Windfarm Would Kill Endangered Birds, Bats
By News Release @ 11:37 PM :: 6505 Views :: Energy, Environment
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A public scoping meeting will be held on November 13, 2013, from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Kahuku Village Association Community Center....
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Friday, November 8, 2013 |
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New Federal Rule Mandates Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity for Insurance Plans
By News Release @ 10:51 PM :: 7584 Views :: Health Care, Second Amendment
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...ensures that health plans features like co-pays, deductibles and visit limits are generally not more restrictive for mental health/substance abuse disorders benefits than they are for medical/surgical benefits....
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Friday, November 8, 2013 |
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Hawaii tax department under scrutiny for waste, mismanagement
By Malia Zimmerman @ 1:44 PM :: 4734 Views :: Hawaii State Government, Taxes
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Twenty-five people in the state Department of Taxation were put on leave in December 2011 for unauthorized access to tax records....
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Friday, November 8, 2013 |
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Child molester back at work at Hawaii Legislature (Again)
By Andrew Walden @ 11:48 AM :: 43716 Views :: Family, Hawaii History, Law Enforcement
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Rouse is now managing the office of Rep Karen Awana, D-Nanakuli....
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Friday, November 8, 2013 |
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Gay Marriage: House Session to Begin at 10AM--Watch LiveStream Here
By News Release @ 10:57 AM :: 5195 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...beginning at 10 a.m., the full House will take a final vote on SB 1 HD 1 for Third Reading....
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Friday, November 8, 2013 |
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More Special Obamacare Treatment — But Not for You
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:41 AM :: 3530 Views :: Health Care
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The Obama Administration has indicated it will propose a new regulation that could give many unions a break from one of Obamacare’s new fees....
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Friday, November 8, 2013 |
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U.S. Sugar Policy Sends Candy Makers Abroad
By NCPA @ 10:06 AM :: 7781 Views :: National News, Agriculture, Small Business, Cost of Living
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U.S. candy makers are expanding production in other countries as federal price supports and a global glut of the sweet stuff give an ever-greater advantage to foreign rivals....
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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 :: 7408 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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Friday, November 8, 2013 |
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House Security Announces Rules for Friday's Gay Marriage Rallies
By News Release @ 1:43 AM :: 5358 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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The gallery will be evenly split down the middle with an equal allocation of space for both sides....
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 |
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Res 13-216: Stop Unfair Water Billing
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 11:23 PM :: 5670 Views :: Honolulu County, Cost of Living
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Board of Water Supply’s (BWS) unfair billing practices forced thousands of O‘ahu residents to subsidize the errors caused by BWS' own faulty billing system....
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 |
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New lawsuit alleges former gubernatorial appointee’s involvement in financial shenanigans at union
By Malia Zimmerman @ 7:08 PM :: 9564 Views :: DHHL, Ethics, Labor, Rail
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Hit men, Yakuza, Hells Angels, the Chinese crime syndicate and Hawaii politicians....
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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 :: 7400 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 :: 3624 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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Heritage: Hawaiian Citizens Testify in Support of Marriage
By Heritage Foundation @ 6:00 PM :: 5467 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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Government policy should respect those who believe marriage is the union of a man and a woman....
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 |
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Chang: Democrats Disrespect People, Republicans are Listening
By David S Chang @ 5:42 PM :: 4893 Views :: Republican Party
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While the Democrats in the legislature were ignoring their constituents, here at the HRP we were listening....
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 |
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How Differences in the Cost of Living Affect Low-Income Families
By News Release @ 1:47 PM :: 6424 Views :: Land Use, Cost of Living
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The amount of money necessary to buy a 1,000 square-foot apartment in Dallas would only buy a 460 square-foot apartment in Honolulu....
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 |
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They Liked Their Health Plans, But Can't Keep Them
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:05 PM :: 3535 Views :: Health Care
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“If you like your plan, you can keep your plan.” -- NOT!
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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 :: 5008 Views :: GMOs
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...Bill 113 would ban the cultivation of genetically engineered plants in the open air....
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 |
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NAEP Test Results Released: Feds Tout Hawaii as RTTT Success Story
By News Release @ 10:05 AM :: 4578 Views :: Education K-12
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Hawaii beats national average in 4th grade math, still lags in other areas ....
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Thursday, November 7, 2013 |
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'Surf Art and the Surfer' Art Exhibition
By News Release @ 5:16 AM :: 3875 Views :: Religion
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November 15 & 16, 2013 -- Surfing The Nations presents “Surf Art and the Surfer” art show at 63 Kamehameha Hwy, Wahiawa
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 |
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TomTom: Honolulu 6th Worst Traffic in N. America
By News Release @ 11:14 PM :: 5036 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Rail
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TomTom Traffic Index aims to provide the general public, industry and policy makers with unique and unbiased information about congestion levels in urban areas....
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 |
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Realtors Assn: Honolulu 3rd Most Expensive Real Estate
By News Release @ 10:39 PM :: 4999 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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San Jose, $805,000; San Francisco, $705,000; Honolulu, $679,800; Anaheim-Santa Ana, Calif., $670,700; and San Diego, $485,000 ....
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 |
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Survey: Kailua 20th Most Unaffordable Real Estate in USA
By News Release @ 10:33 PM :: 5501 Views :: Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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Exhaustive Survey of Nearly 2,000 Markets and 52,000 Listings Shows More Than $2 Million Difference in Price Between Malibu and Cleveland....
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 |
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How They Voted: Gay Marriage Passes Second Read 30-18
By Video @ 9:14 PM :: 8256 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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...VIDEO: several short clips from today’s rally at the capitol....
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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 :: 3831 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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No Blackout: RevoluSun Exposed
By Andrew Walden @ 5:36 PM :: 12346 Views :: Energy, Ethics
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The revolution will not be televised, but on television last night, the RevoluSun was not blacked out....
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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 :: 4420 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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Full Text SB1HD1: House Gay Marriage Bill as Amended
By News Release @ 4:19 PM :: 5535 Views :: Family, First Amendment
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After five days and nearly 57 hours of testimony, the House Judiciary and Finance Committees passed SB1 HD1....
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 |
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Caught in the Obamacare Web
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:43 PM :: 3539 Views :: Health Care
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Hadley and Dougall want to make sure their personal information is removed from HealthCare.gov. There's just one problem: Users can't delete their own accounts....
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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 :: 6035 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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