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Friday, September 9, 2011 |
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Saturday, September 3, 2011 |
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Flags to Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Senior Chief Petty Officer Kraig M. Vickers
By News Release @ 12:14 AM :: 10863 Views :: DHHL, Energy, National News, World News
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SCPO Vickers, 36, was a 1992 Maui High School graduate. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, September 3, 2011 at the Maui Arts and Cultural Theater. SCPO Vickers will be laid to rest at Valley Isle Memorial Park in Haiku.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011 |
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The Fast and Furious Scandal Continues
By Heritage Foundation @ 1:09 PM :: 7976 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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A U.S. government gun-trafficking investigation gone horribly wrong has resulted in the death of a U.S. Border Patrol officer, some 2,000 firearms in the hands of criminals, and the dismissal of a 24-year veteran law enforcement official. This is the story of Fast and Furious....
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Monday, August 29, 2011 |
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The Right Strategy to Fight Terrorism
By Heritage Foundation @ 7:33 PM :: 8229 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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...Since September 11, 2001, at least 40 Islamist-inspired terror plots aimed at the United States have been thwarted....
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Monday, August 29, 2011 |
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Time Has Come for States to Take Strong Action on Iran
By Selected News Articles @ 7:30 PM :: 10522 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Lucrative state and federal contracts funded by American taxpayer dollars should not be awarded to companies doing business with a regime that is aggressively pursuing a nuclear weapons program, training and supplying weapons to terrorists who are killing U.S. troops, and engaging in egregious human rights abuses inside its own borders.
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Monday, August 29, 2011 |
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Wind Power Is Dying
By Selected News Articles @ 11:54 AM :: 10260 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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While the U.S. is dumping billions of dollars into wind farms and onshore and offshore wind turbines, this energy source is being cast aside as a failure elsewhere in the world.
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Sunday, August 28, 2011 |
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Battleship Missouri to Commemorate 66th Anniversary of Japanese Surrender
By News Release @ 4:46 PM :: 13995 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The Battleship Missouri Memorial will commemorate the 66th anniversary of the end of World War II with a free ceremony on Friday, Sept. 2, 2011, from 8 to 9 a.m., on the Mighty Mo’s forward main deck.
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Thursday, August 25, 2011 |
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NYT: Anti-GMO Myths don’t hold up to Scientific Scrutiny
By NCPA @ 9:48 PM :: 9691 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Myths about the dire effects of genetically modified foods on health and the environment abound, but they have not held up to scientific scrutiny. These crop modification methods are not dangerous.
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011 |
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Son of Hamas: Ex-Terrorist to Speak at Aiea Church
By Andrew Walden @ 10:58 PM :: 8009 Views :: Maui County, World News, Family
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Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of terrorist Hamas founder and leader Sheikh Hassan Yousef, will be speaking at Calvary Chapel Honolulu, 98-1016 Komo Mai Drive, Aiea -- Wednesday at 630PM.
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011 |
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Rail: Sumitomo will not Appeal, Stands Ready to take Ansaldo's place
By News Release @ 9:13 PM :: 13027 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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As the only qualified offeror, SCOA’s decision not to appeal should in no way be interpreted as loss of interest. To the contrary, SCOA will remain ready to fulfill its commitments should the City not be able to proceed with Ansaldo due to any problems that might prevent them from fulfilling their offer.
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Monday, August 22, 2011 |
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Heritage: What's Next in Libya
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:11 PM :: 7398 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The Administration’s short-sighted effort to score a quick and easy military victory over Qadhafi’s regime failed to end the threat to civilians in “days not weeks,” as President Barack Obama promised. The administration now must scramble to develop and implement a long term strategy for a post-Qadhafi Libya.
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Monday, August 22, 2011 |
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Can Abercrombie Administration impose Billions in Carbon Fees without Legislative Vote?
By Andrew Walden @ 3:02 AM :: 17164 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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What does a worn out and debunked fraud scheme do when it has exhausted its welcome around the world? It comes to Hawaii, of course.
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Sunday, August 21, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Rebels take center of Tripoli, Gaddafi regime collapses
By Andrew Walden @ 8:48 PM :: 11312 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Ghaddafi is/was the fourth-largest shareholder of Honolulu Rail contractor Ansaldo. It appears that Ghaddafi's Libyan Investment Authority is undergoing a change in management ....
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Sunday, August 21, 2011 |
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Car Bomb: Maui Soldier tells Story of Survival
By Selected News Articles @ 5:26 PM :: 10381 Views :: DHHL, Energy, National News, World News
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JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq – Death hovered behind a car window packed with figurines and Teddy Bears on a tract of Iraqi road with no name....
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Saturday, August 20, 2011 |
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China Threatening U.S. Space Superiority
By Heritage Foundation @ 4:54 PM :: 7586 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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...as NASA sends its shuttles to museums, China is making great strides in its space program—with preparations under way for the launch of a Chinese spacelab in the next few weeks....
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Thursday, August 18, 2011 |
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Hertiage: Never Quit
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:26 PM :: 7546 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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We must remember how we stood as a nation with a shared purpose and intensity on September 12, 2001 and in the days following. That collective and eternal vigilance is still essential. Never quit.
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011 |
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011 |
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Barbers Point Museum to Host 9-11 Commemoration
By News Release @ 7:45 PM :: 9580 Views :: Maui County, Energy, National News, World News
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- Where: Midway Street between Hangars 110 & 111 on Kalaeloa Airport, Kapolei, Hawaii
- When: Saturday, September 10, 10 am-6 pm and Sunday, Sept. 11, 10 am-4 pm
- Special: 10th Anniversary 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at 10 am on Sunday, Sept. 11
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Sunday, August 14, 2011 |
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Micronesians: “Its just better in Arkansas”
By Andrew Walden @ 11:10 PM :: 32174 Views :: National News, World News, Health Care, Cost of Living
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Neil Abercrombie says Hawaii can’t afford Micronesians.
All four members of Hawaii’s Congressional delegation say Micronesians are “unsustainable.”
Arkansas disagrees.
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011 |
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Trains Helped Kill the Greek Economy – They’ll Kill Hawaii’s too
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 9:05 PM :: 13138 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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“Some years back a Greek finance minister, fed up with his country's waste and extravagance claimed that he could save money by shutting down the national railway and driving around its passengers in taxis.”
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Thursday, August 4, 2011 |
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UANI Calls on Japanese Conglomerate Hitachi to End Its Business in Iran
By News Release @ 3:52 PM :: 7711 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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On Thursday, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) called on Japanese high technology conglomerate Hitachi to end its business in Iran. Hitachi maintains an active presence in Iran, having provided Iran with gas turbines and induction motors used in its oil and gas sector.
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Monday, July 18, 2011 |
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Two more chances to see Space Shuttle from Hawaii
By Selected News Articles @ 9:38 PM :: 7654 Views :: Energy, National News, World News
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- TUESDAY 4:43AM HST
- WEDNESDAY 5:19AM HST
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Friday, July 15, 2011 |
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Guam WW2 Claims Bill criticized for Over-criminalization
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:27 PM :: 9126 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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This bill would authorize the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to compensate residents of Guam and their descendants who were injured or killed in World War II.
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Monday, July 11, 2011 |
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America, the Europe of the West?
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:13 PM :: 7498 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Last night, President Barack Obama and U.S. congressional leaders failed to reach agreement on a deal to raise the nation's debt limit. Meanwhile, it has been more than 800 days since the U.S. Senate passed a budget, liberals in Washington are pushing for higher taxes, unemployment is soaring, the deficit keeps growing, and America is careening toward an economic future as the Europe of the West.
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Monday, July 11, 2011 |
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Barack Sr. so repulsive, even Abercrombie thought he was Arrogant
By Selected News Articles @ 2:26 AM :: 13484 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Back in Nairobi, says one government official, Obama Sr. would “slam his fist on the table” and claim that a rival “knows nothing about math or economics”; he would go on to describe other colleagues as “intellectual dwarfs.” As college friend and current Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie tells Jacobs, Obama Sr. could never “contain his irritation with people who were not as facile as he, and he did not hesitate to say so.”
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Thursday, July 7, 2011 |
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Immigration Records: Obama was to have been put up for Adoption at Honolulu Salvation Army Home
By Selected News Articles @ 3:26 PM :: 14162 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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“Subject got his USC wife ‘Hapai’ [Hawaiian for pregnant] and although they were married they do not live together and Miss Dunham is making arrangements with the Salvation Army to give the baby away,’’ according to a memo describing the conversation with Obama written by Lyle H. Dahling, an administrator in the Honolulu office of what was then called the US Immigration and Naturalization Service.
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Thursday, June 30, 2011 |
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Gaza Flotilla Roster Portends Another Violent Clash
By IPT News @ 8:59 PM :: 13654 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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A flotilla is determined to sail to the Gaza Strip this weekend in breach of Israel's naval blockade on the Hamas-controlled territory. This decision comes in spite of growing international pressure to stop the campaign, damaged ships and fewer passengers than expected.
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Monday, June 27, 2011 |
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Hawaii 8th Annual International Women’s Leadership Conference Sept 20
By News Release @ 8:58 PM :: 14860 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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HONOLULU – Lesley Jane Seymour, Editor-in-Chief of More magazine, will address delegates at Hawai‘i’s 8th annual International Women’s Leadership Conference (IWLC), taking place on September 20, 2011 at the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel and Resort.
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Monday, June 27, 2011 |
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Heritage: Obama Plays Politics in Afghanistan
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:13 PM :: 7818 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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The nation’s two highest-ranking military commanders have gone on record raising serious concerns about President Obama’s flawed plan to bring 33,000 troops home from Afghanistan by September 2012.
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Sunday, June 26, 2011 |
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Iran developing capability to hit US with Nukes
By IPT News @ 1:48 PM :: 12062 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Iran has also improved its launch capabilities, recently placing a data-gathering satellite into space with its powerful Safir booster rocket. The move will accelerate Iran's program for intercontinental ballistic missiles, bypassing the U.N.'s efforts to control the Islamic Republic and giving it the capability to hit the United States....
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Sunday, June 26, 2011 |
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Am. Samoa Congressional Delegate bought and paid for by Kazakhstan?
By Selected News Articles @ 1:45 AM :: 12836 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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"One Member of Congress, Delegate Eni Faleomavaega from American Samoa, a co-chair and driving force behind the creation of the Central Asia caucus, particularly stands out. In the 2010 election cycle, two of Faleomavaega’s top organizational contributors had been under contract with the Republic of Kazakhstan...."
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011 |
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Meet your new Defense Secretary: Leon Panetta's War on Reagan's Defense Policies
By Selected News Articles @ 5:06 PM :: 9548 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Senate conservatives proudly call themselves “Reagan Republicans” because of Reagan’s “Peace Through Strength” military policies. But in Leon Panetta, whose nomination comes up for a full Senate vote for Secretary of Defense on Tuesday, they are being asked to endorse a man whose Congressional career was dedicated to fighting Reagan’s defense build-up and anti-communist policies.
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Saturday, June 18, 2011 |
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NASA-Funded Group Doctors Sea Level Data
By News Release @ 1:21 AM :: 11600 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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what happens when sea level in the real world does not rise nearly as much as alarmists predict? If you are a NASA-funded gatekeeper of sea level data, you merely doctor the data....
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Friday, June 17, 2011 |
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Greek Crisis: Moody’s warns of possible First Hawaiian Bank downgrade
By News Release @ 9:24 PM :: 12844 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Moody's Investors Service placed the stand-alone bank financial strength rating of First Hawaiian Bank on review for possible downgrade....
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Friday, June 17, 2011 |
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Free Trade Agreements Deliver More Trade
By Selected News Articles @ 9:56 AM :: 9039 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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the agreements appear to boost manufacturing exports above the overall trend while having no discernable impact on manufacturing imports....
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Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
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VIDEO: Final statement of Geert Wilders in his free speech trial
By News Release @ 11:12 PM :: 5655 Views :: World News, Family
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Freedom of expression is the life source of our Western civilisation. Do not let that source go dry just to cosy up to a totalitarian regime.
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Thursday, June 16, 2011 |
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Al-Qaeda hit list names US writers, generals
By IPT News @ 7:53 PM :: 12979 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Columns and articles by several of the writers and researchers named by al-Qaeda have been and will continue to be posted on HawaiiFreePress.com.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011 |
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A Showdown over the War in Libya
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:25 PM :: 9618 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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...President Obama failed to consult Congress in an appropriately deliberate manner. The President has ill-served Congress, and there is no reason Congress should stand for it. As it responds, Congress should be mindful of its obligations: to uphold the Constitution, act in America’s interests, and not unduly put the lives of American allies at risk....
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Tuesday, June 14, 2011 |
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Boehner on Libya: Obama will be in Violation of War Powers Act in 5 days
By News Release @ 1:53 PM :: 7108 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Five days from now, our country will reach the 90-day mark from the notification to Congress regarding the commencement of the military operation in Libya, which began on March 18, 2011.
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Monday, June 13, 2011 |
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Renewable Energy and Hybrid Cars Still Only at 1%
By Panos Prevedouros PhD @ 7:39 PM :: 10667 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Despite governmental mandates for renewables, if their electricity production is converted to equivalent tons of oil, then their share is only 1.3% in 2010....
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Friday, June 10, 2011 |
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Overestimating Wind Power Generation
By Selected News Articles @ 5:07 PM :: 8570 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Growing evidence from both sides of the Atlantic indicates that performance models based on wind data often promise levels of generation substantially above actual wind power output.
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Friday, June 10, 2011 |
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The Iranian Threat That Can't Be Ignored
By Heritage Foundation @ 3:12 PM :: 6896 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has acquired two missile warheads capable of being armed with a nuclear weapon. And a recently leaked U.N. report described suspected ballistic missile technology exchanges between North Korea and Iran....
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Saturday, June 4, 2011 |
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307th Signal Battalion returning from Afghanistan
By News Release @ 7:28 PM :: 12975 Views :: Maui County, Energy, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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This mission was a great success for the unit as well as for the Soldiers. Within battalion, more than two dozen Soldiers decided on continued service in the Army as they reenlisted and seven non-commissioned from the battalion were inducted into the highly esteemed Sergeant Audie Murphy Club for outstanding leadership achievements.
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Thursday, June 2, 2011 |
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Moody’s Warns of US Default
By News Release @ 12:55 PM :: 7116 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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... the rating outlook will depend on the outcome of negotiations on deficit reduction. A credible agreement on substantial deficit reduction would support a continued stable outlook; lack of such an agreement could prompt Moody's to change its outlook to negative on the Aaa rating....
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Thursday, June 2, 2011 |
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Time For Thoughtful Moves in Libya
By Heritage Foundation @ 9:11 AM :: 7583 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Last night, House Republican leadership postponed a vote on a measure to withdraw troops from Libya within 15 days. While many agree that entering the war was unwise, they are also fearful of making another rash move that could harm our national interest or leave our allies stranded.
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Sunday, May 29, 2011 |
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Ronald Reagan, Memorial Day 1986: “They chose to reject the fashionable skepticism of their time”
By News Release @ 1:36 PM :: 7944 Views :: National News, World News
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Here in Arlington rests a sharecropper's son who became a hero to a lonely people. Joe Louis came from nowhere, but he knew how to fight. And he galvanized a nation in the days after Pearl Harbor when he put on the uniform of his country and said, "I know we'll win because we're on God's side."
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