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Wednesday, May 4, 2011 |
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Hawaii citizens missed some lawmakers’ bullets; bit others
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:40 PM :: 6190 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The best that can be said about this session is what bills did NOT survive, such as: a 1 percent increase in the general excise tax; a 10-cent fee for a plastic or paper bag to carry consumer purchases; tax-free pensions that will now remain untaxed; Lanai and Molokai will not be covered with windmills to produce power for Oahu, saving Hawaii taxpayers an estimated $3 billion on an intra-island, under-water cable; and competition for shipping services that did not get eliminated as was included in a Public Utilities Commission clarification bill.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011 |
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Top Six Reasons We Got Osama bin Laden
By Heritage Foundation @ 10:53 AM :: 7501 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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President George W. Bush put the correct policies in place, including the PATRIOT Act, Gitmo and increased intelligence gathering. President Barack Obama was wise to continue executing many of the same strategies.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Marumoto: Retirees have won the Day, Pension Tax is Dead
By News Release @ 7:29 PM :: 8037 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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“All during this session I received a steady stream of letters, phone calls and e mails. I was stopped several times in neighborhood markets and shopping centers. None of the communications were form letters, but individual pleas reminding me that retirees could not afford to lose more income to taxes."
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Political Correctness: SEALS who got Bin Laden also captured Jihadi murderer of Big Isle man—and were prosecuted for it
By Andrew Walden @ 6:11 PM :: 14077 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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For five and a half years, the US has hunted for Ahmed Hashim Abed--code-named "Objective Amber." Abed is the alleged ring-leader of an Islamist mob which murdered four US military contractors--including Pa`auilo resident Wesley Batalona--in Fallujah, Iraq on March 31, 2004.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Bin Laden, the terror godfather next door: Local children playing in his garden, his own at a nearby school
By Selected News Articles @ 5:28 PM :: 5880 Views :: World News, Family
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'I used to go to their house. He had two wives, one spoke Arabic, and the other one spoke Urdu. They had three children, a girl and two boys. They gave me two rabbits. They had installed a camera at the outer gate so they could see people before they entered the house,' Zarar Ahmed said....
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Inouye, Akaka votes: A ticket to USA for Guantanamo detainee who attempted attack on Honolulu
By Andrew Walden @ 3:00 PM :: 15973 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Khalid Shaikh Mohammed spent most of 1994 plotting to blow up or hijack 12 airplanes carrying about 4,000 passengers bound for Honolulu and 11 other locations as part of Operation Bojinka, based in Manila, Philippines. He would later use operational experienced gained from his Bojinka failure to mastermind 9-11.
Now Hawaii's two Senators have voted to help spring Mohammed from detention at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Study: Hawaii has most expensive rentals in Nation
By Selected News Articles @ 2:09 PM :: 9759 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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...NLIHC calculates Hawaii’s "housing wage" at $31.08 per hour. The “housing wage” which is the full-time hourly wage a household would need to earn in order to afford the fair market rent for an apartment....
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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UH Medical School to lose Tobacco Settlement Funding
By News Release @ 1:20 PM :: 8088 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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The JABSOM measure appeared to have support in both houses, but the conference committees deadlocked over a different bill-one the House of Representatives supported to tax pension income over $200,000. The Senate firmly opposed any pension tax.
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Al-Qaida's New Battle Hardened, Difficult Leader
By IPT News @ 12:58 PM :: 8287 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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Zawahiri...has a record "of alienating his colleagues, fighting over dogma, even within the Islamist movement," said journalist Steve Coll. "And as a communicator, he is less effective. His books are turgid and dogmatic." During a recent online chat with fellow jihadists, Zawahiri sounded "defensive and argumentative. He sounded unappealing as a leader."
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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144 Bills Face Final Votes by May 5
By Councilmember Kymberly Marcos Pine @ 12:41 PM :: 5932 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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...the 2011 Legislative Session ends on Thursday. Tomorrow, for the last time, your House of Representatives will vote on the entirety of bills still alive this session....
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Hawaii Christian Coalition to Pray over Capitol May 5
By News Release @ 12:38 PM :: 5921 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Please join us for a Spirit filled night of prayer on Thursday, May 5, 6:30-8:00pm in the State Capitol Auditorium....
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011 |
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Maritime Industry Leader: Throw out Jones Act requirement for US Built ships
By Selected News Articles @ 11:34 AM :: 7877 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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The Jones Act has singularly failed to deliver on its declared objectives of "supporting foreign and domestic commerce and creating a merchant marine of the best equipped and most suitable types of vessels." The "must build in America" clause is the biggest problem. Today the U.S. builds 1 percent of the world’s commercial ships — with 95 percent being built in Asia....
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Monday, May 2, 2011 |
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission looking into Depleted Uranium paperwork violations
By News Release @ 9:10 PM :: 11452 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Separately from the Army’s license application, a resident of Hawaii filed a petition on March 4, 2010, requesting the NRC take enforcement action against the Army if it found the Army possessed or released depleted uranium to the environment without a license in violation of NRC requirements.
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Monday, May 2, 2011 |
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Abercrombie signature gives special rights to Men who wear Dresses
By News Release @ 7:43 PM :: 4289 Views
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House Bill 546 ... prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression as a public policy matter and specifically with regard to employment....
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Monday, May 2, 2011 |
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SB1274: Obamacare being used to Weaken Right to Appeal Insurance Coverage Denials
By News Release @ 7:26 PM :: 10972 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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As the 2011 Hawai`i State Legislature moves closer to an end, boisterous applause, back-slapping, and high-fives erupted on the morning of Friday, May 1st in Conference Room 229 at the Hawai`i State Capitol as health insurance lobbyists congratulated themselves. They were celebrating the passage of Senate Bill 1274 that repeals a decade-old consumer protection law consumers have used successfully to overturn health plan denials approximately 80% of the time....
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Monday, May 2, 2011 |
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Extremist Reactions to bin Laden Death
By IPT News @ 2:39 PM :: 9070 Views :: National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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In the hours after the official announcement of Osama bin Laden's death, jihadi forums and extremist websites have been flooded with a mix of responses. Although some jihadists have welcomed the martyrdom of one of their greatest leaders, others have condemned America or appear to be in damage control mode.
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Monday, May 2, 2011 |
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Heritage: Bin Laden Dead
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:23 PM :: 4514 Views :: National News, Ethics
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With bin Laden's death, which came by way of a small, covert strike force, there will be an impulse to believe that this action validates that covert operations are a cheap and simple answer to the most vexing national security problems. They are not. They are just one tool in the tool box. Among those tools, too, is the strategic and lawful interrogation of detainees, including those at Guantanamo Bay.
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Monday, May 2, 2011 |
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Special Forces exterminate Osama Bin-Laden: Hideout was mansion next to Pakistani Military Academy
By Selected News Articles @ 2:43 AM :: 7076 Views
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President Bush called the operation a “momentous achievement” that “marks a victory for America, for people who seek peace around the world, and for all those who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001.”
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Monday, May 2, 2011 |
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Legislature to vote on $350M Increase in GE Tax
By Andrew Walden @ 2:10 AM :: 7968 Views :: Energy, Environment
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SB754 will increase the cost of construction, shipping, air travel, rent, and cellular phone use. Suppliers to tourism are specifically targeted for double taxation which will push up the portion of the tourist dollar which goes into the State General Fund and reduce the portion which circulates in the privately-owned economy.
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Saturday, April 30, 2011 |
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Abercrombie signs Eight More Bill into Law
By News Release @ 10:11 PM :: 7017 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Abercrombie recently signed the following bills into law....
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Saturday, April 30, 2011 |
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Whirlwind legislative session draws to a close May 5
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:07 PM :: 7169 Views :: Energy, Environment
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On Thursday, May 5, the last votes will be taken and the regular 2011 session will come to a close.
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Friday, April 29, 2011 |
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'Birther' Myth First Spread by Hillary Clinton Supporters in 2008
By Selected News Articles @ 11:07 AM :: 10167 Views :: Obama
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Indeed, the rumor that Obama was not a U.S. citizen was initially spread in April 2008 by a group of Hillary Clinton supporters, as reported April 22 by Politico’s Ben Smith and Byron Tau....
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Friday, April 29, 2011 |
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Friends of Lanai Calls for Big Wind Bidding Process to be Reopened
By News Release @ 11:03 AM :: 10740 Views :: Kauai County, DHHL, Energy, Environment
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Friends of Lāna‘i (FOL) today petitioned Hawaii’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to reopen the competitive bidding process for the “Big Wind” project.
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Friday, April 29, 2011 |
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British Hawaii: U.K. flavor in the former 'Sandwich Isles'
By Selected News Articles @ 8:19 AM :: 11933 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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... despite a few early skirmishes — including the one that cost the English explorer his life — the people who preceded the Europeans to the so-called "Sandwich Isles" by at least a thousand years generally had good relations with the British empire....
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Friday, April 29, 2011 |
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Conspicuous Gallantry: Medal of Honor for Kaho’ohanohano, Svehla
By Selected News Articles @ 8:09 AM :: 11847 Views :: DHHL, Energy, National News, World News
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Kaho'ohanohano, just 21, hailed from Hawaii. He left his home in Maui to fight with Company H, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. He distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism in action against the enemy in the vicinity of Chupa-ri, Korea, on Sept. 1, 1951.
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Friday, April 29, 2011 |
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Crisis? Arrivals up 9.1% spending up 16.9%
By News Release @ 7:30 AM :: 6640 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Total spending by visitors who came to Hawai‘i in the first quarter of 2011 increased 16.9 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2010, to $3.2 billion. Total visitor days for all visitors grew 10.8 percent, and total arrivals rose 9.1 percent to 1,823,870 visitors, according to preliminary statistics released today by the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
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Immigration Files: UH Manoa Counseled Obama Sr. “about his Playboy Ways”
By Selected News Articles @ 10:03 PM :: 14889 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics, World News, Family
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…And another immigration memo, from June 1964, records that Harvard officials were trying "to get rid of him" and "couldn't seem to figure out how many wives he had."….
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Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
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Pay-for-Performance in Medicare Could Do More Harm Than Good
By Heritage Foundation @ 11:40 AM :: 6127 Views :: Health Care
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In 2012, Obamacare will create the “Value-Based Purchasing Program” in Medicare. Using a pay-for-performance scheme, the program will reimburse hospitals and other health care providers at different rates based on how they score on performance measures chosen by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
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Hawaii Rated Worst State to Earn a Living
By Selected News Articles @ 6:55 AM :: 10236 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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An extremely high cost of living, coupled with a fairly high tax rate, give Hawaii the lowest adjusted-average income....
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Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
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Hawaii Anti-Trust Adventures: Investigating Big Five Control of Matson
By Selected News Articles @ 6:45 AM :: 8454 Views :: Energy, Environment
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While enforcing the federal antitrust laws in Hawaii, (in the early 1960s) my boss, Ray Carlson, and I investigated the big five companies’ control of the Matson Steamship Company. We had the fervent support of the Hawaii Attorney General. We finished the investigation and filed a case against the Matson and the companies controlling it....
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Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
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VIDEO: House GOP Caucus Hosts Balanced Budget Summit
By Video @ 6:13 AM :: 6330 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Representative Gene Ward, introduces the balanced budget summit Representative Aaron Ling Johanson discusses the guiding principles for a vibrant economy in Hawaii. Representative Gil Riviere discusses first steps in revamping government in Hawaii.
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Thursday, April 28, 2011 |
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Abercrombie signs Six More Bills into law
By News Release @ 6:10 AM :: 6229 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Abercrombie signed the following bills into law today....
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011 |
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House saves the day after Senate votes 24-1 to dishonor Polynesian Discoverers of Hawaiian Isles
By Andrew Walden @ 8:38 PM :: 12297 Views :: Hawaii County , Akaka Bill, Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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On the second Monday of every October, Hawaii celebrates, “Discoverers' Day", in recognition of the Polynesian discoverers of the Hawaiian Islands.” But the Senate wants to put a stop to the celebrations.
According to the text of SCR55, introduced March 3 by Abercrombie-appointed Senator Maile Shimabukuro, the holiday should be dropped ....
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011 |
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Profitable Rhetoric: Mililani Trask signs Geothermal Deal
By News Release @ 7:34 PM :: 12690 Views :: Akaka Bill, Energy, OHA
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“Native Hawaiians, like the Maori and many other indigenous people around the world are resource-rich but concerned about exploitation,” says IDG Indigenous and Community Advisor Mililani Tra$k.
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011 |
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
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Abercrombie: HGEA Settles “without accusations and confrontation”
By News Release @ 4:52 PM :: 6306 Views :: Energy, Environment
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Apparently Abercrombie hasn’t met the nurses. They have plenty of “accusations and confrontations.”
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
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Is the Age of America Coming to An End?
By Heritage Foundation @ 2:36 PM :: 4473 Views :: National News, Ethics
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The IMF's assumption that our economy will be weak indefinitely is all too reasonable. China might run its economy into the ground, but we are running our economy into the ground. Reasonable people can sharply disagree over what to do, but what's killing U.S. leadership is obvious to the IMF and anyone looking at the global picture: our budget deficit.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
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HB1405: Lawmakers attempt an end run around the public in order to pass State Akaka bill
By News Release @ 2:18 PM :: 6404 Views :: Energy, Environment
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The revised state measure now calls for the establishment of a 9-member Native Hawaiian roll commission, which will appoint an interim council of 9 members to “commence the organization of a convention of qualified Native Hawaiians.”
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
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Birthers vs. Truthers: The Double Standard on Conspiracy Theories
By Selected News Articles @ 11:29 AM :: 10962 Views :: Republican Party, Obama
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... more than half of Democrats believed Bush was complicit in the 9-11 attacks ....
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
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Back to bargaining Table: HGEA Nurses Reject Contract, other 6 Units Ratify
By News Release @ 1:24 AM :: 7200 Views :: Energy, Environment
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"It is our hope that as we return to the bargaining table, the State Administration and Hawaii Health Systems Corporation take a realistic approach to bargaining a fair agreement with their nurses, or risk losing more staff because of the pay gap they are enduring.”
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011 |
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Abercrombie signs Eight More Bills into Law
By News Release @ 12:44 AM :: 6935 Views :: Energy, Environment
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A total of sixteen measures have been enacted thus far. The Governor has until July 12, 2011 to sign into law all measures that are passed out of the state Senate and the House of Representatives. The Legislature adjourns on May 5th.
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Monday, April 25, 2011 |
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Abercrombie announces Homeless Hotlines
By News Release @ 9:05 PM :: 7916 Views :: Energy, Environment
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KEY QUESTION: What will these four organizations and the Abercrombie Administration do with the information they receive about homeless individuals and homeless camps? Will they attempt to bring the homeless into shelters or will they focus on feeding the homeless in place and “enabling” them to stay on the streets?
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Monday, April 25, 2011 |
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Uncontrolled Spending Is the Real Threat
By Heritage Foundation @ 8:55 PM :: 4522 Views :: National News, Ethics
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...here in the United States, as we face a $14.3 trillion deficit, some are calling for increasing our government's ability to borrow even more money without any concern for spending reform....
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Monday, April 25, 2011 |
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Djou: Oahu has nation’s Highest Gas Taxes, City may raise higher
By Rep Charles Djou @ 8:37 PM :: 10593 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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With Hawaii now experiencing the highest gasoline prices in history, it is baffling that the politicians in the City government are actually contemplating an increase in the gasoline tax.
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Monday, April 25, 2011 |
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Honolulu Pacific Office Properties could be De-listed by Stock Exchange
By News Release @ 2:49 PM :: 10838 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Pacific Office Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE Amex: PCE), a real estate investment trust owning interests in 45 office buildings primarily in Hawaii and California, reported today that it received notice from the NYSE Amex (the “Exchange”) indicating that the Company is not in compliance with the continued listing standards ....
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Monday, April 25, 2011 |
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HCR135: Special Interests hijack ALOHA Resolution
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 1:43 PM :: 8772 Views :: Maui County, Education K-12, Energy, Environment
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in a House committee, HCR 135 was the victim of “gut and replace” ....
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Monday, April 25, 2011 |
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Haley Barbour will not seek GOP Presidential Nomination
By News Release @ 1:30 PM :: 4332 Views :: National News, Ethics
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Announcement from Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour....
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Sunday, April 24, 2011 |
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Hawaii, Other States, Form Caucus to Oppose TSA Intrusions
By Sen. Sam Slom @ 4:16 PM :: 8466 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Believing that the federal Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has gone too far in an assault on individual and states rights, a new, national, bipartisan legislative caucus is emerging to take action.
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Saturday, April 23, 2011 |
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About the Birth Certificate
By Selected News Articles @ 2:15 AM :: 9220 Views :: Energy, Environment, National News, Ethics
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Traditional history courses were torn down in favor of “queer” studies, black studies, Asian studies, women’s studies; language was deconstructed in order to remove its capitalistic foundations; traditional sexual mores were torn asunder in the name of “tolerance.” President Obama was the result.
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Friday, April 22, 2011 |
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Newsflash: DAGS releases comprehensive fiscal report for 2009
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:58 PM :: 6825 Views :: Energy, Environment
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How can the people, or even legislators really know what is currently going on financially with the state when the Department of Accounting and General Services takes nearly 2 years to release its comprehensive annual fiscal reports?
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