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July 2, 2017

Hirono Second Surgery: Gabbard, Hanabusa Jockey for Position
...The operation was the second of two surgeries planned since Hirono was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer earlier this year....
Most Expensive Place to Live in U.S.? Hawaii, Where Toilet Paper Costs More Than Anywhere in the World
...Toilet Paper is 30% cheaper in socialist Venezuela....
Only 9% of Honolulu renters can afford median-priced home-Worst in USA
...In no other metropolitan area was the percentage of renters that could afford a home lower....
Hawaii's nonsensical resistance to borders shows as insanity
...despising Trump, conservatives and America so much they're willing to risk the country for a political win....
Travel Ban: AG Chin Asks Obama Judge to Redefine Supreme Court Ruling, Let More Muslims In
...Hawaii's motion asks the court to clarify that the federal government may not enforce the controversial bans against fiancés, grandparents, grandchildren, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins of people currently living in the United States....
UH Prof: 'I Don't Trust White People,' They 'Need To Lose More'
...Keep losing until they undergo sex-change operations....
July 7, 1935: Moscow orders first Communists to Hawaii
...When the USSR collapsed in 1991, long-secret archives of the Communist International were thrown open to western researchers for the first time.  Many previously unknown details of communist history have been revealed--including the 1935 Comintern orders directing Communists to begin work in Hawaii....
The 1840 Hawaiian Constitution and the Fourth of July
...In 1840 the Kingdom of Hawaii adopted a constitution with strong parallels to the Constitution of the United States....
The Verified Complaint In Equity: The Declaration Of Independence
...the structure and style of the Declaration follows a form familiar to most modern lawyers: a complaint initiating a lawsuit....
Hawaii became a U.S. Territory July 7, 1898
...When Hawaii became the 50th U.S. State in 1959, the historic occasion was marked by ceremonies within the sanctuary walls of the Kawaiaha'o Church....
Video: Roth vs Anderson on GE Tax Hike
...Either Anderson did not understand how the GE Tax works, or he pretended not to....
Grassroot: Feds Should Audit Rail
...We hope that the Department of Transportation's Office of the Inspector General will be moved to mount a comprehensive fiscal and engineering audit of Honolulu rail....
HART Chair: We're Not Telling Feds Anything
..."What is happening? Nobody's saying anything...." 
Are you confused about the status of the $250,000 HART special audit?
... 'We made a screwy stupid decision back then.' And I think going forward, that's what I would like to do, unless there's some critical issue where we suspect there's like fraud or embezzlement or something ....
Special Permits Near Honolulu Rail Line Attract Proposals For Big Juicy Hotels
...Notice the words "affordable housing"?  Me neither....
Transit-oriented development a Scam Just Like Rail
...something is seriously amiss with rail's conjugal partner - transit-oriented development....
Honolulu rail clearly a fiasco
...things could have turned out differently....
Not Satisfied With Merely Taking Land For Rail, Now The City Wants Blood
...Blood bank sues over city push to take land for rail....
Honolulu Neighborhood Boards: 47 Vacant Positions Available
...Any eligible voter may apply to their local NB to be appointed to a vacant position by vote of the NB....
Can Hokulea Crew Save Telescope?
...Nainoa Thompson: University of Hawai'i is the most important navigator....
Kim: Trade Telescope Approval for OHA Control of Mauna Kea
...Mayor Kim suggested there needs to be a new governing body for Hawaii's tallest peak with OHA playing a strong role....
Akina: Change OHA's Current Spending Policy
..."Crucial Recommendations for Achieving Fiscal Sustainability"....
OHA: Hot Air vs Fresh Air
...One Labels Calls For Truth & Transparency A Witch Hunt. -- The Other Trustee Asks Beneficiaries To Participate & Speak Out Even More....
Ige: Public Schools Now Offer Better Education Than Private Schools
... But when Ige and his wife chose a school for their own children, they chose Punahou ....
Supreme Court Allows Travel Ban To Take Effect
..."Today's unanimous Supreme Court decision is a clear victory for our national security," the president said....
Peruta Concealed Carry: Supreme Court Allows 9th Circuit Decision to Stand
...Peruta v San Diego: 9th Circuit Finds No Right to Carry Concealed Firearms in Hawaii, California....
Drug Money: DoTax to Receive $400K/mo Cash -- What Could Go Wrong?
...Somebody might steal the money while an HGEA member is distracted by a particularly intense game of solitaire on the computer.....
No Incentive: HMSA Puts Pediatricians on Welfare
...Under the new payment system, pediatricians would be reimbursed roughly $300 in the first year for a newborn versus about $1,000 in the current fee-for-service model....
Carving Up the Price of Car Rentals
...a curious bill, HB 735, involving the car rental industry....
Universal Basic Income Is A Lazy Solution To The Oncoming Labor Crisis
...Hawaii recently became the first state to make a major push towards a universal basic income....
Rep Chris Lee: If you don't want to talk about putting everybody on Welfare, You Do Not Exist
...Lee said he has not encountered opposition to the proposal....
Legislators should scrap idea of 'basic income' and just lower taxes
... Like a fever dream concocted from YouTube videos and threads from the /Futurology subreddit, it's a vision of a dystopian future that convinced enough Hawaii legislators (almost all of them, actually) to consider researching UBI....
As Predicted, Matson Strike Avoided
...reporting on the expiration of two maritime union contracts with Matson....
SB410: Public union power grab goes too far
...All employers need a few basic freedoms to be productive, among them the freedom to manage their employees....
Trump Appoints Doug Domenech Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas
...Domenech's nomination has been endorsed by all four Governors of the U.S. territories....
Micronesia: US Officials Lift Suspension on Compact Public Infrastructure Grant Funding
... Domenech's first act as Assistant Secretary ....
What a Wounded Veteran Thinks of Trump's VA Reform
..."What happened was a national disgrace, and yet some of the employees involved in these scandals remained on the payrolls." -- President Donald J Trump....
Institute for Astronomy celebrates 50 years of discovery
...Since its founding on July 1, 1967, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Institute for Astronomy (IfA) has played a role in almost every significant astronomical discovery....
OHA Announces $6M in Grants
...Click BREG to see who's getting what....
SB1240: Science Beats Anti-Aquarium Hysteria
..."The Hawaii aquarium fishing community has offered alternative legislation and a willingness to work with DLNR to improve the permit system and ensure that it is based in sound science"....
Food Evolution
...The first 15 minutes left me feeling infuriated beyond belief because the Hawaii anti-GMO movement was replayed....
DMV Computer Fixed After Phone Call to Bulgaria
...Four days of Caldwell incompetence....
APL to inaugurate new foreign flag Asia / Hawaii container service in August
...APL Ltd. will inaugurate a direct Asia / Hawaii with the first vessel arrival to Honolulu scheduled on Sunday, August 13, 2017....
UH Law School Looks at Sharing Economy
... "Property" And Investment-Backed Expectations In Ridesharing Regulatory Takings Claims....
 

FEATURED ARTICLES

  1. Murthy: I Can Complete Elevated Rail Without Tax Hike
  2. Sex, Lies, and Repetitious Badgering: Meet Hawaii's New Superintendent of Schools
  3. Lawyer: OHA Transferred Waimea Valley to Private Company Controlled by CEO Crabbe
  4. Conflict of Interest: OHA Audit Committee Member Secretly owns OHA's Former Poi Mill
  5. Hawaii named 'worst state to make a living' (again)
  6. Criminal Probe of OHA's $435K Beamer Contract
  7. Waimea Valley: OHA's $20M Secret
  8. HART Cancels Audit: "It's not my intent to figure out what we did wrong"
  9. HART: Even 10-year Rail Tax Extension Is Not Enough
  10. Pay to Play: Navatek Contributes $120K to Legislators, Gets $8.75M in Tax credits and Grants
  11. GE Tax: Audit Shows Tourists pay only 14.1% of Rail Surcharge
  12. Randy Roth: OHA Copies Bishop Estate--Misusing LLCs to Hide from Law
  13. Political Connections Pay Off: Former OHA Officer on the Inside Developing Kakaako
  14. Honolulu rail project most expensive in the world
  15. With Obama Out of the Way, HMSA Rate Hike Much Smaller
  16. DTL: Sen Donovan Dela Cruz on Payroll of OHA's Kakaako Developer
  17. Supreme Court to Hear Rail Skim Lawsuit
  18. FBI probe investigating police chief now zeroing in on city prosecutor, too
  19. Public-Private Partnerships: Study Examines New Options for Rail
  20. Hawaii has the longest permit approval process in the country
  21. Whistleblowers: Sunrun Faked Hawaii Sales Data to Boost IPO
  22. Half of Hawaii Medicaid Funds Pay for Homeless Emergency Room Visits
  23. Conservative Rankings of Hawaii Legislators-2016 Session
  24. State Recycling Program: A Decade of Fraud (Part 6)
  25. UH: Housing First Keeps 89% of Homeless Housed
  26. IRS: Hawaii Legislature Voted to Destroy Employee Retirement System
  27. Peter Apo: 'People can just make up stuff, and pronounce cultural claims with little or no validation'

  28. Global Warming: UH Professors Say Everybody in Hawaii Will Burn to Death. Soon. Real soon.
  29. Offshore Wind Turbines Blamed For Killing Whales
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