Hawaii enforcement cabal targets public schools for their next war on drugs
The "drug war" in Hawaii, as elsewhere, depends on keeping the populace in a state of fear. In order to do their work, drug warriors have to convince us (and the state legislature) that Hawaii is in...
View ArticleDisappeared meerkat--Hawaii Legislature should call special session
Press coverage of the mysterious disappearance of Hulu, a meerkat until recently residing at the Honolulu Zoo, has been overshadowed in the face of mounting tensions surrounding successful court...
View ArticleDisappeared meerkat -- they DID call a special session
Who would believe. If you've been following the saga of the Honolulu Zoo's missing meerkat, you'll remember that the story ended with speculation over whether the state legislature would hold a special...
View ArticleHawaii state legislature Superferry circus is underway
The fate of the Superferry (and of course, whales and invasive species) rides with whatever action the State Legislature will take in the special session just convened this morning.But, like a circus,...
View ArticleHawaii State Legislature poised to remove caps on corporate campaign...
Hawaii has had a $1000 cap on corporate campaign contributions which has made many lawmakers unhappy. The cap was very effective. For example between 2004 and 2005, before the cap took effect,...
View ArticleEssence of Hawaii
Big protest over on Kauai, where a developer is desecrating a graveyard with 48 burials by building a house on top of the remains.It rained, and Palikapu [Dedman] invited the cops to come under the...
View ArticleCharges dropped against Kauai reporter
Kauai isn’t St. Paul, but independent journalists seem to be as endangered there as the species is on the Mainland.Reporter Joan Conrow learned on Friday that a warrant had been issued for her arrest....
View ArticleIt’s time for ordinary people to create a new American economics
It’s time that we got together, in our communities, and begin to talk about money. And about banks, mortgages, small business, credit and microcredit.We already do that around the issues of...
View ArticleCall for encrypted iPhone
Yup, the NSA has been listening in on all kinds of conversations—soldiers phoning wives or girlfriends, for example—not just terrorists planning evil.It's time to put a stop to it by encrypting all of...
View ArticleSupport labor—call Bank of America—tell them not to cut off...
You have certainly seen the story by now: Republic Windows employees, fired without notice, are occupying the plant and demanding severance and vacation pay.President-elect Obama even said that the...
View ArticleIn ceded land battle, Native Hawaiians ultimately hold all the cards
A dispute over lands belonging to the Hawaiian government before the illegal overthrow is going to be heard by the US Supreme Court in February. The outcome of this case could end Native Hawaiian...
View ArticleHawaii legislators create their own self-stimulus program
Last year Hawaii's legislature passed a ground-breaking (for Hawaii) law to create a clean elections pilot project. Now, with the economy in tatters, legislators are hoping to get back into bed with...
View ArticleHawaii House motion recommits bad bill--DailyKos cited
Update: On Wednesday the Hawaii House voted to recommit the bill that would remove all limits to corporate campaign contributions to corporate PACs (see previous article). That means it is probably...
View ArticleHawaii in retrograde--may become first state to go backwards on limiting...
On Friday evening, close to midnight when few members of the public could be present, the Hawaii House of Representatives Finance Committee unanimously passed HB345, a bill that would delay and...
View ArticleHawaii 2010 elections put in jeopardy by budget slashing
Across the board budget cuts have taken a toll on almost every state agency in Hawaii, but perhaps none have been so drastically affected as the state Office of Elections. With only approximately...
View Article“Fake” protests work, get used to it, or get busy
You may have heard that health care reform opponents are planning and carrying out fake protests to disrupt town hall meetings that congresspeople may hold this month.For a quick update, check out...
View ArticleHawaii judge issues written order prohibiting use of electronic voting machines
Hawaii Judge Joseph E. Cardoza has issued a written order dated September 10, 2009 following his May oral injunction against Hawaii’s use of electronic voting machines. His order also prohibits the...
View ArticleMotion filed in Hawaii state court to block premature procurement of voting...
A motion was filed on September 24, 2009, in Babson v. Cronin to block Hawaii's Chief Elections Officer from proceeding with a Request for Proposals for voting equipment for the 2010 election.If...
View ArticleHawaii's high school graduates may be disqualified from college admission
After Hawaii declared 17 "Furlough Fridays" to help balance the state budget, a lawsuit was filed today in federal court alleging that there are too few instructional days to qualify graduates for...
View ArticleHawaii in race to educational cellar as Furlough Fridays kick in
Federal Judge David Ezra declined to order that Hawaii's schools remain open on Furlough Fridays. Two cases brought to him asking for a temporary restraining order were heard Thursday afternoon. Ezra...
View ArticleCould furlough suits reform a school system almost no one wants fixed?
Hawaii’s government has done little to nothing to reverse the cuts that placed us last among all states with only 163 instructional days in the year. The state legislature has declined to meet in a...
View ArticleMore Hawaii election woes: 2008 ballots allegedly not secret
Hawaii's Office of Elections is still bound by an injunction issued by Maui Judge Joseph E. Cardoza in Babson v. Cronin that prevents it from purchasing electronic voting equipment for the 2010...
View ArticleSeven Hawaii female judges announce early retirement. Why?
If one female judge in Hawaii were retiring, it would hardly be worth a comment. If two announce early retirement, a bit of a concern. When three announce retirement, it’s "What’s going on here???"On...
View ArticleCoup d'état in Hawaii: Queen deposed on 17 January 1893, yields to...
As the US military Southern Command moves into position to occupy Haiti, let us not forget Hawaii’s own very much disappeared history (check your local paper if you live in Hawaii!).Today is the day in...
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Ideology vs. healthcare in Hawaii
If you live in Hawaii, reading today’s Honolulu Advertiser may be hazardous to your health. The lead article talks once again about potentially dangerous meddling by the Lingle Administration with...
View ArticleHawaii’s deadly cuts in mental health services demand state response
A measureable and significant increase in avoidable deaths was reported in testimony given to informational briefing on state administration cutbacks in adult mental health services on Tuesday, March...
View ArticleParents, kids stage sit-in at Hawaii governor's office protesting Furlough...
Equipped with water, snacks and homework, a group of kids and parents are staging an overnight sit-in inside Hawaii governor Linda Lingle's office tonight. They're protesting her absence from...
View ArticleHawaii parents sit-in becomes "the little protest heard round the world"
A tweet from parents sitting-in at Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle's inner sanctum reports that a deputy sheriff shares fries with the kids. Earlier, another deputy issued trespassing citations to seven...
View ArticleBig guns aiming at Hawaii’s campaign finance laws
Hawaii is being targeted in a new attack on state campaign spending laws following the Supreme Court’s granting corporations the right of "free speech." Make no mistake about it, though, this is just...
View ArticleHawaii Senate free-lunch scam moves to House for vote Tuesday
“ Government has lost enough of the public's trust over the years without straining what's left. Come to think of it, it might be wise to keep close tabs on SB 671, to make sure lawmakers don't pull a...
View ArticleHawaii House committee chair doesn't want to hear from Ethics Commission
At Tuesday's House Judiciary committee hearing on a controversial bill to promote free meals and junkets for state lawmakers and state employees, the Chair simply didn't want to hear testimony from the...
View ArticleHawaii, with no Republican governor, is planning to give away important...
Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker is famously engaged in a war against public workers in that state. Hawaii’s legislature, with no Republican governor to fear, is about to do a job on public...
View ArticleWhat about some "Shock Doctrine" from the Left re News Corp?
Following Hurricane Katrina, as though acting out a chapter from Naomi Klein's "Shock Doctrine," serviceable public housing was shuttered and later demolished, public schools were totally privatized,...
View ArticleJustice requires that Roger Christie receive more lenient treatment
Roger Christie was denied bail and has already served more than 14 months in jail awaiting trial. He is accused of running a marijuana operation from his ministry in Hilo, Hawaii.“We should note that...
View ArticleReframe: Obama’s “Race to the Top” itself dealt a blow by Hawaii teachers
Hawaii teachers overwhelmingly rejected the terms of a contract approved unanimously by their leadership last Thursday. The vote was two to one against, with approximately 9,000 out of the state's...
View ArticleHonolulu police stage 3 a.m. raid on Occupy encampment, confiscate belongings
Honolulu police hid under cover of darkness and raided Occupy Honolulu at 3 a.m. this morning (Wednesday, March 14, 2012). The early-morning raid assured that no media would be present to report on the...
View ArticleOccupy Wall Street legal action to recover confiscated property could be...
In an action that may have applicability also in Hawaii, Occupy Wall Street filed a lawsuit in federal court today against the City of New York seeking redress for the confiscation and destruction of...
View ArticleOccupy Wall Street legal action to recover confiscated property could be...
In an action that may have applicability also in Hawaii, Occupy Wall Street filed a lawsuit in federal court today against the City of New York seeking redress for the confiscation and destruction of...
View ArticleReform movement takes action in Hawaii
Dissatisfaction... well, it's getting to look more like outrage... is driving citizens and advocacy groups to mount a new campaign against toxic practices in the Hawaii State Legislature. Yup, reform...
View ArticleNSA spying may compromise private corporations' technical data
As a member of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), I have an ieee.org email that has been set up for me. I personally make little use of it, but no doubt others do. Recently,...
View ArticleWill anyone make the NSA stop spying on us? Of course not
As Rachel Maddow pointed out on one of her programs this week, the NSA goes through scandals every few years but doesn’t stop what it is doing.Read the Wikipedia article on the Church Committee, for...
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Stupid Republican strategy
Yeah, there are so many articles posted just like this one. But anyway...The moral of my story, to save you from having to read it, is that we need to find a way to create long enough memories so that...
View ArticleGMO lobbyist runs fundraiser for Senate Ag committee chair-Chair returns favor
quid pro quo noun ˌkwid-ˌprō-ˈkwō\ : something that is given to you or done for you in return for something you have given to or done for someone elseHawaii is a great place for testing and growing...
View ArticleInstead of Housing First, Honolulu chooses Punishment First in its panic...
Tourism is the engine that drives Hawaii's economy. Honolulu's Waikiki is where the money comes, and so also where many homeless residents converge. It's logical.The city of Honolulu has done nothing...
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Will Honolulu continue night terror raids on the homeless?
Most of us sleep tight at night, secure in our own homes. Not so those without a roof over their heads. There’s violence on the streets of many cities.And in Honolulu, there’s the possibility of police...
View ArticleFrom #Ferguson to mass movement? It will take a visionary leader
"In order for a real change to occur there has to be a deeply motivated population, and that means that the deep psyche has to be involved. It's there that the creative ideas come from, in very...
View ArticleReviving the hydraulic theory of oppression
Most of this originally ran in an article posted on Sept. 18, 2013.The public reaction in Ferguson and now in Baltimore reminded me that it's time to revive my "Hydraulic Theory of...
View ArticleUniversity of Hawaii study documents horror of Honolulu’s “compassionate...
“ There was a great amount of property and economic loss as a result of the sweeps [of Honolulu's homeless encampments] conducted under “compassionate disruption” policies. The loss of personal...
View ArticleWe need Jung to analyze the ascendency of Trump
Why is Trump advancing steadily in America’s presidential race despite his apparent racism, misogyny and other rather obvious disqualifiers? You’d think this guy doesn’t stand a chance. His own party,...
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Time to recognize that Hawaii has a political system unique among US states
“With each election cycle, it becomes more difficult to take Hawaii Republicans seriously as a major political party. –Volcanic Ash, 6/10/2018”by Larry GellerOne can argue that it is a good thing to...
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