Archive for 2011 November
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Big Protest In Front Of Kaahumanu Center Thursday Night!
We do seem to be having a lot of sign-wavings and protests these days, don’t we? And why not: Unemployment is high, job security is a relic of the past, the poor are getting
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Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie Finally Names Wanna-Be Judge Names
An old rule of public relations is to save bad news releases for Fridays, when people are usually thinking more about weekends and less about government affairs. Apparently, Attorney General David Louie’s people thought
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Local Independent Car Rental Business, Bio-Beetle, adds electric cars to its fleet
Maui has the world’s only biodiesel rental car company in the world – Bio-Beetle – and recently they expanded their fleet to include electric vehicles. This comes right in the wake of a new
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Maui’s Valley Isle Gymnatics bring home Two All Around State Champions: Makena Derby and Shyanne Sheldon from Big Island Competition
Two Maui gymnasts from Valley Isle Gymnastics claimed All Around State Champions trophies at the Hawaii State Championship held at the Kona Aerials Gymastics in Kealakekua on the Big Island. Shyanne Sheldon of Kihei
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Subaru Hawaii will donate to Hawaii Wildlife Fund and SPCA Maui for every car bought through December 2011
Have you ever dreamed of owning a wild animal? Of course, actually owning one would be a huge responsibility that includes possible detriments to your health and financial stability. But the Hawaii Wildlife fund
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Official 2011 Holiday Wish Lists For Maui Charities And Non-Profits
Let’s be honest. Government, at all levels in American society, is getting smaller. Call them what you will–government programs, bureaucracies, whatever–are doing less and less each year, especially for the poorest members of society. We
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Eh Brah!
I saw you driving in the left lane at the same speed as the car in the right lane. Why didn’t you move over? It would not only have been courteous, but also really
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Activists Want Matson Navigation To Stop Shipping Pigs To Hawaii
One of E. B. White’s most moving essays is “Death of a Pig,” which ran in the January 1948 issue of The Atlantic Monthly. The story details White’s attempt to raise a pig for
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Molokai Properties’ Peter Nicholas Retiring To Fiji
Saw a name from the past last week in a tiny Pacific Business News write-up. Seems that Peter Nicholas is retiring as executive director of Molokai Properties Ltd (MPL). According to this Nov. 18
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Tryptophan Day is less than a week away, so we’re reflecting on gratefulness. [EXPLICIT]
IN THIS SEASON OF THANKFULNESS, WHAT ARE YOU GRATEFUL FOR? *** AS FOR US, WE’RE HAPPY THAT (1) HAWAII’S STILL PIRANHA-FREE–UNLIKE RUNNER-UP ASSHOLES IN BRAZIL (i.e. ACCORDING TO DANIEL TOSH, SEE BELOW)–AND (2) WE’RE NUMBER ONE! *** “Thousands
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