Something extraordinarily frightening and stupid happened in Hawaii on the morning of Saturday, Jan. 13. A few minutes after 8am, the state Emergency Management Agency (EMA) sent out an alert to everyone’s phones saying a missile was inbound to Hawaii. For 38 minutes, that alert hung in the air like a guillotine blade–the rope had been freed, and we were all just waiting for … [Read more...] about After the Jan. 13 false missile alert, we ask if Hawaii will survive our Age of Stupid
James Mattis
UPDATED: Hawaii EMA sends out false ballistic missile launch warning because we live in an Age of Stupid
By now we all know that the emergency alert sent to phones this morning was a FALSE ALARM. There is no ballistic missile inbound to Hawaii. Someone (or some people) at Hawaii Emergency Management Agency apparently made a gigantic mistake, according to CBS News (because the whole country now knows that everyone in Hawaii just soiled their underwear). "Hawaii Emergency … [Read more...] about UPDATED: Hawaii EMA sends out false ballistic missile launch warning because we live in an Age of Stupid
U.S. Senator Brian Schatz announces he’ll support Trump Defense Secretary nominee James Mattis
How Democrats in Congress should react to Trump is being hotly debated right now. One school is hard-line resistance–take a page from the Republicans’ playbook and obstruct, obstruct, obstruct. Give no ground to Trump on anything, and fight every appointment, nominee and bill that comes from him. Others, like Senator Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, seem unwilling to oppose Trump on … [Read more...] about U.S. Senator Brian Schatz announces he’ll support Trump Defense Secretary nominee James Mattis