In a display of community partnership and sustainability, the Fairmont Kea Lani Maui recently donated four computers to the University of Hawaii Maui College’s student newspaper, Ho’oulu. The refurbished computers were donated as part of the resort’s Electronic Waste Diversion program, which is based on the fundamental environmental adage: reduce, reuse recycle. The reduction … [Read more...] about Fairmont Kea Lani Gives Computers To UH Maui College Newspaper
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Tulsi Gabbard Boosts Pacific Biodiesel While The Hawaii Congressional Delegation Splits On Drones And Brian Schatz Weighs In On The Voting Rights Act
TULSI GABBARD DOES A LITTLE PR FOR PACIFIC BIODIESEL It’s always nice when we see our esteemed congressional representatives in Washington–who get to attend things like State Dinners with diplomats and meetings with the President–take time out of their busy schedules writing laws and things to throw a shout-out to some of the little people back in their home district. And this … [Read more...] about Tulsi Gabbard Boosts Pacific Biodiesel While The Hawaii Congressional Delegation Splits On Drones And Brian Schatz Weighs In On The Voting Rights Act
Hawaii Health Care Obamacare Thing Apparently Coming In October
The legal and partisan debate over the great experiment dubbed Obamacare seemed endless, but it now seems that the new online health insurance marketplace that Democrats have been promising for years is now just months away. According to a June 10 news release, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently gave the thumbs-up to Hawaii’s proposed “Hawaii Health … [Read more...] about Hawaii Health Care Obamacare Thing Apparently Coming In October
US Representative Tulsi Gabbard Blasts Pentagon Brass And National Security Agency Surveillance
TULSI GABBARD’S ON FIRE Wow, it isn’t every week that a Democratic congressional representative–especially one with impeccable military credentials–starts blasting both Pentagon brass and the Obama Administration’s immense National Security state. Then again, Tulsi Gabbard–who represents Hawaii’s Second District–isn’t your average congressional member. This is surprising … [Read more...] about US Representative Tulsi Gabbard Blasts Pentagon Brass And National Security Agency Surveillance
Creative Smuggling and Weird Coffee and National Insecurity
CULTURE CLASH Five self-proclaimed devout, conservative Muslim women host the TV series Building Bridges on Channel A9, presenting the seemingly contradictory case against both the female head scarf and Turkey’s turn to secularism. A report on Slate.com in May noted that the five are “mostly bottle blonds... [with] neon lipstick” wearing “brightly colored satin pantsuits and … [Read more...] about Creative Smuggling and Weird Coffee and National Insecurity