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
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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
2017 MauiTime Year In Review
It’s been a helluva year, and that’s not a good thing. For the United States, the watchwords for 2017 have been violence and hatred–against women, African-Americans, immigrants, LGBTQ individuals and basically everyone who isn’t a straight white male. You don’t have to be a master at reading the room to know that greed and ignorance are triumphing over notions of cooperation … [Read more...] about 2017 MauiTime Year In Review
NOTW: Sex doll thieves, Chuck E. Cheese violence and laundry disputes that go bad
BRIGHT IDEA Cai, a 28-year-old man in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China, had plenty of time to consider traffic patterns as he waited for the lights to change during his daily commute. So much, in fact, that he decided to take matters into his own hands on Sept. 27 and paint new traffic arrows on the roadway. A traffic camera captured the whole project as Cai carefully … [Read more...] about NOTW: Sex doll thieves, Chuck E. Cheese violence and laundry disputes that go bad
Senator Brian Schatz introduces bill that prohibits President Trump from nuking North Korea without Congressional authorization
Got a news release from U.S. Senator Brian Schatz, D–Hawaii, on Oct. 31. It talks about a little new bill from Schatz and seven other U.S. Senators (all Democrats, natch), that prohibits “President [Donald] Trump from starting a preemptive war against North Korea, absent an imminent threat or without express authorization from Congress.” Talk about a Halloween fright. But we … [Read more...] about Senator Brian Schatz introduces bill that prohibits President Trump from nuking North Korea without Congressional authorization