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Entries from July 2007

Tuesday…Iraq, neocons, who’s backing Hee, and more

July 31st, 2007 · 3 Comments

I notice that Congressman Abercrombie is making relatively frequent use of The Hill’s Congress Blog. Neil, or his staff, added an entry this morning announcing passage of HR 3087 by the House Armed Services Committee. The resolution would require the administration ” to develop and transmit to Congress a comprehensive strategy for the redeployment of […]

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Tags: Cats · General

Monday…not much doing this a.m.

July 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment

It was cloudy and threatening for a couple of mornings, although the weather cleared later in the day. This was taken on Saturday, and that rain reached us on the beach shortly after I took the photo. It was one of those days that we were very happy to be carrying umbrellas, which often […]

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Tags: Cats · General

Sunday…another grant to the Makeover center, a state facelift, free transit, etc.

July 29th, 2007 · 4 Comments

For those of you who missed the comment left by a reader a few days ago:

“U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings today announced the award of almost $3.5 million in grants to eight Honolulu-area organizations for educational improvement efforts under the No Child Left Behind Act……….
Honolulu — Keiki O Ka ‘Aina Family Learning Center, $376,859.”
The […]

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Tags: General

Saturday…A Dobelle sighting, court records, and Ms. Kitten

July 28th, 2007 · No Comments

Whaaat?! Could it be true? The Boston Globe reported this week that former UH President Evan Dobelle is among those being eyed as interim chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
According to the Globe:
Dobelle, president of the New England Board of Higher Education, said he had not been formally approached about the job […]

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Tags: Cats · General · Sunshine

Friday…more on campaign money and a Feline Friday story

July 27th, 2007 · No Comments

While on the subject of campaign contributions, former Campaign Spending Commission director Jack Gonzales is still behind bars, one of 1,700 prisoners in the privately operated Taft Correctional Institution in Taft, California, serving out a federal sentence for his role in a so-called “prime-bank” investment fraud scheme. Federal records show Gonzales, 62, is expected to […]

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Tags: Campaigns · Cats · General

A kitten update

July 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Kitten is now eating pretty good once we figured out she (yes, we now agree that she’s a she)  doesn’t like the expensive milk substitute and really just wants to wade in some canned cat/kitten food and snarf it up in sort of a combination lick/suck/bite motion while paddling with her front paws, those paws […]

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Tags: Cats

Thursday…Mayor Mufi’s Money

July 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments

One computer crash and a two-part kitten feeding into the morning, I’m rushing to get something online in the next few minutes before I have to set up the coffee and get going on our walk.
As promised, here’s a list of total contributions from top local donors to the mayor’s campaign from the beginning of […]

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Tags: Campaigns · Politics

Wednesday…kitten update, a message from Zimbabwe, sex crime, and computer angst

July 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment

The kitten is slowly getting accustomed to life out of the wild. The first 12 hours were a bit rough, but by last night it was starting to drink/eat out of a low dish, at least with a bit of human encouragement. We’ve concluded that he’s a few days younger than Oreo was when […]

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Tags: General