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My vote for the insane comment of the week goes to this one on the K5 early news at 9 p.m. Thursday in a story about Sen. Mike Gabbard’s switch to the Democratic Party.
Although some have questioned Gabbard’s motives for the party switch, he says politics had nothing to do with his decision.
Oh, my. He’s […]

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Just a couple of additional ferry-related items. Former Star-Bulletin photo editor Dean Sensui turned his attention to yesterday’s question of the Superferry’s appetite for fuel, saying he was never a math whiz “but as a pilot I had to know how to determine fuel consumption and range based on performance information.”
Based on data from the […]

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If you tried to check this site yesterday afternoon, you were probably out of luck. My hosting service, HostRocket.com, was “down” for several hours. Nothing I could do about it except apologize.
The extent of opposition to the Superferry has been surprising, perhaps because earlier news coverage didn’t reflect the wide community forces at work. Or, […]

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Add hardware giant Home Depot to the list of retailers that refuse to ship to Hawaii, period.
Try to order something from their web site and you quickly learn that they will not do any online business with anyone in Hawaii. Really. The reader who brought this to my attention says they won’t even let Hawaii […]

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From the looks of things, backers of the Superferry think their legal position is very weak. If they believed the law was on their side, they wouldn’t be involved in this civil disobedience approach to the issues. What bothers me is a simple question–why didn’t they just buy an environmental assessment earlier in this process? […]

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This was going to appear at the end of today’s entry, but the context down there just didn’t work. So I moved today’s food item up top.
This is the curry I made on Friday night from leftover pork chop. It’s always fun to find ways to make leftovers into treats. This certainly qualified. Click on […]

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Olivia, formerly known as Ms. Kitten, was greeted by her new people yesterday morning on our front deck. We had a final hour here before they arrived and tried to squeeze everything possible out of it. We were sad to see her go, but this kitten is heading into a very feline-centric household where she’s […]

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The Star-Bulletin reports that the 9th Circuit has turned down the appeal of former United Public Workers state director Gary Rodrigues, who may finally have to begin serving that prison sentence. Interestingly, this week Kauai County announced the selection of former HPD officer Darryl Perry as the new police chief. Perry’s wife, Solette, is a […]

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