With the debt ceiling negotiations still up in the air and fears about what the tumultuous process to date means for the U.S. financial standing in the global system, don’t you wonder what Hawaii has at stake? Senator Inouye’s clout in Washington, and the state’s strategic location, have added up to higher than average federal [...]
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Suka introduces today’s photos from a pretty typical morning here in Kaaawa. Even though some of our regular dogs weren’t out and about, it still seems like we stop and visit with a large number of dogs. So click on this photo to see how our morning began.
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The Wall Street Journal produced this little video examining what a downgrade of U.S. debt could mean. This isn’t Rachel Maddow, it’s the WSJ. Even in their telling, it doesn’t sound good. Hint: Remember what happened when Lehman Brothers went down?
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We ran into Kaaawa artist Rebekah Luke on our walk this morning. She had just set up to continue work on a painting, looking across the beach towards Kualoa. If you’re downtown, you can catch the last day of a show which includes a half-dozen of her paintings. “All Local—Seeing Hawaii Through the Eyes of [...]
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The whole family of Pea Fowl gathered in our yard yesterday. Three adults, three youngsters. Much of the time was spent sunning and preening. Some sleeping. And some marauding through our plants. They munched through much of Meda’s recently planted hot pepper plant, although they weren’t as interested in the basil. Several spent time on [...]
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Here are a few things found browsing the web today, aided by Public Policy Matters, which serves up a daily review of current public policy issues. • From the Reason Foundation, an interesting study of the home mortgage interest deduction and who benefits the most from its continued role in the federal tax code. Their [...]
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Following the computer problems that nixed last week’s cats, Feline Friday is back, and hopefully as good as ever. This is Ms. Kili. She has the title of senior cat, and usually enjoys the privileges that go with it. Like sleeping on Meda’s pillow. Or in the clean laundry, if we don’t put it away [...]
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There has been another series of reported crimes in Kaaawa over the past two weeks, after a month or more of relative quiet. And, in another coincidence, the young man suspected earlier crimes has been seen in the neighborhood again after an absence of more than a month. Kaaawa Elementary School was burglarized on successive [...]
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