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I know I shouldn't get too worked up about political predictions but it has been bugging me for a long time that normally very good analysts (Charlie Cook, I'm talking to you) have rated the Hawaii senate race as a tossup. This is absurd just based on the location. Hawaii has elected 1 Republican senator in its admittedly short time in the Union. So we have a state in which every Senator has b...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Feb 13 - 3 clicks 
Mazie Hirono (D) Ward Research for Hawaii News Now/ Honolulu Star-Advertiser (see also here ). 1/26-2/5. Registered voters. MoE ±3.5%; for Democratic primary, MoE ±4%. ( 5/4-10 results ): Mazie Hirono (D) : 57 (57) Linda Lingle (R) : 37 (35) Undecided : 5 (8) Ed Case (D) : 56 (54) Linda Lingle (R) : 36 (36) Undecided : 8 (10) Mazie Hirono (D) : 56 (25) Ed Case (D) :...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Feb 13 - 2 clicks
Aloha Citizens of Earth! Welcome to a special mid-week edition of TWiUP. There have been a few things happening in the world of UP since the last edition so interesting I couldn’t wait till Tuesday to talk about them. First we have this. Footage of this incredible bubble-like burst of light in the night sky was captured by cameras at an astronomical observatory in Hawaii. Sky watche...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Feb 6 - 3 clicks
A couple weeks ago I wrote about a radiation spike detected with the http://www.radiationnetwork.com/ monitoring station in Hawaii. At the time a number of commentators indicated that the spike might be a solar flare. On June 22 monitoring equipment in Hawaii picked up a second radiation spike: Yesterday, June 22nd, our network’s Monitoring Station on the island of Kauai, within ...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Feb 6 - 2 clicks
Aloha! Huge news today. From the EMILY's List blog: Mazie has moxie. She’s stood against Republican efforts to defund Planned Parenthood and opposed anti-woman, anti-family GOP budgets. A national leader on early childhood education—as Lieutenant Governor she spearheaded Hawaii’s "Pre-Plus” program—Mazie introduced legislation to promote and expand pre-K education nationwide. . . . Let’s...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Feb 6 - 3 clicks
On Kilauea volcano's east rift zone on the big island of Hawaii, a lava lake perched in the Pu'u O'o cone grew higher and higher. It grew so high it began to spill over the walls of the cone. Then, suddenly, the bottom of the lake failed and lava began to erupt near the base of the cone. News from the USGS Hawaii Volcano Observatory HAWAI'I ISLAND, Hawaii — At 2:05 p.m., HST, th...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Feb 6
Aloha, garden bloggers. Pehea 'oukou? (How are all of you?) Since dad and I recently returned from fieldwork in Hawai'i, I thought that I would post some pictures of gardening in Maui. Maui is known as the Valley Isle, and the traditional land units or ahupua'a extended from the seashore up to the mountains. This gave Hawaiian farmers access of the resources of the mountains, the seashore, and...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Feb 6 - 2 clicks
The TSA is in the midst of a mid-scale housecleaning at Honolulu International Airport. After an investigation by local ABC affiliate KITV revealed numerous bags had gone unscreened, 36 TSA workers are in the process of being fired . The probe began in January, after two TSA employees complained screeners in Honolulu's Lobby 4 allowed luggage to go on flights without being screened, bec...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Feb 6 - 2 clicks
My last diary was about the connections--the common donors, staffers, and history--between the organizations of Tulsi Gabbard, a Democratic candidate for Hawaii's open second Congressional district, and her father Mike Gabbard, a well-known anti-gay activist and former Republican. (A 2005 blog post calls him "the gay communities local version of the anti-Christ." ) Tulsi Gabbard's fundr...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Feb 6 - 2 clicks
Hawaii teachers overwhelmingly rejected the terms of a contract approved unanimously by their leadership last Thursday. The vote was two to one against, with approximately 9,000 out of the state's 12,500 teachers turning out for the vote. While local media have characterized the massive rejection as a split with union leadership (which may be accurate) and steered discussion along that line, i...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Feb 6 - 3 clicks
States have been busy finalizing their redistricting plans, and SSP Labs (a division of Daily Kos Elections) has been busy just trying to keep up. Today, we bring you four more states - Hawaii, Idaho, Maryland, and Michigan. If you need a visual reference for any of the maps, just check the proper link in the new-and-improved condensed table (we've added Nevada, and as always, don't forget Tex...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Feb 6 - 2 clicks
Maria Gallucci writes : Prompted by pressure from clean energy advocates, Hawaii and California are quietly working to remove a regulatory obstacle that is slowing a boom in rooftop solar systems in the nation's leading solar states. The culprit is an arcane provision in the rules many states have adopted for how utility companies handle "distributed generation," any system of small-scale ...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Feb 6 - 3 clicks
Continuing my series, what would happen if the size of the House were suddenly doubled to 870? Thanks to math from Marcus Graly , we can do that! In this diary Hawaii (4 Districts) and the Dakotas (2 each). Previous diaries: NM, VT, DE and ID ...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Feb 6 - 3 clicks
First off, I'm a huge supporter of the occupy movements, worldwide. There are highly specific reasons why I'm against Occupy Honolulu that do not really reflect OWS or Occupy Los Angeles or Occupy Portland. 1) First off, the name itself is a problem. People in Hawai'i already see the place as "occupied"-- by the US military and US government . Lest anyone forget or, dare I speak of it, be igno...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Feb 6
I'm not seeing any diaries on this, so just have to post. It appears a performer has gotten into the APEC summit in Hawaii and sang a very anti-1%-er song for 45 minutes. He was showing a "Occupy with Aloha" t-shirt and his song had lyrics such as: "The lobbyists at Washington do gnaw.... And until they are purged, we won't withdraw". Really awesome. Quoting from ...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Feb 6 - 2 clicks
Tulsi Gabbard is a candidate for the HI-02 House seat vacated by Congresswoman Hirono to run for Senate. She has previously served in the military, in the Honolulu City Council, and in the Hawaii House of Representatives--her campaign materials seem to emphasize her military service. But behind this impressive political C.V.--like so many--is the product of a political dynasty. Tulsi is the daug...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Feb 6
Mazie Hirono has scored another huge endorsement in her race for Hawai`i's open U.S. Senate seat next year. According to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser , Hirono has been endorsed by the Hawai`i AFL-CIO - essentially the state's entire labor movement. Hirono had previously been endorsed by two unions, the Association of Professional Flight Attendants and Laborers' International Local 368, EMI...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Feb 6 - 2 clicks
Sideways? The Descendents is "the long-awaited next movie from the director of Sideways" according to the mini blurb on the Google search. Maybe I am the only one who didn't see the other movie (I think I was travelling in Asia) but when you live in Honolulu, any movie filmed here is a "must see." I knew that even if the movie was trash, I could indulge the petit plaisir of guessing th...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Nov 27 - 2 clicks
Honolulu hosts a lot of conventions but not so many international summits. That will change in mid-November, 2011, one month from now, when APEC, The Asia Pacific Economic Council, meets in Honolulu. Nineteen world leaders will be here, each with an entourage. Honolulu will bask in the glow of world attention. I wasn't born here but I do live here, and I am happy to tell you about it from my...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Oct 15 - 2 clicks
This is another one of these distraction diaries. I know I can use a brief break from the news these days as events have gone from the surreal to the completely insane. Here are some photos of some critters and things. I hope you enjoy them. Na Pali Coast, Kauai ...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Aug 22 - 4 clicks
As I've watched the recall drama unfold in Wisconsin, I am forever thankful that I live in the most democratic state in the union (Hawaii) According to Gallup-Hawaii shows the largest advantage for the Democratic Party over the Republican Party among U.S. states, along with the District of Columbia, in the first half of 2011. The most Republican state is Utah. ...
DailyKos (Hawaii) - Aug 22 - 3 clicks
