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Tepco: 100-foot-deep underground wall being built to try and stop water from seeping out of plant and into ocean — Will take until mid-2014

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enenews.com – Title: Fish Off Fukushima, Japan, Show Elevated Levels of Cesium Source: New York Times Author: HIROKO TABUCHI Date Published: October 25, 2012 To stop water from seeping out of the plant, Tokyo E…

Pacific Business News 24/7: Daily Alert: Apple

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Pacific Business News 24/7: Daily Alert: Google

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CNN: We know contamination from Fukushima reactors is still seeping into ocean -Researcher

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enenews.com – Title: Radioactive levels staying high off Fukushima Daiichi in Japan Source: CNN By: Matt Smith Date: October 25, 2012 Emphasis Added Radiation levels in fish caught near the Fukushima Daiichi nuc…

Pacific Business News 24/7: Instant Alert: Here’s Why It’s Such A Scandal That Wen Jiabao’s Family Is Loaded

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wyld-pacific-business.blogspot.com – AT HIS first news conference as China’s prime minister, Wen Jiabao introduced himself to reporters packed into a cavernous room in the Great Hall of the People (as well as to a live television audi…

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Pacific Business News 24/7: Daily Alert: Oil

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Pacific Business News 24/7: Business Today: Stock futures fall following Apple miss

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wyld-pacific-business.blogspot.com- Business Today: Stock futures fall following Apple miss NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures fell on Thursday after Apple’s quarterly profit missed Wall Street’s expectations. SAN FRANCISC…

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Pacific fish from Japan to Oregon still radioactive from Fukushima fallout

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grist.org – More than 18 months later, the full scope of the decidedly human-made Fukushima nuclear meltdown is still rippling through the natural world. Like the butterflies before them, Fukushima fish are sh…

Sign on now, UN climate chief says

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eco-business.com – The United Nations climate chief has called on Australia to sign up to a new round of the greenhouse-gas-limiting Kyoto Protocol, saying it already has significant clean-energy policies in place. ”…

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Fri, October 26 2012 » business news, calabash, climate change, economy, education, environment » No Comments

Paul Ryan’s Lies Refuted!

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Thu, August 30 2012 » Announcements, business, business news, Obama, Republican Nazi, Republican Oligarchs, Republican Party, rich vs poor » No Comments

Remember ……

And remember – Romney and hedge fund operators do NOT contribute to the economic well-being. They do NOT create well=paying jobs. They take money for their benefit, at low and/or subsidized tax rates, without truly benefiting either most Americans or American society as a whole. They are predators, they are vulture capitalists as Rick Perry rightly noted. They are selfish bastards.

Go here for the full story: Romney’s tax situation is a telling exemplar+

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Sun, August 5 2012 » Announcements, business, business news, corporate criminality, economic terrorism, financial oligarchs, Mitt Romney, outsourcing, political cartoon, political shibai, politics, Republican Oligarchs, Republican Party, rich vs poor, Teabaggers, white collar terrorism » No Comments

Sunday Newser: Annuda Calabash!

 

Workhouse Presents: Respect the MIC 2 Featuring Ruby Ibarra at Hawaiian Brian’s Billiards

hnlnow.com – WORKHOUSEpresents: RESPECT THE MIC 2� A now yearly fundraiser from workhouse to help raise funds for YOUTH SPEAKS HAWAI’I programing. This year proceeds will go to the youth speaks Hawai’i Weekly W…

 

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Punahou arson suspect arrested – Hawaii News Now – KGMB and KHNL

hawaiinewsnow.com – HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – A resident of an apartment complex where a fire broke out late Wednesday night in the Punahou area, was arrested Friday afternoon on first degree arson charges.  Authorit…

 

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Police search for man considered armed and dangerous – Hawaii News Now – KGMB and KHNL

hawaiinewsnow.com – Big Island police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 43-year-old Kailua-Kona man wanted for assault and other offenses. Robert Kanuela Tanoai—also known as “Boomer”—is considered armed …

 

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Hawaii’s Top 100 Realtors 2012 – Hawaii Business – June 2012 – Hawaii

hawaiibusiness.com – Welcome to Hawaii Business magazine’s Top 100 Realtors for 2012. This is the only objective ranking of Realtors in the state. The information was compiled using the Multiple Listing Service databas…

 

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Surfer nearly drowns at White Plains Beach – Hawaii News Now – KGMB and KHNL

hawaiinewsnow.com – KALAELOA (HawaiiNewsNow) – A surfer nearly drowned at White Plains Beach Saturday.  It’s unclear what happened, but one witness told Hawaii News Now the man was competing in a surf contest and was …

 

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Sun, June 10 2012 » Art, business, business news, calabash, comedy, crime, ecology, economy, energy, entertainment, Hawaii, Hawaii Business, laughter, Maui, music, nature, news » No Comments

Got Land In Hawaii? Thank A Hawaiian!

 

120707-O-0000A-001-Hawaii News Now news feature

cgvi.uscg.mil – HONOLULU – Guy Hagi, a reporter with Hawaii News Now, documents a search and rescue case conducted by the Coast Guard, June 7, 2012. The news feature documenting a SAR case was a collaboration betw…

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Hoopili gets Land Use approval – Hawaii News Now – KGMB and KHNL

hawaiinewsnow.com – The State Land Use Commission Friday afternoon approved the proposed Hoopili development. The vote was 8 to 1 in favor of the D.R. Horton project. The development would add 11,750-homes on 1,554 ac…

 

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Sat, June 9 2012 » business news, calabash, Hawaii, Hawaii Business, Hawaii Elections, Hawaii Real Estate » 1 Comment

Huge World News Calabash Friday

Outrage over #PersepolisTrial verdict | The Stream

stream.aljazeera.com – [View the story "Outrage over #PersepolisTrial verdict" on Storify]Storified by The Stream · Thu, May 03 2012 18:05:55On Thursday, a Tunisian court found Nabil Karoui, head of a private TV station,…

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#Mauritania’s Bonfire of the Vanities

lissnup.wordpress.com – It took considerable self-control to suppress my gag reflex at the sight of Abdel Aziz rushing from the palace to greet the protest march against Biram Ould Abeid’s sacrilegious act, dressed in ful…

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Hot Docs: How the Mohawk tobacco industry caught…

toronto.com – RICK EGLINTON/TORONTO STAR Rainbow Tobacco CEO Robbie Dickson lights up, with Smoke Traders director Jeff Dorn, who recently quit smoking, in the background. May 03, 2012 Where there’s smoke there’…

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Chen case is another human rights issue for Obama

cnn.com – WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 27: President Barack Obama speaks at the National Issues Conference hosted by the Women’s Leadership Forum and Women for Obama April 27, 2012 in Washington, DC. With former M…

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Tell Leader Pelosi: Don’t slash benefits

progressivesunited.org – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi’s recent comments signaling support for a plan that could slash benefits from Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security send a disturbing message — one that millions o…

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What China’s Dissidents Are Saying About Chen

online.wsj.com – ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING—On Thursday, legal activist Chen Guangcheng told the United States that he wants to leave China, deepening a diplomatic dispute. His case has drawn comments from other prom…

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Anti-Tank Grenades Found At Arizona Massacre Site

tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com – Nick R. Martin May 3, 2012, 5:18 PM Six anti-tank grenades designed to be fired from a launcher were discovered on Wednesday at the scene of a horrific Arizona mass murder-suicide, which authoritie…

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Hundreds Protest In Front Of Ramla Prison, 20 Kidnapped

imemc.org – Friday May 04, 2012 02:21 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & AgenciesIsraeli policemen kidnapped, on Thursday evening, more than 20 protesters during a massive protest that was held in front of the Al-Raml…

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Missed exit? Spend 35 years in Mexican jail

wnd.com – Text smaller Text biggerA Dallas-based truck driver is in prison in Mexico and facing a possible 35-year sentence because he missed his exit and had no way of turning around without crossing the bo…

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Shell Gets Permits For Arctic Ocean Drilling

fitperez.com – A spokesperson for Shell Alaska has recently said that they are a step closer to exploratory drilling off of Alaska’s northern shores. The National Marine Fisheries Service issued the company haras…

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Give Gulf Residents a Voice in Oil Drilling!

secure.sierraclub.org – Please support the creation of a Gulf of Mexico Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council (RCAC) to help inform future oil and gas operations and give impacted communities a much-needed voice in energy i…

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Video: Remember Two Things About Lifting and Moving

everydayemstips.com – In the latest installment of the Remember Two Things video series the host, Steve Whitehead, talks about the importance of asking for help. Have you found a good way to ask for lifting help?  What …

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Get Up Get Real about Coles Woolies & Gambling

sydneyhomeless.blogspot.com.au – Get Up Get Real about Coles Woolies & GamblingSupermarkets and pokies? If you’re shopping at Coles or Woolies, the two are more closely related than you might realise.  Wesfarmers (Coles) and Wooli…

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Live from Global Conference: Fixing K-12 education

smartblogs.com – I’m at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles this week. On Monday, panelists discussed K-12 education in the U.S. and what reform is needed — just one of a host of panels directly o…

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Chen case is another human rights issue for Obama

cnn.com – WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 27: President Barack Obama speaks at the National Issues Conference hosted by the Women’s Leadership Forum and Women for Obama April 27, 2012 in Washington, DC. With former M…

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Journalists and Netizens in Govt Crosshairs

ipsnews.net – Friday, May 04, 2012   00:47 GMT     Journalists and Netizens in Govt CrosshairsBy Johanna Treblin and Emilio Godoy* UNITED NATIONS/MEXICO CITY, May 3, 2012 (IPS) – Two years ago, Ashkan Delanvar w…

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RealClearPolitics – Politics – May 02, 2012

realclearpolitics.com – May 02, 2012The Associated PressFlorida Gov. Rick Scott has rejected a request from the Tampa mayor to prohibit the carrying of guns in downtown during the Republican National Convention this summe…

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m.guardian.co.uk

m.guardian.co.uk – A US Pentagon contractor that was involved in building Guantánamo Bay is on a shortlist of seven private consortiums bidding for a £1.5bn contract to run key policing services in the West Midlands …

 

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Fri, May 4 2012 » business news, calabash, clean energy, climate change, comedy, doofus media, ecology, economy, education » No Comments

More borrowers walk away as home prices fall!

Even if prices stabilize this year, millions of underwater borrowers face a long wait before they can sell their homes without having to write a big check to their lender to cover the shortfall. Economists at Goldman Sachs recently forecast that after bottoming in 2013 house prices won’t recover their 2006 peak until 2023. (No, that’s not a typo.)

Many homeowners simply can’t wait that long.

In the early stages of the housing bust, the main causes of defaults included unemployment or other financial setbacks and adjustable mortgages that reset to unaffordable levels, according to researchers. Now, five years into the housing recession, strategic defaults are growing as financially healthy borrowers learn of friends or family who have decided to walk away.

A recent study commissioned by the Mortgage Bankers Association likens the rise in the rate of strategic defaults to the spread of a disease. The longer the crisis drags on, the more homeowners will be exposed to someone who has successfully walked away, making the decision easier, the study suggested. “As fundamentally social animals, humans consciously (and subconsciously) look to their peers when forming opinions, habits and behaviors,” the report said.

Go here for the full story: As home prices fall, more borrowers walk away

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Tue, January 10 2012 » Announcements, business, business news, economy, Hawaii Business, Hawaii Real Estate, Real Estate » No Comments

Might as well call it a “depression” because that is what it is!

Go here for the full well documented and sad sad sad story!Krugman: “It’s time to start calling the current situation what it is: a depression.”

As I’ve noted in numerous, heavily-annotated posts, the truth of the matter is, today, Wall Street is receiving an EASY $200 billion per year in stealthy/obfuscated taxpayer subsidies.

As Morgenson notes in her closing comments from Sunday, Wall Street fatcats “…are being paid for taking risks that generate lush bonuses when things go well but that require taxpayer bailouts when the tide turns. Main Street understands that this is wrong and that allowing it to continue is dangerous. It’s past time that Washington did something about it.”

As Krugman reminds us, today, our near-term and future well-being relies upon responsible government action, both here and abroad, coming to pass—not just in words but in actions–NOW.

I cannot help but get a sense that we are witnessing a massive historical failure of government, not just nationally, but globally. At then end of the day, compared to the suffering it will bring, it won’t matter who’s to blame.

We are all in this together. It may be the greatest bipartisan sentiment of all. Dare I say it…even a lot of Republicans, and perhaps a few bankers, will understand that.

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Mon, December 12 2011 » Announcements, business, business news, complicit media, complicit politicians, corporate criminality, crime, Democratic Party, disgusting whores, economic enslavement, economy, financial oligarchs, fiscal crisis, Obama, Obama Cave, public health and welfare, Republican Oligarchs, Republican Party, rich vs poor, SCOTUS, stupidity, Teabaggers, The Great Rescession, unatural disaster, war as economic policy, white collar terrorism » No Comments

Great Article by Mark Sumner: Three strikes against Wall Street

If we hadn’t deregulated banks and markets, we wouldn’t be facing the kind of disaster that we’ve seen over the last three years. If we hadn’t drastically reduced tax rates for the wealthy, we wouldn’t have seen pension funds dry up and middle class wages stagnate. If we hadn’t given corporations more and more political clout, we wouldn’t be where we are—in a broken system that serves them, not us.

Go here to read a really simply put well written article using baseball as a metaphor: Three strikes against Wall Street

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Sun, October 16 2011 » Announcements, Banking Oligarchy, business news, complicit media, complicit politicians, corporate criminality, crime, Democratic Party, economic enslavement, financial oligarchs, Hawaii Real Estate, income inequality, military industrial complex, Obama, oil cartel, oil oligarchy, political protest, Real Estate, Republican Oligarchs, Republican Party, rich vs poor, war as economic policy, war criminals, white collar terrorism » No Comments

GoldWorldBank says: “In point of fact, GoldWorldBank has no “Department of Scum-Sucking Weasels” I wonder? Read this and you will know!

Dear Customer 4512-0957,

We are in receipt of your frankly stunning correspondence (“Correspondence”) requesting that we close your account at GoldWorldBank. This response to that request has been necessarily delayed due to your inability to address the Correspondence properly. In point of fact, GoldWorldBank has no “Department of Scum-Sucking Weasels” at this or any other location (although, in an attempt to route your letter correctly, it was forwarded to our Human Resources Department — which, as you would know if you bothered to read page 198-B of our recent SEC filing, is now headquartered in Pazardzhik, Bulgaria – for review).

(FYI, your attempts to close the account online or in person were not rebuffed, as the Correspondence suggests, by

    “Fascist Slugs Masquerading as Customer Service Representatives,”

but by your failure to follow the standard procedures to which you agreed by opening an Account with GoldWorldBank.)

The Correspondence also appears to suggest that the current “balance” of your account is “$1,431.75″ and that this amount should be “forwarded” to you “immediately.” I will admit that your calculation caused some hilarity here in the Customer Service Department! (Please share in our mirth: HAHAHA!)

As you may recall, when you opened your “Privileged Service Platinum Checking Account” here at GoldWorldBank, you signed binding legal agreements (“Agreements”), which contained, among other terms, the following (referenced on line 43 of page 6 of the Disclosure Statement and directing you to read Online Document B at GoldWorldBank.com at page 512, paragraph 31b):

Upon requesting (or attempting to request) an account closure, the following statement must be included no further than the second paragraph and must be in italics, to-wit: “I give you all and singular my estate and interest, right, title and claim, and advantage of and in that orange, with all its rind, skin, juice, pulp and pips, and all right and advantage therein, with full power to bite, cut, suck, and otherwise eat the same, or give the same away, as fully and effectually as I, said A.B., am now entitled to bite, cut, suck, or otherwise eat the same orange, or give the same away with or without its rind, juice, pulp and pips, anything heretofore or hereafter, or in other deed or deeds, instrument or instruments, of what nature or kind soever, to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.”

Here.

(This, of course, is done for your own security and to prevent a third party from attempting to close your account and take the funds therefrom.)

Notably, this phrase was not included in the Correspondence. Instead, as you may recall, the second paragraph of same began with a scatological reference to the anatomy of our esteemed Chief Executive Officer, which was both unnecessary and, in most respects, inaccurate.

Accordingly (please see Online Document F at GoldWorldBank.com at page 31, paragraph II.m), the following Funds Under Critical Knowledge Closure Policies and Procedures apply:

1. An Account Closure Fee in an amount calculated by multiplying the highest balance of the Account during the past 14 months by the number of months the account has been opened and divided by your current Credit Score. Unfortunately for you, your Credit Score was reduced by 105 points as a result of your decision to close your account (please see Online Document M at GoldWorldBank.com at page 12)! This fee equals $103.09.

2. An Online Security Fee in an amount calculated by multiplying the number of characters in your “User Name” by the number of characters in your PIN and divided by the current cost of a First Class Stamp. (Yay for you! First Class Stamps are now .44!!) In your case, this fee equals $3.63. (Too bad you named your dog ImpeachBush – think of what you would have saved had you chosen the more appropriate Rover!))

3. A Response to Request for Closure Fee, which GoldWorldBank.com sets on a revolving basis, calculated by multiplying the current price of gold multiplied by the unemployment rate in your Zip Code and divided by the then-current monthly compensation of the bank’s esteemed Chief Executive Officer. Thank your lucky stars that a lot of people in your Zip Code do not understand the value of having been born rich and connected and/or do not know how to work hard! (See Cain, Herman.) (For ease of reference, please see GoldWorldBank.com at Enclosure 1, paragraph A.) While GoldWorldBank would consider waiving this fee in your pathetic case, GoldWorldBank declines to do so. Instead, GoldWorldBank has elected the “Charge In Lieu of Fee” in an amount of $102. Perhaps, in the future, you will reconsider any decision to refer to the Chief Financial Officer as an “insane cannibalistic wolverine” in writing. (While GoldWorldBank regrets that Enclosure 1 remains available solely in Norwegian, good luck challenging this! We have fabulous counsel in Oslo.)

These required fees reduce the so-called “balance” to which you referred to $1222.03.

A review of your recent statements, however, indicates that you also failed to include GoldWorldBank’s “Annual Account Access Fees” in your calculation of the “balance.” As you know, since October 1, 2010, each attempt by you to (a) review your account online and/or (b) withdraw money from your account (whether by check or online transaction) has resulted in a charge to that account equal to the then-current daily balance multiplied by the then-current estimate of the following month’s GDP, divided by the President’s then current net approval number according to WND (please see GoldWorldBank.com at Depositor Rights and Responsibilities at page 93, line 9). In your case (do you spend all day every day online?), that fee currently totals $479.35. We trust you understand the cost to GoldWorldBank of this sort of “activity” by its depositors.

Finally, your calculation of the so-called “balance” neglected to consider GoldWorldBank’s right to make a profit.

As we are sure you agree, responding to the Correspondence, reviewing the agreements you freely accepted by opening an account with GoldWorldBank, processing your request to close said account and posting the required disclosures, statements and rules online (we can’t control Congress!) are expensive endeavors. For this reason, GoldWorldBank is invoking its right (please see GoldWorldBank.com at Stuff Elizabeth Warren Wants at page 56, paragraph E), to charge an additional fee equal to the remaining balance in your account plus $25 for processing and handling.

As this final fee has caused your account to be overdrawn, GoldWorldBank at this time demands from you a total of $63. Upon receipt of this amount (which should be sent in certified funds), we will consider your account closed. An additional fee of $10 per day will be charged for each day you delay in forwarding these funds.

Have a great day!

Sincerely,

    Henry F. Potter
    Customer Service Specialist

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Thu, October 6 2011 » Banking Oligarchy, behavior, business news, complicit politicians, corporate criminality, crime, Democratic Party, economic enslavement, economy, financial oligarchs, fiscal crisis, income inequality, Republican Nazi, Republican Oligarchs, Republican Party, rich vs poor, Teabaggers, war as economic policy » No Comments