Posted on September 18, 2008 by Damon
I just noticed that there is a group that has formed to find old Bottles of Hawaii: Here are a couple of the youtube videos that they have posted: If you want to view some more of them… you can click here
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Posted on September 18, 2008 by Damon
I’ve been asked who do I endorse on a few candidates. I think we are blessed to have so many great candidates running. I will only endorse Angel Pilago for Mayor… and Patrick Walsh for BOE position. Other candidates know who I am voting for behind the curtains. It is great that so many people [...]
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Posted on September 18, 2008 by Damon
I received the following comment from Board of Education Candidate Patrick Walsh: …The HSTA union only interviewed the incumbent and myself. I am not clear as to why they did not consider the other two challengers. After a two week delay it was decided that they would wait until after the primary to announce their [...]
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Posted on September 18, 2008 by Damon
This is good to know: As bank failures mount and fear rises, the result will be a rush away from smaller banks toward ones that the government deems too big to fail. But since that will be a crowded trek, I checked in with analyst Whalen for a list of banks he considers the most [...]
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Posted on September 18, 2008 by Damon
I know doctors have a hard time making ends meet here in Hawaii, I just wish they would inform their patients of their intent to close their practice and/or move to the mainland. This is the second time this has happened to me. On Oahu, I was seeing a dentist for about 6 years, one [...]
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Posted on September 18, 2008 by Damon
After years of dispute, the last unnamed dwarf planet in the solar system has finally gotten a name. It will be called Haumea, after the goddess of childbirth and fertility in Hawaiian mythology… More Here
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Posted on September 18, 2008 by Damon
Wall Street rallied in a stunning late-session turnaround Thursday, shooting higher and hurtling the Dow Jones industrials up 400 points following a report that the federal government might create an entity to absorb banks’ bad debt. The report also cooled investors’ fervor for the safest types of investments like government debt… More Here
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Posted on September 18, 2008 by Damon
Who says size matters?
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Posted on September 18, 2008 by Damon
Last night I wrote a blog about a Cardiologist that is on assignment here. This is an email he just sent me: Hello, Damon. i am the author of the blog you commented on. i tried to send you a comment but dont think it went through. at the risk of repeating myself: i am [...]
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Posted on September 18, 2008 by Damon
I just noticed that they are installing a traffic camera on one of the lights at the Highway 130 and Pahoa Highschool interesection. Being that it’s a State highway, I wonder if it will be linked to this site.
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Posted on September 18, 2008 by Damon
Yesterday I blogged about “Bra Boy” Abbertons pending Honolulu court appearance. Well it looks like he may get his plea agreement after all. BAD boy surf gang leader Koby Abberton could avoid US jail time for assaulting a policeman and be punished instead by picking up rubbish in a Hawaiian park… …The push to settle [...]
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Posted on September 18, 2008 by Damon
I hate the defenseless feeling I get when my son catches a cold. As a parent, there is nothing that you hate seeing more, then seeing your child sick. I wish I could just wave a magic wand and transfer his sickness to me. Oh well, I’ll make the best of today with him and [...]
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