Go back to a simpler time when you were in high school and the most fearful thing you faced if you were male was, “am I going to be asked to go to the Sadie Hawkins dance?” Likewise, if you were female, it was “can I get up the nerve to ask so-and-so to the …
Josh takes note of a NY Times article describing the panic setting in among the GOP Establishment because they can’t find a way to stop Trump. He then tries to explain how and why the party got to this point. Trump isn’t the real problem. He didn’t bamboozle the heads of the RNC into signing …
During every surf contest the Honolulu Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services teams are out on the beaches and in the water. They have some jet skis to assist in getting people in trouble on shore rapidly. Yesterday during the Quicksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau event Natasha Torcuato flew a drone overhead and got this …
House Republicans and their Speaker gave away medals yesterday but won’t do anything to advance replacement legislation for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the law those medal-earners fought for in Alabama and Mississippi and a lot of other Southern states. In 2015 the Supreme Court decided 5-4 that racism no longer exists in the …
This article from The Guardian seems to explain the Trump phenomenon fairly well. It’s a shame the Republican Party has not recognized just what it’s done by creating a base of voters who expected Roe v. Wade to be overturned, the Affordable Care Act repealed, gay marriage banned, immigrants thrown out of the country and …
From the Merriam-Webster dictionary: Full Definition of lame duck 1: one that is weak or that falls behind in ability or achievement; especially chiefly British : an ailing company 2: an elected official or group continuing to hold political office during the period between the election and the inauguration of a successor 3: one whose …
I’m talking 30-40 foot waves. Here’s a slideshow from one of our TV stations. The surf may be big enough and well-formed enough to hold the Eddie Aikau contest on Thursday and if not then possibly Friday. The contest is invitation-only for 28 of the best big-wave surfers in the world, named for a man …
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I wonder how much Jeb(!) really wanted to run. I wonder whether he just felt that he should run, as he was regarded in the family as “the smart one.” He spent most of his time after he left office as Florida’s Governor working in the private sector, a lot of it for Wall Street …
I didn’t watch the show, but this tribute to Glenn Frey popped up on Facebook shortly after the awards were handed out. If you’re going to perform a tribute, it’s helpful to have the song’s co-author around to sing the lead and most of the rest of the band still available as well. Here are …
I was watching PBS’s American Masters program tonight. The Master featured was Carole King. An hour later I was reading in my chair with the radio on, and the host was having a Beatles-fest. He played the band’s version of Carole and husband Gerry’s “Take Good Care of My Baby” and I almost fell out …