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Entries from April 20th, 2012

Comments by House Majority Leader expose politics of SB755

April 20th, 2012 · 22 Comments · environment, Legislature, Sunshine

Thanks to Henry Curtis & Larry Geller’s Disappeared News for flagging comments by House Majority Leader Pono Chong on SB755, the bill which creates “temporary” exemptions from state environmental laws to speed development of certain types of projects. Rep. Chong argues that the exemptions really don’t mean much because these projects still have to comply [...]

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Taxes done, time for Ms. Cybelle

April 20th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Cats, video

We just signed our Hawaii state tax return and estimated payment, written checks, stuffed them in envelopes, and got them ready for mailing, beating the deadline once again. Thank you, TurboTax. But it’s blown my blogging schedule for the day. I’ll try to post later. In the meantime, here’s another little Feline Friday treasure, a [...]

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Are comments fixed? Feedback, please!

April 20th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Blogs, Computers

The tech support folks at Hostrocket, my hosting service, now say they believe they have solved the problem many people reported when trying to post comments. So please let me know if you still have problems! Email ian(at)ilind.net. Thank you!

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Romeo’s dreams of glory

April 20th, 2012 · No Comments · Cats, Photographs

I found Romeo in this drug-induced sleep, using his catnip toy as a pillow while probably dreaming of stardom. His little YouTube video picked up its 650,000th view sometime last night. Could Romeo eventually hit 1 million? Maybe we should have a contest–guess the date that Romeo will hit a million. What would be an [...]

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