View the video online: http://kgmb9.com/main/content/view/12957/40/ Superferry Ride Sickens Passengers; Damages Cars Written by Tina Chau – tchau@kgmb9.com Monday, January 05, 2009 10:19 PM The Hawaii Superferry is no stranger to rough waters. Footage shows it plowing through choppy surf near Molokai last winter. The same thing happened Sunday. Rough conditions roughed-up the ferry and passengers… Read more »
Monthly Archives: January 2009
Military chopper makes emergency landing on North Shore
http://kgmb9.com Military Chopper Lands on North Shore Written by KGMB9 News – news@kgmb9.com January 05, 2009 06:23 PM Schofield Barracks is releasing more information about the helicopter that went down at 5:30 Monday evening. The Army says two soldiers from the 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division smelled fumes in the aircraft and… Read more »
Richard Falk on Gaza Catastrophe
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-falk/understanding-the-gaza-ca_b_154777.html Understanding the Gaza Catastrophe By Richard Falk United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories January 2, 2009 For eighteen months the entire 1.5 million people of Gaza experienced a punishing blockade imposed by Israel, and a variety of traumatizing challenges to the normalcy of daily life. A flicker of hope… Read more »
NSA data-mining grows in San Antonio
This article came from a San Antonio alternative paper. The NSA has a regional signal intelligence (sigint) facility under the pineapple fields of Kunia. They threaten you too if you try to take photos. But the military is now upgrading to a new facility in Whitmore that will house both Navy and NSA intelligence facilities. … Read more »
Is Obama planning a Pentagon-NASA merger?
Obama Moves to Counter China in Space With Pentagon-NASA Link http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20090102/pl_bloomberg/aovrno0oj41g By Demian McLean Thu Jan 1, 2009 Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) — President-elect Barack Obama will probably tear down long-standing barriers between the U.S.’s civilian and military space programs to speed up a mission to the moon amid the prospect of a new space race… Read more »
Article on Women and Military Bases in Asia-Pacific
Gender and U.S. Bases in Asia-Pacific Ellen-Rae Cachola, Lizelle Festejo, Annie Fukushima, Gwyn Kirk, and Sabina Perez March 14, 2008 Editor: John Feffer The power dynamics of militarism in the Asia-Pacific region rely on dominance and subordination. These hierarchical relationships, shaped by gender, can be seen in U.S. military exploitation of host communities, its abuse… Read more »
Empire’s Map: DoD Releases Unified Command Plan 2008
The Pentagon recently announced the release of its new Unified Command Plan. This is the military’s plan for dividing the Earth into combatant command areas of responsibility. Hawai’i falls under and plays host to the headquarters of the Pacific Command, the oldest and largest of these unified commands. The new plan includes a newly created… Read more »
Hawaii military spending slips
Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 12:33pm HAST Hawaii military spending slips Pacific Business News (Honolulu) After nearly a decade of growth, military spending in Hawaii is expected to decline over the next two years, according to a report released Wednesday from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. The report, “Profile of Hawaii-based Armed Forces,”… Read more »
New York Times article on the EPA Perchlorate report
The New York Times January 1, 2009 Error Seen in E.P.A. Report on Contaminant By FELICITY BARRINGER The Environmental Protection Agency failed to follow its own guidelines and made a basic error in evaluating how a toxic contaminant in rocket fuel harms human health, according to a report by the agency’s inspector general. The contaminant,… Read more »
Perchlorate: EPA’s Office of the Inspector General calls for cumulative risk assessment
Perchlorate is a toxic chemical that blocks the uptake of iodine by the thyroid gland, which leads to many types of metabolic disorders and problems with children whose mothers were exposed while pregnant. It is a chemical used in rockets and fertilizer. In the U.S. 90% of perchlorate contamination comes from the military and aerospace… Read more »
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