Source: http://hawaiinewsdaily.com/2010/12/harriet-hanako-hanzawakondo%E2%80%99s-instructions-for-war/ Harriet Hanako Hanzawa/Kondo’s Instructions for War 1:53 pm By Dwight Kondo by Dwight Kondo Puna, Hawaiian Kingdom 1338-121610 My mother’s instruction, as my father and she waited with me at Honolulu International Airport, was simple though incongruent with sending a son to War. As the other soldiers began to line up to board,… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2010
Army announces Programmatic EIS for construction at Pohakuloa Training Area
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: FOUO FOR MG TERRY / LTC NILES / USARPAC MS. NIELSEN for PTA PEIS NOI notifications Aloha ‘Okou, I hope that this email finds you well. Unfortunately time constraints preclude my ability to call all of you today. Therefore I am sending this email to ensure that you receive this information. I… Read more »
Mother of One Dead Soldier Suspects Sex Assault
Source: http://www.womensenews.org/story/military/101217/mother-one-dead-soldier-suspects-sex-assault Mother of One Dead Soldier Suspects Sex Assault By John Lasker WeNews correspondent Monday, December 20, 2010 At least 20 female soldiers have died in Iraq and Afghanistan in “noncombat” circumstances that their families find mysterious. The mother of one talks here about why she thinks sexual violence–not suicide–was her daughter’s real killer…. Read more »
ATSDR Late with Vieques Report
Source: http://www.elnuevodia.com/retrasadoelinformedeatsdr-831633.html ATSDR Late with Vieques Report Concern within the scientific Community by José A. Delgado jdelgado@elnuevodia.com WASHINGTON – The confidentiality with which the Federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has handled the report that would officially discard conclusions made a decade ago that minimized health damages caused by military maneuvers on… Read more »
A win for Micronesians in Hawai’i
As reported in the Honolulu Star Advertiser, Micronesian islanders in Hawai’i who are part of the group of Compact of Free Association (COFA) nations won a court victory to restore health insurance benefits several days ago: A federal judge ordered the state yesterday to restore lifesaving health benefits to low-income legal migrants from Micronesia, the… Read more »
Earmarkers feast on pork one last time before diet
The AP reports that there the lame duck Democratic controlled Congress is pushing for one last pork barrel spending spree: The spending barons on Capitol Hill, long used to muscling past opponents of bills larded with pet projects, are seeking one last victory before tea party-backed GOP insurgents storm Congress intent on ending the good… Read more »
“Access Denied”: Air Force blocks access to sites that post Wikileaks secrets
According to the New York Times, the Air Force is blocking access to websites that post secret documents leaked by Wikileaks. Here’s an excerpt: WASHINGTON — The Air Force is barring its personnel from using work computers to view the Web sites of The New York Times and more than 25 other news organizations and… Read more »
California study shows low levels of perchlorate affect infants
A new study shows newborns in perchlorate contaminated areas have a 50% chance of having impaired thyroid function. Perchlorate is an oxidizer used in rocket propellant that attacks the thyroid. It has been detected in groundwater in Nohili, Kaua’i near the caves where munitions are stored. I think it was also detected in Schofield (Lihu’e)…. Read more »
Jury for Tacoma Trident Peace Activists Still Out
Published on Saturday, December 11, 2010 by CommonDreams.org Jury for Tacoma Trident Peace Activists Still Out by Bill Quigley The federal criminal trial of five veteran peace activists facing several charges was recessed until Monday after their jury announced late Friday they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict on one of the counts. The… Read more »
Marshallese confront existential threat with climate change
As reported in the Honolulu Star Advertiser, Marshall Islands delegates to the UN climate change conference in Cancun are confronting unique problems as a nation state that is rapidly disappearing under rising seas. Not only have Marshallese and other Micronesians had to deal with the legacy of imperialism, wars, and nuclear testing; they are now… Read more »
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