September 2, 2010
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 Pierce Your Ears Day
Day 245 of 2010
120 days left in this year
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — ‘Olelo: Talk
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Tok: Talk
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Words spoken on the windward side are heard on the leeward side.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “In this world of sin and sorrow, there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.” (H.L. Mencken)
TODAY: State GOP chairman, Jonah Kaauwai was Keith Olbermann’s “Worst Person in the World” yesterday for his letter to Hawaii pastors urging them to bar Democratic candidates for governor from campaigning in their churches because only Republican “Duke” Aiona is controlled by the holy spirit.
View it on Countdown >September 2, 2009: Phoenix police arrested Brittney Mooney last week in the death of Will Smith more than two years ago. Authorities are holding her in Arizona pending extradition to face negligent manslaughter charges arising from the death of the 8-year-old Texas boy who was killed in a Maui auto accident. Maui police never arrested Mooney, and
The Maui News would not reveal her name until a a lawsuit was filed after she was indicted by the grand jury in June.
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September 2, 1877: Maui’s First Telegraph – C.H. Dickey operates Hawaii’s earliest commercial telegraph system, connecting his stores in Haiku and Makawao, Maui. The following year, he is granted a charter for the Hawaiian Telegraph Company. Dickey’s stores sold general goods, and for 20 years served as the local post offices.
September 1, 2010
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Nat’l Prepardeness Month
Day 244 of 2010
121 days left in this year
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Kepakemapa: September
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Septemba: September
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “September is the time when the plume of the sugar-cane began to unsheath itself.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “If voting changed anything they’d make it illegal.” (Emma Goldman)
The Beach at Maui Prince Resort
TODAY: Hawaii’s Top Republican says Aiona will win Governorship because Jesus is on his side. State GOP chairman, catholic Jonah Kaauwai, has sent a letter to pastors and people of faith saying Lt. Gov. James “Duke” Aiona, the leading Republican candidate and a catholic, “will win because the Church has been behind him the entire time operating in the POWER and the AUTHORITY of the NAME OF JESUS!” He urges Republicans NOT to cross party lines in the September Primary Election to vote for Mufi Hannemann. Looks like Jesus freaks would rather run in the November General Election against Neil Abercrombie, whose religious affiliation is unspecified, than Mufi Hannemann, who is a mormon. Liberty freaks here at the Maui Almanac are finally in agreement with the religious right.
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August 31, 2010
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Nat’l Waffle Day
Day 243 of 2010
122 days left in this year
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Makani pahili: Hurricane
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Hariap: Hurry
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “Watch until the black tapa cloth covers Maui.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “If hypocricy were gold, the Capitol would be Fort Knox.” (John McCain)
TODAY: Obama Marks End of Combat Mission in Iraq. After seven years, 4,427 American service deaths and 34,268 American wounded or injured, President Obama keeps his campaign pledge and gives a TV address this evening. More >
TODAY: Is Mufi still running for Mayor? In the last televised debate before the Democratic primary for governor, former Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann’s, in his opening statement last night, seemed confused about which office he is running for. More >
August 31, 2009: More than 30 firefighters worked over the weekend battling 17 different sections of the Molokai wildfire. Firefighters used five bulldozers, two loaders and three water tankers from the county’s Department of Public Works, state agencies and private companies.
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August 31, 2008: Hurricane Gustav threatens the Louisana coast exactly 3 years after the criminal disregard and incompetence of the Bush/Cheney administration. Category 4 Gustav is also diverting attention from the Republican National Convention starting tomorrow. Bush, Cheney and coast governors say they will not attend the event in Minnesota’s Twin Cities.
August 28, 2010
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I Have a Dream Day
Day 240 of 2010
125 days left in this year
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Moe‘uhane: Dream
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Kundu: Drum
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “The smoke seen in the dream now rises.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “Trust the dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.” (Kahil Gibran)
TODAY: Fox “News” demagogue Glenn Beck defiles MLK and “I Have a Dream Day” with religious rally at Lincoln Memorial. Black NYT columnist Bob Herbert writes today: “Becks is a provocateur who likes to play with matches in the tinderbox of racial and ethnic confrontation. He seems oblivious to the real danger of his execrable behavior … Facts and reality mean nothing to Beck. And there is no road too low for him to slither upon … He makes you want to take a shower.”
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August 28, 1963: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial to a crowd of 200,000 marchers, in Washington DC, peacefully demonstrating for civil rights.
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August 28, 2009: New forecasts predicting slower population growth on Maui over the next 20 years have led the county Planning Department to reduce its recommendation for new housing units in the Maui Island Plan.
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August 24, 2010
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Shooting Star Day
Day 236 of 2010
129 days left in this year |
HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY —
Nalu: Surfer
PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY —
Man bilong pait: Warrior
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY —
“When the surfrider is unskilled, the board is broken.”
HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY —
“Charity knows neither race nor creed.” (Talmud)
TODAY: PERSEID Meteor Showers, July 17 to August 24.
August 24th, 1890: Duke Paoa Kahanamoku is born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Growing up on the outskirts of Waikiki, he spent his youth as a bronzed beach boy. It was at Waikiki Beach where he developed his surfing and swimming skills. As a member of the U.S. Olympic swimming team, he won the gold medal in the 100 meter freestyle in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, and a silver with the relay team. During the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, he won gold medals both in the 100 meters, and in the relay. He finished the 100 meters with a silver medal during the 1924 Olympics in Paris, the gold going to Johnny Weissmuller. He also played for the U.S. Water Polo team at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
