The Big Island Reporter

The Next Recession: We Are Witnessing The Largest Twin Bubbles In History

In the coming years, we will have to deal with the largest twin bubbles in history. It’s global debt (especially government debt) and the even larger bubble of government promises.<p>Together, these twin bubbles make up what investor John Mauldin calls “The Great Reset.” Nobody can tell how this …

Hawaii wants to ban chemical sunscreens to save its coral reefs

<b>When sunscreen chemicals wash off beach-goers, they bleach coral, stunt its growth, and sometimes kill it outright.</b><p>If you’re heading to Hawaii, or …

Tesla's Solar Facility is Part of Hawaii's Goal For Energy Independence (HBO)

Most Expensive Place to Live in U.S.? Hawaii, Where Toilet Paper Costs More Than Anywhere in the World

For the seventh year in a row, Hawaii has been voted the worst state in which to make a living.

Iconic Kona homeless man dies

KAILUA-KONA — A well-known homeless man who’s distinct, bearded look was famous to those who frequented downtown Kailua-Kona died Thursday, those who …

Aloha from Senator Schatz's Office

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Trump Doesn’t Want to Be President

The Friday Cover<p>The Friday Cover is POLITICO Magazine's email of the week's best, delivered to your inbox every Friday morning.<p>He wants to be communications director.<p>Donald Trump doesn’t really want to be president. If he did, he’d nominate candidates to the 350 important but vacant administration …

BBC Our World 2017 - Homeless in Hawaii

US fails to intercept missile in test over Hawaii

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, in a joint test with Japan, failed overnight to hit a missile fired from Hawaii with a "new, developmental" …

Hawaii's largest homeless camp: rock bottom or a model refuge?

Long America’s vacation paradise, Hawaii is in a state of emergency as it battles a homelessness crisis. Could Pu’uhonua safe zones help alleviate the problem?<p>Sign up to our monthly Outside in America newsletter<p>Three backpack-laden children chattered happily as they trudged down a dirt path and …

Record-Breaking Canadian Sniper Kills ISIS Fighter With Two-Mile Shot

The shooter would have had to account for wind, distance and even the curvature of the earth.

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This story appears in the June 2017 issue of <i>National Geographic</i> magazine.<p><b>Veteran cavers Peter and Ann Bosted</b> were cruising around their hometown of Hawaiian Ocean View, on Hawaii’s Big Island, a few years ago when Ann spotted a small hole off the side of the road.<p>It was no more than three feet …

Hawaii could become the first state to offer its citizens universal basic income after bill passes through both houses of state legislature

• <b>Hawaii is working to becoming the first state to offer guaranteed basic income</b>• <b><br>The state's cost of living - the highest in the country - motivated the</b> …

The Aristocracy That Let Me In

Over the past seven years, I received over $330,000 of need-based financial aid, and it gave me a one-way ticket to the new American elite.<p>I grew up …

"Provocative" Russian Jet Comes Within 5 Feet Of US Recon Aircraft

<b>(ZH)</b> — Just two days after a US fighter jet shot a Syrian army aircraft out of the sky, and Russia halts cooperation with US military, an <b>armed</b> …

7 Sailors Emerged From Diverse Backgrounds to Pursue a Common Cause

The seven sailors who died when the destroyer Fitzgerald collided with a container ship last weekend were a snapshot of the nation they served: an immigrant from the Philippines whose father served in the Navy before him; a poor teenager whose Guatemalan family came north eager for opportunity; a …

Customer Management Solution

Flexible Loyalty Programs<p>Surprise and delight your customers with unlimited rule-based combinations of gifts, offers, and incentive programs.<p>POS …

Carla Bruni on Music, Melania’s Nudes, and Those Pesky Donald Trump Rumors

The former supermodel and first lady of France opens up to Marlow Stern about her lovely new album of classic covers, ‘French Touch,’ and much more.<p>After negotiating a sea of handlers and hangers-on, all of whom, with their <i>au courant</i> skinny jeans and shades, resemble extras in a Godard film—or …

DOJ Brass Says Comey Struck Insider Immunity Deal With Mueller To Avoid Criminal Charges

FOLLOW US!<p>A high-ranking Justice Department official believes Special Counsel Robert Mueller has granted a complete get-out-of-jail-free-card deal …

Canoe returns to Hawaii after epic round-the-world voyage

HONOLULU (AP) — No modern navigation instrumentation guided a Polynesian voyaging canoe as it followed the horizon during a three-year journey around …

Trump’s courtship of black voters hampered by decades of race controversies

Supporters — and protesting opponents — of Donald Trump show up in Cleveland, as well as campaign merchandise vendors.<p>Supporters — and protesting opponents — of Donald Trump show up in Cleveland, as well as campaign merchandise vendors.<p>CLEVELAND — Donald Trump’s campaign has tried to use this …

Why Couldn’t the Cosby Jury Reach a Verdict? Legal Experts Assess

As the jury’s deliberations extended into this weekend, the possibility of a verdict in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial seemed to dim, though legal experts cautioned against drawing any conclusions. But when the judge in the case, Steven T. O’Neill, declared a mistrial on Saturday morning after …

Hawaii is considering creating a universal basic income

It has a long way to go, but Hawaii is now one step closer to adopting a full universal basic income for all its residents.<p>Basic income — a plan under which the government would regularly send everyone in a given country/state/city/etc. money just for being alive — has been gaining a significant …

The Political Dealmaking That Finally Brought Hawaii Statehood

And what Puerto Rico can learn from the prolonged process

Barack Obama could be the next president of Harvard University

Trump reports assets of at least $1.4 billion in financial disclosure

Updated 06/16/2017 08:02 PM EDT<p>The campaign and the early months of President Donald Trump’s presidency have been good for Donald Trump.<p>The Trump International Hotel, which opened last year just blocks from the White House in a building leased from the federal government, brought in nearly $20 …

Minn. officer acquitted in shooting of Philando Castile during traffic stop, dismissed from police force

The Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop was acquitted on all charges by a jury on June 16, nearly a year after his death. (Victoria Walker/The Washington Post)<p>The Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Philando Castile during a traffic stop was …

Alex Jones Leaks Full Megyn Kelly Interview Ahead of NBC Broadcast

<b>UPDATED</b>: Infowars’ Alex Jones has leaked audio of his full interview with NBC News’ Megyn Kelly.<p>In a video posted on Twitter Thursday night, Jones …

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