Under the pineapple fields of Wahiawa, a massive new spy facility is being built to house the NSA signals intelligence center (to replace its aging Kunia facility), the Navy Commuications Master Center and other intelligence gathering entities. James Bamford, author of the Puzzle Palace and other books on the NSA reviews a new book about… Read more »
Mumia Abu-Jamal: From Bases to Bars – The Military & Prison Industrial Complexes Go ‘Boom’
From Bases to Bars The Military & Prison Industrial Complexes Go ‘Boom’ By Mumia Abu-Jamal Looking back to the halcyon days of the movement against the Vietnam War, one sees the birth of what seemed to be a new world. Every day, one could almost see and touch giant boulders crumbling off the edifice of… Read more »
Hawaii stimulus funds use draws fire
Here’s an article in the Honolulu Advertiser that provides some background to the school furlough, federal stimulus situation. I wonder how much Hawai’i would save by cutting the JROTC programs, which provide no real educational benefit. Here’s the editorial by U.S. Secretary of Defense Arne Duncan: http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091023/OPINION03/910230319/Hawaii+erred+in+cutting+education >><< http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091102/NEWS01/911020354/Hawaii+stimulus+funds+use+draws+fire Posted on: Monday, November 2, 2009… Read more »
Inouye + campaign contributions = earmarks
The AP ran a story about Senator Inouye’s earmarks going to companies that made significant contributions to his campaign. One beneficiary is Navatek. When the Navy passed over Navatek’s proposal, Inouye reinserted Navatek’s amphibious vehicle into a Defense Appropriations bill as an earmark. In a related chart of earmarks and campaign contibutions, Oceanit shows up… Read more »
Federal stimulus: Hawai’i cuts schools but boosts military construction
The choices leaders make in times of crisis like the present reveal something of their true character and interests. As a result of furloughs, the state of Hawai’i recently came in last for number of public school days. Mark Niesse of the AP recently reported: At 163 school days, Hawaii’s school year ranks behind every… Read more »
Contamination clouds future of Umatilla Chemical Depot
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/contamination_at_umatilla_clou.html Contamination at Umatilla clouds land-use issue By Richard Cockle, The Oregonian October 31, 2009, 7:10PM HERMISTON — With the Army on track to destroy the last of the deadly mustard agents at its Umatilla Chemical Depot in 2011 and return the sprawling property to public use, developers from ports to tribes are drawing up… Read more »
Will Obama speak from Hiroshima?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/10/30-4 Published on Friday, October 30, 2009 by The Japan Times Online Hiroshima Beckons Obama by John Einarsen For the past 64 years the name “Hiroshima” has conjured a nightmare vision for all humanity: the unthinkable specter of instantaneous atomic annihilation. Only by personally visiting Hiroshima or Nagasaki, the two cities that have experienced atomic… Read more »
Strykers in Hilo veteran’s parade
CENTER FOR NON-VIOLENT EDUCATION AND ACTION Malu ‘Aina Farm P.O. Box AB Kurtistown, Hawaii 96760 Phone 808-966-7622 email ja@interpac.net http://www.malu-aina.org Lt. Col. Warline S. Richardson October 30, 2009 Commanding Officer Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) Dear Col. Richardson: I have received a report that Stryker urban assault vehicles from PTA, recently returned from Iraq, will be… Read more »
U.S. military forces will expand to seven bases in Colombia
According to the AP article below, the U.S. and Colombia signed an agreement to expand U.S. military presence in Colombia via a base use agreement. While the bases will technically be Colombian bases, the U.S. treats these ‘leased’ bases as part of the vast international network of bases. Ecuador recently expelled the U.S. military from… Read more »
Asia Pacific military leaders met in Hawai’i
Source: http://us-pacific-command.blogspot.com/2009/10/senior-leaders-to-meet-at-chiefs-of.html Friday, October 23, 2009 Senior Leaders to Meet at Chiefs of Defense Conference Senior military officers of 22 nations will gather in Hawaii next week for the 12th annual Chiefs of Defense Conference (CHOD), which is scheduled to run Oct. 26-29. This year’s conference is hosted by Adm. Robert Willard, commander of U.S…. Read more »
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