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The U.S. Transportation Dept. will enforce a new ban on lithium batteries aboard passenger airliners starting on January 1. That is bad news if I take more than 1 digital camera, my laptop and other devices that run on these and my spares. It’s going to significantly add to the cost of travel if our batteries are taken away and we are forced to buy new batteries at our travel destinations…. and then either abandon them or ship them back on a separate carrier.

I worked for Dave Reed for a few years in the early 1990s after our ad agency merged with his. He was a nice man and I’ve always remembered him for the story he told us about the attack on Pearl Harbor from when he was a kid on that fateful day in 1941.

I went in to the Symposium believing that the rail is an absurd waste of taxpayer dollars and will do nothing to help the needs of the 90 percent of Honolulu’s commuters who travel by car.

I went in knowing that according to Honolulu’s own Alternatives Analysis, rail will not reduce traffic congestion here one bit.

The symposium (sort of an all-day brain washing/cheerleading event) did not change my mind.”

THE $6.4+ BILLION DOLLAR RAIL PROJECT IS A WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY!

University of Hawaii fans at Aloha Stadium are out of control: 

The good news: my family and I are now back home in California and had a great 5 days in Hawaii. The bad news? Fights, alcohol, lax security, and thug fans have turned Aloha Stadium into what is likely the most horrible game day atmosphere in college football.

Author’s Note: The following article contains harsh language.