What goes through my my mind when I read the news with my morning coffee. …Or for the Simon's Rockers in the group, this is my response journal.
China scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday as a U.S. navy ship sailed close to a disputed reef in the South China Sea, a patrol China denounced as an illegal threat to peace which only went to show its defense installations in the area were necessary.
China scrambles fighters as U.S. sails warship near Chinese-claimed reef | Reuters
hmmm
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has been called “the punisher,” “Duterte Harry” and, most recently, the “Philippine version of Donald Trump.”
WTF?
Evidence that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst coral bleaching on record has renewed calls for the UN to list it as “in-danger”.
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef hit by ‘worst’ bleaching – BBC News
Jeezus
Japan’s plan to get more women into its shrinking workforce, so-called “womenomics” – looked great, but within two years the targets have had to be cut.
Is Japan’s plan for more women in the workplace failing? – BBC News
hmmm
Ledward Kaapana says he likes to play at airports to help relax travelers and ease their nerves.
Slack-key guitar legend told not to play at Honolulu airport | KHON2
WTF?! shame on you HNL!
Mr. Warmbier, an undergraduate at the University of Virginia who tried to steal a propaganda poster, was convicted of subversion.
North Korea Sentences Otto Warmbier, U.S. Student, to 15 Years’ Labor – The New York Times
sigh…. Poor kid. What the fuck was doing there in the first place, though? Stupid fucking evangelicals…
A new advertisement by McCafé featuring a heartwarming coming-out scene.
This is beautiful.
Fundies in any country need to sit down and shut the fuck up. How powerful can your version of God be anyways, if he needs you all to advocate for him?
Conceiving of 50 thousand years of history is mind-boggling. How cool!
Twelve-year-old Josefa Tumura’s request was for his family was to get to safety.
Cyclone Winston claimed his life during its fury last Saturday night.
Courageous To The End | Fiji Sun
So sad
Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said that “Baby Asha” will be sent back to Nauru, after she was moved to a local community center.
‘Baby Asha’ will be sent back to Nauru – CNN.com
hmmm
Larry Ellison plans a reboot for the island; families who’ve lived there for generations worry they can’t afford to stay
Source: Leaving Lanai: Larry Ellison’s Hawaiian Island | Al Jazeera America
This is so wrong. Don’t mess with Lanai, okole no au au!
An analysis of Easter Island spear heads shows that the civilization didn’t perish due to warfare.
Ancient Easter Island Civilization Didn’t Kill Each Other Off, Study of Spear Heads Shows
hmmm
Queen Himiko history is some badass history. Not only was she a queen and shamaness, she was the first recorded Japanese person ever. Find out more here.
Queen Himiko: Badass Chicks of Japanese History -Tofugu
cool.
Onna-bugeisha was a type of female warrior belonging to the Japanese nobility. Many women engaged in battle, commonly alongside samurai men.
Source: Onna-bugeisha- Rare photos show the Japanese female warriors
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Evidence has been gathered suggesting that 3 crops a year could be grown in our State. Evidence indicated that this would yield between 27-38 tons dry weight of stalks per year depending on densities planted. Similarly, between 31 and 35 tons dry weight of stems and leaves could be obtained per year which could be used as animal forage. A subtropical seed hemp cultivar also grew well. Evidence suggested that 2 crops a year could be harvested and yields of about 2.5 tons of seed could be obtained per acre per year.
Source: A little good news for those who want hemp to replace sugar on Maui | MauiTime
hmmmm.
China has landed a plane for the first time on one of its new island runways in the disputed part of South China Sea.
China Lands Plane on Artificial Island in Disputed South China Sea – NBC News
hmmm
The US Navy agrees to limit its use of sonar that inadvertently harms whales and dolphins in waters near Hawaii and California.
US Navy limits ‘whale-harming’ sonar in Pacific – BBC News
Yay! This is progress.
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