Apartheid comes to Makua Beach!
You’d be hard pressed to find a more inviting stretch of sand as Makua Beach over there on Oahu’s westside, the rainless leeward coast where Sunny Garcia was born and where Greg Noll famously rode his last-ever wave.
It ain’t an easy or an obvious find.
You gotta drive past Makaha, the road narrows, ain’t no shacks or development, and head towards Yokohama Bay. The sunsets are divine, you can camp there, and if you want to swim with happy marine creatures, turtles and dolphins abound. Tiger sharks, too, but use prudence when approaching.
The Makua Valley, beach to the mountains, holds a special place in the hearts of Hawaiians as the birthplace of man, Makua meaning parent. Also believed to be the kick-off point for souls travelling to the afterlife.
A recent race-based imbroglio has cast a long shadow over the peaceful Makua Beach sands, however, after police were called following what one woman, @_ladyshark, is calling a race-based attack, the woman recording the aftermath for her 10k followers’ enjoyment.
It’s all very entertaining, as these things usually are, and no one escapes the event with clean hands or with dignity intact.
Question: where do you stand on these matters, indigenous owners of land given a slice here and there where they can frolic without the stench of whiteness or is public land for all, including the distant descendants of the hated colonialists?
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I think I’ve been pretty clear on my positions:
Voter ID is absolute at registration and on voting day. There will be no such thing as a ‘provisional” ballot.
Early voting can only begin one week prior to election day.
No proactive mailing of ballots.
Absentee ballots must be requested and photocopy of ID must be kept on the application and the ballot when it is returned.
Absolutely no drop boxes.
And no ballot harvesting initives.
Anyone who advocates for non citizen ID’s/drivers licenses should be in jail for treason.
Anyone who proposes a law to let non citizens (even Green Card Holders) vote gets the firing squad.
And yes, I’ll gladly pull the trigger.
Now…based on the Gestapo type rules that states abd cities enforced so that I could go to a sparring event during Covid this should be easy to achieve.
I ran point beak for many years…
give me break/
Got one.
still have it!
not moving…nothing for sale.
There’s been a few updates to the saga which do not display the heavyset couple in any good light. Bullying and threatening little kids with violence is not excusable no matter how legitimate your claims might be.
I want to know why the conservation cop didnt blast fuck out that noisy anoying cow with his taser. A taser to ladyShark’s throat would have been great to watch.
King Kamehameha and family lived and surfed Waipio in the mid 1760. I surfed it in 1970. And the stretch between those were not peaceful times. Nor are they now. Somebody’s always kung-fu fighting…Hell, surfed everywhere…with no problems except in my front yard break. Got punched by Jeff Bushman.
Legends link his birth to storms and strange lights, activities thought by Hawaiians to herald the birth of a great chief. Because of prognostications at his birth and threats from warring clans, Kamehameha was taken away and hidden immediately after his birth. He spent his early years secluded in Waipio, returning to Kailua at the age of five. He lived there with his parents until his father’s death, then continued to receive special training from King Kalani’opu’u, his uncle. This training included skills in games, warfare, oral history, navigation, religious ceremonies, and other information necessary to become an(a district chief). source: National Park Service.
So the Electoral College.
“In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is a hallucinating
idiot…for he sees what no one else does: things that, to everyone
else, are not there.”
―
Marshall McLuhan
Nope…it should be up to the states to decide how they want vote.
Having said that…voter ID should be absolutely mandatory and there should be absolutely no proactive mailing of ballots.
I’ve seen first hand just how incompetent/careless/lazy civil servants are and they don’t care if you get a ballot, don’t get a ballot, or your dead mother gets three ballots.
fuck , Foodland….I think it was the second most expensive supermarket in the whole USA after Aspen. It’s amazing when you think you go to Costco for 1/2 the price….but Foodland and the house up on the Pupekea , that Mr Foodland owns……..one righteous rip off , we have all contributed to!!!
Yeah institutionalized bribery…….I was asked a long time ago ;
Q/ if I was president of the World , is there one thing you could do to make the World a better place?
A : ban all lobby groups!
What I see in a lot of poor countries in the World is the remnants of Colonialism ……where people countries are in survival mode , looking for food and water is their primary goal….so yeah ya right we have the luxury for now of being able to debate and chat about what’s right and wrong……
FFS go and eat that chocolate pie and celebrate that the Obese orange Cheeto , had his wings clipped a bit in the Mid Terms……..actually have a slice for me!!!
yeah , a lot of European countries , who have free medical and social systems to cope with the vulnerable.
the problem is what can people/families afford ? the easiest is to buy Junk fast food as it’s the cheapest ,and not much choice….how can there be democracy …..explain what a commercial lobby groups are …Big Oil/Pharma/Banks etc ….then talk to me about Democracy…….it’s an illusion/smoke and mirrors
What I see in Australia and now more so than ever in the USA is the ever increasing gap between the haves and have nots. It’s easy to see the very best or the very worst of humanity in Country’s where money and power are the MO od society , and leaves the vulnerable to fend for themselves!
Tell those fat, f@cks to get back in the kitchen and make my dinner. I’ve got a bunch of important people coming for a Luau.
When your done cooking get dress and do a little dance .
When did I say it was an absolute truth?
But I’m glad you agree that there is an issue with poor nutrition in pooer communities.
Next we can move on to the topic of public housing and how it’s become a generational entitlement that is doing far more harm than good.
Wow. Nails on a chalkboard was easier listening. Couldn’t make it past the 1 minute mark.
Even Polynesians moved to the islands from somewhere else (E. Asia per DNA). Their origin stories say a pale “mythical” race was displaced. Lots of the origin myths are like that (Cherokee, Peruvian, Maori, etc). I’m fine with localism and if it’s their beach then look elsewhere (though her argument will be it’s all public) but the whole “we were here first” argument to support superiority or colorism is bs. That said, there are sacred spots on the islands and locals won’t get into the history or how’s and why’s–they’ll just keep people (esp. non-Hawaiians) the f**k out. Still, people assume only white people were colonists and that’s not true. European governments were the main government funded and supported colonialism but people have been moving and taking over land forever. And if people think only white settlers were brutal or took slaves, look to the NW tribes of Alaska. They kicked ass all along the coast and were both brutal and took slaves. It’s not saying it was okay. It’s saying it was done. She’s not taking their house or land so it’s localism or haolie hate.
Colonial European Governments were white !
There is a lot to be learnt from the indigenous cultures , who survived on the land for thousands of years compared to our current culture which is only a couple of hundred years.
European culture is thousands of years old. The American government is a couple hundred or so years old and Europeans have been over here a bit longer than that. Yes, Europeans colonized as government/nations. They are primarily white. However, not all colonists were white–the Moors colonized Italy and Spain and were black Africans and black N. African tribes/pirates took white European slaves. So did tribes over other tribes in the Americas and Africa. Many civilizations, cultures, and people have been conquered and lost to time by others of all skin colors. You are not the actions of your government or asshole business owners. Just like not all whites or colonists weren’t. You can’t personally stop war just like colonists couldn’t stop expansion and many took advantage of that while many more didn’t. There is a lot to learn from all indigenous ways if they are consistent with living in harmony with the land that you live on. Me learning about African soil won’t help survival in the US but might help us learn from the mistakes that made the Sahara. Not all ancient ways were productive and framing darker skin-toned native people as gentle, peaceful, shamanic keepers of old knowledge is white washing. Woke speak is pedantic, simplistic, and easy feel good lip service designed gain grop approval istead of addressing tough topics and doesn’t help any of the people involved. Humans are humans. People need to stop seeking superiority based on age of culture, skin color (white skin has been here just as long–wait for the science), etc. Once people aren’t divided by this stupid ish they will realize they were puppets and real change can happen.
Moors were a mix of Mid Eastern/black africans , and they had an amazing culture which they transposed to the Iberian Peninsular . They conquered and Spain became the most advanced culture in Europe.
Colonialization of Africa/India/China , was where these countries raped and pillaged them ….not sure what contribution there was , when you look at Africa today….they never recovered……
and yeah people are brainwashed that we have democracy…..and as one can see the USA has lost it’s moral compass , and greed is greed, humans are humans……don’t look up,LOL!
You can also read. A simple Google search tells you that there has been an issue with SNAP/EBT benefits being used for unhealthy food.
I also have two sisters-in-law who teach in Brooklyn and Harlem so they can tell you what’s going on.
Same for various other friends and acquaintances who have taught in the NYC school systems for 20+ years.
I understand that it is hard to accept that there is validity to certain stereotypes but sometimes their are the only possible truth.
I do find that getting out, going places, talking to people and seeing things for yourself improves your understanding of people and their behaviors.
freaky, yet refreshing…our community.
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