I"ve always been with the school of thought that Hawaii should have never banked solely on the Tourism industry.

Of course my thoughts are skewed from the fact that I am retired and the events happening today would not affect my job since I don't have one.

I can certainly understand others not sharing the same view as mine.

   Yeah, like we should have relied more on our manufacturing and technical services ? 
But I could never understand why agricultural never took top billing with our year round growing season.
Don't say its cuz we gotta ship overseas, were doing that from other countries already.

   I too am now retired,(from the tourist industry due to the VR thing) but would love to have continued working.
I know many others who managed, cleaned, landscaped or repaired many of these property's who were put out of work waaay before retirement, I was lucky as well as prepared.
VR owners I knew took care of their property's to make them more desirable.
That's painters, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, pest removal and such now also with less work.

   Don't want to hear "but they took housing from residents".
Unless you were able to afford one of these multi-million $ homes, no loss
If you coulda, ya woulda.
Mind you I did/do not agree that "affordable homes" should not be used as VR's

     Take a look at how less visitors and tourism dollars have affected the state and unemployment rates in the past 3  years due to the VR laws.
Below you see almost a million less visitors and a couple Billion dollars 2022-2024

2024:
Visitor Arrivals (January - August): 6.4 million
Visitor Arrivals (January - November): 8.78 million
Total Visitor Spending (January - November): $18.64 billion
2023:
Total Visitor Arrivals: 9.64 million
Total Visitor Spending: $20.78 billion
2022:
Total Visitor Arrivals: 9.23 million
Total Visitor Spending: $19.70 billion

Earlier years show even more but hard to find 

JMHO (tho somewhat opiniated  )

I like twisty endings like  sweet girl

Here's a list of some  Netfliix we've watched and forwarded to kid who got a shift change and needed to fill some time.
+ = we really liked (by memory)
* = comedy/action comedy (Rockette enjoyed)
Grayman   +
6 underground  +
the big ugly
red notice
Adam  project  *
project power  +
Unhinged
Lost City  *
Alpha
shadow strays
Lift  +
the mother  +
Carry on  +
Den of thieves  +
Den of thieves 2
the takeover
Gunpowder milkshake  *
Lou   +
hold the dark
The union
madam web  *
the interceptor  +
the old guard  +
bright
my name is vendetta  +
Upgrade  +
Trap
Damsel  *
Carry On  +
Till death  +
Army of the dead  +
Polar  +
i Boy
Don't move
Uglies  *
Logan Lucky
Mute
Leave the world behind  +
Last seen alive
Tome cut
Army of thieves  +
Luther  +

If you've got Amazon Prime, here's that list.
Redemption
Hitmans Bodyguard  *
Hitmans wifes  Bodyguard  *
Villains
Girl  +
Fall Guy
12 rounds  +
Blink Twice
Gunshy
Accident man +
Choke  *
Beekeeper  +
The hunt
Jolt   +
Anna  +
The fammily  *
Miss meadows  +
Bullet head
the Mercenary

If I have a small belt knife in a sheath, how much has to be exposed? Can only the lower part of the sheath be sticking out and make it open carry?

For that matter, does exposure of the knifes belt clip make it exposed ? 

Mini story is trump is tariffing penguines from the islands of Norfolk and Mcdonald which used by Australia.  Both have no one living there or working there, hence the tariff on penguines.

Tarrifs are against Australia which these islands are a property/province of.
Just like the uninhabited island of Ko'o'lawe is being tarriffed as it is part of the US.
Not fake news but simply irrelevant.

I think I'm going to try and do remote video testimony next year. I'll hang up my pride flag behind me and use a rainbow-Cerakoted AR-15 as a prop just to bend some narratives.

Go all in.
Wear a dress, makeup and wig while donning a beard. Darkened complexion a plus.
Or just do an SNL "Pat" and let them figure it out. 

try this one...

Looks kinda familiar, but missing lilikoi curd.

You have been on this forum for quite some time so I figured you would have understood by now that I obviously decline to state my profession. Not sure why you think asking the same question again is going to get a different answer.

Being busted for prostitution could be considered a "law enforcement experience".

I think it is too early to call this agency dead. Though it does fall under the president's authority, the president does not have the power to stop spending that was already approved by congress. He might be able to affect it in some ways depending on how the money was allocated though.

   We approve our household budget monthly.
If we don't spend it all, the remainder goes to increase payments on other bills.
Novel concept.
Maybe the gubermint will see my post

Heard someones 11/11/2024 application rejected because the shooting proficiency score portion of affidavit did not state 122 "out of possible 125"
Anybody else get this ?

    The LTC affis I've been using since March of 2023 (all accepted and approved) have never included "out of possible 125"