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HP006: The Presidential Special

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HPHawaii Politicast Episode 6: The Presidential Special

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It was an exciting week last week, with Osama getting a Presidential Special of his own. The Legislature also wrapped up its session, and Homeless Hotline woes for Governor Abercrombie– or is it all part of the plan before APEC? Also City and County bills up for vote this week.

I also noticed I have been uploading the wrong version of the MP3 to the website – I’ve been uploading the ones without proper tags and album art, so sorry about that; it’s all good now. I’ve also encoded it at a lower bitrate for a smaller filesize. No need for huge files for just talk!

Have a good week everybody, and come back next week!

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Convenient Timing to Kill Bin Laden

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Yesterday President Obama spoke saying that earlier that day in Pakistan Osama Bin Laden was killed during a gunfight with a NAVY SEAL team after the team invaded the million-dollar compound. The AP reported hours later that the identity of Bin Laden had been confirmed using multiple techniques including DNA and facial recognition, and possibly fingerprints taken from the scene.

Well call me a crackpot or nutcase, but I have a few problems with this. Here’s how I think it really went down.

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