TheHawaiian Island chainofKauaiMaui, Oahu,the Big Island, and Honolulu are calling.
Hawaii only reopened its doors to tourism about a month and a half ago, but the Aloha State is already launching new initiatives to attract more tourists. The latest campaign encourages visitors to complete volunteer work as they vacation by offering a free night at a hotel in return for their efforts.
The initiative, called Mālama Hawai’i—or care for Hawaii—allows visitors to earn that free hotel stay when they do a wide variety of volunteer work from beach cleanups and ocean reef preservation to tree planting and making quilts for the elderly, Travel+Leisure reports.
“Our goal is to attract mindful visitors who will leave Hawai‘i better than when they arrived,” John Monahan, the president and CEO of the visitor and convention bureau, told Travel+Leisure in a statement. “By doing so, visitors will experience a deeper connection and a vacation that really becomes more meaningful to them.”
Dozens of hotels are participating in the campaign with properties spread across Kauai, Maui, Oahu, and the Island of Hawaii. Alaska Airlines also announced that it would join the initiative, pledging to plant a tree for every flight to the islands of Hawaii through the end of the year. The carrier estimates they will plant nearly 900 trees in partnership with the Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative.
“As we welcome visitors back to Hawaii, we want to support awareness of mindful travel to the Islands — both in the air and on the ground,” Daniel Chun, Alaska’s director of sales, community and public relations for Hawaii, said in a statement. “Alaska has always taken great pride in being responsible stewards of the places we fly, and we hope our guests take pride in this, too.”
Visitors to Hawaii have the option to quarantine for two weeks upon arrival or can bypass this requirement by providing proof of a negative COVID-19 test taken at one of the approved laboratories within 72 hours of departure. At some Hawaiian airports, a free COVID test will also be administered upon arrival.
For more information on the volunteer work initiative, click here.
As Donald Trump continues to deny reality and his supporters struggle to process and accept his magnanimous defeat at the polls, the majority of voters have moved on and are looking forward to President-elect Joe Biden’s January 20th Inauguration and hopefully better days ahead. Even as seventy percent of Republican voters struggle with the five stages of grief and grafted, manlinessless Republican Senators spew propaganda on behalf of Trump out of hearts filled with fear, expediency, and cowardice.
It’s OK to be zany, but do it on your own time.ADIEU!
American democracy is in peril, the country is in pain, smitten a ravenous pandemic — the nation teeters on a hidden financial disaster that could manifest itself sooner rather than later that could put most lives in jeopardy if the sagging and decrepit Republican leadership don’t grow a pair or borrow a pair soon and act in favor of Democracy and on behalf on the American people and not on behalf of one man — Donald John Trump.
Those Senators such as Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio subtly crave for a dictatorship, because somewhere it lurks in Rubio’s DNA — such cowards cuddle tyranny as long as they get to sit next to the tyrant at his dinner table. But ultimately, as history shows, it is the will of the people that prevails — not that of the Benito Mussolini’s and or the Nicolae Ceaușescu’s of the world.
The agony of defeat.Good bye to you too sir.ADIEU!ADIEU!
A nation corruptly divided by its topmost prominent leaders will not stand. It is time the Republican leadership step up to the plate and help to heal a divided nation and move on with the people’s work. “Choose ye this day, what will you serve, God or a cold-blooded mammal?”
Republican Senators, it is time to act responsibly and do right by the American people, there will still be time enough to get to rub shoulders with Donald Trump and get a free drink at Mara-Lago, after January 20th, 2021, but until then, you must stop propping up the wimps of a zany man. It is time to speak words of wisdom on behalf of the nation instead of spreading propaganda. The rest of the world is watching.
Martin Luther King, Jr once said, ” In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
With about a month left to go before Christmas, it’s time to start drafting those shopping lists instead of leaving it all to the last minute. If you’re stumped on what to buy the jet setters in your life, here are a few ideas they’re sure to enjoy. The pandemic may have left them with few opportunities to travel, but these gifts will help ease their wanderlust as they experience the world from the comfort of their homes.
Atlas Coffee Club
For the travel lover who can’t imagine starting their day without a cup of coffee, this monthly subscription club will start their day highly caffeinated yet dreaming of travel. At Atlas Coffee Club, members receive a new coffee bag from a different country each month, along with a postcard explaining interesting information about the country. Members can expect to try coffee from all corners of the earth, from Indonesia to Guatemala and beyond. ($60-240)
Universal Yums
Send your loved ones on a global snack adventure with treats from around the world delivered to them monthly. Every month, Universal Yums highlights a different country and curates a snack box filled with both salty and sweet treats from there. Each box also comes with a booklet explaining fun facts about the country and their snacks, plus some trivia and recipes to try. Countries featured in the past include Thailand, Colombia, Russia, and Italy! ($14-36)
The Wordy Traveler
Books are the perfect way to travel with the mind when the body cannot. For the bookworm traveler in your life, this quarterly subscription will transport them to new worlds with books and other goodies that set the reading mood like tea, cozy socks, bookmarks, and other trinkets from the featured destination. With this subscription, you can choose how many books you’d like to receive each quarter, as well as your preference for fiction or nonfiction. The best part of this subscription is that each box gives back to help girls and women worldwide have access to education. It’s a gift that keeps giving. ($50-594)
The slow counting of ballots creates distrust in America’s election process.
More than a week after the people have cast their votes in the Presidential election, there is still no clear-cut winner. In the minds of more than 70 million Americans, some hanky-panky took place in counting the ballots during and after their votes were casts. At this point, no one knows who the President will be in 2021 – although Biden has declared himself and Shamala Harris the winners.
With six battleground states up for grabs, grandpa Biden runs around. He self-certifies the election results instead of waiting for the states to certify them legally mandated and customarily done.
Meanwhile, President Trump has named three political allies to top posts in his administration. Kash Patel is named as chief of staff to acting Defense secretary Chris Miller. Ezra Cohen-Watnick has been promoted to Under-secretary of Intel over at the Pentagon, and Retired General Anthony Tata hired on as Acting Defense Under-secretary.
Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, and North Carolina are hotly contested states that Biden and his cronies pull a quick swindle on the votes.
Wisconsin is experiencing record numbers of COVID-19 cases because of the super-spreader marches and riots that took place thereafter the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer.
Shamala Scamala Harris, the biggest phony since David Koresh,a clear and present danger to BlackAmerica
Continuing his march to possible election fraud, Joe Biden has named Ron Klaine as his new chief of Staff should his bid for the White House becomes successful.
Ron Klaine is a political hack that often appears on MSNBC, making contradictory statements about the coronavirus. Fifty-nine-year-old Klain was also President Obama’s Czar in charge of dealing with the Ebola crisis – a job he would admit he failed to do properly. Klain is the first person Biden has selected to be in his cabinet.
Biden’s first act as President-elect of the United States of America was to fire an African American male — forty-six-year-old Surgeon General Jerome Michael Adams and the ever-corrupt liberals wonder why so many Black people voted for President, for most Black Americans Biden and Shamal Harris are back-stabbing fakers.
Alaska Airlines is making some extra room in their budget for travelers planning to hit the slopes during this year’s ski season by providing complimentary lift passes when they book flights to certain destinations.
With the airline’s “Ski Free” promotion coming back for the 2020-2021 winter season, skiers and snowboarders can head to select resorts in the U.S. and Canada and receive a free lift pass when they present their Alaska Airlines boarding pass.
Travelers flying to Anchorage, Alaska from Chicago, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Portland, Seattle, and Spokane will enjoy the slopes of Alyeska Resort. Those headed to Boise, Idaho, from Seattle will be welcomed with free passes at Bogus Basin. In contrast, Eaglecrest Ski Area passes are available with flights from Anchorage, Glacier Bay, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Seattle, Sitka, and Yakutat to Juneau. Flights from Seattle and Portland to Billings, Montana come free passes to Red Lodge Mountain, and passes to RED Mountain Resort are available with flights from Anchorage, Boise, Portland, San Diego, and Seattle Spokane.
Meanwhile, passengers flying to Kelowna, Canada, can get 25% off lift tickets at Big White Ski Resort. And those traveling to Steamboat Springs from Seattle or San Diego can receive free ski passes for kids at Steamboat Ski Resort.
As with most great deals in life, there’s a small catch.
Most resorts will only allow a free ski pass on the same day of a flight, and many promotions require passengers to travel on a specific flight route. Travelers receive one free ski pass per boarding pass presented, and it cannot be combined with any other offers. Some resorts will only honor the boarding pass only during specific promotional periods.
To book a flight and get more information on the other resorts participating in the “Ski Free” promotion, visit Alaska Airlines’ official website.
After months of canceled itineraries brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, cruise lines finally have the green light to begin operations in U.S. waters as the CDC’s ‘No Sail’ Order expired on Oct. 31.
According to Axios, there were reports that the CDC wanted to extend the cruising ban until 2021 but landed on the Halloween expiration date following interference from the White House. No matter the change circumstances, several major cruise lines had already decided to cancel sailings until at least December, with others planning to resume operations in early 2021. Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line, and MSC Cruises are among the cruise companies that have canceled sailings through the end of November.
“Climb aboard the Love Boat: they’re expecting you”
However, the end of the ‘No Sail’ Order does not mean that cruise lines can resume operations with pre-pandemic norms. The CDC has issued a ‘Conditional Sail’ Order, which it describes as a “phased resumption of cruise ship operations.” The updated advisory went into effect on Nov. 1.
As part of the new regulations, which are detailed in phases, all crew members will be tested for COVID-19 weekly and be provided with personal protection equipment. Ships must also undergo simulated voyages to “test cruise ships’ ability to mitigate COVID-19 risk [and] certification for ships that meet specific requirements.”
Ships must also establish written agreements with ports, outlining procedures, and approved housing if passengers or crew need to quarantine or a passenger needs to be evacuated to a nearby hospital. Each ship preparing to welcome passengers aboard must receive its “COVID-19 Conditional Sailing Certificate” beforehand. Passengers will also be required to undergo COVID testing when arriving and departing the ship.
These rules are designed to prevent incidents similar to earlier this year when several cruise ships worldwide were stopped at sea or docked for several days due to a COVID-19 outbreak on board.
Snatching victory from the mouth of defeat was no cakewalk, nor was it a bed of roses for 77-year-old President-Elect Joe Biden. A president of all the people, not just for those who voted for him, but of all the people is the promise that Biden has made to the American people. A healer, not a destroyer of the American Democracy. Joe has promised to be a man of light, not one of hate, darkness, and divisiveness. The newly minted President has come full circle after serving the nation for 48 years, first as a United States Senator and vice president for eight years.
Kamala Harris gave her first speech as Vice President-elect,In Wilmington Delaware
In his first major speech as President-elect, following his VP-elect Kamala Harris, Biden delivered a speech of hope and healing for a nation that has been torn asunder, over the past four years, by Donald Trump. Below is a snippet of Biden’s unity speech that he delivered in Wilmington, Delaware.
Revelers hold up a sign telling Donald Trump that he has been fired by the American People
We are not red states or blue states, we are the United States of America.
Let’s give each other a chance. It’s time to put the harsh rhetoric aside. It is time to lower the temperature, and to see each other again, listen to each other again. And to make progress, we have to stop treating our opponents as our enemies. They’re not our enemies. They are Americans. The Bible tells us there is a season to everything: A time to build, a time to reap and a time to sow, and a time to heal. This is the time to heal in America.
Now the campaign is over, what is the will of the people? The battle to build prosperity. It is time to get COVID under control. Folks, I’m a proud Democrat, but I’m an American President. I will work hard for those who didn’t vote for me as well as for those who did.
President-elect Joseph R. Biden will be the nation’s second President of the Catholic faith, John Kennedy was the first, and this morning Biden and his family proudly went to Sunday morning church service to seek solace and ask the Lord for guidance in this monumental task that he’s about to take on.
Working remotely is more common now than ever, as the pandemic has forced many companies to abandon their offices. With all indications pointing to this trend outliving our current circumstances, several countries worldwide are creating new long-stay visa programs to attract visitors who work remotely.
Barbados, Estonia, and the Republic of Georgia are just a few of the places allowing remote workers to stay for prolonged periods of time, and now, Dubai is joining them with its own long-term visa program.
According to Matador Network, the visa scheme will allow remote workers and their families to live in Dubai for up to one year while working for companies overseas. Visa holders will open local bank accounts, enroll their children in Dubai schools, and set up phone and internet access for their homes and workspaces.
“The global pandemic has changed how we live and work. People continue to prioritize their health, wellbeing, and ability to ensure a positive work-life balance,” said Helal Almarri, director-general of Dubai Tourism, in a statement. “Dubai is uniquely positioned to offer a safe, dynamic lifestyle opportunity to these digitally savvy workers and their families while they continue to work remotely, whether it is for a couple of months or an entire year.”
Applicants for the remote worker visa must earn at least $5,000 per month and show proof of employment, as well as three months of bank statements. The visa costs $287 plus medical insurance and processing fees.
For those interested in a shorter visit to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates reopened to international tourists in early July. All visitors over the age of 12 must present a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 96 hours of their departure. Test results must be presented in its original, physical form in either English or Arabic. Digital copies will not be accepted.
With a negative COVID test, visitors entering Dubai must not quarantine, local media source Gulf News reports. Travelers entering Abu Dhabi and other northern emirates must quarantine for 14 days, regardless of their test results.
Sheriff Greg Tony Successfully Fends Off His Attackers.
The minute he was sworn into office, in 2018, as the first African American Sheriff of Broward County (Greg Tony) was set upon by the good old boys’ network. The Sheriff became an enemy to those who paint the back of their necks red. Soon after a rope, a fine Oak Tree was selected for Tony by BSO Union and its president Jeff Bell. Bell and his boys decided it was time to carry out a James Byrd style takeout using high tech lynching methods — the media. In 1998 members of the Ku Klux Klan dragged James Byrd (an African American man) behind a pickup truck down a dirt road until his entire body was dismantled and strewn all over the streets. The chaining of Byrd to a pickup in Jasper, Texas, became known as “dragging.” — not on Twitter but literally.
H. Wayne Clark, construction attorney, ran for Broward Sheriff, got beat by Greg Tony twice in one year
Tony’s strongest rival H. Wayne Clarke is a Republican is an attorney. Clark’s running to become Sheriff mainly because he’s not comfortable seeing a Black man in that position. Clark has never been a police officer, and ten to one, he is afraid of his own shadow and panics when he hears his own fart. Another one of Tony’s challenger Al Pollock (fell by the wayside many moons ago), stands a better chance of winning an election if he runs for dog catcher of the county. Pollock threw his support behind H. Wayne Clarke after Broward County voters soundly rejected him — in the primary elections.
Two-time loser Al (We Sick sah) Pollock angry that a younger person accomplished what he failed to accomplish
Pollock, who is known for talking out of both sides of his face, said, “He was supporting Mr. Clark because he is the right person for the job.” Excuse me, sir, if H. Wayne Clark was the right person for the job, then why were you running for office in the first place? Make up your mind, will ya? A double-minded man is unstable in all of his ways. So says the Bible. This is why you lost in the first place because you never saw yourself as qualified or worthy of such an office — in the back of your mind. You ran only because you thought another African American wasn’t worthy of the office as well.
Tonight, incumbent Sheriff Gregory Tony won the seat for Sheriff of Broward county with 572,096 votes, 64 percent trouncing his challenger Wayne Clark who came in second place with 23 percent or 290,446 votes.
Senators Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham, Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell, Rep Steve King, Jim Jordan, Trey Gowdy, et al.
President Trump doesn’t have any four-legged dogs in the White House with him, like past presidents, because he has a kennel full of lapdogs in the guise of Republican Senators, US House of Representatives, and White House staffers.
There is a growing segment of the American population who believe, The 45th President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump is a Squatter? Well, if there’s anyone who could trick Americans into allowing him to live fraudulently and rent-free in the White House — it would be Donald J. Trump.
During the 2016 Mitt Romney calls Trump a conman and a fraud. Romney, who is independently wealthy still, to this day, sees Trump as a fraud.
Senator Marco Rubio called Trump a “Con Artist” during said elections. Rubio, who is from the other side of the tracks (and feeds from the largess of wealthy businessmen such as William Brahman), has since become one of Trump’s favorite lapdogs.
At this rally, Little Marco called Trump a conman more than 12 times, then helped him conned America and its people.
Suddenly in Rubio’s mind, Trump can do no wrong because Rubio bends and bows to his wealthy handlers’ wishes. Anywhere the wind (a fist full of dollars) blows, it doesn’t really matter — Narco Rubio follows. “Friend, don’t let friends vote for a con artist.” So says Rubio, but Rubio has proven himself the biggest game conned by Trump in the last four years.
Nixon vs. Trump.
In the 70s, the late President Richard ( Tricky Dick) Nixon Surrounded Himself With “Men,” albeit dishonest men. In the new millennium, it is safe to say; the United States can boast of having the most corrupt Republican Senate in the Republic’s history.
Donald J Trump has a kennel full of jaded and dishonest lapdogs.
Chris (Krispy Kreme) Christie, I’ll do anything for a free steak dinner — with Trump.
Soon after winning the presidential election, Trump summons Mitt Romney to his home for what Romney thought was a job interview. Little did Romney know that President-elect Trump just wanted to embarrass Romney. Separated from his “sixth” sense, Mitt took the bait and went to Trump’s house. After he was dismissed from the interview, you could literally see Romney leaving Trump Mansion with his tail between his legs. He looked pathetic — not presidential.
Now fast-forward to the 21st Century and the current President, Donald Trump, who has surrounded himself with mongrels, chihuahuas, mutts, and a host of mangy poodles.
Say no more: This is a face only momma could love
In context, the relationship between Donald Trump and Senator Lindsey Graham is smart, albeit emotional, confused bespectacled, pimpled face high school girl who dreams of marrying the school’s star quarterback — Donald Trump.
The Jock/Quarterback doesn’t like the bespectacled girl, but he knows that she’s an easy lay. She’ll do anything to be in his presence. So every once in a while, the jock takes her to the bleachers and let her go down on him. In Trump’s case, he’ll take Lindsey Graham to one of his golf courses and let him play golf with him; then, Graham becomes super giddy and goes on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News to utters foolishness for the world to see and hear. Give up that dream, Lindsey! It isn’t going to happen. Trump likes his toys young, tall, and Russian.
How to tell when your panting lapdog is thirsty? Ask Lindsey.
Advice to the lovelorn: Lindsey, please, get over Trump; he’s not going to give in to you. Come out o the closet and find a man of your own. You’ll be much happier.
Little Marco a wart to most Cuban-Americans
Bright, articulate, and quick on his feet is Marco: but he’s also extremely susceptible to being easily manipulated by his wealthy handlers: Senator Marco Rubio is nothing more than a mouthpiece for the wealthy who pays his bills — he’s not beholden to the majority of his voting constituents who pay his salary. Marco is a let-down to the majority of Cuban-Americans who stand by their word when it’s given.
The aptest way to describe Senator Narco Rubio is a case of a boy from the neighborhood across the tracks who will do anything to sit at the table with the rich kids who live on the other side of town — including prostituting himself. During the 2016 presidential elections, Marco also called Trump a conman. Still, after Trump’s election victory, Rubio became one of Trump’s main lapdogs and a disgrace to many in the vibrant Cuban community. Rubio votes inline 91.5% with Trump’s wishes and supports rump separating migrant children from their parents. Yet he claimed Trump is a conman. Perhaps Rubio is a bigger conman and a fraud than Trump.
Lying Ted Cruz:
During the 2016 Presidential elections, then-candidate Donald Trump made it clear that he believed that Senator Ted Cruz’s father is entangled in the assassination of the late President John F. Kennedy. After Trump won the election, Lying, ted became one of his biggest supporters and abettors to destroying the lives of many and contributing to everything wrong for America. Lying Ted. Trump had him pegged correctly.
During the Nixon and Watergate era, as corrupt as Nixon and his cohorts were — what we had then were men with backbone or spines upon which great nations are built.
Today in the Trump era of corruption — even though; Trump cuddles his lapdogs, he knows that he and the country are cursed with a group of spineless jellyfish parading around like men. Men whose “moral” code is rooted in political expediency and cowardice.
Marco Rubio: What a shameful squat. Rubio and other politicians like himself are poor people from the other side of the tracks enamored by rich men. They will do anything to appease someone like Trump to brag to their friends that they ate dinner with so and so.
Trump losing one billion dollars over a 10 year period, is not a big deal to mock. Anyone who can lose a billion dollars and remain in billionaire status has some sort of smarts that most don’t have. Oh, please wait a minute. The President has lost a Billion? That is a billion dollars that he never had. He actually owes 400 million dollars that he can’t afford to pay to his debtors. Trump’s Billionaire status that he cooked up was just another con job — a hoax — FAKE NEWS.
The fact is: Trump did not lose a billion of his own money. He actually lost a billion dollars of (OPM) other people’s money. Trump took the money from the bank, and the bank takes the money from its customers on the lower end of the totem pole — in credit card fees and exorbitant interest rates charged to poor people. And not paying them interests on their hundreds of millions of marginal bank accounts, with marginal sums of money that add up to billions of dollars given to people such as Trump. Take from the poor and give to the rich.
Rep Steve King, Never met a bigot he didn’t love.
U.S. Representative EVE King (R) IA is a 71-year-old virulent bigot representing a segment of like-minded bigots from Iowa. They keep voting that jackass into office only because they agree with all of his racist, misogynistic and bigoted statements that he makes daily. How often King votes in line with Trump’s position 92.6% of the time, it not that Steve king like Trump. He votes this way because President Trump is as close as any modern president comes to be like Hitler.
In 2016 the media gave Trump power because they enjoyed the clown show, tomorrow the people will take that power away from Trump and send him and his cohorts packing.
