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[Samurai808]

Happy Birthday!!! 28 looks so good... and Uncle sure she will mature into a fine full bodied Cab...

Unlike some of the so called 28 year olds posting on BP, they got nothin on her...

https://www.instagram.com/p/C07f3Wjy..._web_copy_link

[Makana9]

There's nothing communist about finding fault with excessive generational wealth. It is an aberration to how a truly free market system works if you believe that someone should be paid in relation to how valuable their skill/profession is and their expertise.

Agree with you. Economic oppression by brainwashing. A lot of "old" money is generational wealth created by greed and exploitation of others. Now I sound like a Communist! The majority of those from "golden vaginas" lucky to have fallen into that sort of wealth have no idea what it's like to work for a living. It's not just East Coast blue bloods. Old Asian money. Walk around the Kakaako / Hughes Development lux condos and you'll see a lot of young "Crazy Rich Asians". Their offshore buyer Mom & Dad have snapped up a piece of paradise and their kids are living rent-free driving BMWs. The same thing occurred when Hong Kong was handed over and old money took flight ending up in Vancouver BC Canada. Not complaining just saying cause who's said life was fair anyway. Stay Safe gentlemen.

Perfectly thoughts and well said. Not the same Hawaii I grew up with, and a front seat to many locals leaving Hawaii for better opportunities, greener pastures of; professions, home ownership, and their own riches then upon returning realizing these thoughts. They are happy to visit their stomping grounds to then realize also, it is not the same, so why come back? This quote came directly from my own ohanas' voices, shaking their heads in disgust and disappointment at it all. I feel for them as well as our ohana of the past. Why even with our past parties when we playing music, we sing Hawaii 78, because it rings very true! It is sad. Money Talks here in Hawaii too.

If just for a day our king and queen.

Would visit all these islands and saw everything.

How would they feel about the changes of our land.

Could you just imagine if they were around.

And saw highways on their sacred grounds.

How would they feel about this modern city life.

Tears would come from each others eyes.

As they would stop to realize.

That our people are in great great danger now.

How, would they feel.

Could their smiles be content, then cry.

Cry for the gods, cry for the people.

Cry for the land that was taken away.

And then yet you'll find, Hawai'I.

[DangerBoy]

Agree with you. Economic oppression by brain washing. A lot of "old" money is generational wealth created by greed and exploitation of others. Now I sound like a Communist! The majority of those from "golden vaginas" lucky to have fallen into that sort of wealth have no idea what it's like to work for a living. It's not just East coast blue bloods. Old Asian money. Walk around the Kakaako / Hughes Development lux condos and you'll see a lot of young "Crazy Rich Asians". Their off shore buyer Mom & Dad have snapped up a piece of paradise and their kids are living rent free driving BMWs. Same thing occurred when Hong Kong was handed over and old money took flight ending up in Vancouver BC Canada. Not complaining just saying cause who's said life was fair anyway. Stay Safe gentlemen.

There's nothing communist about finding fault with excessive generational wealth. It is an aberration to how a truly free market system works, if you believe that someone should be paid in relation to how valuable their skill / profession is and their expertise.

[DangerBoy]

The local, state and federal legislatures are overwhelmingly men. The executive branch at all levels overwhelmingly men. Ditto for police and prosecutors. I think there's some parity at the state judicial level but I'm not sure if that applies to criminal courts.

This is about money. Prostitutes don't pay taxes. Sex workers in general don't pay for lobbyists and have PACs to give to the re-election coffers of politicians. If someone with money and knows how the political game works wanted prostitution legalized, it would happen. Look at what happened to medical marijuana. It was all about setting up a tax schedule and a system in that cut out regular people from setting up dispensaries, just wealthy individuals or corporations that could meet the state's financial requirement and pay for the right to operate a virtual monopoly. They're working on doing the same for outright marijuana legalization.

Also, keep in mind who paints a transaction between two consenting adults in terms of morality. Men. Namely, the hypocrites who run churches. It's only a matter of time before before all those mega churches that are getting sweetheart leases from the state decide to get more involved in politics and start focusing on ALL adult oriented businesses.

Women may file complaints that get sex workers arrested, but the laws that were put there to begin with by men and men in power are ones that maintain those laws and that paints it as "vice" who want to maintain control over you and the women in the business, until it's convenient for them to make money on it on their terms.

I don't mean all men or even most men are complicit. I'm talking about the few men who have money, power and "moral" authority. Should sound familiar if you know anything about the history in Hawaii. I'm talking about the people in power who are leading most people by the nose by filling them with manufactured, deceptive outrage like three card Monty, while they're selling OxyContin, sexually assaulting their parishioners or cutting deals in back rooms.

I never understood why prostitution is illegal, yet everything else that achieves the same result is perfectly fine. People are saying men create these laws, but I really think it's women. If it were up to men, we'd allow prostitution, because when what you have going on at home is no longer exciting, we should be allowed to "get pampered" too. It's only fat, old, bags that want to lock men down. The amount of times I heard women saying "I had kids" as an excuse for being fat, I have to hold my tongue, because there are many women out there who don't "let go" once they have kids and stay in good shape. What guy isn't going to want to fuck a 'hoar' for a few dollars when the wife gets fat and no longer wants to fuck?

Allowed: Sleeping with your boss, in the hopes of getting a promotion.

Not allowed: Sleeping with your boss, in exchange for a promotion.

Allowed: Get married, get divorced, take half, and get alimony. Paying her to go away is fine.

Not allowed: Taking a girl out to dinner, taking her back to your place, and then giving her money to fuck. Paying her to stay is a crime.

Allowed: Fucking your tenant and deciding to not charge them rent.

Not allowed: Fucking your tenant in exchange for rent.

Allowed: Hooking up with any consenting adult for free.

Not allowed: Hooking up with any consenting adult for a fee.

[NerdFriday]

I never understood why prostitution is illegal, yet everything else that achieves the same result is perfectly fine. People are saying men create these laws, but I really think it's women. If it were up to men, we'd allow prostitution, because when what you have going on at home is no longer exciting, we should be allowed to "get pampered" too. It's only fat, old, bags that want to lock men down. The amount of times I heard women saying "I had kids" as an excuse for being fat, I have to hold my tongue, because there are many women out there who don't "let go" once they have kids and stay in good shape. What guy isn't going to want to fuck a 'hoar' for a few dollars when the wife gets fat and no longer wants to fuck?

Allowed: Sleeping with your boss, in the hopes of getting a promotion.

Not allowed: Sleeping with your boss, in exchange for a promotion.

Allowed: Get married, get divorced, take half, and get alimony. Paying her to go away is fine.

Not allowed: Taking a girl out to dinner, taking her back to your place, and then giving her money to fuck. Paying her to stay is a crime.

Allowed: Fucking your tenant and deciding to not charge them rent.

Not allowed: Fucking your tenant in exchange for rent.

Allowed: Hooking up with any consenting adult for free.

Not allowed: Hooking up with any consenting adult for a fee.

[MakaKiller]

It's very much the myth of the Calvinist work ethic which as you hint at, is a very white point of view. Deny pleasure, work hard for money and be happy for any kind of living you can scratch out.

Meanwhile, and hypocritically, the real 1% have rarely gotten there out of any real work or skill, just luck. Luck in being in the right place at the right time, but more likely lucky in the sense of being born out of a golden vagiana into a trust fund.

When they say prostitution is "morally" wrong, what they're saying to the women whove chosen to be sex workers is that you should be working a shit job for shit money and be happy for that shit, never mind about how "they" make money. "They" just want to keep you in your place and make sure you don't take from their overflowing plates.

Agree with you. Economic oppression by brain washing. A lot of "old" money is generational wealth created by greed and exploitation of others. Now I sound like a Communist! The majority of those from "golden vaginas" lucky to have fallen into that sort of wealth have no idea what it's like to work for a living. It's not just East coast blue bloods. Old Asian money. Walk around the Kakaako / Hughes Development lux condos and you'll see a lot of young "Crazy Rich Asians". Their off shore buyer Mom & Dad have snapped up a piece of paradise and their kids are living rent free driving BMWs. Same thing occurred when Hong Kong was handed over and old money took flight ending up in Vancouver BC Canada. Not complaining just saying cause who's said life was fair anyway. Stay Safe gentlemen.

[DangerBoy]

We live in two americas, one where the people decide what is legal and what isn't. Then we have the America that decided to use tax money to arrest and attack people for smoking matijuana- the states say yes to matijuana and the department of white justice says no. People who pay for sex around the world know the Europeans and Asians in Asia legalized prostitution because that's what the people wanted. Not corrupt government.

It's very much the myth of the Calvinist work ethic which as you hint at, is a very white point of view. Deny pleasure, work hard for money and be happy for any kind of living you can scratch out.

Meanwhile, and hypocritically, the real 1% have rarely gotten there out of any real work or skill, just luck. Luck in being in the right place at the right time, but more likely lucky in the sense of being born out of a golden vagiana into a trust fund.

When they say prostitution is "morally" wrong, what they're saying to the women whove chosen to be sex workers is that you should be working a shit job for shit money and be happy for that shit, never mind about how "they" make money. "They" just want to keep you in your place and make sure you don't take from their overflowing plates.

[RoadRally2]

Kealoha's are crooks and they earned their time.

However, our AMP scene was really a lot better while he was chief. Had so many options here.

[Johnny14]

If the HPD really wanted to shut down "human trafficking" they'd raid and arrest all the p-mps. They know who they are. But mamas don't pack, so they'd rather go after them and keep that sweet, sweet federal grant money rolling in.

Yep you got that right, people should not trust HPD when the former Chief Louis Kealoha, the wife and drug dealing MD brother all go busted and thrown into Federal detention, just the tip of the iceberg. Corruption goes down the ranks as well. Just follow the money (our tax money) Even COVID-19 funds diverted to unnecessary equipment from former HPD Chief resigned from additional abuses. Made an ass out of HPD by violating jurisdiction on Hawaiian sovereignty grounds during a national nations event with live cameras rolling as HPD barges in flashing lights with sirens to arrest innocent veteran and family. Federal judge threw out the case since HPD had no reason to even be there.

[AssEaterNow]

We live in two americas, one where the people decide what is legal and what isn't. Then we have the America that decided to use tax money to arrest and attack people for smoking matijuana- the states say yes to matijuana and the department of white justice says no. People who pay for sex around the world know the Europeans and Asians in Asia legalized prostitution because that's what the people wanted. Not corrupt government.

I know there were some sex workers awhile back that were trying to organize a pro-sex worker association to counter the "sex trafficking" hysteria. But the problem is organizing sex workers is like herding cats. In the larger cities, San Francisco and the Bay Area in particular, escorts have organized for decriminalization but I doubt you'll see that in Hawaii. Things get too hot, the massage parlor girls go on vacation somewhere else and the indies, what few there are here, just shut down for awhile. Hawaii's too much like a small town for anyone to want to say they provide out of their own free will and it pays magnitudes better than any of the lousy options Hawaii offers in terms of legit employment.

That being said, I do think it was irresponsible of the reporter to not reach out to those groups on the mainland. They've been around for a long time. She seems to have some kind of Christian bent, as she has a pattern of reporting on these kinds of stories.

If the HPD really wanted to shut down "human trafficking" they'd raid and arrest all the p-mps. They know who they are. But mamas don't pack, so they'd rather go after them and keep that sweet, sweet federal grant money rolling in.

[DangerBoy]

HPD saying they have a new, "more compassionate" approach for dealing with sex workers. Say they only arrested 3 sex workers so far this year, as opposed to 1200 last year.

I couldn't help but notice that the reporter takes everything HPD says as factual without talking to any sex workers or others who may have a different opinion. 80% of sex workers are "victims" of pimps and criminal networks? Hmmmm.

https://www.kitv.com/news/crime/we-w...0a71a4c94.html

I know there were some sex workers awhile back that were trying to organize a pro-sex worker association to counter the "sex trafficking" hysteria. But the problem is organizing sex workers is like herding cats. In the larger cities, San Francisco and the Bay Area in particular, escorts have organized for decriminalization but I doubt you'll see that in Hawaii. Things get too hot, the massage parlor girls go on vacation somewhere else and the indies, what few there are here, just shut down for awhile. Hawaii's too much like a small town for anyone to want to say they provide out of their own free will and it pays magnitudes better than any of the lousy options Hawaii offers in terms of legit employment.

That being said, I do think it was irresponsible of the reporter to not reach out to those groups on the mainland. They've been around for a long time. She seems to have some kind of Christian bent, as she has a pattern of reporting on these kinds of stories.

If the HPD really wanted to shut down "human trafficking" they'd raid and arrest all the p-mps. They know who they are. But mamas don't pack, so they'd rather go after them and keep that sweet, sweet federal grant money rolling in.

[Lealea1]

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2023/1...nager-kapolei/ An angry father? A psycho stalking men? Was is a pedo hunter? If anyone has an idea it would be good to know what's going on?

[YoursTruly808]

HPD saying they have a new, "more compassionate" approach for dealing with sex workers. Say they only arrested 3 sex workers so far this year, as opposed to 1200 last year.

I couldn't help but notice that the reporter takes everything HPD says as factual without talking to any sex workers or others who may have a different opinion. 80% of sex workers are "victims" of pimps and criminal networks? Hmmmm.

https://www.kitv.com/news/crime/we-w...0a71a4c94.html

Dang, I guess there will be more HPD running around the areas. Time to lay low.

[Redneck 1]

I couldn't help but notice that the reporter takes everything HPD says as factual without talking to any sex workers or others who may have a different opinion. 80% of sex workers are "victims" of pimps and criminal networks? Hmmmm.

Good observation. It's "McNews," an easy story for the reporter. Just repeat whatever the police say, with no independent journalistic investigation needed. If the police had said 90 percent, that would have been repeated without independent investigation, or if the police had said 70 percent, that would have been repeated without independent investigation.

[DeeJohn808]

HPD saying they have a new, "more compassionate" approach for dealing with sex workers. Say they only arrested 3 sex workers so far this year, as opposed to 1200 last year.

I couldn't help but notice that the reporter takes everything HPD says as factual without talking to any sex workers or others who may have a different opinion. 80% of sex workers are "victims" of pimps and criminal networks? Hmmmm.

https://www.kitv.com/news/crime/we-w...0a71a4c94.html