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WHY DO PEOPLE LOVE HAWAII?

Every Friday in the local Star-Advertiser, Bob Sigall has a column about Hawaii.  Here is the bio of the man behind the Rearview Mirror stories. Can't find a  Wikipedia  page or anything official , but he came from California, owned four businesses before graduating from high school.   At the age of 8, found golf balls from a course near to his home, cleaned them up and sold for 10 cents each. In the 10th grade made a lot money washing windows. Went to the University of Hawaii. After grad school, opened a practice as a therapist for entrepreneurs.  Three years later joined a business consulting firm.   Never took a class in journalism, and has a master's degree in psychology.   Taught marketing classes at Hawaii Pacific University.  For his final exam, at the end of his courses, had a party.  Early on published four books:    The Companies We Keep, 1,2, 3 and 4 .   His student reports were used to write thes...

HAVE A GREAT NETFLIX WEEKEND

But first, I was wrong about how much Judge Arthur Engoron penalized Donald Trump.  Not $364 million, but  $453.5 million .  The judge added interest, which will continue to accrue at 9%/year as long as Trump appeals, which could well be years.  So as long as he doesn't settle and pay, Trump will continue to lose an additional $50 million or so per year.  Add the $88.3 million to E. Jean Carroll, and the personal loss so far for Trump is $542 million, plus an annual interest of nearly $55 million/year if he keeps appealing.  How much is Trump worth?   According to both  Forbes  and  Bloomberg , around $2.4 billion . About the Fani Willis disqualification hearings, Judge Scott McAfee will rule in one or two weeks.  Current MSNBC and CNN sentiment is that Judge McAfee will allow Willis to continue tormenting Donald Trump and his cohorts, with continued trials in May. Okay, the weekend has begun, and, remember that Monday is a nat...