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Ruggles ejected from council meeting after refusing to vote (Hawaii)
West Hawaii Today ^ | August 22, 2018 | Nancy CooK Lauer

Posted on 08/22/2018 5:55:29 AM PDT by texas booster

HILO — Puna Councilwoman Jen Ruggles was twice asked to leave council committee meetings Tuesday, after she abruptly announced she would not be voting because of her concerns over Native Hawaiian sovereignty and whether her votes constitute war crimes.

Ruggles, ... after dropping her re-election bid in June, left Kona council chambers following tense exchanges with Corporation Counsel Joe Kamelamela ...

At issue for Ruggles is a letter Keanu Sai of the Kingdom of Hawaii sent to elected officials.

The letter included a Feb. 25 memorandum from an independent expert to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights that characterized the Hawaiian Islands as a “sovereign nation-state in continuity; but a nation-state that is under a strange form of occupation by the United States resulting from an illegal military occupation and a fraudulent annexation.”

Ruggles said she subsequently did her own research, and has retained Honolulu attorney Stephen Laudig to help her determine whether her official council actions could make her criminally liable under international humanitarian law. Her office provided the media with a 394-page letter Laudig sent Kamelamela earlier Tuesday.

The councilwoman said she will refrain from voting ... until Kamelamela gives her a formal opinion she isn’t breaking international law...

The Native Hawaiian sovereignty movement and activists were buzzing with the news shortly after Ruggles sent out a press release and her comments played out over county live webcasts. Many took heart in the enunciation by an elected public official of their own long-held concerns.

“This is what bona fide due diligence looks like,” activist Suzy Case said in a Facebook post. “Every person serving in any government should question the motivations of every law, every single time … especially if there is a question of possible war crimes or crimes against humanity.”

(Excerpt) Read more at westhawaiitoday.com ...


TOPICS: Government; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: hawaii; hawaiianindependence; ruggles
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Another in the continuing saga of Hawaiian independence.

Jan Ruggles chose not to run for re-election, and is now even more fruitcake nuts than she was before.

And is giving "hope" to every left wing activist on FB.

(Apologies to fruitcakes everywhere).

In case you are wondering, here is the website of the "Acting" Minister of the Interior:

http://hawaiiankingdom.org/

1 posted on 08/22/2018 5:55:29 AM PDT by texas booster
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To: texas booster
http://hawaiiankingdom.org/

Me ka ‘oia’i’o (Sincerely),

David Keanu Sai, Ph.D.
Chairman of the Council of Regency
Acting Minister of the Interior

I am thankful that he translated from Old Hawaiian to English for us.

Wonder if he is rejecting his shameful imperialist paycheck from the University of Hawaii?

2 posted on 08/22/2018 5:58:27 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: texas booster

I have a solution that will make everyone happy.

Everyone that wants Hawaii to become an independent country, move to Puerto Rico.

Then we cut PR loose as an independent country.

See?

Win-win!


3 posted on 08/22/2018 5:59:19 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (As always IMHO)
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To: texas booster
Here is pic of Native Hawaiian Ruggles:

Unmistakable.

4 posted on 08/22/2018 6:01:13 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (As always IMHO)
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To: texas booster
Hawaii (and Puerto Rico) should be set free.
5 posted on 08/22/2018 6:01:56 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: freedumb2003

GUILTY!!!


6 posted on 08/22/2018 6:02:09 AM PDT by Russ
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To: texas booster
Freak, maybe we should make like China and build our own Islands for our Military use in that general area. Boot Hawaii out of the Union and just let them revert to tribal warfare to finish the destruction leftist have already started. Good luck to that literal Welfare State.
7 posted on 08/22/2018 6:02:20 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: texas booster

Oh PLEASE. Declare Independence. And take western California with you.


8 posted on 08/22/2018 6:02:45 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: texas booster

Book ‘er, Danno.


9 posted on 08/22/2018 6:03:08 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: DAC21

Get a load of this freak.

https://hilo.hawaii.edu/news/kekalahea/jen-ruggles


10 posted on 08/22/2018 6:04:07 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: texas booster
"“Every person serving in any government should question the motivations of every law, every single time "

Unless it's what democrats want, in which case just agree like the good sheeple you are.

11 posted on 08/22/2018 6:05:51 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing Obamacare is worse than Obamacare itself.)
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To: Cowboy Bob
Hawaii (and Puerto Rico) should be set free.

Agreed. Take Zero with you.

12 posted on 08/22/2018 6:07:08 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: MUDDOG

She’d probably prefer Kono, a brudda.


13 posted on 08/22/2018 6:08:03 AM PDT by wally_bert (Terrific! Terrific? Harve Nyquist never ordered any radials.)
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To: Cowboy Bob

It would then be under Chinese control before you could say “aloha”!


14 posted on 08/22/2018 6:13:13 AM PDT by Reily
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To: wally_bert

Zeus! Apollo! Attack!


15 posted on 08/22/2018 6:13:30 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: texas booster
provided the media with a 394-page letter Laudig sent

He obviously charges by the word.

16 posted on 08/22/2018 6:14:33 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: freedumb2003
Nothing says “native Hawaiian” like blue eyes and red hair.
17 posted on 08/22/2018 6:16:29 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: texas booster

“activist Suzy Case”.
Could someone please explain to me how an “activist” earns a living? Who signs their paycheck?


18 posted on 08/22/2018 6:18:59 AM PDT by certrtwngnut (4- Do something,,,,even if it's wrong.)
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To: DAC21
She was a student at 27?

Shooting for an undergrad degree in Economics and Management ... ought to be fun when a union moves in a threatens her employees.

Do tenured professors put something in the water fountains in Economic Depts to poison every mind that walks in?

Or is it taught in their courses?

19 posted on 08/22/2018 6:20:37 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: certrtwngnut

Guilty? Let’s see her in a swim suit competition.


20 posted on 08/22/2018 6:22:03 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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