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Videos of Maui – 08/11/2023

Posted by delta on 12th August 2023

Please do not come here… Every tank of gas you buy – every meal you buy – everything you do takes resources from relief efforts.

Send boxes of things – old cloths from your closets, cleaning supplies or canned goods from your kitchen or bathroom – soap, shaving supplies, shampoo, toilet paper – see the list in the last post… After the “sweeps” and “investigation” is over, cleanup will start – shovels, trashbags, push brooms will all be important at that point…

We have finite supplies on the island – so, if you are here – stop raiding Costco, Safeway, Foodland, Walmart, Target, Ace Hardware, Home Depot and Lowes for supplies and then donating them – this is “displacing” resources we will need next week and the weeks to follow…

If you feel the need to donate, please order it online and have it sent here – and then donate it…

News Crews – I get it, use to be a cameraman myself – stop using resources. Bring in your own food, water and gas… Actually, you want to be helpful…? Take resources in with you… You want the shot…? Help people – they may tell you their story… Don’t worry, you don’t need to be part of the story by helping a few folks…

The only thing we (being my family and those with us in the relief efforts) really need money for (for the next week or so) is to take gas cans, bottled water, stacks of pizzas or plate lunches to the other side – there’s no working gas stations or markets over there right now and the shelters idea of a meal is a joke… So if you send me or Anna money that’ll be what we’ll be doing with it for the next few days…

Anything else you send us will be to get the stuff from the last post so we can distribute it to those who need it…  

Yesterday, I went to the West Side (Lahaina) in a convoy to drop off supplies.  The first three places we tried (churches) were very picky in what they received – they were “full up” with supplies. So we ended up taking most of what we had to the guy who popped a tent over on Honokawai Beach who was receiving and distributing right there on the sidewalk – the line of people was moving and there were no issues (we saw a few issues on the way in and didn’t know what to expect when we got further in). We drove by this guy on the way to our first drop point and saw that there were dinghies and jet skis bringing stuff in to him from boats and saw the line of folks getting supplies from him so we went back and gave him what we had left…

TODAY, I was passed on the way in by a motorcade – nothing like disrupting an hours long line of traffic for folks trying to get in there to drop supplies – for a photo-op… Take a damn helicopter next time!

The County, State, Red Cross and FEMA – well…  They set up a few stations but the word has passed (true or not) that they are low on supplies and are “full” as far as beds go. Many folks do not want to leave their “location” and feel they have to stay “in place” (whether it’s a car, house or beach) or they don’t want to fill out the paperwork required (or sign their name to anything yet) – so they won’t go… It appears to be more about paperwork, rules and data…

People who were able to load things in their car do not want to leave their cars to fill out all the paperwork and then get supplies – more than a few people have come back to an empty car.  People who are lucky enough to be in their family or friends house north of Lahaina do not want to leave the house because of the looting happening in the neighborhoods. People now “living” in parking lots, on the side of the road or beach parks do not want to leave “their area” because the supplies in their area is all they have. We citizens need to take supplies house to house, block to block, parking lot to parking lot and car to car –  it’s on us to help these folks…


I would like to add here to ALWAYS go in a convoy with as many folks as you can – you need to stay safe FIRST so you are able to help others – there is definitely safety in numbers.

They have no running water or electricity – when they get running water it will be nasty and they will have to clean it somehow – we have to take these supplies to them…

The churches are full of things they do not need and the distribution centers (including a few beach parks) are full of things they can’t get rid of so every time we (or one of our friends) goes over there – we talk to people and make a list of what is needed, who requested it and where – and we get what we can, from various sources, for the next run…
For example, tomorrow – on the way out – we will be collecting gas, propane and diesel containers/cans (folks can write their names and address on them) and we will drive them over to this side, fill them up and take them to the addresses on the cans… If this isn’t set up ahead of time with someone on that side of the island, it wouldn’t get done – we’d waste the day driving around…

We confirmed how bad it was at the shelters today when the local gym opened up for folks so the kids could get a little release.  We went to the main shelter in Kahului and they said we were not on their list so we could not announce it was available to them and we could not drive them there because none of our drivers were vetted.  After talking to a few folks we found that they wouldn’t have came anyway because they can not leave the shelter because the shelters are full and they will lose their spot – they don’t even want to get up from their spot because if they “blink” everything from their spot will be gone…

As far as the West Side fire goes, basically everything on the Makai side of the Bypass Road is gone from Puamana to the Sea Wall at the end of Front Street (Safeway is still there at the North end and the Lahaina Inn in still there on the south end – but the metal in the cement in both buildings most likely melted – so they are still standing but probably unstable).  At that point, everything on the Mauka side is gone from Shell Station at Kapunakea Street all the way to Fleming Road (right before the Police Station).  You can literally see the melted electrical line on the side of the road:

A few folks were saying that their “alarm” to leave was when the wind blew the roof right off their house, that’s when they left and they saw and heard the houses “going up” behind them (most likely the propane tanks) as they were driving out of their neighborhood…

The thing is, we still have fires burning upcountry.  Our neighborhood was saved by the rain a few days ago, but there’s still fires going…

OH! One thing I wanted to add is that there’s still no cell service out there – but the weirdest thing is happening, every once in a while (when you drive in certain zones) you can receive texts (but not send any out). So for those of you with loved ones, text them to find a land line, or pay phone, and give you a call ASAP…

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Needs (from the Lahaina Devastation)

Posted by delta on 10th August 2023

Here’s the thing. We are on an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. EVERYTHING is flown or otherwise shipped in. If we have 10,000 to 50,000 displaced folks (no one knows actual numbers) all heading to Kahului as I write this, the stores will be empty in a few hours. These folks have nothing but what they were able to grab and throw in their car – so when they go shopping, they’re going to need “a few” things…

There is no where to go – there’s no supplies “in the next town” – we can not drive away from this…

If you drive around “town” (Central Maui), you see many people are “in place” in the store parking lots. I asked a few folks earlier why they decided to stay in the parking lot and they responded that it was the only real way they could get fresh food (and they are cooking it on their grill they brought over with them)…

That’s a great plan – as long as supplies keep coming…

It appears as though more than a few folks are going to be “camping” because supplies are low and they don’t trust there will be any supplies “tomorrow” – most are thinking the event will be over and they will have a plan before the red cross “gets it together” – so tents of all sizes and types will probably be helpful…

Many do not know about family members because (along with most of front street) everything else is down in Lahaina – they have no running water, no electricity and no cell phone service… We do not have enough emergency service personnel to deal with the situation. As such, many civilians – in the hopes of finding loved ones, supplying family and friends who will not leave or getting family and friends out – are “going back in”.

We also need to support the emergency personnel – who will probably be out there for weeks with the cleanup effort…

Throwing money at this will do nothing – we have finite supplies to buy. If you truly want to help send stuff to a few local churches and they can distribute them as needed. The two I recommend are in the last post.
The team at “In His House of Restoration” is onsite 24/7 and they have had donations of food and clothing – they also have a sizable sanctuary. Many from the Lahaina side have family and friends who go to this church and it is an easy drive back into Lahaina from their location (with supplies). We (my family) have been using “In His House” as a hub (dropping off stuff) for people we know who are coming out of Lahaina to get supplies and going back in…
The Team at Calvary Chapel South Maui run a Food Bank, have a team of folks making bagged lunches upstairs in the sanctuary (to take to whoever calls for some) and have an input center to separate and distribute donated items. Just this evening as we were closing up a few folks came by and said they had a boat and were going to take stuff from Maalaea Harbor to the “other side” (Lahaina) – we were able to load them up, follow them to the harbor, load up the boats, throw a few of our people onboard and get them out of there within 45 minutes…

We need a way to get fresh water to these folks – it isn’t coming fast enough – so “Rainman Desalination Kits” would be great for that. We are surrounded by ocean, so…

Maui is like Mexico – “Don’t Drink The Water” – Berkey Water Filters, The Water Machine, Sawyer Water Filtration Systems or LifeStraw Peak Series Water Filters would be great to clean ALL water before folks drank it…

Advanced Elements Summer Showers or RinseKits would be great for taking showers – many of our beaches on the south side of the island have showers (in case you’re displaced and looking for one)…

Being able to cook without starting a fire would be great right now – and we have plenty of sun – so Go Sun Fusions and All American Sun Ovens would be great

Meals Ready To Eat (MRE’s) would be incredible at this point – just add hot water, mix, wait a few minutes and eat – Ready Wise and Patriot Supply is where I get mine.
If you have MRE’s you will also want to have a Sun Kettle® Solar Cooker – which will use the sun to boil (clean) your water for the MRE’s and you can put it in your backpack for transport…

People want to charge their cellphones and peripherals and keep the lights on so Portable Power Stations with Portable Solar Panels would be great for that: Inergytek, RockPals and EcoFlow are good places to start…

Like I said, we have plenty of sun here…. Any flashlights that can be charged with the sun (or hand cranked), any flashlights and AA or AAA batteries would be great! My “go to” has been the The PUC Expandable Lantern / Charger for a few years now. I love these things – and I can charge my cell phone from them. This company makes other flashlights and lanterns (all solar), but I love the PUC…

Toilet paper, shaving kits, towels, slippers – the small things really count right now because many people have lost everything and are going to literally be on an empty lot in a few days… and, of course, you can make direct monetary donations – but there may be no supplies to buy shortly – so if you can, please send them…

5 gallon gas jugs are needed BADLY – and everyone on the island is sold out right now. There are folks on the Lahaina side who just need a few gallons of gas to get Central. Gas pumps don’t work without electricity – and there are no gas stations left in Lahaina – and there are no 5 gallon jugs in Lahaina – we have to take full jugs in and give them gas so they can get out…

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Lahaina Displacement

Posted by delta on 10th August 2023

To all who are displaced from the fires:

In His House of Restoration
63 La’a St in Kahului

Calvary Chapel South Maui
320 Ohukai Rd in Kihei

Calvary is also a “Food Bank” – if you’d like to donate to assure we can run down to get more food when all the donated food runs out, please go to: Calvary Chapel South Maui Donations to donate and then email office@calvarymaui.com to let them know you just donated for “Displacement Efforts” or the “Emergency Fund” 

Anyone who has my direct line and needs a shower, phone charge and/or crashpad away from everything (Makawao) – text me…

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They work for us, Remember…?

Posted by delta on 5th August 2023

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,–That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

When “September 11th” happened, “we the people” reacted without any real data and any real thought for the first year or two. “We the people” gave our elected officials (and those who work for them) permission to take our Fourth Amendment rights before any data or thought took hold – and “we the people” never got them back. The U.S. Government, which works for us, has been directly spying on our “persons, houses, papers and effects” without “probable cause” and without a “warrant” for more than 20 years.
I’ve already written about this in detail and don’t want to repeat myself if I can help it:
History of Modern “Assimilation”
Social Media Perception Management

Anyone born after September 11th, 2001 (or was younger than 12 at the time) has no idea of the rights that have been taken away… of course, that is what they are counting on… they want THIS to be normal – not a new normal, but the norm

They work for us, remember?

Evidently we forgot, because…

When lockdown happened we gave them permission to take away our Fifth Amendment rights. We did nothing as they deprived thousands of “life, liberty or property, without due process of law…”
Due process can be one of two things. Either Congress can make a law or the process has to go through the court system… Due Process is NOT a decree or a mandate…

  • They did not allow doctors to treat patients (life).
  • They locked down and/or restricted movement of the population for almost two years – many could not work (liberty).
  • They told everyone they did not have to pay rent to their landlords (so the landlords lost their property).

We gave them permission to do these things by doing nothing to stop it. We may have disagreed, we may still disagree, with it – but we’re not doing anything to stop it from happening again…

Pretending it didn’t happen, assuming it can’t happen again, or thinking “it’ll get back to normal” simply because you made it to the other side relatively unfazed is almost the American way isn’t it?
Think “Trail of Tears”, “Slavery” or “Hollywood Blacklist” – didn’t touch most people in their time and place but they did happen, they were terrible and we did nothing to stop it…
There are still Native Americans living in complete poverty in the middle of no where with no hope – today – in America.
There is still slavery – today – in America.
Every time someone is “cancelled” the Blacklist survives another day…

We’ve done nothing to stop it – we simply decided not to think of it – and these things still exist – today…

The people who are making these decisions ARE people AND they work for us – we put them in their positions of power (with our vote), we pay their salary (with our taxes), we pay for their programs (with our taxes), we pay for their decisions (sometimes with our blood) and they are answerable to “we the people” (with our next vote or lawsuit)…

People tend to think we live in a democracy – we actually don’t. We live in a republic. We vote people into power – and they make the decrees, mandates and laws with their vote/s or decisions.
If we actually had a democracy – if we all truly voted on everything – there would be no social welfare programs, there would be no bailouts, no company would be immune from prosecution and “the market” would rule – it would be a true capitalistic society in that the market would rule based on OUR power to choose and buy the best products with the best customer service with the best warrantee for the best prices… They would not be predetermined for us and presented as “this” option or “that” option.
A true democracy with the number of voters we have would also be complete anarchy and totally impossible to “call for a vote” – but I don’t want to go too far off topic here…

When lockdowns happened we gave them permission to take away our First Amendment rights…

  • We gave them permission to interfere with our church services
  • We gave them permission to abridge our freedom of speech every time they “canceled” someone, deleted a post or otherwise limited our ability to see “all sides/angles/data” of an event
  • We gave them permission to abridge the freedom of the press by allowing them to collude with and otherwise control the press – also limiting our ability to see “all sides/angles/data” to assure we would not have the ability to think for ourselves
  • We gave them permission to lock us down so we could not assemble (gather together and share information) – also limiting our ability to see “all sides/angles/data” of an event
  • We gave them permission to do what they needed to do (such as hide data or simply making the process too arduous in time and money – think FOIA requests and/or lawsuits) to assure we could not petition the government for redress of grievances…

Not making a choice IS making a choice – doing nothing gives them permission. Doesn’t matter what you thought (to yourself) or said (to a few friends or family members) about it. Did you vote? Did I see you at the marches? Did you keep your business open? Did you help the local community keep the local businesses open? Did you pay your rent so your landlord could keep the house?

There’s no such thing as a temporary security measure – once we give up a right, for a little temporary security, it is gone – we have now given them permission to take it away any time they need “based on the needs of…”. Sooner or later, they won’t even ask permission – at that point, when they feel they have the power to take it from us without asking, we no longer have that right… It is no longer a right we were born with, it is now a privilege they can give and take as their needs see fit…

Maybe you trust “this” Governor or “this” Mayor to make these decisions for you, but what about the next one? What about the one after that? You’ve already given “the office” of Governor or Mayor permission to control these privileges at their discretion – are you going to trust every person who holds the office from this point forward to delegate your privileges to you, your children and their children as they see fit…?

To those of us old enough to remember – it was a right that we allowed them to take from us – it becomes our “new normal” – it is new simply because we remember what was lost.
Those too young to remember do not have a point of reference for what was lost – it is now a privilege that the powers that be can give and take at their discretion – it is what the next generation knows – it is their “standard” – it is their “norm”…

Ever let someone borrow your car to the point where they no longer ask permission? The car is under your name, you are making the payments on it, you are paying for insurance on it, you are paying to fill up the gas tank everyday but the car is simply not available to you at your discretion anymore. The worst part is, once you put your foot down you are the “bad guy” for even bringing it up and you are most likely forced to negotiate the use of your own car – if your find yourself negotiating for the use of your own car, guess what? It is no longer your car. On paper it is and in your brain it is (due to that paperwork) but in reality it is simply not available to you AT YOUR DISCRETION…

Do not let them take what is yours… Do not negotiate… IT IS YOURS… Take it back… and don’t ever give them the keys again… Don’t even let them think it’s an option…

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It’s all about the Data

Posted by delta on 9th December 2020

I really wanted to save this post until more folks read the last one, but couldn’t. My last post is an important post, so please read that one after this…

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Absolute Brilliance is the only way to describe it…

Absolute Brilliance…

It is extremely hard to impress me – I AM IMPRESSED

Let this soak into your noggin…

First, MEDIA BLITZ
CREATE FEAR. Disavow science by silencing scientists who actually work in the field and bring forward those willing to sell the fear whether they work in the field or not. Designate “insufficient data” as “science” and be sure to use terminology, data and graphics to properly market the product of fear. Initially target leadership, create a pipeline for dissemination of information to the leadership which assures they are scared enough to mandate mask wearing in public so everyone can see each other “complying” and “fearful”…

Second, SOCIAL MEDIA BLITZ
SPREAD THE FEAR. Fear creates fear, it is contagious. Take everything down (from the Internet) which can prove anything other than the agenda. Refine the pipeline of information to the leadership and continue to manipulate the data to assure they will see no other alternative to what they are instituting… “Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated”…

Third, GET AS MANY PEOPLE TO SEE YOUR PRODUCT AS IS POSSIBLE
CONTAINMENT – frightened leadership quarantines everyone in their houses, waves their rent, gives them just enough to assure they can pay for food, electrical, water and their Internet/TV. Now, assure that nothing is presented on any form of media which does not perpetuate fear… Keep the people in their houses and force feed them the agenda until they are ready to comply…

Fourth, DATA
VACCINATE – with the microchips on the syringe of every vaccine, there is now hard-actionable-real-time-data on how well the masses (and their leaders) have been manipulated and assimilated. Within a year of the first Media Blitz, “they” will know the exact number of leaders they can manipulate and people they can assimilate…

Now they can take that data and figure out how to manipulate a few more of us, and so on, and so on… They can also take that data and use it for… well… hell… they can use it for whatever they want…

That is Marketing 101 on a world scale – Absolutely Brilliant…

The ultimate “Jedi Mind Trick”…

I have looked over the little data there is for the various vaccines. Let those who want to take it, take it – someone needs to test them, let it be those who will comply.

There are many coronaviruses and, to date, there are no vaccines for any of them. Statistically, only about 6% of ALL vaccine candidates ever make it to market…

Jonas Silk and Thomas Francis developed the first vaccine in 1938 – in 81 years no vaccine has been more than 40% effective; but, suddenly, in nine months time, we can make one which is 95% effective? Perhaps this number is derived from the fact that 95% is the number who wouldn’t be sick from this flu in the first place?

In the small sample group of the Not So Great State of Hawaii, roughly half of the population has been tested. In Hawaii, of those tested, 97% are negative; of the 2.6% who have tested positive, 93% have NOT been hospitalized…

Herd Immunity is typically considered 60% to 70% – if you look at the numbers (whether it is a percentage who have tested positive or have been hospitalized specifically due to CV19) we have always been herd immune to this thing – and they still effectively marketed a vaccine to you…

The most brilliant move of all is that they have given complete immunity to all doctors, clinics, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies. You can never sue anyone for anything the vaccine does to you or your loved ones…

Every COVID-19 Vaccine study has within it the line: “It is unknown whether COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine [NAME OF VACCINE] has an impact on fertility.” – you have no recourse if you, or a loved one, become/s infertile due to the vaccine…

BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE! This is great! This goes way beyond conspiracy! They got the pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, clinics and doctors to do something unheard of: they are giving the vaccine away… for free… to everyone…

I know, you’re thinking “how the… what the… why the…?”

Because… IT’S – ALL – ABOUT – THE – DATA
Knowing which leaders can be manipulated within a precise timeline… how many people will comply and be assimilated within a precise timeline… to what extent… servers throughout the world full of those individual’s data… whether it is individual names or not is irrelevant, they still know the exact numbers and locations of who can be manipulated, will comply and assimilate… they’ll know what socio-economic groups are complying by looking at the density of vaccinations within a geographic region… this information is worth more than can be calculated… It is all about the data!

This is all ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT…

WELL DONE…

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Speaking of data…

In a time when no one trusts “anything”, we sure are putting a lot of trust in folks we wouldn’t normally consider trusting…

There has been a lot of talk/writing of the process of how these vaccines are being created with nano-technology and how some use nano-particles (which are effectively nanobots) as delivery devices…

Their explanation seems simple enough when they simply say it’s being used as a delivery device; but, no one is adequately explaining how many are being installed into the body, whether they are active (transmitter – probably have a short runtime due to their size) or passive (receiver – which would probably have a longer runtime), or whether or not they will exchange data or commands with something outside the body…

I was asked just the other day to send someone information on this topic and came to find that all the information has been taken off the internet… All my bookmarks for this topic are blank pages… Every single one… Hinky…

As a person who has spent his entire adult life as a coder, webmaster and sysadmin (three separate and distinct fields for those of you who do not know), I’m really interested in the hardware/software they’re going to “install” in the human body with these nanobots/nano-particles/nano-technology – will they be active or passive, how will the data track, what data will be tracked, which devices will the data work best with, how will the data get piped through the internet to servers (which route, which port and which data packet type), which servers will the data be installed on, where are the servers, how physically secure are these buildings, how will the data be stored and who will have access to that data?

This is really interesting stuff…

How will different bodies in different stages of life in different physical conditions react to installing this hardware? How will different bodies in different stages of life in different physical conditions react to transmitting/receiving wireless data within the body itself? If the nanobots are “active”, how will they be powered, how will they stay powered and what is the strength of the wireless signal they are sending within the body? If the nanobots are passive, how strong does the wireless signal need to be to send the nanobots signals/commands? Can you send the nanobots commands or do they just transmit data? What will the wireless frequencies be that these devices operate at? How strong will that signal be? What will interfere with those signals? What will interfere with those frequencies? Will the interference be a simple interference with the wireless data transfer or will it have an affect on the nanobots within the body themselves? If in close proximity, can one signal override another’s data transfer or reception? Will a false transfer of data be recognized on the server side? What effect would a false transmission TO the nanobots have to the body?

I can’t wait for you all to test this in mass – this is interesting stuff… So many questions to be answered… So much data to be revealed…

There is one burning question in my brain at the moment: What of the companies and individual software engineers writing and updating the code, the ISP’s whose pipes the data moves, the Companies and individual SysAdmin’s to the server houses, the security guards of the data warehouses – do they have immunity for what happens with everyone’s data?

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