A couple of weeks ago, the local newspaper featured a front page article about the unsolved homicides of five homeless guy in the span of two months. No suspects. No motives. No one really cares anyway. The probable cause, as far as I can ascertain, is a series of botched robberies or bad drug deals. As I mentioned previously, there are groups of predators traveling as threesomes specifically targeting the homeless while victim is sleeping. If the victim awakens during the attempted robbery, the predators bludgeon the latter. The more savvy homeless simply continue to feign sleep during the robbery. As for illicit drug deals, that goes without saying. If the homeless victim fails to pay for the product ... game over!
Not a day goes by without some kind of article, opinion piece, or letter from a reader appearing in print about the homeless. Frankly, the homeless situation is way out of control, far worse than most people realize.
Nearly every bus stop shelter is occupied by homeless squatters. There are tents set up in nearly all of the parks in town. Some of the tents are sitting on public sidewalks. Shopping carts filled with luggage and other personal effects can be seen parked anywhere and everywhere during the day.
There are also a number of extremely transient homeless. They are constantly on the move during the daylight hours. Then, after 10pm, they return to their "camp," usually one of the regional beach parks, public parks, abandoned public school campuses, and empty fields. When the sun rises in the morning, they stow their stuff away in a secret location and are on the move again until dark.
Waikiki and Chinatown both host a large number of homeless. There are so many homeless that few of them really need to go incognito during daylight hours. Yes, they are everywhere. Needless to say, the furor over the homeless proliferating in tourist areas has reached a fever pitch.
The influx of new homeless is mind-boggling. A large percentage are immigrating from the mainland empire. Pacific Islanders (i.e., Micronesians, Marshall Islanders, Samoans) and Asians make up the remaining demographic. Asian immigrants (i.e., Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese) and Filipino immigrants end up staying en masse with "relatives," so very few of them wind up on the streets.
We can expect large increases in thefts, muggings, homeless murders, illicit drug and alcohol abuse, vagrancies, and general nuisances in the near future. Hawai'i is "going to hell in a hand basket." Otherwise, no future updates about the homeless situation are necessary, unless even more ridiculous nonsense ensues.
Slob Manor (Read: Rental Housing) Mini-Update®
The "chef" has really gone "bonkers." He now chops and stores all kinds of organic vegetables in small plastic containers in the fridge. They are the main ingredients for a sickening green smoothie which he concocts in a blender. He appears to have converted himself to an organic vegan and "medicine man." He now substitutes coconut milk and red beans for animal protein, although he still consumes organic eggs. Alan is also on a diet, but he's only cutting down on his caloric intake. Alan's quality of food is obviously still way below the standards of the "chef."
Flappy Bird Mini-Update®
Thank goodness, the damned thing has been mummified by its creator. Never downloaded it. Never played with it.
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