What’s the central question of it? See time clock 4:40 below — character, darling, character — integrity

The Chuckers domino

Fascinating quick acquittal after a day & a half of jury deliberation vs. incl. Kaneshiro & Mitsunaga. I told Tajiri last week that this case was internal in-house self- destruction or self- implosion — e.g. whistle- blower Mitsunaga architect Laurel Kam, NOT external or outside alleged PUBLIC graft & corruption airport operations sweetheart deals that were exposed via investigative journalism (4th branch of Gov’t ). So the jury considered the criminal charges to be more about private extended family practices — not public impact & public affairs issues that eviscerate the public’s trust in Gov’t. To the jury — this case wasn’t so much about no see, no hear, no tell code of silence — but more an over- reactive peering into private extended family habits & mindsets. This acquittal result harkens back to 40 yrs. ago when the Chuckers Marsland homicide trial ended in acquittal when defendant Scanlan produced the smoking gun that murderer turned gov’t cooperating witness Ronald Ching said that Ching used to kill Marsland — & then tossed into the Ala Wai canal. This police sidearm wasn’t the actual pistol that Ching says he used to kill Marsland. So Ching was a disaster that manifested front & center dead reckoning before our very eyes. POINT here is NOT the absence of the actual murder weapon BUT the DOMINO EFFECT that this acquittal had in 100% stopping or eliminating the Mob by way of prospective prosecutions by alleged Mob bosses turned cooperating Gov’t witnesses like Huihui vs.alleged godfather of organized crime — Mehau. Honolulu Stadium Authority alleged goons (sports & gambling), trucking  company & fleet services (port  to destination vig or gratuity juicing — think the near- killing of whistle- blower Hilo swim legend & long-shoreman Quintin Rocky Tahara born 1953 — swimmer Nyla’s older brother) — all impacted by organized crime were in the prospective cross hairs of the U.S. Atty & State AG & local prosecutors. Stopped dead cold in their tracks by the Marsland acquittals. DOMINO EFFECT. Civil engineer is ubiquitously about load mgmt. or load bearing. Remember the Kansas City skywalk b/n 2 skyscrapers that collapsed to smithereens decades ago In Seto Sensei’s hoops (he was on the greatest prep team in Big Island history — Hilo High ’67) — former blob Zion Williamson is under load mgmt. (resting his huge body) & his NBA injuries are testament to load- bearing breakdown I was reflecting on scumbag Mitsunaga & the alleged load-bearing breakdown by us broke-arse taxpayers to support his alleged public graft & corruption esp. w/sweetheart airport deals. Mitsunaga was cozy w/politicians going back at least 30 yrs. w/Gov. Cayetano. Mits is Hilo High alum & 82 yrs. old. Otani kazoku or family (a-hole Herb Segawa, though Herb’s dad was our Christ- like greatest altruist from Amau’ulu mill camp 1). Look at honest guy but horridly phlegmatic flat- liner ____ Donald Ikeda. Ikeda’s dad Shiro Ikeda was among our community’s greatest altruists Kids like Segawa & Ikeda resent their dads’ over-excessive sacrifices for the better-ment of the community — & these kids end up as surly mis-anthropists.

What kine’ shake, dahlin?

Decorum is character — Tyler describes me as outspoken – – I describe myself as not living much longer — maybe no more than 10 yrs. physically, 5 yrs. mentally — I not going waste my time w/bullshit

dissociative personality? Joking!

Big Island baseball greats

Local baseball greats up to a century ago compared w/baseball at midpoint up to half a century ago, compared w/today

 A century ago — Tahu Kealoha & Monjou Masutani at catcher, Sam Spencer & Harry K. Brown at 1st base, Henry Lai Hipp, Mas Jinbo, Ed Desha 2d to 3rd base positions, etc. Pitcher rightie Swede Desha 1895 (Babe Ruth’s age peer)-1943 (alky 

) 6’1″ 165 lbs. was invited for MLB tryouts, but declined because Swede hated Stateside cold wintry days

. Swede’s & Ed’s sister was Helen Desha 

 Beamer. Up to half a century ago — Honoka’a native & outfielder Jack Ladra played Japan MLB, as did Kohala- born pitcher Bill Nishita, as did Pepe’ekeo pitcher Dopey Morita. Center fielder Al Toody Souza was our home run king at USF (Toody also was on 

scholarship post-Bill Russell & KC Jones 1955 & 1956 perfect season Nat’l titles era). Today’s players Kolten & Kean Wong, Onan Masaoka, all had MLB stints, w/Kolten the best-ever from the Big Island, & next to Hilo- genealogy Shane Victorino (dad Maui Mayor Mike aka Springs or Squid is my Hilo High classmate) — Kolten is the best-ever position player from the Haw’n Islands. https://curtisnarimatsu.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/in-praise-of-albert-baer-ikeda-80-years-young-now/

Seto Sensei’s Spiritual Imperative

Seto Sensei’s Spiritual Imperative in his 2018 WHT zero net growth analysis & plan going forward for TMT & MKO — is amazingly prescient & revelatory — because this is exactly what today’s collaborative collegial scientific  community headed by Frenchie is doing John Komeiji ably heads the Seto policy goals for MKO Authority, w/Komeiji’s able choice De Fries in charge of admin. Both Frenchie — the prime innovator behind today’s community- first mission — & Barnabas bridger encourager Komeiji — are in perfect alignment w/Seto planning & logistics. Keck’s 1st non- haole head Rich Matsuda (Fudge’s son) doesn’t quite put the Seto dots together yet — but w/added experience over time — Matsuda will get Seto’s destination — Pololei righteous altruism & egalitarianism for all — most of all Ma’oli Remember 3 yrs. ago when I proposed that Tajiri & Manu be the advisors for the revamped MKO Governing Authority that is to be re- tooled as the Mauna a Wakea Foundation esp. for the increase in joyful quality of life for Ma’oli Today’s Frenchie & Komeiji & MKO team (in spite of knucklehead Subaru — part of the abominable MKO regime pre-2020) are Seto all the way in pololei righteousness. Seto Sensei really is vital to MKO’s altruist objectives & I recommend that Seto Sensei be a key advisor & a key consultant to the mission of pololei righteous- ness for everyone. From Seto Sensei — Your Tuesday May 14, 2024, 7:13 AM message:   Thank you  for introducing me to the tribe of artisans under the tutelage of Martha Graham.  I learned so much from your article on how she influenced sculptor Isamu Noguchi, photographer Soichi Sunami, ballerina Yuriko Kikuchi.  Thank you for explaining the stark yet soft black and white photo of Martha Graham, Erick Hawkins, and Yuriko Kikuchi.  Powerful, tender, relevant and redemptive message all within one photo frame.  I appreciate the photo and your very helpful commentary.    Your Wednesday, May 15, 2024 messages sent at  1:59 PM, 8:02 and 8:34  PM   Enjoyed reading about Frank Lafita bringing together at Bear’s Coffee bistro you, Frenchie, Pastor Poai and her husband John.  What an invigorating table talk that must have been.     Thanks for describing the positive  vibes being generated by John Komeiji, Frenchie  and Rich Matsuda.  From what you continue to share about them, I am enthused again for the TMT Project becoming a reality.  Very good answer to Frenchie’s aide’s question to you about “Why Tajiri?”  You included Tajiri’s portable equity plan  as an example of his innovativeness and problem- solving gift which would really help with the uphill battle which TMT continues to have.  Curtis, you have really done your homework well regarding TMT.  I continue to  be in awe at the deep research you do on so many pertinent topics including TMT.  Can’t wait for Sunday to discuss face to face the exciting times in which we live. Your Mauna a Wakea Foundation principles appear to have fruition with Frenchie at the science end and John Komeiji at the organizational end. Thank you for your feedback. (end of text from Seto Sensei) Frenchie’s aide asks why Tajiri on board for MKO Simple — though Tajiri says Haw’ns fell away from Christ — SO despite Tajiri’s vote of no- confidence in today’s Haw’n leaders — like him or hate him (gamble on the latter) — Tajiri’s our undeniable IDEAS  man Look at Tajiri’s DHHL portable equity that till this day Paul Thome still wishes were a free handout for Paul's ohana. No dice, Paul Portable equity is the greatest innovation in HHA & DHHL history Tajiri's IDEA  Even though he looks down on Haw'n leaders today From Corina -- Restoration to Hawaiian Nation after 131 years is impossible. Being able to provide provision for Hawai'i & its residents to create positive changes throughout the islands is possible. Right people with right mindset to make those changes is what's important & needed. Ahui'ho C: A, Corina, below is the sum up of our kukakuka 3 yrs. ago at Tajiri's patio lanai, supplemented by later developments. Oh, Corina, remember our brain- "thrust" kukakuka (informal deliberations) at Tajiri's long patio lanai 3 yrs. ago I asked IDEAS   fellas Tajiri, Manu born 1957 (who declined from his acute ailing neck injury), & even Stacy Higa born 1963 (proviso as strictest fiduciary audit accounting -- allegedly you know why) to advise the projected Mauna a Wakea Foundation on how best altruistically to serve the needs of our overall society, w/emphasis on accentuating Ma'oli (20% of our State's population) quality joyfulness of life. The $12+ million dollars in annual revenue for astronomy valuation of telescope  use -- are best implemented to upgrade keiki STEM & cultural resources, etc. Seto Sensei's earliest ongoing resolve to hold MKO accountable to us constituents & to care for the Mauna culturally, ecologically, & environ- mentally -- Seto Sensei's zero net growth copacetic w/the spiritual integrity of the Mauna -- set the moral template for what chief science side innovator Frenchie - & chief policy side innovator John Komeiji -- are doing today Ma'oli (Kahalu'u N. Kona) Stacy Higa's proposal is to have a worship dome on the Mauna incl. diverse religious faiths, w/emphasis on Ma'oli spirituality. As Tajiri correctly says -- if you be open- minded & judgment- free -- nearly everyone high & low in strata has kernels of wisdom to share. Pololei -- righteous loving principles for the good of all the community's people all the time Corina Our conscience. Not weighed down by indoctrination (secret -- she never went to college) & hubris & Mammon Tyler Pacheco- Haili age 32, Tajiri's kozo (understudy `protege), has all the tools in Christ to mo’o ali’i — carry on altruistically great successive leadership as you see w/Tajiri & Seto Sensei. Obviously, Ma’oli leaders (who happen to be female) Pua Kanaka’ole Kanahele age 87, Waimea’s Pua Case age 63, O’ahu native Kealoha Pisciotta age 54, Mililani Trask age 73 — are essential participants as shot callers & influencers regarding the ethos & practicality of honoring Ma’oli culture, heritage, tradition, spirituality — on & of the Mauna. Amena. From Seto Sensei — Wow! Wow! Wow! If Frenchie and others (and I am willing to help) could somehow convey to TMT opponents the interest and passion that the Molokai Kanaka Ma’oli have for STEM including astronomy AND their support for TMT, maybe a miracle can happen. Thank you so much for sharing this development. Thank you also for your synopsis of the greatest baseball players from Hawai’i Island. You covered all of the most outstanding players. Baseball was my first love as a kid. After accompanying my Granpa Taichiro in my elementary school days to Sunday afternoon Hilo Senior League triple headers and AJA Winter Sunday games, I used to meet Wainaku Meishoin Yankees phenom Gary Matsumoto to watch Senior League and AJA games. Our favorite player was Asahi’s infielder Bobby Shigematsu with his feet positioned wide apart in his batting stance and his 90 degree vertical bat angle. Great memories. My reply — The 1963 Big Island American Legion squad had natural phenoms Kapa’au Kohala’s Herb Naito, Pahala’s Pat Andrade, & Honoka’a native Bobby. Bobby’s a retired PE public school- teacher in California. Dennis Ueyama was a natural phenom too old for the ’63 squad. Gerald’s brother. From Seto Sensei — Yes!    Fantastic  text to Noa!! I pray that Noa’s fund raising efforts  which include reaching out to the wealthy will have much success. An endorsement for TMT by Noa and the Molokai Kanaka Ma’oli whom he serves would be so powerful  .  As to your previous text, what an energizing and lively kukakuka on Kukuau that must have been on patio of the Tajiri’s three years ago.  I continue to be in awe  at the depth of your involvement with the TMT Project which I have been referring to as the most controversial  structure in the history of Hawai’i.  I really should rather be referring to TMT as potentially the greatest gift  Hawai’i will ever  bestow upon civilization in its understanding of the universe and how it was created.    I embrace Stacy Higa’s worship dome idea. Many wise persons have stated over the past years since the TMT Project was introduced that astronomers/astrophysicists and Kanaka Ma’oli faith practitioners are BOTH interested in the understanding of our universe and its creation. Why can’t Mauna Kea then be a space for both TMT and Stacy Higa’s worship dome which includes Kanaka Ma’oli faith practitioners and those of other faiths?  Makes sense to pea  brain me! Also since the altitude of Mauna Kea summit is dangerous for many kupuna and children under 12 (10?), there can be an adjunct to Stacy Higa’s summit worship dome at a lower altitude level.  The adjunct could even be expanded to include not only science and religion but Kanaka Ma’oli culture in all its dimensions.  This adjunct center could maybe be built next to or in conjunction with the currently popular Visitors Center at about 10,000 feet above sea level. The adjunct center could be an expansion of the existing Visitors Center.  I’m sure such an idea has already been placed in the hopper. My feedback — No, this elevation- friendly Cultural Resource Center is solely in the hearts & minds of Stacy & Seto Sensei. Prophets a la Seto Sensei are called upon for a reason — to guide us all toward blissful Eternity From Corina — My birthday mention May 23 is not necessary befo’ our  A toast to celebrate 68 years of a filled LIFE.with amazing challenges. Every challenge I, ever faced knowingly/unknowingly wanted or unwanted brought me to a deeper place of GRATITUDE  Knowing at this season of my LIFE it IS well with my soul & ALL that is within me. Yes, even in the midst of the unknowns/uncertainties challenges that come & go past or present I, know it IS temporary; how long & intensity of its process I don’t know. That where my trust comes in a hope beyond hope to an unseen realm. NIV Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew[a] you,     before you were born I set you apart;… I’ve come to know I AM, beloved by The Most High God. That isn’t just a title it IS divine POSITION no matter what one’s tool of belief or circumstances. Hallelujah God Almighty, Yahweh, Elohim, Jehovah, understanding goes beyond our humans sometimes bias tainted view of our CREATOR or ourselves. Excited about our table talk gathering. Receiving insightful gems from one another. KJV Lamentations 3:22-23 22 It is of the Lord’s MERCIES that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are NEW every morning: great IS thy FAITHFULNESS. Ahui’ho

Earned credits

Stacatto’s earned good behavior credits at Federal Bureau of Prisons lowest minimum security Sheridan Camp (like former Kulani Prison Camp) in the Oregon foothills shall get his release in 2 months– after having served 27 months of his 36 to 48 month prison sentence. Louie Kealoha’s 7 yr. prison sentence for being the shot caller Police Dept. mastermind hasn’t seen an early release (yet). Kalani English was at Sheridan but got releasedhttps://www.civilbeat.org/2024/05/the-sunshine-blog-guess-who-just-got-out-of-federal-prison-already/. Katherine Kealoha’s sentence is 11 yrs. as the overall top mastermind.

Our world in motion

I see Tajiri (visual world & word pictures) in sculptor Isamu Noguchi. Actually, Martha Graham helped shape Noguchi. She said — “Out of emotion comes form or expressive design. There are certain eternal symbols — love is expressed thru circular movement. [Seto Sensei’s] Mystical revelation & spirituality are felt by way of spiral swirls & movement.” Deb Jowitt’s Martha Graham yr. 2024 pages 67 & 404. By way of Nippon Noguchi’s inherent core essential bare basic “asceticism” or simplicity in art & form — Graham took a liking to Mikado photographer Soichi Sunami & ballerina Yuriko Kikuchi. As w/Seto Sensei’s Augustinian Community of Fate — in her production  Visionary Recital — Graham said that — “Opaque, yes. Along the Corridors of Memory walk images of love, enmity, desire, despair, desolation, calculated cruelty, shame. This is a visionary recital of events whose scene & action are set in the world of the ‘Imaginable’ — which is the heart of man. The moral is that a hero is blinded by his own strength yet can be reborn, of a Higher resolve, by spiritual vision.” Jowitt yr. 2024 pages 355 & 434. Cosmic revelatory Seto Sensei knows that the nature of history tends toward order — seemingly imposing (verb) coherence of events that are funda- mentally — even in their linearity — dissociatively chaotic Man’s carnal nature is, bluntly, appalling. Convulsed in ethno- centrism, identity politics, xenophobia — man sinks downward w/perverse delight in the Apocalypse that is to come. Fascist E.M. Cioran said that “Our capital of misery is intact thruout the Ages. Yet we have one advantage over our ancestor forbearers — that of having invested our capital better, inasmuch our end-times are better organized.”. Cioran’s Decay — reprint yr. 1990 page 179. Can we say w/certainty that he is wrong

Yuriko Kikuchi from The New York Times

Scriptural guides, per wondrous Seto Sensei

Seto Sensei on Romans 10:13 emoji — 

My feedback — It’s much easier to write in praise of you when I can refresh on 1 Corinthians 2:9.

 Oh boy, long suffering — 2 Peter 3:9.

From Seto Sensei — So true.  1 Corinthians 2:9 is like Four Miles Lagoon 

 refreshment for our soul and even our body.   What God has prepared for us who love Him is greater than whatever love 

 and glory 

 we have ever seen, heard, or conceived.    And 2 Peter 3:9, too. Oh golly!  In reading this verse once again in follow up to your referencing it today, I was reminded of God l-o-n-g suffering 

 love for us.  I have lately been bruised in spirit by some persons who have anger 

management  issues and their rage has spilled over and been directed to me for different reasons.  I have been battling against resentment in my heart toward these persons.  But reading 2 Peter 3:9 helped me realize that God loves these persons who are stewing with hostility

 just as God loves me in spite of my sin of aversion toward them.  Thank God for His 1 Corinthians 2:9 indescribable love and His 2 Peter 3:9 long suffering for all of us descendants of Adam and Eve.  Thank you, Curtis, for mentioning 1 Corinthians 2:9 and 2 Peter 3:9.  God’s timing 

 for sure! My response — Wow, you’re a regular guy beset w/the vicissitudes of life like the rest of us poor souls

. Bless your heart of hearts

CC– Hi Frenchie — Pastor Les Seto’s sweetest dearest wife Bernadette is the daughter of Lauae (nee Kuamo’o) Yung (Bernadette’s dad was Haw’n/Hakka Yung). Lauae Yung Ave. in Keaukaha is named after Bernadette’s mom. Bernadette’s mom was the daughter of most prominent hula teacher going on a century ago — Rose Kuamo’o. Pastor Les, as you see (his WHT articles 6 yrs. ago) — is among TMT’s earliest supporters — rallying West Hawai’i folks to support TMT. Not surprisingly, the Setos’ daughter of Waikoloa is anti-TMT — a la Waimea’s Aunty Pua Case & West Hawai’i native Kaho’o Kanuha. An age bracket difference, in my way of looking at things. Surprisingly 

 — Bernadette is anti-TMT BECAUSE of the prior pre- Frenchie REGIME that screwed over Ma’oli. Your presence is vital for us to upend the “Corridor of Memory” 

 about pre-Frenchie TMT. This coming Sunday our Luther table-talk meal fellowship (Luther exactly 500 yrs. ago that began the Protestant Reformation) eagerly await your insights, experiential maturity, & wisdom on TMT & specifically Ma’oli — esp. since Bernadette & daughter oppose TMT 

. I’m honoring belatedly (at Bernadette’s request to avert the craziness of restaurant saturation yesterday) Bernadette & An`drea of Ken’s 

 Pancake House for Mother’s Day — inasmuch on separate occasions they each paid for our expensive table-talk meals at our table of 6 or so guests at

 Grill. I express my appreciation to them for their covering the meal tabs. Amazing spontaneous generosity

 We highly anticipate your mana’o kukakuka at 1:15 p.m. or so this coming Sunday at

 Grill. I mission to persuade Bernadette & daughter to come over to the right side of history 

.

 Looking forward w/bated breath for your wisdom.

Belated Mother’s Day honorees — I’m honoring & covering

Grill meal tabs for you & Bernadette Seto & her husband Pastor Les Seto this Sunday May 19 at 12 noon — because on separate occasions you & Bernadette (Les) paid huge money for our meal tabs. Thank you again! Also at our meal table will be 25 yr. old comedian Kinohi Betts — who will do a 5 minute facial comedy on 

relational dynamics. Also present might be Kinohi’s informal advisor Paul `Thome, although Paul needn’t be there. TMT 

Mauna Kea Mountain Project Head Frenchie Liu will join us at 1:15 p.m. after he comes out of conferences

. He won’t be doing a meal. He will fellowship w/us.

From Frenchie — It was sad and bad that TMT sowed such division even in families. And communities! I look forward so much to the Sunday kukakuka. Mahalo Curtis! My reply — Esp. Bernadette is emblematic of the Ma’oli Spirit or ‘Uhane. You are a life-giver, spiritually.

 From Frenchie —  ​

​ to “ Esp. Bernadette is emblematic of the Ma’oli Spirit or ‘… ”  Me:

Back (adjective) channel network — Frenchie came here 2 yrs. ago to salvage a PR disaster w/TMT & MKO 

 calculatingly ignoring Ma’oli. Frenchie’s Cal Tech (highest # of Nobel recipients) beautiful one story office bldg. just makai of Komohana St. at Tajiri- created Nowelo St. — (Frenchie can show you this spacious facility) NE quadrant of Komohana & Nowelo Sts. intersection street lights

 — are under security 

 services w/88 yr. old Frank Lafita’s outfit. Frank had Frenchie meet me at 

 Bear’s Coffee 

 bistro on Keawe St. I had a mean hunch that Christian

 Frenchie was overwhelmed 

w/the despicable legacy toward Ma’oli & local folks from non compos mentis UH Manoa-led Master Lease Lessees & MKO Sublessors nin com poops Doug Simon & Greg Chun over MKO operations

 I had Pastor Cathy Poai & husband John at 

 w/Frenchie, Frank Lafita, me, to commiserate w/Frenchie if needed. Frenchie’s been a member of Pastor Cathy’s 5 member ministry (her family) ever since — exactly 2 yrs. ago

 Facts are stranger than fiction.

From Seto Sensei — Oh glory!! 

 The project manager of the most controversial 

 structure in the history of the Hawai’ian Islands is a member of Pastor Poai’s church . Yes. More evidence that facts are stranger than fiction!!! 

 Hallelujah Glory to God through Christ!!

 My response — And you, General 

 — are our net zero growth (WHT 

 MKO TMT) policy leader.

From Seto Sensei — Thank you for sharing the courteous note from Frenchie including his kind words about Bernadette. Looking forward to meeting him! My response — No attempt at converting to pro-TMT. He acculturates head first in Haw’n society & heritage. From Seto Sensei — I trust your assessment. He must be a true Kanaka Ma’oli. What a privilege it will be for Bernadette and me to meet him!!!  From me — Back-channel. You, General, are at our command to command us. From Seto Sensei —  If I am general, you are the Chief of Staff or Truman the President!!!  Me: No, I’m my dad, Private First Class. One rank above Buck Private & proud . Sensei — Battle campaigns ride on the back of us Buck Privates!!!  Me: No,  Boot Camp is Buck Private. Sensei:  Thank you for correcting me and sparing me from further embarrassment!!  Me: Not a problem. Buck Privates score the girls in town (my de- flowering). That’s where Buck comes from. Back-channel vernacular. Actually, young bucks LoL. Time is money in transactional dealings e.g. commerce & science — so it’s not 100% certain that TMT shall be built after a 5 yr. delay from the summer of 2019 to now — YET, Seto Sensei, Christ has Glorified your visions for pololei righteous relationships such as TMT embracing esp. Ma’oli such as Bernadette & daughter. In Christ anything is possible.