I began the week with JUST ANOTHER WEEK IN PURGATORY. One item in that posting had to do with a lanai meal, where I did take-out from the dining room, and enhanced it. Last night, I repeated (that was the reflection), for I saved most of a spaghetti with tomato sauce order, but fried the tiny meatballs in olive oil and wagyu fat with chopped garlic and morsels of scallops I had earlier fried in a pan to extract the essence of the true taste.
The variation was aglio, e olio peperoncino (with the pepper from my herb garden)...but using capellini, or angel hair pasta. A perfect capellini al dente is very difficult to pull off. Carefully place in boiling water for only 3 minutes, washing out and tossing with butter into the pan with those ingredients for one minute. I had walked 18 holes at the Ala Wai Golf Course, so had a bottle of beer, and one of the best Chardonnays ever, a 2012 Stanford Governor's Selection 14.5% from Knights Bridge, and salad (also take-out) but with my creation of a special truffles oil and balsamic dressing:
Absolutely a joy. If you did not know, pasta aglio e olio comes from Naples. Bolognese? Sure, Italy, but, surprisingly enough, the term is generally not used in the country. In 1982, however, the Italian Academy of Cuisine finally registered the dish at the Bologna Chamber of Commerce. The traditional ragu' bolognese pasta is tagliatelle, the equivalent of chow fun noodle.
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On Monday I posted, MAIDEN: Do You Believe in Miracles? Regarding the Transpac Race, as the media seemed to have ignored this competition, the first to finish was Argo (right) on Wednesday just before 9PM, followed less than an hour later by PowerPlay Ltd, then the next day by Maserati and Commanche. Brigadoon at #8 and Bretwalda 3 at #9 are expected to cross the Diamond Head finish line just before 3PM this afternoon. Four boats had to turn back.
I suggested on Tuesday that at hand was A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR HAWAIIANS. Friday of last week, July 12, the Star Advertiser showed a poll where 95% of YES/NO votes indicated it is time and overdue regarding building the Thirty Meter Telescope. Rarely does the public have such a lopsided view on any issue. But protestors on Monday continued to delay construction. Wednesday, the Star Advertiser had another poll: How has the state handled the Mauna Kea Thirty Meter Telescope conflict so far? Four percent said too harsh, but 96% indicated either "too lenient, get TMT going" or "about right, tense situation."
How has the state handled the Mauna Kea Thirty Meter Telescope conflict so far?
- B. Too lenient; get TMT going (795 Votes)
- C. About right; tense situation (229 Votes)
- A. Too harsh; too much show of force (42 Votes)
The timing is perfect for a next generation, progressive, King Kamehameha equivalent, one who seeks a brighter future in partnership with the state leadership, to rise. A few politicians, including Bernie Sanders, have jumped in to support the protestors. Lee Cataluna of the Star Advertiser, in her regular column, headlined: Gov. Ige must fear the truth about Mauna Kea.
My viewpoint sides with the 95/96% surveys indicating support for the TMT. Hawaii has been regularly crippled by minorities preventing progressive development, like Councilwoman Rene Mansho in 1992 killing Honolulu's rail-transit program when Senator Dan Inouye was in his prime and had secured majority funding from the Federal government. That system would be in full operation today, without the taxes now faced by local citizens. Serves her right, but a decade later she was convicted of theft, with a one-year-in-jail sentence.
Then a reflection from this past Wednesday: THAT CONSEQUENTIAL GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND. I selected Apollo 11 as the greatest achievement of humanity. Sure, exactly half a century ago today, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin planting the American flag on the Moon. That was monumental. But more so, the USA finally triumphant over the Soviet Union in space triggered the beginning of the end of the Cold War in 1991, which hopefully forever, ended the specter of a nuclear winter destroying Humanity.
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