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March 10, 2018 Vic Socotra

Freshman Beanie

I am going to be scrambling this next week- and you might as well you might be if you are a veteran of a certain age and vintage. I know- I should not read email in the morning when it might upset me. This particular bright and beautiful morning I got one of those Vet […]

March 10, 2018 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: Road Kills

Editor’s Note: down to the farm this morning to check on Edgar and Edwina, the famous Turkey Buzzards and maybe a winery or distillery visit. We will see…escaped the savagery of another Nor’Easter here in Your Nation’s Caital, but another is coming on Monday, part of a winter that really seems to like us. A […]

March 8, 2018 Vic Socotra

Japan-gazer Update — March 08, 2018

Japan-gazer Update — March 08, 2018 平成30年3月8日 = (30th Year of Heisei Era, 3rd Month, 8th Day) – – – – – = This week’s poem: A Version Of Wisdom All good things come to them that wait, Unless you wait too long, In which case, the saying’s wrong… { From my Blog: https://carllafong.blogspot.jp } […]

March 7, 2018 Vic Socotra

Postcard From the Swamp

Another interesting week here in The Swamp. Washington versus California in court and legislative action. Open Lawfare. I don’t know about you, but I have always felt that the 10th Amendment- the one that helpfully reminded the Federals that the powers not specifically allocated to them are reserved to the States and citizens, respectively- was […]

March 6, 2018 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: RussianGate Flashbacks

Editor’s Note: Another Nor’easter coming through Arlington tonight, which probably should spark the motivation for an afternoon trip to the Class Six store to stock up. As to the circus here in the swamp, those who are not career professionals in the Secret World it is perfectly understandable that one could miss the nuance of […]

March 5, 2018 Vic Socotra

Japan Happenings & Factoids

Japan Happenings & Factoids (05 MAR 2018) Editor’s Note: This is a Three-Part extravaganza. No Gomens required! (For non-7th Fleet sailors, that is “sorry!” in Japanese shorthand for the more formal “gomen nasai.” A thousand gomens for – Vic * CORRECTION: Gomen nasai … The 28 FEB Japan-gazer Update listed a wrong date for Emperor […]

March 5, 2018 Vic Socotra

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

I was kvetching about not following the latest films and what passes for television these sad days- a thousand High Definition channels and nothing on. I have been stuck in my chair or on the couch for a few days hoping vainly to shake whatever it is that is afflicting me. That and the great […]

March 5, 2018 Vic Socotra

Arrias: The Fascist State

Assume for an instant that what’s been said about Mr. Trump is, in fact, true; he’s a megalomaniac, intent on seizing control of the government and ruling as de facto dictator. And if he did? What would you do about it? The vast majority of us would directly feel the loss of freedom, the loss […]

March 4, 2018 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: Chart Room Requiem

Editor’s Note: This delightful romp through an older-era Key West hit me hard, as our little band of barroom refugees up in Virginia has first lost Willow and then Front Page here in Arlington. I remember a night in Key West where we stumbled into the Chart House to observe the table where famed treasure-hunter […]