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October 7, 2018 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: Random Thoughts on Our Bread and Circuses

The number of No votes on US Supreme Court nominees since 1900: Bork (Reagan) 58 Haynesworth (Nixon) 55 Carswell (Nixon) 51 Kavanaugh (Trump) 48 Thomas (GHW Bush) 48 Gorsuch (Trump) 45 Alito (GW Bush) 42 Parker (Hoover) 41 Kagan (Obama) 37 Rehnquist (Reagan) 33 [Chief Justice Vote in ’86] Is there an underlying pattern here? […]

October 6, 2018 Vic Socotra

Arrias: Lepanto and the Supreme Court

The previous few weeks raise some interesting questions; among them being what is likely to transpire when the next conservative judge is nominated to the court? The precedent set here is a derivative of what happened to Judges Bork and Thomas during their nomination hearing. It’s worth remembering that at no time did the Republicans […]

Young african elephants racing toward the water.
October 1, 2018 Luan S.

Young african elephants racing toward the water.

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September 28, 2018 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times — Salt and Yesterday’s Swamp Hearing

G.K. Chesterton wrote the following a century ago, but it strikes me as relevant to the Kavanaugh hearing that I followed yesterday. “One of those wise old fairy tales, that come from nowhere and flourish everywhere, tells how a man came to own a small magic machine like a coffee-mill, which would grind anything he […]

September 15, 2018 Vic Socotra

Storm Warning

We are dodging the bullet here in Northern Virginia and praying for the Carolinas. Anxiety level was high, and rains are supposed to come here Monday or Tuesday. We will see. So far we have kept power. More to follow. Vic

September 5, 2018 Vic Socotra

Swamp Postcard #46

I wasted the day…or better said, had the time to get a great chance to understand some of our elected fools better. Regrettably, I have to write this earlier than usual, since there are reasons for me to try to be at Joint Base Bolling-Anacotia (JBAB) early tomorrow. Yes, I know. Doesn’t matter where you […]

September 4, 2018 Vic Socotra

Great Sea Story

Gentle Readers (and Polliwogs)- This appeared this morning from Bill Studeman with and a hat-tip to Rich O’Lear and Jake Jacoby for sharing. There are many Shellbacks who have crossed the equator on a proud ship of War or Peace, a much smaller number of Golden Shellbacks have crossed the Equator at the Dateline. I […]