Yesterday, Socotra House LLC’s Legal Shop got a call from an old mentor who had stuck things out over at the Columbia Broadcasting System for what would have been a career. Or it would have been if he had done the same amount of time in the armed forces or fire-emergency. Or with the Cops.

Not at CBS, though we will have to wade through the details to see what thee pay-outs may actually amount to in terms of service to the network. The fact that CBS and correspondents like Edward R. Murrow defined the way we understand broadcast journalism. Even today, when the memo said “Thanks for a great hundred years, Folks! Bang! We’re Outta Here!”

Trump has recently remarked that the United States has taken up an untoward burden in the struggle against Iranian Oil Piracy and that some of our NATO allies have demonstrated a lack of will. And ships.

Thankfully, old ally Japan has awaked to its responsibility. Word this morning is that Prime Minister Sanae Takaishi may have come up with a contribution to the Straits Defense Problem that will satisfy world commericial insurance interests and the dignity of the Iranian and International oil customers.

Historic times, you know? There is talk that Japan’s Prime Minister traveled all the way to Washington to reveal her answer to the world trade and weapons of mass destruction issue. She is supposed to reveal it here this afternoon, in the Oval Office. It is supposed to look something like this:

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