(CREATIVE SECTION LEADER MILES GESTURES TO THE NEW SUPPLY OF LUCAS DRONES). Miles was beside himself this morning. Literally. He was waving around the new munitions he was stockpiling down on the P3 parking level at the Building. “They only will take up one of the three parking places we have. Plus, the Tomahawks the […]

There is a tidal current of messages in progress this morning. It is an epic time and still unfoldingg in crimson billows of fire and black smoke overseas. General Razin Caine this morning briefed us that “Shock and Awe” was a component of the plan. We felt it. The crowd at Socotra House in various […]

Sundays carry a little chaos at Socotra House. That is expected. We have to get a product out between Holy Services and what the Chairman calls “Brunch.” The Daily Grind — the only sanctioned early-afternoon indulgence — was already making the rounds. Miles stood, attempting to herd the Boomers as Eggs Benedict were assembled somewhere […]

The first round of assessments is beginning to come in. As always, first things first. Preliminary reporting indicates that the opening strikes focused on Iranian integrated air defense systems. Russian-made radar arrays and surface-to-air missile sites were targeted with Tomahawk land-attack missiles, followed by air-delivered munitions against known relocation and command nodes. Early ISR suggests […]

In the Morning… Miles looked down the table with a frown. “Too soon to tell how this is going to play out. No BDA yet. We expect something before lunch, and we may learn if the leadership was taken out, or if there was chem/bio payloads in the missile response by Iran. We won’t know […]

Snow Delays & Regime Change Windows Miles stood before the White Board like a man briefing a reluctant empire. STATE OF THE UNION – Tomorrow Night He tapped it with the marker. “With the USS Ford strike group still sliding east across the Mediterranean, and a prime-time address tomorrow, war with Iran probably can’t happen […]

Inline image Splash set the tablet in the middle of the Conference Table. The screen glowed blue — icy blues — snowflakes, rinks, and the sort of frozen theater that pauses a nation. He raised his hand over it, then pointed at Miles. Our Section Leader was reclined in his ergonomic throne, watching a faster […]

Men’s Olympic Hockey Gold in OT! We have some Michiganders in the crowd and emotion was high. The American men join the Women’s team as best on Ice in ’26! Elsewhere, shortly after midnight, a young man attempted to penetrate the security perimeter of the home of President Trump at Mar a Lago. He was […]

“Two shotguns, a pistol, ammunition, flamethrowers containing thermite, and a cell phone,” Miles announced to open the Saturday session. “Is that what we’re supposed to bring if we go to the VABC store before the next Bomb Cyclone?” Rocket asked. “The ice mound in the left turn lane off Leesburg Pike from January is still […]

Splash looked over at the crowd at the north end of the conference table. The fog outside the east window bank swaddled the view in white nearly as thick as white cotton stuffing. “It is supposed to get to the mid-fifties later, so I think we will be done with the snow cover by this […]