Author: Vic Socotra

Just Released: Audiobook NILO Ha tien

Gentle Readers, This special issue of The Daily does not mark a change in our editorial policy of restricting those irritating ads and random screen clutter. It marks something else entirely. A new adventure! As you may have noticed over the last couple decades, I have been fascinated by how the vast global system works. […]

Disclaimers

I don’t know about you- one never can, on any particular issue these days. Particularly if there is something that sweeps over the fetid political sewer that so divides us these days. I have pals on all sides of all sorts of issues. Some of them have been fulminating about the current President since before […]

Sherlee Will Save Us

We talked about this a while back, as the current round of scandals was playing out as “new news.” It is hard to keep track, but I do my civic duty as I can, without leaving the farm, maintaining social distance when I have to and masking if I happen to be at home on […]

Arrias: Modern Major Generals

Editor’s Note: Eight for Brunch! No singing, social distancing, masks optional! Lovely day in the country! Arrias was with the Warriors! – Vic Modern Major Generals I spent this past week with some real professionals – 15 guys who are seasoned members of one of those DOD organizations that doesn’t exist, and 3 guys who […]

Editor’s Note: I was going to muse about the notion of “trust” and some peripheral issues related to public lies this morning. I don’t know about you, but I find myself in a position where I no longer trust anything I hear from anyone. We are apparently supposed to believe in “light” as guidance for […]

Swamp Postcard: The Scandal de Jour

It is easier to predict the next scandal, which is determined by what day it is, than to try to sweep up the de jours of the last week of political maneuverings. Great fun, and thoroughly enjoyable. The State of New York continues it’s battle with the Federal Government. The valiant defenders of liberty have […]

Life & Island Times: Are you positive?

Editor’s Note: Did you watch the convention last night? The magnificent spectacle of the 2020 election continues, an affirmation that the old United States is behind us now. We touched on the information campaign line-up yesterday, and while amusing, it just isn’t quite a funny as the great events unfolding before us deserve. This morning, […]

The INFO Campaign

Just a quick one today as the election looms. The information campaigns from both sides deserves a quick update. It is grand fun. I offer this synopsis only as a snapshot for what both sides hope will work as we line up for the dramatic conclusion. The “mostly peaceful protests” is still a chip in […]

Operations Planning

Big strange year, isn’t it? I almost died near the beginning of it, then struggled with recovery amid the rational planning and lunacy of the pandemic response. All of it with politics in the background, slowly swelling to a continuous level of hysteria that is fun to follow. My fellow veterans already have a taste […]

Arrias: In Defense of Defense, and Social Security

The tentative Democratic Platform proposes $1.2 trillion in Defense cuts over the next ten years (nearly a 20% cut). In one article on the subject the author commented that “nearly half of all US discretionary spending goes to national security.” Hmmm… Meanwhile… Things are getting sporty in Belarus; President Lukashenko, who received 80% of last […]