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October 23, 2018 Vic Socotra

Arrias: Existential Debt

Several economists, opining on the 2019 federal budget, lambasted the President for spending too much. They concluded that Trump must be stopped, and that, in particular spending on national security needs to be reined in. If not, we’ll be overtaken by the deficit and face economic ruin. Their solution appeared to be to vote for […]

October 21, 2018 Vic Socotra

HAITI DAYS

25 July 1995 HAITI DAYS Prologue We roared around the corner, swerved around a pothole big enough to eat a bus and emergency lights flashing went hell for leather out of Port Au Prince towards the desolate country near the border. The Peugeot was spinning wheels on the soft gravel of the new road. The […]

October 20, 2018 Vic Socotra

Boondoggle: Kadena

05 April 1979 A boondoggle fits in somewhere between one-time good deals and flat-out fraud. This particular evolution involved the annual re-qualifications for aircrews in pressure-chambering and seat shooting. The Navy, due to our addiction for large pieces of floating steel, enjoys a state of complete poverty in comparison with our sky-blue brothers in the […]

October 19, 2018 Vic Socotra

Team Spirit

1 April 1979 Team Spirit It was a mild winter in Korea, or at least as mild as they come up there. We were able to fly every day, as did our good friends the Russians. We bored all kinds of holes in the sky and cut endless miles of blue water off Cheju-Do Island. […]

October 18, 2018 Vic Socotra

Arrias: Convertibles and Cyber War

Years ago I bought a two-seat convertible – it was a great car, and a ton of fun to drive. But after I’d had it about a year it started turning off – just out of the blue. After making certain it was mechanically as close to perfect as it could be, I focused on […]

October 17, 2018 Vic Socotra

Arrias: Fit To Rule?

What a week: we had a chance to see our elected officials performing their assigned tasks. More broadly, we had a chance to see not only how certain Senators performed – whether or not they asked meaningful questions and sought to establish some measure of merit as to Judge Kavanaugh’s potential as a member of […]

October 17, 2018 Vic Socotra

Swamp Postcard: Calm Before Storm?

I forgot to throw in the issue of the latest Migrant March heading north across Mexico from Guatemala and Honduras to the US. “Open Borders” an issue at the ballot box in less than three weeks. For a quiet news week, there is certainly a lot going on…. Having a wonderful time. Wish you here. […]

October 15, 2018 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: Lives Well Read

RIP, my Kurtz and Ensign Yes, Rest in Peace, Mom and Dad. Those names were the pseudonyms I gave them seven years ago in my journals about their final years on this planet. Less than a year after their passing six months apart, their children were distributing their effects, selling their things and splitting their […]

October 12, 2018 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: Crazy Great

Vic, Here are some postscripted thoughts on this gent. When my riding brother passed the age of 70 many years ago, he had one of the best minds of all my acquaintances. It had not been destroyed by madness, frailty of the body, or starved hysterically naked into clicking endlessly on digital internet ads or […]

October 10, 2018 Vic Socotra

Swamp Post Card #48

Swamp Postcard, Post Confirmation Chaos Gentle Readers, We have never had a streak the like of this, each week seemingly more surreal than the last. This past week was wild- craziest yet- but I will refrain from saying it is the worst possible, but I know those cunning politicians are saying “Hold my beer. Watch […]