Author: Vic Socotra

Japan-gazer Update — March 08, 2018

Japan-gazer Update — March 08, 2018 平成30年3月8日 = (30th Year of Heisei Era, 3rd Month, 8th Day) – – – – – = This week’s poem: A Version Of Wisdom All good things come to them that wait, Unless you wait too long, In which case, the saying’s wrong… { From my Blog: https://carllafong.blogspot.jp } […]

Postcard From the Swamp

Another interesting week here in The Swamp. Washington versus California in court and legislative action. Open Lawfare. I don’t know about you, but I have always felt that the 10th Amendment- the one that helpfully reminded the Federals that the powers not specifically allocated to them are reserved to the States and citizens, respectively- was […]

Life & Island Times: RussianGate Flashbacks

Editor’s Note: Another Nor’easter coming through Arlington tonight, which probably should spark the motivation for an afternoon trip to the Class Six store to stock up. As to the circus here in the swamp, those who are not career professionals in the Secret World it is perfectly understandable that one could miss the nuance of […]

Japan Happenings & Factoids

Japan Happenings & Factoids (05 MAR 2018) Editor’s Note: This is a Three-Part extravaganza. No Gomens required! (For non-7th Fleet sailors, that is “sorry!” in Japanese shorthand for the more formal “gomen nasai.” A thousand gomens for – Vic * CORRECTION: Gomen nasai … The 28 FEB Japan-gazer Update listed a wrong date for Emperor […]

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

I was kvetching about not following the latest films and what passes for television these sad days- a thousand High Definition channels and nothing on. I have been stuck in my chair or on the couch for a few days hoping vainly to shake whatever it is that is afflicting me. That and the great […]

Arrias: The Fascist State

Assume for an instant that what’s been said about Mr. Trump is, in fact, true; he’s a megalomaniac, intent on seizing control of the government and ruling as de facto dictator. And if he did? What would you do about it? The vast majority of us would directly feel the loss of freedom, the loss […]

Life & Island Times: Chart Room Requiem

Editor’s Note: This delightful romp through an older-era Key West hit me hard, as our little band of barroom refugees up in Virginia has first lost Willow and then Front Page here in Arlington. I remember a night in Key West where we stumbled into the Chart House to observe the table where famed treasure-hunter […]

The Great Dismal Swamp

I actually have a pal who lives in the Great Dismal Swamp, located down in Tidewater Virginia, and which, as his reporting indicates, is actually kind of pleasant. But we have hit some doldrums here due to the catastrophe in Florida. The national discussion about school security is so horrifying that it quiet literally sucked […]

First thoughts, Point Loma…

Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this promotion ceremony. We are glad to see that you have chosen to take a few moments out of your busy lives to come and honor a great navy tradition and maybe have a few hors de’oevres and drinks at the same time. First, let me thank […]