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January 10, 2018 Vic Socotra

Postcard from the Swamp #28

OK- the lights, decorations and the world’s most bedraggled artificial tree have been nestled in the storage locker with care, and it is time to deal with the Bold New Year. California got smacked again- earthquake near Berkeley and then an intense rainstorm that brought down some of the hillsides in the areas that had […]

January 9, 2018 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: Good Night White House

Author’s note: Almost a year into our new, stranger times, it feels like we are living in some fictional spooky midwest town. We are beset with multiple sideshow investigative dramas alongside existential threats with childlike leaders trading insults across the oceans. It’s like we are living inside some poorly written and directed film and video […]

January 9, 2018 Vic Socotra

Arrias: Iran: Will This Time Be Different?

Over the past week speculation has spanned the full spectrum as to what will happen in Iran: the Mullahs who’ve ruled Iran since 1979 are facing protests in a number of cities as many citizens call for greater freedoms and greater representation in their government. The catalyst for the riots was rising food prices. But […]

January 7, 2018 Vic Socotra

Japan-gazer Special — Coded Communications In Space

COMMENT: Happy New Year all — I pulled this one out of the internet news data torrent, just to allow some focus on what the article reports, and, perhaps more importantly, what it implies and portends. In my experience, Japan’s mainstream Yomiuri Shimbun seems to have pretty deep source connections into the Japanese government, and […]

January 4, 2018 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: Anger and Distrust in Savannah

Damn, I wish you were here to enjoy this beautiful Savannah weather with me. It is early winter, and things are finally beginning to die. It is wonderful to be out in the crisp air, with the leaves turning dark yellow, and the warmth draining out of the sunlight and big natural gas log fires […]

January 3, 2018 Vic Socotra

Phantasy Patches From Long Ago

Editor’s Note: Fired up the old laptop down at the Farm, and look at what showed up. A long time ago, in a place very far away. I don’t think I would have changed a thing. Welcome 2018! – Vic

January 2, 2018 Vic Socotra

Arrias: Under Qualified?

Editor’s Note: Arrias takes a last outing in bedraggled 2017. I join him in wishing you a happy and prosperous 2018! – Vic Under Qualified? I have some really smart friends who send me things to read. Last week one sent an article about the President’s plans for modernizing the nation’s transportation infrastructure – roads, […]

January 1, 2018 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: You Know You Are Getting Old When . . .

Editor’s Note: First out of the box from Marlow for Bold, Brave and so far Beautiful 2018! – Vic You randomly search the web for a band from way-back-when whose song just shuffled along past your ears to discover that a key member passed away without you knowing it. You consider factoring mortality into your […]

December 31, 2017 Vic Socotra

The Last Page

(Amanda, along with Brian, Laura, Jason, Sean, Arrian and Shea, kept us in good spirits for nearly two years). I must say, our merry band of Refugees have conducted a remarkably successful campaign to destroy our favorite watering holes in the Ballston neighborhood of Arlington County. Any place we like gets shuttered muy pronto. Our […]

December 31, 2017 Vic Socotra

Life & Island Times: Faster Bikes

Editor’s Note: Marlow’s last outing of this strange year. Time for a little reflection. And aged Whiskey. Happy New Year! – Vic I’m an old school motorbike rider, you gotta understand You can see my eyes are clouding over, my face no longer tan Stooped back and gait hobbled by too many miles on my […]

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