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January 22, 2017 Vic Socotra

Arrias on Politics: We the People

The transfer of power, per the Constitution, has taken place. President Obama peacefully and gracefully ceded power to President Trump. Huzzah! Three Cheers for the United States of America! It’s worth noting that while Mr. Obama was passing power to Mr. Trump, troops from Senegal and Nigeria were moving to Ghana, preparing to remove the […]

January 21, 2017 Vic Socotra

Foxing the Sun

Editor’s Note: The ladies from Massachusetts made it to Arlington some time long after I was asleep at the farm. The plans to get them a parking pass and the keys to my unit worked, according to Donna this morning, who cheerfully rang me up to dispel any misgivings. She and her pals were going […]

January 20, 2017 Vic Socotra

Life and Island Times: Road to Paradise

They were oblivious to the 24/7 televised reporting on world events, certain in their knowledge that there would be political, financial, and human carnage from big to small. They did know that they were headed north towards green mountains. Their planned path would take them through many small town main streets in the northeast. They […]

January 20, 2017 Vic Socotra

Up Periscope!

20 January 2017 Editor’s Note: There is something going on downtown this morning- some transfer of power or something- and I have other places I want to be. in fact, I rose at that place a few years ago feeling the same sort of dislocation I am feeling this morning. No major incidents of violence […]

January 19, 2017 Vic Socotra

Gag Rule

Editor’s Note: I hope things go well tomorrow. I have a commitment in town this evening- the ‘town’ being on the more pleasant side of the Potomac- and then will flee to the countryside where, with a little luck, nothing at all will happen. There being no alternative, I suppose we will just see how […]

January 18, 2017 Vic Socotra

Pacific Winds

Editor’s Note: So, this week the Big Surprise is apparently going to happen. Weather is not bad, all things considered, and the closures are going to start happening all over town. Some of them are by the Law Enforcement people, and others are rumored to be planned to disrupt the various events that will signal […]

January 18, 2017 Vic Socotra

Life and Island Times: Motorcycle Winter Blues

Editor’s Note: It’s time for a pause from the four corners saga. This is a piece for northern riders whose bikes are nestled snugly in their riders’ garages. – Marlow Most American riders outside the deep south and west coast have an offseason, when old man winter and polar vortexes make them put up their […]

January 17, 2017 Vic Socotra

Staff Work

Editor’s Note: So, the big deal in Your Nation’s Capital this week is avoiding what is going to start happening later this week. I plan to be safely at the farm, well away from the commotion downtown. Rumors are swirling about what may- or may not- be in store. The DC Anti-Fascist Coalition apparently intends […]

January 17, 2017 Vic Socotra

Life and Island Times: Snake Eyes

This morning Marlow had the lead until the first gas and rest stop. It was going to be a long day of riding on two lane back country roads they had never seen or ridden. As Rex had not group ridden with Marlow in the lead, a short pre-brief was required. “We all know back […]

January 16, 2017 Vic Socotra

Potsdam and Monkfish

(Planning the Post-War World. Potsdam Leaders, July, 1945) The dining room of Tracy O’Grady’s Willow restaurant is a contrast to the bar area where I normally hang out. It is much lighter and airier than the dark wood area, though it shares a certain intimacy. It is all white table-cloths and spare elegant furnishings with […]

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