Deirdre had an answer for a weekend swirling in conflict, for kinetic and legal. Her answer was prompted by news about another disaster overseas, and a reason to concentrate on nutrition. Southern-Fried Prawns are a delicious and crispy treat to remedy the needs of watch-standers, drop-bys and sleep-overs at the Socotra House the Creative Section. […]

We will keep this short, and did not want to lead with it with this morning. But the reports are coming in now that evening is coming to Red Square. This was this year’s celebration of Victory Day for the Soviet Union over the forces of actual Fascism in 1945. What is interesting is the […]

There wasn’t much in the news this morning, no surprise, since the Iranians were rumored to have had 48 hours to respond to a US proposal for peace issued Wednesday. That would have expired around lunch time today, and although we are starting to get a little hungry, no word from the part of the […]

(A topic of moderation this morning, this is a “six pack” of the Gold Bar adult evening beverage. Courtesy Three Brothers). Friday Watch: Before Breakfast VIRGINIA BEACH | HAPPY HOUR FRONT What was going on back here wasn’t much new. Maybe more by Happy Hour. Then it starts all over again. Or more accurately, the […]

(Clockwise: portrait of Captain John Paul, later Rear Admiral John Paul Jones; daguerreotypes from the 1905 exhumation at the paved-over Cimetière des Protestants Étrangers; and the final crypt at Annapolis.) The Forgotten Admiral There is a bunch going on overseas, and America’s ships are enforcing sanctions and maintaining blockades. We will know more about how […]

The Boomers almost missed two mornings. There is a reason for it, which Miles is still working on and not quite ready to launch. That was the matter of the successful test of the Premium Kratom Alkoloid 40MG tablets last Thrusday which we immediately followed by what might have been another attack on President Trump […]

Miles looked at the unusually large crowd in the Conference Room. Watch sections Alpha and Bravo overlapped—one coming, one going—while Charlie lingered out by the Jacuzzi. Something had hit the STOP sign. The last transmission confirmed it: blockade imposed at the Strait of Hormuz. Negotiations had broken after nearly a full day at the table. […]

Sorry to take up bandwidth with an update that is a dramatic step for which US negotiators were prepared. Permitting the Iranians to regulate shipping at will in the Strait, like nuclear weapons in the hands of a Terrorist State. What’s next involves others. And quickly.   Vic and Splash

This slide summarizes our extensive research into the session of talks in Islamabad which had lasted nearly a full day with the bearded U.S. Vice President looking across the table at bearded Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi. Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff was freshly shaven, bringing a touch of the old formal world of diplomacy to […]