But that is just what we said Monday, not having any idea what the reactions on Tuesday were going to sound like. We thought the President had been clear. “No nukes. Turn over the atomic dust.” There seemed at least to be some clarity as to what those two things meant, anyway, at least between […]

White House SitRoom Meeting Tomorrow Morning on Iran, No Nuke Deal In Sight Inline image Anders Hagstrom over on Fox isn’t giving the identity of his sources, but we find his reporting convincing based on everything else going on. He says there is going to be a Situation Room meeting tomorrow morning to discuss next […]

The Creative Section at Socotra House experienced a technical melt-down requiring direct assistance from Tech Support. Which was actually Will from the Shore Patrol, who had been an Intelligence Specialist while on active duty and was competent to plug things in. Or vice versa. There had been a couple days of tech trouble. We are […]

(Will, Mateo, Noah, Kaito and Frenchie of Socotra House Security). The Chairman has a few things going on in his expansive private life that does not directly involve our Creative Section or our leader Miles. There are some simple jobs piling up involving the company or corporate property that need a little extra protection. That […]

OK. Memorial Day is coming up shortly and the grilling season in Fairfax will be underway. That makes a challenge here for Socotra house, since the Galley off the Conference Room is inadequate ventilation. But come Summer we will be ready with propane power and the Russel range cooktop we keep in the back of […]

(DR. Anthony Fauci (L) and that Institute Currently In The News (CITN) (R). Did you follow this one yesterday? A career CIA analyst was trundled up in front of a Congressional panel to see if Doctor Tony Fauci participated in a cover-up of laboratory work he had funded at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in […]

This is an attempt to resurrect a fellow who may or may not be alive today. We are pretty sure the guy who drew the original pencil portrait at Naval Air Station Bunker Hill in Spring of 1944. It was in a sheaf of drawings he did of someof the young men who were preparing […]

Don’t get us wrong. We were comfortable with the President’s brief remarks this morning disparaging the Iranian response to his offerings of peace from late last week. He says the Cease-Fire in the conflict is on life support, and wonders what it will take to bring the lunatics to an agreement. Which according to the […]

“Hi! I don’t know how it got to be the heart of the cooking hour this soon after lunch, but that is the way things go around here.” Deirdre put down her spatula with a thump on the counter. “I am supposed to do something like a good will gesture that the Chairman can take […]

We had the Iranian response to the American 14-point proposal yesterday. That was judged unacceptable by Mr. Trump ,and he said so in no uncertain blunt terms. The pundit analysis that followed contained the messaging streams in play. The one this morning is that the Iranian response had contained a provision for a 30-day period […]