Category: DailySocotra

Islands In the Stream

We won’t belabor the geography this morning. Last month, U.S. Central Command hit Iranian targets on Kharg Island, where Iran used to conduct about 90% of its petroleum exports. We did not hit that island over the weekend, concentrating our attention much farther east, around the Strait of Hormuz and Larak Island on Sunday. We […]

Castle Breaker: Iran’s New Missile Alters Trajectory of War?

Kheibar Shekan “Castle Breaker” ballistic missile, with a 900‑mile range and maneuverable warhead It’s amazing what can be done in the comfort of the recliner these days. Remember what effort went into constructing these things that now can be conjured up to imagine capabilities at will? And intent? Since these rocket things are rail or […]

Meeting Things Head On

Hey! Get your head straight! I did not spend fourteen seasons in contact football, eight of them in full pads, to not pay special attention to the reports of cognitive issues discovered in former football players. I do not claim I was particularly good at the sport, although enthusiastic, but I certainly did get hit […]

Iranian Republican Guard Decision Making This Week

This was the word on the Iranian Republican Guard High Command mobilizing missiles, rockets and drones to impose it’s will on the Strait of Hormuz and any entity that threatens it. The Americans would be the ones in those cross hairs, with this guy the way he looks at work. This is General Mohsen Rezaei, […]

Welcome to Week Zero

There are certain phrases that make perfect sense once somebody explains them, although you may wish they hadn’t. “Week Zero” is apparently one of them. The 2026 college football season officially gets underway today at noon Eastern, which seems perfectly normal until you discover that the opening game is being played five time zones away […]

Rocket’s Cooking By Colors

An Emotional Chili Dance Off! Miles had a bunch of cool topics lined up for the graphics and production guys, who were already about halfway out the door to head across the River and see if they could get a seat at Eebee’s Corner Bar over in Shaw. There was one that showed how Deirdre […]

Best Darn Burger in DC?

We don’t know if this one is, but it stopped Deirdre in her tracks when she went looking for Rocket to open our weekend spread on the way he manages chili recipes across spice, color and the main protein in the pot. You knew starting with something this emotional was going to get us agitated […]

Sturgeon, Spartans, Wolverines & Splash

There was a reddish moon hanging over the conversation in the Conference Room this morning. It is the August Sturgeon Moon, one of those old seasonal names that survives from a time when people paid considerably more attention to what was happening in the water and sky than to what was happening on their phones. […]

Sturgeon Moon and Generations

The Conference Table has been getting crowded, lately. It was making the Dance-Off crowded and a little confused. This afternoon we have drifted into a severe thunderstorm alert that will last nearly through the eclipse tonight, so we may miss that part of tonight’s show, though we may have other things to watch out the […]