{"id":19035,"date":"2019-10-25T14:52:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T14:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/?p=19035"},"modified":"2019-10-25T14:53:51","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T14:53:51","slug":"swamp-postcard-new-depths-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/swamp-postcard-new-depths-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Swamp Postcard: New Depths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19037\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/swamp1-102519.jpg\" alt=\"swamp1-102519\" width=\"410\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/swamp1-102519.jpg 410w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/swamp1-102519-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I will admit that most right-thinking folks are a little bleary today. At least the ones that watched the Astros-Nationals game last night until midnight. I confess I watched every pitch of both games so far, a first for this Major League Season, and I was gratified that no pro-Hong Kong demonstrations erupted. The series moves to The Swamp tomorrow to resolve the matter, though I find the concept of &#8220;resolution&#8221; being an alien concept here by the Potomac.<\/p>\n<p>Tough week all over, as best I can tell. I do not have hope that things will get better anytime soon. The best alternative I can think of is to enjoy the vibrancy of the Virginia autumn and how lucky we are to have the serenity we create for ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>Goodness knows we are going to find none of that in a Swamp that seems to be finding new and unprecedented depths.<\/p>\n<p>I am sensitive to that terminology- I would get yelled at for using it from the briefing podium at PACFLT when describing unusual Soviet submarine operations. I would try to answer honestly, saying &#8220;Well, it is the first such activity today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Having a wonderful time. Wish you were here!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Vic<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19038\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/swamp2-102519.jpg\" alt=\"swamp2-102519\" width=\"863\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/swamp2-102519.jpg 863w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/swamp2-102519-600x342.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/swamp2-102519-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/swamp2-102519-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/swamp2-102519-493x281.jpg 493w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 863px) 100vw, 863px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2019 Vic Socotra<br \/>\nwww.vicsocotra.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yeah, I will admit that most right-thinking folks are a little bleary today. At least the ones that watched the Astros-Nationals game last night until midnight. I confess I watched every pitch of both games so far, a first for this Major League Season, and I was gratified that no pro-Hong Kong demonstrations erupted. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-socotra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19035"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19040,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19035\/revisions\/19040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicsocotra.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}