(Fair Use of the term in Lo-Res for identification of a re-purposed National Holiday named “Bloomeroo 2023!” with the year planned for annual updating).

You can imagine the hub-bub around the patio on a Spring day with all sorts of stuff flying around. There is the legal event up north in New York today, and the rhetorical flourishes in both streams of information are pretty dramatic. It is a little different than the “walls are closing in” mantra, since there are actual walls involved this afternoon for an indeterminate amount of time. Another digital one showed up in a text from the company Legal section. It advised ‘a middle ground approach’ to commentary of any possible event or digital image, used only under “fair use” provisions in lo-res for identification purposes.

That diverged attention from what is going on now to creation of a new footnote to go with the list published on the Company website protecting the Chairman from possible future violation by the independent contractors who provide daily content. The new note (‘foot’ referring to a universal ‘upper’) attempts to bring together the previous jumble of disclaimers into a more unified format, including the non-profit small disabled veteran-owned business angle. DeMille had a draft of the proposed new footnote. He passed it around on his glowing tablet device. “Socotra House does not necessarily agree or have any responsibility for anyone else’s eccentric contention.”

Rocket is normally on the leading edge of events and leaned forward on his deck chair. “Contention of what? There are people shouting “Lock Him Up!” and others gravely saying “this marks a significant change in how the judicial system works.”

DeMille smiled. “It is supposed to be a nice day with temperature near 80 for the first time this season.”

“Come on! Doesn’t the new footnote mean we can say what we actually feel?”

“Sure. Just include Legal on “CC” for the outgoing stuff. They say they want to be prepared in case an expired misdemeanor turns into a felony charge to the company about a seven-year-old then-legal contract being mis-booked in another city.”

Universal agreement on that matter, and with it out of the way we were ready to start the day. The Ukrainians say they shot down 14 drones overnight and there was interest here, since the Russians have turned the old supply lines around. They have hundreds of the drones apparently provided by the Iranians. And the Russians are arresting American journalists. Or spies, depending on who you hear it from.

Don’t worry. Events may be kind of chaotic, but we are working on a new footnote so Legal can get it on the website to protect any inadvertent disclosures by contract personnel. DeMille says we may shift to another stream in the information torrent. He thinks we can go back to promoting ‘Bloomeroo 2023!’ as the name for a new National Holiday period to mark this time of dramatic change. He says “just stay away from any specifics for which anyone might be accountable.”

We are in! Happy Bloomeroo2023!

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