(Junior U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania John Fetterman, who continues to recover from a stroke during the last campaign cycle. He has become alert, much to the surprise of many observers. Photo Commonwealth of Pennsylvania). We like the date: 1-11, or a least the start of this one. We rose this morning with the usual heightened […]

So, here we are in the New Year! Morning, Gentle Readers! As usual, all sorts of activity going on in our madly spinning world. The actual election year is starting here, and will be the loudest noise through the year. Apparently the MSM has been summoned to the President’s re-election team to be briefed on […]

There is a bunch of stuff going on this morning. We discussed in some minor detail the strange antics of the American Command and Control system yesterday, and the details of the hospitalization of Secretary Austin, and the apparent delay in notification of the PRESIDENT, his DEPUTY, the CONGRESS, CHAIRMAN of the JOINT CHIEFS and […]

It is a remarkable thing, this experience we share on a spinning globe hurtling in an elliptical manner around a gigantic ball of bright burning gas. We have our relatively short times here on earth, and the cohort of the Salts in the circle are all becoming conscious that our time here is entering the […]

Author’s Note: Yesterday we commented that SECDEF Austin was working from home, or something. We wish him well an a speedy recovery. But in our comment on the DEPSECDEF, she was not informed as she went on vacation. Others not in the loop: the President, National Security Council. Congress and the Service Chiefs. The latter […]

It is a big day! Unexpected, though. Bear with us, please. We were going to talk about the big snowstorm but it didn’t happen. Instead, we are going to talk about the Big Anniversary. We may be old, but we are still organized! We had contingency plans to bring out the National Guard to deal […]

Six weeks to Spring, you know? But we have to get through the weekend. Here is our new friend, Iceberg A23a; Inline image We had a festive dram of good cheer with the breakfast offering. We have completed our review of the pst year and are agreed to let it go! We feel awake and […]

(Grainy photo of the Iranian frigate Alborz entering the Red Sea. Low resolution image used for identification purposes only). Progress! We are getting in tune with the new number we are supposed to attach to the end of the date at the top of these missives. It is only a single number, mind you, but […]

Good Afternoon, Gentle Readers! So, that other year- the one with the ‘odd’ last number- is now three days old and stacked in the corner with the other ones used in their time. We here in the Writer’s section are ready to move on. Forward! We have just passed a relative calm period in some […]

02 JANUARY 2024 FOOTNOTE: “The opinions expressed by contributors to this information stream are their entirely their own and do not necessarily represent the views of vicsocotra.com. AUTHOR’S NOTE: DR. Claudine Gay is the 30th president of Harvard University, with other distinctions. She is the second female and first person of color. We are not […]