Author: Serene Sargent

I make jewelry and try to read everything on the US Civil War and Reconstruction that comes out, (thereby knowing many smart people.) I know a bit of law, care about Beatles historiography and love the Nagras. Jane Austen whispered her Emma secrets to me across many miles and 200 years. ✨ My father was Bill Sargent, the Pay Per View Beatles guy. #DYRBRY

The Strait You’ve Never Heard Of

“The Red Sea, with the Suez Canal in the north and the Bab el-Mandeb in the south, is one of the most vital sea lines of communication and a critical shipping link between our Pacific and European allies … Since a significant part of USCENTCOM’s forces would deploy by sea, ensuring these waterways remain open…

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BEWARE:

BEWARE: Heed to my warning before you move out and don’t cross your guns with her quick trigger mouth she’s the infamous myth of the Indian South She’s got game playing, slick talking, dual-barreled lips revolving, revolver, lube moistened hips she’s the 38-Special of LSD trips She stays straight locked and loaded and ready to…

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Some more 5th Fleet action: NAVCENT

Found this one on Saudi-US Information website listed under the hashtags #nottrending #antiviral Lucky you have me, I guess. I was, perhaps, a bit defensive about one particular term chosen by Batmish for my otherwise ridiculously complementary bio page in his graphically extraordinaire Christmas “Art As Arson” publication; and that term was “arcane.” He called me a “dabbler in the arcane.” I’m…

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TWINS

“Sufficient unto the day is one baby. As long as you are in your right mind don’t you ever pray for twins. Twins amount to a permanent riot. And there ain’t any real difference between triplets and an insurrection.”     -Mark Twain

Angela Davis is my new hero

I just watched Ava DuVernay’s (Selma) extraordinary documentary, The 13th on Netflix and I highly recommend it. For me, other than just being a great movie, being “introduced” to Angela Davis was a revelation! How did I not know this woman? She’s incredible. So immediately after the movie was over I went to Youtube and…

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