Notations From The Grid (W-End Edition): On a Very Interesting Week on the US Campaign Trail

All the candidates are on the prowl as Iowa begins.   We thought a sampling of the discourse by the campaigns was crucial as we await the results and as Mr. Trump skipped the Final Fox News Poll and Hillary Clinton again was subject to an Email Controversy as the New York Times came out for her: 

From the Marco Rubio Campaign 

, We don’t have much time so I’ll get right to the point: A group of generous supporters have agreed to match all grassroots donations dollar-for-dollar before the voting in Iowa starts. Time Remaining for Matching Funds mike p, we cannot let this opportunity expire without you taking part! This is a unique opportunity to raise DOUBLE the amount for Marco, and we cannot let a chance like this go to waste.   For just a few more days, your donation to Marco will be DOUBLED.   I asked our digital team to make this easy for you to donate.  All you have to do is click (or tap) one of these buttons, contribute, and your matching funds will automatically be applied: Your donation will ensure Marco has the funds needed to run a strong and WINNING campaign in Iowa and all the states that follow. All eyes are going to be on the fundraising numbers we go into Iowa with, and therefore your donation has never been more critical.   I’m going to have the data team give me an update tomorrow about the progress towards our goal and I’m planning to personally review the names of every supporter who helps us out and takes advantage of matching funds. So I hope I’ll see your name on there, mike p.   I know we can count on you!   Thanks for your help.   Sincerely,   Terry Sullivan Campaign Manager Marco Rubio for President   P.S. REMEMBER -- our goal is participation (total number of donations) and any amount unlocks matching funds. So even if you can only spare $1, it will count (and get doubled). Click here to give just $1.   P.P.S. If you have ever thought about making a donation to Marco, now is the time! We are just THREE DAYS away from voting in Iowa, and your support is crucial to our success. Please stand with Marco right now! From the Hillary Clinton Campaign  From the Bernie Sanders Campaign: Mike - When we first launched our campaign, the polls in Iowa showed us down 41 points against Hillary Clinton. The political media laughed at us. They said our "radical ideas" would never attract much support against an "inevitable candidate." But together we’ve built a campaign on the verge of accomplishing what everyone but us thought was impossible: winning the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. The nominating contests begin two days from today with the Iowa caucus where we are down just two points, but have the largest grassroots organization of any campaign. And I know that if everyone like you who has already contributed to our campaign matched their previous donation today, there would be nothing the millionaires and billionaires funding the Clinton campaign and coordinated super PACs could do to stop us in Iowa: https://go.berniesanders.com/win-Iowa This moment requires us to think differently about our challenges. The same old establishment ideas won’t do. But charting a new course will require the active participation of millions of Americans in every community in our country. And I know that if we stand together today, we will win. In solidarity, Bernie Sanders The View From the National Review On Donald Trump:   January 30, 2016       THE BEST FROM THIS WEEK ON NR   Dear Trump Voters, Your Darling Is a Two-Timing Cad READ MORE   Senator Tweets Questions to Trump We All Deserve an Answer To READ MORE   Lena Dunham: I Want to Tell the Media Which Words It Can’t Say about Hillary READ MORE   Sarah Palin’s Disgusting Excuse for Her Son’s Violence against His Girlfriend READ MORE   Jerry Fallwell Jr.'s Endorsement Mistake READ MORE   Yes, It's Fair to Question Donald Trump About His Many Affairs READ MORE   As the World awaits Iowa, it is bound to be interesting to say the least.

The Friday Musical Interlude: On the Artist of the Week & @Pandora "Throwback Thursday"

On the last Friday and the last week-end of January 2016, our team decided on something different for the Friday Musical Interlude--a bit of a "Virtual Treat" which we first started thanks to our Founder!!! 

Our team is a fan of Pandora and we received this which we hope all  enjoy here.    As it is our tradtion, we have also selected an artist of the week-Basia which we hope all enjoy selections of her work in our Visions, Education & Community Channel. 

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Notations On Our World: On #Americas Watch w/the US Presidential Campaign

The Fox News Debate is on for Tonight and Donald Trump is not going to be there--at least that the latest as we went to Press here. The "Fight" with Fox News has been telling--and we here at #Outsiders commend Fox News commend them for standing up for journalistic Principles.    The "punditry" has said that the moves by Fox News will only boost the profile of Mr. Trump.     

There are   indications based on the polling reviewed by our team  that Mr. Trump may win Iowa as he continues his dominance in New Hampshire.    The so-called Establishment candidates have been on the prowl enticing their mailing lists with money as  Erik Erickson, the noted Conservative Analyst, is for Cruz despite all the indications to the contrary--but the polling seems to have not moved.  We had noted that we will not be reliant on them--however we will be assessing the aftermath to truly gauge the effectiveness of it.     This is a sampling from Marco Rubio's Campaign (Our Team has edited out the "donation links): 

mike p, Every debate this cycle has been important, but we all know this is the biggest one yet.   Iowans start picking our next president in just over four days, can you believe that?   Here in Des Moines, you can feel the pressure. But believe me, Marco’s ready. He’s worked incredibly hard (and so have his supporters -- in Iowa and elsewhere) to get to this moment.   As with other debates, Marco’s going to use tonight to get his message out there -- his conservative policies to build a New American Century, his plans to undo the damage President Obama’s done to our country, and how he’ll unify the Republican party.   That’ll set him apart from some other candidates: Some are going to come in aiming just to tear each other down. Some of them don’t have conservative records to tout. Some of them are all about dividing America, and the Republican party, into hostile factions.   Marco did not come to Des Moines to attack other Republicans -- but he’ll be ready to respond if they attack him. He will not hesitate to point out the differences between himself and other candidates, but his message is fundamentally a positive one.   The Republican party must unite behind a candidate who will beat Hillary and build a New American Century. We’re not going to do that with a message that divides America -- we’re going to do it with Marco’s optimism.   We want to show Marco all the support we can get before he takes the stage tonight -   And tune in to Fox News at 9 PM Eastern tonight -- you won’t want to miss it.   Thanks for reading, and enjoy tonight!   Alex Conant Communications Director Marco Rubio for President

  

As we were on the "prowl" and finished off our Daily Social Curation over Twitter, we saw this on The Economist Website that is foretelling what is to come in the Campaign:

Please note the agony in Uncle Sam's Face that epitomizes many which led to what the National Review did last week as it came out against Mr. Trump and epitomized by the latest series of Articles released recently on its website.    We hope all enjoy the "show" tonight as well.

Notations From the Grid (Special Edition): Remembering #Apollo1

Remembering #Apollo1 In their memory our team will be dark today to honor their sacrifice https://t.co/a3sBBJ2iJW

— The Daily Outsider (@DailyOutsider) January 27, 2016

Notations On Our World: On #Americas Watch with some late breaking developments

The Oregon siege is over as the FBI raided the wildlife refuge, arrested Bundy and seven others as one was killed in the raid.    The image above is from the Wall Street Journal Feed on Twitter just reported within the past 5 minutes.   

As we were assessing all the coverage, we also have been continuing our on-going assessment of the campaign and the latest conflict Mr. Trump has with Fox News.   This has been released by the Campaign that is also available on Mr. Trump's Twitter Feed: 

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— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 27, 2016

He continues to tout his Poll Numbers and the pundits seem to so far agree.    This was also as the President of Liberty University, Jerry Falwell Jr., endorsed him today.

The Debate is scheduled for Thursday.     It is quite an experience to be witness to it all especially as Michael Bloomberg is slated to potentially enter the race.    There is also very crucial development that was reported by the Guardian as the Doomsday Clock was set at 3 Minutes to Midnight:



The World continues to be ever so challenging.

Notations On Our World: On the "Virtual Road" w/Iran's President #Rouhani in #Europe

Iran's President Rouhani is on a four-day trip to Europe.    It was interesting how President Rouhani was accommodated as nude statutes in the Italian Parliament was covered for his visit and as  wine was not served during the Official Meals.    It was of note that 17 Billion Dollars worth of deals have been signed.

As part of his meetings, President Rouhani and the Holy Father also had a meeting at the Vatican as President Rouhani asked The Holy Father to pray for him:



We will be sharing updated notations over the ensuing days...this is a developing story as Iran is open for business....