6/02/2015

Notations On Our World: On #Syria

Syria's disintegration is continuing in a major way.     Daesh (also known as ISIL/ISIS) controls almost 116,000 Square Miles of Territory in Iraq and Syria.     What is even more disturbing is reports that Russia and Iran have begun withdrawing resources from Syria--including leaving Bashar Assad's War Room in Damascus  as underlined in this tweet released earlier:




+Haaretz הארץ  is also reporting that the Syrian Army has ceased to exist.    This is a developing story as the control of key cities by the regime is in question including Damascus itself.   One interesting question is whether Daesh will actually survive a post-Assad era.    

6/01/2015

Notations On Our World: On Quite a Day @ SCOTUS

  The Supreme Court of the United States handed down two very interesting decisions today:


We will be sharing comments on these over the ensuing days as we analyze the decision.  This as the Country awaits some key decisions on Same Sex Marriage and On Subsidies for the Affordable Care Act.   







5/31/2015

Notations on Our World: An #Outsider newsflash On the US Political Scene

It is Sunday and the United States Senate is in a rare Sunday Session.    As we went to press, Senator Paul of Kentucky is speaking on his objections to the renewal of the Patriot Act.    He has acknowledged the fact that the Bill will pass as the filibuster was stopped by a vote of the US Senate with the past five minutes.

Senator Paul is underscoring his profound objections under the 4th Amendment and is laying out his arguments.    Based on what we've seen so far, we believe that the Patriot Act will pass.