6/12/2015

"The Friday Musical Interlude" : Sunshine

As part of the on-going development, we decided to rename the 'Periodic" Musical Interludes as "The Friday Musical Interludes".   We will feature a selection every Friday.

As a new day dawns here through #Outsiders,  for this Friday edition of the "musical interlude"  our team chose Paul Hardcastle's "Sunshine" which we hope all enjoy:

6/11/2015

Notations On Our World: Briefly On the #Iran Agreement

We have just received reports that a delegation from Israel has left for Washington for a final briefing on the Iran Nuclear Deal.    This is as a grassroots efforts has commenced by a coailitoin including +NIAC , +J Street  & a number of others to help insure that Congress has its' say by approving the deal.

What we found especially stirking was the poll by +J Street on how a majority of American Jews support the moves for Peace.      We also were especially taken aback as we were "On the Grid" On this beautiful image for peace by the Iranian Artist Parvizi Kalantari that was shared by Professor Hamid Dabashi of Columbia on Facebook:


This is as our founder lent his voice for this thru his Personal Twitter feed yesterday:



Notations From the Grid: Briefly On the US Political Scene

The US Political scene has been as vibrant as ever during this past week.   Jeb Bush is slated to announce on June 15 as Hillary Clinton is scheduled to make a major speech on Saturday.   According to this morning's New York Times, she's slated to invoke the legacy of Franklin Delano Roosevelet in her speech in New York.   

Our team @ #Outsiders has been working away assessing the state of the Campaign and all the latest moves and will be releasing a series of "Notations" Soon.   Our team selected this to underscore some interesting (and potentially challenging pedigree) especially that some of the so-called GOP "A-Listers" have to contend with as this +London Review of Books noted:





What we found quite interesting was how Marco Rubio was able to raise 100,000 Dollars to counter the attacks from the so-called Liberal Media especially as the New York Times was on the Prowl earlier in the week on this.