With all due respect @PJORourke...no..America is better than Donald #Trump despite his success: http://t.co/1njWht7Ugi via @thedailybeast
— Mike Pouraryan (@mikepouraryan) June 16, 2015
Fascinating to be witness to.....
6/16/2015
An #Outsider Newsflash: On the US Political Scene (w/an Update on the #Trump Annoucement)
Fascinating to be witness to.....
6/15/2015
Notations From the Grid: On #Iran
As we went to press with the latest edition of "Notations", Negotiations with Iran have been continuing as the June 30 deadline is drawing ever so closer. We have seen reports on how negotiations have stalled and how Iran has seriously thought about moving the venue due to spying allegations against Israel. Beyond the negotiations, there is a quite bit going on the domestic front.
One of the more interesting stories we have been quite amazed by is how the Former President has been "banned" by the Judiciary. His pictures and images have been officially prevented from being published. Yet, it was quite interesting how leading figures of the regime had been quite vocal in expressing their condolences upon the passing of his mother a number of months ago. Our founder had helped to spread the message through Twitter. Yet, this seems to continue and this latest example on Instagram underscores how all will continue to band together to report on the latest on Mr. Khatami which is available by clicking on here.
As this debate on Instagram ensued, we found a curious comment attributed to President +Hassan Rouhani . The President serves as the Chairman of the Supreme National Security Council and a statement came out noting that no such order was given by the Council on the ban against former President Khatami. As this one was going on, an Iranian Member of Parliament wrote an open letter posted on Instagram to the Prosecutor General asking the legal justification against the ban imposed on former President Khatami. The Parliament Member, Ali Motahari, is an interesting character in taht he's been one of the vocal opponents of the so-called principlists within the Parliament who have tried to stymie President Rouhani's Initiatives. Motahari is also the man who was beaten up in Shiraz and has had speeches cancelled by local authorities. He reminds us of the valiant Anti-Apartheid Icon Helen Sussman who stood against injustice in South Africa at the height of the Apartheid years:
Our team ran across this image of Mrs. Sussman with Nelson Mandela.
This is as another grim milestone was before us: The Protests of 2009 that was violently crushed which has seen the continued detention of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi. It was quite telling how one of Rouhani's Deputies noted how they have been cleaning up the disaster that Ahmadinejad left behind--and it is just striking how some of his ministers have begun discussions about forming another party to contest elections.
One of the more interesting stories we have been quite amazed by is how the Former President has been "banned" by the Judiciary. His pictures and images have been officially prevented from being published. Yet, it was quite interesting how leading figures of the regime had been quite vocal in expressing their condolences upon the passing of his mother a number of months ago. Our founder had helped to spread the message through Twitter. Yet, this seems to continue and this latest example on Instagram underscores how all will continue to band together to report on the latest on Mr. Khatami which is available by clicking on here.
As this debate on Instagram ensued, we found a curious comment attributed to President +Hassan Rouhani . The President serves as the Chairman of the Supreme National Security Council and a statement came out noting that no such order was given by the Council on the ban against former President Khatami. As this one was going on, an Iranian Member of Parliament wrote an open letter posted on Instagram to the Prosecutor General asking the legal justification against the ban imposed on former President Khatami. The Parliament Member, Ali Motahari, is an interesting character in taht he's been one of the vocal opponents of the so-called principlists within the Parliament who have tried to stymie President Rouhani's Initiatives. Motahari is also the man who was beaten up in Shiraz and has had speeches cancelled by local authorities. He reminds us of the valiant Anti-Apartheid Icon Helen Sussman who stood against injustice in South Africa at the height of the Apartheid years:
Our team ran across this image of Mrs. Sussman with Nelson Mandela.
This is as another grim milestone was before us: The Protests of 2009 that was violently crushed which has seen the continued detention of Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi. It was quite telling how one of Rouhani's Deputies noted how they have been cleaning up the disaster that Ahmadinejad left behind--and it is just striking how some of his ministers have begun discussions about forming another party to contest elections.
6/14/2015
Notations For the Week-End: On A Challenging World
It has been quite a week-end in our World. Our team has been on the "Prowl" with the US Sunday Morning Public Affairs Shows as they have had discussions on Iraq, the US Presidential Campaign and other interesting tidbits around our World. One interesting one was on the decline of populations around the World on +Fareed Zakaria where he reported on his GPS Show on the dilemma faced by Denmark, Italy and others around Europe on declining populations. It was quite stark how he noted the United States will continue to enjoy a sense of vibrancy due to Immigration. The challenge for the United States is to sustain it--which we hope to have it as a regular feature soon.
One of the things as we begin our new here throughout #Outsiders is another periodic focus of us: the Environment and climate change. Pope Francis is slated to issue a crucial encyclical this week which will lay out a call to action on this. This is as the Prince of Wales has called for a Magna Carta for Earth. It was interesting how one of the Presidential Candidates, Rick Santorium, said that the Pope should leave Climate Change to the Scientists--not realizing that the Pope is a Chemist. +Fareed Zakaria was quite poignant in his commentary on this during his show this morning.
It is also of note to underscore that we've been "Virtually Breathless" as we have been assessing the US Political Scene. Hillary Clinton had the formal launch of her campaign yesterday in New York and +Meet The Press had an interesting show dedicated to the "Dynasty" candidates as Jeb Bush is slated to announce tomorrow in Miami. The "Grid" has been abuzz of the "logo" to be formally unveiled as +Mashable reported on it over Twitter:
One of the things as we begin our new here throughout #Outsiders is another periodic focus of us: the Environment and climate change. Pope Francis is slated to issue a crucial encyclical this week which will lay out a call to action on this. This is as the Prince of Wales has called for a Magna Carta for Earth. It was interesting how one of the Presidential Candidates, Rick Santorium, said that the Pope should leave Climate Change to the Scientists--not realizing that the Pope is a Chemist. +Fareed Zakaria was quite poignant in his commentary on this during his show this morning.
It is also of note to underscore that we've been "Virtually Breathless" as we have been assessing the US Political Scene. Hillary Clinton had the formal launch of her campaign yesterday in New York and +Meet The Press had an interesting show dedicated to the "Dynasty" candidates as Jeb Bush is slated to announce tomorrow in Miami. The "Grid" has been abuzz of the "logo" to be formally unveiled as +Mashable reported on it over Twitter:
.@JebBush's very enthusiastic 2016 logo squashes campaign speculation. http://t.co/tKwM9r4Ixe pic.twitter.com/mf3Xk784KF
— Mashable (@mashable) June 14, 2015
Donald Trump is also slated to make an announcement on Tuesday.
Beyond the political moves in the United States, there is the on-going inferno in the Middle East. It was a distressing scene as Turkish forces used water cannons to hold back Syrian Refugees trying to escape the violence in Syria. This is as we were reviewing reports this morning of car bombs going off in Iraq as Daesh (also known as IS in the West) continues its' murderous campaign of death. It has been one year since the Popular Mobilization Force was established in line with the fatwa from Ayatollah Sistani to push back the advances by Daesh. It has made inroads--but the road to defeat Daesh/IS remains as daunting as ever.
One thing is for certain: Whoever is elected President of the United States will have a very full inbox.
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