On This #911Day.......

Today is Friday 9/11.   Fourteen years ago today the horrible day occurred that changed America and the World forever.   It is a day to remember and reflect on this Patriots Day as we are here throughout #Outsiders.

Our team's tradition to share the Friday Musical Interlude is dedicated to America Today as we chose David Lanz' Redition of America for this day as we also feature the call to action from the Team at 9/11 Day & Good Deeds.       We also join US Senator Kristen Gillibrand of New York as she is spearheading efforts to ensure that all the first responders are taken care of.

This call to action was telling as we should heed the voice of the young who were born on this day:

Please watch this 30 second message from one child born on 9/11.

What to do this 9/11. Today we remember the victims and heroes of 9/11 by doing good deeds. Any good deed counts. Be kind to others. Put aside differences, and think of ways to help others. Remember the spirit of unity we all shared right after 9/11. Take Hillary's video message to heart. Please also share your good deed plans with others: Visit 911day.org and post your good deed on our site. (You’ll need Facebook) Go to Twitter and tweet your 9/11 good deed. Tag us @911day and use #911day. Share on your Facebook or Instagram page, tag us @911day and use #911day. Tag your friends and urge them to do good deeds, too. You can also join our Facebook orTwitter pages. Read what others are sharing. On this solemn and important 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance, we dedicate our thoughts, our prayers, and our good deeds to those who lost their lives or were injured, to their families, and to the many who bravely rose in service in response to the attacks. Tragedy wasn’t the only thing born on 9/11. Hope was born too. We wish you peace on this day. David Paine                         Jay Winuk Co-Founder, 9/11 Day         Co-Founder, 9/11 Day

We close this with this David Lantz Tribute to America as we also note this from President Ronald Reagan:

Notations On Our World: On the US Political Scene

The Cruz/Tea Party Patriot Rally against the Iran Deal was one of the highlights.  It featured Glenn Beck, Michelle Bachman, Sarah Palin along with Ted Cruz and the headliner:  Donald Trump.   Our team's assessment was simply this:  great entertainment. This rally occurred as  the Iran deal is done with 42 US Senators supporting the deal.    The debate will continue to be robust.    

The House leadership decided to not put the Resolution to disapprove sponsored by Congressman Ed Royce of California to a vote--and to instead put up 3 separate resolutions.    Some in the pundit class noted that this is a prelude to another lawsuit that the House may initiate against the President.     It must be noted that there is another lawsuit already that Professor Jonathan Turley of George Washington Law School is Lead Counsel and he reflected upon a major development in his blog earlier yesterday:

FEDERAL COURT RULES THAT HOUSE HAS STANDING IN HISTORIC CHALLENGE by jonathanturley The House’s entire legal team would like, first and foremost, to express its gratitude and respect for Judge Rosemary Collyer in issuing this historic and profound decision. The opinion is attached below. Read more of this post

The contention by the Conservatives in the House is that the President has not in fact presented the information and hence the trigger for the 60-day review period has not even begun.   The key date is September 17 and if the Congress does not act by then, the President is authorized to remove sanctions.     The US Congress is also slated to vote on the Federal Budget since the Fiscal Year will begin October 1.

In the meantime, the Presidential Candidates have been hard at work.   Mike Huckabee took up the cause of the jailed Kentucky County Clerk who defied A US Supreme Court order and was sent to jail by a Federal District Judge.   Ted Cruz tried to "crash" the party in Kentucky before rushing back to Washington to officiate at the Tea Party Event along with Donald Trump.    Donald Trump continued his "Trumpism" as he criticized the looks of Carly Fiorinia who hit back .    Jeb Bush was on Stephen Colbert.   Other candidates continued to criss-cross the Country and hit the political talk show circuit--including Martin O'Malley of the Democrats on Bloomberg and Jim Gillmore on All In With Chris Hayes.   Ben Carson was in our home county of Orange County speaking at the Anaheim Convention Center.   All the polls have Donald Trump and Ben Carson at the top and everyone else on the Republican Field is at 6 percent or below.   Our team was startled as we reviewed this from the National Review on one of the former stars, Governor Walker:

Scott Walker has long been a favorite for the GOP nomination in 2016, but since he announced his candidacy, things haven't gone nearly as well as expected.

National Review's Rich Lowry and Eliana Johnson write in an in-depth piece today on Walker's implosion - and what he can do to salvage his chances for 2016.

…Some formerly admiring political insiders describe his campaign as "dreadful" and "completely unworthy of Scott Walker," and wonder if he can recover.
What happened? Unaffiliated political strategists, operatives from rival campaigns, and Walker allies - almost all of whom requested anonymity to speak frankly - describe a number of challenges and mistakes.

Read the FULL STORY HERE.

As we went to press, The Daily Update here reflected the reporting courtesy of Fortune that the Fed will balk at raising interest rates because of the carnage in the markets and the uncertainty in China that our team has been reporting on daily during our daily "Twitter Roundup".   

Not withstanding the rhetoric of the candidates, what happens beyond the shores of the United States matters       The war in Yemen is continuing with no clear end in sight as Egypt announced a contingent of 800 Soldiers will be deployed.   Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the UAE have soldiers on the ground already as the war seems to see no end.   Syria is also just as challenging as ever especially as the Russians have begun a major deployment.  

It is ever so a challenging World.....

Notations On our World: A Brief Update On US Election Watch, Climate Change & Other thoughts

Our team has been on the "Virtual Prowl" as it has been assessing the latest on the US Political Front. It was of note how Hillary Clinton came out with an apology and also this email late last night as her poll numbers continue to slide:

Mike -- I wanted you to hear this directly from me: Yes, I should have used two email addresses, one for personal matters and one for my work at the State Department. Not doing so was a mistake. I'm sorry about it, and I take full responsibility. It's important for you to know a few key facts. My use of a personal email account was aboveboard and allowed under the State Department's rules. Everyone I communicated with in government was aware of it. And nothing I ever sent or received was marked classified at the time. As this process proceeds, I want to be as transparent as possible. That's why I've provided all of my work emails to the government to be released to the public, and why I'll be testifying in public in front of the Benghazi Committee later next month. I know this is a complex story. I could have -- and should have -- done a better job answering questions earlier. I'm grateful for your support, and I'm not taking anything for granted. I understand that you may have more questions, and I am going to work to keep answering them. If you want to read more, including my emails themselves, please go here: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/emails/ Thank you, Hillary It is quite a read.   This is as Republicans are trying to gain traction through the media as he Ted Cruz and Donald Trump (and others including Sarah Palin) teamed up to rally against the Iran Nuclear Deal.    Ted Cruz noted that Iran can create an EMP attack that would directly impact the Eastern United States.        Beyond the US election scene, another more crucial event is coming up.    Itis the climate change in Paris coming up later on this month.   Our team will be on the "Virtual Road" as we assess the proceedings.   The team @350.Org sent this advisory out with a key advisory on an event they have planned for tomorrow:

Friends,

To be honest, I'm not much a fan of big climate summits. None so far have done hardly anything to solve the problem, and this year's Paris talks may be no different.

But if they're good for anything, it's that for a few weeks at least, the world tends to focus a little more on the state of the climate and our attempts to save it.

And so with the big Paris talks on the horizon, our job is to focus that attention on what it will really take to get serious: keeping at least 80% of fossil fuels under ground and getting to 100% renewable energy by 2050.

What may be different this time is that getting there is actually quite possible. The cost of solar panels is lower than ever and falling, and a big movement has sprung up to oppose new fossil fuel projects from Keystone XL to the Galilee Basin coal reserves in Australia.

We have a whole plan for the coming months: from local workshops this September, to a global day of action at the beginning of the Paris talks, to a mass action to have the final word after they end. And to cap it all off, April of next year we're planning the most ambitious wave of global action yet.

And tomorrow night in New York City, we're kicking it off with an event co-hosted by Naomi Klein, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, and a ton of activists from around the world -- and we're livestreaming it out around the world.

We're going to try and lay out the road ahead for the climate movement -- how we're going to use mass action and divestment to keep turning off dirty energy, and turn on cheap, clean renewable power all over the world. We'll lay out a roadmap past the Paris talks and straight to one of the biggest days of resistance we've ever engaged in. Also, there will be good music!

So if you can't be there in the room, be in the virtual room on your computer. Just click here at 7 PMEastern time tomorrow when the show gets underway, and press play: 350.org/off-on-live

In short, it's a night not to miss. Oh, and tweet in ideas/comments if you're watching; I'll be trying to monitor them during the show. Just use the hashtag #offandon.

With gratitude for all your work,

Bill