It is Friday here in #Outsiders and once again time for the Friday Musical Interlude. In the midst of the debate over Muslims, we thought this wonderful video by #Raef--our artist of the week-- underscored what America was about--our founder was so excited about this he was sharing it with his immediate network and sharing it as he was on the "Grid" throughout the day. The message is clear and we must all embrace it:
12/11/2015
Notations On Our World: On #Syria & the Refugee Challenge and What #Canada is Doing....
Syrian Refugees have begun to arrive in Canada. This headline was just beautiful and our team wanted to share it to underscore the humanity of Canada:
The Canadian Prime Minister made it a point of welcoming Refugees to Toronto as the first military planes arrived:
As this was going on north of the border in the United States, the US Congress was busy at work finalizing legislation on Visa Waivers. There has been a massive movement on Social Media--for instance one online actvist organized a group called HR158 on Facebook that has mushroomed to some 36,000 members so far. Groups like PAAIA and NIAC have mobilibzed their supporters in order to write letters, make phone calls and spread the word on the discriminatory nature of the legislation. What we have also found extremely disturbing is the efforts in Texas as we note the following from the Texas Governor's Website:
Momentum Continues To Build In Support Of State Refugee Security Act
Following Governor Greg Abbott’s work with Senator Ted Cruz on the State Refugee Security Act, which gives states and governors the tools to reject the resettlement of a refugee in that state unless there is adequate assurance that the refugee does not present a security risk, Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX), Chairman of the Terrorism Subcommittee, introduced and filed H.R. 4197, the companion bill to S. 2363 (State Refugee Security Act).
Governor Abbott Issues Statement Supporting Attorney General's Request To Halt Syrian Refugee Resettlement In Texas
Governor Greg Abbott issued the following statement in support of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s decision to renew their efforts to seek emergency relief from Syrian refugees coming to Texas.
The Canadian Prime Minister made it a point of welcoming Refugees to Toronto as the first military planes arrived:
As this was going on north of the border in the United States, the US Congress was busy at work finalizing legislation on Visa Waivers. There has been a massive movement on Social Media--for instance one online actvist organized a group called HR158 on Facebook that has mushroomed to some 36,000 members so far. Groups like PAAIA and NIAC have mobilibzed their supporters in order to write letters, make phone calls and spread the word on the discriminatory nature of the legislation. What we have also found extremely disturbing is the efforts in Texas as we note the following from the Texas Governor's Website:
Momentum Continues To Build In Support Of State Refugee Security Act
Following Governor Greg Abbott’s work with Senator Ted Cruz on the State Refugee Security Act, which gives states and governors the tools to reject the resettlement of a refugee in that state unless there is adequate assurance that the refugee does not present a security risk, Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX), Chairman of the Terrorism Subcommittee, introduced and filed H.R. 4197, the companion bill to S. 2363 (State Refugee Security Act).
Governor Abbott Issues Statement Supporting Attorney General's Request To Halt Syrian Refugee Resettlement In Texas
Governor Greg Abbott issued the following statement in support of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s decision to renew their efforts to seek emergency relief from Syrian refugees coming to Texas.
We will continue to assess this over the ensuing days.
12/10/2015
Notations On Our World: On The US Political Scene
As we write this, we're going to be joining a panel of undecided voters in Georgia put together by Erick Erickson which should be interesting to get a sense of the state of the Republican Primary as the countdown to the Primary is before us:
We wanted to also report on this from the Washington Post that was quite interesting on their take on Donald Trump. Our view is that his path to the Presidency is next to non-existent as he continues to make headlines as reflected below:
We wanted to also report on this from the Washington Post that was quite interesting on their take on Donald Trump. Our view is that his path to the Presidency is next to non-existent as he continues to make headlines as reflected below:
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| Mic Smith / AP |
| It’s not chaos. It’s Trump’s campaign strategy. |
| Behind the Republican front-runner’s string of headline-dominating controversies: discipline and method. |
| By Paul Schwartzman and Jenna Johnson • Read more » |
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