"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:

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:

Let's all work 2gether 2 #Vote4Peace and let #Congress know as well: http://t.co/5ZgX6gB6vC #Mossadegh pic.twitter.com/7blzihu5O2

— Mike Pouraryan (@mikepouraryan) June 10, 2015

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:

A "view of the week" on the State of @GOP...tough read: Chris Lehmann in the #LRB: http://t.co/QZcxvFDiqI via @LRB

— The Daily Outsider (@DailyOutsider) June 11, 2015

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.

Notations On Our World: On the Plight of the Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi & Freedom of Speech

 

We here @ #Outsiders have been showcasing the plight of Raif Badawi who as noted in the Amnesty International Call to Action Earlier today, ".... that Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court upheld blogger Raif Badawi's sentence to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for "insulting Islam through electronic channels."  We joined the call to action by Amnesty International to prevail upon Saudi Authorities to reconsider this verdict in support of Freedom of Speech everywhere and in support of Ensaf Haidar, Raif's Wife and his children.   

We will continue to monitor this case over the ensuing days and weeks.
 

Notations On Our World: Late Breaking Developments (#Iraq; #Mosul & #US Deploying Troops)

As we write this, we are getting reports from the US networks that the Obama Adminstration is dispatching a 500-strong contingent to Iraq osteinsbly to train additoinal Iraqis as they gear up to take back the City of Ramadi.      Currently there are 3,000 Advisors fighting on the frontlines and whether this is a major escalation remains to be seen.   

This escalation is as Daesh continues to expand its' footprint.   What was quite striking was how the Iraqi Prime Mniniste promised that the invasion of Mosul was evident.   Yet, it is far from it.   The BBC uncovered a blockbuster to underscore the extent of the brutality and sheer terror the people of Mosul have been subjected to--we have noted some excerpts released to the BBC site below--please click here as we wanted to have the entire spectre of reporting done by Ghadi Sary of the BBC who secured this compelling clips:

1. Inside Mosul: Persecution of minorities

   …Exclusive footage obtained by the BBC's Ghadi Sary from inside Mosul reveals how IS persecutes minorities. The fall of Iraq's second-biggest city was part of the brutal, extremist group's rapid…

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2. Inside Mosul: Indoctrination and surveillance

   …Exclusive footage obtained by the BBC's Ghadi Sary from inside Mosul reveals how IS controls its population through indoctrination and surveillance. The fall of Iraq's second-biggest city was…

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3. Inside Mosul: Control of women

   …Exclusive footage obtained by the BBC's Ghadi Sary from inside Mosul reveals how IS controls the lives of women. The fall of Iraq's second-biggest city was part of the brutal, extremist group…

It is chilling....and a developing story.....

View from the Grid: On the Price For Peace

For this edition of "View  From the Grid", our team chose this that was reported by +Haaretz הארץ  which underscored how Peace can have such a massive dividend for Israel that our team released to Twitter earlier today:

A very compelling rationale for Peace as it notes #Israel  could add $120b to her  coffers 4 #peacehttp://www.haaretz.com/business/1.660211

— The Daily Outsider (@DailyOutsider) June 9, 2015

Will courage prevail?  That's the compelling question.

Notations On Our World: Reuven Rivlin has proven that he is president of the real Israel - Israel - - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

This is compelling:

Reuven Rivlin has proven that he is president of the real Israel - Israel - - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News