Notations From the Grid (Weekly Special Edition): #RandomThoughts on this #MLKDay2020

On this #MLKDay2020, we present the following #RandomThoughts : 

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What to Learn From Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy of Peaceful Protest

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Dr. King encouraged civil disobedience — he faced serious risks and caused tension by challenging the status quo.

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Notations On Our World (Special Friday Edition): On #IranProtests & The Week that Was...

The protests in Iran have apparently been brutally crushed.    Our team has been on the prowl and we will have a snapshot of the analysis during our weekend edition of Notations.     What we picked up, though, was quite telling:

As we went to press, the FInancial Times of London reported on the sense of the realities:

myFT Instant Alert World Voices from Iran: Protesters describe unrest and crackdown Details start to emerge as information blackout is finally lifted DECEMBER 6, 2019 by Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran

Meanwhile, in the United States, Impeachment gathered steam.   We hereby present the following on the view on Politics this week: