Wednesday, August 26, 2015

On the Prowl w/a "View of the Week"

As I was tending to support @Daily Outsider  today, I ran across this from a friend which I wanted to share in my "Corner" as this "View of the Week":

This beautiful story has a simple, yet important message. 
Sometimes it is the simplest of stories that make us
 ponder the most….
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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

On this "Late Night": Late thoughts on the #IranDeal & the #Vote4Peace quest.....

I was working away on research in support of the Network while making the rounds on "the Grid".   I ran across this:

My endorsement of the Iran Nuclear Deal--
Posted by Hamid Dabashi on Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Professor Dabashi is one of the leading scholars in the World on the Middle East and Islam.   His eloquence in support of the Iran Deal is telling--as it was the leading dissident Nasrin Soutodeh.   Jafar Panahi, the banned Director, also came out in support.    It was also of welcome note that three leading Jewish members of the House of Representatives who have come out in opposition to the Iran deal came out condemning the heated discussions surrounding the deal which I shared on my personal twitter feed earlier: 


We can always disagree without being disagreeable.

Pounding The Virtual Pavement On This Tuesday.....

It has been quite a whirlwind in #outsiders this morning as the team has been busy w/the Daily Twitter Curations and releasing "Notations" For the day.    As I have been supporting the on-going daily research, I have also been on the "prowl" on an issue I have noted here in my "Corner":  the Iran Deal.  As I was making my personal daily rounds on the grid, I saw this:



I view this as huge as she has suffered so much and I was proud of the fact that I joined the on going "Virtual Agitation" to call for her release.