Notations From the Grid (Thursday Edition): On the #Russia Hacking Hearing, #Syria & Other Thoughts

The Washington Post this morning reported on the hearing convened by Arizona Senator McCain as some US Senate Members were not ready to cross swords with the President Elect:


This is as halfway around the World, a very problematic development occurred in Syria:  The lack of water in Damascus as the war continues despite a supposed nationwide ceasefire:



The past 24 hours has also seen some interesting shifts in the media landscape as Megyn Kelly has decided to join NBC News, Tucker Carlson (who had a stint at CNN, founded the Daily Caller and now also works for Fox) will take over her slot and as Medium (that We here at the Daily Outsider consider a partner) has gone through a restructuring.  

As our team continued its' daily assessment of our World, we were blown away by what we saw at  the New York Times regarding  Brazil which we will be pursuing throughout the year to assess the impact of austerity on the ordinary faces of the largest country in South America.   

   

On the Virtual Prowl Some #WednesdayWisdom

As our team worked away on the network today, the team decided in the spirit of the Twitter #WednesdayWisdom Hashtag to share some "Wisdom" from our archives  which we hope is of interest:

On The Virtual Road @ CES2017 In Las Vegas: Get Ready for Your Week in Las Vegas with These CES Fun Facts

Once again, our World will be blown away by the gadgets that will be rolled out by the leading lights in the tech world this week in Las Vegas. As we keenly await some cool rollouts (Faraday with the car to beat Tesla; LG coming out to outhome Google Home), our team thought all might enjoy this from the Consumer Electronics Association that is as good a guide on the happenings. This is a show that has been going on for 50 years!!!

CTA - Get Ready for Your Week in Las Vegas with These CES Fun Facts: New Year’s Day may be the official start of the near year, but it also means we are one day closer to CES 2017! On Thursday, the doors to the world’s largest consumer technology trade show will open. But before you board the plane and head to Las Vegas, check out these fun tidbits about CES.