Thursday, February 2, 2017

Notations On Our World (Special Edition): On the Eve of Super Bowl LI & A Musical Interlude

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It is Super Bowl Weekend here in the United States.     The Motto of the New England Patriots (who are facing the Atlanta Falcons) of "Do Your Job" was noted by the US Secretary of State as he reported to work at the State Department.     In that spirit, our team decided to feature this that was featured on the New England Patriot Website: 



As it is also the eve of the Week-End,  please enjoy this selection from Cold Play for our "Musical Interlude".    


Enjoy Super Bowl Weekend.





On The Prowl For the Evening.....

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Our team is just receiving reports on President Trump  (and as noted by the Washington Post within the past hour) warning Israel that expanding settlement may hinder Middle East Peace.   Our view is that this may have been prompted by the meeting President Trump had with King Abdullah of Jordan at the National Prayer Breakfast earlier today.     It is a developing story and will be welcome in Arab Capitals--although it will be interesting to see how The Government of Israel will react to this.   




On the Virtual Prowl in Washington as Rex Tillerson Arrives at the State Department


It has been another interesting 24 hours as the Trump Administration put Iran on Notice, President Trump hung up on the Australian Prime Minister (and he noted for all not to "worry" about it at the National Prayer Breakfast--not withstanding The Australian Prime Minister denying that the President hung up on him.   With this background in mind, The new  US Secretary of State went to work: