An #Outsider Newsflash (Special Edition): Adding Our Voice to #FreeNazanin

We are privileged to add our voice to almost 900,000 people who have been gracious enough to sign the change.org petition to #FreeNazanin.    It has been over a year as we hereby note this here courtesy of the team at @Change.Org:

Notations On Our World: On National Service (#Mayor4Service, #County4Service, #Tribe4Service)

We wanted to dedicate this week here throughout all of our properties here at the Daily Outsider  Outsiders to National Service as President Trump's Budget blueprint has called for the elimination of the Corporation For National Service that spearheads National Service Throughout the United States and The World.    It is the primary Federal Agency responsible for innovative ideas like that President's National Service Award that has been at the forefront of elevating Civic Engagement.   Our team has also been witness to AmeriCorp Fellows being placed at Non-Profits throughout the United States including right here in Orange County California at leading Non- Profits including one organization we have supported-Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County.   It underscores what was noted by the Corporation for National Service (as we are honored to join #Mayor4Service, #County4Service, or #Tribe4Service )  as we hope that this will prompt the Administration to seriously reconsider its' elimination.   

Notations On Our World (Special Edition): On Removing South African President Zuma not about regime change: Opposition parties

South Africa is in a state of flux in the aftermath of the removal of the Finance Minister and his Deputy.   The South African Rand has dropped 11%  and South Africa's Sovereign debt was downgraded to junk status.    This is as Opposition leaders united in their agitation to remove President Zuma From Office as noted by Polity & other key developments underscoring the profound fissures at the highest level of Government including the Deputy President: 


Removing President Zuma not about regime change: Opposition parties: South Africa’s opposition parties would embark on a national march to the Union Buildings next week as part of their ongoing efforts to remove President Jacob Zuma from power. Leaders of the Democratic Alliance (DA), the United Democratic Movement (UDM), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), Congress of the People (Cope) and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) held a meeting in Johannesburg.

Ruling party headed for showdown after finance minister sacked POLITICS South Africa's president faces a confrontation with senior members of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the country's currency has plunged after the country's finance minister was...

National Treasury will be another SABC – Vavi POLITICS The South African National Treasury will soon be rundown like other State institutions such as the ailing South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and power utility Eskom, trade unionist...

Ramaphosa speaks out against corruption POLITICS   Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for the removal of “greedy and corrupt people” in an audio clip taken from a speech he delivered in KwaZulu-Natal this weekend. Following President Jacob...