Notations On Our World (Special Thursday Edition): On @POTUS Watch

Senator Bob Croker 

President Trump has again been very busy today on Twitter as he attacked Lindsay Graham and Jeff Flake.  The Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Bob Croker, came out swinging against the President as we saw this courtesy of NPR:

In the Bloomberg Column, Senator Croker went out to defend Senator Flake by noting,......"...Senator Flake is one of the finest human beings I’ve ever met...The White House would be well-served to embrace the character, the substance of someone like Senator Flake. He’s one of the finest people I serve with.”   What is signiciant is that he was vetted as a choice for Secretary of State--although he had already showed his opposition to the Adminstration when he told the Secretary of State that the Budget of the State Department as proposed was a joke.

As our World was witness, yet again, to another horrific attack by Daesh-Inspired terrorists in Barcelona, the President went after and noted how Radical Islamic Terrorists must be defeated.   He Cited General of the Armies John Pershing's supposed (and debunked myth) about how he dealt with Muslim insurgents in 1911--as underscored by this which is available with a simple Google Search.

As our team was busy w/the daily commitments, we ran across this courtesy of the Presidential historian  Michael Beschloss‏ on his Twitter Feed: 

Our team found this to be quite ironic.

Notations From the Grid (Special Mid-Week Edition): Thoughts From The Holy Father

On this "mid week",  we hope all enjoy a selections of thoughts we chose from the Holy Father's English Twitter Account (@Pontifex) in light of the challenging times we have been witness to:

Hope is the virtue of a heart that doesn't lock itself into darkness, that doesn't dwell on the past, but is able to see a tomorrow.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) August 6, 2017

We effectively do good when we do it without seeking reward and in the concrete situations of everyday life.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) August 1, 2017

We must overcome all forms of racism, of intolerance and of the instrumentalization of the human person.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) July 18, 2017

None of us is an island, autonomous and independent from others. We can only build the future by standing together, including everyone.

— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) June 19, 2017

Notations From the Grid (Special Edition): On #Iran and the Opposition

For this special edition of "Notations From the Grid" Our Team chose this from one of the leading internal opposition figures in Iran, Mehdi Khazali.    He has yet again been detained by Iranian Judicial Authorities after he was courageous enough to criticize the Judiciary for its' total lack of indepedence and the injustices it is known for.    Earlier today, in our Ordinary Faces Property, we reported on the plight of Nazanin Radcliff who has been in prison for over 500 days as we joined the call for her release.     

In this clip on his instagram account (that we believe was released by his family), he notes (in persian) his call to all to give voice to such as their voices are silent in Prison.   He has, yet again, gone on a hunger strike because as he noted it is the only weapon he has to protest his unjust detention:

اعتصاب غذا آخرین سلاح مظلوم ! لحظه ای که اعتصاب شروع می شود و گام به گام به سمت مرگ نزدیک می شود . تکلیف دارید خواب و‌خوراک را زمین بگذارید و صدای او را به گوش دیگران برسانید! این تکلیف شماست! چون او دارد سلاح آخرش که بذل جان است را کشیده است و فریاد می زند ! صدای او از سلول به جایی نمی رسد! شما باید صدای او باشید... #اعتصاب_غذا #مهدی_خزعلی #خزعلی #بازداشت #لاریجانی

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