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Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Notations On Our World (Special M-End Edition): On Our World (Updated) .
One of the most striking images our team caught was this from the BBC Farsi's Rana Rahimpour on the analogy between the China Protests and the Iran Protests on how one Woman dared to question the hijab in Iran and how one man dared to stand up to Chinese Tanks. As we went to press, we have been seeing on-going images of Women continuing to populate Social Media.
We have also been assessing the upcoming India Federal (Union) Budget as India gears up for its' final budget before the 2019 General Election.
We have also been assessing the challenge of Gaza as this was underscored by the UN yesterday during the donor conference--this is as Ismail Hanyia, the Senior Hamas Leaders, has been designated a "Global Terrorist" by the United States and as the European Union has agreed to provide an additional $ 53 Million in aid in response to UN Budget Cuts:
Gaza close to social, economic collapse, UN envoy says
Gaza is near a total collapse and Palestinian Authority donor countries need to make the situation a priority, said United Nations Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov. "Returning Gaza under legitimate Palestinian control and ending all the militant activity there is critical," he said.
The Jerusalem Post (free registration) (1/30)
(Update: As the Month drew to a close, our team reviewed the chart below on Peak Oil:
Our team found it fascinating especially in light of the current focus on Fossil Fuels here in the United States. Our founder made it a point of tagging the Iranian Foreign Minister so that he at least understands the gravity of it all as Iran grapples with profound unrest and challenges on a multitude of fronts...)
Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Notations On Our World (Special M-End Edition): On The First #SOTU By @realDonaldTrump (Updated w/an analysis by @TrevorNoah)
President Trump delivered his First State of the Union. There were those who cheered (including Donald Trump Jr.) and those who opposed--including some who boycotted the speech. . The formal Democratic Response came from Congressman Joe Kennedy III, Senator Robert Kennedy's Grandson and a Great Grandnephew of President Kennedy:
Bernie Sanders and Maxine Waters also delivered rebuttals as there were Fact Checkers at Work at The Washington Post and the Guardian of London Among Others.
As the analysis continues, our team chose two competing narratives from the US Speaker of the House and the Chair of the California Democratic Party as the 2018 Mid-Term Elections loom with profound consequences for President Trump's agenda for the year:
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(*Update: A bit of a different take-away courtesy Trevor Noah:
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