Notations On Our World (Special Friday Edition): On President's Day W-End Here in the United States

Earlier this week, our team chose this to tweet which we wanted to feature in honor of President's Day here in the United States:  

#MondayMotivation #TuesdayThoughts #WednesdayWisdom #ThursdayMotivation #FridayMotivation #SaturdayMotivation : https://t.co/LySdCnBVc0 pic.twitter.com/en4RsDudtm

— DailyOutsider (@ordinaryfaces) February 12, 2018

This is as President Obama's Official Portrait was unveiled Monday at the Smithsonian in Washington and what was noted by the New York Times on the setting of it was telling: "...Kehinde Wiley (The Artist)  has set Mr. Obama against greenery, with flowers that have symbolic meaning: African blue lilies for Kenya, his father’s birthplace; jasmine for Hawaii, where Mr. Obama was born; chrysanthemums, the official flower of Chicago, for the city where his political career began....along with Mrs. Obama " 
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Notations On Our World (Special Edition): On The Shootings Today In #Florida & #FordMeade

It has been a tragic day here in the United States as there has two shooting that made National Headlines--which has triggered another round of thoughts and prayers by President Trump and Vice President Pence and calls to not "come to conclusions.    As we went to press here, there were 16 of the young at the Florida School were reported as dead--suspect had an AR-15 that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas once noted to be a "Sportsman Weapon".

The following two set of statistics we picked up were quite telling and tragic: 

America has 4.4 percent of the world’s population, but almost half of the civilian-owned guns around the world: https://t.co/cNUHYN9YFM pic.twitter.com/johmLN8fkd

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) February 14, 2018

 

We ask:  

How much is enough?

Notations On Our World (Special Edition): On #SouthAfrica & #Zimbabwe

Jacob Zuma Announces his Resignation (Source: Al Jazeera) 

Morgan Tsvangirari, The MDC Leader and Former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (Source: Al Jazeera) 

What a day it has been in Southern Africa...

We begin with South Africa as Jacob Zuma finally relented and resigned with immediate effect as the President of South Africa.    The challenges faced by his successor, Cyril Ramaposa, will be profound.   We look forward to assessing it over the ensuing weeks and months as South Africa faces crucial elections in 2019

Southern Africa also lost an icon, Morgan Tsvangirari.   Our founder remembered fondly as he was witness to the unity agreement that saw him become Prime Minister.   He noted how the plight of Zimbabwe was the driving force to have him launch his first blog that eventually he helped evolve into what we are today here in our properties.    We extend our condolences to the People of Zimbabwe and to Mr. Tsvangirari family.   May his soul  RIP