Notations On Our World (Special Edition): On this #PatriotsDay2018

As we remember, we hereby present this courtesy of the team at 911Day.Org we are featuring on all our properties as we congratulate them on the rollout of their new website:

Here are 10 good deeds for 9/11.

Dear Friend of 9/11 Day, The 17th anniversary of the September 11 attacks is now just one week away.  We hope you will again join millions of Americans who will be observing this solemn day, now the nation's largest day of service, by taking time to do just ONE good deed for 9/11. Any good deed counts! Below are ten good ideas to help get you started.  And please share your good deed plans on social media using the hashtag #911day.  For more ideas and info, check out our brand new website, 911day.org.  Thanks for helping to turn this day of tragedy into a day of doing good!   1.    Purchase school supplies for your children’s classroom. 2.    Visit an aging relative or friend -- someone that would benefit from your company. 3.    Deliver food or cookies to your local fire or police station. 4.    (If you’re a child living at home), help your parents clean the house, do dishes, make your bed, or assist your brother or sister with their homework. 5.    Make a financial contribution to a charity, faith group, or school that matters to you. 6.    Give something away to Goodwill, Salvation Army, or another charity, such as items of clothing (in good shape) to that you don’t need, like winter coats, shoes, or eyewear. Your children can give away used toys they don’t need, like bicycles or skates they’ve outgrown. 7.    Volunteer. September is Hunger Action Awareness Month, so check out local soup kitchens, food pantries, or food banks, which provide food assistance and free meals to homeless and others. They need volunteers all the time. Also visit 911day.org/volunteer to search for other opportunities in your area. 8.    Donate pet food to a local animal shelter. 9.    Donate old cell phones, which often are provided to shelters for victims of domestic abuse. Many mobile phone companies accept these at their local stores. 10.    Do a good deed for yourself – you count, too – so make 9/11 the day you quit smoking, start exercising, or begin a new activity you’ve put off. Your friends, David Paine and Jay Winuk Co-founders, 9/11 Day

Notations From the Grid (Weekly Edition): On @BarackObama Watch

Former President Obama broke his silence on Friday as he also visited the long-time bastion of conservatives in our own Orange County, California  to stump for Democrats-two districts being competitive (45th ((Mimi Walters)) & 48th ((Dana Rohrbacher)): 



Here is the speech in Full: 

Notations On Our World (Weekly Edition): On the W-End Prowl on the US Political Scene with @BenSasse, @ChuckTodd & Other Thougths

As we went to press, the Trump Administration was on a full court press with appearances by Vice President Pence and others to dispute the the New York Times Op-Ed Piece on the realities in the Administration with the President calling it "Treason" and asking the Justice Department to investigate it.   The appearance by the President's Counselor, Kelly Anne Conway, was classic on Meet the Press.   This is as the Confirmation for Brett Kavanaugah seems to be a foregone conclusion in spite of the attempts by the Democrats to confront the soon-to-be Justice Kavanaugh about his views of the ceding of Executive Authority to the Executive Branch.   Nikki Haley came out with a rebuttal to the Anonymous Op-Ed claiming she "challenges" the President Directly--even though the results in our view seems to be minimal at best.   The consensus was this:  Nothing new was learnt here  on the reality at hand not withstanding the spin.    One of the questions that Katy Tur of NBC News asked during was this:  If President Trump was to in fact fire anyone named in the book "Fear", who would replace him--the consensus was there were going to be very minimal people who were willing to take on the job in the aftermath of the book, FEAR, as Bob Woodward began his round of interviews.

In the meantime, though, there is a sense of profound challenges that the United States has to deal with.    The Administration's Decision to cut funding to Palestinians includes cuts to East Jerusalem hospitals which threatens their operations--on top of the decision to zero out funding to the United Nations Refugees & Workers Agency.   This is also as the US Ambassador to Israel came out saying that Israel does not have to ask US Permission to build in the West Bank.  It prompted this from one of the leading thinkers on US Policy, Aaron David Miller:

In our View, Senator Ben Sasse captured the challenges presented that we hope we can be supportive off to help change the conversation: