Thursday, September 19, 2019

Notations On Our World: On the #BlueGirl; #Israel, #Iran & Other Thoughts

“We’re living in a story-based world. We’re hard-wired to process things through the lens of stories which are linear narratives.” — Neal Stephenson

 Our team decided to feature this courtesy of the Team at Mission because we view our Mission as to tell a story and to do what we can to make a difference.

To this end, we have been assessing the state of affairs in Israel as another election took place and as we went to press, the current Prime Minister of Israel enticed the former Chief of Staff, Benny Gantz, to form a Unity Government.   We have also been assessing the aftermath of the attack on Saudi Arabia's Oil Facilities.  President Trump noted that the United States can defend Saudi Arabia--but Saudi Arabia has to reimburse the United States.

In the meantime, it is the dawn of the annual UN General Assembly as we saw reports on how Iran has become a bit more challenging to tame while the United States has increased the pressure as visas for President Rouhani and Foreign Minister Zarif was yet to be issued: 





We also have been paying tribute to the case of the Blue Girl in Iran.  She was a young 17-year old fan of Soccer (Football) and she set herself ablaze--tributes were on-going and our team had the pleasure to join in honoring her--this is as Iran's State Broadcaster brought the Father on who claimed her child was mentally ill:





Our team will continue its' ongoing assessment as we look forward to the engagements over the ensuing weeks.



    

Thursday, September 12, 2019

Notations On Our World (Special Thursday Edition): Out & About In Our World




Our team captured images of Patriots Day in the aftermath of the attack on the Pentagon, as President Trump noted how #WeWillNeverForget" and as Iranians came out in strong support of the United States in the aftermath of that horrible day.

We also have been assessing the status of the Israeli Election as Election Day Nears--especially as we saw reports of spying by Israel which was denied by the Israeli Government and by the current Israeli Prime Minister.    We have also been assessing the on-going situation in Iran in the aftermath of the death of the #BlueGirl that we had the pleasure to honor for the sacrifice she made for Freedom and Democracy in Iran:


As we also went to press, we have also been assessing the on-going situation in Russia in the aftermath of the local elections in Russia as Russia's ruling party suffered major defeats.    Russian security forces carried out raids across Russia seizing assets from the offices of the key opposition leader Alexi Navalany.

Our team will be assessing it all..... 




Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Notations On Our World (Special Edition): On the Eve of #911

On this eve of the 18th Anniversary of 9/11, we present this courtesy of 9/11Day.Org along with our local non profit, OneOC on opportunities to make a difference.  This will be featured on all our properties on 9/11/2019 as we go dark thru Thursday to remember. 

We salute all who fell on that day and all who took the fight to those who caused such havoc and all who are fighting today:



Get together with your family and friends to volunteer with our local nonprofit partners through county-wide service projects and toolkits that support our troops, veterans and disaster preparedness, benefiting all of our American heroes.

Service projects take place THIS WEEK Wednesday, Sept. 11 thru Sunday, Sept. 15th.
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Other Ways to Get Involved

Volunteer with your Family!
Join YANA on 9/14 to make no-sew fleece blankets for cancer patients to keep them warm during treatment.
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Join OneOC's Emergency Volunteer Center (EVC) on 9/12 from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm to learn how to safely deploy spontaneous volunteers to respond to critical needs during times of disaster.
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To learn about volunteering, visit www.OneOC.org/volunteers