Notations From the Grid (Week-End Edition): #RandomThoughts On the Week That Was....

It has been quite a week in our World.   The team at the Financial Times had an interesting depiction of the State of Affairs as we saw reports of key witnesses being dismissed or reassigned in the aftermath of the President's Acquittal in the US Senate:

It was also a challenging week as the CoronaVirus continue to wreck havoc, Europe was in a State of Flux in the aftermath of Brexit and the continued challenges in Iran persisted: 

We close out with the following courtesy the team at the Visual Capitalist--For the original analysis of it, please click here: 

Notations From the Grid (Special Friday Edition): #RandomThoughts Out & About in the United States This Week...

It has been quite a week in our World with all that has been going on.

We hereby present a sampling of the discourse over the "Grid":

News Alert

If You Think It Looks Bad for Mainstream Democrats Now, Just Wait Intelligencer – Jonathan Chait – Feb 6, 12:42 PM It is always darkest, John McCain used to say, before it gets totally black. So it is for the American center-left right now. Bernie Sanders is currently favored to win the nomination, a prospect that would make Donald Trump a heavy favorite to win… Shared by… 5 More info… Trump Is Blowing Up a National Monument in Arizona to Make Way for the Border Wall The Intercept – Ryan Devereaux – Feb 6 Contractors working for the Trump administration are blowing apart a mountain on protected lands in southern Arizona to make way for the president's border wall. The blasting is happening on the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, a tract of… Shared by… 5 More info…

Notations From the Grid (Special Tuesday Edition): On The US Political Scene.....

Out & About on the US Political Scene...

It has been quite an eventful week yet again on the US Political Scene.   As we went to press with this special edition of Notations, we note that the Impeachment Trial is coming to a close.   The Democrats were dealing with the aftermath of the Iowa Caucus Fiasco--although the Former Mayor of Indianapolis seemed to have taken a lead with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in second place.

The President of the United States is due to be before a live session of the US Congress to deliver his State of the Union that would be live streamed by the White House:

US Media will have live post-debate coverage of the analysis of #SOTU (State of the Union) that can be available by visiting CNN, MSNBC and FoxNews throughout the Night.