A Urgent Virtual Public Service Announcement: #COVID-19

As COVID-19 rages on World-Wide based on the latest from Johns Hopkins and the World Health Organization, our team decided to release this Virtual Public Service Annoucement on all our platforms  courtesy the CDC as we join in asking all to #WearAMaskToSaveALife.   

Notations On Our World (Weekly Edition): #RandomThoughts on #Iran

We have been assessing profound developments out of Iran as COVID-19 rages on, Rouhani's Government is in trouble during its' last year in Office and as a number of fires and explosions has rocked Iran--including a major explosion at the Natanz Facility which has been allegedly attributed to Israel.    The Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, was jeered in Iran's Majlis--Deputies called him a liar as he was defending his policies--and acknowledged that all foreign affairs were under the direct control of the Supreme Guide (Supreme Leader).  

As we went to press, we received reports of an estimated 2.5 Million People with COVID-19 and an estimated 150,000 who have died.  This is as Ventilators are not available and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp has grasped the imports of vital equipment.   Iran has refrained from any official explanation on it.  

As we continue to assess it all, we present an interview with the daughter of the Former Iranian President, Hashemi Rafsanjani hosted by Stanford University: 

She has been one of the internal voices of dissent as she has warned that the Islamic Republic is having its' last days.    She was dismissed from her job as a Professor at Azad University and has been subject to a number of restrictions--including having spent six months in prison during the Green Movement of 2009.

We also wanted to share this on the Women's Right Movement in Iran:



As we went to press, we reviewed reports that members of the current Majlis talked about how women's place was only in the home--and this is as Majlis Deputies received their salaries and housing allowance as hundreds of thousands have not been paid for months and the Government is dealing with a 50% expected deficit.    The only entity that seems to be growing is the Stock Market with no justifiable economic reasons as the Government has been trying to bridge its' deficit while printing money--increasing the money supply.

On a lighter note, we were  also were witness to Iran issuing an arrest warrant against President Trump and also claiming it produced the following new Fighter Jets that was proven to be a "revamp" of the F5 Fleet that was acquired before the revolution of 1979: 

Two interesting depictions reflected the true state of affairs in the extent of corruption and mismanagement that has befallen Iran over the past 40 years:

Our team will continue to assess it all.

Notations From the Grid (Weekly Edition): On the Week That Was....

President Trump &  the US  First Lady Melania Trump On Marine One at Mt. Rushmore, July 3, 2020 (Source:  The White House)  As a new week dawns, the White House pulled together a lookback on July 4 celebrations.   Our team pulled together a discourse on Social Media on the discourse from the Campaign as a #Election2020 begins with discourse courtesy  the Lincoln Project, David Frum, The Biden Campaign  and the Trump Campaign along with some discourse courtesy the team at the Real News and the Washington Examiner.   Our team will continue its' daily assessment over Twitter this week as our Live Broadcast POD will be available on demand featuring SkyNews-We also hope all join in making sure to #WearAMask and practice Social Distancing as we all do our part to beat COVID-19:     CBS says White House would not approve interviews with Fauci about coronavirus spike CBS host Margaret Brennan said that the White House would not approve a Face the Nation interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci to discuss the spike in coronavirus cases throughout the country. Brennan opened her show on Sunday morning by noting that the network requested to have Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on the show to discuss the new rise in coronavirus cases, but was denied by the White House. "We are committed to bringing you the facts about the virus and the most knowledgeable guests that we can. We think it’s important for our viewers to hear from Dr. Anthony Fauci and the Centers for Disease Control, but we have not been able to get our requests for Dr. Fauci approved by the Trump administration in the last three months. And the CDC, not at all. We will continue our efforts," she said. Read the full story here.  d

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