It has been quite a week–and what I saw as I work away just simply blew me away-Quite a interesting take as I begin the “mad dash” to finish 2018–Professor Turley takes it from here:
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson unleashed on President Donald Trump at an event for a medical center. Tillerson said that he stopped Trump from violating the law and that Trump is both unread and undisciplined. 159 more words
@ClimateReality has begun https://t.co/Igaa5af9r6
— Mike Pouraryan (@mikepouraryan) December 4, 2018
It has been a very challenging year in many respects epitomized by what The Economist so beautifully captured especially with Brexit in the UK, the challenges in continental Europe, the profound challenges in Europe, the challenges in Iran and the on-going trade war with China. I continue to remain hopeful about our World. I decided to close out my “WordPress” corner with this On how one community fought homelessness and won.
Onward to 2019 with all its’ possibilities.
It has been a challenging Month So far–and it is not even over as I write this!!
I picked this up that I wonder if the State Department truly understands as the World seeks to go beyond the United States due to the President’s Moves…..
Challenging times indeed….as I did want to “book-end” it on this cute note with what I picked up–because I continue to remain optimistic in spite of it all!!
As the US tries to keep countries such as India from dealing with Iran and Russia, it is driving more and more countries to seek alternatives to the US dollar, threatening the dollar’s hegemony, says Vijay Prashad
Source: Unintended Consequences: US Sanctions on Russia and Iran Weaken Dollar’s Rule
Some True Food For thought…
10 years since the financial crash we’ve learned that there exists in the US not just one economy, but many, as well as many kinds of economic actors. From platform cooperatives to cryptocurrency, people are continuously building economic alternatives. So says Nathan Schneider, crusader for collective ownership and author of “Everything for Everyone: the Radical Tradition That Is Shaping The Next Economy.”
What a week it has been!!!
While in my “Word Press Corner” saw this as I am Working away & picked this up–Professor Turley has quite a way of putting things:
…If John Kerry was swift boated in 2004, the GOP appears to be Swift voted in 2016. In a measure of the power of celebrity status in our culture, Taylor Swift has reportedly caused a massive registration after she endorsed Tennessee Democrats. For the GOP hoping for a “Brett bounce” of Republicans going to the…
It has been quite a year so far–as we begin the final three months. As a new quarter dawns, I saw this from one of my must reads on Word Press–although the manner in which Professor Turley noted it is of concern–especially as such who profess to be “Islamic” are in fact not–It is important to read the writings and listen to the speeches by some of the thinkers such as Mohsen Kadivar–who teaches at Duke (and spent some time in the dungeons of the Islamic Republic of Iran ) to see the true face of Islam as a Faith. What happened in the Maldives was tragic–just as the fascists in Afghanistan destroyed 6000 years of history by blowing up the Buddha Statutes…
Here are his opening thoughts on it:
The intolerance of art and free expression in many Islamic countries was particularly and painfully evident in the Maldives last week. A beautiful and powerful underwater sculpture by British artist Jason DeCaires Taylor was ordered destroyed by the government after objections by Islamic leaders for its depiction of human forms. Ironically, the art highlighted the dire risk […]
via Maldives Destroys Famed Art Piece As UnIslamic — JONATHAN TURLEY
One of the must reads for me as part of my on-going work in support of the Daily Outsider and my on-going research is Gates Notes. I just picked this up which I wanted to note for my weekly Out & About here in my WordPress Corner:
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I decided to begin the month with two brief “Random Thoughts” (which the team at the Daily Outsider was gracious enough to allow me to use)) in my corner here in Word Press. Trust is a beautiful thing to have as I thought this from Randy Crowley I first picked up last week (and is a must read for me)) was so timely and I hereby present it below (and yes I love the image He had above I’ve headlined:
You’ve been betrayed by people you trusted and it has shaken you to the core. Time and time again you’ve opened yourself to the risk of trusting, only to be disappointed repeatedly. You’re hurt and bruised; mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and maybe even physically. You question if trust is worth it. You’re trapped in a downward spiral of distrust. Doubt and suspicion permeate your relationships, causing you to keep others at arm’s length. You fall further into states of anxiety, fear, and self-protection, until the only solution you see is to build walls around yourself to keep the pain out. It works. Your walls keep the pain out, but trap the loneliness inside. You question if trust is worth it. You know that life without trust is unfulfilling and you want more. You deserve more. The safety, strength, freedom, joy, and happiness that comes with trust is waiting for you, so you resolve to try again. Baby steps perhaps, but you will start again. You believe that trust is worth it.
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People have to begin to trust again–whether, in fact, they do is another issue especially in light of this I ran across about Cyber Bullying as I decided to share this resource cyber bullying as I begin a new month here in my own WordPress Corner as the on-going work at hand in the Daily Outsider–some interesting advise in light of the on-going engagement on Twitter by President Trump..
Onward to September!!!
Source: https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2018/08/28/FTC-Promotes-Resources-Prevent-Cyberbullying
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Photo by Skitterphoto on Pexels.comThis is Labor Day WeekEnd here in the United States. The idea of socialism, capitalism and all the challenges is as old as America itself. Corey Robin always has a way of putting things that’s simple, yet to the point. While being “out & about” I wanted to share this as he released it to his blog as our World continues its’ challenges all around the World:
It begins as follows as I wish all the most joyous of weeks , for all in the United States a restful Labor Day Week-End and a great September ahead.
“…The New York Times asked me to write something on socialism and its current appeal. I did, and it’s running as this weekend’s cover story in The Sunday Review. Here are some brief excerpts: The socialist argument against capitalism isn’t that it makes us poor. It’s that it makes us unfree. When my well-being depends…
