Weekly Perspective

Please enjoy these compilation of thoughts as we gear up for March throughout our properties and as we hope all enjoy live Feed of SkyNews & Al Jazeera along with our Daily Updates produced for us by Paper_li in our Twitter Channel: We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival. - Winston Churchill Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. - Marilyn vos Savant Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.                                                                                      - Sarah Ban Breathnach If I could tell the world just one thing it would be we're all okay, and not to worry cause worry is wasteful and useless in times like these. I won't be made useless. I won't be idle with despair, I will gather myself around my faith. Light does the darkness most fear. - J

It has been quite a week in America as the debate in the aftermath of the Parkland massacre has continued.    Earlier this afternoon Washington Time, President Trump, Vice President Pence and Education Secretary DeVos hosted a Listening Session at the White House with Parkland Survivors that we understand were selected by the Administration that included and others--including the co-founder of Sandy Hook Promise and a Father who lost his daughter at Columbine who founded Rachel's Challenge.   It was a powerful moment as our team chose selections of one of the most powerful two hours we've been witness to as we are also featuring a very powerful clip from Brooke Baldwin as we saw some of the attacks on the kids as epitomized by what Trevor Noah noted below:  President Trump declined to join the Town Hall by CNN as well as Governor Scott.     Beyond this powerful day after a profound week, this clip from Tom Friedman was extremely troubling that all should take note of as we

As America celebrated President's Day this week , our team chose to feature an interview by Noam Chomsky-- one of the leading intellectual thinkers of our time.  He recently gave an interview to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on his views on @realDonaldTrump with changes to US Nuclear Policy, the new Budget and the on-going political landscape in light of the indictments announced by the US Justice Department related to the Russia Investigation last week: This is as The Chief New York Times Correspondent for the New York Times, Peter Baker, noted this over the week-end in the aftermath of the testimony by the heads of the Intelligence Community, the admission by General McMaster of Russian Collusion at the Munich Security Conference--even though Mr. Trump undermined General McMaster comments shortly thereafter in a Tweet: Indictment makes clear Russia is waging a virtual war against the United States. But with Trump focused on what it means for him, the American side of

 On this President's Day here in the United States, Our team choose a selection of coverage on the US Domestic Scene especially in the aftermath of the Tragedy in Florida and the Mueller Indictments.:  The Annual Gates Letter is also critical to underscore courtesy of the Fortune's Alan Murray: Bill and Melinda Gates, who run the largest philanthropy in the world, published their  annual letter  this morning, and it exudes the optimism that Bill expressed when he guest-edited  TIME  magazine  last month . In the letter, the two also make a good faith effort to answer what they say are the 10 toughest questions they get asked about their philanthropy. One that caught my attention was this:  Why do you work with corporations? Is that a “tough question”? This gets back to the  New York Times  column I  cited yesterday , which disparaged business efforts to address what have traditionally been public sector issues—like fixing the health care system, exploring space, or providing ge

Earlier this week, our team chose this to tweet which we wanted to feature in honor of President's Day here in the United States:   #MondayMotivation #TuesdayThoughts #WednesdayWisdom #ThursdayMotivation #FridayMotivation #SaturdayMotivation : https://t.co/LySdCnBVc0 pic.twitter.com/en4RsDudtm — DailyOutsider (@ordinaryfaces) February 12, 2018 This is as President Obama's Official Portrait was unveiled Monday at the Smithsonian in Washington and what was noted by the New York Times on the setting of it was telling: ". .. Kehinde Wiley (The Artist)  has set Mr. Obama against greenery, with flowers that have symbolic meaning: African blue lilies for Kenya, his father’s birthplace; jasmine for Hawaii, where Mr. Obama was born; chrysanthemums, the official flower of Chicago, for the city where his political career began....along with Mrs. Obama "   Credit

It has been a tragic day here in the United States as there has two shooting that made National Headlines--which has triggered another round of thoughts and prayers by President Trump and Vice President Pence and calls to not "come to conclusions.    As we went to press here, there were 16 of the young at the Florida School were reported as dead- -suspect had an AR-15 that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas once noted to be a "Sportsman Weapon". The following two set of statistics we picked up were quite telling and tragic:  America has 4.4 percent of the world’s population, but almost half of the civilian-owned guns around the world: https://t.co/cNUHYN9YFM pic.twitter.com/johmLN8fkd — Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) February 14, 2018   We ask:   How much is enough?

Jacob Zuma Announces his Resignation (Source: Al Jazeera)  Morgan Tsvangirari, The MDC Leader and Former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe (Source: Al Jazeera)   What a day it has been in Southern Africa... We begin with South Africa as Jacob Zuma finally relented and resigned with immediate effect as the President of South Africa.    The challenges faced by his successor, Cyril Ramaposa, will be profound.   We look forward to assessing it over the ensuing weeks and months as South Africa faces crucial elections in 2019 Southern Africa also lost an icon, Morgan  Tsvangirari.   Our founder remembered fondly as he was witness to the unity agreement that saw him become Prime Minister.   He noted how the plight of Zimbabwe was the driving force to have him launch his first blog that eventually he helped evolve into what we are today here in our properties.    We extend our condolences to the People of Zimbabwe and to Mr.  Tsvangirari family.   May his soul  RIP

On behalf of all of us here at the Daily Outsider, please accept our best wishes on this Valentine's Day 2018 as we hope all enjoy this beautiful celebration of Valentine's Day thanks to the great Amitabh Bachchan Happy Valentine's Day as we hope all enjoy this "Bonus" with another celebration of love!!! 

Well the surprise is in as underscored by the Haaretz' Chemi Shalev: Double whammy for Netanyahu: Israel Police recommend charging PM with bribery and breach of trust in both cases https://t.co/ZZmKX4YYWG — Chemi Shalev (@ChemiShalev) February 13, 2018

The Cast of "Comedy President" (Source; Viacom/Guardian)   Welcome to a new week here in our Properties.    The challenges in Washington was evident as the debate over DACA continued, The US Government was briefly shut down, The President continued his war on Law Enforcement as his Administration continued to remake what Steve Bannon deemed "The Administrative State"-- as the late night comedy circuit of Trevor Noah et. al had a blast with all that went on throughout the week underscored by the Stephen Colbert-Produced, "Comedy President" shown on Viacom's Showtime.    The Week at hand is bound to be challenging as underscored by CNN over the weekend. Beyond the shores of the United States, it has been quite a week as Iran and Israel continued their Cold War in Syria in the aftermath of an Iranian Drone being shut down and a 50 Million Dollar Israeli F-16 being shut down by Syrian Air Defense .     This is also as The War in Syria continues with the T

As Iran is on the eve of celebrating the Revolution tomorrow, we received some disturbing news on the death of the leading Iranian Environmental Activist that authorities in Tehran claim killed himself (or some reports state he died of a heart attack).    The New York Times reported on it: He Fought for Iran’s Environment and Was Arrested. Now, He’s Dead. https://t.co/22js2jOnmB — Thomas Erdbrink (@ThomasErdbrink) February 10, 2018 On behalf of the entire Daily Outsider Team, we extend our profound condolences to his family as we salute his work and courage on behalf of the people of Iran.    We also join the call for President Rouhani to order an independent inquiry into his death that the Wall Street Journal's Farnaz Fasshini noted :  Prominent politician Mostafa Tajzadeh calls for #Rouhani to order independent investigation into Kavous Seyed Emami's death in prison. #Iran #Iranian #Canadian @Rouhani_ir @JZarif @JustinTrudeau #Canada https://t.co/XTFbHBbmBd — Farnaz F

On Politics in the United States Right now (in the aftermath of the #NunesMemo )   It has been quite a week as the Markets got trillions wiped off their valuations and as The US Government was faced with another funding deadline.   Earlier this week, the White House Press Secretary called Democrats lazy for refusing to make a deal as she noted how "they won" the last fight.    The Democratic Rebuttal to the #NunesMemo was voted out of Committee and it was before the White House.   We will continue to monitor Congressman Schiff's Website & Twitter Feed for on-going updates.    This was also a week that saw a number of members of Congress rebuke the President as noted below:  Today @realDonaldTrump said I'd love to see a shutdown. Is this the moment he became our President? Or was it yesterday when @POTUS accused people of treason for not clapping? Or was it when he used the term shithouse countries? So many moments to choose from this year. https://t.co/0pMSVFDXZ

For this edition of Notations, we decided to feature one of our heroes, Elon Musk. Please enjoy this clips:

Our team has been assessing the state of the markets as we received this from Edward Jones as our team continues to remain hopeful as epitomized by this image from our Founders' Archive 4 Things to Know About This Market Pullback The stock market has pulled back in recent days, with U.S. equities posting their largest drop  in two years . The size and speed of the selloff may feel alarming, but there's no cause for panic. We believe conditions are more positive than the reaction of the past few days would suggest, which is why we think this is a short-term respite within the ongoing bull market. Here are four things to know about this pullback:  1. The source of this selloff isn't sinister.  We think there are two primary drivers behind the decline:   Rising rates - Interestingly, it's actually good news behind the market move. A 17-year low in unemployment and continued solid job growth have begun to spur a lift in wages. Last week's jobs report showed that, after

Trevor Noah shared observations about the aftermath of #NunesMemo as the Democratic Alternative awaits.    We will use this space to share observations later on this week once the White House approves the release.    As we went to press, we understand that President Trump will be approving the release of the Democratic Rebuttal.