Weekly Perspective

It has been quite a weekend as the Home Secretary in the UK resigned  (replaced by the first Muslim, Saeed Javid) and as our World continued to be ever so beset by challenges including the tragedy in Afghanistan that some 9 Journalists lost their lives in a new Daesh (ISIL) attack in Kabul .    Iran--a key focus for us--is also at the forefront in light of the French President's visi t and the new US Secretary of State's tour of the region .     All indications are that the President will "nix" the deal which will continue to have profound consequences ( as The Israeli Prime Minister made another speech again ).     This is as the War in Syria rages on and as Iraq and Lebanon are gearing up for pivotal elections.   This is as we picked this up on the Opoid  Crisis that continues to wreck havoc on the United States courtesy of the team at City Lab:    (Esri) There’s more to America’s opioid epidemic than death statistics—and even those can be unreliable. The map above

It has been quite a month in our World as May is bound to be even more colorful as we await President Trump's Decision on the Iran Deal, as the US Mid-Terms get into high gear and as we continue to be ever so engaged with our Mission throughout.   This was also as the World was witness to the Summit of the Two Koreas.    We agree that it masked the ugly nature of the North Korean Regime--but we are of the view that talking is better than shooting--and commitments that came out (albeit vague at times) is still welcome   The image from the Muse above was  cute as a Moment of Pause. We also wanted to "close out" the Month with these "Random Thoughts" with the first one being from the great Abbas Attar (whom Thomas Endribrink of the New York Times deemed an "Iranian in Paris") who passed away with this iconic image of his from the Iranian Revolution of 1979--and as protests continue throughout the Country:  We close out April in our Properties with these t

Emmanuel Macron came to the United States.  Earlier this week, we had the pleasure to feature his speech before Congress live as he also went against President Trump on Climate Change and the Iran Deal.    However, what was disturbing was how Iran arrested an Dual National Academic during a visit to Iran as Macro fought for the deal. As we look forward to our series on Iran, we wanted to share highlights of President Macron's Visit to Capitol Hill courtesy of the Office of Speaker Ryan: President Macron's Address to Congress April 25, 2018  |  Caleb Smith  &  Paige Waltz  |  https://spkrryan.us/2HuKj2n This morning, a time-honored tradition took place as President Emmanuel Macron became the eighth President of France to address a  joint meeting  of Congress. The United States' partnership with France dates all the way back to our nation's founding, and Speaker Ryan  welcomed  President and Madam Macron to the Capitol in the spirit of our longstanding friendship. 1.

We shall be bringing you the Africa Political Digest here.

A powerful 52 minutes we are pleased to share and thank ABC News for posting this earlier today. 

Emmanuel Macron and his wife have arrived in the United States.   As Emmanuel Macron continues to press Donald Trump on the Iran Deal, we also understand that no Democratic Members of Congress have been invited to the State Dinner. According to reports, indications are that President Trump will ax the deal and Hassan Rouhani has already said that there will be consequences. 

It has been quite a weekend as our team continued to keep pace with our World with the problematic nature of the Trump Presidency epitomized by this recent cover of Time Magazine.    In addition, there was the continued backlash in the aftermath of the Comey Memo leak.  Beyond that, there were reporting about how President Trump lied to get on the Forbes 400. The turnover in the White House and the chaos that has epitomized  & by the analysis presented in the PBS Newshour late last week was underscored:  It is also interesting that the weekend saw finally a major figure in Iran, Saeed Mortazavi, arrested.  He had been hiding in the North of the Country and his "disappearance" had caused a lot of laughter throughout the Country as he was on the run after having been convicted of felony murder and other charges.  This is as Iran continued to be in a stage of outrage in the aftermath of the beating up of the young lady the streets of Tehran by the Morality Police.   This i

Israel has just celebrated 70 years of independence.    One of the key leaders of the opposition, Yair Lapid, had some harsh words for the current Israeli Prime Minister: ISRAEL AT 70 INTERVIEW Yair Lapid: Benjamin Netanyahu is no longer a defender of Israeli democracy BY  DAVID HOROVITZ Israelis' second-favorite choice for prime minister charges that the long-serving incumbent does not put the greater good of Israel ahead of his own political interests anymore      

Welcome to Earth Day Week-End.   Our Community, Laguna Niguel, is celebrating Earth Day by working at one of the secret gems here in our Community: Niguel Botannical Perserve.   It is a reminder to us all that we have one Earth.   The need to protect it and insure that lives are saved is the responsibility of each and everyone of us.      As we deemed this weekly "The Battle For Paradise", there needs to be a realization that our entire Earth is Paradise.      We wanted to share some thoughts on it as we hope to build upon this on the rays of hope out Puerto Rico:  This is also we hereby present this courtesy of Peter Diamandis about the true possibilities to go beyond Fossil Fuels and think about how to be smart.    There is no choice: Every five days, the Sun provides the Earth with as much energy as all proven supplies of oil, coal and natural gas. If humanity could capture just one part of 6,000 in available solar energy, we’d be able to meet 100 percent of our energy nee

As we are pleased to present another of the interviews of the Comey Book Tour, we wanted to report that t he Comey Memos are out and it has been the talk of the town throughout the forthnight.   .   The House GOP leadership asked for it and it was almost immediately leaked--by the House GOP leadership.   There were critcisms as to why no previous memos existed--his explanation is simple:  He was disturbed by the role President Trump had undertaken.   It is interesting how they are detailed and reinforces all that he has noted in the level of consistency :  Ex FBI Director James Comey s Memos by Anonymous qhCEBvau on Scribd

Trevor Noah, once again, reflected upon a current event--this about the pending school walkout tomorrow to protest gun violence.    The Principal of our Hometown High School sent out guidance to the Aliso Niguel Community that is worth noting as it is critical to note that the challenge continues to persist due to the inaction by the Congress of the United States: Dear Wolverine Families,  As you may be aware, some national organizers are again calling for a student walkout – during school hours  tomorrow ,  Friday, April 20th .  This walkout is reportedly intended to call attention to school violence and issues of gun control.  According to the information we have, students are first being asked to leave class at approximately  10:00  for thirteen minutes (in memory of the 13 students who died in the Columbine High School shooting in 1999), and then to also leave campus for the remainder of the day and attend various community protest events.   We ask for your support in reminding stu

The #Brexit Story in the UK has dissipated for the moment as another controversy has been taking over the UK with how deportations have begun for descendants of the Caribbean Immigrants who came to the UK.   This tweet reminded us of some of the work of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement here in the United States.   The Guardian of London captured it brilliantly :  Theresa May promised a hostile environment and now British citizens are being deported and stripped of their rights by the Home Office. This is not an accident. This is their policy. This is what happens when you pander to far-right anti-immigrant rhetoric pic.twitter.com/gxqoSErU3o — David Lammy (@DavidLammy) April 16, 2018

The Commonwealth Head of Government Meetings has opened in London as the UK will assume the leadership--and as the Queen has nominated her principal heir, Prince Charles, to succeed her as Head of the Commonwealth.   What particularly caught our attention was the thoughts shared by a Young Man From Sierra Leon and a Lady from India.

The Team at the Institute for Policy Studies created this "snapshot" on where Tax Receipts Were spent in the US--Americans spent 29 days working to get Pentagon Contractors Paid:

We had an opportunity to catch up with our Editor over the W-End as he was busy at a training at Camp San Luis Obispo--known as the original home of the California National Guard.    He was gracious enough to share these images he captured from a memorial grove dedicated to the fallen heroes of the California National Guard who died during Operation Iraqi Freedom As He explained it, the first image is where the groove is that is centered with a retired F4 Fighter Jet from the California National Guard.   He also captured one of the images (as he told us he unfortunately ran out of battery!!) We salute all the fallen and their families as we remember them in our thoughts & prayers.

On behalf of all of us at the Daily Outsider, we wish to express our appreciation to the great Stevie Wonder for this beautiful 5 minutes as we say that the Dream Still Lives.   Our mission is to help to do whatever we can to sustain this Dream--and that we shall!!! We will be dark in our properties over the ensuing days as we hope all enjoy our Broadcast Partners and our Twitter Channel Updates. 

This has just been confirmed by multiple News Sources (Including NBC News Below)  as the US Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, Will not seek Re-Election which can be quite a game changer:  Paul Ryan will not seek re-election, NBC News confirms House Speaker Paul Ryan will not seek re-election, NBC News confirms. NBC’s Garrett Haake and Kasie Hunt report on how the House Speaker’s decision to not seek re-election will affect the Republican Party in Congress. Read More (Update:  The House Speaker just concluded a Press Conference within the past hour noting his justification citing his Family and touting his achievements.    One of the key questions was on the Trillion Dollar Deficits and how he noted his attempts at Entitlement Reform.     The comments from Professor Turley Was quite interesting in this regard as we await the interesting times before us as he (and we) ... " .remain(s)  astonished that  there was not more of an uproar over the massive budget just passed after lifting