Weekly Perspective

As it is Christmas Eve,  please accept our best wishes as we will be going "dark" through January 6, 2021.    Our Twitter Corner ,  Live Broadcast POD and Facebook Corner will be available   Happy Holidays &  Merry Christmas  Onward to 2021:

We present some late breaking notations courtesy the team at the Information along with some tips and techniques courtesy the team at the MUSE as we wind down the year here at the Daily Outsider... EXCLUSIVE ENTERPRISE GOOGLE MICROSOFT Buoyed by Video Success, Zoom Explores Email, Calendar Services By Kevin McLaughlin Zoom Video Communications has had an astonishing rise in 2020, emerging as the go-to service for work meetings and family get-togethers during the pandemic. Now the company is considering whether it could replicate its success in video in an even more competitive market: corporate email. The company has begun developing a web email service and might offer a very early version of the product to some customers next year, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. The company also is looking into building a calendar application, one of the people said. The efforts haven’t been reported previously.    READ THE FULL STORY     6 Out-of-Office Templates for the

We here at the Daily Outsider had a goal to be a voice--and as we wind down 2020, we want to provide an update courtesy the Syrian White Helmets whom despite all the challenges, have done such heroic work.   My name is Ayman and I’m the head of communications for the White Helmets. My job is to deliver the stories of the White Helmets’ life-saving work to you and the broader community of humanitarians who support us. As 2020 finally comes to an end, I wanted to write to you about our work and how our teams are adapting to unprecedented challenges.  The year started with the heaviest attacks on Idlib since the beginning of the conflict . Between January and March, our volunteers saved 1,174 civilians from under the rubble. Sadly we couldn’t save everyone. At least 515 civilians were killed by Syrian regime and Russian bombs in that period.  In March a ceasefire agreement was brokered, allowing for a period of relative peace despite ongoing violations by regime and Russian forces. Our te

  It has been a very challenging year.   As we draw the year to a close, We present a snapshot of deliberations as we gear up for 2021  courtesy the New York Times, OZY The Atlantic,  The Financial Times & The Sydney Morning Herald: US VOTES 2020 Barr's final act is rejecting Trump's last-grasp election scheme The attorney-general also backed official warnings that Russia is behind the enormous US government hack, as a Senator reveals Treasury emails were compromised. By Michael Balsamo Biden’s ‘Obama reunion’ cabinet Edward Luce   Joe Biden is creating a cabinet of friends rather than of talents or rivals © Getty Images I vowed a few years ago never again to quote that WB Yeats line — “the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity”. It was too much of a cliché. But sometimes only a cliché will do. We are witnessing the dying throes of the worst US administration in living memory. Donald Trump and his minions have persuaded 16 Republican sta