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Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – June 21, 2024
Greetings from Tyler, He did it again! Wouldn’t you have loved to be a fly on the wall when the pope said the unthinkable? There must have been pointy hats going in all directions. Why are they so outraged? You don’t suppose he hit them where they live? It even sounds worse in Italian, and…
Bill protecting same-sex, interracial unions clears Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House gave final approval Thursday to legislation protecting same-sex marriages, a monumental step in a decadeslong battle for nationwide recognition of those unions that reflects a stark turnaround in societal attitudes. President Joe Biden is expected to promptly sign the measure, which requires all states to recognize same-sex marriages. It is…
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – March 21, 2025
Greetings from Tyler, Who knows what’s going on at Heathrow airport? They haven’t found any evidence of foul play yet, but 2,000 flights a day? The fire at Heathrow is going to disrupt people’s travel plans. We better not find out it was terrorism. Trump will not be pleased. It’s been an historic week. The…
Breaking News | News | RussiaRussia adds ‘LGBT movement’ to list of extremist and terrorist organisations
MOSCOW, March 22 (Reuters) – Russia has added what it calls the “LGBT movement” to a list of extremist and terrorist organisations, state media said on Friday. The move was in line with a ruling by Russia’s Supreme Court last November that LGBT activists should be designated as extremists, a move that representatives of gay…
Chinese balloon was designed for intelligence surveillance, not weather, US says
The Chinese balloon that was destroyed off the coast of South Carolina was built for spying and had sophisticated communications equipment, U.S. officials said, based on information about the balloon gathered by a U-2 spy plane. “High-resolution imagery from U-2 flybys revealed that the high-altitude balloon was capable of conducting signals intelligence collection operations,” a…
In deluge of protests, fuel subsidies prove hard to abolish
LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Like thousands of Nigerians and millions of others across the developing world, higher fuel costs have irked Antonia Arosanwo. “I am angry,” the 46-year-old mother of five said at a bus stop in Lagos, the teeming commercial capital of Africa’s most populous nation. Her journey from Ojuelegba, a bustling suburb…


