Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 11 June 2021

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Greetings from Tyler, Much of what we see coming in the immediate future is enough to make you run outside with your hair on fire.  Quite a few of us remember the days of Jimmy Carter, and while he may … Read More

More COVID-19 deaths have already been reported in 2021 than in all of 2020

More people worldwide have died of COVID-19 so far this year than during all of last year, according to data tallied by Johns Hopkins University. So far, 3.77 million deaths have been reported since the pandemic began — with 1.89 million reported in … Read More

Consumer prices surge 5% annually, most since August 2008

U.S. consumer prices increased in May at the fastest annual rate in nearly 13 years as the economic comeback from COVID-19 lockdowns continues to build momentum. The Labor Department said Thursday that the consumer price index in May rose 5% year over year, … Read More

Kremlin’s Efforts To Blame Economic Problems Exclusively On Pandemic Drawing Fire – OpEd

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The Kremlin and its allies have argued for more than a year that the economic problems Russia is facing are almost exclusively the result of the pandemic. But now, ever more experts are suggesting that the pandemic isn’t the only … Read More

More COVID cases and fewer vaccines for EU’s migrants

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A man receiving a shot of the vaccine against COVID-19 at a mobile NPHO unit at Kara Tepe camp on Lesvos island, Greece | Photo: ARCHIVE/EPA/VANGELIS PAPANTONIS According to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), COVID-19 hit … Read More

EU states abandon Italy on relocating asylum seekers

Ireland and Lithuania have each agreed to take 10. Luxembourg has also offered to help. (Photo: noborder network) Calls in early May for EU states to help relocate asylum seekers from Italy have largely been ignored. The European Commission had … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 4 June 2021

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Greetings from Tyler, Here we go again.  Isn’t the angry race discussion just swell?  Not for your average Joe necessarily, but Burn Loot Murder just used the never-ending narrative to ransack, and dare we say STEAL everything in sight from … Read More

Jobs report misses estimates with 559,000 jobs added, unemployment rate falls to 5.8%

Unemployment rate hits pandemic low. U.S. employers added fewer than expected jobs last month as extended unemployment benefits encouraged workers to stay home. Employers added 559,000 jobs in May, the Labor Department said Friday, missing the addition of 650,000 jobs … Read More

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