Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 19 March 2021

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Greetings from Tyler, Once upon a time there was a hunger and thirst to know every detail and to understand every nuance on numerous fronts.  Not anymore.  Now it’s a matter of protecting one’s emotions and sensibilities from the mindlessness … Read More

Are Foreign Oil Firms About to Return to Venezuela?

Maduro claims “Venezuela’s doors are open for oil investment.” (Bloomberg) — Inside a chic lounge, oil lobbyists and executives rub shoulders as Spanish, French, and Italian can be heard in the halls. This isn’t the ZaZa boutique hotel in Houston, … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 12 March 2021

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Greetings from Tyler, The news is too bad to hear or watch.  We all hope they (our new masters, bristling with new-found authority and kindergarten talk) don’t get away with a fraction of their nonsense.  But they might.  Apparently they’re … Read More

Can vaccinated people still spread the coronavirus?

Editor’s note: So you’ve gotten your coronavirus vaccine, waited the two weeks for your immune system to respond to the shot, and are now fully vaccinated. Does this mean you can make your way through the world like the old … Read More

Returning from Iraq, Pope Francis talks about ‘risks’ taken on trip

Pope Francis waves atop the stairs of the papal plane at Baghdad International Airport March 8, 2021, following his March 5-8 visit to Iraq. (CNS photo/Alaa Al-Marjani, Reuters) ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM IRAQ — The Catholic Church’s commitment to … Read More

Catholics urged by U.S. church leadership to avoid Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine

“There is no remnant of the original abortion in the cell line,” said Barry Bloom, former dean of the Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson professor of public health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health about the … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 5 March 2021

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Greetings from Tyler, Everybody’s supposed to feel a lot better, now that thousands of unaccompanied minors are flooding across the border.  Apparently they’re given money (Bill O’Reilly said eleven hundred dollars) and allowed to travel wherever they see fit in … Read More

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