by murray | 18 Aug 2019 | Current Event Commentary, Mark Armstrong's US Weekly Update, Weekly Update + comment
Greetings from Tyler, The Hong Kong airport is back open after being shut down completely this week, with over a thousand flights canceled. Riot police showed up in force, and Chinese officials are issuing one stern warning after another as they accumulate...
by murray | 9 Aug 2019 | Current Event Commentary, Mark Armstrong's US Weekly Update, Weekly Update + comment
Greetings from Tyler, Go ahead. Look at the headlines of the major “news” outlets. Try tuning in to the mainstream news networks or cable channels, and you’ll know what full-blown insanity looks like. Up to this point the writers, anchors and their guests...
by murray | 2 Aug 2019 | Current Event Commentary, Mark Armstrong's US Weekly Update, Weekly Update + comment
Greetings from Tyler, Are these the best of times, or the worst? It seems that, for now at least, the foreign policy of the United States is solid. Iran is still holding the British owned tanker taken hostage in the Straits of Hormuz, though it was engaged in no...
by murray | 26 Jul 2019 | Current Event Commentary, Mark Armstrong's US Weekly Update, Weekly Update + comment
Greetings from Tyler, There have been several important developments this week. One is the ascension of Boris Johnson to the office of Prime Minister of the UK. The jury is still out on whether he’ll be able to extricate Britain from the European Union without...
by murray | 23 Jul 2019 | Mark Armstrong's Monthly letter
Dear Members and Coworkers, July 22, 2019 Whether you’re talking about North Korea, Iran, or the bigger players of Russia and China, it’s obvious that even rudimentary trade could not proceed over the world’s shipping routes without...
by murray | 19 Jul 2019 | Current Event Commentary, Mark Armstrong's US Weekly Update, Weekly Update + comment
Greetings from Tyler, A war of words has broken out over the report that an American warship shot down an Iranian drone over the Straits of Hormuz. “Drone? What drone? We didn’t lose any drone!” say the leaders of the evil Iranian regime. So, the warship...
by murray | 12 Jul 2019 | Current Event Commentary, Mark Armstrong's US Weekly Update, Weekly Update + comment
Greetings from Tyler, In the environment of bogus media, lying through their teeth about nearly everything and everybody who supports the traditions of the United States, people, particularly conservatives are falling all over themselves to protect the reputations of...
by murray | 28 Jun 2019 | Current Event Commentary, Mark Armstrong's US Weekly Update, Weekly Update + comment
Greetings from Tyler, The last bastion of freedom on earth is under a sustained attack from nearly every direction. It turns out that those who’ve benefited most from the free market and the opportunities they’ve been afforded are madder than all get out...
by murray | 21 Jun 2019 | Current Event Commentary, Mark Armstrong's US Weekly Update, Weekly Update + comment
Greetings from Tyler, What was Iran thinking, attacking tankers in the Straits and shooting down an unarmed American drone that was keeping an eye on the shipping lanes and anything that might signal additional provocation. There’s no figuring out the “logic”...
by murray | 14 Jun 2019 | Current Event Commentary, Mark Armstrong's US Weekly Update, Weekly Update + comment
Greetings from Tyler, Iran did it! You must know of the two tankers attacked (apparently with mines) and burning this week near the Straits of Hormuz. Video has been release showing an Iranian boat retrieving an unexploded mine from the hull of one of the tankers. ...
by murray | 31 May 2019 | Current Event Commentary, Mark Armstrong's US Weekly Update, Weekly Update + comment
Greetings from Tyler, It’s been pretty intense this week. We found out that chairman Kim (according to South Korean sources) put to death some of those who negotiated with President Trump’s team when the summit ended without progress in Vietnam. You...
by murray | 25 May 2019 | Current Event Commentary, Mark Armstrong's US Weekly Update, Weekly Update + comment
Greetings from Tyler, Iran appeared to blink when U. S. forces went on high alert this past week. Even the mainstream media carried reports of Iran returning missiles from boats to their mainland, which seemed to be the provocation that alarmed military planners. But...
