by Piper Bayard | Feb 6, 2017 | News, Outrage and a Grain of Salt
Bayard & Holmes ~ Piper Bayard The Unholy Threesome of Big Media, Big Politics, and Big Business is never happier than when the public is outraged. Outrage means profits. Outrage means political steam. Outrage means the propaganda of foreign billionaires that...
by Piper Bayard | Nov 30, 2016 | News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Piper Bayard and Jay Holmes After the election, many people realized they had been lied to by a biased political media that slanted polls, rigged debates, and buried important facts. Some of those people asked us how they can judge articles and...
by Piper Bayard | Sep 27, 2016 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, News, US/Asia-Pacific Alliances
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes Dating and Diplomacy in the Age of Nuclear Missiles… Part ten million one of a seemingly infinite series. Note: For the deepest emotional experience, please play “Sweet Dreams” by the Eurythmics as you read this article. Diplomacy is...
by Piper Bayard | Sep 6, 2016 | Espionage, Foreign Affairs, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes Intelligence work is usually thought of as being conducted by costly and sometimes high tech methods. A glance at the intelligence budgets of the US, Russia, China, and a few others would confirm that view. For the most part, that view...
by Piper Bayard | Aug 30, 2016 | Foreign Affairs, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes For the last few years, military and foreign policy aficionados around the world, not to mention very excited governments and corporate accountants, have been following the Indian government’s fighter procurement plans. The process has...
by Piper Bayard | Jul 26, 2016 | Foreign Affairs, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes One of the most pressing national security issues for the US and NATO is the recent coup disaster in Turkey. Along with the people of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, NATO state citizens, Americans, and the Putin gang are all pondering the...
by Piper Bayard | Jul 18, 2016 | Foreign Affairs, News, US/Asia-Pacific Alliances
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes On July 12, 2016, a landmark event occurred for the South China Sea — the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled against the People’s Republic of China in a case filed by the Philippines under the United Nations Convention on the...
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