by Piper Bayard | Feb 24, 2012 | The End is Near. . . .
China’s ‘occupy toilet’ protests spread Fed up with the long lines at the ladies’ rooms next to the absence of lines at the men’s rooms, Chinese women are having their own “Occupy” movement by occupying men’s rooms as a...
by Piper Bayard | Jan 25, 2012 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs
To hear my spy novel writing partner, Holmes, tell it, I have spent the past few days in Italy teaching the maritime safety class, Don’t Put the Big Floating Thing In the Rocks. I’m happy to report that only one bozo in the whole of Italy actually needed the class....
by Piper Bayard | Jan 11, 2012 | Bayard, Holmes, Movie, No Popcorn
By Piper Bayard and Jay Holmes Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a movie based on Jean Le Carre’s novel by the same name. It’s the story of George Smiley and his efforts to root out a mole in MI-6 during the Cold War. Gary Oldman takes the lead with a heavy hitting cast...
by Piper Bayard | Jan 8, 2012 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs
By Jay Holmes Since I published my last update on Syria in late November, the conflict remains in overtime, waiting for a tie breaker. It’s easy enough to watch the events play out from this safe distance, but for the 22.5 million people living in Syria, things...
by Piper Bayard | Dec 22, 2011 | Foreign Affairs
By HOLMES This week, we have been treated to odd bits of news from the North Korean state media machine. According them, Kim Jong Il died of a heart attack on Saturday, December 17, 2011. The “news” that has been broadcast from North Korea has been rather...
by Piper Bayard | Dec 1, 2011 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs
By Jay Holmes On Saturday, November 26, 2011, NATO conducted airstrikes against what later proved to be two Pakistani border observation posts. Twenty-four Pakistani soldiers were killed in the two air attacks, and NATO’s always tenuous relationship with...
by Piper Bayard | Nov 6, 2011 | Current Affairs
By Jay Holmes On January 27 of this year, protests began in Syria against Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. Bashar (a.k.a. Assad 2.0) quickly attempted to crush the protests before they could gain any momentum. He was unable to declare a state of emergency because Syria...
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