by Piper Bayard | Feb 15, 2017 | News, Outrage and a Grain of Salt
Bayard & Holmes ~ Piper Bayard Big Media, Big Politics, and Big Business all profit financially and politically when they keep the public worked up in fear and/or outrage. They are not our friends. Let’s take some of their power back with a few facts. Outrage...
by Piper Bayard | Dec 1, 2015 | Foreign Affairs, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes On Tuesday, November 24, 2015, two Turkish Airforce F-16s shot down a Russian SU-24. How will that incident impact Russia-Turkey relations, Russia-West relations, NATO response, and the fight against ISIS? Not...
by Piper Bayard | Oct 5, 2015 | Current Affairs, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes On Saturday, October 3, a Russian fighter flown from Syria entered Turkish airspace without Turkey’s permission. Turkey responded by summoning the Russian Ambassador to Turkey to receive a formal complaint from the...
by Piper Bayard | Sep 21, 2015 | Current Affairs, News
Bayard & Holmes ~ Jay Holmes Stories and concerns are circulating about an escalated Russian military presence in Syria. Many of the stories focus on the fact that Russia has sent four Sukhoi SU-30SM fighter jets and eight military helicopters to Syria. We know...
by Piper Bayard | Feb 16, 2015 | Current Affairs, Foreign Affairs, News
By Jay Holmes Precisely who is fighting in Ukraine depends upon whom you ask. When Russian Dictator Vladimir Putin speaks to non-Russians, he claims the Russian-speaking Ukrainian rebels are valiantly fighting to save Russian-speaking orphans, Jews, and senior...
by Piper Bayard | Nov 17, 2014 | Current Affairs, News
By Jay Holmes Friday, November 14, 2014 might end up being an important date in Western history—not for what happened on this day, but rather for what didn’t happen. The French government failed to deliver the new Mistral class helicopter carrier to the Russian Navy....
by Piper Bayard | Jul 7, 2014 | Current Affairs, News
By Jay Holmes This past February, Russian Dictator Vladimir Putin ordered his intelligence and military services to invade Crimea in the Eastern Ukraine. Western governments loudly condemned Russia’s aggression, but practical responses have been limited to minor...
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