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The military draft announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin sent hordes of fearful fighting-age men fleeing for the border, but even they couldn’t have appreciated the true horror of what those unlucky enough to be mobilized and sent to the frontline in Ukraine are having to face. Reports of drafted Russians being sent to fight with wildly insufficient training and “barely usable” equipment have abounded for weeks, but a new report suggests that recruits are resorting to pretending to be dead in the heat of battle to save their own lives. Independent Russian outlet Novaya Gazeta Europe spoke to the...

Officials have said that the constant explosions deep behind Russia’s lines in Crimea has hit Vladimir Putin psychologically which could now hopefully be the beginning of the end for the Russian despot. Putin is suffering from a major psychological effect as more than half of the Russian navy’s Black Sea fleet fighter jets blown up in Ukraine’s attack last Tuesday at the Saki air base in Crimea. The Kremlin’s invasion in Ukraine is currently at a “near operational standstill” and they are looking to point the blame on Putin as he is now finding it near impossible to hide all...

The frequent flyers of Capitol Hill seemed to have made a very large mess of the security program at airports. Only overpaid politicians can think this stuff up -- and keep a straight face while admitting it. The liberty of every traveler is abused, but is security any better? Not hardly. According to the USA Today a few weeks ago: "Checkpoint screeners at 32 of the nation's largest airports failed to detect fake weapons -- guns, dynamite or bombs -- in almost a quarter of undercover tests by the Transportation Security Administration last month." In another article, USA Today reported:...