The John Batchelor Show
By John Batchelor
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Dan Y
Apr 17, 2020
master of story telling, radio journalism at it's finest, this is how it's done
Jack Drury
Mar 18, 2020
One of the best all-around podcasts out there. It appeals to the seeker in all of us, as it covers, science, history, geopolitics, philosophy...an exhausting list of topics that will always keep you thinking!
Sep 29, 2019
Best radio show / podcast hands down. Most thoughtful conversation around. Space exploration, geopolitics, literature, history, culture, philosophy... The show has it all.
Jan 5, 2019
Longtime listener
Dec 7, 2018
Thoughtful conversations with authors and policy analysts.
Description
The John Batchelor Show is a hard news-analysis radio program on current events, world history, global politics and natural sciences. Based in New York City for two decades, the show has travelled widely to report, from the Middle East to the South Caucasus to the Arabian Peninsula and East Asia.
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1400: The crematorium workers are front-line heroes in the India pandemic. Chris Livesay @CBSNews
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Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1890. Photograph of the Kashmir Gate at Delhi, taken by Lala Deen Dayal in the 1890s, from the Curzon Collection: 'Views of places proposed to be visited by Their Excellencies Lord & Lady Curzon during Autumn Tour 1902'. Lord Curzon served as Viceroy of India between 1899 and 1905. The Kashmir Gate is one of the northern gates in the city walls of what is now known as Old Delhi, originally the city of Shahjahanabad built in the 17th century by the Mughal emperor Shan Jahan (r.1628-58). The Kashmir Gate was built in 1835 by Major Robert Smith and was made into a double gateway in 1857 at the time of the Indian Uprising. This gate was blown up when the British retook Delhi during the Indian Uprising of 1857. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor
CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The crematorium workers are front-line heroes in the India pandemic. Chris Livesay @CBSNews https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/general-news/covid-19-gujarat-govt-to-consider-crematorium-workers-as-corona-warriors-retrospectively.html |
May 13, 2021 |
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1400: 2/2: War-warning for the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea–Mediterranean Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
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Photo: Pharaoh and his soldiers drown in the Red Sea. Moses and the Israelites are safely ashore..
CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 2/2: War-warning for the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea–Mediterranean Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.theafricareport.com/86360/ethiopia-egypt-gerd-fight-sucks-in-global-actors/ |
May 13, 2021 |
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1400: 1/2: War-warning for the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea–Mediterranean Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
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Photo: The Horn of Africa. .
CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/2: War-warning for the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea–Mediterranean Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.theafricareport.com/86360/ethiopia-egypt-gerd-fight-sucks-in-global-actors/ |
May 13, 2021 |
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1400: The Mountain State Infrastructure Plan by Shelley Moore Capito. SalenaZito.com
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Image: Antique photo —Along the main road between Charleston and Gauley Bridge, West Virginia .
CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Mountain State Infrastructure Plan by Shelley Moore Capito. SalenaZito.com https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/west-virginias-shelley-moore-capito-explains-why-real-infrastructure-is-important |
May 13, 2021 |
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1400: Why couldn't Eric Holder flip one State legislature? @SalenaZito.com
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Photo: New York State Albany City Hall, built circa 1743.
CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Why couldn't Eric Holder flip one State legislature? @SalenaZito.com https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/how-eric-holder-failed |
May 13, 2021 |
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1400: Shrugging off the PRC digital currency. Charles Ortel of the On the Money with Charles Ortel podcast. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Photo: Binance is a cryptocurrency exchange that provides a platform for trading various cryptocurrencies founded in 2017. As of April 2021, it was the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world in trading volume. Binance was founded by Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as "CZ", a developer who had previously created high-frequency trading software. Binance was initially based in China, but later moved its headquarters out of China due to China's increasing regulation of cryptocurrency..
CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Shrugging off the PRC digital currency. Charles Ortel of the On the Money with Charles Ortel podcast. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill |
May 13, 2021 |
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1400: The strangely sloppy PRC space program. Rick Fisher, senior Fellow on Asian Military Affairs of the International Assessment and Strategy Center. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Photo: Annotated image of the approximate landing site of the Chinese Chang'e-3 lander. It was launched at 17:30 UTC on 1 December 2013 and reached the Moon's surface on 14 December 2013. The lunar coordinates are: 44.12°N 19.51°W.
. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The strangely sloppy PRC space program. Rick Fisher, senior Fellow on Asian Military Affairs of the International Assessment and Strategy Center. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill |
May 13, 2021 |
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1400: The PRC threatens Australia with ballistic missiles. @CleoPaskal @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Photo: The Bombing of Darwin, 19 February 1942. Japanese air raids on Australia during 1942–43 killed hundreds of servicemen and civilians, while Axis naval activity in Australian waters threatened shipping between 1940 and 1945.
CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The PRC threatens Australia with ballistic missiles. @CleoPaskal @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Cleo Paskal, non-resident senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies |
May 13, 2021 |
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1400: The perils of nuke plants on Taiwan. Henry Sokolski, executive director of The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center.
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Photo: Taiwan nuclear plant. Screen grab. .
CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The perils of nuke plants on Taiwan. Henry Sokolski, executive director of The Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. |
May 13, 2021 |
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1400: The Azerbaijanis of Iran; & What is to be done? Ahmad Obali Gunaz.tv
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Photo: Sattar Khan, Iranian Azerbaijani, was a key figure in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and is held in great esteem by many Iranians.
. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Azerbaijanis of Iran; & What is to be done? Ahmad Obali Gunaz.tv https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/304744 |
May 13, 2021 |
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1400: The PRC punches down. Why? Gady Epstein @TheEconomist
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Photo: A soldier extracting teeth from a Chinese man. Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop.. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The PRC punches down. Why? Gady Epstein @TheEconomist https://www.economist.com/britain/2021/05/08/nicola-sturgeons-nationalists-retain-power-in-scotland |
May 13, 2021 |
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1400: OSIRIS-REx call home. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
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Photo: Bennu.
OSIRIS-REx traveled to near-Earth asteroid Bennu and is bringing a small sample back to Earth for study. The mission launched Sept. 8, 2016, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The spacecraft reached Bennu in 2018 and [traveling 1.4 billion miles homeward] will return a sample to Earth in 2023. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow OSIRIS-REx call home. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/osiris-rex-on-its-way-back-to-earth/ |
May 13, 2021 |
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1400: Intransigent English Boris Johnson and Immovable Scot Nicola Sturgeon. Matthew Holehouse @TheEconomist
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Photo: Scotland, from Le Monde pittoresque et monumental. L'Angleterre, l'Écosse et l'Irlande ... Cartes en couleur et ... gravures
(The Picturesque and Monumental. England, Scotland and Ireland\ . . . Cards in color and engravings.) CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Intransigent English Boris Johnson and Immovable Scot Nicola Sturgeon. Matthew Holehouse @TheEconomist https://www.economist.com/britain/2021/05/08/nicola-sturgeons-nationalists-retain-power-in-scotland |
May 13, 2021 |
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1400: Return of the Mueller hunt for Russiagate. @WJMcGurn @WSJOpinion
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Photo: Finnish soldier is executing Soviet Union spy in 1942. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Return of the Mueller hunt for Russiagate. @WJMcGurn @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/robert-muellers-revenge-11620684758 |
May 13, 2021 |
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1400: Commercial space also fails. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
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Photo: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- After a test flight of the Starfighter F-104, Jim Ball, KSC Spaceport Development manager, addresses the media. The aircraft is taking part in a series of pathfinder test missions from the space shuttle runway. .
CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Commercial space also fails. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/virgin-galactic-reveals-issue-with-whiteknighttwo/ |
May 13, 2021 |
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1399: #LondonCalling: "Spending on that scale changes a country's or a society's politics, often not for the better..." @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
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Photo: There are very few persons who still think it is unimportant to balance the federal budget. Unfortunately, about 400 of them are members of Congress . CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #LondonCalling: "Spending on that scale changes a country's or a society's politics, often not for the better..." @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-6-trillion-plan-for-permanent-culture-war-11620318302 To whom should the scarce resources of Britain’s cradle-to-grave-for-everyone National Health Service be devoted? Only to Britons, said many of the voters who chose in 2016 to leave the European Union.
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May 12, 2021 |
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1398: 2/2: Devin Nunes Freedom Festival in the San Joaquin Valley bread and fruit basket. @DevinNunes
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Photo: Stanislaus County, San Joaquin Valley, California. Roadside settlement in commercial pea district .
CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 2/2: Devin Nunes Freedom Festival in the San Joaquin Valley bread and fruit basket. @DevinNunes CA-22 https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/9/devin-nunes-hosts-freedom-festival-promote-conserv/ |
May 12, 2021 |
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1398: 1/2: Devin Nunes Freedom Festival in the San Joaquin Valley bread and fruit basket. @DevinNunes
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Photo: Loading cotton. San Joaquin Valley, California .
CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/2: Devin Nunes Freedom Festival in the San Joaquin Valley bread and fruit basket. @DevinNunes CA-22 https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/9/devin-nunes-hosts-freedom-festival-promote-conserv/ |
May 12, 2021 |
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1398: "The Administration is trying to downgrade what was achieved in the Abraham Accords." @VictoriaCoates Center for Security Policy.
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Photo: Miniature of Abraham and Melchizedek.
CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow "The Administration is trying to downgrade what was achieved in the Abraham Accords." @VictoriaCoates Center for Security Policy. Victoria Coates is a senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy and former US deputy national security advisor for Middle Eastern and North African Affairs. |
May 12, 2021 |
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1398: Reawakening Italy opens for tourism after May 15. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation
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Photo: Pompei, 1910.
Pompei scavi. Visitatori e portantini sul Foro. Autore sconosciuto. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Reawakening Italy opens for tourism after May 15. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation https://news.yahoo.com/come-visit-italy-draghi-says-162049857.html |
May 12, 2021 |
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1398: Russia: "...or else the system is going to come down on you." @BethKnobel, Fordham University
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Photo: A view of one of the trains of the Moscow subway system as it pulls out of the Belo Russia station . CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Russia: "...or else the system is going to come down on you." @BethKnobel Fordham University Professor Former Moscow Bureau Chief Trustee. advisor.
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May 12, 2021 |
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1398: Higher prices have hit the food shopping carts. @LizPeek
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Photo: Price control. Anti-inflation window display. The joint effort of the government and merchant to prevent inflation is the big selling point of this display. Most important is the "shy-ceiling-prices" scroll held by the figure of Uncle Sam which answers the consumers' questions on price control . CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Higher prices have hit the food shopping carts. @LizPeek https://drgnews.com/2021/05/11/april-food-price-index-up-30-over-last-year/
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May 12, 2021 |
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1398: Biden's tax and spending plans and the all-tied-up Senate. @LizPeek.
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Photo: Tax spending .
CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Biden's tax and spending plans and the all-tied-up Senate. @LizPeek. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell-doubts-biden-can-pass-infrastructure-without-gop-as-manchin-dissents/ar-BB1gABz7 |
May 12, 2021 |
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1398: Taliban advances. @BillRoggio @FDD
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Photo: Dozens of 60mm mortar rounds were discovered in a Taliban insurgent's compound in Helmand province Thursday. Coalition forces destroyed the ammunition to prevent its future use. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Taliban advances. @BillRoggio @FDD https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2021/05/taliban-takes-control-of-two-districts-in-afghan-north.php |
May 12, 2021 |
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1397: #NewWorldReport: Biden doubts sanctions work in Venezuela. Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org
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Photo: Four A-7E Corsair II aircraft fly in formation during an air show off the coast of Caracas, Venezuela. The aircraft are assigned to Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) and Attack Squadron 72 (VA-72) aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #NewWorldReport: Biden doubts sanctions work in Venezuela. Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org |
May 12, 2021 |
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1397: #NewWorldReport: Castillo is not running away with Peru. Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org
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Photo:Peruvian scene, with llamas .
CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #NewWorldReport: Castillo is not running away with Peru. Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/world/peru-probes-claims-of-empty-syringes-during-vaccination/ar-BB1gCTyL |
May 12, 2021 |
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1397: #NewWorldReport: The Bolivarian Wind. Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc
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Photo: Monolithic portal. (Puerta del Sol. Tihuanacu, first excavations) 1903-1904 .
CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #NewWorldReport: The Bolivarian Wind. Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org |
May 12, 2021 |
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1397: #NewWorldReport: Colombia threatened by widespread disorder, especially in Cali. Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc
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Photo: Historic picture of Puente Ortiz, bridge in Cali.
CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #NewWorldReport: Colombia threatened by widespread disorder, especially in Cali. Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americhttps://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/colombia/article251338823.htmlas/colombia/article251338823.html |
May 12, 2021 |
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1397: #LondonCalling. Boris Johnson wins again. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
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Photo: Conservative and socialist .
CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #LondonCalling: Boris Johnson wins again. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/boris-johnson-s-conservative-party-sweeps-aside-labour-hartlepool-u-n1266635 |
May 12, 2021 |
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1397: #LondonCalling. Inflation Monster Stalks the Recovery. @JosephSernberg @WSJOpinion
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Photo: No Inflation; or, Hard Pan Waltz. Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885. CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #LondonCalling. Inflation Monster Stalks the Recovery. @JosephSernberg @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/consumers-adjust-to-higher-prices-11620552601?mod=hp_lead_pos1 Costs are rising at every step in the production of many goods. Prices for oil, crops and other commodities have shot up this year. Trucking companies are paying scarce drivers more to take those materials to factories and construction sites. As a result, companies are charging more for foods and consumer products including foil wraps and disposable cups.
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May 12, 2021 |
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1397: #LondonCalling. Britain hugging. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
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Photo: "Hug me closer, George."
CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #LondonCalling. Britain hugging. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://news.yahoo.com/airlines-british-holidaymakers-brace-limited-231029286.html |
May 12, 2021 |
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1396: Boris Johnson at the Hartlepool victory: "And he showed up with a new slogan, 'Jabs, Jabs, Jabs and Jobs, Jobs, Jobs.'" Vicki Barker @CBSNews
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Photo: England, London. View past small boats on Thames toward the tower Bridge, highlighted against a dramatic cloudy sky. CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Boris Johnson at the Hartlepool victory: "And he showed up with a new slogan, 'Jabs, Jabs, Jabs and Jobs, Jobs, Jobs.'" Vicki Barker @CBSNews https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/hartlepool-by-election-conservatives-win-by-election-cddx0m9z5 |
May 11, 2021 |
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1396: Kabul: "They were never going to honor any sort of assurances that they were going to hold fire." Charlie D'Agata, @CBSNews
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Photo:An Afghan mujahid demonstrates positioning of a hand-held surface-to-air missile .
CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Kabul: "They were never going to honor any sort of assurances that they were going to hold fire." Charlie D'Agata, @CBSNews https://news.yahoo.com/afghan-vp-says-u-legitimized-150803780.html |
May 11, 2021 |
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1396: New Delhi: "And so this parking lot was converted into an open-air crematorium, and again, running non-stop around the clock." Chris Livesay @CBSNews
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Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1907. A street scene in Ancient Delhi - the "Rome of Asia," IndiaCBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow New Delhi: "And so this parking lot was converted into an open-air crematorium, and again, running non-stop around the clock." Chris Livesay @CBSNews https://news.yahoo.com/covid-19-infections-surge-indias-120750011.html |
May 11, 2021 |
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1395: Is Merrick Garland a strong horse? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
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Photo: Arrives for Supreme Court Session. Washington, D.C., Oct. 11. Associate Justice George Sutherland of the United States Supreme Court arriving for today's session of the Court, 10/11/37 .
CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Is Merrick Garland a strong horse? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/the-dojs-abusive-indictment-of-the-police-who-killed-george-floyd/ |
May 11, 2021 |
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1395: The peculiar morning raid on Rudy Giuliani. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
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Photo: Prohibition officers raiding the lunch room of 922 Pennsylvania. Ave., Washington, D.C. .
CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The peculiar morning raid on Rudy Giuliani. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/the-biden-dojs-targeting-of-rudy-giuliani-could-backfire-spectacularly/ |
May 11, 2021 |
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1395: 2/2: Biden Administration proposes taking vaccine patents; & What is to be done?
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Photo: Patent Drawing for R. W. Turner's Fork for Domestic and Other Uses .
CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 2/2: Biden Administration proposes taking vaccine patents; & What is to be done? https://news.yahoo.com/us-support-waiving-vaccine-patents-163756974.html |
May 11, 2021 |
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1395: 1/2: Biden Administration proposes taking vaccine patents; & What is to be done?
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Photo: Patent Drawing for R. W. Turner's Fork for Domestic and Other Uses .
CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/2: Biden Administration proposes taking vaccine patents & What is to be done? https://news.yahoo.com/us-support-waiving-vaccine-patents-163756974.html |
May 11, 2021 |
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1395: Immigrants drive start-ups. @GeneMarks
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Photo: Perhaps the richest man in the world (at least this week): the immigrant entrepreneur Elon Musk. Here: The NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, left, and SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk, view the historic Dragon capsule that returned to Earth on May 31 following the first successful mission by a private company to carry supplies to the International Space Station on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 at the SpaceX facility in McGregor, Texas. Bolden and Musk also thanked the more than 150 SpaceX employees working at the McGregor facility for their role in the historic mission CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Immigrants drive start-ups. @GeneMarks https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/immigrant-entrepreneurs-40-percent-more-likely-to-start-small-businesses-301285783.html |
May 11, 2021 |
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1395: Really Help Wanted. @GeneMarks
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Photo: This photograph was taken at the Employee Appreciation Day event held in May 1985 for the employees of the Philadelphia Navy Yard and their families. CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Really Help Wanted. @GeneMarks https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/06/small-businesses-struggle-to-find-workers-as-pandemic-eases.html |
May 11, 2021 |
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1395: Andrew Yang's Bloomberg connection. @HarrySiegel @NYDailyNews
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Photo: Second inauguration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg on the steps of City Hall, 2006 .
CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Andrew Yang's Bloomberg connection. @HarrySiegel @NYDailyNews https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-bradley-tusks-angle-20210508-2ai6iyu3w5ghbgcpgwwhjls4cy-story.html |
May 11, 2021 |
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1395: Jerusalem Day and the threats. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
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Photo: Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Yitzhak Rabin in the entrance to the old city of Jerusalem during the Six Day War, with Moshe Dayan and Uzi Narkiss. CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Jerusalem Day and the threats. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/hamas-and-israel-exchange-rocket-fire-following-contentious-e2-80-98jerusalem-day-e2-80-99-clashes/ar-BB1gAn0t |
May 11, 2021 |
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1395: "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost British Hero (Major Lionel Mansell Jeune) of the 1921 Jaffa riots. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
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Photo: 1921 Jaffa riots .
CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost British Hero (Major Lionel Mansell Jeune) of the 1921 Jaffa riots. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/honour-for-british-soldier-who-saved-lives-of-100-jews-during-deadly-jaffa-riots/ |
May 11, 2021 |
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1395: Republican royalty Cheney loses the GOP Conference. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter
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Photo: Republican nominees . CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Republican royalty Cheney loses the GOP Conference. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter
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May 11, 2021 |
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1395: Newsom allies push back at Jenner's disruption. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter
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Photo:GOVERNORS OF STATES. GROUPS OF GOVERNORS, UNIDENTIFIED . CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Newsom allies push back at Jenner's disruption. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/caitlyn-for-california-launches/ |
May 11, 2021 |
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1395: PRC backs off from immediate provocations of Taiwan; & What is to be done? @ScottWHarold @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Photo: Taiwan): Photos of the second issue of the Shandong Provincial Automobile Road Administration Special Issue .
CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow PRC backs off from immediate provocations of Taiwan; & What is to be done? @ScottWHarold @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Scott Harold, senior political scientist at The RAND Corporation. |
May 11, 2021 |
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1395: Reported evidence of a PRC bioweapons program dated from 2015. Li-Meng Yan. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Photo: The Biological Weapons Convention.
CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Reported evidence of a PRC bioweapons program dated from 2015. Li-Meng Yan. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Dr. Li-Meng Yan, a Chinese virologist who was based in Hong Kong before seeking refuge in America |
May 11, 2021 |
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1394: The relentless Church of Woke; & What is to be done? Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis
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Photo: . Hinton St Mary Mosaic with face of Christ in the centre, from Dorset, southern England, 4th century AD
CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The relentless Church of Woke; & What is to be done? Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinton_St_Mary_Mosaic |
May 10, 2021 |
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1393: Russell Shorto #Unbound: the complete forty-minute interview, April 22, 2021.
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Photo: Cambria Iron Works, Johnstown, Pennsylvania CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Russell Shorto #Unbound: the complete forty-minute interview, April 22, 2021. Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob. Hardcover – February 2, 2021, by Russell Shorto (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Smalltime-Story-My-Family-Mob/dp/0393245586/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Family secrets emerge as a best-selling author dives into the history of the mob in small-town America. The best-selling author Russell Shorto, praised for his incisive works of narrative history, never thought to write about his own past. He grew up knowing his grandfather and namesake was a small-town mob boss but maintained an unspoken family vow of silence. Then an elderly relative prodded: You’re a writer―what are you gonna do about the story?
Smalltime is a mob story straight out of central casting―but with a difference, for the small-town mob, which stretched from Schenectady to Fresno, is a mostly unknown world. The location is the brawny postwar factory town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The setting is City Cigar, a storefront next to City Hall, behind which Russ and his brother-in-law, “Little Joe,” operate a gambling empire and effectively run the town.
Smalltime is a riveting American immigrant story that travels back to Risorgimento Sicily, to the ancient, dusty, hill-town home of Antonino Sciotto, the author’s great-grandfather, who leaves his wife and children in grinding poverty for a new life―and wife―in a Pennsylvania mining town. It’s a tale of Italian Americans living in squalor and prejudice, and of the rise of Russ, who, like thousands of other young men, created a copy of the American establishment that excluded him. Smalltimedraws an intimate portrait of a mobster and his wife, sudden riches, and the toll a lawless life takes on one family. But Smalltime is something more. The author enlists his ailing father―Tony, the mobster’s son―as his partner in the search for their troubled patriarch. As secrets are revealed and Tony’s health deteriorates, the book becomes an urgent and intimate exploration of three generations of the American immigrant experience. Moving, wryly funny, and richly detailed, Smalltime is an irresistible memoir by a masterful writer of historical narrative. 8 black-and-white illustrations
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1393: Holly Fretwell #Unbound. The complete forty-minute interview. April 12, 2021.
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Photo: Forest fire . CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Holly Fretwell #Unbound. The complete forty-minute interview. April 12, 2021. Fix America’s Forests: Reforms to Restore National Forests and Tackle the Wildfire Crisis. Holly Fretwell , Jonathan Wood April 12, 2021 https://www.perc.org/2021/04/12/fix-americas-forests-reforms-to-restore-national-forests-and-tackle-the-wildfire-crisis/ In 2020, the largest wildfire in California history scorched six counties in the northern part of the state. The August Complex Fire burned more than one million acres across three national forests and destroyed hundreds of structures. But devastating fires are not limited to California. Across the West, more than 10 million acres burned in 2020—a record in modern history. These fires consumed more than 17,500 structures and more than $3.5 billion in firefighting costs.Tragically, dozens of lives were lost, and many more people were displaced by evacuation orders. Fires released smoke that degraded air quality nearby and hundreds of miles away. They also destroyed wildlife habitat, including for imperiled species, and the fires’ aftereffects will soon lead to erosion that harms water quality in local watersheds. |
May 10, 2021 |
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1393: When Politicians Panicked: The New Coronavirus, Expert Opinion, and a Tragic Lapse of Reason. Hardcover – March 30, 2021 by John Tamny (Author), George Gilder (Foreword)
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Photo:The recent panic - scene in the New York Stock Exchange on the morning of Friday, May 5th. Drawn by Charles Broughton from sketches on the spot . CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow John Tamny #Unbound. The complete,forty-minute interview. March 28, 2021. When Politicians Panicked: The New Coronavirus, Expert Opinion, and a Tragic Lapse of Reason. Hardcover – March 30, 2021 by John Tamny (Author), George Gilder (Foreword)https://www.amazon.com/When-Politicians-Panicked-Coronavirus-Opinion/dp/1642938378/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= When Politicians Panicked tells the tragic story of how, in response to a spreading virus, global politicians mindlessly pursued economic desperation, starvation, and death as the cure. The global economy was booming as 2020 dawned but, within a few short months, wreckage, death, and desperation born of economic contraction were the new normal. What happened? In When Politicians Panicked, the economic commentator John Tamny tells the heart-wrenching story of a time when politicians were tragically relieved of basic common sense in their response to the new coronavirus. In March of 2020, the virus quickly became a major news item as political panic about it traveled around the world. Even though anecdotal and market-based evidence from the virus’s epicenter indicated very low lethality, politicians quickly imposed economy-crushing lockdowns on the rather specious assumption that unemployment, bankruptcy, and starvation would somehow halt the virus’s spread. Tamny methodically dismantles the political consensus by showing how economic growth has long been the first and last answer to death and disease. He then shows how politicians, having mindlessly crushed a growing economy, proceeded to double down on their mistakes by throwing taxpayer money at their shocking errors. Throughout When Politicians Panicked, Tamny makes a relentless case that free people don’t just produce the wealth that renders today’s killers yesterday’s news. They also produce crucial information about health threats that shines a light on that which threatens us. Lockdowns suffocate economic progress, but they also blind us to how we can progress—as Tamny makes plain in what will go down as an essential history for anyone seeking to understand the coronavirus panic of 2020 |
May 10, 2021 |
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1393: David Grantham #Unbound. The complete forty-minute interview, April 5, 2021.
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Photo: Pre-strike and post-strike photographs of the Baghdad Directorate of Military Intelligence Headquarters used for bomb damage assessment by Pentagon officials in press briefings during DESERT FOX . CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow David Grantham #Unbound. The complete forty-minute interview, April 5, 2021. Consequences: An Intelligence Officer's War Paperback – November 11, 2020. by David Grantham (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Consequences-Intelligence-Officers-David-Grantham/dp/098440631X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= “Very little has been written on the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations efforts in the global war on terror. Consequences by David Grantham provides a unique and fascinating window into the nuts and bolts of OSI counterintelligence operations. You won’t be disappointed.”– Fred Burton, author of Beirut Rules: The Murder of a CIA Station Chief and Hezbollah’s War Against America In 2020, ISIS followers are being encouraged to use COVID-19 to sicken Westerners. An ISIS supporter attacked a Naval base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Iran and the United States exchanged blows in Iraq. We are still living in the long shadow of the Iraq War. In 2006, David Grantham was fresh out of college and serving as a counterintelligence officer with the elite and secretive Air Force Office of Special Investigations. Iraq was veering toward civil war. The U.S. military desperately needed better on-the-ground intelligence to turn the tide. Grantham found himself in Kuwait and Afghanistan, then at Iraq’s infamous American prison, Camp Bucca. Not only was Bucca the breeding ground for the Islamic State, it was in southern Iraq, where America’s deadly fight with Iran was an open secret.
Consequences is both a riveting, behind-the-scenes look at intelligence operations at the height of the Iraq war, and a charming and sobering story of one man’s journey through the pleasures and consequences that come with wartime intelligence.
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1393: Jerry Hendrix #Unbound: the complete, forty-minute interview, March 23, 2021
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Photo: Throughout Obama's presidency, the US Navy's Seventh Fleet routinely patrolled the Indo-Asia-Pacific to maintain the freedom of seas . CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Jerry Hendrix #Unbound: the complete, forty-minute interview, March 23, 2021 To Provide and Maintain a Navy: Why Naval Primacy Is America's First, Best Strategy, Hardcover – December 19, 2020 by Henry J Hendrix (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Provide-Maintain-Navy-Americas-Strategy/dp/0960039198The national conversation regarding the United States Navy has, for far too long, been focused on the popular question of how many ships does the service need? To Provide and Maintain a Navy, a succinct but encompassing treatise on sea power by Dr. Henry J "Jerry" Hendrix, goes beyond the numbers to reveal the crucial importance of Mare Liberum (Free Sea) to the development of the Western thought and the rules-based order that currently govern the global commons that is the high seas. Proceeding from this philosophical basis, Hendrix explores how a "free sea" gave way to free trade and the central role sea-borne commercial trade has played in the overall rise in global living standards. This is followed by analysis of how the relative naval balance of power has played out in naval battles and wars over the centuries and how the dominance of the United States Navy following World War II has resulted in seven decades of unprecedented peace on the world's oceans. He further considers how, in the years that followed the demise of the Soviet Union, both China and Russia began laying the groundwork to challenge the United States's maritime leadership and upend five centuries of naval precedents in order to establish a new approach to sovereignty over the world's seas. It is only at this point that Dr. Hendrix approaches the question of the number of ships required for the United States Navy, the industrial base required to build them, and the importance of once again aligning the nation's strategic outlook to that of a "seapower" in order effectively and efficiently to address the rising threat. To Provide and Maintain a Navy is brief enough to be read in a weekend but deep enough to inform the reader as to the numerous complexities surrounding what promises to be the most important strategic conversation facing the United States as it enters a new age of great power competition with not one, but two, nations who seek nothing less than to close and control the world's seas. |
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1393: Josh Rogin #Unbound: the complete, eighty-minute interview, March 21, 2021
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Photo: Trump on China: Putting America First (Wikisource), published on November 2, 2020, a collection of speeches laying out Trump's policy on China. CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Josh Rogin #Unbound: the complete, eighty-minute interview, March 21, 2021 Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for the Twenty-First Century, Kindle Edition by Josh Rogin Format: Kindle Editionhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08B364SKG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 The explosive, behind-the-scenes story of Donald Trump’s high-stakes confrontation with Beijing, from an award-winning Washington Post columnist and peerless observer of the U.S.–China relationship There was no calm before the storm. Donald Trump’s surprise electoral victory shattered the fragile understanding between Washington and Beijing, putting the most important relationship of the twenty-first century in the hands of a novice who had bitterly attacked China from the campaign trail. Almost as soon as he entered office, Trump brought to a boil the long-simmering rivalry between the two countries, while also striking up a “friendship” with Chinese president Xi Jinping — whose manipulations of his American counterpart would undermine the White House’s already disjointed response to the historic challenge of a rising China. All the while, Trump’s own officials fought to steer U.S. policy from within. By the time the COVID-19 pandemic erupted in Wuhan, Trump’s love-hate relationship with Xi had sparked a trade war, while Xi’s aggression had pushed the world to the brink of a new Cold War. But their quarrel had also forced a long-overdue reckoning within the United States over China’s audacious foreign-influence operations, horrific human rights abuses, and creeping digital despotism. Ironically, this awakening was one of the biggest foreign-policy victories of Trump’s fractious term in office. Filled with shocking revelations drawn from Josh Rogin’s unparalleled access to top U.S. officials from the White House and deep within the country’s foreign policy machine, Chaos Under Heaven reveals an administration at war with itself during perhaps our most urgent hour |
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1393: Terry Anderson #Unbound. The complete forty-minute interview. April 6, 2021
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Photo: Adaptation: Darwin's finches or Galapagos finches. Darwin, 1845. Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N. 2d edition. 1. (category) Geospiza magnirostris 2. (category) Geospiza fortis 3. Geospiza parvula, now (category) Camarhynchus parvulus 4. (category) Certhidea olivacea ... CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Terry Anderson #Unbound. The complete forty-minute interview. April 6, 2021 Adapt and Be Adept: Market Responses to Climate ChangePaperback – April 1, 2021. by Terry Anderson . (Editor)https://www.amazon.com/Adapt-Be-Adept-Responses-Climate/dp/0817924558/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1619395663&refinements=p_27%3ATerry+Anderson&s=books&sr=1-1 How can markets help us adapt to the challenges of climate change? Editor Terry L. Anderson brings together this collection of essays featuring the work of nine leading policy analysts, who argue that market forces are just as important as government regulation in shaping climate policy—and should be at the heart of our response to helping societies adapt to climate change. Anderson notes in his introduction that most current climate policies such as the Paris Agreement require hard-to-enforce collective action and focus on reducing or mitigating greenhouse gases rather than adapting to their negative effects. Adaptive actions can typically deliver much more, faster and more cheaply than any realistic climate policy. The authors tackle a range of issues: the hidden costs of renewable energy sources, the political obstacles surrounding climate change policy, insurance and financial instruments for pricing risk of exposure to the effects of climate change, and more. Reliance on emerging renewable energies and a carbon tax are not enough to prevent the effects of global warming, they argue. We must encourage more private action and market incentives to adapt to a rapidly changing climate.
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1392: The US Congress introduces H.R. 841 in order to move the hemp story to the American consumer. Jason Mitchell, CEO and Co-Founder, HempFusion Wellness.
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Photo: Manila hemp industry, Philippines: cutting down the tree . "Hemp seeds are a rich source of nutrients. Part of the hemp plant, these seeds are technically a nut that can be eaten raw or used to make milk, oil, cheese substitutes, or protein powder." While related to the cannabis plant, hemp seeds have little to none of the psychoactive compound THC found in marijuana. The US Congress introduces H.R. 841 in order to move the hemp story to the American consumer. Jason Mitchell, CEO and Co-Founder, HempFusion Wellness. OTC: CBDHF Canada CBD.U https://www.hempfusion.com/about/ H.R. 841: "To make hemp, cannabidiol derived from hemp, and any other ingredient derived from hemp lawful for use under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act as a dietary ingredient in a dietary supplement, and for other purposes." https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/hr841/text |
May 09, 2021 |
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1392: #MotownReport: Liz Cheney loses the confidence of the Republican House Conference & What is to be done? @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
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The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #MotownReport: Liz Cheney loses the confidence of the Republican House Conference & What is to be done? @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://amgreatness.com/2021/05/07/cheney-the-caucus-and-the-crux/ |
May 09, 2021 |
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1392: #MotownReport: March 12 questions unanswered by Governor Gretchen Whitmer. @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
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The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #MotownReport: March 12 questions unanswered by Governor Gretchen Whitmer. @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/27939/leduff_whitmer_mooches_billionaires_plane_as_father_makes_miraculous_recovery |
May 09, 2021 |
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1391: #PacificWatch: Is California an Exodus? @JCBliss
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Photo:Almos a century ago: Deserted houses are becoming more common in Placer County, California, as farms are abandoned and even the tenants move away. Changed market conditions, which make it impossible to market the older varieties of fruits, are responsible for the exodus .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #PacificWatch: Is California an Exodus? @JCBliss https://calmatters.org/politics/2021/05/california-population-shrink-exodus/ |
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1391: #PacificWatch: "The Homeless Industrial Complex" wins Venice Beach. @JCBliss
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"Known for its bohemian spirit, Venice is a buzzing beach town with upscale commercial and residential pockets. Free-spirited Venice Boardwalk is the site of funky shops, street performers and colorful murals. There’s also a skate park and Muscle Beach outdoor gym. Abbot Kinney Boulevard features foodie hot spots, stylish boutiques and coffee bars. A picturesque enclave of canals is surrounded by modernist homes."---Google The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #PacificWatch: "The Homeless Industrial Complex" wins Venice Beach. @JCBliss https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9557069/Residents-Los-Angeles-Venice-say-world-famous-beach-boardwalk-crippled-crime.html |
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1390: Yevita is the end of the Panama Highway in the triple-canopy rain forest (with jaguars) of Darién Province. Michael Yon, Patreon.com
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The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Yevita is the end of the Panama Highway in the triple-canopy rain forest (with jaguars) of Darién Province. Michael Yon, Patreon.com https://www.patreon.com/MichaelYon/posts |
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1390: The migrant flow through the Darién Gap restarts in great numbers of risk-takers from Colombia to Cuba to Nepal. Michael Yon, Patreon.com
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Also, Cogolese immigrants at the Darién Gap: https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2020/07/02/humanitarian-flow-panama-migrants/ .. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The migrant flow through the Darién Gap restarts in great numbers of risk-takers from Colombia to Cuba to Nepal. Michael Yon, Patreon.com https://www.patreon.com/MichaelYon/posts |
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1389: #PacificWatch: Already Drought Warning in Marin County. @JCBLISS
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The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #PacificWatch:Already Drought Warning in Marin County. @JCBLISS https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/2021-05-Marin-County-Water-District-restrictions-16153638.php Marin County is first in region to limit outdoor watering with mandatory rules -- The Marin Municipal Water District is imposing more mandatory water restrictions on residents, with the goal of reducing overall water use in the district by 40%. San Francisco Chronicle |
May 08, 2021 |
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1389: After history's pandemics: boom, risk, unrest. Callum Williams, @TheEconomist @econcallum
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. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow After history's pandemics: boom, risk, unrest. Callum Williams, @TheEconomist @econcallum https://econ.st/3eMQOvc |
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1389: Moving toward Universal Income. @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion
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The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Moving toward Universal Income. @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-are-killing-the-american-dream-11620251334?mod=hp_opin_pos_2 |
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1389: Europe rejects Biden's aim to give away vaccine patents. @HenryIMiller @PacificResearch
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The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Europe rejects Biden's aim to give away vaccine patents. @HenryIMiller @PacificResearch http://www.henrymillermd.org/25343/waiving-patents-means-waving-goodbye-to-innovation https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-06/merkel-pushes-back-on-vaccine-patent-waiver-in-clash-with-biden |
May 08, 2021 |
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1389: 2/2: #CivilWar? The Justinian Plague and the Black Death, and Lessons Learned. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis
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The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 2/2: #CivilWar? The Justinian Plague and the Black Death, and Lessons Learned. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis |
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1389: 1/2: #CivilWar? The Justinian Plague and the Black Death, and Lessons Learned. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis
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The Plague of Justinian or Justinianic Plague (541–549 AD) was the beginning of the first plague pandemic, the first Old World pandemic of plague, the contagious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. The disease afflicted the entire Mediterranean Basin, Europe, and the Near East, severely affecting the Sasanian Empire and the Byzantine Empire and especially its capital, Constantinople. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/2: #CivilWar? The Justinian Plague and the Black Death, and Lessons Learned. Michael Vlahos, Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis |
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1389: #HotelMars: Why Colonize Outer Space? Rod Pyle, Ad Astra Magazine. David Livingston SpaceShow.com
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The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #HotelMars: Why colonize Outer Space? Rod Pyle, Ad Astra Magazine. David Livingston SpaceShow.com https://adastramagazine.com |
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1389: #TheScalaReport: Winston Smith in China: Your TV watches you. Chris Riegel: @ScalaInc @STRATACACHE
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. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #TheScalaReport: Winston Smith in China: Your TV watches you. Chris Riegel: @ScalaInc @STRATACACHE https://www.protocol.com/china/chinese-smart-tvs-have-hoovered-up-data-without-telling-anybody https://www.economist.com/business/2021/04/29/a-new-type-of-ad-is-heading-for-your-iphone |
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1389: 2/2: "Iran is more than Persia." @ProfBShaffer @FDD
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Photo: Some Iranians are not Persians. Mar Elias (Eliya), the Nestorian bishop of the Urmia [home of John Batchelor's ancestors] plain village of Geogtapa, c. 1831 . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 2/2: "Iran is more than Persia." @ProfBShaffer @FDD https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2021/04/28/iran-is-more-than-persia/ Introduction: Why Ethnicity in Iran Is Important For most of the Soviet period, the West tended to refer to Soviet citizens as the “Russians” and assumed that the regime’s efforts to Russify non-Russian citizens across the Soviet Union were successful. Not until the mid-1980s, when protests emerged during Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms, did it become clear that ethno-nationalism was a politically potent force in the Soviet Union. When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and 15 new countries emerged, there was no denying that the Russification of the Soviet ethnic minorities had been a myth. Several times in recent decades, policymakers have had to play catch-up when central governments have weakened and ethnic and other communal cleavages took center stage. This was true amid the Soviet breakup, the Yugoslav Wars, and the Syrian civil war. There may be a similar blind spot regarding Iran’s multiethnic composition and regime stability. Iran is a multiethnic country; Persians comprise less than half of Iran’s population. Overwhelming majorities of non-Persian groups inhabit most of Iran’s border provinces, in contrast to Iran’s Persian-dominated center. Moreover, over 40 percent of the population of Iran lacks fluency in the Persian language. Ethnic cleavages and dissatisfaction pose growing challenges to the rule of the regime in Iran. When they overlap with poverty and lower levels of government services and infrastructure, these challenges become more severe. Iran’s ethnic minorities inhabit the state’s poorest provinces. The country’s growing environmental challenges, including widening water shortages, hit the ethnic minority provinces harder than the Persian center. The growing importance of the border provinces in anti-regime activity was evident during the last major round of anti-regime protests in Iran, which began in December 2017 and surged again in late 2019. The demonstrations started in the country’s provincial cities and were more intense in the minority-heavy provinces than in the Persian heartland. Technological changes, including widespread access to foreign television and social media in minority languages, have strengthened identity trends in Iran. Large percentages of Iran’s ethnic minorities regularly watch foreign television broadcasts in their native languages instead of regime television, which often depicts ethnic minorities with derogatory stereotypes. Ethnic groups in Iran are also exposed via social media to the wave of identity politics in the United States and Europe. This, too, may contribute to increased opposition to the regime, particularly among Iran’s youth. Previous generations in Iran had, by and large, submitted to the notion that ethnic minorities are inferior to the great Persian nation. But Iran’s minorities increasingly reject this idea, while Persian nationalism appears to be growing among Persians dissatisfied with the religious calling of the Islamic Republic. Since late 2017, the anti-regime activity of several ethnic groups entered a new stage, featuring increased armed attacks on army, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and government installations. Among Iran’s minorities, the Kurds, Ahwaz, and Baluch have active paramilitary groups. Most of the violent anti-regime activity in Iran takes place in their home regions: Sistan-Baluchistan, Khuzestan, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, and West Azerbaijan. Iran’s border areas populated by Kurds and the Baluch endure regular threats to the regime’s forces. Ahwazi groups periodically conduct anti-regime attacks in Khuzestan but do not run a constant insurgency like the Kurds and Baluch do. A critical variable in assessing the potential ethnic threat to the regime is the attitude of Iran’s Azerbaijanis, because of their large numbers, wealth, and perceived status as a mainstay of the regime. A major turning point for this group took place last autumn in response to Iran’s support for Yerevan during Armenia’s war with Azerbaijan. Iranian Azerbaijanis observed Iranian trucks moving Russian arms and supplies to Armenia. The Iranian government arrested dozens of Azerbaijanis for protesting Tehran’s support for Armenia. Amidst rising Azerbaijani opposition, the regime’s policy of backing Armenia may no longer be sustainable. But the Azerbaijani challenge is not the only one. Ethnic minorities form a majority in several strategic locations in Iran. For instance, Khuzestan province, which is the center of Iran’s oil production and home to several important ports and a major road juncture, has a majority-Ahwaz population. Khuzestan is an unstable province, and sustained anti-regime activity there could affect Iran’s ability to produce, export, and transit oil and natural gas. In addition, Iran’s strategic Chabahar Port is located in Sistan-Baluchistan, a perennially unstable province populated almost entirely by Baluch. India invested heavily in Chabahar Port, which represents New Delhi’s attempt to counter China’s infrastructure projects in neighboring Pakistan. The shared non-Persian ethnic groups that straddle much of Iran’s borders, especially Baluch, Kurds, and Azerbaijanis, strongly impact Iran’s foreign policy with most neighboring states. These ethnic groups are a major challenge in the volatile security situation on Iran’s borders with Iraq, Turkey, and Pakistan. In recent years, Iran’s ethnic minorities have shown organizational ability on the ground. In an all-out regime crisis, revolts in several minority provinces in Iran could mount a significant challenge to the central government. |
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1389: 1/2: "Iran is more than Persia." @ProfBShaffer @FDD
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Photo:Naqsh-e Rostam, carved into a mountain . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/2: "Iran is more than Persia." @ProfBShaffer @FDD https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2021/04/28/iran-is-more-than-persia/ Introduction: Why Ethnicity in Iran Is Important For most of the Soviet period, the West tended to refer to Soviet citizens as the “Russians” and assumed that the regime’s efforts to Russify non-Russian citizens across the Soviet Union were successful. Not until the mid-1980s, when protests emerged during Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms, did it become clear that ethno-nationalism was a politically potent force in the Soviet Union. When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 and 15 new countries emerged, there was no denying that the Russification of the Soviet ethnic minorities had been a myth. Several times in recent decades, policymakers have had to play catch-up when central governments have weakened and ethnic and other communal cleavages took center stage. This was true amid the Soviet breakup, the Yugoslav Wars, and the Syrian civil war. There may be a similar blind spot regarding Iran’s multiethnic composition and regime stability. Iran is a multiethnic country; Persians comprise less than half of Iran’s population. Overwhelming majorities of non-Persian groups inhabit most of Iran’s border provinces, in contrast to Iran’s Persian-dominated center. Moreover, over 40 percent of the population of Iran lacks fluency in the Persian language. Ethnic cleavages and dissatisfaction pose growing challenges to the rule of the regime in Iran. When they overlap with poverty and lower levels of government services and infrastructure, these challenges become more severe. Iran’s ethnic minorities inhabit the state’s poorest provinces. The country’s growing environmental challenges, including widening water shortages, hit the ethnic minority provinces harder than the Persian center. The growing importance of the border provinces in anti-regime activity was evident during the last major round of anti-regime protests in Iran, which began in December 2017 and surged again in late 2019. The demonstrations started in the country’s provincial cities and were more intense in the minority-heavy provinces than in the Persian heartland. Technological changes, including widespread access to foreign television and social media in minority languages, have strengthened identity trends in Iran. Large percentages of Iran’s ethnic minorities regularly watch foreign television broadcasts in their native languages instead of regime television, which often depicts ethnic minorities with derogatory stereotypes. Ethnic groups in Iran are also exposed via social media to the wave of identity politics in the United States and Europe. This, too, may contribute to increased opposition to the regime, particularly among Iran’s youth. Previous generations in Iran had, by and large, submitted to the notion that ethnic minorities are inferior to the great Persian nation. But Iran’s minorities increasingly reject this idea, while Persian nationalism appears to be growing among Persians dissatisfied with the religious calling of the Islamic Republic. Since late 2017, the anti-regime activity of several ethnic groups entered a new stage, featuring increased armed attacks on army, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and government installations. Among Iran’s minorities, the Kurds, Ahwaz, and Baluch have active paramilitary groups. Most of the violent anti-regime activity in Iran takes place in their home regions: Sistan-Baluchistan, Khuzestan, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, and West Azerbaijan. Iran’s border areas populated by Kurds and the Baluch endure regular threats to the regime’s forces. Ahwazi groups periodically conduct anti-regime attacks in Khuzestan but do not run a constant insurgency like the Kurds and Baluch do. A critical variable in assessing the potential ethnic threat to the regime is the attitude of Iran’s Azerbaijanis, because of their large numbers, wealth, and perceived status as a mainstay of the regime. A major turning point for this group took place last autumn in response to Iran’s support for Yerevan during Armenia’s war with Azerbaijan. Iranian Azerbaijanis observed Iranian trucks moving Russian arms and supplies to Armenia. The Iranian government arrested dozens of Azerbaijanis for protesting Tehran’s support for Armenia. Amidst rising Azerbaijani opposition, the regime’s policy of backing Armenia may no longer be sustainable. But the Azerbaijani challenge is not the only one. Ethnic minorities form a majority in several strategic locations in Iran. For instance, Khuzestan province, which is the center of Iran’s oil production and home to several important ports and a major road juncture, has a majority-Ahwaz population. Khuzestan is an unstable province, and sustained anti-regime activity there could affect Iran’s ability to produce, export, and transit oil and natural gas. In addition, Iran’s strategic Chabahar Port is located in Sistan-Baluchistan, a perennially unstable province populated almost entirely by Baluch. India invested heavily in Chabahar Port, which represents New Delhi’s attempt to counter China’s infrastructure projects in neighboring Pakistan. The shared non-Persian ethnic groups that straddle much of Iran’s borders, especially Baluch, Kurds, and Azerbaijanis, strongly impact Iran’s foreign policy with most neighboring states. These ethnic groups are a major challenge in the volatile security situation on Iran’s borders with Iraq, Turkey, and Pakistan. In recent years, Iran’s ethnic minorities have shown organizational ability on the ground. In an all-out regime crisis, revolts in several minority provinces in Iran could mount a significant challenge to the central government. |
May 08, 2021 |
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1389: 2/2: The Voyager twins can still communicate from interstellar space. Ken Croswell. "The Lives of Stars."
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Photo: Interstellar probes (cropped) Spacecraft that are on trajectories to leave the Solar System. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 2/2: The Voyager twins can still communicate from interstellar space. Ken Croswell, The Lives of Stars. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/17/e2106371118 |
May 08, 2021 |
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1389: 1/2: The Voyager twins can still communicate from interstellar space. Ken Croswell. "The Lives of Stars."
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Photo: This artist's concept shows NASA's Voyager spacecraft against a backdrop of stars. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/2: The Voyager twins can still communicate from interstellar space. Ken Croswell. The Lives of Stars. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: https://www.pnas.org/content/118/17/e2106371118 |
May 08, 2021 |
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1389: 2/2: Hold Fast: A Novel; Hardcover – May 4, 2021, by J. H. Gelernter
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Photo: portrait of Napoleon. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 2/2: Hold Fast: A Novel Hardcover – May 4, 2021, by J. H. GelernterIt’s 1803. The Napoleonic Wars are raging, Britain is on her heels, and His Majesty’s Secret Service has just lost its best agent, Thomas Grey. Deeply depressed by his wife’s untimely death, Grey resigns from the service and accepts an offer to join a lumber firm in Boston. But when a sea battle with a privateer forces the ship carrying him west to make port in neutral Portugal, Grey is approached with a counteroffer: become a wealthy man by selling out Britain’s spy network to France. The French take Grey for a disgruntled ex–naval officer, blithely unaware that Grey had lost his wife to an unlucky shot from a French cannon. Now, after many years serving King and Country, Grey seizes the opportunity to fight a covert war of his own. He travels to Paris, and―playing the part of the invaluable turncoat the French believe him to be―proceeds to infiltrate the highest levels of Napoleon’s government. If he can outwit his handlers, outmatch his French counterparts, and outrun Napoleon’s secret police, Grey may just avenge his wife’s death and turn the tide of war in England’s favor. Bursting with action and intrigue, Hold Fast sends readers headlong into an unrelenting spy thriller
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May 08, 2021 |
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1389: 1/2: Hold Fast: A Novel, Hardcover – May 4, 2021; by J. H. Gelernter
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Photo: . Under the Treaty of Amiens (1802), Britain recognized the French Republic. The consequent peace lasted only one year and was the only period of general peace in Europe between 1793 and 1814. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/2: Hold Fast: A Novel. Hardcover – May 4, 2021; by J. H. GelernterIt’s 1803. The Napoleonic Wars are raging, Britain is on her heels, and His Majesty’s Secret Service has just lost its best agent, Thomas Grey. Deeply depressed by his wife’s untimely death, Grey resigns from the service and accepts an offer to join a lumber firm in Boston. But when a sea battle with a privateer forces the ship carrying him west to make port in neutral Portugal, Grey is approached with a counteroffer: become a wealthy man by selling out Britain’s spy network to France. The French take Grey for a disgruntled ex–naval officer, blithely unaware that Grey had lost his wife to an unlucky shot from a French cannon. Now, after many years serving King and Country, Grey seizes the opportunity to fight a covert war of his own. He travels to Paris, and―playing the part of the invaluable turncoat the French believe him to be―proceeds to infiltrate the highest levels of Napoleon’s government. If he can outwit his handlers, outmatch his French counterparts, and outrun Napoleon’s secret police, Grey may just avenge his wife’s death and turn the tide of war in England’s favor. Bursting with action and intrigue, Hold Fast sends readers headlong into an unrelenting spy thriller
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May 08, 2021 |
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1389: Surprising vulcanism on Mars. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
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Photo: Planet Mars – volatile gases (Curiosity rover, October 2012).
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Surprising vulcanism on Mars. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/martian-volcanic-eruption-thought-to-be-only-50000-210000-years-old/ |
May 08, 2021 |
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1389: Starship#15 is the ticket. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
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Photo: SpaceX: The private spaceflight company's latest Starship prototype aced a high-altitude test flight today (May 5), checking every box from takeoff to touchdown for the first time. (SpaceX photo: fair use.) The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Starship#15 is the ticket. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/starship-15-launches-and-lands-successfully/ |
May 08, 2021 |
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1388: Student debt is the "unleashed monster." @VerodeRugy @Mercatus
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Photo: In debt and broke .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow "The Unleashed Monster" of Student Debt. @VerodeRugy @Mercatus https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/u-s-student-loan-program-may-be-facing-a-500-billion-hole/ |
May 07, 2021 |
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1388: Still no free lunch, President Biden. @VerodeRugy @NRO
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Photo: TANSTAAFL: a plan for a new economic world order. (Pierre Dos Utt, 1949.) The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Still no free lunch, President Biden. @VerodeRugy @NRO https://www.mercatus.org/commentary/time-no-different |
May 07, 2021 |
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1388: Tim Scott, show-stopper. @WJMcGurn @WSJOpinion
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Photo: Washington, D.C., Sept. 12, 2018 — South Carolina Senator Tim Scott. . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Tim Scott, show-stopper. @WJMcGurn @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/whos-afraid-of-tim-scott-11620078729 |
May 07, 2021 |
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1388: China is the threat, espionage to nukes. @DefTechPat
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Photo: The China War 1857. Junks enshrouded in smoke
This image shows operations on the Canton River in 1857. In the distance, Chinese junks are obscured by smoke. . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow China is the threat, espionage to nukes. @DefTechPat https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/04/fbi-opens-case-chinese-activity-every-10-hours-intel-chiefs-say/173376/ |
May 07, 2021 |
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1388: Connectivity goes to war exercises. @DefTechPat @DefenseOne
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Photo: Connectivity since time immemorial: a soldier in uniform holding a rifle and writing a letter. . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dial_up_modem_noises.ogg The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Connectivity goes to war exercises. @DefTechPat @DefenseOne ttps://www.defenseone.com/technology/2021/04/china-features-heavily-armys-next-big-emerging-tech-experiment/173710/ |
May 07, 2021 |
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1388: Snap elections and a failure to vaccinate Canada. @ConradMBlack National Post
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Photo: In the 1918 influenza epidemic, Albertan farmers wore masks to protect themselves from the flu.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Snap elections and a failure to vaccinate Canada. @ConradMBlack National Post https://nationalpost.com/author/cblacknp |
May 07, 2021 |
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1388: Lenin in Peru. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion
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Photo: 23d anniversary of Vladimir Lenin's death. Lenin's Mausoleum.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Lenin in Peru. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-peru-get-on-the-marxist-path-11619986216 |
May 07, 2021 |
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1388: How did the campus become one-sided? @VDHanson @HooverInst
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Photo: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow How did the campus become one-sided? @VDHanson @HooverInst https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/28/the-peculiar-institution-of-higher-education/ |
May 07, 2021 |
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1388: The mythical in American politics; & What is to be done? @VDHanson @HooverInst
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Photo: Betsy Ross sewing the first American flag. From a painting by G. Liebscher. Copyright by F.A. Schneider.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The mythical in American politics; & What is to be done? @VDHanson @HooverInst http://victorhanson.com/wordpress/optimism-inc-one-too-many-lies/ |
May 07, 2021 |
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1387: The Israeli election process moves away from Netanyahu. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
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Photo: Listening to election results in Israel. From the booklet "President Nixon and the Role of Intelligence in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War." For more information, visit cia.gov/library/publications/historical
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Israeli election process moves away from Netanyahu. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-politics-idUSKBN2CN1T9 |
May 07, 2021 |
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1387: The unnamed Biden policy toward the predictably hostile Pyongyang. @JoshRogin
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Photo: Triumphal arch, Pyongyang. "Joint issue of the Russian Federation and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Korea." Postage stamp. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The unnamed Biden policy toward the predictably hostile Pyongyang. @JoshRogin https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/05/bidens-north-korea-strategy-hurry-up-wait/ |
May 07, 2021 |
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1387: The Gulf at risk from the Iran deal. Ebtesam Al Ketbi @ekitbi, Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
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Photo: Achaemenid king fighting hoplites . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Gulf at risk from the IrandDeal. Ebtesam Al Ketbi @ekitbi, Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 Dr. Ebtesam al-Ketbi, founder and president of the Emirates Policy Center, the UAE's leading foreign policy and security think tank; professor of political science at United Arab Emirates University; and a member of the Gulf Cooperation Council's Consultative Commission. Related articles |
May 07, 2021 |
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1387: The Zarif Tapes and the Iranian Elections. Reza Parchizadeh @rezaparchizadeh. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
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Photo: Logo of th Iranian parliament. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Zarif Tapes and the Iran Elections. Reza Parchizadeh @rezaparchizadeh Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 Dr. Reza Parchizadeh is a political theorist, historian of ideas, and senior analyst. |
May 07, 2021 |
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1387: Can the Abraham Accords survive a new Iran deal? @SebGorka #AmericaFirst
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Photo: Abraham and Lot separate. Gen: 13.7 &c, etching by Wenceslaus Hollar, 17th century (Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto) .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Can the Abraham Accords survive a new Iran Deal? @SebGorka #AmericaFirst |
May 07, 2021 |
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1387: Hamas violence and the postponed PA elections. Judah Ari Gross @JudahAriGross Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
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Photo: Gaza City. In 2006, Israel withdrew entirely from the Gaza Strip; in a burst of enthusiasm, Gazans voted in Hamas. Soon, they discovered the Muslim Brotherhood's electoral motto: One man, one vote—one time. Since then, it has maintained iron control over the space and people. The leadership live in surprising luxury by any world standard, while most of the people are impoverished, poorly nourished, bereft of medical care, and unemployed. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Hamas violence and the postponed PA elections. Judah Ari Gross @JudahAriGross Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 Judah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel's military correspondent. Related articles |
May 07, 2021 |
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1387: Facebook tolerates PRC ugliness; and What is to be done?. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst
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Photo: Pu Zhiqiang, a student protester at Tian An Men, taken on May 10, 1989. The Chinese words written on the paper say, "We want the freedom of newspapers, freedom of associations, also to support the 'World Economic Herald', and support those just journalists."
. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Facebook tolerates PRC ugliness; and What is to be done?. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst .. Permissions: Author: 蔡淑芳@sfchoi8964 Permission details: 蔡淑芳@sfchoi8964 知識共享(CC)版權聲明 http://is.gd/dr8pK 您可以复制、发行、展览、表演、放映、广播或通过信息网络传播本作品；您必须按照作者或者许可人指定的方式对作品进行署名。RT @zhulsa This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license. | You are free:to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work; to remix – to adapt the work, under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. |
May 07, 2021 |
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1386: 2/2: Heavy rains and swollen rivers slow the migrant trail of tears at the perilous Darién Gap. Michael Yon, Patreon.com
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Photo: The Pan-American Highway from Billings to Buenos Aires. The deadly Darién Gap is within the yellow square.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 2/2: Heavy rains and swollen rivers slow the migrant trail of tears at the perilous Darién Gap. Michael Yon, Patreon.com |
May 06, 2021 |
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1386: 1/2: Heavy rains and swollen rivers slow the migrant trail of tears at the perilous Darién Gap. Michael Yon, Patreon.com
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Photo: Traversing the Darién Gap. Screen grab.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/2: Heavy rains and swollen rivers slow the migrant trail of tears at the perilous Darién Gap. Michael Yon, Patreon.com |
May 06, 2021 |
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1386: Progressive Democrats cancel US Steel and thousands of jobs at Braddock, PA; & What is to be done? @SalenaZito
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Photo: U.S. Steel National Tube Works, Auxiliary Buildings, Along Monongahela River, McKeesport, Allegheny County, PA .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Progressive Democrats cancel US Steel and thousands of jobs at Braddock, PA; & What is to be done? @SalenaZito https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/in-the-face-of-most-democrats-opposition-us-steel-cancels-a-billion-dollar-investment |
May 06, 2021 |
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1386: McConnell is the senator from tobacco, hemp and beautiful horses. SalenaZito.com
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Photo: The Darley Arabian, one of the three traditional foundation sires of the Thoroughbred.
All modern thoroughbreds trace back to three stallions imported into England from the Middle East in the late 17th and early 18th centuries: the Byerley Turk (1680s), the Darley Arabian (1704), and the Godolphin Arabian (1729) The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow McConnell is the senator from tobacco, hemp and beautiful horses. SalenaZito.com https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/mitch-mcconnell-the-leader-from-middle-america |
May 06, 2021 |
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1386: The brave new world of vaccine nasal spray and hundreds more ambitions. @GregiryZuckerman @WSJOpinion
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Photo: Nasal Spray - laboratory for eye, ear, etc .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The brave new world of vaccine nasal spray and hundreds more ambitions. @GregiryZuckerman @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/next-generation-of-covid-19-vaccines-could-be-pill-or-spray-11620034381?st=zhwy8phnunkqlzi&reflink=article_email_share |
May 06, 2021 |
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1386: Lessons and limits learned with Zoom diplomacy. Daniel Franklin @Economist
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Photo: Swedish diplomat, politician and poet from Sveriges Historia från äldsta tid till våra dagar, etc. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Lessons and limits learned with Zoom diplomacy. Daniel Franklin @Economist https://www.economist.com/international/2021/05/01/diplomacy-has-changed-more-than-most-professions-during-the-pandemic?utm_medium=pr&utm_source=us-e |
May 06, 2021 |
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1386: Long March5B is a failed design. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
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Photo: Space debris populations seen from outside geosynchronous orbit (GSO). There are two primary debris fields: the ring of objects in GSO and the cloud of objects in low-Earth orbit (LEO).
. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Long March5B is a failed design. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/revised-long-march-5b-crash-window/ |
May 06, 2021 |
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1386: Robots become creatures become pals: Ingenuity Ingenue. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
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Photo: Diagram showing the components of Ingenuity.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Robots become creatures become pals: Ingenuity Ingenue. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ingenuitys-fourth-flight-today-a-success/ |
May 06, 2021 |
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1385: The closing of the Swarthmore mind. @BerkowitzPeter @HooverInst
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Photo: Alice Paul (Swarthmore lass of 1905), Suffragist and National Women's Party founder. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The closing of the Swarthmore mind. @BerkowitzPeter @HooverInst https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/05/02/an_open_letter_to_swarthmore_president_valerie_smith_145684.html |
May 06, 2021 |
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1385: The Zarif Tapes warning. @AmbJohnBolton @WashingtonPost
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Photo: Iranistan, P. T. Barnum's house near Bridgeport, Connecticut. . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Zarif Tapes warning. @AmbJohnBolton @WashingtonPost https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/john-bolton-zarif-tape-iran/2021/05/03/28ddd0f4-ac3b-11eb-b476-c3b287e52a01_story.html |
May 06, 2021 |
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1385: The first 100 days produce unsurprising polling. Elliot Morris @Economist @gelliottmorris
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Photo: President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Vice-President Kamala Harris. .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The first 100 days produce unsurprising polling. Elliot Morris @Economist @gelliottmorris https://www.economist.com/president-joe-biden-polls?utm_medium=pr&utm_source=us-e |
May 06, 2021 |
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1385: Singapore and Southeast Asia prosper as the PRC threatens everyone. Fraser Howie, author Red Capitalism.@GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Photo: Botanical Garden at Singapore, circa 1890. . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Singapore and Southeast Asia prosper as the PRC threatens everyone. Fraser Howie, author, Red Capitalism.@GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Fraser Howie, co-author of Red Capitalism: The Fragile Financial Foundation of China's Extraordinary Rise, on this: |
May 06, 2021 |
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1385: Democracy dies in Hong Kong Daylight. Mark Simon. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Photo: Storms under tyranny. Here: A squally day in Hong Kong harbor. .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Democracy dies in Hong Kong Daylight. Mark Simon. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://news.yahoo.com/repression-freedom-speech-doesn-t-093903835.html |
May 06, 2021 |
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1385: Pyongyang restarts nuclear blackmail; & What is to be done? @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill.@FDD David Maxwell
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Photo: Chinese generals captured at the Battle of Pyongyang beg for mercy . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Pyongyang restarts nuclear blackmail; & What is to be done? @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill.@FDD David Maxwell David Maxwell, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, on this: |
May 06, 2021 |
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1385: Cuba, China and the mystery of the microwave weaponry. Rich Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Photo: Comidas Chinas y Criollas — another conjunction of China and Cuba; from Nuevo Jardin de China in Astoria, New York. Fair use. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Cuba, China and the mystery of the microwave weaponry. Rich Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Rick Fisher, senior fellow on Asian Military Affairs of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, on this: |
May 06, 2021 |
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1385: The India Pandemic and the Diaspora. @Tunku Varadarajan @AEI @WSJOpinion
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Photo: Hanuman Bearing the Mountaintop with Medicinal Herbs. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The India Pandemic and the Diaspora. @Tunku Varadarajan @AEI @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-sun-never-sets-on-the-woke-empire-11599062724 |
May 06, 2021 |
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1384: #PacificWatch: Jenner is talented, informed, determined, tireless. @JCBliss
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Photo: Jenner, a winner at the 1975 Pan American Games.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #PacificWatch: Jenner is talented, informed, determined, tireless. @JCBliss https://news.yahoo.com/caitlyn-jenner-reality-tv-star-163025169.html |
May 05, 2021 |
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1383: #NewWorld: The pandemic ravages Venezuela. Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal Joseph Humire @JSHumire @SecureFreeSoc.
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. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #NewWorld: The pandemic ravages Venezuela. Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal Joseph Humire @JSHumire @SecureFreeSoc. https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/09/americas/venezuela-mayor-covid-19-signs-intl-latam/index.html |
May 05, 2021 |
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1383: #NewWorld:AMLO deals with the Devil. . Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal Joseph Humire @JSHumire @SecureFreeSoc
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Photo: Albrecht Dürer - Knight, Death and the Devil .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #NewWorld:AMLO deals with the Devil. . Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal Joseph Humire @JSHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/amlos-attitude-toward-cartels-is-laissez-faire/ |
May 05, 2021 |
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1383: #NewWorld: El Salvador for Full Chavez. Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal Joseph Humire @JSHumire @SecureFreeSoc
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Photo: El Salvador: army personnel in e field .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #NewWorld: El Salvador for Full Chavez Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal Joseph Humire @JSHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/el-salvadors-president-pushes-ahead-with-power-grab-despite-us-condemnation/ar-BB1glXK1 |
May 05, 2021 |
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1383: #NewWorld: Severe unrest in Colombia; & What is to be done? Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal Joseph Humire @JSHumire @SecureFreeSoc
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Photo: Massacre. Image of the worker strike of the Banana plantation in Santa Marta, Colombia. From left to right Pedro M. del Río, Bernardino Guerrero, Raúl Eduardo Mahecha, Nicanor Serrano and Erasmo Coronell. Guerrero and Coronell died in the Banana Massacre Nov 12, 1928, in Santa Marta, Colombia..
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #NewWorld: Severe unrest in Colombia; & What is to be done? Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal Joseph Humire @JSHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/may/03/colombia-protests-police-response-unrest |
May 05, 2021 |
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1383: The London parks are full; waiting on the pubs. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
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Photo: William Gladstone exiting a London pub .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The London parks are full; waiting on the pubs. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://news.yahoo.com/london-trade-subdued-june-21-105805938.html |
May 05, 2021 |
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1383: The European manufacturing recovery; & What is to be done? @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
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Photo: Electric locomotive type E69 (steeple-cab) and manufactured by MAN Siemens-Schuckert in 1924 for the Company Guarujá. . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The European manufacturing recovery; & What is to be done? @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.ft.com/content/8e2cd4ea-8da9-4030-be99-f081f0058852 Eurozone factories are increasing production at a record rate to meet surging global demand, while German retail sales have rebounded more than expected, fuelling hopes that the region’s pandemic-stricken economy is poised for a powerful recovery. |
May 05, 2021 |
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1383: Buffett says inflation. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
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Photo: The Inflation Waltz. From Music Copyright Deposits, 1870-1885 . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Buffett says inflation. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/warren-buffett-says-berkshire-hathaway-is-seeing-very-substantial-inflation-and-raising-prices/ar-BB1gjeBv
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May 05, 2021 |
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1383: Can Europe save summer despite vaccine nationalism?. @JosephSternber @WSJOpinion
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Photo: Cote d'Azur, Monte Carlo The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Can Europe save summer despite vaccine nationalism?. @JosephSternber @WSJOpinion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/eu-may-welcome-vaccinated-britons-without-quarantine-this-summer-58wppfgbs |
May 05, 2021 |
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1383: The US can watch as Russia annexes Eastern Ukraine. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
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Photo: 1930 For the Bolshevik mechanized Donbass. 1930. За большевистский механизированный Донбасс The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The US can watch as Russia annexes Eastern Ukraine. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.dailysabah.com/world/europe/us-will-not-fight-for-ukraine-in-donbass-russian-fm-lavrov-says |
May 05, 2021 |
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1383: Australia readies for a long struggle with the predatory PRC. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
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Photo: On October 1, 1949 a grand ceremony was witnessed by 300,000 people in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, and Mao Zedong, chairman of the Central People's Government, solemnly proclaimed the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Australia readies for a long struggle with the predatory PRC. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/04/australia-china-defense-tariffs-policy-taiwan-us/ |
May 05, 2021 |
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1383: Never seen a boom like this boom. @LizPeek @FoxNews
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Photo: Sign at city limits of Buckeye, Shasta County, California. This is an old town, now become a boom town, because of construction work at Shasta Dam .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Never seen a boom like this boom. @LizPeek @FoxNews https://www.thestreet.com/video/economic-growth-is-set-to-surge |
May 05, 2021 |
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1383: Afghanistan: "We want you to leave; we just don't want you to leave right now." Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (ret). @CBSNews
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Photo: ANP in partnership with Charlie Company 1-24 Inf. search the villages of Musa Khely and Nowrak with the purpose of disrupting a recent string of IED attacks.
. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Afghanistan: "We want you to leave; we just don't want you to leave right now." Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (ret). @CBSNews https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/600290-Pakistan-bans-inbound-pedestrian-movement-from-Afghanistan-Iran- |
May 05, 2021 |
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1383: 2/2: The US Navy 2050 AD needs everything now. Tom Modly, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings
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Photo: Stereograph image of the Washington Navy Yard, probably dating from the late 19th century.
. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 2/2: The US Navy 2050 AD needs everything now. Tom Modly, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/april/gray-priorities-next-secnav |
May 05, 2021 |
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1383: 1/2: The US Navy 2050 AD needs everything now. Tom Modly, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings
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Photo: Landing Craft, Air Cushion 81, from Assault Unit Craft Five, US Fleet Activities, Sasebo, Japan, glides onto a Gogu beach for the D-Day Mobile Fuel Distribution System concept demonstration in support of FOAL EAGLE 2000. The DMFDS is a Force Warfighting Lab sponsored by the Office of Naval Research-funded project which demonstrates new techniques in the first-ever transfer of fuel from the sea to land.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/2: The US Navy 2050 AD needs everything now. Tom Modly, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/april/gray-priorities-next-secnav |
May 05, 2021 |
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1383: Politics of the India pandemic. Sadanand @Dhume @AEI @WSJOpinion
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Photo: Demonstration at the Red Cross Emergency Ambulance Station in Washington, D.C., during the influenza pandemic of 1918 .
CDC.gov: The acceleration phase of a pandemic is complex and requires a multifaceted and rapidly adapting public health response. During a 3-week period in late February to early March, the number of U.S. COVID-19 cases increased more than 1,000-fold. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Politics of the India pandemic. Sadanand @Dhume @AEI @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/indias-covid-crisis-could-reach-you-too-11619713949?mkt_tok=NDc1LVBCUS05NzEAAAF80UnLNGvk9m7W3Tze6WAh_eO0obLz5q9HYIILenUN76mbaCol7JiXDNSfrvjNJVXI7pFsmNz48MycZimDaHa7bDI5S70SrNvmzvuYHreR3us |
May 05, 2021 |
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1383: Payback to the Progressives who voted for moderate Biden.@LizPeek @FoxNews,
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Photo: Comité de Salut public, An II / Committee of Public Safety, Year Two
The Committee of Public Safety formed the provisional government in France, led mainly by Maximilien Robespierre, during the Reign of Terror, a phase of the French Revolution. "What about the Committee of Public Safety? Yes, this was the phase with the Committee of Public Safety. Robespierre & co. established a program of revolutionary trials to defend the Republic against internal enemies. Some 40,000 people died during the Terror. At Nantes, refractory clergy were subjected to 'vertical deportation,' i.e., mass drownings in which prisoners were forced onto barges which were deliberately sunk in the Loire. There’s still some question as to whether the famous 'Republican marriages,' in which a priest and a nun were stripped naked and bound to one another before drowning, actually took place." The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Payback to the Progressives who voted for moderate Biden. @LizPeek @FoxNews, https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/441668-any-infrastructure-program-will-be-swallowed-by-the-swamp |
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1382: Silicon Valley and the exit door from California. @DevinNunes, CA-22
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Photo: Clusters of jumping cactus on the Colorado desert in Riverside County, 1900 .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Silicon Valley and the exit door from California. @DevinNunes, CA-22 "It's not infrastructure." |
May 04, 2021 |
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1382: California loses a seat; & What is to be done? @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter
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Photo: Congressional hearing with Charles Lindbergh(?) .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow California loses a seat & What is to be done? @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/incumbent-democrats-jeopardy-california |
May 04, 2021 |
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1382: The PRC destroys a Hong Kong dissident. @ElishaMaldonado @NYPost
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The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The PRC destroys a Hong Kong dissident. @ElishaMaldonado @NYPost https://nypost.com/2021/04/27/another-dissident-died-in-chinas-prisons-will-we-remember-him/ |
May 04, 2021 |
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1382: Harris and the Border. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter
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Photo: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to [Pima County,] Arizona's border area with Mexico. .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Harris and the Border. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democratic-senator-mazie-hirono-says-kamala-harris-should-visit-the-border-calls-situation-a-crisis/ar-BB1gfXwv |
May 04, 2021 |
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1382: The politics of the worst-case pandemic in vulnerable in India. @CleoPaskal @FDD @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Photo: Abids Hyderabad, 1898 .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The politics of the worst-case pandemic in vulnerable in India. @CleoPaskal @FDD @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://in.news.yahoo.com/west-bengal-election-modi-defeated-105155514.html |
May 04, 2021 |
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1382: FDR's Forgotten Man contrasted with Joe Biden's Forgotten Man. @AmityShlaes. Coolidge Foundation.
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Photo: Forgotten Man by Maynard Dixon, 1934 . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow FDR's Forgotten Man contrasted with Joe Biden's Forgotten Man. @AmityShlaes. Coolidge Foundation. The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great DepressionPaperback – Illustrated, May 27, 2008by Amity . Shlaes (Author) |
May 04, 2021 |
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1382: #TammanyHallNeverSleeps: Allegations of sexual abuse by politicians across the New York landscape. @HarrySiegel @NYDailyNews
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Photo: Gov. Wilson Refused to Mix Up in New York State Politics At Syracuse Yesterday . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #TammanyHallNeverSleeps: Allegations of sexual abuse by politicians across the New York landscape. @HarrySiegel @NYDailyNews https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-stringer-weiner-schneiderman-spitzer-20210430-xwvh757rjbd6vlddpzoced7aiu-story.html Fairly or not, it’s Scott Stringer’s time in the barrel now. Take a deep breath, and: |
May 04, 2021 |
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1382: "Indiana" Hoenlein and the 2000-year-old Lost Pregnant Mummy. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
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Photo: Mummy of Nesiamun .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow "Indiana" Hoenlein and the 2000-year-old Lost Pregnant Mummy. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.cbsnews.com/news/egyptian-mummy-pregnant-woman/ |
May 04, 2021 |
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1382: The Taliban prepare Islamic judges for an Afghanistan with NATO departed. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD
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Photo: Islamic Easter.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Taliban prepare Islamic judges for an Afghanistan with NATO departed. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2021/04/talibans-deputy-leader-stresses-importance-of-judges-in-the-islamic-emirate.php. |
May 04, 2021 |
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1382: Italy reopens again with an ambition to save summer. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation
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Photo: The_Mamertine_prison from Three Vassar Girls in Italy. A holiday excursion of three college girls through the classic lands .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Italy reopens again with an ambition to save summer. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-20/italy-targets-mid-may-opening-for-tourism-in-bid-to-save-sector |
May 04, 2021 |
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1382: Tape-leaking Zarif is running for president of Tehran as a moderate. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
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The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Tape-leaking Zarif is running for president of Tehran as a moderate. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.voanews.com/middle-east/irans-khamenei-calls-remarks-zarif-audio-leak-big-mistake |
May 04, 2021 |
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1382: Mitt Romney's unwise (and extravagant) plan for a child allowance & What is to be done? David Henderson @HooverInst @davidrhendersonMonterey
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The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Mitt Romney's unwise (and extravagant) plan for a child allowance & What is to be done? David Henderson @HooverInst @davidrhendersonMonterey |
May 04, 2021 |
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1382: 1/2: "The Benefit Theory of Taxation" and Its Discontents. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst
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Photo: Tax forms. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/2: "The Benefit Theory of Taxation" and Its Discontents. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst
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May 04, 2021 |
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1382: The B-1 is grounded; the bomber fleet is tasked. Tyler Rogoway @TheWarZone
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Photo: An underside view of a B-1 bomber aircraft on its first flight since April, 1981 .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The B-1 is grounded; the bomber fleet is tasked. Tyler Rogoway @TheWarZone https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27198/the-air-force-has-grounded-its-b-1b-bomber-fleet-for-the-second-time-in-a-year |
May 04, 2021 |
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1382: The screaming diving killer drone Harop. Tyler Rogoway @thewarzone
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Photo: IAI Harpy, the first-generation loitering munition for SEAD role; immediate predecessor to IAI Harop.
The IAI Harop is a loitering munition developed by the MBT division of Israel Aerospace Industries. It is an anti-radiation drone that can autonomously home in on radio emissions. This SEAD-optimised loitering munition is designed to loiter over the battlefield and attack targets by self-destructing into them The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The screaming diving killer drone Harop. Tyler Rogoway @thewarzone https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40265/the-sound-of-this-nighttime-suicide-drone-strike-is-absolutely-terrifying |
May 04, 2021 |
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1382: Anarchy and mass murder in the failed state of Myanmar. Michael Yon. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Photo: Burmese Funeral procession 1900 . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Anarchy and mass murder in the failed state of Myanmar. Michael Yon. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-04-28/reports-myanmar-airstrikes-target-ethnic-forces-on-2-fronts |
May 04, 2021 |
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1381: Holly Fretwell #Unbound. The complete forty-minute interview. April 12, 2021.
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.Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1908. View of the Redwood Tree House on the grounds of the Department of Argiculture...National Mall between 12th and 14th Streets, SW..Ca. 19 CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Holly Fretwell #Unbound. The complete forty-minute interview. April 12, 2021. Fix America’s Forests: Reforms to Restore National Forests and Tackle the Wildfire Crisis. Holly Fretwell , Jonathan Wood April 12, 2021 https://www.perc.org/2021/04/12/fix-americas-forests-reforms-to-restore-national-forests-and-tackle-the-wildfire-crisis/ In 2020, the largest wildfire in California history scorched six counties in the northern part of the state. The August Complex Fire burned more than one million acres across three national forests and destroyed hundreds of structures. But devastating fires are not limited to California. Across the West, more than 10 million acres burned in 2020—a record in modern history. These fires consumed more than 17,500 structures and more than $3.5 billion in firefighting costs.Tragically, dozens of lives were lost, and many more people were displaced by evacuation orders. Fires released smoke that degraded air quality nearby and hundreds of miles away. They also destroyed wildlife habitat, including for imperiled species, and the fires’ aftereffects will soon lead to erosion that harms water quality in local watersheds. |
May 03, 2021 |
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1381: Terry Anderson #Unbound. The complete forty-minute interview. April 6, 2021
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Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1887. Sénégal River from "Great waterfalls, cataracts, and geysers, described and illustrated, etc"CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Terry Anderson #Unbound. The complete forty-minute interview. April 6, 2021 Adapt and Be Adept: Market Responses to Climate ChangePaperback – April 1, 2021. by Terry Anderson . (Editor)https://www.amazon.com/Adapt-Be-Adept-Responses-Climate/dp/0817924558/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1619395663&refinements=p_27%3ATerry+Anderson&s=books&sr=1-1 How can markets help us adapt to the challenges of climate change? Editor Terry L. Anderson brings together this collection of essays featuring the work of nine leading policy analysts, who argue that market forces are just as important as government regulation in shaping climate policy—and should be at the heart of our response to helping societies adapt to climate change. Anderson notes in his introduction that most current climate policies such as the Paris Agreement require hard-to-enforce collective action and focus on reducing or mitigating greenhouse gases rather than adapting to their negative effects. Adaptive actions can typically deliver much more, faster and more cheaply than any realistic climate policy. The authors tackle a range of issues: the hidden costs of renewable energy sources, the political obstacles surrounding climate change policy, insurance and financial instruments for pricing risk of exposure to the effects of climate change, and more. Reliance on emerging renewable energies and a carbon tax are not enough to prevent the effects of global warming, they argue. We must encourage more private action and market incentives to adapt to a rapidly changing climate.
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May 03, 2021 |
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1381: David Grantham #Unbound. The complete forty-minute interview, April 5, 2021.
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Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1933. CH-NB - Irak, Baghdad (Bagdad)- Köngispalast - Annemarie Schwarzenbach - SLA-Schwarzenbach-A-5-03-305CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow David Grantham #Unbound. The complete forty-minute interview, April 5, 2021. Consequences: An Intelligence Officer's War Paperback – November 11, 2020. by David Grantham (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Consequences-Intelligence-Officers-David-Grantham/dp/098440631X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= “Very little has been written on the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations efforts in the global war on terror. Consequences by David Grantham provides a unique and fascinating window into the nuts and bolts of OSI counterintelligence operations. You won’t be disappointed.”– Fred Burton, author of Beirut Rules: The Murder of a CIA Station Chief and Hezbollah’s War Against America In 2020, ISIS followers are being encouraged to use COVID-19 to sicken Westerners. An ISIS supporter attacked a Naval base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Iran and the United States exchanged blows in Iraq. We are still living in the long shadow of the Iraq War. In 2006, David Grantham was fresh out of college and serving as a counterintelligence officer with the elite and secretive Air Force Office of Special Investigations. Iraq was veering toward civil war. The U.S. military desperately needed better on-the-ground intelligence to turn the tide. Grantham found himself in Kuwait and Afghanistan, then at Iraq’s infamous American prison, Camp Bucca. Not only was Bucca the breeding ground for the Islamic State, it was in southern Iraq, where America’s deadly fight with Iran was an open secret.
Consequences is both a riveting, behind-the-scenes look at intelligence operations at the height of the Iraq war, and a charming and sobering story of one man’s journey through the pleasures and consequences that come with wartime intelligence.
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May 03, 2021 |
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1381: John Tamny #Unbound. The complete forty minute interview. March 28, 2021.
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Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1919. Clemenceau, Wilson and Lloyd George leaving Palace of Versailles after signing peace treatyCBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow John Tamny #Unbound. The complete forty minute interview. March 28, 2021. When Politicians Panicked: The New Coronavirus, Expert Opinion, and a Tragic Lapse of Reason Hardcover – March 30, 2021 by John Tamny (Author), George Gilder (Foreword)https://www.amazon.com/When-Politicians-Panicked-Coronavirus-Opinion/dp/1642938378/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= When Politicians Panicked tells the tragic story of how, in response to a spreading virus, global politicians mindlessly pursued economic desperation, starvation, and death as the cure. The global economy was booming as 2020 dawned, but within a few short months wreckage, death, and desperation borne of economic contraction were the new normal. What happened? In When Politicians Panicked, economic commentator John Tamny tells the heart-wrenching story of a time when politicians were tragically relieved of basic common sense in their response to the new coronavirus. In March of 2020, the virus quickly became a major news item as political panic about it traveled around the world. Even though anecdotal and market-based evidence from the virus’s epicenter indicated very low lethality, politicians quickly imposed economy-crushing lockdowns on the rather specious assumption that unemployment, bankruptcy, and starvation would somehow halt the virus’s spread. Tamny methodically dismantles the political consensus by showing how economic growth has long been the first and last answer to death and disease. He then shows how politicians, having mindlessly crushed a growing economy, proceeded to double down on their mistakes by throwing taxpayer money at their shocking errors. Throughout When Politicians Panicked, Tamny makes a relentless case that free people don’t just produce the wealth that renders today’s killers yesterday’s news. They also produce crucial information about health threats that shine a light on that which threatens us. Lockdowns suffocate economic progress, but they also blind us to how we can progress—as Tamny makes plain in what will go down as an essential history for anyone seeking to understand the coronavirus panic of 2020. |
May 03, 2021 |
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1381: Jerry Hendrix #Unbound: the complete, forty-minute interview, March 23, 2021
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Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1908 Visit of American Fleet to Sydney - public schools display, Sydney Cricket Ground, 26th Aug, 1908 - photographer G.A. Hills (5331821658)CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Jerry Hendrix #Unbound: the complete, forty-minute interview, March 23, 2021 To Provide and Maintain a Navy: Why Naval Primacy Is America's First, Best Strategy, Hardcover – December 19, 2020 by Henry J Hendrix (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Provide-Maintain-Navy-Americas-Strategy/dp/0960039198The national conversation regarding the United States Navy has, for far too long, been focused on the popular question of how many ships does the service need? To Provide and Maintain a Navy, a succinct but encompassing treatise on sea power by Dr. Henry J "Jerry" Hendrix, goes beyond the numbers to reveal the crucial importance of Mare Liberum (Free Sea) to the development of the Western thought and the rules-based order that currently govern the global commons that is the high seas. Proceeding from this philosophical basis, Hendrix explores how a "free sea" gave way to free trade and the central role sea-borne commercial trade has played in the overall rise in global living standards. This is followed by analysis of how the relative naval balance of power has played out in naval battles and wars over the centuries and how the dominance of the United States Navy following World War II has resulted in seven decades of unprecedented peace on the world's oceans. He further considers how, in the years that followed the demise of the Soviet Union, both China and Russia began laying the groundwork to challenge the United States's maritime leadership and upend five centuries of naval precedents in order to establish a new approach to sovereignty over the world's seas. It is only at this point that Dr. Hendrix approaches the question of the number of ships required for the United States Navy, the industrial base required to build them, and the importance of once again aligning the nation's strategic outlook to that of a "seapower" in order effectively and efficiently to address the rising threat. To Provide and Maintain a Navy is brief enough to be read in a weekend but deep enough to inform the reader as to the numerous complexities surrounding what promises to be the most important strategic conversation facing the United States as it enters a new age of great power competition with not one, but two, nations who seek nothing less than to close and control the world's seas. |
May 03, 2021 |
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1381: Josh Rogin #Unbound: the complete, eighty-minute interview, March 21, 2021
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Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1880 Small Eastern Watergate, Shanghai CBS Eye On the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Josh Rogin #Unbound: the complete, eighty-minute interview, March 21, 2021 Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for the Twenty-First Century, Kindle Edition by Josh Rogin Format: Kindle Editionhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08B364SKG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 The explosive, behind-the-scenes story of Donald Trump’s high-stakes confrontation with Beijing, from an award-winning Washington Post columnist and peerless observer of the U.S.–China relationship There was no calm before the storm. Donald Trump’s surprise electoral victory shattered the fragile understanding between Washington and Beijing, putting the most important relationship of the twenty-first century in the hands of a novice who had bitterly attacked China from the campaign trail. Almost as soon as he entered office, Trump brought to a boil the long-simmering rivalry between the two countries, while also striking up a “friendship” with Chinese president Xi Jinping — whose manipulations of his American counterpart would undermine the White House’s already disjointed response to the historic challenge of a rising China. All the while, Trump’s own officials fought to steer U.S. policy from within. By the time the COVID-19 pandemic erupted in Wuhan, Trump’s love-hate relationship with Xi had sparked a trade war, while Xi’s aggression had pushed the world to the brink of a new Cold War. But their quarrel had also forced a long-overdue reckoning within the United States over China’s audacious foreign-influence operations, horrific human rights abuses, and creeping digital despotism. Ironically, this awakening was one of the biggest foreign-policy victories of Trump’s fractious term in office. Filled with shocking revelations drawn from Josh Rogin’s unparalleled access to top U.S. officials from the White House and deep within the country’s foreign policy machine, Chaos Under Heaven reveals an administration at war with itself during perhaps our most urgent hour. |
May 03, 2021 |
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1380: Is the Biden Administration retreating on denouncing the American citizenry? @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
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Photo: Miss Democracy: "He'll run better without it." This illustration entitled, Miss Democracy: "He'll Run Better Without It", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Post on November 16, 1906, depicts Miss Democracy trying to file through the ball and chain and thus freeing William Jennings Bryan from the Democratic Party plank that called for government ownership of certain industries, which many voting Americans denounced. Berryman Political Cartoon Collection. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Is the Biden Administration retreating on denouncing the American citizenry? @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.npr.org/2021/04/30/992355205/biden-in-response-to-tim-scott-says-i-dont-think-the-american-people-are-racist |
May 02, 2021 |
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1379: #PacificWatch. Special: Tijuana begins to move the migrants away from the San Ysidro crossing. @JCBliss
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Photo: Rebels Marching to U.S. Camp, Tijuana; 1911 .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #PacificWatch: Special: Tijuana begins to move the migrants away from the San Ysidro crossing. @JCBliss https://www.kron4.com/border-report-tour/city-of-tijuana-decides-its-time-to-move-migrant-campsite-from-border/ |
May 02, 2021 |
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1379: #PacificWatch. Special: Disneyland reopens as California begins the recovery. @JCBliss
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Photo: Walt Disney 1935 .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #PacificWatch: Special: Disneyland reopens as California begins the recovery. @JCBliss https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2021-04-30/disneyland-disney-california-adventure-reopening-day?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lanowblog+%28L.A.+Now%29 |
May 02, 2021 |
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1379: The Darién Gap migrant march has suddenly slowed to stopped. Michael Yon. Patreon.com
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Photo: Fer-de-lance, Bothrops asper (educational fair use). The Pan-American Highway is a 19,000-mile road route from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina. The route is continuous except for a small missing section on the southern border of Panama often referred to as one of the most inhospitable places on the planet: the Darién Gap. The Darién Gap is 66 miles without roads consisting of mountainous jungle, swamp, armed guerillas, drug traffickers and deadly creatures covering the border of Panama and Colombia. The Fer-de-lance (Bothrops asper) pit viper is one of the most venomous creatures in the Darién Gap. They’re irritable, fast-moving and large enough to bite above your knees. Antivenom usually solves your problem if you get bitten but if left untreated the venom can cause local necrosis (death of body tissue) leading to gangrene or death. .. .. .. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Darién Gap migrant march has suddenly slowed to stopped. Michael Yon. Patreon.com |
May 02, 2021 |
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1379: Jaguar-hunting in Panama's rain forest in the time of the virus and the Great Migration. Michael Yon Patreon.com
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The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Jaguar-hunting in Panama's rain forest in the time of the virus and the Great Migration. Michael Yon. Patreon.com |
May 02, 2021 |
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1379: #CivilWar? Special Report: Yale concentrates the concentration of elite power; & What is to be done? Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis
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Photo: Political cartoon from October 1884, showing wealthy plutocrats feasting at a table while a poor family begs beneath.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #CivilWar? Special Report: Yale concentrates the concentration of elite power; & What is to be done? Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/rescuing-yale-from-woke-tyranny/ |
May 02, 2021 |
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1379: #CivilWar? Special Report: The pendulum swings on Big Tech. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis
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Photo: Microsoft headquarters (western side), Redmond, Washington.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #CivilWar? Special Report: The pendulum swings on Big Tech. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-big-tech-oligarchy-calls-out-for-trustbusters-11619816008 |
May 02, 2021 |
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1378: Chicken wing shortages along with labor shortages. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer
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Photo: 1933-Lamona pullet . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Chicken wing shortages along with labor shortages. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer Florida McDonald's offers $50 just to show up for job interview Utah leads list of best US cities to start a small business, New Jersey ranks among worst: Restaurants deal with nationwide chicken wing shortage Rent-a-chicken trend spikes during pandemic Florida McDonald's offers $50 just to show up for job interview |
May 01, 2021 |
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1378: #SmallBusinessAmerica: Facing labor shortages and taxes, Boomers choose retirement from small business. @Gene
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Photo: One version of retirement. Here: near Washington, Pennsylvania. Dorothea Lange, photographer The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #SmallBusinessAmerica: Facing labor shortages and taxes, Boomers choose retirement from small business. @Gene Sign of Small-Business Strain: New Survey Shows Spike in Early Retirement Plans Under Biden's Tax Plan, 13 States Would See Combined Capital Gains Tax Rate Above 50%
Fwww.newsweek.com%2Funder-bidens-tax-plan-13-states-would-see-combined-capital-gains-tax-rate-above-50-1586496 FOMC - no change in rates Consumer Confidence Highest Since February 2020 61% of Small Businesses Say PRO Act Will Destroy Their Business |
May 01, 2021 |
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1378: Russian ASAT outpaces the China ASAT; India ASAT surprises.@FRoseDC @WJLA
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Photo: Artist's concept of a Soviet anti-satellite interceptor on a launch pad. From Soviet Military Power 1985 . India’s recent anti-satellite test was a warning to China and will only exacerbate the rivalry between the two countries. India must prepare for a long-term space competition The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Russian ASAT outpaces the China ASAT; India ASAT surprises.@FRoseDC @WJLA https://govmatters.tv/united-states-must-track-counterspace-weapons-development-of-both-china-and-russia/ |
May 01, 2021 |
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1378: The Non-Negotiables vs the Deplorables. @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion.
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Photo: From The Maltese Falcon: Spade confronts O'Shaughnessy..
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Non-Negotiables vs the Deplorables. @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion. https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-bidens-art-of-the-non-deal-11619647864 |
May 01, 2021 |
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1378: The Rio Grande Valley remains overwhelmed. Camilo Montoya-Galvez @camiloreports camiloreports.com
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Photo: Field of chili peppers growing in the Rio Grande Valley at Dixon, New Mexico .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Rio Grande Valley remains overwhelmed. Camilo Montoya-Galvez @camiloreports camiloreports.com https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/police-discover-possible-human-smuggling-ring-in-houston/ar-BB1geVkc |
May 01, 2021 |
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1378: Roscosmos aims for a stepping stone space station of its own. Anatoly Zak @RussianSpaceWeb; David Livingston SpaceShow.com
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Photo:At the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia, Expedition 50-51 crewmembers Peggy Whitson of NASA (left), Oleg Novitskiy of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos, center, holding his daughter) and Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency (right) walk to a bus Nov. 1 that will take them to their plane to fly to their launch site in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Roscosmos aims for a stepping stone space station of its own. Anatoly Zak @RussianSpaceWeb; David Livingston SpaceShow.com http://www.russianspaceweb.com/protected/ros_2021.html#0419 |
May 01, 2021 |
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1378: 4/4: Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob Hardcover – February 2, 2021. by Russell Shorto (Author)
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Photo: In northeastern Sicily, Mt. Etna continues to erupt. NASA's modarch.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on the terra.nasa.gov/ Terra satellite captured this true-color image of the volcano on July 22, 2001. The eruption has opened five vents in the mountain, and is releasing a cloud of ash that can be seen stretching southeastward over the Mediterranean Sea The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 4/4: Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob. Hardcover – February 2, 2021, by Russell Shorto (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Smalltime-Story-My-Family-Mob/dp/0393245586/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Family secrets emerge as a best-selling author dives into the history of the mob in small-town America. The best-selling author Russell Shorto, praised for his incisive works of narrative history, never thought to write about his own past. He grew up knowing his grandfather and namesake was a small-town mob boss but maintained an unspoken family vow of silence. Then an elderly relative prodded: You’re a writer―what are you gonna do about the story?
Smalltime is a mob story straight out of central casting―but with a difference, for the small-town mob, which stretched from Schenectady to Fresno, is a mostly unknown world. The location is the brawny postwar factory town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The setting is City Cigar, a storefront next to City Hall, behind which Russ and his brother-in-law, “Little Joe,” operate a gambling empire and effectively run the town.
Smalltime is a riveting American immigrant story that travels back to Risorgimento Sicily, to the ancient, dusty, hill-town home of Antonino Sciotto, the author’s great-grandfather, who leaves his wife and children in grinding poverty for a new life―and wife―in a Pennsylvania mining town. It’s a tale of Italian Americans living in squalor and prejudice, and of the rise of Russ, who, like thousands of other young men, created a copy of the American establishment that excluded him. Smalltime draws an intimate portrait of a mobster and his wife, sudden riches, and the toll a lawless life takes on one family. But Smalltime is something more. The author enlists his ailing father―Tony, the mobster’s son―as his partner in the search for their troubled patriarch. As secrets are revealed and Tony’s health deteriorates, the book becomes an urgent and intimate exploration of three generations of the American immigrant experience. Moving, wryly funny, and richly detailed, Smalltime is an irresistible memoir by a masterful writer of historical narrative. 8 black-and-white illustration |
May 01, 2021 |
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1378: 3/4: Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob. Hardcover – February 2, 2021. by Russell Shorto (Author
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Photo: Constance of Sicily. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 3/4: Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob. Hardcover – February 2, 2021, by Russell Shorto (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Smalltime-Story-My-Family-Mob/dp/0393245586/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Family secrets emerge as a best-selling author dives into the history of the mob in small-town America. The best-selling author Russell Shorto, praised for his incisive works of narrative history, never thought to write about his own past. He grew up knowing his grandfather and namesake was a small-town mob boss but maintained an unspoken family vow of silence. Then an elderly relative prodded: You’re a writer―what are you gonna do about the story?
Smalltime is a mob story straight out of central casting―but with a difference, for the small-town mob, which stretched from Schenectady to Fresno, is a mostly unknown world. The location is the brawny postwar factory town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The setting is City Cigar, a storefront next to City Hall, behind which Russ and his brother-in-law, “Little Joe,” operate a gambling empire and effectively run the town.
Smalltime is a riveting American immigrant story that travels back to Risorgimento Sicily, to the ancient, dusty, hill-town home of Antonino Sciotto, the author’s great-grandfather, who leaves his wife and children in grinding poverty for a new life―and wife―in a Pennsylvania mining town. It’s a tale of Italian Americans living in squalor and prejudice, and of the rise of Russ, who, like thousands of other young men, created a copy of the American establishment that excluded him. Smalltime draws an intimate portrait of a mobster and his wife, sudden riches, and the toll a lawless life takes on one family. But Smalltime is something more. The author enlists his ailing father―Tony, the mobster’s son―as his partner in the search for their troubled patriarch. As secrets are revealed and Tony’s health deteriorates, the book becomes an urgent and intimate exploration of three generations of the American immigrant experience. Moving, wryly funny, and richly detailed, Smalltime is an irresistible memoir by a masterful writer of historical narrative. 8 black-and-white illustration |
May 01, 2021 |
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1378: 2/4: Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob Hardcover – February 2, 2021. by Russell Shorto (Author)
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Photo: Sicilian cart. . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 2/4: Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob. Hardcover – February 2, 2021, by Russell Shorto (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Smalltime-Story-My-Family-Mob/dp/0393245586/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Family secrets emerge as a best-selling author dives into the history of the mob in small-town America. The best-selling author Russell Shorto, praised for his incisive works of narrative history, never thought to write about his own past. He grew up knowing his grandfather and namesake was a small-town mob boss but maintained an unspoken family vow of silence. Then an elderly relative prodded: You’re a writer―what are you gonna do about the story?
Smalltime is a mob story straight out of central casting―but with a difference, for the small-town mob, which stretched from Schenectady to Fresno, is a mostly unknown world. The location is the brawny postwar factory town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The setting is City Cigar, a storefront next to City Hall, behind which Russ and his brother-in-law, “Little Joe,” operate a gambling empire and effectively run the town.
Smalltime is a riveting American immigrant story that travels back to Risorgimento Sicily, to the ancient, dusty, hill-town home of Antonino Sciotto, the author’s great-grandfather, who leaves his wife and children in grinding poverty for a new life―and wife―in a Pennsylvania mining town. It’s a tale of Italian Americans living in squalor and prejudice, and of the rise of Russ, who, like thousands of other young men, created a copy of the American establishment that excluded him. Smalltime draws an intimate portrait of a mobster and his wife, sudden riches, and the toll a lawless life takes on one family. But Smalltime is something more. The author enlists his ailing father―Tony, the mobster’s son―as his partner in the search for their troubled patriarch. As secrets are revealed and Tony’s health deteriorates, the book becomes an urgent and intimate exploration of three generations of the American immigrant experience. Moving, wryly funny, and richly detailed, Smalltime is an irresistible memoir by a masterful writer of historical narrative. 8 black-and-white illustration |
May 01, 2021 |
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1378: 1/4: Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob. Hardcover – February 2, 2021, by Russell Shorto (Author)
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Photo: A Sicilian noble. . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/4: Smalltime: A Story of My Family and the Mob. Hardcover – February 2, 2021, by Russell Shorto (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Smalltime-Story-My-Family-Mob/dp/0393245586/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Family secrets emerge as a best-selling author dives into the history of the mob in small-town America. The best-selling author Russell Shorto, praised for his incisive works of narrative history, never thought to write about his own past. He grew up knowing his grandfather and namesake was a small-town mob boss but maintained an unspoken family vow of silence. Then an elderly relative prodded: You’re a writer―what are you gonna do about the story?
Smalltime is a mob story straight out of central casting―but with a difference, for the small-town mob, which stretched from Schenectady to Fresno, is a mostly unknown world. The location is the brawny postwar factory town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The setting is City Cigar, a storefront next to City Hall, behind which Russ and his brother-in-law, “Little Joe,” operate a gambling empire and effectively run the town.
Smalltime is a riveting American immigrant story that travels back to Risorgimento Sicily, to the ancient, dusty, hill-town home of Antonino Sciotto, the author’s great-grandfather, who leaves his wife and children in grinding poverty for a new life―and wife―in a Pennsylvania mining town. It’s a tale of Italian Americans living in squalor and prejudice, and of the rise of Russ, who, like thousands of other young men, created a copy of the American establishment that excluded him. Smalltime draws an intimate portrait of a mobster and his wife, sudden riches, and the toll a lawless life takes on one family. But Smalltime is something more. The author enlists his ailing father―Tony, the mobster’s son―as his partner in the search for their troubled patriarch. As secrets are revealed and Tony’s health deteriorates, the book becomes an urgent and intimate exploration of three generations of the American immigrant experience. Moving, wryly funny, and richly detailed, Smalltime is an irresistible memoir by a masterful writer of historical narrative. 8 black-and-white illustrations
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May 01, 2021 |
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1378: Taffy pull on Mars. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
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Photo taken on March 7, 2021 by the high-resolution camera on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) and cropped and reduced to post here, shows an example of one of Mars’s strangest and most puzzling geological features, dubbed banded or “taffy-pull” terrain by scientists.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Taffy pull on Mars. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/twisted-taffy-in-the-basement-of-mars/ |
May 01, 2021 |
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1378: China starts the Long March 5B building of its space station, Tianhe. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
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Photo: Colour drawing of China's Long March 3B carrier rocket. 1 May 2008; Own work. Author | me
Permission| Use as you like as long as you give me credit . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow China starts the Long March 5B building of its space station, Tianhe. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-launches-60-more-starlink-satellites-china-launches-tianhe-station-module/ |
May 01, 2021 |
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1378: 2/2: #CivilWar? The Church of Woke sees 2021 as an existential conflict that must end in total victory. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis
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Photo: Fear.
Mort de peur: Le jeune cub pris de panique seul dans la cabine de pilotage The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 2/2: #CivilWar? The Church of Woke sees 2021 as an existential conflict that must end in total victory. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Martyrs_of_the_Church_of_Rome |
May 01, 2021 |
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1378: 1/2: #CivilWar? The Church of Woke sees 2021 as an existential conflict that must end in total victory. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis
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Photo: Angst.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/2: #CivilWar? The Church of Woke sees 2021 as an existential conflict that must end in total victory. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Martyrs_of_the_Church_of_Rome |
May 01, 2021 |
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1378: Solving the pandemic with vaccinations and discipline is a credit to the nation. @MajorCBS
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Photo: Good order and discipline is among the highest values in the Marine Corps. The graphic depicts the importance of maintaining high moral standards which helps prevent the spread of COVID-19. This graphic was designed Apr. 3, 2020, at Combat Camera.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Solving the pandemic with vaccinations and discipline is a credit to the nation. @MajorCBS https://www.wlns.com/news/number-of-americans-fully-vaccinated-tops-100-million/ |
May 01, 2021 |
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1378: #TheScalaReport: The labor shortage is severe at all levels; & What is to be done? Chris Riegel: @ScalaInc @STRATACACHE
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Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1908 Labor Day Parade NYC led by...
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #TheScalaReport: The labor shortage is severe at all levels; & What is to be done? Chris Riegel: @ScalaInc @STRATACACHE https://www.wcpo.com/rebound/labor-shortage-worsens-where-are-all-the-workers |
May 01, 2021 |
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1377: Woke Hollywood at the box office; & What is to be done? @WJMcGurn @WSJOpinion
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Photo: Beans in Hollywood. Screenshot from Hollywood Capers, a 1935 Warner Bros. .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Woke Hollywood at the box office; & What is to be done? @WJMcGurn @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/give-bill-maher-an-oscar-11619476061 . |
Apr 30, 2021 |
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1377: Is the fossil fuel favorite natural gas falling out of favor in the West? Charlotte Howard @Economist.
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Photo: Concord Gas Light Company, Gasholder House, South Main Street, Concord, Merrimack County, NH .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Is the fossil fuel favorite natural gas falling out of favor in the West? Charlotte Howard @Economist. https://www.economist.com/business/2021/04/22/oil-supermajors-mega-bet-on-natural-gas |
Apr 30, 2021 |
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1377: Apollo 11 Michael Collins departs us as the SLS arrives at the Kennedy Space Center. CBS News @cbs_spacenews
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Photo: This is the official NASA portrait of the astronaut Michael Collins. Collins chose an Air Force career following graduation from West Point. He served as an experimental flight test officer at the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, and, in that capacity, tested performance and stability and control characteristics of Air Force aircraft, primarily jet fighters. Having logged approximately 5,000 hours flying time, Collins was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963. Collins completed two space flights, logging 266 hours in space, of which, 1 hour and 27 minutes was spent in Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA). On July 18, 1966, he served as backup pilot for the Gemini VII mission which included a successful rendezvous and docking with a separately launched Agena target vehicle and, using the power of the Agena, maneuvered the Gemini spacecraft into another orbit for a rendezvous with a second, passive Agena. His skillful performance in completing two periods of EVA included the recovery of a micrometeorite detection experiment from the passive Agena. July 16-24, 1969, Collins served as command module (CM) pilot on Apollo 11, the historic first lunar landing mission. He remained aboard the CM, Columbia, on station in lunar orbit and performed the final re-docking maneuvers following a successful lunar orbit rendezvous with the Lunar Module (LM), Eagle. Collins left NASA in January 1970..
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Apollo 11 Michael Collins passes away as the SLS arrives at the Kennedy Space Center. CBS News @cbs_spacenews http://www.cbsnews.com/tech/ |
Apr 30, 2021 |
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1377: Canada's astounding serenity and caution in the time of the virus and lockdowns. @ConradMBlack
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Photo: Ontario's first parliament buildings .
John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Canada's astounding serenity and caution in the time of the virus and lockdowns. @ConradMBlack https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/ontario-virus-cases-cresting-at-very-high-level-amid-lockdown/ar-BB1gcrdk |
Apr 30, 2021 |
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1377: Postponed. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @yonibmen
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Photo: Ramla, Ramallah, 1945 . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Postponed. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @yonibmen Yoni Ben Menachem, a veteran Arab affairs and diplomatic commentator for Israel Radio and Television, is a senior Middle East analyst for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. He served as Director General and Chief Editor of the Israel Broadcasting Authority. Related articles
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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1377: The glacial pace of Japanese vaccination with the already-once-postponed Olympics under 90 days away. Lucy Craft @CBSNews
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Photo: Japan at Olympics: Kohei Murakoso, Arvo Askola, Ilmari Salminen 1936 .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The glacial pace of Japanese vaccination with the already-once-postponed Olympics under 90 days away. Lucy Craft @CBSNews https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/26/japans-slow-covid-vaccine-rollout-casts-cloud-over-tokyo-olympics |
Apr 30, 2021 |
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1377: What to make of the Zarif tape? Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
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Photo: Ayatollah Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini and the interim prime minister, Mehdi Bazargan.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow What to make of the Zarif tape? Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/04/iran-leaked-tape-scandal-claims-its-first-victim |
Apr 30, 2021 |
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1377: ". . . more assertive Turkish claims, a more aggressive stance . . ." @BlaiseMisztal & @JINSA; Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
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Photo: Ottoman troops with flag. Ottoman Infantry Religious flag (Fedais Volunteers) during the Balkan Wars . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow ". . . more assertive Turkish claims, a more aggressive stance . . ." @BlaiseMisztal & @JINSA; Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 Blaise Misztal is the Vice President for Policy at JINSA. His research interests include Iran and its nuclear program, U.S.-Turkey relations, countering extremism, and strategic competition. Related articles
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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1377: The scary image is Saigon 1975 in Kabul September 2021. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst
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Photo: Afghan Girl Scouts 1950s .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The scary image is Saigon 1975 in Kabul September 2021. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_in_the_Vietnam_War |
Apr 30, 2021 |
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1377: The Biden Administration blames the entrepreneurs of Central America. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion
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Photo: Gathering rubber in Nicaragua . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Biden Administration blames the entrepreneurs of Central America. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-policies-ensure-more-migrants-11619383797 |
Apr 30, 2021 |
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1377: Berlin leans in toward Moscow; & What is to be done? @SebGorka #AmericaFirst
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Photo: Russia-Germany border before World War I.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Berlin leans in toward Moscow; & What is to be done? @SebGorka #AmericaFirst https://tass.com/economy/1284753 |
Apr 30, 2021 |
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1377: Mysteries of the reported Iran talks with Saudi Arabia? with Iraq? @MichaelSinghDC Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
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Photo: Turk negotiations with Arabs. Photo shows the official opening of Beersheba (Israel) by the Ottoman Turkish government before World War I. . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Mysteries of the reported Iran talks with Saudi Arabia? with Iraq? @MichaelSinghDC Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 Michael Singh is the Lane-Swig Senior Fellow and managing director at The Washington Institute and a former senior director for Middle East affairs at the National Security Council. Related articles
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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1377: The strangely out-of-date Arlington, Virginia, school system virus protocols; & What is to be done? @VerodeRugy @Mercatus
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Photo: Children await inoculation . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The strangely out-of-date Arlington, Virginia, school system virus protocols; & What is to be done? @VerodeRugy @Mercatus
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Apr 30, 2021 |
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1377: Prime Minister's Questions spectacular: Johnson vs Starmer! Vicki Barker @vickibark CBS Radio
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Photo: Back view of Jimbour House during renovations around 1925
Jimbour Station property was one of the largest properties taken up in the 1840s.The pastoral run name was first used by Henry Dennis the pastoralist in 1841. The home built by the Bells was built like an English country home. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Prime Minister's Questions spectacular: Johnson vs Starmer! Vicki Barker @vickibark CBS Radio The U.K. parliamentary sleaze watchdog may probe whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson broke the code of conduct for Members of Parliament by failing to properly declare how the refurbishment of his government residence was funded. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/uk-parliamentary-sleaze-watchdog-may-investigate-johnson/ar-BB1gcgAv |
Apr 30, 2021 |
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1377: "Now we're told it doesn't matter; if you're vaxxed you still wear a mask..." @VDHanson @HooverInst
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Photo: Mask.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow "Now we're told it doesn't matter; if you're vaxxed you still wear a mask..." @VDHanson @HooverInst https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/21/how-much-ruin-do-we-have-left/ |
Apr 30, 2021 |
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1377: "...a Justice Roberts or others may feel so intimidated...." @VDHanson @HooverInst
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Photo: Satirical print; the French army being intimidated by the shadows of the Prussians; 3rd of a series of twelve pen lithographs drawn by Christian Förster and bound in a portfolio. 1870
Lithograph The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow "...a Justice Roberts or others may feel so intimidated...." @VDHanson @HooverInst |
Apr 30, 2021 |
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1376: The JCPOA (Iran Deal) and Its Discontents. Richard Goldberg @FDD.
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Photo: The Persian Sibyl - also known as the Babylonian, Hebrew or Egyptian Sibyl - was the prophetic priestess presiding over the Apollonian oracle. The word "Sibyl" comes (via Latin) from the ancient Greek word sibulla, meaning "prophetess". There were many Sibyls in the ancient world, but the Persian Sibyl allegedly foretold the exploits of Alexander of Macedon. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The JCPOA (Iran Deal) and Its Discontents. Richard Goldberg @FDD. https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/04/how-republicans-can-stop-biden-from-lifting-iran-sanctions/?itm_source=parsely-api |
Apr 29, 2021 |
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1376: Farewell to the Most Alone Man in Human History: Michael Collins on the far side of the Moon, July, 1969. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
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Photo: Far side of the Moon, photographed by Apollo 16. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Farewell to the Most Alone Man in Human History: Michael Collins on the far side of the Moon, July, 1969. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/apollo-11-astronaut-michael-collins-has-passed-away-at-90/ Carrying the Fire: 50th Anniversary Edition Apr 16, 2019 |
Apr 29, 2021 |
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1376: China vaccine diplomacy wins friends and influences Latn America. Evan Ellis. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Photo: United States Air Force Captain John R. Vydareny, vaccinates a Vietnamese woman against plague during a MEDCAP visit. . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow China vaccine diplomacy wins friends and influences Latn America. Evan Ellis. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Evan Ellis, professor of Latin American Studies at the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, on this: |
Apr 29, 2021 |
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1376: Is leaving Afghanistan, 2021, the same as leaving Vietnam, 1975? @AmbJohnBolton
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Photo: Scene of Viet Cong terrorist bombing in Saigon, Republic of Vietnam . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Is leaving Afghanistan, 2021, the same as leaving Vietnam, 1975? @AmbJohnBolton https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/04/19/biden-afghanistan-troop-withdrawal-taliban-al-qaeda-war-on-terror-pakistan-iran-nato/# |
Apr 29, 2021 |
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1376: The surprising Mr. Biden maintains Trump's China tariffs. @AlanTonelson @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Photo: Cartoon shows a rich man "Sugar Trust" seated in a chair '[paragraph] 209 16 Dutch" smoking a pipe "Sec. 4 Tariff Law 1897" from which issues smoke labeled "Reciprocity." A man "Beet Sugar" pulls on the back of the chair as Theodore Roosevelt, holding a "Special Message," and Democratic Congressman James Daniel Richardson spur on an elephant and a donkey hitched to a harness connected to a footstool "Duty on dark colored sugar" under the feet of the man.
"Cuban-American Reciprocity Bureau, Washington, D.C." Title from item . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The surprising Mr. Biden maintains Trump's China tariffs. @AlanTonelson @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Alan Tonelson, independent economic policy analyst who blogs at RealityChek and tweets at @AlanTonelson |
Apr 29, 2021 |
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1376: 2/2: A short history of the American corporation in politics. Henry Tricks, @Economist
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Photo: Cartoon shows little men, labeled "Foreign officials," running to catch briefcases full of money being dropped by parachutes labeled "Northrop" and "Lockheed Aircraft." In 1976, an investigation revealed that the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation had offered bribes and made illegal payments to officials in Japan, Italy, West Germany, the Netherlands, Turkey, and Greece. At about the same time, the Northrop Corporation admitted that it had paid improper commissions to individuals in Italy, Greece, Somalia, Portugal, and Turkey. . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 2/2: A short history of the American corporation in politics. Henry Tricks, @Economist https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/04/15/the-political-ceo?frsc=dg%7Ce |
Apr 29, 2021 |
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1376: 1/2: A short history of the American corporation in politics. Henry Tricks, @Economist
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Photo: Washington, D.C., June 24. The "apparent policy" of the C.I.O. is to "rule or ruin American industry," Tom Girdler, Board Chairman of the Republic Steel Corporation, told the Senate Post Office Committee. [year?] . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/2: A short history of the American corporation in politics. Henry Tricks, @Economist https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/04/15/the-political-ceo?frsc=dg%7Ce |
Apr 29, 2021 |
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1376: The shape of automobile things to come: Teslas, EVs, self-driving shuttles and a BMW back-up. @jefferygilbert, WWJ CBS News
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Photo: Nino Rovelli in a Fiat-BMW 328 at GP Bari on 30 May 1948. He did not finish, his entry #58 is for a "BMW 328".[1] This car (in this picture) is a Fiat 1100 chassis, with a cycle-fendered custom body and the engine from a BMW 328 that Rovelli crashed at Piacenza in 1947.[2] This car was soon sold to Aldo Clocchiatti of Udine.
. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The shape of automobile things to come: Teslas, EVs, self-driving shuttles and a BMW back-up. @jefferygilbert, WWJ CBS News wwjnewsradio.com https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/business/tesla-fatal-crash-no-one-in-drivers-seat/index.html |
Apr 29, 2021 |
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1376: "Ban the Bomb" 2021. Peter Huessey, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Photo: Sabotage of the pitch barrels intended for the celebration in Brussels of the victory in the Four Days Battle, 1666. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow "Ban the Bomb" 2021. Peter Huessey, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Peter Huessy, director of Strategic Deterrent Studies of the Mitchell Institute of the Air Force Associatio |
Apr 29, 2021 |
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1376: 2/2: The Equality Act (HR 5) elbows aside religious belief; & What is to be done? @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst
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Photo: Imam Izak-EL M. Pasha with Imam W. D. Mohammed. Masjid Malcolm Shabazz in Harlem, New York. .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 2/2: The Equality Act (HR 5) elbows aside religious belief & What is to be done? @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/equality-act-takes-road-coercion |
Apr 29, 2021 |
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1376: 1/2: The Equality Act (HR 5) elbows aside religious belief ;& What is to be done? @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst
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Photo: 5000 GIDEON BIBLES FOR D.C. HOTELS The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/2: The Equality Act (HR 5) elbows aside religious belief & What is to be done? @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/equality-act-takes-road-coercion |
Apr 29, 2021 |
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1376: Coal miner inquires of carbon capture sequestration (CCS) @SalenaZito.com @DCExaminer
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Photo: Group of miners and mine car at mine entrance, ca 1910 .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Coal miner inquires of carbon capture sequestration (CCS) @SalenaZito.com @DCExaminer https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/coal-workers-union-doesnt-always-represent-coal-worker-values |
Apr 29, 2021 |
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1376: Saving St. Boniface and losing the neighborhood that built it. SalenaZito.com @DCExaminer.
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Photo: Pittsburgh, 1950s? . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Saving St. Boniface ad losing the neighborhood that built it. SalenaZito.com @DCExaminer. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/ancient-and-lonely-urban-monuments-evoke-todays-political-division |
Apr 29, 2021 |
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1376: Blood cotton in China; & What is to be done? Stephen Yates @DCIAdvisory @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Photo: Slavery in the cotton fields: African-Americans in the Southern United States.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Blood Cotton in China & What is to be done? Stephen Yates @DCIAdvisory @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Stephen Yates, former deputy national security advisor to Vice President Cheney and currently CEO of DC International Advisory. |
Apr 29, 2021 |
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1376: The Super League crashes. Tom Wainwright, @Economist
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Photo: Clubs that became involved in the (attempted) creation of the European Super League.
Teams London: Arsenal Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur Madrid: Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid Manchester: Manchester City,Manchester United Milan: Inter Milan, A.C. Milan . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Super League crashes. Tom Wainwright, @Economist https://www.economist.com/business/2021/04/22/europes-super-league-scores-a-spectacular-own-goal?utm_medium=pr&utm_source=us-e |
Apr 29, 2021 |
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1376: Brave Little (Toaster) Ingenuity Records Farthest Mars North Flight. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
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Photo: Perseverance's Left Navcam Views Ingenuity During Its Third Flight: NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter can be seen hovering during its third flight on April 25, 2021, as seen by the left Navigation Camera aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech
. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Brave Little (Toaster) Ingenuity Records Farthest Mars North Flight. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ingenuity-completes-third-flight/ |
Apr 29, 2021 |
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1376: Blue Origin protests SpaceX for the Lunar Lander. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
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Photo: Blue Origin lift-off.. Reusability is the Starting Point Our reusable launch vehicles and rocket engines have lowered the cost of access to space. New Shepard is currently taking payloads to space and will soon fly astronauts. New Glenn's heavy lift capabilities will bring people and payloads to orbit. These next-generation launch vehicles are powered by our family of high-performance, reusable rocket engines. — https://www.blueorigin.com .. .. .. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Blue Origin protests SpaceX for the Lunar Lander. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/dynetics-has-joined-blue-origin-in-protesting-starship-contract-by-nasa/ Bonus: thanks to Bobs super taste:Peggy March https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/peggy-march-i-will-follow-him/ |
Apr 29, 2021 |
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1375: #PacificWatch: Special: Burning Man canceled alongside Gavin Newsom's gambit to avoid recall. @JCBliss
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Photo: Opening night, f1906 estival, Washington. .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #PacificWatch: Special: Burning Man canceled alongside Gavin Newsom's gambit to avoid recall. @JCBliss https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/27/burning-man-cancels-2021-festival-sets-sights-on-next-years-event/ |
Apr 28, 2021 |
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1374: Walking in Hyde Park with the Bats of London (common pipistrelle). @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
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Photo: The Rousette of Dussumier ; The Rousette of Keraudron ; Cephalote of Pallas ; The Molossus Bat ; The Hare-Lipped Bat .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Walking in Hyde Park with the Bats of London (common pipistrelle). @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://londonbats.org.uk/bat-cave/bats-of-london/ |
Apr 28, 2021 |
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1374: The EU fails vaccine nationalism; & What is to be done? @JosephSternberg
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Photo: NATIONAL VACCINE & ANTITOXIN INST. . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The EU fails vaccine nationalism; & What is to be done? @JosephSternberg https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2021/04/26/germany-treading-water-confidence-sapped-third-wave/ Europe’s biggest economy is facing extended Covid restrictions until June as it struggles to contain infections. 11 million AstraZeneca vaccine jabs ordered by the Netherlands to fight the coronavirus will go unused, India Japan France |
Apr 28, 2021 |
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1374: Vaccine Britannica politics at No. 10. @JosephSternberg
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Photo: Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection A member of the Imperial War Cabinet arriving at No. 10 Downing Street. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Vaccine Britanica politics at No 10.@JosephSternberg https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/astrazeneca-sued-by-eu-over-delivery-of-covid-vaccines-dwd8wm6t5 the case was launched “on behalf of the 27 member states that are fully aligned in their support of this procedure”. There are hopes that within days people in their thirties will be able to be invited to get a jab, according to reports. tip would rather see “bodies pile high in their thousands” than impose a third lockdown. |
Apr 28, 2021 |
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1374: The search for the inflation already in the room. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
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Photo: The silver content of Roman silver coins rapidly declined during the Crisis of the Third Century. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The search for the "temporary inflation" already in the room. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-permanent-truth-about-temporary-inflation-11619106820 |
Apr 28, 2021 |
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1374: #NewWorld: Vaccine nationalism becomes vaccine elitism. @JMHumire @MariaFdaCabal
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Photo: Nationalism in 1960. Dr Kenneth Kaunda with United National Independence Party supporters after a meeting with Iain Macleod, Colonial Secretary.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #NewWorld: Vaccine nationalism becomes vaccine elitism . @JMHumire @MariaFdaCabal https://www.msn.com/en-gb/travel/news/entire-mexican-football-team-leads-latin-american-elite-in-vaccine-tourism-rush-to-the-us/ar-BB1g0Lpy |
Apr 28, 2021 |
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1374: Meet the new boss of Cuba, same as the old boss. @JMHumire @MariaFdaCabal
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The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Meet the new boss of Cuba, same as the old boss. @JMHumire @MariaFdaCabal https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/biden-must-seize-cuba-opening-ra-l-castro-steps-down-ncna1264855 |
Apr 28, 2021 |
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1374: #NewWorld: The trouble in Guatemala. @JMHumire @MariaFdaCabal
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Photo: Guatemala City - Calle Real de Jocotenango. Beginning of century. Ciudad de Guatemala - Calle Real de Jocotenango. Principio de siglo. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #NewWorld: The trouble in Guatemala. @JMHumire @MariaFdaCabal https://news.yahoo.com/guatemala-prosecutors-pursue-ex-president-182217072.html |
Apr 28, 2021 |
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1374: #NewWorld: Russian agents reported along the Venezuela-Colombia Border. @JMHumire @MariaFdaCabal
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Photo: Bogota, stop for drink .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #NewWorld: Russian agents reported along the Venezuela-Colombia Border. @JMHumire @MariaFdaCabal https://www.abc.es/internacional/abci-vric-alianza-venezuela-rusia-iran-y-china-201905070142_noticia.html?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fduckduckgo.com |
Apr 28, 2021 |
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1374: 2/2: Russia's future may be as straightforwardly dramatic as Putin vs Navalny. Arkady Ostrovsky, @Economist
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Photo: Russian peasants ("Christianin"). Group of women, most seated, and a boy, in front of building.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 2/2: Russia's future may be as straightforwardly dramatic as Putin vs Navalny. Arkady Ostrovsky, @Economist https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/04/24/russias-president-menaces-his-people-and-neighbours?utm_medium=pr&utm_source=us-e |
Apr 28, 2021 |
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1374: 1/2: Russia's future may be as straightforwardly dramatic as Putin vs Navalny. Arkady Ostrovsky, @Economist
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Photo: Император России Николай II - семейный портрет.
Emperor of Russia Nicholas II with Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and daughters. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/2: Russia's future may be as straightforwardly dramatic as Putin vs Navalny. Arkady Ostrovsky, @Economist https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/04/24/russias-president-menaces-his-people-and-neighbours?utm_medium=pr&utm_source=us-e |
Apr 28, 2021 |
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1374: India's fragile health care system collapses; & What is to be done? Shruti Rajagopalan @Mercatus
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Photo: Hanuman Bearing the Mountaintop with Medicinal Herbs .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow India's fragile health care system collapses & What is to be done? Shruti Rajagopalan @Mercatus https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-04-24/u-s-should-donate-covid-19-vaccines-to-stem-india-crisis |
Apr 28, 2021 |
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1374: The magical thinking of capital gains tax at 55%. @LizPeek @TheHill
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Photo: Calculating the new income tax .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The magical thinking of capital gains tax at 55%. @LizPeek @TheHill @FoxNews https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-43-4-capital-gains-tax-11619132343 |
Apr 28, 2021 |
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1374: It is imaginable to see plus 8% growth. @LizPeek @TheHill @FoxNews
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Photo: The economy is depicted as a seated woman with a wreath of ears of corn on her head, a scepter in her left hand and a compass in her right hand. Her left arm is leaning on a rudder that steers the economy. In the background, beehives on the left, a plowing farmer on the right.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow It is imaginable to see plus 8 % growth. @LizPeek @TheHill @FoxNews https://www.axios.com/goldman-sachs-us-economy-grow-8-per-cent-2021-eb7e1d84-b6fa-483a-9e19-37a7faddadc0.html |
Apr 28, 2021 |
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1374: The severe labor shortage follows from the unemployment bonuses. @JillianKayM @WSJOpinion
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Photo: Unemployed trappers, Louisiana . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The severe labor shortage follows from the unemployment bonuses. @JillianKayM @WSJOpinion
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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1374: Macron attends Chad, and the vulnerability of the Sahel. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
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Photo: Group of Kanem-Bu warriors. The Kanem-Bornu Empire controlled almost all of what is today Chad.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Macron attends Chad and the vulnerability of the Sahel. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/23/world/africa/chad-idriss-deby-funeral.html |
Apr 28, 2021 |
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1374: The five tiers of competing nations in the Indo-Pacific. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs.
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Photo: Into-Pacific: map of East Asia and Oceania. .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The five tiers of competing nations in the Indo-Pacific. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-warship-to-join-uk-fleet-in-indo-pacific-amid-china-russia-tensions/ar-BB1g4mLv |
Apr 28, 2021 |
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1373: #PacificWatch Special: Recall when? Congress minus? Harris where? Drought now? @JCBliss
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Photo: U.S. Census Bureau Regions and Divisions.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #PacificWatch Special: Recall when? Congress minus? Harris where? Drought now? @JCBliss https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article250730434.html |
Apr 27, 2021 |
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1372: The vaccine makes it possible for Italy to reopen again, except Sardinia. Lorenzo Fiori. Ansaldo Foundation
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Photo: Sardinia, 1859 .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The vaccine makes it possible for Italy to reopen again, except Sardinia. Lorenzo Fiori. Ansaldo Foundation https://news.yahoo.com/finally-italy-reopens-parliament-debates-020016630.html |
Apr 27, 2021 |
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1372: Gaza's Iran cut-out Islamic Jihad rains rockets on Israel; & What is to be done? Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
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Photo: Islamitische vorsten op jacht / Muslim monarchs on the prowl.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Gaza's Iran cut-out Islamic Jihad rains rockets on Israel & What is to be done? Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-airstrikes-hit-gaza-after-rocket-attacks-clashes-intensify-jerusalem-n1265180 |
Apr 27, 2021 |
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1372: Chile outperforms then hesitates with China vaccine diplomacy. @MaryAnastasiaOG
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Photo: Salvador Allende assumes the position of President of Chile in 1970. In front of La Moneda with escort.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Chile outperforms then hesitates with China vaccine diplomacy. @MaryAnastasiaOG https://www.wsj.com/articles/first-dose-of-chinese-covid-19-vaccine-offers-little-protection-chile-learns-11618775502 |
Apr 27, 2021 |
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1372: Will virus-scarred Peru move hard left? @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion
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Photo:Quichuamestis. Peru .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Will virus-scarred Peru move hard Left? @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion https://news.yahoo.com/peru-election-leftwinger-pedro-castillo-131852560.html |
Apr 27, 2021 |
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1372: Lessons learned of the shutdown Blue states such as MI. @DavidMDrucker @ThadMcCotter
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Photo: Isolation unit for contagious diseases at Osceola migratory labor camps. Belle Glade, Florida .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Lessons learned of the shutdown Blue states such as MI. @DavidMDrucker @ThadMcCotter https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/14/opinions/michigan-covid-surge-and-vaccines-sepkowitz/index.html |
Apr 27, 2021 |
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1372: PRC vs Musk in China. Charles Ortel. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Photo: Pekin cart. . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow PRC vs Musk in China. Charles Ortel. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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1372: PRC races to orbit a space station; & What is to be done? Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Photo: The Moon Goddess Chang'e. Her husband managed to obtain two Immortality pills, then was killed by his student. To protect the world from the student's becoming immortal, she swallowed both pills and rose in the air to the Moon. She passed the Chinese space station on her way. . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow PRC races to orbit a space station & What is to be done? Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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1372: The unfinished business of the Eric Garner tragedy, July 2014, on DeBlasio's watch. @HarrySiegel @NYDDailyNews
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Photo: Staten Island Hospital, Staten Island, N.Y. . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The unfinished business of the Eric Garner tragedy, July, 2014, on DeBlasio's watch. @HarrySiegel @NYDDailyNews https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-accountability-garner-floyd-20210424-m76blooodvhbxn5sle5jpmabzy-story.html |
Apr 27, 2021 |
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1372: #SmallBusinessAmerica: Great time to be a restaurateur—if you survived the pandemic. @GeneMarks. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer
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Photo: Kitchen equipment exhibition in Gefle, 1901. Gold medal was awarded to Bolinders for this restaurant kitchen equipment. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #SmallBusinessAmerica: Great time to be a restaurateur—if you survived the pandemic. @GeneMarks. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer Why it's good to be in the restaurant business right now https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/14/why-its-good-to-be-in-the-restaurant-business-righ/ Robotics Biden's policies are already hurting workers — and there's more hurt coming For example, one company recently released a new warehouse robot called "Stretch" that pretty much does the job of a warehouse worker because it can be programmed to pick up and deliver packages and pallets. And guess what? It's only about $75K, which is pretty much the cost of just one warehouse worker when you figure in benefits and taxes. Oh, and the robot doesn't care about being part of a union. Robotics Drywalling Robotics Startup Attracts Investors Robotics Whole Foods will soon let customers pay for groceries with palm scan Dentists get creative in bid to recover from Covid downturn Amazon opening first hair salon in London in bid to test new technology and sell more beauty products |
Apr 27, 2021 |
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1372: #SmallBusinessAmerica: The Architecture Index takes off with the across-the-board recovery boom. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer
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Photo: Ornate architectural design . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #SmallBusinessAmerica: The Architecture Index takes off with the across-the-board recovery boom. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer https://www.aia.org/press-releases/6393416-demand-for-design-services-continues-to-ra Strengthening to a score not seen since pre-Great Recession, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) logged its second positive mark since the beginning of the pandemic, according to a new report today from The American Institute of Architects (AIA). Rental car prices skyrocket as supply lags behind demand M5 little-known metrics that help small businesses track the economy weekly Explosive demand for vacation rentals has made property managers a hot commodity
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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1372: The Biden Administration and the de-mining of the ravaged Nagorno-Karabakh. @ProfBShaffer @FDD
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Photo: WWII italian land mine. TheJohn Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Biden Administration and the de-mining of the ravaged Nagorno-Karabakh. @ProfBShaffer @FDD https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/04/biden-must-press-armenia-hand-over-minefield-maps/173573/ |
Apr 27, 2021 |
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1372: The cheaper GOP infrastructure plan is also pricey. Diana Furchtgott-Roth. @GWU
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Photo: A hard, expensive slog..
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The cheaper GOP infrastructure plan is also pricey. Diana Furchtgott-Roth. @GWU https://www.cbsnews.com/news/republican-senators-infrastructure-counteroffer/ |
Apr 27, 2021 |
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1372: Blaming Xavier Beccera for the border crisis is a work in progress. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter
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Photo: Photograph of Border Patrol Agents Blocking a Road in Gainesville, Florida .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Blaming Xavier Beccera for the Border Crisis is a work in progress. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/16/hhs-becerra-biden-migrant-kids-482582 |
Apr 27, 2021 |
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1372: "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Pirate Henry Avery, 1696. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
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Photo: An 18th-century depiction of Henry Every, with the Fancy shown engaging its prey in the background
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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1372: Ignatius's Payback to Kash Patel for Russiagate. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
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The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Ignatius's Payback to Kash Patel for Russiagate. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/kash-patel-russia-investigation-washington-post-leaks Kash Patel told One America News Network this week that Washington Post columnist David Ignatius writing about the alleged inquiry is "the height of hypocrisy," considering how a key element of the Trump-Russia investigation, the FBI's targeting of retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, came to light in a column the journalist wrote more than four years ago. |
Apr 27, 2021 |
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1372: AG Merrick Garland investigates the police. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
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. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow AG Merrick Garland investigates the police. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/obama-encore-biden-justice-department-announces-investigation-of-minneapolis-police-department/ |
Apr 27, 2021 |
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1371: Terry Anderson #Unbound. The complete forty-minute interview. April 6, 2021
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Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1896. Alaska Seal FisheriesThe New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Terry Anderson #Unbound. The complete forty-minute interview. April 6, 2021 Adapt and Be Adept: Market Responses to Climate ChangePaperback – April 1, 2021. by Terry Anderson . (Editor)https://www.amazon.com/Adapt-Be-Adept-Responses-Climate/dp/0817924558/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1619395663&refinements=p_27%3ATerry+Anderson&s=books&sr=1-1 How can markets help us adapt to the challenges of climate change? Editor Terry L. Anderson brings together this collection of essays featuring the work of nine leading policy analysts, who argue that market forces are just as important as government regulation in shaping climate policy—and should be at the heart of our response to helping societies adapt to climate change. Anderson notes in his introduction that most current climate policies such as the Paris Agreement require hard-to-enforce collective action and focus on reducing or mitigating greenhouse gases rather than adapting to their negative effects. Adaptive actions can typically deliver much more, faster and more cheaply than any realistic climate policy. The authors tackle a range of issues: the hidden costs of renewable energy sources, the political obstacles surrounding climate change policy, insurance and financial instruments for pricing risk of exposure to the effects of climate change, and more. Reliance on emerging renewable energies and a carbon tax are not enough to prevent the effects of global warming, they argue. We must encourage more private action and market incentives to adapt to a rapidly changing climate.
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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1371: David Grantham #Unbound. The complete forty-minute interview, April 5, 2021.
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Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1932. [Baghdad, the riverfront, looking north to the Old City from the right bank, near the British Embassy]The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow David Grantham #Unbound. The complete forty-minute interview, April 5, 2021. Consequences: An Intelligence Officer's War Paperback – November 11, 2020. by David Grantham (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Consequences-Intelligence-Officers-David-Grantham/dp/098440631X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= “Very little has been written on the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations efforts in the global war on terror. Consequences by David Grantham provides a unique and fascinating window into the nuts and bolts of OSI counterintelligence operations. You won’t be disappointed.”– Fred Burton, author of Beirut Rules: The Murder of a CIA Station Chief and Hezbollah’s War Against America In 2020, ISIS followers are being encouraged to use COVID-19 to sicken Westerners. An ISIS supporter attacked a Naval base in Corpus Christi, Texas. Iran and the United States exchanged blows in Iraq. We are still living in the long shadow of the Iraq War. In 2006, David Grantham was fresh out of college and serving as a counterintelligence officer with the elite and secretive Air Force Office of Special Investigations. Iraq was veering toward civil war. The U.S. military desperately needed better on-the-ground intelligence to turn the tide. Grantham found himself in Kuwait and Afghanistan, then at Iraq’s infamous American prison, Camp Bucca. Not only was Bucca the breeding ground for the Islamic State, it was in southern Iraq, where America’s deadly fight with Iran was an open secret.
Consequences is both a riveting, behind-the-scenes look at intelligence operations at the height of the Iraq war, and a charming and sobering story of one man’s journey through the pleasures and consequences that come with wartime intelligence.
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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1371: John Tamny #Unbound. The complete forty minute interview. March 28, 2021.
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Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1918. Summary In the fall of 1918, the worldwide influenza epidemic hit Seattle. The flu was sudden and deadly. The city's health commissioner banned dances and closed theaters, churches, and schools. At the height of the epidemic, anyone going out in public was required by law to wear a mask made of six layers of gauze. This was supposed to keep the flu germs from spreading. This 1918 photo shows a woman elevator operator in a Seattle building wearing her flu mask. Subjects (LCTGM): Elevators; Communicable diseases; Women--Employment Influenza; Public health The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow John Tamny #Unbound. The complete forty minute interview. March 28, 2021. When Politicians Panicked: The New Coronavirus, Expert Opinion, and a Tragic Lapse of Reason Hardcover – March 30, 2021 by John Tamny (Author), George Gilder (Foreword)https://www.amazon.com/When-Politicians-Panicked-Coronavirus-Opinion/dp/1642938378/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= When Politicians Panicked tells the tragic story of how, in response to a spreading virus, global politicians mindlessly pursued economic desperation, starvation, and death as the cure. The global economy was booming as 2020 dawned, but within a few short months wreckage, death, and desperation borne of economic contraction were the new normal. What happened? In When Politicians Panicked, economic commentator John Tamny tells the heart-wrenching story of a time when politicians were tragically relieved of basic common sense in their response to the new coronavirus. In March of 2020, the virus quickly became a major news item as political panic about it traveled around the world. Even though anecdotal and market-based evidence from the virus’s epicenter indicated very low lethality, politicians quickly imposed economy-crushing lockdowns on the rather specious assumption that unemployment, bankruptcy, and starvation would somehow halt the virus’s spread. Tamny methodically dismantles the political consensus by showing how economic growth has long been the first and last answer to death and disease. He then shows how politicians, having mindlessly crushed a growing economy, proceeded to double down on their mistakes by throwing taxpayer money at their shocking errors. Throughout When Politicians Panicked, Tamny makes a relentless case that free people don’t just produce the wealth that renders today’s killers yesterday’s news. They also produce crucial information about health threats that shine a light on that which threatens us. Lockdowns suffocate economic progress, but they also blind us to how we can progress—as Tamny makes plain in what will go down as an essential history for anyone seeking to understand the coronavirus panic of 2020. |
Apr 26, 2021 |
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1371: Jerry Hendrix #Unbound: the complete, forty-minute interview, March 23, 2021
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Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1942.1942.80-G-457861: Battle of Midway, June 1942. The burning Japanese heavy cruiser Mikuma, photographed from a U.S. Navy aircraft during the afternoon of 6 June 1942, after she had been bombed by planes from USS Enterprise (CV-6) and USS Hornet (CV-8). Note her third eight-inch gun turret, with roof blown off and barrels at different elevations, Japanese Sun insignia painted atop the forward turret and wrecked midships superstructure. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/12/26). The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Jerry Hendrix #Unbound: the complete, forty-minute interview, March 23, 2021 To Provide and Maintain a Navy: Why Naval Primacy Is America's First, Best Strategy, Hardcover – December 19, 2020 by Henry J Hendrix (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Provide-Maintain-Navy-Americas-Strategy/dp/0960039198The national conversation regarding the United States Navy has, for far too long, been focused on the popular question of how many ships does the service need? To Provide and Maintain a Navy, a succinct but encompassing treatise on sea power by Dr. Henry J "Jerry" Hendrix, goes beyond the numbers to reveal the crucial importance of Mare Liberum (Free Sea) to the development of the Western thought and the rules-based order that currently govern the global commons that is the high seas. Proceeding from this philosophical basis, Hendrix explores how a "free sea" gave way to free trade and the central role sea-borne commercial trade has played in the overall rise in global living standards. This is followed by analysis of how the relative naval balance of power has played out in naval battles and wars over the centuries and how the dominance of the United States Navy following World War II has resulted in seven decades of unprecedented peace on the world's oceans. He further considers how, in the years that followed the demise of the Soviet Union, both China and Russia began laying the groundwork to challenge the United States's maritime leadership and upend five centuries of naval precedents in order to establish a new approach to sovereignty over the world's seas. It is only at this point that Dr. Hendrix approaches the question of the number of ships required for the United States Navy, the industrial base required to build them, and the importance of once again aligning the nation's strategic outlook to that of a "seapower" in order effectively and efficiently to address the rising threat. To Provide and Maintain a Navy is brief enough to be read in a weekend but deep enough to inform the reader as to the numerous complexities surrounding what promises to be the most important strategic conversation facing the United States as it enters a new age of great power competition with not one, but two, nations who seek nothing less than to close and control the world's seas. |
Apr 26, 2021 |
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1371: Josh Rogin #Unbound: the complete, eighty-minute interview, March 21, 2021
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Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1938. Eighth Route Army fighting on Futuyu Great Wall in Laiyuan, Hebei, China, 1938 中文（简体）: 1938年，八路军在河北省涞源县浮图峪村的长城战斗。沙飞摄。 The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Josh Rogin #Unbound: the complete, eighty-minute interview, March 21, 2021 Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for the Twenty-First Century, Kindle Edition by Josh Rogin Format: Kindle Editionhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08B364SKG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 The explosive, behind-the-scenes story of Donald Trump’s high-stakes confrontation with Beijing, from an award-winning Washington Post columnist and peerless observer of the U.S.–China relationship There was no calm before the storm. Donald Trump’s surprise electoral victory shattered the fragile understanding between Washington and Beijing, putting the most important relationship of the twenty-first century in the hands of a novice who had bitterly attacked China from the campaign trail. Almost as soon as he entered office, Trump brought to a boil the long-simmering rivalry between the two countries, while also striking up a “friendship” with Chinese president Xi Jinping — whose manipulations of his American counterpart would undermine the White House’s already disjointed response to the historic challenge of a rising China. All the while, Trump’s own officials fought to steer U.S. policy from within. By the time the COVID-19 pandemic erupted in Wuhan, Trump’s love-hate relationship with Xi had sparked a trade war, while Xi’s aggression had pushed the world to the brink of a new Cold War. But their quarrel had also forced a long-overdue reckoning within the United States over China’s audacious foreign-influence operations, horrific human rights abuses, and creeping digital despotism. Ironically, this awakening was one of the biggest foreign-policy victories of Trump’s fractious term in office. Filled with shocking revelations drawn from Josh Rogin’s unparalleled access to top U.S. officials from the White House and deep within the country’s foreign policy machine, Chaos Under Heaven reveals an administration at war with itself during perhaps our most urgent hour. |
Apr 26, 2021 |
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1370: #MotownReport: Whitmer's two days in Florida: "I wasn't partying in Miami." @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
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The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #MotownReport: Whitmer's two days in Florida: "I wasn't partying in Miami." @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.foxnews.com/politics/whitmer-criticism-florida-trip-partying-miami |
Apr 25, 2021 |
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1370: The Ice Age of the 1970s becomes the Climate Change of the 2020s. @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
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The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Ice Age of the 1970s becomes the Climate Change of the 2020s. @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/23/gen-x-dig-out-your-snowmobile-boots/ |
Apr 25, 2021 |
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1369: #PacificWatch Special: The California cruise ships are coming back. The California wildfires are coming back. @JCBliss
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Photo: RMS Strathaird, a P&O cruise ship of the early-20th century. The company began offering luxury cruise services in 1844.
. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #PacificWatch Special: The California cruise ships are coming back. The California wildfires are coming back. @JCBliss https://www.presstelegram.com/2021/04/24/cruises-expected-to-relaunch-by-the-end-of-this-year-pending-ongoing-talks-with-cdc/ https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/23/big-basin-redwoods-slow-progress-on-rebuilding-after-wildfire-a-massive-job/ Hazardous trees pose a risk. The wreckage of burned buildings and vehicles from the Aug. 19 wildfire still hasn’t been cleared. State officials haven’t completed a damage estimate of how much it will cost to rebuild. And the process for holding public meetings to construct new facilities at Big Basin — California’s oldest state park, whose soaring redwoods in the Santa Cruz Mountains attracted 1 million visitors a year — hasn’t yet begun. |
Apr 25, 2021 |
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1369: #PacificWatch Special: Becerra Looks to Be the Fall Guy for the Border fail. @JCBliss
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The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #PacificWatch Special: #PacificWatch Special: Becerra Looks to Be the Fall Guy for the Border fail. @JCBliss https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/16/hhs-becerra-biden-migrant-kids-482582 Top White House officials have grown increasingly frustrated with Health Secretary Xavier Becerra over his department’s sluggish effort to house thousands of unaccompanied minors, as the administration grapples with a record number of children crossing the southern border. |
Apr 25, 2021 |
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1368: Celebrating ANZAC Day in the time of the virus without enough vaccine anytime soon. Jeremy Zakis.
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The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Celebrating ANZAC Day in the time of the virus without enough vaccine anytime soon. Jeremy Zakis. https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/anzac-day-services-and-private-commemorations-across-australia-light-up-the-dawn/ar-BB1g0Zrm |
Apr 25, 2021 |
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1368: 2/2: The Darién Gap Marauders include the Embera of Panama and Colombia.
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Photo: Interior of a medicine man's home, Sambú River, Darién. Panama.
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Apr 25, 2021 |
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1368: 1/2: The Darién Gap Marauders include the Emberá of Panama and Colombia.
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Photo: The riverine Emberá people, Sambú River, Darién. Panama .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/2: The Darien Gap Marauders include the Embera of Panama and Colombia. https://www.patreon.com/m/1449034/posts |
Apr 25, 2021 |
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1367: #PacificWatch Special: Poison Bombing Farallon Islands and the Tiny Houses of the LA homeless
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Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1878. Light-house at Farallon Islands, Pacific Ocean.The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #PacificWatch Special: Poison Bombing Farallon Islands and the Tiny Houses of the LA homeless https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/22/biden-administration-revives-farallon-islands-poison-plan/ https://www.dailynews.com/2021/04/22/north-hollywood-tiny-homes-community-nears-opening-activists-protest-at-ceremony/ |
Apr 24, 2021 |
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1366: No guard rails, just like 1968. @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion
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Photo: Representatives Maxine Waters and William Delahunt, members of the House Judiciary Committee, at a press conference on the committee's hearings into the investigation of President Clinton's relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow No guard rails, just like 1968. @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-maxine-waters-problem-11619044934?st=k6hw6w3g13bumb3&reflink=article_copyURL_share |
Apr 24, 2021 |
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1366: 4/4: Fix America’s Forests: Reforms to Restore National Forests and Tackle the Wildfire Crisis. Holly Fretwell, Jonathan Wood April 12, 2021
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Photo: Pine Forest. Florida. . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 4/4: Fix America’s Forests: Reforms to Restore National Forests and Tackle the Wildfire Crisis. Holly Fretwell Jonathan Wood April 12, 2021https://www.perc.org/2021/04/12/fix-americas-forests-reforms-to-restore-national-forests-and-tackle-the-wildfire-crisis/ In 2020, the largest wildfire in California history scorched six counties in the northern part of the state. The August Complex Fire burned more than one million acres across three national forests and destroyed hundreds of structures. But devastating fires are not limited to California. Across the West, more than 10 million acres burned in 2020—a record in modern history. These fires consumed more than 17,500 structures and more than $3.5 billion in firefighting costs.Tragically, dozens of lives were lost, and many more people were displaced by evacuation orders. Fires released smoke that degraded air quality nearby and hundreds of miles away. They also destroyed wildlife habitat, including for imperiled species, and the fires’ aftereffects will soon lead to erosion that harms water quality in local watersheds. |
Apr 24, 2021 |
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1366: 3/4: Fix America’s Forests: Reforms to Restore National Forests and Tackle the Wildfire Crisis. Holly Fretwell Jonathan Wood April 12, 2021
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Photo: Forested mountain, DIxville Notch, New Hampshire. LM photo. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 3/4: Fix America’s Forests: Reforms to Restore National Forests and Tackle the Wildfire Crisis. Holly Fretwell Jonathan Wood April 12, 2021https://www.perc.org/2021/04/12/fix-americas-forests-reforms-to-restore-national-forests-and-tackle-the-wildfire-crisis/ In 2020, the largest wildfire in California history scorched six counties in the northern part of the state. The August Complex Fire burned more than one million acres across three national forests and destroyed hundreds of structures. But devastating fires are not limited to California. Across the West, more than 10 million acres burned in 2020—a record in modern history. These fires consumed more than 17,500 structures and more than $3.5 billion in firefighting costs.Tragically, dozens of lives were lost, and many more people were displaced by evacuation orders. Fires released smoke that degraded air quality nearby and hundreds of miles away. They also destroyed wildlife habitat, including for imperiled species, and the fires’ aftereffects will soon lead to erosion that harms water quality in local watersheds. |
Apr 24, 2021 |
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1366: 2/4: Fix America’s Forests: Reforms to Restore National Forests and Tackle the Wildfire Crisis. Holly Fretwell Jonathan Wood April 12, 2021
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Photo: MISTY MORNING ON TWITCHELL LAKE SHOWING VIRGIN WHITE PINES IN THE ADIRONDACK FOREST PRESERVE . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 2/4: Fix America’s Forests: Reforms to Restore National Forests and Tackle the Wildfire Crisis. Holly Fretwell Jonathan Wood April 12, 2021https://www.perc.org/2021/04/12/fix-americas-forests-reforms-to-restore-national-forests-and-tackle-the-wildfire-crisis/ In 2020, the largest wildfire in California history scorched six counties in the northern part of the state. The August Complex Fire burned more than one million acres across three national forests and destroyed hundreds of structures. But devastating fires are not limited to California. Across the West, more than 10 million acres burned in 2020—a record in modern history. These fires consumed more than 17,500 structures and more than $3.5 billion in firefighting costs.Tragically, dozens of lives were lost, and many more people were displaced by evacuation orders. Fires released smoke that degraded air quality nearby and hundreds of miles away. They also destroyed wildlife habitat, including for imperiled species, and the fires’ aftereffects will soon lead to erosion that harms water quality in local watersheds. |
Apr 24, 2021 |
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1366: 1/4: Fix America’s Forests: Reforms to Restore National Forests and Tackle the Wildfire Crisis. Holly Fretwell, Jonathan Wood April 12, 2021
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Photo: Arizona boasts one of the largest yellow pine forests in the country. This is the Apache National Forest. Navajo County, Arizona . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/4: Fix America’s Forests: Reforms to Restore National Forests and Tackle the Wildfire Crisis. Holly Fretwell , Jonathan Wood April 12, 2021https://www.perc.org/2021/04/12/fix-americas-forests-reforms-to-restore-national-forests-and-tackle-the-wildfire-crisis/ In 2020, the largest wildfire in California history scorched six counties in the northern part of the state. The August Complex Fire burned more than one million acres across three national forests and destroyed hundreds of structures. But devastating fires are not limited to California. Across the West, more than 10 million acres burned in 2020—a record in modern history. These fires consumed more than 17,500 structures and more than $3.5 billion in firefighting costs.Tragically, dozens of lives were lost, and many more people were displaced by evacuation orders. Fires released smoke that degraded air quality nearby and hundreds of miles away. They also destroyed wildlife habitat, including for imperiled species, and the fires’ aftereffects will soon lead to erosion that harms water quality in local watersheds. |
Apr 24, 2021 |
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1366: Thirteen years later DoubleVerify launches NYSE IPO. David Blumberg, Blumberg Capital. Oren Netzer, Co-founder.
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Photo: Excellence in advertising: Pub Peugeot-Le Chauffeur-1900 . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Thirteen years later DoubleVerify launches NYSE IPO. David Blumberg, Blumberg Capital. Oren Netzer, Co-founder. Blumberg Capital's blog posthttps://blumbergcapital.com/congratulations-to-doubleverify-on-its-ipo/ Crunchbase News article on the "big winners": https://news.crunchbase.com/news/the-big-winners-in-doubleverifys-ipo/ MarketWatch article on IPO: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/topstocks/doubleverifys-stock-opens-30-above-ipo-price-valuing-company-at-more-than-5-billion/ar-BB1fTHSE |
Apr 24, 2021 |
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1366: 2/2: #CivilWar? — Not forgetting the deep divisions in Spain and America. Michael Vlahos, Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis
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Photo: Bursting of a shell in the streets of Charleston, South Carolina; 1864 . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 2/2: #CivilWar?: Not forgetting the deep divisions in Spain and America. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis https://www.anewcivilwar.com/post/old-civil-wars-never-die-like-zombies-they-are-raised-by-history-to-devour-us |
Apr 24, 2021 |
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1366: !/2: #CivilWar? —Not forgetting the deep divisions in Spain and America. Michael Vlahos, Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis
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Photo: Spanish civil war: Attack on Rebel Position, Somosierra, Madrid . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow !/2: #CivilWar?: Not forgetting the deep divisions in Spain and America. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis https://www.anewcivilwar.com/post/old-civil-wars-never-die-like-zombies-they-are-raised-by-history-to-devour-us |
Apr 24, 2021 |
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1366: Falling behind the PRC. @FRoseDc @WJLA
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CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Falling behind the PRC. @FRoseDc @WJLA https://govmatters.tv/china-is-eroding-the-technological-edge-of-the-united-states-warns-defense-expert/ |
Apr 24, 2021 |
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1366: The US Navy Shipyard Gap; & What is to be done? JerryHendrixII @WSJOpinion
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The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The US Navy Shipyard Gap; & What is to be done? JerryHendrixII @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/want-infrastructure-build-shipyards-11619044766 |
Apr 24, 2021 |
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1366: Debt is expensive and attracts endless tax hikes now and forever. @VerodeRugy @Mercatus
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Photo: Debt. Abuse of article 214 of the civil law. “My lady wife, you let me want for everything, you only allow me a miserable pension of three thousand francs, you throw me out of your door like a beggar, and, what is more, you want to drive me away from Paris, exile me, deport me!... No! No! I won't leave France! I won't! I won't!!... Listen, I owe my friend Bertrand 10'000 Fr., it's a gambler's debt, a debt of honor, I owe my cook 525 Fr. and ten francs for my chambers, a total of 10'535 Fr. Let me have a few thousand francs more to take my mind off my domestic worries and, on my word of honor, I won't pester you any longer.” . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Debt is expensive and attracts endless tax hikes now and forever. @VerodeRugy @Mercatus https://www.creators.com/read/veronique-de-rugy/04/21/just-because-its-said-by-joe-doesnt-make-it-so |
Apr 24, 2021 |
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1366: #TheScalaReport: Major cities are recovering more slowly than the nation; & What is to be done? Chris Riegel: @ScalaInc @STRATACACHE
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Photo: Produce peddler's truck in market at San Antonio, Texas .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #TheScalaReport: Major cities are recovering more slowly than the nation; & What is to be done? Chris Riegel: @ScalaInc @STRATACACHE https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/bls-reveals-big-city-unemployment-much-higher-national-average |
Apr 24, 2021 |
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1366: 1/2: Where do the migrants of Panama's Darien Gap come from? @Michael_Yon
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The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/2: Where do the migrants of Panama's Darien Gap come from? @Michael_Yon |
Apr 24, 2021 |
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1366: 2/2: Where do the migrants of Panama's Darién Gap come from? @Michael_Yon
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Photo: The Darién Gap is a break across the North and South American continents within Central America, consisting of a large watershed, forest, and mountains in the northern portion of Colombia's Chocó Department and Panama's Darién Province. The Darién Gap is home to the Embera-Wounaan and Guna, as well as the Cueva (who were extinct by 1535) before the 16th century. Here: The poet and politician Eduardo Cote Lamus on his journey in Río San Juan (Choco, Colombia) in 1958 with some of the people speaking Choco languages. .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 2/2: Where do the migrants of Panama's Darien Gap come from? @Michael_Yon |
Apr 24, 2021 |
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1366: Pioneering the skies of Mars. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
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Photo: Earth and Moon from Mars, imaged by Mars Global Surveyor on May 8, 2003, 13:00 UTC. South America is visible.).
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Pioneering the skies of Mars. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-upcoming-first-launch-of-chinas-space-station/ |
Apr 24, 2021 |
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1366: PRC copies the Soviet Mir space station as soon as 2022? Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
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Photo: This is the logo for and owned by China National Space Administration.
Map of Chinese space installations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_space_program The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow PRC copies the Soviet Mir space station as soon as 2022? Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-upcoming-first-launch-of-chinas-space-station/ |
Apr 24, 2021 |
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1365: 2/2: Into Panama's Darién Gap with the Emberá People and the Great Migration. @Michael_Yon.
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Photo:The Emberá are a riverine people, historically building their houses along the banks of rivers.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 2/2: Into Panama's Darién Gap with the Emberá People and the Great Migration. @Michael_Yon. https://www.kpbs.org/news/2021/apr/06/the-mapmaker-whos-saving-lives-in-panamas-pandemic/ |
Apr 23, 2021 |
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1365: 1/2: Into Panama's Darién Gap with the Emberá People and the Great Migration. @Michael_Yon.
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Photo: The Emberá, also known in the historical literature as the Chocó or Katío Indians, are an indigenous people of Panama and Colombia. In the Emberá language, the word ẽberá can be used to mean person, man, or indigenous person, depending on the context.
Here: A map of the Darién isthmus, 1699. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/2: Into Panama's Darién Gap with the Emberá People and the Great Migration. @Michael_Yon. https://www.kpbs.org/news/2021/apr/06/the-mapmaker-whos-saving-lives-in-panamas-pandemic/ |
Apr 23, 2021 |
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1365: Joe Biden is not FDR class. @ConradMBlack @NRO
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Photo: Casablanca Conference, January 14-24, 1943. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill in garden of the presidential villa at Casablanca during the Casablanca conference. U.S. Navy photograp.
. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Joe Biden is not FDR class. @ConradMBlack @NRO https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/04/in-defense-of-fdr/ |
Apr 23, 2021 |
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1365: "It is a continuous monarchy since William the Conqueror." @ComradMBlack
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Photo: Ships of William the Conqueror, .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow "It is a continuous monarchy since William the Conqueror." @ComradMBlack https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-prince-philip-was-a-royal-consort-like-no-other |
Apr 23, 2021 |
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1365: Abbas: "Looking for excuses to avoid and election." Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
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Photo: Costumes and characters, etc. Family group, Ramallah .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Abbas: "Looking for excuses to avoid an election." Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 https://news.yahoo.com/abbas-weighs-delay-palestinian-parliamentary-143949791.html |
Apr 23, 2021 |
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1364: "Putin is facing a lot of problems at home." @AnnaBorsh @WashInstitute
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Photo: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump at the G20 . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow "Putin is facing a lot of problems at home." @AnnaBorsh @WashInstitute Anna Borshchevskaya is a senior fellow at The Washington Institute, focusing on Russia's policy toward the Middle East. In addition, she is a contributor to Oxford Analytica and a fellow at the European Foundation for Democracy. Her forthcoming book is entitled Putin's War in Syria: Russian Foreign Policy and the Price of America's Absence I.B. Tauris. Related articles
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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1364: Iran-controlled militia camped on the Golan. Serit Zehavi, ALMA. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
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Photo: Fighting on the Golan Heights - The Central Intelligence Agency . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Iran-controlled militia camped on the Golan. Serit Zehavi, ALMA. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 Lieutenant Colonel (Res.) Sarit Zehavi is the CEO and founder of Alma – a nonprofit and an independent research and education center specialized in Israel’s security challenges on its northern border. Related articles
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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1364: #JerusalemReport: Expanding levels of Iranian activity in Morocco. @IlanBerman, American Foreign Policy Council; Malcolm Hoenlein, @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
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Photo: The Sultan of Morocco on his way to worship in the Kutubia mosque in his capital at Fez. . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #JerusalemReport: Expanding levels of Iranian activity in Morocco. @IlanBerman American Foreign Policy Council Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 Ilan Berman is Senior Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, DC. An expert on regional security in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation, he has consulted for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency as well as the U.S. Departments of State and Defense, and has also provided assistance on foreign policy and national security issues to a range of governmental agencies and congressional offices. He has been called one of America's "leading experts on the Middle East and Iran" by CNN. Related articles:
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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1364: McCotter: "As an Irishman, John, I have never been part of the British Empire." @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
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Photo: Ruins from A History of the Irish Nation, etc.
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The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow McCotter: "As an Irishman, John, I have never been part of the British Empire." @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/09/end-woke-corporate-extortion/ |
Apr 23, 2021 |
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1363: The Supreme Court reads the headlines. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
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Photo: New Supreme Court Nominee faces "firing squad." Washington, D.C., Jan. 15, 1938 Shortly after his nomination to the Supreme Court bench was announced today by President Roosevelt, U.S. Solicitor General Stanley F. Reed faces this huge battery of cameras—both sounds and still—at his office in the Justice Department, 1/18/38 .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Supreme Court reads the headlines. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/04/the-supreme-thuggery-of-democrats-court-packing-scheme/ |
Apr 23, 2021 |
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1363: Is the GOP waiting for another Shane? @VDHanson @HooverInst
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Photo: Cowboy hero: mural in Sheridan, Wyoming, showing a subject often depicted in the Cowboy State, including on its license plates, of a cowboy aboard a bucking bronco. The movie Shane took place in Wyoming. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Is the GOP waiting for another Shane? @VDHanson @HooverInst https://www.amazon.com/Case-Trump-Victor-Davis-Hanson/dp/1541673549 |
Apr 23, 2021 |
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1362: Biden: "Talk loudly and carry a switch" @VDHanson @HooverInst
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Photo: Anti Patriotic Federation of Ci-devant Aristocrats / Convened by Discord greeted by Ambition, Hipocrisy and Personal Interest &c..
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Biden:"Talk loudly and carry a switch @VDHanson @HooverInst https://amgreatness.com/2021/04/14/how-to-start-a-war/ |
Apr 23, 2021 |
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1361: Iran Deal: The Odd Man Out Is the US. Behnam ben Taleblu, @FDD
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Photo: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar sixth king of the Qajar Dynasty .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Iran Deal: The Odd Man Out Is the US. Behnam ben Taleblu, @FDD https://news.yahoo.com/iran-sees-vienna-talks-moving-140419769.html |
Apr 23, 2021 |
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1361: The Climate Czar flies private jet.@SebGorka #AmericaFirst
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Photo: Gulfstream IV. Fair use, and screen grab.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Climate Czar flies private jet.@SebGorka #AmericaFirst https://news.yahoo.com/kerry-family-jet-flies-idaho-145732759.html |
Apr 23, 2021 |
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1361: What does the Royal Family represent to an Englishman? @SebGorka #AmericaFirst
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Photo: The British Royal Family, 1914-1918. Queen Mary and Queen Alexandra turn to smile for the camera as they look at the work on display during the private view of an exhibition of naval photographs, 21 July 1918. The exhibition is being held at Princes Gallery, Piccadilly. In the background, Princess Mary and King George V (wearing a top hat) can be clearly seen. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow What does the Royal Family represent to an Englishman? @SebGorka #AmericaFirst |
Apr 23, 2021 |
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1361: Who leaked NSC North Korea detail December 2017? @VictoriaCoates Center for Security Policy.
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Photo: National Security Council in the Cabinet Room of the White House; 1974.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Who leaked NSC North Korea detail December 2017? @VictoriaCoates Center for Security Policy. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/apr/20/colin-kahls-loose-lips-sink-ships/ |
Apr 23, 2021 |
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1360: #HotelMars: Bill Nelson is not a NASA risk-taker. Rand Simberg. Dave Livingston SpaceShow.com
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Photo: Martian sunset, Spirit rover, 2005.
. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #HotelMars: Bill Nelson is not a NASA risk-taker. Rand Simberg. Dave Livingston SpaceShow.com https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/bill-nelson-backs-nasa-e2-80-99s-moon-plans-climate-change-work-in-confirmation-hearing/ar-BB1fUqcJ |
Apr 22, 2021 |
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1360: NGO Freedom House demotes India; & What is to be done? Sadanand @Dhume @AEI
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Photo: Parliament of India.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow NGO Freedom House demotes India & What is to be done? Sadanand @Dhume @AEI https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-india-still-a-democracy-the-answer-isnt-so-clear-11618525073?mkt_tok=NDc1LVBCUS05NzEAAAF8iTCioxaLTTaYnlmUb8YXeHTLqNxjLtf3or9OHObjlR1W9dcmPjc3x4hjz7ZRiu9P9N4se2zhqPm3JInRtYY5ihErkmQIzpog0QltNAGhSyM |
Apr 22, 2021 |
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1360: The Uyghurs are watching Washington. Nury Turkel. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Photo: Kashgar road scene, 1870s.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Uyghurs are watching Washington. Nury Turkel. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Nury Turkel, co-founder of the Uyghur Human Rights Project and a commissioner of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, on this: https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/04/19/break-their-lineage-break-their-roots/chinas-crimes-against-humanity-targeting |
Apr 22, 2021 |
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1360: PRC DNA thieves target the 2022 Winter Olympics. @CleoPaskal @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Photo: DNA helix. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow PRC DNA thieves target the 2022 Winter Olympics. @CleoPaskal @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Cleo Paskal, non-resident senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. |
Apr 22, 2021 |
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1360: Spaceflight monetizes. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
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Photo: A 10-inch-long ceramic model of the Sierra Nevada Corporation, or SNC, Dream Chaser spacecraft is prepared for high-speed wind tunnel tests at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va. The tests measure how much heat the winged vehicle would experience during ascent and re-entry through the atmosphere, including the spacecraft's lower- and upper-body flaps, elevons and a rudder. .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Spaceflight monetizes. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/nasas-choice-of-starship-proves-government-now-fully-embraces-capitalism-in-space/ https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-to-buy-spacesuits-from-commercial-market/ |
Apr 22, 2021 |
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1360: Ingenuity wows 2 planets. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
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Photo: Little Ingenuity.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Ingenuity wows 2 planets. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/four-more-flights-for-ingenuity-in-the-next-eleven-days/ |
Apr 22, 2021 |
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1360: Trump banners displayed, Populism waits for a hero. Salena Zito @DCExaminer Salenazito.com
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Photo: Privae photo, Schoharie Co.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Trump banners displayed, Populism waits for a hero. Salena Zito @DCExaminer Salenazito.com https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/trump-didnt-form-a-populist-coalition-he-was-the-result-of-one |
Apr 22, 2021 |
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1360: After the pandemic, Biking bonanza. SalenaZito.com @DCExaminer
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Photo: New bicycle helps solve transit problem .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow After the pandemic, Biking bonanza. SalenaZito.com @DCExaminer https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/where-all-bicycles-go-to-heaven |
Apr 22, 2021 |
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1359: Nord Stream 2: Is Berlin leaning toward Moscow? @PaulR_Gregory @HooverInst
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Photo: German with Russian hand grenades The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Nord Stream 2: Is Berlin leaning toward Moscow? @PaulR_Gregory @HooverInst https://thehill.com/opinion/international/549137-did-biden-blink-on-russia-limited-sanctions-and-no-summit |
Apr 22, 2021 |
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1359: The Biden Administration reinforces NATO. @Brad_L_Bowman @FDD
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Photo: NATO Defense College, Ecole Militaire .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Biden Administration reinforces NATO. @Brad_L_Bowman @FDD https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2021/04/09/austin-first-trip-israel-as-defense-secretary/ |
Apr 22, 2021 |
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1359: 2/2: SCOTUS reads the headlines. John Yoo, @HooverInst @AEI
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Photo: "The red specter of revolution." Cartoon showing robed Supreme Court justices John Marshall Harlan and Edward Douglass White lifting up armed man "anarchy." . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 2/2: SCOTUS reads the headlines. John Yoo, @HooverInst @AEI https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/democrats-court-packing-radical-institution-john-yoo https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/u-s-supreme-court-doubts-green-cards-for-some-protected-migrants/ar-BB1fPnXu |
Apr 22, 2021 |
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1359: 1/2: SCOTUS reads the headlines. John Yoo, @HooverInst @AEI
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Photo: Supreme Court of the United States, 1911. file_downloadDOWNLOAD crop_originalORDER PRINT description Summary . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/2: SCOTUS reads the headlines. John Yoo, @HooverInst @AEI
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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1359: Kerry in Beijing: Energy appeasement. Christian Whiton. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Photo: Appeasement: Eight-frame comic strip. Spareribs comes up with a scheme to appease an African king. He dresses Gravy up in a bearskin he has stolen from the palace. Spareribs pretends that he has acquired a dancing bear, which pleases the king. He tells Spareribs to put Gravy in the cage with other bears, but Gravy resists. Spareribs pulls so hard on Gravy's leash, that the head comes off the bear costume. The king has Spareribs and Gravy put into chains.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Kerry in Beijing: Energy appeasement. Christian Whiton. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Cleo Paskal, non-resident senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, on this: |
Apr 22, 2021 |
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1359: Why does the PRC spy on Vancouver diners? Charles Burton @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
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Photo: Logo, Haidilao restaurant. Logos are public domain.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Why does the PRC spy on Vancouver diners? Charles Burton @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Charles Burton, senior fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, |
Apr 22, 2021 |
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1359: After DeBlasio. @HarrySiegel @NYDailyNews
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Photo:New York City .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow After DeBlasio. @HarrySiegel @NYDailyNews https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-is-yang-yanking-our-chain-20210417-h2kxggxrpfa2jif2fsuk6iqzba-story.html |
Apr 22, 2021 |
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1359: Amazon outmaneuvers the Biden Administration. @WJMcGurn @WSJOpinion
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Photo: Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder..
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Amazon outmaneuvers the Biden Administration. @WJMcGurn @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-union-guy-11618871294 |
Apr 22, 2021 |
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1358: Suddenly uncertain, Gretchen Whitmer hesitates at another expert-recommended lockdown of Michigan; & What is to be done?
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Photo: Alabama Guardsmen and Romanian military medical professionals take photos and converse with Jefferson County Health Officer Dr. Mark Wilson in Birmingham, Ala., May 29, 2020. Wilson provided valuable insight for measures concerning the return from lockdowns and quarantines to routine daily life. (U.S. Army Photo by SGT Samuel Hartley).
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Suddenly uncertain Gretchen Whitmer hesitates at another expert-recommended lockdown of Michigan & What is to be done? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/expert-who-spoke-to-whitmer-on-new-orders-michigan-is-losing-the-race-to-the-virus/ar-BB1fRtcj |
Apr 21, 2021 |
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1358: Inflation: "Are we going to replay the 1970s?" John Cochrane @HooverInst
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Photo: Line at a gas station in Maryland, June 15, 1979.
. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Inflation: "Are we going to replay the 1970s?" John Cochrane @HooverInst https://johnhcochrane.blogspot.com/2021/04/inflation-levels.html?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=95d8be8570-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_05_04_36_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-95d8be8570-72839649 |
Apr 21, 2021 |
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1358: The Pentagon shows growing confidence with AI. @FroseDC @WJLA.
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Photo: Silver didrachma from Crete depicting Talos, an ancient mythical automaton with artificial intelligence. The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Pentagon shows growing confidence with AI. @FroseDC @WJLA. https://govmatters.tv/former-deputy-secretary-of-defense-says-artificial-intelligence-momentum-is-building/ |
Apr 21, 2021 |
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1358: "Democracy" is the new tool for good old-fashioned autocracy. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
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Photo: Good bye Autocracy: words and music by Flora Leaverton Belford ; arranged by Minnie Webb Castle. For voice and piano..
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow "Democracy" is the new tool for good old-fashioned autocracy. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://hir.harvard.edu/populism-and-peru-how-a-dangerous-ideology-caused-the-countrys-recent-instability/ |
Apr 21, 2021 |
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1358: "I'm not a silly woman!" said Elizabeth to Philip during lockdown. "I'm the Queen!" Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
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Photo: Postage Stamp Depicting Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip 1953 .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow "I'm not a silly woman!" said Elizabeth to Philip during lockdown. "I'm the Queen!" Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://inworldtrend.com/queen-and-prince-philip-bickered-sweetly-throughout-lockdown-report/ |
Apr 21, 2021 |
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1358: Economical Putin uses the same team to poison expat enemies that he uses to blow up Czech arms manufacturers. @JosephSternberg
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Photo: Munition Works . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Economical Putin uses the same team to poison expat enemies that he uses to blow up Czech arms manufacturers. @JosephSternberg https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/salisbury-novichok-suspects-behind-fatal-blast-at-czech-weapons-depot-r7f7db7zw |
Apr 21, 2021 |
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1358: The EU fails even at vaccine nationalism. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
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Photo: Well-clad bureaucrats make unhelpful decisions. Here: OEEC Favors Continuation of European Payments Union The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The EU fails even at vaccine nationalism. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/troubled-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-in-europe-nears-possible-turning-point-11617957085 The European Union’s economy and vaccination effort have been mired for months, but its fortunes could change by midyear—provided that mishaps stop hampering its vaccine supply
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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1358: "Get out!" says the publican to the labor leader of London about the failure to challenge the year-long lockdowns. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
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Photo: The Publican's Coat of Arms Explain'd and Figure'd A mock coat-of-arms satirizing over-charging by tavern keepers. The shield is divided into three parts: the upper half contains a version of BM Satires 1918 with an excise man, holding a paper lettered "Gets by the Act 5000", sitting astride a barrel, lettered "3s p Barrel" and on its trolley, "6s raisd"; the barrel is drawn over a paper marked "Magna C-a" by a lion and accompanied by a soldier riding a unicorn; at lower left (dexter), the upper part of a grenadier holding a long-barreled gun and a tankard, upside down, lettered "3p Day"; at lower right (sinister), the upper part of a haggard gin-seller resting on a barrel and holding a small glass upside down. The crest is formed of a tankard marked "3p 1/2 Short Measure pays House Rent", and a smiling head resembling that of William Murray, Earl of Mansfield, bearing horns and antlers. .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow "Get out!" says the publican to the labor leader of London about the failure to challenge the year-long lockdowns. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/04/19/watch-sir-keir-starmer-ordered-furious-landlord-leave-pub-walkabout/?WT.mc_id=tmgliveapp_iosshare_AxBPbwKs2jRD |
Apr 21, 2021 |
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1358: London parks fill with happy trash as the people return. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
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Photo: International symbol "Tidyman" used on packaging to remind people to dispose of it in a bin instead of littering.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow London Parks fill with happy trash as the people return. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2021/apr/20/european-super-league-backlash-builds-against-breakaway-plan-live?page=with:block-607f7c7f8f08505668d96320 |
Apr 21, 2021 |
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1358: The Biden spending is for the unions. @LizPeek @FoxNews
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Photo: Local 32 B, original logo.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Biden spending is for the unions. @LizPeek @FoxNews https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-weak-poll-numbers-americans-unhappy-liz-peek |
Apr 21, 2021 |
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1358: "People haven't spent their money in a year." @LizPeek @FoxNew @TheHill
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Photo: Buffalo Savings Bank, Buffalo, N.Y. .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow "People haven't spent their money in a year." @LizPeek @FoxNew @TheHill https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/stocks-are-at-all-time-highs-and-the-us-economy-is-booming-so-why-is-everyone-so-freaked-out/ar-BB1fKJvx |
Apr 21, 2021 |
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1358: #NewWorld: Peru chooses between the radicals of Castillo and the unknowns of Fujimori. @JMHumire @MariaFdaCabal
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Photo: Traditional Peru.
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #NewWorld: Peru chooses between the radicals of Castillo and the unknowns of Fujimori. @JMHumire @MariaFdaCabal https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/11/world/americas/peru-election.html |
Apr 21, 2021 |
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1358: #NewWorld: Confident Chile suddenly doubts the Chinese vaccine. @JMHumire @MariaFdaCabal
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Photo: The Vaccine .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #NewWorld: Confident Chile suddenly doubts the Chinese vaccine. @JMHumire @MariaFdaCabal https://www.wsj.com/articles/first-dose-of-chinese-covid-19-vaccine-offers-little-protection-chile-learns-11618775502 |
Apr 21, 2021 |
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1358: #NewWorld: Social welfare Costa Rica sags into unsustainable debt during the virus. @JMHumire @MariaFdaCabal
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Photo: Postcard written in 1898. It is one of the oldest postcards of San José, in Central America. Lithographically printed..
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #NewWorld: Social welfare Costa Rico sags into unsustainable debt during the virus. @JMHumire @MariaFdaCabal https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/costa-rica-e2-80-99s-president-says-cutting-the-deficit-will-be-his-legacy/ar-BB1ftvd0 |
Apr 21, 2021 |
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1358: #NewWorld: Under the volcanoes of St. Vincent and Venezuela and FARC. @JMHumire @MariaFdaCabal
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Photo: South lip, Crater, Soufriere, St Vincent. The steep crater walls are on the right-hand side. The tuff deposits dip outwards from the crater, and drape over its rim. They have been gullied by running water. .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #NewWorld: Under the volcanoes of St. Vincent and Venezuela and FARC. @JMHumire @MariaFdaCabal https://www.voanews.com/americas/volcano-st-vincent-still-erupting https://www.radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/254521-at-least-14-former-farc-rebels-killed-in-fighting-with-colombian-army |
Apr 21, 2021 |
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1358: 2/2: The Obama Presidential Center is not a library; & What is to be done? @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst
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Photo: Sailors stationed aboard various tenant commands of Naval Station Great Lakes, assist in unloading artifacts from the Obama administration at the Obama Presidential Library in Schaumburg, Ill. .
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 2/2: The Obama Presidential Center is not a library & What is to be done? @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/obama-presidential-center-faces-new-lawsuit-the-same-day-as-pre-construction-work-in-jackson-park-begins/ar-BB1fED0l |
Apr 21, 2021 |
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1358: 1/2: The Obama Presidential Center is not a library; & What is to be done? @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst
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Photo: The picnic area of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library..
The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow 1/2: The Obama Presidential Center is not a library & What is to be done? @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/obama-presidential-center-faces-new-lawsuit-the-same-day-as-pre-construction-work-in-jackson-park-begins/ar-BB1fED0l |
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Photo: A large group of people claimed by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to be illegal aliens. . The New John Batchelor Show CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #PacificWatch: The Homeless in LA and the Undocumented in Long Beach. @JCBliss https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2021-04-19/los-angeles-will-increase-budget-for-addressing-homelessness?utm_id=275 |