Podcast di John Batchelor

TONIGhT: The show begins in Gaza where the IDF has surrounded and isolated Hamas battalions in the north and now turns to cutting the Strip in half and isolating Khan Younis. Then to Tokyo re the public opinion of the PRC. To the Mainland to ask about an "unexplained pneumonia" that worries 5 senators asking for the border to be closed to China inb…

PREVIEW: Gordon Chang reports that the CDC asked for contact information on a recent flight from Tokyo -- at the same time that five US Senators are asking the brder with China be closed because of an "unexplained pneumonia" on the Mainland 1918Di John Batchelor

#BESTOF2021: SCOTUS on retroactive taxes. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/pox-retroactive-taxes United States v. Carlton, 512 U.S. 26 (1994) , https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/512/26/ The earlier cases are listed here: But "the Court has never intimated that Congress possesses unlimited power to 'readjust rig…

#BESTOF2021: Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investing is the new new on Wall Street. @RichardAEpstein. @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/creeping-coercion-under-stakeholder-banner 1941 TIMES SQUAREDi John Batchelor

#India: Seeking to influence Kabul in the contest with Islamabad. Husain Haqqani, Hudson. Bill Roggio, FDD. https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/12/1/is-modis-india-cosying-up-to-the-taliban https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/features/2023/12/1/is-modis-india-cosying-up-to-the-taliban 1925 BombayDi John Batchelor

#Afghanistan: Ambassador to #PRC as the Taliban brutality with floggings and executions returns like 1999. Husain Haqqani, Hudson. Bill Roggio, FDD. https://on.ft.com/46NmBVU 1841 AfghanistanDi John Batchelor

#NewWorldReport: #Brazil: Two faces of climate emergency and petro statehood. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/lula-says-brazil-never-be-full-member-opec-only-observer-2023-12-03/ https://www.reuters.com/world/lula-berlin-…

#NewWorldReport: #Venezuela: #Guyana: The Caracas plan is to annex three quarters of Guyana and claim the oil field offshore. ? Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelans-vote-referendum-disputed-territory-with-guyana-20…

2/2: #ArsenalofDemocracy: The US industrial base is not ready to deter the Axis of Resistance. & What is to be done? Jerry Hendrix, Sagemore Institute. https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2024/01/save-the-military-industrial-complex 1942 Coral Sea, Shoho burning.Di John Batchelor

1/2: #ArsenalofDemocracy: The US industrial base is not ready to deter the Axis of Resistance. & What is to be done? Jerry Hendrix, Sagemore Institute. https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2024/01/save-the-military-industrial-complex/ 1936 Ranger, Lexngton, SaratogaDi John Batchelor

#Ukraine: EU and Kyiv and Washington squabble over money and mistakes. Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation, Washington Post https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/12/03/the_colonialism_slander_in_the_state_department_and_beyond_150142.html 1900 KyivDi John Batchelor

#Israel: The suddenly popular "colonialism" allegation & What is to be done? Peter Berkowitz, Hoover https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/12/03/the_colonialism_slander_in_the_state_department_and_beyond_150142.html 1900 BogotaDi John Batchelor

2/2: #GOP: The January 6 trial date of March 4, 2024 goes ahead, pending appeals up to the Supreme Court. Andrew McCarthy NRO. Thaddeus McCotter, American Greatness https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/double-barrel-defeats-for-trump-on-immunity/ 1966 LBJ at the White HouseDi John Batchelor

1/2: #GOP: The January 6 trial date of March 4, 2024 goes ahead, pending appeals up to the Supreme Court. Andrew McCarthy NRO. Thaddeus McCotter, American Greatness https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/double-barrel-defeats-for-trump-on-immunity/ 1900 Senator Dixon and US Attorney SimmsDi John Batchelor

#Gaza: Hamas propaganda and its enablers. Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents. Thaddeus McCotter, American Greatness https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/keep-waving-daily-hamas-propaganda-clips-show-freed-hostages-forced-goodbyes/ar-AA1kEJRt 1934 IsraelDi John Batchelor

#Israel: Hamas broke the ceasefire by firing rockets.. Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents. Thaddeus McCotter, American Greatness https://www.npr.org/2023/12/01/1216333362/israel-hamas-ceasefire-combat-gaza-hostages 1920 GalileeDi John Batchelor

#PRC: "Unexplained pneumonia" reported on the Mainland.Stephen Yates, chair of the America First Policy Institute's China Policy Initiative, @GordonGChang: https://www.foxnews.com/us/gop-senators-call-china-travel-ban-prevent-mystery-illness-spread.amp 1921 FranceDi John Batchelor

#Japan: Public opinion overwhelmingly hostile toward #PRC. Yoko Ishii, Random Yoko. Gordon Chang, @GordonGChang https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/12/03/japan/politics/osprey-us-japan-alliance/ 1781Di John Batchelor

2/2: #GAZA: IDF proceeding to Khan Younis to destroy Hamas leadership. Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post. Bill Roggio, FDD https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/2023-12-04/live-updates-776402 1950 GazaDi John Batchelor

1/2: #GAZA: IDF proceeding to Khan Younis to destroy Hamas leadership. Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post. Bill Roggio, FDD https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/2023-12-04/live-updates-776402 1867 Gaza Grand MosqueDi John Batchelor

PREVIEW: From a much longer conversation with Seth Frantzman of the Jerusalem Post re Hezbollah and the massively armed stand-off between the IDF and the Nasrallah battalions. https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/2023-12-04/live-updates-776402 1867 BeirutDi John Batchelor

PREVIEW: The US Congress demands Qatar turn over Hamas leaders, demands Turkey cease providing refuge for Hamas, demands the US payments to Iran via Doha cease -- from a much longer conversation with Malcolm Hoenlein and Thaddeus McCotter. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/30/iran-6-billion-biden-prisoner-exchange-congress/347feb32-8f…

#WOR710AM: On Friday 1 December I reported on the Gaza War to Jesse Webber on my flagship radio station, WOR 710 AM in New York City. 1857 Wall Street New York CityDi John Batchelor

#Londinium90AD: Gaius and Germanicus observe that the CIA has long been a clubby domain of obtuse James Bonds vs astute Miss Moneypennys. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/books/review/the-sisterhood-liza-mundy.htmlDi John Batchelor

#Londinium90AD: Gaius and Germanicus observe that the US Administration opinion is that the IDF must hurry to another ceasefire.. Michael Vlahos. 1920 GazaDi John Batchelor