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• 32: #NewAmericanCivilWar: Election Day begins the loss of the Republic again in the 21st Century A.D.. Michael Vlahos, @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Jun 06 2020

  Photo: The Triumph of Titus, by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1885), depicting the Flavian family during the triumphal procession of 71. Vespasian proceeds at the head of the family, dressed as pontifex maximus, followed by Domitian with Domitia Longina, and finally Titus, also dressed in religious regalia. An exchange of glances between Titus and Domitia suggests an affair upon which historians have speculated.[44] Alma-Tadema was known for his meticulous historical research on the ancient world.[51] Lawrence Alma-Tadema - http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=108 The Triumph of Titus by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Oil on canvas, 1885 Permission details This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: The author died in 1912, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1925. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.View more Public Domainview terms File:The Triumph of Titus Alma Tadema.jpg Created: 1885date QS:P571,+1885-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#NewAmericanCivilWar: Election Day begins the loss of the Republic again in the 21st Century A.D.. Michael Vlahos, @JHUWorldCrisis...more

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• 32: #NewAmericanCivilWar: Two farmers in Emperor Domitian's Londinium reflecting upon the loss of the Republic in the First Century AD. Michael Vlahos, @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Jun 06 2020

  Photo: The Conspiracy of Gaius Julius Civilis (detail), by Rembrandt (1661). During the Batavian rebellion, Domitian eagerly sought the opportunity to attain military glory, but was denied command of a legion by superior officers. Rembrandt - Color adjusted version of Image:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 047.jpg Public Domain File:Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 047b.jpg Created: 1661-1662 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#NewAmericanCivilWar: Two farmers in Emperor Domitian's Londinium reflecting upon the loss of the Republic in the First Century AD. Michael Vlahos, @JHUWorldCrisishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domitian ...more

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• 31: #TheScalaReport: How fast, uniform and widespread for the jobs recovery after the surprising +2.5 million jobs gained through mid-May? Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com #ScalaAPS @STRATACACHE

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  Jun 06 2020

  Photo: Texas, 1940http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#TheScalaReport:  How fast, uniform and widespread for the jobs recovery after the surprising +2.5 million jobs gained through mid-May?  Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com  #ScalaAPS @STRATACACHEhttps://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/06/03/american-retailers-have-laid-off-or-furloughed-one-fifth-of-their-workers

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• 30: The lockdowns created millions of unhappy, unemployed, restless people. Jeff Bliss: @JCBliss ; Jim McTague: @Mctaguej

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  Jun 06 2020

  Image:  Young and restless, last millennium:  Black-and-white portrait of James Dean wearing a bomber jacket and Lee jeans Jeff Bliss, Pacific Watch, & Jim McTague, Barron’s Washington and author; in re:   BLS messed up: had trouble reaching people, and miscounted some who were fired as still working, No reason to be optimistic at this point.  LA no longer under curfew; Mayor Garcetti confident?  Actual organized and coordinated gangs coming in from out of state; even a car dealership where they stole 70 high-end muscle cars.   Coming: cuts to police budget.  Those who’ve been looted want more, not less, police coverage.    ...more

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• 29: Rod Rosenstein has a lot to answer for. @DevinNunes

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  Jun 06 2020

  Image:  The "suicide letter", mailed anonymously to King by the FBI. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation Devin Nunes, CA-22, in re:   Rod Rosenstein has a lot to answer for.

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• 28: The lockdown disorders suit the Democrats; and what is to be done? @DevinNunes

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  Jun 06 2020

  Image:  In 1992, Marine disembark in Compton from their Humvees in order to provide support for local police through L.A. county.  Fair use.Devin Nunes, CA-22, in re:  We recorded one of the top economists in the world, who thought it’d be a positive jobs number today but didn’t get it as spectacular as it is.  The lockdown disorders suit the Democrats; and what is to be done?

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• 27: #SmallBusinessAmerica: Restaurateurs, hoteliers and swimming pool firms adapt quickly. @genemarks

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  Jun 06 2020

  Image:   A rolled up Thermal Bubble pool cover, used to reduce water loss from evaporation and heat loss from the pool.  Public domain. Gene Marks, Guardian UK and US; Philadelphia Inquirer; The Business of Small Business; in re:  Seventeen year-old turned down $8 million to buy his creativity. He wrote a website to track all corona virus data globally. Gets millions of hits daily; just turned down $8 million because he wrote the site to do good; why would he sell it? Avi Schiffman  Ncov2019.live    In New York City, we had 300,000 people employed in restaurants before the shutdown; “transaction declines are easing.”  Restaurant owners who combined low overhead and cash in the bank are coming through. Three business models: cruise ships, new technology; hotels seeing higher demand; swimming pools are doing well. Why Did This 17-Year-Old Turn Down $8 Million for His Coronavirus-Tracking Website?   https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/350882 ...more

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• 26: #SmallBusinessAmerica: Jobs surprise is the happy reopening. @genemarks

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  Jun 06 2020

  Image:  Single-family detached house in Essex, Connecticut, USA.  Public domain.Gene Marks, Guardian UK and US; Philadelphia Inquirer; The Business of Small Business; in re:  New York City has been shut for 82 days; others currently in disorder; but both the US and Canada see an upturn in jobs. Now that Congress has extended the terms of forgiveness, more business owners can take a breather and plan to reopen, Dental offices are among the biggest re-employers. Also, hair salons. Another metric:  home purchases —applications are roaring along, Many looking to decentralize. Next: furnish, maintain, etc.   Enormous pent-up demand.  Increase in mortgage apps, then in interest rates, which may slow down purchases.  In Fairfield Co., Connecticut: real crowds suddenly emerge.  Restaurateurs take their tables outside.  It was only in February that everyone was desperate to find workers—any worker.  Now, people are available. Those who’ve furloughed employees will cut the fat. U.S. Restaurant Chain Customer Transaction Declines Continue to Ease in Week Ending May 24, Down 18% Compared to Year Ago https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/news/press-releases/2020/restaurant-chain-customer-transaction-declines-continue-to-ease-in-week-ending-may-24-down-18-compared-to-year-ago/ Hotels - A seventh consecutive week of higher demand and occupancy  http://www.hotelnewsnow.com/Articles/302992/STR-US-hotel-results-for-week-ending-30-May Swimming pool industry still thriving, despite pandemic  https://www.claremoreprogress.com/oklahoma/news/swimming-pool-industry-still-thriving-despite-pandemic/article_f20b1921-3003-5dc1-bf9f-27d3213c06da.html Cruise Ships Will Soon See a New Wave of Technology  https://cruiseradio.net/cruise-ships-will-soon-see-a-new-wave-of-technology/amp/? ...more

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• 25: Krugman apologizes to Bureau Labor Statistics 2400 honest professionals. Francis Rose: @FRoseDC

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  Jun 06 2020

  Image:  Bureau of Labor Statistics Francis Rose, Government Matters program, WJLA in Washington and podcast; in re: Paul Krugman was shocked at today’s phenomenal job numbers, tweeted that the BLS [Bureau of Labor Statistics] may have been corrupted by the present Administration.  BLS, operated by civil servants not appointed by any particular Administration, was not happy; Krugman had to apologize.   The BLS collects data, curates and distributes it.  It’s a straight arrow.  It’d be foolhardy for them to cook numbers.  Civil servants overall are unlikely to do anything foolish; they get hired in swearing allegiance to the US Constitution, only.  Jason Firmin at Harvard tweets: “You can 100% discount the notion that Trump got to the BLS. It has 2,400 staff of enormous integrity.”  National Geospatial Agency! VA CIO – telework, et al.    https://govmatters.tv/va-oits-coronavirus-response/ Diplomatic community on State IG firing   https://govmatters.tv/firing-of-state-department-ig-steve-linick/ ...more

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• 24: The 2020 disorder is product of five decades of trillions in failed progressive urban policy. @DanHenninger

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  Jun 06 2020

  Image:  The August 1964 signing of the Poverty Bill.Daniel Henninger, WSJ editorial board, and Wonder Land column; in re:  cf. 1968, curfews, breaking glass. Dreadful year: The Rev Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated; riots and burning across the United States. Only three years before had been the 1965 Great Society legislation.  Tens of trillions of dollars have been spent on the liberal model in all branches of government; but Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, Watts, East St Louis, others—no better than they were fifty-five years ago. Only proposal we hear is to de-fund the police departments in several cities.  A recipe for hopelessness.  The Democratic mayors and governors are paralyzed by their own policies.   In New York, public housing overrun by rats, no heat, no lights in hallways.  Need marches in the streets over failures to fulfill promises after half a century.  Some neighborhoods that burned back then have not revived— e.g., Baltimore.   ...more

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• 23: 4/8 Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France, by James Holland

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  Jun 06 2020

  Image: Beach obstacles at Pas de Calais, 18 April 1944; from Deutsches Budesarkiv (see below) Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France, by James Holland John Sackville (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)   Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Normandy-44-James-Holland-audiobook/dp/B07Z3YCG76/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=  D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have become the defining episode of World War II in the west—the object of books, films, television series, and documentaries. Yet as familiar as it is, as James Holland makes clear in his definitive history, many parts of the OVERLORD campaign, as it was known, are still shrouded in myth and assumed knowledge. Drawing freshly on widespread archives and on the testimonies of eye-witnesses, Holland relates the extraordinary planning that made Allied victory in France possible; indeed, the story of how hundreds of thousands of men, and mountains of materiel, were transported across the English Channel, is as dramatic a human achievement as any battlefield exploit. The brutal landings on the five beaches and subsequent battles across the plains and through the lanes and hedgerows of Normandy—a campaign that, in numbers of daily casualties, was worse than any in World War I—come vividly to life in conferences where the strategic decisions of Eisenhower, Rommel, Montgomery, and other commanders were made, and through the memories of paratrooper Lieutenant Dick Winters of Easy Company, British corporal and tanker Reg Spittles, Thunderbolt pilot Archie Maltbie, German ordnance officer Hans Heinze, French resistance leader Robert Leblanc, and many others.  For both sides, the challenges were enormous. The Allies confronted a disciplined German army stretched to its limit, which nonetheless caused tactics to be adjusted on the fly. Ultimately ingenuity, determination, and immense materiel strength—delivered with operational brilliance—made the difference. A stirring narrative by a pre-eminent historian, Normandy '44 offers important new perspective on one of history's most dramatic military engagements and is an invaluable addition to the literature of war. ..  ..  ..  Photographer:  JesseArchive description | Description provided by the archive when the original description is incomplete or wrong. You can help by reporting errors and typos at Commons:Bundesarchiv/Error reports.Frankreich, Pas de Calais.- Inspektion des Atlantikwalls durch Generalfeldmarschall Rommel.- Panzerhindernisse aus Stahl ("Tschechenigel") am Strand; PK KBZ OB WestTitle | Pas de Calais, Atlantikwall, Panzersperren Depicted place | Pas de CalaisDate | 18 April 1944Collection | German Federal Archives  Current location | Propagandakompanien der Wehrmacht - Heer und Luftwaffe (Bild 101 I)Accession number | Bild 101I-719-0240-05 Source This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation only using the originals (negative and/or positive), resp. the digitalization of the originals as provided by the Digital Image Archive. ...more

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• 22: 3/8 Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France, by James Holland

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  Jun 06 2020

  Image: Caption 1: "The infantry, the humble foot soldiers, now about to fulfil their classical role." Caption 2: "Commando troops coming ashore from LCIs (Landing Craft Infantry)." The photograph shows commandos of the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division of the British Army coming ashore from Landing Craft Infantry at Gold Beach near La Rivière-Saint-Sauveur, Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944 at the start of the Invasion of Normandy during World War II. Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France, by James Holland John Sackville (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)   Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Normandy-44-James-Holland-audiobook/dp/B07Z3YCG76/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=  D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have become the defining episode of World War II in the west—the object of books, films, television series, and documentaries. Yet as familiar as it is, as James Holland makes clear in his definitive history, many parts of the OVERLORD campaign, as it was known, are still shrouded in myth and assumed knowledge. Drawing freshly on widespread archives and on the testimonies of eye-witnesses, Holland relates the extraordinary planning that made Allied victory in France possible; indeed, the story of how hundreds of thousands of men, and mountains of materiel, were transported across the English Channel, is as dramatic a human achievement as any battlefield exploit. The brutal landings on the five beaches and subsequent battles across the plains and through the lanes and hedgerows of Normandy—a campaign that, in numbers of daily casualties, was worse than any in World War I—come vividly to life in conferences where the strategic decisions of Eisenhower, Rommel, Montgomery, and other commanders were made, and through the memories of paratrooper Lieutenant Dick Winters of Easy Company, British corporal and tanker Reg Spittles, Thunderbolt pilot Archie Maltbie, German ordnance officer Hans Heinze, French resistance leader Robert Leblanc, and many others.  For both sides, the challenges were enormous. The Allies confronted a disciplined German army stretched to its limit, which nonetheless caused tactics to be adjusted on the fly. Ultimately ingenuity, determination, and immense materiel strength—delivered with operational brilliance—made the difference. A stirring narrative by a pre-eminent historian, Normandy '44 offers important new perspective on one of history's most dramatic military engagements and is an invaluable addition to the literature of war.  ...more

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• 21: 2/8 Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France, by James Holland

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  Jun 06 2020

  Image: General Montgomery passes German POWs while being driven along a road in a jeep, shortly after arriving in Normandy, 8 June 1944. Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France, by James Holland John Sackville (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)   Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Normandy-44-James-Holland-audiobook/dp/B07Z3YCG76/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=  D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have become the defining episode of World War II in the west—the object of books, films, television series, and documentaries. Yet as familiar as it is, as James Holland makes clear in his definitive history, many parts of the OVERLORD campaign, as it was known, are still shrouded in myth and assumed knowledge. Drawing freshly on widespread archives and on the testimonies of eye-witnesses, Holland relates the extraordinary planning that made Allied victory in France possible; indeed, the story of how hundreds of thousands of men, and mountains of materiel, were transported across the English Channel, is as dramatic a human achievement as any battlefield exploit. The brutal landings on the five beaches and subsequent battles across the plains and through the lanes and hedgerows of Normandy—a campaign that, in numbers of daily casualties, was worse than any in World War I—come vividly to life in conferences where the strategic decisions of Eisenhower, Rommel, Montgomery, and other commanders were made, and through the memories of paratrooper Lieutenant Dick Winters of Easy Company, British corporal and tanker Reg Spittles, Thunderbolt pilot Archie Maltbie, German ordnance officer Hans Heinze, French resistance leader Robert Leblanc, and many others. For both sides, the challenges were enormous. The Allies confronted a disciplined German army stretched to its limit, which nonetheless caused tactics to be adjusted on the fly. Ultimately ingenuity, determination, and immense materiel strength—delivered with operational brilliance—made the difference. A stirring narrative by a pre-eminent historian, Normandy '44 offers important new perspective on one of history's most dramatic military engagements and is an invaluable addition to the literature of war.    ...more

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• 20: 1/8 Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France, by James Holland

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  Jun 06 2020

  Image:  Normandy '44: D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France, by James Holland John Sackville (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)   Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Normandy-44-James-Holland-audiobook/dp/B07Z3YCG76/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the seventy-six days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have become the defining episode of World War II in the west—the object of books, films, television series, and documentaries. Yet as familiar as it is, as James Holland makes clear in his definitive history, many parts of the OVERLORD campaign, as it was known, are still shrouded in myth and assumed knowledge. Drawing freshly on widespread archives and on the testimonies of eye-witnesses, Holland relates the extraordinary planning that made Allied victory in France possible; indeed, the story of how hundreds of thousands of men, and mountains of materiel, were transported across the English Channel, is as dramatic a human achievement as any battlefield exploit. The brutal landings on the five beaches and subsequent battles across the plains and through the lanes and hedgerows of Normandy—a campaign that, in numbers of daily casualties, was worse than any in World War I—come vividly to life in conferences where the strategic decisions of Eisenhower, Rommel, Montgomery, and other commanders were made, and through the memories of paratrooper Lieutenant Dick Winters of Easy Company, British corporal and tanker Reg Spittles, Thunderbolt pilot Archie Maltbie, German ordnance officer Hans Heinze, French resistance leader Robert Leblanc, and many others.  For both sides, the challenges were enormous. The Allies confronted a disciplined German army stretched to its limit, which nonetheless caused tactics to be adjusted on the fly. Ultimately ingenuity, determination, and immense materiel strength—delivered with operational brilliance—made the difference. A stirring narrative by a pre-eminent historian, Normandy '44 offers important new perspective on one of history's most dramatic military engagements and is an invaluable addition to the literature of war.      ...more

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• 19: How the US Navy used major warships to romance Communist Vietnam into the regional pushback against the PRC. Captain Christopher Sharman, USN. @HooverInst

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  Jun 05 2020

  Photo:The scene shows the arrival at the “Porte de Chine” of the military commander of Guangxi, Marshal Su Yuan Chuan (蘇元春)[Su Yuanchun] and his official entourage on 16 July 1900. The procession of sedan chairs, guarded by soldiers, had just passed through the outer gatehouse into French Indo-China (Vietnam). Marshal Su had been invited as a guest to celebrate the inaugural train of the railway connecting Hanoi with Dang Dong (同登 Tongdeng ), close to the Nam-Quan (南關) frontier post between China and Vietnam. The large main gate, located behind the small outer gatehouse, survives today as a heritage building near today’s Friendship Pass (友誼關 s:友谊关 Youyiguan.)Date | 9 March 2014, 11:40:33Source | Scan from 22 September 1900 edition of L'Illustration (copyright expired)Author | photographer unknown. Description researched by P.A. Crush http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowHow the US Navy used major warships to romance Communist Vietnam into the regional pushback against the PRC. Captain Christopher Sharman, USN. @HooverInsthttps://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2020/june/lessons-first-us-carrier-visit-vietnam?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=dae3cd3fc9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_06_01_06_25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-dae3cd3fc9-72527561 ...more

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• 19: Mistakes, regrets, failures of the Swedish coronavirus model. @HenryIMiller @PacificResearch

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  Jun 05 2020

  Photo: Panorama over Stockholm in 1868public domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowMistakes, regrets, failures of the Swedish coronavirus model.  @HenryIMiller @PacificResearchhttps://www.livescience.com/results-of-sweden-covid19-response.html

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• 18: Rod Rosenstein cannot recall & What is to be done? @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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  Jun 05 2020

  Photo: http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowRod Rosenstein cannot recall & What is to be done? @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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• 18: Simultaneously the disorder and the reopening in DC. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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  Jun 05 2020

  Photo: [Construction of the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, with the Capitol in the background, Washington, D.C.] http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowSimultaneously the disorder and the reopening in DC. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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• 17: The Trump peace plan and Israel’s security from the West Bank to the Jordan Valley. Dr. Eran Lerman @ JISS_Israel

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  Jun 05 2020

  Image:  Driving from West Bank to Jordan River. Dr. Eran Lerman, in re: The Trump peace plan and Israel’s security from the West Bank to the Jordan Valley. Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman, vice president of JISS [Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security], is an expert on Israel’s foreign relations, and on the Middle East. He was deputy director for foreign policy and international affairs at the National Security Council in the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, and held senior posts in IDF Military Intelligence for over 20 years. He also served for eight years as director of the Israel and Middle East office of the American Jewish Committee. He teaches in the Middle East studies program at Shalem College in Jerusalem, and in post-graduate programs at Tel Aviv University and the National Defense College. ·         https://jiss.org.il/en/lerman-inbar-phased-implementation-of-trump-peace-plan/ ·         https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-russian-egyptian-foreign-ministers-say-annexation-will-spark-regional-violence-1.8896366 ·         https://www.timesofisrael.com/gantz-tells-army-to-step-up-preparations-as-west-bank-annexation-looms/ ·         https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-highly-unlikely-to-back-july-1-annexation-toi-told-mapping-far-from-done/ ...more

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• 16: What does it take for the House to join the Senate in United States–Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2020? @RepLeeZeldin @leezeldin

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  Jun 05 2020

  Image:  Autogiro airplane, with Senator Hiram Bingham as a passenger, takes off from the east plaza of the Capitol, July 1931. [Library of Congress LC-USZ62-111347] Representative Lee Zeldin, in re: What does it take for the House to join the Senate in United States–Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2020? Congressman Lee Zeldin has represented New York’s First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2015. Currently, Congressman Zeldin serves on two House Committees: Financial Services and Foreign Affairs, where he serves as Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. Additionally, Congressman Zeldin serves as co-chair of the Long Island Sound Caucus and founding member of the National Estuary Program Caucus and as one of two Jewish Republicans in Congress, also serves as co-chairman of the House Republican Israel Caucus, which has over 100 members. ●        https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Press-Releases&id=E218C7D6-CD80-47F3-B064-DFA0A3AE7B52 ●        https://www.printfriendly.com/p/g/2ku4K7 ...more

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• 15: Iran's Majlis undisguisedly in the hands of the military. @AlirezaNader @FDD Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Jun 05 2020

  Photo:Teymourtash arriving in Moscow in 1926 for diplomatic negotiationsView author information CC BY-SA 3.0 File:Teymourtash on arrival in Moscow in 1926 for diplomatic discussions.jpg Uploaded: 2007-01-10 03:53:45  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowIran's Majlis undisguisedly in the hands of the military. @AlirezaNader @FDD Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_presAlireza Nader is a senior fellow focusing on Iran and U.S. policy in the Middle East. He also researches the Islamic Republic’s systematic repression of religious freedom and currently serves on ADL’s Task Force on Middle East Minorities. ●        https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2020/06/02/khamenei-loyalist-speaker/ ●        https://en.radiofarda.com/a/parliament-s-think-tank-chief-calls-for-reforms-to-save-iran-s-failing-economy/30650876.html ●        https://nypost.com/2020/05/21/irans-new-push-to-erase-its-millennia-of-jewish-history/ ...more

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• 15: The Neo-Ottomans of Turkey fence with the Revanchists of Russia: 100 years later. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Jun 05 2020

  Photo: 'Son Excellence le Maréchal Ibrahim Pacha, gouverneur de la Tripolitaine au moment de la déclaration de la guerre entre la Turquie et l'Italie.'Unknown author - En Tripolitaine. Voyage à Ghadamès, Edmond Bernet Public Domain File:Maréchal Ibrahim-Pacha.png Created: 1 January 1912 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe Neo-Ottomans of Turkey fence with the Revanchists of Russia: 100 years later. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_preshttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/04/world/middleeast/libya-hifter-retreat-russia.html ...more

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• 14: How Richard Nixon managed social disorder in 1968. @ConradMBlack

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  Jun 05 2020

  Image:  Chicago riots, 1968  Screen grab.  "Following the riots, Chicago experienced a food shortage, and the city's needs were barely met by volunteers bringing food to the area. Results of the riots include the increase in pace of the area's ongoing deindustrialization and public and private disinvestment. Bulldozers moved in to clean up after the rioters, leaving behind vacant lots, many of which remain today." Conrad Black, publisher & author; in re:  The disorder across America is the reigning story, with the virus preventing dining in restaurants.  Provide compensation?  The 1968 riots did a lot of harm to poor people; here, we have widespread problems in all neighborhoods by organized gangs using cell phones to go where police are not; fortunately, fewer fatalities, but more [theatrical] damage, entirely to uninvolved persons.  . .  . Nixon said, I’m entirely in favor of and sympathy with peaceful demonstrations. I won’t countenance physical violence, setting fires, damaging property. https://www.amazon.com/Richard-M-Nixon-Life-Full/dp/1586485199 ...more

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• 13: Canada’s Greens celebrate, “Oil is dead!” Mary Anastasia O’Grady: @MaryAnastasiaOG

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  Jun 05 2020

  Image:  Syncrude's Mildred Lake mine site and plant near Fort McMurray, Alberta.  Public domain.Canada’s Greens celebrate, “Oil is dead!”  Mary Anastasia O’Grady: @MaryAnastasiaOG  Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ and Americas column; in re:  Canada’s Greens. Elizabeth May, celebrate, “Oil is dead!” and those losing their incomes need to be compensated.  Logic: oil prices went briefly below zero; spat between Saudis and Russians; the O&G bz, esp in Alberta, is on its knees.  What does the rest of Canada think of these revenues dying up?  Can't power cars on witchcraft; today, still need O&G, which generated over 5% of Canada’s GDP from 2014 to 2019; averaged $8 billion annually. An additional benefit is not being dependent on other countries, some of which are not amiable, for energy.  The Bloc Quebecois has told Trudeau: “Don't you dare help the oil sector.” The country is at a crossroads; if the O&G sector is to recover, it’ll need investment and to be seen by investors as a growth industry.  If Trudeau refuses to put a good plan out, there’ll be trouble in the whole sector.  Trudeau is waffling between Green and energy.    https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-canada-send-oil-and-gas-packing-11590954041 ...more

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• 11: China’s aggression means to replace Trump with Biden. Victor Davis Hanson: @VDHanson

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  Jun 05 2020

  Image:  Constant Beijing expansionism:  PLA marching into Lhasa in October 1951 Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover, in re: Disorder across America, and foes: Russia and its subset Iran, and China.  Xi Jinping has launched against all his foes – India, the US, and presumably against Uyghurs.  Does China think it can knock out out the US?  Dunno; but they may have concluded that for their regime to survive thy have no choice but to try. Reminiscent of Hitler in 1939.  “Do you really want to die for Taiwan, Hong Kong, a Himalayan border spat?”   Biden has no credible position on China.  “If he’s elected, China will move on Taiwan” because he’s in no position politically to defend Taiwan.  His party is infected with Chinese ties.  “Rapprochement and appeasement.”  https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/06/coronavirus-pandemic-china-beijing-becoming-authentically-belligerent/#slide-1 ...more

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• 10: The mysterious Mr Biden: his weakness is his strength. Victor Davis Hanson: @VDHanson

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  Jun 05 2020

  Image:  A storm cellar on the Texas plains. Public domain. Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover and NRO, in re: The puzzle of Joe Biden.  His weaknesses are the strength of the campaign: unlike any other candidate we've had, in that he seems to lack interest in leaving his basement; and he speaks of his age and apparent debilities.  “I can get you across the finish line.”  The MeToo Movement; his son Hunter’s involvement with Ukraine and PRC; and Biden’s connection to the unfinished business of Russiagate. He’s been in suspended animation.  Think Tara Reid; his naïve words on China; his accusations of Trump’s culpability coupled with Mueller’s exoneration; his talks of Indians in doughnut shops and of the bizarre Corn Pop.  And, “You ain’t Black if you vote for Trump instead of me.”  Biden seems not to be cognitively up to campaigning, going to a convention, debating.  The plan seems to be to have him elected without his ever answering questions.  George Will’s writing of a monster; Mattis evoking Nazi analogies! against Trump. Surrogates highjacking the campaign, one after another.  Biden got 77% of the Democratic vote in Pennsylvania; the other 23% goes to Sanders and Gabbard.  They have only Joe Biden right now; he’s a placeholder.  Outsource the campaign, squeak by in November, hand off the presidency to a vice-president in 2021. This is the party of the Squad, Bernie, and the like.  The CNN reporter says he has no evidence of violence in the demonstrations with a building in flames behind him and a box of stolen Adidas falling at his feet on camera.https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/06/joe-biden-paradox-his-weaknesses-are-his-strengths-not-running-for-president/ ...more

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• 9: 8/8 The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach, John C. McManus.

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  Image:  Large landing craft convoy crosses the English Channel on 6 June 1944 The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach, John C. McManus.  Don Hagen (Narrator), Gildan Media, LLC (Publisher)    Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. https://www.amazon.com/Dead-and-Those-About-to-Die-audiobook/dp/B00K6XKSCQ/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A white-knuckle account of the First Infantry Division’s harrowing D-Day assault on the eastern sector of Omaha Beach.  The acclaimed historian John C. McManus has written a gripping history that will stand as the last word on this titanic battle. Nicknamed the Big Red One, First Division had fought from North Africa to Sicily, earning a reputation as stalwart warriors on the front lines and rabble-rousers in the rear. Yet on D-Day, these jaded combat veterans melded with fresh-faced replacements to accomplish one of the most challenging and deadly missions ever. As the men hit the beach, with their equipment destroyed or washed away and soldiers’ cut down by the dozens, courageous heroes emerged: men such as Sergeant Raymond Strojny, who grabbed a bazooka and engaged in a death duel with a fortified German antitank gun; T/5 Joe Pinder, a former minor-league pitcher who braved enemy fire to save a vital radio; and Lieutenant John Spalding, a former sportswriter, and Sergeant Phil Streczyk, a truck driver, who together demolished a German strong point overlooking Easy Red, where hundreds of Americans had landed.  Along the way, McManus explores the Gap Assault Team engineers who dealt with the extensive mines and obstacles, suffering nearly a 50 per cent casualty rate; highlights officers such as Brigadier General Willard Wyman and Colonel George Taylor, who led the way to victory; and punctures scores of myths surrounding this long-misunderstood battle.  The Dead and Those about to Die draws on a rich array of new or recently unearthed sources, including interviews with veterans. The result is history at its finest, the unforgettable story of the Big Red One’s 19 hours of hell—and their ultimate triumph—on June 6, 1944.   ...more

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• 8: 7/8 The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach, John C. McManus.

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  Image:  Surface weather analysis map showing weather fronts on 5 June The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach, John C. McManus.  Don Hagen (Narrator), Gildan Media, LLC (Publisher)    Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. https://www.amazon.com/Dead-and-Those-About-to-Die-audiobook/dp/B00K6XKSCQ/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A white-knuckle account of the First Infantry Division’s harrowing D-Day assault on the eastern sector of Omaha Beach.  The acclaimed historian John C. McManus has written a gripping history that will stand as the last word on this titanic battle. Nicknamed the Big Red One, First Division had fought from North Africa to Sicily, earning a reputation as stalwart warriors on the front lines and rabble-rousers in the rear. Yet on D-Day, these jaded combat veterans melded with fresh-faced replacements to accomplish one of the most challenging and deadly missions ever. As the men hit the beach, with their equipment destroyed or washed away and soldiers’ cut down by the dozens, courageous heroes emerged: men such as Sergeant Raymond Strojny, who grabbed a bazooka and engaged in a death duel with a fortified German antitank gun; T/5 Joe Pinder, a former minor-league pitcher who braved enemy fire to save a vital radio; and Lieutenant John Spalding, a former sportswriter, and Sergeant Phil Streczyk, a truck driver, who together demolished a German strong point overlooking Easy Red, where hundreds of Americans had landed.  Along the way, McManus explores the Gap Assault Team engineers who dealt with the extensive mines and obstacles, suffering nearly a 50 per cent casualty rate; highlights officers such as Brigadier General Willard Wyman and Colonel George Taylor, who led the way to victory; and punctures scores of myths surrounding this long-misunderstood battle.  The Dead and Those about to Die draws on a rich array of new or recently unearthed sources, including interviews with veterans. The result is history at its finest, the unforgettable story of the Big Red One’s 19 hours of hell—and their ultimate triumph—on June 6, 1944.   ...more

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• 7: 6/8 The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach, John C. McManus.

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  Jun 05 2020

  Image: Meeting of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), 1 February 1944. Front row: Air Chief Marshal Arthur Tedder; General Dwight D. Eisenhower; GeneralBernard Montgomery. Back row: Lieutenant General Omar Bradley; Admiral Bertram Ramsay; Air Chief Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory; Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith. The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach, John C. McManus.  Don Hagen (Narrator), Gildan Media, LLC (Publisher)    Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. https://www.amazon.com/Dead-and-Those-About-to-Die-audiobook/dp/B00K6XKSCQ/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A white-knuckle account of the First Infantry Division’s harrowing D-Day assault on the eastern sector of Omaha Beach.  The acclaimed historian John C. McManus has written a gripping history that will stand as the last word on this titanic battle. Nicknamed the Big Red One, First Division had fought from North Africa to Sicily, earning a reputation as stalwart warriors on the front lines and rabble-rousers in the rear. Yet on D-Day, these jaded combat veterans melded with fresh-faced replacements to accomplish one of the most challenging and deadly missions ever. As the men hit the beach, with their equipment destroyed or washed away and soldiers’ cut down by the dozens, courageous heroes emerged: men such as Sergeant Raymond Strojny, who grabbed a bazooka and engaged in a death duel with a fortified German antitank gun; T/5 Joe Pinder, a former minor-league pitcher who braved enemy fire to save a vital radio; and Lieutenant John Spalding, a former sportswriter, and Sergeant Phil Streczyk, a truck driver, who together demolished a German strong point overlooking Easy Red, where hundreds of Americans had landed.  Along the way, McManus explores the Gap Assault Team engineers who dealt with the extensive mines and obstacles, suffering nearly a 50 per cent casualty rate; highlights officers such as Brigadier General Willard Wyman and Colonel George Taylor, who led the way to victory; and punctures scores of myths surrounding this long-misunderstood battle.  The Dead and Those about to Die draws on a rich array of new or recently unearthed sources, including interviews with veterans. The result is history at its finest, the unforgettable story of the Big Red One’s 19 hours of hell—and their ultimate triumph—on June 6, 1944.   ...more

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• 6: 5/8 The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach, John C. McManus.

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  Jun 05 2020

  Image: An LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase disembarks troops of Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) wading onto the Fox Green section of Omaha Beach (Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France) on the morning of June 6, 1944. American soldiers encountered the newly formed German 352nd Division when landing. During the initial landing two-thirds of Company E became casualties. The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach, John C. McManus.  Don Hagen (Narrator), Gildan Media, LLC (Publisher)    Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. https://www.amazon.com/Dead-and-Those-About-to-Die-audiobook/dp/B00K6XKSCQ/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A white-knuckle account of the First Infantry Division’s harrowing D-Day assault on the eastern sector of Omaha Beach.  The acclaimed historian John C. McManus has written a gripping history that will stand as the last word on this titanic battle. Nicknamed the Big Red One, First Division had fought from North Africa to Sicily, earning a reputation as stalwart warriors on the front lines and rabble-rousers in the rear. Yet on D-Day, these jaded combat veterans melded with fresh-faced replacements to accomplish one of the most challenging and deadly missions ever. As the men hit the beach, with their equipment destroyed or washed away and soldiers’ cut down by the dozens, courageous heroes emerged: men such as Sergeant Raymond Strojny, who grabbed a bazooka and engaged in a death duel with a fortified German antitank gun; T/5 Joe Pinder, a former minor-league pitcher who braved enemy fire to save a vital radio; and Lieutenant John Spalding, a former sportswriter, and Sergeant Phil Streczyk, a truck driver, who together demolished a German strong point overlooking Easy Red, where hundreds of Americans had landed.  Along the way, McManus explores the Gap Assault Team engineers who dealt with the extensive mines and obstacles, suffering nearly a 50 per cent casualty rate; highlights officers such as Brigadier General Willard Wyman and Colonel George Taylor, who led the way to victory; and punctures scores of myths surrounding this long-misunderstood battle.  The Dead and Those about to Die draws on a rich array of new or recently unearthed sources, including interviews with veterans. The result is history at its finest, the unforgettable story of the Big Red One’s 19 hours of hell—and their ultimate triumph—on June 6, 1944.   ...more

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• 5: Voter fraud in Seoul & What is to be done? Tara O, East Asia Reasearch Center

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  Jun 04 2020

  Photo: Photograph of East Gate of palace grounds in Seoul, KoreaDate | published 1919Source | Encyclopedia Americana, 1919, v. 16, between pp. 524 and 525Author | Unknown authorhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowVoter fraud in Seoul & What is to be done? Tara O,  East Asia Reasearch Center, @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast ( https://eastasiaresearch.org/ )

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• 5: "You make me real money when you have real disruptions in the market. Chaos, total chaos. The biggest fortunes in history were made like that." Ziad Abdelnour @blackhawkinc

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  Jun 04 2020

  Photo: Cartoon, "Elisha Roosevelt sicketh the bears upon the bad boys of Wall Street." President Theodore Roosevelt is depicted commanding two large bears labeled "Interstate Commerce Commission" and "Federal Courts" upon Wall Street. The caption is based on a passage from II Kings 2:23-24.Date | 8 May 1907Source | Puck Magazine, May 8 1907 centerfold.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow"You make me real money when you have real disruptions in the market. Chaos, total chaos. The biggest fortunes in history were made like that." Ziad K. Abdelnour @blackhawkinchttps://www.amazon.com/Start-Up-Saboteurs-Incompetence-Thinking-Creation/dp/1642796956 Start-Up Saboteurs: How Incompetence, Ego, and Small Thinking Prevent True Wealth Creation Paperback – May 26, 2020 by Ziad K. Abdelnour  (Author) https://blackhawkpartners.com ...more

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• 4: SecDef Mark Esper rejects the Insurrection Act of 1807 @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 04 2020

  Image:Main Navy Building (foreground) and the Munitions Building were temporary structures built during World War I on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The buildings remained in use for several decades, and the Secretary of War was headquartered in the Munitions Building from 1936 until the Pentagon opened in 1943.United States Navy - http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/pl-usa/pl-dc/nav-fac/mn-mun-c.htm Public Domain File:Main Navy Building and Munitions Building on the Washington National Mall, 1918.jpg Created: 1 January 1918 Andrew C McCarthy, Ball of Collusion, and Thaddeus McCarthy, American Greatness,  in re:   Taken aback by Esper’s statement: he’s certainly entitled to his opinion, but not normally to denounce the president he reports to.  Incidentally, his opinion is not terribly relevant here, and probably not correct.  He objects to “politicization” of the Act; apparently, he doesn't understand the Act: it upholds national security. If Esper has information, he needs to give it to the president. The honorable thing is to resign; never to go public with a complaint while in the chain of command.  ..  ..  ..   The Insurrection Act of 1807 is a United States federal law (10 U.S.C. ... §§ 331–335) that empowers the president of the United States to deploy military troops within the United States in particular circumstances, such as to suppress civil disorder, insurrection and rebellion. ...more

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• 3: Rosenstein did not read the FISA warrant he signed in 2017. @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 04 2020

  Image:  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives a replica of Mahatma Gandhi's three wise monkeys — See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil— to the U.S. President Donald Trump Andrew C McCarthy, Ball of Collusion, and Thaddeus McCarthy, American Greatness,  in re:  Rod Rosenstein signs the fourth FISA warrant extension.  “I didn't read it.” Yet each extension requires new information.  Dereliction of responsibilities.  The culture of the DoJ is to read carefully every important [allegation]. In the hearing, being asked about his own misfeasance and blathering in response. The reason they did it under [classified] counterintell is they thought no one would ever review it.   ...more

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• 2: Congress waives lawmaking, entrusts it to administrators. Adam White @adamjwhitedc

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  Jun 04 2020

  Image:  The House Financial Services committee meets. Committee members sit in the tiers of raised chairs, while those testifying and audience members sit below. Adam White, AEI, and George Mason Center for the Study of the Administrative State; in re:  The Administrative State; also, a government whose engine is in the administrative agencies rather than in Congress. Congress has ceded that.

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• 172: Commercial space launches US manned Earth orbit. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Jun 04 2020

  Photo: Amazing Stories, Volume 3 Number 5, August 1928. Cover illustration by Frank R. Paul. From the contents page: Our Cover this month depicts a scene from the first installment in this issue of the story entitled THE SKYLARK OF SPACE by Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby, in which the scientist, who has discovered a chemical substance for the liberation of intra-atomic energy, is making his initial tests, preparatory to his interplanetary flight by means of this liberated energy, which makes possible his interstellar space-flyer. Also in this issue is en:Armageddon 2419 A.D. The main character and narrator is Anthony (Buck) Rogers.Fecha | 21 de marzo de 2006 (fecha original de carga)Fuente | Transferido desde en.wikipedia a Commons.Autor | The original uploader was Mokwella de Wikipedia en inglés.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowCommercial space launches US manned Earth orbit. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/dragon-docks-with-iss-astronauts-reveal-its-name-is-endeavour/ ...more

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• 172: Proxima Centauri has a second confirmed Earth-sized exoplanet. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Jun 04 2020

  Photo: Español: Posición de Alfa Centauri. The position of Alpha Centauri (Rigilkent, Rigel Kentaurus, Toliman) By Zwergelstern Thanks for the help of Patrick Chevalley Public domain http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowProxima Centauri has a second confirmed Earth-sized exoplanet. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/second-exoplanet-confirmed-orbiting-proxima-centauri/Proxima Centauri has been in the news frequently since 2016, when scientists including McDonald Observatory’s Michael Endl found its first planet, Proxima Centauri b. The discovery incited speculation on the types of in-depth studies that could done on an extrasolar planet so close to our own solar system. Adding to the excitement, earlier this year a group led by Mario Damasso of Italy’s National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) announced they might have found another planet orbiting Proxima Centauri farther out.  This group used radial velocity observations, that is, measurements of the star’s motion on the sky toward and away from Earth, to deduce the possible planet (dubbed Proxima Centauri c) orbits the star every 1,907 days at distance of 1.5 AU (that is, 1.5 times the distance at which Earth orbits the Sun). ...more

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• 1: State of the City, the State, the Union: Exploring a second campaign for mayor of the challenged New York City. John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtable.

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  Jun 04 2020

  Photo: Seal of New York City Simtropolitan - Own work based on: - Seal and Flag of the City of New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York: The Knickerbocker Press 1915. Seal of the City of New York, as portrayed by Paul Manship’s standardized version. The seal’s 1.1:1 height-to-width ratio is intentional and representative Manship’s original model. Since Manship’s original was a sculpture rather than a print, there are no official standards for the seal colors. Permission details This image shows a flag, a coat of arms, a seal or some other official insignia. The use of such symbols is restricted in many countries. These restrictions are independent of the copyrightstatus.View more Public DomainThis image contains official insignia which may be subject to legal restrictions.view terms File:Seal of New York City BW.svg Created: 1915 (original) 2015-08-30 (this vector version) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowState of the City, the State, the Union: Exploring a second campaign for mayor of the challenged New York City. John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtable.https://nypost.com/2020/06/02/john-catsimatidis-eyeing-another-run-for-mayor-of-nyc/ ...more

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• 171: US torpor in face of active North Korean missile development. Bruce Bechtol, Angelo State

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  Jun 04 2020

  Image:  Welcome celebration for the Red Army in Pyongyang on 14 October 1945 Bruce Bechtol, Angelo State (Texas), North Korean Military Proliferation in the Middle East and Africa: Enabling Violence and Instability; in re: Iran uses North Korea as its R&D lab for missiles and weaponry.  Going on since the 1980s.  In 2013, saw that DPRK was dvpg and 80-ton rocket booster for an ICBM In 2013, missiles going from DPRK to  Iran in middle of JPOA talks, In 2016, DoJ actually sanctioned Iran for the rocket boosters (names, companies, etc.) Hwasong-12 — 80 tons of thrust rocket booster; first stage of a rocket that can hit New York.  From SCUD to No Dong to Musudong, to __, to ICBM capability so Iran could strike the US from East or West, and Iran could strike the US from the East. Seven years of the US doing nothing.  DC court indicts Chinese and 28 DPRK nationals for money-laundering.   ...more

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• 170: Beijing abjures its Hong Kong treaty; cracks down on May 35. Michael_Yon, @GordonGChang

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  Jun 04 2020

  Image:  King Zhou (紂王) was the pejorative posthumous name given to Di Xin (帝辛), the last king of the Shang dynasty of ancient China.  In legends, he’s depicted as having come under the influence of his wicked wife Daji, and committing all manner of evil and cruel deeds with her. In fictionalizations, including the novel Fengshen Yanyi, she was said to be possessed by a malevolent fox spirit. Michael_Yon, East Asian reporter; in re: “Hong Kong under threat” – Financial Time.  Beijing menaces the UK, which is working on offering citizenship to fleeing Hong Kongers.  The Joint Declaration, a legally-binding treaty registered with the United Nations.  The Boris Johnson govt has been unusually assertive in dealing with Beijing on HK.  First time Britain is actually standing up for the people of HK. June 4, commemoration of the massacre:  every year since 1989, HK has had a peaceful vigil, which this year the Communist party warns will be illegal. Cannot use T`ien An Men, or June 4, or May 35.  @GordonGChang  Beijing says the treaty had no obligations on China after the handover—it completely ignores its legal obligations, as it’s afraid of global criticism.  World support of Hong Kong patriots  gives  them courage. The youth are real fighters, and will not quit.  In the past, Hong Kongers have felt they were being sold out by the UK, but Johnson’s recent words have encouraged them.  If you were born after 1997,  you do not have a BNO passport.  The most sophisticated information warriors I’ve ever seen – we’d benefit enormously from accepting 100,000 of them in the US.   ...more

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• 169: Federal investigation into Pennsylvania’s virus nursing-home deaths. @SalenaZito

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  Jun 04 2020

  Image:  Wyck House, Germantown, Pennsylvania, (c.1900), located on the southwest corner of Germantown Avenue and Walnut Lane, Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Original platinum print on Eastman Kodak sensitized paper by Henry Troth, American Pictorialist.Salena Zito, CNN, New York Post, The Middle of Somewhere column; in re:  Daunting number of deaths—3,469—Covid deaths in Pennsylvania.  The Secretary of HHS visited PA, spoke with CEOs to discuss measures for reopening many businesses; also opened a federal investigation into a Beaver Co., nursing home with too many deaths and a bad history.  Working to save a number of small hospitals “at warp speed.”  Russiagate sustained for years to undermine the resident. In Wisconsin:  Senator Ron Johnson spoke of deep corruption within the Washington bureaucracies and he’s determined to clean it up. A necessary “moral correction.” He’s never seen a problem that he doesn’t intend to clean up —and win. ...more

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• 168: Joe Biden’s anemic support in Pennsylvania. @SalenaZito

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  Jun 04 2020

  Image:  Pittsburgh in 1902. Lithograph by Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler. Salena Zito, CNN, The Middle of Somewhere column; in re:  Trumbull Co., Ohio.  The 2020 vote:  President got 94% support of Republicans; Joe Biden struggled, as 77% of Democrats supported him, and the rest split between Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard. These are people who showed up to vote in the middle of a pandemic, and many in a protest concerning the murder. Western PA: energy. Eastern PA, incl Phila and collar counties: blue.   ...more

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• 166: 4/4 The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach, John C. McManus.

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  Jun 04 2020

  Image: First Division monument on the Meuse-Argonne Battlefield, France. The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach, John C. McManus.  Don Hagen (Narrator), Gildan Media, LLC (Publisher)    Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. https://www.amazon.com/Dead-and-Those-About-to-Die-audiobook/dp/B00K6XKSCQ/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A white-knuckle account of the First Infantry Division’s harrowing D-Day assault on the eastern sector of Omaha Beach.  The acclaimed historian John C. McManus has written a gripping history that will stand as the last word on this titanic battle. Nicknamed the Big Red One, First Division had fought from North Africa to Sicily, earning a reputation as stalwart warriors on the front lines and rabble-rousers in the rear. Yet on D-Day, these jaded combat veterans melded with fresh-faced replacements to accomplish one of the most challenging and deadly missions ever. As the men hit the beach, with their equipment destroyed or washed away and soldiers’ cut down by the dozens, courageous heroes emerged: men such as Sergeant Raymond Strojny, who grabbed a bazooka and engaged in a death duel with a fortified German antitank gun; T/5 Joe Pinder, a former minor-league pitcher who braved enemy fire to save a vital radio; and Lieutenant John Spalding, a former sportswriter, and Sergeant Phil Streczyk, a truck driver, who together demolished a German strong point overlooking Easy Red, where hundreds of Americans had landed.  Along the way, McManus explores the Gap Assault Team engineers who dealt with the extensive mines and obstacles, suffering nearly a 50 per cent casualty rate; highlights officers such as Brigadier General Willard Wyman and Colonel George Taylor, who led the way to victory; and punctures scores of myths surrounding this long-misunderstood battle.  The Dead and Those about to Die draws on a rich array of new or recently unearthed sources, including interviews with veterans. The result is history at its finest, the unforgettable story of the Big Red One’s 19 hours of hell—and their ultimate triumph—on June 6, 1944......more

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• 165: 3/4 The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach, John C. McManus.

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  Jun 04 2020

  Image:  At Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 1944 The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach, John C. McManus.  Don Hagen (Narrator), Gildan Media, LLC (Publisher)    Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. https://www.amazon.com/Dead-and-Those-About-to-Die-audiobook/dp/B00K6XKSCQ/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A white-knuckle account of the First Infantry Division’s harrowing D-Day assault on the eastern sector of Omaha Beach.  The acclaimed historian John C. McManus has written a gripping history that will stand as the last word on this titanic battle. Nicknamed the Big Red One, First Division had fought from North Africa to Sicily, earning a reputation as stalwart warriors on the front lines and rabble-rousers in the rear. Yet on D-Day, these jaded combat veterans melded with fresh-faced replacements to accomplish one of the most challenging and deadly missions ever. As the men hit the beach, with their equipment destroyed or washed away and soldiers’ cut down by the dozens, courageous heroes emerged: men such as Sergeant Raymond Strojny, who grabbed a bazooka and engaged in a death duel with a fortified German antitank gun; T/5 Joe Pinder, a former minor-league pitcher who braved enemy fire to save a vital radio; and Lieutenant John Spalding, a former sportswriter, and Sergeant Phil Streczyk, a truck driver, who together demolished a German strong point overlooking Easy Red, where hundreds of Americans had landed.  Along the way, McManus explores the Gap Assault Team engineers who dealt with the extensive mines and obstacles, suffering nearly a 50 per cent casualty rate; highlights officers such as Brigadier General Willard Wyman and Colonel George Taylor, who led the way to victory; and punctures scores of myths surrounding this long-misunderstood battle.  The Dead and Those about to Die draws on a rich array of new or recently unearthed sources, including interviews with veterans. The result is history at its finest, the unforgettable story of the Big Red One’s 19 hours of hell—and their ultimate triumph—on June 6, 1944......more

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• 164: 2/4 The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach, John C. McManus.

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  Jun 04 2020

  Image: 16th Infantry Regiment  ("Semper Paratus") Coat of Arms The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach, John C. McManus.  Don Hagen (Narrator), Gildan Media, LLC (Publisher)    Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. https://www.amazon.com/Dead-and-Those-About-to-Die-audiobook/dp/B00K6XKSCQ/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A white-knuckle account of the First Infantry Division’s harrowing D-Day assault on the eastern sector of Omaha Beach.  The acclaimed historian John C. McManus has written a gripping history that will stand as the last word on this titanic battle. Nicknamed the Big Red One, First Division had fought from North Africa to Sicily, earning a reputation as stalwart warriors on the front lines and rabble-rousers in the rear. Yet on D-Day, these jaded combat veterans melded with fresh-faced replacements to accomplish one of the most challenging and deadly missions ever. As the men hit the beach, with their equipment destroyed or washed away and soldiers’ cut down by the dozens, courageous heroes emerged: men such as Sergeant Raymond Strojny, who grabbed a bazooka and engaged in a death duel with a fortified German antitank gun; T/5 Joe Pinder, a former minor-league pitcher who braved enemy fire to save a vital radio; and Lieutenant John Spalding, a former sportswriter, and Sergeant Phil Streczyk, a truck driver, who together demolished a German strong point overlooking Easy Red, where hundreds of Americans had landed.  Along the way, McManus explores the Gap Assault Team engineers who dealt with the extensive mines and obstacles, suffering nearly a 50 per cent casualty rate; highlights officers such as Brigadier General Willard Wyman and Colonel George Taylor, who led the way to victory; and punctures scores of myths surrounding this long-misunderstood battle.  The Dead and Those about to Die draws on a rich array of new or recently unearthed sources, including interviews with veterans. The result is history at its finest, the unforgettable story of the Big Red One’s 19 hours of hell—and their ultimate triumph—on June 6, 1944......more

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• 163: 1/4 The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach, John C. McManus.

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  Jun 04 2020

  Image: A 1st Infantry Division half-track plows its way through a muddy road in the Hurtgen Forest. 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. 15 Feb 1945. The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach, John C. McManus.  Don Hagen (Narrator), Gildan Media, LLC (Publisher)    Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. https://www.amazon.com/Dead-and-Those-About-to-Die-audiobook/dp/B00K6XKSCQ/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A white-knuckle account of the First Infantry Division’s harrowing D-Day assault on the eastern sector of Omaha Beach.  The acclaimed historian John C. McManus has written a gripping history that will stand as the last word on this titanic battle. Nicknamed the Big Red One, First Division had fought from North Africa to Sicily, earning a reputation as stalwart warriors on the front lines and rabble-rousers in the rear. Yet on D-Day, these jaded combat veterans melded with fresh-faced replacements to accomplish one of the most challenging and deadly missions ever. As the men hit the beach, with their equipment destroyed or washed away and soldiers’ cut down by the dozens, courageous heroes emerged: men such as Sergeant Raymond Strojny, who grabbed a bazooka and engaged in a death duel with a fortified German antitank gun; T/5 Joe Pinder, a former minor-league pitcher who braved enemy fire to save a vital radio; and Lieutenant John Spalding, a former sportswriter, and Sergeant Phil Streczyk, a truck driver, who together demolished a German strong point overlooking Easy Red, where hundreds of Americans had landed.  Along the way, McManus explores the Gap Assault Team engineers who dealt with the extensive mines and obstacles, suffering nearly a 50 per cent casualty rate; highlights officers such as Brigadier General Willard Wyman and Colonel George Taylor, who led the way to victory; and punctures scores of myths surrounding this long-misunderstood battle.  The Dead and Those about to Die draws on a rich array of new or recently unearthed sources, including interviews with veterans. The result is history at its finest, the unforgettable story of the Big Red One’s 19 hours of hell—and their ultimate triumph—on June 6, 1944......more

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• 167: TWTR and FB tangle with the immunity in the Community Decency Act. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Jun 03 2020

  Photo: Federal Communications Commission http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowTWTR and FB tangle with the immunity in the Community Decency Act. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInsthttps://www.hoover.org/research/tweeting-vs-rioting

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• 167: The limits of immunity for law enforcement. @RichardAEpstein, @HooverInst

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  Jun 03 2020

  Photo: Florida Highway Patrol state trooper at the scene of a motor vehicle accidenthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe limits of immunity for law enforcement. @RichardAEpstein, @HooverInsthttps://www.hoover.org/research/tweeting-vs-rioting

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• 162: Russia’s superior energy position. Germany and China are existentially dependent thereon. Gregory Copley, Defense and Foreign Affairs

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  Jun 03 2020

  Image:  Major existing and planned natural oil and gas pipelines supplying Russian oil and gas to Europe. Public domain.  Gregory Copley, Defense and Foreign Affairs, in re:  The energy re-think in the balance of the Twenty-first Century. Russia in a superior position.  Hard to see how, and it’s unlikely that, Russia will be displaced in oil, gas, nuclear, and hydroelectric. Sophisticated energy structure.  Its gas will save PRC.  Russia is now the most advanced in the world in selling nuclear.  Russia is a very stable player because its industries are controlled by the Kremlin. The last thirty years: free trade meant that the world gave its mfrg to China; we all became dependent on it. Now, China is becoming existentially dependent on Russia, incl for LNG.  China is equally dependent on China for food from the USA and elsewhere.  Russia has been a critical supplier of defense and space for China.        The one thing Riyadh asked of Moscow as to keep Teheran off its back, which Russia has not done. Russia’s ma ally is Iran; is the geopolitical linchpin in the Middle East and Central Asia.  Saudi is a dwindling power.   Germany abandoned nukes out of morality; is wholly dependent on Russia for power.  The Russia-US competition visible in Belgrade, where intell services abound.  Russia succeeding in Germany and Serbia which the US has treated badly.  Squared off in Montenegro. ...more

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• 161: Academics “on the junk pile” as foreign students no longer are as welcome. Mainland students at the center of today’s riots. Gregory Copley, Defense and Foreign Affairs

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  Jun 03 2020

  Image:  Brasenose College, Oxford, in the 1670s Gregory Copley, Defense and Foreign Affairs, in re:  The whole world is changing its nature, has been for a while; we’ll see a massive diminution in revenues to many countries as universities and university towns depended for their great wealth on foreign students.  A major re-think.  Will throw a lot of academics on the junk pile. Also, declining populations. We’ll see that education will provide qualifications suited to different things; mfrg, survival, agricultural skills, practical matters.  Private-sector bootstrapping.  Removal of large numbers of Chinese students from Western universities – US, Australia, Canada, UK.  Many students work sotto voce for Mainland intelligence services.    Current US riots are being partly paid for by . .  . Gyorgy Soros.  Chinese music students turn up as militants in American riots.  Nationalist vs globalist reactions: a regular cycle.   Reversion from globalist jingoism to  . . .   The virus has become a trigger, a pivot-point, of change.  Covid-19 is the gunpowder. Accelerated when Xi Jinping took power in 2012.   ...more

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• 155: #NewWorld: The long shadow of the exiled Evo Morales of Bolivia. @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal.

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  Jun 03 2020

  Photo: [Pavilion of Bolivia, Paris Exposition, 1889] http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#NewWorld: The long shadow of the exiled Evo Morales of Bolivia. @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal.https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jun/01/bolivia-president-jeanine-anez-coronavirus-elections

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• 155: #NewWorld: Narco-terror state Venezuela becomes a colony of Tehran and Moscow. @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal.

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  Jun 03 2020

  Photo: Venezuela circa 1900-1905. "American fleet at La Guaira." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing CompanyDate | 1900~1905http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#NewWorld: Narco-terror state Venezuela becomes a colony of Tehran and Moscow. @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal.https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2020/05/27/former-member-venezuelan-national-assembly-charged-narco-terrorism-drug

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• 160: Biden handles a teleprompter speech. @LizPeek

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  Jun 03 2020

  Image:  Joe Biden flanked by two glass teleprompters. The two teleprompter monitors are embedded in the floor of the podium.  Public domain. Elizabeth Peek, TheHill and Fox News; in re: Biden handles a teleprompter speech.  

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• 159: Markets buoyant. Banks sturdy. Recovery under way. @LizPeek

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  Jun 03 2020

  Image:  American Recovery and Investment Act Elizabeth Peek, TheHill and Fox News; in re: Six to nine months from now we’ll be in a recovery.  U-shaped? V-shaped? L-shaped?  Had it not been for the riots, I would’ve said V; but now it’s impeded.  Momentum lost.  Americans sat on the first round of stimulus checks. A lot of workers are furloughed.  

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• 158: The Insurrection Act of 1807. Posse Comitatus, and federalized troops.* John Yoo @BerkeleyLaw.

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  Jun 03 2020

  Image:  A National Guardsman in 1917.  John Yoo, Berkeley Law School, in re: Insurrection Act of 1807 (insurrection, conspiracies): governor may call in the Guard when needed.  Washington, D.C., is different from the fifty states. Delicate balance between states and federal.  The whole of DC is federal.         Republican Form of Government Clause.  Bush 2 tried to include natural disasters and such emergencies; Democrats withdrew the amendments.   ..  ..  ..  ·       The Insurrection Act of 1807 is a United States federal law (10 U.S.C. §§ 251–255; prior to 2016, 10 U.S.C. §§ 331–335) that empowers the president of the United States to deploy U.S. military and federalized National Guard troops within the United States in particular circumstances, such as to suppress civil disorder, insurrection and rebellion.·       The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385, original at 20 Stat. 152) signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes. The purpose of the act – in concert with the Insurrection Act of 1807 – is to limit the powers of the federal government in using federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States.  The posse comitatus, in common law, is a group of people mobilized by the conservator of peace – typically a sheriff – to suppress lawlessness or defend the county. The posse comitatus originated in ninth-century England simultaneous with the creation of the office of sheriff .....more

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• 157: Rodeo Drive looters’s graffiti: Eat the rich. Bill Whalen: @Hooverwhalen

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  Jun 03 2020

  Image:    Demonstrations in Hollywood.  Screen grab. Bill Whalen, Hoover Area 45 podcast, in re:  Mayor Garcetti of Los Angeles asks for National Guard; Governor Newsom agrees.  The riots following the Rodney King scandal.  Today, looting is directed at rich areas, esp Rodeo Drive and Hollywood Hills.   Graffiti left: Eat the rich. In 1992: riots were vicious; governor had to speak with George H W Bush to get troops. Marines arrived.  Cuomo, who wants to send in the National Guard, thinks the NYPD is weak   [In fact, they’ve been cut off at the ankles by the New York City mayor and are rationally afraid to act normally lest they be chastised.  —ed.]  Guard units form Utah t New Jersey wil be called for Washington , D/.C.: you'd want military police, unlike New York. Posse Comitatus  The Supreme Court has never handled this.   Posse Comitatus  is from right after the end of Reconstruction. Federal troops left the South; Fed troops may not not be used for law enforcement without [an act of Congress].  May use force only to stop destruction or physical danger, but not to arrest people for ordinary illegal acts.    ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  Attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau: "Quand les pauvres n'auront plus rien à manger, ils mangeront les riches!" (When the poor have nothing more to eat, they’ll eat the rich) ...more

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• 156: In the UK, guests may attend your barbecue but perhaps not enter your home in a moment of need. @josephsternberg, @WSJOpinion

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  Jun 03 2020

  Image:  A walk in the park: a landscaped site proposed in South Yorkshire Joseph Sternberg, WSJ editorial board in London, in re:   UK has just had the sunniest springtime since 1929. Emerging from lockdown, people are making up for lost time. People are lying on the grass in parks; are desperate to be sociable again.  Government policies are evolving gradually and by seat of pants.  Now you’re allowed to have a barbecue in your backyard, but maybe not to enter your home to use the loo.  Busses are running at half-capacity. School will soon reopen. ..  ..  ..  Attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau: "Quand les pauvres n'auront plus rien à manger, ils mangeront les riches!" (When the poor have nothing more to eat, they’ll eat the rich!) ...more

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• 155: The question-mark-shaped recovery. @josephsternberg, @WSJOpinion

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  Jun 03 2020

  Image:  Arabic Question mark   ؟   The Unicode Standard: All graphic representations of Unicode characters are in the public domain. Joseph Sternberg, WSJ editorial board in London, in re:   How England is adjusting to the time of the virus.  The question-mark-shaped recovery.  Never in history have we tried cryogenically to freeze an economy for three months and then restart it quickly.

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• 154: Offer citizenship to the 3 million Hong Kongers threatened by the PRC. @EliLake @BV

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  Jun 03 2020

  Photo: English: View of Hong Kong Harbour.Date | 1860–70Source | http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/rise_fall_canton_04/gallery_places/pages/cwHK_1860-70_M10874_Hbr.htmAuthor | Marciano Antonio Baptista (1826–96)http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowOffer citizenship to the 3 million Hong Kongers threatened by the PRC. @EliLake @BVhttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-05-27/trump-should-open-america-s-doors-to-hong-kong-s-citizens?sref=EnSWybzM ...more

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• 154: James Comey has personally persecuted Michael Flynn since 2016 & What is to be done? @EliLake @BV @Commentary

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  Jun 03 2020

  Photo: Gustave Brion, ‘’Javert’’, 1862, reproduced in Victor Hugo, Les Misérables (London, G. Routledge and Sons), 1887. Rare Books Collection, State Library of Victoria. Gustave Brion - Les Misérables de Victor Hugo : de la page à la scène - F20 Creative France Public Domain File:Javert.jpg Created: 1 January 1862 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowJames Comey has personally persecuted Michael Flynn since 2016 & What is to be done? @EliLake @BV @Commentaryhttps://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/eli-lake/michael-flynn-gets-railroaded-by-the-fbi/ ...more

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• 153: December 29, 2016 telephone call between Flynn and Kislyak was routine and without predication for any law enforcement. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Jun 03 2020

  Photo: Title: The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across Siberia..Year: 1886 (1880s)Authors:  Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896Subjects:  Soviet Union -- Description and travel Siberia (Russia)Publisher:  New York : Harper & brothersContributing Library:  New York Public LibraryDigitizing Sponsor:  MSNText Appearing Before Image:- in muchthe same way that prisons in other countries are occasionally emptied whenrecruits are wanted. They receive the same pay and treatment as othersoldiers, and are generally sent to distant points, to diminish the chances ofdesertion. Most of these recruits are sent to the regiments in the Caucasusand Central Asia, and a good many are found in the Siberian regiments. All money sent to exiles must pass through the hands of the ofiicials.It is a common complaint, and probably well founded, that a goodly partof this money sticks to the hands that touch it before it reaches its right-ful owner. The same allegation is made concernino- the allowances of EXILES IN IRKUTSK. 321http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowDecember 29, 2016 telephone call between Flynn and Kislyak was routine and without predication for any law enforcement. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/500247-michael-flynn-transcripts-reveal-plenty-except-crime-or-collusion ...more

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• 153: The up-to-date Insurrection Act answers the disorder. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Jun 02 2020

  Photo: English: The Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789.Français : Prise de la Bastille le 14 juillet 1789Date | circa 1793Charles Thévenin (12 July 1764 – 28 February 1838) was a neoclassical French painter, known for heroic scenes from the time of the French Revolution and First French Empire.public domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe up-to-date Insurrection Act answers the disorder. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/05/the-president-has-the-constitutional-power-to-restore-order-he-must-act/"Under Article IV of the Constitution, the United States guarantees every state a republican form of government, protection against invasion, and — on request of the state government — protection from domestic violence. In furtherance of this provision, Congress enacted legislation, most notably the Insurrection Act of 1807, which empowers the president “to suppress, in any State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy.” Obviously, suppressing such attacks requires deploying the United States armed forces as needed."...more

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• 153: The December 2019 Pensacola Saudi shooter signaled his radicalization long before the attack. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD

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  Jun 02 2020

  Photo: Title: Pensacola harbor; beautiful views and pertinent facts regarding the "deep water city" of the Gulf of Mexico; Pensacola navy yards, Pensacola shipping and Pensacola fortificationsYear: 1904 (1900s)Authors:  Bliss, Charles Henry, 1860-1907, edSubjects: Publisher:  Pensacola, C. H. BlissContributing Library:  The Library of CongressDigitizing Sponsor:  Sloan FoundationText Appearing Before Image:MODERN 50 FOOT GUN BARREL FOR FORT PENSACOLA BEFORE BEINGUNLOADED FROM FLAT CAR. THE BLISS MAGAZINEText Appearing After Image:68 THE BLISS MAGAZINENote About ImagesPlease note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.Date | 1904http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe December 2019  Pensacola Saudi shooter signaled his radicalization long before the attack. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDDhttps://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/05/generation-jihad-ep-11-an-al-qaeda-sleeper-agent-in-pensacola.php ...more

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• 153: The Al Qaeda command openly in concert with the Taliban. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD

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  Jun 02 2020

  Photo:  Title: Caubul, from a burying ground on the mountain ridge, north-east of the city Abstract/medium: 1 print : tinted lithograph ; sheet 36 x 53 cm.Date | 1842Source | Library of CongressCatalog: https://lccn.loc.gov/2016647841Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/41500/41532v.jpgOriginal url: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016647841/Author | Haghe, Louis, 1806-1885, lithographer; Atkinson, James, 1780-1852, artist; Haghe, Charles, -1888, lithographerPermission(Reusing this file) | No known restrictions on publication.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe Al Qaeda command openly in concert with the Taliban. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDDhttps://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/06/u-n-taliban-regularly-consulted-with-al-qaeda-throughout-negotiations-with-u-s.php ...more

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• 152: Virus-liberated Italy opens for tourism June 3. Lorenzo Fiori.Ansaldo Foundation.

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  Jun 02 2020

  Photo: Posillipo, Naples, Italy.Date | between 1890 and 1900http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowVirus-liberated Italy opens for tourism June 3. Lorenzo Fiori.Ansaldo Foundation.This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionunder the digital ID ppmsc.06566.

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• 152: The dueling Tsarist and Ottoman empires in Libya, one hundred years later. @Kounalakism @HooverInst

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  Jun 02 2020

  Photo: Ottoman troops attempting to halt the advancing Russians during the Siege of Ochakov in 1788 January Suchodolski - http://john-petrov.livejournal.com/655857.html Victory of Ochakiv, 1788 December 17 (December 6 by Julian Calendar), by January Suchodolski Public Domain File:January Suchodolski - Ochakiv siege.jpg Created: 1853date QS:P571,+1853-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe dueling Tsarist and Ottoman empires in Libya, one hundred years later. @Kounalakism @HooverInsthttps://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article243066071.html?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=713bc6b5b2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_05_29_07_28&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-713bc6b5b2-72527561 ...more

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• 151: Indiana Hoenlein and the Lost Canaanite clay of a slavemaster Malcolm Hoenlein: @conf_of_pres

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  Jun 02 2020

  Image:  Map of the Near East by Robert de Vaugondy (1762), indicating Canaan as limited to the Holy Land, to the exclusion of Lebanon and SyriaMalcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re:  Indiana Hoenlein and the Lost Canaanite clay of a slavemaster. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/six-year-old-boy-discovers-rare-canaanite-tablet-180974984/

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• 150: Ayatollah not banned by Twitter for genocidal provocations. Malcolm Hoenlein: @conf_of_pres

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  Jun 02 2020

  Image:  Portrait of a Persian Manichaean Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: Ayatollah not banned by Twitter for genocidal provocations.   https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-seeking-to-get-iranian-supreme-leader-kicked-off-twitter/

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• 149: Politics of the virus. Politics of the GOP. @johnfund @DavidMDrucker

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  Jun 02 2020

  Image:  African-American members of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives: Sen. Hiram Revels (R-MS) and Reps. Benjamin Turner (R-AL), Robert DeLarge (R-SC), Josiah Walls (R-FL), Jefferson Long (R-GA), Joseph Raineyand Robert B. Elliott (R-SC), 1872 David M Drucker, Washington Examiner, & John Fund, NRO, in re:  Politics of the virus. Politics of the GOP.  

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• 148: Life in Washington and NYC after the virus and during the demos. @johnfund @DavidMDrucker

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  Jun 02 2020

  Image:  Following their victory at the Battle of Bladensburg, the British entered Washington, D.C., burning down buildings including the White House. David M Drucker, Washington Examiner, & John Fund, NRO, in re:  Weekend of confrontations in DC. A two-day curfew.  New York: pathetic; curfew starts three hours too late.   Eleven PM curfew grants three hours for riots in darkness    [It's a mess;] “have a nice day.” Second Ave filled with vacant stores that will not come back.  Compounded error in New York with the nursing home [disaster].    ...more

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• 147: US withdrawal of financial privileges from Hong Kong could sink the mainland economy. @GordonGChang

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  Jun 02 2020

  Image:  The public dining hall (canteen) of people's commune. Prof Arthur, and Gordon Chang, in re:  Hong Kong. UK to issue 300,000 visas for entry. Broken trust with Mainland on the treaty.   The regime is desperate; the editor’s tweet is absurd. HK protestors love the US.  Will not visit the US to foment violence.   US is pushing an assembly of English-speaking nations to rebuke China.  Stalin in WWI: “Never forget the resiliency of democracies”!  US  has just brought a sledgehammer down on the ___ after we’ve tried so hard to help China become [a free nation].  The effect of the US removing status of Hong Kong is catastrophic to China, which is thrown into confusion. Elimination of a whole series of financial perks, which will destroy the value of the Chinese currency. China was not expecting the US to welcome a huge number of Hong Kongers.  After a while we get tired of being pushed and start to do things.    George Bush was a liar, saying that he thought T`ien An Men was terrible He sent Brent Scowcroft who assured Dung that the US’s moves were nothing to worry about; “We’ve got your back.” ...more

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• 146: Beijing is unaware of the ballast-like weight of our Constitution. @GordonGChang

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  Jun 02 2020

  Image:  Chinese chaos finally organized by P'an-ku (Wade Giles), the first living being and the creator of the world out of chaos in some versions of Chinese history/mythology. Prof Arthur, and Gordon Chang, in re:  China sees deteriorating relations with the US, and the US interested in matters in Hong Kong, This time, China is actually resorting to fake news on social media platforms. The PLA’s mission statement:  First, a general campaign to destroy the US; second, trying to change the narrative to equating the years of brutality in Hong Kong with the George Floyd tragedy.  Shea’s Rebellion.  China is not at all educated in American history, and is unaware of the ballast-like weight of our Constitution. Also, their thinking about how political change and disintegration take place are affected by their own past: the Bolsheviks took over one night.  In 1923 movies were made, grainy – they're shown today but the ones presented turn our to  be entirely fraudulent.  Take June 4, 1989: no talk of social tensions in China; Xi instead says: Chiang followers, and the CIA, and so on; he believes in the efficacy of little tiny conspiracies.  They do not understand the resiliency of democratic societies as they know how fragile theirs is. Some of their officials have made over-the-top claims, such as that they’ll make counterattacks on the US because of our statements on Hong Kong. They think that they can force everyone to comply they way they can force Chinese people to do so.   Even Chinese officials who’ve gone to Harvard are [clueless].  Spokesmen have nothing to say and are making more ludicrous statements than they usually do. Chinese people are more educated now than ever before  A little river of insanity because they’re desperate. Xi has manoeuvered them into a disastrous position.  https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/31/obrien-foreign-foes-racial-unrest-292147 ...more

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• 145: Mayor DeBlasio doesn’t grasp the situation. Cinematic riots. @harrysiegel

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  Jun 02 2020

  Image:  Wood engraving of the pro-slavery mob setting fire to Gilman & Godfrey's warehouse. Harry Siegel, NY Daily News; Daily Beast; in re:  The violence of the last days. New York curfew at 11 PM tonight. National Guard activated.  Mayor DeBlasio’s response to the matter: fallen short. Without considering, he lifted the personal stay-at-home; had he not done that, there might not have been violent demos.  Molotov cocktails; police cars under siege.   He doesn’t seem to have a good grasp of what to do.  The 11 PM curfew is to begin well after dark, which make it very difficult to enforce.   Meanwhile, the governor hasn’t yet deployed the National Guard.  The NYPD is law enforcement, not crowd control.  Why are both the mayor and governor hesitating?  Because some citizens see the police as an occupying force.    The violent demonstrators are idiots and jerks.  We’ve seen how escalations can lead to louder and crazier protests; more cinematic.  Macy’s display windows are covered with plywood.    https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-there-are-no-heroes-here-20200531-nedrsmg55zbubo2xuylsxjasd4-story.html (Available 2 AM EST on Sunday) https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-york-city-mayor-bill-de-blasio-i-dont-blame-police-for-driving-into-protesters?ref=author ...more

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• 144: Shutdown closed schools may “create a generation of neurotic children who don't understand critical thinking.” Scott W Atlas: @SWAtlasHoover

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  Jun 02 2020

  Image:  First Boston Latin School HouseShutdown closed schools may “create a generation of neurotic children who don't understand critical thinking.”  Scott W Atlas: @SWAtlasHoover Dr Scott W Atlas, Hoover.      https://thehill.com/opinion/education/500349-science-says-open-the-schools?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=dae3cd3fc9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_06_01_06_25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-dae3cd3fc9-72527561

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• 143: 4/4 The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II, by Denise Kiernan.

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  Jun 02 2020

  Image:  Y-12 Plant, in Oak Ridge TN. The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II, by Denise Kiernan.  Cassandra Campbell (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged   https://www.amazon.com/The-Girls-of-Atomic-City-audiobook/dp/B00G3EBIY4/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+girls+of+atomic+city&qid=1591032630&s=audible&sr=1-1 At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City. But to most of the world, the town did not exist. Thousands of civilians, many of them young women from small towns across the South, were recruited to this secret city, enticed by solid wages and the promise of war-ending work. Kept very much in the dark, few would ever guess the true nature of the tasks they performed each day in the hulking factories in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains. That is, until the end of the war, when Oak Ridge's secret was revealed.          Drawing on the voices of the women who lived it—women who are now in their eighties and nineties—The Girls of Atomic City rescues a remarkable, forgotten chapter of American history from obscurity. Denise Kiernan captures the spirit of the times through these women: their pluck, their desire to contribute, and their enduring courage. Combining the grand-scale human drama of The Worst Hard Time with the intimate biography and often troubling science of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Girls of Atomic City is a lasting and important addition to our country's history.   20:00 ...more

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• 142: 3/4 The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II, by Denise Kiernan.

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  Jun 02 2020

  Image:  The core of the Molten Salt Reactor Experiment The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II, by Denise Kiernan.  Cassandra Campbell (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged   https://www.amazon.com/The-Girls-of-Atomic-City-audiobook/dp/B00G3EBIY4/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+girls+of+atomic+city&qid=1591032630&s=audible&sr=1-1 At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City. But to most of the world, the town did not exist. Thousands of civilians, many of them young women from small towns across the South, were recruited to this secret city, enticed by solid wages and the promise of war-ending work. Kept very much in the dark, few would ever guess the true nature of the tasks they performed each day in the hulking factories in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains. That is, until the end of the war, when Oak Ridge's secret was revealed.          Drawing on the voices of the women who lived it—women who are now in their eighties and nineties—The Girls of Atomic City rescues a remarkable, forgotten chapter of American history from obscurity. Denise Kiernan captures the spirit of the times through these women: their pluck, their desire to contribute, and their enduring courage. Combining the grand-scale human drama of The Worst Hard Time with the intimate biography and often troubling science of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Girls of Atomic City is a lasting and important addition to our country's history.   ...more

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• 141: 2/4 The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II, by Denise Kiernan.

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  Jun 02 2020

  Image:  Workers in 1943 loading uranium slugs into the X-10 Graphite Reactor (now a National Historic Landmark) The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II, by Denise Kiernan.  Cassandra Campbell (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged   https://www.amazon.com/The-Girls-of-Atomic-City-audiobook/dp/B00G3EBIY4/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+girls+of+atomic+city&qid=1591032630&s=audible&sr=1-1 At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City. But to most of the world, the town did not exist. Thousands of civilians, many of them young women from small towns across the South, were recruited to this secret city, enticed by solid wages and the promise of war-ending work. Kept very much in the dark, few would ever guess the true nature of the tasks they performed each day in the hulking factories in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains. That is, until the end of the war, when Oak Ridge's secret was revealed.          Drawing on the voices of the women who lived it—women who are now in their eighties and nineties—The Girls of Atomic City rescues a remarkable, forgotten chapter of American history from obscurity. Denise Kiernan captures the spirit of the times through these women: their pluck, their desire to contribute, and their enduring courage. Combining the grand-scale human drama of The Worst Hard Time with the intimate biography and often troubling science of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Girls of Atomic City is a lasting and important addition to our country's history.   ...more

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• 140: 1/4 The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II, by Denise Kiernan.

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  Jun 02 2020

  Image:  Workers leaving the Manhattan Project's Y-12 plant at shift changing time, 1945 The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II, by Denise Kiernan.  Cassandra Campbell (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged   https://www.amazon.com/The-Girls-of-Atomic-City-audiobook/dp/B00G3EBIY4/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+girls+of+atomic+city&qid=1591032630&s=audible&sr=1-1 At the height of World War II, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was home to 75,000 residents, consuming more electricity than New York City. But to most of the world, the town did not exist. Thousands of civilians, many of them young women from small towns across the South, were recruited to this secret city, enticed by solid wages and the promise of war-ending work. Kept very much in the dark, few would ever guess the true nature of the tasks they performed each day in the hulking factories in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains. That is, until the end of the war, when Oak Ridge's secret was revealed.          Drawing on the voices of the women who lived it—women who are now in their eighties and nineties—The Girls of Atomic City rescues a remarkable, forgotten chapter of American history from obscurity. Denise Kiernan captures the spirit of the times through these women: their pluck, their desire to contribute, and their enduring courage. Combining the grand-scale human drama of The Worst Hard Time with the intimate biography and often troubling science of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, The Girls of Atomic City is a lasting and important addition to our country's history.   ...more

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• 139: COMPLETE #NewAmericanCivilWar: The Unmaking of the Constitution on the Road to Disorder and Disunion. Michael Vlahos,Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Jun 01 2020

  Photo: An early 20th century portrayal of Daniel Shays forces fleeing from Federal troops in an attempt to lay siege to the Springfield Arsenal with only 4 killed and virtually no musket fire; they would regroup later in Amherst, MassachusettsDate | circa 1902 Source | The people's history of the world, Edward Sylvester Ellis; vol. VIAuthor | C. Kendrickhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowCOMPLETE #NewAmericanCivilWar: The Unmaking of the Constitution on the Road to Disorder and Disunion. Michael Vlahos,Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis...more

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• 138: 2/2 The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers, by Richard McGregor.

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  Jun 01 2020

  Image:  People in the countryside working at night to produce steel. The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers, by Richard McGregor.   Matthew Waterson (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.   https://www.amazon.com/Party-Secret-Chinas-Communist-Rulers/dp/B083ZLHL6T/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= [from 2010] An eye-opening investigation into China's Communist Party and its integral role in the country's rise as a global superpower and rival of the United States  China's political and economic growth in the past three decades is one of astonishing, epochal dimensions. The country has undergone a remarkable transformation on a scale similar to that of the Industrial Revolution in the West. The most remarkable part of this transformation, however, has been left largely untold—the central role of the Chinese Communist Party.  As an organization alone, the Party is a phenomenon of unique scale and power. Its membership surpasses seventy-three million, and it does more than just rule a country. The Party not only has a grip on every aspect of government, from the largest, richest cities to the smallest far-flung villages in Tibet and Xinjiang, it also has a hold on all official religions, the media, and the military. The Party presides over large, wealthy, state-owned businesses, and it exercises control over the selection of senior executives of all government companies, many of which are in the top tier of the Fortune 500 list.  In The Party, Richard McGregor delves deeply into China's inner sanctum for the first time, showing how the Communist Party controls the government, courts, media, and military, and how it keeps all corruption accusations against its members in-house. The Party's decisions have a global impact, yet the CPC remains a deeply secretive body, hostile to the law, unaccountable to anyone or anything other than its own internal tribunals. It is the world's only geopolitical rival of the United States, and is steadfastly poised to think the worst of the West.  In this provocative and illuminating account, Richard McGregor offers a captivating portrait of China's Communist Party, its grip on power and control ...more

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• 137: 1/2 The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers, by Richard McGregor.

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  Jun 01 2020

  Image:  Sending government officials to work in the countryside, 1957. [In fact, what happened of course, was that everyone who had a scintilla of education was regarded as a possible traitor to the Lord Mao, so was sent to work at excruciatingly hard labor with minimal food, coats, shoes. Feeding pigs; digging trenches in rocky soil.        ". . .Thaxton describes the people's communes as a form of 'apartheid system' for Chinese farm households. The commune system was aimed at maximizing production for provisioning the cities and constructing offices, factories, schools, and social insurance systems for urban-dwelling workers, cadres and officials. Citizens in rural areas who criticized the system were labeled 'dangerous'. Escape was also difficult or impossible, and those who attempted were subjected to 'party-orchestrated public struggle', which further jeopardized their survival."] The Party: The Secret World of China's Communist Rulers, by Richard McGregor.   Matthew Waterson (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.   https://www.amazon.com/Party-Secret-Chinas-Communist-Rulers/dp/B083ZLHL6T/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= [from 2010] An eye-opening investigation into China's Communist Party and its integral role in the country's rise as a global superpower and rival of the United States  China's political and economic growth in the past three decades is one of astonishing, epochal dimensions. The country has undergone a remarkable transformation on a scale similar to that of the Industrial Revolution in the West. The most remarkable part of this transformation, however, has been left largely untold—the central role of the Chinese Communist Party.  As an organization alone, the Party is a phenomenon of unique scale and power. Its membership surpasses seventy-three million, and it does more than just rule a country. The Party not only has a grip on every aspect of government, from the largest, richest cities to the smallest far-flung villages in Tibet and Xinjiang, it also has a hold on all official religions, the media, and the military. The Party presides over large, wealthy, state-owned businesses, and it exercises control over the selection of senior executives of all government companies, many of which are in the top tier of the Fortune 500 list.  In The Party, Richard McGregor delves deeply into China's inner sanctum for the first time, showing how the Communist Party controls the government, courts, media, and military, and how it keeps all corruption accusations against its members in-house. The Party's decisions have a global impact, yet the CPC remains a deeply secretive body, hostile to the law, unaccountable to anyone or anything other than its own internal tribunals. It is the world's only geopolitical rival of the United States, and is steadfastly poised to think the worst of the West.  In this provocative and illuminating account, Richard McGregor offers a captivating portrait of China's Communist Party, its grip on power and control over China, and its future.    ...more

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• 136: American Warlords: 12of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  Jun 01 2020

  Photo: A conference session including Clement Attlee, Ernest Bevin, Vyacheslav Molotov, William D. Leahy, Joseph E. Davies, James F. Byrnes, and Harry S. Truman Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R67561 / CC-BY-SA 3.0 For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Potsdamer Konferenz, KonferenztischZentralbild Potsdamer (Berliner) Konferenz der führenden Staatsmänner der drei alliierten Mächte der UdSSR, Grossbritannien und der USA vom 17. Juli bis 2. August 1945 in Schloß Cecilienhof und Babelsberg. Ihr Ergebnis ist das Potsdamer Abkommen, das die völkerrechtlichen Grundfragen für den Aufbau eines friedlichen, demokratischen deutschen Staates und die Politik der Siegermächte gegenüber Deutschland festlegt. UBz: Mitte hinten Stalin, rechts Truman, links Attlee [Potsdam.- U.a. Clement Attlee, Ernest Bevin, Wjatscheslaw Michailowitsch Molotow, Josef Stalin, William D. Leahy, James F. Byrnes, Harry S. Truman]Abgebildete Personen: Attlee, Clement R.: Premierminister, Vorsitzender der Labour Partei, Großbritannien (GND 118650882) Truman, Harry S.: Präsident, Demokratische Partei, USA (GND 118624210} Leahy, William D.: Admiral, Botschafter in Frankreich, USA Bevin, Ernest: Außenminister, Gewerkschafter, GroßbritannienMolotow, Wjatscheslaw Michailowitsch: Außenminister, Sowjetunion (GND 11873461X) Byrnes, James W.: Außenminister, USA Stalin, Josef W.: 1878-1953; Marschall, Vorsitzender des Ministerrates, Generalsekretär der KP, Sowjetunion (GND 118642499) CC BY-SA 3.0 de File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R67561, Potsdamer Konferenz, Konferenztisch.jpg Created: July 1945date QS:P571,+1945-07-00T00:00:00Z/10 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow American Warlords: 12of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/American-Warlords-audiobook/dp/B00WF443V6/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=American Warlords is the story of the greatest "team of rivals" since the days of Lincoln.  In a lifetime shaped by politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proved himself a master manipulator of Congress, the press, and the public. But when war in Europe and Asia threatened America's shores, FDR found himself in a world turned upside down, where his friends became his foes, his enemies his allies. To help wage democracy's first "total war", he turned to one of history's most remarkable triumvirates.  Henry Stimson, an old-money Republican from Long Island, rallied to FDR's banner to lead the Army as Secretary of War and championed innovative weapons that helped shape our world today. General George C. Marshall argued with Roosevelt over grand strategy, but he built the world's greatest war machine and willingly sacrificed his dream of leading the invasion of Europe that made his protégé, Dwight Eisenhower, a legend. Admiral Ernest J. King, a hard-drinking, irascible fighter who "destroyed" Pearl Harbor in a prewar naval exercise, understood how to fight Japan, but he also battled the army, the air force, Douglas MacArthur, and his British allies as they moved armies and fleets across the globe.  These commanders threw off sparks whenever they clashed: generals against politicians, army versus navy. But those sparks lit the fire of victory. During four years of bitter warfare, FDR's lieutenants learned to set aside deep personal, political, and professional differences and pull a nation through the 20th century's darkest days.  Encircling Roosevelt's warlords - and sometimes bitterly at odds with them - was a colorful cast of the Second World War's giants: Winston Churchill, MacArthur, Josef Stalin, Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Charles de Gaulle. These and other larger-than-life figures enrich a sweeping story of an era brimming with steel, fire, and blood....more

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• 136: American Warlords: 11of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  Jun 01 2020

  Photo: Yalta American Delegation in Livadia Palace from left to right: Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Maj. Gen. L. S. Kuter, Admiral E. J. King, General George C. Marshall, Ambassador Averell Harriman, Admiral William Leahy, and President F. D. Roosevelt. Livadia Palace, Crimea, RussiaUnited States Army Signal Corps - Library of Congress Digital Collectionshttps://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2012646958/ Crimean conference Left to right: Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Maj. Gen. L. S. Kuter, Admiral E. J. King, General George C. Marshall, Ambassador Averell Harriman, Admiral William Leahy, and President F. D. Roosevelt. Livadia Palace, Crimea, Russia Public Domain File:U.S. delegation at the Yalta Conference.jpg Created: 4 February 1945 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow American Warlords: 11of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/American-Warlords-audiobook/dp/B00WF443V6/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=American Warlords is the story of the greatest "team of rivals" since the days of Lincoln.  In a lifetime shaped by politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proved himself a master manipulator of Congress, the press, and the public. But when war in Europe and Asia threatened America's shores, FDR found himself in a world turned upside down, where his friends became his foes, his enemies his allies. To help wage democracy's first "total war", he turned to one of history's most remarkable triumvirates.  Henry Stimson, an old-money Republican from Long Island, rallied to FDR's banner to lead the Army as Secretary of War and championed innovative weapons that helped shape our world today. General George C. Marshall argued with Roosevelt over grand strategy, but he built the world's greatest war machine and willingly sacrificed his dream of leading the invasion of Europe that made his protégé, Dwight Eisenhower, a legend. Admiral Ernest J. King, a hard-drinking, irascible fighter who "destroyed" Pearl Harbor in a prewar naval exercise, understood how to fight Japan, but he also battled the army, the air force, Douglas MacArthur, and his British allies as they moved armies and fleets across the globe.  These commanders threw off sparks whenever they clashed: generals against politicians, army versus navy. But those sparks lit the fire of victory. During four years of bitter warfare, FDR's lieutenants learned to set aside deep personal, political, and professional differences and pull a nation through the 20th century's darkest days.  Encircling Roosevelt's warlords - and sometimes bitterly at odds with them - was a colorful cast of the Second World War's giants: Winston Churchill, MacArthur, Josef Stalin, Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Charles de Gaulle. These and other larger-than-life figures enrich a sweeping story of an era brimming with steel, fire, and blood....more

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• 136: American Warlords: 10of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  Jun 01 2020

  Photo:  Winston Churchill at the Second Quebec Conference, September 1944Churchill and President Roosevelt with Allied chiefs of staff on the the terrace at the Citadel at Quebec, 16 September 1944.Date | September 1944Source | http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//21/media-21366/large.jpgWar Office official photographer, Horton (Maj)Permission(Reusing this file) | This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.Part of | War Office Second World War Official CollectionSubjects | Associated people and organisationsRoosevelt, Franklin Delano, Churchill, Winston Leonard SpencerAssociated placesQuebec, Quebec, CanadaAssociated eventsQuebec Conference (2nd) 1944, International DiplomacyAssociated themesCanada 1939-1945Associated keywordsDiplomacyCategory | photographsImage Sorted | yeshttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow American Warlords: 10of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/American-Warlords-audiobook/dp/B00WF443V6/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=American Warlords is the story of the greatest "team of rivals" since the days of Lincoln.  In a lifetime shaped by politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proved himself a master manipulator of Congress, the press, and the public. But when war in Europe and Asia threatened America's shores, FDR found himself in a world turned upside down, where his friends became his foes, his enemies his allies. To help wage democracy's first "total war", he turned to one of history's most remarkable triumvirates.  Henry Stimson, an old-money Republican from Long Island, rallied to FDR's banner to lead the Army as Secretary of War and championed innovative weapons that helped shape our world today. General George C. Marshall argued with Roosevelt over grand strategy, but he built the world's greatest war machine and willingly sacrificed his dream of leading the invasion of Europe that made his protégé, Dwight Eisenhower, a legend. Admiral Ernest J. King, a hard-drinking, irascible fighter who "destroyed" Pearl Harbor in a prewar naval exercise, understood how to fight Japan, but he also battled the army, the air force, Douglas MacArthur, and his British allies as they moved armies and fleets across the globe.  These commanders threw off sparks whenever they clashed: generals against politicians, army versus navy. But those sparks lit the fire of victory. During four years of bitter warfare, FDR's lieutenants learned to set aside deep personal, political, and professional differences and pull a nation through the 20th century's darkest days.  Encircling Roosevelt's warlords - and sometimes bitterly at odds with them - was a colorful cast of the Second World War's giants: Winston Churchill, MacArthur, Josef Stalin, Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Charles de Gaulle. These and other larger-than-life figures enrich a sweeping story of an era brimming with steel, fire, and blood....more

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• 136: American Warlords: 9of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  Jun 01 2020

  Photo: Pres. F. D. Roosevelt in conference with Gen. D. MacArthur, Adm. Chester Nimitz, Adm. W. D. Leahy, while on tour in Hawaiian Islands".Date | 28 July 1944Source | High resolution download from http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details.cfm?SDAN=HDSN9902408&JPGPath=/Assets/Still/1999/DoD/HD-SN-99-02408.JPG.Author | US Navyhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow American Warlords: 9of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/American-Warlords-audiobook/dp/B00WF443V6/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=American Warlords is the story of the greatest "team of rivals" since the days of Lincoln.  In a lifetime shaped by politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proved himself a master manipulator of Congress, the press, and the public. But when war in Europe and Asia threatened America's shores, FDR found himself in a world turned upside down, where his friends became his foes, his enemies his allies. To help wage democracy's first "total war", he turned to one of history's most remarkable triumvirates.  Henry Stimson, an old-money Republican from Long Island, rallied to FDR's banner to lead the Army as Secretary of War and championed innovative weapons that helped shape our world today. General George C. Marshall argued with Roosevelt over grand strategy, but he built the world's greatest war machine and willingly sacrificed his dream of leading the invasion of Europe that made his protégé, Dwight Eisenhower, a legend. Admiral Ernest J. King, a hard-drinking, irascible fighter who "destroyed" Pearl Harbor in a prewar naval exercise, understood how to fight Japan, but he also battled the army, the air force, Douglas MacArthur, and his British allies as they moved armies and fleets across the globe.  These commanders threw off sparks whenever they clashed: generals against politicians, army versus navy. But those sparks lit the fire of victory. During four years of bitter warfare, FDR's lieutenants learned to set aside deep personal, political, and professional differences and pull a nation through the 20th century's darkest days.  Encircling Roosevelt's warlords - and sometimes bitterly at odds with them - was a colorful cast of the Second World War's giants: Winston Churchill, MacArthur, Josef Stalin, Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Charles de Gaulle. These and other larger-than-life figures enrich a sweeping story of an era brimming with steel, fire, and blood....more

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• 136: American Warlords: 8of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  Jun 01 2020

  Photo: Tehran, Iran, Dec. 1943—Front row: Marshal Stalin, President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill on the portico of the Soviet Embassy—Back row: General H.H. Arnold, Chief of the U.S. Army Air Force; General Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff; Admiral Cunningham, First Sea Lord; Admiral William Leahy, Chief of staff to President Roosevelt, during the Tehran ConferenceUnited States Army 12th Air Force - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3b38287. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information. Teheran, Iran, Dec. 1943--Front row: Marshal Stalin, President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill (wearing his air commodore's uniform) on the portico of the Russian Embassy--Back row: General H.H. Arnold, Chief of the U.S. Army Air Force; General Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff; Admiral Cunningham; Admiral William Leahy, Chief of staff to President Roosevelt, during the Teheran Conference Public Domain File:Allied leaders at the 1943 Tehran Conference.jpg Created: 1 December 1943 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow American Warlords: 8of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/American-Warlords-audiobook/dp/B00WF443V6/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=American Warlords is the story of the greatest "team of rivals" since the days of Lincoln.  In a lifetime shaped by politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proved himself a master manipulator of Congress, the press, and the public. But when war in Europe and Asia threatened America's shores, FDR found himself in a world turned upside down, where his friends became his foes, his enemies his allies. To help wage democracy's first "total war", he turned to one of history's most remarkable triumvirates.  Henry Stimson, an old-money Republican from Long Island, rallied to FDR's banner to lead the Army as Secretary of War and championed innovative weapons that helped shape our world today. General George C. Marshall argued with Roosevelt over grand strategy, but he built the world's greatest war machine and willingly sacrificed his dream of leading the invasion of Europe that made his protégé, Dwight Eisenhower, a legend. Admiral Ernest J. King, a hard-drinking, irascible fighter who "destroyed" Pearl Harbor in a prewar naval exercise, understood how to fight Japan, but he also battled the army, the air force, Douglas MacArthur, and his British allies as they moved armies and fleets across the globe.  These commanders threw off sparks whenever they clashed: generals against politicians, army versus navy. But those sparks lit the fire of victory. During four years of bitter warfare, FDR's lieutenants learned to set aside deep personal, political, and professional differences and pull a nation through the 20th century's darkest days.  Encircling Roosevelt's warlords - and sometimes bitterly at odds with them - was a colorful cast of the Second World War's giants: Winston Churchill, MacArthur, Josef Stalin, Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Charles de Gaulle. These and other larger-than-life figures enrich a sweeping story of an era brimming with steel, fire, and blood....more

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• 136: American Warlords: 7of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  Jun 01 2020

  Photo: Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill at the Cairo Conference, 25 November 1943Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), - This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 196609. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Chiang Kai-shek, and Winston Churchill at the Cairo Conference, 1943. Public Domain File:Cairo conference.jpg Created: 25 November 1943 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow American Warlords: 7of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/American-Warlords-audiobook/dp/B00WF443V6/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=American Warlords is the story of the greatest "team of rivals" since the days of Lincoln.  In a lifetime shaped by politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proved himself a master manipulator of Congress, the press, and the public. But when war in Europe and Asia threatened America's shores, FDR found himself in a world turned upside down, where his friends became his foes, his enemies his allies. To help wage democracy's first "total war", he turned to one of history's most remarkable triumvirates.  Henry Stimson, an old-money Republican from Long Island, rallied to FDR's banner to lead the Army as Secretary of War and championed innovative weapons that helped shape our world today. General George C. Marshall argued with Roosevelt over grand strategy, but he built the world's greatest war machine and willingly sacrificed his dream of leading the invasion of Europe that made his protégé, Dwight Eisenhower, a legend. Admiral Ernest J. King, a hard-drinking, irascible fighter who "destroyed" Pearl Harbor in a prewar naval exercise, understood how to fight Japan, but he also battled the army, the air force, Douglas MacArthur, and his British allies as they moved armies and fleets across the globe.  These commanders threw off sparks whenever they clashed: generals against politicians, army versus navy. But those sparks lit the fire of victory. During four years of bitter warfare, FDR's lieutenants learned to set aside deep personal, political, and professional differences and pull a nation through the 20th century's darkest days.  Encircling Roosevelt's warlords - and sometimes bitterly at odds with them - was a colorful cast of the Second World War's giants: Winston Churchill, MacArthur, Josef Stalin, Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Charles de Gaulle. These and other larger-than-life figures enrich a sweeping story of an era brimming with steel, fire, and blood....more

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• 136: American Warlords: 6of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  Jun 01 2020

  Photo: Henry L. Stimson, former Secretary of War and State.Harris & Ewing - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3b01973. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information. Permission details No known restrictions on publication. This work is from the Harris & Ewing collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work.View more Public Domainview terms File:Henry Stimson, Harris & Ewing bw photo portrait, 1929.jpg Created: copyright 1929 Aug. 8 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow American Warlords: 6of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/American-Warlords-audiobook/dp/B00WF443V6/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=American Warlords is the story of the greatest "team of rivals" since the days of Lincoln.  In a lifetime shaped by politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proved himself a master manipulator of Congress, the press, and the public. But when war in Europe and Asia threatened America's shores, FDR found himself in a world turned upside down, where his friends became his foes, his enemies his allies. To help wage democracy's first "total war", he turned to one of history's most remarkable triumvirates.  Henry Stimson, an old-money Republican from Long Island, rallied to FDR's banner to lead the Army as Secretary of War and championed innovative weapons that helped shape our world today. General George C. Marshall argued with Roosevelt over grand strategy, but he built the world's greatest war machine and willingly sacrificed his dream of leading the invasion of Europe that made his protégé, Dwight Eisenhower, a legend. Admiral Ernest J. King, a hard-drinking, irascible fighter who "destroyed" Pearl Harbor in a prewar naval exercise, understood how to fight Japan, but he also battled the army, the air force, Douglas MacArthur, and his British allies as they moved armies and fleets across the globe.  These commanders threw off sparks whenever they clashed: generals against politicians, army versus navy. But those sparks lit the fire of victory. During four years of bitter warfare, FDR's lieutenants learned to set aside deep personal, political, and professional differences and pull a nation through the 20th century's darkest days.  Encircling Roosevelt's warlords - and sometimes bitterly at odds with them - was a colorful cast of the Second World War's giants: Winston Churchill, MacArthur, Josef Stalin, Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Charles de Gaulle. These and other larger-than-life figures enrich a sweeping story of an era brimming with steel, fire, and blood....more

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• 136: American Warlords: 5of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  Jun 01 2020

  Photo: American soldiers land near Algiers. Unknown author or not provided - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Public Domain File:Near Algiers, "Torch" troops hit the beaches behind a large American flag "Left" hoping for the French Army not fire... - NARA - 195516.jpg Created: 8 November 1942date QS:P571,+1942-11-08T00:00:00Z/11 Location: 28° 0′ 0″ N, 3° 0′ 0″ E http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow American Warlords: 5of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/American-Warlords-audiobook/dp/B00WF443V6/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=American Warlords is the story of the greatest "team of rivals" since the days of Lincoln.  In a lifetime shaped by politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proved himself a master manipulator of Congress, the press, and the public. But when war in Europe and Asia threatened America's shores, FDR found himself in a world turned upside down, where his friends became his foes, his enemies his allies. To help wage democracy's first "total war", he turned to one of history's most remarkable triumvirates.  Henry Stimson, an old-money Republican from Long Island, rallied to FDR's banner to lead the Army as Secretary of War and championed innovative weapons that helped shape our world today. General George C. Marshall argued with Roosevelt over grand strategy, but he built the world's greatest war machine and willingly sacrificed his dream of leading the invasion of Europe that made his protégé, Dwight Eisenhower, a legend. Admiral Ernest J. King, a hard-drinking, irascible fighter who "destroyed" Pearl Harbor in a prewar naval exercise, understood how to fight Japan, but he also battled the army, the air force, Douglas MacArthur, and his British allies as they moved armies and fleets across the globe.  These commanders threw off sparks whenever they clashed: generals against politicians, army versus navy. But those sparks lit the fire of victory. During four years of bitter warfare, FDR's lieutenants learned to set aside deep personal, political, and professional differences and pull a nation through the 20th century's darkest days.  Encircling Roosevelt's warlords - and sometimes bitterly at odds with them - was a colorful cast of the Second World War's giants: Winston Churchill, MacArthur, Josef Stalin, Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Charles de Gaulle. These and other larger-than-life figures enrich a sweeping story of an era brimming with steel, fire, and blood....more

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• 136: American Warlords: 4of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  Jun 01 2020

  Photo: Rear Admiral King arrives on board the USS Lexington in a new SOC Seagull in 1936.The original uploader was Binksternet at English Wikipedia. 7 October 2007 (original upload date) - Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-454721; Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Ernest J. King, USN ,arrives on board the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) in his new Curtiss SOC-1 Seagull aircraft (BuNo 9990), 2 June 1936. Public Domain File:RAdm King SOC on USS Lexington 1936.jpg Created: 2 June 1936 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow American Warlords: 4of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/American-Warlords-audiobook/dp/B00WF443V6/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=American Warlords is the story of the greatest "team of rivals" since the days of Lincoln.  In a lifetime shaped by politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proved himself a master manipulator of Congress, the press, and the public. But when war in Europe and Asia threatened America's shores, FDR found himself in a world turned upside down, where his friends became his foes, his enemies his allies. To help wage democracy's first "total war", he turned to one of history's most remarkable triumvirates.  Henry Stimson, an old-money Republican from Long Island, rallied to FDR's banner to lead the Army as Secretary of War and championed innovative weapons that helped shape our world today. General George C. Marshall argued with Roosevelt over grand strategy, but he built the world's greatest war machine and willingly sacrificed his dream of leading the invasion of Europe that made his protégé, Dwight Eisenhower, a legend. Admiral Ernest J. King, a hard-drinking, irascible fighter who "destroyed" Pearl Harbor in a prewar naval exercise, understood how to fight Japan, but he also battled the army, the air force, Douglas MacArthur, and his British allies as they moved armies and fleets across the globe.  These commanders threw off sparks whenever they clashed: generals against politicians, army versus navy. But those sparks lit the fire of victory. During four years of bitter warfare, FDR's lieutenants learned to set aside deep personal, political, and professional differences and pull a nation through the 20th century's darkest days.  Encircling Roosevelt's warlords - and sometimes bitterly at odds with them - was a colorful cast of the Second World War's giants: Winston Churchill, MacArthur, Josef Stalin, Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Charles de Gaulle. These and other larger-than-life figures enrich a sweeping story of an era brimming with steel, fire, and blood....more

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• 136: American Warlords: 3of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  Jun 01 2020

  Photo: Description: Casablanca-Conference - Seated: President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill. Standing, front row, left to right: General Arnold, Admiral King, General Marshall, Admiral Pound, Air Chief Marshal Portal, General Brooke, Field Marshal Dill, and Admiral Mountbatten. January 1943. Post-Work: W.Wolny - http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/ Permission details Licence: Public DomainView more Public Domainview terms File:Casablanca-Conference.jpg Created: 30 January 2010 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow American Warlords: 3of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/American-Warlords-audiobook/dp/B00WF443V6/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=American Warlords is the story of the greatest "team of rivals" since the days of Lincoln.  In a lifetime shaped by politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proved himself a master manipulator of Congress, the press, and the public. But when war in Europe and Asia threatened America's shores, FDR found himself in a world turned upside down, where his friends became his foes, his enemies his allies. To help wage democracy's first "total war", he turned to one of history's most remarkable triumvirates.  Henry Stimson, an old-money Republican from Long Island, rallied to FDR's banner to lead the Army as Secretary of War and championed innovative weapons that helped shape our world today. General George C. Marshall argued with Roosevelt over grand strategy, but he built the world's greatest war machine and willingly sacrificed his dream of leading the invasion of Europe that made his protégé, Dwight Eisenhower, a legend. Admiral Ernest J. King, a hard-drinking, irascible fighter who "destroyed" Pearl Harbor in a prewar naval exercise, understood how to fight Japan, but he also battled the army, the air force, Douglas MacArthur, and his British allies as they moved armies and fleets across the globe.  These commanders threw off sparks whenever they clashed: generals against politicians, army versus navy. But those sparks lit the fire of victory. During four years of bitter warfare, FDR's lieutenants learned to set aside deep personal, political, and professional differences and pull a nation through the 20th century's darkest days.  Encircling Roosevelt's warlords - and sometimes bitterly at odds with them - was a colorful cast of the Second World War's giants: Winston Churchill, MacArthur, Josef Stalin, Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Charles de Gaulle. These and other larger-than-life figures enrich a sweeping story of an era brimming with steel, fire, and blood....more

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• 136: American Warlords: 2of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  Jun 01 2020

  Photo: n August 18, 1943 at the first Quebec Conference. (King, Roosevelt, Churchill. Behind: General "Hap" Arnold, Air Chief Marshal Charles Portal, General Sir Alan Brooke, Admiral Ernest King, Field Marshal Sir John Dill, General George C. Marshall, Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, and Admiral William Leahy)US Army Signal Corps - US Naval History and Heritage Command, photo no. UA 02.06.05.https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhhc/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/ua-collection/ua-02-06-05-allied-conference--quebec--canada.html Group photo of Allied government and military leaders at the "Quadrant" Conference, Quebec, 1943 Public Domain File:Quebec Conference leaders.svg Created: 1 August 1943 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow American Warlords: 2of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/American-Warlords-audiobook/dp/B00WF443V6/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=American Warlords is the story of the greatest "team of rivals" since the days of Lincoln.  In a lifetime shaped by politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proved himself a master manipulator of Congress, the press, and the public. But when war in Europe and Asia threatened America's shores, FDR found himself in a world turned upside down, where his friends became his foes, his enemies his allies. To help wage democracy's first "total war", he turned to one of history's most remarkable triumvirates.  Henry Stimson, an old-money Republican from Long Island, rallied to FDR's banner to lead the Army as Secretary of War and championed innovative weapons that helped shape our world today. General George C. Marshall argued with Roosevelt over grand strategy, but he built the world's greatest war machine and willingly sacrificed his dream of leading the invasion of Europe that made his protégé, Dwight Eisenhower, a legend. Admiral Ernest J. King, a hard-drinking, irascible fighter who "destroyed" Pearl Harbor in a prewar naval exercise, understood how to fight Japan, but he also battled the army, the air force, Douglas MacArthur, and his British allies as they moved armies and fleets across the globe.  These commanders threw off sparks whenever they clashed: generals against politicians, army versus navy. But those sparks lit the fire of victory. During four years of bitter warfare, FDR's lieutenants learned to set aside deep personal, political, and professional differences and pull a nation through the 20th century's darkest days.  Encircling Roosevelt's warlords - and sometimes bitterly at odds with them - was a colorful cast of the Second World War's giants: Winston Churchill, MacArthur, Josef Stalin, Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Charles de Gaulle. These and other larger-than-life figures enrich a sweeping story of an era brimming with steel, fire, and blood....more

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• 136: American Warlords: 1of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  Jun 01 2020

  Photo: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill aboard HMS Prince of Wales in 1941US Navy - U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #: NH 67209 : http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-fornv/uk/uksh-p/pow12.htm Donation of Vice Admiral Harry Sanders, USN (Retired), 1969. Conference leaders during Church services on the after deck of HMS Prince of Wales, in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, during the Atlantic Charter Conference. President Franklin D. Roosevelt (left) and Prime Minister Winston Churchill are seated in the foreground. Standing directly behind them are Admiral Ernest J. King, USN; General George C. Marshall, U.S. Army; General Sir John Dill, British Army; Admiral Harold R. Stark, USN; and Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, RN. At far left is Harry Hopkins, talking with W. Averell Harriman. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow American Warlords: 1of12: How Roosevelt's High Command Led America to Victory in World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Jonathan W. Jordan (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/American-Warlords-audiobook/dp/B00WF443V6/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=American Warlords is the story of the greatest "team of rivals" since the days of Lincoln.  In a lifetime shaped by politics, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proved himself a master manipulator of Congress, the press, and the public. But when war in Europe and Asia threatened America's shores, FDR found himself in a world turned upside down, where his friends became his foes, his enemies his allies. To help wage democracy's first "total war", he turned to one of history's most remarkable triumvirates.  Henry Stimson, an old-money Republican from Long Island, rallied to FDR's banner to lead the Army as Secretary of War and championed innovative weapons that helped shape our world today. General George C. Marshall argued with Roosevelt over grand strategy, but he built the world's greatest war machine and willingly sacrificed his dream of leading the invasion of Europe that made his protégé, Dwight Eisenhower, a legend. Admiral Ernest J. King, a hard-drinking, irascible fighter who "destroyed" Pearl Harbor in a prewar naval exercise, understood how to fight Japan, but he also battled the army, the air force, Douglas MacArthur, and his British allies as they moved armies and fleets across the globe.  These commanders threw off sparks whenever they clashed: generals against politicians, army versus navy. But those sparks lit the fire of victory. During four years of bitter warfare, FDR's lieutenants learned to set aside deep personal, political, and professional differences and pull a nation through the 20th century's darkest days.  Encircling Roosevelt's warlords - and sometimes bitterly at odds with them - was a colorful cast of the Second World War's giants: Winston Churchill, MacArthur, Josef Stalin, Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Charles de Gaulle. These and other larger-than-life figures enrich a sweeping story of an era brimming with steel, fire, and blood....more

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• 135: The Eve of Destruction: 1of4: How 1965 Transformed America Kindle Edition. by James T. Patterson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Jun 01 2020

  Photo: http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Eve of Destruction: 1of4: How 1965 Transformed America Kindle Edition. by James T. Patterson  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Eve-Destruction-1965-Transformed-America-ebook/dp/B009RRUTO4/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Patterson+eve+of+destruction&qid=1590896477&s=audible&sr=1-1-catcorrAt the beginning of 1965, the U.S. seemed on the cusp of a golden age. Although Americans had been shocked by the assassination in 1963 of President Kennedy, they exuded a sense of consensus and optimism that showed no signs of abating. Indeed, political liberalism and interracial civil rights activism made it appear as if 1965 would find America more progressive and unified than it had ever been before. In January 1965, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed that the country had “no irreconcilable conflicts.”Johnson, who was an extraordinarily skillful manager of Congress, succeeded in securing an avalanche of Great Society legislation in 1965, including Medicare, immigration reform, and a powerful Voting Rights Act. But as esteemed historian James T. Patterson reveals in The Eve of Destruction, that sense of harmony dissipated over the course of the year. As Patterson shows, 1965 marked the birth of the tumultuous era we now know as “The Sixties,” when American society and culture underwent a major transformation. Turmoil erupted in the American South early in the year, when police attacked civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Alabama. Many black leaders, outraged, began to lose faith in nonviolent and interracial strategies of protest. Meanwhile, the U.S. rushed into a deadly war in Vietnam, inciting rebelliousness at home. On August 11th, five days after Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, racial violence exploded in the Watts area of Los Angeles. The six days of looting and arson that followed shocked many Americans and cooled their enthusiasm for the president's remaining initiatives. As the national mood darkened, the country became deeply divided. By the end of 1965, a conservative resurgence was beginning to redefine the political scene even as developments in popular music were enlivening the Left.In The Eve of Destruction, Patterson traces the events of this transformative year, showing how they dramatically reshaped the nation and reset the course of American life....more

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• 132: The Eve of Destruction: 4of4: How 1965 Transformed America Kindle Edition. by James T. Patterson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  May 31 2020

  Photo: Two U.S. Air Force Lockheed F-104C Starfighter from the 435th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 479th Tactical Fighter Wing, take off from Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam, in December 1965.Date | December 1965Source | U.S. Air Force Historical Studies Office publication Gradual Failure: The Air War over North Vietnam 1965-1966 (AFD-100526-034) p. 119.Author | USAFhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Eve of Destruction: 4of4: How 1965 Transformed America Kindle Edition. by James T. Patterson  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Eve-Destruction-1965-Transformed-America-ebook/dp/B009RRUTO4/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Patterson+eve+of+destruction&qid=1590896477&s=audible&sr=1-1-catcorrAt the beginning of 1965, the U.S. seemed on the cusp of a golden age. Although Americans had been shocked by the assassination in 1963 of President Kennedy, they exuded a sense of consensus and optimism that showed no signs of abating. Indeed, political liberalism and interracial civil rights activism made it appear as if 1965 would find America more progressive and unified than it had ever been before. In January 1965, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed that the country had “no irreconcilable conflicts.”Johnson, who was an extraordinarily skillful manager of Congress, succeeded in securing an avalanche of Great Society legislation in 1965, including Medicare, immigration reform, and a powerful Voting Rights Act. But as esteemed historian James T. Patterson reveals in The Eve of Destruction, that sense of harmony dissipated over the course of the year. As Patterson shows, 1965 marked the birth of the tumultuous era we now know as “The Sixties,” when American society and culture underwent a major transformation. Turmoil erupted in the American South early in the year, when police attacked civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Alabama. Many black leaders, outraged, began to lose faith in nonviolent and interracial strategies of protest. Meanwhile, the U.S. rushed into a deadly war in Vietnam, inciting rebelliousness at home. On August 11th, five days after Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, racial violence exploded in the Watts area of Los Angeles. The six days of looting and arson that followed shocked many Americans and cooled their enthusiasm for the president's remaining initiatives. As the national mood darkened, the country became deeply divided. By the end of 1965, a conservative resurgence was beginning to redefine the political scene even as developments in popular music were enlivening the Left.In The Eve of Destruction, Patterson traces the events of this transformative year, showing how they dramatically reshaped the nation and reset the course of American life....more

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• 132: The Eve of Destruction: 3of4: How 1965 Transformed America Kindle Edition. by James T. Patterson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  May 31 2020

  Photo: A U.S. Marine Corps Bell UH-1E Huey of Marine Observation Squadron VMO-2 at Da Nang, Vietnam. VMO-2 received the first six UH-1Es in May 1965, replacing Kaman OH-43D helicopters.Date | May 1965Source | U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News/[1] [2], p. 3.Author | USNhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Eve of Destruction: 3of4: How 1965 Transformed America Kindle Edition. by James T. Patterson  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Eve-Destruction-1965-Transformed-America-ebook/dp/B009RRUTO4/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Patterson+eve+of+destruction&qid=1590896477&s=audible&sr=1-1-catcorrAt the beginning of 1965, the U.S. seemed on the cusp of a golden age. Although Americans had been shocked by the assassination in 1963 of President Kennedy, they exuded a sense of consensus and optimism that showed no signs of abating. Indeed, political liberalism and interracial civil rights activism made it appear as if 1965 would find America more progressive and unified than it had ever been before. In January 1965, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed that the country had “no irreconcilable conflicts.”Johnson, who was an extraordinarily skillful manager of Congress, succeeded in securing an avalanche of Great Society legislation in 1965, including Medicare, immigration reform, and a powerful Voting Rights Act. But as esteemed historian James T. Patterson reveals in The Eve of Destruction, that sense of harmony dissipated over the course of the year. As Patterson shows, 1965 marked the birth of the tumultuous era we now know as “The Sixties,” when American society and culture underwent a major transformation. Turmoil erupted in the American South early in the year, when police attacked civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Alabama. Many black leaders, outraged, began to lose faith in nonviolent and interracial strategies of protest. Meanwhile, the U.S. rushed into a deadly war in Vietnam, inciting rebelliousness at home. On August 11th, five days after Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, racial violence exploded in the Watts area of Los Angeles. The six days of looting and arson that followed shocked many Americans and cooled their enthusiasm for the president's remaining initiatives. As the national mood darkened, the country became deeply divided. By the end of 1965, a conservative resurgence was beginning to redefine the political scene even as developments in popular music were enlivening the Left.In The Eve of Destruction, Patterson traces the events of this transformative year, showing how they dramatically reshaped the nation and reset the course of American life....more

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• 132: The Eve of Destruction: 2of4: How 1965 Transformed America Kindle Edition. by James T. Patterson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  May 31 2020

  Photo: Burning buildings during Watts RiotsNew York World-Telegram - LOC Public Domain File:Wattsriots-burningbuildings-loc.jpg Created: 1 August 1965 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Eve of Destruction: 2of4: How 1965 Transformed America Kindle Edition. by James T. Patterson  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Eve-Destruction-1965-Transformed-America-ebook/dp/B009RRUTO4/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Patterson+eve+of+destruction&qid=1590896477&s=audible&sr=1-1-catcorrAt the beginning of 1965, the U.S. seemed on the cusp of a golden age. Although Americans had been shocked by the assassination in 1963 of President Kennedy, they exuded a sense of consensus and optimism that showed no signs of abating. Indeed, political liberalism and interracial civil rights activism made it appear as if 1965 would find America more progressive and unified than it had ever been before. In January 1965, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed that the country had “no irreconcilable conflicts.”Johnson, who was an extraordinarily skillful manager of Congress, succeeded in securing an avalanche of Great Society legislation in 1965, including Medicare, immigration reform, and a powerful Voting Rights Act. But as esteemed historian James T. Patterson reveals in The Eve of Destruction, that sense of harmony dissipated over the course of the year. As Patterson shows, 1965 marked the birth of the tumultuous era we now know as “The Sixties,” when American society and culture underwent a major transformation. Turmoil erupted in the American South early in the year, when police attacked civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Alabama. Many black leaders, outraged, began to lose faith in nonviolent and interracial strategies of protest. Meanwhile, the U.S. rushed into a deadly war in Vietnam, inciting rebelliousness at home. On August 11th, five days after Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, racial violence exploded in the Watts area of Los Angeles. The six days of looting and arson that followed shocked many Americans and cooled their enthusiasm for the president's remaining initiatives. As the national mood darkened, the country became deeply divided. By the end of 1965, a conservative resurgence was beginning to redefine the political scene even as developments in popular music were enlivening the Left.In The Eve of Destruction, Patterson traces the events of this transformative year, showing how they dramatically reshaped the nation and reset the course of American life....more

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• 134: Rome's Last Citizen: 4of4: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Rob Goodman (Author), Derek Perkins (Narrator), Jimmy Soni (Author), Tantor Audio (Publisher)

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  Photo: John Pentland Mahaffy. Greek Pictures, drawn by Pen and Pencil, by J. P. Mahaffy, London, The Religious Tract Society, 1890Date | 1890http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Rome's Last Citizen: 4of4: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Rob Goodman (Author), Derek Perkins (Narrator), Jimmy Soni (Author), Tantor Audio (Publisher)https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B4HIYK6/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Marcus Porcius Cato: aristocrat who walked barefoot and slept on the ground with his troops, political heavyweight who cultivated the image of a Stoic philosopher, a hardnosed defender of tradition who presented himself as a man out of the sacred Roman past-and the last man standing when Rome's Republic fell to tyranny. His blood feud with Caesar began in the chamber of the Senate, played out on the battlefields of a world war, and ended when he took his own life rather than live under a dictator.  Centuries of thinkers, writers, and artists have drawn inspiration from Cato's Stoic courage. Saint Augustine and the early Christians were moved and challenged by his example. Dante, in his Divine Comedy, chose Cato to preside over the souls who arrive in Purgatory. George Washington so revered him that he staged a play on Cato's life to revive the spirit of his troops at Valley Forge. Now, in Rome's Last Citizen, Rob Goodman and Jimmy Soni deliver the first modern biography of this stirring figure.  Cato's life is a gripping tale that resonates deeply with our own turbulent times. He grappled with terrorists, a debt crisis, endemic political corruption, and a huge gulf between the elites and those they governed. In many ways, Cato was the ultimate man of principle-he even chose suicide rather than be used by Caesar as a political pawn. But Cato was also a political failure: his stubbornness sealed his and Rome's defeat, and his lonely end casts a shadow on the recurring hope that a singular leader can transcend the dirty business of politics.  Rome's Last Citizen is a timeless story of an uncompromising man in a time of crisis and his lifelong battle to save the Republic. ...more

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• 134: Rome's Last Citizen: 3of4: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Rob Goodman (Author), Derek Perkins (Narrator), Jimmy Soni (Author), Tantor Audio (Publisher)

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  Photo:  The Roman forum and the comitium after 44BCDate | 1877Source | From the book The Roman Forum: a topographical study By Francis Morgan Nichols 1877Author | Amadscientist from unknown 19th century artistPermission(Reusing this file) | PDhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Rome's Last Citizen: 3of4: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Rob Goodman (Author), Derek Perkins (Narrator), Jimmy Soni (Author), Tantor Audio (Publisher)https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B4HIYK6/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Marcus Porcius Cato: aristocrat who walked barefoot and slept on the ground with his troops, political heavyweight who cultivated the image of a Stoic philosopher, a hardnosed defender of tradition who presented himself as a man out of the sacred Roman past-and the last man standing when Rome's Republic fell to tyranny. His blood feud with Caesar began in the chamber of the Senate, played out on the battlefields of a world war, and ended when he took his own life rather than live under a dictator.  Centuries of thinkers, writers, and artists have drawn inspiration from Cato's Stoic courage. Saint Augustine and the early Christians were moved and challenged by his example. Dante, in his Divine Comedy, chose Cato to preside over the souls who arrive in Purgatory. George Washington so revered him that he staged a play on Cato's life to revive the spirit of his troops at Valley Forge. Now, in Rome's Last Citizen, Rob Goodman and Jimmy Soni deliver the first modern biography of this stirring figure.  Cato's life is a gripping tale that resonates deeply with our own turbulent times. He grappled with terrorists, a debt crisis, endemic political corruption, and a huge gulf between the elites and those they governed. In many ways, Cato was the ultimate man of principle-he even chose suicide rather than be used by Caesar as a political pawn. But Cato was also a political failure: his stubbornness sealed his and Rome's defeat, and his lonely end casts a shadow on the recurring hope that a singular leader can transcend the dirty business of politics.  Rome's Last Citizen is a timeless story of an uncompromising man in a time of crisis and his lifelong battle to save the Republic. ...more

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• 134: Rome's Last Citizen: 2of4: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Rob Goodman (Author), Derek Perkins (Narrator), Jimmy Soni (Author), Tantor Audio (Publisher)

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  Photo: formerly 'Temple of Theseus' from "Greek Pictures, drawn with pen and pencil"public domain http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Rome's Last Citizen: 2of4: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Rob Goodman (Author), Derek Perkins (Narrator), Jimmy Soni (Author), Tantor Audio (Publisher)https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B4HIYK6/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Marcus Porcius Cato: aristocrat who walked barefoot and slept on the ground with his troops, political heavyweight who cultivated the image of a Stoic philosopher, a hardnosed defender of tradition who presented himself as a man out of the sacred Roman past-and the last man standing when Rome's Republic fell to tyranny. His blood feud with Caesar began in the chamber of the Senate, played out on the battlefields of a world war, and ended when he took his own life rather than live under a dictator.  Centuries of thinkers, writers, and artists have drawn inspiration from Cato's Stoic courage. Saint Augustine and the early Christians were moved and challenged by his example. Dante, in his Divine Comedy, chose Cato to preside over the souls who arrive in Purgatory. George Washington so revered him that he staged a play on Cato's life to revive the spirit of his troops at Valley Forge. Now, in Rome's Last Citizen, Rob Goodman and Jimmy Soni deliver the first modern biography of this stirring figure.  Cato's life is a gripping tale that resonates deeply with our own turbulent times. He grappled with terrorists, a debt crisis, endemic political corruption, and a huge gulf between the elites and those they governed. In many ways, Cato was the ultimate man of principle-he even chose suicide rather than be used by Caesar as a political pawn. But Cato was also a political failure: his stubbornness sealed his and Rome's defeat, and his lonely end casts a shadow on the recurring hope that a singular leader can transcend the dirty business of politics.  Rome's Last Citizen is a timeless story of an uncompromising man in a time of crisis and his lifelong battle to save the Republic. ...more

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• 134: Rome's Last Citizen: 1of4: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Rob Goodman (Author), Derek Perkins (Narrator), Jimmy Soni (Author), Tantor Audio (Publisher)

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  Photo: Gravura do Templo Romano de Évora, em Portugal. Esta gravura mostra a aparência do edifício após a realização de obras para remover todas as partes que tinham sido adicionadas após o final da civilização romana, voltando assim à sua forma original. Esta imagem foi publicada na revista Occidente n.º 420, de 21 de Agosto de 1890, e digitalizada pela Hemeroteca Municipal de Lisboa.English: Drawing of the Roman Temple at Évora, in Portugal. This drawing shows how the building appeared after major works to remove all the additions after the fall of the roman empire, restoring it to its original form. This image was originally published in the Occidente magazine No. 420, of the 21st August 1890, and scanned by the Hemeroteca Municipal de Lisboa.Date | between 1871 and 1890http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Rome's Last Citizen: 1of4: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Rob Goodman (Author), Derek Perkins (Narrator), Jimmy Soni (Author), Tantor Audio (Publisher)https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B4HIYK6/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Marcus Porcius Cato: aristocrat who walked barefoot and slept on the ground with his troops, political heavyweight who cultivated the image of a Stoic philosopher, a hardnosed defender of tradition who presented himself as a man out of the sacred Roman past-and the last man standing when Rome's Republic fell to tyranny. His blood feud with Caesar began in the chamber of the Senate, played out on the battlefields of a world war, and ended when he took his own life rather than live under a dictator.  Centuries of thinkers, writers, and artists have drawn inspiration from Cato's Stoic courage. Saint Augustine and the early Christians were moved and challenged by his example. Dante, in his Divine Comedy, chose Cato to preside over the souls who arrive in Purgatory. George Washington so revered him that he staged a play on Cato's life to revive the spirit of his troops at Valley Forge. Now, in Rome's Last Citizen, Rob Goodman and Jimmy Soni deliver the first modern biography of this stirring figure.  Cato's life is a gripping tale that resonates deeply with our own turbulent times. He grappled with terrorists, a debt crisis, endemic political corruption, and a huge gulf between the elites and those they governed. In many ways, Cato was the ultimate man of principle-he even chose suicide rather than be used by Caesar as a political pawn. But Cato was also a political failure: his stubbornness sealed his and Rome's defeat, and his lonely end casts a shadow on the recurring hope that a singular leader can transcend the dirty business of politics.  Rome's Last Citizen is a timeless story of an uncompromising man in a time of crisis and his lifelong battle to save the Republic. ...more

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• 133: The Chicago Obama Presidential Center without the Library: 2of2: @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Photo: Auditorium and Annex, Chicago, Illpublic domain. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe Chicago Obama Presidential Center without the Library: 2of2: @RichardAEpstein @HooverInsthttps://www.hoover.org/research/obama-presidential-center-nuisance"I argued last week before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of Protect Our Parks, which sued the City of Chicago in order to stop the construction of the Obama Presidential Center (OPC) in Jackson Park. The OPC is not a Presidential Library, and it serves no official public function. At this time, it is useful to put the current litigation in its larger context, given the other regulatory obstacles relating to historical preservation and environmental protection that must be overcome to allow the Obama Foundation to build the OPC in Jackson Park..."...more

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• 133: The Chicago Obama Presidential Center without the Library: 1of2: @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Photo: Shore Drive, Chicago, Illpublic domain. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe Chicago Obama Presidential Center without the Library: 1of2: @RichardAEpstein @HooverInsthttps://www.hoover.org/research/obama-presidential-center-nuisance"I argued last week before the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of Protect Our Parks, which sued the City of Chicago in order to stop the construction of the Obama Presidential Center (OPC) in Jackson Park. The OPC is not a Presidential Library, and it serves no official public function. At this time, it is useful to put the current litigation in its larger context, given the other regulatory obstacles relating to historical preservation and environmental protection that must be overcome to allow the Obama Foundation to build the OPC in Jackson Park..."...more

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• 132: The mysterious twirling clouds of Venus and the Hades at ground level: 2of2: David Grinspoon @DrFunkySpoon Planetary Science Institute @planetarysci

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  Photo: Oil painting of Hades abducting Persephone. 18th Century. Oil on wood with gilt background. Property of Missing Link Antiques.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe mysterious twirling clouds of Venus and the Hades at ground level: 2of2: David Grinspoon @DrFunkySpoon Planetary Science Institute @planetaryscihttps://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6489/405"The solid surface of Venus rotates very slowly, once every 243 days, but its thick atmosphere circles the planet in just 4 days. This phenomenon, known as super-rotation, requires a continuous input of angular momentum, from an unknown source, to overcome friction with the surface. Horinouchi et al. mapped the planet's winds using ultraviolet observations of Venus' clouds from the orbiting Akatsuki spacecraft (see the Perspective by Lebonnois). They incorporated these data into a global model of angular momentum transport in the atmosphere, finding that the super-rotation is maintained through thermal tides driven by solar heating." ...more

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• 132: The mysterious twirling clouds of Venus and the Hades at ground level: 1of2. David Grinspoon @DrFunkySpoon Planetary Science Institute @planetarysci

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  Photo: The pentagram of Venus. Earth is positioned at the centre of the diagram, and the curve represents the direction and distance of Venus as a function of time.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe mysterious twirling clouds of Venus and the Hades at ground level: 1of2: David Grinspoon @DrFunkySpoon Planetary Science Institute @planetaryscihttps://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6489/405"The solid surface of Venus rotates very slowly, once every 243 days, but its thick atmosphere circles the planet in just 4 days. This phenomenon, known as super-rotation, requires a continuous input of angular momentum, from an unknown source, to overcome friction with the surface. Horinouchi et al. mapped the planet's winds using ultraviolet observations of Venus' clouds from the orbiting Akatsuki spacecraft (see the Perspective by Lebonnois). They incorporated these data into a global model of angular momentum transport in the atmosphere, finding that the super-rotation is maintained through thermal tides driven by solar heating." ...more

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• 132: The battle for influencing TWTR and FB. @WillRinehart williamrinehart.com

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  Photo: The Twitter fail whale error message.  Fair use.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe battle for influencing TWTR and FB. @WillRinehart  williamrinehart.comThe Center for Growth and Opportunity's Will Rinehart says both sides of the aisle often feel criticized, even silenced, by the media due to the "hostile media effect,"  a well-founded tendency for people to believe that media outlets are biased against their side: The president has been critical of Twitter recently, saying that, "Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices." But across the aisle, advocates have lobbied that exact opposite criticism, that social media platforms are giving too much leeway to conservatives. Much of this controversy can be chalked up to what's known as the hostile media effect, a well-founded tendency for people to believe that media outlets are biased against their side. Still, the president will find it hard to take any real action on this issue. . . .  The First Amendment seriously limits it.  https://www.libertarianism.org/prototype/practical-problems-regulating-tech-public-interest...more

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• 132: Curiosity abides without major wheel damage. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Photo: The Curiosity selfie!   Curiosity Self-Portrait at 'Big Sky' Drilling Site.jpg / This self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle at the "Big Sky" site, where its drill collected the mission's fifth taste of Mount Sharp. The scene combines dozens of images taken during the 1,126th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work during Mars (Oct. 6, 2015, PDT), by the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera at the end of the rover's robotic arm. The rock drilled at this site is sandstone in the Stimson geological unit inside Gale Crater. The view is centered toward the west-northwest. It does not include the rover's robotic arm, though the shadow of the arm is visible on the ground. Wrist motions and turret rotations on the arm allowed MAHLI to acquire the mosaic's component images. The arm was positioned out of the shot in the images, or portions of images, that were used in this mosaic. This portrait of the rover was designed to show the Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument atop http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowCuriosity abides without major wheel damage. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/rover-update-the-state-of-curiositys-wheels/ ...more

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• 132: SpaceX success extravaganza. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Photo: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched from Launch Complex 39A on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley onboard, Saturday, May 30, 2020, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-2 mission is the first launch with astronauts of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. The test flight serves as an end-to-end demonstration of SpaceX’s crew transportation system. Behnken and Hurley launched at 3:22 p.m. EDT on Saturday, May 30, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. A new era of human spaceflight is set to begin as American astronauts once again launch on an American rocket from American soil to low-Earth orbit for the first time since the conclusion of the Space Shuttle Program in 2011.  NASA photo.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowSpaceX success extravaganza. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/spacexs-first-manned-successful-dragon-launch/ ...more

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• 131: #NewAmericanCivilWar: Lessons of the fall of the Western Roman Empire to secondary city-states.

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  Photo:  Atilla (434 – 453) Great king Atilla, emperor of the Hun Empire (called imperator by western and eastern romans) was murdered in 453, after his wedding ceremony. The drawing of Edvi Illés Ödön.Magyar: Atilla (434 – 453) Edvi Illés Ödön rajza.Français : Atilla, roi des Huns, assassiné en 453 lors de son mariage.Date | 23 July 2012Source | Scan of the original photograph (digitized by: Elekes Andor)Author | Edvi Illés Ödön (1877-1946)http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#NewAmericanCivilWar: Lessons of the fall of the Western Roman Empire to secondary city-states. The End of Empire: Attila the Hun & the Fall of Rome  Audible Audiobook– Unabridged Christopher Kelly (Author), Michael Page (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/End-Empire-Attila-Fall-Rome-dp-B08562NGFM/dp/B08562NGFM/ref=mt_audio_download?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=History remembers Attila, the leader of the Huns, as the Romans perceived him: a savage barbarian brutally inflicting terror on whoever crossed his path. Following Attila and the Huns from the steppes of Kazakhstan to the court of Constantinople, Christopher Kelly portrays Attila in a compelling new light, uncovering an unlikely marriage proposal, a long-standing relationship with a treacherous Roman general, and a thwarted assassination plot.  We see Attila as both a master warrior and an astute strategist whose rule was threatening but whose sudden loss of power was even more so. The End of Empire is an original exploration of the clash between empire and barbarity in the ancient world, full of contemporary resonance....more

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• 131: #NewAmericanCivilWar: Without truth-telling, with denouncing, wrecking the constitutional order collectively. Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis.

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  Photo: English: Attila and his Hordes Overrun Italy and the Arts (detail)Date | between 1843 and 1847Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (/ˈdɛləkrwɑː,   ˌdɛləˈkrwɑː/ DEL-ə-krwah, DEL-ə-KRWAH,[1]French: [øʒɛn dəlakʁwa]; 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school.[2] http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#NewAmericanCivilWar: Without truth-telling, with denouncing, wrecking the constitutional order collectively. Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis. The End of Empire: Attila the Hun & the Fall of Rome  Audible Audiobook– Unabridged Christopher Kelly (Author), Michael Page (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/End-Empire-Attila-Fall-Rome-dp-B08562NGFM/dp/B08562NGFM/ref=mt_audio_download?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=History remembers Attila, the leader of the Huns, as the Romans perceived him: a savage barbarian brutally inflicting terror on whoever crossed his path. Following Attila and the Huns from the steppes of Kazakhstan to the court of Constantinople, Christopher Kelly portrays Attila in a compelling new light, uncovering an unlikely marriage proposal, a long-standing relationship with a treacherous Roman general, and a thwarted assassination plot.  We see Attila as both a master warrior and an astute strategist whose rule was threatening but whose sudden loss of power was even more so. The End of Empire is an original exploration of the clash between empire and barbarity in the ancient world, full of contemporary resonance. ...more

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• 131: What’s a SCIF?* Francis Rose: @FRoseDC

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  Image:  When Donald Trump became president in 2017, a SCIF was set up at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, which he refers to as his Winter White House. Trump (at the head of the table with various cabinet members, advisers, and staffers) is seen here monitoring the Syrian cruise missile attack from the Mar-a-Lago SCIF.  Francis Rose, host of Government Matters on Washington, DC's ABC7 and WJLA 24/7 News; in re: SCIFs in Washington.    . . . Defragmenting the government. Acronymic agencies.  Dostoyevsky’s tale in St Petersburg, among the bureaucrats.  Locking phones outside SCIF may be over: https://govmatters.tv/pilot-could-allow-government-issued-mobile-devices-in-secure-areas/ Fragmentation, overlap, and duplication in government, 10 years on: https://govmatters.tv/new-report-on-fragmentation-overlap-and-duplication-in-government/ ..  ..  ..  * A Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF; pronounced "skiff"), in British and United States military, national security/national defense and intelligence parlance, is an enclosed area within a building that’s used to process Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) types of classified information. ...more

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• 130: #TheScalaReport: What of the consumer in the recovery? The office worker in the recovery? The North American graduate? Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com #ScalaAPS @STRATACACHE

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  Photo: Une finissante en médecine, reçoit plusieurs prix lors la collation des grades de l'Université McGill, 30 may 1940.Date | Taken on 30 May 1940 2012-08-30http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#TheScalaReport:  What of the consumer in the recovery? The office worker in the recovery?  The North American graduate?  Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com  #ScalaAPS @STRATACACHEFrom the Economist:https://www.economist.com/business/2020/05/23/zoomers-zeros-and-gen-zAnother great divide is between those already established in the workforce and Generation z—those born in the late 1990s and early 2000s who are now coming of age. They are entering a job market extremely hostile to their prospects. Around 30% of British employees aged under 25 worked in one of the shut-down sectors, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies, another think-tank, compared with 13% of those aged over 25. Those in university education are also badly affected. For a start, it is harder to get work experience. In America 22% of employers have cancelled internship offers, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers. In the first week of May just under 2,500 internships were posted on Monster.com, a recruitment website, compared with over 18,000 in the same week last year. Many of the remaining internships were in roles which could be done remotely. In Britain firms have cut entry-level jobs by 23%, says the Institute of Student Employers, a recruiters’ association. The short-term shock of the pandemic will leave long-term scars. The Resolution Foundation estimates that the pandemic means those emerging from education this year will be less likely to have jobs in three years’ time. The likelihood of being in employment would fall by 13% for graduates and 37% for those with the fewest qualifications. The effect could last into the 2030s. A study of the effect of recessions on younger workers by Bart Cockx of Ghent University in Belgium found that it takes about ten years for cohorts that enter the labour market during a downturn to catch up with cohorts that did not. At least young people are far less likely to suffer severe symptoms from the virus than older generations. But the economic hit comes at a time when many already worry about the burden of student debt and the lack of well-paying jobs: a survey last year by Deloitte, a consultancy, found that a third of Gen z-ers who planned to move jobs felt there were not enough opportunities to advance in their careers. That the low-paid and the young are the hardest hit economically by the pandemic is a dark echo of the King James Bible: “But whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.” The social and political consequences may be huge. ...more

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• 129: The Flynn–Kislyak call transcripts are routine, brief, and without the word “sanctions.” @DevinNunes

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  Image:  Embassy of the Russian Federation in the USADevin Nunes, @DevinNunes, CA-22, in re: 2016, Gen Flynn spoke with Amb Kislyak.  Violations of secure laws, such as Logan Act; or allegation of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.  We had no information. Now we have the transcripts. The FBI went unannounced into WH to interview Gen Flynn—a breach of rules.  Then the FBI said, Nothing illegal with Flynn.  Turns out that Flynn’s calls were not only normal; they were boring.  The word “sanctions” doesn't even come up. No threat, no promises.   The 1700s Logan Ac, never once been enforced; can't even find anything to prosecute under the Logan Act. Were anyone to be prosecuted under it, it’d be Secretary John Kerry, who had multiple conversations in an effort to resuscitate the Iran deal. Had we all had the transcripts immediately, everyone would have said, What?  What was the problem with these conversations?  A lot of lying and obfuscations.  Why wasn’t it disclosed? It didn't fit the narrative of the Obama/FBI/CIA narratives.     https://www.foxnews.com/politics/flynn-kislyak-transcripts-after-dni-declassification   ...more

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• 128: Reopening California with gusto and common sense. @DevinNunes

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  Image: Summer Joaquín Sorolla (1904) Devin Nunes, @DevinNunes, CA-22, in re:  Devin podcasts very well.  This week, Devin interviewed John Batchelor.  Devin normally uses his podcast to get directly to his constituents and around the globe, to get around the big news media. . .  Gov Newsom decreed that it’s legal to sit on the sand. My county was punished till the very end; our Bora of Supervisors voted to open right away because businesses were going over and out. Lake Tahoe opened weeks ago; the heat became so great that even the political corruption had to relent.  Recall illegality of strolling with your spouse in a park; remember a city filling a skateboard park with sand!  https://ktla.com/news/local-news/newsom-l-a-county-can-reopen-restaurants-barbershops-salons/ ...more

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• 126: #SmallBusinessAmerica: What to learn from the scrupulous reopening of Disneyworld? @GeneMarks

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  May 30 2020

  Photo: Carpenters and construction workers waiting outside Florida State employment office trying to get jobs on Camp Blanding, Starke, Florida. Dec. 1940public domain http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#SmallBusinessAmerica: What to learn from the scrupulous reopening of Disneyworld? @GeneMarks Here's How Disney World Plans to Reopen https://www.newser.com/story/291469/heres-how-disney-world-plans-to-reopen.html Majority of Startups Consider Downsizing Offices, Survey Findshttps://commercialobserver.com/2020/05/majority-of-startups-consider-downsizing-offices-survey-finds/...more

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• 126: #SmallBusinessAmerica: Hitting bottom and starting back up reopening. @GeneMarks @Guardian

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  Photo: Radio shops (taken for Mr Hillier, AWA)Date | 16 January 1946Source | http://www.acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/itemDetailPaged.cgi?itemID=26186 (item)http://www.acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/itemDetailPaged.cgi?itemID=37473 (album)  http://www.acmssearch.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/itemDetailPaged.cgi?itemID=395018 (collection)This image may be used freely without requesting permission. The State Library of New South Wales requests acknowledgement that the image is from the collections of the State Library of NSW.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#SmallBusinessAmerica: Hitting bottom and starting back up reopening. @GeneMarks @GuardianWeekly Initial Unemployment Claims decrease to 2,123,000 https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2020/05/weekly-initial-unemployment-claims_28.html Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Surveyhttps://www.mba.org/2020-press-releases/may/mortgage-applications-increase-in-latest-mba-weekly-survey-x264194It's tough out there. But some small businesses have prosperedhttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/24/small-business-economy-coronavirus10 takeaways on the PPP loan forgiveness application  https://www.accountingtoday.com/list/10-takeaways-on-the-ppp-loan-forgiveness-application US consumer confidence index steady in May at 86.6: surveyhttps://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/1524443.htmlHouse Passes Bill Loosening Rules on PPP Small-Business Loanshttps://www.wsj.com/articles/community-lenders-to-get-10-billion-of-ppp-small-business-loans-11590678108...more

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• 125: Tents camp SF vs. NIMBY SF. Jeff Bliss: @JCBliss

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  Image:  A tent city was erected in 1920 by the Red Cross in Forest Park, St. Louis, so city families could get away from the August heat. (Drawing by Marguerite Martyn of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.) Jeff Bliss, Pacific Watch, in re: Take large common areas, such as between buildings, and lay out marked-off places where homeless may set up their tents. A city of homeless tents.   Also have campsites set up in parks.   San Franciscans who paid a great deal for a house and expect to have a certain level of services are now cheek by jowl with homeless; and angry.  Growing outdoor drug markets; mayor and police do naught about it.         The California governor says it’s all right to sit on sand. . . . People protesting in Sacramento.  . . .  Disneyland reopening.  Also, Universal, Six Flags, Lego World.  The bullet train joins Dracula as the undead.     ...more

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• 124: Lockdown lessons learned: one size, not. @DanHenninger

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  May 30 2020

  Image:  Regions that formerly had a stay-at-home order or advisory. Wikipedia chart. Dan Henninger, WSJ editorial board, & Wonder Land column; in re:  #inthetimeofthevirus, Ozarks pool party.  Americans are willing to shut down their country and economy under threat of death for a limited time.  In New York City, a coalition of small businesses said they were on the brink of extinction and would open  up no matter what. Mayor DeBlasio said he’d sic the police on them.          This is no longer about health; its about the exercise of power. In New York, 29,000 dead; in the Lake of the Ozarks, a few hundred.  Eleven states account for most of the Covid deaths.    Henceforth, the issue of social distancing will be a discussion. WHO says one meter (a little over a yard). This is of huge consequence in concerts, restaurants, sports events.  The difference between survival or not in hundreds of thousands of businesses. In New York State: June 8 is said to be the day of the opening.    “Politics” has become whatever the national media reports out of the Washington cauldron, with political life in the 50 states reduced to virtual nonevents.   https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-the-covid-apocalypse-11590618090 ...more

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• 123: The US birthrate plummets lows & What is to be done? @Timmerkane @HoverInst

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  May 30 2020

  Photo: Federal Works Agency. Work Projects Administration. National Research Project. (ca. 1941 - ca. 1942)Title | Scott's Run, West Virginia. Interior of the Jero WPA nursery - These children are from unemployed miners' homes.Date | 19 March 1937Lewis Wickes Hine (September 26, 1874 – November 3, 1940) was an American sociologist and photographer. Hine used his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were instrumental in changing child labor laws in the United States.[1]http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe US birthrate plummets lows & What is to be done? @Timmerkane @HoverInsthttps://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/us-economy-population-problem ...more

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• 123: The English-speaking democracies push back against the PRC grab of Hong Kong. @MichaelAuslin @HooverInst

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  May 30 2020

  Photo:  Hong Kong in the 1930sCanton Road (street name sign on building)Date | 1930s Source | Old photograph, private collectionAuthor | Unknown photographer - scanned, cleaned and optimized by MJJRhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe English-speaking democracies pushback against the PRC grab of Hong Kong. @MichaelAuslin @HooverInsthttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/05/china-moves-to-control-hong-kong-beijing-geopolitical-hardball-could-reshape-asia/#slide-1 ...more

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• 123: No bailouts for the profligate, public union-dominated Blue states #in-the-time-of-the-virus. @VerodeRugy @Mercatus

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  May 30 2020

  Photo: [Buildings at the University of Chicago, with lily pond in foreground, Chicago, Illinois] Public Domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowNo bailouts for the profligate, public union-dominated Blue states #in-the-time-of-the-virus. @VerodeRugy @Mercatushttps://www.mercatus.org/publications/covid-19-economic-recovery/no-more-state-and-local-government-bailouts

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• 123: Scotland permits sunbathing and unrestricted strolling but no pubs yet #in-the-time-of-the-virus. @TheRealConstable

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  May 30 2020

  Photo: Edinburgh, showing Arthur's Seat, one of the earliest known sites of human habitation in the area Tilmandralle - Own work Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh in Scotland, Great Britain Public Domain File:Arthurs seat edinburgh.jpg Created: 1 March 2009 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowScotland permits sunbathing and unrestricted strolling but no pubs yet #in-the-time-of-the-virus. @TheRealConstable

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• 122: The FBI atmospherics of 7/31/16 that concocted Crossfire Hurricane and the Russiagate hoax. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  May 29 2020

  Photo: Hoover receives the National Security Medal from President Dwight Eisenhower on May 27, 1955, as then-Vice President Richard Nixon and others look on.Date | 27 May 1955Source | https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/the-hoover-legacy-40-years-after-part-4Author | FBI.govhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe FBI atmospherics of 7/31/16 that concocted Crossfire Hurricane and the Russiagate hoax. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/499586-new-fbi-document-confirms-the-trump-campaign-was-investigated-without ...more

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• 122: The Flynn case drags on in the Sullivan court & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  May 29 2020

  Photo: English: 1860 illustration of the door of the Star Chamber at Westminster Abbey, for a magazine article. Once a Week magazine, volume 2, page 594.Date | 16 September 1860Source | Internet ArchiveHenry George Hine (1811–1895) was an English landscape-painter and comic illustrator.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe Flynn case drags on in the Sullivan court & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/05/michael-flynn-case-judge-luttig-respectful-dissent/ ...more

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• 121: Only Trump pushes back on the PRC @SebGorka

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  May 29 2020

  Image:  "Putting his foot down" Uncle Sam in 1899 demands Open Door while major powers plan to cut up China for themselves; Germany, Italy, England, Austria, Russia & France are represented by Wilhelm II, Umberto I, John Bull, Franz Joseph I (in rear) Uncle Sam, Nicholas II, and Emile Loubet. Punch Aug 23, 1899 by J. S. Pughe Sebastian Gorka, America First radio; in re: A genuine villain: China.

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• 120: The Twitter censors @SebGorka

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  May 29 2020

  Image:  Content of tweets according to Pear Analytics   News (3.6%)   Spam (3.8%)   Self-promotion (5.9%)   Pointless babble (40.1%)   Conversational (37.6%)   Pass-along value (8.7%)  Public domain. Sebastian Gorka, America First radio; in re: Hard to draw any conclusion but that Republican-led states want swift reopening and will lead flourishing economies, whereas Democratically-led states are trying to keep everything closed. Senator Blumenthal of Connecticut “has intimate knowledge of ‘egregious’.”   ...more

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• 119: Ayatollah speaks of “a Final Solution.” Malcolm Hoenlein @conf_of_pres

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  Image:  In a February 26, 1942 letter to Martin Luther, Reinhard Heydrich follows up on the Wannsee Conference by asking Luther for administrative assistance in the implementation of the "Endlösung der Judenfrage" (Final Solution of the Jewish Question). Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: Iranian condemnation and threat to kill Israelis.   Eastern Syria is interrupting the Teheran-Beirut road.  Russia not pleased with Iran, although Assad is close to the mullahs.  The enemy of my enemy is my enemy.   ...more

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• 118: Teheran, Moscow, Havana, enjoy Caracas for their own ambitions. Emanuele Ottolenghi @eottolenghi

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  May 29 2020

  Image:  Smoke billows throughout Caracas during the Caracazo riots, 2014.   Video screen grab + attributions. Emanuele Ottolenghi, in re: Iran-Venezuela oil transfers.  Al Asami seems to be in charge in Venezuela, which has the largest-known oil reserves in the world. Years of corruption, mismanagement, embezzlement, have left the sector in tatters.   Severe gasoline shortage.  Iran has sent massive supplies and many technicians to revive the oil sector; two weeks of airlift—and carrying gold back depleting Venezuelan Central Bank gold reserves.  Bank of England is holding some Venezuelan gold.  Even the gasoline supplies just shipped will merely provide the regime and allied narcotraffickers with fuel; will not go to the citizenry.  Cui boo: The big winner is ran—with Maduro, beggars can’t be choosers.  Iran needs the gold bars, and also suffers from virus pandemic; Iran has huge oil reserves that it shipped to Venezuela, where it's becoming the chief patron. Venezuela is the chief forward operating base in South America for Iran.   Cuban, Russian, Iranian intell are all there.   The US could continue to churn up indictments against Venezuelan regime’s narcotraffickers, including a major Lebanese figure who’s Hezbollah. Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi is a senior Fellow at FDD and an expert at FDD’s Center on Economic and Financial Power (CEFP) focused on Hezbollah’s Latin America illicit threat networks and Iran’s history of sanctions evasion.     https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2020/05/26/treasury-sanctions-china-based-logistics-company-supporting-mahan-air/      https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/venezuela/article243035276.html         https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-05-27/exclusive-venezuela-reaches-deal-with-un-to-buy-food-medicine-with-gold-central-bank https://en.radiofarda.com/a/how-iran-uses-cultural-centers-to-expand-its-influence-in-latin-america/30617121.html ...more

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• 118: Neo-Ottomanist "Sultan" Erdogan seeks to recover the Ottoman Libya using Russian warplanes. @AykanErdemir @FDD

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  Photo: Title: The gateway to the Sahara; observations and experiences in TripoliYear: 1909 (1900s)Authors:  Furlong, Charles Wellington, 1874-Subjects:  Tripoli (Libya) -- Description and travelPublisher:  New York : C. Scribner's sonsContributing Library:  University of California LibrariesDigitizing Sponsor:  MSN.Text Appearing Before Image:e on agricultural produce. During the tenyears preceding my sojourn in Tripoli, the totalaveraged $540,000 annually. The verghi payable by the vilayet was fixed ata sum equivalent to $408,000. Only in twoyears was this obtained, in 1901 and surpassedin 1902. Both were years of bad harvests, show-ing the tremendous pressure which must havebeen brought to bear on the peasants by theauthorities. During the past thirty years thetrade of Tripoli has been stationary, with anaverage annual value of $3,850,000—exportsbalancing imports with remarkable regularity. Though the Tripolitan is quick to learn he haslittle creative genius, and his constitutional apa-thy is a formidable barrier against departurefrom his primitive customs and traditions. In thedeserts certain tribes live by means of reprisalsand by extorting heavy tolls from caravans. Inthe vicinity of the populated districts there are ma-rauding bands of thieves, and in the towns andsuks (markets) are scheming neer-do-wells. But (36)http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowNeo-Ottomanist "Sultan" Erdogan seeks to recover the Ottoman Libya using Russian warplanes. @AykanErdemir @FDDDr. Aykan Erdemir, senior director of FDD’s Turkey program, is a former member of the Turkish Parliament (2011 to 2015) who served in the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, EU Harmonization Committee, and the Ad Hoc Parliamentary Committee on the IT Sector and the Internet. As an outspoken defender of pluralism, minority rights, and religious freedoms in the Middle East, Aykan has been at the forefront of the struggle against religious persecution, hate crimes, and hate speech in Turkey. He is a founding member of the International Panel of Parliamentarians for Freedom of Religion or Belief, and a drafter of and signatory to the Oslo Charter for Freedom of Religion or Belief (2014), as well as a signatory legislator to the London Declaration on Combating Antisemitism.Relevant articles·         https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/05/turkey-economy-snap-elections-akp.html#ixzz6NkUbHMMw ·         https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/05/turkey-israel-relations-erdogan-netanyahu-syria-annexation.html ·         https://nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-east-watch/turkish-proxy-gains-libya-are-no-cure-ankara%E2%80%99s-growing-isolation-157751 ·         https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/world/middleeast/russia-warplanes-libya.html ...more

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• 118: Sanctioned PRC maneuvers to buy favors in Israel and the Middle East & What is to be done? @IlanBerman @AFC Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  May 29 2020

  Photo: English: the famous sedan chair of chinaDate | 1920Source | Canton China (1920)Author | United States Bureau of Navigationpublic domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowSanctioned PRC maneuvers to buy favors in Israel and the Middle East & What is to be done? @IlanBerman @AFC Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_presIlan 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. ●        https://www.afpc.org/publications/articles/the-iranian-israeli-conflict-goes-online ●        https://www.afpc.org/publications/articles/the-next-challenge-to-u.s-israeli-ties-china ●        https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2020/05/26/chinese-investments-in-israel/ ●        https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2020/05/27/israel-awards-plant-construction-over-china/ ●        https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/iran-israel-cyber-war-middle-east-mossad-persian-gulf-port-1.8858292 ...more

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• 117: Contest for Canadian Conservative leader between O’Toole and MacKay. @ConradMBlack

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  May 29 2020

  Image:  A Canadian Conservative election poster from 1891. Conrad Black, author and publisher, in re: The Conservatives challenged Mr Trudeau and lost, as they lacked vigor. Now there’s a contest between Mssrs O’Toole (southern Ontario) and MacKay (eastern Canada, Nova Scotia).  In WWI. Quebecois felt that it wasn’t their war and didn't care to fight. When conscription was imposed by the Conservative Party, Quebecois resent it.  In the 1980s, a bilingual Irishman, Brian Mulroney, won. Now there are two factions: the Mulroney and the Western. It’s all between the 30-yard lines.  Solid, good, and not overly exciting. Has an excellent chance of winning.  Canadian who moved to the US: “I’m leaving the best country in the world to go to the greatest country in the world. They’re both good countries.”  https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-its-not-an-exciting-conservative-leadership-race-but-id-choose-peter-mackay ...more

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• 116: Democrats choose lockdown and Russiagate to best POTUS. @ConradMBlack

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  May 29 2020

  Image:  Tanks on the White House lawn?  M2A3 Light Tank in Army Day Parade. Washington, 1939.Conrad Black, author and publisher, in re: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse—riding, riding across the landscape.  The economy was soaring in February; reason to think it’ll be there again in ’21.  Democrats fear that the third quarter will be the period of greatest economic growth n American history. The majority of the 38 million unemployed were furloughed. There’s enough demand and liquidity in the system to do well. Half-psychology, half-third-grade arithmetic.   Russia collusion: Obama and Biden were in the 5 Jan 2018 mtg when it was agreed that  . . .   Inconceivable that the heads of the intell agencies joined in filing applications they knew to be false to conduct FISA investigations on innocent citizens . .  .; they all knew what they were doing. Closest the US has ever come to having tanks on the White House lawn in a coup. We’re being asked to elect Biden, who participated in the persecution of a general and the [years-long hectoring] of the incoming president.  Were Biden elected, half the country would consider him quite illegitimate; and the information of his skullduggery might continue to unfold, which would be appalling.  https://amgreatness.com/2020/05/26/democrats-are-running-out-of-arguments/ https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/05/expose-the-fraudulent-trump-russia-plot-at-all-levels/ ...more

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• 115: TWTR and FB in the hands of our youthful partisans & What is to be done? @VDHanson @HooverInst

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  May 29 2020

  Photo: A New York polling place, showing booths on the left.Date | 1912 (publication)Source | Andrews, E. Benjamin. History of the United States, volume V. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. 1912.Author | E. Benjamin Andrewspublic domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowTWTR and FB in the hands of our youthful partisans & What is to be done? @VDHanson @HooverInsthttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/technology/trump-twitter-fact-check.htmlThursday 28 May 2020 / Hour 1, Block B:  Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover, in re:  Opinion that Twitter and Facebook have exercised censorship; are calling what they do “fact-checking” when it’s in fact focussed censorship. Twitter fact-checked President Trump and then two Chinese propagandists.   We all theoretically have the choice not to put gas in our car; in 2002, we need to  use the Internet.  Northern California capital and its enormous ideology have now gone too far. W can see that they’ll pick and choose candidates, and shut other candidates down.  Like every other industry that uses the public domain there are certain modes of civility that these social media are not observing. Cyberspace is not yours, alone; it’s also the public’s.  We have he FCC, appointed by a president; who elected these people at Facebook?  They're [deeply] unqualified.  The techie, rich, youthful culture is sassy and snarky, and it overreaches.  That’s all right, but it may not use a public domain and turn it into a third-world machine. We all know that they’ve changed the order of Google screens. We all know that they assert that their noble ends justify their antidemocratic means. They’re pampered, inarticulate and arrogant....more

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• 115: Will Biden and Obama answer for the Russiagate falsehoods? @VDHanson @HooverInst

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  May 29 2020

  Photo: Antiaircraft guns guarding the sky of Leningrad, in front of St. Isaac's Cathedral RIA Novosti archive, image #5634 / David Trahtenberg / CC-BY-SA 3.0 “Anti-aircraft guns guarding the sky of Leningrad”. Anti-aircraft guns guarding the sky of Leningrad. Permission details Commons:RIA NovostiView more CC BY-SA 3.0view terms File:RIAN archive 5634 Antiaircrafters guarding the sky of Leningrad.jpg Created: 1 October 1941 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowWill Biden and Obama answer for the Russiagate falsehoods? @VDHanson @HooverInsthttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/05/obama-administration-scandals-coming-to-light-legacy-in-tatters/ Thursday 28 May 2020 / Hour 1, Block A:  Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover, in re:  We know that he can’t keep his hands off underage females, and he loses his train of thought mid-sentences.  And I was at the Jan 5 meeting where people were ordered to surveille American citizens.  Elect me and you’ll soon enough get a new president who under no circumstances could have been elected otherwise. He wants to get across the finish line and hand the ball to the vice-president.  The Jan 5 meeting where people were ordered to surveille American citizens: what was your part in it?  “I don't remember.” ...more

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• 114: 4/4 Joe Rochefort's War: The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway. by Elliot Ward Carlson and USN (Ret.) Rear Adm. Donald "Mac" Showers

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  May 29 2020

  Image:  Radio intelligence (RI) played a key role in the lead-up to the 7 December attack by allowing the Japanese to monitor what the U.S. Pacific Fleet was doing. A Japanese RI report for 17 November 1941 lists intercepted call signs, including those for the USS Arizona (BB-39) and Enterprise (CV-6).  NATIONAL ARCHIVES Joe Rochefort's War: The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway. by Elliot Ward Carlson and USN (Ret.) Rear Adm. Donald "Mac" Showers.     This is the first biography of Capt. Joe Rochefort, the Officer in Charge of Station Hypo, the U.S. Navy's decrypt unit at Pearl Harbor, and his key role in breaking the Imperial Japanese Navy's main code before the Battle of Midway. It brings together the disparate threads of Rochefort's life and career, beginning with his enlistment in the Naval Reserve in 1918 at age 17 (dropping out of high school and adding a year to his age). It chronicles his earliest days as a mustang (an officer who has risen from the ranks), his fortuitous posting to Washington, where he headed the Navy's codebreaking desk at age 25; then, in another unexpected twist, found himself assigned to Tokyo to learn Japanese.        This biography records Rochefort's surprising love-hate relationship with cryptanalysis, his joyful exit from the field, his love of sea duty, his adventure-filled years in the '30s as the right-hand man to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, and his reluctant return to codebreaking in mid-1941 when he was ordered to head the Navy's decrypt unit at Pearl (Station Hypo). The book focusses on Rochefort's inspiring leadership of Hypo, recording first his frustrating months in late 1941 searching for Yamamoto's fleet, then capturing a guilt-ridden Rochefort in early 1942 mounting a redemptive effort to track that fleet after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. It details his critical role in May 1942 when he and his team, against the bitter opposition of some top Navy brass, concluded Midway was Yamamoto's invasion target, making possible a victory regarded by many as the turning point in the Pacific War.        The account also tells the story of Rochefort's ouster from Pearl, the result of the machinations of key officers in Washington, first to deny him the Distinguished Service Medal recommended by Admiral Nimitz, then to effect his removal as OIC of Hypo. The book reports his productive final years in the Navy when he supervises the building of a floating drydock on the West Coast, then, back in Washington, finds himself directing a planning body charged with doing spade work leading to the invasion of Japan. The Epilogue narrates the postwar effort waged by Rochefort's Hypo colleagues to obtain for him the DSM denied in 1942—a drive that finally pays off in 1986 when President Reagan awards him the medal posthumously at a White House ceremony attended by his daughter and son. It also explores Rochefort's legacy, primarily his pioneering role at Pearl in which, contrary to Washington's wishes, he reported directly to Commander in Chief, US Fleet, providing actionable intelligence without any delays and enabling codebreaking to play the key role it did in the Battle of Midway.        Ultimately, this book is aimed at bringing Joe Rochefort to life as the irreverent, fiercely independent and consequential officer that he was. It assumes his career can't be understood without looking at his entire life. It seeks to capture the interplay of policy and personality, and the role played by politics and personal rifts at the highest levels of Navy power during a time of national crisis. This bio emerges as a history of the Navy's intelligence culture.   ...more

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• 113: 3/4 Joe Rochefort's War: The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway. by Elliot Ward Carlson and USN (Ret.) Rear Adm. Donald "Mac" Showers

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  May 29 2020

  Image:  Legion of Merit, finally awarded to Joe Rochefort. Joe Rochefort's War: The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway. by Elliot Ward Carlson and USN (Ret.) Rear Adm. Donald "Mac" Showers.     This is the first biography of Capt. Joe Rochefort, the Officer in Charge of Station Hypo, the U.S. Navy's decrypt unit at Pearl Harbor, and his key role in breaking the Imperial Japanese Navy's main code before the Battle of Midway. It brings together the disparate threads of Rochefort's life and career, beginning with his enlistment in the Naval Reserve in 1918 at age 17 (dropping out of high school and adding a year to his age). It chronicles his earliest days as a mustang (an officer who has risen from the ranks), his fortuitous posting to Washington, where he headed the Navy's codebreaking desk at age 25; then, in another unexpected twist, found himself assigned to Tokyo to learn Japanese.        This biography records Rochefort's surprising love-hate relationship with cryptanalysis, his joyful exit from the field, his love of sea duty, his adventure-filled years in the '30s as the right-hand man to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, and his reluctant return to codebreaking in mid-1941 when he was ordered to head the Navy's decrypt unit at Pearl (Station Hypo). The book focusses on Rochefort's inspiring leadership of Hypo, recording first his frustrating months in late 1941 searching for Yamamoto's fleet, then capturing a guilt-ridden Rochefort in early 1942 mounting a redemptive effort to track that fleet after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. It details his critical role in May 1942 when he and his team, against the bitter opposition of some top Navy brass, concluded Midway was Yamamoto's invasion target, making possible a victory regarded by many as the turning point in the Pacific War.        The account also tells the story of Rochefort's ouster from Pearl, the result of the machinations of key officers in Washington, first to deny him the Distinguished Service Medal recommended by Admiral Nimitz, then to effect his removal as OIC of Hypo. The book reports his productive final years in the Navy when he supervises the building of a floating drydock on the West Coast, then, back in Washington, finds himself directing a planning body charged with doing spade work leading to the invasion of Japan. The Epilogue narrates the postwar effort waged by Rochefort's Hypo colleagues to obtain for him the DSM denied in 1942—a drive that finally pays off in 1986 when President Reagan awards him the medal posthumously at a White House ceremony attended by his daughter and son. It also explores Rochefort's legacy, primarily his pioneering role at Pearl in which, contrary to Washington's wishes, he reported directly to Commander in Chief, US Fleet, providing actionable intelligence without any delays and enabling codebreaking to play the key role it did in the Battle of Midway.        Ultimately, this book is aimed at bringing Joe Rochefort to life as the irreverent, fiercely independent and consequential officer that he was. It assumes his career can't be understood without looking at his entire life. It seeks to capture the interplay of policy and personality, and the role played by politics and personal rifts at the highest levels of Navy power during a time of national crisis. This bio emerges as a history of the Navy's intelligence culture.   ...more

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• 112: 2/4 Joe Rochefort's War: The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway. by Elliot Ward Carlson and USN (Ret.) Rear Adm. Donald "Mac" Showers

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  May 29 2020

  Image:  The Chicago Tribune's June 7, 1942, front page was led by a report on the Battle of Midway that made evident the U.S. had cracked the Japanese naval code.  Joe Rochefort's War: The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway. by Elliot Ward Carlson and USN (Ret.) Rear Adm. Donald "Mac" Showers.     This is the first biography of Capt. Joe Rochefort, the Officer in Charge of Station Hypo, the U.S. Navy's decrypt unit at Pearl Harbor, and his key role in breaking the Imperial Japanese Navy's main code before the Battle of Midway. It brings together the disparate threads of Rochefort's life and career, beginning with his enlistment in the Naval Reserve in 1918 at age 17 (dropping out of high school and adding a year to his age). It chronicles his earliest days as a mustang (an officer who has risen from the ranks), his fortuitous posting to Washington, where he headed the Navy's codebreaking desk at age 25; then, in another unexpected twist, found himself assigned to Tokyo to learn Japanese.        This biography records Rochefort's surprising love-hate relationship with cryptanalysis, his joyful exit from the field, his love of sea duty, his adventure-filled years in the '30s as the right-hand man to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, and his reluctant return to codebreaking in mid-1941 when he was ordered to head the Navy's decrypt unit at Pearl (Station Hypo). The book focusses on Rochefort's inspiring leadership of Hypo, recording first his frustrating months in late 1941 searching for Yamamoto's fleet, then capturing a guilt-ridden Rochefort in early 1942 mounting a redemptive effort to track that fleet after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. It details his critical role in May 1942 when he and his team, against the bitter opposition of some top Navy brass, concluded Midway was Yamamoto's invasion target, making possible a victory regarded by many as the turning point in the Pacific War.        The account also tells the story of Rochefort's ouster from Pearl, the result of the machinations of key officers in Washington, first to deny him the Distinguished Service Medal recommended by Admiral Nimitz, then to effect his removal as OIC of Hypo. The book reports his productive final years in the Navy when he supervises the building of a floating drydock on the West Coast, then, back in Washington, finds himself directing a planning body charged with doing spade work leading to the invasion of Japan. The Epilogue narrates the postwar effort waged by Rochefort's Hypo colleagues to obtain for him the DSM denied in 1942—a drive that finally pays off in 1986 when President Reagan awards him the medal posthumously at a White House ceremony attended by his daughter and son. It also explores Rochefort's legacy, primarily his pioneering role at Pearl in which, contrary to Washington's wishes, he reported directly to Commander in Chief, US Fleet, providing actionable intelligence without any delays and enabling codebreaking to play the key role it did in the Battle of Midway.        Ultimately, this book is aimed at bringing Joe Rochefort to life as the irreverent, fiercely independent and consequential officer that he was. It assumes his career can't be understood without looking at his entire life. It seeks to capture the interplay of policy and personality, and the role played by politics and personal rifts at the highest levels of Navy power during a time of national crisis. This bio emerges as a history of the Navy's intelligence culture.   ...more

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• 111: 1/4 Joe Rochefort's War: The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway. by Elliot Ward Carlson and USN (Ret.) Rear Adm. Donald "Mac" Showers

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  May 29 2020

  Image:  Joseph RochefortJoe Rochefort's War: The Odyssey of the Codebreaker Who Outwitted Yamamoto at Midway. by Elliot Ward Carlson and USN (Ret.) Rear Adm. Donald "Mac" Showers.     This is the first biography of Capt. Joe Rochefort, the Officer in Charge of Station Hypo, the U.S. Navy's decrypt unit at Pearl Harbor, and his key role in breaking the Imperial Japanese Navy's main code before the Battle of Midway. It brings together the disparate threads of Rochefort's life and career, beginning with his enlistment in the Naval Reserve in 1918 at age 17 (dropping out of high school and adding a year to his age). It chronicles his earliest days as a mustang (an officer who has risen from the ranks), his fortuitous posting to Washington, where he headed the Navy's codebreaking desk at age 25; then, in another unexpected twist, found himself assigned to Tokyo to learn Japanese.        This biography records Rochefort's surprising love-hate relationship with cryptanalysis, his joyful exit from the field, his love of sea duty, his adventure-filled years in the '30s as the right-hand man to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, and his reluctant return to codebreaking in mid-1941 when he was ordered to head the Navy's decrypt unit at Pearl (Station Hypo). The book focusses on Rochefort's inspiring leadership of Hypo, recording first his frustrating months in late 1941 searching for Yamamoto's fleet, then capturing a guilt-ridden Rochefort in early 1942 mounting a redemptive effort to track that fleet after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. It details his critical role in May 1942 when he and his team, against the bitter opposition of some top Navy brass, concluded Midway was Yamamoto's invasion target, making possible a victory regarded by many as the turning point in the Pacific War.        The account also tells the story of Rochefort's ouster from Pearl, the result of the machinations of key officers in Washington, first to deny him the Distinguished Service Medal recommended by Admiral Nimitz, then to effect his removal as OIC of Hypo. The book reports his productive final years in the Navy when he supervises the building of a floating drydock on the West Coast, then, back in Washington, finds himself directing a planning body charged with doing spade work leading to the invasion of Japan. The Epilogue narrates the postwar effort waged by Rochefort's Hypo colleagues to obtain for him the DSM denied in 1942—a drive that finally pays off in 1986 when President Reagan awards him the medal posthumously at a White House ceremony attended by his daughter and son. It also explores Rochefort's legacy, primarily his pioneering role at Pearl in which, contrary to Washington's wishes, he reported directly to Commander in Chief, US Fleet, providing actionable intelligence without any delays and enabling codebreaking to play the key role it did in the Battle of Midway.        Ultimately, this book is aimed at bringing Joe Rochefort to life as the irreverent, fiercely independent and consequential officer that he was. It assumes his career can't be understood without looking at his entire life. It seeks to capture the interplay of policy and personality, and the role played by politics and personal rifts at the highest levels of Navy power during a time of national crisis. This bio emerges as a history of the Navy's intelligence culture.   ...more

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• 110: Poverty vs the Lockdowns, the global dilemma. @JohnHCochrane @HooverInst

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  May 28 2020

  Image:  Historical photo of stock traders and stockbrokers in the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange (1963)John Cochrane, Hoover, The Grumpy Economist blog and WSJ; in re:  Daily existential choice between starving at home or working in danger.  This should have been treated not by economic lockdown, but [using our brains]. No bars or Mardi Gras, and the like.  Significant transformation of the economy?  One danger was Wall Street—people close together, screaming.  Will  have to move offices out of the city.  We know how it das spread, but not how it doesn’t. If people keep mouth closed on subway and don't talk, perhaps no danger. Re-shoring: bring mfrg back from China? Cost twice as much. Same for restaurants with half as many diners.   In 200, you and I couldn’t read research reports fresh off the press, but now we can.  Excellent open information flow and debate.  https://johnhcochrane.blogspot.com/2020/05/jones-and-fernandez-villaverde-update.html ...more

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• 109: Smart reopenings and dumb reopenings. @JohnHCochrane @HooverInst

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  May 28 2020

  Image:  "Anatomical Man" (also "Zodiacal Man"), Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (Ms.65, f.14v, early 15th century). Mediaeval medicine.    John Cochrane, Hoover, The Grumpy Economist blog and WSJ; in re:  Contact tracing. State govts are just waking up.   I’ve credited people with common sense till I saw Memorial Day photos.  SIRD (suspected, infected, recovered and dead) model.  Since we don't have smart governments, the next best is to have accurate information, yourself. What spreads this – sneezes? Surfaces?  In New York, at a high in late March, is now down to .5%   It's key for us all to be very careful, just not so careful that we destroy the economy. We’re still not doing random testing, which would be very useful: where are hotspots? Fighting an epidemic with a lockdown is a Medieval way of dealing with it. Lockdown worldwide is now considered to have been an experiment that failed.  This disease spreads not evenly, but in crowded places. Also: protect the vulnerable!  That’s solvable.   Manhattan is a no-go area—so go carefully. New York is like a nursing home or an aircraft carrier.  Billings doesn't have elevators or subways. https://www.wsj.com/articles/get-ready-for-the-careful-economy-11590514492?mod=opinion_lead_pos5 ...more

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• 108: Canada rejects Huawei's aim to escape extradition to the US. Charles Burton, @GordonGChang

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  May 28 2020

  Photo: English: Steamship Victorian at Victoria, BC, sometime in the 1890s.Date | circa 1890 sSource | British Columbia Archives digital collections, image G-01137Author | Richard Maynard (1832-1907)Permission(Reusing this file) | Author died more than 70 years ago.public domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowCanada rejects Huawei's aim to escape extradition to the US.  Charles Burton, @GordonGChang Charles Burton, senior fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-05/26/c_139089782.htm ...more

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• 108: Why Delhi thinks Beijing masses troops at the Himalayan border. @CleoPaska @FDD @GordonGChang

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  May 28 2020

  Photo: Title: Review of reviews and world's work Year: 1890 (1890s) Authors:  Subjects:  Publisher:  New York Review of Reviews Corp Contributing Library:  Robarts - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor:  University of Toronto Text Appearing Before Image:ONTHLY RE^/EIV OF REI^IEIVS. THE TROUBLES OF AFGHANISTAN AND PERSIA. THE recent extended tour of tlie Prince uTWales througli In<iia, from Cape (omorinto the Himalayas, has brought out many pointsof significance to Englands defense of her In-dian possessions. The northwest boundary ofIndia constitutes the vulnerable point of Britainspower in Asia. Afghanistan, with its warlikeborder tribes, the doubtful attitude of the Ameer,and tlie danger of Russian invasion, is ofworld-wide significance, and forms the subjectof an anonymous article in a recent number ofthe Ueutsrlie Rundschau. Rapidly recounting the history of India andAfghanistan for the past century, the writercomes to the reign of the famous Ameer Abd-ur-Rahman, the great predecessor of the presentruler. Tiirough the cication of a standing army,subsidized by Great Britain, this chief was en-abled, not only to keep the turbulent tribes incheck, Ijut to make himself independent of Eng-land and Russia. Bv the ajireements of 18S0 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowWhy Delhi thinks Beijing masses troops at the Himalayan border. @CleoPaska @FDD @GordonGChangCleo Paskal, non-resident senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/27/china-and-india-move-troops-as-border-tensions-escalatehttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/us-ready-to-mediate-india-china-border-stand-off-trump/articleshow/76036991.cms ...more

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• 103: Commercial manned space, delayed till the weekend. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com

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  May 28 2020

  Photo: Title: From the Earth to the Moon direct in ninety-seven hours and twenty minutes, and a trip round itYear: 1874 (1870s)Authors:  Verne, Jules, 1828-1905Subjects: Publisher:  New York : Scribner, ArmstrongContributing Library:  University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignDigitizing Sponsor:  University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignText Appearing Before Image:passage of HillisboroughBay at full steam. At six she cast anchor at Port Tampa. Theanchor had scarcely caught the sandy bottom when 500 boatssurrounded the Atlanta, and the steamer was taken by assault.Barbicane was the first to set foot on deck, and in a voice ofwhich he vainly tried to conceal the emotion, called MichelArdan. Here! replied an individual perched on the poop. Barbicane, with arms crossed, looked fixedly at the passengerof the Atlanta. He was a man of about 42 years of age, of large build, butslightly round-shouldered. His massive head momentarily shooka shock of reddish hair, which resembled a lions mane. Hisface was short with a broad forehead, and furnished with amoustache as bristly as a cats, and little patches of yellowishwhisker upon full checks. Round, wildish eyes, slightly near-sighted, completed a physiognomy essentially feline. His nosewas firmly shaped, his mouth particularly sweet in expression,high forehead, intelligent and furrowed with wrinkles like apublic domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowCommercial manned space, delayed till the weekend.  David Livingston, SpaceShow.comhttps://www.space.com/spacex-crew-dragon-arrives-launch-site-demo-2.html ...more

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• 107: The FDA panicked and "the CDC failed miserably," but we’re pulling through @henryimiller

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  May 28 2020

  Image:  Public domain photo.Henry Miller, Pacific Research Institute, in re: Antibodies start to be produced about a week after infection. Problems with the serologic test: FDA seems to have panicked into allowing it on the market without testing.  PCR test for viral material (with swab); then test for antibodies in the blood.  Then it turned out that CDC and some state were combining results and reporting them together, which makes no sense; meaningless results.  A large CDC error was telling us how many would die, and scaring people about surfaces.  The CDC has failed miserably in much that it’s done. A few months ago it took on itself to do tests that were unusable.  A month later, added a component that wasn't available in the market, causing the US to be ’way behind.  ...more

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• 106: Dutch study: people mostly infected by those their own age. @henryimiller

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  May 28 2020

  Image:  An 1881 Australian rules football match between Melbourne and Geelong. Both clubs were founded in 1859 and currently compete in the Australian Football League (AFL), making them the world's oldest football clubs that are now professional. Henry Miller, Pacific Research Institute, in re: Superspreaders. CDCs changed its mind on surfaces transmission of virus: not all that likely.  If you keep washing your hands. Dutch study says that children don’t much transmit virus, that people most often are infected by people their own age.   On a bus or train:  in danger? It’s transmitted by breathing and coughing; proportional to how much time you're exposed and the level of dose.    Outside is generally better than inside. ...more

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• 103: State of the City, the State, the Union: Reopening New York City, sooner rather than later. John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtable

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  May 28 2020

  Photo: The New York Public Library main building during late stage construction in 1908, the lion statues not yet installed at the entranceDetroit Publishing Company - Library of Congress[1] The New York Public Library, glass negative from 1908 depicting horse carriages and trolleys. Late stage construction: trademark lions not yet installed. Public Domain File:New York Public Library 1908c.jpg Created: 1 January 1908 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowState of the City, the State, the Union: Reopening New York City, sooner rather than later. John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtablehttps://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-alone-on-pause-nation-nears-100000-dead-as-projected-totals-rise/2433989/ ...more

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• 105: PRC threatens Taiwan with warship exercises. Mark Kau. @GordonGChang

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  May 28 2020

  Photo: 中文: 描繪打狗（今高雄）一帶原住民與西方人士相遇情景之版畫Date | 1880s Source | http://www.twmemory.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/twmemory3581.jpgAuthor | Edmund Hornby Grimanipublic domanhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowPRC threatens Taiwan with warship exercises. Mark Kau.  @GordonGChangMark Kao, former president of the Formosan Association for Public Affairs, on what Taiwan should do in President Tsai Ing-wen's second term and on these:https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3939970https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8356113/China-plans-deploy-two-new-aircraft-carriers-Taiwan-sparking-fears-invasion.html...more

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• 105: Mass arrests in Hong Kong & What is to be done?. @Michael_Yon @GordonGChang

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  May 28 2020

  Photo: Queen's Road Central in the late C19. Hongkong Bank building on the left, Beaconsfield Arcade (crescent) on the opposite side of the roadDate | 1890Source | Source: Hong Kong Library MMISpublic domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowMass arrests in Hong Kong & What is to be done?. @Michael_Yon @GordonGChang  https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/26/asia/hong-kong-national-anthem-protest-china-intl-hnk/index.html

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• 104: Brave Mike Kelly (16-PA) fought the virus and now helps others fight. @SalenaZito

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  May 28 2020

  Image:  George Joseph "Mike" Kelly Jr. is an American politician in the Republican Party who's been a U.S. Representative since 2011 and is currently serving as representative for Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district Salena Zito, In the Middle of Somewhere column, and CNN and New York Post; in re:  Sixteenth District, from Erie in the NW of Pennsylvania to northern Pittsburgh.  Representative Mike Kelly was stricken with the virus; was recommended to take hydroxychloroquine with Zpac. “Everything hurt, including eyelashes, but no respiratory problems.” Laid up for ten days and now, at 71, is working again. He’s twice contributed his plasma to help researchers develop a cure or vaccine.   Biden’s choice of AOC and Bernie Sanders has pushed local voters away from Biden.   ...more

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• 103: “Made in America” is the Trump campaign goal for America @SalenaZito

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  May 28 2020

  Image:  Zhōngguó zhìzào (Made in China) Original label —oddly, in traditional characters, not the Maoist CCP simplified versions..   Salena Zito, In the Middle of Somewhere column in the Washington Examiner, and CNN and New York Post; in re: Cars have parts made in five different countries.  The Schuylkill River.  Lots of North Philly is housing for workers.  Then, Pittsburgh. No more manufacturing. Plenty of talented artists to make medical instruments, textiles, cars—they instead have to take jobs that they don't love.  Amazon boxes are cardboard made in China, which is inferior.  A Target store in Manhattan on 34 St. I took pictures of goods “Made in China/Malaysia/elsewhere.”   Too many to photograph.  Pres Trump was in Lehigh Valley; then in White House to sign a document to move mfrg to  ___[[FLO]] corporation.   We don't even make penicillin n the US, not since 20004. He’s been very robust about this.  Bringing the supply chain home is good.  Chinese aggressions against India, Taiwan, et al.   Is Congress focussed on this to garner votes?  In PA, ability to get a mail-in ballot, had to have the equivalent of a doctor’s order. Now, current governor pushing for mail-ins in view of virus.  FBI convicted a man in PA for stuffing ballot boxes for years.       ...more

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• 99: Ethiopia vs Egypt over the Nile River and its uses. Gregory Copley

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  May 28 2020

  Image:  An overview rendition of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (Fair use)  Gregory Copley, Defense and Foreign Affairs; in re: Ethiopia and South Africa. The Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Egypt vs Ethiopia and Sudan over Nile River; US leaning toward Cairo.

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• 102: Judge Sullivan vs the DOJ @ThadMcCotter @AndrewCMcCarthy

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  May 28 2020

  Image:  The Sullivan crater on Mercury.As MESSENGER sped by Mercury on January 14, 2008; the scene is near Mercury's terminator (the line between the sunlit day side and dark night side of the planet), where shadows are long and height differences accentuated, revealing rising crater walls that tower over the floors below. The large crater situated on the right side in the bottom half of the image is Sullivan crater, a structure about 135 kilometers (84 miles) in diameter also seen during the Mariner 10 mission. An influential American architect, Louis Sullivan and his work are often associated with the rise of modern skyscrapers, and this crater named in his honor finds a fitting home in Mercury's ancient geological architecture. Andrew C McCarthy, Ball of Collusion, and Thaddeus McCotter, American Greatness, in re: Judge Sullivan vs the DOJ. ...more

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• 101: Why the FBI did not need to unmask Flynn. @ThadMcCotter @AndrewCMcCarthy

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  May 28 2020

  Image: Masks—Ashanti trophy head; circa 1870; pure gold; Wallace Collection (London). This artwork represents an enemy chief killed in battle. Weighing 1.5 kg (3.3 lb), it was attached to the Asante king's state sword Andrew C McCarthy, Ball of Collusion, and Thaddeus McCotter, American Greatness, in re:  Why the FBI did not need to unmask Flynn.

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• 100: South Africa disintegrates, #inthetimeofthevirus, to the Zulus and everyone else. Gregory Copley

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  May 28 2020

  Image:  The Congella Power Station completed in 1928 was one of the first power plants built and owned by Eskom. Gregory Copley, Defense and Foreign Affairs; in re: The South Africa Act 1909 amalgamated the four previously separate British colonies: Cape Colony, Colony of Natal, Transvaal Colony, and Orange River Colony.  A 1960 referendum  legitimized the country becoming the Republic of South Africa. On 27 April 1994, after decades of armed struggle, terrorism and international opposition to Apartheid, a deeply cruel anti-Black system invented and instituted by the Boers,  the African National Congress (ANC) achieved victory in the country's first democratic election. Since then, the African National Congress has governed South Africa, in an alliance with the South African Communist Party and the Congress of South African Trade Unions. The economy of South Africa is the second largest in Africa, after Nigeria. At present, South Africa has an extreme and persistent high unemployment rate of over 25%, which interacts with other socioeconomic problems such as: inadequate education, poor health and high levels of crime. The ANC, home to the most distinguished revolutionaries of the Twentieth Century, was long seen as the saviour of the entire society.  As it now stands, it looks as though the ANC has failed; that much-publicized criminality at high levels seems to have looted the state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to such a degree that the entire country might break into separate divisions. How this might occur is discussed in the segment...  ..  ..  With salutations to Johnnie Mfanafuthi Makatini (1932-1988) ...more

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• 98: The Obama Administration political spying program to advance the Iran Deal and how it became Russiagate. @LeeSmithDC @TheTablet

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  May 27 2020

  Photo: Tehran Grand HotelDate | 1900s Source | http://cafeclassic3.ir/archive/index.php/thread-84.htmlAuthor | Unknown authorhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe Obama Administration political spying program to advance the Iran Deal and how it became Russiagate. @LeeSmithDC @TheTablethttps://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/russiagate-obama-iran

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• 98: Why did Obama fire Flynn in August, 2014? @LeeSmithDC @TheTablet

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  May 27 2020

  Photo: public domaincirca 1900 Source | BBCPersian.com http://www.bbc.com/persian/iran-features-46090065Imperial War Museums - PERSIA IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR, Catalogue number: Q72729 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205317560http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowWhy did Obama fire Flynn in August, 2014? @LeeSmithDC @TheTablethttps://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/russiagate-obama-iran

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• 97: SpaceX preps Jor-el costumes for ISS. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  May 27 2020

  Photo: English: Illustration facing page 54 of H. G. Wells' The First Men in the Moon, 1st hardcover edition, published by George Newnes in 1901.Caption: "I sat across the edge of the manhole and looked down into the black interior"Date | 1901Source | Internet Archive identifier: firstmeninmoon00welluofthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowSpaceX preps Jor-el costumes for ISS.  Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/weather-improves-for-tomorrows-manned-dragon-launch/ ...more

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• 97: Caves of Mars. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  May 27 2020

  Photo: Curiosity's view of Martian soil and boulders after crossing the "Dingo Gap" sand dune (February 9, 2014; image transformed to Earth-like atmospheric view, original image).NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS - http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA17944.jpg PIA17944: Curiosity's Color View of Martian Dune After Crossing Ithttp://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA17944 This look back at a dune that NASA's Curiosity Mars rover drove across was taken by the rover's Mast Camera (Mastcam) during the 538th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars (Feb. 9, 2014). The rover had driven over the dune three days earlier. For scale, the distance between the parallel wheel tracks is about 9 feet (2.7 meters). The dune is about 3 feet (1 meter) tall in the middle of its span across an opening called "Dingo Gap." This view is looking eastward. The image has been white balanced to show what the Martian surface materials would look like if under the light of Earth's sky. A version with raw color, as recorded by the camera under Martian lighting conditions, is available as Figure 1. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages the Mars Science Laboratory Project for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. JPL designed and built the project's Curiosity rover. Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, built and operates the rover's Mastcam. More information about Curiosity is online at http://www.nasa.gov/msl and http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Public Domain File:PIA17944-MarsCuriosityRover-AfterCrossingDingoGapSanddune-20140209.jpg Created: 2014-02-19 21:03:02 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowCaves of Mars.  Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/more-pits-found-on-mars/ ...more

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• 96: Biden paints himself into a place where he’s the only candidate for Joe Biden @LizPeek

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  May 27 2020

  Image:  This illustration of a ward from OSHA demonstrates several aspects of isolation: engineering controls (dedicated air ductwork), warning signs and labels (controlled entry), et al. Elizabeth Peek, TheHill and Fox News; in re:   For vice-presdential candidate, Val Deming of Florida; or Kamela Harris; or Stacey Abrams, whom I consider to be toxic; hat is, many have found her to be truly offensive. Klobuchar is sidelined.  

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• 95: Markets look over the valley of the lockdown to recovery in the 3d and 4th quarters. @LizPeek

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  May 27 2020

  Image:  One vision:  "The valley of the shadow of death" Crimean War photograph. Dirt road in ravine scattered with cannonballs. 27.6 × 34.9 cm (10 7/8 × 13 3/4 in.), salted paper print. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Elizabeth Peek, TheHill and Fox News; in re:   The buoyant mood of the markets.  Anticipating what?  Deaths. Governors’ demanding to stay closed. Europe nervous.  All fifty states are coming back to life; and a lot of data showing depressed hospitality and travel but good number on home sales and consumer sentiment—and consumers are two-thirds of the US economy. Recovery is going a little faster than people expected.   The second quarter will be an abomination  There’ll be terrible numbers.  Mkt will trade in a narrow range and go down a bit; but thereafter, [excellent]. Today Norwegian Cruise up 15%.  Highly rated co’s [Disney, Apple, et al.] have borrowed a trillion dollars in the last few months.   Holy cow:  https://twitter.com/lizpeek/status/1265256738284081153?s=12 ...more

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• 94: California's Newsom aims to harvest votes in the tens of millions. @HooverWhalen

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  May 27 2020

  Photo:public domain English: Arrival of train in El Verano, California.Date | 1890Source | http://cdm15763.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15763coll2/id/2527/rec/5Author | Unknown authorhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowCalifornia's Newsom aims to harvest votes in the tens of millions. @HooverWhalenhttps://www.hoover.org/research/never-let-crisis-go-waste-and-governor-didnt-california-voters-will-discover-fall

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• 94: The tragedy of the brutalized Nagorno-Karabakh presented in the form of an American citizen's disregard of an Israeli ambassador to Azerbaijan: South Caucasus grief. @ProfBShaffer @IrinaTsukerman @FDD @WashInstitute

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  May 27 2020

  Photo: public domainEnglish: Underage workers, country kids paving Pokrovka Street, Moscow - early 20th century.Русский: Мальчишки - дорожные рабочие, улица Покровка, Москва, фото 1900х гг. На дальнем плане - храм Успения на Покровке.Date | 1900s Source | "Вuilders of Russia. Moscow at the turn of century" ("Строители России. Москва в начале века", M, 2001 ISBN 5920700017Author | Unknown authorhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe tragedy of the brutalized Nagorno-Karabakh presented in the form of an American citizen's disregard of an Israeli ambassador to Azerbaijan: South Caucasus grief. @ProfBShaffer @IrinaTsukerman @FDD @WashInstitutehttps://report.az/en/foreign-politics/armenians-start-smear-campaign-against-israeli-ambassador-to-azerbaij/?fbclid=IwAR06qiF0Fe4euaIRbqT7rIX-EiV28wydrSgD_o_4mI23q8Dlu0r-VQ3xgV4 ...more

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• 92: #NewWorld: Failed Venezuela conquered by Iran's five oil tankers and Oil Minister El Aissami. @jmhumire @MariaFdaCabal @SecureFreeSoc

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  May 27 2020

  Photo: public domainFerdinand Konrad Bellermann (14 March 1814, Erfurt – 11 August 1889, Berlin) was a German painter and naturalist, who specialized in scenes of Venezuela.[1]http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#NewWorld: Failed Venezuela conquered by Iran's five oil tankers and Oil Minister El Aissami.    @jmhumire @MariaFdaCabal @SecureFreeSochttps://gcaptain.com/first-of-five-iranian-tankers-docks-in-venezuela/

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• 92: #NewWorld: For Latin America, it is poverty or the virus - and mostly both. @jmhumire @MariaFdaCabal @SecureFreeSoc

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  May 27 2020

  Photo: public domainIrrigation near Zacatecas, Mexico c. 1900. Local number: SIA2012-4605Summary: SIA Acc. 11-093, Box 1, Folder Mary Agnes Chase Photograph Album 1898-1903; Photograph taken by Mary Agnes Chase or A. S. Hitchcock, documenting field work.Repository: Smithsonian Institution ArchivesView more collections from the Smithsonian Institution.Date | 15 March 2012, 09:20Source | Irrigation plant near Zacatecas [Mexico].Uploaded by PDTillmanAuthor | Smithsonian Institution from United StatesPermission(Reusing this file) | Smithsonian Institution @ Flickr Commonshttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#NewWorld: For Latin America, it is poverty or the virus - and mostly both. @jmhumire  @MariaFdaCabal  @SecureFreeSoc...more

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• 93: Five anonymous guys in DC have poured billions into China’s military—using your retirement funds @frankgaffney @securefreedom

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  May 27 2020

  Image:  Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board logo..  ..  ..  SPECIAL NOTICE  The Board will be meeting at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. Members of the public who are interested can listen to the meeting by calling 1-877-446-3914 and using passcode 5962888. Issues caused by national higher-than-normal usage of phone lines may limit the number of people able to participate on the call...  ..  ..   Frank Gaffney, SecureFreedom.org, in re:  The Chinese Communist Party’s aggression. The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board: a Washington entity of five individuals*, appointed by Obama, decided in 20017 that the federal retirement funds should migrate funds from uniformed and civilian employees and retirees, into a fund of Chinese companies Some of those are engaged in bad things:  major human rights violations; building South China Sea islands; building weapons systems to kill  American military and civilians. President Trump intervened directly: changed the board’s makeup, and set down markers with Larry Kudlow and Robert O’Brien.  They described the problem:  The problem is three-fold; we don't know about the financial viability of the Chinese companies –  they provide no info. some of them do work for the CCP that’s harmful to US security, or is in violation of our human rights requirements. There may be 160 million Americans contributing to this. How did this come to be?  Back since Nixon, the US has embraced the notion that as along as were enriching China, it'll become democratic. In May 2013, then-VP Biden helped engineer a deal that allows the Chinese: you don't have to conform to our audit standards (That US companies pay $1.5 ml to do): Chinese then moved trillions from the US back to Beijing. No one challenged this till very recently. There are people in this Administration, especially Treasure Secretary Mnuchin, formerly of Goldman Sachs, who're determined to maintain this sweetheart deal; Kudlow has come down on the side of: We must protect our citizens. We can‘t become one vast China lobby.  We can tear up this sweetheart deal on thirty days’ notice...  ..  ..  *Names of the men and women who consign vast sums to the PLA:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Federal_Retirement_Thrift_Investment_Board ...more

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• 92: Taliban wins Qatar negotiations 5 to 1. Al Qaeda smiles again. @thomasjoscelyn @billroggio

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  May 27 2020

  Image: Taliban border guard in 2001Tom Joscelyn, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; & Senior Editor for FDD's Long War Journal; and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD; in re:  Taliban declared a unilateral ceasefire for Eid al Fitr.  Taliban also has asserted: “The only acceptable outcome is the reestablishment of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan” (i.e., Taliban-controlled).  US agreed to leave within 14 months from 29 February 2020.  Taliban agrees to release 1,000 prisoners when US releases 5,000. Opacity in selection process.  Expect nothing good from this.  Taliban and al Qaeda are hand in glove. https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/05/taliban-reluctant-to-publicly-break-with-al-qaeda-inspector-general-reports.php...more

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• 91: All the Great Prizes: 4of4: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. John Taliaferro (Author), Joe Barrett (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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  May 27 2020

  Photo: public domain 1890 [Construction of the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, with the Capitol in the background, Washington, D.C.] http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow All the Great Prizes: 4of4: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  John Taliaferro (Author), Joe Barrett (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/All-Great-Prizes-John-Taliaferro-audiobook/dp/B00DL1F6P4/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=If Henry James or Edith Wharton had written a novel describing the accomplished and glamorous life and times of John Hay, it would have been thought implausible - a novelist’s fancy. Nevertheless, John Taliaferro’s brilliant biography captures the extraordinary life of Hay, one of the most amazing figures in American history, and restores him to his rightful place.  John Hay was both witness and author of many of the most significant chapters in American history - from the birth of the Republican Party, the Civil War, and the Spanish-American War, to the prelude to the First World War. Much of what we know about Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt comes to us through the observations Hay made while private secretary to one and secretary of state to the other. With All the Great Prizes, the first authoritative biography of Hay in 80 years, Taliaferro has turned the lens around, rendering a rich and fascinating portrait of this brilliant American and his many worlds.  Hay’s friends are a who’s who of the era: Mark Twain, Horace Greeley, Henry Adams, Henry James, and virtually every president, sovereign, author, artist, power broker, and robber baron of the Gilded Age. As an ambassador and statesman, he guided many of the country’s major diplomatic initiatives at the turn of the 20th century: the Open Door with China, the creation of the Panama Canal, the establishment of America as a world leader.  Hay’s peers esteemed him as “a perfectly cut stone” and “the greatest prime minister this republic has ever known”. But for all his poise and polish, he had his secrets. His marriage to one of the wealthiest women in the country did not prevent him from pursuing the Madame X of Washington society, whose other secret suitor was Hay’s best friend, Henry Adams.  With this superb work, Taliaferro brings us an epic tale....more

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• 91: All the Great Prizes: 3of4: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. John Taliaferro (Author), Joe Barrett (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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  May 27 2020

  Photo public domainEnglish: Title: Street car, Washington, D.C. Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.Date | 1890Source | Library of CongressCatalog: http://lccn.loc.gov/2001706113Image download: http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3a10000/3a18000/3a18100/3a18113v.jpgOriginal url: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001706113/Author | National Photo Company CollectionPermission(Reusing this file) | No known restrictions on publication.: http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow All the Great Prizes: 3of4: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  John Taliaferro (Author), Joe Barrett (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/All-Great-Prizes-John-Taliaferro-audiobook/dp/B00DL1F6P4/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=If Henry James or Edith Wharton had written a novel describing the accomplished and glamorous life and times of John Hay, it would have been thought implausible - a novelist’s fancy. Nevertheless, John Taliaferro’s brilliant biography captures the extraordinary life of Hay, one of the most amazing figures in American history, and restores him to his rightful place.  John Hay was both witness and author of many of the most significant chapters in American history - from the birth of the Republican Party, the Civil War, and the Spanish-American War, to the prelude to the First World War. Much of what we know about Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt comes to us through the observations Hay made while private secretary to one and secretary of state to the other. With All the Great Prizes, the first authoritative biography of Hay in 80 years, Taliaferro has turned the lens around, rendering a rich and fascinating portrait of this brilliant American and his many worlds.  Hay’s friends are a who’s who of the era: Mark Twain, Horace Greeley, Henry Adams, Henry James, and virtually every president, sovereign, author, artist, power broker, and robber baron of the Gilded Age. As an ambassador and statesman, he guided many of the country’s major diplomatic initiatives at the turn of the 20th century: the Open Door with China, the creation of the Panama Canal, the establishment of America as a world leader.  Hay’s peers esteemed him as “a perfectly cut stone” and “the greatest prime minister this republic has ever known”. But for all his poise and polish, he had his secrets. His marriage to one of the wealthiest women in the country did not prevent him from pursuing the Madame X of Washington society, whose other secret suitor was Hay’s best friend, Henry Adams.  With this superb work, Taliaferro brings us an epic tale....more

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• 91: All the Great Prizes: 2of4: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. John Taliaferro (Author), Joe Barrett (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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  May 27 2020

  Photo: public domainEnglish: Pa. Avenue from U.S. Treasury, Washington, D.C. Stereograph showing horses and carriages; streetcars on Pennsylvania Avenue; U.S. Capitol in background, ca. 1880.Date | ca. 1880Source | Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USADate Created/Published: Washington, D.C. : J. F. Jarvis' Stereographic Views, 135 Penna. Avenue, [ca. 1880]Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-stereo-1s06116 (digital file from original) LC-USZ62-59101 (b&amp;w film copy neg. of right half stereo)Author | J. F. Jarvis' Stereographic ViewsPermission(Reusing this file) | No known restrictions on publication.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow All the Great Prizes: 2of4: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  John Taliaferro (Author), Joe Barrett (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/All-Great-Prizes-John-Taliaferro-audiobook/dp/B00DL1F6P4/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=If Henry James or Edith Wharton had written a novel describing the accomplished and glamorous life and times of John Hay, it would have been thought implausible - a novelist’s fancy. Nevertheless, John Taliaferro’s brilliant biography captures the extraordinary life of Hay, one of the most amazing figures in American history, and restores him to his rightful place.  John Hay was both witness and author of many of the most significant chapters in American history - from the birth of the Republican Party, the Civil War, and the Spanish-American War, to the prelude to the First World War. Much of what we know about Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt comes to us through the observations Hay made while private secretary to one and secretary of state to the other. With All the Great Prizes, the first authoritative biography of Hay in 80 years, Taliaferro has turned the lens around, rendering a rich and fascinating portrait of this brilliant American and his many worlds.  Hay’s friends are a who’s who of the era: Mark Twain, Horace Greeley, Henry Adams, Henry James, and virtually every president, sovereign, author, artist, power broker, and robber baron of the Gilded Age. As an ambassador and statesman, he guided many of the country’s major diplomatic initiatives at the turn of the 20th century: the Open Door with China, the creation of the Panama Canal, the establishment of America as a world leader.  Hay’s peers esteemed him as “a perfectly cut stone” and “the greatest prime minister this republic has ever known”. But for all his poise and polish, he had his secrets. His marriage to one of the wealthiest women in the country did not prevent him from pursuing the Madame X of Washington society, whose other secret suitor was Hay’s best friend, Henry Adams.  With this superb work, Taliaferro brings us an epic tale....more

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• 91: All the Great Prizes: 1of4: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. John Taliaferro (Author), Joe Barrett (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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  May 27 2020

  Photo: public domainLot 9756-6: Naval Gun Factory, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C., 1890-1910 Photographed by William H. Jackson, Detroit Publishing Company. (2016/02/25).Date | 25 February 2016, 10:47Source | Lot 9756-6Author | National Museum of the U.S. Navyhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow All the Great Prizes: 1of4: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  John Taliaferro (Author), Joe Barrett (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/All-Great-Prizes-John-Taliaferro-audiobook/dp/B00DL1F6P4/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=If Henry James or Edith Wharton had written a novel describing the accomplished and glamorous life and times of John Hay, it would have been thought implausible - a novelist’s fancy. Nevertheless, John Taliaferro’s brilliant biography captures the extraordinary life of Hay, one of the most amazing figures in American history, and restores him to his rightful place.  John Hay was both witness and author of many of the most significant chapters in American history - from the birth of the Republican Party, the Civil War, and the Spanish-American War, to the prelude to the First World War. Much of what we know about Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt comes to us through the observations Hay made while private secretary to one and secretary of state to the other. With All the Great Prizes, the first authoritative biography of Hay in 80 years, Taliaferro has turned the lens around, rendering a rich and fascinating portrait of this brilliant American and his many worlds.  Hay’s friends are a who’s who of the era: Mark Twain, Horace Greeley, Henry Adams, Henry James, and virtually every president, sovereign, author, artist, power broker, and robber baron of the Gilded Age. As an ambassador and statesman, he guided many of the country’s major diplomatic initiatives at the turn of the 20th century: the Open Door with China, the creation of the Panama Canal, the establishment of America as a world leader.  Hay’s peers esteemed him as “a perfectly cut stone” and “the greatest prime minister this republic has ever known”. But for all his poise and polish, he had his secrets. His marriage to one of the wealthiest women in the country did not prevent him from pursuing the Madame X of Washington society, whose other secret suitor was Hay’s best friend, Henry Adams.  With this superb work, Taliaferro brings us an epic tale....more

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• 90: 8/8 Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War I, by Nick Lloyd

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  May 26 2020

  Image: The Stanford residence in Palo Alto, 1888 Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War I,  by Nick Lloyd  Hardcover – January 28, 2014  https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Days-Campaign-Ended-World/dp/0465074928 In the late summer of 1918, after four long years of senseless, stagnant fighting, the Western Front erupted. The bitter four-month struggle that ensued-‑known as the Hundred Days Campaign—saw some of the bloodiest and most ferocious combat of the Great War, as the Allies grimly worked to break the stalemate in the west and end the conflict that had all but obliterated Europe.  In Hundred Days, the acclaimed military historian Nick Lloyd leads readers into the endgame of World War I, showing how the timely arrival of American men and materiel—as well as the bravery of French, British, and Commonwealth soldiers—helped to turn the tide on the Western Front. Many of these battle-hardened troops had endured years of terror in the trenches, clinging to their resolve through poison-gas attacks and fruitless assaults across no-man's land. Finally, in July 1918, they and their American allies did the impossible: they returned movement to the western theater. Using surprise attacks, innovative artillery tactics, and swarms of tanks and aircraft, they pushed the Germans out of their trenches and forced them back to their final bastion: the Hindenburg Line, a formidable network of dugouts, barbed wire, and pillboxes. After a massive assault, the Allies broke through, racing toward the Rhine and forcing Kaiser Wilhelm II to sue for peace. An epic tale ranging from the ravaged fields of Flanders to the revolutionary streets of Berlin, Hundred Days recalls the bravery and sacrifice that finally silenced the guns of Europe. .. ...more

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• 89: 7/8 Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War I, by Nick Lloyd

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  May 26 2020

  Image: "Weapons for Liberty – U.S.A. Bonds" calls on Boy Scouts to serve just like soldiers do; poster by J. C. Leyendecker, 1918 Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War I,  by Nick Lloyd  Hardcover – January 28, 2014  https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Days-Campaign-Ended-World/dp/0465074928 In the late summer of 1918, after four long years of senseless, stagnant fighting, the Western Front erupted. The bitter four-month struggle that ensued-‑known as the Hundred Days Campaign—saw some of the bloodiest and most ferocious combat of the Great War, as the Allies grimly worked to break the stalemate in the west and end the conflict that had all but obliterated Europe.  In Hundred Days, the acclaimed military historian Nick Lloyd leads readers into the endgame of World War I, showing how the timely arrival of American men and materiel—as well as the bravery of French, British, and Commonwealth soldiers—helped to turn the tide on the Western Front. Many of these battle-hardened troops had endured years of terror in the trenches, clinging to their resolve through poison-gas attacks and fruitless assaults across no-man's land. Finally, in July 1918, they and their American allies did the impossible: they returned movement to the western theater. Using surprise attacks, innovative artillery tactics, and swarms of tanks and aircraft, they pushed the Germans out of their trenches and forced them back to their final bastion: the Hindenburg Line, a formidable network of dugouts, barbed wire, and pillboxes. After a massive assault, the Allies broke through, racing toward the Rhine and forcing Kaiser Wilhelm II to sue for peace. An epic tale ranging from the ravaged fields of Flanders to the revolutionary streets of Berlin, Hundred Days recalls the bravery and sacrifice that finally silenced the guns of Europe. .. ...more

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• 88: 6/8 Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War I, by Nick Lloyd

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  May 26 2020

  Image: Liberty bond poster Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War I,  by Nick Lloyd  Hardcover – January 28, 2014  https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Days-Campaign-Ended-World/dp/0465074928 In the late summer of 1918, after four long years of senseless, stagnant fighting, the Western Front erupted. The bitter four-month struggle that ensued-‑known as the Hundred Days Campaign—saw some of the bloodiest and most ferocious combat of the Great War, as the Allies grimly worked to break the stalemate in the west and end the conflict that had all but obliterated Europe.  In Hundred Days, the acclaimed military historian Nick Lloyd leads readers into the endgame of World War I, showing how the timely arrival of American men and materiel—as well as the bravery of French, British, and Commonwealth soldiers—helped to turn the tide on the Western Front. Many of these battle-hardened troops had endured years of terror in the trenches, clinging to their resolve through poison-gas attacks and fruitless assaults across no-man's land. Finally, in July 1918, they and their American allies did the impossible: they returned movement to the western theater. Using surprise attacks, innovative artillery tactics, and swarms of tanks and aircraft, they pushed the Germans out of their trenches and forced them back to their final bastion: the Hindenburg Line, a formidable network of dugouts, barbed wire, and pillboxes. After a massive assault, the Allies broke through, racing toward the Rhine and forcing Kaiser Wilhelm II to sue for peace. An epic tale ranging from the ravaged fields of Flanders to the revolutionary streets of Berlin, Hundred Days recalls the bravery and sacrifice that finally silenced the guns of Europe. ...more

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• 87: 5/8 Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War I, by Nick Lloyd

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  May 26 2020

  Image: A lineup of Albatros D.IIIs of Jasta 11 in early 1917 – the second aircraft in this lineup belonged to Manfred von Richthofen. Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War I,  by Nick Lloyd  Hardcover – January 28, 2014  https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Days-Campaign-Ended-World/dp/0465074928 In the late summer of 1918, after four long years of senseless, stagnant fighting, the Western Front erupted. The bitter four-month struggle that ensued-‑known as the Hundred Days Campaign—saw some of the bloodiest and most ferocious combat of the Great War, as the Allies grimly worked to break the stalemate in the west and end the conflict that had all but obliterated Europe.  In Hundred Days, the acclaimed military historian Nick Lloyd leads readers into the endgame of World War I, showing how the timely arrival of American men and materiel—as well as the bravery of French, British, and Commonwealth soldiers—helped to turn the tide on the Western Front. Many of these battle-hardened troops had endured years of terror in the trenches, clinging to their resolve through poison-gas attacks and fruitless assaults across no-man's land. Finally, in July 1918, they and their American allies did the impossible: they returned movement to the western theater. Using surprise attacks, innovative artillery tactics, and swarms of tanks and aircraft, they pushed the Germans out of their trenches and forced them back to their final bastion: the Hindenburg Line, a formidable network of dugouts, barbed wire, and pillboxes. After a massive assault, the Allies broke through, racing toward the Rhine and forcing Kaiser Wilhelm II to sue for peace. An epic tale ranging from the ravaged fields of Flanders to the revolutionary streets of Berlin, Hundred Days recalls the bravery and sacrifice that finally silenced the guns of Europe. ...more

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• 86: 4/8 Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War I, by Nick Lloyd

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  May 26 2020

  Image: Anti-German sentiment spiked after the sinking of the Lusitania. This recruiting poster depicts a drowning mother and child. Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War I,  by Nick Lloyd  Hardcover – January 28, 2014  https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Days-Campaign-Ended-World/dp/0465074928 In the late summer of 1918, after four long years of senseless, stagnant fighting, the Western Front erupted. The bitter four-month struggle that ensued-‑known as the Hundred Days Campaign—saw some of the bloodiest and most ferocious combat of the Great War, as the Allies grimly worked to break the stalemate in the west and end the conflict that had all but obliterated Europe.  In Hundred Days, the acclaimed military historian Nick Lloyd leads readers into the endgame of World War I, showing how the timely arrival of American men and materiel—as well as the bravery of French, British, and Commonwealth soldiers—helped to turn the tide on the Western Front. Many of these battle-hardened troops had endured years of terror in the trenches, clinging to their resolve through poison-gas attacks and fruitless assaults across no-man's land. Finally, in July 1918, they and their American allies did the impossible: they returned movement to the western theater. Using surprise attacks, innovative artillery tactics, and swarms of tanks and aircraft, they pushed the Germans out of their trenches and forced them back to their final bastion: the Hindenburg Line, a formidable network of dugouts, barbed wire, and pillboxes. After a massive assault, the Allies broke through, racing toward the Rhine and forcing Kaiser Wilhelm II to sue for peace. An epic tale ranging from the ravaged fields of Flanders to the revolutionary streets of Berlin, Hundred Days recalls the bravery and sacrifice that finally silenced the guns of Europe. .. ...more

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• 85: 3/8 Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War I, by Nick Lloyd

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  May 26 2020

  Image: World War I poster featuring the dog breeds representing their respective native countries (friends and foes). The Henry Heininger Co. Pub. NY. Wallace Robinson - 1915. “I am Neutral. BUT Not afraid of any of them.”(USA speech) Dog breeds and countries: English Bulldog, England; German Dachshund, Germany; American [Pit] Bull Terrier (American Pit Bull Terrier), USA; French Bulldog, France; Russian Wolf-Hound (Borzoi), Russia. The American Pit Bull Terrier breed name were sometimes writed as “American (Pit) Bull Terrier” as an attempt to exclude the word “Pit”gradually, but the idea was abandoned. Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War I,  by Nick Lloyd  Hardcover – January 28, 2014  https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Days-Campaign-Ended-World/dp/0465074928 In the late summer of 1918, after four long years of senseless, stagnant fighting, the Western Front erupted. The bitter four-month struggle that ensued-‑known as the Hundred Days Campaign—saw some of the bloodiest and most ferocious combat of the Great War, as the Allies grimly worked to break the stalemate in the west and end the conflict that had all but obliterated Europe.  In Hundred Days, the acclaimed military historian Nick Lloyd leads readers into the endgame of World War I, showing how the timely arrival of American men and materiel—as well as the bravery of French, British, and Commonwealth soldiers—helped to turn the tide on the Western Front. Many of these battle-hardened troops had endured years of terror in the trenches, clinging to their resolve through poison-gas attacks and fruitless assaults across no-man's land. Finally, in July 1918, they and their American allies did the impossible: they returned movement to the western theater. Using surprise attacks, innovative artillery tactics, and swarms of tanks and aircraft, they pushed the Germans out of their trenches and forced them back to their final bastion: the Hindenburg Line, a formidable network of dugouts, barbed wire, and pillboxes. After a massive assault, the Allies broke through, racing toward the Rhine and forcing Kaiser Wilhelm II to sue for peace. An epic tale ranging from the ravaged fields of Flanders to the revolutionary streets of Berlin, Hundred Days recalls the bravery and sacrifice that finally silenced the guns of Europe. .. ...more

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• 84: 2/8 Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War I, by Nick Lloyd

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  May 26 2020

  Image: Two American soldiers run towards a bunker in World War I Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War I,  by Nick Lloyd  Hardcover – January 28, 2014  https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Days-Campaign-Ended-World/dp/0465074928 In the late summer of 1918, after four long years of senseless, stagnant fighting, the Western Front erupted. The bitter four-month struggle that ensued-‑known as the Hundred Days Campaign—saw some of the bloodiest and most ferocious combat of the Great War, as the Allies grimly worked to break the stalemate in the west and end the conflict that had all but obliterated Europe.  In Hundred Days, the acclaimed military historian Nick Lloyd leads readers into the endgame of World War I, showing how the timely arrival of American men and materiel—as well as the bravery of French, British, and Commonwealth soldiers—helped to turn the tide on the Western Front. Many of these battle-hardened troops had endured years of terror in the trenches, clinging to their resolve through poison-gas attacks and fruitless assaults across no-man's land. Finally, in July 1918, they and their American allies did the impossible: they returned movement to the western theater. Using surprise attacks, innovative artillery tactics, and swarms of tanks and aircraft, they pushed the Germans out of their trenches and forced them back to their final bastion: the Hindenburg Line, a formidable network of dugouts, barbed wire, and pillboxes. After a massive assault, the Allies broke through, racing toward the Rhine and forcing Kaiser Wilhelm II to sue for peace. An epic tale ranging from the ravaged fields of Flanders to the revolutionary streets of Berlin, Hundred Days recalls the bravery and sacrifice that finally silenced the guns of Europe. .. ...more

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• 83: 1/8 Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War I, by Nick Lloyd

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  May 26 2020

  Image: American cartoon showing territorial dispute between France and Germany over Alsace-Lorraine, 1898Hundred Days: The Campaign that Ended World War I,  by Nick Lloyd  Hardcover – January 28, 2014  https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Days-Campaign-Ended-World/dp/0465074928 In the late summer of 1918, after four long years of senseless, stagnant fighting, the Western Front erupted. The bitter four-month struggle that ensued-‑known as the Hundred Days Campaign—saw some of the bloodiest and most ferocious combat of the Great War, as the Allies grimly worked to break the stalemate in the west and end the conflict that had all but obliterated Europe.  In Hundred Days, the acclaimed military historian Nick Lloyd leads readers into the endgame of World War I, showing how the timely arrival of American men and materiel—as well as the bravery of French, British, and Commonwealth soldiers—helped to turn the tide on the Western Front. Many of these battle-hardened troops had endured years of terror in the trenches, clinging to their resolve through poison-gas attacks and fruitless assaults across no-man's land. Finally, in July 1918, they and their American allies did the impossible: they returned movement to the western theater. Using surprise attacks, innovative artillery tactics, and swarms of tanks and aircraft, they pushed the Germans out of their trenches and forced them back to their final bastion: the Hindenburg Line, a formidable network of dugouts, barbed wire, and pillboxes. After a massive assault, the Allies broke through, racing toward the Rhine and forcing Kaiser Wilhelm II to sue for peace. An epic tale ranging from the ravaged fields of Flanders to the revolutionary streets of Berlin, Hundred Days recalls the bravery and sacrifice that finally silenced the guns of Europe. .. ...more

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• 82: Cycles of Time: 4of4: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Roger Penrose (Author), Bruce Mann (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)

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  May 26 2020

  Photo: public domanThis artist's concept illustrates a supermassive black hole with millions to billions times the mass of our sun. Supermassive black holes are enormously dense objects buried at the hearts of galaxies. (Smaller black holes also exist throughout galaxies.) In this illustration, the supermassive black hole at the center is surrounded by matter flowing onto the black hole in what is termed an accretion disk. This disk forms as the dust and gas in the galaxy falls onto the hole, attracted by its gravity. Image Details Mission: NuSTAR Views: 25,663 Full-Res TIFF: PIA16695.tif Full-Res JPG: PIA16695.jpg Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Cycles of Time: 4of4: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Roger Penrose (Author), Bruce Mann (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Cycles-of-Time-Roger-Penrose-audiobook/dp/B004YZ4J4U/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&amp;keywords=roger+penrose&amp;qid=1590453205&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-5From the best-selling author of The Emperor’s New Mind and The Road to Reality, a groundbreaking book that provides new views on three of cosmology’s most profound questions: What, if anything, came before the Big Bang? What is the source of order in our universe? What is its ultimate future? Current understanding of our universe dictates that all matter will eventually thin out to zero density, with huge black holes finally evaporating away into massless energy. Roger Penrose - one of the most innovative mathematicians of our time - turns around this predominant picture of the universe’s “heat death,” arguing how the expected ultimate fate of our accelerating, expanding universe can actually be reinterpreted as the “Big Bang” of a new one. Along the way to this remarkable cosmological picture, Penrose sheds new light on basic principles that underlie the behavior of our universe, describing various standard and nonstandard cosmological models, the fundamental role of the cosmic microwave background, and the key status of black holes. Ideal for both the amateur astronomer and the advanced physicist - with plenty of exciting insights for each - Cycles of Time is certain to provoke and challenge. Intellectually thrilling and accessible, this is another essential guide to the universe from one of our preeminent thinkers. ...more

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• 82: Cycles of Time: 3of4: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Roger Penrose (Author), Bruce Mann (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)

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  Photo: This illustration shows a glowing stream of material from a star as it is being devoured by a supermassive black hole in a tidal disruption flaimage Details Mission: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) Views: 8,999 Full-Res TIFF: PIA20027.tif Full-Res JPG: PIA20027.jpg Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Cycles of Time: 3of4: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Roger Penrose (Author), Bruce Mann (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Cycles-of-Time-Roger-Penrose-audiobook/dp/B004YZ4J4U/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&amp;keywords=roger+penrose&amp;qid=1590453205&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-5From the best-selling author of The Emperor’s New Mind and The Road to Reality, a groundbreaking book that provides new views on three of cosmology’s most profound questions: What, if anything, came before the Big Bang? What is the source of order in our universe? What is its ultimate future? Current understanding of our universe dictates that all matter will eventually thin out to zero density, with huge black holes finally evaporating away into massless energy. Roger Penrose - one of the most innovative mathematicians of our time - turns around this predominant picture of the universe’s “heat death,” arguing how the expected ultimate fate of our accelerating, expanding universe can actually be reinterpreted as the “Big Bang” of a new one. Along the way to this remarkable cosmological picture, Penrose sheds new light on basic principles that underlie the behavior of our universe, describing various standard and nonstandard cosmological models, the fundamental role of the cosmic microwave background, and the key status of black holes. Ideal for both the amateur astronomer and the advanced physicist - with plenty of exciting insights for each - Cycles of Time is certain to provoke and challenge. Intellectually thrilling and accessible, this is another essential guide to the universe from one of our preeminent thinkers. ...more

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• 82: Cycles of Time: 2of4: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Roger Penrose (Author), Bruce Mann (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)

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  May 26 2020

  Photo: public domainEnglish: This illustration shows a stage in the merger of two galaxies that forms a single galaxy with two centrally located supermassive black holes surrounded by disks of hot gas. The black holes orbit each other for hundreds of millions of years before they merge to form a single supermassive black hole that sends out intense gravitational waves.Français : Vue d'artiste de deux trous noirs fusionnantLatviešu: Mākslinieka zīmējums, kurā attēlota divu melno caurumu saplūšanaMagyar: Két szupermasszív fekete lyuk ugyanabban a galaxisbanSource | http://chandra.harvard.edu/resources/illustrations/quasar.html (image link)Author | NASA/CXC/A.Hobarthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Cycles of Time: 2of4: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Roger Penrose (Author), Bruce Mann (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Cycles-of-Time-Roger-Penrose-audiobook/dp/B004YZ4J4U/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&amp;keywords=roger+penrose&amp;qid=1590453205&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-5From the best-selling author of The Emperor’s New Mind and The Road to Reality, a groundbreaking book that provides new views on three of cosmology’s most profound questions: What, if anything, came before the Big Bang? What is the source of order in our universe? What is its ultimate future? Current understanding of our universe dictates that all matter will eventually thin out to zero density, with huge black holes finally evaporating away into massless energy. Roger Penrose - one of the most innovative mathematicians of our time - turns around this predominant picture of the universe’s “heat death,” arguing how the expected ultimate fate of our accelerating, expanding universe can actually be reinterpreted as the “Big Bang” of a new one. Along the way to this remarkable cosmological picture, Penrose sheds new light on basic principles that underlie the behavior of our universe, describing various standard and nonstandard cosmological models, the fundamental role of the cosmic microwave background, and the key status of black holes. Ideal for both the amateur astronomer and the advanced physicist - with plenty of exciting insights for each - Cycles of Time is certain to provoke and challenge. Intellectually thrilling and accessible, this is another essential guide to the universe from one of our preeminent thinkers. ...more

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• 82: Cycles of Time: 1of4: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Roger Penrose (Author), Bruce Mann (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)

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  May 26 2020

  Photo: public domain10 April 2019, 15:07 (released)Source | https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1907a/ (image link) The highest-quality image (7416x4320 pixels, TIF, 16-bit, 180 Mb), ESO Article, ESO TIFAuthor | Event Horizon Telescope, uploader cropped and converted TIF to JPGThis work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose. If you wish to use this content, you do not need to request permission as long as you follow any licensing requirements mentioned on this page.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Cycles of Time: 1of4: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Roger Penrose (Author), Bruce Mann (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Cycles-of-Time-Roger-Penrose-audiobook/dp/B004YZ4J4U/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&amp;keywords=roger+penrose&amp;qid=1590453205&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-5From the best-selling author of The Emperor’s New Mind and The Road to Reality, a groundbreaking book that provides new views on three of cosmology’s most profound questions: What, if anything, came before the Big Bang? What is the source of order in our universe? What is its ultimate future? Current understanding of our universe dictates that all matter will eventually thin out to zero density, with huge black holes finally evaporating away into massless energy. Roger Penrose - one of the most innovative mathematicians of our time - turns around this predominant picture of the universe’s “heat death,” arguing how the expected ultimate fate of our accelerating, expanding universe can actually be reinterpreted as the “Big Bang” of a new one. Along the way to this remarkable cosmological picture, Penrose sheds new light on basic principles that underlie the behavior of our universe, describing various standard and nonstandard cosmological models, the fundamental role of the cosmic microwave background, and the key status of black holes. Ideal for both the amateur astronomer and the advanced physicist - with plenty of exciting insights for each - Cycles of Time is certain to provoke and challenge. Intellectually thrilling and accessible, this is another essential guide to the universe from one of our preeminent thinkers. ...more

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• 81: 8/8 Reagan: The Life, by H. W. Brands @hwbrands

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  May 25 2020

  Image As the first U.S. president invited to speak before the British Parliament(June 8, 1982), Reagan predicted Marxism would end up on the "ash heap of history."  Public domain. Reagan: The Life, by  H. W. Brands    Stephen Hoye (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged   https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-H-W-Brands-audiobook/dp/B00UKDYHLK/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Ronald Reagan today is a conservative icon, celebrated for transforming the American domestic agenda and playing a crucial part in ending communism in the Soviet Union. In his masterful new biography, H. W. Brands argues that Reagan, along with FDR, was the most consequential president of the 20th century. Reagan took office at a time when the public sector, after a half century of New Deal liberalism, was widely perceived as bloated and inefficient, an impediment to personal liberty. Reagan sought to restore democracy by bolstering capitalism. In Brands' telling, how Reagan, who voted four times for FDR, engineered a conservative transformation of American politics is both a riveting personal journey and the story of America in the modern era.  Brands follows Reagan as his ambition for ever-larger stages compelled him from a troubled childhood in small-town Illinois to become a radio announcer and then the quintessential public figure of modern America, a movie star. In Hollywood, Reagan edged closer to public service as the president of the Screen Actors' Guild before a stalled film career led to his unlikely reinvention as the voice of General Electric and a spokesman for corporate America. Reagan follows its subject on his improbable political rise, from the 1960s, when he was first elected governor of California, to his triumphant election in 1980 as president of the United States. Brands employs archival sources not available to previous biographers and dozens of interviews with surviving members of the administration. The result is an exciting narrative and a fresh understanding of a crucially important president and his era. ...more

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• 80: 7/8 Reagan: The Life, by H. W. Brands @hwbrands

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  May 25 2020

  Image: Meeting with leaders of the Afghan Mujahideen in the Oval Office, 1983. Reagan: The Life, by  H. W. Brands    Stephen Hoye (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged   https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-H-W-Brands-audiobook/dp/B00UKDYHLK/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Ronald Reagan today is a conservative icon, celebrated for transforming the American domestic agenda and playing a crucial part in ending communism in the Soviet Union. In his masterful new biography, H. W. Brands argues that Reagan, along with FDR, was the most consequential president of the 20th century. Reagan took office at a time when the public sector, after a half century of New Deal liberalism, was widely perceived as bloated and inefficient, an impediment to personal liberty. Reagan sought to restore democracy by bolstering capitalism. In Brands' telling, how Reagan, who voted four times for FDR, engineered a conservative transformation of American politics is both a riveting personal journey and the story of America in the modern era.  Brands follows Reagan as his ambition for ever-larger stages compelled him from a troubled childhood in small-town Illinois to become a radio announcer and then the quintessential public figure of modern America, a movie star. In Hollywood, Reagan edged closer to public service as the president of the Screen Actors' Guild before a stalled film career led to his unlikely reinvention as the voice of General Electric and a spokesman for corporate America. Reagan follows its subject on his improbable political rise, from the 1960s, when he was first elected governor of California, to his triumphant election in 1980 as president of the United States. Brands employs archival sources not available to previous biographers and dozens of interviews with surviving members of the administration. The result is an exciting narrative and a fresh understanding of a crucially important president and his era. ...more

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• 79: 6/8 Reagan: The Life, by H. W. Brands @hwbrands

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  May 25 2020

  Image: President Reagan seconds before he was shot.  Reagan: The Life, by  H. W. Brands    Stephen Hoye (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged   https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-H-W-Brands-audiobook/dp/B00UKDYHLK/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Ronald Reagan today is a conservative icon, celebrated for transforming the American domestic agenda and playing a crucial part in ending communism in the Soviet Union. In his masterful new biography, H. W. Brands argues that Reagan, along with FDR, was the most consequential president of the 20th century. Reagan took office at a time when the public sector, after a half century of New Deal liberalism, was widely perceived as bloated and inefficient, an impediment to personal liberty. Reagan sought to restore democracy by bolstering capitalism. In Brands' telling, how Reagan, who voted four times for FDR, engineered a conservative transformation of American politics is both a riveting personal journey and the story of America in the modern era.  Brands follows Reagan as his ambition for ever-larger stages compelled him from a troubled childhood in small-town Illinois to become a radio announcer and then the quintessential public figure of modern America, a movie star. In Hollywood, Reagan edged closer to public service as the president of the Screen Actors' Guild before a stalled film career led to his unlikely reinvention as the voice of General Electric and a spokesman for corporate America. Reagan follows its subject on his improbable political rise, from the 1960s, when he was first elected governor of California, to his triumphant election in 1980 as president of the United States. Brands employs archival sources not available to previous biographers and dozens of interviews with surviving members of the administration. The result is an exciting narrative and a fresh understanding of a crucially important president and his era. ...more

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• 78: 5/8 Reagan: The Life, by H. W. Brands @hwbrands

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  May 25 2020

  Image: Ronald Reagan as he became president of he Screen Actors' Guild Reagan: The Life, by  H. W. Brands    Stephen Hoye (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged   https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-H-W-Brands-audiobook/dp/B00UKDYHLK/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Ronald Reagan today is a conservative icon, celebrated for transforming the American domestic agenda and playing a crucial part in ending communism in the Soviet Union. In his masterful new biography, H. W. Brands argues that Reagan, along with FDR, was the most consequential president of the 20th century. Reagan took office at a time when the public sector, after a half century of New Deal liberalism, was widely perceived as bloated and inefficient, an impediment to personal liberty. Reagan sought to restore democracy by bolstering capitalism. In Brands' telling, how Reagan, who voted four times for FDR, engineered a conservative transformation of American politics is both a riveting personal journey and the story of America in the modern era.  Brands follows Reagan as his ambition for ever-larger stages compelled him from a troubled childhood in small-town Illinois to become a radio announcer and then the quintessential public figure of modern America, a movie star. In Hollywood, Reagan edged closer to public service as the president of the Screen Actors' Guild before a stalled film career led to his unlikely reinvention as the voice of General Electric and a spokesman for corporate America. Reagan follows its subject on his improbable political rise, from the 1960s, when he was first elected governor of California, to his triumphant election in 1980 as president of the United States. Brands employs archival sources not available to previous biographers and dozens of interviews with surviving members of the administration. The result is an exciting narrative and a fresh understanding of a crucially important president and his era. ...more

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• 77: 4/8 Reagan: The Life, by H. W. Brands @hwbrands

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  May 25 2020

  Image: Wedding of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, 1952. Matron of honor Brenda Marshall (left) and best man William Holden (right) were the sole guests. Public domain. Reagan: The Life, by  H. W. Brands    Stephen Hoye (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged   https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-H-W-Brands-audiobook/dp/B00UKDYHLK/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Ronald Reagan today is a conservative icon, celebrated for transforming the American domestic agenda and playing a crucial part in ending communism in the Soviet Union. In his masterful new biography, H. W. Brands argues that Reagan, along with FDR, was the most consequential president of the 20th century. Reagan took office at a time when the public sector, after a half century of New Deal liberalism, was widely perceived as bloated and inefficient, an impediment to personal liberty. Reagan sought to restore democracy by bolstering capitalism. In Brands' telling, how Reagan, who voted four times for FDR, engineered a conservative transformation of American politics is both a riveting personal journey and the story of America in the modern era.  Brands follows Reagan as his ambition for ever-larger stages compelled him from a troubled childhood in small-town Illinois to become a radio announcer and then the quintessential public figure of modern America, a movie star. In Hollywood, Reagan edged closer to public service as the president of the Screen Actors' Guild before a stalled film career led to his unlikely reinvention as the voice of General Electric and a spokesman for corporate America. Reagan follows its subject on his improbable political rise, from the 1960s, when he was first elected governor of California, to his triumphant election in 1980 as president of the United States. Brands employs archival sources not available to previous biographers and dozens of interviews with surviving members of the administration. The result is an exciting narrative and a fresh understanding of a crucially important president and his era. ...more

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• 76: 3/8 Reagan: The Life, by H. W. Brands @hwbrands

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  May 25 2020

  Image: Film: Ronald Reagan / in The Bad Man (1941) Public domain Reagan: The Life, by  H. W. Brands    Stephen Hoye (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged   https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-H-W-Brands-audiobook/dp/B00UKDYHLK/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Ronald Reagan today is a conservative icon, celebrated for transforming the American domestic agenda and playing a crucial part in ending communism in the Soviet Union. In his masterful new biography, H. W. Brands argues that Reagan, along with FDR, was the most consequential president of the 20th century. Reagan took office at a time when the public sector, after a half century of New Deal liberalism, was widely perceived as bloated and inefficient, an impediment to personal liberty. Reagan sought to restore democracy by bolstering capitalism. In Brands' telling, how Reagan, who voted four times for FDR, engineered a conservative transformation of American politics is both a riveting personal journey and the story of America in the modern era.  Brands follows Reagan as his ambition for ever-larger stages compelled him from a troubled childhood in small-town Illinois to become a radio announcer and then the quintessential public figure of modern America, a movie star. In Hollywood, Reagan edged closer to public service as the president of the Screen Actors' Guild before a stalled film career led to his unlikely reinvention as the voice of General Electric and a spokesman for corporate America. Reagan follows its subject on his improbable political rise, from the 1960s, when he was first elected governor of California, to his triumphant election in 1980 as president of the United States. Brands employs archival sources not available to previous biographers and dozens of interviews with surviving members of the administration. The result is an exciting narrative and a fresh understanding of a crucially important president and his era. ...more

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• 75: 2/8 Reagan: The Life, by H. W. Brands @hwbrands

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  May 25 2020

  Image:  Reagan family portrait. Screen grab from a film. Reagan: The Life, by  H. W. Brands    Stephen Hoye (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged  https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-H-W-Brands-audiobook/dp/B00UKDYHLK/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Ronald Reagan today is a conservative icon, celebrated for transforming the American domestic agenda and playing a crucial part in ending communism in the Soviet Union. In his masterful new biography, H. W. Brands argues that Reagan, along with FDR, was the most consequential president of the 20th century. Reagan took office at a time when the public sector, after a half century of New Deal liberalism, was widely perceived as bloated and inefficient, an impediment to personal liberty. Reagan sought to restore democracy by bolstering capitalism. In Brands' telling, how Reagan, who voted four times for FDR, engineered a conservative transformation of American politics is both a riveting personal journey and the story of America in the modern era.  Brands follows Reagan as his ambition for ever-larger stages compelled him from a troubled childhood in small-town Illinois to become a radio announcer and then the quintessential public figure of modern America, a movie star. In Hollywood, Reagan edged closer to public service as the president of the Screen Actors' Guild before a stalled film career led to his unlikely reinvention as the voice of General Electric and a spokesman for corporate America. Reagan follows its subject on his improbable political rise, from the 1960s, when he was first elected governor of California, to his triumphant election in 1980 as president of the United States. Brands employs archival sources not available to previous biographers and dozens of interviews with surviving members of the administration. The result is an exciting narrative and a fresh understanding of a crucially important president and his era. ...more

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• 74: 1/8 Reagan: The Life, by H. W. Brands @hwbrands

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  May 25 2020

  Image: A Reagan family home.  Screen grab from a film. Reagan: The Life, by  H. W. Brands    Stephen Hoye (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged  https://www.amazon.com/Reagan-H-W-Brands-audiobook/dp/B00UKDYHLK/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Ronald Reagan today is a conservative icon, celebrated for transforming the American domestic agenda and playing a crucial part in ending communism in the Soviet Union. In his masterful new biography, H. W. Brands argues that Reagan, along with FDR, was the most consequential president of the 20th century. Reagan took office at a time when the public sector, after a half century of New Deal liberalism, was widely perceived as bloated and inefficient, an impediment to personal liberty. Reagan sought to restore democracy by bolstering capitalism. In Brands' telling, how Reagan, who voted four times for FDR, engineered a conservative transformation of American politics is both a riveting personal journey and the story of America in the modern era.  Brands follows Reagan as his ambition for ever-larger stages compelled him from a troubled childhood in small-town Illinois to become a radio announcer and then the quintessential public figure of modern America, a movie star. In Hollywood, Reagan edged closer to public service as the president of the Screen Actors' Guild before a stalled film career led to his unlikely reinvention as the voice of General Electric and a spokesman for corporate America. Reagan follows its subject on his improbable political rise, from the 1960s, when he was first elected governor of California, to his triumphant election in 1980 as president of the United States. Brands employs archival sources not available to previous biographers and dozens of interviews with surviving members of the administration. The result is an exciting narrative and a fresh understanding of a crucially important president and his era. ...more

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• 73: Dallas 1963: 4of4: Patriots, Traitors, and the Assassination of JFK Audible Audiobook – Unabridged Bill Minutaglio (Author, Narrator), Steven L. Davis (Author, Narrator), Tony Messano (Narrator), & 1 more

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  May 25 2020

  Photo: [Knights Templar Marching Band, Dallas, Texas, No. 2]aken circa 1910 No known copyright restrictionsTitle: [Knights Templar Marching Band, Dallas, Texas, No. 2] Creator: Unknown Date: ca. 1910-1930 Part Of: George W. Cook Dallas/Texas image collection Place: Dallas, Dallas County, Texas Description: Crowds watch Knights Templar marching band in Dallas, Texas, View 2. Physical Description: 1 photographic print (postcard): gelatin silver; 9 x 14 cm File Name: a2014_0020_3_3_b_0277_r_marching_opt.jpg Rights: Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information, contact degolyer@smu.edu. Digital Collection: George W. Cook Dallas/Texas Image Collection http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Dallas 1963: 4of4: Patriots, Traitors, and the Assassination of JFK  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged Bill Minutaglio (Author, Narrator), Steven L. Davis (Author, Narrator), Tony Messano (Narrator), &amp; 1 morehttps://www.amazon.com/Dallas-1963-audiobook/dp/B00HAAWAVK/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Dallas+1963+Davis&amp;qid=1590368148&amp;s=audible&amp;sr=1-1In the months and weeks before the fateful November 22nd, 1963, Dallas was brewing with political passions, a city crammed with larger-than-life characters dead-set against the Kennedy presidency. These included rabid warriors like defrocked military general Edwin A. Walker; the world's richest oil baron, H. L. Hunt; the leader of the largest Baptist congregation in the world, W. A. Criswell; and the media mogul Ted Dealey, who raucously confronted JFK and whose family name adorns the plaza where the president was murdered. On the same stage was a compelling cast of marauding gangsters, swashbuckling politicos, unsung civil rights heroes, and a stylish millionaire anxious to save his doomed city.  Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis ingeniously explore the swirling forces that led many people to warn President Kennedy to avoid Dallas on his fateful trip to Texas. Breathtakingly paced, Dallas 1963presents a clear, cinematic, and revelatory look at the shocking tragedy that transformed America. Countless authors have attempted to explain the assassination, but no one has ever bothered to explain Dallas - until now.  With spellbinding storytelling, Minutaglio and Davis lead us through intimate glimpses of the Kennedy family and the machinations of the Kennedy White House, to the obsessed men in Dallas who concocted the climate of hatred that led many to blame the city for the president's death. Here at long last is an accurate understanding of what happened in the weeks and months leading to John F. Kennedy's assassination. Dallas 1963 is not only a fresh look at a momentous national tragedy but a sobering reminder of how radical, polarizing ideologies can poison a city - and a nation....more

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• 73: Dallas 1963: 3of4: Patriots, Traitors, and the Assassination of JFK Audible Audiobook – Unabridged Bill Minutaglio (Author, Narrator), Steven L. Davis (Author, Narrator), Tony Messano (Narrator), & 1 more

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  May 25 2020

  Photo: Department of Commerce and Labor. Children's Bureau. (1912 - 1913)Title | Closing hour, Saturday noon, at Dallas Mill. Every child in photo, so far as I was able to ascertain, works in that mill. When I questioned some of the boys as to their ages, they said they were 12, and then other boys said they were lying. (Which sentiment I agreed to.) Huntsville, Ala.Date | 19 November 1910This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Dallas 1963: 3of4: Patriots, Traitors, and the Assassination of JFK  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged Bill Minutaglio (Author, Narrator), Steven L. Davis (Author, Narrator), Tony Messano (Narrator), &amp; 1 morehttps://www.amazon.com/Dallas-1963-audiobook/dp/B00HAAWAVK/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Dallas+1963+Davis&amp;qid=1590368148&amp;s=audible&amp;sr=1-1In the months and weeks before the fateful November 22nd, 1963, Dallas was brewing with political passions, a city crammed with larger-than-life characters dead-set against the Kennedy presidency. These included rabid warriors like defrocked military general Edwin A. Walker; the world's richest oil baron, H. L. Hunt; the leader of the largest Baptist congregation in the world, W. A. Criswell; and the media mogul Ted Dealey, who raucously confronted JFK and whose family name adorns the plaza where the president was murdered. On the same stage was a compelling cast of marauding gangsters, swashbuckling politicos, unsung civil rights heroes, and a stylish millionaire anxious to save his doomed city.  Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis ingeniously explore the swirling forces that led many people to warn President Kennedy to avoid Dallas on his fateful trip to Texas. Breathtakingly paced, Dallas 1963presents a clear, cinematic, and revelatory look at the shocking tragedy that transformed America. Countless authors have attempted to explain the assassination, but no one has ever bothered to explain Dallas - until now.  With spellbinding storytelling, Minutaglio and Davis lead us through intimate glimpses of the Kennedy family and the machinations of the Kennedy White House, to the obsessed men in Dallas who concocted the climate of hatred that led many to blame the city for the president's death. Here at long last is an accurate understanding of what happened in the weeks and months leading to John F. Kennedy's assassination. Dallas 1963 is not only a fresh look at a momentous national tragedy but a sobering reminder of how radical, polarizing ideologies can poison a city - and a nation....more

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• 73: Dallas 1963: 2of4: Patriots, Traitors, and the Assassination of JFK Audible Audiobook – Unabridged Bill Minutaglio (Author, Narrator), Steven L. Davis (Author, Narrator), Tony Messano (Narrator), & 1 more

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  May 25 2020

  Photo: Spinner in a Dallas Cotton Mill, Texas - October Artist: Lewis Wickes HineArtist Bio: American, 1874 - 1940Creation Date: 1913Process: gelatin silver printCredit Line: Gift of Daniel D. BumsteadAccession Number: 1985.037.025 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Dallas 1963: 2of4: Patriots, Traitors, and the Assassination of JFK  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged Bill Minutaglio (Author, Narrator), Steven L. Davis (Author, Narrator), Tony Messano (Narrator), &amp; 1 morehttps://www.amazon.com/Dallas-1963-audiobook/dp/B00HAAWAVK/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Dallas+1963+Davis&amp;qid=1590368148&amp;s=audible&amp;sr=1-1n the months and weeks before the fateful November 22nd, 1963, Dallas was brewing with political passions, a city crammed with larger-than-life characters dead-set against the Kennedy presidency. These included rabid warriors like defrocked military general Edwin A. Walker; the world's richest oil baron, H. L. Hunt; the leader of the largest Baptist congregation in the world, W. A. Criswell; and the media mogul Ted Dealey, who raucously confronted JFK and whose family name adorns the plaza where the president was murdered. On the same stage was a compelling cast of marauding gangsters, swashbuckling politicos, unsung civil rights heroes, and a stylish millionaire anxious to save his doomed city.  Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis ingeniously explore the swirling forces that led many people to warn President Kennedy to avoid Dallas on his fateful trip to Texas. Breathtakingly paced, Dallas 1963presents a clear, cinematic, and revelatory look at the shocking tragedy that transformed America. Countless authors have attempted to explain the assassination, but no one has ever bothered to explain Dallas - until now.  With spellbinding storytelling, Minutaglio and Davis lead us through intimate glimpses of the Kennedy family and the machinations of the Kennedy White House, to the obsessed men in Dallas who concocted the climate of hatred that led many to blame the city for the president's death. Here at long last is an accurate understanding of what happened in the weeks and months leading to John F. Kennedy's assassination. Dallas 1963 is not only a fresh look at a momentous national tragedy but a sobering reminder of how radical, polarizing ideologies can poison a city - and a nation....more

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• 73: Dallas 1963: 1of4: Patriots, Traitors, and the Assassination of JFK Audible Audiobook – Unabridged Bill Minutaglio (Author, Narrator), Steven L. Davis (Author, Narrator), Tony Messano (Narrator), & 1 more

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  May 25 2020

  Photo: 1915- photographer.Title | Night view, downtown section. Dallas, TexasArthur Rothstein (July 17, 1915 – November 11, 1985) was an American photographer. Rothstein is recognized as one of America's premier photojournalistsThis image is a work of an employee of the United States Farm Security Administration or Office of War Information domestic photographic units, taken as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States. See Copyright.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Dallas 1963: 1of4: Patriots, Traitors, and the Assassination of JFK  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged Bill Minutaglio (Author, Narrator), Steven L. Davis (Author, Narrator), Tony Messano (Narrator), &amp; 1 morehttps://www.amazon.com/Dallas-1963-audiobook/dp/B00HAAWAVK/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Dallas+1963+Davis&amp;qid=1590368148&amp;s=audible&amp;sr=1-1n the months and weeks before the fateful November 22nd, 1963, Dallas was brewing with political passions, a city crammed with larger-than-life characters dead-set against the Kennedy presidency. These included rabid warriors like defrocked military general Edwin A. Walker; the world's richest oil baron, H. L. Hunt; the leader of the largest Baptist congregation in the world, W. A. Criswell; and the media mogul Ted Dealey, who raucously confronted JFK and whose family name adorns the plaza where the president was murdered. On the same stage was a compelling cast of marauding gangsters, swashbuckling politicos, unsung civil rights heroes, and a stylish millionaire anxious to save his doomed city.  Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis ingeniously explore the swirling forces that led many people to warn President Kennedy to avoid Dallas on his fateful trip to Texas. Breathtakingly paced, Dallas 1963presents a clear, cinematic, and revelatory look at the shocking tragedy that transformed America. Countless authors have attempted to explain the assassination, but no one has ever bothered to explain Dallas - until now.  With spellbinding storytelling, Minutaglio and Davis lead us through intimate glimpses of the Kennedy family and the machinations of the Kennedy White House, to the obsessed men in Dallas who concocted the climate of hatred that led many to blame the city for the president's death. Here at long last is an accurate understanding of what happened in the weeks and months leading to John F. Kennedy's assassination. Dallas 1963 is not only a fresh look at a momentous national tragedy but a sobering reminder of how radical, polarizing ideologies can poison a city - and a nation....more

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• 72: Unending Alger Hiss Case: 2 of 2: Ron Radosh @HudsonInstitute

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  May 24 2020

  Photo: public domainStettinius and Alger HissDepicted place | Yalta (Krym, Ukraine, Europe) inhabited placehttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowUnending Alger Hiss Case: 2 of 2: Ron Radosh @HudsonInstitute The Rosenberg File: A Search for the TruthHardcover – September 1, 1983 by Ronald Radosh  (Author), Joyce Milton  (Author)https://www.amazon.com/Rosenberg-File-Search-Truth/dp/0030490367

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• 72: Unending Alger Hiss Case: 1 of 2: Ron Radosh @HudsonInstitute

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  May 24 2020

  Photo: public domain2nd from left: Vishinsky, 4th from left: Harriman, 5th from left: Molotov, 6th from left: Eden, 7th from left: Stettinius, 8th from left: Cadogan, and on right: Alger HissDepicted place | Yalta (Krym, Ukraine, Europe) inhabited place  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowUnending Alger Hiss Case: 1 of 2: Ron Radosh @HudsonInstitute The Rosenberg File: A Search for the TruthHardcover – September 1, 1983 by Ronald Radosh  (Author), Joyce Milton  (Author)https://www.amazon.com/Rosenberg-File-Search-Truth/dp/0030490367...more

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• 71: Special Guest Podcast: @BillRoggio @ThomasJoscelyn @FDD present Episode 10 of Generation Jihad: "Endless Jihad"

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  May 24 2020

  Photo:Title: Cyclopedia universal history : embracing the most complete and recent presentation of the subject in two principal parts or divisions of more than six thousand pagesYear: 1895 (1890s)Authors:  Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900Subjects:  World history Ethnology World historyPublisher:  Boston : Balch Bros.Contributing Library:  UMass Amherst LibrariesDigitizing Sponsor:  Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries'Text Appearing After Image:41 HUZAREH TYPES—Afridis Attacking English 1 hoops.—Drawn by Emile Bayard. 634 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. The Yusufzais live in a hill tract northof Peshawer, where they maintain asemi-independence. They are regardedby the Afghan chiefs as among the mostturbulent race with whom they have todeal The Kakars, also in Southeastern In several parts of Afghanistan wan-dering colonies of Persians known asKizilbashis have settled. Distribution and They bear the character character of theof Persianized Turks, and the Persian language. They arefound chiefly inthe towns, wherethey maintainthemselves asmerchants, phy-sicians, andscribes. Manyof them are en-rolled in the Af-ghan cavalry andin the Indianregiments of theEnglish army.The Huzar ehdwell in themountain coun-try, in the north-west of Afghan-istan, among thespurs of Hindu-Kush. Theirdwellings arefrequently foundas much as tenthousand feetabove the levelof the sea. _ It isevident that thetribe has beeninfected with^Mongolian influ-e n c e http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowSpecial Guest Podcast: @BillRoggio @ThomasJoscelyn @FDD present Episode 10 of Generation Jihad: "Endless Jihad""Hosts Bill Roggio and Tom Joscelyn discuss the “endless wars” narrative, explaining why it is more accurate to call the conflicts unleashed by 9/11 an “endless jihad.” While there are plenty of legitimate criticisms of America’s warfighting, the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere continue because the jihadists fight on." https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/05/generation-jihad-ep-10-endless-jihad.php...more

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• 70: Your Strategy Needs a Strategy: 4 of 4: How to Choose and Execute the Right Approach Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Martin Reeves (Author), Knut Haanaes (Author), Jeffrey Schmidt (Narrator), & 1 more

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  May 24 2020

  Photo: public domanThe BASF-chemical factories in Ludwigshafen, Germany, 1881Robert Friedrich Stieler (1847–1908) - alte Postkarte, https://www.basf.com/de/company/about-us/history/1865-1901.html BASF Werk Ludwigshafen 1881, Gemälde im BASF-Archiv Public Domain File:BASF Werk Ludwigshafen 1881.JPG Created: 1 January 1881 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Your Strategy Needs a Strategy: 4 of 4: How to Choose and Execute the Right Approach  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Martin Reeves (Author), Knut Haanaes (Author), Jeffrey Schmidt (Narrator), &amp; 1 more https://www.amazon.com/Your-Strategy-Needs-Strategy-audiobook/dp/B019P9J9T4/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=You think you have a winning strategy. But do you? Executives are bombarded with best-selling ideas and best practices for achieving competitive advantage, but many of these ideas and practices contradict each other. Should you aim to be big or fast? Should you create a blue ocean, be adaptive, play to win - or forget about a sustainable competitive advantage altogether...more

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• 70: Your Strategy Needs a Strategy: 3 of 4: How to Choose and Execute the Right Approach Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Martin Reeves (Author), Knut Haanaes (Author), Jeffrey Schmidt (Narrator), & 1 more

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  May 24 2020

  Photo: public domainThe Barrow Hematite Steel Company operated 18 Bessemer converters and owned the largest steelworks in the world at the turn of the 20th century.unknown - 1877 or earlier, republished by University of Strathclyde project - http://victoria.cdlr.strath.ac.uk/browseTimeline.php?group=&year1=&year2= Steelworks at Barrow-in-Furness, 1877 Permission details This UK artistic work, of which the author is unknown and cannot be ascertained by reasonable enquiry, is in the public domain because it is one of the following: A photograph, which has never previously been made available to the public (e.g. by publication or display at an exhibition) and which was taken more than 70 years ago (before 1 January 1950); or A photograph, which was made available to the public (e.g. by publication or display at an exhibition) more than 70 years ago (before 1 January 1950); or An artistic work other than a photograph (e.g. a painting), which was made available to the public (e.g. by publication or display at an exhibition) more than 70 years ago (before 1 January 1950).  This tag can be used only when the author cannot be ascertained by reasonable enquiry. If you wish to rely on it, please specify in the image description the research you have carried out to find who the author was.  The above is all subject to any overriding publication right which may exist. In practice, Publication right will often override the first of the bullet points listed. Unpublished anonymous paintings remain in copyright until at least 1 January 2040. This tag does not apply to engravings or musical works. More information You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States.View more Public Domainview terms File:Barrow Steelworks.jpg Created: 1 January 1877 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Your Strategy Needs a Strategy: 3 of 4: How to Choose and Execute the Right Approach  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Martin Reeves (Author), Knut Haanaes (Author), Jeffrey Schmidt (Narrator), &amp; 1 more https://www.amazon.com/Your-Strategy-Needs-Strategy-audiobook/dp/B019P9J9T4/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=You think you have a winning strategy. But do you? Executives are bombarded with best-selling ideas and best practices for achieving competitive advantage, but many of these ideas and practices contradict each other. Should you aim to be big or fast? Should you create a blue ocean, be adaptive, play to win - or forget about a sustainable competitive advantage altogether...more

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• 70: Your Strategy Needs a Strategy: 2 of 4: How to Choose and Execute the Right Approach Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Martin Reeves (Author), Knut Haanaes (Author), Jeffrey Schmidt (Narrator), & 1 more

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  May 24 2020

  Photo: no known restrictions Image from page 366 of "The Prairie Provinces of Canada : their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources" (1914) Identifier: prairieprovinces00boam Title: The Prairie Provinces of Canada : their history, people, commerce, industries, and resources Year: 1914 (1910s) Authors:  Boam, Henry J Brown, Ashley G Subjects:  Publisher:  London : Sells Contributing Library:  ASC - York University Libraries Digitizing Sponsor:  Ontario Council of University Libraries and Member Libraries http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Your Strategy Needs a Strategy: 2 of 4: How to Choose and Execute the Right Approach  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Martin Reeves (Author), Knut Haanaes (Author), Jeffrey Schmidt (Narrator), &amp; 1 more https://www.amazon.com/Your-Strategy-Needs-Strategy-audiobook/dp/B019P9J9T4/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=You think you have a winning strategy. But do you? Executives are bombarded with best-selling ideas and best practices for achieving competitive advantage, but many of these ideas and practices contradict each other. Should you aim to be big or fast? Should you create a blue ocean, be adaptive, play to win - or forget about a sustainable competitive advantage altogether...more

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• 70: Your Strategy Needs a Strategy: 1 of 4: How to Choose and Execute the Right Approach Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Martin Reeves (Author), Knut Haanaes (Author), Jeffrey Schmidt (Narrator), & 1 more

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  May 24 2020

  Photo: public domainFASHIONABLE FURNITURE. m A SERIOUS CHALLENGE. The following serious challengewas sent 1>Y une friend at Paris toanother:— Sir,—To-morrow at noun, in theBois de Boulogne, you will giveme satisfaction for the look whichyou past on me yesterday. To- ;morrow, sir, that is to say, whendelay shall hare given you leisureto repent, and me tunc to be ap-peased, aiul shall leave neither ofus the excuse of a first transport otpassion, we will tut each othersthreats, if \ou please, in cold blood.I hi lieve you to be too brave totestify regret lor the fault youhave committed ; and op my side1 iiiink much too nobly not to washit out in your blood, or in my own.You must In* aware, that in shew-ing me such disrespect, von havegiven me a right over your life,and have acquired a right overmine. I should be far from par-doning you, even if you were toconfess to me that you had actedinconsiderately ; I should in thatcase only add contempt to resent- ment. But it you should have theluck to kill me,Note About ImagesPlease note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.Date | 1814Source | https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14773980714/Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/repositoryofarts1114acke/repositoryofarts1114acke#page/n143/mode/1upAuthor | Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834Permission(Reusing this file) | At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.Volume | 1814http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Your Strategy Needs a Strategy: 1 of 4: How to Choose and Execute the Right Approach  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Martin Reeves (Author), Knut Haanaes (Author), Jeffrey Schmidt (Narrator), &amp; 1 more https://www.amazon.com/Your-Strategy-Needs-Strategy-audiobook/dp/B019P9J9T4/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=You think you have a winning strategy. But do you? Executives are bombarded with best-selling ideas and best practices for achieving competitive advantage, but many of these ideas and practices contradict each other. Should you aim to be big or fast? Should you create a blue ocean, be adaptive, play to win - or forget about a sustainable competitive advantage altogether...more

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• 69: The unknowns of the sudden resignation at NASA manned space. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  May 24 2020

  Photo: public domainSource: http://www.sil.si.edu/imagegalaxy/imagegalaxy_imageDetail.cfm?id_image=7626 From the Earth to the Moon (English) De la Terre à la Lune (French) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe unknowns of the sudden resignation at NASA manned space. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-head-of-manned-space-abruptly-resigns/

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• 69: Prepping for the uninviting Nightingale on Bennu. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comJB

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  May 24 2020

  Photo: Date Taken: April 29, 2020 Instrument Used: OCAMS (MapCam) Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowPrepping for the uninviting Nightingale on Bennu. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/osiris-rex-rehearsal-and-landing-rescheduled/

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• 72: US let China eat our lunch in the matter of rare earths. Francis Rose @FRoseDC

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  May 24 2020

  Image:  False-color satellite image of the Bayan Obo Mining District, a mining town in the west of Chinese-occupied Mongolia, People's Republic of China.  2006. Public domain. Francis Rose, @FRoseDC,  Government Matters, WJLA on Channel 7, in re: Sharon Burke, New America (Senior Advisor, International Security Program and Resource Security Program), is a public servant before she’s a partisan. What she says makes complete sense; is rare earth a rare instance where the parties agree?  Yes.  We allowed the Chinese to eat our lunch; we need actively to work to take back our own control of rare earths.  China has no compunction at all about violating environmental rules, and refining rare earths is a dirty process. We’re the US, we can do better, let's figure out better ways. From the virus we've good and learned that we depend on China for anything at our own peril. Cobalt, vital of batteries, is dominated by mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Same as blood diamonds. China has 80% of the world’s antimony; the USA has 90% of the discovered beryllium and 70% of helium.  Probably see DoD addressing this in the reasonably near future. https://govmatters.tv/tag/sharon-burke/ ...more

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• 71: The red-blue divide has only begun. Perfidy, fear and possible vengeance. Michael E Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis,

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  Image:   A red-blue divide. Michael E Vlahos, @JHUWorldCrisis, Johns Hopkins, in re: A possible US civil war actually to divide the country.   The Jan 5, 2017, meeting and subsequent: points to James Comey and Sally Yates. Comey left in place by Trump despite a counterintell investigation against Trump. Comey misled Trump on the matter. He said Trump was a stooge for Russia. Misled everyone about his own conduct at the FBI.  Regicide.        There are two narratives, each on the perfidy of the other side. What hath the former president wrought? Red conviction that blue is deep in subterfuge and . . .  Blue knows that it’d be easy for red to do to blue what blue did to red.   This attended the split in 1860. South was sure it’d be defenestrated; North was convinced that the Evil Institution would flood the North.  It can’t be that both are wholly correct. November 3 can’t resolve these narratives. Whatever side takes power will be after the other side in a way well beyond what we’ve seen these last three years. ...more

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• 69: F-35 and F-22 down & What is to be done? Tyler Rogoway @thewarzone

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  May 24 2020

  Photo: Description public domainMartin Johnson Heade (August 11, 1819 – September 4, 1904) was an American painterknown for his salt marsh landscapes, seascapes, and depictions of tropical birds (such as hummingbirds),[1] as well as lotus blossoms and other still lifes. | English: "Florida River Scene: Early Evening, After Sunset," oil on canvas, by the American artist Martin Johnson Heade. Courtesy of the Gilcrease Museum.Date | circa 1887 –1900http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowF-35 and F-22 down &amp; What is to be done? Tyler Rogoway @thewarzonehttps://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33577/f-35-out-of-eglin-air-force-base-has-crashed-just-days-after-f-22-based-there-was-lost ...more

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• 70: Will frackers swing the election? and the perils of regicide. Michael E Vlahos, @JHUWorldCrisis,

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  May 24 2020

  Image:  Depiction of the Lisbon Regicide; llustração Portugueza - O Regicídio de 1 de Fevereiro de 1908.   Michael E Vlahos, @JHUWorldCrisis, Johns Hopkins, in re: Governors blue and red disagree on reopening.   In New York and LA, fresh traffic. There’s even a divide between blue and blue.  There’ll be no resolution the day after the 2020 election. The virus is cunning in exacerbating the division—knowledge uncertainties. Blue convinced we need to stay locked down, while red wishes to open up. Red has to its advantage the dvpt of a positive path in coming months.  Blue’s advantage is the coming second wave [of the Wuhan plague —ed.]. Electoral college: PA was won by Trump in 2016; said now to be in play with Biden. Trump enjoys support from Western PA and frackers.  After the US Civil War, Northeast and West were Republican, while South was Democrat. GOP dominated till 1932; the South had pretty much full autonomy to go its own way (Plessey v Fergusson).  Today, not clear which way it’ll go.  Were there a strident new president (could be the VP if s/he ‘s a savior-redeemer type), that wouldn't sit well with the red half of the country.  Blue’s governance style has shown itself to be authoritarian.  What Trump hasn’t been is a tyrant.  A blue victory could lead to more civil violence.  Regicide: effort to undo the election of 2016.     ...more

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• 69: UFOs off Virginia Beach 2013-2019: what we know so far. Tyler Rogoway @thewarzone

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  May 24 2020

  Photo: no known copyrightentifier: illustratedstand00norf (find matches)Title: Illustrated standard guide to Norfolk and Portsmouth and historical events of Virginia 1607 to 1907Year: 1907 (1900s)Authors: Subjects:  Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907)Publisher:  Norfolk, Va., Standard lithographing and publishing coContributing Library:  The Library of CongressDigitizing Sponsor:  The Library of CongressView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From BookClick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:Pine Beach Hotel, Pine Beach, Va. Hotel Virginia, Pine Beach, Va. Maryland Avenue Hotel, Pine Beach, Va. Hotel Colombo, Pine Beach, Va. In addition to the above, there are numerous smaller first-class hotels and boarding houses at these resorts, where visitorsmay secure rooms and board. Restaurants and Cafes There are numerous cafes and restaurants in Norfolk andPortsmouth, the most prominent of which are located within thebusiness sections of these cities, and visitors may readily find acomfortable place where meals or lunches are served at all hoursof the day and night. There are also a number of smallerrestaurants and dairy lunch rooms, which are scattered alongthe shopping streets. A list of the most prominent restaurantsand cafes is given below. Auditorium Cafe, Main Street, opposite Atlantic Hotel. The Atlantic Hotel Cafe, 14 Granby Street. Hudsons English Kitchen, 347 Main Street. James Jones, 221-227 Main Street. Linns Cafe, 134 Plume Street. Linns Grill Room, 54 Bank Street.Text Appearing After Image:30 RESTAURANTS AND CAFES 31 The Monticello Hotel Cafe, corner Granby Street andCity Hall Avenue. The Atlantic Hotel Rath-skeller, Main, corner GranbyStreet. The Lorraine Hotel Cafe, Granby, corner Tazewell Street. The Lorraine Hotel Rath-sk,eller (stag), Granby, cornerTazewell Street. Steve Seelengers, io Bank Street. Cafe, first floor;dining room, second floor. The Tazewell Cafe, Tazewell Building, corner of GranbyStreet and Brooke Avenue. Terminal Cafe, 120 Plume Street. Lynnhaven Hotel Cafe, corner Freemason and Granbystreets. Merrimac Cafe, corner Freemason and Boush streets. Algonquin Hotel Cafe, comer Granby Street and CollegePlace. The Victoria Hotel Cafe (stag), Main Street. Fairfax Hotel Cafe, City Hall Avenue, corner Randolph St. Hotel Neddo Cafe, 68-76 Plume Street. Washington House Cafe (stag), 379 Main Street. Henry Seelinger, 39-41 City Hall Avenue. St. Denis Cafe, corner Main Street and Roanoke Avenue.Cafe, first floor; dining room, second floor. St. Elmo Cafe, RoanokeNote About ImagesPlease note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.Date | 1907http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowUFOs off Virginia Beach 2013-2019: what we know so far. Tyler Rogoway @thewarzone https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33371/here-are-the-detailed-ufo-incident-reports-from-navy-pilots-flying-off-the-east-coast...more

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• 68: Brazil and Ecuador must choose between lockdown poverty and pandemic risk. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion

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  May 23 2020

  Photo: Title: Ecuador : its ancient and modern history, topography and natural resources, industries and social developmentYear: 1914 (1910s)Authors:  Enock, C. Reginald (Charles Reginald), 1868-1970Subjects: Publisher:  London : T. F. UnwinContributing Library:  Harold B. Lee LibraryDigitizing Sponsor:  Brigham Young UniversityText Appearing After Image:<<O COMMERCE AND FINANCE 357 this sum the bondholders were to receive one-fourthuntil the maximum rate of 6 per cent, was attained. In 1868, however, the loan went into default. In1888-9 various unsatisfactory proposals were madefor the settlement of the debt, still in default, but with-out result. In 1890 an arrangement was drawn up.for the conversion of the 1855 bonds, with progressiverates of interest and a sinking fund, the proceeds ofan additional import duty being assigned by Congressas security for the service of the debt. This arrange-ment was accepted by the bondholders subject to theold bonds being deposited in the hands of trusteesand cancelled only in the same proportion as thecorresponding new bonds were received. But theGovernment refused this condition, and in 1891 theEcuador National Railway Company, holding the con-cession for the completion of an important line witha Government guarantee, offered to give £ 1 5 in fullypaid-up railway shares in respect of eachhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowBrazil and Ecuador must choose between lockdown poverty and pandemic risk. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/lockdown-puts-brazilian-lives-at-risk-11589743232...more

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• 66: #TheScalaReport: After the pandemic, what of office life? of prime office real estate? of junior staffers? Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com #ScalaAPS @STRATACACHE

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  May 23 2020

  Photo: Giovanni Paolo Panini or Pannini (17 June 1691 – 21 October 1765) was a painter and architectwho worked in Rome and is primarily known as one of the vedutisti ("view painters").English: This view of the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine is a somewhat fanciful reconstruction showing each monument from its best side. Fallen walls of the Colosseum have been tidied up, and several other works of antiquity have been introduced into the landscapes, such as the famous Borghese vase (now in the Louvre Museum, Paris) at the left. Roman ruins had become popular subjects by the 1700s, in part due to the new interest in archaeology. Panini was a master of these souvenir paintings so favored by wealthy English visitors on their Grand Tour of Europe; this painting and its companion, View of the Roman Forum, were originally in a private British collection.Date | 1747 (Baroque)Medium | oil on canvasThis work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.  You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#TheScalaReport:  After the pandemic, what of office life? of prime office real estate? of junior staffers? Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com  #ScalaAPS @STRATACACHEhttps://www.economist.com/britain/2020/05/09/what-will-be-the-new-normal-for-offices ...more

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• 67: White House counsels don't submit to interrogation, which protects Memo to Self. @DevinNunes

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  May 23 2020

  Image:  The Oval Office in 1981 Tom Rooney; with emphasis on Susan Rice escaping scrutiny by saying White House counsel told her to write the odd memo, since she knows White House counsels do not submit to interrogation. We’ll never hear from Susan Rice, who says she’ll never talk again.  

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• 66: One-party rule closes beaches and barbers; scares the voters @DevinNunes,

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  May 23 2020

  Image:  Barber pole, c. 1938, North Carolina Museum of History Devin Nunes, @DevinNunes, CA-21, in re: Congressman’s podcasting. San Joaquin Valley, breadbasket of the Solar System.  Russiagate unsolved.  Tom Rooney was part of the Intell Committee in 2017-2018, did part of the heavy lifting. Durham investigation, Nunes Newscast: podcast has been our continued effort to get out from behind the iron grip of the state-run media; but news: California water—we have the majestic Sierra Nevada range; more water from the snowpack goes into California than the Colorado River has, but 80% of the mountain water goes wasted into the ocean. We have the most fertile land in the world and the best weather; but ag needs water.         Gov Newsom’s orders. We have something similar with Gov Cuomo, but on 34 Street, cars are on the street.  Store closed, but something is happening.   Over the last month, Newsom started picking winners and losers, a mistake.  Local govt went in, filled a skateboarders’ park with sand; opened some beaches—those of his friends—and kept others closed.  San Diego mayor will run against Newsom, who was ruthless against him but later cowered down.  Lake Tahoe, mixed blue and red; opened for bz a few weeks ago.  Napa Valley restaurants opened; San Joaquin Valley has been closed, even though we’ve had to work to feed animals and keep food on shelves.  But the big box stores were open while the small stores were closed. Eventually, people began to scream. Gov threatened one of my counties: “You’ve opened up? I won't give you money, or will take away your license to practice your trade.” We’re getting a first taste of hard-core, one-party rule; scary, has awakened a lot of people.   ...more

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• 65: Prepping for reopening: risk, rewards and transforming. @GeneMarks @Guardian

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  May 23 2020

  Photo: public domainEnglish: British ambulance stores at Metz. Franco-Prussian War 1870Date | 10 December 1870Source | Image from: https://wellcomecollection.org/works/wtmqey24?query=%22ambulance%22%20metz&page=1This source: https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/british-ambulance-store-in-metz-franco-prussian-war-news-photo/933642298 describes it as taken from the 10 December 1870 edition of the Illustrated London NewsAuthor | Illustrated London Newshttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowPrepping for reopening: risk, rewards and transforming.  @GeneMarks @Guardian Reopening businesses face a legal minefield of coronavirus claimshttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/15/reopening-businesses-legal-minefield-coronavirus-claims How to reopen your small business: Take care of your employees first https://www.inquirer.com/business/small-business/small-business-reopening-safety-retail-tips-coronavirus-20200521.htmlTwitter announces employees will be allowed to work from home ‘forever’https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/may/12/twitter-coronavirus-covid19-work-from-home...more

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• 65: Small business hits the bottom and starts back up. @GeneMarks @Guardian

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  May 23 2020

  Photo: Lithograph depicting a Free Trade Shop selling all sorts of imported goods, with an unemployed British workman standing outside being discussing the unattainable goods on display whilst the wealthy German owner, a member of the Cobden Club, addresses his Jewish (?) neighbour. In the distance a hunger march is being carried out by unemployed British labourers.Text in the left corner:"Eh ! John, but ain't they cheap?""Don't matter how cheap they are my wench, if yer ain't got the money to by'em".Artist: Unknown Printer: Percival Jones Ltd Publisher: Imperial Tariff Committee Place of Production: Birmingham Date: c1905-c1910Persistent URL: archives.lse.ac.uk/dserve.exe?dsqServer=lib-4.lse.ac.uk&amp;a... misc 0519/91')Date | 10 February 2009, 05:34Source | A Free Trade ForecastAuthor | Library of the London School of Economics and Political Sciencehttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowSmall business hits the bottom and starts back up. @GeneMarks @GuardianWeekly Initial Unemployment Claims decrease to 2,438,000 https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf Philly Fed: Despite remaining well below zero, the survey’s current indicators for general activity, new orders, shipments, and employment rose this month after reaching long-term low readings in Aprilhttps://www.philadelphiafed.org/research-and-data/regional-economy/business-outlook-survey/2020/bos0520The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported the housing market index (HMI) was at 37, up from 30 in April. Any number below 50 indicates that more builders view sales conditions as poor than good.http://nahbnow.com/2020/05/builder-confidence-posts-solid-gain-following-last-months-historic-drop/ Coronavirus is forcing 100,000 small firms out of business? That needs a closer look https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/21/coronavirus-forcing-small-firms-out-of-business-analysisSmall business layoffs may have hit bottom: Studyhttps://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/19/small-business-layoffs-may-have-hit-bottom.html Answers to your most pressing coronavirus PPP loan and forgiveness questions https://www.inquirer.com/business/small-business/sba-ppp-small-business-loan-questions-answers-20200513.htmlCarnival Cruise Bookings Spikehttps://www.tmz.com/2020/05/09/carnival-bookings-spike-increase-cruises-resuming-august/...more

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• 64: Having the blues: no travel, no haircut, and almost a billion to house homeless in the Ritz-Carlton. Jeff Bliss, @JCBliss

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  May 23 2020

  Image:  Official seal of City of Big Bear Lake Jeff Bliss, @JCBliss, Pacific Watch, in re: California return to normality with cars on freeways.  Big Bear Lake, in San Bernardino Co., in winter has great skiing; in summer, lakeside camping and swimming.  Locals said to Governor Newsom: We have no obligation to go along with your restrictions; we’ll take care of our own business.  Small shops, boats rental, fishing; a lovely place to get away to for a weekend. Daniel Boone was filmed there.  Governor asked for $750 million to buy hotels to house the homeless.  Some meetings were covertly taped: chance for the homeless-industrial complex to buy at lowest priced.   Many of these people are homeless because of substance abuse or mental illness; govt has not thought this through.  Oregon: Gov Brown forbad people to travel from a locked-down county to an unlocked-down county to get a haircut.  For laughs?  Citizens are saying, “This is ridiculous” and marching out. Once we threw tea into Boston Harbor; now, we get our hair cut. ...more

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• 63: A trillion here and there to nationalize the economy; "3d law of Democratic thermodynamics.” @DanHenninger

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  May 23 2020

  Image:  Charles Fourier, influential early French socialist thinkerDan Henninger, @DanHenninger, WSJ editorial board & columnist, Wonder Land; in re: Joe Biden and his presidency. There’s a movement [among Democrats] toward nationalizing everything that anyone can reach—airlines, how we do business, everything. Three trillion dollars in a mind-numbing figure. One trillion that Mrs Pelosi wants to ship out the states: it’s about nationalizing the blue-state model of governments—supporting the public sector, and a welfare state (“Third law of Democratic thermodynamics: spending can expand to infinity.”)  Biden: “We have an opportunity to transform the economy.” The left has goals, strategy, game plan—to control this at the state level, and hope to control Senate.  It's about power and control.  Biden appointed Bernie Sanders and AOC to chair his committee on climate change. The left finds Klobuchar to be anathema.  Joe Biden: a leftie? a moderate? We don't know. He’s probably willing to do or say anything he needs to say. Will Trump be able to create a clear distinction between that and what Trump stands for?  -- “Nationalizing, a/k/a socialism.” ...more

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• 62: How to reshore American manufacturing jobs from the uncertainties of Asia. David Adler. Dan Breznitz.

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  May 22 2020

  Photo: English: Title: New York Stock Exchange and Wilks Bldg. Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.Date | 1921Source | Library of CongressCatalog: https://lccn.loc.gov/00650326Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3c20000/3c24000/3c24900/3c24934v.jpgOriginal url: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/00650326/Author | Underhill, Irving, -1960, photographerPermission(Reusing this file) | No known restrictions on publication.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowHow to reshore American manufacturing jobs from the uncertainties of Asia.  David Adler. Dan Breznitz.https://americanaffairsjournal.org/David Adler is author of the monograph The New Economics of Liquidity and Financial Frictions and coeditor of the forthcoming anthology The Productivity Puzzle, both published by the CFA Institute Research Foundation.Dan Breznitz is the Munk Chair of Innovation Studies and codirector of the Innovation Policy Lab at the Munk School of the University of Toronto. He is also a fellow of CIFAR, where he codirects the Program on Innovation, Equity and the Future of Prosperity. His next book, Innovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World, will be published in January 2021...more

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• 62: The US offshored or lost five million manufacturing jobs from late Clinton to late Obama. David Adler. Dan Breznitz.

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  May 22 2020

  Photo: public domainTang Emperor Taizong gives an audience to Gar Tongtsen Yulsung, the ambassador of Tibet中文: 唐太宗在宮內接見松贊乾布派來的吐蕃使臣祿東讚的情景。李世民端坐在由六名宮女抬著的坐榻（又稱步輦，本圖即以此為名）上，另有三個宮女分別在前後掌扇和持華蓋。唐太宗面前站立三人：最右者，身穿大紅袍，是這次儀式的引見官員；中間是吐蕃的使臣祿東贊，拱手而立，髮型和服飾與中原地區不同；最左為一穿白袍的內官。Date | Tang Dynasty (641 AD)Source | http://cla.calpoly.edu/~bmori/syll/Hum310china/TangTaizong.htmlhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe US offshored or lost five million manufacturing jobs from late Clinton to late Obama.  David Adler. Dan Breznitz.https://americanaffairsjournal.org/David Adler is author of the monograph The New Economics of Liquidity and Financial Frictions and coeditor of the forthcoming anthology The Productivity Puzzle, both published by the CFA Institute Research Foundation.Dan Breznitz is the Munk Chair of Innovation Studies and codirector of the Innovation Policy Lab at the Munk School of the University of Toronto. He is also a fellow of CIFAR, where he codirects the Program on Innovation, Equity and the Future of Prosperity. His next book, Innovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World, will be published in January 2021....more

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• 61: The unknowns of the reopening; & What is to be done? @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  May 22 2020

  Image: Heavy rush hour congestion on US 25 along Gratiot Avenue in Detroit in the 1940s Richard Epstein, Chicago Law, NYU Law, Hoover; in re:  The unknowns of the reopening; & What is to be done?    @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst    https://www.hoover.org/research/decentralize-covid-19-response?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=b24954d339-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_05_18_06_47&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-b24954d339-72527561

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• 60: The Pelosi lockdown; & What is to be done?@RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  May 22 2020

  Image:  Empty streets during the lockdown Richard Epstein, Chicago Law, NYU Law, Hoover; in re:  The Pelosi lockdown; & What is to be done?@RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/decentralize-covid-19-response?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=b24954d339-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_05_18_06_47&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-b24954d339-72527561

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• 59: Don't bail-out the airlines: let creative destruction refashion travel. @VerodeRugy @Mercatus

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  May 22 2020

  Photo: 04-00272 Ryan CloudsterCloudster, Davis-Douglas Ryan The Davis-Douglas Cloudster was originally built to make a transcontinental flight of the US. Ryan bought the plane in 1925 and converted it for use on his LA-SD airline.   Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowDon't bail-out the airlines: let creative destruction refashion travel. @VerodeRugy @Mercatushttps://www.mercatus.org/publications/covid-19-crisis-response/case-against-bailing-out-airline-industry ...more

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• 59: Joe Biden is the same gun-grabber as Beto O'Rourke. Tim Wilson. @WesternJournal

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  May 22 2020

  Photo: Homesteaders c. 1866Unknown author - https://research.archives.gov/description/518267 Photograph of a Family with Their Covered Wagon During the Great Western Migration, 1866 Original caption: "The Covered Wagon of the Great Western Migration. 1886 [sic] in Loup Valley, Nebr." A family poses with the wagon in which they live and travel daily during their pursuit of a homestead. Permission details This image might not be in the public domain outside of the United States; this especially applies in the countries and areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada, Mainland China (not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany, Mexico, and Switzerland. The creator and year of publication are essential information and must be provided. See Wikipedia:Public domain and Wikipedia:Copyrights for more details.View more Public Domainview terms File:Homesteader NE 1866.png Created: 1 January 1866 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowJoe Biden is the same gun-grabber as Beto O'Rourke. Tim Wilson. @WesternJournal https://www.westernjournal.com/op-ed-bidens-plan-guns-armed-lawfare-bad-policy/...more

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• 58: Biden's unexplained connections with China. Need transparency. @SebGorka

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  May 22 2020

  Image:  Chinese President Xi Jinping with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry, 25 September 2015. Public domain.  Sebastian Gorka, America First radio, in re: China in the South China Sea. China respects strength, which is what Trump has. This election will be measured on: who is going stand up to China? The man who’s been friends with China for 30 years—the man whose son got $1.3 bil from the CCP for his fledgling hedge fund? The Susan Rice memo, 20 Jan 2017; agreement among the known characters to use the US national security apparatus against a citizen, General Flynn. And now the judge who’s delaying the DoJ direction, and today’s writ of mandamus (an order to do your job).   Bill Barr always chooses his words very carefully; like a surgeon’s scalpel.   We owe it to history to see that this never happens again. Only way to do that is to have complete transparency, including for our successors in a century or two.  There are two considerations: immoral, and illegal.   ...more

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• 57: With the very safe Amy Klobuchar, we have two vice-presidents. @SebGorka

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  May 22 2020

  Image:  Donald and Melania Trump at a campaign rally. Public domain Sebastian Gorka, America First radio, in re: The Biden campaign has asked Amy Klobuchar to accept the vetting needed for her to become a vice-presidential candidate.  She’s from the Midwest, which Biden needs; but most unexciting. We have here two vice-presidents.  Doubling down on “safe.”  Videos of people in Pennsylvania when the president visits—such excitement.   Michigan:  The governor has created difficulties for herself.   President definitely has the Q factor.  The affection is a function of authenticity. Not understood by the elites.  He’s still the kid from Queens whom voters connected to in 2016, and still do in 2020 ...more

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• 55: Israel answers Iran's cyber attack with a cyber attack. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  May 22 2020

  Photo: Title [Exterior view of the mausoleums of Sultan Selim the Second and Sultan Murad the Third] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frères. Contributor NamesAbdullah Fréres, photographer Created / Published[between 1880 and 1893] http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowIsrael answers Iran's cyber attack with a cyber attack. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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• 55: The new normal of the IAF striking Iran in Syria and Tehran threatening Israel from Syria. @SFrantzman Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  May 22 2020

  Photo: public domain.1890Title Vue de la Tour de Galata / Abdullah Frères. Contributor NamesAbdullah Fréres, photographer Created / Published[between 1880 and 1893] Subject Headings-  Towers--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe new normal of the IAF striking Iran in Syria and Tehran threatening Israel from Syria. @SFrantzman Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_presSeth J. Frantzman is executive director of the Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis. A former assistant professor of American Studies at Al-Quds University, he covers the Middle East for The Jerusalem Post and is a writing fellow at the Middle East Forum. He is the author of “After ISIS: How Defeating the Caliphate Changed the Middle East Forever.” Related articles●        https://thehill.com/opinion/international/497733-israels-airstrike-campaign-on-iranian-targets-carries-a-risk-of-war ●        https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/growing-tensions-in-south-syria-signal-more-regime-attacks ●        https://www.cnas.org/publications/reports/countering-iran-gray-zone ●        https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/libya-is-now-the-middle-east-s-most-important-proxy-war ...more

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• 56: Teheran loses influence in Baghdad. Michael Knights @Mikeknightsiraq

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  May 22 2020

  Image:   1730 map of the Middle East showing the province of "Irac Agemi" (Persian Iraq) Michael Knights, in re: PMF future role in Iraq's security infrastructure Michael Knights is a Boston-based senior Fellow of The Washington Institute, specializing in the military and security affairs of Iraq, Iran, and the Persian Gulf states.      https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/kadhimi-as-commander-in-chief-first-steps-in-iraqi-security-sector-reform      https://www.ft.com/content/a4bbfee0-0da7-4cfa-a4a2-853fe6e08223  https://www.arabnews.com/node/1676706/middle-east https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_RBfZ8jLFY ...more

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• 55: Staten Island and South Brooklyn tough out the virus. @RepMaxRose @MaxRose4NY

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  May 22 2020

  Image:     The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge looking from Brooklyn toward Staten Island Max Rose, in re: ’Twas a privilege to put the uniform back on and help any way I could.  Standing up a Covid hospital on Staten Island  . . .The Never-Again legislation in Congress.  GOFor a while we got flat-footed, thought anti-Semitism was in our rear-view mirror, ut not. Increase penalties fo hate crimes, crack down on white nationalist neo-Nazi terrorist movement, and such. The hatred is thousands of years old and it ain’t going away.  Extend the arms embargo against Iran.  Those who think the world is a safer place when Iran has nuclear arms, and more humane when it transfers arms to Hezbollah and the Houthis.   Isolationism is naïve. If you retreat from war, war will find you. Max Rose is the Representative for New York’s 11th Congressional District, representing Staten Island and South Brooklyn. He currently serves on the House Committee on Homeland Security and House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Max is the first post-9/11 combat veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to seek and hold office in New York City; he earned a Bronze Star, Purple Heart and Combat Infantryman Badge, and continues his service today in the National Guard.    https://www.jewishledger.com/2020/05/jewish-and-pro-israel-groups-applaud-passage-of-never-again-education-act/       https://www.conferenceofpresidents.org/news/press/2020/may6/jewish-leaders-welcome-bipartisan-call-extension-un-embargo-iranian-armshttps://maxrose.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx   https://foreignaffairs.house.gov/_cache/files/9/e/9e07750b-34b2-4687-98f2-eec2acf00d10/E10ACB7928A8BD5CB48A15510084A49D.arms-embargo-final-pdf.pdf ...more

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• 53: Why the does the media use the same ad hominem against Nixon, Reagan and Trump? @ConradMBlack @NationalPost

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  May 22 2020

  Photo: public domainA view of the Great Cohoes Falls, on the Mohawk River; the fall about seventy feet; the river near a quarter of a mile broadhttp://digitalcollections.nypl.org/ http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowWhy the does the media use the same ad hominem against Nixon, Reagan and Trump? @ConradMBlack @NationalPosthttps://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-trump-is-nailing-it-but-the-mainstream-media-would-never-tell-you-that ...more

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• 53: Quality of Leadership by Reagan and Trump with mediocrities in between. @ConradMBlack @NRO

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  May 22 2020

  Photo: public domain English: Athens in 1861Date | 27 January 2005, 12:51:08Source | http://www.ahistoryofgreece.com/photos/athens1861.htmAuthor | Marinos Papadopoulos Vretoshttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowQuality of Leadership by Reagan and Trump with mediocrities in between. @ConradMBlack @NROhttps://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-trump-is-nailing-it-but-the-mainstream-media-would-never-tell-you-that https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/05/two-decades-of-presidential-mediocrity/...more

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• 54: The forgetfulness of Joe Biden. Victor Davis Hanson: @VDHanson @HooverInst

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  May 22 2020

  Image:  Basements around the world:  Digging the basement under North Portico in 1950 during White House Truman reconstruction. Public domain. Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover and NRO and American Greatness; in re: Judge Sullivan. Brutal abuse of power.  Will we deprived of the satisfaction of learning who was at that meeting and what occurred? The president apparently ordered that people surveille the next president.  The FBI asserted: there was no evidence of any crime.  “Russia” was a code-word for Crossfire Hurricane. Great fear that the new Administration would come in and find evidence of [illegality and malfeasance]. Joe Biden was at that meeting. He owes the American people an explanation of what he thought was going on. Do you expect Joe Biden to give a rational explanation?  No; I think he’s the only one who was there who in fact doesn’t remember.  Cognitive diminution.   American people don't want to elect someone in a fetal position. Amy Klobuchar has been asked if she’ll accept being vetted for the vice-presidency.    https://amgreatness.com/2020/05/17/the-left-is-what-it-once-loathed/ ...more

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• 53: The war between the states tilts to the Red as the Blue stalls. Victor Davis Hanson: @VDHanson @HooverInst

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  May 22 2020

  Image:  Maillot-style swimwear on the beach (1915) and on magazines (1916). Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover and NRO and American Greatness; in re: Divides are red/blue, and lockdown vs let us be free. New York mayor has forbidden people to enter the ocean in the city under pain of police action; sent them to Long Island—which promptly refused the visits. In California, the lockdown is incoherent. Local small merchants are closed, but they can buy the same items in big box stores.   See that 99.996% of people will contract the virus; looks as though the people of decreeing they be locked in are those who collect a check no matter what (e.g., government employees).   What motive? To blame Donald Trump.  “Donald Trump is Herbert Hoover” —which won't happen if the economy opens up now. Probably will be in ascendance by October. Other, local bureaucrats, fear they've been mocked; have lost people’s respect and their own authority. Now, massive civil disobedience. Voters want a can-do, let’s go attitude.  The point of levelling the curve was to avoid swamping hospitals. Only after it became clear that governors and their minions demanded that everyone stay home till a vaccine was found did rebellion begin. https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/05/coronavirus-crisis-growing-american-divide-red-states-blue-states/ ...more

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• 52: Window closing to China as the US decoupling accelerates. Patrick Tucker @DefTechPat

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  May 22 2020

  Image:  Laurasia, a portmanteau for Laurentia and Asia,was the more northern of two minor supercontinents (the other being Gondwana) that formed part of the Pangaea supercontinent from c. 425 million years ago = to 200 Mya. It separated from Gondwana 215 to 175 Mya during the breakup of Pangaea. Here: Animation of the rifting of Pangaea as today we see the decoupling of the CCP-controlled China from the ardently democratic United States. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercontinent#/media/File:Pangea_animation_03.gif)Patrick Tucker, @DefTechPat, Defense One technology editor;  in re:  DOD’s Top Scientist Shoots Down Airborne Lasers for Missile Defense. https://www.nextgov.com/cio-briefing/2020/05/covid-19-accelerating-trends-us-china-relationship/165254/ USAF https://www.govexec.com/defense/2020/05/air-forces-secret-space-plane-part-plan-one-day-shoot-microwaves-earth/165206/ ...more

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• 51: Cyber threat grows from Iran, Russia, and PRC, especially directed at vaccine makers. Patrick Tucker: @DefTechPat

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  May 22 2020

  Image:  The Statute of Anne (the Copyright Act 1709) came into force in 1710. Patrick Tucker, @DefTechPat, Defense One technology editor;  in re:    Iran Is Increasing Its Military and Cyber Activity, Report Says.   After a big drop in April, Iran’s conventional military activity is up. Cyber operations never slowed down. Hedge fund capital is moving away from some satellite investment . . .  “The next Pearl Harbor will look like an attack on our satellites.” Every financial operation that occurs today depends on GPS – from satellites.  Taking some of the comms spectrum from DoD and liberating it for the private sector. FCC:  https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2020/05/pentagon-senators-blast-fcc-decision-let-company-share-gps-spectrum/165214/ Iran:   https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2020/05/iran-increasing-its-military-and-cyber-activity/165395/?oref=d-river https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2020/05/russian-arms-production-slowed-coronavirus-analysts-find/165071/?oref=d-river USAF ...more

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• 50: Michael Flynn asks Appeals Court for Judge Emmett Sullivan to depart the case. @AndrewCMcCarthy; Thaddeus McCotter: @ThadMcCotter

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  May 22 2020

  Image:  llegory of the Good and Bad Judge, 15th-century fresco in the old Town Hall and Courthouse building in Reguengos de Monsaraz, Portugal.  Public domain.Andrew C McCarthy, Ball of Collusion, and Thaddeus McCotter, American Greatness, in re:  Gen Flynn.

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• 49: Hong Kong protesters looking for Plan B exits as the PRC looms. @Michael_Yon

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  May 22 2020

  Image:  Map of Bao'an (Xin'an) County in 1866. It shows that Hong Kong used to be a part of Bao'an (Xin'an or Po'On) County in ancient China. Michael Yon, Far East reporter; in re: Hong Kong protests.  Mainland demands to have a Hong Kong law whereby it’s illegal to disparage the Communist national anthem.  On 1 July 2019. The protestors, the insurgents, broke in to Legco  [the HK parliament; pronounced ledge-co] and occupied it for several hours.  Mainland is encroaching on HK’s sovereignty as it's been doing with Taiwan; the gas is turned up higher, no predicting. It's far from over.  The more Beijing cracks down, the more outsiders grow alarmed and lend help.  Am concerned that there may be a false flag operation coming up, a serious attack on HK police to give Chinese Communists “reason” to crack down heavily.  Chances of increased violence are high.  In Thailand, a young population.  A Thai doctor who's been wring on this virus says authorities are ore worried about the summer: monsoons, and mosquito-borne diseases; people will be cramped indoors during the upcoming rainy season.   When you enter store or mall, you have to take a photo with a QR code so, like Big Brother, they can see where you are.  Pandemics are so strange, as they pop up in one place and not a few miles down the road. Some HK protestors are going to Taiwan; clearly, some also moving to Canada and Australia.  If we don’t knock out the CCP, the patriots will have a hard time of it.   ...more

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• 48: Susan Rice changes her January 5-20, 2017 story again. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  May 21 2020

  Photo: public domainEnglish: Drawing of the newly-erected Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge over the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., in the United States. Completed in 1890, the bridge replaced a former structure that burned in 1846. The iron truss bridge featured an iron beam and wooden superstructure, and masonry piers. Two spans existed at the northwestern terminus of the bridge (left in this image) to allow passage of railroad trains beneath it.Date | 26 August 1890Source | "It Was East End Day." The Washington Post. August 26, 1890, p. 1.Author | The Washington Posthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowSusan Rice changes her January 5-20, 2017 story again. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.foxnews.com/opinion/andrew-mccarthy-rice-tried-to-protect-obama-blame-comey-for-withholding-intelligence-from-flynn-trump-team ...more

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• 48: The Wuhan Virology Laboratory has bat virus secrets to share. Sean Lin, former Walter Reed Hospital researcher; @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  May 21 2020

  Photo: no known copyrightTitle: The American Museum Congo expedition collection of batsIdentifier: americanmuseumco00alle (find matches)Year: 1917 (1910s)Authors: Allen, J. A. (Joel Asaph), 1838-1921; Lang, Herbert, 1879-1957; Chapin, James PSubjects: BatsPublisher: New York : American Museum of Natural HistoryContributing Library: Smithsonian LibrariesDigitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage LibraryView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From BookClick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image: Bulletin, A. M. N. H Vol. XXXVII, Plate XLV.Text Appearing After Image: Fig. 1. Epomops franqueti franquett, Adult Male. Fig. 2. " " " Young Female.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe Wuhan Virology Laboratory has bat virus research to share. Sean Lin, former Walter Reed Hospital researcher; @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast ...more

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• 47: Arab cultures turn to tolerant television to recall when Jews, Moslems and Christians lived as easy neighbors. Ron Lauder @WorldJewishCong

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  May 21 2020

  Photo: The building Bab al Bahrain; unknown date.The original uploader was Salman al.msjen at Arabic Wikipedia. - Transferred from ar.wikipedia to Commons.Public Domain   File:Bab al bahrain.JPG   Created: 16 October 2009 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowArab cultures turn to tolerant television to recall when Jews, Moslems and Christians lived as easy neighbors. Ron Lauder @WorldJewishConghttps://www.arabnews.com/node/1675736

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• 46: The US returns to manned space in its own Dragon capsule. William Harwood, @cbs_spacenews; David Livingston, @SpaceShow #HotelMars,

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  May 21 2020

  Image:  ISS031-E-071134 (25 May 2012) --- The SpaceX Dragon commercial cargo craft approaches the International Space Station on May 25, 2012 for grapple and berthing. Expedition 31 Flight Engineers Don Pettit and Andre Kuipers grappled Dragon at 9:56 a.m. (EDT) with the Canadarm2 robotic arm and used the robotic arm to berth Dragon to the Earth-facing side of the station's Harmony node at 12:02 p.m. May 25, 2012. Dragon became the first commercially developed space vehicle to be launched to the station to join Russian, European and Japanese resupply craft that service the complex while restoring a U.S. capability to deliver cargo to the orbital laboratory. Dragon is scheduled to spend about a week docked with the station before returning to Earth on May 31 for retrieval. Hotel Mars, episode n. William Harwood, @cbs_spacenews; and Dr David Livingston, @SpaceShow  #HotelMars, The Space Show; in re: Waiting for the US to return to manned space on a US-built space vehicle, the Dragon capsule of SpaceX. Schedued for May 28.  Also, the sudden resignation of the head of NASA manned space, no explanation.  Thousands expected to watch the launch, but NASA is discouraging crowds.  Even limiting how many journalists can get access to the launch. ...more

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• 45: Red states open earlier, move faster economically. @StephenMoore

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  May 21 2020

  Image:  Threshing machine from 1881. Steam engines were also used instead of horses. Steve Moore, @StephenMoore, Committee to Unleash Prosperity; in re:   Blue states are hobbled by opening much later than red states. . . . One of the dumbest things we’ve done is close schools, as young people are barely affected by the virus, and with 24-hour childcare, parents can't return to work and therefore can’t bring in essential

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• 44: In search of the most serene walk in Brooklyn. @TunkuV @HooverInst @ WSJOpinion

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  May 21 2020

  Image:  Red Hook circa 1875 Tunku Varadarajan, editor-in-chief of Hoover's in-house publication, “Defining Ideas”; in re: With his wife in search of a street in Brooklyn they call a White Whale.  Brooklyn has a high mortality rate, but it’s not as gloomy as it was under the harsh sirens day and night. We’ve learned how to adapt.  Walking in Brooklyn with my wife was most agreeable.  We keep distance from others and walk early in the morning, along with the elderly. Around noon, parents with young children tied of being cooped up, who tend to be unmasked and veer their tricycles in all directions. We live near Red Hook; beautiful architecture, and filled with abandoned factories.  Risks: joggers, the worst. They tend not to wear masks (“requires access to air”); they sweat, breathe heavily, and have a high moral self-regard, being better than other life-forms. They expect others to move out of the way.  I’ve grown to hate them.  Also, meeting people on a too-narrow sidewalk. Tunku’s son was shooshed away, at fifteen feet, by a couple holding hands who found him inconvenient.  Couple’s paranoia.  You were looking for a White Whale—an empty street, where my wife and I can walk right down the middle, where we can breathe. We tend to find them in Red Hook, and not much the Brooklyn Heights promenade or park. I pray for rain, when I enjoy walking.  Never have I loved rain as much as now. https://www.wsj.com/articles/searching-on-foot-for-my-white-whale-11589740802?mod=opinion_lead_pos10 ...more

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• 43: Ireland reopens in 5 phases to August. @MarcPColeman

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  May 21 2020

  Image: Ireland is part of the EU (dark blue & light blue) and Eurozone (dark blue). Public domain.Marc Coleman, Octavian.ie  & head of International Business Development for IBEC; in re: Dublin was in a govt-ordered lockdown. Have 1500+ virus deaths in Ireland.  Flattening of the curve, from a steep rate of increase three weeks ago (60% growth rates), now down to 5%.    Now a five-phase wind-down of lockdown: outdoor workers may start; next, solitary indoor workers; then those with low levels of interaction; then 24 July; then August.  Lockdown has been efficient.  Israel ended lockdown sooner with tracing.   Germany has devoted €978 billion to support; one-quarter of GDP....more

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• 42: Hotel Mars: NASA manned space rides SpaceX Dragon capsule to the ISS #in-the-time-of-the-virus. @cbs_spacenews David Livingston, SpaceShow.com

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  May 21 2020

  Photo: English: An illustration from Jules Verne's novel "Around the Moon" drawn by Émile-Antoine Bayard and Alphonse de Neuville. Polski: Ilustracja powieści Juliusza Verne'a "Wokół Księżyca" autorstwa Émile-Antoine Bayarda i/lub Alphonse de Neuville. Français : "Autour de la Lune", Émile-Antoine Bayard et Alphonse de Neuville. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowHotel Mars: NASA manned space rides SpaceX Dragon capsule to the ISS #in-the-time-of-the-virus. @cbs_spacenews David Livingston, SpaceShow.comhttps://www.space.com/spacex-crew-dragon-arrives-launch-site-demo-2.html ...more

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• 42: State of the City, the State, the Union: The Mayor orders Memorial Day beachgoers, "Don't go in the water!" John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtable

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  May 21 2020

  Photo: Title:Brightn Beach, Coney Island, 1895   From recent photographsYear: 1895 (1890s)Authors:  Greater New York album. One hundred selected views, New York city, Brooklyn, Staten island, etc Rand, McNally & co., pub. (from old catalog)Subjects:  New York (N.Y.) -- Pictorial worksPublisher:  Chicago and New York, Rand, McNally & companyContributing Library:  The Library of CongressDigitizing Sponsor:  Sloan Foundationhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowState of the City, the State, the Union: The Mayor orders Memorial Day beachgoers, "Don't go in the water!" John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtablehttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/de-blasio-keeps-nyc-beaches-closed-through-memorial-day-warns-no-swimming ...more

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• 41: The virus pushes Latin America deeper into the PRC cash embrace. Evan Ellis, @TheIWP

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  May 21 2020

  Image:  1562 map of the Amazon River Region. Dr R. Evan Ellis, professor of Latin American Studies at the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute, in re:  The virus, poverty, wars, and famine.  Pres Bolsonaro of Brazil is reluctant to press for lockdowns, as is AMLO in Mexico.  Large informal sector: if you don't work, you don’t eat. Businesses go out. Virus out of control in parts of Brazil.  Venezuela has been disconnected from the world so may not have as high an infection rate, but we don't know.  A lot of Venezuelans who fled to work in other countries are returning, desperate, and bringing infection back. Cuba.  Nicaragua: Ortega has refused to acknowledge the virus, with a 50% increase in deaths from “pneumonia.”  China is the foreign country that stands to benefit the most in Latin America, whose countries will try to sell off assets at reduced prices. China profits also in being able to buy whole companies.  Virus behaves better among young populations? Yes.   . . .  Crises in social security systems in Latin America.  Amazonas simply doesn't have many hospital beds. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/china-outraged-brazil-coronavirus-comments-200407051954633.html ...more

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• 40: Hong Kong survives the virus and bends to the virus-makers. @GordonGChang & Mark Clifford

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  May 21 2020

  Image:  Hong Kong Blue Ensign, colonial flag of the city, has been widely used as the symbol of Hong Kong independence Mark Clifford, former editor-in-chief of the South China Morning Post and a Hong Kong resident since 1992, in re:  HK jobless rate is much higher than before, but stil around 5%,which is less than the rest of the world. It's been wearing, but HK is coming through in fairly good shape — but the political situation may not be.  Restaurants were never closed here. Gyms were, but not the sort of lockdown seen in New York or Paris.  Our death rate is 14.  Credit not to the top of the government, but the medical workers. Making Mainland visitors feel uncomfortable visiting also helped.      Mainland is trying to pass a law making it illegal to insult the Mainland national anthem. They’re displeased with HK not trembling and obeying; drives hem around the bend. Article 23: from our mini-constitution, require laws [turning over national security] to Mainland. Beijing has sent down two hardest-line Party cadres, one know for destroying Christian churches, the other familiar with coal mining.  Can Beijing oblige HK to perform at the level it needs to finance Mainland activities when Mainland’s economic growth is stopped?  Cathay Pacific has thousands of employees, some of whom joined the protests, and Beijing demanded they be fired.  Confrontation between the Mainland Party and the youth of Hong Kong.  https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/coronavirus-hong-kongs-leader-carrie-lam-denies-extended-crowd-ban-is-political-move https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kong-jobless-rate-hits-10-year-high-government-extends-social-distancing https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/18/asia/hong-kong-legislative-council-scuffle-intl-hnk/index.html ...more

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• 39: POTUS speaks of the consternating fact that Biden aims to ban fracking in Pennsylvania. @SalenaZito @DCExaminer

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  May 21 2020

  Image:   Locomotive in 1848. Pennsylvania became an important railroad center during the 19th century.Salena Zito, CNN, and Washington Examiner The Middle of Somewhere column;  in re: The first thing I noticed about the president that he looked great- as though he’d lost 15 or 20 pounds and his skin was wholesome. He looked happy to be out of the White House.  For a few miles from the airport, people spontaneously lined up for as far as you could see.  He was on his way to a surgical-supply manufacturing plant, and the people lining the route would have no chance to see him.   Upper Macungie township?  Sean Parnell.  Are these the kind of candidates who’ll help you win back the House?    Joe Biden is committed to banning fracking; how does that sit with Western PA, which depends on fracking?fracking? https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trump-to-salena-zito-joe-has-absolutely-no-idea-whats-happening ...more

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• 38: Pennsylvania is the 2020 election and Bob Casey is Biden’s best ally. @SalenaZito @DCExaminer

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  May 21 2020

  Image:  Benjamin West's painting (in 1771) of William Penn's 1682 treaty with the Lenni Lenape A:  Salena Zito, CNN , and The Middle of Somewhere column;  in re:  Pennsylvania: virus is esp harsh in nursing homes, breeding grounds for virus spread. Between 70-80% of people who've contracted the virus are there.  Sen Casey is not really a partisan; works well with Sen Toomey. Joe Manchin, and freshmen Senators from Arizona, tend to work well across the aisle.   Gov Wolf of Pennsylvania: sensitive to the needs of all his constituency?  Sen Casey dances around the question.  A lot of post-industrial towns were just beginning to get back on their feet. Govt employees still have their jobs, They don't make anything, are not in trades, are not gravely affected by this.   Salena was in Tennessee, which is open, as Pennsylvania is not.  Pittsburgh is much closer to the PA state line than it is to Philadelphia, culturally as well as geographically.  Sen Casey spoke a lot of Congressional aid – but we need not governmental aid, but the chance to take private-sector action. Sen Casey has been in govt his entire life; doesn't know much about the productive, private sector. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/sen-bob-casey-tells-salena-zito-about-plan-to-help-nursing-homes-get-through-crisis ...more

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• PRC space program is non-transparent. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  May 21 2020

  Photo: Lai Afong (Chinese: 黎芳; c.1838 or 1839 – 1890) was a Chinese photographer who established Afong Studio, one of the early photographic studios in Hong Kong.[1] He is considered to be the most significant Chinese photographer of the nineteenth century.[2]http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowPRC space program is non-transparent. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/chinas-space-station/ ...more

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• 37: Suddenly the head of NASA Manned Space departs a week before Dragon launch. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  May 21 2020

  Photo: Photochrom print of the Miami River, Florida.Date | 1900http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowSuddenly the head of NASA Manned Space departs a week before Dragon launch. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-head-of-manned-space-abruptly-resigns/

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• 34: Absolutely we are in a Cold War with China. @JedBabbin @WashingtonTimes

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  May 21 2020

  Image: Armed riders on horseback, a tomb mural from the Northern Ch`i (550–557 AD) periodAbsolutely we are in a Cold War with China.  @JedBabbin  @WashingtonTimes

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• 33: Lockdown Scotland -- except for golf courses and fishing. Simon Constable: @RealConstable

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  May 21 2020

  Image:   A medieval view of fishing, by Peter Brueghel the Elder (1556).Lockdown Scotland -- except for golf courses and fishing. Simon Constable: @RealConstable    

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• 35: "I am starting to believe Trump's poll numbers." Bill Whalen: @Hooverwhalen @HooverInst

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  May 20 2020

  Image: President Trump during his 2017 announcement to leave the international Paris Agreement. Public domain."I am starting to believe Trump's poll numbers."  Bill Whalen: @Hooverwhalen @HooverInst  

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• 36: After the fact, Susan Rice blames James Comey. Larry C Johnson, Sic Semper Tyrannis

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  May 20 2020

  Image:     John Bull taking a Luncheon: – or – British Cooks, cramming Old Grumble-Gizzard, with Bonne-Chere, hand-coloured etching by James Gillray. This print was published just after Nelson's victory at the Battle of the Nile. He is shown in the forefront of British admirals and naval heroes, serving up victories for "Old Grumble-Gizzard", the British public, to satisfy its appetite for "frigasees" of enemy ships, washed down with "True British Stout".After the fact, Susan Rice blames James Comey.  Larry C Johnson, Sic Semper Tyrannis...more

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• 32: The lockdowns badly damaged healthcare. Scott W Atlas: @SWAtlasHoover

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  May 20 2020

  Image: The almost-saintly Samaritan's Purse medics spent weeks in New York City volunteering to care for the sickest among us.  Here's one of their trucks parked next to their Central Park field hospital. Credit: Mason. Scott W Atlas, Hoover and Stanford, in re: Lessons learned through the weeks of the crisis. Schools in New York and London are shut; reopened in Israel. We have not given the appropriate assurance to parents of how [undangerous] this disease is to children: .02%.  Of 15,00o+ NYC deaths, only 8 were in people under 18, and all but one were due to underlying causes.   A child has far greater risk from influenza than from Covid-19.  Zero scientific basis for separating children in schools, and less for preventing them to engage in summer activities. Covid-19 is extremely low-risk for people under 18.  The facts are contrary to the evidence. https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/498180-were-risking-national-suicide-if-we-dont-adjust-our-pandemic-response?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&amp;utm_campaign=b24954d339-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_05_18_06_47&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-b24954d339-72527561 ...more

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• 31: The curve was flattened; mission accomplished. Scott W Atlas: @SWAtlasHoover

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  May 20 2020

  Image:  Map of national and subnational lockdowns as of 30 March 2020 (table; more details)   National lockdown: dark blue;   Subnational lockdown: pale blue;   No lockdown: gray. Public domain. Scott W Atlas, Hoover and Stanford, in re: How the virus threat is received by politicians and officials.  We’ve achieved a flattened curve of hospitalizations early on. In New York City, still very much closed down.  The end of May is a bit long. Officials made decisions based on fear rather than [medical focus].  There was never hospital overcrowding in the US except in New York City. Now, ERs are laying off people because the public is afraid to go.  Paralysis of surgery and medical care. Half of needy Americans are not getting cancer care; 40% of new acute strokes not coming into ER. Two-thirds of cancer screenings not occurring.  Most childhood vaccinations not happening as parents are afraid. There never was, nor could be, stopping Covid infections entirely.  Half of people are asymptomatic.  The lockdown should have been in nursing homes. An unconscionable tragedy. Worse than bumbling.  Overall fatality of this disease is so low until you get to elders and vulnerable. Look at numbers from France, Spain, Netherlands and the US: lower than the regular flu for those under age 60. Care homes/nursing homes not protected from asymptomatic caregivers.   When you enter a nursing home with a patient not infected, there are people in there who are infected.  Entering a tinderbox.  Waiting seven weeks to address this—there’s something wrong with that judgment.   Image:   Scott W Atlas, Hoover and Stanford, in re: Lessons learned through the weeks of the crisis. Schools in New York and London are shut; reopened in Israel. We have not given the appropriate assurance to parents of how [undangerous] this disease is to children: .02%.  Of 15,00o+ NYC deaths, only 8 were in people under 18, and all but one were due to underlying causes.   A child has far greater risk from influenza than from Covid-19.  Zero scientific basis for separating children in schools, and less for preventing them to engage in summer activities. Covid-19 is extremely low-risk for people under 18.  The facts are contrary to the evidence. https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/498180-were-risking-national-suicide-if-we-dont-adjust-our-pandemic-response?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&amp;utm_campaign=b24954d339-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_05_18_06_47&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-b24954d339-72527561 ...more

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• 30: London emerges from the cooped-up weeks to find the roses in Regents Park. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

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  May 20 2020

  Photo: Title: Roses and rose culture ..Year: 1892 (1890s)Authors:  (Jenkins, Thomas B.) (from old catalog)Subjects:  Rose culturePublisher:  Rochester, N.Y., Stecher lithographic coContributing Library:  The Library of CongressDigitizing Sponsor:  Sloan FoundationText Appearing Before Image:PRINCESS ADELAIDE. (Moss Rose) Moss roses are distinguished from all others by the moss-like substance which surrounds the flowers, and a peculiar scent which is not easy to describe on paper. Nearly every one wants two or three of these in a collection for the flowers are much sought after while in bud for bouquets. Princess Adelaide is one of the best in this color and is beautiful either in bud or fully expanded flower. Prune rather closely and remove all weakly shoots and give high culturehttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowLondon emerges from the cooped-up weeks to find the roses in Regents Park. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinionhttps://londonist.com/london/great-outdoors/rose-gardens-london ...more

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• 30: As if the virus never happened, back to Brexit stalemate. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

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  May 20 2020

  Photo: English: Illustration from Histoire de Don Quichotte 1 vol. (100 p.) DL 1887 Paris Garnier frères by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), translated by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian (1755-1794)Date | 1887Jean-Baptiste David; Jean Baptiste Jules DavidSource | http://www.dankland.net/2011/05/don-quixote.htmlhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowAs if the virus never happened, back to Brexit stalemate. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinionhttps://www.ft.com/content/134d5e8f-0fd3-4997-b4d8-897f7ca51326 ...more

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• 29: Pelosi 3D prints more money. @LizPeek

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  May 20 2020

  Image:  Aerial view of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. circa 1918 Elizabeth Peek, TheHill and Fox News; in re:  Washington’s mood to continue to pour money on the American people. Mrs Pelosi’s bill devoted a lot of money to marijuana businesses and other preposterous insertions; it wasn’t taken seriously. GOP wants to limit liability for employers and businesses in opening up again; not to let them be sued if an employee get sick: not for big businesses, but for small ones. GOP also wants to see a payroll tax cut as a stimulus measure.  Block grants: conceivably up to another trillion dollars, but probably less. Democrats are threatening to lay off teachers and firefighters; Newsom said he’d first lay off first responders. By the fourth quarter, I think the economy will be growing nicely again.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/pelosi-sees-negotiations-on-new-3-trillion-coronavirus-legislation-cbs-idUSKBN22T0KA https://video.foxnews.com/v/6157644573001#sp=show-clips ...more

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• 28: Markets recover with demand for oil. @LizPeek

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  May 20 2020

  Image:  Oil Field in Baku, Azerbaijan, 1926 Elizabeth Peek, TheHill and Fox News; in re: Stock markets have recovered about halfway, and oil is improving. Oil markets are self-correcting. Stocks rose because there was nowhere else to go. Now, tens of millions out of work. Thirty per cent bounce off the lows.  Walmart: online sales are up 70%. The Fed’s balance sheet is up 60% over the last two months.  The most important market driver: all states reopening. https://www.fxempire.com/forecasts/article/crude-oil-price-forecast-crude-oil-markets-approach-major-gap-650195 ...more

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• 27: #NewWorld: Lockdown Peru and poor Ecuador are most hard hit #in-the-time-of-the-virus. @jmhumire @MariaFdaCabal @SecureFreeSoc

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  May 20 2020

  Photo: English: Peru 1900 consular revenue, 5 soles blue green, used.Catalogue: Forbin 12Date | 1900Source | Scan of originalAuthor | Government of Peruhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#NewWorld: Lockdown Peru and poor Ecuador are most hard hit #in-the-time-of-the-virus. @jmhumire  @MariaFdaCabal  @SecureFreeSochttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/17/coronavirus-latin-america-markets-mexico-brazil-peru

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• 27: #NewWorld: The mystery of the five Iran tankers headed for the Caribbean. @jmhumire @MariaFdaCabal @SecureFreeSoc

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  May 20 2020

  Photo: Image from page 7 of "Caribbean current survey : spring 1953" (1955) Title: Caribbean current survey : spring 1953 Identifier: caribbeancurrent00keen Year: 1955 (1950s) Authors: Keen, D. Jean; Chimiak, Walter; United States. Hydrographic Office Subjects: Ocean currents Publisher: Washington, D. C. : U. S. Navy Hydrographic Office Contributing Library: MBLWHOI Library Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries   http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#NewWorld: The mystery of the five Iran tankers headed for the Caribbean. @jmhumire  @MariaFdaCabal  @SecureFreeSochttps://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-tankers-sailing-to-venezuela-in-effort-to-undermine-us-sanctions ...more

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• 26: The neo-Ottomanists double down on adventurism. Gregory Copley.

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  May 20 2020

  Image:  The Second Siege of Vienna in 1683 by Frans Geffels Gregory Copley, Defense and Foreign Affairs; in re:  Erdogan as the sultan of the emirate; his assistants in the great Ankara palace actually refer to  him as Sultan.   He believes everyone is his enemy; doesn't see how Turkey is regarded. Ataturk changed the Turkish language from Arabic script to Latin, in order to integrate into the West; much as the Shah wanted to integrate into the West. Erdogan in Xinjiang. Libya, Yemen; using his MİT around the world, was entangled in the Flynn prosecution in Washington.  He hates the Egyptians, who overthrew the Muslim Brotherhood. ...more

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• 25: Turkey and Sultan Erdogan are surrounded by foes. Gregory Copley.

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  May 20 2020

  Image:   Sultan Mehmed II's entry into Constantinople; painting by Fausto Zonaro (1854–1929)Gregory Copley, Defense and Foreign Affairs; in re:  Turkey’s relations with Russia are filled with mutual distrust, even hatred. Turkey deceives itself into believing that others respect it.  Turkey blusters. “Heads we go global; tails, we liquidate.”  The Ottomans [created their empire by stealing] the Eastern Roman Empire. The vulnerability of the Turkish system. Not as bad with Covid-9 as in other countries, but there’s still considerable loss of life, and great underreporting. It's used the crisis as another means of suppressing its local population; came along at a good time for Erdogan because of economic failings and heavy-handedness of the regime. In a sense, it’s bouncing along at the bottom: the virus has stopped tourism and real estate investment, which are serious. Erdogan has said he can trade his membership in NATO for membership in the Chinese- and Russian-run Shanghai Cooperation Agreement, although that wouldn’t much help him.   Erdogan’s Turkish Natl Intell  (MİT) supports the East Turkestan separatist state in Xinjiang. Beijing therefore is distrustful of Turkey; although it’d like to work with Turkey and Iran. Both Iran and Turkey are fearful of Kurdish irredentism. Otherwise, they're competing rivalries in Syria.Iran wants the Alawi to run the country and has made them honorary Shi’a. Moscow knows that it has Erdogan firmly in hand, even as he tries to drive the dagger in; Turkey supports Serbia, which is critical to N-S-E-W travel, riverine, into the Adriatic.   ...more

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• 22: Bill DeBlasio commands "Don't go near the water!" #in-the-time-of-the-virus. @HarrySiegel @DailyBeast

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  May 20 2020

  Photo: Bird's eye panoramic view print of Manhattan in 1873, looking north. The Hudson River is on the west to the left. The Brooklyn Bridge (to the right) across the East River was under construction from 1870 until 1883. George Schlegel (artist) George Degen (publisher) Adam Cuerden (restoration) - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID pga.04129. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing for more information. Lithograph. Bird's-eye view of New York with Battery Park in the foreground and the Brooklyn Bridge on the right. Restored by Adam Cuerden. Permission details Public domain works must be out of copyright in both the United States and in the source country of the work in order to be hosted on the Commons. If the work is not a U.S. work, the file must have an additional copyright tag indicating the copyright status in the source country.View more Public Domainview terms File:George Schlegel - George Degen - New York 1873.jpg Created: 1873 (date the lithograph states it was filed) 1874 (date the Library of Congress corrected the year to on the image) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowBill DeBlasio commands "Don't go near the water!" #in-the-time-of-the-virus. @HarrySiegel @DailyBeasthttps://www.thedailybeast.com/the-curious-case-of-de-blasios-disappearing-disease-detectives?ref=home ...more

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• 22: The Vatican and Italy reopen to celebration of the Mass. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation.

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  May 20 2020

  Photo: Title: The life of Pope Pius IX..Year: 1877 (1870s)Authors:  Shea, John Gilmary, 1824-1892Subjects: Publisher:  (n.p.)Contributing Library:  The Library of CongressDigitizing Sponsor:  The Library of Congress.Text Appearing Before Image:f thenineteenth century. Hence it becomes LIFE OF POPE PIUS IX. 11 necessary to picture it at once to the eyesof the faithful, that grasping the detailsin a single canvas they may regard withawe the illustrious highpriest who nowrules the Church of Grod on earth. John Mary Mastai Ferretti was bornand baptized at Sinigaglia, in the an-cient duchy of Urbino, on the 13th ofMay, 1792, when France was in the throesof that Revolution which was to convulseEurope and exercise so baleful an influ-ence over the incoming century. The Mastai family, originally from Cre-ma, in Lombardy, had for six centuriesheld a prominent position at Sinigaglia,and his father, Count Jerome, gonfalonierof the city, was the heir also of the dis-tinguished family of the Ferretti. Hismother, the Countess Catharine Solazzi,illustrated her high rank by her virtuesand sound judgment. The earliest impressions of the childwere of the new war of the World on the PIUS VI. (John- Angelo Braschi.)Born 1717.Reigned 1775-1799http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe Vatican and Italy reopen to celebration of the Mass. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-vatican/vatican-italy-start-return-to-religious-normal-as-public-masses-resume-idUSKBN22U11B?il=0 ...more

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• 24: The difference between virus-caused deaths and deaths with virus-present is politically useful. @JohnFund @DavidMDrucker

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  May 20 2020

  Image: The death of Aeschylus illustrated in the 15th-century Florentine Picture Chronicle by Maso FiniguerraJohn Fund: The difference between virus-caused deaths and deaths with virus-present is politically useful. @JohnFund @DavidMDrucker  https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/05/coronavirus-crisis-counting-covid-19-death-toll/?itm_campaign=headline-testing-coronavirus-crisis-counting-covid-19-death-toll&itm_medium=headline&itm_source=nationalreview&itm_content=How%20Many%20COVID-19%20Deaths%20Are%20There%3F&amp;itm_term=How%20Many%20COVID-19%20Deaths%20Are%20There%3F ...more

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• 23: The 2020 election is more tribal voting than policy debate: everyone has made up their mind already @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund

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  May 20 2020

  Image: Moais at Rano Raraku (the Easter Island, Oceania), sculpted by Rapa Nui peopleDavid Drucker: The 2020 election is more tribal voting than policy debate: everyone has made up their mind already @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund  https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/i-am-in-their-crosshairs-john-brennan-says-he-hasnt-been-interviewed-by-john-durham-yet https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/republicans-fear-for-senate-majority-if-burr-resigns-and-forces-nc-special-election

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• 22: Clues of the PRC Bioweapon research prior to the virus. @BillGertz @WashingtonTimes

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  May 19 2020

  Photo: The Deserted Hankow Bund, China, 1911 Black and white lantern slide showing Hankow (Hankou) Bund with few pedestrians, and boats on the Yangtze (Changjiang) river. After Hankou was opened up to foreign trade in 1862, foreign concessions lined up along the Yangtze on Hankou Bund, and this strip would have been a bustling business area in more peaceful times. This slide comes from a collection held by the Church of Scotland and generated by the medical missionary Charles Somerville, who worked for the London Missionary Society in Hankou from 1904 to 1914. Photographer: Unknown Filename: IMP-CSWC47-LS1-45.tif Coverage date: 1911 Subject (unesco): Revolutions; Political movements Part of collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960 Part of subcollection: Photographs from the Centre for the Study of World Christianity, University of Edinburgh, U.K., ca.1900-ca.1940s Repository name: Centre for the Study of World Christianity Archival file: Volume4/IMP-CSWC47-LS1-45.tif Geographic subject (city or populated place): Wuhan http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowClues of the PRC Bioweapon research prior to the virus. @BillGertz @WashingtonTimes https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/may/14/china-deception-fuels-fears-biological-weapons-eth/...more

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• 22: POTUS Trump embraces Azerbaijan and the search for peace in Nagorno-Karabakh. @ProfBShaffer @FDD @Georgetown @ElinSuleymanov @azembassyus

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  May 19 2020

  Photo: "The Palace of the Khan of Baku" by Grigory Gagarin View author information Public Domain File:The-Palace-of-The-Khan-of-Baku-Apsheron.jpg Uploaded: 2006-04-26 23:14:45 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowPOTUS Trump embraces Azerbaijan and the search for peace in Nagorno-Karabakh.  @ProfBShaffer @FDD @Georgetown @ElinSuleymanov @azembassyus https://azertag.az/en/xeber/From_Donald_J_Trump_President_of_the_United_States_of_America-1488039?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=e7c0774ac15b1109eaec134cbdebcc8a77baec39-1589508671-0-AcQYEAgEpLliAvmBn74qmBBYN-BlQFJRzWhAc3u1HS3AUWuOkFauyB_wJHR91nayd8A5646AJ5LWpVcuREXaS4OV3eTM2OjMif9PZgX6IGwfSfZE3VCtNeoI9wnItIcQ0AcrOuQN8Pshvrs6qR3iO8NEuefpkYjkpRVXqKEQr-pd2wxCU_wCJ95wR9krVHpWQwCQR_IDiqiqBBT_pxP71kS7T7yyYojVvUOopnXzZRaGE7ruQ1Op2NbG6SLNX70L1sPoXREqgNdOecikR1JAZqI-dhagyKre5Tr2pc6tBlB-3DRjkmyJqOPBd07Z6KDOHDg-Q3LGAgOpgRfFc_wblSF_et4i_oSCBMbR2xoB3qQseuilkFZiHxGI7xwRerN-mQ His Excellency Mr Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Dear Mr President,  On behalf of the American people, I send my sincere greetings and congratulations to you and the people of Azerbaijan on the occasion of Republic Day on May 28. The United States strongly supports Azerbaijan's sovereignty and independence.  The United States and Azerbaijan have cooperated for nearly 30 years to strengthen international security, diversify European energy routes and sources, and build a brighter future for the people of our two great nations. I appreciate Azerbaijan's important contributions in these areas and encourage all steps that promote democratic governance and protect the rights and freedoms we have pledged to uphold. In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, the United States stands with the people of Azerbaijan. As a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, we will remain engaged in supporting negotiations to find a lasting and peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Please accept my congratulations and best wishes as Azerbaijan celebrates its Republic Day. Sincerely,   Donald J. Trump President of the United States of America ...more

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• 21: No criminal inquiries for Obama and Biden & What is to be done? . @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  May 19 2020

  Photo: Scheherazade and Shahryār by Ferdinand Keller, 1880 Ferdinand Keller - Sotheby's London, 13.June 2006, lot 236 via Arcadja auction results Public Domain File:Ferdinand Keller - Scheherazade und Sultan Schariar (1880).jpg Created: 1880date QS:P571,+1880-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowNo criminal inquiries for Obama and Biden & What is to be done? . @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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• 21: Because Flynn was not masked on the intercepts for December 29, 2016. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  May 19 2020

  Photo: public domainA Typical Depot Telegraph Station, 1870s. Source: "The Telegraph," Harper's Magazine, August 1873, 332. unknown (Life time: unknown) - Original publication: Harper's Magazine Immediate source: copy of Harper's Magazine, August 1873 Depot Operator, from "The Telegraph," Harper's Magazine, August 1873, p. 332 PD-US-expired File:Woman operator Harpers 1870s.gif Created: August 1873 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowBecause Flynn was not masked on the intercepts for December 29, 2016. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/05/michael-flynn-unmasking-real-story-is-when-he-was-not-masked-in-the-first-place/ ...more

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• 20: Remembering bringing Eichmann to justice in May 1960. Malcolm Hoenlein: @conf_of_pres

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  May 19 2020

  Image:  Emblem of the Mossad, Israel's international intelligence agency; it was the organization that found and brought Eichmann to justice. Indiana Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, and Thaddeus McCotter, American Greatness,  in re: CIA and BND both said to have known that Eichmann was living in Argentina but said naught for years.  Fort Sam Houston: said to have held graves with stones engraved with a swastika and laudatory words  Huge indignation among veterans and others.  Swastikas removed. Now, people are looking around the country for more.   ...more

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• 19: Mysterious Teheran oil tankers bound for Venezuela. Malcolm Hoenlein: @conf_of_pres

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  May 19 2020

  Image:  1840 map of Isla Margarita (Venezuelan) by Agustín Codazzi.  Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, and Thaddeus McCotter, American Greatness,  in re: Al Asami, oil minister of Venezuela, is in charge. Iran is sending five oil takers to Venezuela, carrying tens of millions of dollars’ worth of gasoline; Zarif said if the US does anything to interfere, it’d be massively dangerous and punished.  Through Suez Canal to Mediterranean, on to South America.  False propaganda: “this is linked to a US military exercise in the Caribbean” (which is not occurring).  Shrinking foreign reserve because of gold diminution.   Teheran museum:  32 anti-Jewish cartoons on display. Quds Day, established in 1979 by Khamenei in tribute to Palestinians. The Palestinian Art Museum is in – Teheran. The tomb of Esther and Mordecai in Hamedan, Iran: it was vandalized but not destroyed; what was damaged was a Jewish shrine also valued by Muslims. Fifth C. BC.   Firemen put out the fire.   Secretary Pompeo in Israel: Asked Israel not to make more deals with Chinese who are bldg. a desalination plant in Ashdod, and other projects. A delicate story.   Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General, on WHO:  he called for Hezbollah to be disarmed, and criticized Israel as a matter of natural habit, and asked Lebanon not to [support] Hezbollah; but not saying much of anything about WHO.  A Turkish admiral got busted: a significant admiral was suspended from active duty, was very popular, clashed with the defense minister. Admiral was the architect of a maritime limit that extended from Turkey to Libya.  He was also trying to make a deal with Israel on maritime rights, and got demoted.The king of Jordan  has come out strongly against any annexation. Seven members of Congress are requesting sanctions against Jordan for refusing to extradite a mass killer, instead making hi a celebrity. An enclave that Israel gave to Jordan on condition that Israelis could continue to farm it; Jordan shut  that down. ...more

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• 18: Warning that the serology test results so far are hasty and likely unreliable. @HenryIMiller @PacificResearch

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  May 19 2020

  Photo: Nikiforos Lytras, Antigone in front of the dead Polynices (1865), oil on canvas, National Gallery of Greece-Alexandros Soutzos Museum. Nikiforos Lytras - This file is lacking source information. Please edit this file's description and provide a source. Transferred from el.wikipedia to Commons. Public Domain File:Lytras nikiforos antigone polynices.jpeg http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowWarning that the serology test results so far are hasty and likely unreliable. @HenryIMiller @PacificResearchhttps://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6489/350 ...more

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• 18: What's not reliable and assuring about Moderna and other trials in the pipeline? @HenryIMiller @PacificResearch

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  May 19 2020

  Photo: public domainVincent van Gogh, 1890. Kröller-Müller Museum. The Good Samaritan (after Delacroix). Vincent van Gogh - The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202.  Permission details [1]View more Public Domainview terms File:Vincent Willem van Gogh 022.jpg Created: 1890date QS:P571,+1890-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowWhat's not reliable and assuring about Moderna and other trials in the pipeline?  @HenryIMiller @PacificResearchhttps://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/05/18/criticism-of-the-oxford-coronavirus-vaccine ...more

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• 16: Global suspicion of the Wuhan virology lab & What is to be done? Professor Arthur, @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  May 19 2020

  Photo: Image from page 709 of "Plain home talk about the human system--the habits of men and women--the cause and prevention of disease--our sexual relations and social natures" (1896) Identifier: plainhometalkabo00foot Title: Plain home talk about the human system--the habits of men and women--the cause and prevention of disease--our sexual relations and social natures Year: 1896 (1890s) Authors:  Foote. Edward B[liss], 1829-1906. [from old catalog] Subjects:  Medicine, Popular Marriage Publisher:  New York : Murray Hill publishing company [etc., etc.] Contributing Library:  The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor:  The Library of Congress http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowGlobal suspicion of the Wuhan virology lab &amp; What is to be done? Professor Arthur, @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast  https://www.caixinglobal.com/2020-05-17/six-local-officials-removed-as-northeast-china-fights-new-covid-19-outbreak-101555102.html ...more

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• 16: Xi imagines that the beggared PRC can grow its interior #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Professor Arthur @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  May 19 2020

  Photo: public domainEnglish: Robert Frederick Blum, American, 1857–1903Chinese street scene, after 1890 Watercolor and gouache over graphite on cream wove paper 22.8 x 15.3 cm. (9 x 6 in.) Museum purchase x1943-308Though Blum spent two and half years in Japan, he never visited China. Based on his many illustrations of Japanese street scenes for Scribner’s Magazine, Blum presents an idealized yet largely plausible pastiche. The figures’ clothing and the lanterns are generally accurate, while details like the women’s unbound feet and the indecipherable characters on the sign indicate that this scene was created from Blum’s imagination.Date | after 1890 Source/Photographer | Princeton University Art Museumhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowXi imagines that the beggared PRC can grow its interior #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Professor Arthur @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3084915/coronavirus-us-china-decoupling-prompt-beijing-unveil-new ...more

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• 17: The US drones vs the jihadists, and lessons learned. @thomasjoscelyn @BillRoggioAn MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle flies a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. Public domain.

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  May 19 2020

  Image:   Tom Joscelyn, Long War Journal and FDD; and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD; in re: Drones are an effective tactic, but not a strategy. Good at taking out a senior terrorist, but overall it doesn't suppress the threat.  Pentagon claims that so many al Q ops  have been taken out that the organization is largely obliterated. IC won’t say how many out of how many.  There’s still a [large] bevy of leadership.  Zawahiri is still alive well almost twenty years after 9/11.  https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/05/generation-jihad-ep-9-the-drone-wars.php       ...more

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• 16: The December 2019 Pensacola Shooter was an AQAP operation. Will again strike in the US; intell agencies clueless. @thomasjoscelyn @BillRoggio

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  May 19 2020

  Image: Mural on 17th Avenue bridge painted by a resident of Pensacola. Public domain. Tom Joscelyn, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; & Senior Editor for FDD's Long War Journal; and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD; in re:  Transnational ambitions and attack capabilities of al Qaeda; e.g., Saudi national, al Shamrani, on 6 Dec 2019 in the Naval station in Pensacola took weapons and killed three America Naval personnel. In February, al Q issues a memorial honoring Shamrani.  Today, DoJ and FBI showed he’d been an AQAP man.  The more recent time al Q struck inside the US was 6 Dec 2019.  A number of his Saudi colleagues on base were expelled thereafter. He fooled his colleagues, the Saudi military and the US.  He joined the Saudi military in order to do an operation inside the US.  He was a patient sleeper agent, and someone else will do it again. In the press conference today, someone called AQAP “an offshoot of al Q” – its not; it's centrally al Q.  A real misunderstanding in the US of what’s actually occurring. Afghanistan: Taliban have refrained from committing major suicide attacks in the capital and provincial capital.  https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/05/pensacola-shooter-had-significant-ties-to-aqap-fbi-finds.php ...more

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• 11: Voices of the Pacific: 4 of 4: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Adam Makos (Author), Tom Weiner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  May 19 2020

  Photo: The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Quincy (CA-39) photographed from a Japanese cruiser during the Battle of Savo Island, off Guadalcanal, 9 August 1942. Quincy, seen here burning and illuminated by Japanese searchlights, was sunk in this action. The flames at the far left of the picture are probably from the USS Vincennes (CA-44), also on fire from gunfire and torpedo damage.Imperial Japanese Navy, copied from the Rear Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison World War II history illustrations file. Originally uploaded to English Wikipedia [1] by user Stan Shebs. - Official U.S. Navy photo NH 50346 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Public Domain File:USS Quincy (CA-39) under fire during the Battle of Savo Island on 9 August 1942 (NH 50346).jpg Created: 9 August 1942 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowVoices of the Pacific: 4 of 4: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Adam Makos (Author), Tom Weiner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Voices-of-Pacific-Adam-Makos-audiobook/dp/B00C56GIJE/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=Chronicling the United States Marine Corps’ actions in the Pacific theater of operations, Voices of the Pacific presents the true stories of heroism and honor as told by such World War II veterans as Sid Phillips, R. V. Burgin, and Chuck Tatum - whose exploits were featured in the HBO miniseries The Pacific - and their marine buddies from the legendary First Marine Division.  Following 15 marines from the Pearl Harbor attack and intense boot camp training through battles with the Japanese on Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, and Okinawa to their return home after V-J Day, Adam Makos and Marcus Brotherton have compiled an oral history of the Pacific War in the words of the men who fought on the front lines. With unflinching honesty, these marines reveal harrowing accounts of combat with an implacable enemy, the friendships and camaraderie they found - and lost - and the aftermath of the war’s impact on their lives.  With unprecedented access to the veterans and unpublished memoirs, Makos and Brotherton have forged Voices of the Pacific into an incredible historic record of American bravery and sacrifice....more

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• 11: Voices of the Pacific: 3 of 4: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Adam Makos (Author), Tom Weiner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  May 19 2020

  Photo: Caption: Battle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942. HMAS Canberra, off Guadalcanal, smoking after badly damaged in combat with a force of Japanese cruisers. She was later scuttled that day in “Iron Bottom Sound.” Note, the destroyer next to her is probably USS Blue (DD 387). U.S. Navy Photograph. Photographed through Mylar sleeve. Courtesy of Library of Congress. (2015/11/06). Accession #: LC-Lot-801-16 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowVoices of the Pacific: 3 of 4: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Adam Makos (Author), Tom Weiner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Voices-of-Pacific-Adam-Makos-audiobook/dp/B00C56GIJE/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=Chronicling the United States Marine Corps’ actions in the Pacific theater of operations, Voices of the Pacific presents the true stories of heroism and honor as told by such World War II veterans as Sid Phillips, R. V. Burgin, and Chuck Tatum - whose exploits were featured in the HBO miniseries The Pacific - and their marine buddies from the legendary First Marine Division.  Following 15 marines from the Pearl Harbor attack and intense boot camp training through battles with the Japanese on Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, and Okinawa to their return home after V-J Day, Adam Makos and Marcus Brotherton have compiled an oral history of the Pacific War in the words of the men who fought on the front lines. With unflinching honesty, these marines reveal harrowing accounts of combat with an implacable enemy, the friendships and camaraderie they found - and lost - and the aftermath of the war’s impact on their lives.  With unprecedented access to the veterans and unpublished memoirs, Makos and Brotherton have forged Voices of the Pacific into an incredible historic record of American bravery and sacrifice....more

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• 11: Voices of the Pacific: 2 of 4: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Adam Makos (Author), Tom Weiner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  May 19 2020

  Photo: Kinugawa MaruColor version of Image file: "Jap Troopship ashore-14Nov42.jpg" http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/k01000/k01467a.jpg The wreck of one of the four Japanese transports, Kinugawa Maru, beached and destroyed at Guadalcanal on November 15, 1942, photographed one year later. Public Domain File:KinugawaMaru.jpg Uploaded: 2019-03-30 16:17:40 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowVoices of the Pacific: 2 of 4: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Adam Makos (Author), Tom Weiner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Voices-of-Pacific-Adam-Makos-audiobook/dp/B00C56GIJE/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=Chronicling the United States Marine Corps’ actions in the Pacific theater of operations, Voices of the Pacific presents the true stories of heroism and honor as told by such World War II veterans as Sid Phillips, R. V. Burgin, and Chuck Tatum - whose exploits were featured in the HBO miniseries The Pacific - and their marine buddies from the legendary First Marine Division.  Following 15 marines from the Pearl Harbor attack and intense boot camp training through battles with the Japanese on Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, and Okinawa to their return home after V-J Day, Adam Makos and Marcus Brotherton have compiled an oral history of the Pacific War in the words of the men who fought on the front lines. With unflinching honesty, these marines reveal harrowing accounts of combat with an implacable enemy, the friendships and camaraderie they found - and lost - and the aftermath of the war’s impact on their lives.  With unprecedented access to the veterans and unpublished memoirs, Makos and Brotherton have forged Voices of the Pacific into an incredible historic record of American bravery and sacrifice....more

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• 11: Voices of the Pacific: 1 of 4: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Adam Makos (Author), Tom Weiner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  May 19 2020

  Photo: Ironbottom Sound photographed on 7 August 1942 the day Allied forces landed on Guadalcanal and Tulagi. In the center is Savo Island with Guadalcanal at far left.U.S. Navy, photo was taken from USS San Juan (CL-54). - Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-13539 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command A U.S. destroyer steams up what later became known as Ironbottom Sound, the body of water between Guadalcanal and Tulagi, during landings on both islands, 7 August 1942. Savo Island is in the center distance and Cape Esperance, on Guadalcanal, is at the left. Photographed from USS San Juan (CL-54) from a location approximately due east from the northern tip of Savo Island. Public Domain File:IronbottomSound.jpg Created: 7 July 1942 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowVoices of the Pacific: 1 of 4: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Adam Makos (Author), Tom Weiner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Voices-of-Pacific-Adam-Makos-audiobook/dp/B00C56GIJE/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr=Chronicling the United States Marine Corps’ actions in the Pacific theater of operations, Voices of the Pacific presents the true stories of heroism and honor as told by such World War II veterans as Sid Phillips, R. V. Burgin, and Chuck Tatum - whose exploits were featured in the HBO miniseries The Pacific - and their marine buddies from the legendary First Marine Division.  Following 15 marines from the Pearl Harbor attack and intense boot camp training through battles with the Japanese on Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, and Okinawa to their return home after V-J Day, Adam Makos and Marcus Brotherton have compiled an oral history of the Pacific War in the words of the men who fought on the front lines. With unflinching honesty, these marines reveal harrowing accounts of combat with an implacable enemy, the friendships and camaraderie they found - and lost - and the aftermath of the war’s impact on their lives.  With unprecedented access to the veterans and unpublished memoirs, Makos and Brotherton have forged Voices of the Pacific into an incredible historic record of American bravery and sacrifice....more

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• 7: Civilization: 3 of 3: The West and the Rest Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Niall Ferguson (Author, Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher)

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  May 18 2020

  Photo: public domainEnglish: William Cecil presiding over the Court of WardsDate | circa 1560-1590Medium | paintingCollection | UnknownSource/Photographer | Scanned from Horizon Book of the Elizabethan World by Lacey Baldwin Smith, New York: American Heritage Publishing, 1967http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Civilization: 3 of 3: The West and the Rest  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Niall Ferguson (Author, Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Civilization-West-Rest/dp/B0061YX21I/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1589764398&amp;sr=8-1-fkmr1The rise to global predominance of Western civilization is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five hundred years. All over the world, an astonishing proportion of people now work for Western-style companies, study at Western-style universities, vote for Western-style governments, take Western medicines, wear Western clothes, and even work Western hours. Yet six hundred years ago the petty kingdoms of Western Europe seemed unlikely to achieve much more than perpetual internecine warfare. It was Ming China or Ottoman Turkey that had the look of world civilizations. How did the West overtake its Eastern rivals? And has the zenith of Western power now passed?  In Civilization: The West and the Rest, bestselling author Niall Ferguson argues that, beginning in the fifteenth century, the West developed six powerful new concepts that the Rest lacked: competition, science, the rule of law, consumerism, modern medicine, and the work ethic....more

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• 7: Civilization: 2 of 3: The West and the Rest Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Niall Ferguson (Author, Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher)

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  May 18 2020

  Photo: The Bench (second state)Date | 1758 (1764)Source | www.gutenberg.org/files/22500/22500-h/22500-h.htmWilliam Hogarth FRSA (/ˈhoʊɡɑːrθ/; 10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic, and editorial cartoonist. His work ranges from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects",[2] and he is perhaps best known for his series A Harlot's Progress, A Rake's Progress and Marriage A-la-Mode. Knowledge of his work is so pervasive that satirical political illustrations in this style are often referred to as "Hogarthian".[3] http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Civilization: 2 of 3: The West and the Rest  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Niall Ferguson (Author, Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Civilization-West-Rest/dp/B0061YX21I/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1589764398&amp;sr=8-1-fkmr1The rise to global predominance of Western civilization is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five hundred years. All over the world, an astonishing proportion of people now work for Western-style companies, study at Western-style universities, vote for Western-style governments, take Western medicines, wear Western clothes, and even work Western hours. Yet six hundred years ago the petty kingdoms of Western Europe seemed unlikely to achieve much more than perpetual internecine warfare. It was Ming China or Ottoman Turkey that had the look of world civilizations. How did the West overtake its Eastern rivals? And has the zenith of Western power now passed?  In Civilization: The West and the Rest, bestselling author Niall Ferguson argues that, beginning in the fifteenth century, the West developed six powerful new concepts that the Rest lacked: competition, science, the rule of law, consumerism, modern medicine, and the work ethic....more

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• 7: Civilization: 1 of 3: The West and the Rest Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Niall Ferguson (Author, Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher)

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  May 18 2020

  Photo: British Library digitised image from page 285 of "The World: historical and actual. What has been and what is ... Together with ... charts, reference tables ... from B.C. 1500, to the present time. Numerous ... illustrations"Image taken from:  Title: "The World: historical and actual. What has been and what is ... Together with ... charts, reference tables ... from B.C. 1500, to the present time. Numerous ... illustrations" Author(s): Gilbert, Frank, Assistant-Treasurer U.S. at Chicago [person] British Library shelfmark: "Digital Store 9005.ee.7" Page: 285 (scanned page number - not necessarily the actual page number in the publication) Place of publication: St Louis, Missouri Date of publication: 1882 Type of resource: Monograph Language(s): English Physical description: xxiv, 712 pages (4°) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Civilization: 1 of 3: The West and the Rest  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Niall Ferguson (Author, Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Civilization-West-Rest/dp/B0061YX21I/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1589764398&amp;sr=8-1-fkmr1The rise to global predominance of Western civilization is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five hundred years. All over the world, an astonishing proportion of people now work for Western-style companies, study at Western-style universities, vote for Western-style governments, take Western medicines, wear Western clothes, and even work Western hours. Yet six hundred years ago the petty kingdoms of Western Europe seemed unlikely to achieve much more than perpetual internecine warfare. It was Ming China or Ottoman Turkey that had the look of world civilizations. How did the West overtake its Eastern rivals? And has the zenith of Western power now passed?  In Civilization: The West and the Rest, bestselling author Niall Ferguson argues that, beginning in the fifteenth century, the West developed six powerful new concepts that the Rest lacked: competition, science, the rule of law, consumerism, modern medicine, and the work ethic....more

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• 15: 4/4 No Better Friend: Young Readers Edition: A Man, a Dog, and Their Incredible True Story of Friendship and Survival in World War II, by Robert Weintraub

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  May 18 2020

  Image: An example of a Dickin Medal, one of which was awarded to Judy.No Better Friend: Young Readers Edition: A Man, a Dog, and Their Incredible True Story of Friendship and Survival in World War II, by Robert Weintraub   with P. J. Ochlan (Narrator) and Tantor Audio (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged   https://www.amazon.com/No-Better-Friend-Incredible-Friendship/dp/B084YRQPSM/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1589762881&sr=1-1   The young listeners' adaptation of the New York Times best seller No Better Friend—the extraordinary tale of friendship and survival between a man and a dog in World War II. No Better Friend tells the amazing, true story of Frank Williams, a radarman in Britain's Royal Air Force, and Judy, a purebred pointer, who met as prisoners of war during World War II. Judy, who became the war's only official canine POW, was a fiercely loyal dog who sensed danger—warning her fellow prisoners of imminent attacks and protecting them from brutal beatings. Frank and Judy's friendship, an unbreakable bond forged in the worst circumstances, is one of the great, recently unearthed stories of World War II ...more

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• 14: 3/4 No Better Friend: Young Readers Edition: A Man, a Dog, and Their Incredible True Story of Friendship and Survival in World War II, by Robert Weintraub

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  May 18 2020

  Image:  One of Judy's litters of puppies.No Better Friend: Young Readers Edition: A Man, a Dog, and Their Incredible True Story of Friendship and Survival in World War II, by Robert Weintraub   with P. J. Ochlan (Narrator) and Tantor Audio (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged   https://www.amazon.com/No-Better-Friend-Incredible-Friendship/dp/B084YRQPSM/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1589762881&sr=1-1   The young listeners' adaptation of the New York Times best seller No Better Friend—the extraordinary tale of friendship and survival between a man and a dog in World War II. No Better Friend tells the amazing, true story of Frank Williams, a radarman in Britain's Royal Air Force, and Judy, a purebred pointer, who met as prisoners of war during World War II. Judy, who became the war's only official canine POW, was a fiercely loyal dog who sensed danger—warning her fellow prisoners of imminent attacks and protecting them from brutal beatings. Frank and Judy's friendship, an unbreakable bond forged in the worst circumstances, is one of the great, recently unearthed stories of World War II ...more

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• 13: 2/4 No Better Friend: Young Readers Edition: A Man, a Dog, and Their Incredible True Story of Friendship and Survival in World War II, by Robert Weintraub

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  May 18 2020

  Image:  HMS Grasshopper, photographed in 1940. Imperial War Museum.No Better Friend: Young Readers Edition: A Man, a Dog, and Their Incredible True Story of Friendship and Survival in World War II, by Robert Weintraub   with P. J. Ochlan (Narrator) and Tantor Audio (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged   https://www.amazon.com/No-Better-Friend-Incredible-Friendship/dp/B084YRQPSM/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1589762881&sr=1-1   The young listeners' adaptation of the New York Times best seller No Better Friend—the extraordinary tale of friendship and survival between a man and a dog in World War II. No Better Friend tells the amazing, true story of Frank Williams, a radarman in Britain's Royal Air Force, and Judy, a purebred pointer, who met as prisoners of war during World War II. Judy, who became the war's only official canine POW, was a fiercely loyal dog who sensed danger—warning her fellow prisoners of imminent attacks and protecting them from brutal beatings. Frank and Judy's friendship, an unbreakable bond forged in the worst circumstances, is one of the great, recently unearthed stories of World War II       ...more

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• 12: 1/4 No Better Friend: Young Readers Edition: A Man, a Dog, and Their Incredible True Story of Friendship and Survival in World War II, by Robert Weintraub

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  May 18 2020

  Image: Judy sits up and listens to a sailor's commands on the deck of HMS Grasshopper No Better Friend: Young Readers Edition: A Man, a Dog, and Their Incredible True Story of Friendship and Survival in World War II, by Robert Weintraub   with P. J. Ochlan (Narrator) and Tantor Audio (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged   https://www.amazon.com/No-Better-Friend-Incredible-Friendship/dp/B084YRQPSM/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1589762881&sr=1-1   The young listeners' adaptation of the New York Times best seller No Better Friend—the extraordinary tale of friendship and survival between a man and a dog in World War II. No Better Friend tells the amazing, true story of Frank Williams, a radarman in Britain's Royal Air Force, and Judy, a purebred pointer, who met as prisoners of war during World War II. Judy, who became the war's only official canine POW, was a fiercely loyal dog who sensed danger—warning her fellow prisoners of imminent attacks and protecting them from brutal beatings. Frank and Judy's friendship, an unbreakable bond forged in the worst circumstances, is one of the great, recently unearthed stories of World War II ...more

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• 10: 4/4 Visions of Infinity: The Great Mathematical Problems, by Ian Stewart @JoatStewart

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  May 18 2020

  Image: Image:  Illustration from 1913 showing Pythagoras teaching a class of women. Many prominent members of his school were women[78][79] and some modern scholars think that he may have believed that women should be taught philosophy as well as men.[80] Internet Archive Book Images - https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/14783288925/ Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/storyofgreatestn01elli/storyofgreatestn01elli#page/n586/mode/1up Identifier: storyofgreatestn01elli (find matches) Title: The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and pronouncing vocabularies for each nation; and the world's famous events, told in a series of brief sketches forming a single continuous story of history and illumined by a complete series of notable illustrations from the great historic paintings of all lands Year: 1913 (1910s)Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942 Subjects: World history Publisher: New York : Niglutsch Contributing Library: University of California LibrariesDigitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: Most celebrated among the more ancient of their wise mean was Pythagoras .. Text Appearing After Image: Greece—Battle of Marathon 191 league of the ten generals. Miltiades, seconded by two other generals, The-mistocles and Aristides, argued so earnestly with him that he was convinced,and voted for immediate battle. It was the practice for each general to com-mand in rotation the army for a day, but all agreed to place their days of com-mand in the hands of Miltiades, and it was surely a wise proceeding to haveeverything in the hands of a single person, whose ability had been proven. An inspiriting occurrence took place while the Athenians were preparingfor battle. They had given help to Plataea years before when she was attackedby the Thebans, and now the Plataeans sent their whole force to the help of theAthenians, consisting of one thousand heavy-armed men. Athens never forgotthis favor. The whole Athenian army consisted of only ten thousand heavyarmed soldiers; they had no archers or cavalry, and only a few slaves as light-armed attendants. We have no means of knowing the strength Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. Permission details At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.View more Public Domainview terms File:The story of the greatest nations; a comprehensive history, extending from the earliest times to the present, founded on the most modern authorities, and including chronological summaries and (14783288925).jpg Created: 1 January 1913 . . Visions of Infinity: The Great Mathematical Problems, by Ian Stewart    1st Edition The acclaimed writer and mathematician Ian Stewart investigates history's most important and elusive math problems    For every problem mathematicians solve, another awaits to perplex and galvanize them. Such challenges offer a tantalizing glimpse of the field's unlimited potential and keep mathematicians looking toward the horizons of intellectual possibility. In Visions of Infinity, Ian Stewart explains why these problems exist, what drives mathematicians to solve them, and why their efforts matter in the context of science as a whole. Stewart describes solved problems as well as those like the P/NP problem, which could easily remain unproven for another hundred years. An approachable and illuminating history of mathematics as told through fourteen of its greatest problems, Visions of Infinity reveals how mathematics the world over have risen to meet the challenges set by their predecessors—and how the enigmas of the past inevitably surrender to the powerful techniques of the present.  https://www.amazon.com/Visions-Infinity-Great-Mathematical-Problems-dp-0465064892/dp/0465064892/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&amp;me=&amp;qid= ..  ..  ..   ...more

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• 9: 3/4 Visions of Infinity: The Great Mathematical Problems, by Ian Stewart: @JoatStewart

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  Image: Professor Stewart is well known for his popular expositions of mathematics and his contributions to catastrophe theory, anent which: Swallowtail catastrophe surface. Public domain Visions of Infinity: The Great Mathematical Problems, by Ian Stewart    1st Edition The acclaimed writer and mathematician Ian Stewart investigates history's most important and elusive math problems    For every problem mathematicians solve, another awaits to perplex and galvanize them. Such challenges offer a tantalizing glimpse of the field's unlimited potential and keep mathematicians looking toward the horizons of intellectual possibility. In Visions of Infinity, Ian Stewart explains why these problems exist, what drives mathematicians to solve them, and why their efforts matter in the context of science as a whole. Stewart describes solved problems as well as those like the P/NP problem, which could easily remain unproven for another hundred years. An approachable and illuminating history of mathematics as told through fourteen of its greatest problems, Visions of Infinity reveals how mathematics the world over have risen to meet the challenges set by their predecessors—and how the enigmas of the past inevitably surrender to the powerful techniques of the present.  https://www.amazon.com/Visions-Infinity-Great-Mathematical-Problems-dp-0465064892/dp/0465064892/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&amp;me=&amp;qid= ...more

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• 8: 2/4 Visions of Infinity: The Great Mathematical Problems, by Ian Stewart @JoatStewart

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  May 18 2020

  Image: Image: Wooden Spoon award, 1910. This was given to the student who scored lowest in exams; Ian Stewart was always the opposite, at the top.Visions of Infinity: The Great Mathematical Problems, by Ian Stewart    1st Edition  The acclaimed writer and mathematician Ian Stewart investigates history's most important and elusive math problems    For every problem mathematicians solve, another awaits to perplex and galvanize them. Such challenges offer a tantalizing glimpse of the field's unlimited potential and keep mathematicians looking toward the horizons of intellectual possibility. In Visions of Infinity, Ian Stewart explains why these problems exist, what drives mathematicians to solve them, and why their efforts matter in the context of science as a whole. Stewart describes solved problems as well as those like the P/NP problem, which could easily remain unproven for another hundred years. An approachable and illuminating history of mathematics as told through fourteen of its greatest problems, Visions of Infinity reveals how mathematics the world over have risen to meet the challenges set by their predecessors—and how the enigmas of the past inevitably surrender to the powerful techniques of the present.  https://www.amazon.com/Visions-Infinity-Great-Mathematical-Problems-dp-0465064892/dp/0465064892/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&amp;me=&amp;qid= ...more

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• 7: 1/4 Visions of Infinity: The Great Mathematical Problems, by Ian Stewart Ian Stewart: @JoatStewart

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  Image: Image: In mathematics, a Lie algebra (pronounced "Lee") is a vector space g together with an operation called the Lie bracket, an alternating bilinear map satisfying the Jacobi identity.  Professor Stewart’s Ph.D. dissertation was on Lie algebra. Here: 120-cell graph in H4 Coxeter plane. Public domain.Visions of Infinity: The Great Mathematical Problems, by Ian Stewart    1st Edition The acclaimed writer and mathematician Ian Stewart investigates history's most important and elusive math problemsFor every problem mathematicians solve, another awaits to perplex and galvanize them. Such challenges offer a tantalizing glimpse of the field's unlimited potential and keep mathematicians looking toward the horizons of intellectual possibility. In Visions of Infinity, Ian Stewart explains why these problems exist, what drives mathematicians to solve them, and why their efforts matter in the context of science as a whole. Stewart describes solved problems as well as those like the P/NP problem, which could easily remain unproven for another hundred years. An approachable and illuminating history of mathematics as told through fourteen of its greatest problems, Visions of Infinity reveals how mathematics the world over have risen to meet the challenges set by their predecessors—and how the enigmas of the past inevitably surrender to the powerful techniques of the present.  https://www.amazon.com/Visions-Infinity-Great-Mathematical-Problems-dp-0465064892/dp/0465064892/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&amp;me=&amp;qid= ..  ..  ..   ...more

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• 6: The Last Viking: 4 of 4: The Life of Roald Amundsen Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Stephen R. Bown (Author), Stephen Hoye (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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  May 18 2020

  Photo:no knownrestrictions Horses landed on the Antarctic iceHerbert George Ponting was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England in 1870. After spending his twenties in western America working in mining and operating a fruit ranch, Ponting took up free-lance photography in 1900 at the age of 30. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Last Viking: 4 of 4: The Life of Roald Amundsen  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Stephen R. Bown (Author), Stephen Hoye (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Viking-Stephen-R-Bown-audiobook/dp/B00J35XK82/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Bown+Amundsen&amp;qid=1589763621&amp;s=audible&amp;sr=1-1The Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries - the Northwest Passage, the Northeast Passage, the South Pole, and the North Pole - remained blank spots on the globe. Within twenty years Roald Amundsen would claim all four prizes. Renowned for his determination and technical skills, both feared and beloved by his men, Amundsen is a legend of the heroic age of exploration, which shortly thereafter would be tamed by technology, commerce, and publicity. Fted in his lifetime as an international celebrity, pursued by women and creditors, he died in the Arctic on a rescue mission for an inept rival explorer.Stephen R. Bown has unearthed archival material to give Amundsen’s life the grim immediacy of Apsley Cherry-Garrard’s The Worst Journey in the World, the exciting detail of The Endurance, and the suspense of a Jon Krakauer tale. The Last Viking is both a thrilling literary biography and a cracking good story....more

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• 6: The Last Viking: 3 of 4: The Life of Roald Amundsen Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Stephen R. Bown (Author), Stephen Hoye (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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  May 18 2020

  Photo: no known restrictions An Antarctic wind stormHerbert George Ponting was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England in 1870. After spending his twenties in western America working in mining and operating a fruit ranch, Ponting took up free-lance photography in 1900 at the age of 30. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Last Viking: 3 of 4: The Life of Roald Amundsen  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Stephen R. Bown (Author), Stephen Hoye (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Viking-Stephen-R-Bown-audiobook/dp/B00J35XK82/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Bown+Amundsen&amp;qid=1589763621&amp;s=audible&amp;sr=1-1The Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries - the Northwest Passage, the Northeast Passage, the South Pole, and the North Pole - remained blank spots on the globe. Within twenty years Roald Amundsen would claim all four prizes. Renowned for his determination and technical skills, both feared and beloved by his men, Amundsen is a legend of the heroic age of exploration, which shortly thereafter would be tamed by technology, commerce, and publicity. Fted in his lifetime as an international celebrity, pursued by women and creditors, he died in the Arctic on a rescue mission for an inept rival explorer.Stephen R. Bown has unearthed archival material to give Amundsen’s life the grim immediacy of Apsley Cherry-Garrard’s The Worst Journey in the World, the exciting detail of The Endurance, and the suspense of a Jon Krakauer tale. The Last Viking is both a thrilling literary biography and a cracking good story....more

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• 6: The Last Viking: 2 of 4: The Life of Roald Amundsen Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Stephen R. Bown (Author), Stephen Hoye (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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  May 18 2020

  Photo: no known restrictions Antarctic ice cakesHerbert George Ponting was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England in 1870. After spending his twenties in western America working in mining and operating a fruit ranch, Ponting took up free-lance photography in 1900 at the age of 30.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Last Viking: 2 of 4: The Life of Roald Amundsen  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Stephen R. Bown (Author), Stephen Hoye (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Viking-Stephen-R-Bown-audiobook/dp/B00J35XK82/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Bown+Amundsen&amp;qid=1589763621&amp;s=audible&amp;sr=1-1The Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries - the Northwest Passage, the Northeast Passage, the South Pole, and the North Pole - remained blank spots on the globe. Within twenty years Roald Amundsen would claim all four prizes. Renowned for his determination and technical skills, both feared and beloved by his men, Amundsen is a legend of the heroic age of exploration, which shortly thereafter would be tamed by technology, commerce, and publicity. Fted in his lifetime as an international celebrity, pursued by women and creditors, he died in the Arctic on a rescue mission for an inept rival explorer.Stephen R. Bown has unearthed archival material to give Amundsen’s life the grim immediacy of Apsley Cherry-Garrard’s The Worst Journey in the World, the exciting detail of The Endurance, and the suspense of a Jon Krakauer tale. The Last Viking is both a thrilling literary biography and a cracking good story....more

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• 6: The Last Viking: 1 of 4: The Life of Roald Amundsen Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Stephen R. Bown (Author), Stephen Hoye (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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  May 18 2020

  Photo: no known restrictions Captain Robert Falcon Scott's grave cairnHerbert George Ponting was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England in 1870. After spending his twenties in western America working in mining and operating a fruit ranch, Ponting took up free-lance photography in 1900 at the age of 30. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Last Viking: 1 of 4: The Life of Roald Amundsen  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Stephen R. Bown (Author), Stephen Hoye (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Viking-Stephen-R-Bown-audiobook/dp/B00J35XK82/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Bown+Amundsen&amp;qid=1589763621&amp;s=audible&amp;sr=1-1The Last Viking unravels the life of the man who stands head and shoulders above all those who raced to map the last corners of the world. In 1900, the four great geographical mysteries - the Northwest Passage, the Northeast Passage, the South Pole, and the North Pole - remained blank spots on the globe. Within twenty years Roald Amundsen would claim all four prizes. Renowned for his determination and technical skills, both feared and beloved by his men, Amundsen is a legend of the heroic age of exploration, which shortly thereafter would be tamed by technology, commerce, and publicity. Fted in his lifetime as an international celebrity, pursued by women and creditors, he died in the Arctic on a rescue mission for an inept rival explorer.Stephen R. Bown has unearthed archival material to give Amundsen’s life the grim immediacy of Apsley Cherry-Garrard’s The Worst Journey in the World, the exciting detail of The Endurance, and the suspense of a Jon Krakauer tale. The Last Viking is both a thrilling literary biography and a cracking good story....more

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• 2: The Ghosts of Gallipoli are always with us: 2 of 2: Blair Crawford, Ottawa Citizen.

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  May 17 2020

  Photo: Australian Troops charging a trench at the battle of Gallipoli . Photo by Public Domain.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe Ghosts of Gallipoli are always with us: 2 of 2: Blair Crawford, Ottawa Citizen. “…The Hampshires, who had gone into action on the morning of the 9th, with a strength of approximately twenty officers and over 700 men, had at noon on the 10th one combatant officer and not more than 200 men fit for duty,” Cooper wrote. It was on Aug. 10 that Charles Shanks perished. It’s impossible to know how. As a member of the service battalion, he would normally have been behind the lines, digging trenches, carrying the wounded and burying the dead. But in the desperate fight for Chunuk Bair, it’s possible every available soldier was sent into battle. “Was he blown to pieces by an artillery shell or picked off by a sniper’s bullet? Was he killed in a bayonet charge against Turkish lines or did he die of wounds while waiting for treatment? Was he one of the thousands of soldiers to die from disease, dysentery or dehydration? There’s no way to know, but there were many ways to die. “After a three-day “rest” — off the front lines, but still under constant Turkish sniper and machine-gun fire — the Royal Hamps were again sent into what had turned into a futile battle. By Aug. 21, Cooper writes, the regiment had nearly “ceased to exist.”…” http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/death-in-the-dardenelles-the-short-hellish-war-of-charles-walter-shanks...more

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• 1: The Ghosts of Gallipoli are always with us: 1 of 2: Blair Crawford, Ottawa Citizen.

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  May 17 2020

  Photo: public domainEnglish: Landing of French troops in Moudros (Lemnos island)Français : Débarquement de troupes françaises à Moudros (île de Lemnos)Date | April 1915http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe Ghosts of Gallipoli are always with us: 1 of 2: Blair Crawford, Ottawa Citizen. “…The Hampshires, who had gone into action on the morning of the 9th, with a strength of approximately twenty officers and over 700 men, had at noon on the 10th one combatant officer and not more than 200 men fit for duty,” Cooper wrote. It was on Aug. 10 that Charles Shanks perished. It’s impossible to know how. As a member of the service battalion, he would normally have been behind the lines, digging trenches, carrying the wounded and burying the dead. But in the desperate fight for Chunuk Bair, it’s possible every available soldier was sent into battle. “Was he blown to pieces by an artillery shell or picked off by a sniper’s bullet? Was he killed in a bayonet charge against Turkish lines or did he die of wounds while waiting for treatment? Was he one of the thousands of soldiers to die from disease, dysentery or dehydration? There’s no way to know, but there were many ways to die. “After a three-day “rest” — off the front lines, but still under constant Turkish sniper and machine-gun fire — the Royal Hamps were again sent into what had turned into a futile battle. By Aug. 21, Cooper writes, the regiment had nearly “ceased to exist.”…” http://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/death-in-the-dardenelles-the-short-hellish-war-of-charles-walter-shanks ...more

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• 5: “Career people: please stay because America needs you.” @DanHenninger

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  May 17 2020

  Image:  The excellent qualities of FBI members below the senior-most levelThe Michael Flynn Debauchery   The people who administer the American system lost trust in that system and debased our institutions.   . . .      Back in the 1980s, writers for the Journal’s editorial page coined the phrase “inside the Beltway” to describe the moatlike highway around the nation’s capital, whose inhabitants had become politically and psychologically isolated from the rest of the country. Many Americans then came to believe presidential elections were the one way they could send the Beltway a message. In 2016, we had an Earth-to-Beltway election, whose message was about more than Donald Trump.  . . .  In early 2017, the Flynn case wandered in and out of the news, but it always had a bad odor. What looked like a low-grade mistake by Mr. Flynn got built into a high-stakes prosecution, with special counsel Robert Mueller’s lawyers pressuring him with family and financial ruin unless he took a plea and helped them fry bigger fish in a Beltway-wide project—Donald Trump and Russian collusion. Last week, after U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Jensen examined the Flynn record at the request of Attorney General William Barr, the Justice Department concluded that the abuse of Mr. Flynn’s rights was so egregious that it dropped the case.  . . .   https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-michael-flynn-debauchery-11589410340 ...more

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• 4: 4/4 Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal, by Harold Schechter

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  May 17 2020

  Image:  Harper's illustration (cropped). Top row left to right: George " California" Noon; James Humphreys; Middle row: Shannon Wilson Bell;lower left: Israel Swan. Lower right: Frank Miller. Public domain.Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal, by Harold Schechter ; with Eric G. Dove (Narrator), Brilliance Audio (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged  https://www.amazon.com/Man-Eater-Harold-Schechter-audiobook/dp/B0114YBWNY/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=In the winter of 1873, a small band of prospectors lost their way in the frozen wilderness of the Colorado Rockies. Months later, when the snow finally melted, only one of them emerged. His name was Alferd G. Packer, though he would soon become infamous throughout the country under a different name: "the Man-Eater."      After the butchered remains of his five traveling companions were discovered in a secluded valley by the Gunnison River, Packer vanished for nine years, becoming the West's most wanted man. What followed was a saga of evasion and retribution as the trial of the century worked to extricate fact from myth; and Polly Pry, a once-famed pioneering journalist, took on the cause of Packer. Man-Eater is the definitive story of a legendary crime—a gripping tale of unspeakable suffering, the desperate struggle for survival, and the fight to uncover the truth....more

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• 3: 3/4 Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal, by Harold Schechter

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  May 17 2020

  Image:  Cherokee Trail near Fort Collins, Colorado, from a sketch taken 7 June 1859. Public domain. Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal, by Harold Schechter ; with Eric G. Dove (Narrator), Brilliance Audio (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Man-Eater-Harold-Schechter-audiobook/dp/B0114YBWNY/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=In the winter of 1873, a small band of prospectors lost their way in the frozen wilderness of the Colorado Rockies. Months later, when the snow finally melted, only one of them emerged. His name was Alferd G. Packer, though he would soon become infamous throughout the country under a different name: "the Man-Eater."      After the butchered remains of his five traveling companions were discovered in a secluded valley by the Gunnison River, Packer vanished for nine years, becoming the West's most wanted man. What followed was a saga of evasion and retribution as the trial of the century worked to extricate fact from myth; and Polly Pry, a once-famed pioneering journalist, took on the cause of Packer. Man-Eater is the definitive story of a legendary crime—a gripping tale of unspeakable suffering, the desperate struggle for survival, and the fight to uncover the truth.   ...more

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• 2: 2/4 Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal, by Harold Schechter

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  May 17 2020

  Image:  Alferd Packer in prisonMan-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal, by Harold Schechter ; with Eric G. Dove (Narrator), Brilliance Audio (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridgedhttps://www.amazon.com/Man-Eater-Harold-Schechter-audiobook/dp/B0114YBWNY/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=In the winter of 1873, a small band of prospectors lost their way in the frozen wilderness of the Colorado Rockies. Months later, when the snow finally melted, only one of them emerged. His name was Alferd G. Packer, though he would soon become infamous throughout the country under a different name: "the Man-Eater." After the butchered remains of his five traveling companions were discovered in a secluded valley by the Gunnison River, Packer vanished for nine years, becoming the West's most wanted man. What followed was a saga of evasion and retribution as the trial of the century worked to extricate fact from myth; and Polly Pry, a once-famed pioneering journalist, took on the cause of Packer. Man-Eater is the definitive story of a legendary crime—a gripping tale of unspeakable suffering, the desperate struggle for survival, and the fight to uncover the truth.  ...more

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• 1: 1/4 Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal, by Harold Schechter

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  May 17 2020

  Image — The Great Rockies:  Valley of the Ten Peaks and Moraine Lake, Banff National Park, Canada. Mountains from left to right: Tonsa (3057 m), Mount Perren (3051 m), Mount Allen (3310 m), Mount Tuzo (3246 m), Deltaform Mountain (3424 m), Neptuak Mountain (3233 m).  Public domain.Man-Eater: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal, by Harold Schechter ; with Eric G. Dove (Narrator), Brilliance Audio (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Man-Eater-Harold-Schechter-audiobook/dp/B0114YBWNY/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=&amp;sr= In the winter of 1873, a small band of prospectors lost their way in the frozen wilderness of the Colorado Rockies. Months later, when the snow finally melted, only one of them emerged. His name was Alferd G. Packer, though he would soon become infamous throughout the country under a different name: "the Man-Eater." After the butchered remains of his five traveling companions were discovered in a secluded valley by the Gunnison River, Packer vanished for nine years, becoming the West's most wanted man. What followed was a saga of evasion and retribution as the trial of the century worked to extricate fact from myth; and Polly Pry, a once-famed pioneering journalist, took on the cause of Packer. Man-Eater is the definitive story of a legendary crime—a gripping tale of unspeakable suffering, the desperate struggle for survival, and the fight to uncover the truth.  ,, ...more

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• Turning directly to Europe and Asia. Henry Nau, George Washington University, @TheNatlInterest

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  May 17 2020

  Photo: public domainEnglish: Uniforms of the United States Navy in 1899Date | 1899Source | https://pps-west.com/product/1899-naval-uniforms-2/Author | The United States Army and Navy. Akron, Ohio: Werner Company, 1899http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowTurning directly to Europe and Asia. Henry Nau, George Washington University, @TheNatlInteresthttps://nationalinterest.org/feature/what-trump-gets-right-about-us-foreign-policy-149526

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• The Reagan Doctrine and a course correction for the Trump Doctrine. Henry Nau, George Washington University, @TheNatlInterest

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  May 17 2020

  Photo: public domainEnglish: US Flying Squadron, 1898Date | 1898Source | Our Country in War by Murat Halstead 1898Author | Murat Halsteadhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe Reagan Doctrine and a course correction for the Trump Doctrine. Henry Nau, George Washington University, @TheNatlInteresthttps://nationalinterest.org/feature/what-trump-gets-right-about-us-foreign-policy-149526

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• The dominating Cuban Secret Police and the total penetration of the Caracas opposition. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion

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  May 17 2020

  Photo: Title: Review of reviews and world's work Year: 1890 (1890s) Authors:  Subjects:  Publisher:  New York Review of Reviews Corp Contributing Library:  Robarts - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor:  University of Toronto    View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book  Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.  Text Appearing Before Image:e of the United States atthe isthmus ought to have a soothing effect uponboth Colombia and Venezuela. ^, „ . . It is not to be ignored that hio-hly TnB KCLiSBr S &lt;z? j Alleged Am- intelligent European writers in thebitions. English, French, Austrian, Italian,Russian, and even the German, newspapers andperiodicals continue to declare that, in spite of pro-testations to the contrary, Germany has formedthe most deliberate and unshakable intentionto acquire large interests in South America. Itmust be borne in inind that the Germans are notonly a nation of marvelous enterprise and com-mercial talent, but that they are studious andwell-informed beyond the people of any othernation. Better than any other foreigners, theyknow precisely what is going on in the differentSouth American countries. They have a great Although the bloodiest actions of theColombian civil war have been in themain portion of the country, and noton the neck of land that forms Colombias state Troubles onthe Isthmus http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe dominating Cuban Secret Police and the total penetration of the Caracas opposition.  @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinionhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/how-cubas-spies-keep-winning-11589139644 ...more

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• The failed soldier-of-fortune plot against Maduro of Venezuela. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion

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  May 17 2020

  Photo: Image from page 560 of "Review of reviews and world's work" (1890) Identifier: reviewofreviewsw31newy Title: Review of reviews and world's work Year: 1890 (1890s) Authors:  Subjects:  Publisher:  New York Review of Reviews Corp Contributing Library:  Robarts - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor:  University of Toronto http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe failed soldier-of-fortune plot against Maduro of Venezuela. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinionhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/how-cubas-spies-keep-winning-11589139644 ...more

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• #NewAmericanCivilWar: The Spark: Neither side will accept the other as legitimate on November 4, 2020. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis

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  May 17 2020

  Photo: public domainnglish: Gunpowder Plot conspirators hanged, drawn and quartered in January 1606.Date | circa 1606 Source | https://www.bildarchivaustria.at/Pages/ImageDetail.aspx?p_iBildID=7218711Author | Crispijn van de Passe the Elderhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#NewAmericanCivilWar: The Spark: Neither side will accept the other as legitimate on November 4, 2020. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis

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• #NewAmericanCivilWar: The 1605 Gunpowder Plot and lessons of Regicide 2020. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis

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  May 17 2020

  Photo: English: The painting "The Gunpowder Plot: The conspirators’ last stand at Holbeach House" by Ernest Crofts.Date | 1892Source | https://zaidanca.wordpress.com/tag/ernest-crofts/Author | Ernest Croftshttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#NewAmericanCivilWar: The 1605 Gunpowder Plot and lessons of Regicide 2020. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis

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• #PacificWatch: Elon “Tesla” Musk vs Lorena “AB5” Gonzalez. Jeff Bliss: @JCBliss

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  May 16 2020

  Image:  View on Hill Street looking south from Fourth Street to Fifth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1910-1919Photograph of a view of Hill Street looking south from Fourth Street to Fifth Street, Los Angeles, ca.1910-1919. The eleven-story Broadway Department Store is on the left. Other buildings are visible along both sides of the street. Automobiles are parked along the curb. A few share the street with a streetcar. Pedestrians are visible in the street and on the sidewalks. A flag flies from the side of a building in the foreground at right. A billboard is visible on the building just beyond. Flags fly from other buildings in the image including the Broadway Department Store. Other visible buildings include the Hotel Clark. Legible signs include: "Broadway Department Store", "E. Wilson", "Occidental Hotel", "St. Clarenden Hotel", "Good place to eat, Boos Bros. Cafeteria", "Pool"..., "cigar", "Stop", "442 J"..., "meats", "In Van Nuys", "Haas"..., "Investment Building", "Bullocks".Call number: CHS-2430Legacy record ID: chs-m287; USC-1-1-1-285Filename: CHS-2430Coverage date: circa 1910/1919Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960Type: imagesGeographic subject (city or populated place): Los AngelesRepository name: USC Libraries Special CollectionsAccession number: 2430Microfiche number: 1-5-14Archival file: chs_Volume32/CHS-2430.tiffPart of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189Geographic subject (country): USAFormat (aacr2): 2 photographs : photoprint, glass photonegative, b&amp;w ; 25 x 20 cm., 26 x 21 cm.Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern CaliforniaSubject (adlf): roadwaysProject: USCRepository email: specol@usc.eduContributing entity: California Historical SocietyDate created: circa 1910/1919Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. LibrariesFormat (aat): photographic prints; photographsGeographic subject (state): CaliforniaSubject (file heading): Los Angeles -- Streets -- Hill Street -- 4th to 5thFormat: glass plate negativesAccess conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.Geographic subject (county): Los AngelesGeographic subject (roadway): Hill Street; 4th StreetSubject (lcsh): Streets; Retail trade; Hotels, taverns, etc.Subject: Hotel Clark; Stores; Hill StreetDate | circa 1910 /1919 (date created)#PacificWatch: Elon “Tesla” Musk vs Lorena “AB5” Gonzalez.    Jeff Bliss: @JCBliss Jeff Bliss, Pacific Watch, in re: Laguna Beach police chief has declared flag poles to be weapons.  Always a very blue part of Orange County, which was otherwise red. Surveillance firm promotes a drone to intercept text message, emails and more, by flying ahead of  you. The Phantom can pick up all sorts of comms. San Diego police turned away and said, No, that’s not right.  Homeless own cities within the cities; will they remain forever after the virus is over? ...more

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• Tough guy Wall Street goes Long or Short on the virus remedies. @GregoryZuckerman @WSJ

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  May 16 2020

  Photo: 1918 Kansas Spanish Flu Public Domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowTough guy Wall Street goes Long or Short on the virus remedies. @GregoryZuckerman @WSJ  https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-big-investors-arent-betting-it-all-on-a-coronavirus-cure-11589481346?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1

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• #TheScalaReport: Can the celebrated department store, shopping mall and amusement park adapt to the post virus world of retail? Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com #ScalaAPS @STRATACACHE

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  May 16 2020

  Photo:  John Wanamaker's Clothing House on Market St, Philadelphia, PA 1876Date | 1876Source | McCabe, James D. "The Illustrated History of the Centennial Exposition". Philadelphia: The National Publishing Company. 1876 p. 288"The Cooper Collections of US History" (uploader's personal collection)Scanned by the uploader, Centpacrr.Author | James D. McCabe (Book), engraver unknownhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#TheScalaReport: Can the celebrated department store, shopping mall and amusement park adapt to the post virus world of retail?  Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com  #ScalaAPS @STRATACACHE https://www.economist.com/united-states/2020/05/07/ode-to-the-shopping-mall The developers of the American Dream mall aimed to let only 45% of their area to retailers before the pandemic—and have since slashed the figure to 30%. That would seem realistic. Except, what if the virus persuades a generation of Americans to stay at home for their entertainment, as well as their shopping? And what kind of America would that be? https://www.economist.com/business/2020/05/09/parks-and-resorts-powered-disneys-growth-then-came-covid-19But last quarter, with cinemas closed, Disney studios’ profits fell by 8%, year on year. With new releases postponed until July, the next quarter looks worse....more

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• The oceans of Mars or the glaciers of Mars? Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com

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  May 16 2020

  Image:  Artist concept of glacier on Mars. Image credit: NASA/JPL  Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com, in re: The oceans of Mars or the glaciers of Mars?

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• The fake news of the Midnight Run 2017 bites back at the news fakers, 2020. @DevinNunes

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  May 16 2020

  Image:  Iron gates around the White House, during the Civil War, intended to help control public access to the White House from the street. Stereograph by Montgomery Cunningham Meigs. (Library of Congress) Devin Nunes, CA-22;  in re:  In the winter of 2017, then-Chairman Nunes revealed unmaskings. What did you see?  “I didn't see anything about Russia.” Richard Grennell’s revelations.  The famous Midnight Run, when purportedly I rode in a cab, jumped over the White House fence, and gave secret information to the president – which, by the way, would have been entirely the possession of the president by Constitutional structure. The media have been in the thick of this since the beginnings.  Important to have reporters from all across the country able to skype in to ask questions at presidential press conferences.  Adam Schiff: has be been compromised?  Long ago we asked him to step down. The House Intell Committee no longer exists; it’s the House Impeachment Committee, which was busy at that when the Chinese were releasing the virus. Now we’re diving into the Mueller team.  Criminal referrals.   https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/30/us/politics/devin-nunes-intelligence-reports.html ...more

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• Gavin Newson’s concierge service for the rich (Elon Musk), @DevinNunes

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  May 16 2020

  Image:  A pincerna depicted in service to a noble court during the Medieval Era. Devin Nunes, CA-22;  in re: The FAANGS, which make all the tax money in California. Book: The Manipulators.  Big tech controls content, and how dangerous this can be. They always target conservative beliefs and ethos; it's bad enough that the state-run media do what they do; with the tech oligarchs, you’d believe that he Moscow prostitutes and dossier are real. Shadow-banning:  a few years ago, you’d see my tweet and retweet it. What they were doing was making it so you couldn't see my tweets. How long did that last? They allowed people to attack my family and me.  Mr Dorsey is “a left-wing hack,” You'd think that with such a good tool, he’d want to keep the public forum open A local TV show reported a San Joaquin Valley doctors’s press conference; “we think everyone needs to go back to work”—and google took it down, It's now unfindable. The mayor of San Diego said to the governor, “The hell you’ll keep our beaches closed.”  https://calmatters.org/newsletter/california-coronavirus-gavin-newsom-elon-musk-tesla-alameda-county-order/ ...more

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• NASA buys another Rocosmos ticket on Soyuz. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  May 16 2020

  Image:  The Hall of Space Technology in the Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics, Kaluga, Russia. The exhibition includes the models and replicas of the following Russian/Soviet inventions: the first satellite, Sputnik 1 (a ball under the ceiling); the first spacesuits (lower-left corner); the first human spaceflight module, the Vostok 3KA(center); the first Molniya-type satellite (upper right corner); the first space rover, Lunokhod 1 (lower right); the first space station, Salyut 1 (left); the first modular space station, Mir (upper left). Public domain.Note below* Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com, in re: NASA buys another Rocosmos ticket on Soyuz..To meet an extraordinary character, readhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Tsiolkovsky ...more

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• Wisconsin wins and Maine loses the battle of the frigates. Francis Rose: @FRoseDC

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  May 16 2020

  Image:  The U.S. Navy guided missile frigates USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7), USS Antrim (FFG-20) and USS Jack Williams (FFG-24) under way. Francis  Rose,  Government Matters , in Washington; in re:  The frigate class can do all that with much less danger. Now, Wisconsin’s Marinette Shipyard will build the first new frigate, the FREMM* design by Fincantieri, an Italian firm.  Senator Gallagher, Wisconsin, and Senator King, Maine.   Jerry Hendrix asked, How many warships you been on?  Umm, few.   . . .  A concern about the frigate is the out-year costs, maintenance, at $6 million a year?  If we build seventy, where will the money come from?  VA nursing homes run by the states: bring them back under direct control of VA, which has done  a very good job with the Covid flu.  https://www.defensenews.com/breaking-news/2020/04/30/the-us-navy-selects-fincantieri-design-for-next-generation-frigate/ * an acronym that stands for “European multi-purpose frigate.”   ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..   ...more

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• Fifth inning of negotiation for “Play Ball 2020!” Charles Gasparino, @CGasparino, @FoxBusiness

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  May 16 2020

  Image:  The Huntington Avenue Grounds during the 1903 World Series. Charlie Gasparino, Fox,  in re:  Because of what I cover, my connections into baseball is mostly on the owner side.  Players hate salary caps, prefer revenue sharing. Owners say, We have no money.  Last contract says, all right to extend this emergency structure for another year if the crisis persists. The players association isn't really saying no. By Memorial Day. they’ll agree to something.         If you work in a big building and have to ride in elevators, “the elevator problem.”  A New York City broker can easily work from home, as can traders.  Opening up the New York Exchange floor, deemed an essential service. Why?  Your wonderful brother, Dr Gasperino, had the virus, was struggling and in trouble, and now is better and back at work In Brooklyn Hospital.   https://www.foxbusiness.com/sports/mlb-owners-plan-coronavirus-july-season-start ...more

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• Unmaskings; & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  May 16 2020

  Image:  A mask of the Mitsogo people of Gabon.  Pubic domain. Andrew C McCarthy, Ball of Collusion, and Thaddeus McCotter, American Greatness, in re: The Senate demands answers from unmaskers. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/grassley-johnson-request-information-on-unmasking-as-grenell-barr-weigh-files-release

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• Judge Sullivan and General Flynn. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  May 16 2020

  Image:  Image:  John Pickering was the second federal official impeached by the United States House of Representatives and the first person convicted and removed from office by the United States Senate. Here: portrait of John Pickering; Alvan Clark - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Andrew C McCarthy, Ball of Collusion, and Thaddeus McCotter, American Greatness, in re:  The unhinged Judge Sullivan and unhinged John Gleason.

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• Main Street needs Wall Street. @johntamny @realclearmarkets

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  May 15 2020

  Image:  Small town. Public domain The New York Times reports what's well known, that the 10 percent richest American households account for 84% of all household stock ownership. The well-to-do, precisely because they are, have the most left over after meeting their own consumptive wants and needs. This is important when it's remembered how business journalists aim to create the impression that Wall Street is some "other" concept that moves "money" around. No, Wall Street moves the abstinence of the well-to-do toward businesses looking to expand, entrepreneurs eager to bring an idea to life, and consumers eager to attain now (think housing) what would otherwise take them decades to attain. An innocence about money leads to all sorts of misunderstanding, including the trite view that rapacious Wall Street is separate from the noble commoner on Main. What a laugh.  The opinion piece can be found here.  No one starts a business to "create jobs." It should more realistically be stated that every commercial and technological advance is all about shrinking the amount of labor required to produce more of a good or service. Abundant jobs are a consequence of the relentless destruction of the work of the past. Typically, the non sequitur that is PPP whereby the feds throw money at the political class's economic terrorism gets the truth about jobs backwards. This unwitting tribute to the 1930s pays businesses to employ workers at all costs. This just means that once the hideous lockdowns end, businesses long on labor they don't need will either perish with a high employee count, or lay off what's superfluous in a cruel new world invariably created by inept politicians led by experts who think market signals are low rent. The half awake understand that government cannot stimulate. Its interventions can only distort and shrink. The only answer is an end to the lockdowns. The opinion piece can be found here. |   | ...more

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• Federal Reserve cannot make winners or losers @johntamny @realclearmarkets

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  May 15 2020

  Image:   $500 Legal Tender Note from the Series 1862-1863 greenback issue. Engraved signatures of Chittenden (Register of the Treasury) and Spinner (Treasurer of the United States).  Public domain.   Every stock market rally is always defined by 5-10 excellent companies that pull up cap-weighted indices like the S&P 500. Notable is that Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft are collectively up 10 percent this year, while the other 495 S&P 500 companies are down 13 percent. Implicit in the reasoning of Austrians who surely know better is that the Fed engineered this. Indeed, Austrians can’t have it both ways. If they want to tie stock-market health to the tragically small minds at the Fed, they must then agree that the Fed’s various machinations that they take so seriously somehow resulted in the Fed fiddling finding the bluest of blue chips, all the while leaving the blue chips of the past behind. They can't believe this, at which point these very wise people should walk back all their Fed and "money multiplier" theorizing over the years. It's beneath them, and it sullies the name of the great Ludwig von Mises. This is my response to Mark Thornton and Joe Salerno, who took issue with my recent write-up, Where Are All the Austrian Scholars' Yachts? It can be found here. ...more

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• Innovation like the "Sign Sisters" leads the way back from lockdown without need of government hand-outs. @VerodeRugy @Mercatus #SignSisters

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  Photo: Veronique de Rugy, Mercatushttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowInnovation like the "Sign Sisters" leads the way back from lockdown without need of government hand-outs. @VerodeRugy @Mercatus #SignSisters https://www.creators.com/read/veronique-de-rugy/05/20/turning-50-in-a-time-of-pandemichttps://www.cnn.com/2020/05/12/politics/3-trillion-aid-package-democrats-house/index.html

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• Mrs. Pelosi proposes hand-outs forever. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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  May 15 2020

  Photo: USS Alabama hit by a white phosphorus bomb dropped by an NBS-1 in bombing tests, September 1921 Unknown author - http://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/us-navy-ships/battleships/alabama-bb-8/NH-57483.html A white phosphorus bomb explodes on a mast top, while the ship in use as a target in Chesapeake Bay, 23 September 1921. An Army Martin twin-engine bomber is flying overhead. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph. Permission details “Most of the photos found in our collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements (those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the image description).”[1]View more Public Domainview terms File:Ex-USS Alabama (BB-8) - NH 57483.jpg Created: 23 September 1931date QS:P571,+1931-09-23T00:00:00Z/11 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowMrs. Pelosi proposes hand-outs forever. @SebGorka #AmericaFirsthttps://www.cnn.com/2020/05/14/politics/democrats-uneasy-covid-aid-3-trillion/index.html ...more

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• The national security targeting of Michael Flynn. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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  May 15 2020

  Photo: The wreck of the Indiana in the shallow waters of the Chesapeake Bay. In the background the remains of San Marcos are visible.US navy - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Indiana (BB-1) serving as a target for U.S. Army bombers in Chesapeake Bay, 27 September 1921. The old Texas (renamed San Marcos) lies to her right. Public Domain File:Indiana bombing 1920.jpg Created: 27 September 1921 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe national security targeting of Michael Flynn. @SebGorka #AmericaFirsthttps://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/13/republican-senators-michael-flynn-254726 ...more

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• #HeliumXReport. University of Arizona College of Medicine reports that a mixture of helium and oxygen creates a new answer, called heliox, for lung-damaged virus patients. Tony Morris, CEO Vector Development HeliumX.net

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  May 15 2020

  Photo: University of Arizona Mall Jscarreiro at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons by Atmoz using CommonsHelper. University of Arizona front lawn. \ Public Domain File:University of Arizona mall.jpg Created: 20 December 2006 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#HeliumXReport. University of Arizona College of Medicine reports that a mixture of helium and oxygen creates a new answer, called heliox, for lung-damaged virus patients. Tony Morris, CEO Vector Development HeliumX.nethttps://theconversation.com/helium-supplies-at-risk-from-plunging-oil-prices-which-is-bad-news-for-our-coronavirus-effort-137106 ...more

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• The Washington-Riyadh sword dance slows. Behnam Ben Taleblu @FDD

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  May 15 2020

  Image:  King Salman of Saudi Arabia and U.S. President Donald Trump dance the Najdi ardah at the Murabba Palace in Riyadh. Public domain.   Behnam Ben Taleblu, FDD, in re: The Washington-Riyadh sword dance slows.   ..  ..  ..   Behnam Ben Taleblu is a senior Fellow at FDD, where he focusses on Iranian security and political issues. Behnam previously served as a research fellow and senior Iran analyst at FDD. Leveraging his subject-matter expertise and native Farsi skills, Behnam has closely tracked a wide range of Iran-related topics including: nuclear non-proliferation, ballistic missiles, sanctions, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the foreign and security policy of the Islamic Republic, and internal Iranian politics.https://thehill.com/opinion/international/496769-has-trump-finally-lost-patience-with-the-saudis   https://www.timesofisrael.com/backing-iran-russia-nixes-un-arms-embargo-extension-slams-us-snapback-plans/  https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-to-remove-patriot-missile-batteries-from-saudi-arabia-11588867916?   https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-aghast-at-iran-cyberattack-on-civilian-water-infrastructure-tv-report/   https://www.newsweek.com/extend-arms-embargo-iran-opinion-1502457 ...more

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• UNRWA disserves Palestinians. Half a century later, working toward real peace. Malcolm Hoenlein: @conf_of_pres

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  May 15 2020

  Image:   Dr. Einat Wilf is the co-author of The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace*;  in re: As we discussed in the book, only the Palestinians are considered refugees now, well into the fifth generation from a war that ended fifty years ago. To keep USSR from Saudis, and because the US depended on Saudi oil, Washington humored Palestinian claims decades after the war ended.  UNRWA must be disbanded.·       The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace (St. Martin’s Press, available April 28). In 1948, seven hundred thousand Palestinians were forced out of their homes by the first Arab-Israeli War. More than seventy years later, most of their houses are long gone, but millions of their descendants are still registered as refugees, with many living in refugee camps. This group—unlike countless others that were displaced in the aftermath of World War II and other conflicts—has remained unsettled, demanding to settle in the state of Israel. Their belief in a "right of return" is one of the largest obstacles to successful diplomacy and lasting peace in the region. In The War of Return, Adi Schwartz and Einat Wilf—both liberal Israelis supportive of a two-state solution—reveal the origins of the idea of a right of return, and explain how UNRWA - the very agency charged with finding a solution for the refugees - gave in to Palestinian, Arab and international political pressure to create a permanent “refugee” problem. They argue that this Palestinian demand for a “right of return” has no legal or moral basis and make an impassioned plea for the US, the UN, and the EU to recognize this fact, for the good of Israelis and Palestinians alike.·       Dr Wilf is a leading intellectual and original thinker on matters of foreign policy, economics, education, Israel and Zionism. She was a member of the Israeli Parliament from 2010-2013, where she served as Chair of the Education Committee and Member of the influential Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. She is considered one of Israel’s most articulate representatives on the international stage. ...more

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• Iran's rage reflects the internal collapse. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  May 15 2020

  Photo: Tanks in the streets of Tehran, 1953Unknown author - http://www.aryamehr.org/eng/19august/28mordad.htm Permission details This work is now in the public domain in Iran, because according to the Law for the Protection of Authors, Composers and Artists Rights (1970) its term of copyright has expired for one of the following reasons: The creator(s) died before 22 August 1980, for works that their copyright expired before 22 August 2010 according to the 1970 law. The creator(s) died more than 50 years ago. (Reformation of article 12 - 22 August 2010) In the following cases works fall into the public domain after 30 years from the date of publication or public presentation (Article 16): Photographic or cinematographic works. In cases where the work belongs to a legal person or rights are transferred to a legal person. The media description page should identify which reason applies. For more information please see: Commons:Copyright rules by territory/Iran.View more Public Domainview terms File:Operationajax.jpg Created: 1 January 1953 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowIran's rage reflects the internal collapse. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres...more

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• The Next War with the Predator Iran. @Jschanzer @FDD Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  May 15 2020

  Photo: public domainEnglish: Israeli Soldiers of the Negev Battalion in the 1948 Arab-Israeli WarDate | 20 October 1948http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe Next War with the Predator Iran. @Jschanzer @FDD Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_presDr. Jonathan Schanzer is senior vice president for research at FDD, where he oversees the work of the organization’s experts and scholars. He is also on the leadership team of FDD’s Center on Economic and Financial Power, a project on the use of financial and economic power as a tool of statecraft.Jonathan previously worked as a terrorism finance analyst at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he played an integral role in the designation of numerous terrorist financiers. He has held previous think tank research positions at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and the Middle East Forum.·         https://www.meforum.org/60908/schanzer-the-cause-of-the-middle-easts-next-war ·         https://www.newsweek.com/how-decouple-key-supply-chains-china-opinion-1503036 ·         https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/13/world/middleeast/israel-pompeo-annexation-netanyahu.html ·         https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-germany-will-face-consequences-for-caving-to-israel-us-with-hezbollah-ban/ ·         https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-building-new-weapons-storage-syria-military-base ...more

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• #HotelMars:Telemedicine from Earth orbiting to decamp on Earth #in-the-time-of-the-virus. James Logan. David Livingston Spaceshow.com

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  May 15 2020

  Photo: An artist's impression of protoplanetary disk Pat Rawlings - NASA; http://origins.jpl.nasa.gov/stars-planets/ra4.html Artist's concept of a protoplanetary disk, where particles of dust and grit collide and accrete forming planets or asteroidsPermission detailsNASA material is within the public domain if not otherwise notedView more Public Domainview terms File:Protoplanetary-disk.jpg http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#HotelMars:Telemedicine from Earth orbiting to decamp on Earth #in-the-time-of-the-virus. James Logan. David Livingston Spaceshow.comhttp://www.spaceenterpriseinstitute.org/leadership/james-s-logan-md-ms/Dr. Jim Logan held numerous positions in his twenty-year career at NASA including Chief of Flight Medicine and Chief of Medical Operations at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. He served as Mission Control Surgeon, Deputy Crew Surgeon or Crew Surgeon for twenty-five space shuttle missions and Project Manager for the Space Station Medical Facility, developing the initial design for a telemedicine-based inflight medical delivery system for long duration missions. After a year at NASA Headquarters he left the space agency to serve as Provost for International Space University, Strasbourg, France.Upon returning to the USA, he consulted for The RAND Corporation. A founding board member of the American Telemedicine Association, Dr. Logan has served as a telemedicine consultant to a variety of professional organizations, international and domestic hospital-based health care systems and the Department of Defense. Dr. Logan returned to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in 1999 and served as Chief of Medical Informatics and Health Care Systems, Chief, Dive Medicine Board, Medical Director of NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) as well as senior aerospace medical officer in the Clinical Services Branch of the Space Medicine Division. He completed a medical fellowship in Undersea &amp; Hyperbaric Medicine at Duke University Medical Center in 2013.Board certified in Aerospace Medicine and recipient of NASA’s Distinguished Speakers Award, his lecturing activities have taken him to Australia, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Iceland, Russia, Argentina, Costa Rica, Guam, South Korea New Zealand and the Peoples Republic of China.As an expert in space medicine and biomedical issues for long-duration spaceflight, Dr. Logan has been featured on the Public Broadcast System (PBS), CanadaAM, The History Channel, National Geographic Channel and numerous radio talk shows....more

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• The draconian Governor Newsom; and even Silicon Valley and Hollywood can’t stay closed forever. Victor Davis Hanson: @VDHanson

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  May 15 2020

   Image:  In Silicon Valley, part of the SLAC beamline. Public domain. Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover, in re:  The matter of reopening.  The northern parts of the state are exposed to . . .; California has  40 million people with only half the deaths of New York State, and fewer infected.  The better the news, the more Gov Gavin Newsom issues draconian regulations.  He, and the Illinois and Maryland and New York governors don't want to reopen. I guess they think that money grows on trees; as though money is just a construct.  There’s a limit to how long even Silicon Valley and Hollywood can stay closed. Tesla has already defied the rules.  “Liberty, fraternity, and surf’s up!”  https://audioboom.com/posts/7571311-gavin-newsom-vs-the-california-beaches-vdhanson-hooverinst ...more

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• Hundreds of unmaskings of American civilians, all unremembered by the begetters in the last Administration. Victor Davis Hanson: @VDHanson

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  May 15 2020

  Image:  Theatrical masks of Tragedy and Comedy. Mosaic, Roman mosaic, 2nd century AD. Public domain Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover, in re:  A list of dignitaries of the Obama Adm requested unmaskings in the last hours of the administration.  Suspicion that Mr Obama needs to speak on his possibly having conducted political surveillance.  Consistent with Fast and Furious.  Mr Obama has already attacked the messenger rather than the message. Why were so many people requesting unmasking—Samantha Power’s name asked for nearly 300 but she can't recall any. Mr Biden is said to have participated in the 5 January 2017 White House meeting, that he asked for [information] on General Flynn.  The only member of the entire bunch—Comey couldn't recall 240— who’s apparently suffering from cognitive impairment, which may be a good way for him to [exculpate himself].  The Russian ambassador.   The world’s most populous nation with nukes deliberately didn't tell the world of an impending catastrophe. What can you do? Declare war on them? With Michael Bloomberg, who sends funding Chinese companies? Or Bill Gates, who said he thought the Chinese response was proper?  Americans know that the Chinese Communist Party is an enemy; Washington may not, but the populace does.     https://amgreatness.com/2020/05/10/unbearable-truths-about-our-current-political-moment/ ...more

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• Time for North America back to work to return ot the best economy in the Solar System. @ConradMBlack @NationalPost

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  May 15 2020

  Photo: The Greek gods of Olympus, after whom the Solar System's Roman names of the planets are derived Nicolas-André Monsiau (1754-1837) - Uploaded originally to english wikipedia by en:User:Deucalionite on 24 August 2005. (see: [1]) The Olympian gods. Depicted clockwise from top center are: Zeus, Hephaestus, Athena, Apollo, Hermes, Artemis, Poseidon, Eros, Aphrodite, Ares, Dionysus, Hades, Hestia, Demeter, Hera. Public Domain File:Olympians.jpg Uploaded: 2008-06-01 17:28:07 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowTime for North America back to work to return ot the best economy in the Solar System. @ConradMBlack @NationalPosthttps://nationalpost.com/author/cblacknp ...more

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• Brand-new stars forming from primaeval gasses. Ken Croswell @sciam, @ScienceMagazine

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  May 15 2020

  Image:  The Orion Nebula is an archetypical example of star formation, from the massive, young stars that are shaping the nebula to the pillars of dense gas that may be the homes of budding stars. NASA Ken Croswell, astronomer & Science News, in re:  They’re making new stars.    The intergalactic medium was pervaded by ionizing radiation; anciently, ultraviolet light zapped gasses, which is needed to make new stars, so how can this still  be occurring?  New gas comes in from intergalactic space.  Cosmic web, which pervades all of space. ...more

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• Beijing furious with Taipei for its medical sagacity so it threatens Taiwan invasion. Captain Christopher H. Sharman: @HooverInst

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  May 15 2020

  Image: A PLA Navy Special Operations Forces marine during a maritime operations exercise in RIMPAC 2014.  Public domain. Captain Christopher H. Sharman, representing the US Navy, is a National Security Affairs Fellow for the academic year 2019–20 at the Hoover Institution; in re: China is furious that Taiwan is globally lauded for dealing wisely with the Wuhan virus, whereas the PRC has disgraced itself worldwide; so the PRC threatens Taiwan with military activity.  Further, Japan has learned that the Mainland bullies respond only to in-your-face forcefulness,  so whenever China sends ships improperly into Japanese waters, the Japanese navy is there, facing off.  Long term troubles in the PRC dominate South China Sea https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/05/11/china_is_winning_its_campaign_to_control_the_south_china_sea_143164.html --  ...more

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• Asia: US triad clarifies to enemies that it can defend against anything. Peter Huessy @MitchellStudies , @hobeyoco, @HuessyPeter

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  May 15 2020

  Images:  Nuclear triad:  Bomber aircraft + ICBM (both not pictured) + Ballistic Missile Submarine. Public domain Peter Huessy, Director of Strategic Deterrent Studies at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies of the Air Force Association, & president GeoStrategic Analysis; in re: Chinese are producing missiles hand over foot; aimed at Taiwan and Japan. Missile defense doesn’t stop wars; but you need your own capabilities to shoot back if that becomes necessary. We have gaps (see: National Interest article) that need to be filled. Need space-based sensors. The whole point of US triad is to explain to enemies that we can, if needed, defend against anything they can do.  They need to know that it’s not worth the fight. Our missiles can get to Europe in minutes. Deflect and defend against limited strikes, which both PRC and Russia  have threatened. The B1B out of Guam.  The Guam bombing base is much reinforced, making China unsure of what we’re up to. We’re changing rotations so China won’t know where our bombers are at any specific time.  A good response to PLA’s Guam-killers. Our president is moving in the right direction to challenge China. Its failure to warn the world about the virus is what’s criminal. It was a malicious spread. Defending from PRC and RU new missiles and I s the B-1 Bomber retreating?    https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/russia-and-chinas-missiles-are-become-bigger-threat-heres-how-improve-us-missile-defenses   ...more

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• A Covid-19 survivor speaks out on PRC threats before and after the virus Dr. Jonathan D. T. Ward: @jonathandtward

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  May 15 2020

  Image:  China’s Vision of Victory, Jonathan Ward  Jonathan Ward, China’s Vision of Victory; in re: We’ll need an economic and  military containment of China. Right now there’s a ton of capital pouring in to China.  Must defund Chinese predation.  When I lived in China, casual conversation said, “It’s time to go to war with Japan/Taiwan/the US.”  Why is China striking out with everyone? It's been on a collision course with the world for a long time, but exacerbated under Xi.  Harassing SE Asia, India, Taiwan.  Tons of investment capital pouring into China as it declares war far and wide. Need economic and military containment.    https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/trump-orders-federal-retirement-money-invested-in-chinese-equities-to-be-pulled https://www.amazon.com/Chinas-Vision-Victory-Jonathan-Ward/dp/0578438100   ...more

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• Amicus briefs for the Flynn criminal case. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst @HooverInst

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  May 14 2020

  Image:    Judicial gavel Amicus Briefs for the Flynn criminal case. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/michael-flynns-political-enemies * Permissions:   English: Please give attribution to 'StockMonkeys.com' (and point the link to http://www.stockmonkeys.com. Thanks!) Date2 4 November 2012, 00:15:51 Source Flickr: 3D Judges Gavel Author Chris Potter Permissions (Reusing this file)

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• The Blundering FBI Constabulary; & What is to be done? @RichardAEpstein

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  May 14 2020

  Image:  Major chess blunder: Mikhail Chigorin vs. Wilhelm Steinitz.  This position is from game 23 of the 1892 World Championship in Havana, Cuba. Chigorin, playing White, is a piece up (Steinitz lost a knight for a pawn earlier in the game), but his bishop is forced to stay on d6 to protect both the rook on e7 and the pawn on h2. If he won, Chigorin would have tied the match and sent it to a tiebreaker game. After 31...Rcd2, he played 32. Bb4??. Steinitz replied 32...Rxh2+ and Chigorin immediately resigned (in light of the blind swine mate 33.Kg1 Rdg2#), losing the match.  The Blundering FBI Constabulary &amp; What is to be done? @RichardAEpsteinhttps://www.hoover.org/research/michael-flynns-political-enemies https://www.lawfareblog.com/ugly-day-justice-department   ...more

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• Facing up to PRC predation in the First Island Chain. @JerryHendrixII

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  May 14 2020

  Image:  First and Second island chains. Public domain. Jerry Hendrix, Center for a New American Security; VP, Telemus Group; NR: retired U.S. Navy captain; in re: Global Times, PLA newspaper: “Drills sparked  fear in Taiwan.”  Geography matters; in the Pacific , some islands are most important, Taiwan is the “cork” in the first island chain. To get the open Pacific, Chinese navy would have to go there. Pratas Island, Dongshan Island, is 500 mi SSE of Taiwan is the small island that PLA navy just threatened. Chancellorsville  FON sailing.  The US will sail wherever it wants to international waters.  Beijing’s oppression of Hong Kong has clarified how important US presence is.  Fremm frigate, built by Fincantieri (Italian)– any path that gets us to 355 ships will have to include frigates. https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1188267.shtml ...more

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• Down to the Arctic Sea in Warships. @JerryHendrixII @NRO

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  May 14 2020

  Image:  The Greenland-Iceland-UK Gap (GUIK), the essential route for Russian ships:  it was routinely utilized by the Soviet Union's long-range heavy bombers and maritime reconnaissance platforms as a transit point towards the Atlantic Ocean. From bases located at Archangel and Murmansk, Soviet aircraft would stream down to the North Cape in Norway towards the Gap which was used as a doorway to the vast Atlantic. A:  Jerry Hendrix, Center for a New American Security; VP, Telemus Group; NR: retired U.S. Navy captain; in re: Russia much interested in Arctic, esp sailing along the Northern Route  from Russia to Europe when the route is open.  Has icebreakers; US conducted a passing exercise in the Barents Sea last week.  We have one operating heavy large icebreaker, hasn't built one since WII. If we’re to do Freedom of Navigation passages here, which we ought, we’ll need to improve our fleet. Russia has ordered nine new icebreakers, all armed to the teeth. Natgas, offshore oil, fishing stocks, and sea-floor minerals up there; US unable to protect its interests or those of its allies.  If we don't move soon, game over.   This is strategically critical because of travel time to reach essential ports and military targets. The canyon near Franz Joseph Land.    Greenland-Iceland -UK Gap. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/aug/02/russia.arctic ...more

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• Adam Schiff meets Joe McCarthy on TV. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  May 14 2020

  Photo: One of the earliest uses of the term McCarthyism was in a cartoon by Herbert Block ("Herblock"), published in the Washington Post, March 29, 1950.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowAdam Schiff meets Joe McCarthy on TV. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.wsj.com/articles/all-the-adam-schiff-transcripts-11589326164

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• Can Joe Biden explain why he unmasked Michael Flynn? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  May 14 2020

  Photo: Frontispiece to the 1860 vocal score of Giuseppe Verdi's Un Ballo in maschera published by Ricordi, showing the final scene, "Et tu ricevi il mio!"http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowCan Joe Biden explain why he unmasked Michael Flynn? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/grenell-releases-list-of-officials-who-sought-to-unmask-flynn-biden-comey-obama-intel-chiefs-among-them

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• State of the City, the State and the Union: How can New York City reopen safely and prosperously by Memorial Day? John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtable.

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  May 14 2020

  Photo: Gentry in the new park {New York Central Park], c. 1870http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowState of the City, the State and the Union: How can New York City reopen safely and prosperously by Memorial Day? John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtable.https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/05/13/de-blasio-hails-house-stimulus-package-that-would-give-nyc-17b-1283777https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/11/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york-update.htmlhttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-visit-battleground-pennsylvania-after-supporting-closed-counties-push-reopen-n1206336 ...more

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• Texas hairdresser jailed for being 48 hours early. Unchecked police power. Bill McGurn: @wjmcgurn

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  May 14 2020

  Image: no known copyright restrictionsDate: ca. 1900Part Of: http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/search/collection/tex/searchterm/Ag1996.1032Place: Dallas, TexasPhysical Description: 1 photographic print: 18 x 24 cm.File: ag1996_1032_179_opt.jpgRights: Please cite DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University when using this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained for a fee. For details see the https://sites.smu.edu/cul/degolyer/research/permissions/ web page. For other information, contact degolyer@smu.edu.For more information, see: http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tex/id/1155View Texas: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints: http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/all/cul/tex/Date | 1 January 1900, 00:00:00Source | https://www.flickr.com/photos/smu_cul_digitalcollections/7611511780/Author | SMU Central University LibrariesPermission(Reusing this file) | At the time of upload, the image license was automatically confirmed using the Flickr API. For more information see Flickr API detail.Flickr sets | George A. McAfee PhotographsHistoric Texas PhotographsFlickr tags | DallasTexasparades Bill McGurn, WSJ, in re:  Shelly Luther, hairdresser in Dallas, is released from prison for having opened her business on 24 April.   Judge said she was “selfish,” demanded an apology, which she declined; so he jailed her for seven days, and charged $1,000 a day.  Two days later, all of Dallas was open. Governor Greg Abbott revised his cease-and-desist order, prevented jail. Police power against someone perceived as weak. Opposite to Elon Musk, perceived as strong, and the police backed down.   https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2020/05/12/dallas-salon-owner-shelley-luther-starts-nonprofit-to-support-small-businesses/ ...more

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• Long March 5B fifteen minutes from crashing into New York City. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  May 14 2020

  Photo: English: Title: May Day Parade, N.Y.C. Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.Date | 1900Source | Library of CongressCatalog: https://lccn.loc.gov/2014687959Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/ggbain/07900/07968v.jpgOriginal url: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2014687959/Author | Bain News Service, publisherPermission(Reusing this file) | No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.htmlhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowLong March 5B fifteen minutes from crashing New York City. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/long-march-5b-core-stage-returns-to-earth-over-atlantic-ocean/ ...more

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• A Solar Minimum and no Maunder Minimum. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  May 14 2020

  Photo: Watching the races which take place at sunrise on the last day of the Hopi Snake ceremonies in the village of Mishongnovi, ca.1900-1901Photograph of Hopi Indians watching the races which take place at sunrise on the last day of the Hopi Snake ceremonies in the village of Mishongnovi, ca.1900-1901. About a dozen Hopi Indians clad only in loincloths and headbands sit on rocks at right. About 30 others (including women, children) are perched on the rocks of the cliff at left.Call number: CHS-1053Legacy record ID: chs-m14822; USC-1-1-1-13888Photographer: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946Filename: CHS-1053Coverage date: circa 1900/1901Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960Type: imagesGeographic subject (city or populated place): MishongnoviRepository name: USC Libraries Special CollectionsAccession number: 1053Microfiche number: 1-170-Archival file: chs_Volume90/CHS-1053.tiffPart of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189Geographic subject (country): USAFormat (aacr2): 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&amp;w ; 17 x 22 cm., 20 x 25 cm.Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern CaliforniaSubject (adlf): tribal areasProject: USCRepository email: specol@usc.eduContributing entity: California Historical SocietyDate created: circa 1900/1901Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. LibrariesFormat (aat): photographic prints; photographsGeographic subject (state): ArizonaSubject (file heading): Indians -- Hopi -- Snake DanceFormat: glass plate negativesGeographic subject: tribal areas: Hopi ReservationAccess conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.Geographic subject (county): NavajoSubject (lcsh): Indians of North America; Hopi Indians; Dance; Rites and ceremoniesDate | circa 1900 /1901 (date created)Source | http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/p15799coll65/id/15457Author | Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowA Solar Minimum and no Maunder Minimum. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/sunspot-update-the-deep-minimum-continues/ ...more

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• China’s been penetrating US academe for years; professors arrested. In 2019, China declared “peoples war” against the US. Barry Strauss (@barrystrauss

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  May 14 2020

  Image:  Seal of the Thousand Talents Plan {Chinese government's intellectual property theft plan].  Barry Strauss, Cornell, Classics; in re; major members of US faculties are subverted by Chinese [money].  Charles Lieber**, chair of Harvard chemistry, arrested; at University of Arkansas, Simon Ang arrested for failing to disclose his close ties to Chinese government. Professors accused and arrested for Chinese alliances; we need to be very concerned about the future of the profession, and boundaries.  National Review: Leftism on American campuses.  Faculties need to think a lot more about what America is all about, and about liberty; and how different it is in China. Difficult for Americans to know what’s at stake if we don't know what’s at stake living in a democratic republic.  Cato the Elder: “Carthago delenda est.” We need to keep American [principles] as we admit Chinese students here.  We're in an existential contest about the virus, and about intellectual property theft.  One year ago today, the Peoples Daily declared a people’s war against the US.  Our republic is at risk. This is freedom against a totalitarian state.  China holds that it’s the world’s only sovereign state.  It ensures that only one of the two countries can survive. ..**"Charles M. Lieber, the chair of the chemistry and chemical biology department at Harvard University, was arrested on Jan. 28 and charged with fraud.     "The complaint alleges that Lieber hid his financial ties to China’s Thousand Talents program from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Defense (DOD), as well as from his own university." ...more

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• Major US pension funds invest in China—benefitting Chinese military. @AlanTonelson @USBIC

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  May 14 2020

  Image:  U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross meets with Chinese Minister of Industry and Information Technology Miao Wei, Beijing, September 2017 Alan Tonelson,  U.S. Business and Industry Council Educational Foundation, and blogs at Realitychek;  in re: Decoupling of US economy from China:  three of the members of the board of the federal pension fund were Obama Adm appointees; they may hang on if Biden wins this autumn.  US pension fund savings are far from being the only American financial flows permitted to go into China to bolster the economy and thereby help the military. Individuals and corporations may invest in Chinese companies that make defense products. CALPERS and other state pension funds have substantial funds into China.  Also Florida pension funds; under Marco Rubio, let’s stop that one.  US is decoupling on the trade front before the financial.  US-China trade as percentage of whole US economy sank to 0.3% which is lowest since 2006. Larry Kudlow said US companies should get a 100% write-off  for moving out of China back to US.* Peter Navarro’s plan to get pharmaceutical mfr out of China.  Am looking for more details on this re-shoring plan; I hope the entire burden doesn't fall on US tax revenues.    ...more

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• Tom Cruise vs the International Space Station, Space Force, NASA, Roscosmos, more. Tyler Rogoway @thewarzone

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  May 14 2020

  Photo: The ISS is a habitable vehicle in a low Earth orbit that serves as a microgravity and space environment research laboratory. An international collaboration, the ISS began assembly in December 1998 and has been continually occupied since November 2000. Since then, more than 200 people from 15 countries have spent time aboard. With more than an acre of solar arrays powering the station, the ISS is the second brightest object in the night sky after the moon. Launch: December 1998Operating Network: Space Network › Space Network (SN)› International Space Station (ISS)› Other Missions Supported by SCaN http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowTom Cruise vs the International Space Station, Space Force, NASA, Roscosmos, more. Tyler Rogoway @thewarzonehttps://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33312/steve-carells-space-force-is-the-military-documentary-we-desperately-need-right-now https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33271/everything-we-learned-from-boeing-about-its-potentially-game-changing-loyal-wingman-drone...more

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• Remembering the F-111 bomb run on Qaddafi and Tripoli bad actors,1986. Where in the world are the B-1 over Asian airspace? Tyler Rogoway @thewarzone

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  May 14 2020

  Photo: President Reagan consults bipartisan Congressional leaders about the strike. Unknown author The original uploader was Koalorka at English Wikipedia.; 17 October 2008 (original upload date) - http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/photographs/libya.html The U.S. President Ronald Reagan meeting with bipartisan members of the U.S. Congress to discuss the air strike on Libya ("Operation El Dorado Canyon") in Room 208 of the Old Executive office building, 14 April 1986. Public Domain File:Libya Bombing Reagan Meeting 14 March 1986.jpg Created: 14 April 1986 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowRemembering the F-111 bomb run on Qaddafi and Tripoli bad actors,1986. Where in the world are the B-1s over Asian airspace? Tyler Rogoway @thewarzonehttps://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/32917/the-f-111-aardvarks-variable-geometry-air-inlet-spike-was-a-work-of-art https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33264/arizona-based-air-force-jets-filled-the-sky-over-phoenix-for-jaw-droppingly-huge-flying-salute https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/33126/we-have-new-info-and-photos-from-yesterdays-surprise-b-1b-mission-across-the-pacific --  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_United_States_bombing_of_Libya ...more

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• London sunbathing again in the parks, but a ten-minute wait between visiting with Mum or Dad. @JosephSternberg. @WSJOpinion

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  May 14 2020

  Photo: no known copyright restrictionsImage from page 344 of "Indian history for young folks" (1919) Identifier: indianhistoryfor00drak Title: Indian history for young folks Year: 1919 (1910s) Authors:  Drake, Francis S. (Francis Samuel), 1828-1885 Dowd, Francis Joseph, 1876- Subjects:  Indians of North America Indians of North America -- Wars Publisher:  New York London : Harper & Brothers Contributing Library:  New York Public Library Digitizing Sponsor:  MSN http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowLondon sunbathing again in the parks, but a ten-minute wait between visiting with Mum or Dad. @JosephSternberg. @WSJOpinionhttps://www.itv.com/news/2020-05-13/first-easing-of-lockdown-measures-comes-into-force/ ...more

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• Boris Johnson and the Ministers of Fear 3.0, the step back. @JosephSternberg. @WSJOpinion

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  May 14 2020

  Photo: public domainThe Beast As Described In The Revelations, Chap. 13, Resembling Napoleon Buonaparte http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowBoris Johnson and the Ministers of Fear 3.0, the step back. @JosephSternberg. @WSJOpinionhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/does-governments-power-grab-concern-anyone-else-11586977527?emailToken=8c2d1fb9718a8b336ecb0ccc852c82c3+LjjP1W/x1/FGo1GS+NMWygSbevmQLR6X/c4jlESiTqxacxn07pJE1CwuKZlvhpB2VZv7KoSC0TR58QrWZYLCL3JiJla81YZjBun/Q6OoQ8%3D&amp;reflink=article_copyURL_share ...more

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• DNI Richard Grenell unmasking the unmaskers & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  May 13 2020

  Photo: SUMMARY: British satire shows Napoleon with his grenadiers driving the members of the Council of Five Hundred from the Orangery at St. Cloud at bayonet point. A drum is labeled "Vive la Liberte," and papers under foot read "Resignation des Directoires" and "Un liste de Membres du Conseil des Cinque Cents." On November 10, 1799, in a move known as the Coup d'État of Eighteenth Brumaire, Napoleon seized control of the French government and installed himself as First Consul, thereafter governing as a dictator. James Gillray was the dominant caricaturist of his period, producing popular savage cartoons of the English court of George III and later of Napoleon and the French Revolution.MEDIUM: 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; 25.2 × 36 cm (sheet)CREATED/PUBLISHED: [London] : Publishd by H. Humphrey 27 St. James's Street, 1799 Novr. 21st.NOTES:Title from item.Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9426Forms part of: Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon (Library of Congress).Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).Unprocessed in WOOD/Gillray.118Hoff, Syd. Editorial and political cartooning, p. 38; Parton, James, Caricature and other comic art, p. 153, 267–68 — ljrDate | 1 November 1799Source | Library of Congress, Prints &amp; Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-07510 (digital file from original print), archival TIFF version (37 MB), cropped, and converted to JPEG with the GIMP 2.4.5, image quality 8http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowDNI Richard Grenell unmasking the unmaskers &amp; What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.wsj.com/articles/intelligence-chief-declassifies-names-of-obama-officials-who-unmasked-flynn-11589256904?shareToken=stfbb32d2f1e0443d796624e5280dbd6fa&amp;reflink=article_email_share ...more

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• But what Federal crime did the CIA/ FBI/DOJ/NSC/ Russiagate "soft coup" plotters commit? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  May 13 2020

  Photo: public domainFrançais : illustration pour "La Farce du Cuvier"Date | 1896http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowBut what Federal crime did the CIA/ FBI/DOJ/NSC/ Russiagate "soft coup" plotters commit? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.nationalreview.com/corner/random-flynn-thoughts/

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• What are the immediate risks of reopening with a virus we will learn to live with over the long term? @HenryIMiller @PacificResearch

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  May 13 2020

  Photo:  Thetis dipping Achilles into the River StyxDonato CretiDonato Creti, 1710public domain http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowWhat are the immediate risks of reopening with a virus we will learn to live with over the long term? @HenryIMiller @PacificResearch

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• The virus can attack all the major organs & What is to be done? @HenryIMiller @PacificResearch

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  May 13 2020

  Photo: Deutsch: Fahrt über den Styx, Holzstich von Gustave Doré von 1861. Français :  La Traversée du Styx, illustration de Gustave Doré, 1861. English: Crossing the Styx, illustration by Gustave Doré, 1861. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe virus can attack all the major organs & What is to be done? @HenryIMiller @PacificResearchhttps://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6489/356

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• China depends on stealing IP, especially military. Xi under pressure. Gregory Copley, ISSA

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  May 13 2020

  Image:  Stacks of shells in the shell filling factory at Chilwell during World War I. Gregory Copley, International Strategic Studies Association; in re: Reports that China will not assume its previous position, as the CCP [faces] having to accept some of the responsibility for the virus.  No indication that China has ever stopped or ever will stop stealing intellectual property, esp military, on which it depends.  Xi never had anyone to blame, but now he’s got the virus and also the world’s hostility to blame. China uses saber-rattling.  The CCP is in turmoil, and Xi is looking for an external threat to save his own position. The BND warned.   ...more

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• Small nations trading with China became tributaries; that’s ending, so China dumps goods. Gregory Copley, ISSA

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  May 13 2020

  Image:  Mural from the Qianling Mausoleum in Shaanxi, 706. Tributary envoys are being received at court. The bald man in the middle is from the West and the man to his right is from Korea.  Gregory Copley, International Strategic Studies Association; in re: A boisterous US economy  has been slowed to stopped; Chinese non-transparency seems to b ___.  There’s no such thing as wholly free trade. Since China came to dominate the global supply chain, subordinate countries have become dependent on China, which can dictate. Their sovereignty has been compromised. De facto tributaries to Beijing.  The global pandemic has put an end to that; Beijing can’t exercise suzerain power.  When there was a global currency,  . . .  What saves society is in a sense sovereignty and nationalism.  . . .   In Europe,  because of the euro, Germany was able to dictate much in the same way Beijing has.  Tariffs become essential when you need to build domestic self-reliance; the problem is you have to be sure they don't dampen internal efficiencies.  Management of trade.  The USSR did this extensively; made sure they were trading within their own economic zone. Subject to loyalties.  US and China have reasons to trade, esp China needs foodstuffs. If you control the trade, then you have political and strategic power. If you continue to dominate, that’s what’s [unethical?]. China is not a helpmate but a foe.  China will dump goods to prevent others from strengthening their manufacturing capacities.  Australia will help correct China’s bad acting, but will suffer from that.    ...more

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• #NewWorld: Venezuela blames the US for a failed coup by ex-Green Berets. @jmhumire @MariaFdaCabal @SecureFreeSoc

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  May 13 2020

  Photo: Spanish:  Vista de la ciudad de Caracas.Description | "En la Vista de la ciudad de Caracas, del inglés Joseph Thomas - pintor que, según las investigaciones de Alfredo Boulton, entró y salió del país con bastante frecuencia entre los años 1837 y 1844 - podemos observar con relativa precisión, además de la grandiosidad del paisaje natural y sus inmensas proporciones, el emplazamiento general de la ciudad, las diferencias volumétricas y escala de las edificaciones. Su imagen de Caracas, la única obra artística que ha sido identificada con su nombre, es una de las más descriptivas de la extensión y la forma de la ciudad porque, aunque la mirada del autor se centra, como en las imágenes anteriores, en la grandiosidad natural, en ella también se observan detalles arquitectónicos y un registro de las residencias capitalinas más importantes; esto sigue un modelo tradicional europeo de las visiones topográficas donde, a modo de leyenda, se enumeraban las edificaciones o monumentos. La apariencia general sigue siendo ordenada, limpia y con una atmósfera serena, no del todo acorde con nuestro ambiente tropical. Es una diferencia que bien señala Palenzuela: "El grabado de Thomas está lleno de detalles: muros, casas, patios, iglesias, calles, palmeras, ruinas, la extraordinaria montaña y, por si fuera poco, algunos modales en el vestir citadino. Su atmósfera es propia de un clima frío. Las construcciones parecen sólidas. La vida se muestra apacible""Carola Bravo. 2008: Tres visiones de Caracas. La ciudad decimonónica a través de sus testimonios pictóricos y gráficos Argos v.25 n.48 Caracas jun. 2008. Argos versión impresa ISSN 0254-1637Date | 1839Medium | lithograph http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#NewWorld: Venezuela blames the US for a failed coup by ex-Green Berets. @jmhumire @MariaFdaCabal @SecureFreeSochttps://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/05/11/family-of-ex-green-beret-captured-in-venezuela-says-men-likely-believed-they-were-trying-to-liberate-the-oppressed/ ...more

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• #NewWorld: Salvador's Millennial Dictator with links to Tehran. @jmhumire @MariaFdaCabal @SecureFreeSoc

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  May 13 2020

  Photo: public domainEnglish: Salvador 1895 unadopted essay. Depicting Antonio Ezeta, brother of the president, Carlos Ezeta. These stamps had been printed but not delivered when Ezeta was overthrown in a coup on June 9, 1894. The printer was authorized to overprint the entire issue with the coat of arms of El Salvador (Scott #105-116).Date | 1895Source | Self-scannedAuthor | Seebeckhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#NewWorld: Salvador's Millennial Dictator with links to Tehran. @jmhumire  @MariaFdaCabal  @SecureFreeSochttps://www.economist.com/leaders/2020/05/07/nayib-bukele-may-want-to-become-latin-americas-first-millennial-dictator ...more

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• Big Energy will survive the virus and Joe Biden afterward, if. Bud Weinstein, Maguire Energy Institute.

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  May 13 2020

  Photo: public domainPennzoil Refinery, Oil City, Pennsylvania. Tank cars such as this are constantly moving in, filling up and moving out again with hundreds of barrels of high-grade lubricants for our military machine, ships and planes http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowBig Energy will survive the virus and Joe Biden afterward, if.  Bud Weinstein, Maguire Energy Institute.https://www.insidesources.com/can-oil-and-gas-industry-survive-virus/Bernard L. Weinstein is associate director of the Maguire Energy Institute and adjunct professor of business economics in the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University....more

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• Biden's More-than-a-Vice-President pick. @HooverWhalen @HooverInst

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  May 13 2020

  Photo: public domainUnknown author or not providedRecord creator | Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945Title | Eleanor Roosevelt Funeral: John F. Kennedy, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B.Johnson and Dwight D.Eiesenhower in Hyde ParkDate | 10 November 1962http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowBiden's More-than-a-Vice-President pick. @HooverWhalen @HooverInsthttps://www.forbes.com/sites/billwhalen/2020/05/10/as-he-ponders-running-mates-is-there-a-truman-a-tr-or-an-lbj-in-joe-bidens-future/#730cecaa2e5a ...more

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• Schumer and Pelosi as FDRs? Urging free everything to everybody. @LizPeek

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  May 13 2020

  Image:  A poster publicizing Social Security benefits Elizabeth Peek, TheHill and Fox News; in re: The aid packages from Washington.  Ms Pelosi believes that the New Deal is essential along with the Green Deal.  She presents herself as FDR, or perhaps Eleanor.  Even when the economy had virtually zero unemployment, Democrats were still urging government-controlled programs.  Today’s bill is their signaling to Americans that they want to protect children and give free everything to everybody. Unfortunately, this can't happen; the best that we can do is to have a healthy economy. They think that keeping us all in lockdown will damage Trump’s presidency.  Biden: to placate the Sanders bloc, Biden has moved very, very far left in every policy, incl education.  He wasn’t heading toward acclamation as a nominee, but the established Democrats put him in this place.   Both Schumer and Pelosi see themselves as Rooseveltian; but they’re pushing the economy to [disaster].    ...more

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• US economy badly hurt, but recovery signs are heartening. And Prêt-à-Manger reopens! @LizPeek

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  May 13 2020

  Image:  Classic cappuccino  Public domain Elizabeth Peek, TheHill and Fox News; in re:   Microsoft Amazon, Tesla: market retraced a lot of its losses on the theory that we’d pen up sooner, and therapies may appear; since we entered this o an extremely strong market, [recovery is possible.] Fauci testified today before the Senate and warned against opening too quickly. Markets are skittish.  Governors open with restrictions, and so far it’s all doing well.  The mainstream media has so alarmed everyone.  In Penn Station today, Prêt-à-Manger was open!  My Prêt was open.   The New York mayor is saying: open in June.  Elon Musk, no respecter of authority, has pushed his way to reopening in California and it's unlikely the governor will shut him down so he takes his factory and leaves.  Georgia activity is now up 70% higher. We seem to  be advancing toward herd immunity, with a much lower fatality number.  Twitter announces that all employees may work at home forever.   Even Milan is back: not on public transport, but driving.   In New York people don’t think they can be safe on mass transit.  In New York: telework, private transport and staggered work hours.   Airlines, hospitality, etc., will not come back soon.  This economy has been hurt pretty badly.   ...more

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• Will there be a virtual or actual GOP convention in Charlotte, NC? @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund

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  May 13 2020

  Photo: Title: North Carolina Christian advocate [serial] Year: 1894 (1890s) Authors:  United Methodist Church (U.S.). North Carolina ConferenceUnited Methodist Church (U.S.). Western North Carolina Conference Subjects:  United Methodist Church (U.S.). North Carolina Conference United Methodist Church (U.S.). Western North Carolina Conference Methodist Church Publisher:  Greensboro, N.C., Methodist Board of Publication, [etc.] Contributing Library:  Duke Divinity School Library, Duke University Digitizing Sponsor:  Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the State Library of North Carolina. Grant issued to Duke University for the Religion in North Carolina project.    View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book  Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.  Text Appearing Before Image:ueOf full instruction. Addresser. S. W. Foster.Dean. 61 Inman Bldg., Atlanta,Ga.. Je25-tf - | Office Desks.v* EJSTD for our new catalogue and price list of OFFICEFURNITURE. We offer Special Prices.If in need of anything in Furniture, Carpets*Pianos and Organs we will save jou money.Write us. Andrews Furniture &amp; riusic Co., CHARLOTTE, N. C. 4 f # Belwood Institute A School of High Grade for Boys and Gir Is PREPARES students for entrance into the leading Colleges of the* State, and for the practical duties of life. Handsomely locatedin the northern part of Cleveland county, N. C., one of the most healthysections of the State. Community noted for its intelligence and highstandard of morals. Thorough training given in all departments.Fall term opens August 11, 1902. For further particulars send forcatalogue. • MARK B. CLEGG, Principal, BEL WOOD, N. C. The McQlamroch Mantel High Grade Mantels,Grates and Tiles All Grades and Prices, Write tor Catalogue D. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowWill there be a virtual or actual GOP convention in Charlotte, NC? @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund ...more

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• The Republicans go hawkish on China for 2020. CA goes all mail-in for 2020. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund

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  May 13 2020

  Photo: Title: The world: historical and actualYear: 1886 (1880s)Authors:  Gilbert, Frank, 1839-1899. (from old catalog)Subjects:  World historyPublisher:  Chicago, Fairbanks & Palmer publishing coContributing Library:  The Library of CongressDigitizing Sponsor:  Sloan FoundationView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From BookClick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:the Gulf ofPe-chi-li and Corea, it corresponds in latitude withthat portion of the United States south of the south-ern line of New York State and that part of Mex-ico north of the city of Vera Cruz. It lies south ofall Europe, except the southern portions of the Span-ish, Roman and Grecian peninsulas and their out-lying islands. About half of China Proper is hillyor mountainous, containing a large proportion oflauds which cannot be cultivated even by the labori-ous methods of terrace-farming and artificial irri-gation, so largely practiced in that country. From its southernmost limit, on the gulf of Ton.quin, to the Chusan Archipelago, nearly a thousandmiles northward, the lookout of China on the sea isindescribably cheerless. A range of disintegratedgranite mountains frowns, or, under a tropical sun,glares, on the passing voyager all the way. Treeless,shrubless, almost bladeless, their flanks of rottengranite gullied into red and yellow gulches, and their (434) f CHINESE EMPIRE. 435http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe Republicans go hawkish on China for 2020. CA goes all mail-in for 2020. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund...more

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• Milan reopens with sparse mass transit, many private autos and guidelines for shopping. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation.

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  Photo: public domainEnglish: Ceremonial reception of Alexander Suvorov in Milan, April 1799Date | before 1901 Source | http://www.bg-gallery.ru/image.php?img_id=1051[dead link]Author | Adolf Iosifovich Charlemagne (Адольф Иосифович Шарлемань)http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowMilan reopens with sparse mass transit, many private autos and guidelines for shopping. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation.

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• The joy of welcoming back Michael Flynn to the facts of Russiagate. @MichaeLedeen @FDD

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  May 13 2020

  Photo: public domainEnglish: Russia, 1830 [part 1].Title | Russia, 1830 [part 1].Source | https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47db-96b4-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99Author | Scan by NYPLPermission(Reusing this file) | http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe joy of welcoming back Michael Flynn to the facts of Russiagate. @MichaeLedeen @FDD

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• The strangely candid FBI handler for Christopher Steele; & What is to be done? Larry Johnson, Sic Semper Tyrannis

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  Image — Wikipedia: In intelligence organizations, agent handling is the management of so-called agents (called secret agents or spies in common parlance), principal agents, and agent networks (called "assets") by intelligence officers typically known as case officers. Here: an FBI agent at a crime scene Larry C Johnson, Sic Semper Tyrannis, & Business Exposure Reduction Group, in re:  Agent Doe is at the center of the Russiagate investigation; he calls himself the FBI handler of Christopher Steele, whom he met via Bruce Ohr; speaking of Eurasian crime, money laundering, drugs, and the like.  LJ:  I was mistaken about Steele, whom I thought to be a legit informant, but he was not. Bthis agent says: on 5 July 2016 in response to a frantic call from Steele: “I gotta meet with you!”  in London. Steele gives agent the first version of the notorious dossier.  Steele names Glen Simpson on that day. Recall that Bruce Ohr’s wife was working for Simpson. Next,  agent returns to his post, decides to give it to the special agent in New York City who gets it on 12 July 20156; then two more weeks pass before someone senior in DC gets it (probably on seventh floor).     On July 31, they set up Operation Crossfire Hurricane.  Alexander Downer.  FBI leadership do not turn to the agent who’s Steele’s handler; instead, Agent Doe was cut out.  Then suddenly Harry Reid was being briefed on the dossier . . .   ...more

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• The mystery of Adam Schiff’s not commenting on the Flynn case and the House Intell Committee documents. @LeeSmithDC

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  May 13 2020

  Image: National Counterintelligence and Security Center Lee Smith, The Plot Against the President, in re:  The press was an intrinsic part of the operation – CNN, MSNBC, NBC, et al., are third-world [flacks].  Amb Grenell is now acting DNI (director of national intelligence); his deputy, the excellent Kashyap Patel, was Rep Nunes’s aide.   These are two highly significant people trying to get essential information to the American public Extremely pleased and relieved that these two are hard at work [on the matter].   If Rep Ratcliff is confirmed,   . . .  I’d go to Amb Powers’s transcripts; see how many officials’s identities she wanted revealed.  Obama Adm cultivated a culture of espionage. This is important.  We have evidence that the story Adam Schiff and his allies were telling for two years was false, and that the press participated.   ...more

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• DOJ Mary McCord maintains the fiction that Flynn is a suspect traitor. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  May 12 2020

  Photo: State Dining-Room, President's Mansion, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowDOJ Mary McCord maintains the fiction that Flynn is a suspect traitor. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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• The conspirators discuss Flynn in violation of the antique Logan Act, January 5, 2017. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  May 12 2020

  Photo: English: Title: A grand Shakesperian [sic] revivalAbstract: Print shows Chester A. Arthur as King Henry IV on a cobblestone street, with Jay Gould and William H. Vanderbilt holding his cape, and accompanied by John P. Jones; he is accosted by Roscoe "Sir John" Conkling who proposes to speak on behalf of Thomas C. "Master Shallow" Platt, behind them are Thomas J. Brady and Stephen W. Dorsey. Ulysses S. Grant and John A. Logan are standing on the left, at the head of Arthur's entourage. Includes text for brief exchange between Arthur and Conkling from "(2nd Part of King Henry IV, Act V - Sc. 5)". Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph.Notes: J. Keppler.; Caption: (Which we have but little hope of seeing on the stage of the National Capitol).; Copyright 1881 by Keppler &amp; Schwarzmann.; Illus. from Puck, v. 10, no. 239, (1881 October 5), centerfold.; Title from item.Date | 1881http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe conspirators discuss Flynn in violation of the antique Logan Act, January 5, 2017. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness...more

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• “Indiana” Hoenlein and the lost Bar Kokhba Year 2 coin. Malcolm Hoenlein: @conf_of_pres

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  May 12 2020

  Image:  Stamp of Israel dedicated to Simon bar Kokhba, 1961 Indiana Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: Bar Kokhba coin and its remarkable history and inscription.  Samaria: Tel Aroma, northernmost of the eight fortresses in the Hasmonean kingdom. Palestinians are hastily working to destroy the fortress walls right now; working around the clock.

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• Iranian cyber attacks Israeli waterworks and Gilead Sciences. Malcolm Hoenlein: @conf_of_pres

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  May 12 2020

  Image:  Jews mourning over the ruins of Jerusalem. Jerusalem is rebuilt by Cyrus, Darius and Artaxerxes, From "Our day in the light of the prophecy", 1921.Iranian cyber attacks Israeli waterworks and Gilead Sciences.  Malcolm Hoenlein: @conf_of_pres Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: [Broad and deep review of Israel, Iran, Iraq, Saudis.]

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• "There was no crime that Flynn had committed or could be accused of committing." John Yoo, U.C. Berkeley Law. @HooverInst

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  May 12 2020

  Photo: "The traitor: Degradation of Alfred Dreyfus, degradation in the Morland Court of the military school in Paris" Henri Meyer - Bibliothèque nationale de France Public Domain File:Degradation alfred dreyfus.jpg Created: 13 January 1895 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow"There was no crime that Flynn had committed or could be accused of committing." John Yoo, U.C. Berkeley Law. @HooverInst https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dropping-flynn-charges-right-fbi-cleanup-john-yoo?utm_source=Hoover%20Daily%20Report&amp;utm_campaign=6dfb87cb87-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_05_08_07_33&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-6dfb87cb87-72527561...more

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• The years-long Flynn persecution: "The media are just arms of the Democratic Party." @DevinNunes CA-22.

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  May 12 2020

  Photo: Tufts professor Edward H. Rockwell broadcasting an educational lecture over WGI (1922)[8] Uncredited magazine article - Photograph included in "Tufts College Has First Radio Faculty", from page 7 of the April 8, 1922 issue of Radio World magazine Original caption: "The first wireless college in the world! This distinction is claimed by Tufts College, Massachusetts. Thirteen members of the faculty have volunteered to give lectures on their subjects through radio at the American Radio and Research Corporation plant. The lectures will reach as far west as Wisconsin and as far south as Florida. In the photograph (reading from right to left) are Dr. Arthur I. Andrews, who will speak on 'Changes In Europe,' Professor Edward H. Rockwell, 'The Story of the Bridge Builder,' Dean Gardner C. Anthony, 'The Story of Engineering,' and Professor Albert H. Gilmer, 'The Modern Drama.'" Public Domain File:Education broadcast over radio station WGI, Medford Hills, Massachusetts (1922).jpg Created: 8 April 1922 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe years-long Flynn persecution: "The media are just arms of the Democratic Party." @DevinNunes CA-22. ...more

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• The chaos of the PRC #in-the-time-of-the-virus is a representation of the existential turmoil in the Chinese Communist Party. Professor Arthur. @GordonGChang

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  May 12 2020

  Photo: Originally published in Paris in the History of China by P. J. B. Du Halde; reprinted in Holland in 1736.Title | Habit of a mandarin of war in Chinese Tartary in 1700. Mandarin de guerre de la Tartarie Chinoise.Date | 1757Source | https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-3c53-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99Author | T. Jefferyshttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe chaos of the PRC #in-the-time-of-the-virus is a representation of the existential turmoil in the Chinese Communist Party. Professor Arthur. @GordonGChang ...more

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• Homeland Security warns that China steals vaccine and remedy secrets #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Professor Arthur @GordonGChang

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  May 12 2020

  Photo: LondonImage ID | 1638049Collection | A collection of the dresses of different nations, antient [sic] and modern. Particularly old English dresses; after the designs of Holbein, Vandyke, Hollar and others, with an account of the authorities from which the figures are taken, and some short historical remarks on the subject. To which are added the habits of the principal characters on the English stage.Collection UUID | 510d47e4-3c4e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99NYPL catalog ID | b14140320NYPL Division | The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art &amp; Architecture CollectionTopics | Clothing &amp; dress; Government officials -- Chinese -- China; Men; Clothing &amp; dresshttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowHomeland Security warns that China steals vaccine and remedy secrets #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Professor Arthur @GordonGChanghttps://www.nationalreview.com/news/u-s-to-warn-that-china-is-attempting-to-steal-coronavirus-vaccine-research/https://nypost.com/2020/05/10/china-pressured-who-to-delay-global-coronavirus-warning/ ...more

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• ISIS and al Qaeda confront each other in West Africa @BillRoggio @thomasjoscelyn

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  May 12 2020

  Image: Mansa Musa depicted holding a gold nugget from a 1395 map of Africa and Europe. Musa I (c. 1280 – c. 1337), or Mansa Musa, was the tenth Mansa (which translates to "sultan", "conqueror" or "emperor") of the Mali Empire, an Islamic West African state. He has been described as the wealthiest individual of the Middle Ages. Tom Joscelyn, Long War Journal and FDD; and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD; in re: ISIS is accusing al Q of starting a war in West Africa. Nonetheless, there’s tactical alignment between the two in some geographic areas.  ISIS’s newsletter, al-Naba, has a long piece on this. ISIS charges that what’s wrong with al Q is that the latter is willing to negotiate with the enemy – it endorsed the Taliban’s deal with the US. Al Q models some of its conduct in West Africa on Taliban.  General Miller, head of US representation in Afghanistan:  the agreement says naught about reduction in violence.  Not a peace deal; the US was had. Miller’s public affairs man doesn't even say basic matters were agreed on.  ...more

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• The important tribes of Iraq, and the new _ISIS Reader: Milestone Texts of the Islamic State Movement_ @thomasjoscelyn @BillRoggio

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  May 12 2020

  Image: The Shammar is Iraq's largest Arab tribe, along with the Jubur, with more than 1.5 million members.[8] Under the leadership of Banu Mohamad, known as Al Jarba, there was a massive exodus into Iraq. Most of the Shammar in Iraq gave up the nomadic life to settle in major cities, especially the Jazirah plain, the area between the Tigris and Euphrates from Baghdad to Mosul.  Here: A photograph of Abdul Aziz bin Mutʿib, nicknamed "Al-Janāzah", the sixth Amir of Jabal Shammar.Tom Joscelyn, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; &amp; Senior Editor for FDD's Long War Journal; and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD; in re:  Iraq; the Sunni Awakening; Craig Whiteside and ISIS: The ISIS Reader*.  Bribes, corruption, persuasion. Tribes wanted noninterference in their affairs.  Tribes were fearful of what al Qaeda brought to the table.  * The ISIS Reader: Milestone Texts of the Islamic State Movement, by Haroro J. Ingram and Craig Whiteside. Kindle Edition. ...more

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• #COMPLETE: From The Stick to The Cove: My Six Decades with the San Francisco Giants Paperback – May 12, 2020 by Mike Murphy (Author), Chris Haft (Author), Willie Mays (Foreword): Retrieve a ball, throw it back—and enter the big leagues. Mike Murphy (

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  May 12 2020

  Photo: English: Title: Crocker Bldg., Market and Post Sts., San Francisco, Calif. Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.Date | 1912Source | Library of CongressCatalog: https://lccn.loc.gov/96510158Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3b30000/3b38000/3b38200/3b38268r.jpgOriginal url: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/96510158/Author | Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#COMPLETE: From The Stick to The Cove: My Six Decades with the San Francisco Giants Paperback – May 12, 2020 by Mike Murphy (Author), Chris Haft  (Author), Willie Mays (Foreword): Retrieve a ball, throw it back—and enter the big leagues.     Mike Murphy (@MikeMbaseball)https://audioboom.com/posts/7577740-from-the-stick-to-the-cove-1-of-2-my-six-decades-with-the-san-francisco-giants-paperback-may Day in, day out, Mike Murphy has been a constant presence with the San Francisco Giants since the team moved west in 1958. The clubhouse at Oracle Park bears his name, and in the jubilant aftermath of the team's 2010 World Series victory, Buster Posey told Murphy, "We did it for you, we got your ring." If you know the Giants, you know "Murph."In From the Stick to the Cove, the beloved longtime clubhouse manager reflects on over six decades of incredible memories, from getting his start as a bat boy and first meeting his idol Willie Mays, to unexpected celebrity encounters, to his role as a father figure for more recent generations of Giants....more

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• 4/4 The Victims Return: Survivors of the Gulag after Stalin, by Stephen F. Cohen #StephenFCohen @thenation #Russia @BatchelorShow

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  May 12 2020

   Image: Transpolar Railway between Salekhard and Nadym, bult by gulag slave labor.  Permissions:  see below The Victims Return: Survivors of the Gulag after Stalin, by Stephen F. Cohen    Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-F-Cohen-ebook/dp/B07PBQNT28/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1589162935&sr=1-7-catcorr Stalin's Reign of Terror in the Soviet Union has been called 'the other Holocaust'. During the Stalin years, it is thought that more innocent men, women and children perished than in Hitler's destruction of the European Jews. Many millions died in Stalin's gulag of torture prisons and forced-labour camps, yet others survived and were freed after his death in 1953.   This book is the story of the survivors. Long kept secret by Soviet repression and censorship, it is now told by the renowned author and historian Stephen F. Cohen, who came to know many former gulag inmates during his frequent trips to Moscow over a period of thirty years. Based on first-hand interviews with the victims themselves and on newly available materials, Cohen provides a powerful narrative of the survivors' post-gulag saga, from their liberation and return to Soviet society to their long struggle to salvage what remained of their shattered lives and to obtain justice.  Spanning more than fifty years, The Victims Return combines individual stories with the fierce political conflicts that raged, both in society and in the Kremlin, over the victims of the Terror and the people who had victimized them...Permissions:English: Transpolar Railway between Salekhard and Nadym Русский: Трансполярная магистраль сегодня. Перегон Салехард—Надым Date18 September 2004 Source  ru:Файл:Перегон Салехард-Надым.jpg Author  ru:Участник:ComIntern Permission (Reusing this file)‪Russian‪ user ComIntern, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publishes it under the following license: ‪Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License......more

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• 3/4 The Victims Return: Survivors of the Gulag after Stalin, by Stephen F. Cohen #StephenFCohen @thenation #Russia @BatchelorShow

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  Image: Road construction by inmates of the Dalstroy (part of the 'Road of Bones' from Magadan to Yakutsk)   See also:  Russian political jokes  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_political_jokes The Victims Return: Survivors of the Gulag after Stalin, by Stephen F. Cohen    Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-F-Cohen-ebook/dp/B07PBQNT28/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1589162935&sr=1-7-catcorr Stalin's Reign of Terror in the Soviet Union has been called 'the other Holocaust'. During the Stalin years, it is thought that more innocent men, women and children perished than in Hitler's destruction of the European Jews. Many millions died in Stalin's gulag of torture prisons and forced-labour camps, yet others survived and were freed after his death in 1953.   This book is the story of the survivors. Long kept secret by Soviet repression and censorship, it is now told by the renowned author and historian Stephen F. Cohen, who came to know many former gulag inmates during his frequent trips to Moscow over a period of thirty years. Based on first-hand interviews with the victims themselves and on newly available materials, Cohen provides a powerful narrative of the survivors' post-gulag saga, from their liberation and return to Soviet society to their long struggle to salvage what remained of their shattered lives and to obtain justice.  Spanning more than fifty years, The Victims Return combines individual stories with the fierce political conflicts that raged, both in society and in the Kremlin, over the victims of the Terror and the people who had victimized them. ...more

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• 2/4 The Victims Return: Survivors of the Gulag after Stalin, by Stephen F. Cohen #StephenFCohen @thenation #Russia @BatchelorShow

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  Image: Group of prisoners in Sakhalin, remote prison island, c. 1903 The Victims Return: Survivors of the Gulag after Stalin, by Stephen F. Cohen    Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-F-Cohen-ebook/dp/B07PBQNT28/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1589162935&sr=1-7-catcorr Stalin's Reign of Terror in the Soviet Union has been called 'the other Holocaust'. During the Stalin years, it is thought that more innocent men, women and children perished than in Hitler's destruction of the European Jews. Many millions died in Stalin's gulag of torture prisons and forced-labour camps, yet others survived and were freed after his death in 1953.   This book is the story of the survivors. Long kept secret by Soviet repression and censorship, it is now told by the renowned author and historian Stephen F. Cohen, who came to know many former gulag inmates during his frequent trips to Moscow over a period of thirty years. Based on first-hand interviews with the victims themselves and on newly available materials, Cohen provides a powerful narrative of the survivors' post-gulag saga, from their liberation and return to Soviet society to their long struggle to salvage what remained of their shattered lives and to obtain justice.  Spanning more than fifty years, The Victims Return combines individual stories with the fierce political conflicts that raged, both in society and in the Kremlin, over the victims of the Terror and the people who had victimized them. ...more

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• 1/4 The Victims Return: Survivors of the Gulag after Stalin, by Stephen F. Cohen #StephenFCohen @thenation #Russia @BatchelorShow

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  Image: The Gulag (Russian: ГУЛаг, romanized: GULag, acronym of Main Administration of Camps, Russian: Главное управление лагерей) was the government agency that was in charge of the Soviet network of forced-labour camps which was set up by order of Vladimir Lenin       Location map of Soviet Gulag system concentration campsPermissions: See below The Victims Return: Survivors of the Gulag after Stalin, by Stephen F. Cohen    Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-F-Cohen-ebook/dp/B07PBQNT28/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1589162935&amp;sr=1-7-catcorr Stalin's Reign of Terror in the Soviet Union has been called 'the other Holocaust'. During the Stalin years, it is thought that more innocent men, women and children perished than in Hitler's destruction of the European Jews. Many millions died in Stalin's gulag of torture prisons and forced-labour camps, yet others survived and were freed after his death in 1953.    This book is the story of the survivors. Long kept secret by Soviet repression and censorship, it is now told by the renowned author and historian Stephen F. Cohen, who came to know many former gulag inmates during his frequent trips to Moscow over a period of thirty years. Based on first-hand interviews with the victims themselves and on newly available materials, Cohen provides a powerful narrative of the survivors' post-gulag saga, from their liberation and return to Soviet society to their long struggle to salvage what remained of their shattered lives and to obtain justice.    Spanning more than fifty years, The Victims Return combines individual stories with the fierce political conflicts that raged, both in society and in the Kremlin, over the victims of the Terror and the people who had victimized them...  ..  ..  Permissions:  Location map of Soviet Gulag system concentration campsEnglish: Location map of Soviet Gulag system concentration camps Русский: Карта расположения концентрационных лагерей системы ГУЛаг | Date | 16 August 2011 | Source | Собственная работа, основанная на материалах справочника «Система исправительно-трудовых лагерей в СССР», подготовленного правозащитным обществом «Мемориал». | Author | Antonu Licensing ‪I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses:| ‪This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported 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 [see above], and indicate if changes were made [no change made]. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. •    ‪share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License....more

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• 8/8 Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776, by Richard R. Beeman @PennHistory @Penn

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  Image: This idealized depiction of (left to right) Franklin, Adams, and Jefferson working on the Declaration was widely reprinted (by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, 1900)Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776,  by Richard R. Beeman  Hardcover – May 7, 2013 In 1768, the Philadelphia physician Benjamin Rush stood before the empty throne of King George III, overcome with emotion as he gazed at the symbol of America's connection with England. Eight years later, he became one of the fifty-six men to sign the Declaration of Independence, severing America forever from its mother country. Rush was not alone in his radical decision—many of those casting their votes in favor of independence did so with a combination of fear, reluctance, and even sadness.        In Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor, acclaimed historian Richard R. Beeman examines the grueling twenty-two-month period between the meeting of the Continental Congress on September 5, 1774 and the audacious decision for independence in July of 1776. As late as 1774, American independence was hardly inevitable—indeed, most Americans found it neither desirable nor likely. When delegates from the thirteen colonies gathered in September, they were, in the words of John Adams, “a gathering of strangers.” Yet over the next two years, military, political, and diplomatic events catalyzed a change of unprecedented magnitude: the colonists' rejection of their British identities in favor of American ones. In arresting detail, Beeman brings to life a cast of characters, including the relentless and passionate John Adams, Adams' much-misunderstood foil John Dickinson, the fiery political activist Samuel Adams, and the relative political neophyte Thomas Jefferson, and with profound insight reveals their path from subjects of England to citizens of a new nation.        A vibrant narrative, Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor tells the remarkable story of how the delegates to the Continental Congress, through courage and compromise, came to dedicate themselves to the forging of American independence.     ...more

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• 7/8 Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776, by Richard R. Beeman @PennHistory @Penn

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  Image: “Americans throwing Cargoes of the Tea Ships into the River, at Boston”: 1789 engraving of the destruction of the tea in Boston Harbor.Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776,  by Richard R. Beeman  Hardcover – May 7, 2013 In 1768, the Philadelphia physician Benjamin Rush stood before the empty throne of King George III, overcome with emotion as he gazed at the symbol of America's connection with England. Eight years later, he became one of the fifty-six men to sign the Declaration of Independence, severing America forever from its mother country. Rush was not alone in his radical decision—many of those casting their votes in favor of independence did so with a combination of fear, reluctance, and even sadness.        In Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor, acclaimed historian Richard R. Beeman examines the grueling twenty-two-month period between the meeting of the Continental Congress on September 5, 1774 and the audacious decision for independence in July of 1776. As late as 1774, American independence was hardly inevitable—indeed, most Americans found it neither desirable nor likely. When delegates from the thirteen colonies gathered in September, they were, in the words of John Adams, “a gathering of strangers.” Yet over the next two years, military, political, and diplomatic events catalyzed a change of unprecedented magnitude: the colonists' rejection of their British identities in favor of American ones. In arresting detail, Beeman brings to life a cast of characters, including the relentless and passionate John Adams, Adams' much-misunderstood foil John Dickinson, the fiery political activist Samuel Adams, and the relative political neophyte Thomas Jefferson, and with profound insight reveals their path from subjects of England to citizens of a new nation.        A vibrant narrative, Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor tells the remarkable story of how the delegates to the Continental Congress, through courage and compromise, came to dedicate themselves to the forging of American independence.           ...more

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• 6/8 Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776, by Richard R. Beeman @PennHistory @Penn

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  Image:  Title page of John Dickinson's Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania, to the inhabitants of the British Colonies, a series of essays written by the Pennsylvania lawyer and legislator John Dickinson.  While acknowledging the power of Parliament in matters concerning the whole British Empire, Dickinson argued that the colonies were sovereign in their internal affairs. He thus argued that taxes laid upon the colonies by Parliament for the purpose of raising revenue, rather than regulating trade, were unconstitutional.Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776,  by Richard R. Beeman  Hardcover – May 7, 2013 In 1768, the Philadelphia physician Benjamin Rush stood before the empty throne of King George III, overcome with emotion as he gazed at the symbol of America's connection with England. Eight years later, he became one of the fifty-six men to sign the Declaration of Independence, severing America forever from its mother country. Rush was not alone in his radical decision—many of those casting their votes in favor of independence did so with a combination of fear, reluctance, and even sadness.        In Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor, acclaimed historian Richard R. Beeman examines the grueling twenty-two-month period between the meeting of the Continental Congress on September 5, 1774 and the audacious decision for independence in July of 1776. As late as 1774, American independence was hardly inevitable—indeed, most Americans found it neither desirable nor likely. When delegates from the thirteen colonies gathered in September, they were, in the words of John Adams, “a gathering of strangers.” Yet over the next two years, military, political, and diplomatic events catalyzed a change of unprecedented magnitude: the colonists' rejection of their British identities in favor of American ones. In arresting detail, Beeman brings to life a cast of characters, including the relentless and passionate John Adams, Adams' much-misunderstood foil John Dickinson, the fiery political activist Samuel Adams, and the relative political neophyte Thomas Jefferson, and with profound insight reveals their path from subjects of England to citizens of a new nation.        A vibrant narrative, Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor tells the remarkable story of how the delegates to the Continental Congress, through courage and compromise, came to dedicate themselves to the forging of American independence.  ...more

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  Image: Samuel Adams was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the United States. He was a second cousin to his fellow Founding Father, the resident John Adams. In this c. 1772 portrait by John Singleton Copley, Adams points at the Massachusetts Charter, which he viewed as a constitution that protected the peoples' rightsOur Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776,  by Richard R. Beeman  Hardcover – May 7, 2013 In 1768, the Philadelphia physician Benjamin Rush stood before the empty throne of King George III, overcome with emotion as he gazed at the symbol of America's connection with England. Eight years later, he became one of the fifty-six men to sign the Declaration of Independence, severing America forever from its mother country. Rush was not alone in his radical decision—many of those casting their votes in favor of independence did so with a combination of fear, reluctance, and even sadness.        In Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor, acclaimed historian Richard R. Beeman examines the grueling twenty-two-month period between the meeting of the Continental Congress on September 5, 1774 and the audacious decision for independence in July of 1776. As late as 1774, American independence was hardly inevitable—indeed, most Americans found it neither desirable nor likely. When delegates from the thirteen colonies gathered in September, they were, in the words of John Adams, “a gathering of strangers.” Yet over the next two years, military, political, and diplomatic events catalyzed a change of unprecedented magnitude: the colonists' rejection of their British identities in favor of American ones. In arresting detail, Beeman brings to life a cast of characters, including the relentless and passionate John Adams, Adams' much-misunderstood foil John Dickinson, the fiery political activist Samuel Adams, and the relative political neophyte Thomas Jefferson, and with profound insight reveals their path from subjects of England to citizens of a new nation.        A vibrant narrative, Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor tells the remarkable story of how the delegates to the Continental Congress, through courage and compromise, came to dedicate themselves to the forging of American independence. ...more

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  Image: Patrick Henry, "Give me liberty, or give me death!", lithograph (1876) from the Library of Congress Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776,  by Richard R. Beeman  Hardcover – May 7, 2013 The Continental Congress first met in September of 1774 in what John Adams described as "a gathering of strangers." It would be almost two years before Thomas Jefferson wrote the last sentence of the Declaration of Independence. "And for the support of this declaration," it reads, "we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." Here is the inspiration for the title of Richard R. Beeman's new work, which explores how residents of the thirteen distinct colonies, all of whom looked more toward Britain than to one another and at first had no sense of themselves as Americans, became one. He traces the processes by which their chosen legislative body of representatives gained enough cohesion to declare independence. The actions of the Continental Congress, however, were only made possible by the people who composed it. Beeman brings to life this group of politically diverse characters, who fought fiercely among themselves until they agreed to fight together for a common cause. Beeman first outlines how the relationship between Britain and the American colonies shifted as a result of the Seven Years' War, as a decade of British attempts to tax the American colonies began. But these were not thirteen identical colonies; each had a unique relationship with its mother country, as well as a culture and economy that often reflected its place within the larger mercantile system of the British Empire. Each then reacted in its own way to the British attempts at taxation. Virginia and Massachusetts, for example, became more radical. As a result, these colonies sent such representatives as Patrick Henry, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, and the two cousins Samuel and John Adams, all of whom were more inclined to support independence, to the Continental Congress. By contrast, colonies such as New York and Pennsylvania sought reconciliation over revolution and sent representatives that were less inclined toward independence. Consequently, many of their names have been lost to history. Some representatives from these colonies did become well known. John Dickinson of Pennsylvania, author of Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, challenged the right of Parliament to tax the colonies and had a reputation as a bold defender of American liberties. Nonetheless, he chose not to sign the Declaration of Independence. Beeman's strength lies in helping readers see how such a seeming contradiction was possible. His focus on Dickinson's moderate perspective reveals both the varied currents of thought in the debate that led to the Declaration of Independence and the risks involved in participating. The act of signing was both a measure of patriotic brotherhood and an act of treason punishable by death and confiscation of all property. In this context, the gravity of Jefferson's last sentence becomes clear: it contained the last words signers read before pledging to one another "our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." https://www.amazon.com/Our-Lives-Fortunes-Sacred-Honor/dp/046502629X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1589157109&amp;sr=1-2 ...more

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  Image: The expenses of the Seven Years' War led to Britain's unwelcome taxation of the Colonies.  Here: Battle of Kunersdorf; by Alexander Kotzebue at theHermitage MuseumOur Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776,  by Richard R. Beeman  Hardcover – May 7, 2013 The Continental Congress first met in September of 1774 in what John Adams described as "a gathering of strangers." It would be almost two years before Thomas Jefferson wrote the last sentence of the Declaration of Independence. "And for the support of this declaration," it reads, "we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." Here is the inspiration for the title of Richard R. Beeman's new work, which explores how residents of the thirteen distinct colonies, all of whom looked more toward Britain than to one another and at first had no sense of themselves as Americans, became one. He traces the processes by which their chosen legislative body of representatives gained enough cohesion to declare independence. The actions of the Continental Congress, however, were only made possible by the people who composed it. Beeman brings to life this group of politically diverse characters, who fought fiercely among themselves until they agreed to fight together for a common cause. Beeman first outlines how the relationship between Britain and the American colonies shifted as a result of the Seven Years' War, as a decade of British attempts to tax the American colonies began. But these were not thirteen identical colonies; each had a unique relationship with its mother country, as well as a culture and economy that often reflected its place within the larger mercantile system of the British Empire. Each then reacted in its own way to the British attempts at taxation. Virginia and Massachusetts, for example, became more radical. As a result, these colonies sent such representatives as Patrick Henry, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, and the two cousins Samuel and John Adams, all of whom were more inclined to support independence, to the Continental Congress. By contrast, colonies such as New York and Pennsylvania sought reconciliation over revolution and sent representatives that were less inclined toward independence. Consequently, many of their names have been lost to history. Some representatives from these colonies did become well known. John Dickinson of Pennsylvania, author of Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, challenged the right of Parliament to tax the colonies and had a reputation as a bold defender of American liberties. Nonetheless, he chose not to sign the Declaration of Independence. Beeman's strength lies in helping readers see how such a seeming contradiction was possible. His focus on Dickinson's moderate perspective reveals both the varied currents of thought in the debate that led to the Declaration of Independence and the risks involved in participating. The act of signing was both a measure of patriotic brotherhood and an act of treason punishable by death and confiscation of all property. In this context, the gravity of Jefferson's last sentence becomes clear: it contained the last words signers read before pledging to one another "our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." https://www.amazon.com/Our-Lives-Fortunes-Sacred-Honor/dp/046502629X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1589157109&amp;sr=1-2 ...more

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  Image: This Patriot cartoon depicting the Coercive Acts as the forcing of tea on a Native American woman (a symbol of the American colonies) was copied and distributed in the Thirteen Colonies.       The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods. In Great Britain, these laws were referred to as the Coercive Acts. The acts took away self-governance and historic rights of Massachusetts, triggering outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies. They were key developments in the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War in April 1775. Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776,  by Richard R. Beeman  Hardcover – May 7, 2013 The Continental Congress first met in September of 1774 in what John Adams described as "a gathering of strangers." It would be almost two years before Thomas Jefferson wrote the last sentence of the Declaration of Independence. "And for the support of this declaration," it reads, "we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." Here is the inspiration for the title of Richard R. Beeman's new work, which explores how residents of the thirteen distinct colonies, all of whom looked more toward Britain than to one another and at first had no sense of themselves as Americans, became one. He traces the processes by which their chosen legislative body of representatives gained enough cohesion to declare independence. The actions of the Continental Congress, however, were only made possible by the people who composed it. Beeman brings to life this group of politically diverse characters, who fought fiercely among themselves until they agreed to fight together for a common cause. Beeman first outlines how the relationship between Britain and the American colonies shifted as a result of the Seven Years' War, as a decade of British attempts to tax the American colonies began. But these were not thirteen identical colonies; each had a unique relationship with its mother country, as well as a culture and economy that often reflected its place within the larger mercantile system of the British Empire. Each then reacted in its own way to the British attempts at taxation. Virginia and Massachusetts, for example, became more radical. As a result, these colonies sent such representatives as Patrick Henry, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, and the two cousins Samuel and John Adams, all of whom were more inclined to support independence, to the Continental Congress. By contrast, colonies such as New York and Pennsylvania sought reconciliation over revolution and sent representatives that were less inclined toward independence. Consequently, many of their names have been lost to history. Some representatives from these colonies did become well known. John Dickinson of Pennsylvania, author of Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, challenged the right of Parliament to tax the colonies and had a reputation as a bold defender of American liberties. Nonetheless, he chose not to sign the Declaration of Independence. Beeman's strength lies in helping readers see how such a seeming contradiction was possible. His focus on Dickinson's moderate perspective reveals both the varied currents of thought in the debate that led to the Declaration of Independence and the risks involved in participating. The act of signing was both a measure of patriotic brotherhood and an act of treason punishable by death and confiscation of all property. In this context, the gravity of Jefferson's last sentence becomes clear: it contained the last words signers read before pledging to one another "our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."https://www.amazon.com/Our-Lives-Fortunes-Sacred-Honor/dp/046502629X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1589157109&amp;sr=1-2...more

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  Image: Allyn Cox Mural in oil on Canvas 1973-1974 Great Experiment Hall Cox Corridors Delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that would ultimately join in the American Revolutionary War met from September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia to discuss responses to increased British oppression. This convention, the First Continental Congress, formally declared that colonists should have the same rights as Englishmen; they also agreed to form the Continental Association, which called for the suspension of trade with Great Britain.        The mural depicts an oration by Patrick Henry in Carpenters' Hall. Left: A colonist is shown making a tax payment. Taxation without representation was a major complaint against the royal government. Right: A soldier blocks the path of a woman and child, symbolizing the armed occupation that incensed many colonists. Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776,  by Richard R. Beeman  Hardcover – May 7, 2013 The Continental Congress first met in September of 1774 in what John Adams described as "a gathering of strangers." It would be almost two years before Thomas Jefferson wrote the last sentence of the Declaration of Independence. "And for the support of this declaration," it reads, "we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." Here is the inspiration for the title of Richard R. Beeman's new work, which explores how residents of the thirteen distinct colonies, all of whom looked more toward Britain than to one another and at first had no sense of themselves as Americans, became one. He traces the processes by which their chosen legislative body of representatives gained enough cohesion to declare independence. The actions of the Continental Congress, however, were only made possible by the people who composed it. Beeman brings to life this group of politically diverse characters, who fought fiercely among themselves until they agreed to fight together for a common cause. Beeman first outlines how the relationship between Britain and the American colonies shifted as a result of the Seven Years' War, as a decade of British attempts to tax the American colonies began. But these were not thirteen identical colonies; each had a unique relationship with its mother country, as well as a culture and economy that often reflected its place within the larger mercantile system of the British Empire. Each then reacted in its own way to the British attempts at taxation. Virginia and Massachusetts, for example, became more radical. As a result, these colonies sent such representatives as Patrick Henry, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, and the two cousins Samuel and John Adams, all of whom were more inclined to support independence, to the Continental Congress. By contrast, colonies such as New York and Pennsylvania sought reconciliation over revolution and sent representatives that were less inclined toward independence. Consequently, many of their names have been lost to history. Some representatives from these colonies did become well known. John Dickinson of Pennsylvania, author of Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, challenged the right of Parliament to tax the colonies and had a reputation as a bold defender of American liberties. Nonetheless, he chose not to sign the Declaration of Independence. Beeman's strength lies in helping readers see how such a seeming contradiction was possible. His focus on Dickinson's moderate perspective reveals both the varied currents of thought in the debate that led to the Declaration of Independence and the risks involved in participating. The act of signing was both a measure of patriotic brotherhood and an act of treason punishable by death and confiscation of all property. In this context, the gravity of Jefferson's last sentence becomes clear: it contained the last words signers read before pledging to one another "our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."https://www.amazon.com/Our-Lives-Fortunes-Sacred-Honor/dp/046502629X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1589157109&amp;sr=1-2...more

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• A Noble Cause: 4 of 4: American Battlefield Victories in Vietnam Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Douglas Niles (Author), Brian O'Neill (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher)

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  Photo: Da Nang AB in the late 1960sU.S. Air Force photo - 142nd Fighter Wing Gallery This picture of the Da Nang ramp shows F-4 Phantoms of the 366th TFW, the "Gunfighters". Revetments, like these at Da Nang AB, provided some protection against mortar and rocket attacks. Permission details This image or file is a work of a U.S. Air Force Airman or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain in the United States.View more Public Domainview terms File:Da Nang Air Base during the Vietnam War.jpg Created: 1960s date QS:P,+1960-00-00T00:00:00Z/8 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow A Noble Cause: 4 of 4: American Battlefield Victories in Vietnam  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Douglas Niles (Author), Brian O'Neill (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Noble-Cause-American-Battlefield-Victories/dp/B01670QQSG/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1589160968&amp;sr=1-1In the tradition of We Were Soldiers Once, and Young, A Noble Cause is a stirring tribute to the valor and courage of the allied forces in the Vietnam War and a vivid re-creation of hard-won battles from Ia Drang Valley to Khe Sanh and Hamburger Hill.  Celebrating the skill and bravery of the United States armed forces and their South Vietnamese allies, A Noble Cause presents a gripping chronicle of both large and small unit successful combat engagements, including the Battle of Dong Xoai (1965); the Battle of Ia Drang Valley (1965), the first major ground battle of the Vietnam War; the Battle of Loc Ninh (1967) by the Cambodian border; the Battle of Khe Sanh (1967-1968) leading up to the Tet Offensive; the Battle of Dong Ha (1968); the bloody siege on Hamburger Hill (1969); and the Battle of An Loc (1972), 65 miles north of Saigon, which contributed to the failure of the Vietcong's Eastertide Offensive.  Documenting the invaluable role of a tireless and determined infantry as well as air cavalry divisions and B-52 "Arc Light" air strikes, A Noble Cause chronicles the crucial strategic decisions that led to victory - often against steep odds - and honors the bravery of every soldier who stood his ground, faced the enemy, and gave his all....more

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