The John Batchelor Show

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• Happy 95th Birthday, Henry Kissinger, as Trump's approval climbs 3 points. @MonicaCrowley

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  Jun 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:President Richard Nixon and staff members with President Charles de Gaulle of France, 03/02/1969 US National Archives #194610 Item from Collection NS-WHPO: White House Photo Office Collection, 01/20/1969 - 08/09/1974 Location: Nixon Presidential Materials Staff (NLNS), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, Room 1320, College Park, MD 20740-6001 PHONE: 301-837-3290, FAX: 301-837-3202, EMAIL: nixon@nara.gov Production Date: 03/02/1969 Part of: Series: Master Print File, 1969 - 1974 Scope & Content Note: Pictured: background: H.R. Haldeman,John D. Ehrlichman,Henry A. Kissinger, William P. Rogers; foreground: Richard M. Nixon, Charles DeGaulle. Subject: Heads of State - France. Date 18 December 2008, 18:23 (UTC) ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Happy 95th Birthday, Henry Kissinger, as Trump's approval climbs 3 points. @MonicaCrowley...more

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• Democrats favored on immigration, Republicans favored on the economy, 2018. @LaraMBrownPHD

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  Jun 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: El Paso, TX - Kentucky National Guardsmen on patrol on horseback and by automobile along a roadway outside El Paso, Texas, circa 1916. June 18, 2016, is the 100th anniversary of the “Great Mobilization” order of the National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico Border. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Democrats favored on immigration, Republicans favored on the economy, 2018. @LaraMBrownPHD http://www.people-press.org/2018/06/20/voters-more-focused-on-control-of-congress-and-the-president-than-in-past-midterms/...more

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• PRC Space Force vs US Space Force. Rick Fisher, Rick Fisher, senior fellow on Asian Military Affairs at the International Assessment and Strategy Center. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jun 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:A sample image taken by FY-1C. Received by the Center for Earth Observing and Space Research at George Mason University.[20] ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow PRC Space Force vs US Space Force. Rick Fisher, Rick Fisher, senior fellow on Asian Military Affairs at the International Assessment and Strategy Center. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-directs-creation-space-force-sixth-branch-military/story?id=55978674...more

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• PRC traps its submarine fleet in the South China Sea fishbowl. Maochun Miles Yu, professor of East Asia and Military History at the United States Naval Academy.

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  Jun 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Japanese Carrier Division Three under attack by United States Navy aircraft from Task Force 58, late afternoon, June 20, 1944. The heavy cruiser circling at right, nearest to the camera, is either Maya or Chōkai. Beyond that, is the small aircraft carrier Chiyoda ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow PRC traps its submarine fleet in the South China Sea fishbowl. Maochun Miles Yu, professor of East Asia and Military History at the United States Naval Academy. https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/11/asia/south-china-sea-woody-island-missiles-intl/index.html...more

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• Is Europe hesitating on the the trade war & What is to be done? @AlanTonelson @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jun 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Photographed at Kampen, The Netherlands. Date 10 July 2010 Source Own work Author User:Alfvanbeem ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Is Europe hesitating on the the trade war & What is to be done? @AlanTonelson @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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• China vs US, Japan, Russia, UK over developing the Kim regime. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jun 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:U.S. Marine Corps, Republic of Korea Marines Corps, New Zealand Army and Australian Army conduct amphibious assault training at Doksukri Beach, South Korea, March 12, 2016, during Exercise Ssang Yong 16. Ssang Yong 16 is a biennial military exercise focused on strengthening the amphibious landing capabilities of the U.S. and its allies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Briauna Birl/RELEASED)  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow China vs US, Japan, Russia, UK over developing the Kim regime. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast...more

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• Kim Family script of war-provoking, peace-talking, reform-minding, repeat. Sung-Yoon Lee, professor at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, on these:

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  Jun 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (PhotoPublic Domain: Seoul: Korean War Destruction (HD-SN-99-03162 DOD/NARA)  This image is believed to be in the public domain and is from the National Archives. More information may be found below.: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Kim Family script of war-provoking, peace-talking, reform-minding, repeat. Sung-Yoon Lee, professor at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, on these: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/kim-jong-un-learned-about-singapores-development-during-night-tour-north-korean-media https://www.wsj.com/articles/capitalism-for-dictators-101-north-koreans-study-business-basics-1529400603...more

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• Endlessly the Cambridge Five: "A Spy Named Orphan: 2 of 4: The Enigma of Donald Maclean" by Roland Philipps

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  Jun 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: The sentry box outside the Foreign Office dates the photograph to the mid 1880s. There is a Police Constable standing at the end of Downing Street near the junction with Whitehall but there are no gates. The buildings on the extreme left are in King Street. Date 15 February 2012 Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/31363949@N02/6822194485/in/photostream Author Leonard Bentley (uploader) ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Endlessly the Cambridge Five: "A Spy Named Orphan: 2 of 4: The Enigma of Donald Maclean" by Roland Philipps Donald Maclean was one of the most treacherous spies of the Cold War era and a key member of the infamous "Cambridge Five" spy ring, yet the full extent of this shrewd, secretive man’s betrayal has never been explored—until now. Drawing on a wealth of previously classified files and unseen family papers, A Spy Named Orphan meticulously documents his extraordinary story. Roland Philipps unravels Maclean’s character and contradictions, informed by a domineering father in a childhood at once liberal and austere. Maclean became infatuated with Communism during his school days, even before his time at Cambridge. A model diplomat, he rose through the ranks of the British Foreign Office rapidly, never arousing suspicion of his chilling double life. He married an American woman despite his sexual ambivalence and increasing antipathy to the United States. He was prone to alcoholic binges that should have blown his cover, yet they never found their way onto his record. A sworn enemy of capitalism, he had access to some of the greatest secrets of the time, transmitting invaulable intelligence to his Soviet handlers on the atom bomb and the shape of the postwar world. Maclean was a spy who loved and loathed the role. In a brazen escapade, he successfully eluded the incredulous authorities to defect to the Soviet Union, where he worked and lived unrepentantly for the next thirty years. Philipps offers memorable portraits of Maclean’s coconspirators—Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, and Anthony Blunt—as well as the gifted Russian spymasters of the period; a vibrant evocation of Cambridge and London between the wars; colorful descriptions of Maclean’s postings in Paris, Cairo, and Washington, D.C.; and a riveting re-creation of the tense international code-breaking operation that ultimately exposed him. A gripping tale of blind faith and fierce loyalty alongside dangerous duplicity and human vulnerability, Philipps’s narrative will stand as the definitive account of the mysterious and elusive man first codenamed "Orphan."...more

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• Oppy still; Curiosity busy. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Jun 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:This vista from NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows "Wdowiak Ridge," from left foreground to center, as part of a northward look with the rover's tracks visible at right. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Oppy still; Curiosity busy. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com http://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/curiosity-on-the-march/

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• Trump aims for a Space Force & What is to be done? Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Jun 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Emblem of Air Force Space Command of the United States Air Force Date  Source http://www.af.mil/shared/media/ggallery/hires/AFG-060622-001.jpg Author United States Air Force (User:Pmsyyz converted from JPEG to PNG and added transparency) Permission (Reusing this file)  PD-USGov ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http a p://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Trump aims for a Space Force & What is to be done? Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com http://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/what-yesterdays-national-space-council-meeting-really-reveals/...more

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• What was Secretary Clinton's intention in keeping a private server? 2 of 2: @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (PHOTO: Chappaqua Farm, West Chester County, N.Y., The Residence of Hon. Horace Greeley, Currier & Ives, c. 1870 http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?1659419 Lithograph of "Chappaqua Farm, Westchester County, N.Y., The Residence of Hon. Horace Greeley," published by Currier & Ives, 125 Nassau Street, circa 1870. Courtesy of the New York Public Library Digital Collection.) HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/CONTACT HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/SCHEDULES TWITTER: @BATCHELORSHOW What was Secretary Clinton's intention in keeping a private server? 2 of 2: @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/ig-report-clinton-emails-fix-was-in/...more

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• What was Secretary Clinton's intention in keeping a private server? 1 of 2: @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (PHOTO: Downtown Chappaqua from the NY 120 overpass Daniel Case - Own work View of downtown Chappaqua, New York, USA, from nearby overpass carrying NY 120 over the Saw Mill River Parkway and Metro-North's Harlem Line) HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/CONTACT HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/SCHEDULES TWITTER: @BATCHELORSHOW What was Secretary Clinton's intention in keeping a private server? 1 of 2: @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/ig-report-clinton-emails-fix-was-in/...more

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• Tariff threats cost both the Chinese and American consumers. @VeroDeRugy @Mercatus

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  Jun 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tariff threats cost both the Chinese and American consumers. @VeroDeRugy @Mercatus

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• What is a gentleman in 2018? @bernieandsid @WABCradio @Flirtyflipper

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  Jun 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Anton von Maron (1733–1808) Blue pencil.svg wikidata:Q596339 Title  Portrait of Two Gentlemen before the Arch of Constantine in Rome Object type painting Date 1767 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions Height: 137 cm (53.9 in); Width: 101 cm (39.7 in) Current location Unidentified Private collection ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow What is a gentleman in 2018? @bernieandsid @WABCradio @Flirtyflipper https://www.amazon.com/Sex-Matters-Modern-Feminism-Science/dp/0451498399/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1529475409&sr=1-1&keywords=mona+charen Sex Matters: How Modern Feminism Lost Touch with Science, Love, and Common Sense by Mona Charen...more

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• The long alienation of the Vietnam War. @bernieandsid @WABCradio @Flirtyflipper

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  Jun 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Vietnam War 1968 - Khe Sanh - Line of defense.  Khe Sanh, South Vietnam: U.S. Marines man the fortified perimeter of Khe Sanh Jan.22nd awaiting the anticipated Communist offensive in the northern area of South Vietnam. Some 5,000 Marines are manning the Khe Sanh redoubt and Allied reinforcements have been moved into the area in preparation for what may develop into a pivotal battle of the war. Military observers believe some 30,000 to 40,000 North Vietnamese infantrymen are poised in the area below the Demilitarized Zone. Credit (UPI photo by Kyoichi Sawada) 1/30/68) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The long alienation of the Vietnam War. @bernieandsid @WABCradio @Flirtyflipper https://www.amazon.com/Road-Disaster-History-Americas-Descent/dp/0062859668...more

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• Tales of the New Cold War: The Two Origin Documents of Russiagate: 2 of 2: Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com.

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  Jun 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: The contemporary art of Russia (the ongoing series, issue II). Cossack Seeing-Off. Stirrup Cup by Sergey Gavrilyachenko. 1999. Sergey Aleksandrovich Gavrilyachenko (born 1956) is a Russian painter, a People's Artist of the Russian Federation, a secretary of the Russian Union of Artists, a member of the art group Romantics of Realism. The stamp of Russia, 15.00 Rubles, 30 June 2012, PTC Marka Catalogue No 1613, Michel No 1846. Coated paper, varnish coating, bronze paste. Offset printing. Perforation: comb 12:11¼. Size of the stamp: 50×37 mm. Print run: 240,000. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tales of the New Cold War: The Two Origin Documents of Russiagate: 2 of 2: Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com....more

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• Tales of the New Cold War: The Two Origin Documents of Russiagate: 1 of 2: Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com.

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  Jun 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Stamp of Russia 2011 No 1513.jpg More details The contemporary art of Russia (the ongoing series, issue I). The view of St. Boris and Gleb Monastery by Nikolai Borovskoy. Oil on canvas. 2001. The private collection of K. Moskalenko. The paintings depicts the Rostov Monastery of St. Boris and Gleb (founded 1363), situated between Rostov and Uglich, in the urban locality Borisoglebsky, Yaroslavl Oblast. Nikolai Ivanovich Borovskoy (born 1946) is a Soviet and Russian painter and a teacher of art, a People's Artist of the Russian Federation, a full member of Russian Academy of Arts. The stamp of Russia, 14.00 Rubles, 12 September 2011, PTC Marka Catalogue No 1513, Michel No 1745. Coated paper, varnish coating, bronze paste. Offset printing. Perforation: comb 12:11½. Size of the stamp: 50×37 mm. Print run: 270,000. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tales of the New Cold War: The Two Origin Documents of Russiagate: 1 of 2: Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com....more

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• Trump's approval rising & What is to be done? @LizPeek

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  Jun 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Description  English: Bus terminal at Drive-In Shopping Centre, Chermside, ca. 1957 Date circa 1957 Source [1] Author Unknown) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Trump's approval rising & What is to be done?  @LizPeek http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/392817-poll-trump-approval-rating-ties-highest-point-of-his-presidency

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• The roaring Trump economy & more growth ahead. @LizPeek

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  Jun 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:A Roberts loom in a weaving shed in 1835. Textiles were the leading industry of the Industrial Revolution and mechanized factories, powered by a central water wheel or steam engine, were the new workplace. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The roaring Trump economy & more growth ahead. @LizPeek http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/392358-the-economy-is-rocking-the-fed-wont-come-knocking-too-loud

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• Early California Primary Touting. @HooverWhalen

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  Jun 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Jerry Brown at the 1976 Democratic National Convention, New York City. Date 15 July 1976) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Early 2020 California Primary Touting. @HooverWhalen

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• Endlessly the Cambridge Five: "A Spy Named Orphan: 1 of 4: The Enigma of Donald Maclean" by Roland Philipps

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  Jun 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Trinity Hall, Cambridge University. Buildings on Trinity Lane, adjacent to Clare College chapel, circa 1870. Image taken from original albumen print from a bound album of 58 Cambridge University photographs. Original 19th century album in the possession of Kimberly Blaker, New Boston Fine and Rare Books See also File:Trinity Hall Chapel, Cambridge University.jpg for view of these buildings from inside Trinity Hall, and File:Cambridge University, Trinity Hall Demolished.jpg, showing their demolition. The range was rebuilt by Alfred Waterhouse in 1872-3. Date circa 1870; uploaded 2012-02-05) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Endlessly the Cambridge Five: "A Spy Named Orphan: 1 of 4: The Enigma of Donald Maclean" by Roland Philipps Donald Maclean was one of the most treacherous spies of the Cold War era and a key member of the infamous "Cambridge Five" spy ring, yet the full extent of this shrewd, secretive man’s betrayal has never been explored—until now. Drawing on a wealth of previously classified files and unseen family papers, A Spy Named Orphan meticulously documents his extraordinary story. Roland Philipps unravels Maclean’s character and contradictions, informed by a domineering father in a childhood at once liberal and austere. Maclean became infatuated with Communism during his school days, even before his time at Cambridge. A model diplomat, he rose through the ranks of the British Foreign Office rapidly, never arousing suspicion of his chilling double life. He married an American woman despite his sexual ambivalence and increasing antipathy to the United States. He was prone to alcoholic binges that should have blown his cover, yet they never found their way onto his record. A sworn enemy of capitalism, he had access to some of the greatest secrets of the time, transmitting invaulable intelligence to his Soviet handlers on the atom bomb and the shape of the postwar world. Maclean was a spy who loved and loathed the role. In a brazen escapade, he successfully eluded the incredulous authorities to defect to the Soviet Union, where he worked and lived unrepentantly for the next thirty years. Philipps offers memorable portraits of Maclean’s coconspirators—Kim Philby, Guy Burgess, and Anthony Blunt—as well as the gifted Russian spymasters of the period; a vibrant evocation of Cambridge and London between the wars; colorful descriptions of Maclean’s postings in Paris, Cairo, and Washington, D.C.; and a riveting re-creation of the tense international code-breaking operation that ultimately exposed him. A gripping tale of blind faith and fierce loyalty alongside dangerous duplicity and human vulnerability, Philipps’s narrative will stand as the definitive account of the mysterious and elusive man first codenamed "Orphan."...more

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• The Unknowns: 2 of 2: The Untold Story of America’s Unknown Soldier and WWI’s Most Decorated Heroes Who Brought Him Home by Patrick K. O'Donnell.

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  Jun 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Unknowns: 2 of 2: The Untold Story of America’s Unknown Soldier and WWI’s Most Decorated Heroes Who Brought Him Home by Patrick K. O'Donnell. https://www.amazon.com/Unknowns-Americas-Soldier-Decorated-Brought/dp/0802128335 The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is sacred ground at Arlington National Cemetery. Originally constructed in 1921 to hold one of the thousands of unidentified American soldiers lost in World War I, it now also contains unknowns from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and receives millions of visitors each year who pay silent tribute. When the first Unknown Soldier was laid to rest in Arlington, General John Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force in WWI, seleted eight of America’s most decorated, battle-hardened veterans to serve as Body Bearers. For the first time O’Donnell portrays their heroics on the battlefield one hundred years ago, thereby animating the Tomb by giving voice to all who have served. The Body Bearers appropriately spanned America’s service branches and specialties. Their ranks include a cowboy who relived the charge of the light brigade, an American Indian who heroically breached mountains of German barbed wire, a salty New Englander who dueled a U-boat for hours in a fierce gunfight, a tough New Yorker who sacrificed his body to save his ship, and an indomitable gunner who, though blinded by gas, nonetheless overcame five machine-gun nests. Their stories slip easily into the larger narrative of America’s involvement in the conflict, transporting readers into the midst of dramatic battles during 1917–1918 that ultimately decided the Great War. Celebrated military historian and bestselling author Patrick O’Donnell illuminates the saga behind the creation of the Tomb itself and recreates the moving ceremony during which it was consecrated and the eight Body Bearers, and the sergeant who had chosen the one body to be interred, solemnly united. Brilliantly researched, vividly told, The Unknowns is a timeless tale of heeding the calls of duty and brotherhood, and humanizes the most consequential event of the twentieth century, which still casts a shadow a century later....more

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• The Old Cold War: 2 of 2 :The Other Space Race: Eisenhower and the Quest for Aerospace Security" by Nicholas Michael Sambaluk

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  Jun 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Dr. von Braun briefs President Eisenhower at the front of the S1 Stage (first Stage) of the Saturn 1 vehicle at the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) on September 8, 1960. The President's visit was to dedicate Marshall Space Flight Center as a new NASA field center in honor of General George C. Marshall. Date 8 September 1960 Source NASA website: Description [1] High resolution image.[2] Lower resolution sources [3] [4] Author NASA ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Old Cold War: 2 of 2 :The Other Space Race: Eisenhower and the Quest for Aerospace Security" by Nicholas Michael Sambaluk https://www.amazon.com/Other-Space-Race-Eisenhower-Transforming/dp/1612518869/ref=laB07CNHQ5WJ1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1529034536&sr=1-1...more

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• What is the status of the FBI investigation of the Clinton Foundation? @CharlesOrtel

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  Jun 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo June 2015: PROU.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Follow Secretary Castro Attends CGI Event Denver, CO) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow What is the status of the FBI investigation of the Clinton Foundation? @CharlesOrtel

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• Texas and California at risk of brownouts due to dependence on subsidized renewables. Bud Weinstein, Maguire Energy Institute.

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  Jun 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Texas and California at risk of brownouts due to dependence on subsidized renewables. Bud Weinstein, Maguire Energy Institute.

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• Horowitz finds bias in Strzok and Page & What is to be done? @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Horowitz finds bias in Strzok and Page & What is to be done? @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter

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• "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Amulet of the City of David.

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  Jun 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Amulet of the City of David.

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• Netanyahu and Putin vs Iran in Syria. Malcolm Hoenlein.

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  Jun 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:One of the rare periods the Barada river is high, seen here next to the Four Seasons hotel in downtown Damascus April 2009 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Netanyahu and Putin vs Iran in Syria. Malcolm Hoenlein. https://www.rt.com/newsline/429865-putin-netanyahu-syria-israel/

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• Socialism fails in the Old World and New World. @RealConstable

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  Jun 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:A view of Caracas from Valle Arriba. Date 11 November 2006 Source Flickr Author Igvir Reviewer Saravask ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Socialism fails in the Old World and New World. @RealConstable https://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?toURL=https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonconstable/2018/06/14/venezuelas-latest-desperate-plan/&refURL=&referrer=

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• Has the US captured a Benghazi attack commander? @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio

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  Jun 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:A view of the Libyan Town of Derna from its eastern escarpment. Date 27 May 2010 Source Own work Author Maher A. A. Abdussalam ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Has the US captured a Benghazi attack commander? @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5856891/Osama-Bin-Ladens-driver-linked-2012-Benghazi-attacks-killed-envoy-captured-Libya.html Reports: Libya National Army have captured a 'high-ranking al-Qaeda' operative Suspect found in Derna is named as Ansar al-Sharia leader Abu Sufian Bin Qumu Bin Qumu was once personal driver to al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden He has links to the diplomatic compound attack by gunmen that killed US envoy Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi in 2012...more

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• Does President Trump have the political will to out maneuver the PRC on trade? @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast @ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Title: China's open door; a sketch of Chinese life and history Year: 1900 (1900s) Authors: Wildman, Rounsevelle, 1864-1901 Subjects: Publisher: Boston, Lothrop Publishing Company Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Does President Trump have the political will to out maneuver the PRC on trade? @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast @ThadMcCotter...more

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• Mike Pompeo and POTUS in a rush vs Little Rocket Man. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast @ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, CA - Female Marines perform their duties as traffic controllers during the Korean War. During the war, women were encouraged to take on more roles in different military occupations than before to free up more men for combat. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Mike Pompeo and POTUS in a rush vs Little Rocket Man. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast @ThadMcCotter

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• The Taliban is not negotiating; it is attacking. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio

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  Jun 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Kabul Modern Kabul Date 27 May 2013 (original upload date) Source https://www.panoramio.com/photo/90905589 Author Masoud Akbaril ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Taliban is not negotiating; it is attacking. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/06/taliban-rejects-ceasefire-extension-resumes-attacks-on-internal-puppets.php

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• Foch's plan to overwhelm von Ludendorff: "Hundred Days: 4of 4: The Campaign That Ended World War I by Nick Lloyd

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  Jun 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: More details U.S. Marines during the offensive U.S. Marines - U.S. National Archives U.S. Marines during the Meuse-Argonne Campaign in World War I. With the 2nd Division ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Foch's plan to overwhelm von Ludendorff: "Hundred Days:  4of 4: The Campaign That Ended World War I by Nick Lloyd https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Days-Campaign-Ended-World/dp/0465074928/ref=sr14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1529292382&sr=1-4&keywords=nick+lloyd...more

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• Foch's plan to overwhelm von Ludendorff: "Hundred Days: 3 of 4: The Campaign That Ended World War I by Nick Lloyd

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  Jun 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo32nd-division.org at Meuse-Argonne. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Foch's plan to overwhelm von Ludendorff: "Hundred Days: 3 of 4: The Campaign That Ended World War I by Nick Lloyd https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Days-Campaign-Ended-World/dp/0465074928/ref=sr14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1529292382&sr=1-4&keywords=nick+lloyd

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• Foch's plan to overwhelm von Ludendorff: "Hundred Days: 2 of 4: The Campaign That Ended World War I by Nick Lloyd

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  Jun 18 2018

  https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Days-Campaign-Ended-World/dp/0465074928/ref=sr14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1529292382&sr=1-4&keywords=nick+lloyd AUTHOR. (Photo: English: The Hundred Days Offensive, August-november 1918 Battle of Cambrai. Men of the 20th Battalion, Manchester Regiment (25th Division) resting by a tank (serial number 9891), disabled by side-slipping down a railway embankment. Near Premont, 8 October 1918. Date 8 October 1918 (First World War)) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Foch's plan to overwhelm von Ludendorff: "Hundred Days: 2 of 4: The Campaign That Ended World War I by Nick Lloyd https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Days-Campaign-Ended-World/dp/0465074928/ref=sr14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1529292382&sr=1-4&keywords=nick+lloyd...more

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• Foch's plan to overwhelm von Ludendorff: "Hundred Days: 1 of 4: The Campaign That Ended World War I by Nick Lloyd

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  Jun 18 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Battle of the Canal du Nord. Scene at a Canadian Forward Dressing Station near Inchy during the 4th Canadian Division's crossing of the Canal du Nord. Date 27 September 1918 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Foch's plan to overwhelm von Ludendorff: "Hundred Days: 1 of 4: The Campaign That Ended World War I by Nick Lloyd https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-Days-Campaign-Ended-World/dp/0465074928/ref=sr14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1529292382&sr=1-4&keywords=nick+lloyd...more

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• Excellent Crystal Ball 2012: The Next Decade:2 of 2: Empire and Republic in a Changing World by George Friedman

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  Jun 18 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Three Gorges Dam, constructed by China Three Gorges Corporation. Christoph Filnkößl - Own work Three Gorges Dam in 2006 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Excellent Crystal Ball 2012: The Next Decade:2 of 2: Empire and Republic in a Changing World by George Friedman https://www.amazon.com/Next-Decade-Empire-Republic-Changing/dp/0307476391/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1529290568&sr=1-1&keywords=the+next+decade+george+friedman...more

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• Excellent Crystal Ball 2012: The Next Decade:1 of 2: Empire and Republic in a Changing World by George Friedman

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  Jun 18 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Arizona's launch, 19 June 1915  Unknown or not provided - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Excellent Crystal Ball 2012: The Next Decade:1 of 2: Empire and Republic in a Changing World by George Friedman https://www.amazon.com/Next-Decade-Empire-Republic-Changing/dp/0307476391/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1529290568&sr=1-1&keywords=the+next+decade+george+friedman...more

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• FDR in love: "Young Mr. Roosevelt: 2 of 2: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and Life" by Stanley Weintraub.

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  Jun 18 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Unknown or not provided Record creator Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Title  Franklin D. Roosevelt in New York Date 26 December 1918) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow FDR in love: "Young Mr. Roosevelt: 2 of 2: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and Life" by Stanley Weintraub. https://www.amazon.com/Young-Mr-Roosevelt-Introduction-Politics/dp/0306821184/ref=sr1sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1529289640&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=stanley+weintrub+young+fdr...more

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• FDR in love: "Young Mr. Roosevelt: 1 of 2: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and Life" by Stanley Weintraub.

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  Jun 18 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Unknown or not provided Record creator Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Title  Franklin D. Roosevelt in Firth of Forth, Scotland Date 29 August 1918) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow FDR in love: "Young Mr. Roosevelt: 1 of 2: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and Life" by Stanley Weintraub. https://www.amazon.com/Young-Mr-Roosevelt-Introduction-Politics/dp/0306821184/ref=sr1sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1529289640&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=stanley+weintrub+young+fdr...more

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• Why we fret: "Civilization: 3 of 3: The West and the Rest" by Niall Ferguson (Author).

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  Jun 18 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Steam powered weaving shed Date 1914 Source Plate from More Pictures of British History, London, 1914, p.61. Publisher: London. Adam and Charles Black. 1914 Author E.L. Hoskyn ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Why we fret: "Civilization: 3 of 3: The West and the Rest" by Niall Ferguson (Author).  Western civilization’s rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five centuries. All over the world, more and more people study at Western-style universities, work for Western-style companies, vote for Western-style governments, take Western medicines, wear Western clothes, and play Western sports. Yet six hundred years ago the petty kingdoms of Western Europe seemed like miserable backwaters, ravaged by incessant war and pestilence. 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, acclaimed historian 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, modern medicine, consumerism, and the work ethic. These were the ‘killer applications’ that allowed the West to leap ahead of the Rest; opening global trade routes, exploiting new scientific knowledge, evolving representative government, more than doubling life expectancy, unleashing the industrial revolution, and hugely increasing human productivity. Civilization shows exactly how a dozen Western empires came to control three-fifths of mankind and four-fifths of the world economy. Yet now, Ferguson argues, the days of Western predominance are numbered because the Rest have finally downloaded the six killer apps the West once monopolized – while the West has literally lost faith in itself. Chronicling the rise and fall of empires alongside the clashes of civilizations, Civilization recasts world history with verve and wit. Boldly argued but also teeming with memorable characters, this is Ferguson at his very best....more

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• Why we fret: "Civilization: 2 of 3: The West and the Rest" by Niall Ferguson (Author).

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  Jun 18 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Anonymous: One of A.J. Keller, E.J. Meeker, H.C. Edwards, Victor Perard, Malcom Fraser. Description  English: An image of Roger Bacon in his study Date 1905  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Why we fret: "Civilization: 2 of 3: The West and the Rest" by Niall Ferguson (Author).  Western civilization’s rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five centuries. All over the world, more and more people study at Western-style universities, work for Western-style companies, vote for Western-style governments, take Western medicines, wear Western clothes, and play Western sports. Yet six hundred years ago the petty kingdoms of Western Europe seemed like miserable backwaters, ravaged by incessant war and pestilence. 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, acclaimed historian 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, modern medicine, consumerism, and the work ethic. These were the ‘killer applications’ that allowed the West to leap ahead of the Rest; opening global trade routes, exploiting new scientific knowledge, evolving representative government, more than doubling life expectancy, unleashing the industrial revolution, and hugely increasing human productivity. Civilization shows exactly how a dozen Western empires came to control three-fifths of mankind and four-fifths of the world economy. Yet now, Ferguson argues, the days of Western predominance are numbered because the Rest have finally downloaded the six killer apps the West once monopolized – while the West has literally lost faith in itself. Chronicling the rise and fall of empires alongside the clashes of civilizations, Civilization recasts world history with verve and wit. Boldly argued but also teeming with memorable characters, this is Ferguson at his very best....more

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• Why we fret: "Civilization:1 of 3: The West and the Rest" by Niall Ferguson (Author).

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  Jun 18 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: "The Old Bailey, Known Also as the Central Criminal Court", from Volume 2 of The Microcosm of London: or, London in Miniature. Date 1808 Source http://www3.open.ac.uk/media/images.aspx?category=latestnews Author Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus Pugin ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Why we fret:  "Civilization:1 of 3:  The West and the Rest" by Niall Ferguson (Author).  Western civilization’s rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five centuries. All over the world, more and more people study at Western-style universities, work for Western-style companies, vote for Western-style governments, take Western medicines, wear Western clothes, and play Western sports. Yet six hundred years ago the petty kingdoms of Western Europe seemed like miserable backwaters, ravaged by incessant war and pestilence. 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, acclaimed historian 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, modern medicine, consumerism, and the work ethic. These were the ‘killer applications’ that allowed the West to leap ahead of the Rest; opening global trade routes, exploiting new scientific knowledge, evolving representative government, more than doubling life expectancy, unleashing the industrial revolution, and hugely increasing human productivity. Civilization shows exactly how a dozen Western empires came to control three-fifths of mankind and four-fifths of the world economy. Yet now, Ferguson argues, the days of Western predominance are numbered because the Rest have finally downloaded the six killer apps the West once monopolized – while the West has literally lost faith in itself. Chronicling the rise and fall of empires alongside the clashes of civilizations, Civilization recasts world history with verve and wit. Boldly argued but also teeming with memorable characters, this is Ferguson at his very best....more

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• Sports diplomacy:" The Boys in the Boat: PART 1 of 2: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics." by Daniel James Brown

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  Jun 18 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics on a German stamp ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Sports diplomacy:" The Boys in the Boat: PART 1 of 2: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics." by Daniel James Brown The #1 New York Times–bestselling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany and now the inspiration for the PBS documentary “The Boys of ‘36” For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant. It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did, going on to shock the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not only to regain his shattered self-regard but also to find a real place for himself in the world. Drawing on the boys’ own journals and vivid memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, Brown has created an unforgettable portrait of an era, a celebration of a remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man’s personal quest....more

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• Sports diplomacy:" The Boys in the Boat: PART 2 of 2: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics." by Daniel James Brown

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  Jun 18 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:RBerlin, Olympische Kunstausstellung, Eröffnung ADN-ZB-Archiv Berlin, Juli 1936: Nach der Eröffnung der Olympischen Kunstausstellung am Kaiserdamm sehen wir Joseph Goebbels und Hans Schweitzer-Mjölnir bei einem Rundgang durch die Ausstellung. [Scherl Bilderdienst] Abgebildete Personen: Goebbels, Joseph: Reichsminister für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda, Gauleiter Berlin, Deutschland Schweitzer-Mjölnir, Hans Prof.: Reichsbeauftragter für künstlerische Formgebung, Deutschland Depicted place Berlin Date July 1936 Photographer ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Sports diplomacy:" The Boys in the Boat: PART 2 of 2: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics." by Daniel James Brown The #1 New York Times–bestselling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany and now the inspiration for the PBS documentary “The Boys of ‘36” For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant. It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did, going on to shock the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not only to regain his shattered self-regard but also to find a real place for himself in the world. Drawing on the boys’ own journals and vivid memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, Brown has created an unforgettable portrait of an era, a celebration of a remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man’s personal quest....more

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• AI is the new black at the Dod. @PhilDStewart @Reuters

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  Jun 17 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow AI is the new black at the Dod. @PhilDStewart @Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pentagon-missiles-ai-insight/deep-in-the-pentagon-a-secret-ai-program-to-find-hidden-nuclear-missiles-idUSKCN1J114J

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• The First Amendment and Colorado. @BerkowitzPeter

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  Jun 17 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The First Amendment and Colorado.  @BerkowitzPeter https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/06/13/religiousfreedomisntbakedintoweddingcakeruling137267.html

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• Waiting on the certain Trump disrupting style & What is to be done? @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion

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  Jun 17 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump at the 2018 G7 summit in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada. Date 9 June 2018 Source https://twitter.com/Scavino45/status/1005464870551150592 Author Dan Scavino Jr.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Waiting on the certain Trump disrupting style & What is to be done? @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-breaks-rules-but-when-do-we-start-winning-1528929005...more

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• Gaza sea-based attack tunnels are not contained. Major General Michael Edelstein. Malcolm Hoenlein.

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  Jun 17 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:7 February 2007, 15:40:08 Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/marcinmonko/5323304239/ Author Marcin Monko ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Gaza sea-based attack tunnels are not contained. Major General Michael Edelstein. Malcolm Hoenlein. Twitter: @BatchelorShoweneral Michael Edelstein is the Defense and Armed Forces Attaché to the United States and Canada. Related Articles: · https://www.timesofisrael.com/gazas-financial-crisis-is-sending-hamas-back-into-the-arms-of-iran/ · https://www.timesofisrael.com/liberman-says-iranian-regime-living-on-borrowed-time/ · https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/IDF-neutralizs-Hamas-naval-terror-tunnel-559616 · https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middleeast/un-assembly-blames-israel-for-gaza-violence-but-not-hamas/2018/06/13/15348c50-6f6c-11e8-b4d8-eaf78d4c544cstory.html...more

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• Iran air travel cannot survive sanctions. Farzin Nadimi Malcolm Hoenlein

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  Jun 17 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Mahan Air Airbus A340-600 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Iran air travel cannot survive sanctions. Farzin Nadimi Malcolm Hoenlein Farzin Nadim is a Washington-based analyst specializing in the security and defense affairs of Iran and the Persian Gulf region. He has written previously for The Washington Institute regarding Tehran's asymmetric naval warfare strategy. Related Articles: · http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/treasury-increases-the-pressure-on-iranian-airlines · https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0395 · http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/benjamin-weinthal-iran-still-seeking-tech-for-weapons-of-mass-destruction-german-intel/ · http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/saeed-ghasseminejad-major-austrian-energy-firm-to-leave-iran/...more

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• Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor by Yossi Klein Halevi

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  Jun 17 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Bethlehem security) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor by Yossi Klein Halevi [ https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Palestinian-Neighbor-Yossi-Halevi/dp/0062844911/ref=laB001IXOA0411?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1529200989&sr=1-1](https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Palestinian-Neighbor-Yossi-Halevi/dp/0062844911/ref=laB001IXOA0411?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1529200989&sr=1-1) New York Times bestseller "A profound and original book, the work of a gifted thinker."--Daphne Merkin, The Wall Street Journal Attempting to break the agonizing impasse between Israelis and Palestinians, the Israeli commentator and award-winning author of Like Dreamers directly addresses his Palestinian neighbors in this taut and provocative book, empathizing with Palestinian suffering and longing for reconciliation as he explores how the conflict looks through Israeli eyes. Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor is one Israeli’s powerful attempt to reach beyond the wall that separates Israelis and Palestinians and into the hearts of "the enemy." In a series of letters, Yossi Klein Halevi explains what motivated him to leave his native New York in his twenties and move to Israel to participate in the drama of the renewal of a Jewish homeland, which he is committed to see succeed as a morally responsible, democratic state in the Middle East. This is the first attempt by an Israeli author to directly address his Palestinian neighbors and describe how the conflict appears through Israeli eyes. Halevi untangles the ideological and emotional knot that has defined the conflict for nearly a century. In lyrical, evocative language, he unravels the complex strands of faith, pride, anger and anguish he feels as a Jew living in Israel, using history and personal experience as his guide. Halevi’s letters speak not only to his Palestinian neighbor, but to all concerned global citizens, helping us understand the painful choices confronting Israelis and Palestinians that will ultimately help determine the fate of the region. Yossi Klein Halevi is a senior fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. Together with Imam Abdullah Antepli, he co-directs the Institute’s Muslim Leadership Initiative. Yossi is the author of Like Dreamers: The Story of the Israeli Paratroopers Who Reunited Jerusalem and Divided a Nation, published by HarperCollins in 2013, which won the Jewish Book Council's Everett Family Foundation Jewish Book of the Year Award. He most recently published, A letter to my Palestinian Neighbors”....more

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• The Joy of Bloomsday 2018 & What is to be done?. 2 of 2. @JackHitt

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  Jun 17 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Nederlands: De "Ulysses" van James Joyce in de "John Rylands Library" in Manchester, Engeland Datum 17 oktobar 2009 Izvor Sopstveno delo Autor Paul Hermans) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Joy of Bloomsday 2018 & What is to be done?. 2 of 2. @JackHitt  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/magazine/the-strange-case-of-the-missing-joyce-scholar.html

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• The Joy of Bloomsday 2018 & What is to be done?. 1 of 2. @JackHitt

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  Jun 17 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: James Joyce playing a guitar Date 1915 Source Cornell Joyce Collection Author C. Ruf Permission (Reusing this file)  see below, first published before 1923 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Joy of Bloomsday 2018 & What is to be done?. 1 of 2. @JackHitt  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/magazine/the-strange-case-of-the-missing-joyce-scholar.html

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• Does Dark Energy exist? @JasonKalirai STScI Multi-Mission Project Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute David Livingston @SpaceSHow

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  Jun 17 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: In this artist's conception, dark energy is represented by the purple grid above, and gravity by the green grid below. Gravity emanates from all matter in the universe, but its effects are localized and drop off quickly over large distances. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Does Dark Energy exist? @JasonKalirai STScI Multi-Mission Project Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute David Livingston @SpaceSHow https://audioboom.com/posts/6899602-space-telescope-wfirst-and-direct-imaging-earth-2-jasonkilirai-stsci-multi-mission-project-scientist-space-telescope-science-institute...more

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• Space telescope WFIRST and direct imaging Earth 2. @JasonKalirai STScI Multi-Mission Project Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute

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  Jun 17 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: WFIRST) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Space telescope WFIRST and direct imaging Earth 2. @JasonKalirai STScI Multi-Mission Project Scientist, Space Telescope Science Institute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WideFieldInfraredSurveyTelescope

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• The Palestinians are prisoners of the Palestinians. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres.

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  Jun 17 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Tulkarm City cemetery with separation wall right behind. West Bank, Palestine. Español: Cementerio de Tulkarem con el muro de separación justo detrás. Cisjordania, Palestina. Date 11 February 2007 Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/myahyaorg/387075131/ Author myahya) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Palestinians are prisoners of the Palestinians. Malcolm Hoenlein @Confofpres.

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• Canaveral for the Next 100 Years. @PappalardoJoe

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  Jun 17 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: View of Mercury Control at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in Florida (USA) during the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, in February 1962. Date 20 February 1962 Source U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News/[1] April 1962, p. 7. Author USN) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Canaveral for the Next 100 Years. @PappalardoJoe https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/amp21285881/spacex-cape-canaveral-florida-space-coast/?_twitterimpression=true...more

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• The New American Civil War: Peter Strzok disregards Walmart's commoners. Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Jun 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Pre-2008 Walmart logo on cart corral juxtaposed with current logo on facade of store in Town of Newburgh, NY, USA Date 22 September 2012 Source Own work Author Daniel Case) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The New American Civil War: Peter Strzok disregards Walmart's commoners. Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis August 26, 2016, Strzok: “Just went to a southern Virginia Walmart. I could SMELL the Trump support….”...more

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• The EU threatens America's social media. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Jun 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:European Parliament, Plenar hall ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The EU threatens America's social media. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/frontal-assault-social-media?utmsource=hdr&utmmedium=email&utmcampaign=2018-06-05&utmsource=Hoover+Daily+Report&utmcampaign=f918087b6f-HDRCOPY01&utmmedium=email&utmterm=021b1edff3c-f918087b6f-72527561 There is indeed an even deeper irony here. In Article 3 of the GDPR, we learn of its extensive extraterritorial scope: “This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data in the context of the activities of an establishment of a controller or a processor in the Union, regardless of whether the processing takes place in the Union or not.” That broad command captures all transactions related to “the offering of goods or services, irrespective of whether a payment of the data subject is required, to such data subjects in the Union; . . .”...more

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• Quebec's costly cows and Canada's 270% dairy tariff. William Watson, former professor Economics, McGill University

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  Jun 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Dairy cattle in a barn in Quebec Eric Dufresne from Trois-Rivières, Canada - Flickr cows on a farm) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Quebec's costly cows and Canada's 270% dairy tariff. William Watson, former professor Economics, McGill University http://business.financialpost.com/author/williamwatsonnp http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/jun/13/donald-trump/fact-checking-donald-trumps-tweets-about-canadas-2/...more

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• From Russia, SecState Clinton emails "another senior administration official" June 2012 & What is to be done? @LeeSmithDC @AmGreatness

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  Jun 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Decembrists at the Senate Square, December 26, 1825. Picture by painter Karl Kolman (1786-1846). / К. Кольман - Copy of [1]. attrib. Saint Petersburg (Russia), Senate Square. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules From Russia, SecState Clinton emails "another senior administration official" June 2012 & What is to be done? @LeeSmithDC @AmGreatness https://amgreatness.com/2018/06/15/tying-hillarys-emails-to-the-russian-collusion-probe/...more

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• Unfinished, incomplete, unsatisfactory, "half-baked" Horowitz Report. 2 of 2: @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: FBI Director James Comey — joined by Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates — addresses members of the media during a press briefing held June 13, 2016 at FBI Headquarters regarding the recent mass shooting at nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Additional information: [1] Date Taken on 13 June 2016, 12:02 Source Director Provides Update on Orlando Shootings Investigation Author Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Unfinished, incomplete, unsatisfactory, "half-baked" Horowitz Report. 2 of 2: @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/ig-report-fbi-no-bias-conclusion-may-not-supported/ Why say do I say the report “may be half-baked”? Why don’t I just come out and declare, “The report is half-baked”? Well, I figure if I write this column in the IG’s elusive style, we’ll have the Rosetta Stone we need to decipher the report. See, you probably sense that I believe the report is half-baked. But if I say it “may be” half-baked . . . well, technically that means it may not be, too. I mean, who really knows, right? If that annoys you, try wading through 568 pages of this stuff, particularly on the central issue of the investigators’ anti-Trump bias…....more

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• Unfinished, incomplete, unsatisfactory, "half-baked" Horowitz Report. 1 of 2: @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo Department of the Interior. National Park Service (II). Region VI, National Capital Region. Titre  Visit of Attorney General and Director of FBI. President Kennedy, J.Edgar Hoover, Robert F. Kennedy. White House, Oval Office. Date 23 février 1961 Lieu actuel   [afficher] National Archives and Records Administration Blue pencil.svg wikidata:Q518155 John F. Kennedy Library (NLJFK), Columbia Point, Boston, MA, 02125-3398.-) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Unfinished, incomplete, unsatisfactory, "half-baked" Horowitz Report. 1 of 2:  @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/ig-report-fbi-no-bias-conclusion-may-not-supported/ Why say do I say the report “may be half-baked”? Why don’t I just come out and declare, “The report is half-baked”? Well, I figure if I write this column in the IG’s elusive style, we’ll have the Rosetta Stone we need to decipher the report. See, you probably sense that I believe the report is half-baked. But if I say it “may be” half-baked . . . well, technically that means it may not be, too. I mean, who really knows, right? If that annoys you, try wading through 568 pages of this stuff, particularly on the central issue of the investigators’ anti-Trump bias…....more

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• The Unknowns: 1 of 2: The Untold Story of America’s Unknown Soldier and WWI’s Most Decorated Heroes Who Brought Him Home by Patrick K. O'Donnell.

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  Jun 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, on 11 November 1922. View is of the south side of the Tomb looking north. Was replaced in 1931 by the present marble Tomb, Date 12 November 2011 Source Library of Congress Author Herbert French ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Unknowns: 1 of 2:  The Untold Story of America’s Unknown Soldier and WWI’s Most Decorated Heroes Who Brought Him Home by Patrick K. O'Donnell. https://www.amazon.com/Unknowns-Americas-Soldier-Decorated-Brought/dp/0802128335 The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is sacred ground at Arlington National Cemetery. Originally constructed in 1921 to hold one of the thousands of unidentified American soldiers lost in World War I, it now also contains unknowns from World War II and the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and receives millions of visitors each year who pay silent tribute. When the first Unknown Soldier was laid to rest in Arlington, General John Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force in WWI, seleted eight of America’s most decorated, battle-hardened veterans to serve as Body Bearers. For the first time O’Donnell portrays their heroics on the battlefield one hundred years ago, thereby animating the Tomb by giving voice to all who have served. The Body Bearers appropriately spanned America’s service branches and specialties. Their ranks include a cowboy who relived the charge of the light brigade, an American Indian who heroically breached mountains of German barbed wire, a salty New Englander who dueled a U-boat for hours in a fierce gunfight, a tough New Yorker who sacrificed his body to save his ship, and an indomitable gunner who, though blinded by gas, nonetheless overcame five machine-gun nests. Their stories slip easily into the larger narrative of America’s involvement in the conflict, transporting readers into the midst of dramatic battles during 1917–1918 that ultimately decided the Great War. Celebrated military historian and bestselling author Patrick O’Donnell illuminates the saga behind the creation of the Tomb itself and recreates the moving ceremony during which it was consecrated and the eight Body Bearers, and the sergeant who had chosen the one body to be interred, solemnly united. Brilliantly researched, vividly told, The Unknowns is a timeless tale of heeding the calls of duty and brotherhood, and humanizes the most consequential event of the twentieth century, which still casts a shadow a century later....more

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• The PRC troubles in Hong Kong & banned on the Mainland. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jun 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The PRC troubles in Hong Kong & banned on the Mainland. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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• The PRC troubles in Burma, Vietnam and Xinjiang. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast Paul Mooney, Asia correspondent

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  Jun 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The PRC troubles in Burma, Vietnam and Xinjiang. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast Paul Mooney, Asia correspondent

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• Iran's Al Quds Day provocation fails. Malcolm Hoenlein, @Conf_of_Pres

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  Jun 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Quds Day officially called International Quds Day is an annual event held on the last Friday of Ramadan that was initiated by the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979 to express support for the Palestinians and oppose Zionism and Israel, as well as Israel's occupation of Jerusalem and Jewish settlements in Israeli-occupied territories . ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Iran's Al Quds Day provocation fails. Malcolm Hoenlein, @ConfofPres...more

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• Containing Kim Jung-Un is crisis management. @EmilyBLandau. Senior Research Fellow&Head of Arms Control Program@INSS Malcolm Hoenlein

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  Jun 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:On September 15, 1950, General MacArthur launched a surprise amphibious assault at the port of Inchon, South Korea, resulting in a decisive U.N. victory over the invading North Koreans. Within weeks, U.N. and South Korean forces had captured Seoul and cut off vital North Korean supply lines. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Containing Kim Jung-Un is crisis management. @EmilyBLandau. Senior Research Fellow&Head of Arms Control Program@INSS Malcolm Hoenlein...more

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• Can South Korea win a fight without the US military? @DavidMaxwell161 @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jun 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Can South Korea win a fight without the US military? @DavidMaxwell161 @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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• Hotel ISS 2025. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Jun 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:A rearward view of the International Space Station backdropped by the limb of the Earth. In view are the station's four large, gold-coloured solar array wings, two on either side of the station, mounted to a central truss structure. Further along the truss are six large, white radiators, three next to each pair of arrays. In between the solar arrays and radiators is a cluster of pressurised modules arranged in an elongated T shape, also attached to the truss. A set of blue solar arrays are mounted to the module at the aft end of the cluster. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Hotel ISS 2025. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com Private company to offer tourist trips to its own facility on ISS June 14, 2018 at 9:00 am Robert Zimmerman Capitalism in space: The private company Axiom has announced that it will offer tourist trips to its own facility it will add to ISS, and then eventually detach when the station is retired. Axiom’s timeline has some flex, because it’s not yet clear how long the larger station will keep going, or what the assembly schedule will be for the company’s custom-built habitation module. But a weekend feature about the project in The New York Times cited 2022 as the supposed opening date. In addition to the 10-day orbital stay, the $55 million would cover a 15-week training experience on Earth. Axiom is targeting space tourists as well as researchers and entrepreneurs who want to develop in-space manufacturing facilities. Is this doable? Axiom isn’t yet laying out the complete logistical details, but the company will almost certainly rely on the likes of SpaceX and Boeing, which are developing space taxis for NASA’s use. Once those spaceships go into operation, sometime in the 2018-2019 period, there’s likely to be excess transportation capacity that Axiom could buy into. This is the future of ISS, a privately run hotel. The Russians have announced a similar plan, attaching a module to ISS that will be designed as a hotel room for tourists. I expect others will eventually do the same. Once these profitable operations take hold, I guarantee that ISS will not be retired. There will be vested interests who will apply the right political pressure to keep it in orbit. Will that be a good thing? It depends. From a taxpayer perspective, it might not be. ISS is very expensive to operate. Privately built and independent stations would be much cheaper, and would not involve any federal subsidy. At the same time, these private stations might not be doable at affordable prices in the near term. Maintaining ISS for these private companies might in this case be a very reasonably use of federal funds. As the profits rise, the companies will eventually be able to afford building their own stations that will serve their needs better than ISS. That will then be the time to retire ISS, when other private and profitable stations are there, ready to replace it....more

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• Waiting for Oppy to call home. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Jun 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (PhotoThis scene from NASA's Mars rover Opportunity shows "Wharton Ridge," which forms part of the southern wall of "Marathon Valley" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The ridge's name honors the memory of astrobiologist Robert A. Wharton (1951-2012). The scene is presented in approximately true color. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell/Arizona State Univ. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Waiting for Oppy to call home. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com http://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/contact-with-opportunity-lost/ Contact with Opportunity lost June 13, 2018 at 9:33 am Robert Zimmerman The Opportunity science team has lost contact with Opportunity as it automatically shuts down operations to survive low battery power due to the dust storm. This does not necessarily mean the rover is dead. Depending on how long this period of low power lasts, the rover could return to life once the dust storm passes. Or not. We can only wait and see. A press conference today on the dust storm and Opportunity’s status begins at 1:30 Eastern time today....more

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• Gulliver Trump swats away the G-7 Lilliputians. @MaryKissel @Bruce_Thornton @HooverInst

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  Jun 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photollustration of Jonathan Swift’s novel Gulliver’s Travels by Grandville Fecha siglo XIX Fuente etchings for Gulliver's Travels by Grandville Autor --Immanuel Giel 13:40, 30 April 2007 (UTC): ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Gulliver Trump swats away the G-7 Lilliputians. @MaryKissel @Bruce_Thornton @HooverInst

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• Tesla retreat; BMW advance. @DrivingtheNatio LouAnn Hammond @MaryKissel

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  Jun 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tesla retreat; BMW advance. @DrivingtheNatio LouAnn Hammond @MaryKissel

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• Comey's "disgrace" and "damning." @MaryKissel

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  Jun 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:FBI Headquarters at night. Date  Source FBI Photosimage source Author not stated ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Comey's "disgrace" and "damning." @MaryKissel https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-disgrace-of-comeys-fbi-1529019418

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• Brexit splits the British; Russians unite the British. @MaryKissel @WSJOpinion

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  Jun 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Tower of London viewed from the River Thames.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Brexit splits the British; Russians unite the British. @MaryKissel @WSJOpinion

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• Progressive quotas disregard the best and the brightest Asian-American students. @WJMcGurn @WSJOpinion

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  Jun 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Progressive quotas disregard the best and the brightest Asian-American students. @WJMcGurn @WSJOpinion

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• Organic marketing shies from GMO facts-on-the-ground @HenryIMiller @HooverInst.

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  Jun 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Organic marketing shies from GMO facts-on-the-ground @HenryIMiller @HooverInst.

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• The Old Cold War: 1 of 2 :The Other Space Race: Eisenhower and the Quest for Aerospace Security" by Nicholas Michael Sambaluk

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  Jun 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Old Cold War: 1 of 2 :The Other Space Race: Eisenhower and the Quest for Aerospace Security" by Nicholas Michael Sambaluk https://www.amazon.com/Other-Space-Race-Eisenhower-Transforming/dp/1612518869/ref=laB07CNHQ5WJ1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1529034536&sr=1-1

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• The ATT vertical merger with Time-Warner is the shape of things to come. @VeroDRugy @Mercatus

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  Jun 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The ATT vertical merger with Time-Warner is the shape of things to come. @VeroDRugy @Mercatus

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• The Mid-Term remains a toss-up, advantage to the opposition. @LaraMBrownPHD

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  Jun 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The 2018 Mid-Term remains a toss-up, advantage to the opposition. @LaraMBrownPHD

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• The Science Fiction Planet: "Chasing New Horizons: 3 of 3: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto by Alan Stern and David Grinspoon

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  Jun 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: In the clean room at KSC’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility, technicians prepare the New Horizons spacecraft for a media event. Photographers and reporters will be able to photograph the New Horizons spacecraft and talk with project management and test team members from NASA and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The RTG seen in this picture is not the real flying unit and is only a mockup. The real RTG was installed shortly before launch.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Science Fiction Planet: "Chasing New Horizons: 3 of 3: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto by Alan Stern and David Grinspoon https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-New-Horizons-Inside-Mission/dp/1250098963...more

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• China is the loser at Singapore: US, South Korea, Japan, Russia are the winners. Arthur Waldron, University of Pennsylvania @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jun 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Seoul Station and Former Daewoo Group Headquarters Building Kys951 - Own work Seoul Station and Hangang-daro (photographed in Seoullo 7017, 2017)) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow China is the loser at Singapore: US, South Korea, Japan, Russia are the winners. Arthur Waldron, University of Pennsylvania @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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• What of the North Korean gun-running to Africa and Asia? Bruce Bechtol, author, North Korean Military Proliferation in the Middle East and Africa: Enabling Violence and Instability. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jun 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:: Soldiers from the Korean People's Army look south while on duty in the Joint Security Area U.S. Army official Korean Demilitarized Zone image archive Date 16 February 2008 Source U.S. Army, Installation Management Command, Korea Region, Public Affairs Office Author Edward N. Johnson Permission (Reusing this file)  PD-USGov-Military-Army ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow What of the North Korean gun-running to Africa and Asia? Bruce Bechtol, author,  North Korean Military Proliferation in the Middle East and Africa: Enabling Violence and Instability. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast...more

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• When will the Trump Administration recognize Taiwan and open the embassy in Taipei? @Stephen Yates, D.C. International Advisory. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jun 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photohttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-diplomacy/u-s-shows-new-de-facto-embassy-in-taiwan-amid-china-tensions-idUSKBN1J72QS: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow When will the Trump Administration recognize Taiwan and open the embassy in Taipei? @Stephen Yates, D.C. International Advisory. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-diplomacy/u-s-shows-new-de-facto-embassy-in-taiwan-amid-china-tensions-idUSKBN1J72QS...more

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• What to watch for in the imminent DOJ I.G. Michael Horowitz report. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Aerial view of Pennsylvania Avenue NW facing east in 2007. Visible landmarks include the Old Post Office Pavilion (bottom center, with tower), the J. Edgar Hoover Building (center left, tan building), the National Gallery of Art (center rearground), and Market Square (middle left, with semicircular plaza). ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow What to watch for in the imminent DOJ I.G. Michael Horowitz report. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter...more

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• Rosenstein's tantrum five months ago & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein | by Internet Education Foundation ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Rosenstein's tantrum five months ago & What is to be done?  @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/rod-rosenstein-subpoena-threat-shows-conflict-of-interest/ That Rosenstein threatened to subpoena the committee’s records does not seem to be in serious dispute. There are differing accounts about why. House investigators say that Rosenstein was trying to bully his way out of compliance with oversight demands; the Justice Department offers the lawyerly counter that Rosenstein was merely foreshadowing his litigating position if the House were to try to hold him in contempt for obstructing its investigations. Either way, the best explanation for the outburst is that Rosenstein is beset by profound conflicts of interest, and he’s acting like it…....more

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• Bejing wins in Singapore. @JoshRogin @WashingtonPost

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  Jun 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Singapore has utilized extensive land reclamation to expand beyond its original geographical borders. Merlion444 - Own work The Merlion statue in Merlion Park, with the skyscrapers behind.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow  Bejing wins in Singapore. @JoshRogin @WashingtonPost https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2018/06/12/the-biggest-winner-of-the-trump-kim-summit-is-china/?utm_term=.f249d2a34444 The biggest winner of the Trump-Kim summit is China By Josh Rogin June 12 at 10:09 AM In Chinese President Xi Jinping’s wildest dreams, he could not have envisioned a better outcome of President Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un – at least as it concerns Beijing’s interests....more

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• US Special Forces raid on Tampa. @TheWarZone Tyler Rogoway

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  Jun 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow US Special Forces raid on Tampa. @TheWarZone Tyler Rogoway http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/21120/special-ops-forces-raid-downtown-tampa-from-the-sea-air-and-land-in-massive-display http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/21049/photos-surface-of-elusive-u-s-special-operations-mothership-in-seychelles http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/21142/americas-newest-stealth-destroyer-has-the-greatest-namesake-to-live-up-to...more

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• The Science Fiction Planet: "Chasing New Horizons: 2 of 3: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto by Alan Stern and David Grinspoon

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  Jun 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Français : This high-resolution image captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft combines blue, red and infrared images taken by the Ralph/Multispectral Visual Imaging Camera (MVIC). The bright expanse is the western lobe of the “heart,” informally called Sputnik Planum, which has been found to be rich in nitrogen, carbon monoxide and methane ices. Datum 15. oktobar 2015. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Science Fiction Planet: "Chasing New Horizons: 2 of 3: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto by Alan Stern and David Grinspoon https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-New-Horizons-Inside-Mission/dp/1250098963...more

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• Howard Schultz for President & What is to be done? @JohnTamny

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  Jun 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Chillin' at Starbucks ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Howard Schultz for President & What is to be done? @JohnTamny https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2018/06/10/starbucks-howard-schultz-owes-the-u-s-nothing-and-is-too-good-for-politics/#635fcc2f6150 Howard Schultz's business achievements are amazing, and that's one of many reasons why he should stay out of politics: he's already given the world more than enough through his commercial genius. After that, businessmen don't make sense as presidents. People get excited about them because they'll allegedly bring their commercial skills to Washington, and fix it. Except they can't. Washington cannot be run like a business. It can't because profit and loss inform none of what happens in politics, and they can't inform what happens. Businessemen are dangerous in the White House precisely because they want to do things. There's the problem. In presuming to fix things without profit and loss, they can cause more damage. The best presidents are the ones who do the least, not those who have visions of change. Schultz wants to "do something," and that's what disqualifies him. The opinion piece can be found here....more

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• Mystery missiles from the US and Russia. @TheWarZone Tyler Rogoway

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  Jun 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:AGM-129 ACM (Advanced Cruise Missile) Source: http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0104/missi3b.html) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Mystery missiles from the US and Russia. @TheWarZone Tyler Rogoway http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/21255/weve-got-the-details-on-that-mysterious-737-fuselage-being-trucked-south-from-renton  http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/21105/russia-shows-its-su-57-fighter-launching-a-new-cruise-missile-from-its-weapons-bay http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/21081/the-usaf-has-quietly-added-large-multi-function-cockpit-displays-to-its-f-15c-fleet http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/21162/we-talk-v-280-valor-versus-v-22-osprey-with-bells-head-of-tiltrotor-systems http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/21198/listen-to-a-p-82-twin-mustang-pur-a-glorious-sound-not-heard-in-over-30-years...more

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• Oppy vs the Dust Storm of Mars. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com.

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  Jun 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:This close-up image of a dust storm on Mars was acquired by the Mars Color Imager instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on Nov. 7, 2007, around 3 p.m. local time on Mars. Scientists working with NASA's Curiosity rover, which is set to land on Mars on Aug. 5 PDT (Aug. 6 EDT), are monitoring Mars each day for similar small storms that could either drift over the landing site or stir up dust that moves as haze over the site. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Oppy vs the Dust Storm of Mars. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com....more

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• Keeping Neil Armstrong's moon dust gift from NASA. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Jun 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Moon dust print) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Keeping Neil Armstrong's moon dust gift from NASA. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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• The Zero Tariff Option. @StephenMoore @Heritage

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  Jun 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Inside Whites shoe factory which once stood in New Street(Now Tesco), Street, Daventry Northants Date Taken on 21 January 2009 Source Own work Author stavros1 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Zero Tariff Option. @StephenMoore @Heritage http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-suggests-dropping-all-tariffs-trade-barriers-at-g7-summit-2018-6 https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-trumps-economy-now-1528411719?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1...more

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• Will there be a summit with Vladimir Putin? @SebGorka

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  Jun 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Meeting with US President Donald Trump A meeting between Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump took place on the sidelines of the G20 summit. July 7, 2017 19:30Hambur) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Will there be a summit with Vladimir Putin? @SebGorka

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• What is the meaning of Trump's high spirited press conference following the summit? @SebGorka

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  Jun 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:President Donald J. Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sit together. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow What is the meaning of Trump's high spirited press conference following the summit? @SebGorka http://thehill.com/opinion/international/391717-2018-when-kim-understands-trump-better-than-the-g7

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• Republicans scored a jungle primary majority in 6 of the 7 California Districts they must win in November. @LizPeek

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  Jun 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: California delegates cheering on stagecoach at the 1912 Republican National Convention held at the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, June 18-22, 1912 Date 1912 Source Library of Congress https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ggb2004010546/ Author Bain News Service ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Republicans scored a jungle primary majority in 6 of the 7 California Districts they must win in November. @LizPeek...more

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• Germany exacts a 25% tariff on US autos; US exacts 2.5% tariff on German autos & What is to be done? @LizPeek

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  Jun 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Midnight Audi S4 B8  www.facebook.com/BrandonBaileyDesignPhotography ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Germany exacts a 25% tariff on US autos; US exacts 2.5% tariff on German autos & What is to be done? @LizPeek HTTP://THEHILL.COM/OPINION/FINANCE/391345-HYPOCRITICAL-FRANCE-AND-GERMANY-SCOLD-TRUMP-HOW-DARE-THEY.

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• What do Tokyo and Moscow want strategically from the Trump taming of Kim? Gregory Copley Defense & Foreign Affairs?

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  Jun 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Trip to Kuril Islands November 1, 2010) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow What do Tokyo and Moscow want strategically from the Trump taming of Kim? Gregory Copley Defense & Foreign Affairs?

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• How will Trump strategically transform North Korea and North Asia? Gregory Copley Defense & Foreign Affairs.

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  Jun 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Aircraft from the United States, Japanese and Australian air forces fly in formation during exercise Cope North 2017 off the coast of Guam, Feb. 21, 2017. The exercise includes 22 total flying units and more than 2,700 personnel from three countries and continues the growth of strong, interoperable relationships within the Indo-Asia Pacific Region through integration of airborne and land-based command and control assets. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Aaron Richardson) ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow How will Trump strategically transform North Korea and North Asia? Gregory Copley Defense & Foreign Affairs....more

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• Kim Jung-Un out for a stroll in Singapore. @DebraJSaunders

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  Jun 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The Fullerton Hotel Singapore is a five-star luxury hotel located near the mouth of the Singapore River, in the Downtown Core of Central Area, Singapore. It was originally known as The Fullerton Building, and also as the General Post Office Building.[1][2]. The address is 1 Fullerton Square. Date 26 September 2012, 21:54 Source Fullerton Hotel Singapore Author Erwin Soo from Singapore, Singapore ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Kim Jung-Un out for a stroll in Singapore.  @DebraJSaunders https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/trump-kim-end-historic-summit-with-signing/...more

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• The Science Fiction Planet: "Chasing New Horizons: 1 of 3: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto by Alan Stern and David Grinspoon

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  Jun 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Pluto nearly fills the frame in this image from the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, taken on July 13, 2015, when the spacecraft was 476,000 miles (768,000 kilometers) from the surface. This is the last and most detailed image sent to Earth before the spacecraft’s closest approach to Pluto on July 14.  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Science Fiction Planet: "Chasing New Horizons: 1 of 3: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto by Alan Stern and David Grinspoon...more

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• The Obama deceptions for the Iran Deal 2015. @JedBabbin @AmSpec

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  Jun 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Matt Lauer, co-host of the NBC News "Today" program, on July 24, 2015, in New York, N.Y., before an interview focused on the Iranian nuclear deal. [State Department photo/ Public Domain] Date 24 July 2015, 06:50 Source Secretary Kerry Chats With 'Today' Show Host Lauer Before Iran Deal Interview in New York Author U.S. Department of State from United States ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Obama deceptions for the Iran Deal 2015. @JedBabbin @AmSpec https://spectator.org/another-big-obama-lie/ Another Big Obama LieThe American Spectator The periodic revelations of scandalous behavior, usually to the detriment of our national security, provide needed remedial courses in the legacy of Barack Obama. The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations’ report last week, showing how Team Obama lied to Congress about money going to Iran for the 2015 nuclear weapons deal, is more instructive than most....more

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• The Invasion: "The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: 4 of 4: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach" by John C. McManus

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  Jun 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Omaha on the afternoon of D-Day) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Invasion: "The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: 4 of 4: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach" by John C. McManus [https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Those-About-Die-D-Day/dp/0451415299/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528425825&sr=1-1&keywords=mcmanus+the+dead]](https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Those-About-Die-D-Day/dp/0451415299/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528425825&sr=1-1&keywords=mcmanus+the+dead]) [(https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Those-About-Die-D-Day/dp/0451415299/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528425825&sr=1-1&keywords=mcmanus+the+dead]]((https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Those-About-Die-D-Day/dp/0451415299/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528425825&sr=1-1&keywords=mcmanus+the+dead]) (https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Those-About-Die-D-Day/dp/0451415299/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528425825&sr=1-1&keywords=mcmanus+the+dead)) Nicknamed the Big Red One, 1st 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, their equipment destroyed or washed away, 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; 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 fifty percent 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 nineteen hours of hell—and their ultimate triumph—on June 6, 1944....more

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• Tale of Big Pharma in orbit. @PappalardoJoe

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  Jun 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tale of Big Pharma in orbit. @PappalardoJoe https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a21081495/crystal-grow-space-drugs/

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• Canada Trade Troubles & What is to be done? Guy Lawson @NYTimes

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  Jun 12 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Canada Trade Troubles & What is to be done? Guy Lawson @NYTimes

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• In search of the U. S. Space Corps & What is to be done? @JerryHendrixII @NRO

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  Jun 12 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Photo of William Lundigan as Edward McCauley from the television program Men into Space. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow In search of the U. S. Space Corps & What is to be done? @JerryHendrixII @NRO

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• "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Burial Complex of 2000 year-old Tiberias. @ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 12 2018

  AUTHOR. Photo: English: Street at the beach of Tiberias. Tiberlade et Lac. UferstraBe von Tiberias und See Genezareth. Date 1920s or 1930s Source Postcard: UVACHROM 6067 Author Unknown) HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/CONTACT HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/SCHEDULES TWITTER: @BATCHELORSHOW "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Burial Complex of 2000 year-old Tiberias.  @ThadMcCotter http://www.dw.com/en/2000-year-old-burial-complex-discovered-near-sea-of-galilee/a-44158628

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• How many other Hamas underwater attack tunnels? Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 12 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Video of Ambassdor Shapiro's Visit Gaza tunnel in Ein Hashlosha, October 17, 2013. Ambassador Dan Shapiro visits the tunnel penetrating Israel from Gaza, demonstrating U.S. support for Israel's security and its right to defend itself. "I was shocked from what I saw in the tunnel. It is clear that this tunnel has only one purpose: to carry out terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers." photo credit: Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv עברית: ביקור במנהרת טרור. Date 17 October 2013, 11:51 Source _DSC9765 Author U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow How many other Hamas underwater attack tunnels? Malcolm Hoenlein @Confofpres @ThadMcCotter...more

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• California primaries do not point to a Blue Wave. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 12 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Polski: Kapitol Stanu Kalifornia, oddany do użytku w 1874 roku. Date 22 April 2013, 03:18:13 Source Own work Author Rafał Konieczny ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow California primaries do not point to a Blue Wave.  @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter

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• What are the political risks to Trump for the Kim summit? @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 12 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Mao Zedong, Zhang Yufeng and Richard Nixon Date 29 February 1972 Source White House Photo Office (1969 – 1974) Author White House Photo Office (1969 – 1974)) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow What are the political risks to Trump for the Kim summit? @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter

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• China is the bad actor in the WTO and in Korea & What is to be done? @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast @ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 12 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: These photos may be reproduced provided attribution is given to the WTO and the WTO is informed. Photos: © WTO Date 18 May 1998, 00:00 Source Geneva Ministerial Conference 18-20 May 1998 Author World Trade Organization from Switzerland) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow China is the bad actor in the WTO and in Korea & What is to be done? @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast @ThadMcCotter These photos may be reproduced provided attribution is given to the WTO and the WTO is informed. Photos: © WTO Date 18 May 1998, 00:00 Source Geneva Ministerial Conference 18-20 May 1998 Author World Trade Organization from Switzerland...more

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• The Ghazni roadblock expressed Taliban confidence. @BillRoggio @FDD

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  Jun 12 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/06/taliban-blockade-of-ghazni-paktia-highway-enters-second-month.php) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Ghazni roadblock expressed Taliban confidence. @BillRoggio @FDD https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/06/taliban-blockade-of-ghazni-paktia-highway-enters-second-month.php

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• Taliban ceasefire is falsehood. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD

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  Jun 12 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/06/analysis-taliban-will-halt-attacks-on-afghan-government-for-3-days.php ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Taliban ceasefire is falsehood. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/06/analysis-taliban-will-halt-attacks-on-afghan-government-for-3-days.php

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• Congressman Mike Pompeo 2015 vs SecState Mike Pomeo 2018. @JoshROgin

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  Jun 12 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Congressman Mike Pompeo 2015 vs SecState Mike Pomeo 2018. @JoshRogin www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2018/06/11/congress-should-follow-the-pompeo-model-on-north-korea/?utm_term=.af7e411d38f3 Congress should follow the Pompeo model on North Korea

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• Undistinguished dictator: 2 of 2: "North Korea and Regional Security in the Kim Jong-un Era: A New International Security Dilemma" (Palgrave Pivot) by Bruce E. Bechtol Jr.

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  Jun 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:North Korea Celebrates as Kim Jong Un Discovers Structure of DNA ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Undistinguished dictator: 2 of 2: "North Korea and Regional Security in the Kim Jong-un Era: A New International Security Dilemma" (Palgrave Pivot) by Bruce E. Bechtol Jr. This study is one of the very first to analyze North Korea and the challenges that it presents to international security and community, by looking through the prism of the first two years of the Kim Jong-un regime. Bruce E. Bechtol Jr. is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Angelo State University, USA and a retired U.S. Marine. He is currently the President of the International Council on Korean Studies, and is the author or editor of five previous books and numerous articles....more

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• Undistinguished dictator: 1 of 2: "North Korea and Regional Security in the Kim Jong-un Era: A New International Security Dilemma" (Palgrave Pivot) by Bruce E. Bechtol Jr.

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  Jun 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:KOREA-NORTH/CHINA  North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) visits the Thrice Three-Revolution Red Flag Kamnamu (persimmon tree) Company under the Korean People's Army Unit 4302 in this undated picture released by the North's official KCNA news agency in Pyongyang on August 24, 2012. KCNA did not state precisely when the picture was taken. Kim is seeking an ice-breaking trip to key ally Beijing next month to meet China's outgoing and new leaders, a source with ties to Pyongyang and Beijing told Reuters on Friday. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Undistinguished dictator: 1 of 2: "North Korea and Regional Security in the Kim Jong-un Era: A New International Security Dilemma" (Palgrave Pivot) by Bruce E. Bechtol Jr. This study is one of the very first to analyze North Korea and the challenges that it presents to international security and community, by looking through the prism of the first two years of the Kim Jong-un regime. Bruce E. Bechtol Jr. is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Angelo State University, USA and a retired U.S. Marine. He is currently the President of the International Council on Korean Studies, and is the author or editor of five previous books and numerous articles....more

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• War-fighting before baseball: Hank Greenberg: 2 of 2: The Hero of Heroes by John Rosengren

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  Jun 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Greenberg taking his oath of service Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. U.S. Army Audiovisual Center. (ca. 1974 - 05/15/1984) - Internet Archive, screen capture from https://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.28759 Greenberg being sworn into Army with other recruits.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow War-fighting before baseball: Hank Greenberg: 2 of 2: The Hero of Heroes by John Rosengren https://www.amazon.com/Hank-Greenberg-Heroes-John-Rosengren/dp/0451416023/ref=sr1sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528685752&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=john+rosengren+greenber...more

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• War-fighting before baseball: Hank Greenberg: 1 of 2: The Hero of Heroes by John Rosengren

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  Jun 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Seven of the American League's 1937 All-Star players, from left to right Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx, and Greenberg. All seven would be elected to the Hall of Fame.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow War-fighting before baseball: Hank Greenberg: 1 of 2: The Hero of Heroes by John Rosengren https://www.amazon.com/Hank-Greenberg-Heroes-John-Rosengren/dp/0451416023/ref=sr1sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528685752&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=john+rosengren+greenber...more

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• Origins of Franchising: "Appetite for America: 2 of 2: Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West--One Meal at a Time" by Stephen Fried

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  Jun 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Origins of Franchising: "Appetite for America: 2 of 2: Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West--One Meal at a Time" by Stephen Fried https://www.amazon.com/Appetite-America-Business-Civilizing-West-One/dp/0553383485/ref=sr13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528684933&sr=1-3&keywords=harvey+girls

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• Origins of Franchising: "Appetite for America: 1 of 2: Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West--One Meal at a Time" by Stephen Fried

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  Jun 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: 18350 Grand Canyon Historic El Tovar Hotel Fred Harvey Girls  Fred harvey General Manager Victor Patrosso with group of 20 El Tovar Harvey Girls in evening uniform. They are standing by the hotel. Circa 1926 Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection, P.O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Origins of Franchising: "Appetite for America: 1 of 2:  Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West--One Meal at a Time" by Stephen Fried https://www.amazon.com/Appetite-America-Business-Civilizing-West-One/dp/0553383485/ref=sr13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528684933&sr=1-3&keywords=harvey+girls...more

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• Capitalism at work: "American Phoenix: 2 of 2: The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, A Man Who Turned Disaster Into Destiny" by Sarah S. Kilborne

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  Jun 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Capitalism at work: "American Phoenix: 2 of 2: The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, A Man Who Turned Disaster Into Destiny" by Sarah S. Kilborne https://www.amazon.com/American-Phoenix-Remarkable-William-Disaster/dp/1451671792/ref=laB001H6TUXE1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528684470&sr=1-3

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• Capitalism at work: "American Phoenix: 1 of 2: The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, A Man Who Turned Disaster Into Destiny" by Sarah S. Kilborne

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  Jun 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Capitalism at work: "American Phoenix: 1 of 2: The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, A Man Who Turned Disaster Into Destiny" by Sarah S. Kilborne [ https://www.amazon.com/American-Phoenix-Remarkable-William-Disaster/dp/1451671792/ref=laB001H6TUXE13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528684470&sr=1-3](https://www.amazon.com/American-Phoenix-Remarkable-William-Disaster/dp/1451671792/ref=laB001H6TUXE13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528684470&sr=1-3) ...more

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• Origins of the Movies: 2 of 2: "The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures" by Edward Ball.

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  Jun 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (PhotoEnglish: General view of experiment track, background and cameras. Plate F, 1879, from The Attitudes of Animals in Motion, 1881 Date 1879 Source Plate F, 1879, from The Attitudes of Animals in Motion, 1881 Author Eadweard Muybridge: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Origins of the Movies: 2 of 2:  "The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures" by Edward Ball.  One hundred and thirty years ago Eadweard Muybridge invented stop-motion photography, anticipating and making possible motion pictures. He was the first to capture time and play it back for an audience, giving birth to visual media and screen entertainments of all kinds. Yet the artist and inventor Muybridge was also a murderer who killed coolly and meticulously, and his trial is one of the early instances of a media sensation. His patron was railroad tycoon (and former California governor) Leland Stanford, whose particular obsession was whether four hooves of a running horse ever left the ground at once. Stanford hired Muybridge and his camera to answer that question. And between them, the murderer and the railroad mogul launched the age of visual media. Set in California during its frontier decades, The Tycoon and the Inventor interweaves Muybridge's quest to unlock the secrets of motion through photography, an obsessive murder plot, and the peculiar partnership of an eccentric inventor and a driven entrepreneur. A tale from the great American West, this popular history unspools a story of passion, wealth, and sinister ingenuity....more

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• Origins of the Movies: "The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures" by Edward Ball. PART 1 of 2.

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  Jun 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:... Image from page 23 of "Animal locomotion : the Muybridge work at the University of ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Origins of the Movies: "The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures" by Edward Ball. PART 1 of 2. One hundred and thirty years ago Eadweard Muybridge invented stop-motion photography, anticipating and making possible motion pictures. He was the first to capture time and play it back for an audience, giving birth to visual media and screen entertainments of all kinds. Yet the artist and inventor Muybridge was also a murderer who killed coolly and meticulously, and his trial is one of the early instances of a media sensation. His patron was railroad tycoon (and former California governor) Leland Stanford, whose particular obsession was whether four hooves of a running horse ever left the ground at once. Stanford hired Muybridge and his camera to answer that question. And between them, the murderer and the railroad mogul launched the age of visual media. Set in California during its frontier decades, The Tycoon and the Inventor interweaves Muybridge's quest to unlock the secrets of motion through photography, an obsessive murder plot, and the peculiar partnership of an eccentric inventor and a driven entrepreneur. A tale from the great American West, this popular history unspools a story of passion, wealth, and sinister ingenuity....more

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• Original Subway Series: "The House That Ruth Built: 2 of 2: A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923" by Robert Weintraub

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  Jun 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Opening day at Yankee Stadium in 1923, John Philip Souza second from the right on the field, from the George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) Date 18 April 1923 Source http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.35766 Author Bain News Service, publisher.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Original Subway Series: "The House That Ruth Built: 2 of 2: A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923" by Robert Weintraub https://www.amazon.com/House-That-Ruth-Built-Championship/dp/0316086088/ref=laB004F3OSMY1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1521336791&sr=1-5 Before the 27 World Series titles--before Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Derek Jeter-the Yankees were New York's shadow franchise. They hadn't won a championship, and they didn't even have their own field, renting the Polo Grounds from their cross-town rivals the New York Giants. In 1921 and 1922, they lost to the Giants when it mattered most: in October. But in 1923, the Yankees played their first season on their own field, the newly-built, state of the art baseball palace in the Bronx called "the Yankee Stadium." The stadium was a gamble, erected in relative outerborough obscurity, and Babe Ruth was coming off the most disappointing season of his career, a season that saw his struggles on and off the field threaten his standing as a bona fide superstar.  It only took Ruth two at-bats to signal a new era. He stepped up to the plate in the 1923 season opener and cracked a home run to deep right field, the first homer in his park, and a sign of what lay ahead. It was the initial blow in a season that saw the new stadium christened "The House That Ruth Built," signaled the triumph of the power game, and established the Yankees as New York's-and the sport's-team to beat. From that first home run of 1923 to the storybook World Series matchup that pitted the Yankees against their nemesis from across the Harlem River-one so acrimonious that John McGraw forced his Giants to get to the Bronx in uniform rather than suit up at the Stadium-Robert Weintraub vividly illuminates the singular year that built a classic stadium, catalyzed a franchise, cemented Ruth's legend, and forever changed the sport of baseball....more

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• Original Subway Series: "The House That Ruth Built: 1 of 2: A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923" by Robert Weintraub

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  Jun 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Fans lined up for World Series Game 1 bleacher seats at Yankee Stadium - October 10, 1923. Date 10 October 1923 Source Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ggbain-36450 (digital file from original negative). Author Bain News Service, publisher ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Original Subway Series: "The House That Ruth Built: 1 of 2: A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923" by Robert Weintraub https://www.amazon.com/House-That-Ruth-Built-Championship/dp/0316086088/ref=laB004F3OSMY1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1521336791&sr=1-5 Before the 27 World Series titles--before Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Derek Jeter-the Yankees were New York's shadow franchise. They hadn't won a championship, and they didn't even have their own field, renting the Polo Grounds from their cross-town rivals the New York Giants. In 1921 and 1922, they lost to the Giants when it mattered most: in October. But in 1923, the Yankees played their first season on their own field, the newly-built, state of the art baseball palace in the Bronx called "the Yankee Stadium." The stadium was a gamble, erected in relative outerborough obscurity, and Babe Ruth was coming off the most disappointing season of his career, a season that saw his struggles on and off the field threaten his standing as a bona fide superstar.  It only took Ruth two at-bats to signal a new era. He stepped up to the plate in the 1923 season opener and cracked a home run to deep right field, the first homer in his park, and a sign of what lay ahead. It was the initial blow in a season that saw the new stadium christened "The House That Ruth Built," signaled the triumph of the power game, and established the Yankees as New York's-and the sport's-team to beat. From that first home run of 1923 to the storybook World Series matchup that pitted the Yankees against their nemesis from across the Harlem River-one so acrimonious that John McGraw forced his Giants to get to the Bronx in uniform rather than suit up at the Stadium-Robert Weintraub vividly illuminates the singular year that built a classic stadium, catalyzed a franchise, cemented Ruth's legend, and forever changed the sport of baseball....more

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• The Invasion: "The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: 3 of 4: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach" by John C. McManus

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  Jun 10 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo Omaha June 6, 1944: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Invasion: "The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: 3 of 4: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach" by John C. McManus https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Those-About-Die-D-Day/dp/0451415299/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528425825&sr=1-1&keywords=mcmanus+the+dead] [(https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Those-About-Die-D-Day/dp/0451415299/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528425825&sr=1-1&keywords=mcmanus+the+dead]]((https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Those-About-Die-D-Day/dp/0451415299/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528425825&sr=1-1&keywords=mcmanus+the+dead]) (https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Those-About-Die-D-Day/dp/0451415299/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528425825&sr=1-1&keywords=mcmanus+the+dead)) Nicknamed the Big Red One, 1st 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, their equipment destroyed or washed away, 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; 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 fifty percent 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 nineteen hours of hell—and their ultimate triumph—on June 6, 1944....more

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• The enemy is hiding in plain sight of digital. @DefTechPat

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  Jun 10 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The enemy is hiding in plain sight of digital. @DefTechPat https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/05/special-operations-command-takes-aim-enemies-hiding-files-inside-seized-electronics/148585/?oref=d-river

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• Small Business America: Super hot economy & the national worker shortage. @GeneMarks

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  Jun 10 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Landscaping in America ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Small Business America: Super hot economy & the national worker shortage. @GeneMarks https://www.inc.com/gene-marks/this-is-a-terrible-year-to-be-a-landscaper.html

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• PacWatch: USC in crisis. Antonio Villaraigosa in eclipse. Bullet train in doubt. @JeffBliss1

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  Jun 10 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Mudd Hall, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California  The University of Southern California (USC or SC) is a private, not-for-profit, and nonsectarian research university founded in 1880 with its main campus in the city area of Los Angeles, California. As California's oldest private research university, USC has historically educated a large number of the region's business leaders and professionals. In recent decades, the university has also leveraged its location in Los Angeles to establish relationships with research and cultural institutions throughout Asia and the Pacific Rim. An engine for economic activity, USC contributes approximately $5 billion annually to the economy of the Los Angeles county area. As of 2014, the university has produced the fourth largest number of billionaire alumni out of all undergraduate institutions in the world. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @Batchelor:  PacWatch: USC in crisis. Antonio Villaraigosa in eclipse. Bullet train in doubt. @JeffBliss1...more

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• No-Hitter: "Imperfect: An Improbable Life Jim Abbott, Tim Brown.

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  Jun 10 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Français : Services fournis: Conception-ingénierie Dessins par InteliBuild Fabrication Usines de fabrication: Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce, QC Québec, QC English: An aerial view of Yankee Stadium from the front, taken in 2011. Date 15 September 2011 Source Own work Author Groupe Canam ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow No-Hitter: "Imperfect: An Improbable Life Jim Abbott, Tim Brown. [ https://www.amazon.com/Imperfect-Improbable-Life-Jim-Abbott/dp/0345523261](https://www.amazon.com/Imperfect-Improbable-Life-Jim-Abbott/dp/0345523261) “Honest, touching, and beautifully rendered . . . Far more than a book about baseball, it is a deeply felt story of triumph and failure, dreams and disappointments. Jim Abbott has hurled another gem.”—Jonathan Eig, New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Man   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER   Born without a right hand, Jim Abbott dreamed of someday being a great athlete. Raised in Flint, Michigan, by parents who encouraged him to compete, Jim would become an ace pitcher for the University of Michigan. But his journey was only beginning: By twenty-one, he’d won the gold medal game at the 1988 Olympics and—without spending a day in the minor leagues—cracked the starting rotation of the California Angels. In 1991, he would finish third in the voting for the Cy Young Award. Two years later, he would don Yankee pinstripes and pitch one of the most dramatic no-hitters in major-league history.   In this honest and insightful book, Jim Abbott reveals the challenges he faced in becoming an elite pitcher, the insecurities he dealt with in a life spent as the different one, and the intense emotion generated by his encounters with disabled children from around the country. With a riveting pitch-by-pitch account of his no-hitter providing the ideal frame for his story, this unique athlete offers readers an extraordinary and unforgettable memoir.   “Compelling . . . [a] big-hearted memoir.”—Los Angeles Times   “Inspirational.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer...more

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• Extreme vulnerability in the telecommunications supply chain. @DefTechPat @DefenseOne

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  Jun 10 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: 中文: 中国电信IPTV 广东江门地区的机顶盒样式 日期 2016年8月25日, 23:24:28 来源 自己的作品 作者 Wahsaw) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Extreme vulnerability in the telecommunications supply chain. @DefTechPat @DefenseOne https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/05/spies-are-going-after-us-supply-chains-intel-agencies-say/148264/?oref=d-river

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• Coffee makes workers happier, unless Starbucks. @GeneMarks.

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  Jun 10 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Deutsch: Starbucks Coffee in O7, Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland). Date 16 August 2012 Source Own work Author 4028mdk09) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Coffee makes workers happier, unless Starbucks. @GeneMarks. Drinking coffee can improve relations among co-workers https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/study-drinking-coffee-can-improve-relations-among-co-workers @KGUN9 Starbucks Is Now Open for Loitering and It's a Terrible Business Decision https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/313735...more

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• Close of the Battle of Normandy: "The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944" by Michael Neiberg. PART 2 of 2.

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  Jun 10 2018

  AUTHOR. (PhotoAerial view of the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. June 6, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Close of the Battle of Normandy: "The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944" by Michael Neiberg. PART 2 of 2. Review Publishers Weekly, starred review “[A] vivid account…. Neiberg skillfully describes six days of disorganized but bloody urban warfare between poorly armed Frenchmen and mostly unenthusiastic Germans until a French regiment, in defiance of Allied orders, entered the city. While hardly a great victory and followed by a nasty vengeance against collaborators, Paris's liberation produced ecstatic delight throughout the West, making it one of the few feel-good stories of the war, and Neiberg, with a close-up and evocative narrative, delivers a thoroughly satisfying history.” Dennis Showalter, author of Hitler's Panzers “Michael Neiberg's talents as a scholar and storyteller brilliantly present the complex realities underlying the liberation of Paris in 1944, when the City of Light regained its freedom through the risks and sacrifices of its people.” Kirkus Reviews “Neiberg's taut narrative explains how the liberation played out.... An evenhanded, efficient account of one of World War II's signature moments.” Dallas Morning News “[A] compelling, well-researched narrative.... The story of how Paris ultimately was saved is complex and inspiring and richly told by Neiberg.” Philadelphia Inquirer “[A] riveting account of a generally neglected subplot of the war.... [Neiberg] is especially adroit in charting the course of French politics in the mid-1940s.” San Antonio Express-News “Spellbinding.... Although a myriad of books have been written on World War II, Neiberg's work is freshly delivered with a love and passion for a city and its people that brings to life not only the fear and pain the city experienced under Nazi rule, but also for the hope its liberation inspired in Parisians and free men everywhere.”...more

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• Beachfront property discounted by climate change. Terry Anderson @HooverInst

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  Jun 10 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Looking towards Halifax Harbour abt. 1950's  Halifax, NS ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Beachfront property discounted by climate change. Terry Anderson @HooverInst https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/03/opinions/sea-level-rise-coast-property-opinion-anderson/index.html?utmsource=Hoover+Daily+Report&utmcampaign=9026774f3e-HDRCOPY01&utmmedium=email&utmterm=0_21b1edff3c-9026774f3e-72527561

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• The Persian Gulf is a rough neighborhood. Barbara A. Leaf @WashInstitute. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres.

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  Jun 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: The mountainous terrain of western Iran appears to be diverting the previous days’ dust storms southward across the Persian Gulf. Date 28 March 2003 Source MODIS Rapid Response team, PersianGulf.A2003087.0735.250m. Satellite Terra, pixel size: 250m Author Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Persian Gulf is a rough neighborhood. Barbara A. Leaf  @WashInstitute. Malcolm Hoenlein @Confofpres. Barbara A. Leaf, U.S. ambassador to the United Arab Emirates from 2014-2018, joined The Washington Institute as the Rosenblatt Distinguished Visiting Fellow in 2018. During her diplomatic career, Ambassador Leaf served in high-level positions at Foggy Bottom and abroad. Before arriving in Abu Dhabi in 2014, she served as deputy assistant secretary of state for the Arabian Peninsula in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs and as deputy assistant secretary of state for Iraq; directed the U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Team in Basrah, Iraq; and served as the department’s first director of the Office of Iranian Affairs. In addition, she had postings in Rome, Sarajevo, Paris, Cairo, Tunis, Jerusalem, and Port-au-Prince. Recent articles: · http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/saudi-cabinet-changes-the-march-of-modernization · https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-saudi-media-a-tug-of-war-over-relations-with-israel/ · http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/saudi-arabia-hits-the-brakes-on-reforms...more

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• Will Germany cease trading dual-use technology to Iran? Benjamin Weinthal, @FDD Malcolm Hoenlein

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  Jun 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Deutsch: Berliner Stadtmitte mit Fernsehturm, Stadtschloss und Oberpfarr- und Domkirche zu Berlin - Berlin, Deutschland English: City of Berlin with TV tower, palace and cathedral - Berlin, Germany Date 8 November 2015, 15:52:22 Source Own work Author Nordenfan ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Will Germany cease trading dual-use technology to Iran? Benjamin Weinthal, @FDD Malcolm Hoenlein Benjamin Weinthal is a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. A widely published journalist based in Berlin, he serves as FDD's eyes and ears in Europe. Benjamin’s investigative reporting has uncovered valuable information on Iran’s energy links to European firms, as well as Hamas and Hezbollah’s terror-finance operations in Europe. He has also examined the growth of the Islamic State in Europe, growing anti-Semitism on the Continent, and neo-Nazism. Related Articles: · http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/06/01/iran-still-seeking-tech-for-weapons-mass-destruction-german-intel.htm.html · http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/benjamin-weinthal-intel-report-iran-seeks-weapons-of-mass-destruction-technology-in-germany/ · http://www.thetower.org/6325-for-fourth-year-in-a-row-german-intelligence-reports-that-iran-still-seeks-wmd-tech/ · https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Wiesenthal-Center-urges-Berlin-Mayor-to-ban-antisemitic-Quds-rally-559382...more

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• New American Civil War: Meuse-Argonne & "Kinship and Identity in the Paths to Civil War." Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Jun 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Gun crew from Regimental Headquarters Company, 23rd Infantry, firing 37mm gun during an advance against German entrenched positions. , 1918 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow New American Civil War: Meuse-Argonne & "Kinship and Identity in the Paths to Civil War."  Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis "Civil war represents the violence surrounding a deep shift in the terms of kinship relationships in society. Kinship is the core force in society, whether community or nation. Benedict Anderson posited that nations are "imagined" communities, and communities are defined by their sense of belonging. Yet the bonds of a nation are weaker than traditional communities tied to each other by "blood and soil." National kinship in modernity, after 1789, has been expressed through the orchestration of ritual, symbol, and narrative, which form the binding ceremonial we call identity. Identity is further sustained through the institutional function we call politics...."...more

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• Trump overwhelms the Eagles, the NFL, the Democrats and the Mid-Terms. @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion

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  Jun 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:February 8, 2018 Philadelphia, PA Date 8 February 2018, 15:00 Source Governor Wolf Attends Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl LII Victory Parade Author Governor Tom Wolf from Harrisburg, PA ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Trump overwhelms the Eagles, the NFL, the Democrats and the Mid-Terms. @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-7-eagles-0-1528326234

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• Who invited Carter Page and Stephen Miller to the July 11, 2016 Cambridge event attended by the undercover informant Stefan Halper? @ChuckRossDC

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  Jun 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (PhotoThe front court of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, England.: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Who invited Carter Page and Stephen Miller to the July 11, 2016 Cambridge event attended by the undercover informant Stefan Halper? @ChuckRossDC http://dailycaller.com/2018/06/08/senate-leak-carter-page/

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• Caution before the Horowitz report on the FBI conduct 2016. @AndrewCMcCarthy

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  Jun 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:24 July 1967. President Lyndon B. Johnson (seated, foreground) confers with (background L-R): Marvin Watson, J. Edgar Hoover, Sec. Robert McNamara, Gen. Harold Keith Johnson, Joe Califano, Sec. of the Army Stanley Rogers Resor, on responding to the Detroit riots http://www.lbjlibrary.net/collections/photo-archive/photolab-detail.html?id=658 President Lyndon B. Johnson (seated, foreground) working with (background L-R): Marvin Watson, J. Edgar Hoover, Sec. Robert McNamara, Gen. Harold Johnson, Joe Califano, Sec. Of the Army Stanley Resor. Public Domain File:Meeting on Detriot riots Oval Office.jpg Created: 24 July 1967 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Caution before the Horowitz report on the FBI conduct 2016. @AndrewCMcCarthy https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/andrew-mccabe-seeks-immunity-judiciary-committee/...more

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• Candor-speaking McCabe asks for "non-prosecutable" immunity. @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Hoover in 1940 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Candor-speaking McCabe asks for "non-prosecutable" immunity. @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter  https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/andrew-mccabe-seeks-immunity-judiciary-committee/

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• Close of the Battle of Normandy: "The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944" by Michael Neiberg. PART 1 of 2.

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  Jun 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Soldats américains se livrant à des combats de rue, avenue de Paris, Cherbourg Date 1944 Source Archivesnormandie 1939-45 Author US Army Signal Corps, per the stamp at the lower left ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Close of the Battle of Normandy: "The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944" by Michael Neiberg. PART 1 of 2. Review Publishers Weekly, starred review “[A] vivid account…. Neiberg skillfully describes six days of disorganized but bloody urban warfare between poorly armed Frenchmen and mostly unenthusiastic Germans until a French regiment, in defiance of Allied orders, entered the city. While hardly a great victory and followed by a nasty vengeance against collaborators, Paris's liberation produced ecstatic delight throughout the West, making it one of the few feel-good stories of the war, and Neiberg, with a close-up and evocative narrative, delivers a thoroughly satisfying history.” Dennis Showalter, author of Hitler's Panzers “Michael Neiberg's talents as a scholar and storyteller brilliantly present the complex realities underlying the liberation of Paris in 1944, when the City of Light regained its freedom through the risks and sacrifices of its people.” Kirkus Reviews “Neiberg's taut narrative explains how the liberation played out.... An evenhanded, efficient account of one of World War II's signature moments.” Dallas Morning News “[A] compelling, well-researched narrative.... The story of how Paris ultimately was saved is complex and inspiring and richly told by Neiberg.” Philadelphia Inquirer “[A] riveting account of a generally neglected subplot of the war.... [Neiberg] is especially adroit in charting the course of French politics in the mid-1940s.” San Antonio Express-News “Spellbinding.... Although a myriad of books have been written on World War II, Neiberg's work is freshly delivered with a love and passion for a city and its people that brings to life not only the fear and pain the city experienced under Nazi rule, but also for the hope its liberation inspired in Parisians and free men everywhere.”...more

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• The Invasion: "The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: 2 of 4: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach" by John C. McManus

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  Jun 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Omaha Beach June 6, 1944 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Invasion: "The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: 2 of 4: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach" by John C. McManus [ https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Those-About-Die-D-Day/dp/0451415299/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528425825&sr=1-1&keywords=mcmanus+the+dead](https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Those-About-Die-D-Day/dp/0451415299/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528425825&sr=1-1&keywords=mcmanus+the+dead](https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Those-About-Die-D-Day/dp/0451415299/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528425825&sr=1-1&keywords=mcmanus+the+dead)) Nicknamed the Big Red One, 1st 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, their equipment destroyed or washed away, 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; 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 fifty percent 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 nineteen hours of hell—and their ultimate triumph—on June 6, 1944....more

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• Russia never leaves Syria again. @rolltidebmz

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  Jun 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: December 2017 At the Khmeimim air base in Syria. With President of Syria Bashar al-Assad) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Russia never leaves Syria again. @rolltidebmz Boris Zilberman lends his background and expertise on a range of legislative issues encompassing defense and foreign affairs to FDD’s relationship with Washington’s leading policymakers. With a focus on the Middle East and Russia, Boris is an authoritative voice helping to frame complex issues affecting America and her allies. · http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/romany-shaker-russia-and-egypt-are-growing-closer/ · http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/current-turmoil-in-middle-east-producing-one-winner-putin · https://www.the-american-interest.com/2018/06/07/the-case-for-russia-sanctions/ · http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international/318363-ukraine-needs-to-enforce-us-sanctions-on-iran...more

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• The Iran sanctions bite & Boeing backs out. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Jun 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The first 767-200 built, N767BA, in flight near Mount Rainier in the 1980s. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Iran sanctions bite & Boeing backs out. Malcolm Hoenlein @Confofpres

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• Curiosity and the clues of Mars. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Jun 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:This is a sub-section of the "geometrically improved, color enhanced" version of the 360-degree panorama heretofore known as the "Gallery Pan," the first contiguous, uniform panorama taken by the Imager for Mars Pathfinder (IMP) over the course of Sols 8, 9, and 10. Different regions were imaged at different times over the three Martian days to acquire consistent lighting and shadow conditions for all areas of the panorama. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Curiosity and the clues of Mars. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com http://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/curiosity-finds-methane-fluctuates-seasonally-in-gale-crater/ In its second significant science release yesterday (the first relating to the discovery of organics), the Curiosity science team revealed that they have found over almost three Martian years the amount of methane in the atmosphere appears to fluctuate seasonally. The graph on the right illustrates this change. [The data] show methane rises from just above 0.2ppb in the northern hemisphere winter to a fraction over 0.6ppb in the summer. The team’s best explanation is that methane is seeping up from underground, perhaps from stored ices, and is then being released when surface soils are warmed. The team cannot positively identify the origin of the methane, but the researchers think they can close down one particular mechanism for its production. This involves sunlight breaking up carbon-rich (organic) molecules that have fallen to the planet’s surface in meteorites. The variation in ultraviolet light over the course of the seasons is not big enough to drive the scale of the change seen in the methane concentration, says Dr Webster. “We know the intensity of the Sun and this mechanism should produce only a 20% increase in methane during the summer, but we’re seeing it increase by a factor of three,” he explained. The change could be caused by either a chemical or a biological process. At this time there is no way to determine which....more

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• Minimum Solar Minimum underway & the Earth's climate. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Jun 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (PHOTO: A quiet day on the Sun. No spectacular flares or mass ejections, no odd filaments moving, and nevertheless the image of AR 9169, with the much smaller AR 9167 just ahead of it, is very pretty. This image was taken with TRACE in the 171Å passband, showing the bright emission of the gas at about 1 million degrees, with the cooler material around 10,000 degrees showing up as dark, absorbing structures. (APOD entry for June 11, 2006)) HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/CONTACT HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/SCHEDULES TWITTER: @BATCHELORSHOW Minimum Solar Minimum underway & the Earth's climate. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com...more

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• Criminal gang Hezbollah prospers abroad and at home. Tony Badran @Acrossthebay @FDD

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  Jun 08 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: An aerial view of Moslem-occupied West Beirut and the Mediterranean shoreline. Buildings throughout the city have been damaged by shelling during ongoing confrontation between Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Date 1 April 1983 Source http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil ([1]), Image No. DM-SC-87-12298. Author Unknown photographer (US military). Permission (Reusing this file)  PD-US.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Criminal gang Hezbollah prospers abroad and at home. Tony Badran @Acrossthebay @FDD Tony Badran is a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, where he focuses on Lebanon, Hezbollah, Syria, and the geopolitics of the Levant. Born and raised in Lebanon, Tony has testified to the House of Representatives on several occasions regarding U.S. policy toward Iran and Syria. His writings have appeared in publications including The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, and The Weekly Standard. He is a columnist and Levant analyst for Tablet magazine. · https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-06-04/u-s-military-aid-to-lebanon-the-pentagon-must-come-clean · http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/iran-will-spare-hezbollah-in-its-conflict-with-israel-for-now · http://freebeacon.com/national-security/u-s-personnel-embedded-lebanese-forces-raising-concern-hezbollah-penetration/...more

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• Egypt struggles badly even without the Gaza failed state. @StevenACook @CFR_org Malcolm Hoenlein, @Conf_of_Pres

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  Jun 08 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Cairo in smog, Feb. 2010 Date February 2010 Source Own work Author Silar) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Egypt struggles badly even without the Gaza failed state. @StevenACook @CFRorg Malcolm Hoenlein, @Confof_Pres Steven A. Cook is Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He is an expert on Arab and Turkish politics as well as U.S.-Middle East policy. Cook is the author of False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East; The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square, which won the Washington Institute for Near East Policy's gold medal in 2012; and Ruling But Not Governing: The Military and Political Development in Egypt, Algeria, and Turkey. Cook is a columnist at Foreign Policy magazine. He has also published widely in international affairs journals, opinion magazines, and newspapers, and he is a frequent commentator on radio and television. His work can be found on his blog, From the Potomac to the Euphrates. Prior to joining CFR, Cook was a research fellow at the Brookings Institution (2001–2002) and a Soref research fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (1995–1996). · https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/06/egypt-sisi-arrest-campaign-rights-activists-opposition.html · https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/06/egpyt-pm-resigns-president-sisi-sworn-office-180605191621189.html · https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-politics/egyptian-president-sisi-pardons-712-prisoners-idUSKCN1J2207...more

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• The Washington Capitals and the Department of Veteran Affairs are both winners. @FroseDC

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  Jun 08 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo Washington Capitals Date 28 April 2009, 21:26 Source Washington Capitals Author Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Washington Capitals and the Department of Veteran Affairs are both winners. @FroseDC https://www.ernst.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=05B1C8F9-C1C8-4A47-86F6-F87454AE4623

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• Waiting on the FBI revelations from the summer of 2016. @SebGorka

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  Jun 08 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Waiting on the FBI revelations from the summer of 2016. @SebGorka ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Waiting on the FBI revelations from the summer of 2016. @SebGorka http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/07/doj-watchdog-sets-date-for-release-long-awaited-review-hillary-clinton-probe.html

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• Trump Administration B-52 pushback on China deception and aggression. @SebGorka

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  Jun 08 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Aerial top/side view of gray B-52H flying over barren desert land. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Trump Administration B-52  pushback on China deception and aggression. @SebGorka

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• Nukes are not forever, Europe doesn't work, the Palestinians are deadbeats, and growth is the best policy. @VDHanson @HooverInst

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  Jun 08 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (lived c. 1942–2011, ruled 1969–2011)) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Nukes are not forever, Europe doesn't work, the Palestinians are deadbeats, and growth is the best policy. @VDHanson @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/ten-paradoxes-our-age?utmsource=hdr&utmmedium=email&utmcampaign=2018-06-07&utmsource=Hoover+Daily+Report&utmcampaign=523e848053-HDRCOPY01&utmmedium=email&utmterm=021b1edff3c-523e848053-72527561...more

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• The jobs numbers are the evidence that Trump Country from PA to OH, MI, WI, IA, voted correctly. @SalenaZito

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  Jun 08 2018

  AUTHOR. (PhotoImage title: The Ohio river running between Ohio and West Virginia Image from Public domain images website, http://www.public-domain-image.com/full-image/nature-landscapes-public-domain-images-pictures/river-public-domain-images-pictures/the-ohio-river-running-between-ohio-and-west-virginia.jpg.html: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The jobs numbers are the evidence that Trump Country from PA to OH, MI, WI, IA, voted correctly.  @SalenaZito https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-new-economic-indicator-is-saying-theres-no-sign-of-a-us-recession-2018-06-05...more

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• The Europeans may not find a work around of the US exit from the Iran Deal. @MaryKissel @WSJOpinion

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  Jun 08 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Matt Lauer, co-host of the NBC News "Today" program, on July 24, 2015, in New York, N.Y., before an interview focused on the Iranian nuclear deal. [State Department photo/ Public Domain] Date 24 July 2015, 06:43 Source Secretary Kerry Chats With 'Today' Show Host Lauer Before Iran Deal Interview in New York Author U.S. Department of State from United States) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Europeans may not find a work around of the US exit from the Iran Deal. @MaryKissel @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/european-officials-say-u-s-threat-of-sanctions-imperils-bid-to-save-iran-deal-1528257661...more

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• The Invasion: "The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: 1 of 4: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach" by John C. McManus

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  Jun 08 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Omaha Beach June 6, 1944 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Invasion: "The Dead and Those About to Die: D-Day: 1 of 4: The Big Red One at Omaha Beach" by John C. McManus [ https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Those-About-Die-D-Day/dp/0451415299/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528425825&sr=1-1&keywords=mcmanus+the+dead](https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Those-About-Die-D-Day/dp/0451415299/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528425825&sr=1-1&keywords=mcmanus+the+dead) Nicknamed the Big Red One, 1st 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, their equipment destroyed or washed away, 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; 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 fifty percent 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 nineteen hours of hell—and their ultimate triumph—on June 6, 1944....more

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• H-Hour: "Dog Company: 2 of 2: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc--the Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day's Toughest Mission and Led the Way across Europe" by Patrick K. O'Donnell

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  Jun 08 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Normandy Invasion, June 1944 U.S. Army Rangers show off the ladders they used to storm the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc, which they assaulted in support of "Omaha" Beach landings on "D-Day". Removed caption read: Photo #80-G-45716 Army Rangers at Pointe du Hoc, 6 June 1944 Date 6 juin 1944 , first published 1944-06-12 Source Normandy Invasion D-Day Landings at the Pointe du Hoc, 6 June 1944 Auteur Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Autres versions  Photo # 80-G-45716 picture data ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow H-Hour: "Dog Company: 2 of 2: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc--the Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day's Toughest Mission and Led the Way across Europe" by Patrick K. O'Donnell https://www.amazon.com/Patrick-K.-ODonnell/e/B001HD3XV2/ref=srnttsrchlnk2?qid=1528425414&sr=1-2...more

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• Catalina Sky Survey spotting a bolide before it lights up the night sky. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Jun 08 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: South Africa ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Catalina Sky Survey spotting a bolide before it lights up the night sky. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com http://behindtheblack.com/?s=asteroid+south+africa The Catalina Sky Survey, designed to find asteroid with the potential of hitting the Earth, discovered a boulder-sized such asteroid this past weekend just hours before it burned up in the atmosphere. Although there was not enough tracking data to make precise predictions ahead of time, a swath of possible locations was calculated stretching from Southern Africa, across the Indian Ocean, and onto New Guinea. Reports of a bright fireball above Botswana, Africa, early Saturday evening match up with the predicted trajectory for the asteroid. The asteroid entered Earth’s atmosphere at the high speed of 10 miles per second (38,000 mph, or 17 kilometers per second) at about 16:44 UTC (9:44 a.m. PDT, 12:44 p.m. EDT,6:44 p.m. local Botswana time) and disintegrated several miles above the surface, creating a bright fireball that lit up the evening sky. The event was witnessed by a number of observers and was caught on webcam video. When it was first detected, the asteroid was nearly as far away as the Moon’s orbit, although that was not initially known. The asteroid appeared as a streak in the series of time-exposure images taken by the Catalina telescope . As is the case for all asteroid-hunting projects, the data were quickly sent to the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which calculated a preliminary trajectory indicating the possibility of an Earth impact. The data were in turn sent to the Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, where the automated Scout system also found a high probability that the asteroid was on an impact trajectory. Automated alerts were sent out to the community of asteroid observers to obtain further observations, and to the Planetary Defense Coordination Office at NASA Headquarters in Washington. However, since the asteroid was determined to be so small and therefore harmless, no further impact alerts were issued by NASA. The video at the link makes it appear that the asteroid has hit the ground, but that is not what happened....more

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• Carlsbad Caverns of Mars. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Jun 08 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Carlsbad Caverns of Mars. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com http://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/another-intriguing-pit-on-mars/ Cool image time! In the June release of images from the high resolution camera on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, I came across the image on the right, cropped slightly to post here, of a pit in a region dubbed Hephaestus Fossae that is located just at the margin of Mars’s vast northern plains. Below and to the right is an annotated second image showing the area around this pit. If you click on it you can see the full resolution image, uncropped, and unannotated. wider view of pit The scale bar is based on the 25 centimeter per pixel scale provided at the image link. Based on this, this pit is only about ten to fifteen meters across, or 30 to 50 feet wide. The image webpage says the sun was 39 degrees above the horizon, with what they call a sun angle of 51 degrees. Based on these angles, the shadow on the floor of the pit suggests it is about the same depth, 30 to 50 feet. The shadows suggest overhung walls. This, plus the presence of nearby aligned sinks, strongly suggests that there are extensive underground passages leading away from this pit. For a caver on Earth to drop into a pit 30 to 50 feet deep is nowadays a trivial thing. You rig a rope (properly), put on your vertical system, and rappel in. When you want to leave you use that same vertical system to climb the rope, using mechanical cams that slide up the rope but will not slide down. On Mars such a climb would be both easier and harder. The gravity is only one third that of Earth, but the lack of atmosphere means you must wear some form of spacesuit. Moreover, this system is not great for getting large amounts of gear up and down. Usually, people only bring what they can carry in a pack. To use this Martian pit as a habitat will require easier access, preferable by a wheeled vehicle that can drive in. The pit’s location however is intriguing. The map below shows its location on a global map of Mars. This region is part of the Utopia Basin, the place with the second lowest elevation on Mars....more

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• Kim wants money now and cannot wait until July. Bob Collins, Korea policy veteran for the DoD. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jun 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Kim wants money now and cannot wait until July. Bob Collins, Korea policy veteran for the DoD. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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• What US policy in Asia that pushes back against "China Inc"? @JoshRogin @WashingtonPost @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jun 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow What US policy in Asia that pushes back against "China Inc"? @JoshRogin @WashingtonPost @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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• The Trump economy is soaring and the Democrats are suffering Trump-bashing fatigue. @MonicaCrowley

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  Jun 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Trump economy is soaring and the Democrats are suffering Trump-bashing fatigue. @MonicaCrowley

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• Disengagement from trade with China is the only tool that will correct the trade abuses. Alan Tonelson. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jun 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:WTO Public Forum 2016 - Day 3  Photos from the WTO Public Forum 2016 - “Inclusive Trade” photo gallery may be reproduced provided attribution is given to the WTO and the WTO is informed. Photos: © WTO/Studio Casagrande ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Disengagement from trade with China is the only tool that will correct the trade abuses. Alan Tonelson. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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• Returning to the Trans Pacific Partnership will force China to better trade practices. @VerodeRugy @Mercatus @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jun 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: May 2014 Rally To Oppose the Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Deal  AFGE joined other labor organizations to oppose the Trans Pacific Partnership Trade deal.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Returning to the Trans Pacific Partnership will force China to better trade practices. @VerodeRugy @Mercatus @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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• California ordinary low primary turnout for Democrats means that Pelosi must work harder to win the House in November. @HooverWhalen @HooverInst

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  Jun 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: View of the San Fernando Valley from northern edge in the Santa Monica Mountains above Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. The San Gabriel Mountains are in the distant background. Date Source Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. Author Oakshade) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow California ordinary low primary turnout for Democrats means that Pelosi must work harder to win the House in November. @HooverWhalen @HooverInst...more

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• SecDef Mattis confronting China for its predation in the South China Sea is overdue and welcome. Miles Yu, professor of history at the US Naval Academy. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jun 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: The back entrance to the Shangri-La Hotel Singapore. Date 10 July 2009, 21:27:43 Source Flickr: Back entrance to the Shangri-La. Author Ruben Schade.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow SecDef Mattis confronting China for its predation in the South China Sea is overdue and welcome. Miles Yu, professor of history at the US Naval Academy. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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• Kim fears a coup while away in Singapore and so elevates loyalists to guard the failed state. Bruce Bechtol, Foreign Affairs. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jun 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: The Grand Fullerton Hotel, Singapore, at Sunset, as viewed from Esplanade Img by Calvin Teo, End May 2006 Date 28 May 2006 (according to Exif data) Source No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims). Author No machine-readable author provided. Calvin Teo assumed (based on copyright claims).) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Kim fears a coup while away in Singapore and so elevates loyalists to guard the failed state. Bruce Bechtol, Foreign Affairs. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast...more

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• "The enemy is strong." D-Day June 6, 1944. Bob Trout, CBS News. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 34th President.

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  Jun 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Oeasy Red, Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "The enemy is strong." D-Day June 6, 1944. Bob Trout, CBS News. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 34th President. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=16515

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• H-Hour: "Dog Company: 1 of 2: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc--the Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day's Toughest Mission and Led the Way across Europe" by Patrick K. O'Donnell

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  Jun 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Description: Photo taken on D+2, after relief forces reached the Rangers at Point du Hoc. The American flag had been spread out to stop fire of friendly tanks coming from inland. Some German prisoners are being moved in after capture by the relieving forces. 8 June 1944 Source: Archivesnormandie 1939-45 Post-Work: User:W.wolny) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow H-Hour: "Dog Company: 1 of 2: The Boys of Pointe du Hoc--the Rangers Who Accomplished D-Day's Toughest Mission and Led the Way across Europe" by Patrick K. O'Donnell...more

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• D-Day plus 74 years: "First to Jump: 2 of 2: How the Band of Brothers was Aided by the Brave Paratroopers of Pathfinders Company" by Jerome Preisler

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  Jun 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Members of the French Resistance and the U.S. 82nd Airborne division in World War II (58/116)  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow D-Day plus 74 years: "First to Jump: 2 of 2: How the Band of Brothers was Aided by the Brave Paratroopers of Pathfinders Company" by Jerome Preisler https://www.amazon.com/First-Jump-Brothers-Paratroopers-Pathfinders-ebook/dp/B00IOE4M2Q/ref=laB000APYAG01_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528253130&sr=1-6...more

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• Stratolaunch in search of a rocket. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Jun 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Stratolaunch aircraft by Stratolaunch Systems Corp., Mojave Air and Space Port.  It will take off in 2019. The plane would carry loads, like a satellite, to the low-altitude earth orbit.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Stratolaunch in search of a rocket. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com http://behindtheblack.com/?s=stratolaunch Stratolaunch still lacks a launch vehicle June 3, 2018 at 10:51 am Robert Zimmerman In a news interview today about their plans for the next year or so, the CEO of Stratolaunch danced around the lack of a committed and appropriate rocket to act as a second stage for the giant airplane. At the first flight event, we are going to talk a little bit about what is our suite of product offerings in terms of launch vehicles. We haven’t really talked much about that up until this point, but once we get the plane flying, we want to reveal to everyone exactly what we’re talking about. We have talked about the Pegasus system [from Orbital ATK] and we are going to launch the Pegasus on our first launch. It’s a very small rocket, but it’s a very good rocket, very reliable, which is one of the reasons we want to launch that first. But it’s a 50,000 pound rocket. This plane can carry 550,000 pounds, so it’s an undersized rocket for the capabilities we’re talking about. They hope this first launch will occur by summer of this year....more

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• NASA Bridenstine and the fate of ISS and SLS. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Jun 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: More details A rearward view of the International Space Station backdropped by the limb of the Earth. In view are the station's four large, gold-coloured solar array wings, two on either side of the station, mounted to a central truss structure. Further along the truss are six large, white radiators, three next to each pair of arrays. In between the solar arrays and radiators is a cluster of pressurised modules arranged in an elongated T shape, also attached to the truss. A set of blue solar arrays are mounted to the module at the aft end of the cluster. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow NASA Bridenstine and the fate of ISS and SLS. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com http://behindtheblack.com/?s=bridenstine NASA administrator in talks about commercializing ISS June 5, 2018 at 9:48 am Robert Zimmerman In a wide-ranging news article today, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine revealed that the agency is in discussions with many private corporations about the possibility of privatizing ISS. Bridenstine declined to name the companies that have expressed interest in managing the station, and said he was aware that companies may find it “hard to close the business case.” But he said there was still seven years to plan for the future of the station, and with the White House’s budget request “we have forced the conversation.” Bridenstine’s approach to ISS’s future seems reasonable to me. At some point the federal government needs to face the station’s future, and now is a better time to do it then later. The article however confirmed my generally meh opinion of Bridenstine. First, he reiterated his born-again new belief in human-caused global warming, a belief that seemed to arrive solely for him to gain the votes to get him confirmed in the Senate. Second, he said this about LOP-G, NASA’s proposed international space station that would fly in lunar space. Known as the Lunar Orbiting Platform Gateway, the system would be built by NASA in partnership with industry and its international partners, he said. “I’ve met with a lot of leaders of space agencies from around the world,” he said. “There is a lot of interest in the Gateway in the lunar outpost because a lot of countries want to have access to the surface of the moon. And this can help them as well and they can help us. It helps expand the partnership that we’ve seen in low Earth orbit with the International Space Station.” But the first element of the system wouldn’t be launched until 2021 or 2022, he said. [emphasis mine] The highlighted words illustrate why Bridenstine seems like a lightweight to me. LOP-G might be flying near the Moon, but nothing about it will provide anyone any access to the lunar surface. Not only will it not be operational in any manner for more than a decade, at the soonest, but it doesn’t appear designed to make reaching the lunar surface any easier. Instead, it mostly seems designed to justify SLS and Orion, and provide that boondoggle a mission. Still, Bridenstine has in the past been generally in favor of commercial space, and that position appears to be benefiting NASA’s commercial crew partners. Prior to Bridenstine’s arrival the decisions of NASA’s safety panel acted to repeatedly delay the launch of the manned capsules being built by SpaceX and Boeing. Now that safety panel seems to have seen the light, and is suddenly more confident in these capsules. I suspect Bridenstine might have had some influence here....more

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• The mystery of Russian-born Rinat Akhmetshin: 2 of 2: friend of the Clintons, turning up at critical Russiagate events. @AaronKleinShow

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  Jun 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Trump Tower is a 58-story mixed-use skyscraper located at 725 Fifth Avenue, at the corner of East 56th Street in Midtown Manhattan. The Trump Tower is the 52nd tallest building in New York City. The tower is a reinforced concrete, shear-wall/core structure and was the tallest structure of this type in New York City when completed. A concrete hat-truss at the top of the building ties exterior columns with the concrete core. This increases the effective dimensions of the core to that of the building in order to resist the overturning of lateral forces (wind, minor earthquakes, and impacts perpendicular to the building’s height). A similar structure was used for Trump World Tower. Ordinarily a building of that height could not have been built on the small site. By mixing uses (retail, office, and residential), constructing a through-block arcade (connecting to the IBM building to the east), and using the air rights from Tiffany’s flagship store next door, and including the atrium (designed as a “public space” under the city codes at the time), Trump was able to assemble a bonus package that enabled a taller tower. The building’s public spaces are clad in Breccia Pernice, a pink white-veined marble and brass and mirrors are used throughout. This includes the office lobby, off Fifth Avenue, and the five-level atrium which has a waterfall, shops, cafés, and a pedestrian bridge that crosses over the waterfall’s pool. The atrium is crowned with a skylight. In 2006, Forbes Magazine valued the tower at $318 million. Trump Tower is the setting of the NBC television show The Apprentice including the famous boardroom where at least one person will be fired at the end of each episode (actually a television studio inside Trump Tower). It is additionally the official residence for the winners of the three beauty pageants that are co-owned by Donald Trump as the Miss Universe Organization with NBC, which are the Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA during their year-long reign.[Wikipedia.org]) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The mystery of Russian-born Rinat Akhmetshin: 2 of 2: friend of the Clintons, turning up at critical Russiagate events. @AaronKleinShow http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/29/russian-lobbyist-at-trump-jr-meeting-admits-personal-relationship-with-hillary-clinton-dem-campaign-staffers/...more

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• The mystery of Russian-born Rinat Akhmetshin, friend of the Clintons, turning up at critical Russiagate events. @AaronKleinShow

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  Jun 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Trump Tower is a 58-story mixed-use skyscraper located at 725 Fifth Avenue, at the corner of East 56th Street in Midtown Manhattan. The Trump Tower is the 52nd tallest building in New York City. The tower is a reinforced concrete, shear-wall/core structure and was the tallest structure of this type in New York City when completed. A concrete hat-truss at the top of the building ties exterior columns with the concrete core. This increases the effective dimensions of the core to that of the building in order to resist the overturning of lateral forces (wind, minor earthquakes, and impacts perpendicular to the building’s height). A similar structure was used for Trump World Tower. Ordinarily a building of that height could not have been built on the small site. By mixing uses (retail, office, and residential), constructing a through-block arcade (connecting to the IBM building to the east), and using the air rights from Tiffany’s flagship store next door, and including the atrium (designed as a “public space” under the city codes at the time), Trump was able to assemble a bonus package that enabled a taller tower. The building’s public spaces are clad in Breccia Pernice, a pink white-veined marble and brass and mirrors are used throughout. This includes the office lobby, off Fifth Avenue, and the five-level atrium which has a waterfall, shops, cafés, and a pedestrian bridge that crosses over the waterfall’s pool. The atrium is crowned with a skylight. In 2006, Forbes Magazine valued the tower at $318 million. Trump Tower is the setting of the NBC television show The Apprentice including the famous boardroom where at least one person will be fired at the end of each episode (actually a television studio inside Trump Tower). It is additionally the official residence for the winners of the three beauty pageants that are co-owned by Donald Trump as the Miss Universe Organization with NBC, which are the Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA during their year-long reign.[Wikipedia.org]) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The mystery of Russian-born Rinat Akhmetshin: 1 of 2:  friend of the Clintons, turning up at critical Russiagate events. @AaronKleinShow http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/29/russian-lobbyist-at-trump-jr-meeting-admits-personal-relationship-with-hillary-clinton-dem-campaign-staffers/...more

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• Tales of the New Cold War: 1 of 2: Seeking a US-Russia Summit. Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com.

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  Jun 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Krushchev and Kennedy, 1961 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tales of the New Cold War: 1 of 2: Seeking a US-Russia Summit. Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nato-russia/us-pushes-nato-to-ready-more-forces-to-deter-russian-threat-idUSKCN1J11L4

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• Tales of the New Cold War: 2 of 2: Seeking a US-Russia Summit. Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com.

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  Jun 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (PhotoLeonid Brezhnev meets with Richard Nixon during the Soviet leader's trip to the U.S. in June 1973: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tales of the New Cold War: 2 of 2: Seeking a US-Russia Summit. Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nato-russia/us-pushes-nato-to-ready-more-forces-to-deter-russian-threat-idUSKCN1J11L4

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• Surprising gold strike in the two-billion-year-old rocks of North Ghana. Archie Koimtsidis, CEO of Cardinal Resources Limited .

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  Jun 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Street in Bolgatanga Dieu-Donné Gameli - Own work This is a snapshot of one of the principal streets of Bolgatanga. Motor bikes are fast becoming a popular commercial means of transport. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Surprising gold strike in the two-billion-year-old rocks of North Ghana.  Archie Koimtsidis, CEO of Cardinal Resources Limited . http://www.cardinalresources.com.au

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• The Republican joys of the pocketbook issues at the Midterm. @LizPeek

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  Jun 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English Garden at Lewis Ginter Botanical Center Source  Lewis Ginter Botanical Center Date  4/23/2004 Author  Photograph taken by Terren Peterson (Terren Peterson) Permission (Reusing this file)  See below. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Republican joys of the pocketbook issues at the Midterm. @LizPeek https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-battleground-tracker-the-house-is-a-toss-up/

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• These are the good old days of jobs and growth. @LizPeek

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  Jun 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: The artist (2nd from Lt.), age 7, with brothers in front of childhood home in Levittown, Long Island, NY Date 14 May 1968, 18:54:09 Source Own work Author Niknakc ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow These are the good old days of jobs and growth. @LizPeek https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-new-economic-indicator-is-saying-theres-no-sign-of-a-us-recession-2018-06-05 https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/01/the-us-economy-suddenly-looks-like-its-unstoppable.html...more

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• Doubting the FBI for the Clinton emails and Russiagate. @WJMCGurn

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  Jun 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: J. Edgar Hoover, FBI Photos Date Unknown Source http://www.fbi.gov/multimedia/images/history/hoover.jpg Author Unknown Permission (Reusing this file)  Permission given at http://www.fbi.gov/multimedia/photos.htm; These materials are for your use in publicizing the FBI. No permissions are needed; please just credit the FBI.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Doubting the FBI for the Clinton emails and Russiagate. @WJMCGurn https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fbis-watergate-1528153137...more

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• D-Day plus 74 years: "First to Jump: 1 of 2: How the Band of Brothers was Aided by the Brave Paratroopers of Pathfinders Company" by Jerome Preisler

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  Jun 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: C-47 of the 438th TCG marked with invasion stripes.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow D-Day plus 74 years: "First to Jump: 1 of 2:  How the Band of Brothers was Aided by the Brave Paratroopers of Pathfinders Company" by Jerome Preisler https://www.amazon.com/First-Jump-Brothers-Paratroopers-Pathfinders-ebook/dp/B00IOE4M2Q/ref=laB000APYAG01_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528253130&sr=1-6

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• SCOTUS hand-to-hand combat by the outnumbered Liberals. 2 of 2: @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Jun 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow SCOTUS hand-to-hand combat by the outnumbered Liberals. 2 of 2: @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/scotus-gets-arbitration-right In Epic Systems v. Lewis, the United States Supreme Court held by a five-four vote last week that the individual contracts of non-union workers, which called for the arbitration of work-related disputes, were fully enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act of 1925. The harsh outcry in response to Justice Neil Gorsuch’s restrained and meticulous opinion makes it appear as if a retrograde Supreme Court has returned us to the harsh pre-New Deal days when avaricious employers routinely trampled on worker rights. In her bitter dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg denounced the majority opinion as “egregiously wrong” because it overlooked “the extreme imbalance once prevalent in our Nation’s workplaces” before the passage of the National Labor Relations Act in 1935…...more

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• SCOTUS hand-to-hand combat by the outnumbered Liberals. 1 of 2: @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Jun 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow SCOTUS hand-to-hand combat by the outnumbered Liberals. 1 of 2:   @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/scotus-gets-arbitration-right In Epic Systems v. Lewis, the United States Supreme Court held by a five-four vote last week that the individual contracts of non-union workers, which called for the arbitration of work-related disputes, were fully enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act of 1925. The harsh outcry in response to Justice Neil Gorsuch’s restrained and meticulous opinion makes it appear as if a retrograde Supreme Court has returned us to the harsh pre-New Deal days when avaricious employers routinely trampled on worker rights. In her bitter dissent, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg denounced the majority opinion as “egregiously wrong” because it overlooked “the extreme imbalance once prevalent in our Nation’s workplaces” before the passage of the National Labor Relations Act in 1935…...more

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• Henry Wallace for President: "The Brazen Age: 4 of 4: New York City and the American Empire: Politics, Art, and Bohemia" by David Reid

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  Jun 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Dewey during a campaign tour in New York) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Henry Wallace for President: "The Brazen Age: 4 of 4: New York City and the American Empire: Politics, Art, and Bohemia" by David Reid https://www.amazon.com/Brazen-Age-American-Politics-Bohemia/dp/0394572378/ref=sr11?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1527745175&sr=8-1&keywords=the+brazen+

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• Return of the King. Bud Weinstein, associate director of the Maguire Energy Institute.

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  Jun 05 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Coal) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Return of the King. Bud Weinstein, associate director of the Maguire Energy Institute. https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/coal-is-dead-long-live-king-coal/

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• Trump declares tariffs on allies and foes. @veroderugy @Mercatus

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  Jun 05 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Paying homage to a P51 Mustang which carries the same name. Date 28 November 2012, 12:20 Source Old Crow Harley Davidson 1 Uploaded by tm Author Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Trump declares tariffs on allies and foes. @veroderugy @Mercatus http://money.cnn.com/2018/05/31/news/economy/united-states-steel-aluminum-tariffs/index.html

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• Iron Dome intercepts Hamas rockets out of Gaza.Malcolm Hoenlein, @Conf_of_pres @ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 05 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Iron Dome intercepts Hamas rockets out of Gaza.Malcolm Hoenlein, @Confofpres @ThadMcCotter https://www.timesofisrael.com/rocket-alert-sirens-blare-in-southern-israel-as-idf-strikes-gaza/

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• "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Sacrificed Donkeys of Goliath's Gath. @ThadMcCotter@GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jun 05 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: David Presents the Head of Goliath to King Saul, q1627, Rembrandt) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Sacrificed Donkeys of Goliath's Gath. @ThadMcCotter@GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/MAGAZINE-sacrificed-donkeys-in-ancient-gath-reveal-canaanite-trade-secrets-1.6096898

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• Kim dwells caged in a faux Marriot without people. @Crosett @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast@ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 05 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: The road sign for the Courtyard by Marriott hotel along Highway 7 in Christ Church, Barbados, West Indies. Date 30 November 2010 Source Own work Author CaribDigita ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Kim dwells caged in a faux Marriot without people. @Crosett @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast@ThadMcCotter https://www.wsj.com/articles/only-freedom-can-disarm-kim-1527807845 Only Freedom Can Disarm Kim Domestic accountability is a necessary condition for making any agreement with the U.S. stick...more

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• Geoff Diehl for U.S. Senate of Massachusetts: Warren abandons the fishing fleet. @DiehlforSenate

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  Jun 05 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:10/24/2013 - Airmen from Hanscom Air Force Base, also captured on the centerfield Jumbotron, line the flag-draped left field wall at Fenway Park in Boston during the World Series opening game Oct 23. Hanscom Airmen also provided one of the four military color guard formations on the field and other support to this major sporting event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rick Berry) ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Geoff Diehl for U.S. Senate of Massachusetts: Warren abandons the fishing fleet. @DiehlforSenate https://twitter.com/diehlforsenate?lang=en...more

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• Tiananmen at 29 years of memory and disgrace. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast @ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 05 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:A Type 59 main battle tank on display at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution in western Beijing. On June 3, 1989, People's Liberation Army deployed Type 59 tanks in the crackdown. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tiananmen at 29 years of memory and disgrace. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast @ThadMcCotter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiananmenSquareprotestsof1989

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• The chaotic poetry of NYC subway signage. @HerrySiegel

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  Jun 05 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: NYC Subways Date 26 February 2011, 02:28 Source NYC Subways Author The All-Nite Images from NY, NY, USA) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The chaotic poetry of NYC subway signage. @HerrySiegel http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-going-nowhere-fast-20180601-story.html 

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• Jeremy Corbyn preaches Jeremiad against Trump, May and Britain. @TheRealConstable

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  Jun 05 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Air Raid Damage in Britain during the Second World War St Paul's Cathedral, rising above the bombed London skyline, is shrouded in smoke during the Blitz. The photograph was taken from the roof of the Daily Mail offices in Fleet Street. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Jeremy Corbyn preaches Jeremiad against Trump, May and Britain. @TheRealConstable https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-04/may-too-hamstrung-by-brexit-to-stand-up-to-trump-corbyn-claims?cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-politics&utmmedium=social&utmcampaign=socialflow-organic&utmsource=twitter&utmcontent=politics...more

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• Targeting Religionists in Afghanistan. @ThomasJoscelyn

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  Jun 05 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Martyrdom video from Islamic State in Afghanistan) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Targeting Religionists in Afghanistan. @ThomasJoscelyn https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/05/taliban-and-islamic-state-target-religious-opponents-in-afghanistan.php

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• Endgame: "The Last Days of Kim Jong-il: 2 of 2: The North Korean Threat in a Changing Era" by Bruce E. Bechtol Jr.

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  Jun 05 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Kim Jong-il in 2010) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Endgame: "The Last Days of Kim Jong-il: 2 of 2: The North Korean Threat in a Changing Era" by Bruce E. Bechtol Jr. https://www.amazon.com/Last-Days-Kim-Jong-Changing/dp/1612346111/ref=sr12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528158372&sr=1-2

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• Endgame: "The Last Days of Kim Jong-il: 1 of 2: The North Korean Threat in a Changing Era" by Bruce E. Bechtol Jr.

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  Jun 05 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Kim Jong-il talking with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their 2001 meeting in Moscow ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Endgame: "The Last Days of Kim Jong-il: 1 of 2: The North Korean Threat in a Changing Era" by Bruce E. Bechtol Jr. https://www.amazon.com/Last-Days-Kim-Jong-Changing/dp/1612346111/ref=sr12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1528158372&sr=1-2

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• Blue-Water Fleets Face-Off: "Red Star over the Pacific: China's Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy" by Toshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes.

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  Jun 04 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Frigate Yueyang was commissioned for the South China Sea fleet of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, May 3, 2013. [Photo: Xinhua) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Blue-Water Fleets Face-Off: "Red Star over the Pacific: China's Rise and the Challenge to U.S. Maritime Strategy" by Toshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes.

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• Eve of the Summit: 2 of 2: "The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics" by Paul Bracken.

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  Jun 04 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Mark 28 atomic bomb being transported to an F-100 by the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing on Okinawa U.S. Air Force 1352nd Photo Group - Archival location: NARA, Still Pictures Unit, Record Group 342B, box 1468 via http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/ http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb541-Nukes-on-Okinawa-Declassified-2016/#p-2 USAF photo #109805 depicts a Mark 28 bomb (not identified as a nuclear weapon) being transported to an F-100 via bomb lift truck by the load crew of the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing during the 1st annual Pacific Air Force Munitions Loading Competition, 23 October 1962 at Kadena Air Base (Photo taken by 1352nd Photo Group).) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Eve of the Summit: 2 of 2: "The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics" by Paul Bracken. https://www.amazon.com/Second-Nuclear-Age-Strategy-Politics-ebook/dp/B0085UEQG6/ref=sr11?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1528077983&sr=1-1&keywords=paul+bracken+second+age A leading international security strategist offers a compelling new way to "think about the unthinkable." The cold war ended more than two decades ago, and with its end came a reduction in the threat of nuclear weapons—a luxury that we can no longer indulge. It's not just the threat of Iran getting the bomb or North Korea doing something rash; the whole complexion of global power politics is changing because of the reemergence of nuclear weapons as a vital element of statecraft and power politics. In short, we have entered the second nuclear age. In this provocative and agenda-setting book, Paul Bracken of Yale University argues that we need to pay renewed attention to nuclear weapons and how their presence will transform the way crises develop and escalate. He draws on his years of experience analyzing defense strategy to make the case that the United States needs to start thinking seriously about these issues once again, especially as new countries acquire nuclear capabilities. He walks us through war-game scenarios that are all too realistic, to show how nuclear weapons are changing the calculus of power politics, and he offers an incisive tour of the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia to underscore how the United States must not allow itself to be unprepared for managing such crises. Frank in its tone and farsighted in its analysis, The Second Nuclear Age is the essential guide to the new rules of international politics. “Mr. Bracken's view is a powerful one. . . . The questions [he] raises about the sustainability of current American foreign policy thinking are particularly timely. Nuclear strategy must come out of its post-Cold War retirement. We are once again in a world where nuclear weapons count.” ―Walter Russell Mead, The Wall Street Journal “Penetrating. . . . Bracken is an example of why fresh and fearless thinking is required when considering the near-term future of geopolitics. . . . Everyone interested in nuclear proliferation in the Middle East should read [this book].” ―Robert D. Kaplan, Stratfor, author of The Revenge of Geography “This is an important book, necessary reading for anyone looking to understand nuclear weapons and how they might be used, directly or indirectly, in future conflicts around the world. Paul Bracken is a rigorous critic, convincing and unsentimental in his discussion of the strategic and political context of the subject. This is no simplistic vision of Armageddon.” ―George Friedman, author of The Next 100 Years, CEO of Stratfor “Paul Bracken has written an alarming and compelling wake-up call. He argues that as new countries acquire nuclear capabilities, the cold war rules of the road no longer apply and we ignore the complexities of today’s environment at our peril. He provides an instructive history of how we got here and is practical and provocative in recommending possible solutions. Read this book. We should not wait for the first nuclear crisis of this century to start thinking about what to do differently.” ―Admiral Mike Mullen, USN (ret.), former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff “Read this book. We should not wait for the first nuclear crisis of this century to start thinking about what to do differently.” ―Admiral Mike Mullen, USN (ret.), former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...more

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• Eve of the Summit: 1 of 2: "The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics" by Paul Bracken.

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  Jun 04 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:A TM-72 Mace missile is trucked through the Okinawa city of Gushikawa in the early 1960s in a rare open display. Charles "Chuck" Headlee of 498th Missile Munitions Squadron - http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fl20120708x1g.jpg A TM-72 Mace missile is trundled through the Okinawa city of Gushikawa( 具志川市 ) in the early 1960s in a rare open display. Alternate: A TM-76B (CGM-13B) barely clears an overhead power line at the village of Deragawa(Tairagawa 平良川 ) enroute to a launch site from the missile maintenance area, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Eve of the Summit: 1 of 2: "The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics" by Paul Bracken. https://www.amazon.com/Second-Nuclear-Age-Strategy-Politics-ebook/dp/B0085UEQG6/ref=sr11?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1528077983&sr=1-1&keywords=paul+bracken+second+age A leading international security strategist offers a compelling new way to "think about the unthinkable." The cold war ended more than two decades ago, and with its end came a reduction in the threat of nuclear weapons—a luxury that we can no longer indulge. It's not just the threat of Iran getting the bomb or North Korea doing something rash; the whole complexion of global power politics is changing because of the reemergence of nuclear weapons as a vital element of statecraft and power politics. In short, we have entered the second nuclear age. In this provocative and agenda-setting book, Paul Bracken of Yale University argues that we need to pay renewed attention to nuclear weapons and how their presence will transform the way crises develop and escalate. He draws on his years of experience analyzing defense strategy to make the case that the United States needs to start thinking seriously about these issues once again, especially as new countries acquire nuclear capabilities. He walks us through war-game scenarios that are all too realistic, to show how nuclear weapons are changing the calculus of power politics, and he offers an incisive tour of the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia to underscore how the United States must not allow itself to be unprepared for managing such crises. Frank in its tone and farsighted in its analysis, The Second Nuclear Age is the essential guide to the new rules of international politics. “Mr. Bracken's view is a powerful one. . . . The questions [he] raises about the sustainability of current American foreign policy thinking are particularly timely. Nuclear strategy must come out of its post-Cold War retirement. We are once again in a world where nuclear weapons count.” ―Walter Russell Mead, The Wall Street Journal “Penetrating. . . . Bracken is an example of why fresh and fearless thinking is required when considering the near-term future of geopolitics. . . . Everyone interested in nuclear proliferation in the Middle East should read [this book].” ―Robert D. Kaplan, Stratfor, author of The Revenge of Geography “This is an important book, necessary reading for anyone looking to understand nuclear weapons and how they might be used, directly or indirectly, in future conflicts around the world. Paul Bracken is a rigorous critic, convincing and unsentimental in his discussion of the strategic and political context of the subject. This is no simplistic vision of Armageddon.” ―George Friedman, author of The Next 100 Years, CEO of Stratfor “Paul Bracken has written an alarming and compelling wake-up call. He argues that as new countries acquire nuclear capabilities, the cold war rules of the road no longer apply and we ignore the complexities of today’s environment at our peril. He provides an instructive history of how we got here and is practical and provocative in recommending possible solutions. Read this book. We should not wait for the first nuclear crisis of this century to start thinking about what to do differently.” ―Admiral Mike Mullen, USN (ret.), former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff “Read this book. We should not wait for the first nuclear crisis of this century to start thinking about what to do differently.” ―Admiral Mike Mullen, USN (ret.), former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...more

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• Tales of the Old Cold War: "The North Building (The First Trumpet Book 2)" by Jefferson Flanders

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  Jun 04 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Pictured at 11th and 41st NE. Item 42837, Engineering Department Photographic Negatives (Record Series 2613-07), Seattle Municipal Archives. English: Air raid sirens, Seattle, Washington, U.S., 1951. Date 3 May 1951 Source Air raid sirens, 1951 Author Seattle Municipal Archives from Seattle, WA ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tales of the Old Cold War: "The North Building (The First Trumpet Book 2)" by Jefferson Flanders https://www.amazon.com/North-Building-First-Trumpet-Book-ebook/dp/B00DYX2RPQ/ref=sr11?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1528077105&sr=1-1&keywords=flanders+jefferson+the+north+building New York, January 1951\. When columnist Dennis Collins returns to his hometown after covering the brutal Chosin Reservoir battle in Korea, he finds his newspaper closed down and New York on edge about a possible European war with the Russians. Collins is reluctantly drawn into an investigation of leaked American military secrets that focuses on the British diplomats Donald Maclean and Kim Philby (later exposed as members of the infamous Cambridge Five spy ring). As his search for the truth takes him to Washington, Paris, and London, Collins enters a shadowy world of intrigue where moral boundaries blur and the line between justice and revenge is easily crossed. The North Building tells a story of love and personal redemption, seamlessly blending fact and fiction as it takes the reader from the foxholes of Korea to the corridors of power in the West, with the fate of nations, and individuals, hanging in the balance. Jefferson Flanders has been a sportswriter, columnist, editor, and publishing executive. He is the author of Café Carolina and Other Stories and of Herald Square, a novel of the Cold War described as “Jimmy Breslin meets John le Carré” in the Huffington Post and as “well-written, action packed and engrossing” in the Washington Times....more

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• Before the Great War: 2 of 2: "Voyagers of the Titanic: Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From" by Richard Davenport-Hines.

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  Jun 04 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English:Period Illustration of 2nd-Class stateroom on the RMS Titanic) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Before the Great War: 2 of 2: "Voyagers of the Titanic: Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From" by Richard Davenport-Hines. https://www.amazon.com/Voyagers-Titanic-Passengers-Shipbuilders-Aristocrats-ebook/dp/B005MMUZ1K/ref=sr12?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1528076564&sr=1-2&keywords=davenport-hines...more

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• Before the Great War: 1 of 2: "Voyagers of the Titanic: Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From" by Richard Davenport-Hines.

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  Jun 04 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Colorized version of the original black-white photo of Titanic's first class gymnasium. Nederlands: Met computer ingekleurde versie van de originele zwart-witfoto van de fitnessruimte van de Titanic. Date 9 January 2012 (recoloring) Source http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestand:Gym.jpg Author Robert John Welch (1859-1936), official photographer for Harland & Wolff, and Floor712 (recoloring) ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Before the Great War: 1 of 2: "Voyagers of the Titanic: Passengers, Sailors, Shipbuilders, Aristocrats, and the Worlds They Came From" by Richard Davenport-Hines. https://www.amazon.com/Voyagers-Titanic-Passengers-Shipbuilders-Aristocrats-ebook/dp/B005MMUZ1K/ref=sr12?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1528076564&sr=1-2&keywords=davenport-hines...more

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• Inspiration: "Mermaid: A Memoir of Resilience" by Eileen Cronin.

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: FDA History - Thalidomide  Marketed since 1956 in over 20 countries, FDA medical officer Dr. Frances Kelsey refused to approve the 1960 application to market thalidomide in the U. S. for lack of adequate safety data. Soon, evidence began to appear worldwide linking this drug with grave birth defects. This For more information about FDA history visit www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WhatWeDo/History/default.htmprompted major changes in U.S. drug laws in 1962.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Inspiration: "Mermaid: A Memoir of Resilience" by Eileen Cronin. https://www.amazon.com/Mermaid-Memoir-Resilience-Eileen-Cronin-ebook/dp/B00DX5X91G/ref=sr11?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1528075849&sr=1-1&keywords=cronin+mermaid A gorgeously crafted memoir about resilience, family, and forging your own way, by a woman born without legs. At the age of three, Eileen Cronin first realized that only she did not have legs. Her boisterous Catholic family accepted her situation as "God's will," treating her no differently than her ten siblings, as she "squiddled" through their 1960s Cincinnati home. But starting school, even wearing prosthetics, Cronin had to brave bullying and embarrassing questions. Thanks to her older brother's coaching, she handled a classmate's playground taunts with a smack from her lunchbox. As a teen, thrilled when boys asked her out, she was confused about what sexuality meant for her. She felt most comfortable and happiest relaxing and skinny dipping with her girlfriends, imagining herself "an elusive mermaid." The cause of her disability remained taboo, however, even as she looked toward the future and the possibility of her own family. In later years, as her mother battled mental illness and denied having taken the drug thalidomide--known to cause birth defects--Cronin felt apart from her family. After the death of a close brother, she turned to alcohol. Eventually, however, she found the strength to set out on her own, volunteering at hospitals and earning a PhD in clinical psychology. Reflecting with humor and grace on her youth, search for love, and quest for answers, Cronin spins a shimmering story of self-discovery and transformation....more

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• Mr. Madison's War: "The Captain Who Burned His Ships: Captain Thomas Tingey, USN, 1750-1829" by Gordon Brown

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  Jun 04 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Capture and Burning of Washington by the British, in 1814, wood engraving, 1876. Date 1876) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Mr. Madison's War: "The Captain Who Burned His Ships: Captain Thomas Tingey, USN, 1750-1829" by Gordon Brown https://www.amazon.com/Captain-Who-Burned-His-Ships-ebook/dp/B00DKMWNFA/ref=sr11?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1528075210&sr=1-1&keywords=captain+who+burned+ships+gordon+brown This is the first biography of Captain Thomas Tingey, who was a key figure in the development of the early U.S. Navy. Having come to America after a short service in the Royal Navy, Tingey contributed importantly to the growth of the American Navy, but was then obliged to burn the Washington Navy Yard in 1814 to prevent it from falling into the hands of British invaders. This is at the same time a history of the first quarter-century of the Washington Navy Yard, which Tingey commanded for that period, and of the transition of the young Navy from an object of partisan discord to an honored defender of a growing and increasingly self-confident nation. The book looks at Tingey's contributions to navy yard procedures and practices, his civic role in the budding city of Washington, the dramatic events of 1814, and the rebuilding of the yard as a major technical center for the navy. ...more

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• "A Merciless Place: The Fate of Britain's Convicts after the American Revolution" by Emma Christopher

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  Jun 04 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Eighteenth century illustration of two Hessian soldiers. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "A Merciless Place: The Fate of Britain's Convicts after the American Revolution" by Emma Christopher https://www.amazon.com/Merciless-Place-Britains-Convicts-Revolution-ebook/dp/B00692U8XW/ref=sr11?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1528074306&sr=1-1&keywords=merciless+place+emma+christopher Since Robert Hughes' The Fatal Shore, the fate of British convicts has burned brightly in the popular imagination. Incredibly, their larger story is even more dramatic--the saga of forgotten men and women scattered to the farthest corners of the British empire, driven by the winds of the American Revolution and the currents of the African slave trade. In A Merciless Place, Emma Christopher brilliantly captures this previously unknown story of poverty, punishment, and transportation. The story begins with the American War of Independence, until which many British convicts were shipped across the Atlantic. The Revolution interrupted this flow and inspired two entrepreneurs to organize the criminals into military units to fight for the crown. The felon soldiers went to West Africa's slave-trading posts just as the war ended; these forts became the new destination for England's rapidly multiplying convicts. The move was a disaster. Christopher writes that "before the scheme was abandoned, it would have run the gamut of piracy, treachery, mutiny, starvation, poisonings, allegations of white women forced to prostitute themselves to African men, and not least several cases of murder." To end the scandal, the British government chose a new destination, as far away as possible: Australia. Christopher here captures the gritty lives of Britain's convicts: victims of London's underworld, rife with brutal crime and sometimes even more brutal punishments. Equally fascinating are the portraits of Fante people of West Africa, forced to undergo dramatic changes in their role as intermediaries with Europeans in the slave trade. Here, too, are the aboriginal Australians, coping with the transformation of their native land. They all inhabit A Merciless Place: a tour de force and historical narrative at its finest....more

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• Unending Vietnam: 2 of 2: "Black April: The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-75" by George J Veith.

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  Jun 04 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The Fall of Saigon, Vietnam in April, 1975  Jam-packed with more than 7,000 refugees, the South Vietnamese Navy ship HQ-504 arrives at Vung Tau port, the South Vietnam' s most popular sea resort, and now the only port city in the Government hands. More than 20,000 Vietnamese refugees including those from Hue and Danang arrived at Vung Tau from Cam Ranh Bay, on board the Navy ships. The cease fire agreement was signed during the international peace conference on Vietnam the 02 March 1973 in Paris. (Photo credit should read STAFF/AFP/Getty Images) ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Unending Vietnam: 2 of 2: "Black April: The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-75" by George J Veith.  https://www.amazon.com/Black-April-South-Vietnam-1973-75-ebook/dp/B00EN8SZ7K/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1528073749&sr=8-1&keywords=black+april+veith The defeat of South Vietnam was arguably America’s worst foreign policy disaster of the 20th Century. Yet a complete understanding of the endgame—from the 27 January 1973 signing of the Paris Peace Accords to South Vietnam’s surrender on 30 April 1975—has eluded us. Black April addresses that deficit. A culmination of exhaustive research in three distinct areas: primary source documents from American archives, North Vietnamese publications containing primary and secondary source material, and dozens of articles and numerous interviews with key South Vietnamese participants, this book represents one of the largest Vietnamese translation projects ever accomplished, including almost one hundred rarely or never seen before North Vietnamese unit histories, battle studies, and memoirs. Most important, to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of South Vietnam’s conquest, the leaders in Hanoi released several compendiums of formerly highly classified cables and memorandum between the Politburo and its military commanders in the south. This treasure trove of primary source materials provides the most complete insight into North Vietnamese decision-making ever complied. While South Vietnamese deliberations remain less clear, enough material exists to provide a decent overview. Ultimately, whatever errors occurred on the American and South Vietnamese side, the simple fact remains that the country was conquered by a North Vietnamese military invasion despite written pledges by Hanoi’s leadership against such action. Hanoi’s momentous choice to destroy the Paris Peace Accords and militarily end the war sent a generation of South Vietnamese into exile, and exacerbated a societal trauma in America over our long Vietnam involvement that reverberates to this day. How that transpired deserves deeper scrutiny....more

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• Unending Vietnam: 1 of 2: "Black April: The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-75" by George J Veith.

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: Fall of Saigon 1975  VIETNAM - APRIL 30: The Fall of Saigon in Vietnam on April 30, 1975 - The vehicles occupied by soldiers and the resistants go through the town celebrating the victory. (Photo by Herve GLOAGUEN/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Unending Vietnam: 1 of 2: "Black April: The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-75" by George J Veith.  https://www.amazon.com/Black-April-South-Vietnam-1973-75-ebook/dp/B00EN8SZ7K/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1528073749&sr=8-1&keywords=black+april+veith The defeat of South Vietnam was arguably America’s worst foreign policy disaster of the 20th Century. Yet a complete understanding of the endgame—from the 27 January 1973 signing of the Paris Peace Accords to South Vietnam’s surrender on 30 April 1975—has eluded us. Black April addresses that deficit. A culmination of exhaustive research in three distinct areas: primary source documents from American archives, North Vietnamese publications containing primary and secondary source material, and dozens of articles and numerous interviews with key South Vietnamese participants, this book represents one of the largest Vietnamese translation projects ever accomplished, including almost one hundred rarely or never seen before North Vietnamese unit histories, battle studies, and memoirs. Most important, to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of South Vietnam’s conquest, the leaders in Hanoi released several compendiums of formerly highly classified cables and memorandum between the Politburo and its military commanders in the south. This treasure trove of primary source materials provides the most complete insight into North Vietnamese decision-making ever complied. While South Vietnamese deliberations remain less clear, enough material exists to provide a decent overview. Ultimately, whatever errors occurred on the American and South Vietnamese side, the simple fact remains that the country was conquered by a North Vietnamese military invasion despite written pledges by Hanoi’s leadership against such action. Hanoi’s momentous choice to destroy the Paris Peace Accords and militarily end the war sent a generation of South Vietnamese into exile, and exacerbated a societal trauma in America over our long Vietnam involvement that reverberates to this day. How that transpired deserves deeper scrutiny....more

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• Hamas, Iran.

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  Jun 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Hamas, Iran.

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• 2018 New England season was a success: "The Sugar Season: A Year in the Life of Maple Syrup, and One Family’s Quest for the Sweetest Harvest" by Douglas Whynott

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  Jun 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Keystone View Company -- Publisher Title  Helping uncle tap the sugar maple trees. Date  Coverage: 1865?-1920?. Source Imprint: 1865?-1920?. Digital item published 6-2-2005; updated 2-13-2009. Current location  New York Public Library Blue pencil.svg wikidata:Q219555 Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow 2018 New England season was a success: "The Sugar Season: A Year in the Life of Maple Syrup, and One Family’s Quest for the Sweetest Harvest" by Douglas Whynott http://www.unionleader.com/business/Maple-syrup-producers-say-2018-looks-like-sweet-season-despite-early-start-04022018 https://www.amazon.com/Sugar-Season-Family%C2%92s-Sweetest-Harvest/dp/0306822040/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527992994&sr=1-1&keywords=the+sugar+season...more

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• Unfinished mystery: "Castro's Secrets: Cuban Intelligence, The CIA, and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy" by Brian Latell

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  Jun 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Lee Harvey Oswald and others handing out "Fair Play for Cuba" leaflets in New Orleans, August 16, 1963 Date 16 August 1963 Source Originated from the report of the Warren Commission a US Government report. From WH Vol.21 p.139. http://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh21/html/WHVol210082a.htm Author Photographer not credited Other versions  Related photo: File:Pizzo Exh 453-A Oswald leaflets New Orleans.jpg) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Unfinished mystery: "Castro's Secrets: Cuban Intelligence, The CIA, and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy" by Brian Latell https://www.amazon.com/Castros-Secrets-Intelligence-Assassination-Kennedy/dp/1137278412/ref=sr1fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527992062&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=castro%27s+secret+latel Published to glowing reviews, this riveting narrative takes us back to when the Cuban Revolution was young and offers a new and surprising look at Fidel Castro. Drawing on interviews with high-level defectors from Cuban intelligence, Cuba expert Brian Latell creates a vivid narrative that chronicles Castro's crimes from his university days through nearly 50 years in power. As Cuba's supreme spymaster Fidel built up an intelligence system that became one of best and most aggressive anywhere. Latell argues that the CIA grossly underestimated the Cubans' extraordinary abilities to run moles and double agents and to penetrate the highest levels of American institutions. He reveals new details about the CIA's most deplorable plots against Cuba and shocking new findings about what Fidel actually knew of Lee Harvey Oswald prior to the assassination of John F. Kennedy....more

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• How the West Was Won Again: "Colossus: 2 of 2: The Turbulent, Thrilling Saga of the Building of Hoover Dam" by Michael Hiltzik

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  Jun 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Unknown or not provided Record creator Department of the Interior. Bureau of Reclamation. Engineering and Research Center. (05/18/1981 - 03/04/1988) Title  "Negroes employed as drillers on the construction of Hoover Dam." Description  Scope and content: Photograph from Volume Two of a series of photo albums documenting the construction of Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Nevada. Date 3 October 1932 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow How the West Was Won Again: "Colossus: 2 of 2: The Turbulent, Thrilling Saga of the Building of Hoover Dam" by Michael Hiltzik https://www.amazon.com/Colossus-Turbulent-Thrilling-Building-Hoover/dp/141653217X/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527991130&sr=1-1&keywords=hiltzik+colossus As breathtaking today as when it was completed, Hoover Dam ranks among America’s most awe-inspiring, if dubious, achievements. This epic story of the dam—from conception to design to construction—by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik exposes the tremendous hardships and accomplishments of the men on the ground—and in the air—who built the dam and the demonic drive of Frank Crowe, the boss who pushed them beyond endurance. It is a tale of the tremendous will exerted from start to finish, detailing the canny backroom dealings by Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt, the herculean engineering challenges Crowe faced, and the terrific union strikes by the men who daily fought to beat back the Colorado River. Colossus tells an important part of the story of America’s struggle to pull itself out of the Great Depression by harnessing the power of its population and its natural resources....more

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• How the West Was Won Again: "Colossus: 1 of 2: The Turbulent, Thrilling Saga of the Building of Hoover Dam" by Michael Hiltzik

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  Jun 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Unknown or not provided Record creator Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Portland Area Office. Tribal Operations Branch. (09/17/1947 - ca. 1967) Title  Indian construction workers at Boulder Dam, Nevada. High scalers. Description  Scope and content: Records document the activites of George LaVatta as Organizational Field Agent in the 1930's. Included are records and photos conerning construction at various agencies, the reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and photos and reports of various Indian schools. Date circa 1935 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow How the West Was Won Again: "Colossus: 1 of 2: The Turbulent, Thrilling Saga of the Building of Hoover Dam" by Michael Hiltzik https://www.amazon.com/Colossus-Turbulent-Thrilling-Building-Hoover/dp/141653217X/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527991130&sr=1-1&keywords=hiltzik+colossus As breathtaking today as when it was completed, Hoover Dam ranks among America’s most awe-inspiring, if dubious, achievements. This epic story of the dam—from conception to design to construction—by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and Los Angeles Times columnist Michael Hiltzik exposes the tremendous hardships and accomplishments of the men on the ground—and in the air—who built the dam and the demonic drive of Frank Crowe, the boss who pushed them beyond endurance. It is a tale of the tremendous will exerted from start to finish, detailing the canny backroom dealings by Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt, the herculean engineering challenges Crowe faced, and the terrific union strikes by the men who daily fought to beat back the Colorado River. Colossus tells an important part of the story of America’s struggle to pull itself out of the Great Depression by harnessing the power of its population and its natural resources....more

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• Escape from Castro: Memory of the Russians: "Cubanos in Wisconsin." by Silvio Canto Jr. and Gabriel Canto

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  Jun 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Cuba-Russia friendship poster showing Fidel Casto and Nikita Krushchev, stating "Long live the eternal, indestructible friendship and cooperation between the Soviet and Cuban peoples" ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Escape from Castro: Memory of the Russians: "Cubanos in Wisconsin."  by Silvio Canto Jr. and Gabriel Canto https://www.amazon.com/Cubanos-Wisconsin-Silvio-Canto-Jr/dp/0615714994/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527990769&sr=1-1...more

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• China's supremacy with the New Colonialism: 2 of 2: Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs.

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  Jun 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Embassy of China in the Kingdom of Tonga 中文（简体）‎: 中华人民共和国驻汤加王国大使馆 Date 16 August 2007 Source Own work Author Kransky ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow China's supremacy with the New Colonialism: 2 of 2: Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs. Beijing, Tehran: Suzerainty, New Colonialism, and Crime Analysis. By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs. Global strategic competition remains within a framework of a “balance of weakness”, in which most major players are currently forced to resort to indirect maneuver and proxy actors in order to avoid direct confrontation. No major power is ready for direct, or decisive, military action against another major power, or even against a secondary unconventional opponent, a reality reinforced by the economic and political exhaustion of the US campaigns of the early 21st Century in Iraq and Afghanistan. Rising powers, such as Russia and the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and even embattled Iran, seek to expand or survive strategically by using mechanisms which avoid the prospect of direct confrontation, or even avoid creating sufficient alarm in po-tential adversaries that they promote a concise and well-organized response. Moreover, as indirect strategies which also utilize proxy, mostly non-kinetic forces, they are not only difficult to detect and quantify, they are more difficult to counter. Established powers, or powers which feel that they have command of the “rules-based” international framework which developed over the past seven decades, tend to act as defensive players, utilizing formal mechanisms (armed forces, overt government financ-ing, etc.) where possible, and have reverted to the use of proxy forces mainly in situa-tions where kinetic projection is required. The US use (and attempted use) of Sunni jihadist forces in Syria, Libya, etc., has been a case in point, often leading to unanticipated outcomes. Many of the proxy assets of the “rising powers” have mostly avoided kinetic engage-ment, and involve either criminal organizations, usually trans-national organizations, or suborned officials (including politicians and national leaders), and corporate executives in target countries. Their goal is to gain strategic projection and dominance without overt force. To call this an “operating model” would be to imply a defined hierarchy and assigned responsibili-ties, which this model very pointedly eschews. Some “rising powers” (particularly Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Iran) have used kinetic (fighting) proxy forces for limited theater operations, but these have been less strategi-cally significant than the more diffuse criminal and civilian indirect operations. What is significant is that, by utilizing a systematic campaign of commercially-led “di-plomacy”, the PRC has, within the past two decades, successfully colonized Africa, much of the South Pacific, and much of Central America and the Caribbean, and the Balkans. It can be called a “new colonization model”, and it certainly took advantage of the retrenchment of US, European, and Australasian commercial, diplomatic, and mili-tary presence and prestige during that period. It has been a period of often messy transactions for the PRC (sometimes in concert with Iran), often involving the cover of private investments, and often through subsidiaries of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs). Australia’s Lowy Institute in January 2018 noted that PRC formal aid to nine South Pacific states (Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, Microne-sia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Niue, and Cook Islands) between 2006 to June 2016 totaled $1,781.2-million. Australia’s aid to those states during the period was $7,703-million. Australian influence, arguably, should have been quantitatively greater than the PRC’s, by that measure, but was not necessarily so.1 The reason for the discrepancy was the amount of “commercial” funding and lending, quite apart from corrupt payments, undertaken by the PRC to build a debt dependency to the PRC among the region’s governments and business leaders. Officials from the region have told Defense & Foreign Affairs that many leaders in the South Pacific have been bought off, compromised, or become subject to direct or indirect manipulation be-cause of PRC-granted debt or loans. The situation in the Caribbean and Central America, where the PRC and Iran have often worked in concert, the activities have largely gone directly into the criminal sphere. As a result, funds have been laundered into US holdings from Venezuela (for example) through political leaders in Caribbean states (particularly Dominica), where they could be utilized to acquire US technology or other assets of use to the PRC and Iran. At the same time, the PRC has obtained a near-complete, and yet discreet, stranglehold over the governments of several Caribbean and Central American states. The recent move by Panama to terminate diplomatic relations with the Republic of Chi-na (ROC: Taiwan) and open them with the PRC was understood to have been the result of “off the books” financing. As a result, the 21st Century framework of colonialism has taken on a distinctly different meaning from the formal, structured view of colonies of roughly 16th to 20th century in-terpretation, but the net effect of “new colonialism” could be construed as the same as for the earlier version. A colony, in modern [but pre-21st Century] usage, indicated a settlement of people in a foreign land, usually assuming dominion over that foreign land and its inhabitants on behalf of the nation-state of origin of the settlers. This, in a formal sense, meant the ab-solute, or ultimate, control of those remote lands by the settlers’ home government, but often with varying degrees of internal self-government. They represented subordinate parts of a greater power; satrapies of an empire, in many instances. Older-form colonies......more

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• China's supremacy with the New Colonialism: 1 of 2: Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs.

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  Jun 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), 3 to 5 Dec 2015  President Jacob Zuma and President Xi Jinping share a light moment during the closing ceremony of Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. (Photo: GCIS) ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow China's supremacy with the New Colonialism: 1 of 2: Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs. Beijing, Tehran: Suzerainty, New Colonialism, and Crime Analysis. By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs. Global strategic competition remains within a framework of a “balance of weakness”, in which most major players are currently forced to resort to indirect maneuver and proxy actors in order to avoid direct confrontation. No major power is ready for direct, or decisive, military action against another major power, or even against a secondary unconventional opponent, a reality reinforced by the economic and political exhaustion of the US campaigns of the early 21st Century in Iraq and Afghanistan. Rising powers, such as Russia and the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and even embattled Iran, seek to expand or survive strategically by using mechanisms which avoid the prospect of direct confrontation, or even avoid creating sufficient alarm in po-tential adversaries that they promote a concise and well-organized response. Moreover, as indirect strategies which also utilize proxy, mostly non-kinetic forces, they are not only difficult to detect and quantify, they are more difficult to counter. Established powers, or powers which feel that they have command of the “rules-based” international framework which developed over the past seven decades, tend to act as defensive players, utilizing formal mechanisms (armed forces, overt government financ-ing, etc.) where possible, and have reverted to the use of proxy forces mainly in situa-tions where kinetic projection is required. The US use (and attempted use) of Sunni jihadist forces in Syria, Libya, etc., has been a case in point, often leading to unanticipated outcomes. Many of the proxy assets of the “rising powers” have mostly avoided kinetic engage-ment, and involve either criminal organizations, usually trans-national organizations, or suborned officials (including politicians and national leaders), and corporate executives in target countries. Their goal is to gain strategic projection and dominance without overt force. To call this an “operating model” would be to imply a defined hierarchy and assigned responsibili-ties, which this model very pointedly eschews. Some “rising powers” (particularly Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Iran) have used kinetic (fighting) proxy forces for limited theater operations, but these have been less strategi-cally significant than the more diffuse criminal and civilian indirect operations. What is significant is that, by utilizing a systematic campaign of commercially-led “di-plomacy”, the PRC has, within the past two decades, successfully colonized Africa, much of the South Pacific, and much of Central America and the Caribbean, and the Balkans. It can be called a “new colonization model”, and it certainly took advantage of the retrenchment of US, European, and Australasian commercial, diplomatic, and mili-tary presence and prestige during that period. It has been a period of often messy transactions for the PRC (sometimes in concert with Iran), often involving the cover of private investments, and often through subsidiaries of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs). Australia’s Lowy Institute in January 2018 noted that PRC formal aid to nine South Pacific states (Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, Microne-sia, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Niue, and Cook Islands) between 2006 to June 2016 totaled $1,781.2-million. Australia’s aid to those states during the period was $7,703-million. Australian influence, arguably, should have been quantitatively greater than the PRC’s, by that measure, but was not necessarily so.1 The reason for the discrepancy was the amount of “commercial” funding and lending, quite apart from corrupt payments, undertaken by the PRC to build a debt dependency to the PRC among the region’s governments and business leaders. Officials from the region have told Defense & Foreign Affairs that many leaders in the South Pacific have been bought off, compromised, or become subject to direct or indirect manipulation be-cause of PRC-granted debt or loans. The situation in the Caribbean and Central America, where the PRC and Iran have often worked in concert, the activities have largely gone directly into the criminal sphere. As a result, funds have been laundered into US holdings from Venezuela (for example) through political leaders in Caribbean states (particularly Dominica), where they could be utilized to acquire US technology or other assets of use to the PRC and Iran. At the same time, the PRC has obtained a near-complete, and yet discreet, stranglehold over the governments of several Caribbean and Central American states. The recent move by Panama to terminate diplomatic relations with the Republic of Chi-na (ROC: Taiwan) and open them with the PRC was understood to have been the result of “off the books” financing. As a result, the 21st Century framework of colonialism has taken on a distinctly different meaning from the formal, structured view of colonies of roughly 16th to 20th century in-terpretation, but the net effect of “new colonialism” could be construed as the same as for the earlier version. A colony, in modern [but pre-21st Century] usage, indicated a settlement of people in a foreign land, usually assuming dominion over that foreign land and its inhabitants on behalf of the nation-state of origin of the settlers. This, in a formal sense, meant the ab-solute, or ultimate, control of those remote lands by the settlers’ home government, but often with varying degrees of internal self-government. They represented subordinate parts of a greater power; satrapies of an empire, in many instances. Older-form colonies......more

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• Surprising Lesson from Snowball Earth: 1 of 2: P.M. Myrow. @ScienceMagazine

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  Jun 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Proglacial lacustrine rhythmitic argillite from the Precambrian of Virginia, USA. The Snowball Earth Glaciations during the Neoproterozoic were the most significant ice ages that Earth ever experienced - two or three of them occurred in succession. The most extreme models describing Snowball Earth have glacial ice completely covering all continents and all oceans, even at the equator. Some models, called “Slushball Earth”, have Earth’s equatorial oceanic areas not completely frozen over. Each Snowball Earth Glaciation was followed by a super-greenhouse climate. The resulting sedimentary record of these “freeze-fry” events typically consists of glacial tillites and overlying cap carbonates. These units are preserved at many localities on Earth. The rock shown above has well-preserved horizontal laminations in argillite (= a very low-grade metamorphic rock formed by slight alteration of shale). Note that the laminations are rhythmic in their thicknesses. These are rhythmites. Published research has identified these sediments as proglacial lacustrine turbidites - they appear to be varves. Varves are common sedimentary units in Pleistocene proglacial lake settings. This is a Snowball Earth equivalent. The rhythmicity reflects seasonal changes (summer-winter-summer-winter, etc.). Demonstrable annual layering is scarce in the sedimentary rock record. Stratigraphy: Konnarock Formation, Neoproterozoic, ~750 Ma Locality: Grassy Branch Outcrop - roadcut on the northern side of Rt. 603, just downstream from the Big Laurel Creek-Grassy Branch confluence, west of the town of Troutdale & east of the town of Konnarock, southern Smyth County, southwestern Virginia, USA (36º 40.900’ North latitude, 81º 33.988’ West longitude) Date 14 October 2016, 13:55 Source Proglacial lacustrine rhythmitic argillite (varvite) (Konnarock Formation, Neoproterozoic, ~750 Ma; Grassy Branch Outcrop - Rt. 603 roadcut, Smyth County, Virginia, USA) 1 Author James St. John) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Surprising Lesson from Snowball Earth: 1 of 2: P.M. Myrow. @ScienceMagazine Rapid sea level rise in the aftermath of a Neoproterozoic snowball Earth: P. M. Myrow1,*, M. P. Lamb2, R. C. Ewing3 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2018/04/19/science.aap8612...more

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• Surprising Lesson from Snowball Earth: 1 of 2: P.M. Myrow. @ScienceMagazine

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  Jun 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Excerpted from the story by Charles Q. Choi: Tidally-locked planets in the habitable zone of stars may be able to avoid global ice ages, according to a study that models the interplay of where ice forms and how it reflects sunlight. Meanwhile, a second study has found that planets that are strongly tilted are more likely to experience sudden ice ages. The “habitable zone” around stars, where it’s warm enough for liquid water to exist on an Earth-like world’s surface, has long been the gold standard in assessing the potential for life on other worlds, but as our understanding of astrobiology deepens, scientists are looking for other clues to habitability. Read more at Astrobiology Magazine.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Surprising Lesson from Snowball Earth: 1 of 2: P.M. Myrow. @ScienceMagazine Rapid sea level rise in the aftermath of a Neoproterozoic snowball Earth: P. M. Myrow1,*, M. P. Lamb2, R. C. Ewing3 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2018/04/19/science.aap8612...more

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• Henry Wallace for President: "The Brazen Age: 3 of 4: New York City and the American Empire: Politics, Art, and Bohemia" by David Reid

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  Jun 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:It was an all new car for 1941, a wider body that nearly covered the running boards, the front fenders more integrated and the headlights moved right forward. The 1941 car had a 3 piece grille, a tall centre section. For 1942, the grille looked like an electric shaver. Production on the 1942 Ford only lasted a few months, before all efforts were focused on the war. Some of these 1942 models were sold to the military for next 3 years. Civilian production resumed in July 1945. The 1945/46 Ford was identical to the 1942 model under the skin, though it got a new grille with horizontal bars and red accents. Very similar for 1947/48, visual differences included the removal of the red accents from the grille and the two small lights located just above it. Models available; Special, Deluxe and Super Deluxe. The 1941-48 Ford was also produced in Australia in V8 Sedan and unique to Australia, the Coupe Utility. Engines; 226 cu in l head 6 cyl or 221 and 239 Flathead V8s Date 15 February 2015, 12:56 Source 1948 Ford Super Deluxe Convertible ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Henry Wallace for President: "The Brazen Age: 3 of 4: New York City and the American Empire: Politics, Art, and Bohemia" by David Reid https://www.amazon.com/Brazen-Age-American-Politics-Bohemia/dp/0394572378/ref=sr11?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1527745175&sr=8-1&keywords=the+brazen+...more

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• Tales of the Old Cold War: 2 of 2: "The Tunnels: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill" by Greg Mitchell

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  Jun 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Berlin, Staatsbesuch Vizepräsident von Zypern Info non-talk.svg Original caption  For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Info non-talk.svg West-Berlin: Staatsbesuch Zypern. Vizepräs. Kutchuk [Kütschük] Stadtrundfahrt in der Bernauerstr. Archive 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. Vizepräsident von Zypern in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Besuch in West-Berlin, Zonengrenze Bernauer Straße Depicted place Berlin Date 13 February 1963 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tales of the Old Cold War: 2 of 2: "The Tunnels: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill" by Greg Mitchell https://www.amazon.com/Tunnels-Escapes-Under-Berlin-Historic/dp/1101903872/ref=laB001K88LXE1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527813928&sr=1-1...more

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• PacWatch: The desert hot Golden Knights of Las Vegas. @JeffBliss1

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  Jun 02 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The 2017 NHL Entry Draft as the Golden Knights made Cody Glass their first ever selection, 6th overall. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow PacWatch: The desert hot Golden Knights of Las Vegas. @JeffBliss1 https://www.reviewjournal.com/sports/betting/golden-knights-are-underdog-play-over-capitals-in-game-3/

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• Onboard astonishing and posh warship FREMM Alpino. Vice Admiral Richard Hunt, USN (ret.).

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  Jun 02 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: French FREMM (French Frégate européenne multi-mission) D650 Date 2 January 2012 Source http://www.defense.gouv.fr/marine/mediatheque/phototheque/forces-de-surface/diaporama-de-la-fremm-aquitaine Author Marine Nationale ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Onboard astonishing and posh warship FREMM Alpino.  Vice Admiral Richard Hunt, USN (ret.).  https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2018/05/30/we-spent-3-days-on-a-top-ffgx-contender-heres-what-you-need-to-know/...more

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• Spectacular Trump jobs report. @McTagueJ

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  Jun 02 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Assemblyline 1965-1969 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Spectacular Trump jobs report. @McTagueJ  https://blogs.wsj.com/briefly/2018/06/01/may-jobs-report-the-numbers-3/?mod=article_inline The U.S. economy added a robust 223,000 jobs in May, bucking many economists’ expectations that hiring should slow in a tightening labor market. May’s payrolls figure is much stronger than the 190,000 jobs economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal had expected. Employment trended upward in industries including retail, health care and construction. Revised figures show payrolls were upwardly revised a net 15,000 in March and April....more

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• New American Civil War: Betrayal of the ruling class at the end of empire. Michael Michael Vlahos, Naval War College. @JHUWorldCrisis.

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  Jun 02 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Foreign Office Interior Visited as part of London Open House ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow New American Civil War: Betrayal of the ruling class at the end of empire. Michael  Michael Vlahos, Naval War College. @JHUWorldCrisis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Five The Cambridge Spy Ring was a ring of spies in the United Kingdom, who passed information to the Soviet Union during World War II and was active at least into the early 1950s. None were ever prosecuted for spying. The number and membership of the ring emerged slowly from the 1950s onwards. As far as the general public was concerned, this started with the sudden flight of Donald Maclean (cryptonym: Homer) and Guy Burgess (cryptonym: Hicks) to the Soviet Union in 1951. Suspicion immediately fell on Kim Philby (cryptonym: Stanley), but he did not follow them until 1963. Anthony Blunt (cryptonyms: Tony, Johnson) and John Cairncross (cryptonym: Liszt) confessed to British intelligence but this remained secret for many years, until 1979 in the case of Blunt. It therefore took several years for the usual modern name to evolve through the Cambridge Four to the Cambridge Five.[citation needed] In the innermost circles of the KGB, they were supposedly known as the "Magnificent Five"...more

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• The damnation of Venezuela & the frustration of Argentina. @MaryAnastasiaOG

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  Jun 02 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Timoto-Cuica territory in present-day Mérida state, Venezuela.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The damnation of Venezuela & the frustration of Argentina. @MaryAnastasiaOG

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• America rediscovers its own original bounty of grass-fed beef. John Wood, US Wellness Meats,cowslovegrass.com

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  Jun 02 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Curious cattle – The USDA organic label on dairy or meat products means that the animals from which it originated were raised in living conditions that accommodated their natural behaviors, without being administered hormones or antibiotics, and while grazing on pasture grown on healthy soil. Date 16 December 2011, 14:05 Source 278969455137beafc438b - Grass Fed Beef - Ryan Thompson Author Ryan Thompson/U.S. Department of Agriculture) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow America rediscovers its own original bounty of grass-fed beef. John Wood, US Wellness Meats,cowslovegrass.com https://gmofreeusa.org/u-s-wellness-meats/ "Our mission is simple: Do what’s good for our animals, good for our planet and good for you. "Founded by lifelong farmer John Wood, U.S. Wellness Meats grew out of John’s realization that there was a unique way of raising cattle for a growing niche of U.S. consumers who were beginning to understand the health benefits of CLA and omega-3s from free-range meat. "A fifth-generation farmer, John was used to thinking like his ancestors and his neighbors when it came to raising animals. In a nutshell, this old method meant growing the animal on pasture, feeding them grain in confinement for the final four months, and then selling them off to a big animal processor when it was time for them to be harvested. But with a little experimentation, he discovered the old method might not be the only method. In 1997, 1998 and 1999, John raised animals on a 100% forage diet and had the proof he needed: there was another way to get tender and exquisite-tasting beef, lamb, bison, goat and dairy products. "One of the key secrets of the new model? Keeping the best quality forage in front of animals on a daily basis with a rotation grazing sequence. This traditional method mimics how buffalo grazed in North America for centuries, and it is the critical difference between 21st-century grass-fed and the old 1950’s model.......more

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• China plans for a space station. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Jun 02 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: 中文: 中國空間站藝術表現詮釋 English: Impression of the Chinese Space Station by the artist Penyulap. Date 6 March 2012 Source This image was created and uploaded by the artist in 2012. Author Penyulap) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow China plans for a space station. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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• Dawn diving to 30 miles above Ceres. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Jun 02 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:This simulated perspective view shows Occator Crater, measuring 57 miles (92 kilometers) across and 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) deep, which contains the brightest area on Ceres. This region has been the subject of intense interest since Dawn's approach to the dwarf planet in early 2015. This view, which faces north, was made using images from Dawn's low-altitude mapping orbit, 240 miles (385 kilometers) above Ceres. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Dawn diving to 30 miles above Ceres. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com...more

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• Henry Wallace for President: "The Brazen Age: 2 of 4: New York City and the American Empire: Politics, Art, and Bohemia" by David Reid

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  Jun 02 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Park Avenue entrance to the Waldorf Astoria New York Date Spring 2013 Source Own work Author Hennem08 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Henry Wallace for President: "The Brazen Age: 2 of 4: New York City and the American Empire: Politics, Art, and Bohemia" by David Reid https://www.amazon.com/Brazen-Age-American-Politics-Bohemia/dp/0394572378/ref=sr11?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1527745175&sr=8-1&keywords=the+brazen+age...more

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• Why does the Iran regime ban famous old actors & What is to be done? Mohsen Sazegara. Malcom Hoenlein

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  Jun 02 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Why does the Iran regime ban famous old actors & What is to be done? Mohsen Sazegara. Malcom Hoenlein

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• US sanctions on Iran money-handlers are most effective. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Jun 02 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Bank Melli Iran - central branch of Nishapur - September 27 2013 Date 27 August 2013, 11:25:55 Source Own work Author Sonia Sevilla ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow US sanctions on Iran money-handlers are most effective. Malcolm Hoenlein @Confofpres

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• Gaza Border is not secure from Hamas operations. Lt. Colonel Jonathan Conricus, IDF. Malcolm Hoenlein Confirmed_of_pres

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  Jun 02 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Israel/Gaza border ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Gaza Border is not secure from Hamas operations. Lt. Colonel Jonathan Conricus, IDF. Malcolm Hoenlein Confirmedofpres

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• FBI was always investigating the Trump campaign: 2 of 2: @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: FBI badge and service pistol, a Glock Model 22, .40 S&W caliber not stated - FBI Photosimage source Dead links as of January 7, 2014) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow  FBI was always investigating the Trump campaign: 2 of 2: @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter  The bipartisan Beltway establishment has apparently had its fill of this “Trump colluded with Russia” narrative — the same narrative the same establishment has lustily peddled for nearly two years. The Obama administration recklessly chose to deploy the government’s awesome counterintelligence powers to investigate — and, more to the point, to smear — its political opposition as a Kremlin confederate. Now that that this ploy has blown up on the Justice Department and the FBI, these agencies — the ones that went out of their way, and outside their guidelines, to announce to the world that the Trump campaign was under investigation — want you to know the president and his campaign were not investigated at all, no siree. What could possibly have made you imagine such a thing? And so, to douse the controversy with cold water, dutifully stepping forward in fine bipartisan fettle are the Obama administration’s top intelligence official and two influential Capitol Hill Republicans who evidently pay little attention to major testimony before their own committees…. https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/trump-campaign-spying-obama-administration-investigation/...more

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• FBI was always investigating the Trump campaign: 1 of 2: @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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  Jun 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: James Comey speaks at the White House following his nomination by President Barack Obama to be the next director of the FBI, 21 June 2013 US Federal Government - fbi.gov "James Comey speaks at the White House following his nomination by President Barack Obama to be the next director of the FBI when Director Robert S. Mueller’s term ends on September 4.") http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow  FBI was always investigating the Trump campaign: 1 of 2: @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter  The bipartisan Beltway establishment has apparently had its fill of this “Trump colluded with Russia” narrative — the same narrative the same establishment has lustily peddled for nearly two years. The Obama administration recklessly chose to deploy the government’s awesome counterintelligence powers to investigate — and, more to the point, to smear — its political opposition as a Kremlin confederate. Now that that this ploy has blown up on the Justice Department and the FBI, these agencies — the ones that went out of their way, and outside their guidelines, to announce to the world that the Trump campaign was under investigation — want you to know the president and his campaign were not investigated at all, no siree. What could possibly have made you imagine such a thing? And so, to douse the controversy with cold water, dutifully stepping forward in fine bipartisan fettle are the Obama administration’s top intelligence official and two influential Capitol Hill Republicans who evidently pay little attention to major testimony before their own committees…. https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/trump-campaign-spying-obama-administration-investigation/...more

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• Bat-borne Nipah virus outbreak with 70% mortality rate. @HenryIMiller @HooverInst

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  Jun 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: This is an image of Indian Flying Fox or Pteropus giganteus photographed at Kolkata, West Bengal, India on 27th April 2013 Date 27 April 2013 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Bat-borne Nipah virus outbreak with 70% mortality rate. @HenryIMiller @HooverInst  https://news.stanford.edu/press-releases/2018/05/25/little-known-vir-global-pandemic/

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• Russia's strategic weakness is Iran's strategic weakness in Syria. @IlanBerman Malcolm Hoenlein

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  Jun 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Russia's strategic weakness is Iran's strategic weakness in Syria. @IlanBerman Malcolm Hoenlein) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Russia's strategic weakness is Iran's strategic weakness in Syria. @IlanBerman Malcolm Hoenlein

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• Kiev murders the truth of the death of Arkady Babchenko. Lev Golinkin, author "A Backpack, A Bear and Eight Crates of Vodka."

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  Jun 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Kiev ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Kiev murders the truth of the death of Arkady Babchenko. Lev Golinkin, author "A Backpack, A Bear and Eight Crates of Vodka."

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• Decline and fall of Ghazni Province, 2012-2018. @BillRoggio @FDD

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  Jun 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The Old City of Ghazni ISAF Headquarters Public Affairs Office from Kabul, Afghanistan - 100418-F-4473M-112, This Image was released by the United States Air Force with the ID 100418-F-4473M-112 (next). 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. বাংলা | Deutsch | English | español | euskara | فارسی | français | italiano | 日本語 | 한국어 | македонски | മലയാളം | Plattdüütsch | Nederlands | polski | پښتو | português | Türkçe | українська | 中文 | 中文（简体）‎ | +/− Members from Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team visited Old Ghazni City April 18, 2010, located in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. (Joint Combat Camera Afghanistan; Photo by Tech. Sgt. James May) ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Decline and fall of Ghazni Province, 2012-2018. @BillRoggio @FDD...more

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• Iraq improving and Iraq sinking. @MRubin1971

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  Jun 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Rihan Rotana Hotel - فندق ريحان روتانا  Mall Baghdad & Rihan Rotana Hotel. al-Rahman mosque shown in the back. مول بغداد وفندق ريحان روتانا، ويظهر جامع الرحمن في الخلف. The hotel is run by Rotana Hotels Company, Two thirty floors as containing 241 rooms and suites and conference rooms and sports hall. تدير الفندق شركة روتانا للفنادق، ويتكون من اثنين من ثلاثين طابقا يحتوي على 241 غرفة وجناحا وقاعة مؤتمرات وقاعة رياضية. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Iraq improving and Iraq sinking. @MRubin1971...more

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• When did Russiagate start, and who started it? @SebGorka @FNC

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  Jun 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Record Group 21: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685 – 1991; NARA, College Park, MD. Gerald R. Ford Library & Museum "The Watergate Files" Exhibit Government Exhibit 1: The Watergate Complex Deutsch: Das Watergate-Hotel. Ein Einbruch in das im Hotel befindliche Wahlkampfhauptquartier der Demokraten und dessen Folgen führten in den 70er Jahren zum de:Watergate-Skandal. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow When did Russiagate start, and who started it? @SebGorka @FNC...more

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• Tales of the Old Cold War: 1 of 2: "The Tunnels: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill" by Greg Mitchell

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  Jun 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:East German construction workers building the Berlin Wall, 20 November 1961.  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tales of the Old Cold War: 1 of 2: "The Tunnels: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill" by Greg Mitchell https://www.amazon.com/Tunnels-Escapes-Under-Berlin-Historic/dp/1101903872/ref=laB001K88LXE1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527813928&sr=1-1...more

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• The Monster That Failed: "1956: 4 of 4: The World in Revolt" by Simon Hall

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  Jun 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Damaged tank and vehicles, Sinai War, 1956.  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Monster That Failed: "1956: 4 of 4: The World in Revolt" by Simon Hall https://www.amazon.com/1956-World-Revolt-Simon-Hall/dp/0571312322 Vibrantly and sympathetically told, this is the story of one remarkable year - a capsule history of exhilarating triumphs and shattering defeats around the world. 'Vivid, powerful and panoramic ... I loved it.' Dominic Sandbrook 1956 was one of the most remarkable years of the twentieth century. All across the globe, ordinary people spoke out, filled the streets and city squares, and took up arms in an attempt to win their freedom. In response to these unprecedented challenges to their authority, those in power fought back, in a desperate bid to shore up their position. It was an epic contest, and one which made 1956 - like 1789 and 1848 - a year that changed our world....more

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• Widespread Iranian protests against the regime continue. @LisaDaftari

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  Jun 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Widespread Iranian protests against the regime continue. @LisaDaftari  https://en.radiofarda.com/a/iran-actor-funeral-turns-into-protests/29254454.html

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• The astonishing resurrection of Arkady Babchenko. @MaryKissel

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  Jun 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The astonishing resurrection of Arkady Babchenko. @MaryKissel https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-murder-inc-1527720157 https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-very-italian-solution-1527809197

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• 2 of 2: What about Russiagates's other missing professor, Joseph Mifsud? @LeeSmithDC @Realclearinvestigations

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  May 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Operation Gold: the Berlin tunnel in 1956) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow 2 of 2: What about Russiagates's other missing professor, Joseph Mifsud? @LeeSmithDC @Realclearinvestigations https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/05/26/themaltesephantomofrussiagate_.html

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• 1 of 2: What about Russiagates's other missing professor, Joseph Mifsud? @LeeSmithDC @Realclearinvestigations

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  May 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (PhotoStalin alongside some of his allies at the 14th Congress Unknown - https://web.archive.org/web/20100612051042/http://warrax.net/88/pix/0005rfy3.jpg XIV party Conference. From left to right: Mikhail Lashevich, Mikhail Frunze, Vlas Chubar, Alexei Rykov, Klim Voroshilov, Iosif Stalin, Mykola Skrypnyk, Andrei Bubnov and Sergo Ordzhonikidze: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow 1 of 2: What about Russiagates's other missing professor, Joseph Mifsud? @LeeSmithDC @Realclearinvestigations https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/05/26/themaltesephantomofrussiagate_.html...more

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• Chinese Communists "don't think about defeat. They only think about victory." Arthur Waldron, University of Pennsylvania. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  May 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Fiery Cross Reef, Spratly Islands, South China Sea, in May 2015 Date May 2015 Source http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/images-show-chinese-airstrip-on-man-made-spratly-island-nearly-finished-777353 Author United States Navy ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Chinese Communists "don't think about defeat.  They only think about victory."  Arthur Waldron, University of Pennsylvania. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast...more

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• What does does China fear in the Trump-Kim talks? Charles Burton, Brock University. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  May 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Alarmed by this development, China's Chairman Mao Zedong ordered the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) to intervene in Korea and to launch the First Phase Campaign against the UN forces.[14] Between October 25 and November 4, 1950, the PVA 13th Army surprised and defeated the Republic of Korea (ROK) II Corps and the US 1st Cavalry Division in a series of battles around Onjong and Unsan, destroying the right flank of the US Eighth Army while forcing the UN forces to retreat back to the Ch'ongch'on River.[1) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow What does does China fear in the Trump-Kim talks? Charles Burton, Brock University. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast...more

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• The Monster That Failed: "1956: 3 of 4: The World in Revolt" by Simon Hall

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  May 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: In the late 1940s and early 50s the Polish Army was under the command of Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Rokossovsky, who was given the additional title Marshal of Poland and was also Minister of National Defense. It was increasingly tied into the Soviet structures. This process was stopped in the aftermath of the Polish October, in 1956, however, and brigades began to be formed in the engineering and artillery arms.[citation needed]) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow  The Monster That Failed: "1956: 3 of 4: The World in Revolt" by Simon Hall https://www.amazon.com/1956-World-Revolt-Simon-Hall/dp/0571312322 Vibrantly and sympathetically told, this is the story of one remarkable year - a capsule history of exhilarating triumphs and shattering defeats around the world. 'Vivid, powerful and panoramic ... I loved it.' Dominic Sandbrook 1956 was one of the most remarkable years of the twentieth century. All across the globe, ordinary people spoke out, filled the streets and city squares, and took up arms in an attempt to win their freedom. In response to these unprecedented challenges to their authority, those in power fought back, in a desperate bid to shore up their position. It was an epic contest, and one which made 1956 - like 1789 and 1848 - a year that changed our world....more

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• Henry Wallace for President: "The Brazen Age: 1 of 4: New York City and the American Empire: Politics, Art, and Bohemia" by David Reid

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  AUTHOR. (Photo:Vice President Henry Wallace ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Henry Wallace for President: "The Brazen Age: 1 of 4: New York City and the American Empire: Politics, Art, and Bohemia" by David Reid https://www.amazon.com/Brazen-Age-American-Politics-Bohemia/dp/0394572378/ref=sr11?s=instant-video&ie=UTF8&qid=1527745175&sr=8-1&keywords=the+brazen+age

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• Made in China 2025 is a core plan for the PRC & What iOS to be done? @@JulianaLiu @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  May 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: China Telecom building in Haikou, Hainan, China Date 13 August 2016, 14:19:00 Source Own work Author Anna Frodesiak ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Made in China 2025 is a core plan for the PRC & What iOS to be done? @@JulianaLiu @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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• Does North Korea understand Trump's "Art of the Deal?"? @DavidMaxwell161 @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  AUTHOR. (Photo:View of the atrium from its base  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Does North Korea understand Trump's "Art of the Deal?"? @DavidMaxwell161 @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast Maxwell is retired U.S. Army Special Forces colonel and fellow at the Institute of Corean American Studies  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/30/kim-yong-chol-the-ultimate-north-korean-regime-insider

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• Estimate Plus 3% GDP Trump Second Quarter and the Democrats have no pocketbook message.. @MonicaCrowley

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  May 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Camille Pissarro (1830–1903) Blue pencil.svg wikidata:Q134741 s:fr:Auteur:Camille Pissarro q:en:Camille Pissarro Camille Pissarro: The Harvest Title  The Harvest Object type painting Date 1882 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions Height: 70.3 cm (27.6 in); Width: 126 cm (49.6 in) ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Estimate Plus 3% GDP Trump Second Quarter and the Democrats have no pocketbook message.. @MonicaCrowley https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-30/u-s-second-quarter-growth-forecasts-surge-on-trade-inventories...more

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• Dining with a North Korean villain. @MatthewHa @FDD @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  May 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Kim II-Sung and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Dining with a North Korean villain. @MatthewHa @FDD @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast https://www.timesofisrael.com/pompeo-meets-top-north-korean-to-plan-possible-trump-kim-summit/

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• Can the US economy shrug off the posturing China trade talks? @CharlesOrtel @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  May 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Britain waged two Opium Wars to force China to legalize the opium trade and to open all of China to British merchants.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Can the US economy shrug off the posturing China trade talks? @CharlesOrtel  @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast  http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-trade-warnings-20180130-story.html

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• Lightning struck Apollo 12 twice: remember Alan Bean. @Papalardojoe

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  AUTHOR. (Photo:Apollo 12 launches from Kennedy Space Center, November 14, 1969  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow  Lightning struck Apollo 12 twice: remember Alan Bean. @Papalardojoe https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a20950226/alan-bean-apollo-12-launch/

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• When did Halper start spying on the Trump campaign: 2 of 2: and who was controlling him? @AndrewCMcCarthy @@ThadMcCotter

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  May 30 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow When did Halper start spying on the Trump campaign: 2 of 2: and who was controlling him? @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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• When did Halper start spying on the Trump campaign: 1 of 2: and who was controlling him? @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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  AUTHOR. (Photo:1940 WW2 Weltkrieg 11 UK Britische Propaganda Poster für "Feind Nr. 1" - ein Kunstwerk von Weltkrieg 2 BRITISCHE Regierung Zeichnung von einem Mann in einem Restaurant Bar Stuhl mit dem Wort Spion auf seinem Rücken, Anti Spy Spionage leichtfertiges Gerede Kampagne sitzt. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow When did Halper start spying on the Trump campaign: 1 of 2: and who was controlling him? @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter It has been credibly reported that Halper, a longtime source for the CIA and British intelligence, was tasked by the FBI in the Trump-Russia investigation to make contact with and get information from at least three Trump campaign officials. He even sought a role in the campaign from co-chairman Sam Clovis. Page, on the other hand, was the target of four FISA court surveillance warrants, which enabled the Justice Department and FBI to monitor him for a year, starting at the height of the 2016 campaign. To obtain such a warrant under FISA (the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978), the FBI and Justice Department must convince a judge that there is probable cause to believe the target is an agent of a foreign power — in Page’s case, of Russia. … To read the rest click here, or paste the following in your browser: https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/trump-russia-investigation-obama-administration-spying-hypocritical/...more

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• Congress makes SLS even more more expensive and unlikely to fly soon. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  May 30 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Congress makes SLS even more mote expensive and unlikely to fly soon. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Congress makes SLS even more more expensive and unlikely to fly soon. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com http://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-reconfiguring-future-sls-planning/ NASA reconfiguring future SLS planning May 27, 2018 at 2:24 pm Robert Zimmerman Link here. This is a long (4 parts) and detailed overview of the changing state of the SLS system and its future missions. As it notes right at the start, NASA has started updating plans and schedules for additional SLS Block 1 launches in the early 2020s after Washington added federal budget money for a second Mobile Launcher (ML) platform and umbilical tower in late March. Construction of a new Mobile Launcher frees the first ML from a three-year long downtime for teardown and reassembly after the first SLS launch of Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), currently projected for mid-2020. Instead of being retired after one launch, the Block 1 configuration could fly multiple times. With two mobile launches (costing almost a billion to build), NASA has more flexibility (assuming it gets full funding). It can now fly both the smaller Block 1 configuration of SLS multiple times without delaying the first launch of the planned more powerful Block 2 version expected to come later. The article discusses in great detail the possible variations in design and scheduling for the first unmanned mission, the Europa mission, the first manned mission, and possible missions beyond, all of which are based on Congress’s continued blank check support for this very expensive and very questionable program. Sadly, it increasingly appears that Congress is going to throw a lot of money at this program. SLS looks like it is going to fly several times, and maybe more. It will likely send Europa Clipper to Jupiter, and later astronauts on a stunt mission around the Moon. Later, the Washington cartel of big aerospace companies, NASA, Congress, and our international partners in Europe and Russia are gearing up to get LOP-G funded as well, with SLS the vehicle to launch and supply it. All of this will cost a lot, take forever, and not make the future exploration of the solar system possible in the slightest. None of that matters however. Congress wants it, and Congress being corrupt and irresponsible is going to get it.....more

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• China stakes out a lunar land-grab. .Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt is photographed standing next to a huge, split boulder during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-3) at the Taurus–Littrow landing site on the Moon. Schmitt is the Apollo 17 lunar module pilot. This picture was taken by Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow China stakes out a lunar land-grab. .Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com http://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-the-moon-and-the-outer-space-treaty/ China, the Moon, and the Outer Space Treaty May 25, 2018 at 11:15 am Robert Zimmerman Link here. The article speaks to the problems of sovereignty, ownership, and political borders created by the language of Outer Space Treaty, specifically illustrated now by China’s newest effort to put a lander on the far side of the Moon. [This] pioneering space travel has raised concern that China is also interested in the tiny spots on the moon that never go dark, the polar peaks of eternal light. Those peaks are vanishingly small, occupying one-one hundred billionth of the lunar surface − roughly equivalent to three sheets of NHL ice on Earth. But their near-ceaseless sunshine gives them great value as a source of solar energy, to power everything from scientific experiments to mining operations. Their small size could also, scientists have argued, allow one country to take sole occupancy of this unique real estate without falling afoul of the Outer Space Treaty. That agreement stipulates that no state can exert sovereignty in outer space. But it also calls on countries “to avoid interference” with equipment installed by others. That provides a loophole of sorts, researchers say. The installation of very sensitive equipment on the peaks of eternal light, such as a radio telescope − a 100-metre long uncovered wire used to study transmissions from the sun, and deeper corners of the universe − could use up much of the available space while also providing a rationale to bar others from the area on the grounds that the telescope is too sensitive to be disturbed. “Effectively a single wire could co-opt one of the most valuable pieces of territory on the moon into something approaching real estate, giving the occupant a good deal of leverage even if their primary objective was not scientific inquiry,” researchers from Harvard University, King’s College London and Georg-August Universitat Gottingen wrote in a 2015 paper. Because the Outer Space Treaty outlaws any nation from claiming territory, it provides no method for any nation, or private company, to establish its borders or property rights. To protect what they own nations are therefore will be forced to create their own rules, willy-nilly, such as the one speculated above. And when they disagree, only the use of force will be available to either defend or defy these arbitrary rules....more

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• Tales of the New Cold War: 2 of 2: Has the US isolated Russia from its neighbors? Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com.

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: St Petersburg International Economic Forum plenary session Vladimir Putin spoke at the plenary session of the 22nd St Petersburg International Economic Forum. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tales of the New Cold War: 2 of 2: Has the US isolated Russia from its neighbors? Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com.

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• Tales of the New Cold War: 1 of 2: Has the US isolated Russia from its neighbors? Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com.

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  May 30 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Normandy format talks February 12, 2015 Minsk President of Russia Vladimir Putin, President of France Francois Hollande, Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko at the talks in the Normandy format. Photo: RIA Novosti )) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tales of the New Cold War: 1 of 2: Has the US isolated Russia from its neighbors? Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com....more

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• The violin speaks all languages perfectly. Kelly Hall-Tompkins @Kellyht111

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  May 30 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Joseph Haydn playing string quartets ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The violin speaks all languages perfectly. Kelly Hall-Tompkins @Kellyht111 https://54below.com/events/kelly-hall-tompkins-fiddler-fiddler-roof/

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• China hasn't yet responded soberly to the Trump Administration negotiations on trade. @Larry_Kudlow Director, National Economic Council

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  May 30 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Still something like a ground-to-air view. These are the symbols of "China Beijing Dabeiyao" (a nickname of this Central Business District). Date 23 August 2017, 11:37:10 Source Own work Author N509FZ ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow China hasn't yet responded soberly to the Trump Administration negotiations on trade. @Larry_Kudlow Director, National Economic Council

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• Trump is "results' oriented." @LizPeek

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  May 30 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: A China Mobile store in Shenzhen) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Trump is "results' oriented." @LizPeek

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• "If you can't get a job in America today..." @LizPeek

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  May 30 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: In the United States, the "Rosie the Riveter" image, as it has become known, is an iconic representation of the US government's efforts to exhort women to work during World War II, and has been adapted numerous times to represent working women or, more broadly, women overcoming adversity and other proto-feminist messages.  J. Howard Miller (1918–2004), artist employed by Westinghouse, poster used by the War Production Co-ordinating Committee - From scan of copy belonging to the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, retrieved from the website of the Virginia Historical Society. "We Can Do It!" poster for Westinghouse, closely associated with Rosie the Riveter, although not a depiction of the cultural icon itself. Model may be Geraldine Doyle (1924-2010) or Naomi Parker (1921-2018).) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "If you can't get a job in America today..." @LizPeek...more

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• Sins of the 19th century: "The Profligate Son: 2 of 2: Or, a True Story of Family Conflict, Fashionable Vice, and Financial Ruin in Regency England" by Nicola Phillips

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  May 30 2018

  AUTHOR (Photo:The Black Brunswicker by Millais. John Everett Millais ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Sins of the 19th century: "The Profligate Son: 2 of 2: Or, a True Story of Family Conflict, Fashionable Vice, and Financial Ruin in Regency England" by Nicola Phillips https://www.amazon.com/Profligate-Son-Fashionable-Financial-Hardcover/dp/B00IGYMVP4/ref=laB001K8CSS81_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527647243&sr=1-2...more

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• Sins of the 19th century: "The Profligate Son: 1 of 2: Or, a True Story of Family Conflict, Fashionable Vice, and Financial Ruin in Regency England" by Nicola Phillips

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  May 30 2018

  AUTHOR (Photo:A Wet Sunday Morning (Genre painting of early 19th century or "Regency" scene, with young man walking a young woman home under an umbrella, while two other young women look on interestedly from the church porch.) Date 1896 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Sins of the 19th century: "The Profligate Son: 1 of 2: Or, a True Story of Family Conflict, Fashionable Vice, and Financial Ruin in Regency England" by Nicola Phillips https://www.amazon.com/Profligate-Son-Fashionable-Financial-Hardcover/dp/B00IGYMVP4/ref=laB001K8CSS81_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527647243&sr=1-2...more

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• Rehearsing the tragedy: "Dallas 1963:" 2 of 2: by Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis

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  May 29 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: The motorcade English: Picture of President Kennedy in the limousine in Dallas, Texas, on Main Street, minutes before the assassination. Also in the presidential limousine are Jackie Kennedy, Texas Governor John Connally, and his wife, Nellie. Date 22 November 1963 Source http://www.mojsrbac.info/media/articles/adde2-kenedi-ded.jpg Author Walt Cisco, Dallas Morning News) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Rehearsing the tragedy: "Dallas 1963:" 2 of 2: by Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis https://www.amazon.com/Dallas-1963-Bill-Minutaglio-ebook/dp/B00BAXFJBQ/ref=laB001HD3SNK1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527561314&sr=1-2...more

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• Rehearsing the tragedy: "Dallas 1963:" 1 of 2: by Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis

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  May 29 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Rehearsing the tragedy: "Dallas 1963:" 1 of 2: by Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis [ https://www.amazon.com/Dallas-1963-Bill-Minutaglio-ebook/dp/B00BAXFJBQ/ref=laB001HD3SNK12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527561314&sr=1-2](https://www.amazon.com/Dallas-1963-Bill-Minutaglio-ebook/dp/B00BAXFJBQ/ref=laB001HD3SNK12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527561314&sr=1-2) ...more

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• Recovering from the Curriculum Wars 0f the 20th Century. @TomLoveless99 @HooverInst

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  May 29 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: An illustration of the book Anonymous - From a Ming Dynasty edition of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms (金陵萬卷樓刊本) , the original is kept in the library holdings of Peking University) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Recovering from the Curriculum Wars 0f the 20th Century. @TomLoveless99 @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/curriculum-wars The 1990s featured fierce battles over curriculum in the four major K-12 school subjects: reading, math, science, and history. In reading, believers in "whole language" methods struggled with phonics and code-based advocates. In math, the NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) standards documents first swept unopposed across the land—spawning new textbooks and dominating policies ranging from National Assessment of Educational Progress tests to National Science Foundation grants to state standards and assessments before confronting a powerful backlash. In science, advocates of hands-on, project-based learning struggled with advocates of content-oriented curriculum. And in history, multiculturalists and believers that the teaching of U.S. history should devote more time to past national sins (in particular, the mistreatment of blacks, Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, and women) struggled with opponents who charged them with foisting an ideological agenda on the schools....more

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• When trilobites ruled the Solar System. @NatalieAngier

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  May 29 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Paraceraurus (syn=Cheirurus), trilobite, Ordovicien moyen, proenance: Volchow River, Russie. Date 8 December 2007 (upload date) Source Alias Collections. Author Vassil ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow When trilobites ruled the Solar System. @NatalieAngier https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/04/science/when-trilobites-ruled-the-world.html

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• Free speech unblocked 2014: McCutcheon v Federal Election Commission @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  May 29 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Destroy this mad brute—United States propaganda (Harry R. Hopps; 1917) Harry R. Hopps, (1869-1937) - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ds.03216. 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. Propaganda poster shows a terrifying gorilla with a helmet labeled "militarism" holding a bloody club labeled "kultur" and a half-naked woman as he stomps onto the shore of America. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Free speech unblocked: McCutcheon v Federal Election Commission @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/oligarchs-united-not-so-fast This past week, in McCutcheon v Federal Election Commission, a bitterly divided United States Supreme Court struck down yet another portion of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA) this time, the aggregate limit of $123,200 for contributions by any one individual to all candidates and non-candidate committees in any two-year election cycle. That BCRA provision blocked Shaun McCutcheon from making $1,776 contributions to twelve candidates he favored, because he had already contributed his maximum amount of $33,088 to sixteen candidates for federal office. He challenged the limitation as an abridgement of his constitutional right of freedom of speech, for which he found a receptive audience in five members of the Supreme Court. The four-member plurality (Chief Justice Roberts, Justices Scalia, Kennedy, and Alito), struck down that aggregate limit, while leaving the limitation on individual contributions untouched, on the grounds that the aggregate limit was not reasonably tailored to prevent the risk of corruption in political elections, which the Court narrowly defined to cover only quid for pro corruption. The four member plurality was joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, who has long insisted that all contribution limits run afoul of the First Amendment....more

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• Memorial Day Okinawa: "Bringing Mulligan Home: 2 of 2: The Other Side of the Good War" by Dale Maharidge

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  May 29 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: The Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum is located near Mabuni Hill, also known as Hill 89, in Itoman City, Okinawa. Mabuni Hill was where the Battle of Okinawa ended June 22, 1945. Also on the museum grounds is The Cornerstone of Peace, which lists more than 240,000 names etched in stone of those who died in the Battle of Okinawa, and Memorial Path, which has 32 memorials. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexy Saltekoff)) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Memorial Day Okinawa: "Bringing Mulligan Home: 2 of 2: The Other Side of the Good War" by Dale Maharidge Sergeant Steve Maharidge returned from World War II an angry man. For a long time, the only evidence that remained of his service in the Marines was a photograph of himself and a buddy that he tacked to the basement wall. When his son, Dale Maharidge, set out to discover what happened to the friend in the photograph, he found that wars do not end when the guns go quiet. The scars and demons remain for decades. Bringing Mulligan Home is a story of fathers and sons, war, and what was, for some, a long postwar. KIRKUS REVIEW The story of a distinguished journalist's search for his father's war. Pulitzer Prize winner Maharidge's (Journalism/Columbia Univ.; Homeland, 2011, etc.) father was a Marine sergeant who fought on Okinawa, where he suffered brain damage in an explosion that killed one of the men in his command, Herman Mulligan. Among the souvenirs the elder Maharidge brought home was an omnipresent photograph of himself and Mulligan, as well as sporadic explosive rages that terrified the author throughout his childhood. Maharidge received no diagnosis or treatment for his injury and refused to talk about the war to the end of his days. After his death, the author, "a person obsessed with the past and what I could not heal," set out to discover the truth about his father's wartime experiences, learn who Mulligan was and, if possible, locate his inexplicably unidentified gravesite. He conducted interviews with almost 30 elderly members of his father's company, and he presents 12 of them at length. He also traveled to Okinawa to visit the site of his father's injury and meet with civilian survivors of the battle in an effort to lay his father’s demons to rest. The result is a moving memoir of the war by someone who wasn't there but who suffered from wartime injuries just as surely as his father had. The veterans' interviews are sensitively conducted, powerful and disturbing, graphic descriptions of brutal and largely unnecessary combat with a suicidally determined enemy, and frank accounts of atrocities committed by both sides. Equally importantly, some also explore the men's difficulties in re-entering civilian life, placing in context the elder Maharidge's often unsuccessful struggles to live with his experiences among people who could not imagine or understand them. A powerful narrative of the dark side of American combat in the Pacific theater and the persistence of resulting injuries decades after the war ended...more

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• Memorial Day Okinawa: "Bringing Mulligan Home: 1 of 2: The Other Side of the Good War" by Dale Maharidge

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Japanese prisoners of war at Okuku, Okinawa Island Date 27 June 1945) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Memorial Day Okinawa: "Bringing Mulligan Home: 1 of 2: The Other Side of the Good War" by Dale Maharidge Sergeant Steve Maharidge returned from World War II an angry man. For a long time, the only evidence that remained of his service in the Marines was a photograph of himself and a buddy that he tacked to the basement wall. When his son, Dale Maharidge, set out to discover what happened to the friend in the photograph, he found that wars do not end when the guns go quiet. The scars and demons remain for decades. Bringing Mulligan Home is a story of fathers and sons, war, and what was, for some, a long postwar. KIRKUS REVIEW The story of a distinguished journalist's search for his father's war. Pulitzer Prize winner Maharidge's (Journalism/Columbia Univ.; Homeland, 2011, etc.) father was a Marine sergeant who fought on Okinawa, where he suffered brain damage in an explosion that killed one of the men in his command, Herman Mulligan. Among the souvenirs the elder Maharidge brought home was an omnipresent photograph of himself and Mulligan, as well as sporadic explosive rages that terrified the author throughout his childhood. Maharidge received no diagnosis or treatment for his injury and refused to talk about the war to the end of his days. After his death, the author, "a person obsessed with the past and what I could not heal," set out to discover the truth about his father's wartime experiences, learn who Mulligan was and, if possible, locate his inexplicably unidentified gravesite. He conducted interviews with almost 30 elderly members of his father's company, and he presents 12 of them at length. He also traveled to Okinawa to visit the site of his father's injury and meet with civilian survivors of the battle in an effort to lay his father’s demons to rest. The result is a moving memoir of the war by someone who wasn't there but who suffered from wartime injuries just as surely as his father had. The veterans' interviews are sensitively conducted, powerful and disturbing, graphic descriptions of brutal and largely unnecessary combat with a suicidally determined enemy, and frank accounts of atrocities committed by both sides. Equally importantly, some also explore the men's difficulties in re-entering civilian life, placing in context the elder Maharidge's often unsuccessful struggles to live with his experiences among people who could not imagine or understand them. A powerful narrative of the dark side of American combat in the Pacific theater and the persistence of resulting injuries decades after the war ended...more

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• There was payback: "Human Game: 2 of 2: The True Story of the 'Great Escape' Murders and the Hunt for the Gestapo Gunmen" by Simon Read.

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: Author: Michael Livingston Source: Michael Livingston License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Entrance to Harry Tunnel Great Escape) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow There was payback: "Human Game: 2 of 2: The True Story of the 'Great Escape' Murders and the Hunt for the Gestapo Gunmen" by Simon Read. https://www.amazon.com/Human-Game-Escape-Murders-Gestapo/dp/0425253708/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527552365&sr=1-1&keywords=read+human+game “In the summer of 1945, British investigator Francis McKenna and his team began a trek across post-war #Europe to pursue the men who murdered British #POWs in cold blood following the famous #GreatEscape from Stalag Luft III in March #1944. Simon Read details the hunt in a book that is one part detective story and one part morality play, striking themes that will resonate in the present day. Remarkably, many of the Germans who witnessed or were tangentially involved in the atrocity retained an active sense of guilt and helped the investigators, even when it put them at risk for retribution from both sides. Simon Read has done an impressive job stitching together a highly readable and informative story from various sources, and making it live again.”—Jim DeFelice, bestselling author of Rangers at Dieppe, Omar Bradley: General at War, and American Sniper __ “A gut-wrenching account of World War II’s Great Escape and its brutal aftermath. Simon Read’s riveting tale of the #RoyalAirForce’s #RAF manhunt for the #Gestapo perpetrators of the cold-blooded murder of fifty unarmed Allied escapees will touch your soul and increase your admiration for the ‘Greatest Generation.’ Whether justice ultimately triumphed over evil can be found in Read’s engrossing narrative.”—Colonel Cole C. Kingseed, USA (Ret.), New York Times bestselling coauthor of Beyond Band of Brothers http://www.amazon.com/Human-Game-Escape-Murders-Gestapo/dp/0425253708/ref=laB002CWVNGY1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1462655134&sr=1-1...more

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• There was payback: "Human Game: 1 of 2: The True Story of the 'Great Escape' Murders and the Hunt for the Gestapo Gunmen" by Simon Read.

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: Stalag Luft III, Stalag VIII C Sagan Date June 2006 Source Own work Author vorwerk Permission (Reusing this file)  GFDL ver. 1.2 or CC-by-sa ver. 2.5, 2.0, and 1.0)  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow There was payback: "Human Game: 1 of 2: The True Story of the 'Great Escape' Murders and the Hunt for the Gestapo Gunmen" by Simon Read. https://www.amazon.com/Human-Game-Escape-Murders-Gestapo/dp/0425253708/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527552365&sr=1-1&keywords=read+human+game “In the summer of 1945, British investigator Francis McKenna and his team began a trek across post-war #Europe to pursue the men who murdered British #POWs in cold blood following the famous #GreatEscape from Stalag Luft III in March #1944. Simon Read details the hunt in a book that is one part detective story and one part morality play, striking themes that will resonate in the present day. Remarkably, many of the Germans who witnessed or were tangentially involved in the atrocity retained an active sense of guilt and helped the investigators, even when it put them at risk for retribution from both sides. Simon Read has done an impressive job stitching together a highly readable and informative story from various sources, and making it live again.”—Jim DeFelice, bestselling author of Rangers at Dieppe, Omar Bradley: General at War, and American Sniper __ “A gut-wrenching account of World War II’s Great Escape and its brutal aftermath. Simon Read’s riveting tale of the #RoyalAirForce’s #RAF manhunt for the #Gestapo perpetrators of the cold-blooded murder of fifty unarmed Allied escapees will touch your soul and increase your admiration for the ‘Greatest Generation.’ Whether justice ultimately triumphed over evil can be found in Read’s engrossing narrative.”—Colonel Cole C. Kingseed, USA (Ret.), New York Times bestselling coauthor of Beyond Band of Brothers http://www.amazon.com/Human-Game-Escape-Murders-Gestapo/dp/0425253708/ref=laB002CWVNGY1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1462655134&sr=1-1...more

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• Without Trinity: "Hell to Pay: 2 OF 2: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947" by D. M. Giangreco

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Bunker in Japan Bonin Islands Chichijima Island 日本語: 小笠原諸島父島　大根山公園に残る旧日本軍のトーチカ Date  Source Own work Author own wor) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Without Trinity: "Hell to Pay: 2 OF 2: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947" by D. M. Giangreco https://www.amazon.com/Hell-Pay-Operation-DOWNFALL-1945-1947/dp/1682471659/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527551474&sr=1-1&keywords=GIANGRECO+HELL+TO+PAY...more

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• Without Trinity: "Hell to Pay: 1 OF 2: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947" by D. M. Giangreco

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  AUTHOR. (PHOTO: Description: Operation Downfall - 1945 Source: www.dean.usma.edu Background information: In 1938 the predecessors of what is today The Department of History at the United States Military Academy began developing a series of campaign atlases to aid in teaching cadets a course entitled, "History of the Military Art." Since then, the Department has produced over six atlases and more than one thousand maps, encompassing not only America’s wars but global conflicts as well. In keeping abreast with today's technology, the Department of History is providing these maps on the internet as part of the department's outreach program. The maps were created by the United States Military Academy’s Department of History and are the digital versions from the atlases printed by the United States Defense Printing Agency. We gratefully acknowledge the accomplishments of the department's former cartographer, Mr. Edward J. Krasnoborski, along with the works of our present cartographer, Mr. Frank Martini. Please be aware that these maps are large in file size and may require substantial download times.) HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/CONTACT HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/SCHEDULES TWITTER: @BATCHELORSHOW Without Trinity: "Hell to Pay: 1 OF 2:  Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947" by D. M. Giangreco https://www.amazon.com/Hell-Pay-Operation-DOWNFALL-1945-1947/dp/1682471659/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527551474&sr=1-1&keywords=GIANGRECO+HELL+TO+PAY...more

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• What does it mean, "We the people?" @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  May 28 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: A view of the Capitol of Washington before it was burnt down by the British Date circa 1800 Source Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Author William Russell Birch, 1755-1834 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow What does it mean, "We the people?" @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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• Memorial Day: "You Are Not Forgotten: 2 of 2: The Story of a Lost World War II Pilot and a Twenty-First-Century Soldier's Mission to Bring Him Home" by Bryan Bender

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  AUTHOR. (Photo:WW2 - 5th signals beach marchpast in New Guinea - 1944  5th Division Signals A.I.F. were team winners of the marchpast at the beach carnival held at Kelanoa, New Guinea, 20 February 1944 . There was still time for some fun during wartime. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Memorial Day: "You Are Not Forgotten: 2 of 2: The Story of a Lost World War II Pilot and a Twenty-First-Century Soldier's Mission to Bring Him Home" by Bryan Bender https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Not-Forgotten-Twenty-First-Century/dp/0307946460/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527476034&sr=1-1&keywords=bryan+bender In 1944 Major Marion “Ryan” McCown Jr., an earnest young Marine Corps pilot, came under attack by enemy fire and went down with his plane, lost to the dense jungle of Papua New Guinea. Some sixty years later, Major George Eyster V would find himself in the same sweltering and nearly impenetrable rain forest searching for evidence of MIAs. Coming from a long line of military officers dating back to the Revolutionary War, army service was Eyster’s family legacy. After a disillusioning tour of duty in Iraq and almost ending his army career, he accepts a posting to JPAC instead, an elite division whose sole mission is to bring all fallen soldiers home to the country for which they gave their lives. While Eyster’s search for McCown proves difficult, what emerges at the end of the unforgettable mission is an inspiring true tale of loss and redemption....more

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• Memorial Day: "You Are Not Forgotten: 1 of 2: The Story of a Lost World War II Pilot and a Twenty-First-Century Soldier's Mission to Bring Him Home" by Bryan Bender

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Soldiers from 'B' Company of the 1st New Guinea Infantry Battalion on board the transport Frances Peat in November 1944 while being transported to the location in Jacquinot Bay area of New Britain where the company established its headquarters. Date 6 November 1944) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Memorial Day: "You Are Not Forgotten: 1 of 2: The Story of a Lost World War II Pilot and a Twenty-First-Century Soldier's Mission to Bring Him Home" by Bryan Bender https://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Not-Forgotten-Twenty-First-Century/dp/0307946460/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527476034&sr=1-1&keywords=bryan+bender In 1944 Major Marion “Ryan” McCown Jr., an earnest young Marine Corps pilot, came under attack by enemy fire and went down with his plane, lost to the dense jungle of Papua New Guinea. Some sixty years later, Major George Eyster V would find himself in the same sweltering and nearly impenetrable rain forest searching for evidence of MIAs. Coming from a long line of military officers dating back to the Revolutionary War, army service was Eyster’s family legacy. After a disillusioning tour of duty in Iraq and almost ending his army career, he accepts a posting to JPAC instead, an elite division whose sole mission is to bring all fallen soldiers home to the country for which they gave their lives. While Eyster’s search for McCown proves difficult, what emerges at the end of the unforgettable mission is an inspiring true tale of loss and redemption. ...more

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• Bill Donovan hired talent: "A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS" by Jennet Conant

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: Julia Child in her kitchen as photographed ©Lynn Gilbert, 1978, Cambridge, Mass.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Bill Donovan hired talent: "A Covert Affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS" by Jennet Conant https://www.amazon.com/Covert-Affair-Julia-Child-Paul/dp/1439163529/ref=sr1sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527475014&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=julia+child+cinnant Bestselling author Jennet Conant brings us a stunning account of Julia and Paul Child’s experiences as members of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) in the Far East during World War II and the tumultuous years when they were caught up in the McCarthy Red spy hunt in the 1950s and behaved with bravery and honor. It is the fascinating portrait of a group of idealistic men and women who were recruited by the citizen spy service, slapped into uniform, and dispatched to wage political warfare in remote outposts in Ceylon, India, and China.  The eager, inexperienced 6 foot 2 inch Julia springs to life in these pages, a gangly golf-playing California girl who had never been farther abroad than Tijuana. Single and thirty years old when she joined the staff of Colonel William Donovan, Julia volunteered to be part of the OSS’s ambitious mission to develop a secret intelligence network across Southeast Asia. Her first post took her to the mountaintop idyll of Kandy, the headquarters of Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, the supreme commander of combined operations. Julia reveled in the glamour and intrigue of her overseas assignment and lifealtering romance with the much older and more sophisticated Paul Child, who took her on trips into the jungle, introduced her to the joys of curry, and insisted on educating both her mind and palate. A painter drafted to build war rooms, Paul was a colorful, complex personality. Conant uses extracts from his letters in which his sharp eye and droll wit capture the day-to-day confusion, excitement, and improbability of being part of a cloak- and-dagger operation.  When Julia and Paul were transferred to Kunming, a rugged outpost at the foot of the Burma Road, they witnessed the chaotic end of the war in China and the beginnings of the Communist revolution that would shake the world. A Covert Affair chronicles their friendship with a brilliant and eccentric array of OSS agents, including Jane Foster, a wealthy, free-spirited artist, and Elizabeth MacDonald, an adventurous young reporter. In Paris after the war, Julia and Paul remained close to their intelligence colleagues as they struggled to start new lives, only to find themselves drawn into a far more terrifying spy drama. Relying on recently unclassified OSS and FBI documents, as well as previously unpublished letters and diaries, Conant vividly depicts a dangerous time in American history, when those who served their country suddenly found themselves called to account for their unpopular opinions and personal relationships....more

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• India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking by Anand Giridharadas

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  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: The Prime Minister Shri Jawaharlal Nehru's , Their Excellencies the Earl & Countess Mountbatten going around Simla in a car during a holiday in 1948. Date 6 September 2004, 17:27:38 Source http://photodivision.gov.in/IntroPhotodetails.asp?thisPage=1480 Author Photo Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking by Anand Giridharadas https://www.amazon.com/India-Calling-Intimate-Portrait-Remaking/dp/1250001722/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527474550&sr=1-1&keywords=india+calling "[A] smart, evocative and sharply observed memoir . . . Giridharadas's narrative gusto makes the familiar fresh."―The Wall Street Journal Anand Giridharadas sensed something was afoot as his plane from America prepared to land in Bombay. An elderly passenger looked at him and said, "We're all trying to go that way," pointing to the rear. "You, you're going this way?"Giridharadas was returning to the land of his ancestors, amid an unlikely economic boom. But he was more interested in its cultural upheaval, as a new generation has sought to reconcile old traditions and customs with new ambitions and dreams. In India Calling, he brings to life the people and the dilemmas of India today, through the prism of his émigré family history and his childhood memories of India. He introduces us to entrepreneurs, radicals, industrialists, and religious seekers, but, most of all, to Indian families. Through their stories, and his own, he paints an intimate portrait of a country becoming modern while striving to remain itself....more

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• The Alger Hiss Mysteries: 2 of 2: @RonRadosh

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: Unknown or not provided Record creator Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Title  2nd 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 Hiss Place Yalta (Krym, Ukraine, Europe) inhabited place (44.5°N 34.167°E; NARA geographical record) Date circa January 1945 Current location  National Archives and Records Administration Blue pencil.svg wikidata:Q518155 Franklin D. Roosevelt Library (NLFDR), 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY, 12538-1999..) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Alger Hiss Mysteries: 2 of 2: RonRadosh  "Commies: A Journey Through the Old Left, the New Left and the Leftover Left" by Ronald Radosh https://www.amazon.com/Commies-Journey-Through-Left-Leftover/dp/1893554058/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527471139&sr=1-1&keywords=ron+radosh...more

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• The Alger Hiss Mysteries: 1 of 2: @RonRadosh

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: Unknown or not provided Record creator Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Title  Stettinius and Alger Hiss Place Yalta (Krym, Ukraine, Europe) inhabited place (44.5°N 34.167°E; NARA geographical record) Date circa January 1945 Current location  National Archives and Records Administration Blue pencil.svg wikidata:Q518155 Franklin D. Roosevelt Library (NLFDR), 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY, 12538-1999.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Alger Hiss Mysteries: 1 of 2: @RonRadosh  "Commies: A Journey Through the Old Left, the New Left and the Leftover Left" by Ronald Radosh [ https://www.amazon.com/Commies-Journey-Through-Left-Leftover/dp/1893554058/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527471139&sr=1-1&keywords=ron+radosh](https://www.amazon.com/Commies-Journey-Through-Left-Leftover/dp/1893554058/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527471139&sr=1-1&keywords=ron+radosh) ...more

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• Eve of catastrophe: "Sydney and Violet: 2 of 2: A Modernist Power Couple and Their Life with Eliot, Proust, Joyce, Huxley, Mansfield, Picasso and the Excruciatingly Irascible Wyndham Lewis" by Stephen Klaidman

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  May 28 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The Black Lion, Bayswater Road, London W2 Traditional English public house in Bayswater Road. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Eve of catastrophe: "Sydney and Violet: 2 of 2:  A Modernist Power Couple and Their Life with Eliot, Proust, Joyce, Huxley, Mansfield, Picasso and the Excruciatingly Irascible Wyndham Lewis" by Stephen Klaidman https://www.amazon.com/Sydney-Violet-Modernist-Mansfield-Excruciatingly/product-reviews/0307742113/ref=cmcrdpdshowallbtm?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews...more

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• Eve of catastrophe: "Sydney and Violet: 1 of 2: A Modernist Power Couple and Their Life with Eliot, Proust, Joyce, Huxley, Mansfield, Picasso and the Excruciatingly Irascible Wyndham Lewis" by Stephen Klaidman

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  May 28 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Paul Sandby (1730 or 1731–1809) Blue pencil.svg wikidata:Q266637 s:en:Author:Paul Sandby (1731/1809) Title  English: The Artist's Studio, Bayswater Object type painting Date 1800/1809 Medium  English: Oil on panel Dimensions  English: w60.3 x h49.5 cm (without frame)) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Eve of catastrophe: "Sydney and Violet: 1 of 2: A Modernist Power Couple and Their Life with Eliot, Proust, Joyce, Huxley, Mansfield, Picasso and the Excruciatingly Irascible Wyndham Lewis" by Stephen Klaidman https://www.amazon.com/Sydney-Violet-Modernist-Mansfield-Excruciatingly/product-reviews/0307742113/ref=cmcrdpdshowallbtm?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews...more

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• Great Power humbled: "The Last Man in Russia:2 of 2: The Struggle to Save a Dying Nation by Oliver Bullough

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  May 28 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:A Russian Mil Mi-8 helicopter brought down by Chechen insurgents near Grozny in 1994 Фото: Михаил Евстафьев - Mikhail Evstafiev A Russian Mi-8 helicopter shot down by Chechen fighters near the Chechen capital, Grozny. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Great Power humbled: "The Last Man in Russia:2 of 2: The Struggle to Save a Dying Nation by Oliver Bullough https://www.amazon.com/Last-Man-Russia-Struggle-Nation/dp/0465074987/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527389721&sr=1-1&keywords=oliver+bullough+last+man+in+russia Russia is dying from within. Oligarchs and oil barons may still dominate international news coverage, but their prosperity masks a deep-rooted demographic tragedy. Faced with staggering population declineand near-certain economic collapsedriven by toxic levels of alcohol abuse, Russia is also battling a deeper sickness: a spiritual one, born out of the country’s long totalitarian experiment. In The Last Man in Russia, award-winning journalist Oliver Bullough uses the tale of a lone priest to give life to this national crisis. Father Dmitry Dudko, a dissident Orthodox Christian, was thrown into a Stalinist labor camp for writing poetry. Undaunted, on his release in the mid-1950s he began to preach to congregations across Russia with little concern for his own safety. At a time when the Soviet government denied its subjects the prospect of advancement, and turned friend against friend and brother against brother, Dudko urged his followers to cling to hope. He maintained a circle of sacred trust at the heart of one of history’s most deceitful systems. But as Bullough reveals, this courageous group of believers was eventually shattered by a terrible act of betrayalone that exposes the full extent of the Communist tragedy. Still, Dudko’s dream endures. Although most Russians have forgotten the man himself, the embers of hope that survived the darkness are once more beginning to burn. Leading readers from a churchyard in Moscow to the snow-blanketed ghost towns of rural Russia, and from the forgotten graves of Stalin’s victims to a rock festival in an old gulag camp,The Last Man in Russia is at once a travelogue, a sociological study, a biography, and acri de coeur for a dying nationone that, Bullough shows, might yet be saved....more

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• Great Power humbled: "The Last Man in Russia:1 of 2: The Struggle to Save a Dying Nation by Oliver Bullough

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  May 28 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Русский: Танк T-72 в цветах. Москва, площадь у здания СЭВ, 19 августа 1991. Date 19 August 1991 Source АВГУСТ 1991) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Great Power humbled: "The Last Man in Russia:1 of 2:  The Struggle to Save a Dying Nation by Oliver Bullough https://www.amazon.com/Last-Man-Russia-Struggle-Nation/dp/0465074987/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527389721&sr=1-1&keywords=oliver+bullough+last+man+in+russia Russia is dying from within. Oligarchs and oil barons may still dominate international news coverage, but their prosperity masks a deep-rooted demographic tragedy. Faced with staggering population declineand near-certain economic collapsedriven by toxic levels of alcohol abuse, Russia is also battling a deeper sickness: a spiritual one, born out of the country’s long totalitarian experiment. In The Last Man in Russia, award-winning journalist Oliver Bullough uses the tale of a lone priest to give life to this national crisis. Father Dmitry Dudko, a dissident Orthodox Christian, was thrown into a Stalinist labor camp for writing poetry. Undaunted, on his release in the mid-1950s he began to preach to congregations across Russia with little concern for his own safety. At a time when the Soviet government denied its subjects the prospect of advancement, and turned friend against friend and brother against brother, Dudko urged his followers to cling to hope. He maintained a circle of sacred trust at the heart of one of history’s most deceitful systems. But as Bullough reveals, this courageous group of believers was eventually shattered by a terrible act of betrayalone that exposes the full extent of the Communist tragedy. Still, Dudko’s dream endures. Although most Russians have forgotten the man himself, the embers of hope that survived the darkness are once more beginning to burn. Leading readers from a churchyard in Moscow to the snow-blanketed ghost towns of rural Russia, and from the forgotten graves of Stalin’s victims to a rock festival in an old gulag camp,The Last Man in Russia is at once a travelogue, a sociological study, a biography, and acri de coeur for a dying nationone that, Bullough shows, might yet be saved....more

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• The Monster That Failed: "1956: 2 of 4: The World in Revolt" by Simon Hall

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  May 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Historic photograph, 1956 Hungarian Revolution against Soviet occupation, Gabor B. Racz circled in red. Racz was twenty-one years old in his first years of medical school when he was forced to flee his home in Budapest to escape persecution. He eventually moved to the United States, and became a world renowned physician and innovator of procedures and medical devices in the field of interventional pain management. Source  sent to me personally Date  1956 Author  Gabor B. Racz) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Monster That Failed: "1956: 2 of 4: The World in Revolt" by Simon Hall https://www.amazon.com/1956-World-Revolt-Simon-Hall/dp/0571312322 Vibrantly and sympathetically told, this is the story of one remarkable year - a capsule history of exhilarating triumphs and shattering defeats around the world. 'Vivid, powerful and panoramic ... I loved it.' Dominic Sandbrook 1956 was one of the most remarkable years of the twentieth century. All across the globe, ordinary people spoke out, filled the streets and city squares, and took up arms in an attempt to win their freedom. In response to these unprecedented challenges to their authority, those in power fought back, in a desperate bid to shore up their position. It was an epic contest, and one which made 1956 - like 1789 and 1848 - a year that changed our world....more

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• The Monster That Failed: "1956: 1 of 4: The World in Revolt" by Simon Hall

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  May 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Bus stop in London 1956  Busshållplats i London 1956 Date: 1956 Photo Nr: 2017-A12352 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Monster That Failed: "1956:  1 of 4: The World in Revolt" by Simon Hall https://www.amazon.com/1956-World-Revolt-Simon-Hall/dp/0571312322 Vibrantly and sympathetically told, this is the story of one remarkable year - a capsule history of exhilarating triumphs and shattering defeats around the world. 'Vivid, powerful and panoramic ... I loved it.' Dominic Sandbrook 1956 was one of the most remarkable years of the twentieth century. All across the globe, ordinary people spoke out, filled the streets and city squares, and took up arms in an attempt to win their freedom. In response to these unprecedented challenges to their authority, those in power fought back, in a desperate bid to shore up their position. It was an epic contest, and one which made 1956 - like 1789 and 1848 - a year that changed our world....more

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• During the Northern Song Dynasty: The Birth of the West: 6 of 6: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century by Paul Collins.

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  May 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The Canterbury Astrolabe Quadrant, England, 1388. PHGCOM - Own work, photographed at the British Museum AstrolabequadrantEngland_1388  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow During the Northern Song Dynasty: The Birth of the West: 6 of 6: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century by Paul Collins.

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• During the Northern Song Dynasty: The Birth of the West: 5 of 6: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century by Paul Collins.

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  May 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The spherical astrolabe from medieval Islamic astronomy, c. 1480, in the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford[1] Signed by Musa - Islamic Instrumentation - A Spherical Astrolabe, by Brian from Glasgow, Scotland, 2007-11-02 16:35 The spherical astrolabe from medieval Islamic astronomy, c. 1480, in the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford[1] ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow During the Northern Song Dynasty: The Birth of the West: 5 of 6: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century by Paul Collins. https://www.amazon.com/Birth-West-Germany-Creation-Century/dp/1610393686/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526870390&sr=1-1&keywords=birth+of+the+west From Booklist Under the Carolingian rulers, and especially under Charlemagne, medieval western Europe enjoyed a period of relative political stability and a modest cultural renaissance. After the death of Charlemagne, in 814, much of the area reverted to internecine internal wars while Viking raiders plundered both coastal and inland regions. Collins, an ordained Catholic priest and radio and TV presenter, asserts that the tenth century brought order out of this chaos, transformed the basic institutions of medieval society, and laid the foundations for the future nation-states of western Europe. Although the apogee of the temporal power of the Papacy would come two centuries later, Collins illustrates how the church played an essential role in the achievements of the tenth century, which included forming a largely successful working relationship with Germanic kings. Collins provides a broad panorama of the age, presenting characters great and small, including kings, magnates, popes, and peasants. This is a well-done study suitable for both scholars and general readers. --Jay Freeman Review Stephen O'Shea, Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada) “The Birth of the West offers a refreshing breather from the ambient buzzkill of our era.… [Collins] is not your usual Western-civ cheerleader, jumping up and down about the glory that was Greece … his is a wider tour d'horizon, encompassing also Mulsim Spain, Ireland, Briatin, Poland, and Hungary.… Stimulating, encyclopedic, and often downright funny, this is a book worth remembering...more

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• PacWatch: LA Koreatown pushes back at Garcetti's homeless scheme. @JeffBliss1

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  May 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: LA Koreatown Date 20 August 2014, 11:05:02 Source Own work Author Alfred Twu) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow PacWatch: LA Koreatown pushes back at Garcetti's homeless scheme. @JeffBliss1 http://ktla.com/2018/05/24/protesters-gather-on-wilshire-boulevard-to-rally-against-koreatown-homeless-shelter-plan/

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• Twin Brown Dwarfs at 6 light years. Ken Croswell @PhysicsWorld

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  May 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:NASA/JPL-Caltech - http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/image/114 This artist's conception illustrates the brown dwarf named 2MASSJ22282889-431026. NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes observed the object to learn more about its turbulent atmosphere. Brown dwarfs are more massive and hotter than planets but lack the mass required to become sizzling stars. Their atmospheres can be similar to the giant planet Jupiter's. Spitzer and Hubble simultaneously observed the object as it rotated every 1.4 hours. The results suggest wind-driven, planet-size clouds. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Twin Brown Dwarfs at 6 light years. Ken Croswell @PhysicsWorld  http://www.physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2014/jan/29/nearby-brown-dwarf-has-partly-cloudy-skies . Cooler than the Sun Brown dwarfs are much cooler than the Sun and therefore shine most profusely at infrared wavelengths. On 10 February 2013 Kevin Luhman of Pennsylvania State University was examining images from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft when he discovered the nearest brown dwarf to Earth. It is so close that only two star systems are nearer: the triple-star Alpha Centauri, which is 4.4 light-years away; and Barnard’s Star, which is 6.0 light-years distant. Luhman then found that our new neighbour – named “Luhman 16” – is actually a couple: two brown dwarfs orbiting each other. “Until now, all brown dwarfs were too far away and too faint,” says Ian Crossfield of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg, who led the team that has taken images of clouds on one of these brown dwarfs. “We just couldn’t study them in enough detail to resolve features on their surfaces.” Because of its proximity, Luhman 16 boasts the brightest brown dwarfs that are known. They are about twice as far apart as Mars is from the Sun and orbit each other roughly every quarter century. Although similar in temperature – Luhman 16 A, the brighter one, is at 1500 K, whereas Luhman 16 B is at 1450 K – their atmospheres differ. Luhman 16 A’s light does not fluctuate, suggesting a featureless atmosphere. So Crossfield and colleagues focused their attention on Luhman 16 B, whose light does vary. Because the brown dwarf is in the southern constellation Vela, the researchers observed its near-infrared spectrum with the Very Large Telescope in Chile....more

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• "Both Kim and Trump have very, very clear ideas about what they want out of this." Part 2 of 2. Gregory Copley Defense & Foreign Affairs

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  May 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Lãnh đạo tối cao Triều Tiên trên một chiếc tàu ngầm.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Both Kim and Trump have very, very clear ideas about what they want out of this." Part 2 of 2. Gregory Copley Defense & Foreign Affairs http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44268964

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• "Both Kim and Trump have very, very clear ideas about what they want out of this." Part 1 of 2. Gregory Copley Defense & Foreign Affairs

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  May 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: North Korean children hold up red scarves to be tied around their necks during an induction ceremony into the Korean Children's Union, the first political organization for North Koreans, held at a stadium in Pyongyang on Friday, April 12, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) Date 12 April 2013, 09:17:03 Source Template:Open Source Author David Guttenfelder) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Both Kim and Trump have very, very clear ideas about what they want out of this." Part 1 of 2. Gregory Copley Defense & Foreign Affairs http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-44268964...more

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• Scott Pruitt rescues neonics and common sense from Obama and the Europeans. @HenryIMiller @HooverInst

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  May 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Canola field in New South Wales, Australia ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Scott Pruitt rescues neonics and common sense from Obama and the Europeans. @HenryIMiller @HooverInst http://www.science20.com/henryimiller/sciencetriumphsattheepafornow-232453

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• China launches cubesats for lunar orbit. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  May 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Artist's concept of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Image credit: NASA › High-resolution JPEG (4MB) PASADENA - Diviner, an instrument that will make the first maps of the temperature on the surface of the lunar polar regions, entered the moon's orbit this morning (June 23) aboard NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow China launches cubesats for lunar orbit. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com http://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-launches-two-test-cubesats-to-the-moon/ The launch this week of a Chinese communications relay satellite to be used for its Chang’e-4 lunar lander also included the launch of two test cubesats designed to test such satellites in interplanetary space. One of the two Longjiang (‘dragon river’) microsatellites that launched with Queqiao but set to operate together in lunar orbit, carries an optical microcamera (Arabic) developed by the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) of Saudi Arabia. The instrument weighs around 630 g and is capable providing images of the Moon with a resolution of 38 m per pixel at a perilune of 300 km and 88 m per pixel at the expected apolune of 9, 000 km away the lunar surface. The Longjiang-1 and -2 satellites, developed by Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in Northeast China, will test low-frequency astronomy and space-based interferometry in lunar orbit. However, they also carry amateur radio payloads, meaning amateurs can send commands to take and download an image of the Moon using the KACST camera. It seems that China is trying to compete with the U.S. in the development of interplanetary cubesats. The inclusion of an instrument developed in Saudi Arabia is also another indication that the new colonial movement in space continues to pick up steam....more

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• Status report on Curiosity's troubled drill. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  May 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (PHOTO: ) HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/CONTACT HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/SCHEDULES TWITTER: @BATCHELORSHOW Status report on Curiosity's troubled drill. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com http://behindtheblack.com/?s=curiosity

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• Small Business America: Discovery of the "Grass Ceiling." @GeneMarks

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  May 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Cannabis Museum in Amsterdam asdfmvoie - Own work Hash Museum in Amsterdam ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Small Business America:  Discovery of the "Grass Ceiling." @GeneMarks Women Cite 'Grass Ceiling' in Male-Dominated Weed Industry https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2018-05-22/women-cite-grass-ceiling-in-male-dominated-weed-industry @usnews

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• Small Business America: The shrinking law firm. @GeneMarks @WashingtonPost

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  May 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:38° 02′ 59.08″ N, 84° 29′ 49.32″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth info Description  Law office used by Henry Clay from 1803 to 1810 in Lexington, Kentucky. The current address is 176 North Mill Street, Lexington Kentucky. Date 2 March 2008 Source self-made by Russell and Sydney Poore Author FloNight (Sydney Poore) and Russell Poore ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Small Business America: The shrinking law firm. @GeneMarks @WashingtonPost https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-small-business/wp/2018/05/24/more-than-half-of-law-firms-say-their-partners-arent-busy-enough/?utm_term=.f348125a25b2 ...more

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• The New American Civil War: Halper is the combat zone. Michael Vlahos. @JHUWorldCrisis

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  May 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: New Court, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, England. Date 22 July 2014 Source Own work Author Diliff Permission (Reusing this file)  Summary: In using this image or any subsequent derivatives of it, you are required to release the image under the same license. As such, any reproduction of this image, in any medium, must appear with a copy of, or full URL of the license. Attribution of this image to the author (DAVID ILIFF) is also required, preferably in a prominent location near the image. No other conditions may be added to, or removed from this license without the permission of the author and copyright holder. Suggested attribution: "Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0") http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The New American Civil War: Halper is the combat zone. Michael Vlahos. @JHUWorldCrisis https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-carter-page-met-stefan-halper-1527029988...more

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• The giant China trade gap is a giant win for US prosperity. @JohnTamny @REalClearMarkets

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  May 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Empress of China (ship). Empress of China at Mart's Jetty, Port Pirie, 1876. Date 1876 Source Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland. Author Edwards, A. D. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The giant China trade gap is a giant win for US prosperity. @JohnTamny @REalClearMarkets https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2018/05/24/creditpresidenttrumpforlosingthetradewarwithchina103271.html...more

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• The rebuking of Starbucks and Peak Progressive. @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion

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  May 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Baristas at work in Starbucks Coffee, The Cathay, Singapore. Date 17 May 2014, 15:39:37 Source Own work. Author Smuconlaw. Camera location 1° 17′ 56.33″ N, 103° 50′ 51.81″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The rebuking of Starbucks and Peak Progressive. @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/starbucks-homeless-problem-1527114340

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• The mystery origins of "Crossfire Hurricane." @LeeSMithDC @TheFederalist

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  May 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Deutsch: Logo des Films Jumpin’ Jack Flash Date 1986 Source nach Vorlage (new-video.de) Author Silver Pictures, Lawrence Gordon Productions und 20th Century Fox ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The mystery origins of "Crossfire Hurricane." @LeeSMithDC @TheFederalist  http://thefederalist.com/2018/05/25/code-name-crossfire-hurricane-evidence-fbis-russia-cover-story/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091306/reviews Born in a crossfire hurricane no-skyline9 July 2007 In my humble opinion at 5.3 this movie is horribly underrated it's a fun, colourful, exciting hour and a half of a movie. Whoopi Goldberg plays the quirky and livewire Terri Doolitle a low level bank employee who gets involved in a dangerous spy game involving the CIA, British Secret Service and the KGB (made in the 80's the cold war was still in full swing). Contacted via her computer (the computer geeks out there will love seeing this earlier version of the internet) by a secret agent codename 'Jumping Jack Flash' (Jonathan Pryce) Terri must use her street smarts and attitude to save the day against rogue agents, KGB the police and while not being fired from her own job. The only drawback to this movie is it is quite profane those adverse to the occasional swear word should probably steer clear. It's similar in the level of language used to Beverley Hills Cop, so probably not one for the small kids. But fun for everyone else. 7/10 - Good honest fun probably Whoopi Goldbergs funniest movie and certainly no Sister Act thank god!!!...more

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• Old Cold War Tales: Code Warriors: 2 of 2: NSA's Codebreakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union by Stephen Budiansky

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  May 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: US President John F. Kennedy visiting the Berlin Wall on 26 June 1963 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Old Cold War Tales: Code Warriors: 2 of 2: NSA's Codebreakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union by Stephen Budiansky https://www.amazon.com/Code-Warriors-Codebreakers-Intelligence-Against-ebook/dp/B015VA8OBK/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1527211247&sr=8-1&keywords=code+breakers+budiansky...more

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• Canceling the Singapore Summit with Kim viewed from five capitals. @MichaelAuslin

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  May 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Tokyo ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Canceling the Singapore Summit with Kim viewed from five capitals. @MichaelAuslin

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• Iranian Hezbollah pay for Hamas rioting. Malcolm Hoenlein, @Conf_of_Pres.

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  May 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Hamas mural in the West Bank ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Iranian Hezbollah pay for Hamas rioting. Malcolm Hoenlein, @ConfofPres.

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• Going wrong with the Trump tariffs. @Veroderugy @Mercatus

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  May 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Political cartoon showing Thomas Brackett Reed as a boy, crying to Uncle Sam, with another boy pulling small wagon "pig iron, Kelley," while President Grover Cleveland trims "tariff, the protection hedge" to reduce the "surplus". Date 1888 Source Harper's, by way of the Library of Congress Print and Photographs Author W.A. Rogers ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Going wrong with the Trump tariffs. @Veroderugy @Mercatus https://www.mercatus.org/veronique-de-rugy "The Trump administration seems committed to the folly of punishing the American people in the name of protecting special interest groups at home as evidenced by the department of commerce’s announcement of an investigation into the possibility of imposing national security tariffs on foreign cars. In fact, after the announcement was made, President Trump noted that domestic auto makers were going to be very happy. But what about consumers who outnumber producers and will be shouldering the burden of a new tariff? This is an obvious abuse of section 232 tariffs. What national security threat is the President talking about? US automakers’ output in dollars and vehicles has been growing fast according to government data. But facts won’t matter, I suspect. The last time the President wanted to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum using section 232, the Department of Defense wrote a letter to say that it has access to all the steel and aluminum it needs and there are no national security risks. That didn’t matter to the President Trump who imposed steel and aluminum tariffs in the name of national security anyway. The truth is that the Trump administration started with tariffs on steel, which increased the cost of domestic cars, and now it wants to jack up the price of foreign cars in order to mitigate the damages done to the domestic car industry caused by his own steel tariffs, all under the guise of national security....more

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• IDF reports F-35 combat success against Iran. Yossi Kuperwasser, Malcolm Hoenlein.

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  May 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:During a festive ceremony at Nevatim Air Force Base in southern Israel, on Monday, December 12, 2016, Israel received its first two fifth-generation F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, code-named by the Israeli Air Force as "Adir," (The Mighty One). The ceremony included thousands of invitees, and speeches by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter. Date 12 December 2016, 21:22 Source Israel Receives First Two F-35 Fighters Author U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow IDF reports F-35 combat success against Iran. Yossi Kuperwasser, Malcolm Hoenlein. Brig.-Gen.(res.) Yossi Kuperwasser is Director of the Project on Regional Middle East Developments at the Jerusalem Center. He was formerly Director General of the Israel Ministry of Strategic Affairs and head of the Research Division of IDF Military Intelligence. Related Articles: · https://www.memri.org/reports/hamas-leader-gaza-yahya-sinwar-we-are-coordinating-hizbullah-iran-almost-daily-basis · https://www.weeklystandard.com/elliott-abrams/the-real-palestinian-catastrophe · https://www.apnews.com/f6fea39743c44a3db9bda350ebb4eadf/Palestinian-foreign-minister-asks-ICC-to-investigate-Israel · https://www.weeklystandard.com/elliott-abrams/the-real-palestinian-catastrophe...more

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• The Kremlin embraces France. @AnnaBorsch @WashInstitute Malcolm Hoenlein

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  May 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Panthéon @ Paris Date 8 May 2017, 14:28 Source Panthéon @ Paris Author Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Kremlin embraces France. @AnnaBorsch @WashInstitute Malcolm Hoenlein Anna Borshchevskaya is the Ira Weiner Fellow at The Washington Institute, focusing on Russia's policy toward the Middle East. She is also a Ph.D. candidate at George Mason University. In addition, she is a fellow at the European Foundation for Democracy. She was previously with the Atlantic Council and the Peterson Institute for International Economics. A former analyst for a U.S. military contractor in Afghanistan, she has also served as communications director at the American Islamic Congress. Related Articles: · https://www.rferl.org/a/macron-in-russia-for-talks-with-putin-on-syria-ukraine-iran/29246777.html · http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2018/May-23/450582-assad-meets-russia-envoy-hails-partners-in-victories.ashx#.WwX5yGkmrpx.twitter · https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/dutch-led-investigators-say-russian-military-missile-shot-down-flight-mh17-over-ukraine-in-2014/2018/05/24/1e2ff92e-5f3c-11e8-8c93-8cf33c21da8dstory.html?utmterm=.17d170f3552e...more

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• Turkey veers to darkness. Aykan Erdemir @FDD Malcolm Hoenlein

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  May 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: View of the Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya) at night, Istanbul Date 28 August 2006, 20:02 Source View of the Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya) at night, Istanbul Author Dave Proffer Camera location 41° 00′ 21.36″ N, 28° 58′ 31.29″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Turkey veers to darkness. Aykan Erdemir @FDD Malcolm Hoenlein Dr. Aykan Erdemir is a former member of the Turkish Parliament (2011-2015) 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, Dr. Erdemir 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. On April 27, 2016, Dr. Erdemir was awarded the Stefanus Prize for Religious Freedom in recognition of his advocacy for minority rights and religious freedoms. Related Articles: · http://www.inss.org.il/publication/old-new-dynamics-changed-turkey-israel-relations/?offset=0&posts=1062&type=399 · http://www.israelhayom.com/2018/05/22/in-bid-to-buy-influence-turkey-hands-out-money-in-east-jerusalem/ · https://www.jns.org/opinion/erdogans-turkey-a-caliphate-in-the-making/ · http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-supports-palestinian-bid-to-try-israel-at-international-court-cavusoglu-132221 · http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/alexandra-n-gutowski-jordan-poised-to-be-middle-east-partner-of-choice-but-must-improve-internal/...more

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• Trump cancels China at RIMPAC. @SebGorka @FDD

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  May 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:RIMPAC 2016 - Explosive Ordnance Disposal Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians and Royal Canadian Engineers prepare to search for simulated explosives near the Military Sea Lift Command cargo ship USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300) during the Southern California portion of Rim of the Pacific 2016. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Trump cancels China at RIMPAC. @SebGorka @FDD

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• "Were similar informers or spies in Hillary's campaign?" @SebGorka @FoxNews

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  May 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The conversation took place before the official reception on behalf of the President of Russia in honour of the forum participants.2012 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Were similar informers or spies in Hillary's campaign?" @SebGorka @FoxNews

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• Can Macron save the Iran Deal for Europe? Behnam ben Taleblu @FDD

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  May 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Русский: Президент России Владимир Путин с Президентом Франции Эммануэлем Макроном. Париж. Версаль Date 29 May 2017 Source http://www.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/54617/photos Author Пресс-служба Президента Российской Федерации) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Can Macron save the Iran Deal for Europe? Behnam ben Taleblu @FDD Behnam Ben Taleblu is a Research Fellow where he focuses on Iranian security and political issues. Mr. Taleblu previously served as a Senior Iran Analyst at FDD. Prior to his time at FDD, Mr. Taleblu worked on non-proliferation issues at an arms control think-tank in Washington. Leveraging his subject-matter expertise and native Farsi skills, Mr. Taleblu has closely tracked a wide range of Iran-related topics including: nuclear non-proliferation, ballistic missiles, sanctions, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the foreign and security policy of the Islamic Republic, and internal Iranian politics. Frequently called upon to brief journalists, congressional staff, and other Washington-audiences, Mr. Taleblu has testified before the U.S. Congress and Canadian Parliament. Related Articles: · http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/behnam-ben-taleblu-mike-pompeo-raises-the-bar-for-a-deal-with-iran/ · http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/schanzer-jonathan-mike-pompeo-just-gave-the-iran-speech-kerry-should-have-given/ · http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/romany-shaker-iranian-general-soleimani-in-iraq-as-post-election-government-formation-tal/ · https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/24/asia/iran-china-germany-nuclear-intl/index.html...more

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• What is Iran watching for as Trump rejects North Korea? @EliLake

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  May 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Souvenir signatures of lead negotiators on the cover page of the JCPOA document. The Persian handwriting on top left side is a homage by Javad Zarif to his counterparts' efforts in the negotiations: "[I am] Sincere to Mr. Abbas [Araghchi] and Mr. Majid [Takht-Ravanchi]."[57] ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow What is Iran watching for as Trump rejects North Korea? @EliLake Eli Lake is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering national security and foreign policy. He was the senior national security correspondent for the Daily Beast, and covered national security and intelligence for the Washington Times, the New York Sun and UPI. · https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-05-24/north-korea-talks-trump-can-win-by-walking-away · https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-05-21/pompeo-s-iran-speech-raises-price-to-rejoin-world-community · http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/may-clifford-d-mike-pompeos-iran-speech-reveals-detailed-plan-that-will-require-resolve-to/ · http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/dubowitz-mark-the-united-states-finally-has-an-aggressive-plan-to-defang-iran/ · https://www.wsj.com/articles/iran-get-ready-for-the-battle-rial-1526941983...more

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• Kim regime tires walking back from the Kim regime. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  May 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (PHOTO: ) HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/CONTACT HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/SCHEDULES TWITTER: @BATCHELORSHOW Kim regime tires walking back from the Kim regime. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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• California Democrats slip from the Blue Wave. @HooverWhalen @HooverInst

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  May 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow California Democrats slip from the Blue Wave. @HooverWhalen @HooverInst http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/388993-whats-wrong-with-the-democratic-party-just-look-at-california?utmsource=Hoover+Daily+Report&utmcampaign=4b17c39bf5-HDR&utmmedium=email&utmterm=0_21b1edff3c-4b17c39bf5-72527561

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• Hotel Mars: SpaceX makes the future of off-world engineering look easy. Bill Harwood @Space_news David Livingston SpaceShow.com

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  May 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket delivered the ABS 3A and EUTELSAT 115 West B satellites to a supersynchronous transfer orbit, launching from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on Sunday, March 1, 2015 at 10:50pm ET. Date 1 March 2015 Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/spacexphotos/16510243060/ Author SpaceX) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Hotel Mars: SpaceX makes the future of off-world engineering look easy. Bill Harwood @Space_news David Livingston SpaceShow.com...more

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• Old Cold War Tales: Code Warriors:1 of 2: NSA's Codebreakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union by Stephen Budiansky

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  May 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: National Security Agency headquarters circa 1950s. Note: NSA gratefully acknowledges Presidential Libraries and Museum entities and their staffs for their contribution of materials for its 60th Anniversary publication. Español: Sede de la Agencia de Seguridad Nacional, alrededor de la década de 1950 Date circa 1950s Source National Security Agency Author Unknown photographer ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Old Cold War Tales: Code Warriors:1 of 2:  NSA's Codebreakers and the Secret Intelligence War Against the Soviet Union by Stephen Budiansky https://www.amazon.com/Code-Warriors-Codebreakers-Intelligence-Against-ebook/dp/B015VA8OBK/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1527211247&sr=8-1&keywords=code+breakers+budiansky...more

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• Nuke arms race in the Middle East & What is to be done? @HenrySokolski @NPEC

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  May 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/05/21/in-the-middle-east-soon-everyone-will-want-the-bomb/ English: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi in Bushehr Nuclear Plant. Date 13 January 2015 Source https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/media/1393/10/23/620112/حضور-رئیس-جمهور-در-نیروگاه-بوشهر Author Hossein Heidarpour ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Nuke arms race in the Middle East & What is to be done? @HenrySokolski @NPEC http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/05/21/in-the-middle-east-soon-everyone-will-want-the-bomb/...more

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• The fog of China-US trade negotiations. @AlanTonelson @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  May 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: It's a wrap 12 days, five countries, 32,000 kilometers, and the longest trip to Asia by a U.S. President in more than a quarter century Date 16 November 2017 Source https://www.facebook.com/au.usembassy.gov/posts/10155938025341383 Author US Embassy Canberra) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The fog of China-US trade negotiations. @AlanTonelson @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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• 99% of Dodd-Frank left to repeal. @JWVerret @Mercatus

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  May 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Exterior of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Washington, DC USA ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow 99% of Dodd-Frank left to repeal.  @JWVerret @Mercatus https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/commentary/whats-really-senates-dodd-frank-reform-bill

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• How will Moon deal with a Singapore Summit failure? Tara O, Correan-American Institute, @Georgetown. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  May 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visit South Korea | November 7, 2017 (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks) Date 7 November 2017, 22:08 Source President Trump's Trip to Asia Author The White House from Washington, DC) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow How will Moon deal with a Singapore Summit failure? Tara O, Correan-American Institute, @Georgetown. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast...more

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• What was the date of the NSC meeting that launched the Russiagate counterintelligence investigation?

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  May 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:the palace ensemble tsarskoe selo russia gate ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow What was the date of the NSC meeting that launched the Russiagate counterintelligence investigation?  The Trump-Russia investigation did not originate with Carter Page or George Papadopoulos. It originated with the Obama administration. Exactly when is the “late Spring”? Of all the questions that have been asked about what we’ve called the “Origination Story” of the Trump-Russia investigation, that may be the most important one. It may be the one that tells us when the Obama administration first formed the Trump-Russia “collusion” narrative.  See, it has always been suspicious that the anonymous current and former government officials who leak classified information to their media friends have been unable to coordinate their spin on the start of “Crossfire Hurricane” — the name the FBI eventually gave its Trump-Russia investigation…. https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/trump-russia-investigation-obama-administration-origins/...more

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• Comey & Co. disappeared the Clinton email scandal while concocting the Trump Russiagate scandal. @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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  May 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Hillary Clinton, 5/2016, New York Post Cover email  Hillary Clinton, 5/2016, New York Post Cover ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Comey & Co. disappeared the Clinton email scandal while  concocting the Trump Russiagate scandal. @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter Obama administration officials in the DOJ and FBI saw the cases as inseparably linked. ‘Cruz just dropped out of the race. It’s going to be a Clinton Trump race. Unbelievable.” It was a little after midnight on May 4, 2016. FBI lawyer Lisa Page was texting her paramour, FBI counterespionage agent Peter Strzok, about the most stunning development to date in the 2016 campaign: Donald Trump was now the inevitable Republican nominee. He would square off against Hillary Clinton, the Democrats’ certain standard-bearer.  The race was set . . . between two major-party candidates who were both under investigation by the FBI. In stunned response, Strzok wrote what may be the only words we need to know, the words that reflected the mindset of his agency’s leadership and of the Obama administration: “Now the pressure really starts to finish MYE.” MYE. That’s Mid-Year Exam, the code-word the FBI had given to the Hillary Clinton emails probe…. To read the rest click here, or paste the following in your browser: https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/trump-russia-investigation-clinton-email-fbi-linked-cases/...more

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• IAF F-35 vs Syrian Army S-300, the heavyweights. @PappalardoJoe

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  May 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: One U.S. Air Force airmen directs the pilot of an F-35 Lighting II while another places chocks around the aircraft’s wheel at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., on March 6, 2013. The first two aircraft will be assigned to the 422d Test and Evaluation Squadron. Date Taken on 6 March 2013 Source http://www.defense.gov/dodcmsshare/newsphoto/2013-03/hires_130306-F-NK166-523a.jpg Author DoD photo by Lawrence Crespo, U.S. Air Force. (Released) Permission (Reusing this file)  Public domain photograph from Defense.gov News Photos archive. News photo ID 15980 VIRIN[1] 130306-F-NK166-523a Archive record http://www.defense.gov/photos/newsphoto.aspx?newsphotoid=15980 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow IAF F-35 vs Syrian Army S-300, the heavyweights. @PappalardoJoe https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a20884291/f-35-israel-middle-east-russian-weapons/ Game on!...more

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• Trump conquers the economic polling and the Democrats. @MonicaCrowley

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  May 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: 2016 Donald Trump speaking to supporters at an immigration policy speech at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Trump conquers the economic polling and the Democrats. @MonicaCrowley https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/05/22/more-good-polling-news-for-gop-n2482775

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• No deal China. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  May 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Hardware store in China specializing in solvents and painting supplies, etc. in Haikou, Hainan Province, People's Republic of China Date 10 February 2012 Source Own work Author Anna Frodesiak) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow No deal China. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/22/politics/trump-us-china-trade/index.html

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• Disinviting China's PLA Navy & What is to be done? @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast James Holmes @NavalWarCollege

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  May 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier battle group along with ships from Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, and South Korea during RIMPAC 2000.  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Disinviting China's PLA Navy & What is to be done? @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast James Holmes @NavalWarCollege

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• Campus Confucius Institutes are Communist Party fronts. @JoshROgin @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  May 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:A Confucius Institute at Seneca College in Toronto, Canada ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Campus Confucius Institutes are Communist Party fronts. @JoshROgin @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2018/05/22/preventing-chinese-espionage-at-americas-universities/?utm_term=.054e92625049 Preventing Chinese espionage at America’s universities By Josh Rogin May 22 at 2:46 PM As part of America’s overdue awakening to China’s foreign influence operations campaign inside the United States, the intelligence community and lawmakers are shining new light on how the Communist Party is operating inside America’s higher-education system and raising the alarm about the possibility of Chinese intelligence-gathering in parts of the United States it hasn’t operated in before....more

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• Kim family legacy of bellicosity, buffoonery, and begging. Sung-Yoon Lee, The Fletcher School at Tufts University,

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  May 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Wall paintings like this, recreations of a picture Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il took at the crater lake of Baekdusan, sacred to Koreans, can be found all over the country. This particular one was located right outside the toilet. North Korea claims this is where Kim Il Sung organized the resistance against the Japanese and Kim Jong Il was born. Accounts outside of North Korea say otherwise. Date 27 September 2008, 10:59 Source Sinpyong Lake, North Korea  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Kim family legacy of bellicosity, buffoonery, and begging. Sung-Yoon Lee, The Fletcher School at Tufts University,...more

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• The Cambridge Five: Stalin's Englishman: 2 of 2: Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge Spy Ring by Andrew Lownie

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  May 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Cambridge Five: Stalin's Englishman: 2 of 2: Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge Spy Ring by Andrew Lownie Winner of the St Ermin's Intelligence Book of the Year Award. A Guardian Book of the Year. The Times Best Biography of the Year. Mail on Sunday Biography of the Year. Daily Mail Biography of Year. Spectator Book of the Year. BBC History Book of the Year. 'Andrew Lownie's biography of Guy Burgess, Stalin's Englishman ... shrewd, thorough, revelatory.' William Boyd 'In the sad and funny Stalin's Englishman, [Lownie] manages to convey the charm as well as the turpitude.' Craig Brown Guy Burgess was the most important, complex and fascinating of 'The Cambridge Spies' - Maclean, Philby, Blunt - all brilliant young men recruited in the 1930s to betray their country to the Soviet Union. An engaging and charming companion to many, an unappealing, utterly ruthless manipulator to others, Burgess rose through academia, the BBC, the Foreign Office, MI5 and MI6, gaining access to thousands of highly sensitive secret documents which he passed to his Russian handlers. In this first full biography, Andrew Lownie shows us how even Burgess's chaotic personal life of drunken philandering did nothing to stop his penetration and betrayal of the British Intelligence Service. Even when he was under suspicion, the fabled charm which had enabled many close personal relationships with influential Establishment figures (including Winston Churchill) prevented his exposure as a spy for many years. Through interviews with more than a hundred people who knew Burgess personally, many of whom have never spoken about him before, and the discovery of hitherto secret files, Stalin's Englishman brilliantly unravels the many lives of Guy Burgess in all their intriguing, chilling, colourful, tragi-comic wonder....more

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• The Kremlin lets London as a laundromat & What is to be done? @MaryKissel @WSJOpinion.

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  May 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: A panoramic view of Spitalfields Market in London, England. Date 5 June 2014 Source Own work Author Diliff ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Kremlin lets London as a laundromat & What is to be done? @MaryKissel @WSJOpinion.  https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmfaff/932/93202.htm. 

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• China prepping a moon mission. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  May 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: The wolf is tempted by the Moon's reflection.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow China prepping a moon mission. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com http://behindtheblack.com/?s=sls Contamination found in shuttle engines to be used by SLS May 18, 2018 at 12:03 am Robert Zimmerman Now we know why the first launch is likely delayed: It appears that contamination has been found in the used and refurbished shuttle engines that the Space Launch System is using. A “routine quality assurance inspection” of the core stage, he said, discovered contamination in tubing in the engine section of the core stage, which hosts the vehicle’s four RS-25 main engines and associated systems. That contamination turned out to be paraffin wax, which is used to keep the tubes from crimping while being manufactured but is supposed to be cleaned out before shipment. “The prime contractor determined the vendor was not fully cleaning the tubes and it was leaving residue in the tubes,” McErlean said. “This was retained as a requirement in the prime contractor’s spec, but it was not properly carried out.” Boeing is the prime contractor for the SLS core stage, but he did not disclose the vendor who provided the contaminated tubing. The contamination was initially found in a single tube, he said, but later checks found similar residue in other tubes. All the tubing in the core stage is now being inspected and cleaned, a process he said is not straightforward because of the “mass of tubing” in the engine section and also because cleaning is a “non-trivial process.” Some obvious questions immediately arise: 1. These engines were previously flown on the space shuttles, numerous times. How did the paraffin wax, used “to keep the tubes from crimping while being manufactured,” remain in the tubes during all those shuttle flights? 2. Assuming the tubes were a new addition or replacement during the refurbishing process, it still seems astonishing that a subcontractor could be so lax. Did they really believe the wax did not need to be thoroughly cleaned? 3. While they have admitted that they will likely have to delay the launch because of issues with the core stage, why do they deny this contamination problem is the cause? More important, how much is it costing to fix? And how much time are they actually losing to fix it? 4. Finally, this is only one of many similar problems that we have seen with this entire project. Boeing and NASA have gotten so far about $40 billion to build this rocket, and have been working on it since 2006, more than a dozen years ago. Furthermore, they supposedly are building it using shuttle equipment in a Saturn rocket-type design in order to save money and time. Instead, they have wasted billions and taken more than three times longer than it took us to win World War II to get to a point where the program still has not flown. Does anyone really believe this project is anything but a huge boondoggle? And if so, can they please tell me how it will be possible for the United States to really explore the heavens with a project run this incompetently?...more

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• SLS poisoned. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  May 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Artist's rendering of a SLS Block 1 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow SLS poisoned. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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• How Salena Zito figured out 2016 and Trump. Peter Berkowitz @HooverInst

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  May 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow How Salena Zito figured out 2016 and Trump.  Peter Berkowitz @HooverInst "Can Trump's Populist-Conservative Coalition Hold?", RealClearPolitics, May 20 https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/20/cantrumpspopulist-conservativecoalitionhold_137078.html

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• Where in the world are Stefan Halper and his assistant Azra Turk? @ChuckRossDC

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  May 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: St. John's College, Cambridge University. Chapel, circa 1870. Image taken from original albumen print from a bound album of 58 Cambridge University photographs. Original 19th century album in the possession of Kimberly Blaker, New Boston Fine and Rare Books. Date circa 1870; uploaded 2012-02-05 Source http://www.newbostonfineandrarebooks.com/?page=shop/disp&pid=pageCambridge1&CLSN1291=132698937012912a313e3d14cf968d0e Author Photos taken for William Winfield; uploaded by Kimberlyblaker) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Where in the world are Stefan Halper and his assistant Azra Turk? @ChuckRossDC http://dailycaller.com/2018/05/17/halper-trump-page-papadopoulos/...more

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• Reciprocity can help solve the soaring drug prices. @HenryIMiller @Hoover

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  May 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (PHOTO: ) HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/CONTACT HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/SCHEDULES TWITTER: @BATCHELORSHOW Reciprocity can help solve the soaring drug prices. @HenryIMiller @Hoover  http://www.henrymillermd.org/21180/trump-new-prescription-drug-plan-is-incomplete.

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• Tales of the New Cold War: The Informer: 2 of 2: Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com.

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  May 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Lobby card for the 1935 American film The Informer with Victor McLaglen, Preston Foster, and Donald Meek. Date 1935 Source eBay card Author RKO Permission (Reusing this file)  Pre-1978 no mark) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tales of the New Cold War: The Informer: 2 of 2: Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/05/22/4-surprising-facts-about-stefan-halper-the-professor-and-top-secret-informant-on-russia/?utm_term=.2c7e80616e74...more

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• Tales of the New Cold War: The Informer.1 of 2: Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com.

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  May 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Victor McLaglen and Margot Grahame in The Informer (1935) - publicity still Date 1935 Source http://www.doctormacro.com/Movie%20Summaries/I/Informer,%20The.htm Author unknown (RKO Pictures) Permission (Reusing this file)  PD-US (licensing information : [1]) - no copyright notice (see source) ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tales of the New Cold War: The Informer.1 of 2: Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/05/22/4-surprising-facts-about-stefan-halper-the-professor-and-top-secret-informant-on-russia/?utm_term=.2c7e80616e74...more

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• Keith Ellison and the Democrats disregard Israel. @RichrdAEpstein @Hoover

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  May 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: US Embassy in Jerusalem, 18 Agron Road. Date 19 July 2009 Source Own work Author Magister Object location 31° 46′ 35.59″ N, 35° 13′ 12.41″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Keith Ellison and the Democrats disregard Israel. @RichrdAEpstein @Hoover Few issues produce more political and emotional discord than the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In principle, there is much to commend a two-state solution. If achieved, it could allow the two groups to live beside each other in peace. Unfortunately, but unsurprisingly, the interminable peace process came to a screeching halt this past week as the American embassy opened in Jerusalem. An exultant Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proclaimed before Israeli and American dignitaries, “We are in Jerusalem and we are here to stay.” At the same moment, thousands of angry Palestinian demonstrators were rebuffed with deadly force as they sought to storm into Israel from Gaza. Now that the protests have subsided, Hamas seeks to capitalize on the deaths and injuries to isolate Israel diplomatically…  https://www.hoover.org/research/israel-palestine-standoff...more

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• Gaza provocations and the futility of the Two-State Solution. @RichrdAEpstein @Hoover

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  May 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Che Guevara visiting Gaza in 1959  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Gaza provocations and the futility of the Two-State Solution. @RichrdAEpstein @Hoover

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• Suddenly the Republicans lead for the Midterms 2018. @LizPeek

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  May 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: 2018 MIDTERM ELECTIONS ‹ › Thinking about the elections in 2018, if the election for U.S. Congress were held today, would you vote for the Democratic candidate or the Republican candidate in your district where you live?) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Suddenly the Republicans lead for the Midterms 2018.  @LizPeek http://polling.reuters.com/#!response/TM1212Y17/type/week/filters/PD1:1/dates/20170601-20180523/collapsed/true...more

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• Voters credit Trump for the roaring Trump economy & What is to be done? @LizPeek

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  May 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: The Wizard of Oz (1939)  They finally approach the Emerald City to visit the Wizard of Oz.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Voters credit Trump for the roaring Trump economy & What is to be done? @LizPeek https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/05/22/more-good-polling-news-for-gop-n2482775

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• Trump plan to render drug prices competitive and transparent. Eric Hargan, Deputy Secretary HHS. @DepSecHargan

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  May 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Rebates to pharmacy benefit managers are a hidden contributor to high drug prices ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Trump plan to render drug prices competitive and transparent.  Eric Hargan, Deputy Secretary HHS. @DepSecHargan https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/AmericanPatientsFirst.pdf

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• The Cambridge Five: Stalin's Englishman: 1 of 2: Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge Spy Ring by Andrew Lownie

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  May 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Guy Burgess Date 8 November 2015, 13:10:25 Source Own work Author CelticVT ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Cambridge Five: Stalin's Englishman: 1 of 2: Guy Burgess, the Cold War, and the Cambridge Spy Ring by Andrew Lownie Winner of the St Ermin's Intelligence Book of the Year Award. A Guardian Book of the Year. The Times Best Biography of the Year. Mail on Sunday Biography of the Year. Daily Mail Biography of Year. Spectator Book of the Year. BBC History Book of the Year. 'Andrew Lownie's biography of Guy Burgess, Stalin's Englishman ... shrewd, thorough, revelatory.' William Boyd 'In the sad and funny Stalin's Englishman, [Lownie] manages to convey the charm as well as the turpitude.' Craig Brown Guy Burgess was the most important, complex and fascinating of 'The Cambridge Spies' - Maclean, Philby, Blunt - all brilliant young men recruited in the 1930s to betray their country to the Soviet Union. An engaging and charming companion to many, an unappealing, utterly ruthless manipulator to others, Burgess rose through academia, the BBC, the Foreign Office, MI5 and MI6, gaining access to thousands of highly sensitive secret documents which he passed to his Russian handlers. In this first full biography, Andrew Lownie shows us how even Burgess's chaotic personal life of drunken philandering did nothing to stop his penetration and betrayal of the British Intelligence Service. Even when he was under suspicion, the fabled charm which had enabled many close personal relationships with influential Establishment figures (including Winston Churchill) prevented his exposure as a spy for many years. Through interviews with more than a hundred people who knew Burgess personally, many of whom have never spoken about him before, and the discovery of hitherto secret files, Stalin's Englishman brilliantly unravels the many lives of Guy Burgess in all their intriguing, chilling, colourful, tragi-comic wonder....more

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• Unchecked anti-semitism in Ukraine & What is to be done? Lev Golinkin

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  May 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:"Yids will not reside in Lviv". An antisemitic graffiti in Ukrainian, Lviv, Staroyevreyska street (Old Jewish street), in a former medieval Jewish ghetto in Lviv Date May 2007 Source Own work Author Russianname ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Unchecked anti-semitism in Ukraine & What is to be done? Lev Golinkin  https://forward.com/opinion/401518/violent-anti-semitism-is-gripping-ukraine-and-the-government-is-standing/...more

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• "Official Time" and the self-dealing of Federal unions at 3.6 million hours per year. @FRoseDC.

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  May 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:10.4.13 CPC End Government Shutdown Rally Date 3 October 2013, 23:32 Source 10.4.13 CPC End Government Shutdown Rally Author Keith Ellison from Minneapolis, USA  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Official Time" and the self-dealing of Federal unions at 3.6 million hours per year. @FRoseDC. https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/05/opm-reports-4-percent-increase-use-official-time/148294/ "The report found that in fiscal 2016, union employees used 3,611,112 hours of official time, an increase from 3,468,170 hours in fiscal 2014. That corresponds with an increase of more than 20,000 bargaining unit employees over 2014, or 1.7 percent. Additionally, the number of official time hours used per bargaining unit employee across the federal government increased from 2.88 hours in fiscal 2014 to 2.95 hours in fiscal 2016, an increase of about four minutes... "The press release highlights an unnamed union official on 100 percent official time at the Veterans Affairs Department as an example of 'problems regarding the use of official time.' If the former registered nurse were to step down from the union position, OPM said VA would be required to continue to employ the RN while the employee spends 'months [receiving] retraining and recertification.'"...more

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• The President and the "Professor." @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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  May 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:colleges cambridge university architecture building ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The President and the "Professor." @AndrewCMcCarthy  @ThadMcCotter Just as he did last time, Attorney General Jeff Sessions responded to the president’s agitation by referring the political-spying issue to Inspector General Michael Horowitz. This was the right thing — or, at least, a right thing — to do…. https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/donald-trump-department-of-justice-investigation-demand/...more

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• Waiting for the DOJ IG report on the Clinton emails. @AmdrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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  May 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Michael E. Horowitz official photo Date 16 April 2012 Source https://oig.justice.gov/about/meet-ig.htm Author United States Department of Justice) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Waiting for the DOJ IG report on the Clinton emails.  @AmdrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter So it was that the New York Times, in this week’s 4,100-word exposé on the origins of the FBI’s Trump–Russia probe, recycled the theme: Government investigators were savagely public about Clinton’s trifling missteps while keeping mum about the Manchurian candidate’s treasonous conspiracy with Putin…. To read the rest click here, or paste the following in your browser: https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/clinton-email-trump-russia-probes-justice-department-double-standards/...more

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• "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Gambler's Curse on a Horse Race. Malcolm Hoenlein @ThadMcCotter

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  May 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:A winner of a Roman chariot race, from the Red team ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Gambler's Curse on a Horse Race. Malcolm Hoenlein @ThadMcCotter https://www.timesofisrael.com/newly-decoded-5th-cent-curse-scroll-shows-jews-used-magic-to-play-the-ponies/

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• Fog of Trade War. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast@ThadMcCotter

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  May 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Professor Peter Navarro discusses his work, Death by China, arguing China cheats in the world trade system at University of Michigan in 2012 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Fog of Trade War. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast@ThadMcCotter https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/theworldpost/wp/2018/05/15/china-us/?utm_term=.b4cc74b2e541

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• Bride Clinton and Groom Trump atop the wedding cake of America. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter

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  May 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Bill Clinton and Donald Trump at the U.S. Open in 2000, Flushing, New York Date 9 September 2000 Source Clinton Presidential Library Author William Vasta, Office of the President ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Bride Clinton and Groom Trump atop the wedding cake of America. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter https://nypost.com/2018/05/20/hillary-trolls-trump-with-russian-hat-during-yale-commencement/...more

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• Kim Regime playbook remains the same provoke, promise, prevaricate, @Crosett @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast@ThadMcCotter

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  May 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Kim Il-sung Date 17 May 2016 Source North Korea Government Publications http://www.minjog21.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=3041) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Kim Regime playbook remains the same provoke, promise, prevaricate, @Crosett @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast@ThadMcCotter https://pjmedia.com/claudiarosett/a-vital-warning-about-china-and-the-looming-decade-of-concern/

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• What if the Iran sanctions don't work? @JoshRogin

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  May 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo poses for a photo with President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence before his swearing-in ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 2, 2018. [State Department photo/ Public Domain] Date 2 May 2018, 11:05 Source Secretary Pompeo Poses for a Photo With President Trump and Vice President Pence Author U.S. Department of State from United States Camera location 38° 53′ 40.76″ N, 77° 02′ 55.81″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow What if the Iran sanctions don't work? @JoshRogin https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2018/05/21/pompeos-iran-strategy-speech-lacked-a-real-strategy/?utm_term=.d039b3ff962a Pompeo’s Iran strategy speech lacked a real strategy By Josh Rogin May 21 at 1:01 PM Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday morning that the Iran deal was bad, that the United States will ramp up pressure on Iran and that the world can either go along or not. None of this is news, and his speech left huge questions about the Trump administration’s “new Iran strategy” unanswered....more

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• Reports of explosions at Iran bases in Syria. Malcolm Hoenlein @ThadMcCotter

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  May 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Palmyra-تدمر with Tiyas-Airbase (T4): War-Situation-Map in Homs' countryside the day before ISIS unexpectedly assailed: FRI, 9th Dec 2016 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Reports of explosions at Iran bases in Syria. Malcolm Hoenlein @ThadMcCotter https://www.timesofisrael.com/death-toll-from-blasts-at-syria-airbase-climbs-to-28-monitor/

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• Who watches the watchers watching the Trump campaign 2016? @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter

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  May 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: CIA floor seal) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Who watches the watchers watching the Trump campaign 2016? @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/rosenstein-wray-to-meet-with-trump-amid-brewing-controversy-over-fbis-use-of-confidential-informant-in-russia-probe/2018/05/21/b3da543e-5d06-11e8-a4a4-c070ef53f315story.html?utmterm=.4ea106dd120a

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• Groundhog Day in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. @BoillRoggio @Longwarjournal @FDD

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  May 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Snow-covered mountains in Ghazni province ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Groundhog Day in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. @BoillRoggio @Longwarjournal @FDD https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/05/taliban-overruns-second-district-in-ghazni.php

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• During the Northern Song Dynasty: The Birth of the West: 4 of 6: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century by Paul Collins.

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  May 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (PhotoAn armillary sphere in a painting by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1480.: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow During the Northern Song Dynasty: The Birth of the West: 4 of 6: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century by Paul Collins. https://www.amazon.com/Birth-West-Germany-Creation-Century/dp/1610393686/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526870390&sr=1-1&keywords=birth+of+the+west From Booklist Under the Carolingian rulers, and especially under Charlemagne, medieval western Europe enjoyed a period of relative political stability and a modest cultural renaissance. After the death of Charlemagne, in 814, much of the area reverted to internecine internal wars while Viking raiders plundered both coastal and inland regions. Collins, an ordained Catholic priest and radio and TV presenter, asserts that the tenth century brought order out of this chaos, transformed the basic institutions of medieval society, and laid the foundations for the future nation-states of western Europe. Although the apogee of the temporal power of the Papacy would come two centuries later, Collins illustrates how the church played an essential role in the achievements of the tenth century, which included forming a largely successful working relationship with Germanic kings. Collins provides a broad panorama of the age, presenting characters great and small, including kings, magnates, popes, and peasants. This is a well-done study suitable for both scholars and general readers. --Jay Freeman Review Stephen O'Shea, Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada) “The Birth of the West offers a refreshing breather from the ambient buzzkill of our era.… [Collins] is not your usual Western-civ cheerleader, jumping up and down about the glory that was Greece … his is a wider tour d'horizon, encompassing also Mulsim Spain, Ireland, Briatin, Poland, and Hungary.… Stimulating, encyclopedic, and often downright funny, this is a book worth remembering...more

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• During the Northern Song Dynasty: The Birth of the West: 3 of 6: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century by Paul Collins.

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  May 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (PHOTO:Impression of Pope Sylvester II, born Gerbert d'Aurillac. Along the nave of the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura), there are mosaics of all the popes, from Peter to Benedict XVI. This image is a reproduction of the depiction of Pope Sylvester II ) HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/CONTACT HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/SCHEDULES TWITTER: @BATCHELORSHOW During the Northern Song Dynasty: The Birth of the West: 3 of 6: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century by Paul Collins. https://www.amazon.com/Birth-West-Germany-Creation-Century/dp/1610393686/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526870390&sr=1-1&keywords=birth+of+the+west From Booklist Under the Carolingian rulers, and especially under Charlemagne, medieval western Europe enjoyed a period of relative political stability and a modest cultural renaissance. After the death of Charlemagne, in 814, much of the area reverted to internecine internal wars while Viking raiders plundered both coastal and inland regions. Collins, an ordained Catholic priest and radio and TV presenter, asserts that the tenth century brought order out of this chaos, transformed the basic institutions of medieval society, and laid the foundations for the future nation-states of western Europe. Although the apogee of the temporal power of the Papacy would come two centuries later, Collins illustrates how the church played an essential role in the achievements of the tenth century, which included forming a largely successful working relationship with Germanic kings. Collins provides a broad panorama of the age, presenting characters great and small, including kings, magnates, popes, and peasants. This is a well-done study suitable for both scholars and general readers. --Jay Freeman Review Stephen O'Shea, Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada) “The Birth of the West offers a refreshing breather from the ambient buzzkill of our era.… [Collins] is not your usual Western-civ cheerleader, jumping up and down about the glory that was Greece … his is a wider tour d'horizon, encompassing also Mulsim Spain, Ireland, Briatin, Poland, and Hungary.… Stimulating, encyclopedic, and often downright funny, this is a book worth remembering...more

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• During the Northern Song Dynasty: The Birth of the West: 2 of 6: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century by Paul Collins.

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  May 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Pope Sylvester II and the Devil in an illustration of c. 1460.  Pope Sylvester II or Silvester II (c.  946 – 12 May 1003) was Pope from 2 April 999 to his death in 1003. Originally known as Gerbert of Aurillac (Latin: Gerbertus Aureliacensis or de Aurillac; French: Gerbert d'Aurillac),[n 1] he was a prolific scholar and teacher.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow During the Northern Song Dynasty: The Birth of the West: 2 of 6: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century by Paul Collins. https://www.amazon.com/Birth-West-Germany-Creation-Century/dp/1610393686/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526870390&sr=1-1&keywords=birth+of+the+west From Booklist Under the Carolingian rulers, and especially under Charlemagne, medieval western Europe enjoyed a period of relative political stability and a modest cultural renaissance. After the death of Charlemagne, in 814, much of the area reverted to internecine internal wars while Viking raiders plundered both coastal and inland regions. Collins, an ordained Catholic priest and radio and TV presenter, asserts that the tenth century brought order out of this chaos, transformed the basic institutions of medieval society, and laid the foundations for the future nation-states of western Europe. Although the apogee of the temporal power of the Papacy would come two centuries later, Collins illustrates how the church played an essential role in the achievements of the tenth century, which included forming a largely successful working relationship with Germanic kings. Collins provides a broad panorama of the age, presenting characters great and small, including kings, magnates, popes, and peasants. This is a well-done study suitable for both scholars and general readers. --Jay Freeman Review Stephen O'Shea, Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada) “The Birth of the West offers a refreshing breather from the ambient buzzkill of our era.… [Collins] is not your usual Western-civ cheerleader, jumping up and down about the glory that was Greece … his is a wider tour d'horizon, encompassing also Mulsim Spain, Ireland, Briatin, Poland, and Hungary.… Stimulating, encyclopedic, and often downright funny, this is a book worth remembering.”...more

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• During the Northern Song Dynasty: The Birth of the West: 1 of 6: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century by Paul Collins.

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  May 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Jean-Paul Laurens, Le Pape Formose et Étienne VII ("Pope Formosus and Stephen VII"), 1870.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow During the Northern Song Dynasty: The Birth of the West: 1 of 6: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century by Paul Collins. https://www.amazon.com/Birth-West-Germany-Creation-Century/dp/1610393686/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526870390&sr=1-1&keywords=birth+of+the+west From Booklist Under the Carolingian rulers, and especially under Charlemagne, medieval western Europe enjoyed a period of relative political stability and a modest cultural renaissance. After the death of Charlemagne, in 814, much of the area reverted to internecine internal wars while Viking raiders plundered both coastal and inland regions. Collins, an ordained Catholic priest and radio and TV presenter, asserts that the tenth century brought order out of this chaos, transformed the basic institutions of medieval society, and laid the foundations for the future nation-states of western Europe. Although the apogee of the temporal power of the Papacy would come two centuries later, Collins illustrates how the church played an essential role in the achievements of the tenth century, which included forming a largely successful working relationship with Germanic kings. Collins provides a broad panorama of the age, presenting characters great and small, including kings, magnates, popes, and peasants. This is a well-done study suitable for both scholars and general readers. --Jay Freeman Review Stephen O'Shea, Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada) “The Birth of the West offers a refreshing breather from the ambient buzzkill of our era.… [Collins] is not your usual Western-civ cheerleader, jumping up and down about the glory that was Greece … his is a wider tour d'horizon, encompassing also Mulsim Spain, Ireland, Briatin, Poland, and Hungary.… Stimulating, encyclopedic, and often downright funny, this is a book worth remembering.”...more

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• Jimmy Walker steals the scenes: City of Ambition: 2 of 2: FDR, LaGuardia, and the Making of Modern New York by Mason B. Williams

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  May 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) flying over southern Manhattan Island, New York City (USA), 1930. Date 1930 Source U.S. Naval Historical Center, Photo #: NH 944 [1] Author USN) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Jimmy Walker steals the scenes: City of Ambition: 2 of 2: FDR, LaGuardia, and the Making of Modern New York by Mason B. Williams https://www.amazon.com/City-Ambition-Guardia-Making-Modern/dp/0393066916/ref=mthardcover?encoding=UTF8&me= Two political titans forge a modern city and a vibrant public sector in this history of strong leadership at a time of national crisis. City of Ambition is a brilliant history of the New Deal and its role in the making of modern New York City. The story of a remarkable collaboration between Franklin Roosevelt and Fiorello La Guardia, this is a case study in creative political leadership in the midst of a devastating depression. Roosevelt and La Guardia were an odd couple: patrician president and immigrant mayor, fireside chat and tabloid cartoon, pragmatic Democrat and reform Republican. But together, as leaders of America’s two largest governments in the depths of the Great Depression, they fashioned a route to recovery for the nation and the master plan for a great city. Roosevelt and his “Brain Trust”―shrewd, energetic advisors such as Harold Ickes and Harry Hopkins―sought to fight the Depression by channeling federal resources through America’s cities and counties. La Guardia had replaced Tammany Hall cronies with policy experts, such as the imperious Robert Moses, who were committed to a strong public sector. The two leaders worked closely together. La Guardia had a direct line of communication with FDR and his staff, often visiting Washington carrying piles of blueprints. Roosevelt relied on the mayor as his link to the nation’s cities and their needs. The combination was potent. La Guardia’s Gotham became a laboratory for New Deal reform. Roosevelt’s New Deal transformed city initiatives into major programs such as the Works Progress Administration, which changed the physical face of the United States. Together they built parks, bridges, and schools; put the unemployed to work; and strengthened the Progressive vision of government as serving the public purpose. Today everyone knows the FDR Drive as a main route to La Guardia Airport. The intersection of steel and concrete speaks to a pair of dynamic leaders whose collaboration lifted a city and a nation. Here is their story. 8 pages of photographs...more

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• Jimmy Walker steals the scenes: City of Ambition: 1 of 2: FDR, LaGuardia, and the Making of Modern New York by Mason B. Williams

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  May 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Jimmy Walker steals the scenes: City of Ambition: 2 of 2: FDR, LaGuardia, and the Making of Modern New York by Mason B. Williams) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Jimmy Walker steals the scenes: City of Ambition: 1 of 2: FDR, LaGuardia, and the Making of Modern New York by Mason B. Williams https://www.amazon.com/City-Ambition-Guardia-Making-Modern/dp/0393066916/ref=mthardcover?encoding=UTF8&me= Two political titans forge a modern city and a vibrant public sector in this history of strong leadership at a time of national crisis. City of Ambition is a brilliant history of the New Deal and its role in the making of modern New York City. The story of a remarkable collaboration between Franklin Roosevelt and Fiorello La Guardia, this is a case study in creative political leadership in the midst of a devastating depression. Roosevelt and La Guardia were an odd couple: patrician president and immigrant mayor, fireside chat and tabloid cartoon, pragmatic Democrat and reform Republican. But together, as leaders of America’s two largest governments in the depths of the Great Depression, they fashioned a route to recovery for the nation and the master plan for a great city. Roosevelt and his “Brain Trust”―shrewd, energetic advisors such as Harold Ickes and Harry Hopkins―sought to fight the Depression by channeling federal resources through America’s cities and counties. La Guardia had replaced Tammany Hall cronies with policy experts, such as the imperious Robert Moses, who were committed to a strong public sector. The two leaders worked closely together. La Guardia had a direct line of communication with FDR and his staff, often visiting Washington carrying piles of blueprints. Roosevelt relied on the mayor as his link to the nation’s cities and their needs. The combination was potent. La Guardia’s Gotham became a laboratory for New Deal reform. Roosevelt’s New Deal transformed city initiatives into major programs such as the Works Progress Administration, which changed the physical face of the United States. Together they built parks, bridges, and schools; put the unemployed to work; and strengthened the Progressive vision of government as serving the public purpose. Today everyone knows the FDR Drive as a main route to La Guardia Airport. The intersection of steel and concrete speaks to a pair of dynamic leaders whose collaboration lifted a city and a nation. Here is their story. 8 pages of photographs...more

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• The doomed: Mission to Paris: 2 of 2: A Novel (Night Soldiers Book 12) by Alan Furst.

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  May 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Français : René Le Bègue, deuxième du Critérium Paris-Nice 1938, sur Talbot (épreuve de vitesse-freinage). Date 8 November 2017 Source L'Automobile sur la Côte d'azur, août 1938 Author L'Automobile sur la Côte d'azur) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The doomed: Mission to Paris: 2 of 2: A Novel (Night Soldiers Book 12) by Alan Furst. Review “This is the romantic Paris to make a tourist weep … The brilliant historical flourishes seem to create – or recreate – a world … In Furst’s densely populated books, hundred of minor characters – clerks, chauffeurs, soldiers, whores – all whirl around his heroes in perfect focus for a page or two, then dot by dot, face by face, they vanish, leaving a heartbreaking sense of the vast Homeric epic that was World War II and the smallness of almost every life that was caught up in it.” —The New York Times Book Review “Alan Furst again shows why he is a grandmaster of the historical espionage genre. Furst not only vividly re-creates the excitement and growing gloom of the City of Light in 1938-39, as war with Nazi Germany looms, but also demonstrates a profound knowledge of the political divisions and cultural sensibilities of that bygone era … As summer or subway reading goes, it doesn't get more action-packed and grippingly atmospheric than this.” —The Boston Globe “Between them, Fredric and Paris make this a book no reader will put down to the final page. Furst evokes the city and the prewar anxiety with exquisite tension that is only a bit relieved by Fredric’s encounters with several women, each a vivid and attractive character. Critics compare Furst to Graham Greene and John le Carré, but the time has come for this much-published author (this is his ninth World War II novel after Spies of the Balkans) to occupy his own pinnacle as a master of historical espionage.” —Library Journal (starred) “Furst conveys a strong sense of the era, when responding to a knock might open the door to the end of one’s days. The novel recalls a time when black and white applied to both movies and moral choices. It’s a tale with wide appeal.” —Kirkus (starred) “[Furst] is most at home in Paris, which is why legions of his fans, upon seeing only the title of his latest book, will immediately feel pulses quicken … Furst has been doing this and doing it superbly for a long time now … Long ago Furst made the jump from genre favorite to mainstream bestsellerdom; returning to his signature setting, Paris, he only stands to climb higher.” —Booklist (starred) “Alan Furst’s writing reminds me of a swim in perfect water on a perfect day, fluid and exquisite. One wants the feeling to go on forever, the book to never end … Like Graham Greene, Furst creates believable characters caught up, with varying degrees of willingness, in the parade of political life. And because they care, the reader does, too … Furst is one of the finest spy novelists working today, and, from boudoir to the beach, Mission to Paris is perfect summer reading.” —Publisher’s Weekly...more

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• The doomed: Mission to Paris: 1 of 2: A Novel (Night Soldiers Book 12) by Alan Furst.

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  May 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Autres noms Pierre-Albert Marquet; Pierre Léopold Albert Marquet Description peintre et écrivain français Date de naissance/décès 27 mars 1875 13 juin 1947 Lieu de naissance/décès Bordeaux Paris) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The doomed: Mission to Paris: 1 of 2: A Novel (Night Soldiers Book 12) by Alan Furst. Review “This is the romantic Paris to make a tourist weep … The brilliant historical flourishes seem to create – or recreate – a world … In Furst’s densely populated books, hundred of minor characters – clerks, chauffeurs, soldiers, whores – all whirl around his heroes in perfect focus for a page or two, then dot by dot, face by face, they vanish, leaving a heartbreaking sense of the vast Homeric epic that was World War II and the smallness of almost every life that was caught up in it.” —The New York Times Book Review “Alan Furst again shows why he is a grandmaster of the historical espionage genre. Furst not only vividly re-creates the excitement and growing gloom of the City of Light in 1938-39, as war with Nazi Germany looms, but also demonstrates a profound knowledge of the political divisions and cultural sensibilities of that bygone era … As summer or subway reading goes, it doesn't get more action-packed and grippingly atmospheric than this.” —The Boston Globe “Between them, Fredric and Paris make this a book no reader will put down to the final page. Furst evokes the city and the prewar anxiety with exquisite tension that is only a bit relieved by Fredric’s encounters with several women, each a vivid and attractive character. Critics compare Furst to Graham Greene and John le Carré, but the time has come for this much-published author (this is his ninth World War II novel after Spies of the Balkans) to occupy his own pinnacle as a master of historical espionage.” —Library Journal (starred) “Furst conveys a strong sense of the era, when responding to a knock might open the door to the end of one’s days. The novel recalls a time when black and white applied to both movies and moral choices. It’s a tale with wide appeal.” —Kirkus (starred) “[Furst] is most at home in Paris, which is why legions of his fans, upon seeing only the title of his latest book, will immediately feel pulses quicken … Furst has been doing this and doing it superbly for a long time now … Long ago Furst made the jump from genre favorite to mainstream bestsellerdom; returning to his signature setting, Paris, he only stands to climb higher.” —Booklist (starred) “Alan Furst’s writing reminds me of a swim in perfect water on a perfect day, fluid and exquisite. One wants the feeling to go on forever, the book to never end … Like Graham Greene, Furst creates believable characters caught up, with varying degrees of willingness, in the parade of political life. And because they care, the reader does, too … Furst is one of the finest spy novelists working today, and, from boudoir to the beach, Mission to Paris is perfect summer reading.” —Publisher’s Weekly...more

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• An Old Cold War Mole: Circle of Treason: 2 of 2: A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed by Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille

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  May 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Replacement of the mailbox used by Ames: a horizontal chalk mark above the USPS logo would signal a needed meeting. Garfield St and Garfield Terrace NW. Original in the Spy Museum.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow An Old Cold War Mole: Circle of Treason: 2 of 2: A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed by Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille https://www.amazon.com/Circle-Treason-Account-Traitor-Betrayed/dp/1591143969/ref=laB009ZZMNT21_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526867586&sr=1-1 While there have been other books about Aldrich Ames, Circle of Treason is the first account written by CIA agents who were key members of the CIA team that conducted the intense "Ames Mole Hunt." Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille were two of the five principals of the CIA team tasked with hunting one of their own and were directly responsible for identifying Ames as the mole, leading to his arrest and conviction. One of the most destructive traitors in American history, CIA officer Aldrich Ames provided information to the Soviet Union that contributed to the deaths of at least ten Soviet intelligence officers who spied for the United States. In this book, the two CIA officers directly responsible for tracking down Ames chronicle their involvement in the hunt for a mole. Considering it their personal mission, Grimes and Vertefeuille dedicated themselves to identifying the traitor responsible for the execution or imprisonment of the Soviet agents with whom they worked. Their efforts eventually led them to a long-time acquaintance and coworker in the CIA's Soviet-East European division and Counterintelligence Center, Aldrich Ames. Not only is this the first book to be written by the CIA principals involved, but it is also the first to provide details of the operational contact with the agents Ames betrayed. The book covers the political aftermath of Ames's arrest, including the Congressional wrath for not identifying him sooner, the FBI/CIA debriefings following Ames's plea bargain, and a retrospective of Ames the person and Ames the spy. It is also the compelling story of two female agents, who overcame gender barriers and succeeded in bringing Ames to justice in a historically male-oriented organization. Now retired from the CIA, Grimes and Vertefeuille are finally able to tell this inside story of the CIA's most notorious traitor and the men he betrayed....more

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• An Old Cold War Mole: Circle of Treason: 1 of 2: A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed by Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille

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  May 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:A young Aldrich Ames in the 1958 McLean High School yearbook ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow An Old Cold War Mole: Circle of Treason: 1 of 2:  A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed by Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille https://www.amazon.com/Circle-Treason-Account-Traitor-Betrayed/dp/1591143969/ref=laB009ZZMNT21_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526867586&sr=1-1 While there have been other books about Aldrich Ames, Circle of Treason is the first account written by CIA agents who were key members of the CIA team that conducted the intense "Ames Mole Hunt." Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille were two of the five principals of the CIA team tasked with hunting one of their own and were directly responsible for identifying Ames as the mole, leading to his arrest and conviction. One of the most destructive traitors in American history, CIA officer Aldrich Ames provided information to the Soviet Union that contributed to the deaths of at least ten Soviet intelligence officers who spied for the United States. In this book, the two CIA officers directly responsible for tracking down Ames chronicle their involvement in the hunt for a mole. Considering it their personal mission, Grimes and Vertefeuille dedicated themselves to identifying the traitor responsible for the execution or imprisonment of the Soviet agents with whom they worked. Their efforts eventually led them to a long-time acquaintance and coworker in the CIA's Soviet-East European division and Counterintelligence Center, Aldrich Ames. Not only is this the first book to be written by the CIA principals involved, but it is also the first to provide details of the operational contact with the agents Ames betrayed. The book covers the political aftermath of Ames's arrest, including the Congressional wrath for not identifying him sooner, the FBI/CIA debriefings following Ames's plea bargain, and a retrospective of Ames the person and Ames the spy. It is also the compelling story of two female agents, who overcame gender barriers and succeeded in bringing Ames to justice in a historically male-oriented organization. Now retired from the CIA, Grimes and Vertefeuille are finally able to tell this inside story of the CIA's most notorious traitor and the men he betrayed....more

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• Paris not burning: The Blood of Free Men: 2 of 2: The Liberation of Paris, 1944 by Michael Neiberg.

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  May 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (PHOTO: American troops of the 28th Infantry Division march down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris, in the Victory Parade on 29 August 1944.) HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/CONTACT HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/SCHEDULES TWITTER: @BATCHELORSHOW Paris not burning: The Blood of Free Men: 2 of 2: The Liberation of Paris, 1944 by Michael Neiberg. Review Publishers Weekly, starred review “[A] vivid account…. Neiberg skillfully describes six days of disorganized but bloody urban warfare between poorly armed Frenchmen and mostly unenthusiastic Germans until a French regiment, in defiance of Allied orders, entered the city. While hardly a great victory and followed by a nasty vengeance against collaborators, Paris's liberation produced ecstatic delight throughout the West, making it one of the few feel-good stories of the war, and Neiberg, with a close-up and evocative narrative, delivers a thoroughly satisfying history.” Dennis Showalter, author of Hitler's Panzers “Michael Neiberg's talents as a scholar and storyteller brilliantly present the complex realities underlying the liberation of Paris in 1944, when the City of Light regained its freedom through the risks and sacrifices of its people.” Kirkus Reviews “Neiberg's taut narrative explains how the liberation played out.... An evenhanded, efficient account of one of World War II's signature moments.”...more

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• Paris not burning: The Blood of Free Men: 1 of 2: The Liberation of Paris, 1944 by Michael Neiberg.

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  May 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (PHOTO: German tank (Hotchkiss H35) moving in downtown Paris on August 19 1944 during the battle for Paris. Screenshot from en:La Liberation de Paris, September 1st, 1944. there is no known copyright for this 1944 underground propaganda work but the producer is the Le Comite de Liberation du Cinema Francais which disbanded shortly after. original movie file cand be found as public domain material at https://archive.org/details/LaLiberationdeParis1944 Date 2 December 2010 18:45:13(UTC) (Original uploaded at 2007-07-05 02:51:00) Source Original uploaded on en.wikipedia Author Original uploaded by Paris By Night (Transfered by מתניה)) HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/CONTACT HTTP://JOHNBATCHELORSHOW.COM/SCHEDULES TWITTER: @BATCHELORSHOW Paris not burning: The Blood of Free Men: 1 of 2: The Liberation of Paris, 1944 by Michael Neiberg. Review Publishers Weekly, starred review “[A] vivid account…. Neiberg skillfully describes six days of disorganized but bloody urban warfare between poorly armed Frenchmen and mostly unenthusiastic Germans until a French regiment, in defiance of Allied orders, entered the city. While hardly a great victory and followed by a nasty vengeance against collaborators, Paris's liberation produced ecstatic delight throughout the West, making it one of the few feel-good stories of the war, and Neiberg, with a close-up and evocative narrative, delivers a thoroughly satisfying history.” Dennis Showalter, author of Hitler's Panzers “Michael Neiberg's talents as a scholar and storyteller brilliantly present the complex realities underlying the liberation of Paris in 1944, when the City of Light regained its freedom through the risks and sacrifices of its people.” Kirkus Reviews “Neiberg's taut narrative explains how the liberation played out.... An evenhanded, efficient account of one of World War II's signature moments.”...more

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• "Medal of Honor: The History." 2014. Conversation with Producer Ed Hooper.

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  May 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:At the Battle of Missionary Ridge on November 25, 1863, during the Chattanooga Campaign, the 18-year-old MacArthur inspired his regiment by seizing and planting the regimental flag on the crest of Missionary Ridge 35°1′7.15″N 85°15′51.02″W at a particularly critical moment, shouting "On Wisconsin." For these actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor.   ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Medal of Honor: The History." 2014. Conversation with Producer Ed Hooper. https://www.amazon.com/Medal-Honor-History-Gary-Sinise/dp/B00VHJK6KM  Narrated by Gary Sinise, this documentary showcases the medal itself and how it rose from a decoration no one wanted, to become the nation's highest honor. Featuring interviews with service branch historians and the U.S. Senate historian, the film illustrates how a medal is created at the mint. This is the first time a history of the medal has been assembled anywhere....more

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• 1933 vs 2013: The New Deal & Modern American Conservatism: A Defining Rivalry (Hoover Institution Press Publication) by Gordon Lloyd and David Davenport

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  May 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: New Deal N.R.A. 3-cent 1933 issue U.S. stamp. The National Recovery Administration was a prime New Deal agency established by U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) in 1933. Date 15 August 1933 Source U.S. Postal Service; National Postal Museum Author Bureau of Engraving and Printing ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow 1933 vs 2013: The New Deal & Modern American Conservatism: A Defining Rivalry (Hoover Institution Press Publication) by Gordon Lloyd and David Davenport https://www.amazon.com/New-Deal-Modern-American-Conservatism/dp/0817916857/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526788554&sr=1-1&keywords=american+conservatism+davenport Providing an often-overlooked historical perspective, Gordon Lloyd and David Davenport show how the New Deal of the 1930s established the framework for today’s U.S. domestic policy and the ongoing debate between progressives and conservatives. They examine the pivotal issues of the dispute, laying out the progressive-conservative arguments between Hoover and Roosevelt in the 1930s and illustrating how those issues remain current in public policy today. The authors detail how Hoover, alarmed by the excesses of the New Deal, pointed to the ideas that would constitute modern U.S. conservatism and how three pillars—liberty, limited government, and constitutionalism—formed his case against the New Deal and, in turn, became the underlying philosophy of conservatism today. Illustrating how the debates between Franklin Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover were conducted much like the campaign rhetoric of liberals and conservatives in 2012, Lloyd and Davenport assert that conservatives must, to be a viable part of the national conversation, “go back to come back”—because our history contains signposts for the way forward. ...more

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• Darwin's allies: The Last of the Tribe: 2 of 2: The Epic Quest to Save a Lone Man in the Amazon by Monte Reel

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  May 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The gravesite of Paul DuChaillu in Woodlawn Cemetery ) Darwin's allies: The Last of the Tribe: 2 of 2: The Epic Quest to Save a Lone Man in the Amazon by Monte Reel https://www.amazon.com/Between-Man-Beast-Adventure-Victorian/dp/0307742431/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

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• Darwin's allies: The Last of the Tribe: 1 of 2: The Epic Quest to Save a Lone Man in the Amazon by Monte Reel

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  May 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:French explorer Paul du Chaillu at close quarters with a gorilla. Explorations and adventures in Equatorial Africa, British original edition, p.71) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Darwin's allies: The Last of the Tribe: 1 of 2:  The Epic Quest to Save a Lone Man in the Amazon by Monte Reel https://www.amazon.com/Last-Tribe-Epic-Quest-Amazon/dp/1416594744/ref=laB004APWCDO1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526787712&sr=1-1...more

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• The Last 100 Days: 2 of 2: FDR at War and at Peace by David B. Woolner

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  May 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The last photograph of President Roosevelt, taken at Warm Springs, GA by Nicholas Robbins for Elizabeth Shoumatoff. FDR died the following day. April 12, 1945 Date 11 April 1945 Source 03-46 Author FDR Presidential Library & Museum Camera location 32° 52′ 03.95″ N, 84° 42′ 48.04″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Last 100 Days: 2 of 2: FDR at War and at Peace by David B. Woolner https://www.amazon.com/Last-100-Days-FDR-Peace/dp/0465048714/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526692314&sr=1-1...more

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• The Man He Became: 2 of 2: How FDR Defied Polio to Win the Presidency by James Tobin

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  May 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Unknown or not provided Record creator Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Title  Franklin D. Roosevelt, Otis Moore, and Ed Doyle in Warm Springs, Georgia Date 1931 Current location  National Archives and Records Administration Blue pencil.svg wikidata:Q518155 Franklin D. Roosevelt Library (NLFDR), 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY, 12538-1999.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Man He Became: 2 of 2: How FDR Defied Polio to Win the Presidency by James Tobin https://www.amazon.com/Man-He-Became-Defied-Presidency/dp/0743265165/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526692522&sr=1-1&keywords=man+he+became+tobin](https://www.amazon.com/Man-He-Became-Defied-Presidency/dp/0743265165/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526692522&sr=1-1&keywords=man+he+became+tobin](https://www.amazon.com/Man-He-Became-Defied-Presidency/dp/0743265165/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526692522&sr=1-1&keywords=man+he+became+tobin))...more

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• Russia's Lunar Mission. Anatoly Zak @RussianSpaceWeb David Livingston SpaceShow.com

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  May 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Deep Space Transport The National Aeronautics and Space Administration - NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Deep Space Transport ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Russia's Lunar Mission.  Anatoly Zak @RussianSpaceWeb David Livingston SpaceShow.com http://www.russianspaceweb.com/imp-che.html#2018 In April 2018, NASA, ESA and JAXA tentatively agreed that Japan would continue its work aimed at contributing the life-support system for the lunar outpost's main habitation module, which by that time was dubbed I-Hab, which probably a short for the international habitation module. NASA promised to contribute a power-supply system and a number of secondary items for the module, while the Canadian Space Agency, CSA, also looked at its potential contributions, most likely related to robotics. In May 2018, the partners planned to begin two parallel efforts, known as Phase A and B1, further advancing the design of the habitation module, starting a development process aiming its launch for the middle of 2024. However, by that time, such a deadline seemed increasingly difficult to reach due to continuous delays on the political side of the LOP-G program. A number of related small projects was also initiated to benefit the module's design, for example, the study of a new single-loop cooling system, as well as the work on the new-generation light-weight cold plates for mounting electronics and other light-weight structures. The next major milestone in the module development, known as System Requirements Review, SRR, could be held in May or June 2019. As with other components of the outpost, the partners planned that these next phases of the habitation module design would be conducted under contracts awarded to the industry on a competitive basis....more

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• 4 years ago: China's air, water and soil are poisoned & What is to be done?. Elizabeth @LizEconomy

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  May 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Sanlitun , Beijing, China Date 22 February 2014, 22:47 Source Beijing Air Pollution... Author Kentaro IEMOTO from Tokyo, Japan ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow 4 years ago: China's air, water and soil are poisoned & What is to be done?. Elizabeth @LizEconomy https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-13/china-wakes-up-to-its-environmental-catastrophe

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• Memories of Sputnik 3, May 1958. Anatoly Zak @RussianSpaceWeb David Livingston Spaceshow.com

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  May 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Sputnik 3 in the Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics in Kaluga.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Memories of Sputnik 3, May 1958. Anatoly Zak @RussianSpaceWeb David Livingston Spaceshow.com http://www.russianspaceweb.com/sputnik3.html The Object D was conceived as a multi-functional science laboratory with an ambitious array of instruments onboard. It was expected to measure the density and ion composition of the Earth's atmosphere and its magnetic field, and to study solar radiation and cosmic rays. The first satellite also promised a wealth of engineering data, which could later help in the development of attitude- and thermal control systems for future spacecraft, as well as information on the interaction of satellites with the upper atmosphere....more

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• The de-orbiting end of ISS. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  May 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Image above: This picture, recorded by one of the Expedition 31 crew members aboard the International Space Station, features Aurora Australis with star streaks while the vehicle was over the South Pacific Ocean. Image credit: NASA) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The de-orbiting end of ISS. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com http://behindtheblack.com/?s=de-orbiting+iss NASA inspector general weighs in on ISS’s future May 16, 2018 at 2:38 pm Robert Zimmerman The inspector general for NASA, Paul Martin, is testifying today before Congress on ISS. His prepared statement [pdf] includes several blunt assessements concerning the station’s future. First and most important, he has doubts that transitioning the station to private ownership will work....more

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• The first interplanetary cubesats.. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  May 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: A pair of CubeSats, with the Earth's limb in the background, is seen moments after being ejected from a small satellite deployer outside of the space station's Kibo lab module. Date Taken on 16 May 2017 Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/34354400620/ Author NASA) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The first interplanetary cubesats.. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com http://behindtheblack.com/?s=cubesats Mars cubesats take picture of Earth and Moon May 16, 2018 at 12:36 am Robert Zimmerman One of the two MarCO cubesats heading to Mars on the first interplanetary cubesat mission, has taken its a picture of the Earth and the Moon. NASA set a new distance record for CubeSats on May 8 when a pair of CubeSats called Mars Cube One (MarCO) reached 621,371 miles (1 million kilometers) from Earth. One of the CubeSats, called MarCO-B (and affectionately known as “Wall-E” to the MarCO team) used a fisheye camera to snap its first photo on May 9. That photo is part of the process used by the engineering team to confirm the spacecraft’s high-gain antenna has properly unfolded. As a bonus, it captured Earth and its moon as tiny specks floating in space. In a few weeks the two cubesats will make a mid-course correction, also the first time a cubesat has attempted such a thing....more

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• Millennials in retirement. @GeneMarks @WashingtonPost

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  May 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:A farmer and his two sons during a dust storm in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, April 1936. Iconic photo taken by Arthur Rothstein. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Millennials in retirement. @GeneMarks @WashingtonPost https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-small-business/wp/2018/05/10/study-workers-now-prefer-retirement-benefits-over-health-care-plans/?utm_term=.a06535c61fc4

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• Small Business of the Royal Wedding. @GeneMarks

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  May 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: The official ball held the Royal palace of Athens on 27th October 1889 to celebrate the wedding of Constantine, crown prince of Greece, with princess Sophia of Prussia Date 31 July 2013, 13:51:53 Source http://www.old-print.com/cgi-bin/item/J6751856135/search/31-Print-Athens-Royal-Wedding-State-Ball-Royal-Palace-1889-135J675-Old-Original# Author Unknown ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Small Business of the Royal Wedding. @GeneMarks https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-small-business/wp/2018/05/17/some-small-businesses-in-the-u-k-and-the-u-s-are-having-a-very-royal-time/?utm_term=.8d695620794d...more

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• Communist China is the Jesse James of the WTO. @GordonCChang

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  May 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:James' farm in Kearney, Missouri, pictured in March 2010 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Communist China is the Jesse James of the WTO. @GordonCChang  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/theworldpost/wp/2018/05/15/china-us/?utm_term=.bf816b1c2799

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• The New American Civil War: Woodrow Wilson and the origins of disunity. Michael Michael Vlahos, Naval War College. @JHUWorldCrisis.

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  May 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Eine Kabinettssitzung, um 1920 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The New American Civil War: Woodrow Wilson and the origins of disunity. Michael  Michael Vlahos, Naval War College. @JHUWorldCrisis.

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• PacWatch: "Like a weird little Disney ride" beneath the mean streets of LA. @JeffBliss1

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  May 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow PacWatch: "Like a weird little Disney ride" beneath the mean streets of LA. @JeffBliss1 https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/18/elon-musk-promises-1-rides-for-boring-companys-la-tunnels.html

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• The End of Work: 1 of 2: Why Your Passion Can Become Your Job by John Tamny

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  May 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: A scene from Karel Čapek's 1920 play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), showing three robots) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The End of Work: 1 of 2: Why Your Passion Can Become Your Job by John Tamny  https://www.amazon.com/End-Work-Your-Passion-Become/dp/1621577775/ref=tmmhrdswatch0?encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= We don't criticize business majors for focusing on business even though over 99% will never even be interviewed by Goldman Sachs. We similarly don't criticize journalism majors for focusing on journalism even though even fewer will ever darken the doors of the New York Times. But when individuals are talented and - yes - intelligent enough to rate a scholarship that costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, we tell them to cast a wide net while in school to develop other skills for life after football. The thinking is wrongheaded, and is rooted in a 20th-century view of work that no longer applies, and that ignores what appeals to employers. The opinion piece can be found here. It reads as positive that the Supreme Court would hand to the states oversight of sports betting, but why is such a benign act among individuals something states should have control over? It seems like mob rule on the state level will take the place of federal control. Figure that the SCOTUS ruling doesn't make gambling legal in all fifty states; it just means states can 'grant' us the right to do what we already do. That's what's disturbing. While drugs and gambling would be legal in a sane world, the fact that they're illegal doesn't mean that people act as they are. Sports betting is widely done, and drugs are widely used. If states make either legal, they won't be making us freer as much as they'll legalize what is already a fact so that they can tax it. They'll 'grant' us freedoms in order to increase the size of government with predictable results. The opinion piece can be found here. Bryce Covert is the latest pundit to fall for the silly notion that wages in the U.S. have stagnated since the 1970s. Implicit in what is laughable is that markets aren't just stupid, but that they're stupid for decades as they fail to incorporate the information that most informs human migration. In short, if Covert's wage assumptions were true then it would also be true that there would be no immigration issue for each side to play politics with. That immigrants have come by the tens of millions since the 1970s (a happy development in my mind) is the surest sign that wages have risen substantially since then. Having fallen for what's untrue, Covert concludes that fewer freedoms for the shareholders without which there are no companies and no jobs is the answer. Reliant on bad information, it's no surprise that her conclusions are even worse. The opinion piece can be found here. It's popular to say that "grit" is the path to success. No, avoidance of grit is. Grit didn't make Warren Buffett, nor does is make basketball savant LeBron James. Both work endlessly, but their genius isn't pursuit of grit. It was finding work that didn't feel like work to them. That's why robots and automation are so crucial to progress. They won't force us into breadlines as much as they'll free us to specialize. The division of labor among humans elevates every human, and robots will trump the human division of labor many times over. Precisely because they'll represent hundreds of new hands as opposed to two per human, our ability to specialize (and avoid grit) in the future will be much greater. Robots will greatly enable human success precisely because they'll free humans from unnecessary work. The opinion piece can be found here....more

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• The End of Work: 2 of 2: Why Your Passion Can Become Your Job by John Tamny

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  May 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Articulated welding robots used in a factory are a type of industrial robot ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The End of Work: 2 of 2: Why Your Passion Can Become Your Job by John Tamny  https://www.amazon.com/End-Work-Your-Passion-Become/dp/1621577775/ref=tmmhrdswatch0?encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Bryce Covert is the latest pundit to fall for the silly notion that wages in the U.S. have stagnated since the 1970s. Implicit in what is laughable is that markets aren't just stupid, but that they're stupid for decades as they fail to incorporate the information that most informs human migration. In short, if Covert's wage assumptions were true then it would also be true that there would be no immigration issue for each side to play politics with. That immigrants have come by the tens of millions since the 1970s (a happy development in my mind) is the surest sign that wages have risen substantially since then. Having fallen for what's untrue, Covert concludes that fewer freedoms for the shareholders without which there are no companies and no jobs is the answer. Reliant on bad information, it's no surprise that her conclusions are even worse. The opinion piece can be found here. It's popular to say that "grit" is the path to success. No, avoidance of grit is. Grit didn't make Warren Buffett, nor does is make basketball savant LeBron James. Both work endlessly, but their genius isn't pursuit of grit. It was finding work that didn't feel like work to them. That's why robots and automation are so crucial to progress. They won't force us into breadlines as much as they'll free us to specialize. The division of labor among humans elevates every human, and robots will trump the human division of labor many times over. Precisely because they'll represent hundreds of new hands as opposed to two per human, our ability to specialize (and avoid grit) in the future will be much greater. Robots will greatly enable human success precisely because they'll free humans from unnecessary work. The opinion piece can be found here....more

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• "Indiana" Hoenlein and the border of the Northern Kingdom of Israel and Aram-Damascus. Yardenna Alexandre. Malcolm Hoenlein

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  May 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Approximate map showing the Kingdoms of Israel (blue) and Judah (orange), ancient Southern Levant borders and ancient cities such as Urmomium and Jerash. The map shows the region in the 9th century BCE. Italiano: Il regno di Giuda e quello di Israele nell'età del ferro (VIII secolo a.C.). 日本語: 紀元前830年代のユダ王国（黄色）. Русский: Царство Иудея 927 по 526 гг. до н. э. Отсюда иудеи были сосланы завоевателями в Вавилонский регион. Bahasa Indonesia: Peta kerajaan-kerajaan di daerah tersebut pada abad 9 SM. Simple English: The northern Kingdom of Israel and the Kingdom of Judah to the south. Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски: Karta Sjevernog i JUžnog Kraljevstva. Samarija je bila glavni grad Kraljevstva Izrael (plavo). 830-e pne.,. Latviešu: Izraēlas un Jūdejas karalistes. Jūdejas karaliste (dzeltenā) ap 830. gadu p.m.ē. Date 12 July 2010, 19:42 (UTC) Source  OldtidensIsrael&_Judea.svg http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/map-of-israel-and-judah-733-bce Author  OldtidensIsrael&_Judea.svg: FinnWikiNo derivative work: Richardprins (talk)) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Indiana" Hoenlein and the border of the Northern Kingdom of Israel and Aram-Damascus. Yardenna Alexandre. Malcolm Hoenlein...more

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• Heidelberg University rejects anti-semtism in a close vote. @BenWeinthal @FDD

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  May 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: University Library Date Taken on 22 October 2012 Source https://www.panoramio.com/photo/84227220 Author Piotr Kubowicz) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Heidelberg University rejects anti-semtism in a close vote. @BenWeinthal @FDD Benjamin Weinthal is a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. A widely published journalist based in Berlin, he serves as FDD's eyes and ears in Europe. Benjamin’s investigative reporting has uncovered valuable information on Iran’s energy links to European firms, as well as Hamas and Hezbollah’s terror-finance operations in Europe. He has also examined the growth of the Islamic State in Europe, growing anti-Semitism on the Continent, and neo-Nazism. · http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/benjamin-weinthal-students-at-germanys-oldest-university-reject-antisemitic-bds-campaign/...more

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• The Democrats launched the counterintelligence apparatus against the Republican candidate: 2 of 2: & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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  May 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:At the 1958 World’s Fair in Brussels, Belgium, a curious meeting took place. The man in the short athletic jacket is an American Airman. He scheduled a tourist trip to the fair to meet the man in the suit on his right -- who was a general in the Czechoslovakian Air Force. Since most people at the fair had cameras, photographing their meeting was simple. (U.S. Air Force photo) ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Democrats launched the counterintelligence apparatus against the Republican candidate: 2 of 2: & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/crossfire-hurricane-new-york-times-report-buries-lede/...more

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• The Democrats launched the counterintelligence apparatus against the Republican candidate: 1 of 2: & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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  May 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:This map was used to track locations of meetings in St. Mihiel, France, with various OSI counterintelligence contacts during the early days of the Cold War. (U.S. Air Force photo) ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Democrats launched the counterintelligence apparatus against the Republican candidate: 1 of 2:  & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/crossfire-hurricane-new-york-times-report-buries-lede/...more

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• The Last 100 Days: 1 of 2: FDR at War and at Peace by David B. Woolner

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  May 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: FDR at his work table near the hearth at the "Little White House" in Warm Springs, Georgia. This photo was taken by his friend Margaret "Daisy" Suckley, a few days before he died on April 12, 1945. Date April 1945 Source 73-113:136 Author FDR Presidential Library & Museum) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Last 100 Days: 1 of 2: FDR at War and at Peace by David B. Woolner https://www.amazon.com/Last-100-Days-FDR-Peace/dp/0465048714/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526692314&sr=1-1...more

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• The Man He Became: 1 of 2: How FDR Defied Polio to Win the Presidency by James Tobin

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  May 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Unknown or not provided Record creator Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Title  Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hugh Love, and Arthur Carpenter Jr. in Warm Springs, Georgia Date 19 November 1931 Current location  National Archives and Records Administration Blue pencil.svg wikidata:Q518155 Franklin D. Roosevelt Library (NLFDR), 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY, 12538-1999.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Man He Became: 1 of 2: How FDR Defied Polio to Win the Presidency by James Tobin [ https://www.amazon.com/Man-He-Became-Defied-Presidency/dp/0743265165/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526692522&sr=1-1&keywords=man+he+became+tobin](https://www.amazon.com/Man-He-Became-Defied-Presidency/dp/0743265165/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526692522&sr=1-1&keywords=man+he+became+tobin) ...more

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• On the front line of the Gaza provocation. Malcolm Hoenlein, Richard Kemp.

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  May 18 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:View of Gaza Strip from Israel - October 2009 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the front line of the Gaza provocation. Malcolm Hoenlein, Richard Kemp.

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