The John Batchelor Show

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• Holding the Communist Party of the PRC responsible for the damage done #in-the-time-of-the-virus? @JohnYoo @HooverInst

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  Apr 09 2020

  Photo: Jiujiang Road, Shanghai, late 1920sUnknown author - en.wikipedia.org Upload Tool Operator: Flominator (Flominator) Image contributor(s): Nishishei 04:46, 10 February 2006 Nishishei 800x572 (104,044 bytes) (1920s Shanghai, Jiujiang Road. ) 1920s Shanghai, Jiujiang Road. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowHolding the Communist Party of the PRC responsible for the damage done #in-the-time-of-the-virus? @JohnYoo @HooverInsthttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/how-to-make-china-pay/?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=e816a2ce00-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_07_06_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-e816a2ce00-72527561 ...more

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• NASA, Russia, Europe: the world in space and in lockdown. William Harwood @cbs_spacenews ; David Livingston @SpaceShow

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  Apr 09 2020

  Image:  One of the countless thrilling NASA photographs Hotel Mars, episode n.  David Livingston, The Space Show, with Bill Harwood, CBS Space News, in re: NASA and how it deals with the virus. About 75% of the civil service staff is working at home.  Some work must continue, incl ISS.  Moscow.  Hubble Space Telescope.  Orion. Benu.  Osiris Rex.  ESU.  Quarantines. Soyuz: Baikonur.  

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• Edinburgh quiet but glorious in springtime of the virus. Simon Constable @RealConstable

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  Apr 09 2020

  Image: A 19th-century view of the Palace of Holyroodhouse from Calton Hill. Simon Constable, Forbes; in Edinburgh, in re: We have plenty of food; all the shops are closed and people keep a polite distance.  Take-out doesn’t include Guinness since all the pubs are closed.  The sun is returning and the birds are cheerful.  The cost to the economy of keeping everyone out of work is enormous. Boris Johnson, once an ally to Scotland and then something of an adversary. Independentistas in Scotland didn’t care for him; but as the PM grew ill and the Queen made a speech, we’re all sticking together. He’s got mojo and we’re all cheering for him.  The Scottish health minister resigned because she violated her own advice—twice. ...more

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• State of the City, State, Union: "Right now, we have an enemy we cannot see." @JCats2013 John Catsimatidis @CatsRoundtable @RedAppleTweets

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  Apr 09 2020

  Photo: A nurse wears a cloth mask while treating a patient in Washington, DCHarris & Ewing photographers - Photo by Harris & Ewing via Library of Congress website at [1]; converted from TIFF to .jpg and border cropped before upload "Walter Reed Hospital Flu Ward". Photo of Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D.C., during the great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 - 1919, also known as the "Spanish Flu". Patients are set up in rows of beds on an open gallery, seperated by hung sheets. A nurse wears a cloth mask over her nose and mouth.Public Domain http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow State of the City, State, Union: "Right now, we have an enemy we cannot see." @JCats2013 John Catsimatidis @CatsRoundtable @RedAppleTweets https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-coronavirus-peaks-new-york-citys-hospitals-prepare-live-or-die-guidance-11586362480?tesla=y&mod=article_inline ...more

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• The Unemployment Insurance that's better than employment. The PPP is well-intended and a little complicated. Veronique de Rugy: @veroderugy

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  Apr 09 2020

  Image:  Unemployment rate by county in March 2017  Public domain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unemployment_benefits_in_the_United_States#/media/File:Unemployment_rate_map_of_the_united_states.gif Veronique de Rugy, Mercatus, in re: Small business is the driver of American business and progress. If they can't sustain employees, then the CARES Act is supposed to be designed to protect the in this crisis:  100% salary plus $600.  This is generous is many ways, and flexible; considering that businesses are shutting down by order of the government, this is fair. When we’re allowed to go out and work, it's important that everyone return. Some will decide they're getting more not working than working, and in a way it interacts poorly with the payroll protection program.  Another provision is that people are getting checks for $1,200  . .  https://www.mercatus.org/publications/covid-19-policy-brief-series/timely-redux-personal-unemployment-insurance-savings ...more

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• In the race to save jobs, the SBA is still a mess. Veronique de Rugy: @veroderugy

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  Apr 09 2020

  Image:  Black cotton farming family (c. 1890s). Veronique de Rugy, Mercatus, in re: The SBA for many years has been woefully inadequate in responding to any disaster. The PPP, payroll protection program, is not specifically a disaster act, but it’s become a nightmare for applicants.  Even the 7A loan has always been ghastly to deal with: burdensome in its application, and the SBA is simply not responsive.  The application has intrusive and offensive demands that in no way correspond to the  CARES Act.  In Katrina, the apps made it easy for the banks to deny because it was easier to deny than offer the loan. Meanwhile, the inefficient SBA is overwhelmed.  Ninety-plus per cent of American businesses are defined as “small”—having fewer than 500 employees—but it’s easy for huge businesses, such as chain restaurants, to apply for each of its stores.  And they have a lot more  practice.  “Certifications and authorization, No. 2483: I certify that to the extent feasible I’ll purchase only American-made products.”  Of course I will, but the point of all this is to be prompt, and how can I know what percentage of an item I buy on Amazon is US-made?      How will the SBA train all the staff it needs right now?  After Katrina, it was still backlogged for three years, and actually dispersed some tiny amount of the loan requests.  Same for 2008. https://www.mercatus.org/publications/covid-19-policy-brief-series/timely-redux-personal-unemployment-insurance-savings ..The Mercatus Center's Veronique de Rugy <https://nam05.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mercatus.org%2Fscholars%2Fveronique-de-rugy&data=02%7C01%7Ckbrown%40mercatus.gmu.edu%7Cb8be791f111944060a8a08d7db273ab4%7C3935d3b92ba64346b5fc782c3b401577%7C0%7C0%7C637218833851912001&sdata=7VQduuggU6Dm80%2B42Rrow0MF5B4GrhAJf5Qo9worY%2BI%3D&reserved=0> says this additional money being allocated is no surprise, given all the small businesses that were forced to shutdown amidst the pandemic. But the SBA has a terrible track record responding to emergencies and there shouild be a better way to institute this funding:  It was obvious from the start that the $350 billion originally allocated for the Payroll Protection Program wasn’t going to be enough. First, it was wholly inadequate to cover all the small businesses that were forced to shut down their activities by state and local governments around the country (according to the SBA, 99. 7 percent of businesses in the US are small with fewer than 500 employees). The strain was made worse when congress broadened the definition of small business to include hotel and restaurant properties from large hotel and restaurant chains who wouldn’t otherwise qualify as small. It will also be strained by the fraud that is likely to take place when employers with too many employees fire them to fit in under the 500 employee limit.  That said, increasing the program without finding a better way than to channel it through the Small Business Administration is a big problem. The agency has a long track record of failing during emergencies. In addition, SBA is not fit to handle so many loans in such a short period of time. For PPP to succeed, you need more than additional funds.  Finally, Congress needs to look at the ways that PPP and the unemployment benefit interact with one another. The extreme generosity of the UI program may cause some small businesses to lose their employees preventing them from applying to the PPP without any fault of their own.. https://www.axios.com/small-business-bailout-coronavirus-ppp-01872be0-e3fd-442d-b5b2-3c543c04887a.html ...more

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• #NewWorld: Venezuela refugees return on foot over the Andes to a failed state #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal Joseph Humire @JSHumire @SecureFreeSoc

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  Apr 09 2020

  Photo: The palace shortly after its construction, circa 1900.Detroit Publishing Co., publisher - https://www.loc.gov/item/det1994004950/PP/ Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela Permission details Public domain works must be out of copyright in both the United States and in the source country of the work in order to be hosted on the Commons. If the work is not a U.S. work, the file must have an additional copyright tag indicating the copyright status in the source country.View more Public Domainview terms File:Miraflores Palace circa 1900.tif Created: circa 1900 date QS:P,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 Location: 10° 30′ 21.18″ N, 66° 55′ 20″ W http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#NewWorld: Venezuela refugees return on foot over the Andes to a failed state #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal Joseph Humire @JSHumire @SecureFreeSochttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-colombia-migrants/venezuelan-migrants-flee-colombian-quarantine-for-their-shattered-homeland-idUSKBN21L31C ...more

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• #NewWorld: Ecuador gives out cardboard coffins and sees the dead abandoned in the street #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal Joseph Humire @JSHumire @SecureFreeSoc

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  Apr 09 2020

  Photo: Title: Ecuador : its ancient and modern history, topography and natural resources, industries and social developmentYear: 1914 (1910s)Authors:  Enock, C. Reginald (Charles Reginald), 1868-1970Subjects: Publisher:  London : T. F. UnwinContributing Library:  Harold B. Lee LibraryDigitizing Sponsor:  Brigham Young UniversityView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From BookClick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:e Vinces, and the Caracas, flow fromthe north. All these streams are navigable on theirlower courses, regular steamboat traffic being main-tained on the Guayas and Bodegas with the riverport of that name eighty miles above Guayaquil andfor forty miles on the Daule. The Bodegas River, otherwise known as the Baba-hoyo, is tortuous, curving constantly from north toeast. Navigating from Guayaquil for six miles tothe north, the island of Mocoli is reached, and thence,seven or eight miles to the east, the mouth of theYaguachi or Chimbo. This river is crossed by theGuayaquil-Quito railway by an iron bridge. The Chimbo River forms a wide curve, flowingfrom the Cordillera southwards, westwards, andfinally north-west, falling into the Guayas. It is 1 Here, as throughout Ecuador and the greater part of SpanishAmerica, is to be noted the system, exceedingly troublesome to thegeographer, which the Spaniards introduced of giving differentnames to the same river in different parts of its course. r -http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#NewWorld: Ecuador gives out cardboard coffins and sees the dead abandoned in the street #in-the-time-of-the-virus.  Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal Joseph Humire @JSHumire @SecureFreeSochttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/05/ecuadorian-city-creates-helpline-for-removal-of-coronavirus-victims ...more

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• #Colloquy: Global trade after the virus will not look like global trade before the virus. @AlanTonelson RealityChek.com. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Apr 09 2020

  Photo: Fulton Street Dock, Manhattan skyline, Manhattan.No known copyright restrictionsDigital ID: 482681. Abbott, Berenice -- Photographer. November 26, 1935 Notes: Code: I.D. Men walk on pier where sailing vessels are moored, skyline beyond. Source: Changing New York / Berenice Abbott. (more info) Repository: The New York Public Library. Photography Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs. See more information about this image and others at NYPL Digital Gallery.Persistent URL: digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/id?482681 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#Colloquy: Global trade after the virus will not look like global trade before the virus. Extended Podcast with @AlanTonelson RealityChek.com. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast ...more

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• #Colloquy: Canada, the N-95 imbroglio, Trudeau succession, #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Extended Podcast with Charles Burton, senior fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeas

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  Apr 09 2020

  Photo: Title: Anthology and bibliography of Niagara FallsYear: 1921 (1920s)Authors:  Dow, Charles Mason, 1854-1920Subjects:  PlantsPublisher:  Albany, J.B. Lyon Company, PrintersContributing Library:  The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical GardenDigitizing Sponsor:  Metropolitan New York Library Council - METROView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From BookClick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:y of power development atNiagara since 1895, the present capacity of the power house of theNiagara Falls Power Company, the classes of service, the various indus-tries supplied, the amount and kind of power used and the probable futurelines of development. In a word, the status of power distribution fromthe power house of the Niagara Falls Power Company in 1901 and theprobable lines of development in the future. Probably more has been wirtten about electric power develop-ment at Niagara Falls than about any other power plant in theworld, partly because it is the largest electric plant in operation,involving, remarkable features of hydraulic and electrical engineer-ing, and partly also because the power is furnished by the mostfamous waterfall in existence. Few, however, are familiar withthe remarkable growth, during the past few years, of the indus-trial system which receives its supply of energy from the Niagaragenerators, and it is the purpose of this article to outline the many 990http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#Colloquy: Canada, the N-95 imbroglio, Trudeau succession, #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Extended Podcast with Charles Burton, senior fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/06/us-blocks-face-masks-canada-n95-protection-equipment ...more

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• #Colloquy: The US Air Force maintains readiness far #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Extended Podcast with Peter Huessy, director of Strategic Deterrent Studies of the Mitchell Institute of the Air Force Association. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast .

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  Apr 09 2020

  Photo: U.S. Army Air Corps Curtiss P-36A Hawk fighters of the 36th Pursuit Group at Langley Field, Virginia (USA), in 1940.Date | 1940Source | scan from Jeffrey Ethell: American Warplanes. WWII-Korea. Vol. II. Arms & Armour Press 1983, p. 10. ISBN 0853685770. Cited as USAF picture.Author | USAFpublic domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#Colloquy: The US Air Force maintains readiness far #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Extended Podcast with Peter Huessy, director of Strategic Deterrent Studies of the Mitchell Institute of the Air Force Association. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast ....more

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• #Colloquy: Lessons learned from the Benjamin Franklin, 1945, and the Theodore Roosevelt, 2020, #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Extended Podcast: James Holmes, Naval War College, The Naval Diplomat (https://navaldiplomat.com/). @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Apr 09 2020

  Photo: Public Domain File:USS Franklin (CV-13) afire and listing after a Japanese air attack on 19 March 1945 (80-G-273882).jpg Created: 19 March 1945date QS:P571,+1945-03-19T00:00:00Z/11 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#Colloquy: Lessons learned from the Benjamin Franklin, 1945, and the Theodore Roosevelt, 2020, #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Extended Podcast: James Holmes, Naval War College,  The Naval Diplomat (https://navaldiplomat.com/). @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast ...more

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• The pandemic fractures Europe into the rich North and the needy South & What is to be done? Russell A. Berman, the Walter A. Haas Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University, is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a co-chair of the Workin

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  Apr 09 2020

  Photo: English: View of the Exposition universelle Paris 1900.Date | 1899Source | Unknown sourceAuthor | Unknown authorhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe pandemic fractures Europe into the rich North and the needy South & What is to be done? Russell A. Berman, the Walter A. Haas Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University, is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a co-chair of the Working Group on Islamism and the International Order. @HooverInsthttps://www.foxnews.com/opinion/coronavirus-response-make-west-great-again-russell-berman-nicolas-goetzmann ...more

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• The Laffer Curve meets the $2 Trillion stimulus package. @JohnTamny

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  Apr 09 2020

  Photo: Entrance Drive, Miramir, Califpublic domain. https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2020/03/30/lets_not_insult_stimulus_by_calling_this_stimulus_487799.htmlhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe Laffer Curve meets the $2 Trillion stimulus package. @JohnTamnyhttps://www.realclearmarkets.com/2020/03/30/lets_not_insult_stimulus_by_calling_this_stimulus_487799.html

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• PRC looks to find geopolitical advantages after the virus ebbs & What is to be done?

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  Apr 08 2020

  Photo: Guangzhou (formerly Canton), Chinese Boats by Lai AfongcaviarkirchThis work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowPRC looks to find geopolitical advantages after the virus ebbs & What is to be done?https://spectator.us/geopolitical-jockeying-pandemic-south-china-sea/?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=e816a2ce00-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_07_06_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-e816a2ce00-72527561 ...more

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• Italy debates re-opening the economy #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Lorenzo Fiori, Managing Director of Ansaldo Foundation based in Genoa.

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  Apr 08 2020

  Photo: Arturo Ferrari. Piazza in Milano. File:Arturo ferrari, piazza vetra a milano, 1890-1900, 02.JPG talian:  piazza vetra a milanoDescription | detailDate | between 1890 and 1900 Medium | paintingSignature bottom leftThe Gallerie di Piazza Scala (or Gallerie d'Italia - Piazza Scala) is a modern and contemporary museum in Milan, Italy. Located in Piazza della Scala in the Palazzo Brentani and the Palazzo Anguissola, it hosts 195 artworks from the collections of Fondazione Cariplo with a strong representation of nineteenth century Lombard painters and sculptors, including Antonio Canovaand Umberto Boccioni. A new section was opened in the Palazzo della Banca Commerciale Italiana on October 25, 2012 with 189 art works from the twentieth centuryallerie di Piazza ScalaLocation | Palazzo Anguissola and Palazzo BrentaniVia Manzoni 6-10Milan ItalyCoordinates | 45° 28′ 05.77″ N, 9° 11′ 27.68″ E  Established | 3 November 2011Web page | Gallerie d'Italia - Piazza ScalaAuthority control | : Q2054135VIAF: 296800919Source/Photographer | Own work, Sailko, 26 January 2016, 14:27:38https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sailko I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:  | This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. | You are free:to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the workto remix – to adapt the workUnder the following conditions:attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. Initiated into artistic studies by his father Cesare, an associate of Luigi Scrosati, and the painter Mosè Bianchi from Lodi, Arturo Ferrari completed his training at the Brera Academy under the guidance of Giuseppe Bertini from 1877 to 1884 while working in the studio of Gerolamo Induno at the same time. He made his debut at the Esposizione di Belle Arti di Brera in 1879 with a view of the interior of Milan Cathedral, thus inaugurating the repertoire of Milanese perspective views that was to be a constant feature of his vast production of oil paintings and watercolours. He soon became the guiding spirit of a poetic and sentimental evocation of "Old Milan" during the phase of transition to the 20th century, when the face of the city changed radically through wholesale rebuilding. A regular participant in all the major exhibitions until 1932, the year of his death, he was the recipient of numerous marks of official recognition and enjoyed considerable success with the public as well as the esteem of conservative critics.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowItaly debates re-opening the economy #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Lorenzo Fiori, Managing Director of Ansaldo Foundation based in Genoa. ...more

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• The PRC pushes and the US Navy pushes back #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Captain Christopher Sharman, US Navy, @HooverInst

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  Apr 08 2020

  Photo:  Map of the South China Sea, with 9-dotted line highlighted in greenhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe PRC pushes and the US Navy pushes back #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Captain Christopher Sharman, US Navy, @HooverInsthttps://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2020/03/31/america__keep_your_eye_on_the_ball_115163.html

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• Biden follows the Geraldine Ferraro pathway to VPOTUS. @HooverWhalen @HooverInst

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  Apr 08 2020

  Photo: John Tylerhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowBiden follows the Geraldine Ferraro pathway to VPOTUS. @HooverWhalen @HooverInsthttps://www.forbes.com/sites/billwhalen/2020/04/05/coming-soon-to-the-biden-campaign-binders-full-of-women/#116ab1563cc6

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• Tales of the New Cold War: 2 of 2: Putin and Sobyanin of Moscow #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Stephen F. Cohen @NYUniversity @Princeton eastwestaccord.com.

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  Apr 08 2020

  Photo: The Millennium of Russia monument in Veliky Novgorod, featuring the statues and reliefs of the most celebrated people in the first 1000 years of Russian history.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowTales of the New Cold War: 2 of 2: Putin and Sobyanin of Moscow #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Stephen F. Cohen @NYUniversity @Princeton eastwestaccord.com.

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• Tales of the New Cold War: 1 of 2: Putin and Sobyanin of Moscow #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Stephen F. Cohen @NYUniversity @Princeton eastwestaccord.com.

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  Apr 08 2020

  Photo: Crisis in Russia: Konstantin Makovsky's Appeal of Minin (1896) depicts Kuzma Minin appealing to the people of Nizhny Novgorod to raise a volunteer army against the Polish invaders and Sigismund III of Poland.   Time of Troubles or Smuta (Смутное время, Smutnoe vremya), 1598 to 1613.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowTales of the New Cold War: 1 of 2: Putin and Sobyanin of Moscow #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Stephen F. Cohen @NYUniversity @Princeton eastwestaccord.com....more

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• London social-distancing-dog-walking #in-the-time-of-the-virus. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

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  Apr 08 2020

  Photo: Image from page 273 of "The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment" (1907) Title: The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment Identifier: cu31924001170848 Year: 1907 (1900s) Authors: Leighton, Robert, 1859- Subjects: Dogs Publisher: London, Paris, New York, Toronto & Melbourne, Cassell and Company, Limited Contributing Library: Cornell University Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN    View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowLondon social-distancing-dog-walking #in-the-time-of-the-virus. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion...more

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• London debates a Boris Johnson succession option #in-the-time-of-the-virus @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

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  Apr 08 2020

  Photo: Houses of Parliament, London, England http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowLondon debates a Boris Johnson succession option #in-the-time-of-the-virus @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinionhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52208156

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• Biden unenthusiasm #in-the-time-of-the-virus. @LizPeek @TheHill

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  Apr 08 2020

  Photo: English: Title: New York Stock Exchange and Wilks Bldg. Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.Date | 1921Source | Library of CongressCatalog: https://lccn.loc.gov/00650326Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3c20000/3c24000/3c24900/3c24934v.jpgOriginal url: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/00650326/Author | Underhill, Irving, -1960, photographerPermission(Reusing this file) | No known restrictions on publication.his work is in the public domain http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowBiden unenthusiasm #in-the-time-of-the-virus. @LizPeek @TheHill...more

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• The markets search for an exit from #in-the-time-of-the-virus. @LizPeek @TheHill

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  Apr 08 2020

  Photo:Paul Strand (October 16, 1890 – March 31, 1976) was an American photographer and filmmaker who, along with fellow modernist photographers like Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston, helped establish photography as an art form in the 20th century. His diverse body of work, spanning six decades, covers numerous genres and subjects throughout the Americas, Europe, and Africa. English: Paul Strand took this photograph from the steps of the New York Federal Hall during morning rush hour. The recently completed building of white marble at 23 Wall Street (on the southeast corner of Wall and Broad Streets) was located in one of the most expensive areas of real estate in New York City. A symbol of financial power, it was the new headquarters of J.P. Morgan and Company. The photograph grew out of what the artist described as an attempt to capture a “kind of movement” that was at once “abstract and controlled.” The long horizontal shadows of the figures counterpose the yawning dark verticals of the Morgan Bank’s windows, and the dynamism of their movement plays off of the building’s solidity. While this image evokes the tenor of urban existence in early twentieth century America, it is just as important for its abstract formal patterns and structures, which Strand believed were uncovered by the camera’s objectivity. The photograph can be seen as the quintessential representation of the uneasy relationship between early twentieth-century Americans and their new cities. Here the people are seen not as individuals but as abstract silhouettes trailing long shadows down the chasms of commerce. The intuitive empathy that Strand demonstrates for these workers of New York's financial district would be evident throughout the wide and varied career of this seminal American photographer and filmmaker, who increasingly became involved with the hardships of working people around the world. In this and his other early photographs of New York, Strand helped set a trend toward pure photography of subject and away from the "pictorialist" imitation of painting.1915Public Domain http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe markets search for an exit from #in-the-time-of-the-virus. @LizPeek @TheHill https://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2020/04/07/newsletter-crisis-of-confidence/...more

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• 69 A.D.: 1 of 1: The Year of Four Emperors 1st Edition by Gwyn Morgan (Author)

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  Apr 08 2020

  Photo: The Triumph of Titus by Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Oil on canvas, 1885 Lawrence Alma-Tadema - http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/image.asp?id=108 Permission details This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: The author died in 1912, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1925. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.View more Public Domainview terms File:The Triumph of Titus Alma Tadema.jpg Created: 1885date QS:P571,+1885-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow 69 A.D.: 1 of 1: The Year of Four Emperors 1st Edition by Gwyn Morgan  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/69-AD-Year-Four-Emperors-dp-0195124685/dp/0195124685/ref=mt_hardcover?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=The Year of Four Emperors, so the ancient sources assure us, was one of the most chaotic, violent and frightening periods in all Roman history: a time of assassinations and civil wars, of armies so out of control that they had no qualms about occupying the city of Rome, and of ambitious men who seized power only to lose it, one after another. In 69 AD, Gwyn Morgan offers a fresh look at this period, based on two considerations to which insufficient attention has been paid in the past. First, that we need to unravel rather than cherry-pick between the conflicting accounts of Tacitus, Plutarch and Suetonius, our three main sources of information. And second, that the role of the armies, as distinct from that of their commanders, has too often been exaggerated. The result is a remarkably accurate and insightful narrative history, filled with colorful portraits of the leading participants and new insights into the nature of the Roman military Morgan ranges from the suicide of Nero in June 68 to the triumph of Vespasian in December 69. In between, three other emperors hold power. We meet Galba, old, tightfisted and conservative, who was declared emperor in June 68 and assassinated in January 69. Otho, once Nero's boon companion, who was responsible for murdering Galba, seized power in a coup in Rome in January 69 and, to everybody's surprise, committed suicide three months later in a vain attempt to end the civil wars. Vitellius, as indolent as he was extravagant, who was put forward by two ambitious lieutenants, recognized by the senate in Rome once they heard of Otho's death in April, and cut down by Vespasian's partisans in the last days of December. And then there is Vespasian, the candidate who looked least likely to succeed, but (according to Tacitus) was still the first to be improved by becoming emperor.A strikingly vivid account of ancient Rome, 69 AD is an original and compelling account of one of the best known but perhaps least understood periods in all Roman history....more

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• Why did Democrats Biden and Buttigieg wade early into the Theodore Roosevelt debate? Brandon Weichert @WeTheBrandon

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  Photo: Opening session of the 1924 Democratic conventionThe Boston Globe - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41805353/the_boston_globe/ Public Domain File:Opening session of the 1924 Democratic convention.png Created: 25 June 1924 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowWhy did Democrats Biden and Buttigieg wade early into the Theodore Roosevelt debate? Brandon Weichert @WeTheBrandonhttps://theweichertreport.com/2020/04/03/dont-make-a-hero-out-of-captain-brett-crozier/ ...more

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• Thailand and Hong Kong close off international airport arrivals #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Michael_Yon

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  Apr 08 2020

  Photo: Portrait of Siamese State Official, one of portrait paintings collection in The Portraits of Periodical Offering of Imperial Qing by Xie Sui, 18th century painting in the National Palace Museum in Taipei.Unknown author - http://blog.163.com/ylfangok@126/album/#m=1&aid=110152528&p=1 暹羅國夷官 Public Domain File:暹羅國夷官.jpg Created: 2006-07-14 18:25:04 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThailand and Hong Kong close off international airport arrivals #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Michael_Yonhttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-07/thailand-says-lockdown-is-slowing-spread-of-novel-coronavirus ...more

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• Religious persecution #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Sam Brownback, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom.

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  Apr 08 2020

  Photo: Image from page 21 of "Massacres of Christians by heathen Chinese, and horrors of the Boxers; containing a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners, customs and peculiarities of the Chinese Identifier: massacresofchris00clev Title: Massacres of Christians by heathen Chinese, and horrors of the Boxers; containing a complete history of the Boxers; the Tai-Ping insurrection and massacres of the foreign ministers; manners, customs and peculiarities of the Chinese .. Year: 1900 (1900s) Authors:  Cleveland, Harold Irwin Subjects:  Publisher:  Philadelphia, National publishing company Contributing Library:  The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor:  The Library of Congress http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowReligious persecution #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Sam Brownback, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom.https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/state-department-millions-of-religious-prisoners-could-be-left-to-die-of-coronavirus ...more

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• Azerbaijan locks down against the virus while Armenia continues provocations in Nagorno-Karabakh. @ElinSuleymanov @ProfBShaffer

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  Apr 08 2020

  Photo: Title: Six thousand years of historyYear: 1900 (1900s)Authors:  Sanderson, Edgar, d. 1907Subjects:  World historyPublisher:  Philadelphia : E.R. DuMontContributing Library:  University of California LibrariesDigitizing Sponsor:  MSNView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From BookClick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:ed by a suc-cessful assault on that part of the Persian host whereDarius himself was posted; confident in the power of thephalanx, and yet taking every precaution that skill andforesight could suggest—Alexander gained for himself,by his dispositions and conduct on this great day, a placeamong the foremost tacticians and heroes in the historyof the world. The phalanx forced its irresistible waythrough the Persian center, moved nearer and nearer toDarius, shook his strong nerves at last, and sent him flee-ing, fast as horse could bear him, from the field of, notmerely a lost battle, but a ruined Empire. A few daysafterward Alexander entered Babylon, far to the south,as virtual master of the Eastern world, at the age oftwenty-five. In the following year (B. C. 330) Dariuswas murdered by his satrap Bessus, governor of Bactria. After receiving the surrender of the other two capitals,Susa and Persepolis, Alexander spent the year B. C. 330in conquering the northern provinces of the Persianhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowAzerbaijan locks down against the virus while Armenia continues provocations in Nagorno-Karabakh. @ElinSuleymanov azembassy.us @ProfBShafferProf. Brenda Shaffer is a specialist on international energy, Middle East, Azerbaijan,  Caucasus, Caspian energy, and the East-Med. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/02/27/russia-iran-suleimani-the-united-states-needs-to-declare-war-on-proxies/...more

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• FISA abuse is rampant & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Apr 07 2020

  Photo: Seal of the Evidenzbureau, military intelligence service of the Austrian Empire.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowFISA abuse is rampant & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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• Search for origins of Russiagate leads again to John Brennan's door. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Apr 07 2020

  Photo: Painting by John James AudubonOperation Mockingbird was an alleged large-scale program of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that began in the early 1950s and attempted to manipulate news media for propaganda purposes. It funded student and cultural organizations and magazines as front organizations. Wiretaps of two US journalists were authorized by the then-CIA director, John A. McCone, "in coordination with the Attorney General (Mr. Robert Kennedy), the Secretary of Defense (Mr. Robert McNamara), and the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (Gen. Joseph Carroll)."http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowSearch for origins of Russiagate leads again to John Brennan's door. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness...more

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• Al Qaeda speaks of the virus as judgment on unbelievers. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD

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  Apr 07 2020

  Photo: Quranic calligraphy.   Eschatological judgment in Islam:Separation of the Righteous and the Damned at al-Qiyamah  At divine judgment, each person's Book of Deeds will be read, in which "every small and great thing is recorded, but with actions before adolescence omitted. Records shall be given with the right hand if they are good, and the left if they are evil. Even the smallest acts will not be ignored:        Then shall anyone who has done an atom's weight of good, see it!And anyone who has done an atom's weight of evil, shall see it.— Qur'an, Sura 99 Az-Zalzala, ayat 7-8 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowAl Qaeda speaks of the virus as judgment on unbelievers. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD...more

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• Predatory Taliban accuses the US of deal-breaking. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD

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  Apr 07 2020

  Photo: A Taliban "night letter" discouraging cooperation with foreign forces.Taliban night letter propaganda leaflet: "Attention to all dear brothers: If the infidels come to your villages or to your mosques, please stop your youngsters from working for them and don’t let them walk with the infidels. If anybody in your family is killed by a mine or anything else then you will be the one responsible, not us."  Public domain,http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowPredatory Taliban accuses the US of deal-breaking. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD...more

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• "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Almost Lost Haggadah of Lombardy at Passover. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Apr 07 2020

  Photo: Detail of a bird-headed Jewish man placing matzo in an oven Scribe: Menahem Details of artist on Google Art Project - BgHiieuz1IC0Bw at Google Cultural Institutemaximum zoom level Public Domain File:Red figure Scribe- Menahem - The Birds' Head Haggadah - Google Art Project (cropped).jpg Created: circa 1300 date QS:P571,+1300-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow"Indiana" Hoenlein and the Almost Lost Haggadah of Lombardy at Passover. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.apollo-magazine.com/lombard-haggadah/ ...more

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• #in-the-time-of-the-virus in Israel, Gaza, West Bank, Iran. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Apr 07 2020

  Photo: Solomon temple as of before 1910 in Jerusalem, Israel (10/34) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#In-the-time-of-the-virus in Israel, Gaza, West Bank, Iran. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness  

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• Virtual conventions to nominate socially distant candidates? @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund

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  Apr 07 2020

  Photo: English: 5th Avenue, New York CityРусский: Пятая авеню Нью-Йорка, впереди слева особняк Вандербильта(?) и за ним собор святого Патрика. Фотография сделана со второго этажа автобуса.Date | 1913Source | Scan from Congress LibraryAuthor | Unknown authorhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowVirtual conventions to nominate socially distant candidates? @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund 

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• When can the Trump Administration reopen for business & What is to be done?@DavidMDrucker @JohnFund

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  Apr 07 2020

  Photo: Public Domain: English: Easter Parade on Fifth Avenue, New York 1900Date | 28 January 2014, 02:43:14Source | http://www.old-picture.com/american-history-1900-1930s/Avenue-Fifth-Yorks-New.htmAuthor | Unknown authorhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowWhen can the Trump Administration reopen for business & What is to be done?@DavidMDrucker @JohnFund

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• Why is Bill Gates building factories for a vaccine that does not yet exist? @HenryIMiller @PacificResearch

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  Apr 07 2020

  Photo: Contemporary engraving of Naples during the Naples Plague in 1656 Domenico Gargiulo - [1] Italian: Largo Mercatello a Napoli durante la peste del 1656. Public Domain File:Piazza Mercatello durante la peste del 1656 - Spadaro.jpg http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowWhy is Bill Gates building factories for a vaccine that does not yet exist? @HenryIMiller @PacificResearch https://www.wsj.com/articles/bill-gates-to-spend-billions-on-coronavirus-vaccine-development-11586124716...more

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• Did Captain Brett Crozier risk national security by telling foes the Theodore Roosevelt is out of action? @JedBabbin.

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  Apr 07 2020

  Photo: Contemporary engraving of Marseille during the Great Plague in 1720 Michel Serre - Transferred from fr.wikipedia to Commons. Scène de la peste de 1720 à la Tourette (Marseille) Public Domain File:Chevalier Roze à la Tourette - 1720.PNG Created: 26 September 2010 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowDid Captain Brett Crozier risk national security by telling foes the Theodore Roosevelt is out of action? @JedBabbin.  https://spectator.org/military-triage-in-the-pandemic/...more

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• Sweden stays open and manages better than shutdown nations.#in-the-time-of-the-virus Joel Hay @USCSchPharmacy

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  Apr 07 2020

  Photo: The Great Plague of London, in 1665, killed up to 100,000 people.unknwn - http://theloveforhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/plague_380x529_712060a.jpg The Great Plague of London in 1665. The last major outbreak of the bubonic plague in England. Public Domain File:Great plague of london-1665.jpg Created: 5 December 2011 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowSweden stays open and manages better than shutdown nations.#in-the-time-of-the-virus Joel Hay @USCSchPharmacy https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/coronavirus-response-sweden-avoids-isolation-economic-ruin/This is, in fact, the first time we have quarantined healthy people rather than quarantining the sick and vulnerable. As Fredrik Erixon, the director of the European Centre for International Political Economy in Brussels, wrote in The Spectator (U.K.) last week: “The theory of lockdown, after all, is pretty niche, deeply illiberal — and, until now, untested. It’s not Sweden that’s conducting a mass experiment. It’s everyone else.”...more

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• Looking for a successful exit from the shutdown #in-the-time-of-the-virus. @SWAtlas David and Joan Traitel Senior Fellow @HooverInst

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  Apr 07 2020

  Photo: Citizens of Tournai bury plague victimsPierart dou Tielt (fl. 1340-1360) - http://balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?path=X004175&objnr=20049662 Miniature by Pierart dou Tielt illustrating the Tractatus quartus bu Gilles li Muisit (Tournai, c. 1353). The people of Tournai bury victims of the Black Death. ms. 13076 - 13077 fol. 24v. Public Domain File:Doutielt3.jpg Created: circa 1353 date QS:P,+1353-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowLooking for a successful exit from the shutdown #in-the-time-of-the-virus. @SWAtlas  David and Joan Traitel Senior Fellow  @HooverInst   https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/490582-the-case-for-optimism?rnd=1585756100&utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=3c4bf0ece3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_05_04_36_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-3c4bf0ece3-72527561 ...more

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• #Colloquy: The PRC Ambassador writes a love letter to New York in an attempt to escape responsibility #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Extended Podcast with @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast and the Professor.

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  Apr 07 2020

  Photo: Pieter Bruegel's The Triumph of Death reflects the social upheaval and terror that followed plague, which devastated medieval Europe. Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Museo del Prado Obra moral que muestra el triunfo de la Muerte sobre las cosas mundanas, simbolizado a través de un gran ejército de esqueletos arrasando la Tierra. Al fondo aparece un paisaje yermo donde aún se desarrollan escenas de destrucción. En un primer plano, la Muerte al frente de sus ejércitos sobre un caballo rojizo, destruye el mundo de los vivos, quienes son conducidos a un enorme ataúd, sin esperanza de salvación. Todos los estamentos sociales están incluidos en la composición, sin que el poder o la devoción pueda salvarles. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#Colloquy: The PRC ambassador writes a love letter to New York in an attempt to escape responsibility #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Extended Podcast with @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast and the Professor.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/opinion/coronavirus-china-us.html ...more

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• The Lost Bank: 4 of 4: The Story of Washington Mutual - The Biggest Bank Failure in American History Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Kirsten Grind (Author), Traber Burns (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  Apr 06 2020

  Photo: Run on German American Bank (LOC)Taken circa 1910 No known copyright restrictionsBain News Service,, publisher. Run on German American Bank 1914 August 3 (date created or published later by Bain) 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes:Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.Photograph shows people lined up outside an entrance to the German Savings Bank, 147 Fourth Avenue, New York City, during the beginning of World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011 and image of bank building in the New York Public Library Digital Collections: ID G91F197_004F)Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Lost Bank: 4 of 4: The Story of Washington Mutual - The Biggest Bank Failure in American History  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Kirsten Grind (Author), Traber Burns (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Bank-Washington-Biggest-American-dp-B008FL3GTS/dp/B008FL3GTS/ref=mt_audio_download?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=During the most dizzying days of the financial crisis, Washington Mutual, a bank with hundreds of billions of dollars in its coffers, suffered a crippling bank run. The story of its final, brutal collapse in the autumn of 2008, and its controversial sale to JPMorgan Chase, is an astonishing account of how one bank lost itself to greed and mismanagement, and how the entire financial industry - and even the entire country - lost its way as well.  Kirsten Grind's The Lost Bank is a magisterial and gripping account of these events, tracing the cultural shifts, the cockamamie financial engineering, and the hubris and avarice that made this incredible story possible. The men and women who become the central players in this tragedy - the regulators and the bankers, the home buyers and the lenders, the number crunchers and the shareholders - are heroes and villains, perpetrators and victims, often switching roles with one another as the drama unfolds.  Written as compellingly as the finest fiction, The Lost Bank makes it clear that the collapse of Washington Mutual was not just the largest bank failure in American history. It is a story of talismanic qualities, reflecting the incredible rise and the precipitous collapse of not only an institution, but of trust, fortunes, and the marketplaces for risk across the world.  About the author: Kirsten Grind has received more than a dozen national awards for her work, including a Pulitzer Prize finalist citation for her work covering the collapse of Washington Mutual. A reporter for the Wall Street Journal, she lives in New York City....more

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• The Lost Bank: 3 of 4: The Story of Washington Mutual - The Biggest Bank Failure in American History Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Kirsten Grind (Author), Traber Burns (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  Apr 06 2020

  Photo: Crowd at New York's American Union Bank during a bank run early in the Great Depression.  The Bank opened in 1917 and went out of business on June 30, 1931. From: http://www.ssa.gov/history/bank.html | This work is in the public domain  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Lost Bank: 3 of 4: The Story of Washington Mutual - The Biggest Bank Failure in American History  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Kirsten Grind (Author), Traber Burns (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Bank-Washington-Biggest-American-dp-B008FL3GTS/dp/B008FL3GTS/ref=mt_audio_download?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=During the most dizzying days of the financial crisis, Washington Mutual, a bank with hundreds of billions of dollars in its coffers, suffered a crippling bank run. The story of its final, brutal collapse in the autumn of 2008, and its controversial sale to JPMorgan Chase, is an astonishing account of how one bank lost itself to greed and mismanagement, and how the entire financial industry - and even the entire country - lost its way as well.  Kirsten Grind's The Lost Bank is a magisterial and gripping account of these events, tracing the cultural shifts, the cockamamie financial engineering, and the hubris and avarice that made this incredible story possible. The men and women who become the central players in this tragedy - the regulators and the bankers, the home buyers and the lenders, the number crunchers and the shareholders - are heroes and villains, perpetrators and victims, often switching roles with one another as the drama unfolds.  Written as compellingly as the finest fiction, The Lost Bank makes it clear that the collapse of Washington Mutual was not just the largest bank failure in American history. It is a story of talismanic qualities, reflecting the incredible rise and the precipitous collapse of not only an institution, but of trust, fortunes, and the marketplaces for risk across the world.  About the author: Kirsten Grind has received more than a dozen national awards for her work, including a Pulitzer Prize finalist citation for her work covering the collapse of Washington Mutual. A reporter for the Wall Street Journal, she lives in New York City....more

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• The Lost Bank: 2 of 4: The Story of Washington Mutual - The Biggest Bank Failure in American History Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Kirsten Grind (Author), Traber Burns (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  Apr 06 2020

  Photo: Run on the Seamen's Savings' Bank during the Panic of 1857.On October 13, 1857, after the Ohio Life & Trust Co. declared bankruptcy, panic struck the New York Stock Exchange and hundreds of other banks and individual investors were ruined. This wood engraving, , shows a crowd gesturing and shoving. A ragpicker picks up now-worthless stock certificates, and a pickpocket operates unnoticed.Wood engraving, 4.75 × 9.5 in.Date | 31 October 1857Source | The 1857-10-31 issue of Harper's Weekly (vol. I, p. 692).This copy came from the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-5358 (b&w film copy neg.), uncompressed archival TIFF version (1228 kB), color level (pick white point, adjust black) and converted to JPEG (quality level 88) with the GIMP 2.4.5, image quality 88.Author | Unknown authorPermission(Reusing this file) | No known restriction on publicationhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Lost Bank: 2 of 4: The Story of Washington Mutual - The Biggest Bank Failure in American History  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Kirsten Grind (Author), Traber Burns (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Bank-Washington-Biggest-American-dp-B008FL3GTS/dp/B008FL3GTS/ref=mt_audio_download?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=During the most dizzying days of the financial crisis, Washington Mutual, a bank with hundreds of billions of dollars in its coffers, suffered a crippling bank run. The story of its final, brutal collapse in the autumn of 2008, and its controversial sale to JPMorgan Chase, is an astonishing account of how one bank lost itself to greed and mismanagement, and how the entire financial industry - and even the entire country - lost its way as well.  Kirsten Grind's The Lost Bank is a magisterial and gripping account of these events, tracing the cultural shifts, the cockamamie financial engineering, and the hubris and avarice that made this incredible story possible. The men and women who become the central players in this tragedy - the regulators and the bankers, the home buyers and the lenders, the number crunchers and the shareholders - are heroes and villains, perpetrators and victims, often switching roles with one another as the drama unfolds.  Written as compellingly as the finest fiction, The Lost Bank makes it clear that the collapse of Washington Mutual was not just the largest bank failure in American history. It is a story of talismanic qualities, reflecting the incredible rise and the precipitous collapse of not only an institution, but of trust, fortunes, and the marketplaces for risk across the world.  About the author: Kirsten Grind has received more than a dozen national awards for her work, including a Pulitzer Prize finalist citation for her work covering the collapse of Washington Mutual. A reporter for the Wall Street Journal, she lives in New York City....more

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• The Lost Bank: 1 of 4: The Story of Washington Mutual - The Biggest Bank Failure in American History Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Kirsten Grind (Author), Traber Burns (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  Apr 06 2020

  Photo: Run on Berlin Bank when war declared (LOC)Taken circa 1910 No known copyright restrictionsBain News Service,, publisher. Run on Berlin Bank when war declared [1914 Aug.] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes:Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.Photograph shows crowd of people at door of a bank in Berlin, Germany at the beginning of World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011) Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Lost Bank: 1 of 4: The Story of Washington Mutual - The Biggest Bank Failure in American History  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Kirsten Grind (Author), Traber Burns (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Bank-Washington-Biggest-American-dp-B008FL3GTS/dp/B008FL3GTS/ref=mt_audio_download?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=During the most dizzying days of the financial crisis, Washington Mutual, a bank with hundreds of billions of dollars in its coffers, suffered a crippling bank run. The story of its final, brutal collapse in the autumn of 2008, and its controversial sale to JPMorgan Chase, is an astonishing account of how one bank lost itself to greed and mismanagement, and how the entire financial industry - and even the entire country - lost its way as well.  Kirsten Grind's The Lost Bank is a magisterial and gripping account of these events, tracing the cultural shifts, the cockamamie financial engineering, and the hubris and avarice that made this incredible story possible. The men and women who become the central players in this tragedy - the regulators and the bankers, the home buyers and the lenders, the number crunchers and the shareholders - are heroes and villains, perpetrators and victims, often switching roles with one another as the drama unfolds.  Written as compellingly as the finest fiction, The Lost Bank makes it clear that the collapse of Washington Mutual was not just the largest bank failure in American history. It is a story of talismanic qualities, reflecting the incredible rise and the precipitous collapse of not only an institution, but of trust, fortunes, and the marketplaces for risk across the world.  About the author: Kirsten Grind has received more than a dozen national awards for her work, including a Pulitzer Prize finalist citation for her work covering the collapse of Washington Mutual. A reporter for the Wall Street Journal, she lives in New York City....more

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• A Thousand Hills to Heaven: 2 of 2: Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Josh Ruxin (Author), Will Collyer (Narrator), Hachette Audio (Publisher)

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  Apr 06 2020

  Photo: Image from page 265 of "The birds of South Africa" (1900)No known copyright restrictions Title: The birds of South Africa Identifier: birdsofsouthafri03star Year: 1900 (1900s) Authors: Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944 Subjects: Birds -- South Africa Publisher: London, R. H. Porter Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow A Thousand Hills to Heaven: 2 of 2:   Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Josh Ruxin (Author), Will Collyer (Narrator), Hachette Audio (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/A-Thousand-Hills-to-Heaven/dp/B00HTRAI4U/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=One couple's inspiring memoir of healing a Rwandan village, raising a family near the old killing fields, and building a restaurant named Heaven.  Newlyweds Josh and Alissa were at a party and received a challenge that shook them to the core: Do you think you can really make a difference? Especially in a place like Rwanda, where the scars of genocide linger and poverty is rampant?  While Josh worked hard bringing food and health care to the country's rural villages, Alissa was determined to put their foodie expertise to work. The couple opened Heaven, a gourmet restaurant overlooking Kigali, which became an instant success. Remarkably, they found that between helping youth marry their own local ingredients with gourmet recipes (and mix up "the best guacamole in Africa") and teaching them how to help themselves, they created much-needed jobs while showing that genocide's survivors really could work together.  While first a memoir of love, adventure, and family, A Thousand Hills to Heaven also provides a remarkable view of how, through health, jobs, and economic growth, our foreign aid programs can be quickly remodeled and work to end poverty worldwide....more

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• A Thousand Hills to Heaven: 1 of 2: Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Josh Ruxin (Author), Will Collyer (Narrator), Hachette Audio (Publisher)

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  Apr 06 2020

  Photo:English: Scan of German East Africa 5p stamp of 1900, made by User:Stan ShebsDate | 1900Source | Scan by Stan Shebs This work was first published in Tanzania and is now in the public domain http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow A Thousand Hills to Heaven: 1 of 2:   Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Josh Ruxin (Author), Will Collyer (Narrator), Hachette Audio (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/A-Thousand-Hills-to-Heaven/dp/B00HTRAI4U/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=One couple's inspiring memoir of healing a Rwandan village, raising a family near the old killing fields, and building a restaurant named Heaven.  Newlyweds Josh and Alissa were at a party and received a challenge that shook them to the core: Do you think you can really make a difference? Especially in a place like Rwanda, where the scars of genocide linger and poverty is rampant?  While Josh worked hard bringing food and health care to the country's rural villages, Alissa was determined to put their foodie expertise to work. The couple opened Heaven, a gourmet restaurant overlooking Kigali, which became an instant success. Remarkably, they found that between helping youth marry their own local ingredients with gourmet recipes (and mix up "the best guacamole in Africa") and teaching them how to help themselves, they created much-needed jobs while showing that genocide's survivors really could work together.  While first a memoir of love, adventure, and family, A Thousand Hills to Heaven also provides a remarkable view of how, through health, jobs, and economic growth, our foreign aid programs can be quickly remodeled and work to end poverty worldwide....more

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• Project Azorian: 4 of 4: The CIA and the Raising of the K-129 Audible Audiobook– Unabridged. James Lurie (Narrator), Norman Polmar (Author), Michael White (Author), & 1 more

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  Apr 06 2020

  Photo: English: Title: Howard Hughes speaking before the Press Club. Washington, D.C., July 21. Howard Hughes, speaking at the National Press Club today, before hundreds of government officials and representatives of foreign governments. Hughes today envisioned a future in aviation when giant flying boats, almost as large as modern ocean liners, will fly the Atlantic under conditions in which the element of luck will play no part, speaking at the luncheon in his honor, he described in detail the type of flying craft and equipment he believes the future will see but which is now nothing more than an aeronautical engineers dream, 7/21/38Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smallerDate | 21 July 1938Source | Library of CongressCatalog: https://lccn.loc.gov/2016873815Image download: https://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/hec/24800/24844v.jpgOriginal url: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016873815/Author | Harris & Ewing, photographerPermission(Reusing this file) | No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see Harris & Ewing Photographs - Rights and Restrictions Information https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/140_harr.htmlThis image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Project Azorian: 4 of 4: The CIA and the Raising of the K-129  Audible Audiobook– Unabridged.  James Lurie (Narrator), Norman Polmar (Author), Michael White (Author), & 1 more https://www.amazon.com/Project-Azorian-CIA-Raising-K-129/dp/B00C7Q3SEA/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?dchild=1&keywords=Norman+Palomar+Azorian&qid=1586131620&s=audible&sr=1-1-fkmr0Despite incredible political, military, and intelligence risks, and after six years of secret preparations, the CIA attempted to salvage the sunken Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 from the depths of the North Pacific Ocean in early August 1974. This audacious effort was carried out under the cover of an undersea mining operation sponsored by eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes.  Azorian, incorrectly identified as Project Jennifer by the press, was the most ambitious ocean engineering endeavor ever attempted and can be compared to the 1969 moon landing for its level of technological achievement.  Following the sinking of a Soviet missile submarine in March 1968, U.S. intelligence agencies were able to determine the precise location and to develop a means of raising the submarine from a depth of more than 16,000 feet. Previously, the deepest salvage attempt of a submarine had been accomplished at 245 feet. The remarkable effort to reach the K-129, which contained nuclear-armed torpedoes and missiles as well as cryptographic equipment, was conducted with Soviet naval ships a few hundred yards from the lift ship, the Hughes Glomar Explorer.  While other books have been published about this secret project, none has provided an accurate and detailed account of this remarkable undertaking. To fully document the story, the authors conducted extensive interviews with men who were on board the Glomar Explorer and the USS Halibut, the submarine that found the wreckage, as well as with U.S. naval intelligence officers and with Soviet naval officers and scientists.  The authors had access to the Glomar Explorer's logs and to other documents from U.S. and Soviet sources. The book is based, in part, on the research for Michael White's ground-breaking documentary film, Azorian: The Raising of the K-129, released in late 2009. As a result of the research for the book and the documentary film, the CIA reluctantly issued a report on Project Azorian in early 2010, even though they tried to withhold details that were in that brief document from the public record by redacting one-third of it. In this book, the story of the CIA's Project Azorian is finally revealed after decades of secrecy....more

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• Project Azorian: 3 of 4: The CIA and the Raising of the K-129 Audible Audiobook– Unabridged. James Lurie (Narrator), Norman Polmar (Author), Michael White (Author), & 1 more

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  Apr 06 2020

  Photo: English: July 19, 1948 edition (Volume 52, Issue 3) of TIME Magazine cover depicting American entrepeneur Howard Hughes .Date | 2 January 2018, 11:06:09Source | Time-Life images hosted by Google; Time magazine archive — watermarks and age yellowing removed with Photoshop by uploader.Author | Time Inc., illustration by Ernest Hamlin Baker. Time failed to renew the copyrights of many early issues; see wikisource:Time (magazine).http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Project Azorian: 3 of 4: The CIA and the Raising of the K-129  Audible Audiobook– Unabridged.  James Lurie (Narrator), Norman Polmar (Author), Michael White (Author), & 1 more https://www.amazon.com/Project-Azorian-CIA-Raising-K-129/dp/B00C7Q3SEA/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?dchild=1&keywords=Norman+Palomar+Azorian&qid=1586131620&s=audible&sr=1-1-fkmr0Despite incredible political, military, and intelligence risks, and after six years of secret preparations, the CIA attempted to salvage the sunken Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 from the depths of the North Pacific Ocean in early August 1974. This audacious effort was carried out under the cover of an undersea mining operation sponsored by eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes.  Azorian, incorrectly identified as Project Jennifer by the press, was the most ambitious ocean engineering endeavor ever attempted and can be compared to the 1969 moon landing for its level of technological achievement.  Following the sinking of a Soviet missile submarine in March 1968, U.S. intelligence agencies were able to determine the precise location and to develop a means of raising the submarine from a depth of more than 16,000 feet. Previously, the deepest salvage attempt of a submarine had been accomplished at 245 feet. The remarkable effort to reach the K-129, which contained nuclear-armed torpedoes and missiles as well as cryptographic equipment, was conducted with Soviet naval ships a few hundred yards from the lift ship, the Hughes Glomar Explorer.  While other books have been published about this secret project, none has provided an accurate and detailed account of this remarkable undertaking. To fully document the story, the authors conducted extensive interviews with men who were on board the Glomar Explorer and the USS Halibut, the submarine that found the wreckage, as well as with U.S. naval intelligence officers and with Soviet naval officers and scientists.  The authors had access to the Glomar Explorer's logs and to other documents from U.S. and Soviet sources. The book is based, in part, on the research for Michael White's ground-breaking documentary film, Azorian: The Raising of the K-129, released in late 2009. As a result of the research for the book and the documentary film, the CIA reluctantly issued a report on Project Azorian in early 2010, even though they tried to withhold details that were in that brief document from the public record by redacting one-third of it. In this book, the story of the CIA's Project Azorian is finally revealed after decades of secrecy....more

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• Project Azorian: 2 of 4: The CIA and the Raising of the K-129 Audible Audiobook– Unabridged. James Lurie (Narrator), Norman Polmar (Author), Michael White (Author), & 1 more

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  Apr 06 2020

  Photo: Howard Hughes Around the World Flight LockheedCatalog #: 10_0015713Title: Howard Hughes Around the World Flight Lockheed Date: 1938Additional Information: Howard Hughes Around the World Flight Lockheed Tags: Howard Hughes Around the World Flight Lockheed , Howard Hughes Around the World Flight Lockheed , 1938Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Project Azorian: 2 of 4: The CIA and the Raising of the K-129  Audible Audiobook– Unabridged.  James Lurie (Narrator), Norman Polmar (Author), Michael White (Author), & 1 more https://www.amazon.com/Project-Azorian-CIA-Raising-K-129/dp/B00C7Q3SEA/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?dchild=1&keywords=Norman+Palomar+Azorian&qid=1586131620&s=audible&sr=1-1-fkmr0Despite incredible political, military, and intelligence risks, and after six years of secret preparations, the CIA attempted to salvage the sunken Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 from the depths of the North Pacific Ocean in early August 1974. This audacious effort was carried out under the cover of an undersea mining operation sponsored by eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes.  Azorian, incorrectly identified as Project Jennifer by the press, was the most ambitious ocean engineering endeavor ever attempted and can be compared to the 1969 moon landing for its level of technological achievement.  Following the sinking of a Soviet missile submarine in March 1968, U.S. intelligence agencies were able to determine the precise location and to develop a means of raising the submarine from a depth of more than 16,000 feet. Previously, the deepest salvage attempt of a submarine had been accomplished at 245 feet. The remarkable effort to reach the K-129, which contained nuclear-armed torpedoes and missiles as well as cryptographic equipment, was conducted with Soviet naval ships a few hundred yards from the lift ship, the Hughes Glomar Explorer.  While other books have been published about this secret project, none has provided an accurate and detailed account of this remarkable undertaking. To fully document the story, the authors conducted extensive interviews with men who were on board the Glomar Explorer and the USS Halibut, the submarine that found the wreckage, as well as with U.S. naval intelligence officers and with Soviet naval officers and scientists.  The authors had access to the Glomar Explorer's logs and to other documents from U.S. and Soviet sources. The book is based, in part, on the research for Michael White's ground-breaking documentary film, Azorian: The Raising of the K-129, released in late 2009. As a result of the research for the book and the documentary film, the CIA reluctantly issued a report on Project Azorian in early 2010, even though they tried to withhold details that were in that brief document from the public record by redacting one-third of it. In this book, the story of the CIA's Project Azorian is finally revealed after decades of secrecy....more

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• Project Azorian: 1 of 4: The CIA and the Raising of the K-129 Audible Audiobook– Unabridged. James Lurie (Narrator), Norman Polmar (Author), Michael White (Author), & 1 more

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  Apr 06 2020

  Photo: Photo of Howard Hughes in 1938.Date | 15 July 1938Source | eBay frontbackAuthor | Acme NewspicturesPermission(Reusing this file) | Pre-1978 no marhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Project Azorian: 1 of 4: The CIA and the Raising of the K-129  Audible Audiobook– Unabridged.  James Lurie (Narrator), Norman Polmar (Author), Michael White (Author), & 1 more https://www.amazon.com/Project-Azorian-CIA-Raising-K-129/dp/B00C7Q3SEA/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?dchild=1&keywords=Norman+Palomar+Azorian&qid=1586131620&s=audible&sr=1-1-fkmr0Despite incredible political, military, and intelligence risks, and after six years of secret preparations, the CIA attempted to salvage the sunken Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129 from the depths of the North Pacific Ocean in early August 1974. This audacious effort was carried out under the cover of an undersea mining operation sponsored by eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes.  Azorian, incorrectly identified as Project Jennifer by the press, was the most ambitious ocean engineering endeavor ever attempted and can be compared to the 1969 moon landing for its level of technological achievement.  Following the sinking of a Soviet missile submarine in March 1968, U.S. intelligence agencies were able to determine the precise location and to develop a means of raising the submarine from a depth of more than 16,000 feet. Previously, the deepest salvage attempt of a submarine had been accomplished at 245 feet. The remarkable effort to reach the K-129, which contained nuclear-armed torpedoes and missiles as well as cryptographic equipment, was conducted with Soviet naval ships a few hundred yards from the lift ship, the Hughes Glomar Explorer.  While other books have been published about this secret project, none has provided an accurate and detailed account of this remarkable undertaking. To fully document the story, the authors conducted extensive interviews with men who were on board the Glomar Explorer and the USS Halibut, the submarine that found the wreckage, as well as with U.S. naval intelligence officers and with Soviet naval officers and scientists.  The authors had access to the Glomar Explorer's logs and to other documents from U.S. and Soviet sources. The book is based, in part, on the research for Michael White's ground-breaking documentary film, Azorian: The Raising of the K-129, released in late 2009. As a result of the research for the book and the documentary film, the CIA reluctantly issued a report on Project Azorian in early 2010, even though they tried to withhold details that were in that brief document from the public record by redacting one-third of it. In this book, the story of the CIA's Project Azorian is finally revealed after decades of secrecy....more

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• Strange Rebels: 4 of 4: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Christian Caryl (Author), Patrick Lawlor (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  Apr 06 2020

  Photo: mage from page 592 of "Austria-Hungary : with excursions to Cetinje, Belgrade, and Bucharest : handbook for travellers" (1911) Identifier: austriahungarywi00baed Title: Austria-Hungary : with excursions to Cetinje, Belgrade, and Bucharest : handbook for travellers Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors:  Baedeker, Karl Subjects:  Publisher:  Leipzig : K. Baedeker New York C. Scribner Contributing Library:  University of Maryland, College Park Digitizing Sponsor:  LYRASIS members and Sloan Foundation http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Strange Rebels: 4 of 4:  1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Christian Caryl (Author), Patrick Lawlor (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Rebels-1979-Birth-Century-dp-B00CKZHSQM/dp/B00CKZHSQM/ref=mt_audio_download?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid= Few moments in history have seen as many seismic transformations as 1979. That one year marked the emergence of revolutionary Islam as a political force on the world stage, the beginning of market revolutions in China and Britain that would fuel globalization, and the first stirrings of the resistance movements in Eastern Europe and Afghanistan that ultimately led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. More than any other year in the latter half of the 20th century, 1979 heralded the economic, political, and religious realities that define the 21st century. Strange Rebels shows how the world we live in today began to take shape in this pivotal year. 1979 saw a series of counterrevolutions against the progressive consensus that had dominated the postwar era. The year's epic upheavals embodied a startling conservative challenge to communist and socialist systems around the globe, fundamentally transforming politics and economics worldwide. In China, 1979 marked the start of sweeping market-oriented reforms that have made the country the economic powerhouse it is today. 1979 was also the year that Pope John Paul II traveled to Poland, confronting communism in Eastern Europe by reigniting its people's suppressed Catholic faith. In Iran, the Islamic Revolution transformed the nation into a theocracy almost overnight, overthrowing the shah's modernizing monarchy. Farther west, Margaret Thatcher became prime minister of Britain, returning it to a purer form of free-market capitalism and opening the way for Ronald Reagan to do the same in the United States. And in Afghanistan, a Soviet invasion fueled an Islamic holy war with global consequences; the Afghan mujahedin presaged the rise of al-Qaeda and served as a key factor in the fall of communism. Weaving the story of each of these counterrevolutions into a gripping narrative, Strange Rebels is a groundbreaking account of how these far-flung events and disparate actors and movements gave birth to our modern age....more

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• Strange Rebels: 3 of 4: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Christian Caryl (Author), Patrick Lawlor (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  Apr 06 2020

  Photo: Title: Arabia: the cradle of Islam : studies in the geography, people and politics of the peninsula, with an account of Islam and mission workYear: 1900 (1900s)Authors:  Zwemer, Samuel Marinus, 1867-1952Subjects:  Missions -- Arabian Peninsula Islam Islam Arabian Peninsula Arabian Peninsula -- Description and travel Arabian Peninsula -- MissionsPublisher:  New York Toronto : F. H. RevellContributing Library:  Princeton Theological Seminary LibraryDigitizing Sponsor:  MSNView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From BookClick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:e. Thestreets are nearly all unpaved and in summer the sand anddust are as disagreeable as is the black mud in the rainy sea-son. Strangely enough, although the city itself and even theKaaba have more than once suffered from destructive floodsthat have poured down the narrow valley, Mecca is poorlyprovided with water. There are few cisterns to catch therains and the well water is brackish. The famous well ofZemzem has an abundance of water but it is not fit to drink.^The best water is brought by an aqueduct from the vicinity ofArafat six or seven miles distant and sold for a high price by awater-trust which annually fills the coffers of the Shereef of • Professor Hankin in the British Medical Journal for June, 1894, pub-lished the result of his analysis of Zemzem water as follows: Totalsolid in a gallon, 259; Chlorine, 51.24; Free ammonia, parts per mil-lion, 0.93 ; Albuminoid ammonia, .45. It contains an amount of solidsgreater than that in any well water used for potable purposes.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Strange Rebels: 3 of 4:  1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Christian Caryl (Author), Patrick Lawlor (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Rebels-1979-Birth-Century-dp-B00CKZHSQM/dp/B00CKZHSQM/ref=mt_audio_download?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid= Few moments in history have seen as many seismic transformations as 1979. That one year marked the emergence of revolutionary Islam as a political force on the world stage, the beginning of market revolutions in China and Britain that would fuel globalization, and the first stirrings of the resistance movements in Eastern Europe and Afghanistan that ultimately led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. More than any other year in the latter half of the 20th century, 1979 heralded the economic, political, and religious realities that define the 21st century. Strange Rebels shows how the world we live in today began to take shape in this pivotal year. 1979 saw a series of counterrevolutions against the progressive consensus that had dominated the postwar era. The year's epic upheavals embodied a startling conservative challenge to communist and socialist systems around the globe, fundamentally transforming politics and economics worldwide. In China, 1979 marked the start of sweeping market-oriented reforms that have made the country the economic powerhouse it is today. 1979 was also the year that Pope John Paul II traveled to Poland, confronting communism in Eastern Europe by reigniting its people's suppressed Catholic faith. In Iran, the Islamic Revolution transformed the nation into a theocracy almost overnight, overthrowing the shah's modernizing monarchy. Farther west, Margaret Thatcher became prime minister of Britain, returning it to a purer form of free-market capitalism and opening the way for Ronald Reagan to do the same in the United States. And in Afghanistan, a Soviet invasion fueled an Islamic holy war with global consequences; the Afghan mujahedin presaged the rise of al-Qaeda and served as a key factor in the fall of communism. Weaving the story of each of these counterrevolutions into a gripping narrative, Strange Rebels is a groundbreaking account of how these far-flung events and disparate actors and movements gave birth to our modern age....more

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• Strange Rebels: 2 of 4: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Christian Caryl (Author), Patrick Lawlor (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  Apr 06 2020

  Photo: English: Busy traffic on London Bridge, around 1900Date | circa 1900 Source | Book:Im Fluge durch die Welt, Berlin, undated (around 1900)Author | John L.Stoddard (died 1931), Scan by Robert SchediwyThis work is in the public domain http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Strange Rebels: 2 of 4:  1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Christian Caryl (Author), Patrick Lawlor (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Rebels-1979-Birth-Century-dp-B00CKZHSQM/dp/B00CKZHSQM/ref=mt_audio_download?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid= Few moments in history have seen as many seismic transformations as 1979. That one year marked the emergence of revolutionary Islam as a political force on the world stage, the beginning of market revolutions in China and Britain that would fuel globalization, and the first stirrings of the resistance movements in Eastern Europe and Afghanistan that ultimately led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. More than any other year in the latter half of the 20th century, 1979 heralded the economic, political, and religious realities that define the 21st century. Strange Rebels shows how the world we live in today began to take shape in this pivotal year. 1979 saw a series of counterrevolutions against the progressive consensus that had dominated the postwar era. The year's epic upheavals embodied a startling conservative challenge to communist and socialist systems around the globe, fundamentally transforming politics and economics worldwide. In China, 1979 marked the start of sweeping market-oriented reforms that have made the country the economic powerhouse it is today. 1979 was also the year that Pope John Paul II traveled to Poland, confronting communism in Eastern Europe by reigniting its people's suppressed Catholic faith. In Iran, the Islamic Revolution transformed the nation into a theocracy almost overnight, overthrowing the shah's modernizing monarchy. Farther west, Margaret Thatcher became prime minister of Britain, returning it to a purer form of free-market capitalism and opening the way for Ronald Reagan to do the same in the United States. And in Afghanistan, a Soviet invasion fueled an Islamic holy war with global consequences; the Afghan mujahedin presaged the rise of al-Qaeda and served as a key factor in the fall of communism. Weaving the story of each of these counterrevolutions into a gripping narrative, Strange Rebels is a groundbreaking account of how these far-flung events and disparate actors and movements gave birth to our modern age....more

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• Strange Rebels: 1 of 4: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Christian Caryl (Author), Patrick Lawlor (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)

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  Apr 06 2020

  Photo: Four men pulling a cart full of wooden boxes, Shanghai, Shanghai Shi, China, ca.1900-1919 "Shanghai. Note the young boy in front. In modern-day China there is, of course, far more use of machines; but failing them, man-power is still resorted to." Four men are pulling a heavy load of wooden boxes on a cart.; Captions for this set of lantern slides from the papers of Oliver and Jennie Logan, American Presbyterian missionaries in Hunan, were provided by their daughter Elsa. Subject (aat): general views Photographer: Unidentified Part of collection: International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960 Type: images Part of subcollection: Photographs from the Yale Divinity School Library, New Haven, Connecticut, ca.1880-1950 Part of repository: Yale Divinity Library Special Collections This work is in the public domain Access conditions: http://www.library.yale.edu/div/reproductions.html Coverage date: 1900/1919 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Strange Rebels: 1 of 4:  1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Christian Caryl (Author), Patrick Lawlor (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Rebels-1979-Birth-Century-dp-B00CKZHSQM/dp/B00CKZHSQM/ref=mt_audio_download?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid= Few moments in history have seen as many seismic transformations as 1979. That one year marked the emergence of revolutionary Islam as a political force on the world stage, the beginning of market revolutions in China and Britain that would fuel globalization, and the first stirrings of the resistance movements in Eastern Europe and Afghanistan that ultimately led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. More than any other year in the latter half of the 20th century, 1979 heralded the economic, political, and religious realities that define the 21st century. Strange Rebels shows how the world we live in today began to take shape in this pivotal year. 1979 saw a series of counterrevolutions against the progressive consensus that had dominated the postwar era. The year's epic upheavals embodied a startling conservative challenge to communist and socialist systems around the globe, fundamentally transforming politics and economics worldwide. In China, 1979 marked the start of sweeping market-oriented reforms that have made the country the economic powerhouse it is today. 1979 was also the year that Pope John Paul II traveled to Poland, confronting communism in Eastern Europe by reigniting its people's suppressed Catholic faith. In Iran, the Islamic Revolution transformed the nation into a theocracy almost overnight, overthrowing the shah's modernizing monarchy. Farther west, Margaret Thatcher became prime minister of Britain, returning it to a purer form of free-market capitalism and opening the way for Ronald Reagan to do the same in the United States. And in Afghanistan, a Soviet invasion fueled an Islamic holy war with global consequences; the Afghan mujahedin presaged the rise of al-Qaeda and served as a key factor in the fall of communism. Weaving the story of each of these counterrevolutions into a gripping narrative, Strange Rebels is a groundbreaking account of how these far-flung events and disparate actors and movements gave birth to our modern age....more

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• Seize Freedom!: 2 of 2: American Truths and Renewal in a Chaotic Age (Culture of Enterprise) Hardcover – February 8, 2011. by Thaddeus G. McCotter (Author)

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  Photo: Philip II of Macedon: victory medal (nikétérion) struck in Tarsus, c. 2nd century BC (Cabinet des Médailles, Paris). Unknown artist - Jastrow (2006) Niketerion (victory medallion) bearing the effigy of king Philip II of Macedon, 3nd century AD, probably minted during the reign of Emperor Alexander Severus. Public Domain File:Philip II of Macedon CdM.jpg http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Seize Freedom!: 2 of 2: American Truths and Renewal in a Chaotic Age (Culture of Enterprise) Hardcover – February 8, 2011.  by Thaddeus G. McCotter  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Seize-Freedom-American-Renewal-Enterprise/dp/1935191667/ref=sr_1_6?crid=SHV0N72EUZVH&dchild=1&keywords=thaddeus+mccotter&qid=1586129549&s=audible&sprefix=thaddeus+mccotter%2Caudible%2C184&sr=8-6Right now, parents suffer sleepless nights worrying that they will lose their jobs, their homes, and their hopes for their children. Citizens struggle to make sense of a society disdainful of---and destructive to---the traditional culture of faith, truth, virtue, and beauty. Government---under both parties---has swollen to grotesque proportions, racked up staggering debt, and become a threat to Americans' freedom.In the aftermath of a historic election, fueled by citizens willing to stand against a government seemingly aligned against them, U.S. Representative Thaddeus McCotter makes a spirited cry for sanity in a chaotic age. Seize Freedom! boldly confronts the quartet of generational challenges that too many leaders ignore or belittle, and charts the path of truth and renewal for America.So many of our problems, the author shows, have been exacerbated by ideology, which John Adams aptly called the "science of idiocy." With incisive thought and wicked humor McCotter attacks the idiocy that pervades Washington. He wisely calls for ridding ourselves of ideology as the first step to transcending our great challengesIn ancient Athens, the patriot Demosthenes pleaded with a prideful and pampered people to confront threats to their liberty: "In God's name, I beg of you to think." The Athenians refused to listen, falling sway to demagogues who dismissed the dangers. Soon their civilization was crushed...more

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• Seize Freedom!: 1 of 2: American Truths and Renewal in a Chaotic Age (Culture of Enterprise) Hardcover – February 8, 2011. by Thaddeus G. McCotter (Author)

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  Photo: Demosthenes Practising Oratory by Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouy (1842–1923). Demosthenes used to study in an underground room he constructed himself. He also used to talk with pebbles in his mouth and recited verses while running.[19] To strengthen his voice, he spoke on the seashore over the roar of the waves. Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ - Uploaded by Arthur Laisis~commonswiki on 9 March 2006. Public Domain File:Démosthène s'exerçant à la parole (1870) by Jean-Jules-Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ.jpg Created: 1870date QS:P571,+1870-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Seize Freedom!: 1 of 2: American Truths and Renewal in a Chaotic Age (Culture of Enterprise) Hardcover – February 8, 2011.  by Thaddeus G. McCotter  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Seize-Freedom-American-Renewal-Enterprise/dp/1935191667/ref=sr_1_6?crid=SHV0N72EUZVH&dchild=1&keywords=thaddeus+mccotter&qid=1586129549&s=audible&sprefix=thaddeus+mccotter%2Caudible%2C184&sr=8-6Right now, parents suffer sleepless nights worrying that they will lose their jobs, their homes, and their hopes for their children. Citizens struggle to make sense of a society disdainful of---and destructive to---the traditional culture of faith, truth, virtue, and beauty. Government---under both parties---has swollen to grotesque proportions, racked up staggering debt, and become a threat to Americans' freedom.In the aftermath of a historic election, fueled by citizens willing to stand against a government seemingly aligned against them, U.S. Representative Thaddeus McCotter makes a spirited cry for sanity in a chaotic age. Seize Freedom! boldly confronts the quartet of generational challenges that too many leaders ignore or belittle, and charts the path of truth and renewal for America.So many of our problems, the author shows, have been exacerbated by ideology, which John Adams aptly called the "science of idiocy." With incisive thought and wicked humor McCotter attacks the idiocy that pervades Washington. He wisely calls for ridding ourselves of ideology as the first step to transcending our great challengesIn ancient Athens, the patriot Demosthenes pleaded with a prideful and pampered people to confront threats to their liberty: "In God's name, I beg of you to think." The Athenians refused to listen, falling sway to demagogues who dismissed the dangers. Soon their civilization was crushed...more

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• Scorpions: 2 of 2: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Noah Feldman (Author), Cotter Smith (Narrator), Hachette Audio (Publisher)

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  Apr 05 2020

  Photo: Title: The Supreme Court in United States historyYear: 1922 (1920s)Authors:  Warren, Charles, 1868-1954Subjects:  United States. Supreme Court LawPublisher:  Boston : Little, BrownContributing Library:  The Library of CongressDigitizing Sponsor:  The Library of CongressView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From BookClick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:. 521, and Rasmussen v. United States (1905), 197U. S. 516; Porto Rico v. Tapia (1918), 245 U. S. 639. The tremendous interesttaken in the decision by the Court as to the status of the new territories is illus-trated by the enormous number of articles in the law journals, 1899-1905,citation of which is not practicable; but see The Causes and Results of our Warloith Spain from a Legal Standpoint, by Judge Elmer B. Adams, Yale Law Journ.(Dec, 1898), VIII; The Final Phase of the Insular Tariff Controversies, by HenryM. Hoyt, ihid. (1905), XIV; The Legal Status of the Philippines, by Lebbeus R.Wilfrey, ibid.; The Hawaiian Case, by Emlin McClain, Harv. Law Rev. (1904),VII; The Decisions of the Supreme Court in the Insular Cases, by John W. Burgess,Pol. Sci. Qu. (1901), XVI; The Insular Cases, by Carman F. Randolph, ColumbiaLaw Rev. (1901), I; The Insular Decisions of 1901, by Edward B. Whitney, ibid.(1902), II. ^ See Edward Douglass White, by John W. Davis, Amer. Bar Ass. Journ. (1921),VIhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Scorpions: 2 of 2: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Noah Feldman (Author), Cotter Smith (Narrator), Hachette Audio (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Scorpions-Battles-Triumphs-Supreme-Justices/dp/B004B8RHCQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Feldman+scorpions&qid=1586129195&s=audible&sr=1-1A tiny, ebullient Jew who started as America's leading liberal and ended as its most famous judicial conservative. A Klansman who became an absolutist advocate of free speech and civil rights. A backcountry lawyer who started off trying cases about cows and went on to conduct the most important international trial ever. A self-invented, tall-tale Westerner who narrowly missed the presidency but expanded individual freedom beyond what anyone before had dreamed.  Four more different men could hardly be imagined. Yet they had certain things in common. Each was a self-made man who came from humble beginnings on the edge of poverty. Each had driving ambition and a will to succeed. Each was, in his own way, a genius. They began as close allies and friends of FDR, but the quest to shape a new Constitution led them to competition and sometimes outright warfare.  Scorpions tells the story of these four great justices: their relationship with Roosevelt, with each other, and with the turbulent world of the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War. It also serves as a history of the modern Constitution itself....more

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• Scorpions: 1 of 2: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Noah Feldman (Author), Cotter Smith (Narrator), Hachette Audio (Publisher)

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  Photo: Law Library in Old Supreme Court in CapitolFrom 1860-1935 the Supreme Court met in what is now referred to as the Old Senate Chamber, during this period the Old Supreme Court served as law library until 1951. Full details: www.aoc.gov/cc/capitol/oscc.cfm  -----This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any other commercial use). When any of these images is used the photographic credit line should read “Architect of the Capitol.” These images may not be used in any way that would imply endorsement by the Architect of the Capitol or the United States Congress of a product, service or point of view. For more information visit www.aoc.gov/terms http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Scorpions: 1 of 2: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Noah Feldman (Author), Cotter Smith (Narrator), Hachette Audio (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Scorpions-Battles-Triumphs-Supreme-Justices/dp/B004B8RHCQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Feldman+scorpions&qid=1586129195&s=audible&sr=1-1A tiny, ebullient Jew who started as America's leading liberal and ended as its most famous judicial conservative. A Klansman who became an absolutist advocate of free speech and civil rights. A backcountry lawyer who started off trying cases about cows and went on to conduct the most important international trial ever. A self-invented, tall-tale Westerner who narrowly missed the presidency but expanded individual freedom beyond what anyone before had dreamed.  Four more different men could hardly be imagined. Yet they had certain things in common. Each was a self-made man who came from humble beginnings on the edge of poverty. Each had driving ambition and a will to succeed. Each was, in his own way, a genius. They began as close allies and friends of FDR, but the quest to shape a new Constitution led them to competition and sometimes outright warfare.  Scorpions tells the story of these four great justices: their relationship with Roosevelt, with each other, and with the turbulent world of the Great Depression, World War II, and the Cold War. It also serves as a history of the modern Constitution itself....more

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• The Founders at Home: 4 of 4: The Building of America, 1735-1817 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Myron Magnet (Author, Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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  Apr 05 2020

  Photo: Arnold's Oath of Allegiance, May 30, 1778U.S Colonial government, Benedict Arnold - http://www.ourarchives.wikispaces.net/Archivist+of+the+United+States+David+Ferriero%27s+Favorite+Records Benedict Arnold's Oath of Allegiance, 05/30/1778 Permission details N/A; not subject to copyrightView more Public Domainview terms File:Benedict Arnold oath of allegiance.jpg Created: 30 May 1778 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Founders at Home: 4 of 4: The Building of America, 1735-1817  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Myron Magnet (Author, Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Founders-Home-Building-America-1735-1817/dp/B00I8921J8/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Myron+Magnet+Founders&qid=1586049895&s=audible&sr=1-1Why the American Revolution, of all the great revolutions, was the only enduring success. Through the Founders' own voices - and in the homes they designed and built to embody the ideal of domestic happiness they fought to achieve - we come to understand why the American Revolution, of all great revolutions, was the only enduring success. The Founders were vivid, energetic men, with sophisticated worldviews, and this magnificent reckoning of their successes draws liberally from their own eloquent writings on their actions and well-considered intentions.  Richly illustrated with America's historical and architectural treasures, this volume also considers the houses the Founders built with such care and money to reflect their vision for the fledgling nation. That so many great thinkers - Washington, Madison, Hamilton, Jefferson, John Jay, the Lees of Stratford Hall, and polemicist William Livingston - came together to accomplish what rightly seemed to them almost a miracle is a standing historical mystery, best understood by pondering the men themselves and their profound and world-changing ideas.  Through impressive research and an intimate understanding of these iconic patriots, award-winning author Myron Magnet offers fresh insight into why the American experiment resulted in over two centuries of unexampled freedom and prosperity....more

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• The Founders at Home: 3 of 4: The Building of America, 1735-1817 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Myron Magnet (Author, Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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  Apr 05 2020

  Photo: Washington's army as it marches toward Valley Forge William B. T. Trego - http://www.nationalserviceact.org/9.html , copied from en.wikipedia Painting depicting George Washington leading the Continental Army to Valley Forge in 1777. Public Domain File:The March to Valley Forge William Trego.png Created: 1883date QS:P571,+1883-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Founders at Home: 3 of 4: The Building of America, 1735-1817  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Myron Magnet (Author, Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Founders-Home-Building-America-1735-1817/dp/B00I8921J8/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Myron+Magnet+Founders&qid=1586049895&s=audible&sr=1-1Why the American Revolution, of all the great revolutions, was the only enduring success. Through the Founders' own voices - and in the homes they designed and built to embody the ideal of domestic happiness they fought to achieve - we come to understand why the American Revolution, of all great revolutions, was the only enduring success. The Founders were vivid, energetic men, with sophisticated worldviews, and this magnificent reckoning of their successes draws liberally from their own eloquent writings on their actions and well-considered intentions.  Richly illustrated with America's historical and architectural treasures, this volume also considers the houses the Founders built with such care and money to reflect their vision for the fledgling nation. That so many great thinkers - Washington, Madison, Hamilton, Jefferson, John Jay, the Lees of Stratford Hall, and polemicist William Livingston - came together to accomplish what rightly seemed to them almost a miracle is a standing historical mystery, best understood by pondering the men themselves and their profound and world-changing ideas.  Through impressive research and an intimate understanding of these iconic patriots, award-winning author Myron Magnet offers fresh insight into why the American experiment resulted in over two centuries of unexampled freedom and prosperity....more

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• The Founders at Home: 2 of 4: The Building of America, 1735-1817 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Myron Magnet (Author, Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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  Photo: The Boston Massacre, an engraving by patriot Paul Revere. Paul Revere (1735–1818) - http://media.artgallery.yale.edu/pages/collection/popups/pc_prints/details04.html Boston Massacre engraving by Paul Revere. This is not an accurate depiction of the event (it did not occur in close quarters, nor with the British commander behind his troops) and is thought to be plagiarized from a drawing by artist Henry Pelham. There was one (probably) black man, named Crispus Attucks, and 4 other laborers who died that day. Public Domain File:Boston Massacre.jpg Created: 1770date QS:P571,+1770-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Founders at Home: 2 of 4: The Building of America, 1735-1817  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Myron Magnet (Author, Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Founders-Home-Building-America-1735-1817/dp/B00I8921J8/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Myron+Magnet+Founders&qid=1586049895&s=audible&sr=1-1Why the American Revolution, of all the great revolutions, was the only enduring success. Through the Founders' own voices - and in the homes they designed and built to embody the ideal of domestic happiness they fought to achieve - we come to understand why the American Revolution, of all great revolutions, was the only enduring success. The Founders were vivid, energetic men, with sophisticated worldviews, and this magnificent reckoning of their successes draws liberally from their own eloquent writings on their actions and well-considered intentions.  Richly illustrated with America's historical and architectural treasures, this volume also considers the houses the Founders built with such care and money to reflect their vision for the fledgling nation. That so many great thinkers - Washington, Madison, Hamilton, Jefferson, John Jay, the Lees of Stratford Hall, and polemicist William Livingston - came together to accomplish what rightly seemed to them almost a miracle is a standing historical mystery, best understood by pondering the men themselves and their profound and world-changing ideas.  Through impressive research and an intimate understanding of these iconic patriots, award-winning author Myron Magnet offers fresh insight into why the American experiment resulted in over two centuries of unexampled freedom and prosperity....more

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• The Founders at Home: 1 of 4: The Building of America, 1735-1817 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Myron Magnet (Author, Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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  Photo: A plan of the city and environs of New York in North America.1776Eno, Amos F. (1836-1915), CollectorcollectionsIn CollectionsNYPL Collection of American Historical PrintsNew York Public Libraryhttp://digitalcollections.nypl.org/copyrightCopyright infoPublic Domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Founders at Home: 1 of 4: The Building of America, 1735-1817  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Myron Magnet (Author, Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Founders-Home-Building-America-1735-1817/dp/B00I8921J8/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Myron+Magnet+Founders&qid=1586049895&s=audible&sr=1-1Why the American Revolution, of all the great revolutions, was the only enduring success. Through the Founders' own voices - and in the homes they designed and built to embody the ideal of domestic happiness they fought to achieve - we come to understand why the American Revolution, of all great revolutions, was the only enduring success. The Founders were vivid, energetic men, with sophisticated worldviews, and this magnificent reckoning of their successes draws liberally from their own eloquent writings on their actions and well-considered intentions.  Richly illustrated with America's historical and architectural treasures, this volume also considers the houses the Founders built with such care and money to reflect their vision for the fledgling nation. That so many great thinkers - Washington, Madison, Hamilton, Jefferson, John Jay, the Lees of Stratford Hall, and polemicist William Livingston - came together to accomplish what rightly seemed to them almost a miracle is a standing historical mystery, best understood by pondering the men themselves and their profound and world-changing ideas.  Through impressive research and an intimate understanding of these iconic patriots, award-winning author Myron Magnet offers fresh insight into why the American experiment resulted in over two centuries of unexampled freedom and prosperity....more

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• #TheNewAmericanCivilWar: Human networks “don’t collapse, yet the subsidence can be dramatic” Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Image:  Areas allotted to or claimed by barbarian groups in 416–418.  Public domain.#TheNewAmericanCivilWar: Human networks “don’t collapse, yet the subsidence can be dramatic”  Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisisMichael E Vlahos, Johns Hopkins, in re:  Where we are in the time of the virus.  The United States and China, and even the United States and continental Europe, as competing civilizations.  Our apparently quite-bright future.  "We are living in an age of correction." Americans enjoy the apocalyptic—as movie fare—and even our literary narratives, past and future, span the narrow range between The Fall of Rome and the End of Civilization, for authoritative past; and World War Z, or the Zombie Apocalypse, as our future fare.  Our actual human past tells quite a different story. Things actually don't "fall apart." Rather, for at least the last 5,000 years, human activity has built up and built out what might be called "world networks" (following the Greek shorthand, oikoumene, for "known world"). These networks—all of them, including our own present—become elaborate webs of human hubs (cities) and spokes (land and sea thoroughfares).  Then they peak and, at some point, subside. With some exceptions, they do not collapse (yet the subsidence can be dramatic). The Western succession of networks is clearly identifiable: ~3300 BC - 1177 BC: The Bronze Age ~600 BC - ~450/600 AD: Classical Antiquity ~900 - ~1350/1450: High Middle Ages ~1700 - ~1914: The Global "Modern" 1972 - 2020: Global Modernity II ...more

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• #TheNewAmericanCivilWar: The first day at Gettysburg was an existential threat like that of Pearl Harbor and #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Apr 04 2020

  Image: One of the two confirmed photos of Lincoln[1][2][3] (center, facing camera) at Gettysburg, taken about noon, just after he arrived and some three hours before his speech. To his right is his bodyguard, Ward Hill Lamon.#TheNewAmericanCivilWar: The first day at Gettysburg was an existential threat like  that of Pearl Harbor and #in-the-time-of-the-virus. Michael Vlahos  @JHUWorldCrisisMichael E Vlahos, Johns Hopkins, in re: Surprise attack, with a US government unenthusiastic about acknowledging the worst right off the bat. Why should it? We were smack in the middle of the best economy in history. John Buford rides into Gettysburg in 1863, wondering where Lee’s army is. Next morning, news of Henry Heath’s heavy infantry division on the Chambersburg road. At that moment, the Union was in an existential risk, no reason to think they could get out of it.  Similar to how the virus seems to be winning now. First, take a deep breath and look at the situation again, Tempted to panic? In fact the Union was sitting pretty, having scouted the area for months.  We thought Pearl Harbor was the end, but Japan was brittle and riding entirely on the Kedo Butai.   ...more

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• China cyberthieves target healthcare #in-the-time-of-the-virus @DefTechPat Patrick Tucker @DefenseOne

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  Apr 04 2020

  Image: Sailors analyze, detect and defensively respond to unauthorized activity within U.S. Navyinformation systems and computer networks.  Public domain. Patrick Tucker, DefenseOne technology editor; in re:    Thermal imaging of a person: can detect temperature within a couple of degrees Celsius.  Explosion of sales worldwide. Wuhan flu can pass asymptomatically, but  customer base has shifted from militaries to a broad range of civilian forms.  Cyberhackers out of China in the time of the virus: has been heavy since January. Hacking key industries, defense, everything. Especially American healthcare.  Puzzling.  While the Chinese govt was trying to suppress the virus and also information, it was still heavily engaged in this familiar but malign activity. [Leopards don’t change their spots.] https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2020/03/chinese-hackers-attacked-foreign-health-care-military-oil-networks-coronavirus-hit-china/164078/?oref=d-river https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2020/03/thermal-camera-market-explodes-coronavirus-spreads/164050/?oref=d-river https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2020/03/us-navy-working-keep-subs-and-destroyers-becoming-covid-19-hotspots/163942/?oref=d-river ...more

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• How to load an airline and avoid crowding and bunching #in-the-time-of-the-virus? @DefTechPat Patrick Tucker @DefenseOne

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  Apr 04 2020

  Image: Very slightly less-worse sardine seating:  3+3 seating layout on a Delta Air Lines narrow body jet (Boeing 737-800) with Zodiac Seats U.S. 5751 slimline seats.  Public domain. Patrick Tucker, DefenseOne technology editor; in re:   A group of Florida researchers used a supercomputer, found that people in an enclosed space can be appropriately managed.  A lot of airborne illnesses: one superspreader in a plane can spread more widely than __; about two rows ahead and behind . . .  Standing waiting for others to load luggage into overhead compartments  [is not wholesome].  New basic safety practices. How to board and disembark.   Commercial space; failure so far of OneWeb, satellite communications.  Rocket Lab, New Zealand government. Areleigh-Burke class.  Temperature readings.  Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Mobley. https://www.govexec.com/technology/2020/04/can-better-airplane-boarding-procedures-slow-spread-coronavirus/164271/ ...more

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• 4/4 Six Months in 1945: FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman from World War to Cold War, by Michael Dobbs.

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  Image: Truman announces Japan's surrender. Washington, DC, August 14, 1945 Six Months in 1945: FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman‑from World War to Cold War, by Michael Dobbs.   Bob Walter (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridgedhttps://www.amazon.com/Six-Months-1945-Stalin-Churchill/dp/B009RFH28M/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= From the author of the best-selling One Minute to Midnight,  Six Months in 1945 is a rivetting account of the pivotal six-month period spanning the end of World War II, the dawn of the nuclear age, and the beginning of the Cold War. When Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill met in Yalta in February 1945, Hitler's armies were on the run and victory was imminent. The Big Three wanted to draft a blueprint for a lasting peace, but instead set the stage for a 44-year division of Europe into Soviet and Western spheres of influence.  After fighting side by side for nearly four years, their political alliance was rapidly fracturing. By the time the leaders met again in Potsdam in July 1945, Russians and Americans were squabbling over the future of Germany and Churchill was warning about an "iron curtain" being drawn down over the Continent.  These six months witnessed some of the most dramatic moments of the 20th century: the cataclysmic battle for Berlin, the death of Franklin Roosevelt, the discovery of the Nazi concentration camps, Churchill's electoral defeat, and the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan. While their armies linked up in the heart of Europe, the political leaders maneuvered for leverage: Stalin using his nation's wartime sacrifices to claim spoils, Churchill doing his best to halt Britain's waning influence, FDR trying to charm Stalin, Truman determined to stand up to an increasingly assertive Soviet superpower.  Six Months in 1945 brilliantly captures this momentous historical turning point, chronicling the geopolitical twists behind the descent of the iron curtain, while illuminating the aims and personalities of larger-than-life political giants. It is a vividly rendered story of individual and national interests in fierce competition at a seminal moment in history. ...more

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• 3/4 Six Months in 1945: FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman from World War to Cold War, by Michael Dobbs.

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  Image: American soldiers view a pile of corpses found in the newly liberated Buchenwald concentration camp in April 1945 Six Months in 1945: FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman‑from World War to Cold War, by Michael Dobbs.   Bob Walter (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridgedhttps://www.amazon.com/Six-Months-1945-Stalin-Churchill/dp/B009RFH28M/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=From the author of the best-selling One Minute to Midnight,  Six Months in 1945 is a rivetting account of the pivotal six-month period spanning the end of World War II, the dawn of the nuclear age, and the beginning of the Cold War. When Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill met in Yalta in February 1945, Hitler's armies were on the run and victory was imminent. The Big Three wanted to draft a blueprint for a lasting peace, but instead set the stage for a 44-year division of Europe into Soviet and Western spheres of influence.  After fighting side by side for nearly four years, their political alliance was rapidly fracturing. By the time the leaders met again in Potsdam in July 1945, Russians and Americans were squabbling over the future of Germany and Churchill was warning about an "iron curtain" being drawn down over the Continent.  These six months witnessed some of the most dramatic moments of the 20th century: the cataclysmic battle for Berlin, the death of Franklin Roosevelt, the discovery of the Nazi concentration camps, Churchill's electoral defeat, and the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan. While their armies linked up in the heart of Europe, the political leaders maneuvered for leverage: Stalin using his nation's wartime sacrifices to claim spoils, Churchill doing his best to halt Britain's waning influence, FDR trying to charm Stalin, Truman determined to stand up to an increasingly assertive Soviet superpower.  Six Months in 1945 brilliantly captures this momentous historical turning point, chronicling the geopolitical twists behind the descent of the iron curtain, while illuminating the aims and personalities of larger-than-life political giants. It is a vividly rendered story of individual and national interests in fierce competition at a seminal moment in history. ...more

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• 2/4 Six Months in 1945: FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman from World War to Cold War, by Michael Dobbs.

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  Image: Cecelienhof, site of the Potsdam Conference; view from Neuer Garten Six Months in 1945: FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman‑from World War to Cold War, by Michael Dobbs.   Bob Walter (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Six-Months-1945-Stalin-Churchill/dp/B009RFH28M/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= From the author of the best-selling One Minute to Midnight,  Six Months in 1945 is a rivetting account of the pivotal six-month period spanning the end of World War II, the dawn of the nuclear age, and the beginning of the Cold War. When Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill met in Yalta in February 1945, Hitler's armies were on the run and victory was imminent. The Big Three wanted to draft a blueprint for a lasting peace, but instead set the stage for a 44-year division of Europe into Soviet and Western spheres of influence.  After fighting side by side for nearly four years, their political alliance was rapidly fracturing. By the time the leaders met again in Potsdam in July 1945, Russians and Americans were squabbling over the future of Germany and Churchill was warning about an "iron curtain" being drawn down over the Continent.  These six months witnessed some of the most dramatic moments of the 20th century: the cataclysmic battle for Berlin, the death of Franklin Roosevelt, the discovery of the Nazi concentration camps, Churchill's electoral defeat, and the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan. While their armies linked up in the heart of Europe, the political leaders maneuvered for leverage: Stalin using his nation's wartime sacrifices to claim spoils, Churchill doing his best to halt Britain's waning influence, FDR trying to charm Stalin, Truman determined to stand up to an increasingly assertive Soviet superpower.  Six Months in 1945 brilliantly captures this momentous historical turning point, chronicling the geopolitical twists behind the descent of the iron curtain, while illuminating the aims and personalities of larger-than-life political giants. It is a vividly rendered story of individual and national interests in fierce competition at a seminal moment in history. ...more

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• 1/4 Six Months in 1945: FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman from World War to Cold War, by Michael Dobbs.

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  Image: From left to right: Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin. Also present are Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov (far left); Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew Cunningham, RN, Marshal of the RAF Sir Charles Portal, RAF, (standing behind Churchill); General George C. Marshall, Chief of Staff of the United States Army, and Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, USN, (standing behind Roosevelt) Six Months in 1945: FDR, Stalin, Churchill, and Truman‑from World War to Cold War, by Michael Dobbs.   Bob Walter (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Six-Months-1945-Stalin-Churchill/dp/B009RFH28M/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= From the author of the best-selling One Minute to Midnight,  Six Months in 1945 is a rivetting account of the pivotal six-month period spanning the end of World War II, the dawn of the nuclear age, and the beginning of the Cold War. When Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill met in Yalta in February 1945, Hitler's armies were on the run and victory was imminent. The Big Three wanted to draft a blueprint for a lasting peace, but instead set the stage for a 44-year division of Europe into Soviet and Western spheres of influence.  After fighting side by side for nearly four years, their political alliance was rapidly fracturing. By the time the leaders met again in Potsdam in July 1945, Russians and Americans were squabbling over the future of Germany and Churchill was warning about an "iron curtain" being drawn down over the Continent.  These six months witnessed some of the most dramatic moments of the 20th century: the cataclysmic battle for Berlin, the death of Franklin Roosevelt, the discovery of the Nazi concentration camps, Churchill's electoral defeat, and the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan. While their armies linked up in the heart of Europe, the political leaders maneuvered for leverage: Stalin using his nation's wartime sacrifices to claim spoils, Churchill doing his best to halt Britain's waning influence, FDR trying to charm Stalin, Truman determined to stand up to an increasingly assertive Soviet superpower.  Six Months in 1945 brilliantly captures this momentous historical turning point, chronicling the geopolitical twists behind the descent of the iron curtain, while illuminating the aims and personalities of larger-than-life political giants. It is a vividly rendered story of individual and national interests in fierce competition at a seminal moment in history. ...more

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• The Wuhan pandemic and navies East and West. Ty Rogoway @Aviation_Intel

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  Apr 04 2020

  Image:  The Russian Navy Udaloy-class destroyer RFS Admiral Panteleyev (BPK 548) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to participate in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise 2012. * Public domain. Tyler Rogoway, @Aviation_Intel,  The Drive at The War Zone, in re:  Large, fat submarines. Think: Kursk event.  Are among the quietest in Russia’s inventory.  Dealing with the same Wuhan flu problems we are; had to take the sub in and put sailors into quarantine. Same for a Dutch sub. These are tighter-packed than a space ship. Russian reports are extremely opaque.  Putin in yellow gear—N95 times a hundred.   Deployment of Truman and Eisenhower in the Persian Gulf.  One is of the two is heading to the Pacific right now. Iran initiate a conflict with the US?  Yugely unlikely—despite our slight indisposition at the moment, we simply have too much power . ..  ..  .. * Twenty-two nations, 42 ships, six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 3, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea-lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2012 is the 23rd exercise in the series that began in 1971. ...more

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• Strategic national stockpile and underground bunkers. Ty Rogoway @Aviation_Intel

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  Apr 04 2020

  Image:  Raven Rock Mountain Complex logo. Public domain. Tyler Rogoway, @Aviation_Intel, The Drive at The War Zone, in re:  N95 mask:  part of basic kit for blocking viruses.  Ideally, should be pennies per mask in bulk. How is it that this part of the strategic national stockpile is so short?  Need 3.5 billion for a pandemic. This is the biggest such oversight in US history. We had every warning—SARS, MERS, swine flu, H1N1.  After the last, the Obama Adm never replenished; later, neither did the Trump Adm. Site R (Raven Rock Mountain Complex [RRMC]) inside a mountain north of DC, and Mount Weather. These are NORAD-type complexes, cities built inside a mountain and equipped to withstand a nuclear blast. Continuity of command structure. The Israeli bunker: a doorway that opens for vehicles; it goes down many levels.  Built to house hundreds of people at a time.  It's right inside Jerusalem, rather in the open.   ...more

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• Pelosi intention to probe Trump Admin #in the time of the virus @ThadMcCotter @AndrewCMcCarthy

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  Apr 04 2020

  Image: FBI Domestic Investigations and Operations GuideAndrew C McCarthy, Ball of Collusion, and Thaddeus McCarthy, American Greatness, in re: the Pelosi intention to probe Trump Admin #in the time of the virus 

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• #SmallBusinessAmerica: Big banks flop: 2 of 2: on Day One of the Payroll Protection Program. @GeneMarks

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  Apr 04 2020

  Photo: The w:First National Bank Building (Pittsburgh) before 1912 renovations, 511 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Architect: D. H. Burnham & Company.Date | circa 1909 Source | http://www.phlf.org/education-department/burnham-company-in-pittsburgh/Author | Unknown authorPermission(Reusing this file) | public domain | This media file is in the public domain in the United States.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#SmallBusinessAmerica: Big banks flop: 2 of 2: on Day One of the Payroll Protection Program. @GeneMarksThere’s a lot of federal money available for coronavirus-impacted small businesses. Get your share.https://www.inquirer.com/business/small-business/coronavirus-sba-disaster-loan-small-business-cares-act-20200402.htmlHow the stimulus could failhttps://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/1/why-the-covid-19-small-business-stimulus-package-c/Banks warn of 'utter chaos' in new small business lending programhttps://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/banks-warn-utter-chaos-new-small-business-lending-program-n1175336Now is the time for the banks to show they really care about small businesseshttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/01/banks-small-business-coronavirusWelcome to the fake recessionhttps://thehill.com/opinion/finance/490372-welcome-to-the-fake-recession ...more

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• #SmallBusinessAmerica: Big banks flop: 1 of 2: on Day One of the Payroll Protection Program. @GeneMarks

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  Apr 04 2020

  Photo: English: Interior bank lobby of Chemical National Bank (Chemical Bank) ca. 1913Date | 1 January 1913Source | https://books.google.com/books?id=1XkaAAAAMAAJAuthor | Chemical Bank | This media file is in the public domain in the United States. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#SmallBusinessAmerica: Big banks flop: 1 of 2: on Day One of the Payroll Protection Program. @GeneMarksThere’s a lot of federal money available for coronavirus-impacted small businesses. Get your share.https://www.inquirer.com/business/small-business/coronavirus-sba-disaster-loan-small-business-cares-act-20200402.htmlHow the stimulus could failhttps://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/1/why-the-covid-19-small-business-stimulus-package-c/Banks warn of 'utter chaos' in new small business lending programhttps://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/banks-warn-utter-chaos-new-small-business-lending-program-n1175336Now is the time for the banks to show they really care about small businesseshttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/01/banks-small-business-coronavirusWelcome to the fake recessionhttps://thehill.com/opinion/finance/490372-welcome-to-the-fake-recession ...more

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• #TheScalaReport: Is the virus the beginning of the end of the utopian dream of the EU? Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com #ScalaAPS @STRATACACHE

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  Apr 04 2020

  Photo: The Proclamation of the German Empire (3rd version; 1885) Anton von Werner - Museen Nord / Bismarck Museum: Picture The third version of the proclamation of Prussian king Wilhelm I as German Emperor at Versailles, by Anton von Werner. The first two versions were destroyed in the Second World War. This version was commissioned by the Prussian royal family for chancellor Bismarck's 70th birthday. Public Domain File:Wernerprokla.jpg Created: 1885date QS:P571,+1885-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#TheScalaReport: Is the virus the beginning of the end of the utopian dream of the EU?  Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com  #ScalaAPS @STRATACACHEhttps://www.ft.com/content/d7d08772-7583-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca ...more

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• The San Joaquin Valley breadbasket works and waits #in the time of the virus. @DevinNunes CA22

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  Apr 04 2020

  Photo: Maynard DixonDescription | English: San Joaquin Valley, California-Erosion by Maynard Dixon, 1921, oil on board, 10 1/8 x 13 ½ inchesDate | 1921Source/Photographer | ArtDaily.comPermission(Reusing this file) |  | This work was never published prior to January 1, 2003, and is currently in the public domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe San Joaquin Valley breadbasket works and waits #in the time of the virus. @DevinNunes CA22https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-01/california-farmworkers-coronavirushttps://www.modbee.com/news/business/article241655951.html ...more

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• FISA abuse confirmed by Horowitz & What is to be done? @DevinNunes CA22

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  Apr 04 2020

  Photo: A trial by jury is unusual in almost all countries for non-criminal cases David Henry Friston - Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News Engraving of Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury. Permission details This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.View more Public Domainview terms File:Trial by Jury - Chaos in the Courtroom.png Created: 1 May 1875 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowFISA abuse confirmed by Horowitz & What is to be done? @DevinNunes CA22https://www.nationalreview.com/news/fisa-hawks-lee-leahy-say-damning-horowitz-fbi-audit-makes-clear-our-work-is-not-done/ ...more

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• Strong reports of a new small business rescue plan. Charles Gasparino @CGasparino, @FoxBusiness

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  Image:  Looking northeast at Brooklyn Hospital Center on a sunny midday. ZIP 11201. Charles Gasparino, Fox Business, and brother of a hero at Brooklyn Hospital, in re: Can Jamie Dimon once again rescue the situation?  Esp BofA isn’t working right: it’s looking for reasons not to process loans.   Dimon waited till today to roll out the loans:  “We don’t have to be first; we just have to do it right.”  This is not a financial crisis, it's a health crisis. Charlie’s brother, a distinguished physician (thrown out of high school, got an associate’s degree, got into Stony Brook then Columbia; has been doing critical care ever since). A martial art expert. Now working 14-hour days as head of critical care at Brooklyn Hospital.  I worry about him.   Treatment cocktail of vitamin C and the rest shows positive results. Once someone goes on a respirator, it's really hard to get them off. People between the ages of 50 and 70 are deathly ill. Heads critical care at Brooklyn Hospital. / We’ll blow through the $350 billion quickly.  Horse trading: Jamie Dimon wants relaxation of the Davis-Bacon Act; Pelosi wants specific infrastructure...more

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• ESA reengages its Solar System probes #in the time of the virus. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Apr 04 2020

  Photo: This artist's concept depicts a faraway solar system like our own -- except for one big difference. Planets and asteroids circle around not one, but two suns. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope found evidence that such solar systems might be common in the universe. Spitzer did not see any planets directly, but it detected dust that is kicked up from disks of asteroids and comets like the one depicted here. The disks were spotted circling all the way around several double, or binary, stars, some of which were closer together than Earth is to our sun. In fact, Spitzer found more disks in orbit around close-knit binary stars than single stars. This could mean that planets prefer two parent stars to one, but more research is needed to figure out exactly what's going on. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ.of Ariz. .http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowESA reengages its Solar System probes #in the time of the virus.  Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/esa-resumes-science-operations-on-orbiting-spacecraft/ ...more

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• Will the time of the virus delay manned Dragon return to ISS? Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Photo: Earth. NASA http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowWill the time of the virus delay manned Dragon return to ISS? Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/?s=Dragon

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• The locomotive that attacked the hospital ship, and other astounding California tales. Jeff Bliss

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  Apr 04 2020

  Image: John Bull is a British-built railroad steam locomotive that operated in the United States. It was operated for the first time on September 15, 1831. Jeff Bliss, Pacific Watch, in re:  Somebody tried to ram a train into a ship, the USNS Mercy, in San Diego harbor.  Astounding. He thought the ship was being used to house not medical help but something nefarious.  Surfer off Malibu on a large surfboard, told by lifeguards to come in, he tried to escape; LA County police boat managed to get him back on the beach, where he was arrested. Bay Area has banned certain bags: the reusable variety is thought to harbor viruses so people need to use reusable plastic bags —or be arrested and fined. Citizens are buying huge volumes of booze for online cocktail parties.  Restaurants are serving lots of [take-out mixed drinks?].   ...more

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• Progressive left plays the long game in the time of the virus. @DanHenninger

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  Apr 04 2020

  Image:  Lenin's funeral (1925), by Isaak Brodsky (detail). Dan Henninger, Wall Street Journal editorial board, in re:  Politics, and the future of Democratic activities...На картине изображены (слева направо): А.И. Ульянова-Елизарова (спиной), неизвестный (в полупрофиль), Г.Е. Зиновьев, Л.Б. Каменев, Н.К. Крупская (у изголовья), Ф.Э. Дзержинский, И.В. Сталин, М.И. Калинин, неизвестный, А.И. Рыков, Я.Э. Рудзтак (в профиль), А.С. Енукидзе (на переднем плане в профиль), Н.И. Бухарин (на втором плане), С.С. Каменев (на переднем плане). Первый вариант картины Бродский выполнил в 1924 году. С апреля этого года государство в лице Центральной комиссии по увековечиванию памяти В.И. Ленина установило жесткий контроль за всеми видами его изображения, обосновывая это опасностью усвоения широкими слоями населения искаженного внешнего образа вождя. В марте 1925 года художник направляет репродукцию картины в Комиссию и получает отрицательный отзыв. В этом же году он готовит другой вариант картины. Партийные покровители художника - члены комиссии Авель Енукидзе и Климент Ворошилов одобрили новую работу, разрешив к распространению. Переданная в Центральный музей В.И. Ленина из института Маркса-Энгельса-Ленина в 1936 году, картина вскоре попала в запасники. Циркуляром от 16 октября 1950 года картину было предложено передать на спецхранение в Министерство госбезопасности с примечанием: "Бродский И. У гроба вождя. Колонный зал Дома Союзов. Имеется изображение Каменева, Зиновьева, Рыкова, Енукидзе". ...more

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• 2/2 Rethinking Iran after the virus. Gregory R Copley

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  Apr 03 2020

  Image:  The Official Seal of Chief of Staff of Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces.  Public domain.Gregory R Copley, Defense and Foreign Affairs, in re: Rethinking Iran after the virus. 1 of 2.  

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• 1/2 Rethinking Iran after the virus. Gregory R Copley

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  Image:  18th century mirror writing in Ottoman calligraphy. Depicts the phrase 'Ali is the vicegerent of God' in both directions. Public domain.  [Truly genius calligrapher] Gregory R Copley, Defense and Foreign Affairs, in re: Rethinking Iran after the virus. 1 of 2.  

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• China’s invented statistics endanger the world. @ThadMcCotter @AndrewCMcCarthy

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  Apr 03 2020

  Image:  Anti-communist propaganda in a 1947 comic book published by the Catechetical Guild Educational Society warning of "the dangers of a Communist takeover." (Public domain.) Today, some large US media firms simply repeat Chinese propaganda that defames the entire Western world and crows about its own brilliance.  Bizarre. Andy McCarthy: statistics about fatality rates in China are much more modest than those in the US.  This is obviously Chinese propaganda, and nonetheless is being reported by official organs [including the WHO].   Thaddeus McCotter: We’re also seeing the US media not reporting anything about essential matters: no statistics at all from China, and acting as though Beijing isn’t putting people in concentration camps—Uyghurs, Kazakhs—as though the CCP cared a whit about the lives of their own citizens, which it’s never yet been seen to do. By artificially keeping their numbers low they’re endangering the lives of their own people and all the rest of us. ...more

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• Beijing’s malicious whoppers vs. all the rest of humanity. @MichaelAuslin

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  Apr 03 2020

  Image:  Shangdang Campaign, September–October 1945 Michael Auslin, @MichaelAuslin, Hoover, in re:  [A fairly comprehensive review of current CCP malfeasance.]  The Chinese regime lied to Wuhan whistleblowers and to the world at large.  We cannot allow China to rewrite history, let alone be praised for its deeds.  The regime knew how serious it was early on.  We’re past the point of accepting anything China says at face value; they mustn’t ever again be allowed to get away with making a statement that we not only accept but on which we base our actions, which we did this time.  Wuhanese are crowdsourcing among themselves to figure out how many have died there.  The regime says a little over 3,000; Radio Free Asia and BBC are reporting 46,000.  We need to publicize the fact that the Chinese regime is lying. We need to expose and counter the lies as they're being repeated by fellow-travellers who, incomprehensibly, parrot the CCP lies, saying we need to learn from China; this disinformation is being spread internationally.  We need at the least to de-fund the WHO, whose leader is [a stooge for Xi Jinping  –ed.].   World governance is at risk: if China gets away with lying to the WHO and the world community, I don't see how we can talk about functioning civil society when the world’s second-strongest power not only blatantly acted in irresponsible, immoral and illegal ways, but literally plunged the world into the most serious crisis since World War II. Podcast:  https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgxwHMZTJhKHrFnTGWxxnSbPmbTDx?projector=1&messagePartId=0.4 ...more

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• American nuclear forces in the time of the virus. @PappalardoJoe

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  Apr 03 2020

  Image:  Shangdang Campaign, September–October 1945*.  Public domain. Joseph Pappalardo, @PappalardoJoe , Popular Mechanics, in re: In the time of the virus, our most important deterrents are the nuclear weapons guarded by the USAF.  In Montana, Malmstrom Air Force Base, 341st missile wing, within Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC).  Spreading out these bases is good for security—can keep track of who’s around—and if missiles with multiple warheads arrive, widespread separation of targets is beneficial..Graphic is at:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_of_the_United_States#/media/File:Nuclear_weapon_size_chart.jpg ...more

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• "Blood on his hands" Democrats & What is to be done? @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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  Apr 03 2020

  Photo: Two Chinese men in a cangueDate | 24 June 1900Source | LOCAuthor | new york tribune | This media file is in the public domain in the United States. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow"Blood on his hands" Democrats & What is to be done? @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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• Bloomberg and Biden: "With the charisma of an old shoe." @SebGorka #americaFirst

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  Apr 03 2020

  Photo: http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowBloomberg and Biden: "With the charisma of an old shoe." @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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• Blood libel #in the time of the virus. Marc Greendorfer

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  Apr 03 2020

  Photo: English: Herzl Street in 1920עברית: רחוב הרצל ,Original Image Name: רחוב הרצל ,Notes: source: documentors - Vivienne Silver Brody ,Location: תל אביבDate | 1920Source | The Israel Internet Association via the PikiWiki - Israel free image collection projectAuthor | Avraham SoskinPermission(Reusing this file) |  | This work has been released into the public domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowBlood libel #in the time of the virus. Marc GreendorferMarc Greendorfer, the founder of Zachor Legal Institute, is an experienced attorney with an extensive background in legal advocacy and scholarship.   Marc’s works have been referred to or cited in opinions by the supreme courts of both the United States and Israel and have received widespread media coverage. In the Supreme Court of Israel’s 2015 ruling upholding Israel’s anti-boycott law, Marc’s paper on the BDS movement was cited by both the majority and dissent. Marc’s work on the legal standing of BDS movement activity has also been instrumental in the enactment of anti-discrimination laws in the United States, most recently with regard to California’s AB 2844.Relevant articles:·         https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/looking-at-anti-semitism-on-the-left-and-the-right-an-interview-with-deborah-e-lipstadt ·         https://www.foxnews.com/us/anti-semitism-bds-movement-report ·         https://www.adl.org/blog/international-scapegoating-of-israel-and-jews-for-spreading-covid-19 ·         https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-report-by-stopantisemitismorg-and-zachor-legal-institute-exposes-unprecedented-similarities-between-the-bds-movement-and-far-right-groups-to-propagate-anti-semitism-in-the-us-300975046.html ·         https://www.stopantisemitism.org/new-anti-semites-report ...more

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• Israel's planning and prevention #in the time of the virus. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Apr 03 2020

  Photo: English: Moshav Beit-Itzhak, Settlements in Israelעברית: בניית הבתים הראשונים במושב בית יצחק, Original Image Name:הבתים הראשונים, Location:בית יצחקDatum | cca 1940 Zdroj | Beit Itzhak Archive via the PikiWiki - Israel free image collection projectAutor | עברית: אין מידעSvolení(Užití tohoto souboru) |  | This work or image is now in the public domain http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowIsrael's planning and prevention #in the time of the virus.  Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres...more

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• Broken Iraq and the virus. @MichaelGRubin

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  Apr 03 2020

  Image:  The Lion of Babylon from a portion of the Ishtar Gate. The Lion of Babylon has remained a prominent symbol of Iraqi culture; a type of Iraqi battle tank was named after it. Michael Rubin,  in re:  The scale of the collapse of the medical system in Iran, inability of the regime to communicate commons sense; no idea of the number of deaths but it seems to be high.  Two carrier groups deployed by the US to prevent Iran from thinking they ought to attack.  Soleimani’s successor two days ago landed in Baghdad on what probably was a military mission.  Iraqis urgently don't want to be a battlefield.   . . .  Iran’s economy is so catastrophic that Iraq is subsidizing the IRGC. Michael Rubin is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, where he specializes in Iran, Turkey, and the broader Middle East. He also regularly teaches classes at sea about Middle East conflicts, culture, terrorism, and the Horn of Africa to deployed US • https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-trump/trump-warns-iran-against-possible-sneak-attack-on-us-in-iraq-idUSKBN21J6FJ • https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-militias-idUSKBN21J5EZ• https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-accuses-iran-or-its-proxies-of-planning-attack-on-u-s-troops-in-iraq-11585763334 • https://www.washingtoninstitute. ...more

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• The virus may destabilize the Levant. @ItaiBrun

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  Apr 03 2020

  Image:  Ethnic groups in the Middle East shown in a pre-World War I British government map. The primary population of the region of Syria is described as "Arabs (settled)" and inland as "Arabs (nomadic)"  Public domain. Itai Brun, Institute of National Security Studies in Israel; in re:  COVID-19 in Israel and the region.  The corona virus is making its way across the Middle East and may [be a harbinger] of certain kinds of collapse; we already have bad governance and wars. Rages of infection are far greater than what’s being reported, esp in Syria and Egypt, among many. Governmental mitigation efforts are being favorably received, but we could be looking at a huge humanitarian disaster.  Israel needs to prepare for the possibility of  [chaos], certainly including Gaza and the West Bank. PA is cooperating with Israel; Gaza, of course, is not.  Even Hamas seems to understand that this is not a good  time for more provocations. In Iran, it’s a huge crisis.  All over the Middle East, populations are quite young; nonetheless, high numbers of refugees and displaced persons. The governments don’t have good data.  Syria,   , and Yemen: we don’t have reports specifically about the virus; official reports are very, very low [and not credible].    We’re not yet at the peak of the outbreak.  Brigadier General (Ret.) Itai Brun joined INSS as a Deputy Director for Research and Analysis in December 2018. In his last position in the IDF he served as the head of Israel Defense Intelligence (IDI) Analysis Division (2011-2015). Prior to this position, he was the head of the Analysis Department in the Israeli Air Force Intelligence and the first director of the IDF's DADO Center for Interdisciplinary Military Studies. He founded the center in late 2006, after the second Lebanon War, and served as its director until January 2011.‪·         https://www.inss.org.il/publication/coronavirus-in-the-middle-east/ ‪·         https://www.inss.org.il/publication/coronavirus-discussion/ ‪·         https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/significant-drop-in-military-ops-in-the-west-bank-due-to-the-coronavirus-623181 ‪·         https://www.timesofisrael.com/fearing-gaza-virus-spread-hamas-preps-for-mass-quarantines/ ...more

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• The sky isn’t falling: it’s a nonstandard, intentional recession. @MichaelDFarren

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  Apr 03 2020

  Image:  Title page of The Remarkable Story of Chicken Little. Public domain. Michael Farren, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, & TheHill; in re:  Skyrocketing unemployment claims: 6.6 million this week.  The national economy has seized.    It’ll get worse before it gets better; it does mean that social distancing is working, diminishing the transmission of the disease. We’re trading off a short financial crisis—a recession—in favor of a recovery sooner. Won’t see needed relief till mid-April or later.   Unemployment insurance in no way can sustain a family; it’s designed to have people continue looking for work, but here we specifically don't want people out looking for work.      This is not a standard recession—the sky isn't falling—this is not the result of deep structural problems; rather, it's a government-induced recession to [avoid something worse].     Canada and Denmark:  don't want people to leave employment and have to file for UE, so he economy can leap out on the other side; Denmark is subsidizing employers for up to 75% of salaries/expense.  Down the road, we need to revamp our plans for such crises.   ...more

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• Tell the grim truth with merited optimism. FDR & Trump know the scale of risk. @ConradMBlack

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  Apr 03 2020

  Image: FDR fireside chat, September 30, 1934. Public domain. Conrad Black, NRO and author,  in re: Canada  has a financial-stabilization package of sorts, but a very good low-infection rate internationally. The notion of Americans’s fleeing the US to Canada: it’s not easy to cross the border for no good reason, and Canada’s marginally-better infection rates make it not worth the effort. Mrs Pelosi’s blue-ribbon commission to investigate the virus, where she attributed “blood on his hands” to President Trump. Not a blue-ribbon committee—if she appoints them, it won't be— it looks like simply  a smear job.  . .  .   They have a semi-comatose candidate who’s rising in the polls.    February 1942 fireside chat by FDR:  he delivered [difficult] news; he was sincere, but you could tell he was delivering bad news.   I heard Trump as being cautiously confident that we’d come in under 100,000.   Tactically the right move: tell the people the grim truth, but make sure that the immediate future is hopeful and the future beyond immediate is good. Both FDR and Trump know the scale of risk.   ...more

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• The "Map" Fireside chat 1942 and Trump vs the virus. @VDHanson @HooverInst

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  Apr 03 2020

  Photo: English: President Roosevelt, in the Oval Room of the White House, refers to his own map as he emphasizes a point in his radio address to the peopleRoosevelt's fireside chat was presented February 23, 1942. In advance of the address Roosevelt asked citizens to have a world map in front of them as they listened to him speak. "I'm going to speak about strange places that many of them never heard of—places that are now the battleground for civilization," he told his speechwriters. "I want to explain to the people something about geography—what our problem is and what the overall strategy of the war has to be. … If they understand the problem and what we are driving at, I am sure that they can take any kind of bad news right on the chin." Sales of new maps and atlases were unprecedented, while many people retrieved old commercial maps from storage and pinned them up on their walls.Date | 23 February 1942http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe "Map" Fireside chat 1942 and Trump vs the virus. @VDHanson @HooverInsthttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/coronavirus-pandemic-america-still-global-leader-time-crisis/ ...more

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• California in the virus and questions to be answered about January and February. @VDHanson @HooverInst

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  Apr 03 2020

  Photo: Panoramic view of the mining town of Randsburg, in the winter, ca.1900 Photograph of a panoramic view of the mining town of Randsburg, in the winter, ca.1900. Many of the structures are tents. The town and hills behind it are covered with snow. Several people are standing near an unhitched wagon behind a small wooden building in the foreground (lower left). Legible signs include: "Jameson's feed stable", ..."k Cafe", "Randsburg Drugstore", "Granger[?] stage office", ..."& coal yard", "Shepard, Wheeler & Rhodes, U.S. Deputy mineral surveyors, Mining & civil engineers, Abstractors & mining claims", "Mines bought, sold & examined & reports furnished", "Randsburg assay office", "Hempstead's drug store", "New York Hotel", "Randsburg steam bakery", "Eureka chop house", "Harrington House", "Lodging", "Mining surveyor", "Elite Theatre", "St. Elmo cigar store", ..."aster". Call number: CHS-1795 Photographer: Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 Filename: CHS-1795 Coverage date: circa 1900 Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Subject (adlf): mine sitesThis media file is in the public domain in the United States.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowCalifornia in the virus and questions to be answered about January and February. @VDHanson @HooverInsthttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/03/coronavirus-pandemic-california-herd-immunity/ ...more

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• Gettysburg reflections on national alarms in the time of the virus. @SalenaZito @WashingtonExaminer

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  Apr 02 2020

  Photo: August 1863 – General Buford (seated) & staff Mathew Brady - http://www.mcmahanphoto.com/lc2170--major-general-john-buford--aids-civil-war-photo-print.html General Buford (seated) and staff. From left to right: Myles Keogh, John Buford, Peter Penn-Gaskell, Craig Wharton Wadsworth, and Albert Payson Morrow. Public Domain File:Mcmahanphoto 2025 205699633.jpg Created: 1 January 1863 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowGettysburg reflections on national alarms in the time of the virus. @SalenaZito @WashingtonExaminerhttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/amid-coronavirus-some-seek-inspiration-at-gettysburg?utm_source=Salena+Zito&utm_campaign=6bdb5eaaf8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_04_01_12_57&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_06ac76b2f8-6bdb5eaaf8-11447385 ...more

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• North Korea shows off missile launches and hides the virus. Bruce Bechtol, Angelo State University. @GordonGChang

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  Apr 02 2020

  Photo: Map of the location of political prison camps (kwanliso) and ordinary prison camps (kyohwaso) in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). Map issued in 2014 by the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, under the United Nations Human Rights Council.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowNorth Korea shows off missile launches and hides the virus. Bruce Bechtol, Angelo State University. @GordonGChanghttps://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/coronavirus-threat-shifted-balance-in-military-readiness-top-us-commander-in-south-korea-says-1.624008 ...more

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• Canada's governance, defenses and doubts in the time of the virus. Charles Burton, Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. @GordonGChang

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  Apr 02 2020

  Photo: Nurse and orderly transport child to operating room, Canada, c. 1915http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowCanada's governance, defenses and doubts in the time of the virus. Charles Burton, Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.  @GordonGChanghttps://twitter.com/ezralevant/status/1244806063746056192 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-canada/canadas-army-not-needed-right-now-to-help-combat-coronavirus-spread-trudeau-says-idUSKBN21G0SX ...more

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• Small business worries for stability of the supply chains and the factories. Jonathan Bass, CEO of PTM Images.

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  Apr 02 2020

  Photo: Links of the Hudson River Chain from the American Revolutionary War; a memorial at West Point.  Public domain.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowSmall business worries for stability of the supply chains and the factories. Jonathan Bass,CEO of PTM Images. @GordonGChang

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• #HotelMars: Resheduling ExploreMars to august in the Summer of Mars launches. David Livingston SpaceShow.com Chris @Carberry2033

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  Apr 02 2020

  Photo: Artistic depiction of MSL Curiosity rover being lowered from the Skycrane NASA/JPL-Caltech - http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/gallery/pia14839.html Curiosity's Sky Crane Maneuver, Artist's Concept This artist's concept shows the sky crane maneuver during the descent of NASA's Curiosity rover to the Martian surface. The entry, descent, and landing (EDL) phase of the Mars Science Laboratory mission begins when the spacecraft reaches the Martian atmosphere, about 81 miles (131 kilometers) above the surface of the Gale crater landing area, and ends with the rover Curiosity safe and sound on the surface of Mars. Entry, descent, and landing for the Mars Science Laboratory mission will include a combination of technologies inherited from past NASA Mars missions, as well as exciting new technologies. Instead of the familiar airbag landing systems of the past Mars missions, Mars Science Laboratory will use a guided entry and a sky crane touchdown system to land the hyper-capable, massive rover. The sheer size of the Mars Science Laboratory rover (over one ton, or 900 kilograms) would preclude it from taking advantage of an airbag-assisted landing. Instead, the Mars Science Laboratory will use the sky crane touchdown system, which will be capable of delivering a much larger rover onto the surface. It will place the rover on its wheels, ready to begin its mission after thorough post-landing checkouts. The new entry, descent and landing architecture, with its use of guided entry, will allow for more precision. Where the Mars Exploration Rovers could have landed anywhere within their respective 93-mile by 12-mile (150 by 20 kilometer) landing ellipses, Mars Science Laboratory will land within a 12-mile (20-kilometer) ellipse! This high-precision delivery will open up more areas of Mars for exploration and potentially allow scientists to roam "virtually" where they have not been able to before. In the depicted scene, the spacecraft's descent stage, while controlling its own rate of descent with four of its eight throttle-controllable rocket engines, has begun lowering Curiosity on a bridle. The rover is connected to the descent stage by three nylon tethers and by an umbilical providing a power and communication connection. The bridle will extend to full length, about 25 feet (7.5 meters), as the descent stage continues descending. Seconds later, when touchdown is detected, the bridle is cut at the rover end, and the descent stage flies off to stay clear of the landing site. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#HotelMars: Resheduling ExploreMars to august in the Summer of Mars launches. David Livingston SpaceShow.com Chris @Carberry2033https://www.exploremars.org/about/ ...more

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• Closing the Waffle Houses closes small town America in the time of the virus. @SalenaZito @WashingtonExaminer

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  Apr 02 2020

  Photo: Liège Waffles – a legendary creation by an 18th-century chef to the prince-bishop of Liège – were not a confirmed recipe until 1921. Public domain..http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowClosing the Waffle Houses closes small town America in the time of the virus. @SalenaZito @WashingtonExaminerhttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/coronavirus-even-closed-the-waffle-house

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• CARES Act: This time is not different. @JohnTamny @RealClearMarkets

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  Apr 02 2020

  Photo: The cover of A Guide to Keynes by Alvin Hansen. Fair use.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowCARES Act: This time is not different. @JohnTamny @RealClearMarketshttps://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2020/03/31/conservatives_and_libertarians_tricked_again_by_pork_and_deficits_487778.html

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• Taiwan remains vigilant in the time of the virus; Atlanta, Georgia, locked down. @YatesDCIA @GordonGChang

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  Apr 02 2020

  Photo: Permissions: The copyright holder of this file allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that the copyright holder is properly attributed. Full  attribution below.* http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowTaiwan remains vigilant in the time of the virus: Atlanta, Georgia locked down. @YatesDCIA @GordonGChang https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52088167..* 中文（繁體）‎: 國防部軍事新聞通訊社著作權聲明. 國防部軍事新聞通訊社（mna.gpwb.gov.tw）. Archived from the original on 2017-11-01.：“ | 一、授權方式及範圍：為利各界廣為利用網站資料，軍事新聞通訊社網站上刊載之所有資料與素材，其得受著作權保護之範圍，以無償、非專屬，得再授權之方式提供公眾使用，使用者得不限時間及地域，重製、改作、編輯、公開傳輸或為其他方式之利用，開發各種產品或服務（簡稱加值衍生物），此一授權行為不會嗣後撤回，使用者亦無須取得本機關之書面或其他方式授權。然使用時，應註明出處。 | ” English: Copyright (in zh-tw). Military News Agency (mna.gpwb.gov.tw). Archived from the original on 2017-11-01.：“ | I. Authorization Method & ScopeIn order to facilitate the public to better utilize the website information, all of Military News Agency’s publicly posted information and materials that are protected under copyright provisions may be reauthorized for public use without cost in a non-exclusive manner. The users are not limited to time and by region to reproduce, adapt, edit, publicly transmit or utilize with other methods, and as well as to develop various products or services (herein known as derivations). This authorization will not be retracted hereafter, and the users do not have to acquire any written or other methods of authorization from the Administration. However, when using it, the user should state the source....more

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• Careful Abiding in Brooklyn, New York and Adams Morgan, D.C. in the time of the virus. @Tunku Varadarajan @HooverInst

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  Apr 02 2020

  Photo: Looking north across Adams Street at the Brooklyn approach to the w:Brooklyn Bridge between 1900 and 1910, with w:Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit and streetcar elevated tracks. From (Detroit Publishing Company).http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowCareful Abiding in Brooklyn, New York  and Adams Morgan, D.C. in the time of the virus. @Tunku Varadarajan @HooverInsthttps://www.wsj.com/articles/the-restaurant-at-the-edge-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic-11585324962?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=f56f5e41f3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_30_06_31&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-f56f5e41f3-72527561 ...more

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• The good news of prompt testing arriving for serology in the time of the virus. @HenryIMiller @PacificResearch

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  Apr 02 2020

  Photo: Comparable design in Chinese export porcelain, c. 1760 Public Domainview terms File:Kinesisk tallrik från 1770 - Hallwylska museet - 95758.tif Created: 1770s date QS:P571,+1770-00-00T00:00:00Z/8 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe good news of prompt testing arriving for serology in the time of the virus. @HenryIMiller @PacificResearchhttps://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/1fe15ddb-cbe0-418d-baa9-e5cf5bc73cff ...more

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• Can Joe Biden campaign as the national consoler? @HooverWhalen @HooverInst

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  Apr 02 2020

  Photo: Title: Trees, plants and seeds Identifier: CAT31284104 Year: 1900 (1900s) Authors: Baker Bros. Nursery; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Texas Fort Worth Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Trees Seedlings Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs Publisher: [Fort Worth, Tex. : Baker Bros. ] Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library    View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book  Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.  Text Appearing Before Image: 48 BAKER BROS., FORT WORTH, TEXAS. Text Appearing After Image: UMBRELLA CHINA TREE. CATALPA speciosa. The best tree to plant on sidewalks or other exposed localities. Horses and cattle will not touch it. It is, also, very orna- mental, with its large, heart-shaped leaves, and is especially handsome when covered with its white and fragrant blooms in spring. Its timber is very durable, also, resisting rot for many years. We have a good stock of fine trees. Each Dozen Price, transplanted trees, 10 feet . . .  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowCan Joe Biden campaign as the national consoler? @HooverWhalen @HooverInsthttps://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/01/joe_exotic_meets_joe_quixotic__142821.html ...more

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• State of the City, State, Union: Questions for Governor Cuomo on the release of prisoners and the infrequent subway service. @JCats2013 John Catsimatidis @CatsRoundtable @RedAppleTweets

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  Apr 02 2020

  Photo: .18th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)Date | circa 1900 Source | Mid-Manhattan Picture Collection / New York City -- subways. Digital ID: 836137Author | Unknown author http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowState of the City, State, Union: Questions for Governor Cuomo on the release of prisoners and the infrequent subway service.  @JCats2013 John Catsimatidis @CatsRoundtable @RedAppleTweetshttps://catsroundtable.com

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• Can the swift private marketplace respond to the national government's slow caution? @JohnHCochrane @HooverInst

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  Apr 02 2020

  Photo: Public Domain File:Liberty ship construction 11 prepared for launch.jpg Created: 1 April 1943 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowCan the swift private marketplace respond to the national government's slow caution? @JohnHCochrane @HooverInsthttps://johnhcochrane.blogspot.com/2020/03/defense-production-vs-markets.html?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=f56f5e41f3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_30_06_31&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-f56f5e41f3-72527561 ...more

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• How do we hold a national convention and vote in the time of the virus? @LarryDiamon @HooverInst

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  Apr 02 2020

  Photo: Chicago - Coliseum (exterior) (LOC)Bain News Service,, publisher. Chicago - Coliseum (exterior) [1912] (date created or published later by Bain) 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes:Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.Photo taken at the 1912 Republican National Convention held at the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, June 18-22. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2008)Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowHow do we hold a national convention and vote in the time of the virus? @LarryDiamon @HooverInsthttps://www.the-american-interest.com/2020/03/27/how-we-can-manage-the-pandemic-and-preserve-our-democracy/?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=f56f5e41f3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_30_06_31&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-f56f5e41f3-72527561 ...more

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• Friedrich Hayek leads the recovery from the time of the virus: 2 of 2: @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Apr 02 2020

  Photo: Fair use File:Individualism and Economic Order (Hayek book) cover art.jpg Uploaded: 2016-01-17 16:20:57 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowFriedrich Hayek leads the recovery from the time of the virus: 2 of 2:  @RichardAEpstein @HooverInsthttps://www.hoover.org/research/grim-costs-total-lockdowns?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=f56f5e41f3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_30_06_31&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-f56f5e41f3-72527561 ...more

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• Friedrich Hayek leads the recovery from the time of the virus: 1 of 2: @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Apr 02 2020

  Photo: Public Domain File:Harper Midway Chicago.jpg Uploaded: 2009-07-13 06:54:14 Location: 41° 46′ 48″ N, 87° 34′ 38″ W http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowFriedrich Hayek leads the recovery from the time of the virus: 1 of 2:  @RichardAEpstein @HooverInsthttps://www.hoover.org/research/grim-costs-total-lockdowns?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=f56f5e41f3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_30_06_31&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-f56f5e41f3-72527561 ...more

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• Energy recovery after the virus includes renewables in Texas. Bud Weinstein, Maguire Energy Institute.

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  Apr 02 2020

  Photo: English: Photograph identified as a windmill at Stowmarket in 1900. Author unknownDate | circa 1900 Source | My postcard collectionAuthor | Unknown authorPermission(Reusing this file) | Copyright expiredhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowEnergy recovery after the virus includes renewables in Texas. Bud Weinstein, Maguire Energy Institute. Bernard L. Weinstein is associate director of the Maguire Energy Institute and adjunct professor of business economics in the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University.https://www.insidesources.com/the-greening-of-texas/ ...more

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• How does Ireland recover from the time of the virus by learning from the Great Recession? Marc Coleman, Dublin, Ireland.

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  Apr 02 2020

  Photo: English: Man fixing bicycle in front of cottages, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, IrelandDeutsch: Mann, Fahrrad reparierend vor Cottages in Letterkenny, Irland; 1900Date | 1900Source | National Library of Ireland http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000051289Author | Unknown authorhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowHow does Ireland recover from the time of the virus by learning from the Great Recession? Marc Coleman, Dublin, Ireland.https://octavian.iehttps://octavian.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20-03-29-Covid-19-Irish-economy-brief.pdf ...more

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• Looking for the Federal Reserve's agility in the recovery from lockdown. @DavidBeckworth @Mercatus

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  Apr 02 2020

  Photo: Public Domain File:Rekhmire-tomb-drawing-furniture.jpgCreated: 19 June 2012 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowLooking for the Federal Reserve's agility in the recovery from lockdown. @DavidBeckworth @Mercatushttps://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/03/31/fighting-coronavirus-pandemic-economic-front-column/5088011002/

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• Architecture, Engineering and Construction in the time of the virus. Frank Stasiowski PSMJ Resources, Inc.

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  Apr 02 2020

  Photo: Public Domainview termsFile:Babylon, 1932.jpgCreated: Taken between Sept. 26 and Oct. 12, 1932. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowArchitecture, Engineering and Construction in the time of the virus. Frank Stasiowski  PSMJ Resources, Inc.https://www.psmj.com/team-members/frank-stasiowskihttps://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/490478-construction-continues-despite-rising-concerns-over-coronavirus

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• Mars’s volcanoes. Bob Zimmerman

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  Apr 01 2020

  Image: The Mars Polar Lander is shown on the surface of Mars.  NASA photo.Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com, in re: Mars’s volcanoes.

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• Commercial space bankruptcy reorganization. Bob Zimmerman

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  Apr 01 2020

  Image: Atronaut Dale Gardner holding a "For Sale" sign / NASA photoRobert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com, in re:  Commercial space bankruptcy reorganization 

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• 2/2 Startups’ surviving in the time of the virus @davidblumberg

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  Apr 01 2020

  Image:David J Blumberg, @davidblumberg, founder: Blumberg Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm; in re:  Startups surviving in virus.   

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• 1/2 Startups surviving in the time of the virus. @davidblumberg

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  Apr 01 2020

  Image:  San Francisco harbor in 1850 or 1851. During this time, the harbor would become so crowded that ships often had to wait days before unloading their passengers and goods.David J Blumberg, @davidblumberg, founder: Blumberg Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm; in re:  Startups surviving in virus. 

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• Londoners depend upon their famous parks in the time of the virus. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

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  Apr 01 2020

  Photo: English: Regent's Park section of "Improved map of London for 1833, from Actual Survey. Engraved by W. Schmollinger, 27 Goswell Terrace", photographed for Wikipedia by User:Pointillist. All rights of the photographer are hereby released. The grey fold mark represents the vertical orientation of the original map.Source | Improved map of LondonAuthor | W. Schmollingerhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowLondoners depend upon their famous parks in the time of the virus. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion ...more

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• Boris Johnson balancing science, politics and Margaret Thatcher's legacy. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

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  Apr 01 2020

  Photo: GladstonePublic Domain File:Portrait of Hawarden 1877 William Gladstone (4672759) (cropped).jpgCreated: 1877date QS:P571,+1877-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowBoris Johnson balancing science, politics and Margaret Thatcher's legacy. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/boris-thatcher-and-society-11585591959

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• Joe Biden the Mr. Rogers of public access presenting & What is to be done? @LizPeek

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  Apr 01 2020

  Photo: Image from page 110 of "New China and old : personal recollections and observations of thirty years" (1902) Identifier: cu31924023225968 Title: New China and old : personal recollections and observations of thirty years Year: 1902 (1900s) Authors:  Moule, Arthur Evans, 1836-1918 Subjects:  Publisher:  London : Seeley and Co., Ltd. Contributing Library:  Cornell University Library Digitizing Sponsor:  MSN http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowJoe Biden the Mr. Rogers of public access presenting & What is to be done? @LizPeekhttp://lizpeek.com/coronavirus-biden-claims-attack-virus-better-trump-history-says-otherwise-2/ ...more

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• First Quarter Bear Market searching for a bottom. @LizPeek @TheHill

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  Apr 01 2020

  Photo: Run on 19th Ward Bank, ca. 1907-1914, Bain Collection (LOC)Believed to be in Public Domain. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowFirst Quarter Bear Market searching for a bottom. @LizPeek @TheHillhttps://www.marketwatch.com/story/only-one-stock-in-the-dow-rose-during-the-first-quarter-and-it-was-up-by-only-one-penny-2020-03-31?mod=home-page

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• #NewWorld: Colombia prepares for the virus; Brazil hesitates about the virus. Joseph Humire @SecureFreeSoc Senator Maria Fernanda Cabal @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal.

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  Apr 01 2020

  Photo: Español: Vista de Yarumal en 1900. Antioquia, Colombia.Date | 1900Source | Fotografías tomadas de la colección de Antonio Guzmán publicadas en el libro “Yarumal con presencia 1787-1987”Author | Autor desconocidohttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#NewWorld: Colombia prepares for the virus; Brazil hesitates about the virus. Joseph Humire @SecureFreeSoc Senator Maria Fernanda Cabal @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal.

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• #NewWorld: Narco-terrorist Maduro indicted as the virus preys upon the abandoned Venezuela people. Joseph Humire @SecureFreeSoc Senator Maria Fernanda Cabal @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal..

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  Apr 01 2020

  Photo: English:Original descriptionCountry store, Venezuela 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing CompanyDate | 1905http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#NewWorld: Narco-terrorist Maduro indicted as the virus preys upon the abandoned Venezuela people.  Joseph Humire @SecureFreeSoc Senator Maria Fernanda Cabal @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal.. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/30/opinion/international-world/maduro-venezuela-trump.html ...more

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• Switzerland plans for swift economic recovery from the virus. @PaulR_Gregory @HooverInst

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  Apr 01 2020

  Photo: Photochrom Print CollectionTitle | Ouchy, Hotel de Chateaux, Geneva Lake, SwitzerlandDescription | Forms part of: Views of Switzerland in the Photochrom print collection.; Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J-foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905.; Print no. "9396".Date | between 1890 and 1900 Dimensions | 1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.Accession number | ppmsc.07112http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowSwitzerland plans for swift economic recovery from the virus. @PaulR_Gregory @HooverInsthttps://thehill.com/opinion/finance/489970-should-we-follow-the-swiss-in-dealing-with-covid-19?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=f56f5e41f3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_30_06_31&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-f56f5e41f3-72527561 ...more

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• The ICU caregivers and the virus. Larry Johnson, Sic Semper Tyrannis.

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  Apr 01 2020

  Photo: Caring for Spanish flu victims1919: American Red Cross volunteers carry a Spanish flu victim, 1919.It is estimated that anywhere from 20 to 100 million people were killed worldwide, or the approximate equivalent of one third of the population of Europe, more than double the number killed in World War I. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe ICU caregivers and the virus. Larry Johnson, Sic Semper Tyrannis.https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-the-nurses-see-bronx-hospital-reels-as-coronavirus-swamps-new-york-11585702641?mod=hp_lead_pos5 ...more

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• ISIS attacks Kabul while boasting of virus protection. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD

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  Mar 31 2020

  Photo: http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowISIS attacks Kabul while boasting of virus protection. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDDhttps://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/03/islamic-state-claims-assault-on-sikh-temple-in-afghan-capital.php

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• The Taliban propagandizes the virus while launching attacks. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD

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  Mar 31 2020

  Photo: http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe Taliban propagandizes the virus while launching attacks.  @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDDhttps://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/03/taliban-attacks-against-afghan-security-forces-continue-unabated.php

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• #HotelMars: Virus postponements, delays, unknowns and webinars continue for space engineering and planetary sciences. David Livingston, Space.show.com

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  Mar 31 2020

  Photo: Image credit: NASA/JPL http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#HotelMars: Virus postponements, delays, unknowns and webinars continue for space engineering and planetary sciences. David Livingston, Space.show.com

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• More hard questions for the PRC: unreported virus casualties; disinformation; defective masks and test; trust aftermath. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Mar 31 2020

  Photo: http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowMore hard questions for the PRC: unreported virus casualties; disinformation; defective masks and test; trust in the aftermath. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness 

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• Italy may be within a week of the peak. Lorenzo Fiori, Civilta della Macchina, Leonardo. Milano, Italia.

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  Mar 31 2020

  Photo: English: Milan's skyline.Date15 August 2014, 15:40:25SourceOwn workAuthorConte di CavourI, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.You are free:to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work. Under the following conditions:attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowItaly may be within a week of the peak. Lorenzo Fiori, Civilta della Macchina, Leonardo.  Milano, Italia.https://www.euronews.com/2020/03/30/coronavirus-latest-italy-may-reach-epidemic-peak-soon-officials-say ...more

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• USNS Mercy is a "release valve" for the virus-challenged LA hospitals. Captain John R. Rotruck, commanding officer, #USNSMercy.

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  Mar 31 2020

  Photo: 200327-N-UV609-1043.JPG Photo By: Petty Officer 1st Class David Mo http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowUSNS Mercy is a "release valve" for  the virus-challenged LA hospitals. Captain John R. Rotruck, commanding officer, #USNSMercy.https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/27/coronavirus-pandemic.htmlMar 27, 2020 LOS ANGELES, California - The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) arrives in Los Angeles, March 27, 2020. Mercy deployed in support of the nation’s COVID-19 response efforts, and will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. This allows shore base hospitals to focus their efforts on COVID-19 cases. One of the Department of Defense’s missions is Defense Support of Civil Authorities. DoD is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency, as well as state, local and public health authorities in helping protect the health and safety of the American people.  ...more

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• Pontius Pilate named on Herodian Palace silver ring. Malcolm Hoenlein: @conf_of_pres; @ThadMcCotter

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  Mar 31 2020

  Image:  Herod’s northern palace lobby Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, and Thaddeus McCotter, @ThadMcCotter, American Greatness;  in re; Phoenician culture very much included silver; wars with Rome were related to mineral exploration and Mediterranean expansion. Phoenicians flourished until Hannibal. They spread the alphabet. Archaeology shows them active in the 11th Century BCE.  “Silver Rush.”  A silver ring found at the Herodian palace near Bethlehem; it's inscribed with the name Pontius Pilate (“Pilatus”). The Pilate stone in Caesarea. [“Pontius” was a common name, but “Pilatus” was rare.],Permissions: Herod’s northern palace lobby עברית: האכסדרה הצפונית בארמון הורדוס , Original Image Name:הרודיון, Notes:אתר ארכאולוגי מתקופת בית שני שבו מבצר דמוי גבעה ועיר מלכותית, שנבנו על ידי המלך הורדוס ונמצאים כ-12 קילומטרים מדרום לירושלים, Location:הרודיון Date10 November 2009   /   Source Yehudit Garinkol via the PikiWiki - Israel free image collection project   /   Authorיהודית גרעין-כל Yehudit Garinkol ...more

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• Virus in Israel, Syria and Iran. Malcolm Hoenlein: @conf_of_pres; @ThadMcCotter

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  Mar 31 2020

  Image:  “And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils,and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.”       Here:  Stained glass in Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Killinghall, North Yorkshire, England. Church completed in 1880, by architect William Swinden Barber. A three-light window on the south aisle, illustrating Matthew 4.24: "And they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments." Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, and Thaddeus McCotter, @ThadMcCotter, American Greatness; in re: Gen Gantz essentially destroyed his party; so who gets which portfolio?  Gantz apparently will be defense minister for 18 mos.        IDF has been called in to develop quickly resources relating to the virus: food to homebound, and enforcing isolation.         Syria:  ISIS is taking advantage of the spread of corona, and spreading conspiracy theories ha the US an Israel had created it, Iraq’s weak state capacity: it depends on oil, whose price is so low.  ISIS warned its members to avoid Europe. Trying to weaponize the pandemic.          Prisoner release in Syria, esp Idlib; Russia came down heavily. Kurds. Release of ISIS fighters can become another factor in Syria.        Houthis fired two ballistic missiles to Saudi Arabia. US-based system took the two missiles down; it's all coming from Iran.  Also missiles from Gaza. Iranian agents dragged a dissenter into their embassy and murdered him there.   Another case in Germany, and another such in Denmark.               Iraq:  targetting troops.  New sanctions from State Dept.  IRGC.   ...more

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• The rise of the governors in the time of the virus. @johnfund, @DavidMDrucker

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  Mar 31 2020

  Image:  Mississippi State Capitol I, Allstarecho, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide.Permissions:  John Fund, NRO, & David M Drucker, Washington Examiner, in re: Governors take command. Jonathon Tate Reeves, Mississippi.  Andrew Cuomo, New York. The Tenth Amendment flourishes : “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” ...more

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• Politics of the CARES Act. @johnfund, @DavidMDrucker

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  Mar 31 2020

  Image: United States Congress meeting, c. 1915 David M Drucker, Washington Examiner, & John Fund, NRO, in re: CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security; which sets the maximum loan amount under the Paycheck Protection Program as 250 percent of average monthly payroll costs, up to a total of $10 million. The amount is intended to cover eight weeks of payroll expenses and any additional amounts for making payments towards debt obligations).

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• Rethink on the Chinese Communists and the next time of the virus. 2 of 2: Michael Auslin @HooverInst

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  Mar 31 2020

  Photo: English: Old China street in Canton, 1856.Date1856Sourcehttp://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/21f/21f.027/rise_fall_canton_04/gallery_places/pages/cwC_1856_Heine_OCSt_bx.htmAuthorWilhelm Heine  (1827–1885)  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowRethink on the Chinese Communists and the next time of the virus. 2 of 2: Michael Auslin @HooverInst https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/03/26/has_the_us-china_cold_war_now_begun_142778.html...more

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• Rethink on the Chinese Communists and the next time of the virus. 1 of 2: Michael Auslin @HooverInst

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  Mar 31 2020

  Photo: English: Exhibit in the Peabody Essex Museum - Salem, Massachusetts, USA.Date | 11 November 2018, 15:11:28Source | Own workAuthor | Daderothttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowRethink on the Chinese Communists and the next time of the virus. 1 of 2: Michael Auslin @HooverInst https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/03/26/has_the_us-china_cold_war_now_begun_142778.html

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• Law enforcement in the time of the virus: a warning from Detroit. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Mar 31 2020

  Photo: Police Patrol (LOC)Bain News Service,, publisher. Police Patrol [between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920] 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. Notes:Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).  Format: Glass negatives.  Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.  Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowLaw enforcement in the time of the virus:  a warning from Detroit. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/03/coronavirus-pandemic-law-enforcement-in-a-time-of-crisis/ ...more

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• Do you have a right to travel at will during a national emergency? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Mar 31 2020

  Photo: Photograph of airmail planes at Elko, Nevada Date: c. 1920  Object number: A.2009-25  Medium: paper; photo-emulsion  Description: Elko, Nevada was part of the last leg of the Post Office Department's transcontinental route. The New York City to Omaha, Nebraska, portion of the route had been in operation since May 1920. On September 8, 1920, the rest of the route, from Omaha to San Francisco, California was opened for airmail flights. Pilots traveled from on the route from Omaha to North Platte, Nebraska; Cheyenne, Rawlins and Rock Springs, Wyoming; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Elko and Reno, Nevada before landing in San Francisco. The initial westbound trip was made at the speed of 80 miles per hour and completed without a forced landing. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowDo you have a right to travel at will during a national emergency? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/03/coronavirus-response-president-trump-has-legal-power-to-restrict-travel-between-states/ ...more

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• New York at War: 4 of 4: Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham 1st Edition. by Steven H. Jaffe (Author)

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  Mar 31 2020

  Photo: Caption: New York off New York City for the Victory Review on 27 December 1918. (Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph NH 45145)http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow New York at War: 4 of 4:  Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham 1st Edition. by Steven H. Jaffe  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465036422/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 Stretching from the colonial era to 9/11 and beyond, New York at War is that most rare of books: a work of history that is at once local and international, timely and timeless. Bringing a unique lens to bear on the world's most celebrated and contested city, Jaffe reveals the unimaginable ways the city has changed—and how it has stubbornly endured—under threats both external and internal....more

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• New York at War: 3 of 4: Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham 1st Edition. by Steven H. Jaffe (Author)

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  Mar 31 2020

  Photo: English: New York, 1917. "Landship Recruit on Union Square." The U.S.S. Recruit, a wooden battleship erected by the Navy, served as a World War I recruiting station at Union Square from 1917 to 1920, when it "set sail" for Coney Island.Date | 1917http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow New York at War: 3 of 4:  Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham 1st Edition. by Steven H. Jaffe  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465036422/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 Stretching from the colonial era to 9/11 and beyond, New York at War is that most rare of books: a work of history that is at once local and international, timely and timeless. Bringing a unique lens to bear on the world's most celebrated and contested city, Jaffe reveals the unimaginable ways the city has changed—and how it has stubbornly endured—under threats both external and internal....more

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• New York at War: 2 of 4: Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham 1st Edition. by Steven H. Jaffe (Author)

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  Mar 31 2020

  Photo: English: New York, 1917. "Landship Recruit on Union Square." The U.S.S. Recruit, a wooden battleship erected by the Navy, served as a World War I recruiting station at Union Square from 1917 to 1920, when it "set sail" for Coney Island.Date | 1917Source | THE LANDSHIP ‘RECRUIT’, 1917Author | George Grantham Bain Collectionhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow New York at War: 2 of 4:  Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham 1st Edition. by Steven H. Jaffe  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465036422/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 Stretching from the colonial era to 9/11 and beyond, New York at War is that most rare of books: a work of history that is at once local and international, timely and timeless. Bringing a unique lens to bear on the world's most celebrated and contested city, Jaffe reveals the unimaginable ways the city has changed—and how it has stubbornly endured—under threats both external and internal....more

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• New York at War: 1 of 4: Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham 1st Edition. by Steven H. Jaffe (Author)

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  Mar 31 2020

  Photo: packing matzo for shipment to troops, 1917-1919 Description: Packing matzo for shipment to troops, 1917-1919  Creator/Photographer: unknown  Medium: black-and-white photographic print  Date: 1917-1919  Persistent URL: digital.cjh.org/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=210352   Repository: American Jewish Historical Society   Parent Collection: National Jewish Welfare Board Records   Call Number: I-337  Rights Information: No known copyright restrictions; may be subject to third party rights. For more copyright information, click here. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow New York at War: 1 of 4:  Four Centuries of Combat, Fear, and Intrigue in Gotham 1st Edition. by Steven H. Jaffe  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465036422/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 Stretching from the colonial era to 9/11 and beyond, New York at War is that most rare of books: a work of history that is at once local and international, timely and timeless. Bringing a unique lens to bear on the world's most celebrated and contested city, Jaffe reveals the unimaginable ways the city has changed—and how it has stubbornly endured—under threats both external and internal....more

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• The Churchills: 2 of 2: In Love and War Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Mary S. Lovell (Author), Anne Flosnik (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher)

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  Mar 30 2020

  Photo: Winston Churchill, accompanied by Lady Clementine, gives his famous 'V for victory' sign after victory in the general election, October 26, 1951http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Churchills: 2 of 2:  In Love and War  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Mary S. Lovell (Author), Anne Flosnik (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Churchills-Love-War/dp/B0050DO0LC/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=The first Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) was a soldier of such genius that a lavish palace, Blenheim, was built to honor his triumphs. Succeeding generations of Churchills sometimes achieved distinction but also included profligates and womanizers, and were saddled with the ruinous upkeep of Blenheim. The family fortunes were revived in the 19th century by the huge dowries of New York society beauties Jennie Jerome (Winston's mother) and Consuelo Vanderbilt (wife to Winston's cousin).  Mary S. Lovell brilliantly recounts the triumphant political and military campaigns, the construction of great houses, the domestic tragedies, and the happy marriage of Winston to Clementine Hosier, set against the disastrous unions of most of his family, which ended in venereal disease, papal annulment, clinical depression, and adultery.  The Churchills were an extraordinary family: ambitious, impecunious, impulsive, brave, and arrogant. Winston - recently voted "The Greatest Briton" - dominates them all. His failures and triumphs are revealed in the context of a poignant and sometimes tragic private life....more

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• The Churchills: 1 of 2: In Love and War Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Mary S. Lovell (Author), Anne Flosnik (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher)

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  Mar 30 2020

  Photo: Winston Churchill on his 77th Birthday with His Wife Clementine, November 30, 1951http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Churchills: 1 of 2:  In Love and War  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Mary S. Lovell (Author), Anne Flosnik (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Churchills-Love-War/dp/B0050DO0LC/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=The first Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) was a soldier of such genius that a lavish palace, Blenheim, was built to honor his triumphs. Succeeding generations of Churchills sometimes achieved distinction but also included profligates and womanizers, and were saddled with the ruinous upkeep of Blenheim. The family fortunes were revived in the 19th century by the huge dowries of New York society beauties Jennie Jerome (Winston's mother) and Consuelo Vanderbilt (wife to Winston's cousin).  Mary S. Lovell brilliantly recounts the triumphant political and military campaigns, the construction of great houses, the domestic tragedies, and the happy marriage of Winston to Clementine Hosier, set against the disastrous unions of most of his family, which ended in venereal disease, papal annulment, clinical depression, and adultery.  The Churchills were an extraordinary family: ambitious, impecunious, impulsive, brave, and arrogant. Winston - recently voted "The Greatest Briton" - dominates them all. His failures and triumphs are revealed in the context of a poignant and sometimes tragic private life....more

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• Can a new Russian DDOS weapon shut down the internet? @DefTechPat @DefenseOne

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  Mar 30 2020

  Photo: Title: The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across Siberia.. Year: 1886 (1880s) Authors:  Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896 Subjects:  Soviet Union -- Description and travel Siberia (Russia) Publisher:  New York : Harper & brothers Contributing Library:  New York Public Library Digitizing Sponsor:  MSN    View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book  Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.  Text Appearing Before Image:- in muchthe same way that prisons in other countries are occasionally emptied whenrecruits are wanted. They receive the same pay and treatment as othersoldiers, and are generally sent to distant points, to diminish the chances ofdesertion. Most of these recruits are sent to the regiments in the Caucasusand Central Asia, and a good many are found in the Siberian regiments. All money sent to exiles must pass through the hands of the ofiicials.It is a common complaint, and probably well founded, that a goodly partof this money sticks to the hands that touch it before it reaches its right-ful owner. The same allegation is made concernino- the allowances of EXILES IN IRKUTSK. 321 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowCan a new Russian DDOS weapon shut down the internet? @DefTechPat @DefenseOnehttps://www.defenseone.com/technology/2020/03/russia-has-new-tool-massive-internet-shutdown-attack-leaked-documents-claim/163983/ ...more

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• An app to solve Covid-19. @DefTechPat

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  Photo: Citizens of Tournai bury plague victimsPierart dou Tielt (fl. 1340-1360) - http://balat.kikirpa.be/photo.php?path=X004175&objnr=20049662 Miniature by Pierart dou Tielt illustrating the Tractatus quartus bu Gilles li Muisit (Tournai, c. 1353). The people of Tournai bury victims of the Black Death. ms. 13076 - 13077 fol. 24v. Public Domain File:Doutielt3.jpg Created: circa 1353 date QS:P,+1353-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowAn app to solve Covid-19. @DefTechPathttps://www.govexec.com/defense/2020/03/will-app-tell-you-who-will-give-you-covid-19/163954/?oref=d-river ...more

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• 8/8 Churchill's Bomb, by Graham Farmelo

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  Image:   Site of Totem 1, the first nuclear test on the Australian mainlandChurchill's Bomb, by Graham Farmelo https://www.amazon.com/Churchills-Bomb-Graham-Farmelo/dp/0571249795/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Churchill's Bomb—from the author of the Costa award-winning biography The Strangest Man—reveals a new aspect of Winston Churchill's life, so far completely neglected by historians: his relations with his nuclear scientists, and his management of Britain's policy on atomic weapons. Churchill was the only prominent politician to foresee the nuclear age and he played a leading role in the development of the Bomb during World War II. He became the first British Prime Minister with access to these weapons, and left office following desperate attempts during the Cold War to end the arms race. Graham Farmelo traces the beginnings of Churchill's association with nuclear weapons to his unlikely friendship with H. G. Wells, who coined the term 'atomic bombs'. In the 1930s, when Ernest Rutherford and his brilliant followers, such as Chadwick and Cockcroft, gave Britain the lead in nuclear research, Churchill wrote several widely read newspaper articles on the huge implications of their work. In 1940, British physicists first showed that the Bomb was a practical possibility. But Churchill, closely advised by his favourite scientist, the controversial Frederick Lindemann, allowed leadership to pass to the US, where the Manhattan Project made the Bomb a terrible reality. British physicists played only a minor role in this vast enterprise, while Churchill ignored warnings from the scientist Niels Bohr that the Anglo-American policy would lead to a post-war arms race. After the war, the Americans reneged on personal agreements between Roosevelt and Churchill to share research. Clement Attlee, in a fateful decision, ordered the building of a British Bomb to maintain the country's place among the great powers. Churchill inherited it and ended his political career obsessed with the threat of thermonuclear war. Churchill's Bomb is an original and controversial book, full of political and scientific personalities and intrigues, which reveals a little-known side of Britain's great war-leader. ...more

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• 7/8 Churchill's Bomb, by Graham Farmelo

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  Image:  English Electric Canberra bomber (English Electric Canberra TT18, UK)Churchill's Bomb, by Graham Farmelo https://www.amazon.com/Churchills-Bomb-Graham-Farmelo/dp/0571249795/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Churchill's Bomb—from the author of the Costa award-winning biography The Strangest Man—reveals a new aspect of Winston Churchill's life, so far completely neglected by historians: his relations with his nuclear scientists, and his management of Britain's policy on atomic weapons. Churchill was the only prominent politician to foresee the nuclear age and he played a leading role in the development of the Bomb during World War II. He became the first British Prime Minister with access to these weapons, and left office following desperate attempts during the Cold War to end the arms race. Graham Farmelo traces the beginnings of Churchill's association with nuclear weapons to his unlikely friendship with H. G. Wells, who coined the term 'atomic bombs'. In the 1930s, when Ernest Rutherford and his brilliant followers, such as Chadwick and Cockcroft, gave Britain the lead in nuclear research, Churchill wrote several widely read newspaper articles on the huge implications of their work. In 1940, British physicists first showed that the Bomb was a practical possibility. But Churchill, closely advised by his favourite scientist, the controversial Frederick Lindemann, allowed leadership to pass to the US, where the Manhattan Project made the Bomb a terrible reality. British physicists played only a minor role in this vast enterprise, while Churchill ignored warnings from the scientist Niels Bohr that the Anglo-American policy would lead to a post-war arms race. After the war, the Americans reneged on personal agreements between Roosevelt and Churchill to share research. Clement Attlee, in a fateful decision, ordered the building of a British Bomb to maintain the country's place among the great powers. Churchill inherited it and ended his political career obsessed with the threat of thermonuclear war. Churchill's Bomb is an original and controversial book, full of political and scientific personalities and intrigues, which reveals a little-known side of Britain's great war-leader..Permissions:   | Photographer | Mike Freer - Touchdown-aviation | Location | Newquay - Cornwall / St. Mawgan (NQY / EGHQ / EGDG), UK - England   | Aircraft type | English Electric Canberra TT18 | Operator | UK - Air Force    | Registration | WJ715 | Type | Photograph    | Date | 28 July 1981 | Source | •       Gallery page http://www.airliners.net/photo/UK---Air/English-Electric-Canberra/2276146/L •       Photo http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/6/4/1/2276146.jpg Licensing   This file comes from the Mike Freer collection and is copyrighted.   Note: This permission only extends to photos taken by Mike Freer at this link, in addition to files which may be provided via email. It does not include any other content from airliners.net which has not been provided by Mike Freer, nor does it include any content from touchdown-aviation.com. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 only as published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License. |  |   | ‪This work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose. If you wish to use this content, you do not need to request permission as long as you follow any licensing requirements mentioned on this page. ‪Wikimedia Foundation has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page. This correspondence has been reviewed by an OTRS member and stored in our permission archive. The correspondence is available to trusted volunteers as ticket #2011091810006389. ...more

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• 6/8 Churchill's Bomb, by Graham Farmelo

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  Image: The Orange Herald test on 31 May 1957, claimed to be Britain's first H-bomb test at the time, as reported by Universal International Newsreel a few days later. In fact, it was a large fusion-boosted fission weapon test, but the fusion boosting worked very poorly.Churchill's Bomb, by Graham Farmelo https://www.amazon.com/Churchills-Bomb-Graham-Farmelo/dp/0571249795/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Churchill's Bomb—from the author of the Costa award-winning biography The Strangest Man—reveals a new aspect of Winston Churchill's life, so far completely neglected by historians: his relations with his nuclear scientists, and his management of Britain's policy on atomic weapons. Churchill was the only prominent politician to foresee the nuclear age and he played a leading role in the development of the Bomb during World War II. He became the first British Prime Minister with access to these weapons, and left office following desperate attempts during the Cold War to end the arms race. Graham Farmelo traces the beginnings of Churchill's association with nuclear weapons to his unlikely friendship with H. G. Wells, who coined the term 'atomic bombs'. In the 1930s, when Ernest Rutherford and his brilliant followers, such as Chadwick and Cockcroft, gave Britain the lead in nuclear research, Churchill wrote several widely read newspaper articles on the huge implications of their work. In 1940, British physicists first showed that the Bomb was a practical possibility. But Churchill, closely advised by his favourite scientist, the controversial Frederick Lindemann, allowed leadership to pass to the US, where the Manhattan Project made the Bomb a terrible reality. British physicists played only a minor role in this vast enterprise, while Churchill ignored warnings from the scientist Niels Bohr that the Anglo-American policy would lead to a post-war arms race. After the war, the Americans reneged on personal agreements between Roosevelt and Churchill to share research. Clement Attlee, in a fateful decision, ordered the building of a British Bomb to maintain the country's place among the great powers. Churchill inherited it and ended his political career obsessed with the threat of thermonuclear war. Churchill's Bomb is an original and controversial book, full of political and scientific personalities and intrigues, which reveals a little-known side of Britain's great war-leader. ...more

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• 5/8 Churchill's Bomb, by Graham Farmelo

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  Image: Royal Engineers assemble huts during construction of the British military base which provided the headquarters of the nuclear test programme on Christmas Island; 1956.   (This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.)Churchill's Bomb, by Graham Farmelo https://www.amazon.com/Churchills-Bomb-Graham-Farmelo/dp/0571249795/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Churchill's Bomb—from the author of the Costa award-winning biography The Strangest Man—reveals a new aspect of Winston Churchill's life, so far completely neglected by historians: his relations with his nuclear scientists, and his management of Britain's policy on atomic weapons. Churchill was the only prominent politician to foresee the nuclear age and he played a leading role in the development of the Bomb during World War II. He became the first British Prime Minister with access to these weapons, and left office following desperate attempts during the Cold War to end the arms race. Graham Farmelo traces the beginnings of Churchill's association with nuclear weapons to his unlikely friendship with H. G. Wells, who coined the term 'atomic bombs'. In the 1930s, when Ernest Rutherford and his brilliant followers, such as Chadwick and Cockcroft, gave Britain the lead in nuclear research, Churchill wrote several widely read newspaper articles on the huge implications of their work. In 1940, British physicists first showed that the Bomb was a practical possibility. But Churchill, closely advised by his favourite scientist, the controversial Frederick Lindemann, allowed leadership to pass to the US, where the Manhattan Project made the Bomb a terrible reality. British physicists played only a minor role in this vast enterprise, while Churchill ignored warnings from the scientist Niels Bohr that the Anglo-American policy would lead to a post-war arms race. After the war, the Americans reneged on personal agreements between Roosevelt and Churchill to share research. Clement Attlee, in a fateful decision, ordered the building of a British Bomb to maintain the country's place among the great powers. Churchill inherited it and ended his political career obsessed with the threat of thermonuclear war. Churchill's Bomb is an original and controversial book, full of political and scientific personalities and intrigues, which reveals a little-known side of Britain's great war-leader. ...more

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• 4/8 Churchill's Bomb, by Graham Farmelo

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  Image: The UK's first nuclear test, Operation Hurricane, in Australia in 1952..Churchill's Bomb, by Graham Farmelo https://www.amazon.com/Churchills-Bomb-Graham-Farmelo/dp/0571249795/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Churchill's Bomb—from the author of the Costa award-winning biography The Strangest Man—reveals a new aspect of Winston Churchill's life, so far completely neglected by historians: his relations with his nuclear scientists, and his management of Britain's policy on atomic weapons. Churchill was the only prominent politician to foresee the nuclear age and he played a leading role in the development of the Bomb during World War II. He became the first British Prime Minister with access to these weapons, and left office following desperate attempts during the Cold War to end the arms race. Graham Farmelo traces the beginnings of Churchill's association with nuclear weapons to his unlikely friendship with H. G. Wells, who coined the term 'atomic bombs'. In the 1930s, when Ernest Rutherford and his brilliant followers, such as Chadwick and Cockcroft, gave Britain the lead in nuclear research, Churchill wrote several widely read newspaper articles on the huge implications of their work. In 1940, British physicists first showed that the Bomb was a practical possibility. But Churchill, closely advised by his favourite scientist, the controversial Frederick Lindemann, allowed leadership to pass to the US, where the Manhattan Project made the Bomb a terrible reality. British physicists played only a minor role in this vast enterprise, while Churchill ignored warnings from the scientist Niels Bohr that the Anglo-American policy would lead to a post-war arms race. After the war, the Americans reneged on personal agreements between Roosevelt and Churchill to share research. Clement Attlee, in a fateful decision, ordered the building of a British Bomb to maintain the country's place among the great powers. Churchill inherited it and ended his political career obsessed with the threat of thermonuclear war. Churchill's Bomb is an original and controversial book, full of political and scientific personalities and intrigues, which reveals a little-known side of Britain's great war-leader. ...more

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  Image: President Harry Truman and prime ministers Clement Attlee and Mackenzie King boarding USS Sequoia for discussions about nuclear weapons, November 1945.Churchill's Bomb, by Graham Farmelo https://www.amazon.com/Churchills-Bomb-Graham-Farmelo/dp/0571249795/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Churchill's Bomb—from the author of the Costa award-winning biography The Strangest Man—reveals a new aspect of Winston Churchill's life, so far completely neglected by historians: his relations with his nuclear scientists, and his management of Britain's policy on atomic weapons. Churchill was the only prominent politician to foresee the nuclear age and he played a leading role in the development of the Bomb during World War II. He became the first British Prime Minister with access to these weapons, and left office following desperate attempts during the Cold War to end the arms race. Graham Farmelo traces the beginnings of Churchill's association with nuclear weapons to his unlikely friendship with H. G. Wells, who coined the term 'atomic bombs'. In the 1930s, when Ernest Rutherford and his brilliant followers, such as Chadwick and Cockcroft, gave Britain the lead in nuclear research, Churchill wrote several widely read newspaper articles on the huge implications of their work. In 1940, British physicists first showed that the Bomb was a practical possibility. But Churchill, closely advised by his favourite scientist, the controversial Frederick Lindemann, allowed leadership to pass to the US, where the Manhattan Project made the Bomb a terrible reality. British physicists played only a minor role in this vast enterprise, while Churchill ignored warnings from the scientist Niels Bohr that the Anglo-American policy would lead to a post-war arms race. After the war, the Americans reneged on personal agreements between Roosevelt and Churchill to share research. Clement Attlee, in a fateful decision, ordered the building of a British Bomb to maintain the country's place among the great powers. Churchill inherited it and ended his political career obsessed with the threat of thermonuclear war. Churchill's Bomb is an original and controversial book, full of political and scientific personalities and intrigues, which reveals a little-known side of Britain's great war-leader. ...more

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• 2/8 Churchill's Bomb, by Graham Farmelo

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  Image:  James Chadwick (left), the head of the British Mission, confers with Major General Leslie R. Groves, Jr. (right), the director of the Manhattan ProjectChurchill's Bomb, by Graham Farmelo https://www.amazon.com/Churchills-Bomb-Graham-Farmelo/dp/0571249795/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Churchill's Bomb—from the author of the Costa award-winning biography The Strangest Man—reveals a new aspect of Winston Churchill's life, so far completely neglected by historians: his relations with his nuclear scientists, and his management of Britain's policy on atomic weapons. Churchill was the only prominent politician to foresee the nuclear age and he played a leading role in the development of the Bomb during World War II. He became the first British Prime Minister with access to these weapons, and left office following desperate attempts during the Cold War to end the arms race. Graham Farmelo traces the beginnings of Churchill's association with nuclear weapons to his unlikely friendship with H. G. Wells, who coined the term 'atomic bombs'. In the 1930s, when Ernest Rutherford and his brilliant followers, such as Chadwick and Cockcroft, gave Britain the lead in nuclear research, Churchill wrote several widely read newspaper articles on the huge implications of their work. In 1940, British physicists first showed that the Bomb was a practical possibility. But Churchill, closely advised by his favourite scientist, the controversial Frederick Lindemann, allowed leadership to pass to the US, where the Manhattan Project made the Bomb a terrible reality. British physicists played only a minor role in this vast enterprise, while Churchill ignored warnings from the scientist Niels Bohr that the Anglo-American policy would lead to a post-war arms race. After the war, the Americans reneged on personal agreements between Roosevelt and Churchill to share research. Clement Attlee, in a fateful decision, ordered the building of a British Bomb to maintain the country's place among the great powers. Churchill inherited it and ended his political career obsessed with the threat of thermonuclear war. Churchill's Bomb is an original and controversial book, full of political and scientific personalities and intrigues, which reveals a little-known side of Britain's great war-leader. ...more

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  Image:  The Poynting Physics building at the University of Birmingham, where Peierls and Frisch wrote the Frisch–Peierls memorandum. Churchill's Bomb, by Graham Farmelo https://www.amazon.com/Churchills-Bomb-Graham-Farmelo/dp/0571249795/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Churchill's Bomb—from the author of the Costa award-winning biography The Strangest Man—reveals a new aspect of Winston Churchill's life, so far completely neglected by historians: his relations with his nuclear scientists, and his management of Britain's policy on atomic weapons. Churchill was the only prominent politician to foresee the nuclear age and he played a leading role in the development of the Bomb during World War II. He became the first British Prime Minister with access to these weapons, and left office following desperate attempts during the Cold War to end the arms race. Graham Farmelo traces the beginnings of Churchill's association with nuclear weapons to his unlikely friendship with H. G. Wells, who coined the term 'atomic bombs'. In the 1930s, when Ernest Rutherford and his brilliant followers, such as Chadwick and Cockcroft, gave Britain the lead in nuclear research, Churchill wrote several widely read newspaper articles on the huge implications of their work. In 1940, British physicists first showed that the Bomb was a practical possibility. But Churchill, closely advised by his favourite scientist, the controversial Frederick Lindemann, allowed leadership to pass to the US, where the Manhattan Project made the Bomb a terrible reality. British physicists played only a minor role in this vast enterprise, while Churchill ignored warnings from the scientist Niels Bohr that the Anglo-American policy would lead to a post-war arms race. After the war, the Americans reneged on personal agreements between Roosevelt and Churchill to share research. Clement Attlee, in a fateful decision, ordered the building of a British Bomb to maintain the country's place among the great powers. Churchill inherited it and ended his political career obsessed with the threat of thermonuclear war. Churchill's Bomb is an original and controversial book, full of political and scientific personalities and intrigues, which reveals a little-known side of Britain's great war-leader...Permissions:   University of Birmingham, England   Date | 4 May 2013, 14:20:12 | Source | Own work   Author | RexxS Licensing:  ‪I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.  You are free:•       ‪to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work•       ‪to remix – to adapt the work‪Under the following conditions:•       ‪attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You m•       attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.•       ‪share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.   ...more

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• When Apple reopens, America reopens close behind. @GeneMarks @Guardian

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  Photo: Public Domain File:New York City's Sixth Avenue elevated railway and the crowded street below, ca. 1940 - NARA - 535709.jpg Created: circa 1940 date QS:P571,+1940-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 Location: 38° 0′ 0″ N, 98° 0′ 0″ W http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowWhen Apple reopens, America reopens close behind. @GeneMarks @GuardianApple Plans to Reopen U.S. Stores in April, Following Trump Guidancehttps://venturebeat.com/2020/03/24/apple-plans-to-reopen-u-s-stores-in-april-following-trump-guidance/ The Unlikely Products Selling Out Because of Coronavirushttps://marker.medium.com/the-unlikely-products-selling-out-because-of-coronavirus-486b7f55a6d5 ...more

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• 8/8 Ministers at War: Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet, by Jonathan Schneer.

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  Image:  Much later, Churchill painted Daybreak at Cassis. Ministers at War: Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet,  by Jonathan Schneer.  Matthew Brenher (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged  https://www.amazon.com/Ministers-War-Winston-Churchill-Cabinet/dp/B00VAVUEAY/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In May 1940, with France on the verge of defeat, Britain alone stood in the path of the Nazi military juggernaut. Survival seemed to hinge on the leadership of Winston Churchill, whom the king reluctantly appointed prime minister as Germany invaded France. Churchill's reputation as one of the great 20th-century leaders would be forged during the coming months and years as he worked tirelessly first to rally his country and then to defeat Hitler. But Churchill—regarded as the savior of his nation and of the entire continent—could not have done it alone.  As the prizewinning historian Jonathan Schneer reveals in Ministers at War, Churchill depended on a team of powerful ministers to manage the war effort as he rallied a beleaguered nation. Selecting men from across the political spectrum—from his fellow conservative Anthony Eden to the leader of the opposing socialist Labor Party, Clement Attlee—Churchill assembled a war cabinet that balanced competing interests and bolstered support for his national coalition government. The group possessed a potent blend of talent, ambition, and egotism. Led and encouraged by Churchill, the ministers largely set aside their differences—at least at first. As the war progressed, discord began to grow. It reached a peak in 1945. With victory seemingly assured, Churchill was forced by his minsters at war to dissolve the government and call a general election, which, in a shocking upset, he lost to his rival, Attlee.  Authoritatively recasting our understanding of British high politics during World War II, Schneer shows that Churchill managed the war effort by managing his team of supremely able yet contentious cabinet members. The outcome of the war lay not only in Churchill's individual brilliance but also in his skill as an executive and in the collective ability of men who muted their personal interests to save the world from barbarism.   ...more

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• 7/8 Ministers at War: Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet, by Jonathan Schneer.

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  Image: The Cabinet War Rooms office-bedroom of Brendan Bracken, Churchill's Minister of Information. Ministers at War: Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet,  by Jonathan Schneer.  Matthew Brenher (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged  https://www.amazon.com/Ministers-War-Winston-Churchill-Cabinet/dp/B00VAVUEAY/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In May 1940, with France on the verge of defeat, Britain alone stood in the path of the Nazi military juggernaut. Survival seemed to hinge on the leadership of Winston Churchill, whom the king reluctantly appointed prime minister as Germany invaded France. Churchill's reputation as one of the great 20th-century leaders would be forged during the coming months and years as he worked tirelessly first to rally his country and then to defeat Hitler. But Churchill—regarded as the savior of his nation and of the entire continent—could not have done it alone.  As the prizewinning historian Jonathan Schneer reveals in Ministers at War, Churchill depended on a team of powerful ministers to manage the war effort as he rallied a beleaguered nation. Selecting men from across the political spectrum—from his fellow conservative Anthony Eden to the leader of the opposing socialist Labor Party, Clement Attlee—Churchill assembled a war cabinet that balanced competing interests and bolstered support for his national coalition government. The group possessed a potent blend of talent, ambition, and egotism. Led and encouraged by Churchill, the ministers largely set aside their differences—at least at first. As the war progressed, discord began to grow. It reached a peak in 1945. With victory seemingly assured, Churchill was forced by his minsters at war to dissolve the government and call a general election, which, in a shocking upset, he lost to his rival, Attlee.  Authoritatively recasting our understanding of British high politics during World War II, Schneer shows that Churchill managed the war effort by managing his team of supremely able yet contentious cabinet members. The outcome of the war lay not only in Churchill's individual brilliance but also in his skill as an executive and in the collective ability of men who muted their personal interests to save the world from barbarism..Permissions: A shot from the Cabinet War Rooms, London. Desk of the Minister for Information. | Date | 18 November 2007     /   Source | Self-photographed | Author | Porcupine    /   Licensing | This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. |  | Attribution: Attribution 3.0   /    You are free: •       to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work •       to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: •       attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.    ...more

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• 6/8 Ministers at War: Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet, by Jonathan Schneer.

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  Image: The Map Room in the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms Ministers at War: Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet,  by Jonathan Schneer.  Matthew Brenher (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged  https://www.amazon.com/Ministers-War-Winston-Churchill-Cabinet/dp/B00VAVUEAY/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In May 1940, with France on the verge of defeat, Britain alone stood in the path of the Nazi military juggernaut. Survival seemed to hinge on the leadership of Winston Churchill, whom the king reluctantly appointed prime minister as Germany invaded France. Churchill's reputation as one of the great 20th-century leaders would be forged during the coming months and years as he worked tirelessly first to rally his country and then to defeat Hitler. But Churchill—regarded as the savior of his nation and of the entire continent—could not have done it alone.  As the prizewinning historian Jonathan Schneer reveals in Ministers at War, Churchill depended on a team of powerful ministers to manage the war effort as he rallied a beleaguered nation. Selecting men from across the political spectrum—from his fellow conservative Anthony Eden to the leader of the opposing socialist Labor Party, Clement Attlee—Churchill assembled a war cabinet that balanced competing interests and bolstered support for his national coalition government. The group possessed a potent blend of talent, ambition, and egotism. Led and encouraged by Churchill, the ministers largely set aside their differences—at least at first. As the war progressed, discord began to grow. It reached a peak in 1945. With victory seemingly assured, Churchill was forced by his minsters at war to dissolve the government and call a general election, which, in a shocking upset, he lost to his rival, Attlee.  Authoritatively recasting our understanding of British high politics during World War II, Schneer shows that Churchill managed the war effort by managing his team of supremely able yet contentious cabinet members. The outcome of the war lay not only in Churchill's individual brilliance but also in his skill as an executive and in the collective ability of men who muted their personal interests to save the world from barbarism..Permissions: Permissions:The Map Room in the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms | Date | 21 August 2009, 14:21 (UTC) | Source | •       MapRoomCabinetWarRooms20060617_CopyrightKaihsuTai.jpg | Author | •  MapRoomCabinetWarRooms20060617_CopyrightKaihsuTai.jpg: Kaihsu Tai •       derivative work: SilkTork (talk)This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Trim to eliminate glare sections. The original can be viewed here: MapRoomCabinetWarRooms20060617 CopyrightKaihsuTai.jpg: . Modifications made by SilkTork.   ‪I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses:‪This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license. |  | ‪You are free: •       ‪to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work •       ‪to remix – to adapt the work ‪Under the following conditions: •       ‪attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. •       ‪share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.  | ‪  | ‪This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. |  ‪You are free: •       ‪to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work •       ‪to remix – to adapt the work ‪Under the following conditions: •       ‪attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. •       ‪share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. | ‪This licensing tag was added to this file as part of the GFDL licensing update. |  | ‪Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License. ...more

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• 5/8 Ministers at War: Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet, by Jonathan Schneer

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  Image:  Diana Spencer-Churchill, Winston Churchill’s eldest daughter, with her then-husband, Duncan Sandys in 1935. Ministers at War: Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet,  by Jonathan Schneer.  Matthew Brenher (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged  https://www.amazon.com/Ministers-War-Winston-Churchill-Cabinet/dp/B00VAVUEAY/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In May 1940, with France on the verge of defeat, Britain alone stood in the path of the Nazi military juggernaut. Survival seemed to hinge on the leadership of Winston Churchill, whom the king reluctantly appointed prime minister as Germany invaded France. Churchill's reputation as one of the great 20th-century leaders would be forged during the coming months and years as he worked tirelessly first to rally his country and then to defeat Hitler. But Churchill—regarded as the savior of his nation and of the entire continent—could not have done it alone.  As the prizewinning historian Jonathan Schneer reveals in Ministers at War, Churchill depended on a team of powerful ministers to manage the war effort as he rallied a beleaguered nation. Selecting men from across the political spectrum—from his fellow conservative Anthony Eden to the leader of the opposing socialist Labor Party, Clement Attlee—Churchill assembled a war cabinet that balanced competing interests and bolstered support for his national coalition government. The group possessed a potent blend of talent, ambition, and egotism. Led and encouraged by Churchill, the ministers largely set aside their differences—at least at first. As the war progressed, discord began to grow. It reached a peak in 1945. With victory seemingly assured, Churchill was forced by his minsters at war to dissolve the government and call a general election, which, in a shocking upset, he lost to his rival, Attlee.  Authoritatively recasting our understanding of British high politics during World War II, Schneer shows that Churchill managed the war effort by managing his team of supremely able yet contentious cabinet members. The outcome of the war lay not only in Churchill's individual brilliance but also in his skill as an executive and in the collective ability of men who muted their personal interests to save the world from barbarism. ...more

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• 4/8 Ministers at War: Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet, by Jonathan Schneer

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  Image: 1929 portrait of Neville Chamberlain the appeaser by William Orpen.  Ministers at War: Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet,  by Jonathan Schneer.  Matthew Brenher (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged  https://www.amazon.com/Ministers-War-Winston-Churchill-Cabinet/dp/B00VAVUEAY/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In May 1940, with France on the verge of defeat, Britain alone stood in the path of the Nazi military juggernaut. Survival seemed to hinge on the leadership of Winston Churchill, whom the king reluctantly appointed prime minister as Germany invaded France. Churchill's reputation as one of the great 20th-century leaders would be forged during the coming months and years as he worked tirelessly first to rally his country and then to defeat Hitler. But Churchill—regarded as the savior of his nation and of the entire continent—could not have done it alone.  As the prizewinning historian Jonathan Schneer reveals in Ministers at War, Churchill depended on a team of powerful ministers to manage the war effort as he rallied a beleaguered nation. Selecting men from across the political spectrum—from his fellow conservative Anthony Eden to the leader of the opposing socialist Labor Party, Clement Attlee—Churchill assembled a war cabinet that balanced competing interests and bolstered support for his national coalition government. The group possessed a potent blend of talent, ambition, and egotism. Led and encouraged by Churchill, the ministers largely set aside their differences—at least at first. As the war progressed, discord began to grow. It reached a peak in 1945. With victory seemingly assured, Churchill was forced by his minsters at war to dissolve the government and call a general election, which, in a shocking upset, he lost to his rival, Attlee.  Authoritatively recasting our understanding of British high politics during World War II, Schneer shows that Churchill managed the war effort by managing his team of supremely able yet contentious cabinet members. The outcome of the war lay not only in Churchill's individual brilliance but also in his skill as an executive and in the collective ability of men who muted their personal interests to save the world from barbarism. ...more

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• 3/8 Ministers at War: Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet, by Jonathan Schneer.

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  Image: Photo of all 6 first editions of Churchill’s History of World War II, in six volumes. Ministers at War: Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet,  by Jonathan Schneer.  Matthew Brenher (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged  https://www.amazon.com/Ministers-War-Winston-Churchill-Cabinet/dp/B00VAVUEAY/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In May 1940, with France on the verge of defeat, Britain alone stood in the path of the Nazi military juggernaut. Survival seemed to hinge on the leadership of Winston Churchill, whom the king reluctantly appointed prime minister as Germany invaded France. Churchill's reputation as one of the great 20th-century leaders would be forged during the coming months and years as he worked tirelessly first to rally his country and then to defeat Hitler. But Churchill—regarded as the savior of his nation and of the entire continent—could not have done it alone.  As the prizewinning historian Jonathan Schneer reveals in Ministers at War, Churchill depended on a team of powerful ministers to manage the war effort as he rallied a beleaguered nation. Selecting men from across the political spectrum—from his fellow conservative Anthony Eden to the leader of the opposing socialist Labor Party, Clement Attlee—Churchill assembled a war cabinet that balanced competing interests and bolstered support for his national coalition government. The group possessed a potent blend of talent, ambition, and egotism. Led and encouraged by Churchill, the ministers largely set aside their differences—at least at first. As the war progressed, discord began to grow. It reached a peak in 1945. With victory seemingly assured, Churchill was forced by his minsters at war to dissolve the government and call a general election, which, in a shocking upset, he lost to his rival, Attlee.  Authoritatively recasting our understanding of British high politics during World War II, Schneer shows that Churchill managed the war effort by managing his team of supremely able yet contentious cabinet members. The outcome of the war lay not only in Churchill's individual brilliance but also in his skill as an executive and in the collective ability of men who muted their personal interests to save the world from barbarism. ...more

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• 2/8 Ministers at War: Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet, by Jonathan Schneer.

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  Image:  Winston Churchill Ministers at War: Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet,  by Jonathan Schneer.  Matthew Brenher (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged  https://www.amazon.com/Ministers-War-Winston-Churchill-Cabinet/dp/B00VAVUEAY/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In May 1940, with France on the verge of defeat, Britain alone stood in the path of the Nazi military juggernaut. Survival seemed to hinge on the leadership of Winston Churchill, whom the king reluctantly appointed prime minister as Germany invaded France. Churchill's reputation as one of the great 20th-century leaders would be forged during the coming months and years as he worked tirelessly first to rally his country and then to defeat Hitler. But Churchill—regarded as the savior of his nation and of the entire continent—could not have done it alone.  As the prizewinning historian Jonathan Schneer reveals in Ministers at War, Churchill depended on a team of powerful ministers to manage the war effort as he rallied a beleaguered nation. Selecting men from across the political spectrum—from his fellow conservative Anthony Eden to the leader of the opposing socialist Labor Party, Clement Attlee—Churchill assembled a war cabinet that balanced competing interests and bolstered support for his national coalition government. The group possessed a potent blend of talent, ambition, and egotism. Led and encouraged by Churchill, the ministers largely set aside their differences—at least at first. As the war progressed, discord began to grow. It reached a peak in 1945. With victory seemingly assured, Churchill was forced by his minsters at war to dissolve the government and call a general election, which, in a shocking upset, he lost to his rival, Attlee.  Authoritatively recasting our understanding of British high politics during World War II, Schneer shows that Churchill managed the war effort by managing his team of supremely able yet contentious cabinet members. The outcome of the war lay not only in Churchill's individual brilliance but also in his skill as an executive and in the collective ability of men who muted their personal interests to save the world from barbarism. ...more

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• 1/ 8 Ministers at War: Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet, by Jonathan Schneer.

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  Image: Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax; 1944. Halifax ceded the position of prime minister to Churchill rather than perhaps be seen to have failed in the war.Ministers at War: Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet,  by Jonathan Schneer.  Matthew Brenher (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged  https://www.amazon.com/Ministers-War-Winston-Churchill-Cabinet/dp/B00VAVUEAY/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In May 1940, with France on the verge of defeat, Britain alone stood in the path of the Nazi military juggernaut. Survival seemed to hinge on the leadership of Winston Churchill, whom the king reluctantly appointed prime minister as Germany invaded France. Churchill's reputation as one of the great 20th-century leaders would be forged during the coming months and years as he worked tirelessly first to rally his country and then to defeat Hitler. But Churchill—regarded as the savior of his nation and of the entire continent—could not have done it alone.  As the prizewinning historian Jonathan Schneer reveals in Ministers at War, Churchill depended on a team of powerful ministers to manage the war effort as he rallied a beleaguered nation. Selecting men from across the political spectrum—from his fellow conservative Anthony Eden to the leader of the opposing socialist Labor Party, Clement Attlee—Churchill assembled a war cabinet that balanced competing interests and bolstered support for his national coalition government. The group possessed a potent blend of talent, ambition, and egotism. Led and encouraged by Churchill, the ministers largely set aside their differences—at least at first. As the war progressed, discord began to grow. It reached a peak in 1945. With victory seemingly assured, Churchill was forced by his minsters at war to dissolve the government and call a general election, which, in a shocking upset, he lost to his rival, Attlee.  Authoritatively recasting our understanding of British high politics during World War II, Schneer shows that Churchill managed the war effort by managing his team of supremely able yet contentious cabinet members. The outcome of the war lay not only in Churchill's individual brilliance but also in his skill as an executive and in the collective ability of men who muted their personal interests to save the world from barbarism...Permissions:  Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax; 1944 Dutch National Archives, The Hague, Fotocollectie Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau (ANEFO), 1945-1989 bekijk oegang 2.24.01.04 Bestanddeelnummer 902-2067      Author Yousuf Karsh  (1908–2002)   Karsh of Ottawa |  his file is licensed under theCreative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Netherlands license. | | You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. ...more

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• The strange ancient hot spring of Mars. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Photo: Elliptical features (arrows) in Vernal crater (HiRISE image PSP_010420_1855_RED). North is up.https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2020/pdf/1563.pdfhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe strange ancient hot spring of Mars. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/inactive-hot-springs-on-mars/

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• The virus also pauses space engineering. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Photo: Dr. Robert H. Goddard loading a 1918 version of the Bazooka of World War II. From 1930 to 1941, Dr. Goddard made substantial progress in the development of progressively larger rockets, which attained altitudes of 2400 meters, and refined his equipment for guidance and control, his techniques of welding, and his insulation, pumps, and other associated equipment. In many respects, Dr. Goddard laid the essential foundations of practical rocket technologyPublic domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe virus also pauses space engineering. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-commercial-launch-for-argentina-postponed-because-of-covid-19/ ...more

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• #PacificWatch: California closes the beaches and the mountains. Jeff Bliss.

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  Mar 28 2020

  Photo: Unknown author or not providedRecord creator | Department of the Navy. Eleventh Naval District. San Pedro Naval Operating Base. (1917 - 1947)Title | Naval Ammunition and Net Depot, Seal Beach, California. [Aerial view of jetty and coastline.]Français : Vué aérienne du dépôt de munitions navales, Seal Beach, Californie. [vue aérienne de la jetée et du littoral]This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 295515.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#PacificWatch: California closes the beaches and the mountains. Jeff Bliss....more

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• Approaching the moment for POTUS to make the call to win the war by going back to work. @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion

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  Mar 28 2020

  Photo: President Roosevelt examines a globe presented to him by the U.S. Army. December 25, 1942.Date | Taken on 25 December 1942Source | 74-20(502)Author | FDR Presidential Library & Museumhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowApproaching the moment for POTUS to make the call to win the war by going back to work. @DanHenninger @WSJOpinionhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-leadership-11585175446?emailToken=35f0cae9c38e9d5b88ad1224a8e1256dqIhaW6SOmAjZ894EVICO4HITsBQzHYwK4oyQRp+q2bXdaWlVCQfpmqd4CfALYvFr&reflink=article_copyURL_share ...more

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• #SmallBusinessAmerica: Hurry to the SBA and your banker for prompt action. @GeneMarks @Guardian

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  Mar 28 2020

  Photo: Image from page 23 of "MNB : ninety odd years of banking 1825-1916" (1900) Identifier: mnbninetyoddyear00newb Title: MNB : ninety odd years of banking 1825-1916 Year: 1900 (1900s) Authors:  Subjects:  Merchants National Bank (New Bedford, Mass.) Banks and banking -- Massachusetts New Bedford New Bedford (Mass.) -- Commerce Publisher:  [New Bedford, MA : Merchants National Bank Contributing Library:  Claire T. Carney Library, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Digitizing Sponsor:  Claire T. Carney Library, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#SmallBusinessAmerica: Hurry to the SBA and your banker for prompt action. @GeneMarks @GuardianCoronavirus rescue bill extends unemployment benefits to gig economyhttps://www.axios.com/coronavirus-bill-gig-economy-unemployment-benefit-a3534c5d-2841-48ca-a492-705d5af79534.html  How to help your small business survive coronavirushttps://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-covid19-small-business-survival-tips-funding-20200323.html Yes, small businesses are suffering – but some are helping to fight coronavirushttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/19/small-businesses-niche-products-demand-coronavirus  ...more

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• Neville Shute's and Stanley Kramer's "On the Beach" in the time of the virus: 2 of 2: Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Mar 28 2020

  Photo: The "Baker" explosion, part of Operation Crossroads, a nuclear weapon test by the United States military at Bikini Atoll, Micronesia, on 25 July 1946. The wider, exterior cloud is actually just a condensation cloud caused by the Wilson chamber effect, and was very brief. The actual mushroom cloud is inside the condensation cloud (compare with this image, a photo taken slightly later, after the condensation cloud had cleared). The water released by the explosion was highly radioactive and contaminated many of the ships that were set up near it. Some were otherwise undamaged and sent to Hunter's Point in San Francisco, California, United States for decontamination. Those which could not be decontaminated were sunk a number of miles off the coast of San Francisco. United States Department of Defense (either the U.S. Army or the U.S. Navy) - Library of Congress Public Domain File:Operation Crossroads Baker (wide).jpg Created: 25 July 1946 Location: 11° 34′ 58.8″ N, 165° 22′ 58.8″ E http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowNeville Shute's and Stanley Kramer's "On the Beach" in the time of the virus: 2 of 2: Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Beach_(novel)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Beach_(1959_film) ...more

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• Neville Shute's and Stanley Kramer's "On the Beach" in the time of the virus: 1 of 2: Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Mar 28 2020

  Photo: First Edition1st ediiton coverSource Fair use File:OnTheBeach.jpg Uploaded: 2017-09-28 06:13:03 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowNeville Shute's and Stanley Kramer's "On the Beach" in the time of the virus: 1 of 2: Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Beach_(novel)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Beach_(1959_film)

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• Colorado healthcare prepares for the virus. Dr. Davd Schneider, author, "The Invention of Surgery: A History of Modern Medicine: From the Renaissance to the Implant Revolution."

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  Mar 28 2020

  Photo:September 4, 1915. Rocky Mountain National Park Dedication Ceremony. (From Left to Right) Enos Mills, F.O. Stanley, Ed Taylor, Mrs. John D. Sherman, and Governor George Carlson.  NPS Photo  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowColorado healthcare prepares for the virus. Dr. Davd Schneider, author, "The Invention of Surgery: A History of Modern Medicine: From the Renaissance to the Implant Revolution."  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged David Schneider MD (Author), Peter Noble (Narrator), Dreamscape Media, LLC (Publisher)https://www.amazon.com/Invention-Surgery-Medicine-Renaissance-Revolution/dp/B082XHP3YJ/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= ...more

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• POTUS listens to Wall Street wisemen recommend deliberative caution in reopening American commerce. @CGasparino

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  Mar 28 2020

  Photo: No Known Restrictions: JP Morgan Building by Underhill, ca. 1914 (LOC) Believed to be in Public Domain From Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Collections. More on copyright: What does "no known restrictions" mean? http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowPOTUS listens to Wall Street wisemen recommend deliberative caution in reopening American commerce.  @CGasparinohttps://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6145304305001/?playlist_id=938507328001#sp=show-clips ...more

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• Looking for American patience, respect for authority and community spirit in the time of the virus. David Davenport @HooverInst

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  Mar 28 2020

  Photo: Worcester, ca.1905View author information Public Domain File:Bird's-eye View of Worcester, MA.jpg Uploaded: 2009-12-12 09:39:26 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowLooking for American patience, respect for authority and community spirit in the time of the virus. David Davenport @HooverInsthttp://townhallreview.com/2020/03/david-davenport-a-different-kind-of-character-for-a-different-kind-of-war/

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• #TheScalaReport: The virus and American small franchisees: What is to be done? Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com #ScalaAPS @STRATACACHE

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  Mar 28 2020

  Photo: English: Crew outside kitchen and mess hall cars, Northern Coast Timber Company, ca. 1911Description | English: Caption on image: 448 PH Coll 516.2355Northern Coast Timber Company was in business ca. 1907 to ca. 1915, with logging operations at Kangley and then at Maple Valley. Kangley is a community on a small tributary of the Green River, eleven miles northeast of Issaquah in southwest King County. It was named by the Northern Pacific Railway for John Kangley, general manager of Northern Pacific Coal Company in 1889. Alternate names were Kangley Junction and Durham Junction. A railroad depot was built in 1906 and abandoned in 1920. Maple Valley is a community ten miles south of Renton near the Cedar River in central King County. In 1879, the town was founded by George W. Ames of Seattle, and platted in 1890. In 1888, the name was chosen by George Ames, when a post office was established. It was not for the abundant western maple trees in the area, but for the Maple family (Jacob and Samuel), who settled on the Duwamish River before the Denny party arrived at Alki Point.Subjects (LCTGM): Railroad dining cars--Washington (State); Mess halls--Washington (State); Cooks; Waitresses--Washington (State); Lumber industry--Washington (State); Northern Coast Timber Company--People--Washington (State); Northern Coast Timber Company--Facilities--Washington (State); King County (Wash.)Depicted place | King County, WashingtonDate | circa 1911 Medium | English: Silver gelatin, b/wDimensions | Height: 14 in (35.5 cm); Width: 11 in (27.9 cm)http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#TheScalaReport: The virus and American small franchisees: What is to be done?  Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com  #ScalaAPS @STRATACACHEhttps://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/local-franchises-could-feel-economic-impact-years-after-coronavirus-outbreak/524-e0387084-0766-4ee3-a350-c191aa11a529 ...more

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• Why did Speaker Pelosi seek to blow up the virus aid bill? @DevinNunes CA22

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  Mar 28 2020

  Photo: File name: 07_11_000125 Title: Mt. Diablo, San Joaquin Valley Creator/Contributor: Key, John Ross, 1832-1920 (artist); L. Prang & Co. (publisher) Copyright date: 1873 Genre: Chromolithographs; Landscape prints Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department Rights: No known restrictions Flickr data on 2011-08-08: Camera: Sinar AG Sinarback 54 FW, Sinar m License: CC BY 2.0 User: Boston Public Library BPL Key, John Ross, 1832-1920 (artist); L. Prang & Co. (publisher) - Flickr: Mt. Diablo, San Joaquin Valley Permission details This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United Statesbecause it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1925.This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.View more Public Domainview terms File:Mt. Diablo, San Joaquin Valley (Boston Public Library).jpg Created: 2008-07-23 13:36:54 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowWhy did Speaker Pelosi seek to blow-up the virus aid bill? @DevinNunes CA22...more

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• Breadbasket of the Solar System maintaining food security as the House voice votes in the time of the virus. @DevinNunes CA22

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  Mar 28 2020

  Photo: California's San Joaquin Valley and Central Valley. Amadscientist - Own work CC0 File:California's Central Valley.JPG Created: 7 June 7 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowBreadbasket of the Solar System maintaining food security as the House voice votes in the time of the virus. @DevinNunes CA22http://www.marketwatch.com/story/house-passes-coronavirus-stimulus-bill-by-voice-vote-after-lone-lawmakers-push-for-recorded-vote-flops-2020-03-27 ...more

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• London seeks serology test kits to ascertain scale of those who have already recovered from the virus without recognizable symptoms. @HenryIMiller

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  Mar 27 2020

  Photo: Public Domain File:Hotel Dieu in Paris about 1500.gif Created: circa 1500 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowLondon seeks serology test kits to ascertain scale of those who have already recovered from the virus without recognizable symptoms. @HenryIMillerhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/u-k-trials-coronavirus-immunity-tests-for-home-use-11585167848?mod=itp_wsj&mod=&mod=djemITP_h ...more

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• Ventilators must have ICU-qualified nurses and respiratory therapy technicians. Larry Johnson, Sic Semper Tyrannis.

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  Mar 27 2020

  Photo: Ministry of Information Photo Division PhotographerPermission(Reusing this file)This photograph was scanned and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. The image was catalogued by the IWM as created for the Ministry of Information, which was dissolved in 1946. Consequently the image and faithful reproductions are considered Crown Copyright, now expired as the photograph was taken prior to 1 June 1957.Part ofMinistry of Information Second World War Official CollectionSubjectsAssociated placesLondon, England, UKAssociated eventsHome Front, UK, Second World WarAssociated themesBritish Home Front 1939-1945Associated keywordsCivil Defence, Daily Life, Health, Medical, Training, children, womenCategoryphotographsImage Sortedyeshttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowVentilators must have ICU-qualified nurses and respiratory therapy technicians. Larry Johnson, Sic Semper Tyrannis.https://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2020/03/cuomos-corona-panic-by-larry-c-johnson.html ...more

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• US declares Maduro of Venezuela a narco-terrorist; Maduro's Cuban allies desperate in the time of the virus.

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  Mar 27 2020

  Photo: English: Café Vista Alegre. San Lazaro y Belaquain. Havana Cuba_1920sDate | 1920Source | http://secretoscuba.cultureforum.net/t14434p480-fotos-de-cuba-solamentes-de-antes-del-1958Author | Unknown authorPublic domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowUS declares Maduro of Venezuela a narco-terrorist; Maduro's Cuban allies desperate in the time of the virus. https://www.wsj.com/articles/repression-in-the-time-of-coronavirus-11584906469?emailToken=bd5dce28de9bc83a39edceb282161d6f7VVB4ugXZExY04MQHBtxlukDrYm+lw+lW6dgKlJzeR0lNgUuBLz5eABGQCCAza/LX5cs9/0AYIhqJ08AGCwHVDGVtihQxTtmeyE/NmdwqtQ%3D&reflink=article_copyURL_share...more

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• Scotland and the virus: gold bugs awaken! @RealConstable Simon Constable

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  Mar 27 2020

  Photo: English: Photographer: George Washington WilsonDatecirca 1880 Sourcehttps://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/29763/sir-walter-scott-monument-and-princes-street-edinburghAuthorGeorge Washington WilsonThis file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.You are free:to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the workto remix – to adapt the workUnder the following conditions:attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowScotland and the virus: gold bugs awaken! @RealConstable Simon Constablehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/simonconstable/2020/02/24/gold-prices-are-headed-to-record-highs-no-matter-where-you-live/#27ff0b6478d5 ...more

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• Surprises and unknowns of Campaign 2020 in the time of the virus. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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  Mar 27 2020

  Photo: nglish: Title: Street car, Washington, D.C. Abstract/medium: 1 photographic print.Date | 1890Source | Library of CongressCatalog: http://lccn.loc.gov/2001706113Image download: http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/cph/3a10000/3a18000/3a18100/3a18113v.jpgOriginal url: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2001706113/Author | National Photo Company CollectionPermission(Reusing this file) | No known restrictions on publication.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowSurprises and unknowns of Campaign 2020 in the time of the virus. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst...more

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• DC and the Presidency in the time of the virus. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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  Mar 27 2020

  Photo: [Construction of the Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, with the Capitol in the background, Washington, D.Cpublic domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowDC and the Presidency in the time of the virus. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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• The transformation of the US Marine Corps to the challenges of the PRC and Russia. Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly @USNavyUnderSec @USNavy

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  Mar 27 2020

  Photo: US Marines in relief party in Peiping, China. ID: HD-SN-99-01986 NARA FILE #: 127-N-515634 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 327Date | 1900Source | High resolution download from http://www.dodmedia.osd.mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details.cfm?SDAN=HDSN9901986&JPGPath=/Assets/Still/1999/DoD/HD-SN-99-01986.JPG.Author | Anna Graham Woodwardhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe transformation of the US Marine Corps to the challenges of the PRC and Russia. Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly @USNavyUnderSec @USNavyhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/marines-plan-to-retool-to-meet-china-threat-11584897014 ...more

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• The fleet's virus risk & What is to be done? Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly @USNavyUnderSec @USNavy

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  Mar 27 2020

  Photo: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CVS-12) underway on 9 August 1968, shortly before her final Seventh Fleet deployment from 30 September 1968 to 12 May 1969 to the Western Pacific and Vietnam. On deck are various aircraft of Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 57 (CVSG-57).PHCS W.M. Cox, USN - Official U.S. Navy photograph USN 1116887 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command. Public Domain File:USS Hornet (CVS-12) underway at sea on 9 August 1968 (USN 1116887).jpg Created: 9 August 1968 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe fleet's virus risk & What is to be done?  Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly @USNavyUnderSec @USNavyhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/nearly-two-dozen-u-s-sailors-on-aircraft-carrier-test-positive-for-coronavirus-11585232518 ...more

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• The West Bank in the Time of the Virus. Yossi Kuperwasser @yossikup @JerusalemCenter

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  Image:  Folio from an Arabic manuscript of Dioscorides, De materia medica, 1229 Yossi Kuperwasser, in re: Israeli security update—virus in Gaza and the West Bank 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. ● https://jcpa.org/article/the-significance-of-the-coronavirus-epidemic-for-israels-national-security/ ● https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israel-Palestinians-set-up-joint-operations-room-to-combat- coronavirus-621431 ● https://www.timesofisrael.com/pa-says-movement-between-israel-and-west-bank-to-be-cut-off- in-three-days/ ● https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-as-coronavirus-strikes-iran-forced-to-rethink-its- proxy-wars-1.8670221 ● https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-hezbollah-syrian-army-behind-attempted-sniper-attack- on-border/ ...more

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• Iran took the virus to Lebanon. Jonathan Speyer @JISS_Israel, @JerusalemCenter

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  Map of Al-Qusayr and its environs. (The Al-Qusayr offensive was reportedly orchestrated by Soleimani.) Jonathan Speyer, in re: Virus—Covid-19 in Lebanon, Iran, and Syria Jonathan Spyer is a Middle East analyst, author and journalist specializing in the Levant and Iraq. He is  the director of the Middle East Center for Reporting and Analysis (MECRA), a Research Fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Strategy and Security and a Fellow at the Middle East Forum. ● https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Irans-failing-response-to-coronavirus-reflects-the-regimes- priorities-621629 ● https://www.wsj.com/articles/iraq-taps-u-s-backed-candidate-as-prime-minister-testing-relations- with-iran-11584458186 ● https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/giving-iraqs-next-prime-minister- space-to-succeed ● https://jiss.org.il/en/spyer-the-situation-in-iraq-policy-implications-for-the-west/ ..  ..  ..  Permissions:   Map of Qusayr, Syria /  Date | 21 May 2013   /  Source  | Contains map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, made available under the terms of the Open Database License (ODbL).The ODbL does not require any particular license for maps produced from ODbL data; map tiles produced by the OpenStreetMap foundation are licensed under the CC-BY-SA-2.0 licence, but maps produced by other people may be subject to other licences.  /  Author | Futuretrillionaire Licensing:  I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:   This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. |   You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work  to remix – to adapt the workUnder the following conditions:  attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.  share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original....more

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• Israeli political compromise for a national government in the time of the virus. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Mar 27 2020

  Photo: Paris square in Haifa (Israel) in the 1920sDate1920s Sourceold photoAuthorUnknown authorPermission(Reusing this file)This work or image is now in the public domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowIsraeli political compromise for a national government in the time of the virus.  Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_preshttps://www.timesofisrael.com/gantz-and-netanyahu-said-forming-unity-government-blue-and-white-collapses/

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• Erdogan of Turkey's cruelty in Syria and the virus. @Aykan_Erdemir @FDD

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  Mar 27 2020

  Photo: English: The Syria–Turkey barrier is a border wall (seven-tonne concrete blocks topped with razor wire, stand three meters (9.8 feet) high, two meters (6.6 feet) wide, security road) along the Syria–Turkey border aimed at preventing illegal crossings and smuggling from Syria into TurkeyDate15 January 2018SourceTurkey-Syria BarrierAuthorWilliam John GauthierThis file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.You are free:to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the workto remix – to adapt the workUnder the following conditions:attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowErdogan of Turkey's cruelty in Syria and the virus. @Aykan_Erdemir @FDDRelevant articles• https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/03/turkey-tighten-restrictions-curb-coronavirus-outbreak.html• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/world/europe/turkey-jamal-khashoggi-saudis.html• https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2020/03/19/u-s-court-exposes-turkeys-role-in-irans-and-venezuelas-sanctions-evasion-schemes-again/• https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2020/03/17/turkish-government-responsible-for-torture-arbitrary-killings-and-disappearances/• https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/turkey/turkey-arrests-hundreds-for-provocative-social-media-posts-about-coronavirus-1.8709336• https://www.meforum.org/60609/turkey-and-coronavirus• https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Is-Turkey-planning-a-new-invasion-of-eastern-Syria-analysis-622158• https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-kurds/turkey-detains-five-kurdish-mayors-as-crackdown-continues-idUSKBN21A1QX ...more

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• The Senate aid package is not a stimulus bill. @StephenMoore

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  Photo:  Public Domainview terms File:Old map-Laredo-1892.jpg Created: 1 January 1892 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe Senate aid package is not a stimulus bill. @StephenMoorehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2020/03/26/is-there-wasteful-spending-in-the-coronavirus-stimulus-bill/#3291d0d060ae

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• Presidential popularity, the Canadian border, the hesitant Biden and the virus. @ConradMBlack

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  Mar 27 2020

  Photo: A sign along Minnesota State Highway 61 near Hovland, Minnesota, shows the distance to Grand Portage and the Canadian Border.Date | Taken on 23 July 2017, 15:56 (according to Exif data)Source | Grand Portage / Canadian BorderAuthor | Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States Camera location | 47° 50′ 47.8″ N, 89° 57′ 24.6″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowPresidential popularity, the Canadian border, the hesitant Biden and the virus. @ConradMBlack  https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/coronavirus-live-updates-covid-19-canada-covid19...more

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• The Churchill moment of inspiration and decision is at hand: back to work or stay home? @VDHanson @NRO

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  Photo: The Churchill moment of inspiration and decision is at hand: back to work or stay home?  @VDHanson @NRO http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe Churchill moment of inspiration and decision is at hand: back to work or stay home?  @VDHanson @NRO https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/03/coronavirus-crisis-trump-strategic-foresight-put-to-test/

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• The wartime leadership of FDR and lessons learned in the time of the virus. @VDHanson @NRO

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  Mar 27 2020

  Photo: English: President Roosevelt, in the Oval Room of the White House, refers to his own map as he emphasizes a point in his radio address to the peopleRoosevelt's fireside chat was presented February 23, 1942. In advance of the address Roosevelt asked citizens to have a world map in front of them as they listened to him speak. "I'm going to speak about strange places that many of them never heard of—places that are now the battleground for civilization," he told his speechwriters. "I want to explain to the people something about geography—what our problem is and what the overall strategy of the war has to be. … If they understand the problem and what we are driving at, I am sure that they can take any kind of bad news right on the chin." Sales of new maps and atlases were unprecedented, while many people retrieved old commercial maps from storage and pinned them up on their walls.Date | 23 February 1942http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe wartime leadership of FDR and lessons learned in the time of the virus. @VDHanson @NRO https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/03/coronavirus-crisis-trump-strategic-foresight-put-to-test/ ...more

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• Is this the end of globalization & What is to be done? Dan Griswald. Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and Co-Director of its Trade and Immigration Project.

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  Photo: Русский: Художник Н.И.КравченкоDate | 2 January 1902Source | magazine "New Time"Author | Admiral N.I.Skrydlov. Commander of the Russian squadron in the Pacific Ocean 1900-1902 Artist N. Kravchenko.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowIs this the end of globalization & What is to be done? Dan Griswald.  Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and Co-Director of its Trade and Immigration Project....more

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• #Colloquy: PLA Navy threatens the US Navy in the South China Sea & What is to be done: Extended podcast with @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast and Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center.

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  Mar 27 2020

  Photo: 160526-N-MY174-032 SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 26, 2016) USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) departs Manila, Philippines, after a port call. Providing a ready force supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific, John C. Stennis is operating as part of the Great Green Fleet on a regularly scheduled 7th Fleet deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Tomas Compian/Released)http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#Colloquy: PLA Navy threatens the US Navy in the South China Sea & What is to be done: Extended podcast with @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast and Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center.https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2020/03/17/china-threatens-emp-attack-south-china-sea/ ...more

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• #Colloquy: Big Pharma is the captive of Big PRC & What is to be done? Extended Podcast with @Gordon@GordonGChang and Rosemary Gibson @Rosemary100, senior advisor to The Hastings Center and author of China Rx: Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on

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  Photo: Magyar: Patikabelső az 1940-es évek elején.Hungary?, early 1940sTags: trading, healthcare, pharmacy, interior, scaleTitle: Patikabelső az 1940-es évek elején.Date1940s Sourcehttp://www.fortepan.hu/_photo/download/fortepan_7666.jpg archive copyAuthorFOTO:Fortepan — ID 3388: Adományozó/Donor: Unknown. archive copyPermission(Reusing this file)The release at fortepan.hu is CC-BY-SA-3.0. As the photographer is unknown or pseudonymous, and the photograph is 78 years old, it is considered public domain both in the country of publication, Hungary, and the USA where Wikimedia Commons is hosted. See Fortepan.HU for more information on related uploads.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#Colloquy: Big Pharma is the captive of Big PRC & What is to be done? Extended Podcast with @Gordon@GordonGChang and Rosemary Gibson @Rosemary100, senior advisor to The Hastings Center and author of China Rx: Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine, on U.S. dependence on China and India for pharnaceuticals https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/24/us-drug-shortage-fears-grow-as-india-locks-down-due-to-the-coronavirus.htmlhttps://www.foxnews.com/health/pharmaceutical-industry-china-drug-production ...more

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• General Motors marches to the sound of ventilators. @WJMcGurn

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  Mar 27 2020

  Photo: Thomas Edison and an electric car in 1913View author information Public Domain File:EdisonElectricCar1913.jpg Uploaded: 2006-07-21 15:01:05 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowGeneral Motors marches to the sound of ventilators. @WJMcGurn https://www.wsj.com/articles/business-makes-war-on-coronavirus-11585004754?mod=hp_opin_pos_2

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• 2/2 Aerospace engineering; Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com

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  Mar 27 2020

  Image:  Ball Aerospace engineer performs final checks before the spacecraft is shipped to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for launch processing. Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com, in re:  Space engineering.  

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• 1/2 Aerospace engineering; Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com

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  Image:   Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com, in re:  Space engineering.  

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• City workers commute from the countryside, fear the virus @SalenaZito

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  Mar 27 2020

  Image:  A Port Authority of Allegheny County Neoplan Metroliner coach at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Smithfield Street in downtown Pittsburgh. Salena Zito, The Middle of Somewhere column, in re:   Monroe Co., PA, and the virus: it’s a rural area, where 20,000 people ride in to New York in busses. Worried about the virus...  ..  ..   Permissions:   A Port Authority of Allegheny County Neoplan Metroliner coach at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Smithfield Street in downtown Pittsburgh. | Source | Own work.     | Date | December 3, 2009.      | Author | Enlightenedment.     | Permission (Reusing this file) | See below.  Licensing:   I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide. If this is not legally possible:  I grant any entity the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. ...more

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• In the Time of the Virus, theaters become churches (from the car) @SalenaZito

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  Image:  First drive-in theater, in Pennsauken, New Jersey, in 1933 Salena Zito, The Middle of Somewhere column, in re:   Drive-in movie theaters in Pittsburgh area now being used for church service; the SUVs keep social distance from each other,

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• State of the City, the State and the Union in the time of the virus: food security and a timeline. John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 Host of the CATS Roundtable radio show. @RedAppleTweets

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  Mar 26 2020

  Photo: 1913: City Hall and the Woolworth Building.The Woolworth Building, built in 1913Copyright by The Pictorial News Co., N.Y. No. NN 98. {{PD-US}} - Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division: LC-USZ62-127214 View of Woolworth Building and surrounding buildings, New York City. Mullet's City Hall Post Office and Courthouse (New York City) in middleground left. Permission details Original uploader was Janke at en.wikipediaView more Public Domainview terms File:View of Woolworth Building fixed.jpg Created: circa 1913 date QS:P,+1913-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowState of the City, the State and the Union in the time of the virus: food security and a timeline. John Catsimatidis @JCats2013  Host of the CATS Roundtable radio show. @RedAppleTweetshttp://CatsRoundtable.comhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/26/health/coronavirus-nyc-spread.html ...more

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• To grow green shoots: bankruptcy reorganization before handouts. Veronique de Rugy @veroderugy

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  Mar 26 2020

  Image:  Leaf whorls on a herbaceous Lilium michiganense Veronique de Rugy, Mercatus Center, in re: Economics in the time of the virus.  . . . They’re thinking, “It’s better to give ’way more than to leave anyone out.”  Bailouts by any other name . . . Go for bankruptcy reorganization before you look for a handout.,,  ,,  ,,Stem of a Michigan Lily showing the whorl (botany) pattern of its leaves.    Date | 19 June 2012     Source | Own work   Author | Douglas W. Jones Camera location | 41° 40′ 18.2″ N, 91° 33′ 00.15″ W  Licensing: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: | This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. ...more

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• The whole Andromeda Galaxy has only a trillion stars; virus bailout for six trillion? @JohnHCochrane

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  Mar 26 2020

  Image:  All the stars in the sky? NASA John Cochrane, Hoover, in re:  Does $2 trillion answer the hole in the US economy now that there’s no commerce?  Of course not. We’ll just have to pay for it all in taxes.   . . .  We’re protecting the oldest among us with the future of the youngest of us. This economic shutdown is the panic button; you’re supposed to defend against a pandemic with [medical actions].  Larry Kudlow mentioned $6 trillion! Use the Defense Production Act?  Not necessary; can just drop regulatory barriers. Maybe the Act was good for WWII.  The Taiwanese, Singaporean and South Korean models:  when you hear of a virus, quickly test test test; isolate people who have it and lock down  their areas—that costs billions, not trillions.  Bailouts, now called loans to troubled corporations.  When you do that, you're bailing out stockholders and bondholders; a bankruptcy there is [not the end of the world]. Lending is better than grants.  Handing out money then demanding that the govt appoint board members . . .!  The Fed knows how to keep banks [alive]; I worry about non-banks, which could be on the edge of [a catastrophe] if we get a wave of bankruptcies..   ...more

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• Hiding Senator Biden @AndrewCMcCarthy, @ThadMcCotter

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  Mar 26 2020

  Image: Polonius behind the arras Andrew C McCarthy, Ball of Collusion, and Thaddeus McCotter, American Greatness; in re: Primaries have been delayed till June; Bernie refuses to drop out or concede; Biden says the debates are no longer necessary. (His handlers want to keep him out of public view as much as possible, for unfortunately obvious reasons.)    

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• Curtains to the $35 million curtains @AndrewCMcCarthy, @ThadMcCotter

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  Mar 26 2020

  Image:  The Kennedy Center Grand Foyer, at 63 feet (19 m) high and 630 feet (190 m) long, is one of the largest rooms in the world. If laid on its side, the Washington Monument would fit in this room with 75 feet (23 m) to spare. Andrew C McCarthy, Ball of Collusion, and Thaddeus McCotter, American Greatness; in re: . . .  Mrs Pelosi has flown in with either provocations or  . . . [ e.g., in the emergency relief bill under the alarm at the Wuhan virus, demanding $35 million for curtains at the Kennedy Center]. “This was despicable, beyond the pale: cramming it with pork for constituencies in order to get reelected while in the middle of a true pandemic.  Beneath the contempt of the American people.”  “I think Mrs Pelosi thought the airlines would get a $0 billion grant, but that was limited by the green new deal.”  This will lead to nationalization of the airlines; is that what she intends? Where this is leading is to re-drawing districts.    The leftleft is feeling more comfortable; they’re in very safe districts and can afford to propose crazy stuff. ...more

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• Speaker Pelosi's tactical genius for partisanship goes too far in the stimulus game. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Mar 26 2020

  Photo: Speaker Cannon presides over the House of Representatives during the 59th Congress, 1906.Frances Benjamin Johnson - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3c21291. 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. Opening ceremonies of the 59th United States Congress, 2nd session, 1906, with Speaker Joseph Cannonpresiding. Permission details This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Frances Benjamin Johnson. This applies worldwide. In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so: Frances Benjamin Johnson grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/fbjhtml/fbjres.htmlView more Public Domainview terms File:59thUSCngrs-HOR,JGC presides.jpg Created: 1 January 1906 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowSpeaker Pelosi's tactical genius for partisanship goes too far in the stimulus game. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-mccarthy-report-roundup/ ...more

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• Joe Biden's unfinished campaign pauses, hesitates, pauses.@AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Mar 26 2020

  Photo: Abbie Rowe, 1905-1967, Photographer (NARA record: 8451352)Record creator | National Archives and Records Administration. Office of Presidential Libraries. Harry S. Truman Library. (04/01/1985 - )Title | Photograph of Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee leaving the White House after a meeting with President Truman.Date | 15 January 1952http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowJoe Biden's unfinished campaign pauses, hesitates, pauses.@AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/489561-the-hills-campaign-report-biden-looks-for-end-to-democratic-primary ...more

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• Remedies without wrecking the American economy in the time of the virus. @JohnHCochrane @HooverInst

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  Mar 26 2020

  Photo: North from Wall Street / New York City, 1930.Empire State Building under construction. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowRemedies without wrecking the American economy in the time of the virus. @JohnHCochrane @HooverInsthttps://www.wsj.com/articles/flatten-the-coronavirus-curve-at-a-lower-cost-11585067354

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• Bailouts by any other name are better bankruptcy reorganizations first. @VerodeRugy @Mercatus.

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  Mar 26 2020

  Photo: The Knickerbocker Trust and The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, charcoal and pastel on brown paper by Joseph Pennell, ca. 1904–1908 Joseph Pennell - Library of Congress[1] Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Thirty-Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue (original location). 1 drawing on brown paper : colored crayons over pencil sketch ; sheet 29.3 x 23.1 cm. Public Domain File:Waldorf-Astoria 1904-1908b.jpg Created: between ca. 1904 and 1908 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowBailouts by any other name are better bankruptcy reorganizations first. @VerodeRugy @Mercatus.https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/489589-senate-rejects-gop-attempt-to-change-unemployment-benefits-in-stimulus-bill ...more

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• Beginning the public debate: 2 of 2: on the question of the governor ordered restrictions in the time of the virus. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Mar 26 2020

  Photo: Hyde Park c. 1833: Rotten Row is "The King's Private Road" en:User:Pointillist - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hyde_Park_London_from_1833_Schmollinger_map.jpg Hyde Park section of "Improved map of London for 1833, from Actual Survey. Engraved by W. Schmollinger, 27 Goswell Terrace", photographed for Wikipedia by User:Pointillist. All rights of the photographer are hereby released. Permission details original text: {{PD-art}}View more Public Domainview terms File:Hyde Park London from 1833 Schmollinger map.jpg Created: 31 March 2008 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowBeginning the public debate: 2 of 2: on the question of the governor ordered restrictions in the time of the virus. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInsthttps://www.hoover.org/research/coronavirus-overreaction?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=e78e7f29ad-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_24_05_58&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-e78e7f29ad-72527561 ...more

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• Beginning the public debate: 1 of 2: on the question of the governor ordered restrictions in the time of the virus. @RihardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Mar 26 2020

  Photo: Hyde Park, 1890, by Camille Pissarro, showing the footpath along the southern bank of the Serpentine Camille Pissarro - Unknown source Permission details public domainView more Public Domainview terms File:Pissarro Hyde Park.jpg Created: 1890date QS:P571,+1890-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowBeginning the public debate: 1 of 2: on the question of the governor ordered restrictions in the time of the virus. @RihardAEpstein @HooverInsthttps://www.hoover.org/research/coronavirus-overreaction?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=e78e7f29ad-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_24_05_58&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-e78e7f29ad-72527561 ...more

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• Reports of new blood testing research to answer critical unknowns of the virus. @HenryIMiller: "Finally, the word is getting out." @PacificResearch

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  Mar 26 2020

  Photo: English: Isolation Hospital, South Brisbane.Date | circa 1946 Source | http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Image/DigitalImageDetails.aspx?ImageId=2727Preferred citation: Queensland State Archives, Digital Image ID 2727ID label: 1133288Author | Agriculture And Stock Department, Publicity BranchPermission(Reusing this file) | English: Copyright expiredDecade | 1940-1949Place | English: Brisbane CityKeywords | English: Hospital wardsMaterial Type | English: Photographic materialType | English: Image http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowReports of new blood testing research to answer critical unknowns of the virus. @HenryIMiller: "Finally, the word is getting out." @PacificResearch https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-immune-test-insigh/u-s-companies-labs-rush-to-produce-blood-test-for-coronavirus-immunity-idUSKBN21C1KK...more

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• #Colloquy: The PRC launches a false narrative of the virus against the Pacific island states & What is to be done? @CleoPaskal @FDD @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Mar 26 2020

  Photo: Maris Pacifici by Ortelius (1589). One of the first printed maps to show the Pacific Ocean[7] Abraham Ortelius - Helmink Antique Maps Maris Pacifici by Abraham Ortelius. This map was published in 1589 in his Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. It was not only the first printed map of the Pacific, but it also showed the Americas for the first time. Permission details This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.View more Public Domainview terms File:Ortelius - Maris Pacifici 1589.jpg Created: 1 January 1589 Twitter: @BatchelorShow#Colloquy: The PRC launches a false narrative of the virus against the Pacific island states & What is to be done? Extended podcast with @CleoPaskal @FDD @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/top-eu-diplomat-warns-china-effort-to-blame-west-for-coronavirus-part-of-global-struggle-for-influence ...more

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• #Colloquy: Rethinking the PRC threats, deceptions and provocations in the time of the virus. Extended podcast with @GordonGChang and @ScottWHarold Deputy Director of the Center for Asia-Pacific Policy @RANDCorporation

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  Mar 26 2020

  Photo: Portrait of the Hongwu Emperor (ruled in 1368–98) Unknown artist - Oversize Scrolls of Painting and Calligraphy (2019 exhibit). Taipei: National Palace Museum.巨幅書畫 (2019年展覽). 臺北: 國立故宮博物院. This painting depicts Zhu Yuanzhang (朱元璋), Emperor Taizu of the Ming dynasty (明太祖), who reigned from 1368 to 1398. Hongwu (洪武) was the title of his reign period. Public Domain File:A Seated Portrait of Ming Emperor Taizu.jpg Created: Ming dynasty Twitter: @BatchelorShow#Colloquy: Rethinking the PRC threats, deceptions and provocations in the time of the virus. Extended podcast with @GordonGChang and @ScottWHarold Deputy Director of the Center for Asia-Pacific Policy @RANDCorporationhttps://news.yahoo.com/taiwan-anger-over-china-military-drills-during-virus-082842593.html https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2020/03/22/2003733168...more

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• Ireland and the virus. Marc Coleman, Octavian.

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  Mar 26 2020

  Photo: Trial of the Irish patriots at Clonmel. Thomas Francis Meagher, Terence MacManus, and Patrick O'Donoghue receiving their sentence of death.Currier & Ives - Currier & Ives-- Trial of the Irish Patriots. New York : Pub. by N. Currier, 152 Nassau St., cor. of Spruce, N.Y., c1848. Downloaded from US Library of Congress at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b50970 Trial of the Irish patriots at Clonmel, Oct. 22nd. 1848 Thos. F. Meagher, Terence B. Mc.Manus, Patrick O'Donohue, receiving their sentence / lith. & pub. by N. Currier. Print shows Lord Chief Justice Doherty, standing (left), delivering a death sentence to members of the rebel group, Young Ireland, standing (right). Permission details copyright expired per all reasonable criteriaView more Public Domainview terms File:Trial of Irish patriots Clonmel.jpg Created: circa 1848 date QS:P,+1848-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowIreland and the virus. Marc Coleman, Octavian. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-52026545 ...more

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• The Uyghurs and the virus & What is to be done? @SalihHudayar East Turkistan National Awakening Movement (ETNAM).

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  Mar 26 2020

  Photo: Uyghur RebelsUnknown author - photographed/scanned by InnerAsia101 Uyghur freedom fighters 1930s Public Domain File:Uyghur fighters.jpeg Created: 1930s date QS:P,+1930-00-00T00:00:00Z/8 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe Uyghurs and the virus & What is to be done?  @SalihHudayar East Turkistan National Awakening Movement (ETNAM).https://pandemic.warroom.org/2020/02/26/op-ed-uyghurs-languishing-starving-under-chinas-coronavirus-quarantines/Salih Hudayar is a Uyghur American activist and the Founder of the East Turkistan National Awakening Movement (ETNAM). He was recently elected as the Prime Minister of the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile (ETGE)  and is currently pursuing a Masters in National Security Studies at the American Military University. You can follow him on Twitter @SalihHudayar. ...more

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• #NewWorld: 2 of 2 / Northern South America faces the Wuhan virus. @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal

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  Mar 25 2020

  Image:  Old map of the New Kingdom of Granada (including modern-day Colombia).  Map of Terra Firma, made up of the New Kingdom of New Granada, the Royal Audiencies of Panamá and Santa Fe de Bogotá, and Provinces of Santa Marta, Popayan, Venezuela, and Guyana. Joseph Humire, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, and Senator Maria Fernanda Cabal (Colombia), in re:  The virus in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil and Venezuela.

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• #NewWorld: 1 of 2 / Northern South America faces the Wuhan virus. @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal

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  Mar 25 2020

  Image:  Map of confirmed cases of COVID-19 per capita in South America (as of 25 March 2020):    > 1 case per 1,000 inhabitants   (black)   1–10 cases per 10,000 inhabitants    (darkest red)   1–10 cases per 100,000 inhabitants   (rich red)   1–10 cases per 1 million inhabitants   (reddish)   1–10 cases per 10 million inhabitants  (strong pink)   1-10 cases per 100 million inhabitants   (pale pink)   No confirmed cases    (gray) Joseph Humire, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, and Senator Maria Fernanda Cabal (Colombia), in re:  The virus in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil and Venezuela. ...more

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• London life in the virus: 2 of 2 / Virus may have infected half of UK, says Oxford study: encouraging news! @josephsternberg, @WSJOpinion

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  Mar 25 2020

  Image:  The London Tube: The Metropolitan Railway opened using GWR broad gauge locomotives (from the 1860s). Joe Sternberg, WSJ, in re: The London economy shutting down.  People being obedient. National railroad closed down but local continues.  Should they run fewer cars and have crowds be denser? “Do not visit your elderly mother for two months.”

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• London life in the virus: 1 of 2 / Virus may have infected half of UK, says Oxford study: encouraging news! @josephsternberg, @WSJOpinion

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  Mar 25 2020

  Image:  On 31 January, two members of a family of Chinese nationals staying in a hotel in York, one of whom studied at the University of York, became the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the UK. Here: the York Minster national clock.  (Minster: any settlement of clergy living a communal life and endowed by charter with the obligation of maintaining the daily office of prayer.) Joe Sternberg, WSJ, in re: The London economy shutting down.  People being obedient. National railroad closed down but local continues.  Should they run fewer cars and have crowds be denser? “Do not visit your elderly mother for two months.” ...more

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• The best day since 1933 & What is to be done? @McTagueJ @BrettArends

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  Mar 25 2020

  Photo: TITLE: George "Machine Gun" Kelly, handcuffed and shackled, is led, under heavy guard, from Shelby County Jail enroute to the Memphis airport and Oklahoma City where he will be tried for the kidnapping of Charles F. Urschel CALL NUMBER: NYWTS - BIOG--Kelly, George R. "Machine Gun"--Gangster--Dead [item] [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-134468 (b&w film copy neg.) https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/076_nyw.html MEDIUM: 1 photographic print. CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1933 October 2. NOTES: Title devised by Library staff. Photo from ACME Newspictures, Inc. No. 238382. Date stamped on verso: Oct 2 1933. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). SUBJECTS: Kelly, Machine Gun, 1897-1954--Capture & imprisonment. Law enforcement officers--Tennessee--1930-1940. FORMAT: Photographic prints 1930-1940. PART OF: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress) REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (digital file from b&w film copy neg.) cph 3c34468 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c34468 CARD #: 2004669906 | This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionunder the digital ID cph.3c34468. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe best day since 1933 & What is to be done? @McTagueJ @BrettArendshttps://www.wsj.com/articles/global-stock-markets-dow-update-3-24-2020-11585012632?mod=hp_lead_pos1&mod=article_inline ...more

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• What is Plan B for the Democrats in Milwaukee after the virus? @HooverWhalen @HooverInst

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  Mar 25 2020

  Photo: Public Domain File:Milwaukee 1858.jpg Created: New York : Published by Smith Brothers & Co., 1854. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowWhat is Plan B for the Democrats in Milwaukee after the virus? @HooverWhalen @HooverInsthttps://www.forbes.com/sites/billwhalen/2020/03/21/houston-we-have-a-convention-problem----in-milwaukee/?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=20ef3f9c82-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_23_06_17&;utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-20ef3f9c82-72527561#328173ee641f ...more

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• 2 of 2 / Globalism vs nationalism in the Twenty-first Century. Gregory R Copley, Defense and Foreign Affairs

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  Mar 25 2020

  Image:  Painting of a turn-of-century trading fair, Hessisches Volksfest (Hessian Folk Festival), 1887, Louis Toussaint (1826-1887), Öl auf Leinwand. Gregory Copley, Defense and Foreign Affairs, in re:  Globalization and nationalism in the Twenty-first Century.   China was using globalism to build an empire, and the West is resisting with nationalism 

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• 1 of 2 / Globalism vs nationalism in the Twenty-first Century. Gregory R Copley, Defense and Foreign Affairs

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  Mar 25 2020

  Image:  A postcard from 1916 showing national personifications of some of the Allies of World War I, each holding a national flag. Gregory Copley, Defense and Foreign Affairs, in re:  Globalization and nationalism in the Twenty-first Century.   China was using globalism to build an empire, and the West is resisting with nationalism

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• Anthony "The Fauch" Fauci is a longtime favorite at the NIH @HenryIMiller

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  Mar 25 2020

  Photo: Food Standards Committee, 1930: The chief weakness in FDA’s founding statute was a failure to establish legally enforceable food standards. FDA worked tirelessly to establish unofficial food standards, many of which were adopted by individual states until the 1938 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act mandated food standards be adopted “in the interests of consumers.” For more information about FDA history visit www.fda.gov/AboutFDA/WhatWeDo/History/default.htmDate | 19 July 2012, 09:06Source | Food Standards Committee (FDA 136)Author | The U.S. Food and Drug Administrationhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowAnthony "The Fauch" Fauci is a longtime favorite at the NIH @HenryIMillerhttps://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/03/i-m-going-keep-pushing-anthony-fauci-tries-make-white-house-listen-facts-pandemic .  ...more

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• Seriology tests needed to enhance the epidemiological models of the virus. @HenryIMiller Pacific Research Institute

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  Mar 25 2020

  Photo: Vincent Van GoghDeutsch: Garten des Hospitals in ArlesEnglish: Garden of the Hospital in ArlesObject type | drawingDate | April 1889Medium | pencil, pen and inkDimensions | Height: 45.5 cm (17.9 in); Width: 59 cm (23.2 in)This work is in the public domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowSeriology tests needed to enhance the epidemiological models of the virus. @HenryIMiller Pacific Research Institute http://www.henrymillermd.org/23973/population-testing-is-critical-to-managing ...more

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• Joe Biden’s disadvantage; @LizPeek

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  Mar 25 2020

  Image:  "Diamond Joe" is said to drive a 1981 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. Elizabeth Peek, TheHill and Fox News; in re:  The disadvantage of being Joe Biden—trying to get attention (and having only one topic).

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• The Dow’s best day in 87 years; @LizPeek

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  Mar 25 2020

  Image:  Sen. Carter Glass (D–Va.) and Rep. Henry B. Steagall (D–Ala.-3), the co-sponsors of the Glass–Steagall Act.In 1933, the U.S. Congress passed the Glass–Steagall Act mandating a separation between commercial banks, which take deposits and extend loans, and investment banks, which underwrite, issue, and distribute stocks, bonds, and other securities. Elizabeth Peek, TheHill and Fox News; in re:   Stock market: best day since 1933

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• #PacificWatch: The empty beaches; the empty Las Vegas Strip, in the time of the virus

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  Mar 24 2020

  Photo: Union Pacific Station, Las Vegas, ca. 1940Pub. by Smith & Chandler, Las Vegas, Nevada. "Tichnor Quality Views," Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. Made Only by Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston, Mass. - Boston Public Library Tichnor Brothers collection #74656 Title: Union Pacific Station, Las Vegas, Nevada Subjects: Railroad stations Places: Hoover Dam Notes:Title from item. Extent: 1 print (postcard) : linen texture, color ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Accession #: 06_10_015516 Public Domain File:Union Pacific Station, Las Vegas, Nevada (74656).jpg Created: between circa 1930 and circa 1945 date QS:P,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1930-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1945-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#PacificWatch: The empty beaches; the empty Las Vegas Strip, in the time of the virus. Jeff Bliss...more

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• "Indiana" Hoenlein and the 7200 year-old Lost Mud Brick Village of the Jordan Valley.

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  Mar 24 2020

  Photo: Aerial jordanView author information Public Domain File:Aerial jordan.jpg Uploaded: 2008-10-29 02:24:56 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow"Indiana" Hoenlein and the 7200 year-old Lost Mud Brick Village of the Jordan Valley. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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• The virus in the Levant; the virus in Iran.

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  Mar 24 2020

  Photo: Austrian post office in Jerusalem located inside the Jaffa GateMatson Photo Service, photographer. - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID matpc.08716. 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. Austrian Post Office (Jerusalem): was located inside the Jaffa Gate Permission details No known restrictions on publication per Library of Congress photo catalogView more Public Domainview terms File:Austrian Post Office in Jerusalem.jpg Created: between 1898 and 1917 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P1319,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1917-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe virus in the Levant; the virus in Iran. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-confirms-371-new-virus-cases-in-single-day-as-infections-spike/ ...more

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• Al Qaeda on the offensive in the time of the virus and the Taliban deal breakdown. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD

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  Mar 24 2020

  Photo: L W J: On Mar. 19, al-Qaeda websites and social media channels distributed a new audio message from Khalid Batarfi, the new emir of AQAP.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowAl Qaeda on the offensive in the time of the virus and the Taliban deal breakdown. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDDhttps://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/03/analysis-aqaps-new-emir-renews-allegiance-to-zawahiri-praises-taliban.php

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• Taliban deal breakdown in the time of the virus. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD

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  Mar 24 2020

  Photo: US representative Zalmay Khalilzad (left) and Taliban representative Abdul Ghani Baradar (right) sign the agreement in Doha, Qatar on February 29, 2020http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowTaliban deal breakdown in the time of the virus. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDDhttps://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/03/dozens-of-afghan-security-personnel-killed-in-taliban-insider-attack.php

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• "God speed, Al Worden" of Apollo 15. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Mar 24 2020

  Photo: Image of Earth taken during the translunar coastNASA - http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo15/hires/as15-91-12343.jpg from http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo15/html/as15-91-12343.html The view of Earth taken during the Translunar Coast from the distance of about 25.000 to 30.000 nautical miles from Earth. South America is to the left. Central America is in the upper center. The gulf of Mexico and Florida is seen to the lower right of Central America. North America is in the upper right. The north-west part of Africa is seen in the lower right. Public Domain File:Apollo 15 Earth1.jpg Created: 26 July 1971 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow"God speed, Al Worden" of Apollo 15. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/apollo-15-command-module-pilot-al-worden-passes-at-88/ ...more

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• Cool SpaceX spacesuits ready for May manned launch window. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Mar 24 2020

  Photo: Orlan space suit worn by astronaut Michael Fincke outside the International Space Station NASA - http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-9/html/iss009e29620.html Astronaut Edward M. (Mike) Fincke, Expedition 9 NASA ISS science officer and flight engineer, wearing a Russian Orlan spacesuit, participates in the third of four sessions of extravehicular activities (EVA) performed by the Expedition 9 crew during their six-month mission. Fincke and cosmonaut Gennady I. Padalka (out of frame), commander representing Russia's Federal Space Agency, spent 4 ½ hours outside the Station swapping out experiments and installing hardware associated with Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), scheduled to launch on its maiden voyage to ISS next year. A cloudy Earth provided the backdrop for the image. According to a label on his chest, he is wearing a Orlan-M suit. Public Domain File:Iss009e29620.jpg Created: 3 August 2004 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowCool SpaceX spacesuits ready for May manned launch window. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-confirms-may-target-date-for-first-manned-dragon-flight/ ...more

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• The inactive Senate and the highly active Andrew Cuomo: first-in-line behind the uncertain Joe Biden. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund

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  Mar 24 2020

  Photo: Photo of Senator John F. Kennedy placing the name of Adlai Stevenson into nomination as the Democratic presidential candidate for 1956 in Chicago.Date | Originally taken August 16, 1956 and was re-issued in 1960 after Kennedy won the Democratic nomination for president in 1960.Source | eBayphotoAuthor | UPI-United Press InternationalPermission(Reusing this file) | Pre-1978, no markThis work is in the public domain http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe inactive Senate and the highly active Andrew Cuomo: first-in-line behind the uncertain Joe Biden. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund...more

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• Diplomacy in the time of the virus: more than turn the other cheek, less than war. @RHFontaine @CNASDC

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  Mar 24 2020

  Photo: Negotiating the Treaty of Portsmouth (1905) — From left to right: The Russians at far side of table are Korostovetz, Nabokov, Witte, Rosen, and Plancon; the Japanese at near side of table are Adachi, Ochiai, Komura, Takahira, and Satō. The large conference table is today preserved at the Museum Meiji-mura in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.P. F. Collier & Son - Russo-Japanese War: A Photographic and Descriptive Review of the Great Conflict in the Far East Treaty of Portsmouth delegations: Russians (far side of table) -- Korostovetz, Nabokov, Witte, Rosen, and Plançon; and Japanese (near side of table) -- Adachi, Ochiai, Komura, Takahira, and Sato. Public Domain File:Treaty of Portsmouth.jpg Created: 1 January 1905 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowDiplomacy in the time of the virus: more than turn the other cheek, less than war. @RHFontaine @CNASDChttps://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/20/xi-trump-coronavirus-virus-competition-is-wrecking-china-us-cooperation-hopes/  ...more

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• The virus and the law. 2 of 2: @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Mar 24 2020

  Photo: Identifier: powersofamerican01miya Title: Powers of the American people, Congress, President, and courts, according to evolution of constitutional construction Year: 1906 (1900s) Authors:  Miyakawa, Masuji Subjects:  Constitutional law Publisher:  Washington, D.C., The Wilkens-Sheiry co. Contributing Library:  The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor:  The Library of Congress http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe virus and the law. 2 of 2: @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/03/coronavirus-response-executive-power-limits-of-law/...more

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• The virus and the law. 1 of 2: @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Mar 24 2020

  Photo: Identifier: animallifeworldo119021903lond Title: Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History Year: 1902 (1900s) Authors:  Subjects:  Publisher:  London Contributing Library:  Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library Digitizing Sponsor:  Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe virus and the law. 1 of 2: @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://twitter.com/kerrikupecdoj/status/1241924650063577092?s=21 ...more

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• Milano and Lombardy are the front line of the war in Italy. Lorenzo Fiori. Civilta delle Macchine.

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  Mar 24 2020

  Photo: Deutsch: Zuschauerraum im Teatro alla Scala in MailandDate | circa 1900 Source | http://www.zeno.org - Zenodot Verlagsgesellschaft mbHAuthor | ungenanntLicensing http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowMilano and Lombardy are the front line of the war in Italy. Lorenzo Fiori. Civilta delle Macchine. 

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• Genoa, Italia in the sad time of the virus. Lorenzo Fiori. Civilta delle Macchine.

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  Mar 24 2020

  Photo: Description | English: Ponte Caffaro Genoa 1900sDate | 10 February 2018Source | Public domainAuthor | Unknown authorThis work is in the public domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowGenoa, Italia in the sad time of the virus. Lorenzo Fiori. Civilta delle Macchine. 

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• Devastated Iran blames the US for what the virus did to the people. @MichaelLedeen @FDD

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  Mar 24 2020

  Photo: Public Domain File:12 Abu'l Hasan Jahangir Welcoming Shah 'Abbas, ca. 1618, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington DC (cropped).jpg Created: circa 1618 date QS:P,+1618-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowDevastated Iran blames the US for what the virus did to the people. @MichaelLedeen @FDDhttps://www.theepochtimes.com/dealing-with-chinese-and-iranian-lies-in-a-time-of-pandemic_3281630.html

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• #Colloquy, Podcast Exclusive: Gordon Chang and colleague discuss the Chinese Communist Party failure and the American rethink.

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  Mar 24 2020

  Photo: Repairing a Flying Tiger P-40 at Kunming, China. (U.S. Air Force photo)http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#Colloquy, Podcast Exclusive: Gordon Chang and colleague discuss the Chinese Communist Party failure and the American rethink. @GordonGChanghttps://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/15745/coronavirus-china-communism

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• The Sphinx: 4 of 4: Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the Road to World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Nicholas Wapshott (Author), Bronson Pinchot (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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  Mar 24 2020

  aPhoto: Hitler greeting Chamberlain on the steps of the Berghof, 15 September 1938Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-H12478 / Unknown author / CC-BY-SA 3.0 For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Zentralbild / 16.9.1938 / Premierminister Chamberlain bei Hitler 1938 Am 13.9.1938 schlug Chamberlain Hitler eine Aussprache über die Abtrennung des Sudetengebietes vor. Das Ergebnis der Münchener Konferenz zeigte auch Chamberlains Verrat am Weltfrieden und der Unabhängigkeit der Völker. UBz: Chamberlain stattet Hitler auf dem Obersalzberg am 15.9.1938 einen Besuch ab. 1. von rechts: der Reichsminister des Auswärtigen von Ribbentrop. 12279-38 [Scherl Bilderdienst] http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Sphinx: 4 of 4: Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the Road to World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Nicholas Wapshott (Author), Bronson Pinchot (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Sphinx-Franklin-Roosevelt-Isolationists-World/dp/B00QQWZ5FQ/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Before Pearl Harbor, before the Nazi invasion of Poland, America teetered between the desire for isolation and the threat of world war. May 1938. Franklin Delano Roosevelt - recently reelected to a second term as president - sat in the Oval Office and contemplated two possibilities: the rule of fascism overseas, and a third term. With Hitler's reach extending into Austria, and with the atrocities of World War I still fresh in the American memory, Roosevelt faced the question that would prove one of the most defining in American history: whether to once again go to war in Europe.  In The Sphinx, Nicholas Wapshott recounts how an ambitious and resilient Roosevelt - nicknamed "the Sphinx" for his cunning, cryptic rapport with the press - devised and doggedly pursued a strategy to sway the American people to abandon isolationism and take up the mantle of the world's most powerful nation. Chief among Roosevelt's antagonists was his friend Joseph P. Kennedy, a stock market magnate and the patriarch of what was to become one of the nation's most storied dynasties. Kennedy's financial, political, and personal interests aligned him with a war-weary American public, and he counted among his isolationist allies no less than Walt Disney, William Randolph Hearst, and Henry Ford - prominent businessmen who believed America had no business in conflicts across the Atlantic. The ensuing battle - waged with fiery rhetoric, agile diplomacy, media sabotage, and petty political antics - would land US troops in Europe within three years, secure Roosevelt's legacy, and set a standard for American military strategy for years to come. With millions of lives - and a future paradigm of foreign intervention - hanging in the balance, The Sphinx captures a political giant at the height of his powers and an American identity crisis that continues to this day....more

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• The Sphinx: 3 of 4: Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the Road to World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Nicholas Wapshott (Author), Bronson Pinchot (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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  aPhoto:  Public Domainview terms File:MunichAgreement.jpg Created: 30 September 1938 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Sphinx: 3 of 4: Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the Road to World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Nicholas Wapshott (Author), Bronson Pinchot (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Sphinx-Franklin-Roosevelt-Isolationists-World/dp/B00QQWZ5FQ/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Before Pearl Harbor, before the Nazi invasion of Poland, America teetered between the desire for isolation and the threat of world war. May 1938. Franklin Delano Roosevelt - recently reelected to a second term as president - sat in the Oval Office and contemplated two possibilities: the rule of fascism overseas, and a third term. With Hitler's reach extending into Austria, and with the atrocities of World War I still fresh in the American memory, Roosevelt faced the question that would prove one of the most defining in American history: whether to once again go to war in Europe.  In The Sphinx, Nicholas Wapshott recounts how an ambitious and resilient Roosevelt - nicknamed "the Sphinx" for his cunning, cryptic rapport with the press - devised and doggedly pursued a strategy to sway the American people to abandon isolationism and take up the mantle of the world's most powerful nation. Chief among Roosevelt's antagonists was his friend Joseph P. Kennedy, a stock market magnate and the patriarch of what was to become one of the nation's most storied dynasties. Kennedy's financial, political, and personal interests aligned him with a war-weary American public, and he counted among his isolationist allies no less than Walt Disney, William Randolph Hearst, and Henry Ford - prominent businessmen who believed America had no business in conflicts across the Atlantic. The ensuing battle - waged with fiery rhetoric, agile diplomacy, media sabotage, and petty political antics - would land US troops in Europe within three years, secure Roosevelt's legacy, and set a standard for American military strategy for years to come. With millions of lives - and a future paradigm of foreign intervention - hanging in the balance, The Sphinx captures a political giant at the height of his powers and an American identity crisis that continues to this day....more

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• The Sphinx: 2 of 4: Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the Road to World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Nicholas Wapshott (Author), Bronson Pinchot (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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  Mar 24 2020

  aPhoto: CC BY-SA 3.0 de File:Bundesarchiv Bild 137-049278, Anschluss Österreich.jpg Created: 15 March 1938date QS:P571,+1938-03-15T00:00:00Z/11 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Sphinx: 2 of 4: Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the Road to World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Nicholas Wapshott (Author), Bronson Pinchot (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Sphinx-Franklin-Roosevelt-Isolationists-World/dp/B00QQWZ5FQ/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Before Pearl Harbor, before the Nazi invasion of Poland, America teetered between the desire for isolation and the threat of world war. May 1938. Franklin Delano Roosevelt - recently reelected to a second term as president - sat in the Oval Office and contemplated two possibilities: the rule of fascism overseas, and a third term. With Hitler's reach extending into Austria, and with the atrocities of World War I still fresh in the American memory, Roosevelt faced the question that would prove one of the most defining in American history: whether to once again go to war in Europe.  In The Sphinx, Nicholas Wapshott recounts how an ambitious and resilient Roosevelt - nicknamed "the Sphinx" for his cunning, cryptic rapport with the press - devised and doggedly pursued a strategy to sway the American people to abandon isolationism and take up the mantle of the world's most powerful nation. Chief among Roosevelt's antagonists was his friend Joseph P. Kennedy, a stock market magnate and the patriarch of what was to become one of the nation's most storied dynasties. Kennedy's financial, political, and personal interests aligned him with a war-weary American public, and he counted among his isolationist allies no less than Walt Disney, William Randolph Hearst, and Henry Ford - prominent businessmen who believed America had no business in conflicts across the Atlantic. The ensuing battle - waged with fiery rhetoric, agile diplomacy, media sabotage, and petty political antics - would land US troops in Europe within three years, secure Roosevelt's legacy, and set a standard for American military strategy for years to come. With millions of lives - and a future paradigm of foreign intervention - hanging in the balance, The Sphinx captures a political giant at the height of his powers and an American identity crisis that continues to this day....more

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• The Sphinx: 1 of 4: Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the Road to World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Nicholas Wapshott (Author), Bronson Pinchot (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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  Mar 24 2020

  aPhoto:  Public Domainview terms File:USS Panay sinking after Japanese air attack.jpg Created: 12 December 1937 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Sphinx: 1 of 4: Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the Road to World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Nicholas Wapshott (Author), Bronson Pinchot (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Sphinx-Franklin-Roosevelt-Isolationists-World/dp/B00QQWZ5FQ/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Before Pearl Harbor, before the Nazi invasion of Poland, America teetered between the desire for isolation and the threat of world war. May 1938. Franklin Delano Roosevelt - recently reelected to a second term as president - sat in the Oval Office and contemplated two possibilities: the rule of fascism overseas, and a third term. With Hitler's reach extending into Austria, and with the atrocities of World War I still fresh in the American memory, Roosevelt faced the question that would prove one of the most defining in American history: whether to once again go to war in Europe.  In The Sphinx, Nicholas Wapshott recounts how an ambitious and resilient Roosevelt - nicknamed "the Sphinx" for his cunning, cryptic rapport with the press - devised and doggedly pursued a strategy to sway the American people to abandon isolationism and take up the mantle of the world's most powerful nation. Chief among Roosevelt's antagonists was his friend Joseph P. Kennedy, a stock market magnate and the patriarch of what was to become one of the nation's most storied dynasties. Kennedy's financial, political, and personal interests aligned him with a war-weary American public, and he counted among his isolationist allies no less than Walt Disney, William Randolph Hearst, and Henry Ford - prominent businessmen who believed America had no business in conflicts across the Atlantic. The ensuing battle - waged with fiery rhetoric, agile diplomacy, media sabotage, and petty political antics - would land US troops in Europe within three years, secure Roosevelt's legacy, and set a standard for American military strategy for years to come. With millions of lives - and a future paradigm of foreign intervention - hanging in the balance, The Sphinx captures a political giant at the height of his powers and an American identity crisis that continues to this day....more

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• 2 of 2 / The end of the China miracle, & What is to be done? @MichaelAuslin @HooverInst

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  Image: Chinese barefoot doctor using acupuncture to treat a production brigade workerThe end of the China miracle, & What is to be done? @MichaelAuslin @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/asias-new-geopolitics..   ..  .. Description | English: Chinese barefoot doctor uses her needles to treat a production brigade worker  /   Source | http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/images/A13744 | Author | World Health Organization photo by D. Henrioud  /   Permission (Reusing this file) | WHO must be mentioned in the accompanying text and/or given credit.  The copyright holder of this file allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that the copyright holder is properly attributed. Redistribution, derivative work, commercial use, and all other use is permitted. .. ...more

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• 1 of 2 / The end of the China miracle, & What is to be done? @MichaelAuslin @HooverInst

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  Image: Cartoon that sometimes accompanied reprints of the People's Daily commentary published 21 April 2015 touting the Chinese bull market, "What's a bubble? Tulips and Bitcoins are bubbles"The end of the China miracle, & What is to be done? @MichaelAuslin @HooverInsthttps://www.hoover.org/research/asias-new-geopolitic

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• 8/8 A Most Glorious Ride: The Diaries of Theodore Roosevelt, 1877-1886, by Edward P. Kohn

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  Mar 23 2020

  Image:  Roosevelt as New York State Assemblyman, 1883 A Most Glorious Ride: The Diaries of Theodore Roosevelt, 1877-1886,by Edward P. Kohn  (Editor)   Hardcover – April 1, 2015 https://www.amazon.com/Most-Glorious-Ride-Roosevelt-1877-1886/dp/1438455135 A Most Glorious Ride presents the complete diaries of Theodore Roosevelt from 1877 to 1886. Covering the formative years of his life, Roosevelt’s entries show the transformation of a sickly and solitary Harvard freshman into a confident and increasingly robust young adult. He writes about his grief over the premature death of his father, his courtship and marriage to his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee, and later the death of Alice and his mother on the same day. The diaries chronicle his burgeoning political career in New York City and his election to the New York State Assembly. With his descriptions of balls, dinner parties, and nights at the opera, they offer a glimpse into life among the Gilded Age elite in Boston and New York. They also recount Roosevelt’s first birding and hunting trips to the Adirondacks, the Maine woods, and the American West. Ending with Roosevelt’s secret engagement to his second wife, Edith Kermit Carow, A Most Glorious Ride provides an intimate look into the life of the man who would become America’s twenty-sixth president.  Brought together for the first time in a single volume, the diaries have been meticulously transcribed, annotated, and introduced by Edward P. Kohn. Twenty-four black-and-white photographs are also included.   ...more

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• 7/8 A Most Glorious Ride: The Diaries of Theodore Roosevelt, 1877-1886, by Edward P. Kohn

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  Image:  Theodore and Elliot Roosevelt watch Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession passing their grandfather's mansion in Union Square, Manhattan, 1865. Theodore and Elliot are in the second-floor window facing the camera. A Most Glorious Ride: The Diaries of Theodore Roosevelt, 1877-1886,by Edward P. Kohn  (Editor)   Hardcover – April 1, 2015 https://www.amazon.com/Most-Glorious-Ride-Roosevelt-1877-1886/dp/1438455135 A Most Glorious Ride presents the complete diaries of Theodore Roosevelt from 1877 to 1886. Covering the formative years of his life, Roosevelt’s entries show the transformation of a sickly and solitary Harvard freshman into a confident and increasingly robust young adult. He writes about his grief over the premature death of his father, his courtship and marriage to his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee, and later the death of Alice and his mother on the same day. The diaries chronicle his burgeoning political career in New York City and his election to the New York State Assembly. With his descriptions of balls, dinner parties, and nights at the opera, they offer a glimpse into life among the Gilded Age elite in Boston and New York. They also recount Roosevelt’s first birding and hunting trips to the Adirondacks, the Maine woods, and the American West. Ending with Roosevelt’s secret engagement to his second wife, Edith Kermit Carow, A Most Glorious Ride provides an intimate look into the life of the man who would become America’s twenty-sixth president.  Brought together for the first time in a single volume, the diaries have been meticulously transcribed, annotated, and introduced by Edward P. Kohn. Twenty-four black-and-white photographs are also included. ...more

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• 6/ 8 A Most Glorious Ride: The Diaries of Theodore Roosevelt, 1877-1886, by Edward P. Kohn

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  Image:  Pres. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt seated on lawn, surrounded by their family; 1903. From left to right: Quentin, Theodore Sr., Theodore Jr., Archie, Alice, Kermit, Edith, and Ethel. A Most Glorious Ride: The Diaries of Theodore Roosevelt, 1877-1886,by Edward P. Kohn  (Editor)   Hardcover – April 1, 2015 https://www.amazon.com/Most-Glorious-Ride-Roosevelt-1877-1886/dp/1438455135 A Most Glorious Ride presents the complete diaries of Theodore Roosevelt from 1877 to 1886. Covering the formative years of his life, Roosevelt’s entries show the transformation of a sickly and solitary Harvard freshman into a confident and increasingly robust young adult. He writes about his grief over the premature death of his father, his courtship and marriage to his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee, and later the death of Alice and his mother on the same day. The diaries chronicle his burgeoning political career in New York City and his election to the New York State Assembly. With his descriptions of balls, dinner parties, and nights at the opera, they offer a glimpse into life among the Gilded Age elite in Boston and New York. They also recount Roosevelt’s first birding and hunting trips to the Adirondacks, the Maine woods, and the American West. Ending with Roosevelt’s secret engagement to his second wife, Edith Kermit Carow, A Most Glorious Ride provides an intimate look into the life of the man who would become America’s twenty-sixth president.  Brought together for the first time in a single volume, the diaries have been meticulously transcribed, annotated, and introduced by Edward P. Kohn. Twenty-four black-and-white photographs are also included.   ...more

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• 5/8 A Most Glorious Ride: The Diaries of Theodore Roosevelt, 1877-1886, by Edward P. Kohn

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  Image: Theodore Roosevelt's Maltese Cross Cabin A Most Glorious Ride: The Diaries of Theodore Roosevelt, 1877-1886,by Edward P. Kohn  (Editor)   Hardcover – April 1, 2015 https://www.amazon.com/Most-Glorious-Ride-Roosevelt-1877-1886/dp/1438455135 A Most Glorious Ride presents the complete diaries of Theodore Roosevelt from 1877 to 1886. Covering the formative years of his life, Roosevelt’s entries show the transformation of a sickly and solitary Harvard freshman into a confident and increasingly robust young adult. He writes about his grief over the premature death of his father, his courtship and marriage to his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee, and later the death of Alice and his mother on the same day. The diaries chronicle his burgeoning political career in New York City and his election to the New York State Assembly. With his descriptions of balls, dinner parties, and nights at the opera, they offer a glimpse into life among the Gilded Age elite in Boston and New York. They also recount Roosevelt’s first birding and hunting trips to the Adirondacks, the Maine woods, and the American West. Ending with Roosevelt’s secret engagement to his second wife, Edith Kermit Carow, A Most Glorious Ride provides an intimate look into the life of the man who would become America’s twenty-sixth president.  Brought together for the first time in a single volume, the diaries have been meticulously transcribed, annotated, and introduced by Edward P. Kohn. Twenty-four black-and-white photographs are also included.   ...more

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• 4/8 A Most Glorious Ride: The Diaries of Theodore Roosevelt, 1877-1886, by Edward P. Kohn

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  image:  Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in his Rough Riders uniform on October 26, 1898, by Rockwood. A Most Glorious Ride: The Diaries of Theodore Roosevelt, 1877-1886, by Edward P. Kohn  (Editor).   Hardcover – April 1, 2015  https://www.amazon.com/Most-Glorious-Ride-Roosevelt-1877-1886/dp/1438455135 A Most Glorious Ride presents the complete diaries of Theodore Roosevelt from 1877 to 1886. Covering the formative years of his life, Roosevelt’s entries show the transformation of a sickly and solitary Harvard freshman into a confident and increasingly robust young adult. He writes about his grief over the premature death of his father, his courtship and marriage to his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee, and later the death of Alice and his mother on the same day. The diaries chronicle his burgeoning political career in New York City and his election to the New York State Assembly. With his descriptions of balls, dinner parties, and nights at the opera, they offer a glimpse into life among the Gilded Age elite in Boston and New York. They also recount Roosevelt’s first birding and hunting trips to the Adirondacks, the Maine woods, and the American West. Ending with Roosevelt’s secret engagement to his second wife, Edith Kermit Carow, A Most Glorious Ride provides an intimate look into the life of the man who would become America’s twenty-sixth president.        Brought together for the first time in a single volume, the diaries have been meticulously transcribed, annotated, and introduced by Edward P. Kohn. Twenty-four black-and-white photographs are also included. ...more

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• 3/8 A Most Glorious Ride: The Diaries of Theodore Roosevelt, 1877-1886, by Edward P. Kohn

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  image:  “Colonel Roosevelt and his Rough Riders at the top of the hill which they captured, Battle of San Juan”A Most Glorious Ride: The Diaries of Theodore Roosevelt, 1877-1886, by Edward P. Kohn  (Editor).   Hardcover – April 1, 2015  https://www.amazon.com/Most-Glorious-Ride-Roosevelt-1877-1886/dp/1438455135 A Most Glorious Ride presents the complete diaries of Theodore Roosevelt from 1877 to 1886. Covering the formative years of his life, Roosevelt’s entries show the transformation of a sickly and solitary Harvard freshman into a confident and increasingly robust young adult. He writes about his grief over the premature death of his father, his courtship and marriage to his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee, and later the death of Alice and his mother on the same day. The diaries chronicle his burgeoning political career in New York City and his election to the New York State Assembly. With his descriptions of balls, dinner parties, and nights at the opera, they offer a glimpse into life among the Gilded Age elite in Boston and New York. They also recount Roosevelt’s first birding and hunting trips to the Adirondacks, the Maine woods, and the American West. Ending with Roosevelt’s secret engagement to his second wife, Edith Kermit Carow, A Most Glorious Ride provides an intimate look into the life of the man who would become America’s twenty-sixth president.        Brought together for the first time in a single volume, the diaries have been meticulously transcribed, annotated, and introduced by Edward P. Kohn. Twenty-four black-and-white photographs are also included. ...more

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• 2/8 A Most Glorious Ride: The Diaries of Theodore Roosevelt, 1877-1886, by Edward P. Kohn

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  image:  Roosevelt's InaugurationA Most Glorious Ride: The Diaries of Theodore Roosevelt, 1877-1886, by Edward P. Kohn  (Editor).   Hardcover – April 1, 2015  https://www.amazon.com/Most-Glorious-Ride-Roosevelt-1877-1886/dp/1438455135 A Most Glorious Ride presents the complete diaries of Theodore Roosevelt from 1877 to 1886. Covering the formative years of his life, Roosevelt’s entries show the transformation of a sickly and solitary Harvard freshman into a confident and increasingly robust young adult. He writes about his grief over the premature death of his father, his courtship and marriage to his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee, and later the death of Alice and his mother on the same day. The diaries chronicle his burgeoning political career in New York City and his election to the New York State Assembly. With his descriptions of balls, dinner parties, and nights at the opera, they offer a glimpse into life among the Gilded Age elite in Boston and New York. They also recount Roosevelt’s first birding and hunting trips to the Adirondacks, the Maine woods, and the American West. Ending with Roosevelt’s secret engagement to his second wife, Edith Kermit Carow, A Most Glorious Ride provides an intimate look into the life of the man who would become America’s twenty-sixth president.        Brought together for the first time in a single volume, the diaries have been meticulously transcribed, annotated, and introduced by Edward P. Kohn. Twenty-four black-and-white photographs are also included. ...more

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• 1/8 A Most Glorious Ride: The Diaries of Theodore Roosevelt, 1877-1886, by Edward P. Kohn

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  image: A political cartoon depicting Theodore Roosevelt's opposition to European influence in the Dominican Republic.A Most Glorious Ride: The Diaries of Theodore Roosevelt, 1877-1886, by Edward P. Kohn  (Editor).   Hardcover – April 1, 2015  https://www.amazon.com/Most-Glorious-Ride-Roosevelt-1877-1886/dp/1438455135 A Most Glorious Ride presents the complete diaries of Theodore Roosevelt from 1877 to 1886. Covering the formative years of his life, Roosevelt’s entries show the transformation of a sickly and solitary Harvard freshman into a confident and increasingly robust young adult. He writes about his grief over the premature death of his father, his courtship and marriage to his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee, and later the death of Alice and his mother on the same day. The diaries chronicle his burgeoning political career in New York City and his election to the New York State Assembly. With his descriptions of balls, dinner parties, and nights at the opera, they offer a glimpse into life among the Gilded Age elite in Boston and New York. They also recount Roosevelt’s first birding and hunting trips to the Adirondacks, the Maine woods, and the American West. Ending with Roosevelt’s secret engagement to his second wife, Edith Kermit Carow, A Most Glorious Ride provides an intimate look into the life of the man who would become America’s twenty-sixth president.        Brought together for the first time in a single volume, the diaries have been meticulously transcribed, annotated, and introduced by Edward P. Kohn. Twenty-four black-and-white photographs are also included. ...more

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• Unreasonable Men: 1 of 4: Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Rebels Who Created Progressive PoliticsHardcover – July 22, 2014 by Michael Wolraich (Author)

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  Mar 23 2020

  Photo: Public Domain File:Robert M. La Follette Sr. cph.3b16031.jpg Created: 20 July 1908 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Unreasonable Men: 1 of 4: Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Rebels Who Created Progressive PoliticsHardcover – July 22, 2014 by Michael Wolraich  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Unreasonable-Men-Roosevelt-Republican-Progressive/dp/023034223X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3A7ZLML5RW269&keywords=unreasonable+men&qid=1584925991&s=books&sprefix=unreasonable+men%2Caudible%2C149&sr=1-1At the turn of the twentieth century, the Republican Party stood at the brink of an internal civil war. After a devastating financial crisis, furious voters sent a new breed of politician to Washington. These young Republican firebrands, led by "Fighting Bob" La Follette of Wisconsin, vowed to overthrow the party leaders and purge Wall Street's corrupting influence from Washington. Their opponents called them "radicals," and "fanatics." They called themselves Progressives. President Theodore Roosevelt disapproved of La Follette's confrontational methods. Fearful of splitting the party, he compromised with the conservative House Speaker, "Uncle Joe" Cannon, to pass modest reforms. But as La Follette's crusade gathered momentum, the country polarized, and the middle ground melted away. Three years after the end of his presidency, Roosevelt embraced La Follette's militant tactics and went to war against the Republican establishment, bringing him face to face with his handpicked successor, William Taft. Their epic battle shattered the Republican Party and permanently realigned the electorate, dividing the country into two camps: Progressive and Conservative. Unreasonable Men takes us into the heart of the epic power struggle that created the progressive movement and defined modern American politics. Recounting the fateful clash between the pragmatic Roosevelt and the radical La Follette, Wolraich's riveting narrative reveals how a few Republican insurgents broke the conservative chokehold on Congress and initiated the greatest period of political change in America's history....more

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• Unreasonable Men: 4 of 4: Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Rebels Who Created Progressive PoliticsHardcover – July 22, 2014 by Michael Wolraich (Author)

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  Photo:  Public Domainview terms File:La-Follette-and-family-1924.jpeg Created: 25 February 1924 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Unreasonable Men: 4 of 4: Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Rebels Who Created Progressive PoliticsHardcover – July 22, 2014 by Michael Wolraich  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Unreasonable-Men-Roosevelt-Republican-Progressive/dp/023034223X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3A7ZLML5RW269&keywords=unreasonable+men&qid=1584925991&s=books&sprefix=unreasonable+men%2Caudible%2C149&sr=1-1At the turn of the twentieth century, the Republican Party stood at the brink of an internal civil war. After a devastating financial crisis, furious voters sent a new breed of politician to Washington. These young Republican firebrands, led by "Fighting Bob" La Follette of Wisconsin, vowed to overthrow the party leaders and purge Wall Street's corrupting influence from Washington. Their opponents called them "radicals," and "fanatics." They called themselves Progressives. President Theodore Roosevelt disapproved of La Follette's confrontational methods. Fearful of splitting the party, he compromised with the conservative House Speaker, "Uncle Joe" Cannon, to pass modest reforms. But as La Follette's crusade gathered momentum, the country polarized, and the middle ground melted away. Three years after the end of his presidency, Roosevelt embraced La Follette's militant tactics and went to war against the Republican establishment, bringing him face to face with his handpicked successor, William Taft. Their epic battle shattered the Republican Party and permanently realigned the electorate, dividing the country into two camps: Progressive and Conservative. Unreasonable Men takes us into the heart of the epic power struggle that created the progressive movement and defined modern American politics. Recounting the fateful clash between the pragmatic Roosevelt and the radical La Follette, Wolraich's riveting narrative reveals how a few Republican insurgents broke the conservative chokehold on Congress and initiated the greatest period of political change in America's history....more

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• Unreasonable Men: 3 of 4: Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Rebels Who Created Progressive PoliticsHardcover – July 22, 2014 by Michael Wolraich (Author)

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  Mar 23 2020

  Photo: Public Domain File:Robert La Follette Sr.jpg Created: between circa 1922 and circa 1925 date QS:P,+1922-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1922-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1925-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902. According to Libray of Congress listing, between 1909 and 1925. Style of microphone seen did not exist before early 1920s. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Unreasonable Men: 3 of 4: Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Rebels Who Created Progressive PoliticsHardcover – July 22, 2014 by Michael Wolraich  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Unreasonable-Men-Roosevelt-Republican-Progressive/dp/023034223X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3A7ZLML5RW269&keywords=unreasonable+men&qid=1584925991&s=books&sprefix=unreasonable+men%2Caudible%2C149&sr=1-1At the turn of the twentieth century, the Republican Party stood at the brink of an internal civil war. After a devastating financial crisis, furious voters sent a new breed of politician to Washington. These young Republican firebrands, led by "Fighting Bob" La Follette of Wisconsin, vowed to overthrow the party leaders and purge Wall Street's corrupting influence from Washington. Their opponents called them "radicals," and "fanatics." They called themselves Progressives. President Theodore Roosevelt disapproved of La Follette's confrontational methods. Fearful of splitting the party, he compromised with the conservative House Speaker, "Uncle Joe" Cannon, to pass modest reforms. But as La Follette's crusade gathered momentum, the country polarized, and the middle ground melted away. Three years after the end of his presidency, Roosevelt embraced La Follette's militant tactics and went to war against the Republican establishment, bringing him face to face with his handpicked successor, William Taft. Their epic battle shattered the Republican Party and permanently realigned the electorate, dividing the country into two camps: Progressive and Conservative. Unreasonable Men takes us into the heart of the epic power struggle that created the progressive movement and defined modern American politics. Recounting the fateful clash between the pragmatic Roosevelt and the radical La Follette, Wolraich's riveting narrative reveals how a few Republican insurgents broke the conservative chokehold on Congress and initiated the greatest period of political change in America's history....more

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• Unreasonable Men: 2 of 4: Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Rebels Who Created Progressive PoliticsHardcover – July 22, 2014 by Michael Wolraich (Author)

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  Mar 23 2020

  Photo: Public Domain File:WmHTaft.jpg Created: circa 1907 date QS:P,+1907-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Unreasonable Men: 2 of 4: Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Rebels Who Created Progressive PoliticsHardcover – July 22, 2014 by Michael Wolraich  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Unreasonable-Men-Roosevelt-Republican-Progressive/dp/023034223X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3A7ZLML5RW269&keywords=unreasonable+men&qid=1584925991&s=books&sprefix=unreasonable+men%2Caudible%2C149&sr=1-1At the turn of the twentieth century, the Republican Party stood at the brink of an internal civil war. After a devastating financial crisis, furious voters sent a new breed of politician to Washington. These young Republican firebrands, led by "Fighting Bob" La Follette of Wisconsin, vowed to overthrow the party leaders and purge Wall Street's corrupting influence from Washington. Their opponents called them "radicals," and "fanatics." They called themselves Progressives. President Theodore Roosevelt disapproved of La Follette's confrontational methods. Fearful of splitting the party, he compromised with the conservative House Speaker, "Uncle Joe" Cannon, to pass modest reforms. But as La Follette's crusade gathered momentum, the country polarized, and the middle ground melted away. Three years after the end of his presidency, Roosevelt embraced La Follette's militant tactics and went to war against the Republican establishment, bringing him face to face with his handpicked successor, William Taft. Their epic battle shattered the Republican Party and permanently realigned the electorate, dividing the country into two camps: Progressive and Conservative. Unreasonable Men takes us into the heart of the epic power struggle that created the progressive movement and defined modern American politics. Recounting the fateful clash between the pragmatic Roosevelt and the radical La Follette, Wolraich's riveting narrative reveals how a few Republican insurgents broke the conservative chokehold on Congress and initiated the greatest period of political change in America's history....more

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• Island of Vice: 4 of 4: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean up Sin-Loving New York Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard Zacks (Author), Joe Ochman (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)

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  Mar 22 2020

  Photo: "The Mongomery Guards" (A Growler Gang)Riis, Jacob A group of young men, New York. From the publication: Photographer and Citizen, Alland 197422,9x18,8 cm, Silver Gelatine on barytaPreus Museum Collection (NMFF.003402). http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Island of Vice: 4 of 4: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean up Sin-Loving New York  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard Zacks (Author), Joe Ochman (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Island-Vice-Theodore-Roosevelts-Sin-Loving/dp/B007JQN3LG/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1584927569&sr=1-1When young Theodore Roosevelt was appointed police commissioner of New York City, he had the astounding gall to try to shut down the brothels, gambling joints, and after-hours saloons. This is the story of how TR took on Manhattan vice... and vice won.  In the 1890s, New York City was America's financial, manufacturing, and entertainment capital, and also its preferred destination for sin, teeming with forty thousand prostitutes, glittery casinos, and all-night dives. Police cap­tains took hefty bribes to see nothing while reformers writhed in frustration.  In Island of Vice, Richard Zacks paints a vivid portrait of the lewd underbelly of 1890s New York, and of Theodore Roosevelt, the puritanical, cocksure police commissioner resolved to clean it up. Writing with great wit and zest, Zacks explores how young Roosevelt goes head to head with Tammany Hall, takes midnight rambles with muckraker Jacob Riis, and tries to convince two million New Yorkers to enjoy wholesome family fun. When Roosevelt's crackdown succeeds too well, even his supporters turn on him, and TR discovers that New York loves its sin more than its salvation.  With cameos by Stephen Crane, Mark Twain, and a horde of very angry cops, Island of Vice is an unforgettable snap­shot of turn-of-the-century New York in all its seedy glory and a brilliant miniature of one of America's most colorful presidents....more

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• Island of Vice: 3 of 4: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean up Sin-Loving New York Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard Zacks (Author), Joe Ochman (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)

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  Mar 22 2020

  Photo: NMFF_003401Riis, Jacob Bymiljø, New York. Positivkopi gelatin, barytt12,1x16,0 cmNMFF.003401 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Island of Vice: 3 of 4: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean up Sin-Loving New York  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard Zacks (Author), Joe Ochman (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Island-Vice-Theodore-Roosevelts-Sin-Loving/dp/B007JQN3LG/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1584927569&sr=1-1When young Theodore Roosevelt was appointed police commissioner of New York City, he had the astounding gall to try to shut down the brothels, gambling joints, and after-hours saloons. This is the story of how TR took on Manhattan vice... and vice won.  In the 1890s, New York City was America's financial, manufacturing, and entertainment capital, and also its preferred destination for sin, teeming with forty thousand prostitutes, glittery casinos, and all-night dives. Police cap­tains took hefty bribes to see nothing while reformers writhed in frustration.  In Island of Vice, Richard Zacks paints a vivid portrait of the lewd underbelly of 1890s New York, and of Theodore Roosevelt, the puritanical, cocksure police commissioner resolved to clean it up. Writing with great wit and zest, Zacks explores how young Roosevelt goes head to head with Tammany Hall, takes midnight rambles with muckraker Jacob Riis, and tries to convince two million New Yorkers to enjoy wholesome family fun. When Roosevelt's crackdown succeeds too well, even his supporters turn on him, and TR discovers that New York loves its sin more than its salvation.  With cameos by Stephen Crane, Mark Twain, and a horde of very angry cops, Island of Vice is an unforgettable snap­shot of turn-of-the-century New York in all its seedy glory and a brilliant miniature of one of America's most colorful presidents....more

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• Island of Vice: 2 of 4: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean up Sin-Loving New York Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard Zacks (Author), Joe Ochman (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)

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  Mar 22 2020

  Photo: "The Short Tail gang" (Corlears Hook) Under the Pier at the Foot of Jackson Street.(Now Corlears Hook Park)Riis, Jacob En gruppe menn under piren i enden av Jackson Street. Corlears Hook Park, New York. Fra publikasjon: Photographer and Citizen, Alland 1974Positivkopi gelatin, barytt16,6x12,0 cmNMFF.003390 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Island of Vice: 2 of 4: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean up Sin-Loving New York  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard Zacks (Author), Joe Ochman (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Island-Vice-Theodore-Roosevelts-Sin-Loving/dp/B007JQN3LG/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1584927569&sr=1-1When young Theodore Roosevelt was appointed police commissioner of New York City, he had the astounding gall to try to shut down the brothels, gambling joints, and after-hours saloons. This is the story of how TR took on Manhattan vice... and vice won.  In the 1890s, New York City was America's financial, manufacturing, and entertainment capital, and also its preferred destination for sin, teeming with forty thousand prostitutes, glittery casinos, and all-night dives. Police cap­tains took hefty bribes to see nothing while reformers writhed in frustration.  In Island of Vice, Richard Zacks paints a vivid portrait of the lewd underbelly of 1890s New York, and of Theodore Roosevelt, the puritanical, cocksure police commissioner resolved to clean it up. Writing with great wit and zest, Zacks explores how young Roosevelt goes head to head with Tammany Hall, takes midnight rambles with muckraker Jacob Riis, and tries to convince two million New Yorkers to enjoy wholesome family fun. When Roosevelt's crackdown succeeds too well, even his supporters turn on him, and TR discovers that New York loves its sin more than its salvation.  With cameos by Stephen Crane, Mark Twain, and a horde of very angry cops, Island of Vice is an unforgettable snap­shot of turn-of-the-century New York in all its seedy glory and a brilliant miniature of one of America's most colorful presidents....more

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• Island of Vice: 1 of 4: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean up Sin-Loving New York Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard Zacks (Author), Joe Ochman (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher)

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  Mar 22 2020

  Photo: "Police Station Lodgers" Women`s Lodging Room in the West 47th Street StationRiis, Jacob En gruppe kvinner fotografert i West 47th Street Station politistasjon, Lower East Side, New York. Fra publikasjon: Photographer and Citizen, Alland 1974Positivkopi gelatin, barytt12,0x15,6 cmNMFF.003383 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Island of Vice: 1 of 4: Theodore Roosevelt's Doomed Quest to Clean up Sin-Loving New York  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard Zacks (Author), Joe Ochman (Narrator), Random House Audio (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Island-Vice-Theodore-Roosevelts-Sin-Loving/dp/B007JQN3LG/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1584927569&sr=1-1When young Theodore Roosevelt was appointed police commissioner of New York City, he had the astounding gall to try to shut down the brothels, gambling joints, and after-hours saloons. This is the story of how TR took on Manhattan vice... and vice won.  In the 1890s, New York City was America's financial, manufacturing, and entertainment capital, and also its preferred destination for sin, teeming with forty thousand prostitutes, glittery casinos, and all-night dives. Police cap­tains took hefty bribes to see nothing while reformers writhed in frustration.  In Island of Vice, Richard Zacks paints a vivid portrait of the lewd underbelly of 1890s New York, and of Theodore Roosevelt, the puritanical, cocksure police commissioner resolved to clean it up. Writing with great wit and zest, Zacks explores how young Roosevelt goes head to head with Tammany Hall, takes midnight rambles with muckraker Jacob Riis, and tries to convince two million New Yorkers to enjoy wholesome family fun. When Roosevelt's crackdown succeeds too well, even his supporters turn on him, and TR discovers that New York loves its sin more than its salvation.  With cameos by Stephen Crane, Mark Twain, and a horde of very angry cops, Island of Vice is an unforgettable snap­shot of turn-of-the-century New York in all its seedy glory and a brilliant miniature of one of America's most colorful presidents....more

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• 4/4 The New Deal: A Modern History, by Michael Hiltzik

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  Mar 22 2020

  Image: "NRA member, we do our part"  The New Deal: A Modern History, by Michael Hiltzik  Traber Burns (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher); Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. https://www.amazon.com/New-Deal-Modern-History/dp/B005QXF6Q4/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Michael+Hiltzik+New+Deal&qid=1584832143&s=audible&sr=1-1The New York Times best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Hiltzik tells the epic story of the New Deal through the outsized personalities of the people who fought for it, opposed it, and benefited from it, rendering vital lessons for our own time. As America struggles with an economic debacle akin to the Great Depression, nothing could be timelier than an authoritative account of the New Deal, masterfully written by Michael Hiltzik, author of the acclaimed history of the Hoover Dam, Colossus. In this richly peopled, vividly rendered narrative, Hiltzik describes how the urgent, short-term relief measures of Franklin Roosevelt's Hundred Days evolved into a transformative concept of the federal role in American life. Rather than being the product of a single ideology, the New Deal emerged from the clash of ideas held by advisors from very different backgrounds. With historical and psychological insight, Hiltzik sheds light on the lives of the gargantuan characters who fought for and against it: Herbert Hoover, whose own administration gave birth to many of the programs that would become part of the New Deal; General Hugh Johnson, the West Pointer whose pugnacious leadership of the National Recovery Administration symbolized the New Deal for millions of Americans; Harry Hopkins, whose closeness to Roosevelt earned him the moniker "deputy president"; and many other fascinating figures. What emerges is a saga of how FDR managed to recast the federal government into something that still inspires: a unifying structure with the concept of social justice at its heart. ...more

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• 3/4 The New Deal: A Modern History, by Michael Hiltzik

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  Mar 22 2020

  Image: Pumping water by hand from the sole water supply in this section of Wilder, Tennessee (Tennessee Valley Authority, 1942) The New Deal: A Modern History, by Michael Hiltzik Traber Burns (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher); Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. https://www.amazon.com/New-Deal-Modern-History/dp/B005QXF6Q4/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Michael+Hiltzik+New+Deal&qid=1584832143&s=audible&sr=1-1 The New York Times best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Hiltzik tells the epic story of the New Deal through the outsized personalities of the people who fought for it, opposed it, and benefited from it, rendering vital lessons for our own time. As America struggles with an economic debacle akin to the Great Depression, nothing could be timelier than an authoritative account of the New Deal, masterfully written by Michael Hiltzik, author of the acclaimed history of the Hoover Dam, Colossus. In this richly peopled, vividly rendered narrative, Hiltzik describes how the urgent, short-term relief measures of Franklin Roosevelt's Hundred Days evolved into a transformative concept of the federal role in American life. Rather than being the product of a single ideology, the New Deal emerged from the clash of ideas held by advisors from very different backgrounds. With historical and psychological insight, Hiltzik sheds light on the lives of the gargantuan characters who fought for and against it: Herbert Hoover, whose own administration gave birth to many of the programs that would become part of the New Deal; General Hugh Johnson, the West Pointer whose pugnacious leadership of the National Recovery Administration symbolized the New Deal for millions of Americans; Harry Hopkins, whose closeness to Roosevelt earned him the moniker "deputy president"; and many other fascinating figures. What emerges is a saga of how FDR managed to recast the federal government into something that still inspires: a unifying structure with the concept of social justice at its heart. ...more

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• 2/4 The New Deal: A Modern History, by Michael Hiltzik

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  Mar 22 2020

  Image: 1935 cartoon by Vaughn Shoemaker in which he parodied the New Deal as a card game with alphabetical agencies The New Deal: A Modern History, by Michael Hiltzik  Traber Burns (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher); Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. https://www.amazon.com/New-Deal-Modern-History/dp/B005QXF6Q4/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Michael+Hiltzik+New+Deal&qid=1584832143&s=audible&sr=1-1 The New York Times best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Hiltzik tells the epic story of the New Deal through the outsized personalities of the people who fought for it, opposed it, and benefited from it, rendering vital lessons for our own time. As America struggles with an economic debacle akin to the Great Depression, nothing could be timelier than an authoritative account of the New Deal, masterfully written by Michael Hiltzik, author of the acclaimed history of the Hoover Dam, Colossus. In this richly peopled, vividly rendered narrative, Hiltzik describes how the urgent, short-term relief measures of Franklin Roosevelt's Hundred Days evolved into a transformative concept of the federal role in American life. Rather than being the product of a single ideology, the New Deal emerged from the clash of ideas held by advisors from very different backgrounds. With historical and psychological insight, Hiltzik sheds light on the lives of the gargantuan characters who fought for and against it: Herbert Hoover, whose own administration gave birth to many of the programs that would become part of the New Deal; General Hugh Johnson, the West Pointer whose pugnacious leadership of the National Recovery Administration symbolized the New Deal for millions of Americans; Harry Hopkins, whose closeness to Roosevelt earned him the moniker "deputy president"; and many other fascinating figures. What emerges is a saga of how FDR managed to recast the federal government into something that still inspires: a unifying structure with the concept of social justice at its heart. ...more

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• 1/4 The New Deal: A Modern History, by Michael Hiltzik

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  Mar 22 2020

  Image: A public mural from one of the artists employed by the New Deal's WPA program. The New Deal: A Modern History, by Michael Hiltzik  Traber Burns (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher); Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. https://www.amazon.com/New-Deal-Modern-History/dp/B005QXF6Q4/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Michael+Hiltzik+New+Deal&qid=1584832143&s=audible&sr=1-1 The New York Times best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Hiltzik tells the epic story of the New Deal through the outsized personalities of the people who fought for it, opposed it, and benefited from it, rendering vital lessons for our own time. As America struggles with an economic debacle akin to the Great Depression, nothing could be timelier than an authoritative account of the New Deal, masterfully written by Michael Hiltzik, author of the acclaimed history of the Hoover Dam, Colossus. In this richly peopled, vividly rendered narrative, Hiltzik describes how the urgent, short-term relief measures of Franklin Roosevelt's Hundred Days evolved into a transformative concept of the federal role in American life. Rather than being the product of a single ideology, the New Deal emerged from the clash of ideas held by advisors from very different backgrounds. With historical and psychological insight, Hiltzik sheds light on the lives of the gargantuan characters who fought for and against it: Herbert Hoover, whose own administration gave birth to many of the programs that would become part of the New Deal; General Hugh Johnson, the West Pointer whose pugnacious leadership of the National Recovery Administration symbolized the New Deal for millions of Americans; Harry Hopkins, whose closeness to Roosevelt earned him the moniker "deputy president"; and many other fascinating figures. What emerges is a saga of how FDR managed to recast the federal government into something that still inspires: a unifying structure with the concept of social justice at its heart. ...more

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• #SmallBusinessAmerica: Rough times to prepare for the return of your customers. @GeneMarks @guardian @PhillyInquirer

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  Mar 22 2020

  Photo: San Francisco lies in ruins on May 28, 1906, about six weeks after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. It was taken from a camera suspended on a kite, perhaps 1,000 feet above the city. It is one of the most well-known photographs of George R. Lawrence (see biography for more information about the technique used). The tower of the Ferry Building can be seen at the bay end of Market Street, which can be clearly seen all the way to the foothills of Twin Peaks. The water in the foreground is San Francisco Bay, with the Golden Gate to the right, rear. Note the absence of the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which had yet to be constructed. Source information can be found on the description page of the original image. This is a version edited for the Featured Picture Candidates page.George R. Lawrence (1869-1938), George R. Lawrence Co. - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ppmsca.07823. 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. Public Domain File:San Francisco in ruin edit2.jpg Created: 28 May 1906 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#SmallBusinessAmerica: Rough times to prepare for the return of your customers.  @GeneMarks @guardian @PhillyInquirerAmazon Warehouses Will Now Accept Essential Supplies Onlyhttps://www.wired.com/story/amazon-warehouse-essential-goods-only/Microsoft Teams struggles as coronavirus pushes millions to work from homehttps://venturebeat.com/2020/03/16/microsoft-teams-struggles-as-coronavirus-pushes-millions-to-work-from-home/Amazon wants to hire 100,000 new workers to meet coronavirus demand https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/16/21182411/amazon-hires-employees-warehouse-delivery-pay-raise-coronavirus The coronavirus clampdown means the delivery biz could go bananashttps://thehustle.co/03162020-coronavirus-restaurant-delivery/?utStartups developing tech to combat COVID-19 urged to apply for fast-track EU funding https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/16/startups-developing-tech-to-combat-covid-19-urged-to-apply-for-fast-track-eu-funding/ I Make Coronavirus Test Kits for a Living—We Are All Working in a Frenzyhttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74qj3/i-make-coronavirus-test-kits-for-a-livingwe-are-all-working-in-a-frenzyDallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban To Reimburse Employees Who Buy From Small Businesses For Breakfast, Lunchhttps://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/03/14/mark-cuban-reimburse-his-employees-who-buy-small-businesses-lunch-coffee/...more

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• #SmallBusinessAmerica: Cannabis and guns and other small business bonanzas in the time of the virus? @GeneMarks @guardian @PhillyInquirer

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  Mar 22 2020

  Photo: Title: Taken circa 1915  No known copyright restrictions Hardware merchandising March-June 1915 Year: 1915 (1910s) Authors:  Subjects:  Hardware industry Hardware Implements, utensils, etcBuilding Publisher:  Toronto : Contributing Library:  Fisher - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor:  Algoma University, Trent University, Lakehead University, Laurentian University, Nipissing University, Ryerson University and University of Toronto Libraries    View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book  Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.  Text Appearing Before Image:less Lock which will success-fully withstand shocks and strains and yet, it can beerected on the most hilly and uneven ground with-out buckling, snapping or kinking. We also build afull line of poultry fence, ornamental fence and gates.We Offer You This Coveted Agency If you are located in our unassigned territory, we wantto offer you the selling rights for this remarkable fencing.We want to add you to our list of satisfied, money makingagents. We have a very attractive agency proposition. Want it? A postal brings it. Write today — now. Banwell-Hoxie Wire Fence Co., Ltd. Winnipeg, Manitoba Hamilton, Ontario *UA.,JB4Sl Our Tiger (5H„ceent)Brooms are superfine carpet BROOMSon polished handles. Offerthem to your customers andsecure business that stays.Splendid value in 35c, 40c, 50c,60c lines. Try a sample ship-ment and be satisfied. We make Factory Brooms. Walter Woods & Co. HAMILTON When writing advertisers please mention Hardware and Metal. June 19, 1915. HARDWARE AND METAL 17  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#SmallBusinessAmerica: Cannabis and guns and other small business bonanzas in the time of the virus? @GeneMarks @guardian @PhillyInquirer Gun sales surge as coronavirus pandemic spreadshttps://www.cnn.com/2020/03/19/business/coronavirus-gun-sales/index.htmlCOVID-19 restrictions sparking a run on cannabis stores https://www.leafly.com/news/industry/covid-19-restrictions-sparking-a-run-on-cannabis-storesPaid sick leave: Who gets it during the coronavirus outbreakhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/16/paid-sick-leave-coronavirus-house-bill/A Portland Strip Club Has Started a Meal Delivery Service Where Dancers Bring Food Directly to Your DoorThe service is called—wait for it—"Boober Eats."https://www.wweek.com/bars/2020/03/17/a-portland-strip-club-has-started-a-meal-delivery-service-where-dancers-bring-food-directly-to-your-door-to-your-home/These Tampa Bay businesses are busier than ever during coronavirushttps://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2020/03/17/these-tampa-bay-businesses-are-busier-than-ever-during-coronavirus/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark...more

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• #SmallBusinessAmerica: What kind of recession in the time of the virus? @GeneMarks @guardian @PhillyInquirer

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  Mar 22 2020

  Photo: Albert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 – February 18, 1902)Farallon IslandObject type | paintingGenre | marine artDate | 1887Medium | oil on canvasDimensions | Height: 87.9 cm (34.6″); Width: 133 cm (52.3″)This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.You are free:to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the workto remix – to adapt the workUnder the following conditions:attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#SmallBusinessAmerica: What kind of recession in the time of the virus? @GeneMarks @guardian @PhillyInquirerWhy this year's 'recession' will be nothing like the Great Recession of 2009https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/16/why-this-years-recession-will-be-nothing-like-the-/Yes, small businesses are suffering – but some are helping to fight coronavirushttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/19/small-businesses-niche-products-demand-coronavirusUS Small Business Owners Face Great Uncertainty; Over Half Say They Cannot Operate Beyond Three Monthshttps://www.goldmansachs.com/citizenship/10000-small-businesses/US/no-time-to-waste/index.html ...more

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• #SmallBusinessAmerica: Without certainty in the time of the virus. @GeneMarks

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  Mar 22 2020

  Photo: Department of Agriculture. Forest Service. Region 9 (Eastern Region). (1965 - ) (Most Recent)Department of Agriculture. Division of Forestry. (1881 - 07/01/1901) (Predecessor)TitlePhotograph of Miss Harkins Waiting on Mr. Hyge in the General StoreDescriptionScope and content: Original caption: Miss Harkins waiting on Mr. Hyge in the general store, Hiles, WI.This work is in the public domain http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#SmallBusinessAmerica: Without certainty in the time of the virus. @GeneMarks @guardian @PhillyInquirerShut Us Down Already Mr. President! Just Shut Us Down.It's not the virus that's killing us. It's the prolonged uncertainty. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/488421-shut-us-down-already-mr-president Why the coronavirus is a very good thing for small businesses https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/487035-why-the-coronavirus-is-a-very-good-thing-for-small-businessesFor small business owners, the stock market really does matterhttps://thehill.com/opinion/finance/484508-for-small-business-owners-the-stock-market-really-does-matter...more

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• 4/4 Heir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edward P Kohn.

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  Mar 21 2020

  Image: Theodore Roosevelt as Badlands hunter in 1885. New York studio photoHeir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edward P Kohn.  Nick Sullivan (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher).  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Heir-Empire-City-Theodore-Roosevelt/dp/B00GXFXY4A/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=  Theodore Roosevelt is best remembered as America's prototypical "cowboy" president—a Rough Rider who derived his political wisdom from a youth spent in the untamed American West.  During his early political career, Roosevelt took on local, New York Republican factions and Tammany Hall Democrats alike, proving his commitment to reform at all costs. He combatted the city's rampant corruption and helped to guide New York through the perils of rabid urbanization and the challenges of accommodating an influx of immigrants—experiences that would serve him well as president of the United States.  A rivetting account of a man and a city on the brink of greatness, Heir to the Empire City reveals that Roosevelt's true education took place not in the West but on the mean streets of nineteenth-century New York. ...more

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• 3/4 Heir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edward P Kohn.

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  Image: NYC Police Commissioner Roosevelt walks the beat with journalist Jacob Riis in 1894—Illustration from Riis's autobiographyHeir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edward P Kohn.  Nick Sullivan (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher).  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Heir-Empire-City-Theodore-Roosevelt/dp/B00GXFXY4A/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=  Theodore Roosevelt is best remembered as America's prototypical "cowboy" president—a Rough Rider who derived his political wisdom from a youth spent in the untamed American West.  During his early political career, Roosevelt took on local, New York Republican factions and Tammany Hall Democrats alike, proving his commitment to reform at all costs. He combatted the city's rampant corruption and helped to guide New York through the perils of rabid urbanization and the challenges of accommodating an influx of immigrants—experiences that would serve him well as president of the United States.  A rivetting account of a man and a city on the brink of greatness, Heir to the Empire City reveals that Roosevelt's true education took place not in the West but on the mean streets of nineteenth-century New York. ...more

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• 2/4 Heir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edward P Kohn.

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  Image:  Coat of arms of Theodore RooseveltHeir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edward P Kohn.  Nick Sullivan (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher).  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Heir-Empire-City-Theodore-Roosevelt/dp/B00GXFXY4A/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=  Theodore Roosevelt is best remembered as America's prototypical "cowboy" president—a Rough Rider who derived his political wisdom from a youth spent in the untamed American West.  During his early political career, Roosevelt took on local, New York Republican factions and Tammany Hall Democrats alike, proving his commitment to reform at all costs. He combatted the city's rampant corruption and helped to guide New York through the perils of rabid urbanization and the challenges of accommodating an influx of immigrants—experiences that would serve him well as president of the United States.  A rivetting account of a man and a city on the brink of greatness, Heir to the Empire City reveals that Roosevelt's true education took place not in the West but on the mean streets of nineteenth-century New York..Permissions:  Coat of Arms of Theodore RooseveltShield: Argent upon a grassy mound a rose bush proper bearing three roses Gules barbed and seeded proper.Crest: From a wreath Argent and Gules three ostrich plumes each per pale Gules and Argent.Motto: Qui plantavit curabit (He who planted will preserve)Date | 7 December 2014  /  Source | English: Bolton's American Armory. Boston: F. W. Faxon Co, 1927 and America Heraldica. 1886-89; rpt. New York: Heraldic Publishing Co, 1965  /  Author | Glasshouse using elements by Sodacan   /   Licensing  /  I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. | You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work    to remix – to adapt the workUnder the following conditions:   attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.  share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. ...more

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• 1/4 Heir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edward P Kohn.

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  Image: Theodore Roosevelt at age 11Heir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edward P Kohn.  Nick Sullivan (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher).  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Heir-Empire-City-Theodore-Roosevelt/dp/B00GXFXY4A/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=  Theodore Roosevelt is best remembered as America's prototypical "cowboy" president—a Rough Rider who derived his political wisdom from a youth spent in the untamed American West.  During his early political career, Roosevelt took on local, New York Republican factions and Tammany Hall Democrats alike, proving his commitment to reform at all costs. He combatted the city's rampant corruption and helped to guide New York through the perils of rabid urbanization and the challenges of accommodating an influx of immigrants—experiences that would serve him well as president of the United States.  A rivetting account of a man and a city on the brink of greatness, Heir to the Empire City reveals that Roosevelt's true education took place not in the West but on the mean streets of nineteenth-century New York. ...more

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• #TheNewAmericanCivilWar: 2 of 2: The social costs of seeking Shelter in the time of the virus. Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Photo: Laszlo_bomb_shelter.jpg ‎(780 × 417 pixels, file size: 142 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Open in Media ViewerConfiguration I am the owner of the copyright for this photograph. I am the sole heir to the work both intellectual and real of Paul Laszlo. | This work has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder. This applies worldwide. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#TheNewAmericanCivilWar: 2 of 2: The social costs of seeking Shelter in the time of the virus. Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisishttps://www.amazon.com/To-Serve-Man/dp/B000I0F81S/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=twilight+zone&qid=1584761905&sr=8-5 ...more

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• #NewAmericanCivilWar: 1 of 2: The social costs of seeking Shelter in the time of the virus. Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Photo: English: Black and white drawing of a bomb shelter under a highway.The drawing is a cutaway in which one can see a two-story structure with beds on the lower level. There are cars parked on the highway and people entering the structure where other people dressed in 1950s style clothes are present. In the background is a suburban/urban American scene.Date | 1 January 1955Source | National Archives (311-M-23-9) https://catalog.archives.gov/id/542107Author | Signature on drawing is illegible, might be HettickPermission(Reusing this file) | From: Stillpix <stillpix@nara.gov> Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2019 8:46 AM To: _REDACTED_ Subject: Re: Photograph from archivesDear _REDACTED_:This work is in the public domain http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#NewAmericanCivilWar: 1 of 2: The social costs of seeking Shelter in the time of the virus. Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisishttps://www.amazon.com/To-Serve-Man/dp/B000I0F81S/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=twilight+zone&qid=1584761905&sr=8-5 ...more

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• "I'm very optimistic that this shadow that has passed over the globe here is going to lift." @DevinNunes CA22

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  Photo: Smear campaign: "The Great Republican Reform Party Calling on their Candidate", an 1856 print which is a political cartoon about John C. Frémont, the first Republican party candidate for president of the United States. There was a political campaign smear rumor current in 1856 that Fremont was a Catholic (the purpose of which was to prevent Fremont from gaining support from those who were suspicious of Catholics).http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow"I'm very optimistic that this shadow that has passed over the globe here is going to lift." @DevinNunes CA22https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/20/sean-spicer-coronavirus-white-house-briefing-139471<iframe src='//players.brightcove.net/1155968404/r1WF6V0Pl_default/index.html?videoId=6143555106001' allowfullscreen frameborder=0></iframe>...more

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• Newsom's California sent rushing to long, panicky lines at Costco. @DevinNunes CA22.

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  Photo: Woman walking by a queuehttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowNewsom's California sent rushing to long, panicky lines at Costco. @DevinNunes CA22.https://abc7news.com/health/coronavirus-dozens-violate-covid-19-shelter-in-place-order-in-san-jose/6032425/

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• Flattening the curve at what cost of flattening the economy? @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion

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  Photo: Flatline.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowFlattening the curve at what cost of flattening the economy? @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/yes-flatten-the-curve-11584571566?emailToken=631b9940d0f06ee628367ca82eb762ecV8//lOO+MePOAvutKGCv83sXA3YZM/DBpww+MCVAYbhGAgQuILNgQfgphOBulFc5rFmRR0YoHmELsouP1lZXPQ%3D%3D&reflink=article_copyURL_share

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• #PacificWatch: California seeks shelter-in-place for the shelterless homeless tens of thousands. Jeff Bliss

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  Photo: Homeless person on Church Street in San Franciscohttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#PacificWatch: California seeks shelter-in-place for the shelterless homeless tens of thousands. Jeff Blisshttps://www.ksbw.com/article/california-plans-to-house-homeless-in-hotels-during-coronavirus-pandemic/31792417

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• #TheScalaReport: SoftBank retreats from the virus-damaged WeWork & Lessons Learned in restoring the venture capital order after the emergency. Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com #ScalaAPS @STRATACACHE

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  Mar 21 2020

  Photo: Deutsch: Teufels Küche und SebastopolEnglish: Hells Kitchen and SebastopolDate | before 1890 Source | http://www.zeno.org/Fotografien/B/Riis,+Jacob+A.%3A+Teufels+K%C3%BCche+und+SebastopolAuthor | Jacob Riis (1849-1914) | This work is in the public domain http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#TheScalaReport: SoftBank retreats from the virus-damaged WeWork & Lessons Learned in restoring the  venture capital order after the emergency.  Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com  #ScalaAPS @STRATACACHEhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/softbank-backs-away-from-part-of-planned-wework-bailout-11584479235 ...more

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• The watchful Azerbaijan at Nowruz 2020 in the time of the virus. @ElinSuleymanov @ProfBShaffer

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  Photo: Azerbaijani youth celebrating Novruz.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe watchful Azerbaijan at Nowruz 2020 in the time of the virus. @ElinSuleymanov @ProfBShaffer https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51966125Permissions:  Celebrating Novruz Bayram by young Azerbaijanis wearing traditional costumes in Baku, Azerbaijan.Русский: Празднование Новруз байрам в Баку.Date | 20 March 2010  /  Source | Own work  /  Author | GulustanI, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses:  This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. | You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work   to remix – to adapt the workUnder the following conditions:  attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.  share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License....more

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• Tehran in denial in the time of the virus. Mohsen Sazegara. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Photo: View of Beirut with snow-capped Mount Sannine in the background – 19th centuryhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowTehran in denial in the time of the virus. Mohsen Sazegara. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_presMohsen Sazegara is an Iranian journalist and pro-democracy political activist. Dr. Sazegara held several high-ranking positions in the Government of Mir-Hossein Mousavi, such as deputy prime minister, minister of industry, deputy chairman of the budget and planning department, and many more before becoming disillusioned with the government in 1989 and pushing for reforms. He applied to become a candidate for President of Iran in the 2001 election but was declined. Related Articles ●       https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/18/politics/state-department-coronavirus-iran-outreach/index.html ●       https://www.dw.com/en/iran-faces-catastrophic-death-toll-from-coronavirus/a-52811895 ●       https://en.radiofarda.com/amp/exclusive-more-than-32-000-coronavirus-patients-in-iran-hospitals-1-300-dead/30490507.html ●       https://www.ilanberman.com/23935/iran-illness-comes-from-asia ●       https://en.radiofarda.com/a/iran-currency-falls-again-amid-coronavirus-epidemic-and-declining-oil-prices/30492767.html ...more

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• Beirut in denial in the time of the virus. Sarkis Naoum An-Nahar. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Photo: View of Beirut with snow-capped Mount Sannine in the background – 19th centuryhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowBeirut in denial in the time of the virus. Sarkis Naoum An-Nahar. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_presMr. Naoum is a Senior Columnist for Annahar newspaper in Beirut.Relevant articles:·         https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2020/03/18/the-viruses-of-lebanon/ ·         https://finance.yahoo.com/news/rare-glimpse-30-billion-lebanese-071226151.html ·         https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/03/intel-senate-plan-vote-lebanon-sactions-bill-fakhoury.html ·         https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-covid-19-could-be-the-last-straw-for-lebanons-fragile-economy ·         https://www.ft.com/content/1283a2d4-6551-11ea-a6cd-df28cc3c6a68 ·         https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/US-airlifts-US-citizen-Fakhoury-from-Lebanon-in-dramatic-helicopter-flight-621569 ...more

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• Presidents McClellan, Willkie and Dewey speak to Joe Biden of elections in wartime. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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  Photo: Willkie formally accepts his nomination at a ceremony in Elwood, Indiana August 17, 1940http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowPresidents McClellan, Willkie and Dewey speak to Joe Biden of elections in wartime. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst 

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• Wartime President Trump. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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  Photo: Leaders of the "Big Three" central Allies, (from right to left) Churchill, Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at the Tehran Conference, 29 November 1943.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowWartime President Trump. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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• The least credit worthy states among us in the time of the virus. @Adam_Shuster @IllinoisPolicy

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  Photo: An early morning outside the Opera Tavern in Stockholm, with a gang of beggars waiting for delivery of the scraps from the previous day. Sweden, 1868. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe least credit worthy states among us in the time of the virus. @Adam_Shuster @IllinoisPolicy https://www.illinoispolicy.org/author/aschuster/ While Washington and New York are home to the worst outbreak clusters, Illinois, New Jersey and Kentucky are among the states worst positioned to weather the financial contagion resulting from COVID-19.These states have suffered decades of financial mismanagement, and now face high fixed costs, budget deficits and large public debt burdens. Because these states are at acute risk, state leaders should take action to shore up state finances as soon as possible. The Illinois Policy Institute is recommending that Illinois institutes targeted tax relief to save jobs. Under our plan, the state would mandate that all local governments delay the collection of one of this year’s property tax installment payments until Oct. 1 for businesses to help cope with lost revenue and prevent layoffs. Illinois and other fiscally troubled states with massive debt burdens should also pursue preventive action to reform their pension systems, which could face an economic shock in the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic....more

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• Face-off Riyadh and Moscow in the time of the virus.@Shendersongulf @WashInstitute Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Photo:  Saudi Aramco's core area which includes the headquarters and office buildings in Dhahran city. The buildings that appear in this picture are the Al Mujamma Mosque (foreground), Administration buildings (right background Two Towers), Old Admin Building (right background shown between Mosque and Minaret) and Engineering building (left background). Exploration and Production (EXPEC) building and Exploration Computing Center are behind the Engineering building and are not visible in this photo.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowFace-off Riyadh and Moscow in the time of the virus.@Shendersongulf @WashInstitute Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_presSimon Henderson is the Baker fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Institute's Bernstein Program on Gulf and Energy Policy, specializing in energy matters and the conservative Arab states of the Persian Gulf. Related articles●       https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/486761-russia-and-saudis-in-a-knife-fight-over-oil-but-we-may-be-the-victims ●       https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/making-sense-of-the-saudi-rumors-a-guide-to-royal-family-politics ●       https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/implications-of-the-saudi-corruption-arrests ●       https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-18/the-saudi-crown-prince-s-plan-to-win-the-global-oil-war?srnd=businessweek-v2&sref=5F8Ao01j ●       https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-gulf-idUSKBN2120FL ●       https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-economy-oil-analysis/virus-hit-gulf-has-little-room-to-boost-revenue-after-oil-price-shock-idUSKBN2140QL  ...more

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• Transfer payments do not answer the virus downturn. @veroderugy @Twitter

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  Photo: The 16th-century German banker Jakob Fugger and his principal accountant, M. Schwarz, registering an entry to a ledger. The background shows a file cabinet indicating the European cities where the Fugger Bank conducts business. (1517) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowTransfer payments do not answer the virus downturn. @veroderugy @Twitterhttps://www.nationalreview.com/corner/coronavirus-not-your-usual-economic-crisis/

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• Law in wartime: the International's Criminal Court maneuvers to condemn US citizens. John Yoo, University of California, Berkeley. @HooverInst

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  Mar 20 2020

  Photo: A girl detained in Arkansas walks to school in 1943.Tom Parker - This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 539345. Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas. The Arkansas rainy season, and this young resident of the Jerome Center dons rubber boots and carries a parasol. The (buckshot) mud makes the trip to and from school a little dificult. (Japanese American interment camp during World War II.) Permission details This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. Note: This only applies to original works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See § 313.6(C)(1) of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use.View more Public Domainview terms File:DensonRelocationCampUmbrellaGirl.jpg Created: 12 March 1943 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowLaw in wartime: the International's Criminal Court maneuvers to condemn US citizens. John Yoo, University of California, Berkeley.  @HooverInst...more

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• Virus-wracked Tehran manipulates the virus-threatened UN Security Council. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Photo: nglish: Canadian Delegation, United Nations Conference on International OrganizationPictured from Left to Right C.S. Ritchie, P.E. Renaud, Elizabeth MacCallum, Lucien Moraud, Escott Reid, W.F. Chipman, Lester Pearson, J.H. King, Louis St. Laurent, Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie King, Gordon Graydon, M.J. Coldwell, Cora Casselman, Jean Desy, Hume Wrong, Louis Rasminsky, L.D. Wilgress, M.A. Pope, R. ChaputImage taken May 1945 / San Francisco, Calif., U.S.A.Date | May 1945public domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowVirus-wracked Tehran manipulates the virus-threatened UN Security Council. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_preshttps://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/18/un-diplomacy-lockdown-coronavirus-diplomats-headquarters/ ...more

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• Locking down space engineering and planetary science in the time of the virus. @JeffFoust @ScienceNews. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com

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  Photo: Goddard watches a New Mexico launch from a safe distance. (U.S. Air Force photo)http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowLocking down space engineering and planetary science in the time of the virus. @JeffFoust @ScienceNews. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com 

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• Israeli electioneering in the time of the virus. @LahavHarkov

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  Mar 20 2020

  Photo: : Herzl Street in 1920עברית: רחוב הרצל ,Original Image Name: רחוב הרצל ,Notes: source: documentors - Vivienne Silver Brody ,Location: תל אביבDate1920SourceThe Israel Internet Association via the PikiWiki - Israel free image collection projectAuthorAvraham SoskinPermission(Reusing this file)This work has been released into the public domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowIsraeli electioneering in the time of the virus. @LahavHarkov Lahav Harkov is the Senior Contributing Editor of The Jerusalem Post. ·         https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-israels-politicians-shuttered-the-knesset-just-when-israelis-needed-it-most/ ·         https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Yuli-Edelstein-offers-Likud-Blue-and-White-compromise-621399 ·         https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/529-Israelis-have-been-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-Health-Ministry-621536 ·         https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Likud-offers-Blue-and-White-compromise-on-Knesset-committees-621598 ...more

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• Senator Burr sells stock just before the virus crash & What is to be done? @JohnFund

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  Photo: Floor of the New York Stock Exchange (pictured in 1908)[n 5] Helen D Van Eaton, published in Leslie's Monthly Magazine - New York Public Library The floor of the New York Stock Exchange published in 1908. Permission details This image might not be in the public domain outside of the United States; this especially applies in the countries and areas that do not apply the rule of the shorter term for US works, such as Canada, Mainland China (not Hong Kong or Macao), Germany, Mexico, and Switzerland. The creator and year of publication are essential information and must be provided. See Wikipedia:Public domain and Wikipedia:Copyrights for more details.View more Public Domainview terms File:Stockexchange.jpg Created: 19 March 1908 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowSenator Burr sells stock just before the virus crash & What is to be done? @JohnFund https://www.foxnews.com/politics/sen-richard-burr-sold-stock-stock-market-coronavirus ...more

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• The market bottoms before the virus peaks? @BrettArends @Marketwatch @McTagueJ

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  Photo: English: Ōhashi RyōkaiTitle | 日本語: 市場English: MarketThis image is in the public domain because it is a mere mechanical scan or photocopy of a public domain original, or – from the available evidence – is so similar to such a scan or photocopy that no copyright protection can be expected to arise. The original itself is in the public domain for the following reason:http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe market bottoms before the virus peaks? @BrettArends @Marketwatch @McTagueJhttps://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-stock-market-may-bottom-long-before-the-coronavirus-epidemic-peaks-analysts-say-2020-03-19?mod=home-page ...more

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• Watching the Russians walk away from the Mueller indictments. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Mar 20 2020

  Photo: Amadée Forestier (1854–1930)Description | Reception of the Emperor and Empress of Russia at Balmoral, 22 September 1896 dated 1896 22.4 x 31.5 cm | RCIN 923195 DM 1899: the most prominent figures are, from l. to r.: Ps Margaret of Connaught, the Dss of Connaught, Princes Alexander, Maurice & Leopold of Battenberg, the Pss of Wales, the Empress, the Queen, the Emperor, etc. Signed and dated.Date | 1896Source/Photographer | https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/923195/reception-of-the-emperor-and-empress-of-russia-at-balmoral-22-september-1896 Licensing | This work is in the public domain http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowWatching the Russians walk away from the Mueller indictments.  @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/03/department-of-justice-dismisses-robert-mueller-charges-against-russian-businesses/ ...more

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• Emergency powers: "The tendency is to give the president a wide-berth." @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Mar 20 2020

  Photo: English: Nationaal Archief / Spaarnestad Photo, SFA001018144De beurs van New York in Wall Street na de krach, 1929: schoonmaker veegt met bezem de vloer aan, die vol ligt met verkreukelde en verscheurde kranten en ander papier. Collectie SpaarnestadVoor meer informatie en voor meer foto’s uit de collectie van Spaarnestad Photo, bezoek onze Beeldbank:http://www.spaarnestadphoto.nl/U kunt ons helpen onze kennis van de fotocollecties te verrijken door tags en commentaren toe te voegen. Herkent u mensen of locaties of heeft u een bijzonder verhaal te vertellen bij één van de foto’s, laat dan een reactie achter (als u ingelogd bent bij Flickr) of stuur een mailtje naar: hhamelink@spaarnestadphoto.nlYou can help us gain more knowledge on the content of our collection by simply adding a comment with information. If you do not wish to log in, you can write an e-mail to: hhamelink@spaarnestadphoto.nlDate | 20 January 2011, 13:40:10http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Emergency powers: "The tendency is to give the president a wide-berth."  @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.wsj.com/articles/rethinking-the-coronavirus-shutdown-11584659154 ...more

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• POTUS and Governor Cuomo manage solutions without partisanship. John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtable @RedAppleTweets

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  Mar 20 2020

  Photo: March 1943: Times Square on a rainy day. New York, New York. March 1943.Photo by John Vachon. Public domain http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowPOTUS and Governor Cuomo manage solutions without partisanship. John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtable @RedAppleTweetshttps://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/18/cuomo-says-he-wont-approve-coronavirus-shelter-in-place-order-for-new-york-city.html

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• Redistributing cash does not solve the virus. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Mar 20 2020

  Photo: English: Las Vegas Army Airfield, 1942Date | 1942Source | Mueller, Robert, Air Force Bases Volume I, Active Air Force Bases Within the United States of America on 17 September 1982, Office of Air Force History, 1989Author | United States Army Air ForcesPermission(Reusing this file) | USGOV-PD | This image or file is a work of a U.S. Air Force Airman or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image or file is in the public domain http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowRedistributing cash does not solve the virus. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInsthttps://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/richard-a-epstein/richard-a-epstein-avoid-redistribution-schemes-to-limit-coronavirus-fallout-1981062/?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=32ef7d854b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_16_07_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-32ef7d854b-72527561 ...more

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• The dire media and the virus numbers so far. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Mar 20 2020

  Photo: "Demonstration at the Red Cross Emergency Ambulance Station in Washington, D.C., during the influenza pandemic of 1918."Date | 1918Source | Library of Congress[1]Author | National Photo CompanyPermission(Reusing this file) |  | This work is from the National Photo Company collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe dire media and the virus numbers so far. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/coronavirus-isnt-pandemic ...more

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• America’s arsenal of democracy goes into action to defeat the virus. @ConradMBlack

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  Mar 20 2020

  Image:  Boeing assembly line at Wichita, Kansas (1944) Conrad Black, author, in re:  FDR: “The buck stops on the president’s desk” —speak clearly, no nonsense, no cheap shots, just show the county that you’re leading. People will respond to that. In WWII, the US had to supply Australia and Great Britain.  Note that a lot of Americans had German and Italian ancestors, and the Irish weren’t well disposed toward the Britons; FDR pointed out that this wasn’t a question of ethnicity but of the survival of democracy.  Two weeks ago tomorrow, in the first big press conference with HHS Secretary and others, the Secretary said they’d have enough test kits in a week, but didn’t realize how complex the process was – no one had any reason to know that this could be a problem on the scale it is, due to the mendacity of the Chinese. If the antimalarial drug is effective, that’ll be very good because  there are supplies of that.  After all the terrible political strife there’s been, the country is pulling together and the govt is doing its absolute impartial best. Recall that FDR was an extremely controversial figure throughout his terms; the press attacks never stopped. The daily presentations are exhausting President Trump.  He might leave some of them to the vice-president. He’s made his point that he’s in charge. He has no obligation to run himself down physically.    FDR: “Dr Win-the-War”   Sixty years later, the last lend-lease payment.  “The arsenal of democracy” 29 Dec 1944 ...more

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• Wartime presidency takes the stage. Victor Davis Hanson @VDHanson

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  Mar 20 2020

  Image:  President Abraham Lincoln advising with his Generals during the American Civil War Victor Davis Hanson, The Case for Trump, and Hoover, in re:  Leaders say: I know what our advantages and disadvantages are, and we can do it.  Vacillating people [may not catch that]. Trump took hold of things. He’s right: we will defeat the virus.

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• Praising our farmers in the time of the virus. Victor Davis Hanson @VDHanson

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  Mar 20 2020

  Image:  A wheat harvest in Idaho Victor Davis Hanson, The Case for Trump, and  Hoover, in re: Millions in lockdown. Or whatever you call it; store shelves may be empty briefly, but they’re replenished with vast numbers of foods, things, riches. Farmers are still very much working. The elite don’t want their children in farming, trucking, such careers, these are the people who keep the country running. Bicoastal activities are great—insurance, banking—but when you get home, you need actual food. And US food practices are clean: the most stringent in the world.  And you sure don't want to poison your water or reputation. We have the cleanest food in the world, and we’re self-sufficient in in energy. We have food security because we produce more food than the world can eat. Virus: of those tested, even t hose who are sick and tested, about 80%  are negative. Not a Biblical plague. Once we get the tests, we can correlate them with the [mortality?] rate.  More people tested changes the numerical analyses.   In South Korea, with ever more tests, it's starting to look like a bad flu. Italy:  Is sui generis – 16% . . .  and the average age of Italians is much older than the average age of Americans.  And northern Italy is a Chinese enclave. US was the first to close borders to Chinese; and Italian restaurant kitchens and loos aren’t quite up to US standards. Finally, American medical care is frankly better than Italian medical care. ...more

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• The last pottery capital of the world in the time of the virus. @SalenaZito @WashingtonExaminer

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  Mar 20 2020

  Photo: English: Front of the old Potters National Bank, located at the intersection of Fourth Street and Broadway in downtown East Liverpool, Ohio, United States. Built in 1882, the bank — an automobile parts store when this photograph was taken — is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, even though it was demolished on 16 November 2010.Date | Taken on 16 April 2010Source | Own workAuthor | NyttendPermission(Reusing this file) |  | I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe last pottery capital of the world in the time of the virus. @SalenaZito @WashingtonExaminerhttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/coronavirus-has-this-small-ohio-city-longing-for-a-return-to-normal ...more

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• Pittsburgh in the virus without St. Patrick's Day to celebrate. @SalenaZito

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  Mar 20 2020

  Photo: English: The original Point Bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photo taken in 1900.Date | 1900Source | http://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/Best-of-the-Burgh-Blogs/The-412/January-2014/25-Amazing-Photos-of-the-Real-Steel-City/Author | Unknown authorhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowPittsburgh in the virus without St. Patrick's Day to celebrate. @SalenaZitohttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/portrait-of-pittsburgh-at-the-dawn-of-a-pandemic ...more

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• Manufacturing and Trade after the virus. @AlanTonelson, RealityChek

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  Mar 19 2020

  Photo: Image from page 153 of "City of London, Ontaro, Canada. The pioneer period and the London of to-day" (1900)Identifier: cu31924028900798 Title: City of London, Ontaro, Canada. The pioneer period and the London of to-day Year: 1900 (1900s) Authors:  Bremner, Archibald, 1849- Subjects:  Publisher:  London, Ont. : London Printing & Lithographing Co. Contributing Library:  Cornell University Library Digitizing Sponsor:  MSN   http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowManufacturing and Trade after the virus.  @AlaTonelson, RealityChek https://alantonelson.wordpress.com/2020/03/17/whats-left-of-our-economy-a-winning-trade-war-message-from-the-last-pre-china-virus-manufacturing-figures/  ...more

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• Canadian caution in the virus risk. Charles Burton @cburton001 , Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

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  Mar 19 2020

  Photo: Title: The Saint Lawrence basin and its border-lands; being the story of their discovery, exploration and occupationYear: 1900 (1900s)Authors:  Dawson, Samuel Edward, 1833-1916Subjects:  Canada -- History To 1763 (New France) Saint Lawrence River Valley -- History New France -- Discovery and explorationPublisher:  Toronto : Musson Book Co.Contributing Library:  University of California LibrariesDigitizing Sponsor:  MSNView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From BookClick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:fmm tlic fat^imile reproduction, niarkt-tl C, in tlie Biiiliolfu\.t Und nnitLi publislicd by the E.irl of Crawford.Text Appearing After Image:r CHAPTER XIV CARTIER TO CHAMPLAIN A LTHOUGH, as we shall see, the Gulf of St. Law-/% fence continued to be visited, it was by privatey ^ traders, and no advance was made in the cartog-raphy of that part of North America for fiftyyears after the result of Cartiers last voyage becameknown. This will not be surprising if we reflect thatthose who frequented the gulf had every reason to keeptheir information secret, lest when one had discovered agood place for trade and had established relations withthe natives some rival merchant should intervene anddestroy his profits. Newfoundland had, indeed, beendemonstrated by Cartier to be separated from the maincontinent, but for many years the cartographers broke itup into an archipelago of fragments corresponding tothe deep indentations of its coast line. These islandsgradually coalesced as knowledge increased. Mr. Har-risse, in his Decouverte et Evolution Cartographique deTerre-neuve, has set forth the process of disintegrationand reintegrationhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowCanadian caution in the virus risk. Charles Burton,  Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/18/us-canada-border-closed-non-essential-traffic ...more

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• Praising the musical courage of the Italian people in the virus tragedy. @Crosett @IWF

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  Mar 19 2020

  Photo: Giuseppe Giacosa, Puccini e Luigi Illica.sconosciuto - http://www.librari.beniculturali.it/opencms/opencms/it/comitati/comitati/comitato_132.html Puccini and his librettists. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowPraising the musical courage of the Italian people in the virus tragedy. @Crosett @IWF https://pjmedia.com/claudiarosett/an-uplifting-moment-in-the-time-of-coronavirus/

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• Micro interventions for the virus turmoil rather than another stimulus macro intervention. @JohnHCochrane @HooverInst

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  Mar 19 2020

  Photo: Public Domain File:Gift for the grangers ppmsca02956u.jpg Created: 1 January 1873 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowMicro interventions for the virus turmoil rather than another stimulus macro intervention. @JohnHcochrane @HooverInsthttps://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-treat-the-financial-symptoms-of-covid-19-11584485213?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1

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• Taiwan defended from the virus by procedures in place after SARS 2002-2003. @YatesDCIA

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  Mar 19 2020

  Photo: 中文: 鐵路車廂內的乘客，臺灣。Date | between 1940 and 1950 Source | 意象．台灣影像資料庫/夏綠原國際有限公司-夏門攝影企劃研究室Author | 張阿祥 | This image is now in the public domain in China  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowTaiwan defended from the virus by procedures in place after SARS 2002-2003. @YatesDCIA

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• Thai virus still in low gear, but Hong Kong in its second wave. @Michael_Yon

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  Mar 19 2020

  Image:  Chiang Mai road sign decorated with Doi Suthep.   Permissions:  see below.   Michael Yon, from Thailand; in re:  The virus in Southeast Asia and HK.  When last we spoke with Michael,  a week ago, Thailand was not much concerned with the Wuhan virus.   Yesterday, 212 cases here; it’s starting to go vertical. Bangkok closed bars, schools, cockfights; probably will happen here. A Thai student I know has just raced back to Thailand to avoid being locked out later, is starting her 14-day quarantine right now.  A slow response to a virus can mean that control is lost. If it goes to Stage Three (tertiary transmissions), they will lock down the whole country. Many of my Thai friends haven't even started to take it seriously, although some have. Rice prices have increased; SE Asian nations trying to stock up on food.  In Hong Kong, beginnings of the second wave of infections—also in Taiwan and Singapore. Currently, there’s nothing celebratory in Hong Kong, where they’re quite stressed out. Protests? Some, but mostly cyberdemos. Protests not at all over, but no one wants a million people on the street right now.  Mainland armed police are much on Hong Kong streets, not in their normal uniforms.  The Carrie Lam govt is not providing responsible information; Hong Kongers are angry; she’s a Xi puppet.   The first dog to die was in HK; my family dog here in Chiang Mai is doing very well.  Freedom in short supply in the countries concerned with the invisible virus...Decorated Intravarorot road sign in Chiang Mai, ThailandDate | 15 October 2017, 09:54:38 /  Source | Own work / Author | Chainwit. Licensing:  I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:   | This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. |   You are free:   to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work   to remix – to adapt the workUnder the following conditions:  attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.  share alike – If you remix,  transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. ...more

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• Helping small businesses survive the virus with insurance adjustments. Jonathan Bass, PTM Images.

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  Mar 19 2020

  Photo: Title: Michell's highest quality seeds, bulbs, plants &c.Identifier: CAT31285679 (find matches)Year: 1902 (1900s)Authors: Henry F. Michell Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog CollectionSubjects: Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Agricultural implements CatalogsPublisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Henry F. MichellContributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural LibraryDigitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural LibraryView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From BookClick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowHelping small businesses survive the virus with insurance adjustments. Jonathan Bass, PTM Images....more

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• China’s virus instability, and the coming succession disarray. Arthur Waldron: @PennSAS, #China

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  Mar 19 2020

  Image:  The Sovereign's Throne in the House of Lords, from which the speech is delivered at the State Opening of Parliament.  Permissions: see below.("In the partially elective system of tanistry, the heir or tanist was elected from the qualified males of the royal family.") Arthur Waldron, University of Pennsylvania; in re: Stability of the PRC and what comes afterward between US and PRC?  Origins of the virus; requirement of stability in China for the commerce to continue.   Xi early said he was personally in charge of solving the virus matter.  The US is the meal ticket for China; how does it benefit China to damage the US?  In China, is the younger generation ready for a major change in the Communist party?  The artists and academics are miles ahead of the party.  Xi does not want to have a successor being groomed, and ensured that that would not happen. Ergo, there’s no clear succession path and the infighting will probably be intense. In Chinese classics, the question of the root of succession: since ancient times, when the emperor is first proclaimed, he must immediately name a successor. Xi emphatically has not done this...Permissions:Sovereign's Throne in the House of Lords, Palace of WestminsterDate | 9 September 2011, 14:46:34Source | https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:House_of_Lords_2011.jpgAuthor | UK government.   This file has been extracted from another file:  House of Lords 2011.jpg | This file is licensed under the United Kingdom Open Government Licence v3.0 (OGL v.3).You are free to: copy, publish, distribute and transmit the Information; adapt the Information; exploit the Information commercially and non-commercially for example, by combining it with other Information, or by including it in your own product or application. You must, where you do any of the above: acknowledge the source of the Information in your product or application by including or linking to any attribution statement specified by the Information Provider(s) and, where possible, provide a link to this licence;If the Information Provider does not provide a specific attribution statement, you must use the following:Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This licence does NOT cover: personal data in the Information;Information that has not been accessed by way of publication or disclosure under information access legislation (including the Freedom of Information Acts for the UK and Scotland) by or with the consent of the Information Provider;departmental or public sector organisation logos, crests and the Royal Arms except where they form an integral part of a document or dataset;military insignia;third party rights the Information Provider is not authorised to license;other intellectual property rights, including patents, trade marks, and design rights; andidentity documents such as the British Passport.Consult this guide for full details.Note: Since 2010, almost all information owned by the UK Crown is offered for use and re-use under the Open Government Licence by authority of The Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office    ...more

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• Asteroid Bennu evidences geology from a previous planetary body. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Mar 19 2020

  Photo: Bennu NASAhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowAsteroid Bennu evidences geology from a previous planetary body. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/tuesday-at-the-non-existent-lunar-planetary-science-conference/

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• NASÅ removes the Lunar Gateway from its plans to return to the Moon by 2024. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Mar 19 2020

  Photo: English: Map of the modules for the proposed Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway station, to operate on the Moon and obtain construction within the 2020sDate | 12 March 2019Source | https://www.nasa.gov/feature/multilateral-coordination-board-joint-statement/Author | NASA | This work is in the public domain  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowNASÅ removes the Lunar Gateway from its plans to return to the Moon by 2024. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/gateway-dropped-from-nasa-lunar-landing-plans/...more

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• Four different vaccines in preliminary development. @DefTechPat @DefenseOne

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  Mar 19 2020

  Photo: http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowFour different vaccines in preliminary development. @DefTechPat @DefenseOnehttps://www.defenseone.com/technology/2020/03/breaking-weve-got-vaccine-says-pentagon-funded-company/163739/

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• Walter Bagehot, solvency, and the bailouts in the virus turmoil. @JohnTamny @RealClearMarkets

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  Mar 18 2020

  Photo: Walter BagehotDate | between 1877 and 1878 Source | Popular Science Monthly Volume 12Author | Unknown authorPermission(Reusing this file) |  | This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowWalter Bagehot, solvency, and the bailouts in the virus turmoil. @JohnTamny @RealClearMarketshttps://www.realclearmarkets.com/blog/2020/03/17/somewhere_up_there_john_v_lindsay_smiles_admiringly_at_an_inept_fed_486785.html ...more

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• Healthy Millennials being young in Berlin, Paris, London & What is to be done? @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

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  Mar 18 2020

  Photo: English: Lobby card for the American drama film Folly of Youth (1925).Date | 1925Source | sourceAuthor | Sable ProductionsPermission(Reusing this file) | Pre-1978 no mark The item has no copyright markings on it as can be seen in the links above. At lower left is Made in USA. United States Copyright Office page 2 "Visually Perceptible Copies The notice for visually perceptible copies should contain all three elements described below. They should appear together or in close proximity on the copies. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowHealthy Millennials being young in Berlin, Paris, London & What is to be done? @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinionhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/a-generational-war-is-brewing-over-coronavirus-11584437401?emailToken=d2a1a0af1a417e94fc22d8cb1f678686N3a9ETbLhqVUHuHnow/LvyK8NX+sugbG6z8CoWCq2LWXSO81DFMHRCSAHckvHOB4DRQ2bL8vMcfLcLAeFNzs9TB6yKp1EPWDnkCXVGqJIZE%3D&reflink=article_copyURL_share ...more

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• How big for the Treasury, Fed, IRS and SBA response to the virus caused financial turmoil? @McTagueJim, Barron's; @BrettArends @Marketwatch

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  Mar 18 2020

  Photo: English: Class GM (4-8-2+2-8-4)Location: BraamfonteinDate | circa 1940 Source | Pierre de Wet collectionAuthor | Dave Parsons (1930's Railway Circle, members Frank Garrison, A. Butchard, Dr Eric Manken, Arthur Arnold, Frank Holland, A. Spence, S.H. Carter, Bill Schutz, Dave Parsons and others) | This work was first published in South Africa and is now in the public domain  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowHow big for the Treasury, Fed, IRS and SBA response to the virus caused financial turmoil? @McTagueJim, Barron's; @BrettArends @Marketwatchhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/call-it-a-layoff-a-furlough-or-a-cut-shift-americans-are-losing-work-11584550057?mod=hp_lead_pos1 ...more

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• After the virus testing, the serological investigation for the breadth of the pandemic. @HenryIMiller @PacificResearch

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  Mar 18 2020

  Photo: Tiếng Việt: Xét nghiệm máu các loại antigens của Viêm gan loại B theo tời gian bệnh./ Ở hình trên theo tôi nghĩ Anti HBC IgM xuất hiên trước, AntiHBC IgG xuất hiện sauDate | 21 November 2006 (original upload date)Source | Own workTransferred from vi.wikipediaAuthor | Cao Xuan Kien at vi.wikipedia | This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Cao Xuan Kien at the Wikipedia project. This applies worldwide.In case this is not legally possible: http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowAfter the virus testing, the serological investigation for the breadth of the pandemic. @HenryIMiller @PacificResearchhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/do-antibody-testing-to-understand-covid-19-11584378570?mod=itp_wsj&mod=&mod=djemITP_h ...more

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• PRC expels US reporters during the virus crisis. Dexter Roberts, author,"The Myth of Chinese Capitalism;" former Bloomberg Beijing Bureau Chief.

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  Mar 18 2020

  Photo: English: Mill in Henan (China, 1930)Русский: Мельница в провинции Хэнань. Китай, 1920-30-е годыDate | before 1935 годаSource | Казанин М.И. Очерк экономической географии Китая./М. ОГИЗ.Соцэкгиз, 1935 - С.115.Author | Unknown author | This work is in the public domain http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShoPRC expels US reporters during the virus crisis. Dexter Roberts, author,"The Myth of Chinese Capitalism;" former Bloomberg Beijing Bureau Chief.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/business/media/china-expels-american-journalists.htmlhttps://www.amazon.com/Dexter-Roberts/e/B07TVBVPCN ...more

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• #NewWorld: The Virus shuts Colombia's borders. What about Brazil, Chile, Panama? Joseph Humire @SecureFreeSoc Senator Maria Fernanda Cabal @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal.

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  Mar 18 2020

  Photo: The 2015 Venezuela–Colombia migrant crisis. Permissions: see below.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#NewWorld: The Virus shuts Colombia's borders. What about Brazil, Chile, Panama? Joseph Humire @SecureFreeSoc Senator Maria Fernanda Cabal @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal.https://www.france24.com/en/20200316-as-latin-america-takes-steps-to-counter-coronavirus-brazil-s-bolsonaro-snubs-warnings..Permissions:  I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:| This file is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission....more

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• #NewWorld: The Virus and the threat of the failed state of Venezuela? Joseph Humire @SecureFreeSoc Senator Maria Fernanda Cabal @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal.

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  Mar 18 2020

  Image: Venezuelans protesting in 2017 for medicine due to the shortages in Venezuela http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#NewWorld: The Virus and the threat of the failed state of Venezuela? Joseph Humire @SecureFreeSoc Senator Maria Fernanda Cabal @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal.https://www.france24.com/en/20200316-as-latin-america-takes-steps-to-counter-coronavirus-brazil-s-bolsonaro-snubs-warnings..Permissions:  Photo: 22 May 2017, 11:53:57Source | Own work  /  Author | Jamez42   / Licensing: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:  This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 Internationallicense. |      You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work; to remix – to adapt the workUnder the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original....more

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• How to prepare for the coming PRC turmoil? Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

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  Mar 18 2020

  Photo: Portrait of Shang Kechii by Johan Nieuhof (1655). Shang recaptured Kuangchou from Ming loyalist forces in 1650 and organized a massacre of the city's population. His son was one of the Three Feudatories who rebelled against the Ch'ing in 1673http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowHow to prepare for the coming PRC turmoil? Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

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• What advantages for Xi or Trump or Democrats in the virus crisis? Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

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  Mar 18 2020

  Photo: China's first emperor, Ch’in Shi Huang, is famed for having united the Warring States' walls to form the Great Wall of China. Most of the present structure, however, dates to the Ming dynasty. Xi Jinping may oversee the disintegration of today's unified PRC.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowWhat advantages for Xi or Trump or Democrats in the virus crisis? Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

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• Governor Andrew Cuomo keeps New York City open. @JCats2013. John Catsimatidis, Red Apple Group.

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  Mar 18 2020

  Photo: Aerial view of the U.S. Navy New York Naval Shipyard on 2 December 1944. There are five aircraft carriers in sight: USS Reprisal (CV-35) under construction in Dry Dock No. 6; USS Coral Sea, later renamed USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42) under construction in Dry Dock No. 5; USS Kearsarge (CV-33) under construction; USS Oriskany (CV-34) under construction; and USS Bon Homme Richard (CV-31), commissioned 26 November 1944.Date2 December 1944SourceOfficial U.S. Navy photo BuAer 290081 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command available at Navsource.orgAuthorUSNThis file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowGovernor Andrew Cuomo keeps New York City open. @JCats2013. John Catsimatidis, Red Apple Group....more

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• Xi’s claim that the US introduced the virus: astounding disinformation; PRC as a criminal enterprise. @LizPeek

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  Mar 18 2020

  Image:  Disinformation: Deception, Disinformation, and Strategic. Communications: How One Interagency Group. Made a Major Difference by Fletcher Schoen and Christopher J. Lamb. Elizabeth Peek, TheHill and Fox News, @LizPeek; in re: Some states have halted primary elections. Even though Joe Biden avoided major gaffes, fact-checking the next day on things he said may have worked against him.  Bernie went after him on some matters that Biden tried just to shrug off; not convincing.   The Chinese PLA now claims that the US introduced the virus into China and that China is in the lead to fight it. Astounding disinformation. China then ejects US journalists. Will it ever go back to business as usual? Profound Chinese corruption: it’s a criminal enterprise.  ...more

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• Are we now in a Recession & What is to be done? @LizPeek

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  Mar 18 2020

  Image:  Soldiers from Fort Riley, Kansas, ill with Spanish flu at a hospital ward at Camp Funston. Permissions:  see belowAre we now in a Recession & What is to be done?  @LizPeek Elizabeth Peek, TheHill and Fox News, @LizPeek; in re: How the federal government is responding to the Wuhan virus. Rescuing individuals and businesses. All the massive shifts today are not the end of changes. New York is largely shut down; first time in history that its commerce has been stopped.  We’re in a technical recession, being two quarters of negative growth; the difficult decisions for the governor and mayor are: the direr the restrictions put on right now, the sooner we’ll recover.  Italy, for example, is the worst-case scenario.  Worrisome to see some pols put on [restrictions] that they’ve wanted all along and that will be permanent...Permissions: Emergency hospital during influenza epidemic (NCP 1603), National Museum of Health and Medicine. Description: Beds with patients in an emergency hospital in Camp Funston, Kansas, in the midst of the influenza epidemic. Date: circa 1918 Photo ID: NCP 1603 Source Collection: OHA 250: New Contributed Photographs Collection, Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine. Rights: No known restrictions upon publication, physical copy retained by the National Museum of Health and Medicine. Publication and high resolution requests should be directed to NMHM (www.medicalmuseum.mil).This is our most-requested flu photograph. It may be on another or our Flickr pages.Date | c. 1918Source | Emergency hospital during influenza epidemic (NCP 1603), National Museum of Health and Medicine.Author | Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and MedicineLicensing:  This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. |  You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work; to remix – to adapt the workUnder the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. ....more

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• Voting in wartime conditions: 1944, 2001, 2020. @HooverWhalen @HooverInst

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  Photo: Voting in wartime conditions: 1944, 2001, 2020. @HooverWhalen @HooverInsthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowVoting in wartime conditions: 1944, 2001, 2020. @HooverWhalen @HooverInsthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944_United_States_presidential_election

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• Lessons learned from Keynesian interventions: 2 of 2: in The Great Recession, the Great Society, the New Deal, that warn against the same in the virus. @AmityShlaes

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  Mar 17 2020

  Photo: English:"FDR shakes hands with young LBJ, Gov. Allred of Texas in between. Galveston, Texas on May 12, 1937."President Roosevelt, Governor James Allred of Texas, and Johnson. In later campaigns, Johnson edited Governor Allred out of the picture to assist his campaignDate | date of photo: May 12, 1937Source | LOCATION: US-Texas SOURCEFrom http://history.sandiego.edu/cdr2/WW2Pics/04430.GIF (http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/WW2Index/picindex5.html )Original source: Franklin D. Roosevelt Libraryaccording to http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/fdrpho50.htmlThis media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) missing.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowLessons learned from Keynesian interventions: 2 of 2:  in The Great Recession,  the Great Society,  the New Deal, that warn against the same in the virus. @AmityShlaeshttps://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/03/12/how_to_get_the_stock_market_back.html ...more

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• Lessons learned from Keynesian interventions: 1 of 2: in The Great Recession, the Great Society, the New Deal, that warn against the same in the virus. @AmityShlaes

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  Photo:English: "Oliver Twist." FDR wants more power from Congress. reorganization program executive branch.Date16 January 1937Sourcehttp://www.nisk.k12.ny.us/fdr/1937/37_01.htmlAuthorJoseph L. Parrish (1905 – 1989) in the Chicago TribunePermission(Reusing this file)Copyright non-renewal information: http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/cce/firstperiod.htmlThis work is in the public domainhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowLessons learned from Keynesian interventions: 1 of 2:  in The Great Recession,  the Great Society,  the New Deal, that warn against the same in the virus. @AmityShlaeshttps://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/03/12/how_to_get_the_stock_market_back.html ...more

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• The virus strikes at Iran's IRGC/Mullah dictatorship. Behnam ben Taleblu @FDD

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  Mar 17 2020

  Photo: Title: Media, Babylon and Persia : including a study of the Zend-Avesta or religion of Zoroaster, from the fall of Nineveh to the Persian warYear: 1889 (1880s)Authors:  Ragozin, Zénaïde A. (Zénaïde Alexeïevna), 1835-1924Subjects:  Zoroastrianism Iran -- History Babylon (Extinct city) -- HistoryPublisher:  London : T. Fisher Unwin New York : G.P. Putnam's SonsContributing Library:  Robarts - University of TorontoDigitizing Sponsor:  MSNView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From BookClick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:es little reason to dispute/ The immense chasmbetween this remote, misty past and the dawn ofrecorded historical times, though still greatly mixedwith myth, we can partly bridge over, owing to Pro-fessor Sayces Hittite discoveries. He has shown, bya comparative study of the peculiar rock-sculpturesat Boghaz-Keui in Cappadocia, at Ibriz in Cilicia, atKarabel, near Smyrna, and in many more places ofAsia Minor, with their inscriptions in charactersidentical with those found at Hamath,f that thispowerful and gifted Hamitic race, the Hittites, atone time covered and ruled the whole of the regionbetween the Black and Mediterranean seas, as fareast as the Halys, and probably somewhat beyond,leaving their traces not only in those sculptures, butin several sanctuaries of their religion, devoted tothe worship of the nature-goddess common to themand their Canaanitic and Semitic brethren, and whose *See ^ Story of Chaldea, Chapter II., especially pp. 136-139.f See Story of Assyria, ill. 5, p. 36.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe virus strikes at Iran's IRGC/Mullah dictatorship. Behnam ben Taleblu @FDDhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/03/02/coronavirus-adviser-irans-supreme-leader-dies-tehran-hospital/ ...more

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• The bailouts that don't work and the virus. @JohnTamny @RealClearMarkets

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  Mar 17 2020

  Photo: 4 o'clock shift at the Ford Motor Company assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan (1910s).Datebetween 1910 and 1920 SourceThis image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionunder the digital ID det.4a25685.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.________________________________العربية | беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎ | čeština | Deutsch | English | español | فارسی | suomi | français | עברית | magyar | italiano | lietuvių | македонски | മലയാളം | Nederlands | polski | português | português do Brasil | русский | sicilianu | slovenčina | slovenščina | Türkçe | українська | 中文 | 中文（简体）‎ | 中文（繁體）‎ | +/−AuthorDetroit Publishing CompanyPermission(Reusing this file)This work is from the Detroit Publishing Co. collection at the Library of Congress. According to the library, there are no known copyright restrictions on the use of this work.Most of the images in this collection were published before 1925 and are therefore in the public domain in the United States. A few images were published after this date and may be restricted by copyright.This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1925.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe bailouts that don't work and the virus. @JohnTamny @RealClearMarketsAs a Republican it's hard to say this, but the crisis is Republicans who talk endlessly about free markets during good times, but then run to government during bad. Good history, Benjamin Anderson style history, will make plain that there was nothing economic about the Coronavirus scare. This was the failure of politicians possessing matchless stupidity. The opinion piece can be found here.https://www.realclearmarkets.com/blog/2020/03/17/somewhere_up_there_john_v_lindsay_smiles_admiringly_at_an_inept_fed_486785.html ...more

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• Puzzling how long the virus has been in the USA & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Mar 17 2020

  Photo: The Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport, built in 1940 in Jackson Heights, Queens. New York Municipal Airport, Marine Air Terminal, Grand Central Parkway at Ninety-fourth Street, Jackson Heights, Queens County, NYImage (1974): HAER—Historic American Engineering Record images of New York.Date1974SourceHistoric American Engineering Record; Library of Congress HAER NY,41-JAHT,1-1 This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs divisionunder the digital ID hhh.ny1207.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.________________________________العربية | беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎ | čeština | Deutsch | English | español | فارسی | suomi | français | עברית | magyar | italiano | lietuvių | македонски | മലയാളം | Nederlands | polski | português | português do Brasil | русский | sicilianu | slovenčina | slovenščina | Türkçe | українська | 中文 | 中文（简体）‎ | 中文（繁體）‎ | +/−AuthorDavid SharpePermission(Reusing this file)This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowPuzzling how long the virus has been in the USA & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness ...more

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• The POTUS powers of "National Emergency" and the "Wuhan virus." @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Photo: Harris and Ewing, National Archives and Records Administrationhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe POTUS powers of "National Emergency" and the "Wuhan virus." @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/487931-trump-called-it-the-wuhan-coronavirus-for-a-legal-and-commonsensical

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• Natural Gas and the virus. Bud Weinstein, Bernard L. Weinstein is associate director of the Maguire Energy Institute and adjunct professor of business economics in the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University.

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  Mar 17 2020

  Photo: Wassernutzung beim FrackingUS Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Washington, DC - "The Hydraulic Fracturing Water Cycle" Illustration of hydraulic fracturing and related activities Gemeinfrei File:Hydraulic Fracturing-Related Activities.jpg Erstellt: 2012-02-28 08:04:20 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowNatural Gas and the virus. Bud Weinstein, Bernard L. Weinstein is associate director of the Maguire Energy Institute and adjunct professor of business economics in the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University.https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/486975-its-not-armageddon-for-americas-oil-and-gas-industry ...more

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• "Who would sell XOM at $35?" The virus and the Bear Market. @McTagueJim

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  Mar 17 2020

  Photo: English: Oil field, Long Beach, California, 1920.Source | Courtesy of the Los Angeles Public Library's Photo Collection[1].LA Public Library date unknown Los Angeles Public Library Photographic Collection. Image http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics45/00042263.jpg Title Long Beach oil field Date ca. 1920s; 1930s. Physical Details 1 photograph : b&w Collection SPNB [SPNB (Originally Hollywood Citizen-News)] Aerograph Co Description Oil well gushing in Union Oil Company's Long Beach oil field in Signal Hill, as people watch. Houses are scattered about the area. Subject Headings Union Oil Company of California. On the photograph: Photo No. 27?, The Aerograph Co. 5880 ???????, LA, Cal. Union Oil Co's L.B.C. ????, Signal HillAccording to Davis, Ken, the Signal Hill Historical Society (2006). Signal Hill: Images of America. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-3073-5, the photo is of Union Oil Community Company's Well No. 11 in the Cresent Heights neighborhood of Signal Hill. [near the corner of Cherry and Burnett.] BlankVerse 10:34, 30 November 2006 (UTC)http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow"Who would sell XOM at $35?" The virus and the Bear Market. @McTagueJim https://seekingalpha.com/article/4332494-exxon-mobil-why-worried-dividend-cut ...more

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• "Indiana" Hoenlein and the 7000-year Lost Domesticated Olives of the Galilee. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Mar 17 2020

  Photo: none - https://www.pinterest.com/pin/445786063093052188/Palestinian women crushing olives in order to make olive oil , 1900-1920ملكية عامةFile:Crushing Olives Palestine 1900-1920.jpgالإنشاء: ١٩ نوفمبر، ٢٠١١حول هذه الواجهة | نقاش | مساعدةhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow"Indiana" Hoenlein and the 7000-year Lost Domesticated Olives of the Galilee. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium-olives-first-domesticated-7-000-years-ago-in-israel-study-says-1.8663128 ...more

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• Horseman of Pestilence and Famine threaten the Holy Land with the virus and a locust plague.

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  Mar 17 2020

  Photo: --Boer War: soldiers in camp driving off a swarm of locusts wiDescriptionBoer War: soldiers in camp driving off a swarm of locusts with anything to hand. Halftone, c. 1900, after H. Paget.Iconographic CollectionsKeywords: H.M. PagetCredit lineThis file comes from Wellcome Images, a website operated by Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom. Refer to Wellcome blog post (archive).This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.ReferencesLibrary reference: ICV No 15934Photo number: V0015618Full Bibliographic Record: http://catalogue.wellcomelibrary.org/record=b1181441Source/Photographerhttps://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/47/04/e70e3185fb3860197c0c4cdc2def.jpgGallery: https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/image/V0015618.htmlWellcome Collection gallery (2018-03-24): https://wellcomecollection.org/works/vwbnvknz CC-BY-4.0This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.You are free:to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the workto remix – to adapt the workUnder the following conditions:attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowHorseman of Pestilence and Famine threaten the Holy Land with the virus and a locust plague. https://www.timesofisrael.com/plague-of-locusts-set-to-descend-upon-middle-east-in-time-for-passover/ ...more

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• Bernie Sanders wins by staying the game with his policies such as healthcare on the table. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter

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  Mar 17 2020

  Photo: Title: History of the Homoeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania : the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of PhiladelphiaYear: 1898 (1890s)Authors:  Bradford, Thomas Lindsley, 1847-1918Subjects:  Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia Medical education Education, Medical Homeopathy HospitalsSchools, MedicalPublisher:  Philadelphia : Boericke & TafelContributing Library:  Francis A. Countway Library of MedicineDigitizing Sponsor:  Open Knowledge Commons and Harvard Medical SchoolView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From BookClick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:oratory, the lecture room No. i, withDr. Mohr giving a lecture; lecture room No. 2, the studentsY. M. C. A. room in the basement, the dissecting room,lecture room No. 3, with Dr. Thomas in the amphitheatre;section of clinical ampitheatre, with Dr. J. E. James operat-ing; section of the eye department of the dispensary; a viewof the museum; and a view of the library. A smaller so-called Columbian edition of this was also issued. During June 23d a reception was tendered by the Facultyand Trustees of the Hahnemann College and Hospital to themembers of the Worlds HomcEopathic Congress, which hadheld a meeting at Atlantic City. The evening was devotedto an inspection of the buildings. The local committee, Drs.A. R. Thomas, John E. James and J. C. Guernsey, issued avery tasty card of invitation, having a picture of the Collegeon the cover, which was bound with the College colors. The Preliminary Course held before the session of 1892-93was the last held. The lectures of 1893-94 commenced onhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowBernie Sanders wins by staying the game with his policies such as healthcare on the table. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter...more

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• The Congress seeking responses to the virus, such as $1000.00 per adult. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter

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  Mar 17 2020

  Photo: A 1934 series $1,000 United States banknote featuring the portrait of Grover ClevelandDate | 1934Source | U.S. TreasuryAuthor | U.S. Treasury engravershttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe Congress seeking responses to the virus, such as $1000.00 per adult. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotterhttps://nypost.com/2020/03/16/mitt-romney-wants-to-give-every-american-adult-1000-over-coronavirus/

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• Beijing, “the hate factory,” catechizes the notion that the US spreads the virus worldwide. @Michael_Yon @GordonGChang @ThadMcCotter

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  Mar 17 2020

  Image: Chinese enlistment poster to volunteer in the Korean War with the grave of an American soldier Michael Yon, Far East reporter; in re: Wuhan virus in Asia; in Hong Kong and Taiwan.   I call Beijing  “the hate factory” because it’s so competent at generating hatred against other countries; in this case, the US and Japan.  

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• Virus and Asian economies, and the world economy. @GordonGChang; @ThadMcCotter

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  Mar 17 2020

  Image:  Wuhan Institute of Virology (中国科学院武汉病毒研究所) is under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Gordon Chang, Daily Beast, in re:  Beijing is making irrational assertions that the virus originated in the US and that the US is distributing it around the world. The virus and China, the virus and Asian economy and the global economy; on China blaming US

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• Virus is in Afghanistan—and among US troops? @BillRoggio, @thomasjoscelyn

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  Mar 17 2020

  Image: Opening ceremony at a public health clinic in Kandahar province of Afghanistan (May 2012) Tom Joscelyn, Long War Journal and FDD; and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD; in re:  Taliban and al Qaeda hand in hand.  ISIS advising on virus; on if the virus is in Afghanistan and in the US troops.

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• Virus, the NYSE and NASDAQ, and financial turmoil. @BrettArends

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  Mar 17 2020

  Image: 1909 painting The Worship of Mammon by Evelyn De Morgan Brett Ahrends, Marketwatch; in re: The virus and the NYSE and NASDAQ markets and the financial turmoil.

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• The Last to Die: 4 of 4: A Forgotten Bomber and the Final Air Combat of World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Stephen Harding (Author), Jack Garrett (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher)

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  Mar 17 2020

  Photo: English: This War Department Pamphlet No. 21-31 features a front cover illustration of Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito. Published for the War Department by the United States government printing office on 28 April 1945, though V-E Day (May 8) was still days away. Szyk was recognized as a generous contributor of art for use by the U.S. War Department, and particularly with regard to the selling of US War Bonds. This particular illustration also appeared in other printed media without the faces of Hitler and Mussolini being crossed out. It also appeared in wartime propaganda film, “Two Down and One to Go”, directed by Frank Capra.Date1945SourceThe Arthur Szyk Society, Burlingame, CA (www.szyk.org)AuthorArthur Szyk  (1894–1951)  Permission(Reusing this file)This work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose. If you wish to use this contenthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Last to Die: 4 of 4: A Forgotten Bomber and the Final Air Combat of World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Stephen Harding (Author), Jack Garrett (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Last-Die-Forgotten-Bomber-Combat/dp/B011KDIOD0/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=On August 18, 1945, US Army Sergeant Anthony J. Marchione bled to death in the clear, bright sky above Tokyo. Marchione, a gunner in the US Air Force, died, like so many before him in World War II, quietly, cradled in the arms of a buddy. Though tragic, Marchione's death would have been no more notable than any other had he not had the dubious distinction of being the last American killed in World War II combat. Based on official American and Japanese histories, personal memoirs, and the author's exclusive interviews with many of the story's key participants, Last to Die is a rousing tale of air combat, bravery, cowardice, hubris, and determination, all set during the turbulent and confusing final days of World War II....more

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• The Last to Die: 3 of 4: A Forgotten Bomber and the Final Air Combat of World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Stephen Harding (Author), Jack Garrett (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher)

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  Mar 17 2020

  Photo: B32View author information Public Domain File:B32.jpg Uploaded: 2007-02-06 22:43:09 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Last to Die: 3 of 4: A Forgotten Bomber and the Final Air Combat of World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Stephen Harding (Author), Jack Garrett (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Last-Die-Forgotten-Bomber-Combat/dp/B011KDIOD0/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=On August 18, 1945, US Army Sergeant Anthony J. Marchione bled to death in the clear, bright sky above Tokyo. Marchione, a gunner in the US Air Force, died, like so many before him in World War II, quietly, cradled in the arms of a buddy. Though tragic, Marchione's death would have been no more notable than any other had he not had the dubious distinction of being the last American killed in World War II combat. Based on official American and Japanese histories, personal memoirs, and the author's exclusive interviews with many of the story's key participants, Last to Die is a rousing tale of air combat, bravery, cowardice, hubris, and determination, all set during the turbulent and confusing final days of World War II....more

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• The Last to Die: 2 of 4: A Forgotten Bomber and the Final Air Combat of World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Stephen Harding (Author), Jack Garrett (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher)

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  Photo: rial view of Tokyo following the warUS Army Signal Corps - http://www.japanairraids.org/?page_id=213 Bomb damage to Tokyo following United States raids on the city during World War II Public Domain File:Bomb damage in Tokyo.jpg Created: Not specified in the source, but probably following the Japanese surrender in August 1945 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Last to Die: 2 of 4: A Forgotten Bomber and the Final Air Combat of World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Stephen Harding (Author), Jack Garrett (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Last-Die-Forgotten-Bomber-Combat/dp/B011KDIOD0/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=On August 18, 1945, US Army Sergeant Anthony J. Marchione bled to death in the clear, bright sky above Tokyo. Marchione, a gunner in the US Air Force, died, like so many before him in World War II, quietly, cradled in the arms of a buddy. Though tragic, Marchione's death would have been no more notable than any other had he not had the dubious distinction of being the last American killed in World War II combat. Based on official American and Japanese histories, personal memoirs, and the author's exclusive interviews with many of the story's key participants, Last to Die is a rousing tale of air combat, bravery, cowardice, hubris, and determination, all set during the turbulent and confusing final days of World War II....more

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• The Last to Die: 1 of 4: A Forgotten Bomber and the Final Air Combat of World War II Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Stephen Harding (Author), Jack Garrett (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher)

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  Photo: "Tokyo burns under B-29 firebomb assault." May 26, 1945.US Army Air Forces - Library of Congress Permission details This image is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain.View more Public Domainview terms File:Firebombing of Tokyo.jpg Created: 26 May 1945 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow The Last to Die: 1 of 4: A Forgotten Bomber and the Final Air Combat of World War II  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged.  Stephen Harding (Author), Jack Garrett (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Last-Die-Forgotten-Bomber-Combat/dp/B011KDIOD0/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=On August 18, 1945, US Army Sergeant Anthony J. Marchione bled to death in the clear, bright sky above Tokyo. Marchione, a gunner in the US Air Force, died, like so many before him in World War II, quietly, cradled in the arms of a buddy. Though tragic, Marchione's death would have been no more notable than any other had he not had the dubious distinction of being the last American killed in World War II combat. Based on official American and Japanese histories, personal memoirs, and the author's exclusive interviews with many of the story's key participants, Last to Die is a rousing tale of air combat, bravery, cowardice, hubris, and determination, all set during the turbulent and confusing final days of World War II....more

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• January 6, 2020: "Well, Gordon, obviously, the question becomes, you know, is it possible? And, if so, when will it reach the United States?" @GordonGChang @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Photo: Chinese troops crossing the Yellow River in June 1938, the river was deliberately flooded by Chinese forces to buy time for the defence of Wuhan中华民国史画 The historical event of WWII. Republic of China exploded the bank of Yellow River to stop the Janpanese attack in 1938 Public Domain File:1938 June Yellow River.gif Created: 8 February 2009 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowJanuary 6, 2020: "Well, Gordon, obviously, the question becomes, you know, is it possible? And, if so, when will it reach the United States?" @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness ...more

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• 4/4 The Last Man in Russia: The Struggle to Save a Dying Nation, by Oliver Bullough.

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  Image: Road construction by inmates of the Dalstroy (part of the 'Road of Bones' from Magadan to Yakutsk) The Last Man in Russia: The Struggle to Save a Dying Nation, by Oliver Bullough. Hardcover – April 30, 2013  https://www.amazon.com/Last-Man-Russia-Struggle-Nation/dp/0465074987/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=Oliver+Bullough+Last+man+in+russia&qid=1584312415&s=audible&sr=8-1-fkmr0 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 decline and near-certain economic collapse driven 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, the 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 betrayal, one 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 a cri de coeur for a dying nation—one that, Bullough shows, might yet be saved. ...more

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• 3/4 The Last Man in Russia: The Struggle to Save a Dying Nation, by Oliver Bullough.

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  Image: The Last Man in Russia:  book cover The Last Man in Russia: The Struggle to Save a Dying Nation, by Oliver Bullough. Hardcover – April 30, 2013  https://www.amazon.com/Last-Man-Russia-Struggle-Nation/dp/0465074987/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=Oliver+Bullough+Last+man+in+russia&qid=1584312415&s=audible&sr=8-1-fkmr0 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 decline and near-certain economic collapse driven 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, the 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 betrayal, one 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 a cri de coeur for a dying nation—one that, Bullough shows, might yet be saved. ...more

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• 2/4 The Last Man in Russia: The Struggle to Save a Dying Nation, by Oliver Bullough.

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  Image:  «Святая Троица» Андрея Рублёва (около 1410 года) The Last Man in Russia: The Struggle to Save a Dying Nation, by Oliver Bullough. Hardcover – April 30, 2013  https://www.amazon.com/Last-Man-Russia-Struggle-Nation/dp/0465074987/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=Oliver+Bullough+Last+man+in+russia&qid=1584312415&s=audible&sr=8-1-fkmr0 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 decline and near-certain economic collapse driven 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, the 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 betrayal, one 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 a cri de coeur for a dying nation—one that, Bullough shows, might yet be saved. ...more

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• 1/4 The Last Man in Russia: The Struggle to Save a Dying Nation, by Oliver Bullough. Hardcover – April 30, 2013

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  Image: Father Dmitri Dudko.  Photo by Lomart 2017.  Permissions:  see below.  Священник Дмитрий Дудко на прогулке The Last Man in Russia: The Struggle to Save a Dying Nation, by Oliver Bullough. Hardcover – April 30, 2013  https://www.amazon.com/Last-Man-Russia-Struggle-Nation/dp/0465074987/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=Oliver+Bullough+Last+man+in+russia&qid=1584312415&s=audible&sr=8-1-fkmr0 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 decline and near-certain economic collapse driven 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, the 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 betrayal, one 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 a cri de coeur for a dying nation—one that, Bullough shows, might yet be saved...  ..  ..  | Русский: Портрет протоиерея Дмитрия Дудко на прогулке, Москва, 2001 г. | Date | 2 May 2001, 14:34:04 / Source | Own work | Author | Lomart 2017   / Licensing:  ‪I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. |  ‪You are free: •    ‪to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work •    ‪to remix – to adapt the work ‪Under the following conditions: •    ‪attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. •    ‪share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original....more

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• 4/4 The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters, by Gregory Zuckerman.

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  Image: EIA forecast for US gas production through 2040. The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters, by Gregory Zuckerman.     Sean Pratt (Narrator), Gildan Media, LLC (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged    https://www.amazon.com/Frackers-Outrageous-Inside-Billionaire-Wildcatters/dp/B00GDJKH2I/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Zuckerman+the+frackers&qid=1584312288&s=audible&sr=1-1 Everyone knew it was crazy to try to extract oil and natural gas buried in shale rock deep below the ground. Everyone, that is, except a few reckless wildcatters, who risked their careers to prove the world wrong. Things looked grim for American energy in 2006. Oil production was in steep decline and natural gas was hard to find. The Iraq War threatened the nation's already-tenuous relations with the Middle East. China was rapidly industrializing and competing for resources. Major oil companies had just about given up on new discoveries on U.S. soil, and a new energy crisis seemed likely.  But a handful of men believed everything was about to change. Far from the limelight, Aubrey McClendon, Harold Hamm, Mark Papa, and other wildcatters were determined to tap massive deposits of oil and gas that Exxon, Chevron, and other giants had dismissed as a waste of time. By experimenting with hydraulic fracturing through extremely dense shale—a process now known as fracking—the wildcatters started a revolution. In just a few years, they solved America's dependence on imported energy, triggered a global environmental controversy—and made and lost astonishing fortunes.  No one understands these men better than the award-winning Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman. His exclusive access enabled him to get close to the frackers and chronicle the untold story of how they transformed the nation and the world. The result is a dramatic stretching from the barren fields of North Dakota and the rolling hills of northeastern Pennsylvania to cluttered pickup trucks in Texas and tense Wall Street boardrooms.  Activists argue that the same methods that are creating so much new energy are also harming our water supply and threatening environmental chaos. The Frackers tells the story of the angry opposition unleashed by this revolution and explores just how dangerous fracking really is. ...more

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• 3/4 The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters, by Gregory Zuckerman.

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  Image:  Shale gas drilling rig near Alvarado, Texas. Permissions: see below. The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters, by Gregory Zuckerman.     Sean Pratt (Narrator), Gildan Media, LLC (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged    https://www.amazon.com/Frackers-Outrageous-Inside-Billionaire-Wildcatters/dp/B00GDJKH2I/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Zuckerman+the+frackers&qid=1584312288&s=audible&sr=1-1 Everyone knew it was crazy to try to extract oil and natural gas buried in shale rock deep below the ground. Everyone, that is, except a few reckless wildcatters, who risked their careers to prove the world wrong. Things looked grim for American energy in 2006. Oil production was in steep decline and natural gas was hard to find. The Iraq War threatened the nation's already-tenuous relations with the Middle East. China was rapidly industrializing and competing for resources. Major oil companies had just about given up on new discoveries on U.S. soil, and a new energy crisis seemed likely.  But a handful of men believed everything was about to change. Far from the limelight, Aubrey McClendon, Harold Hamm, Mark Papa, and other wildcatters were determined to tap massive deposits of oil and gas that Exxon, Chevron, and other giants had dismissed as a waste of time. By experimenting with hydraulic fracturing through extremely dense shale—a process now known as fracking—the wildcatters started a revolution. In just a few years, they solved America's dependence on imported energy, triggered a global environmental controversy—and made and lost astonishing fortunes.  No one understands these men better than the award-winning Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman. His exclusive access enabled him to get close to the frackers and chronicle the untold story of how they transformed the nation and the world. The result is a dramatic stretching from the barren fields of North Dakota and the rolling hills of northeastern Pennsylvania to cluttered pickup trucks in Texas and tense Wall Street boardrooms.  Activists argue that the same methods that are creating so much new energy are also harming our water supply and threatening environmental chaos. The Frackers tells the story of the angry opposition unleashed by this revolution and explores just how dangerous fracking really is... Permissions:  | English: Texas Barnett Shale gas drilling (fracking) rig near Alvarado, Texas, just off of state highway 67. | Date | 19 April 2008, 19:36 | Source | Own work | Author | Loadmaster (David R. Tribble) | Permission (Reusing this file) |  | This image was made by Loadmaster (David R. Tribble) Email the author: David R. Tribble Also see my personal gallery at Google Photos | Released under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License and the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike License |   |  Licensing  ‪I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following licenses:  |  ‪This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. |  | ‪You are free: •    ‪to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work •    ‪to remix – to adapt the work ‪Under the following conditions: •    ‪attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. •    ‪share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.   ...more

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• 2/4 The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters, by Gregory Zuckerman.

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  Image:  September 2019 climate strike in Darwin, Australia.  Permissions: see below. The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters, by Gregory Zuckerman.     Sean Pratt (Narrator), Gildan Media, LLC (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged    https://www.amazon.com/Frackers-Outrageous-Inside-Billionaire-Wildcatters/dp/B00GDJKH2I/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Zuckerman+the+frackers&qid=1584312288&s=audible&sr=1-1 Everyone knew it was crazy to try to extract oil and natural gas buried in shale rock deep below the ground. Everyone, that is, except a few reckless wildcatters, who risked their careers to prove the world wrong. Things looked grim for American energy in 2006. Oil production was in steep decline and natural gas was hard to find. The Iraq War threatened the nation's already-tenuous relations with the Middle East. China was rapidly industrializing and competing for resources. Major oil companies had just about given up on new discoveries on U.S. soil, and a new energy crisis seemed likely.  But a handful of men believed everything was about to change. Far from the limelight, Aubrey McClendon, Harold Hamm, Mark Papa, and other wildcatters were determined to tap massive deposits of oil and gas that Exxon, Chevron, and other giants had dismissed as a waste of time. By experimenting with hydraulic fracturing through extremely dense shale—a process now known as fracking—the wildcatters started a revolution. In just a few years, they solved America's dependence on imported energy, triggered a global environmental controversy—and made and lost astonishing fortunes.  No one understands these men better than the award-winning Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman. His exclusive access enabled him to get close to the frackers and chronicle the untold story of how they transformed the nation and the world. The result is a dramatic stretching from the barren fields of North Dakota and the rolling hills of northeastern Pennsylvania to cluttered pickup trucks in Texas and tense Wall Street boardrooms.  Activists argue that the same methods that are creating so much new energy are also harming our water supply and threatening environmental chaos. The Frackers tells the story of the angry opposition unleashed by this revolution and explores just how dangerous fracking really is...  ..  ..   Permissions: | Darwin - Lauren Mellor | Date | 20 September 2019, 13:41 | Source | Darwin - Lauren Mellor | Author | School Strike Licensing This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license. |   |   | You are free: •       to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work •       to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: •       attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.           ...more

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• 1/4 The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters, by Gregory Zuckerman.

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  Image: SVG version of the existing HydroFrac.png image  Permissions: see below. The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters, by Gregory Zuckerman.     Sean Pratt (Narrator), Gildan Media, LLC (Publisher)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged    https://www.amazon.com/Frackers-Outrageous-Inside-Billionaire-Wildcatters/dp/B00GDJKH2I/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Zuckerman+the+frackers&qid=1584312288&s=audible&sr=1-1 Everyone knew it was crazy to try to extract oil and natural gas buried in shale rock deep below the ground. Everyone, that is, except a few reckless wildcatters, who risked their careers to prove the world wrong. Things looked grim for American energy in 2006. Oil production was in steep decline and natural gas was hard to find. The Iraq War threatened the nation's already-tenuous relations with the Middle East. China was rapidly industrializing and competing for resources. Major oil companies had just about given up on new discoveries on U.S. soil, and a new energy crisis seemed likely.  But a handful of men believed everything was about to change. Far from the limelight, Aubrey McClendon, Harold Hamm, Mark Papa, and other wildcatters were determined to tap massive deposits of oil and gas that Exxon, Chevron, and other giants had dismissed as a waste of time. By experimenting with hydraulic fracturing through extremely dense shale—a process now known as fracking—the wildcatters started a revolution. In just a few years, they solved America's dependence on imported energy, triggered a global environmental controversy—and made and lost astonishing fortunes.  No one understands these men better than the award-winning Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman. His exclusive access enabled him to get close to the frackers and chronicle the untold story of how they transformed the nation and the world. The result is a dramatic stretching from the barren fields of North Dakota and the rolling hills of northeastern Pennsylvania to cluttered pickup trucks in Texas and tense Wall Street boardrooms.  Activists argue that the same methods that are creating so much new energy are also harming our water supply and threatening environmental chaos. The Frackers tells the story of the angry opposition unleashed by this revolution and explores just how dangerous fracking really is...Permissions: SVG version of the existing HydroFrac.png image| Date | 1 May 2013, 21:17:06| Source | Own work| Author | Mikenorton Licensing -  I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:    |   | This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. | | You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the workUnder the following conditions:  attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. / share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.   ...more

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• 4/4 Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis, by Timothy Egan.

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  Image: Little Plume, with his son Yellow Kidney, occupies the position of honor, the space at the rear opposite the entrance. This is the unretouched original, which has a clock between Little Plume and Yellow Kidney. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis, by Timothy Egan.   David Drummond (Narrator), Dreamscape Media, LLC (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Short-Nights-Shadow-Catcher-Photographs/dp/B009NOT8XY/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=   At once an amazing adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, Egan's book tells the remarkable, untold story behind Edward Curtis's iconic photographs, following him throughout Indian country from desert to rainforest as he struggled to document the stories and rituals of more than eighty tribes. Even with the backing of Theodore Roosevelt and J. P. Morgan, it took tremendous perseverance. The undertaking changed him profoundly, from detached observer to outraged advocate.  He would die penniless and unknown in Hollywood just a few years after publishing the last of his twenty volumes, but the charming rogue with the grade-school education had fulfilled his promise—his great adventure succeeded in creating one of America's most stunning cultural achievements. ...more

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• 3/4 Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis, by Timothy Egan.

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  Image: Indian Days of the Long Ago, 1915 Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis, by Timothy Egan.   David Drummond (Narrator), Dreamscape Media, LLC (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Short-Nights-Shadow-Catcher-Photographs/dp/B009NOT8XY/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=   At once an amazing adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, Egan's book tells the remarkable, untold story behind Edward Curtis's iconic photographs, following him throughout Indian country from desert to rainforest as he struggled to document the stories and rituals of more than eighty tribes. Even with the backing of Theodore Roosevelt and J. P. Morgan, it took tremendous perseverance. The undertaking changed him profoundly, from detached observer to outraged advocate.  He would die penniless and unknown in Hollywood just a few years after publishing the last of his twenty volumes, but the charming rogue with the grade-school education had fulfilled his promise—his great adventure succeeded in creating one of America's most stunning cultural achievements. ...more

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• 2/4 Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis, by Timothy Egan.

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  Image: Princess Angeline (Duwamish) in an 1896 photogravure by Edward Curtis Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis, by Timothy Egan.   David Drummond (Narrator), Dreamscape Media, LLC (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Short-Nights-Shadow-Catcher-Photographs/dp/B009NOT8XY/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=   At once an amazing adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, Egan's book tells the remarkable, untold story behind Edward Curtis's iconic photographs, following him throughout Indian country from desert to rainforest as he struggled to document the stories and rituals of more than eighty tribes. Even with the backing of Theodore Roosevelt and J. P. Morgan, it took tremendous perseverance. The undertaking changed him profoundly, from detached observer to outraged advocate.  He would die penniless and unknown in Hollywood just a few years after publishing the last of his twenty volumes, but the charming rogue with the grade-school education had fulfilled his promise—his great adventure succeeded in creating one of America's most stunning cultural achievements. ...more

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• 1/4 Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis, by Timothy Egan.

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  Image: Self-Portrait of Edward S. Curtis 1868-1952.Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis, by Timothy Egan.   David Drummond (Narrator), Dreamscape Media, LLC (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Short-Nights-Shadow-Catcher-Photographs/dp/B009NOT8XY/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=   At once an amazing adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, Egan's book tells the remarkable, untold story behind Edward Curtis's iconic photographs, following him throughout Indian country from desert to rainforest as he struggled to document the stories and rituals of more than eighty tribes. Even with the backing of Theodore Roosevelt and J. P. Morgan, it took tremendous perseverance. The undertaking changed him profoundly, from detached observer to outraged advocate.  He would die penniless and unknown in Hollywood just a few years after publishing the last of his twenty volumes, but the charming rogue with the grade-school education had fulfilled his promise—his great adventure succeeded in creating one of America's most stunning cultural achievements. ...more

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• Tower of Skulls: 8 of 8: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Vol. 1 (July 1937 - May 1942) Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard B. Frank (Author), L. J. Ganser (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher)

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  Photo:  Public Domainview terms File:Corregidor gun.jpg Created: 1 January 1942 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Tower of Skulls: 8 of 8: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Vol. 1 (July 1937 - May 1942)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard B. Frank (Author), L. J. Ganser (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Tower-Skulls-History-Asia-Pacific-Vol/dp/B084RFCB1K/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=An eye-opening, path-breaking account of the onset of the Asia-Pacific War, by the acclaimed author of Downfall and Guadalcanal.  In 1937, the swath of the globe east from India to the Pacific Ocean enclosed half the world's population, all save a fraction enduring under some form of colonialism. Japan's onslaught into China that year unleashed a tidal wave of events that fundamentally transformed this region and killed about 25 million people.  From just two nation states with real sovereignty, Thailand and Japan, and two with compromised sovereignty, China and Mongolia, the region today encompasses at least 19 major sovereign nations. This epic World War II narrative describes in exquisite detail the battles across this entire region and links those struggles on many levels with their profound 21st-century legacies. Beginning with China's long-neglected years of heroic, costly resistance, Tower of Skulls explodes outward to campaigns including Singapore, the Philippines, the Netherlands East Indies, India, and Burma, as well as across the Pacific to Pearl Harbor.  This story casts penetrating light on how struggles in Europe and Asia merged into a tightly entwined global war. It features not just battles, but also the sweeping political, economic, and social effects of the war, and are graced with a rich tapestry of individual characters from top-tier political and military figures down to ordinary servicemen, as well as the accounts of civilians of all races and ages. Drawing on rich archival research and recently discovered documentary evidence, award-winning historian Richard B. Frank presents the first unified account of this titanic turmoil that gave birth to the world we live in now....more

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• Tower of Skulls: 7 of 8: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Vol. 1 (July 1937 - May 1942) Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard B. Frank (Author), L. J. Ganser (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher)

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  Photo: Public Domain File:Japanese planes preparing-Pearl Harbor.jpg Created: 7 December 1941 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Tower of Skulls: 7 of 8: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Vol. 1 (July 1937 - May 1942)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard B. Frank (Author), L. J. Ganser (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Tower-Skulls-History-Asia-Pacific-Vol/dp/B084RFCB1K/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=An eye-opening, path-breaking account of the onset of the Asia-Pacific War, by the acclaimed author of Downfall and Guadalcanal.  In 1937, the swath of the globe east from India to the Pacific Ocean enclosed half the world's population, all save a fraction enduring under some form of colonialism. Japan's onslaught into China that year unleashed a tidal wave of events that fundamentally transformed this region and killed about 25 million people.  From just two nation states with real sovereignty, Thailand and Japan, and two with compromised sovereignty, China and Mongolia, the region today encompasses at least 19 major sovereign nations. This epic World War II narrative describes in exquisite detail the battles across this entire region and links those struggles on many levels with their profound 21st-century legacies. Beginning with China's long-neglected years of heroic, costly resistance, Tower of Skulls explodes outward to campaigns including Singapore, the Philippines, the Netherlands East Indies, India, and Burma, as well as across the Pacific to Pearl Harbor.  This story casts penetrating light on how struggles in Europe and Asia merged into a tightly entwined global war. It features not just battles, but also the sweeping political, economic, and social effects of the war, and are graced with a rich tapestry of individual characters from top-tier political and military figures down to ordinary servicemen, as well as the accounts of civilians of all races and ages. Drawing on rich archival research and recently discovered documentary evidence, award-winning historian Richard B. Frank presents the first unified account of this titanic turmoil that gave birth to the world we live in now....more

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• Tower of Skulls: 6 of 8: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Vol. 1 (July 1937 - May 1942) Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard B. Frank (Author), L. J. Ganser (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher)

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  Mar 15 2020

  Photo: Description = Signing ceremony for the Axis Powers Tripartite Pact; seated at front left (left to right) are Japan's AmbassadorSaburō Kurusu (leaning forward), Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs Galeazzo Ciano and Germany's Führer Adolf Hitler(slumping in his chair). Source = http://www.reformation.org/e-tripartite-pact.jpg, original watermark now removed stated "Imperial War Museum" IWM catalogue number: HU 75995 IWM name: The Tripartite Act, September 1940 (Grossdeutschland Im Weltgeschehen: Tages Bildberichte, United Germany in world affairs) IWM Production date: 27 September 1940 IWM maker: Heinrich Hoffmann IWM object type: Official photograph Article = Tripartite Pact Portion = Whole image Low_resolution = Yes -- in fact, it's quite grainy at even the low resolution depicted Purpose = The event is a subject of public interest. The historical photograph helps the readers identify the event, assure the readers that they have reached the right article about the event, and illustrate the event's intended branding function or message in a way that words alone could not convey. Replaceability = There is no free equivalent of photograph, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image.View author information Permission details Copyright was seized by the United States government and the photograph is in the public domain in the United States. See talk page.View more PD-USview terms File:Signing ceremony for the Axis Powers Tripartite Pact;.jpg Uploaded: 2019-11-13 21:51:22 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Tower of Skulls: 6 of 8: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Vol. 1 (July 1937 - May 1942)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard B. Frank (Author), L. J. Ganser (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Tower-Skulls-History-Asia-Pacific-Vol/dp/B084RFCB1K/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=An eye-opening, path-breaking account of the onset of the Asia-Pacific War, by the acclaimed author of Downfall and Guadalcanal.  In 1937, the swath of the globe east from India to the Pacific Ocean enclosed half the world's population, all save a fraction enduring under some form of colonialism. Japan's onslaught into China that year unleashed a tidal wave of events that fundamentally transformed this region and killed about 25 million people.  From just two nation states with real sovereignty, Thailand and Japan, and two with compromised sovereignty, China and Mongolia, the region today encompasses at least 19 major sovereign nations. This epic World War II narrative describes in exquisite detail the battles across this entire region and links those struggles on many levels with their profound 21st-century legacies. Beginning with China's long-neglected years of heroic, costly resistance, Tower of Skulls explodes outward to campaigns including Singapore, the Philippines, the Netherlands East Indies, India, and Burma, as well as across the Pacific to Pearl Harbor.  This story casts penetrating light on how struggles in Europe and Asia merged into a tightly entwined global war. It features not just battles, but also the sweeping political, economic, and social effects of the war, and are graced with a rich tapestry of individual characters from top-tier political and military figures down to ordinary servicemen, as well as the accounts of civilians of all races and ages. Drawing on rich archival research and recently discovered documentary evidence, award-winning historian Richard B. Frank presents the first unified account of this titanic turmoil that gave birth to the world we live in now....more

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• Tower of Skulls: 5 of 8: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Vol. 1 (July 1937 - May 1942) Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard B. Frank (Author), L. J. Ganser (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher)

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  Photo: Public Domain File:Khalkhin Gol Captured Japanese soldiers 1939.jpg Created: 1 August 1939 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Tower of Skulls: 5 of 8: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Vol. 1 (July 1937 - May 1942)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard B. Frank (Author), L. J. Ganser (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Tower-Skulls-History-Asia-Pacific-Vol/dp/B084RFCB1K/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=An eye-opening, path-breaking account of the onset of the Asia-Pacific War, by the acclaimed author of Downfall and Guadalcanal.  In 1937, the swath of the globe east from India to the Pacific Ocean enclosed half the world's population, all save a fraction enduring under some form of colonialism. Japan's onslaught into China that year unleashed a tidal wave of events that fundamentally transformed this region and killed about 25 million people.  From just two nation states with real sovereignty, Thailand and Japan, and two with compromised sovereignty, China and Mongolia, the region today encompasses at least 19 major sovereign nations. This epic World War II narrative describes in exquisite detail the battles across this entire region and links those struggles on many levels with their profound 21st-century legacies. Beginning with China's long-neglected years of heroic, costly resistance, Tower of Skulls explodes outward to campaigns including Singapore, the Philippines, the Netherlands East Indies, India, and Burma, as well as across the Pacific to Pearl Harbor.  This story casts penetrating light on how struggles in Europe and Asia merged into a tightly entwined global war. It features not just battles, but also the sweeping political, economic, and social effects of the war, and are graced with a rich tapestry of individual characters from top-tier political and military figures down to ordinary servicemen, as well as the accounts of civilians of all races and ages. Drawing on rich archival research and recently discovered documentary evidence, award-winning historian Richard B. Frank presents the first unified account of this titanic turmoil that gave birth to the world we live in now....more

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• Tower of Skulls: 4 of 8: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Vol. 1 (July 1937 - May 1942) Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard B. Frank (Author), L. J. Ganser (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher)

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  Mar 15 2020

  Photo: Public Domain File:Photo 02 in Nanjing Massacre (Itou Kaneo's Album).jpg Created: 1 January 1937 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Tower of Skulls: 4 of 8: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Vol. 1 (July 1937 - May 1942)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard B. Frank (Author), L. J. Ganser (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Tower-Skulls-History-Asia-Pacific-Vol/dp/B084RFCB1K/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=An eye-opening, path-breaking account of the onset of the Asia-Pacific War, by the acclaimed author of Downfall and Guadalcanal.  In 1937, the swath of the globe east from India to the Pacific Ocean enclosed half the world's population, all save a fraction enduring under some form of colonialism. Japan's onslaught into China that year unleashed a tidal wave of events that fundamentally transformed this region and killed about 25 million people.  From just two nation states with real sovereignty, Thailand and Japan, and two with compromised sovereignty, China and Mongolia, the region today encompasses at least 19 major sovereign nations. This epic World War II narrative describes in exquisite detail the battles across this entire region and links those struggles on many levels with their profound 21st-century legacies. Beginning with China's long-neglected years of heroic, costly resistance, Tower of Skulls explodes outward to campaigns including Singapore, the Philippines, the Netherlands East Indies, India, and Burma, as well as across the Pacific to Pearl Harbor.  This story casts penetrating light on how struggles in Europe and Asia merged into a tightly entwined global war. It features not just battles, but also the sweeping political, economic, and social effects of the war, and are graced with a rich tapestry of individual characters from top-tier political and military figures down to ordinary servicemen, as well as the accounts of civilians of all races and ages. Drawing on rich archival research and recently discovered documentary evidence, award-winning historian Richard B. Frank presents the first unified account of this titanic turmoil that gave birth to the world we live in now....more

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• Tower of Skulls: 3 of 8: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Vol. 1 (July 1937 - May 1942) Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard B. Frank (Author), L. J. Ganser (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher)

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  Photo: Public Domain File:Iwane Matsui rides into Nanjing.jpg Uploaded: 2009-09-13 01:39:48 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Tower of Skulls: 3 of 8: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Vol. 1 (July 1937 - May 1942)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard B. Frank (Author), L. J. Ganser (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Tower-Skulls-History-Asia-Pacific-Vol/dp/B084RFCB1K/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=An eye-opening, path-breaking account of the onset of the Asia-Pacific War, by the acclaimed author of Downfall and Guadalcanal.  In 1937, the swath of the globe east from India to the Pacific Ocean enclosed half the world's population, all save a fraction enduring under some form of colonialism. Japan's onslaught into China that year unleashed a tidal wave of events that fundamentally transformed this region and killed about 25 million people.  From just two nation states with real sovereignty, Thailand and Japan, and two with compromised sovereignty, China and Mongolia, the region today encompasses at least 19 major sovereign nations. This epic World War II narrative describes in exquisite detail the battles across this entire region and links those struggles on many levels with their profound 21st-century legacies. Beginning with China's long-neglected years of heroic, costly resistance, Tower of Skulls explodes outward to campaigns including Singapore, the Philippines, the Netherlands East Indies, India, and Burma, as well as across the Pacific to Pearl Harbor.  This story casts penetrating light on how struggles in Europe and Asia merged into a tightly entwined global war. It features not just battles, but also the sweeping political, economic, and social effects of the war, and are graced with a rich tapestry of individual characters from top-tier political and military figures down to ordinary servicemen, as well as the accounts of civilians of all races and ages. Drawing on rich archival research and recently discovered documentary evidence, award-winning historian Richard B. Frank presents the first unified account of this titanic turmoil that gave birth to the world we live in now....more

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• Tower of Skulls: 2 of 8: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Vol. 1 (July 1937 - May 1942) Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard B. Frank (Author), L. J. Ganser (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher)

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  Photo: Public Domain File:Bombing outside the Palace Hotel.jpgCreated: 14 August 1937 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Tower of Skulls: 2 of 8: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Vol. 1 (July 1937 - May 1942)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard B. Frank (Author), L. J. Ganser (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Tower-Skulls-History-Asia-Pacific-Vol/dp/B084RFCB1K/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&;qid=&sr=An eye-opening, path-breaking account of the onset of the Asia-Pacific War, by the acclaimed author of Downfall and Guadalcanal.  In 1937, the swath of the globe east from India to the Pacific Ocean enclosed half the world's population, all save a fraction enduring under some form of colonialism. Japan's onslaught into China that year unleashed a tidal wave of events that fundamentally transformed this region and killed about 25 million people.  From just two nation states with real sovereignty, Thailand and Japan, and two with compromised sovereignty, China and Mongolia, the region today encompasses at least 19 major sovereign nations. This epic World War II narrative describes in exquisite detail the battles across this entire region and links those struggles on many levels with their profound 21st-century legacies. Beginning with China's long-neglected years of heroic, costly resistance, Tower of Skulls explodes outward to campaigns including Singapore, the Philippines, the Netherlands East Indies, India, and Burma, as well as across the Pacific to Pearl Harbor.  This story casts penetrating light on how struggles in Europe and Asia merged into a tightly entwined global war. It features not just battles, but also the sweeping political, economic, and social effects of the war, and are graced with a rich tapestry of individual characters from top-tier political and military figures down to ordinary servicemen, as well as the accounts of civilians of all races and ages. Drawing on rich archival research and recently discovered documentary evidence, award-winning historian Richard B. Frank presents the first unified account of this titanic turmoil that gave birth to the world we live in now....more

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• Tower of Skulls: 1 of 8: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Vol. 1 (July 1937 - May 1942) Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard B. Frank (Author), L. J. Ganser (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher)

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  Mar 15 2020

  Photo:  Public Domainview terms File:Shanghai1937city zhabei fire.jpg Created: 26-27 October 1937 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Tower of Skulls: 1 of 8: A History of the Asia-Pacific War, Vol. 1 (July 1937 - May 1942)  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. Richard B. Frank (Author), L. J. Ganser (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Tower-Skulls-History-Asia-Pacific-Vol/dp/B084RFCB1K/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=An eye-opening, path-breaking account of the onset of the Asia-Pacific War, by the acclaimed author of Downfall and Guadalcanal.  In 1937, the swath of the globe east from India to the Pacific Ocean enclosed half the world's population, all save a fraction enduring under some form of colonialism. Japan's onslaught into China that year unleashed a tidal wave of events that fundamentally transformed this region and killed about 25 million people.  From just two nation states with real sovereignty, Thailand and Japan, and two with compromised sovereignty, China and Mongolia, the region today encompasses at least 19 major sovereign nations. This epic World War II narrative describes in exquisite detail the battles across this entire region and links those struggles on many levels with their profound 21st-century legacies. Beginning with China's long-neglected years of heroic, costly resistance, Tower of Skulls explodes outward to campaigns including Singapore, the Philippines, the Netherlands East Indies, India, and Burma, as well as across the Pacific to Pearl Harbor.  This story casts penetrating light on how struggles in Europe and Asia merged into a tightly entwined global war. It features not just battles, but also the sweeping political, economic, and social effects of the war, and are graced with a rich tapestry of individual characters from top-tier political and military figures down to ordinary servicemen, as well as the accounts of civilians of all races and ages. Drawing on rich archival research and recently discovered documentary evidence, award-winning historian Richard B. Frank presents the first unified account of this titanic turmoil that gave birth to the world we live in now....more

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• Silver lining to the Wuhan virus: small business stronger @genemarks

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  Image:  Economic green shoots out of the Wuhan virus in the US.  Pictured  here: Zingiber officinale Roscoe Gene Marks, TheHill & The Guardian, in re:  Small business America  The beneficial results of this chaos are that we’re better prepared for the next emergency, and we’re working out how to work from home, and we’re no longer going to be dependent on one supplier.  Furthermore, business owners now know that they need to  have some cash on hand.  Finally, some new businesses are emerging that are devoted to solving the problem that we’re seeing now.  Telemedicine, telehealth, website tracking Wuhan virus data.   ...more

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• Civil war needs two or more vectors; plus the matter of deglobalization. Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Mar 15 2020

  Image:  Caravan on the Silk Road, 1380 Michael E Vlahos, Johns Hopkins, in re:  Deglobalization.  Two millennia ago Romans invented civil war ; 400-900 AD;  the Bubonic plague & Byzantium; 1913-1917 The vectors that push us to go apart: need more than one at a time.  Climate change and the bubonic plague + the rise of Islamism in the Mediterranean world. Took almost 200 years to repopulate after the plague.  Two world wars in close sequence, then the Cold War.  Covid virus looks reminiscent of bubonic plague; and global warming tending to perpetuate deglobalization   US-China competition: cyber crime and -war. China has pillaged US technology in civilian and defense.  Push against immigration will get worse as global warming increased migration ...more

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• Chronic underinvestment in medicine @josephsternberg, @WSJOpinion

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  Mar 15 2020

  Image:  Monumental stone relief of a fish-garbed figure from the Temple of Ninurta in the Assyrian city of Kalhu, believed by some experts to be a representation of an āšipu, or exorcist-priest, who functioned as a kind of healer and primitive doctor[. Joseph Sternberg, WSJ, in re:  A blunt warning from the US: no European visitors except from the UK; this is a virus more severe than the familiar flu, so it’s truth-telling from officials. The UK won’t escape this, but it won't be as widespread there as elsewhere. In Europe, chronic under-investment in hospitals and hiring doctors.  UK and Italy are more dependent on financing directly from the govt; than, e.g., France and Germany; direct checks. ...more

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• Small business America strained by Wuhan virus @genemarks

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  Mar 14 2020

  Image: Small businesses, 1949 Gene Marks, The Guardian, in re:  Small business America 

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• #PacificWatch: The Virus closes Disneyland. Jeff Bliss

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  Mar 14 2020

  Photo: Anaheim Cityscape in 1922 in California (83/141)http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#PacificWatch: The Virus closes Disneyland. Jeff Blisshttps://www.cnn.com/2020/03/12/media/disneyland-close-coronavirus/index.html

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• The Fleet and the Virus of 2020; The Fleet and the Supercarrier of 2060. Thomas B. Modly, Acting Secretary of the Navy. @SecNav @USNavyUnderSec

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  Mar 14 2020

  Photo: As Task Force 38, the carriers maneuver off the Japanese coast, 17 August 1945.Taken by a USS Shangri-La (CV-38) photographer. - Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-278815 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command The U.S. Navy Task Force 38, of the U.S. Third Fleet maneuvering off the coast of Japan, 17 August 1945, two days after Japan agreed to surrender. The aircraft carrier in lower right is USS Wasp (CV-18). Note that her forward hull number on the flight deck is painted to be readable for planes coming from the bow. This was discontinued as escort carriers with such high numbers, like in this case USS Rudyerd Bay (CVE-81), were commissioned. The other identifiable carrier is USS Shangri-La (CV-38) in the left center. She is the only known carrier to have her air group identification letter ("Z") painted in white on her flight deck, instead of her hull number. Also present in the formation are four other Essex-class carriers, four Independence-class light carriers, at least three battleships, two of the Iowa-class and one of the South Dakota-class, plus several cruisers and destroyers. Public Domain File:Task Force 38 off the coast of Japan 1945.jpg Created: 17 August 1945 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe Fleet and the Virus of 2020; The Fleet and the Supercarrier of 2060. Thomas B. Modly, Acting Secretary of the Navy. @SecNav @USNavyUnderSec https://news.usni.org/2020/03/12/modly-parallel-fleet-studies-could-reshape-future-of-aircraft-carriers ...more

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• Minimum minimum sunspot activity continues. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Mar 14 2020

  Photo: Plot of monthly sunspot numbers, for the present cycle and the four latest cycles, superimposed over an image of the Sun taken by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory during the minimum of solar cycle 23, showing a spotless Sun. Credit: NASA/SOHO/Solar Influences Data Analysis Center, Belgiumhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowMinimum minimum sunspot activity continues. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sunspot-update-the-flatline-resumes/ ...more

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• SpaceX steppe past the virus and plans the May manned Dragon launch. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Mar 14 2020

  Photo: In 1944, women work in the Fabrication Shop of the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory (AERL) (now NASA Glenn) during World War II. These women were recruited to replace male employees serving in the military and were trained as machine operators, electricians, and other technical positions.Credits: NASA http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowSpaceX steppe past the virus and plans the May manned Dragon launch. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/manned-dragon-mission-targeted-for-may/ ...more

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• Uncle Sam still refuses to recognize the property rights of the Native American tribes. Terry Anderson @HooverInst

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  Mar 14 2020

  Photo: Hassanamisco Nipmuc Indian Reservation Sign (see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribal_sovereignty_in_the_United_States )http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowUncle Sam still refuses to recognize the property rights of the Native American tribes. Terry Anderson @HooverInsthttps://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/486177-the-case-for-transferring-federal-lands-back-to-native-americans?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=94764177c1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_09_05_47&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-94764177c1-72839649 ...more

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• Spillover: 4 of 4: Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. David Quammen (Author), Jonathan Yen (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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  Mar 14 2020

  Photo: Henipavirus structure http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowSpillover: 4 of 4:   Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. David Quammen (Author), Jonathan Yen (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)https://www.amazon.com/Spillover/dp/B00CTWW7BM/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases.  The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS, and something called Hendra killing horses and people in Australia - but those reports miss the big truth that such phenomena are part of a single pattern. The bugs that transmit these diseases share one thing: they originate in wild animals and pass to humans by a process called spillover. David Quammen tracks this subject around the world. He recounts adventures in the field - netting bats in China, trapping monkeys in Bangladesh, stalking gorillas in the Congo - with the world's leading disease scientists. In Spillover, Quammen takes the listener along on this astonishing quest to learn how, where from, and why these diseases emerge, and he asks the terrifying question: What might the next big one be?..Permissions:Created by User:Rhys  /  Date | 14 April 2009, 23:16 (UTC)Source | Henipavirus_structure.png  /  Author | Henipavirus_structure.png: The original uploader was Rhys at English Wikipedia.derivative work: Zeimusu (talk)Other versions | Derivative works of this file:  ✦ Henipavirus structure IT.svg   ✦ Structure d'un Henipavirus.svg LicensingI, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled GNU Free Documentation License. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. | You are free:to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work   to remix – to adapt the workUnder the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.   share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original....more

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• Spillover: 3 of 4: Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. David Quammen (Author), Jonathan Yen (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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  Mar 14 2020

  Photo: MERS-coronavirushttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Spillover: 3 of 4:   Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. David Quammen (Author), Jonathan Yen (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)https://www.amazon.com/Spillover/dp/B00CTWW7BM/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases. The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS, and something called Hendra killing horses and people in Australia - but those reports miss the big truth that such phenomena are part of a single pattern. The bugs that transmit these diseases share one thing: they originate in wild animals and pass to humans by a process called spillover. David Quammen tracks this subject around the world. He recounts adventures in the field - netting bats in China, trapping monkeys in Bangladesh, stalking gorillas in the Congo - with the world's leading disease scientists. In Spillover, Quammen takes the listener along on this astonishing quest to learn how, where from, and why these diseases emerge, and he asks the terrifying question: What might the next big one be?...more

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• Spillover: 2 of 4: Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. David Quammen (Author), Jonathan Yen (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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  Photo: U.S. Government Accountability Office from Washington, DC, United States - Figure 3: Examples of Zoonotic Diseases and Their Affected Populationshttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Spillover: 2 of 4:   Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. David Quammen (Author), Jonathan Yen (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)https://www.amazon.com/Spillover/dp/B00CTWW7BM/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases.  The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS, and something called Hendra killing horses and people in Australia - but those reports miss the big truth that such phenomena are part of a single pattern. The bugs that transmit these diseases share one thing: they originate in wild animals and pass to humans by a process called spillover. David Quammen tracks this subject around the world. He recounts adventures in the field - netting bats in China, trapping monkeys in Bangladesh, stalking gorillas in the Congo - with the world's leading disease scientists. In Spillover, Quammen takes the listener along on this astonishing quest to learn how, where from, and why these diseases emerge, and he asks the terrifying question: What might the next big one be?...more

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• Spillover: 1 of 4: Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. David Quammen (Author), Jonathan Yen (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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  Photo: Morphology of SARS-CoV-2An emergent virus is commonly defined as a virus that has recently adapted and emerged as a novel causative agent of disease. These viruses frequently have specific attributes and adaptations that facilitate pathogenicity in a species that it is not normally associated with. Many emergent viruses are therefore classified as zoonotic (i.e. they have been transmitted to humans from animals) and exist in natural animal reservoirs, which has serious implications for eradication. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow Spillover: 1 of 4:   Audible Audiobook – Unabridged. David Quammen (Author), Jonathan Yen (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher) https://www.amazon.com/Spillover/dp/B00CTWW7BM/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A masterpiece of science reporting that tracks the animal origins of emerging human diseases.  The emergence of strange new diseases is a frightening problem that seems to be getting worse. In this age of speedy travel, it threatens a worldwide pandemic. We hear news reports of Ebola, SARS, AIDS, and something called Hendra killing horses and people in Australia - but those reports miss the big truth that such phenomena are part of a single pattern. The bugs that transmit these diseases share one thing: they originate in wild animals and pass to humans by a process called spillover. David Quammen tracks this subject around the world. He recounts adventures in the field - netting bats in China, trapping monkeys in Bangladesh, stalking gorillas in the Congo - with the world's leading disease scientists. In Spillover, Quammen takes the listener along on this astonishing quest to learn how, where from, and why these diseases emerge, and he asks the terrifying question: What might the next big one be?...more

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• Political gamesmanship in a pandemic.@RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Photo:  Aztecs dying of smallpox, Florentine Codex (compiled 1540–1585)http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowPoliticial gamesmanship in a pandemic.@RichardAEpstein @HooverInsthttps://www.hoover.org/research/playing-politics-coronavirus?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=2d8058e5e9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_10_05_30&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-2d8058e5e9-72527561

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• Israel begins a 14-day quarantine for arriving visitors. @AmbDaniDayan Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Mar 14 2020

  Photo: Signal flag "Lima" called the "Yellow Jack" which when flown in harbor means the ship is under quarantinehttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowIsrael begins a 14-day quarantine for arriving visitors. @AmbDaniDayan Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_presAs Consul General of Israel in New York, Ambassador Dayan represents the State of Israel to communities throughout New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Delaware. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1955, he is the first Hispanic Consul General of Israel in New York.Amb. Dayan has established a reputation as an Israeli public figure, lecturer and entrepreneur. He served as Chairman of the Council of Jewish Communities in Judea and Samaria and as the Council’s Chief Foreign Envoy. In these roles, Amb. Dayan opened doors to the major seats of government worldwide and conducted regular meetings with foreign diplomats and journalists.Relevant articles:·         https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/.premium-gantz-s-reps-meet-arab-alliance-to-discuss-forming-government-1.8662722 ·         https://www.timesofisrael.com/el-al-to-suspend-80-of-workforce-cancel-most-flights-as-virus-guts-business/ ·         https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israeli-research-center-to-announce-it-developed-coronavirus-vaccine-sources-say-1.8665074 ·         https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/03/israel-benny-gantz-zvi-hauser-yoaz-hendel-blue-and-white.html ·         https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Gantz-Liberman-could-prevent-fourth-elections-620324 ...more

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• How is Afghanistan 2020 like South Vietnam 1973 & What is to be done? @RHFontaine @CNASDC

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  Photo: Hanoi Taxi the plane used to bring home American POWs from HanoiHanoi Taxi checks out its new home  A C-141 Starlifter aircraft, better known as the Hanoi Taxi, flies over its soon-to-be new home at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force adjacent to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowHow is Afghanistan 2020 like South Vietnam 1973 & What is to be done? @RHFontaine @CNASDC https://www.statesman.com/opinion/20200310/opinion-afghan-peace-deal-and-its-eerie-parallels-with-vietnam...more

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• Confirmed reports of a virus catastrophe in Iran.Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Photo: Safavid lacquer work illustrating a physician taking the pulse of a patient. From a 17th-century copy of Avicenna's Canon of Medicine. Wellcome Library, London.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowConfirmed reports of a virus catastrophe in Iran.Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_preshttps://www.cnn.com/2020/03/13/middleeast/iran-coronavirus-mass-graves-intl/index.html

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• #TheScalaReport: Virus Lessons Learned for telecommuting, inventory surplus, discovered supply chain work-arounds. Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com #ScalaAPS @STRATACACHE

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  Mar 13 2020

  Photo: West India Docks by Pugin and Rowlandson from Ackermann's Microcosm of London, or, London in Miniature (1808-11)Thomas Rowlandson (1756–1827) and Augustus Charles Pugin (1762–1832) (after) John Bluck (fl. 1791–1819), Joseph Constantine Stadler (fl. 1780–1812), Thomas Sutherland (1785–1838), J. Hill, and Harraden (aquatint engravers) - mechanical reproduction of 2D image West India Docks: This engraving was published as Plate 92 of Microcosm of London (1810) (see File:Microcosm of London Plate 092 - West India Docks.jpg). Permission details This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1925. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.View more Public Domainview terms File:West India Docks Microcosm edited.jpg Created: 1 January 1810 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow#TheScalaReport: Global Pandemic Lessons Learned for telecommuting, inventory surplus, discovered supply chain work-arounds.  Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com  #ScalaAPS @STRATACACHEhttps://www.economist.com/business/2020/03/05/covid-19-is-foisting-changes-on-business-that-could-be-beneficial ...more

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• The Democrats and the Virus. @SebGorka

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  Mar 13 2020

  Photo: http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShowThe Democrats and the Virus. @SebGorkahttps://www.wsj.com/articles/just-like-2008-its-a-testing-time-for-american-institutions-11584051924

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