The John Batchelor Show

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• China's Communists cannot agree what to do about the flagging economy. @acollier @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Aug 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Hong Kong waterfront, 1900s. Note: Queen's Building was built in 1899. The pier is probably the temporary pier off Ice House Street [1894-1911] [1], that was leased to the Star Ferry Co. from 1900. It was replaced by the Second Generation Star Ferry Pier in 1912. Date 1941 - 45 Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/acstudio/sets/72157622555491467/ Author Unknown ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow China's Communists cannot agree what to do about the flagging economy. @acollier @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast...more

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• Waking up to the Red China Confucius Institute game on American college campuses. @JoshRogin @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Aug 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: MG_0131 Date 18 November 2009, 13:25 Source IMG_0131 Author George Mason University Life from Fairfax, US) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Waking up to the Red China Confucius Institute game on American college campuses. @JoshRogin @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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• Reported massive persecution of Uyghurs in PRC concentration camps. @NuryTurkel, Uyghur Human Rights Project. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Aug 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Uyghur princes from Cave 9 of the Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves, Xinjiang, China, 8th–9th century AD, wall painting) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Reported massive persecution of Uyghurs in PRC concentration camps. @NuryTurkel, Uyghur Human Rights Project. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/13/asia/china-xinjiang-uyghur-united-nations-intl/index.html

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• The heroic Supreme Court and the villainous Alex Jones. @StevenMazie @TheEconomist

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  Aug 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Alex Jones in downtown N.Y. | by 911conspiracy ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The heroic Supreme Court and the villainous Alex Jones. @StevenMazie @TheEconomist

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• The politics of Taiwan under the threat from Red China. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast@YatesDCIA

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  Aug 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The city of Taipei, as seen from Maokong.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The politics of Taiwan under the threat from Red China. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast@YatesDCIA

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• Red China's bullying in Asia and America & What is to be done? @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast @YatesDCIA

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  Aug 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:  Scarborough Shoal Disputed island Other names:  Scarborough Reef Bajo de Masinloc Democracy Reef Huangyan Dao Minzhu Jiao Panatag Shoal Panacot Shoal Scarborough Shoal Landsat.jpg Scarborough Shoal prior to the Chinese-imposed destruction of the reefs Scarborough Shoal is located in South China SeaScarborough ShoalScarborough Shoal Geography Location South China Sea / West Philippine Sea Coordinates 15°11′N 117°46′ECoordinates: 15°11′N 117°46′E Archipelago Land area: none (many rocks at low tide) Lagoon area: ~130 km2 (50 sq mi) Total area: ~150 km2 (58 sq mi) Highest point  South Rock 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) Claimed by Republic of the Philippines Municipality Masinloc, Zambales Republic of China (Taiwan) Municipality Cijin, Kaohsiung People's Republic of China Prefecture-level city Sansha, Hainan Demographics Population 0 Scarborough Shoal, also known as Panatag Shoal1,[2], Bajo de Masinloc,[3], Huangyan Dao (simplified Chinese: 黄岩岛; traditional Chinese: 黃岩島; pinyin: Huángyán Dǎo), and Democracy Reef (Chinese: 民主礁; pinyin: Mínzhǔ Jiāo) is a shoal located between the Macclesfield Bank and Luzon island in the South China Sea. It is a disputed territory claimed by the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and the Philippines. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Red China's bullying in Asia and America & What is to be done? @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast @YatesDCIA...more

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• South Korea is closer to its persecutor North Korea than to its protector America. Tara O, Corean-Amercan Institute

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  Aug 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Reception Center at Cheongwadae or "Blue House", the South Korean presidential residence in Seoul South Korea. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow South Korea is closer to its persecutor North Korea than to its protector America. Tara O, Corean-Amercan Institute Tara O, adjunct fellow at the Pacific Forum and fellow at the Institute for Corean-American Studies, on this: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/08/15/south-korean-president-moon-jae-calls-closer-ties-north-korea/995622002/...more

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• Not good news for Andrew Cuomo; very good news for Donald Trump. @MonicaCrowley

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  Aug 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Eric Schneiderman Endorsed by Andrew Cuomo for NYS AG Date 30 September 2010, 09:41 Source Eric Schneiderman Endorsed by Andrew Cuomo for NYS AG Author citizenactionny) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Not good news for Andrew Cuomo; very good news for Donald Trump. @MonicaCrowley

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• The unknowns of the infamous Trump Tower meeting June 9, 2016 & What is to be done.

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  Aug 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:nglish: The lower part of the Trump Tower, New York. Date 4 February 2010, 23:12:56 Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/achimh/4368159776 Author Achim Hepp ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The unknowns of the infamous Trump Tower meeting June 9, 2016 & What is to be done. https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2018/08/13/trumptowermeetinglooksincreasinglylikea_setup.html

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• Measuring Trump's foreign policy in comparison to Obama's foreign policy. @ChristianWhiton @NationalInterest.

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  Aug 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:rmita de San Lázaro en Plasencia, España Fecha 14 de abril de 2007 Fuente Trabajo propio Autor olarcos Permiso (Reutilización de este archivo)  trabajo propio, libero todos los derechos ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Measuring Trump's foreign policy in comparison to Obama's foreign policy. @ChristianWhiton @NationalInterest.

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• Fancy Bear still living in our routers. @DefTechPat

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  Aug 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Router ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Fancy Bear still living in our routers. @DefTechPat https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/08/russian-military-spy-software-hundreds-thousands-home-routers/150474/

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• U.S. Hacker Force. @DeftechPat.

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  Aug 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:anonymous hacker network mask cyber web computer  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow U.S. Hacker Force. @DeftechPat. https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/08/future-airman-hacker/150334/?oref=d-river

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• NASA probes the gigantic unknowns of the sun. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Aug 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Parker Solar Probe artist rendering Artist’s concept of the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft approaching the sun. Launching in 2018, Parker Solar Probe will provide new data on solar activity and make critical contributions to our ability to forecast major space-weather events that impact life on Earth. Date 30 November 2015, 06:29:56 Source http://parkersolarprobe.jhuapl.edu/Multimedia/Images.php Author NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow NASA probes the gigantic unknowns of the sun. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com...more

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• Curiosity drill nominal & What is to be done? Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Aug 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: This artist concept features NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars' past or present ability to sustain microbial life. Curiosity is being tested in preparation for launch in the fall of 2011. In this picture, the rover examines a rock on Mars with a set of tools at the end of the rover’s arm, which extends about 2 meters (7 feet). Two instruments on the arm can study rocks up close. Also, a drill can collect sample material from inside of rocks and a scoop can pick up samples of soil. The arm can sieve the samples and deliver fine powder to instruments inside the rover for thorough analysis. The mast, or rover’s “head,” rises to about 2.1 meters (6.9 feet) above ground level, about as tall as a basketball player. This mast supports two remote-sensing instruments: the Mast Camera, or “eyes,” for stereo color viewing of surrounding terrain and material collected by the arm; and, the ChemCam instrument, which is a laser that vaporizes material from rocks up to about 9 meters (30 feet) away and determines what elements the rocks are made of. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Curiosity drill nominal & What is to be done? Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com...more

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• Tales of the New Cold War: One Hundred Years of Sanctioning Russia: 2 of 2: And what is to be done? Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com.

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  Aug 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tales of the New Cold War: One Hundred Years of Sanctioning Russia: 2 of 2: And what is to be done? Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com.

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• Tales of the New Cold War: One Hundred Years of Sanctioning Russia: 1 of 2: And what is to be done? Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com.

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  Aug 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Rzhev is the uppermost town situated on the Volga (photographed c. 1910)) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tales of the New Cold War: One Hundred Years of Sanctioning Russia: 1 of 2: And what is to be done? Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com.

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• The Trump Administration looks to transactional trade in Europe in the next months. @Larry_Kudlow, Director, National Economic Council.

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  Aug 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Trade lodge of the VOC in Hooghly, Bengal, by Hendrik van Schuylenburgh, 1665 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Trump Administration looks to transactional trade in Europe in the next months. @Larry_Kudlow, Director, National Economic Council. BY LIZ PEEK, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR, THE HILL — 08/14/18 10:30 AM EDT 34 Democrats have declared war on the gig economy. For union-fed politicians, it is a survival tactic. But attacking companies like Lyft and Airbnb could also undermine Democrat support among millennials, who are big fans of the shared economy. Already, support among Americans between the ages of 22 and 37 for the Democratic Party has dropped sharply. Take away their Ubers and they could migrate even further to the right. For them, it might not seem very progressive to stand in the way of progress. New York’s recent battle against Uber and Lyft is an excellent example. The city council recently passed a measure capping the number of cars managed by Uber, Lyft and other for-hire companies operating in the city’s five boroughs. The law has nothing to do with easing traffic congestion, as officials claimed. If that were the case, they would ditch some of the infernal bike or bus lanes that are gumming up the streets, as any professional driver will tell you. Or, the city’s leaders would have stepped in earlier to repair the broken mass transit system. Ridership is down because the subways and buses are increasingly unreliable, thrusting more commuters into private vehicles. Proponents also argue that the new cap will help struggling taxi drivers, whose investments in medallions have plummeted since Uber and the like all hit town. Some drivers, facing financial ruin, have taken their own lives. That is tragic, but trying to step in front of innovations encouraged by the internet is hopeless and counterproductive. Where was the city council when hundreds of small businesses were driven under by Amazon or when Expedia drove thousands of travel agents out of business? Those folks suffered hardship, too. The difference is that there were no unions funding friendly politicians and urging them to protect those small businesses. The opposite is true in the effort to rein in Uber and Lyft. New York Councilman Ruben Diaz Sr., a Democrat, successfully campaigned to chair the Committee on For-Hire Vehicles, even though he had accepted tens of thousands of dollars in campaign funds from the taxi industry. The root cause of Democrats’ opposition to Uber, Lyft and other gig businesses is that party officials are terrified of losing power and money. They worry that private and, more recently, public-sector unions, the lifeblood of blue-state politicians, are under siege. Not only have private-industry workers increasingly abandoned labor unions, now the Supreme Court has outlawed compulsory dues payments for public employees. That will sharply cut public union political donations, the vast majority of which go to Democrats. In 2016, for instance, Open Secrets reported that public-sector unions made campaign donations of $65 million, of which 90 percent went to Democratic candidates. That’s up from a mere $19 million in 2008. The totals of course do not include the vast get-out-the-vote efforts orchestrated by the millions who belong to the teachers unions and other labor groups. That contribution is, literally, priceless. The attack on Uber and Lyft is not the first time Democrats in New York have taken on “sharing” businesses. They recently cracked down on Airbnb, with the city council upping oversight on the apartment-sharing company and its competitors like HomeAway. Those firms, which provide short-term rentals to tourists and kids in the city for summer internships, for instance, threaten the stranglehold that the hotel industry and its organized workers union have on lodging. New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer attempted to blame soaring rents on Airbnb, but common sense suggests that 50,000 shared apartments are unlikely to inflict much pain on a city of 3.5 million homes; other studies indicate little impact on rents. However, common sense also dictates that Stringer and members of the city council might feel some obligation to the hotel industry, which has donated tens of thousands of dollars to their campaigns. Mostly, Airbnb hosts are folks like grad students or older couples trying to get by, who are renting out their lone property or an extra bedroom. On average, they rent out a spare room for 60 nights a year — hardly a professional operation. Their customers, for the most part, are millennials and others who don’t have $500 to shell out for a hotel room. You can bet they are puzzled that anyone would object to the arrangement. In 2016, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton came out against the shared economy saying, "Many Americans are making extra money renting out a spare room, designing a website…even driving their own car. This on demand or so called 'gig' economy is creating exciting opportunities and unleashing innovation, but it's also raising hard questions about workplace protections and what a good job will look like in the future." Read: You may enjoy or even need these opportunities, but I know what’s good for you and this free-wheeling work environment is dangerous to your welfare. Many embrace gig jobs because they allow unprecedented and rare flexibility. Part-time students, retirees, mothers who have a few hours off while their kids are in school, they all enjoy being able to set their own schedules. Mostly, it is millennials who are working in the shared economy. Some were jolted by the recession into seeking nontraditional work. Some simply like keeping their own hours and being their own boss. A report this year from Deloitte noted, “A recent 2017 study reports that overall self-employment is likely to triple to 42 million workers by 2020, with millennials leading the way.” That’s a lot of folks working on their own, enjoying the freedom and succeeding because of the innovations stemming from the internet and mobile connections. We’ve only seen the beginnings of this trend, which smart politicians would do well to embrace and even celebrate. Democrats would be nuts to get in the way. Liz Peek is a former partner of major bracket Wall Street firm Wertheim & Company. For 15 years, she has been a columnist for The Fiscal Times, Fox News, the New York Sun and numerous other organizations....more

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• Red China records negative economic trends. @LizPeek

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  Aug 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Red China records negative economic trends. @LizPeek BY LIZ PEEK, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR, THE HILL — 08/14/18 10:30 AM EDT 34  Democrats have declared war on the gig economy. For union-fed politicians, it is a survival tactic. But attacking companies like Lyft and Airbnb could also undermine Democrat support among millennials, who are big fans of the shared economy.  Already, support among Americans between the ages of 22 and 37 for the Democratic Party has dropped sharply. Take away their Ubers and they could migrate even further to the right. For them, it might not seem very progressive to stand in the way of progress.  New York’s recent battle against Uber and Lyft is an excellent example. The city council recently passed a measure capping the number of cars managed by Uber, Lyft and other for-hire companies operating in the city’s five boroughs. The law has nothing to do with easing traffic congestion, as officials claimed. If that were the case, they would ditch some of the infernal bike or bus lanes that are gumming up the streets, as any professional driver will tell you. Or, the city’s leaders would have stepped in earlier to repair the broken mass transit system. Ridership is down because the subways and buses are increasingly unreliable, thrusting more commuters into private vehicles. Proponents also argue that the new cap will help struggling taxi drivers, whose investments in medallions have plummeted since Uber and the like all hit town. Some drivers, facing financial ruin, have taken their own lives. That is tragic, but trying to step in front of innovations encouraged by the internet is hopeless and counterproductive. Where was the city council when hundreds of small businesses were driven under by Amazon or when Expedia drove thousands of travel agents out of business? Those folks suffered hardship, too. The difference is that there were no unions funding friendly politicians and urging them to protect those small businesses. The opposite is true in the effort to rein in Uber and Lyft. New York Councilman Ruben Diaz Sr., a Democrat, successfully campaigned to chair the Committee on For-Hire Vehicles, even though he had accepted tens of thousands of dollars in campaign funds from the taxi industry. The root cause of Democrats’ opposition to Uber, Lyft and other gig businesses is that party officials are terrified of losing power and money. They worry that private and, more recently, public-sector unions, the lifeblood of blue-state politicians, are under siege. Not only have private-industry workers increasingly abandoned labor unions, now the Supreme Court has outlawed compulsory dues payments for public employees. That will sharply cut public union political donations, the vast majority of which go to Democrats. In 2016, for instance, Open Secrets reported that public-sector unions made campaign donations of $65 million, of which 90 percent went to Democratic candidates. That’s up from a mere $19 million in 2008. The totals of course do not include the vast get-out-the-vote efforts orchestrated by the millions who belong to the teachers unions and other labor groups. That contribution is, literally, priceless.  The attack on Uber and Lyft is not the first time Democrats in New York have taken on “sharing” businesses. They recently cracked down on Airbnb, with the city council upping oversight on the apartment-sharing company and its competitors like HomeAway.   Those firms, which provide short-term rentals to tourists and kids in the city for summer internships, for instance, threaten the stranglehold that the hotel industry and its organized workers union have on lodging. New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer attempted to blame soaring rents on Airbnb, but common sense suggests that 50,000 shared apartments are unlikely to inflict much pain on a city of 3.5 million homes; other studies indicate little impact on rents.   However, common sense also dictates that Stringer and members of the city council might feel some obligation to the hotel industry, which has donated tens of thousands of dollars to their campaigns. Mostly, Airbnb hosts are folks like grad students or older couples trying to get by, who are renting out their lone property or an extra bedroom. On average, they rent out a spare room for 60 nights a year — hardly a professional operation. Their customers, for the most part, are millennials and others who don’t have $500 to shell out for a hotel room. You can bet they are puzzled that anyone would object to the arrangement. In 2016, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton came out against the shared economy saying, "Many Americans are making extra money renting out a spare room, designing a website...even driving their own car. This on demand or so called 'gig' economy is creating exciting opportunities and unleashing innovation, but it's also raising hard questions about workplace protections and what a good job will look like in the future."  Read: You may enjoy or even need these opportunities, but I know what’s good for you and this free-wheeling work environment is dangerous to your welfare. Many embrace gig jobs because they allow unprecedented and rare flexibility. Part-time students, retirees, mothers who have a few hours off while their kids are in school, they all enjoy being able to set their own schedules. Mostly, it is millennials who are working in the shared economy. Some were jolted by the recession into seeking nontraditional work. Some simply like keeping their own hours and being their own boss. A report this year from Deloitte noted, “A recent 2017 study reports that overall self-employment is likely to triple to 42 million workers by 2020, with millennials leading the way.” That’s a lot of folks working on their own, enjoying the freedom and succeeding because of the innovations stemming from the internet and mobile connections. We’ve only seen the beginnings of this trend, which smart politicians would do well to embrace and even celebrate. Democrats would be nuts to get in the way. Liz Peek is a former partner of major bracket Wall Street firm Wertheim & Company. For 15 years, she has been a columnist for The Fiscal Times, Fox News, the New York Sun and numerous other organizations. https://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2018/08/14/real-time-economics-chinas-economy-slows-indias-rupee-dives-and-germanys-gdp-accelerates/...more

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• Democrats knock Uber & What is to be done? @LizPeek @TheHill

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  Aug 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Democrats knock Uber & What is to be done? @LizPeek @TheHill BY LIZ PEEK, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR, THE HILL — 08/14/18 10:30 AM EDT 34  Democrats have declared war on the gig economy. For union-fed politicians, it is a survival tactic. But attacking companies like Lyft and Airbnb could also undermine Democrat support among millennials, who are big fans of the shared economy.  Already, support among Americans between the ages of 22 and 37 for the Democratic Party has dropped sharply. Take away their Ubers and they could migrate even further to the right. For them, it might not seem very progressive to stand in the way of progress.  New York’s recent battle against Uber and Lyft is an excellent example. The city council recently passed a measure capping the number of cars managed by Uber, Lyft and other for-hire companies operating in the city’s five boroughs. The law has nothing to do with easing traffic congestion, as officials claimed. If that were the case, they would ditch some of the infernal bike or bus lanes that are gumming up the streets, as any professional driver will tell you. Or, the city’s leaders would have stepped in earlier to repair the broken mass transit system. Ridership is down because the subways and buses are increasingly unreliable, thrusting more commuters into private vehicles. Proponents also argue that the new cap will help struggling taxi drivers, whose investments in medallions have plummeted since Uber and the like all hit town. Some drivers, facing financial ruin, have taken their own lives. That is tragic, but trying to step in front of innovations encouraged by the internet is hopeless and counterproductive. Where was the city council when hundreds of small businesses were driven under by Amazon or when Expedia drove thousands of travel agents out of business? Those folks suffered hardship, too. The difference is that there were no unions funding friendly politicians and urging them to protect those small businesses. The opposite is true in the effort to rein in Uber and Lyft. New York Councilman Ruben Diaz Sr., a Democrat, successfully campaigned to chair the Committee on For-Hire Vehicles, even though he had accepted tens of thousands of dollars in campaign funds from the taxi industry. The root cause of Democrats’ opposition to Uber, Lyft and other gig businesses is that party officials are terrified of losing power and money. They worry that private and, more recently, public-sector unions, the lifeblood of blue-state politicians, are under siege. Not only have private-industry workers increasingly abandoned labor unions, now the Supreme Court has outlawed compulsory dues payments for public employees. That will sharply cut public union political donations, the vast majority of which go to Democrats. In 2016, for instance, Open Secrets reported that public-sector unions made campaign donations of $65 million, of which 90 percent went to Democratic candidates. That’s up from a mere $19 million in 2008. The totals of course do not include the vast get-out-the-vote efforts orchestrated by the millions who belong to the teachers unions and other labor groups. That contribution is, literally, priceless.  The attack on Uber and Lyft is not the first time Democrats in New York have taken on “sharing” businesses. They recently cracked down on Airbnb, with the city council upping oversight on the apartment-sharing company and its competitors like HomeAway.   Those firms, which provide short-term rentals to tourists and kids in the city for summer internships, for instance, threaten the stranglehold that the hotel industry and its organized workers union have on lodging. New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer attempted to blame soaring rents on Airbnb, but common sense suggests that 50,000 shared apartments are unlikely to inflict much pain on a city of 3.5 million homes; other studies indicate little impact on rents.   However, common sense also dictates that Stringer and members of the city council might feel some obligation to the hotel industry, which has donated tens of thousands of dollars to their campaigns. Mostly, Airbnb hosts are folks like grad students or older couples trying to get by, who are renting out their lone property or an extra bedroom. On average, they rent out a spare room for 60 nights a year — hardly a professional operation. Their customers, for the most part, are millennials and others who don’t have $500 to shell out for a hotel room. You can bet they are puzzled that anyone would object to the arrangement. In 2016, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton came out against the shared economy saying, "Many Americans are making extra money renting out a spare room, designing a website...even driving their own car. This on demand or so called 'gig' economy is creating exciting opportunities and unleashing innovation, but it's also raising hard questions about workplace protections and what a good job will look like in the future."  Read: You may enjoy or even need these opportunities, but I know what’s good for you and this free-wheeling work environment is dangerous to your welfare. Many embrace gig jobs because they allow unprecedented and rare flexibility. Part-time students, retirees, mothers who have a few hours off while their kids are in school, they all enjoy being able to set their own schedules. Mostly, it is millennials who are working in the shared economy. Some were jolted by the recession into seeking nontraditional work. Some simply like keeping their own hours and being their own boss. A report this year from Deloitte noted, “A recent 2017 study reports that overall self-employment is likely to triple to 42 million workers by 2020, with millennials leading the way.” That’s a lot of folks working on their own, enjoying the freedom and succeeding because of the innovations stemming from the internet and mobile connections. We’ve only seen the beginnings of this trend, which smart politicians would do well to embrace and even celebrate. Democrats would be nuts to get in the way. Liz Peek is a former partner of major bracket Wall Street firm Wertheim & Company. For 15 years, she has been a columnist for The Fiscal Times, Fox News, the New York Sun and numerous other organizations....more

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• Trump wins the Electoral College with or without winner-takes-all states. @HooverWhalen

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  Aug 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (PhotoMisty Morning, Coast of MaineArthur Parton (1842–1914). Between 1865 and 1870, Brooklyn Museum: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Trump wins the Electoral College with or without winner-takes-all states. @HooverWhalen https://www.forbes.com/sites/billwhalen/2018/08/12/go-ahead-and-the-change-the-electoral-college-but-theres-still-a-trump-presidency/?utmsource=Hoover%2BDaily%2BReport&utmcampaign=c5ca2eb657-HDRCOPY01&utmmedium=email&utmterm=0_21b1edff3c-c5ca2eb657-72527561#2af6846b14ca...more

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• The sun is blank & What is to be done? Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Aug 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: spotless) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The sun is blank & What is to be done? Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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• SpaceX delivers a man-rated Dragon capsule. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Aug 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: SpaceX delivers a man-rated Dragon capsule. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow SpaceX delivers a man-rated Dragon capsule. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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• "Short, sharp jab at the Russians and throw their mobilization out of order." "A Mad Catastrophe: 4 of 6: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire by Geoffrey Wawro (Author)

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  Aug 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Illustration from the French magazine Le Petit Journal on the Bosnian Crisis: Bulgaria declares its independence and its prince Ferdinand is named Tsar, Austria-Hungary, in the person of Emperor Francis Joseph, annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina, while the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II looks on helplessly ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Short, sharp jab at the Russians and throw their mobilization out of order."  "A Mad Catastrophe: 4 of 6: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire by Geoffrey Wawro (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Catastrophe-Outbreak-Collapse-Habsburg/dp/0465028357...more

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• Our cousins call Russiagate source Stefan Halper "the Walrus." @George_Neumayr @amspectator

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  Aug 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Stefan Halper ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Our cousins call Russiagate source Stefan Halper "the Walrus." @George_Neumayr @amspectator https://spectator.org/who-hired-stefan-halper/

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• "Imagine, fewer than a third of the men in any (Russian) unit have a rifle." "A Mad Catastrophe: 6 of 6: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire by Geoffrey Wawro (Author)

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  Aug 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Russian troops going to the front: Support for the imperial guard being hurried into the fighting line ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Imagine, fewer than a third of the men in any (Russian) unit have a rifle."  "A Mad Catastrophe:  6 of 6: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire by Geoffrey Wawro (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Catastrophe-Outbreak-Collapse-Habsburg/dp/0465028357...more

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• "Hindenberg and Ludendorff thought it was impossible to win on the Western Front." " "A Mad Catastrophe: 5 of 6: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire by Geoffrey Wawro (Author)

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  Aug 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Hindenburg at Tannenberg, by Hugo Vogel ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Hindenberg and Ludendorff thought it was impossible to win on the Western Front." " "A Mad Catastrophe: 5 of 6: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire by Geoffrey Wawro (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Catastrophe-Outbreak-Collapse-Habsburg/dp/0465028357

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• Close down the CIA and the FBI as failures. Michael Ledeen @FDD

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  Aug 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Critics assert that funding the Afghan mujahideen (Operation Cyclone) played a role in causing the September 11 attacks. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Close down the CIA and the FBI as failures. Michael Ledeen @FDD  https://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/how-to-fix-the-intelligence-community/

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• Who fired Peter Strzok and Why? @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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  Aug 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Strzok ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Who fired Peter Strzok and Why? @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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• And what happens when Mueller sends a subpoena to POTUS? @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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  Aug 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:West Wing ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow And what happens when Mueller sends a subpoena to POTUS? @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/08/trump-perjury-trap-legitimate-concern-reason-to-decline-mueller-interview/ … We don’t know for certain that the Flynn interview was a perjury trap. But it sure looks like one. And regardless of whether Flynn pled guilty because he is guilty (or because enormous pressure, such as the possibility of charging his son, was put on him), we also know that the question of whether to prosecute him was a judgment call — one on which Mueller aggressively said yes, when others had said no. It is fair enough to say that Flynn could have made the prosecutor’s job more difficult by being fully accurate in his answers. But anyone can give inaccurate answers because we are all subject to human error; the point is that the decision about whether the inaccuracies are criminally actionable — or whether they are inaccuracies at all — is the prosecutor’s. Even the most honest witness cannot unilaterally dictate the outcome by being perfectly truthful....more

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• Lessons learned from the Special Election Ohio-12. @DavidMDrucker

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  Aug 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Dayton in 1870  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Lessons learned from the Special Election Ohio-12. @DavidMDrucker

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• Iran planted on the Golan Heights, ISISI planted in the Sinai & What is to be done?

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  Aug 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Iran planted on the Golan Heights, ISISI planted in the Sinai & What is to be done?

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• "Indiana" Hoenlein and the lost Great Synagogue of Vilnius. @ThadMcCotterMalcolm Hoenlein

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  Aug 14 2018

  (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Indiana" Hoenlein and the lost Great Synagogue of Vilnius. @ThadMcCotterMalcolm Hoenlein https://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-find-holiest-part-of-vilnius-synagogue-razed-by-nazis-soviets/

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• What does the rest of the world make of the Russiagate obsession? @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter

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  Aug 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow What does the rest of the world make of the Russiagate obsession? @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter

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• Red China fears Winnie the Pooh and a cheapened currency. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast @ThadMcCotter

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  Aug 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Pooh Shepard1928) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Red China fears Winnie the Pooh and a cheapened currency. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast @ThadMcCotter

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• Goggle sneaking back into partnership with Red China. @JoshRogin @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast@ThadMcCotter

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  Aug 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Goggle sneaking back into partnership with Red China. @JoshRogin @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast@ThadMcCotter

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• Taliban overruns Ghazni province and sets fire to Ghazni City. @BillRoggio @ThomasJoscelyn

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  Aug 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Taliban overruns Ghazni province and sets fire to Ghazni City. @BillRoggio @ThomasJoscelyn  https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/08/video-from-ghazni-city-shows-taliban-on-streets-as-buildings-ablaze.php

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• Al Qaeda's senior 9-11 agents living and working in Iran in 2018. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio

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  Aug 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Al Qaeda's senior 9-11 agents living and working in Iran in 2018. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/08/analysis-2-wanted-al-qaeda-leaders-operate-in-iran.php

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• "The casualties were horrendous. The Russians were stupefied." "A Mad Catastrophe: 3 of 6: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire by Geoffrey Wawro (Author)

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  Aug 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Picture of Serbian infantry on Ada Ciganlija during the First World War ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "The casualties were horrendous. The Russians were stupefied." "A Mad Catastrophe: 3 of 6: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire by Geoffrey Wawro (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Catastrophe-Outbreak-Collapse-Habsburg/dp/0465028357

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• "They wasted the whole month of July." "A Mad Catastrophe: 2 of 6: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire by Geoffrey Wawro (Author)

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  Aug 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Serbien muss sterb[i]en! ("Serbia must die!"; last word altered to rhyme). The propaganda caricature shows an Austrian hand crushing a Serb. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow  "They wasted the whole month of July." "A Mad Catastrophe: 2 of 6: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire by Geoffrey Wawro (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Catastrophe-Outbreak-Collapse-Habsburg/dp/0465028357...more

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• "The monarchy was basically coming apart." "A Mad Catastrophe: 1 of 6: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire by Geoffrey Wawro (Author)

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  Aug 14 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Photograph of the Archduke and his wife emerging from the Sarajevo Town Hall to board their car, a few minutes before the assassination ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "The monarchy was basically coming apart."  "A Mad Catastrophe: 1 of 6: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire by Geoffrey Wawro (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Catastrophe-Outbreak-Collapse-Habsburg/dp/0465028357...more

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• "The creator of Sherlock Holmes believing in ghosts, in seances..." "On Conan Doyle: Or, The Whole Art of Storytelling by Michael Dirda.

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  Aug 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Sherlock Holmes in "The Man with the Twisted Lip", which appeared in The Strand Magazine in December, 1891. Original caption was "THE PIPE WAS STILL BETWEEN HIS LIPS." Sanasi Dekabr 1891 Manba The Strand Magazine) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "The creator of Sherlock Holmes believing in ghosts, in seances..." "On Conan Doyle: 2 of 2:  Or, The Whole Art of Storytelling by Michael Dirda. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005R9EEHO/ref=dbsadefrwtbiblvppii4 Winner of the 2012 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, Best Critical/Biographical Category, Mystery Writers of America Finalist for the 2012 Marfield Prize, The National Award for Arts Writing, Arts Club of Washington One of The Times Literary Supplement's Books of the Year 2014, chosen by Joyce Carol Oates "[A] brief, elegant reflection. . . . With thoughtful care, Dirda explains how Conan Doyle 'rose above the conventions of his time' in many of his writings. Dirda shines a helpful light on the adventurers Professor Challenger and Brigadier Gerard, while a selection of 'weird' fiction causes him to declare that those stories 'can stand up to the best work of such masters of the uncanny as Sheridan Le Fanu and M.R. James.' Dirda circles back to Holmes, directing our attention to overlooked aspects of the stories--the elusive presence of Professor Moriarty, for example, or Holmes' brother Mycroft. He also treats us to a delightful, intimate glimpse of the magical power of books in his own early life. What book lover hasn't had at least one cherished experience of reading? Dirda's own involves his loving preparations, as a youth, to read The Hound of the Baskervilles on an appropriately stormy day when the rest of his family was out of the house. . . . And there's much of that same feeling in Dirda's inviting book, which demonstrates why for so many years Dirda has been such an insightful guide to literatures past and present. (Note to director Guy Ritchie: If you're still looking for more Conan Doyle fare after 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows' opens next month, you might read Dirda's book for ideas.)"--Nick Owchar, Los Angeles Times...more

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• "The distinguished speaker at the inaugural evening of the Baker Street Irregulars annual weekend" "On Conan Doyle: 1 of 2: Or, The Whole Art of Storytelling by Michael Dirda.

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  Aug 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Basil Rathbone & Nigel Bruce in Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon - cropped screenshot Date 1943 Source http://www.toutlecine.com/images/film/0014/00143613-sherlock-holmes-et-l-arme-secrete.html Author film screenshot (Universal Pictures)) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "The distinguished speaker at the inaugural evening of the Baker Street Irregulars annual weekend" "On Conan Doyle: 1 of 2: Or, The Whole Art of Storytelling by Michael Dirda. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005R9EEHO/ref=dbsadefrwtbiblvppii4 Winner of the 2012 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, Best Critical/Biographical Category, Mystery Writers of America Finalist for the 2012 Marfield Prize, The National Award for Arts Writing, Arts Club of Washington One of The Times Literary Supplement's Books of the Year 2014, chosen by Joyce Carol Oates "[A] brief, elegant reflection. . . . With thoughtful care, Dirda explains how Conan Doyle 'rose above the conventions of his time' in many of his writings. Dirda shines a helpful light on the adventurers Professor Challenger and Brigadier Gerard, while a selection of 'weird' fiction causes him to declare that those stories 'can stand up to the best work of such masters of the uncanny as Sheridan Le Fanu and M.R. James.' Dirda circles back to Holmes, directing our attention to overlooked aspects of the stories--the elusive presence of Professor Moriarty, for example, or Holmes' brother Mycroft. He also treats us to a delightful, intimate glimpse of the magical power of books in his own early life. What book lover hasn't had at least one cherished experience of reading? Dirda's own involves his loving preparations, as a youth, to read The Hound of the Baskervilles on an appropriately stormy day when the rest of his family was out of the house. . . . And there's much of that same feeling in Dirda's inviting book, which demonstrates why for so many years Dirda has been such an insightful guide to literatures past and present. (Note to director Guy Ritchie: If you're still looking for more Conan Doyle fare after 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows' opens next month, you might read Dirda's book for ideas.)"--Nick Owchar, Los Angeles Times...more

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• At 84, Curtis "died alone in his room in Beverley Hills." "Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: 3 of 3: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan.

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  AUTHOR. Self-Portrait of Edward S. Curtis 1868-1952. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow At 84, Curtis "died alone in his room in Beverley Hills." "Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: 3 of 3: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan.  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0544102762/ref=dbsadefrwtbiblvppii3 From Booklist Starred Review Before half its 20 volumes were published, The North American Indian was called the most important book since the King James Bible. When the last emerged, its director and primary researcher and author, self-made master photographer Edward Curtis (1868–1952), was old, broke, and dependent on his daughters. Though his great work consumed $2.5 million of J. P. Morgan’s money over the course of three decades, Curtis never took a cent in salary. He lost his business, his property, his marriage, and any control of his great project. But he completed it, preserving a great deal of what we know about Indian cultures, including more than 75 languages, thousands of songs and stories, traditional practices in everything from clothing to religious ritual, and the Indian accounts of such historic milestones as the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Simultaneously, he fixed the image of the North American Indian in a body of work as iconic as any created by any other visual artist in any medium. To accomplish this, he braved the remote, nearly inaccessible places where small tribes clung to their identities, painstakingly won the confidence of wary elders in many larger tribes, and wooed the titans of American wealth to keep going. Ace popular historian Egan makes Curtis’ story frequently suspenseful, always gripping, and monumentally heroic. --Ray Olson Review...more

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• "The greatest single anthropological expedition in American history" "Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: 2 of 3: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan.

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  Aug 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Princess Angeline of the Duwamish tribe in an 1896 photogravure by Edward Sheriff Curtis More details Princess Angeline (Duwamish) in an 1896 photogravure by Curtis Edward S. Curtis - Northwestern University, Digital Library Collections See also Library of Congress, digital ID cph.3b30156 "Kikisoblu (Princess Angeline) of the Duwamish" — the eldest daughter of Chief Seattle. 1896 portrait photograph by Edward S. Curtis. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "The greatest single anthropological expedition in American history" "Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: 2 of 3: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan.  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0544102762/ref=dbsadefrwtbiblvppii3 From Booklist Starred Review Before half its 20 volumes were published, The North American Indian was called the most important book since the King James Bible. When the last emerged, its director and primary researcher and author, self-made master photographer Edward Curtis (1868–1952), was old, broke, and dependent on his daughters. Though his great work consumed $2.5 million of J. P. Morgan’s money over the course of three decades, Curtis never took a cent in salary. He lost his business, his property, his marriage, and any control of his great project. But he completed it, preserving a great deal of what we know about Indian cultures, including more than 75 languages, thousands of songs and stories, traditional practices in everything from clothing to religious ritual, and the Indian accounts of such historic milestones as the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Simultaneously, he fixed the image of the North American Indian in a body of work as iconic as any created by any other visual artist in any medium. To accomplish this, he braved the remote, nearly inaccessible places where small tribes clung to their identities, painstakingly won the confidence of wary elders in many larger tribes, and wooed the titans of American wealth to keep going. Ace popular historian Egan makes Curtis’ story frequently suspenseful, always gripping, and monumentally heroic. --Ray Olson Review...more

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• "Morgan is not a friend of Indians." "Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: 1 of 3: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan.

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  Aug 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: "Little Plume with his son Yellow Kidney occupies the position of honor, the space at the rear opposite the entrance. The picture is full of suggestion of the various Indian activities. In a prominent place lie the ever-present pipe and its accessories on the tobacco cutting-board. From the lodge-poles hang the buffalo-skin shield, the long medicine-bundle, an eagle-wing fan, and deerskin articles for accoutering the horse. The upper end of the rope is attached to the intersection of the lodge-poles, and in stormy weather the lower end is made fast to a stake near the centre of the floor space." 1 photogravure: brown ink; 36 x 44 cm. Original photogravure produced in Boston by John Andrew & Son, c1910. Original source: The Piegan. The Cheyenne. The Arapaho [portfolio]; plate no. 188. Seattle : E.S. Curtis, 1911. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Morgan is not a friend of Indians." "Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: 1 of 3: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis by Timothy Egan.  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0544102762/ref=dbsadefrwtbiblvppii3 From Booklist Starred Review Before half its 20 volumes were published, The North American Indian was called the most important book since the King James Bible. When the last emerged, its director and primary researcher and author, self-made master photographer Edward Curtis (1868–1952), was old, broke, and dependent on his daughters. Though his great work consumed $2.5 million of J. P. Morgan’s money over the course of three decades, Curtis never took a cent in salary. He lost his business, his property, his marriage, and any control of his great project. But he completed it, preserving a great deal of what we know about Indian cultures, including more than 75 languages, thousands of songs and stories, traditional practices in everything from clothing to religious ritual, and the Indian accounts of such historic milestones as the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Simultaneously, he fixed the image of the North American Indian in a body of work as iconic as any created by any other visual artist in any medium. To accomplish this, he braved the remote, nearly inaccessible places where small tribes clung to their identities, painstakingly won the confidence of wary elders in many larger tribes, and wooed the titans of American wealth to keep going. Ace popular historian Egan makes Curtis’ story frequently suspenseful, always gripping, and monumentally heroic. --Ray Olson Review...more

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• Exploring a new kind of human: Denisovans at least 40,000 years again across Eurasia. @EvolutionScribe Ann Gibbons @ScienceMagazine

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  Aug 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Homo sapiens dispersal routes out of Africa dating from 120,000 years ago: Genetic admixtures with Neandertaler and Denivosans took place 50,000 years ago.  Map showing Homo sapiens dispersal routes dating from 120,000 years ago. Credit: Katerina Douka and Michelle O'Reilly Paradigm Shift // Man Has Been Trickling Out of Africa for 120,000 Years, Archaeologists Say Ruth Schuster | Haaretz Correspondent | Dec 12, 2017 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Exploring a new kind of human: Denisovans at least 40,000 years again across Eurasia. @EvolutionScribe Ann Gibbons @ScienceMagazine http://science.sciencemag.org/content/342/6163/1156 Paleoanthropologists caught their first glimpse of the Denisovans in 2010, when Pääbo's group sequenced an mtDNA genome from a girl's pinky finger from Denisova Cave. Later, the nuclear genome showed the Denisovans were more closely related to Neandertals than to modern humans (Science, 28 January 2011, p. 392). Denisovan DNA shows up in some Southeast Asians, suggesting that ancient Denisovans mixed with our ancestors in Asia....more

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• Proto-Neandertals in the Pit of Bones and what it means about our big brains. @EvolutionScribe Ann Gibbons.

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  Aug 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Proto-Neandertals in the Pit of Bones and what it means about our big brains. @EvolutionScribe Ann Gibbons. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/06/fossils-put-new-face-ancestors-neandertals The 12-meter-deep Sima de los Huesos (“pit of bones”) at Atapuerca offers the largest trove of hominin fossils ever found, including bones from 28 individuals. Many researchers expected these ancient hominins to represent the common ancestor of both Neandertals and modern humans—a species called Homo heidelbergensis, which lived about 500,000 to more than 1 million years ago...more

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• "Signature Strike is a terrible term." "Legitimate Target: 3 of 3: A Criteria-Based Approach to Targeted Killing (Terrorism and Global Justice Series) by Amos Guiora.

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  Aug 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Caption: The explosion of the Marine Corps building in Beirut, Lebanon on October 23, 1983 created a large cloud of smoke that was visible from miles away. Photo by: Official USMC Photo PhotoID: 2001101810128 Submitted by: Headquarters Marine Corps Operation/Exercise/Event: Beirut This photo taken from http://www.usmc.mil/marinelink/image1.nsf/Lookup/2001101810128, which, since it is a US Marine Corps page, is public domain.  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Signature Strike is a terrible term." "Legitimate Target: 3 of 3: A Criteria-Based Approach to Targeted Killing (Terrorism and Global Justice Series) by Amos Guiora. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199969736/ref=dbsadefrwthschvapitaftp1i3...more

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• "Prime Minister, you're wrong. Take the shot." "Legitimate Target: 2 of 3: A Criteria-Based Approach to Targeted Killing (Terrorism and Global Justice Series) by Amos Guiora.

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  Aug 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:IAF Eitan (Heron TP) UAV (drone), Israeli Air Force, Independence Day 2017 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Prime Minister, you're wrong. Take the shot." "Legitimate Target: 2 of 3: A Criteria-Based Approach to Targeted Killing (Terrorism and Global Justice Series) by Amos Guiora. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199969736/ref=dbsadefrwthschvapitaftp1i3

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• The complicated triangle: Law, Morality, Effectiveness: "Legitimate Target: 1 of 3: A Criteria-Based Approach to Targeted Killing (Terrorism and Global Justice Series) by Amos Guiora

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  Aug 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:2014 Gaza airstrikes  Image Courtesy: Amir Farshad Ebrahimi (www.flickr.com/photos/farshadebrahimi/3159000205/in/photo...), Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic | Flickr ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The complicated triangle: Law, Morality, Effectiveness: "Legitimate Target: 1 of 3: A Criteria-Based Approach to Targeted Killing (Terrorism and Global Justice Series) by Amos Guiora. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199969736/ref=dbsadefrwthschvapitaftp1i3...more

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• Jeff Bezos and the imagination of capitalism. @JohnTamny

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  Aug 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, meets with Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos in Seattle, March 3, 2016. DoD photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Tim D. Godbee ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Jeff Bezos and the imagination of capitalism. @JohnTamny https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2018/08/09/despitewhatannielowreytellsyoujeffbezosswealthisasignofprogress103383.html Writing about Jeff Bezos's fortune, Atlantic contributor editor Annie Lowrey sadly concluded last week that “[I]n some ways, we gave it to him.” She'll eventually want those words back. She can't really believe that the feds or the taxpayers made Amazon possible. It's a sign she just doesn't know. She probably doesn't realize how many times Amazon's stock corrected in double-digit fashion given investor uncertainty about its ability to ever turn a profit. She probably also doesn't know that shares corrected down to the single digits after 9/11, and that Amazon nearly imploded with much of the rest of the internet economy not too long before that. If we somehow "gave" Bezos his success, did we also give him years of uncertainty about whether Amazon would survive at all? Lowrey must be wholly unaware of where Amazon came from, because if she were she never would have published what she did last week. The opinion piece can be found here....more

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• Roscosmos scrambling for a heavy-lift booster while struggling with Proton delays. Anatoly Zak @RussianSpaceWeb David Livingston SpaceShow.com

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  Aug 13 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Proton-M, part being rotated to vertical. In the background the mobile service tower can be observed ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Roscosmos scrambling for a heavy-lift booster while struggling with Proton delays.  Anatoly Zak @RussianSpaceWeb David Livingston SpaceShow.com https://twitter.com/RussianSpaceWeb

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• Did TR die of a broken heart? "The Golden Lad: 1 of 2: The Haunting Story of Quentin and Theodore Roosevelt" by Eric Burns.

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  Aug 12 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Quentin Roosevelt in a Nieuport fighter plane in France) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Did TR die of a broken heart? "The Golden Lad: 2 of 2: The Haunting Story of Quentin and Theodore Roosevelt" by Eric Burns.  http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Lad-Haunting-Theodore-Roosevelt/dp/1605989517/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461995547&sr=1-1&keywords=golden+lad+eric+burns “Piercing the larger-than-life Teddy Roosevelt myth, Burns (1920), a former correspondent for NBC News and Today, explores the personal side of the energetic, rambunctious war hero and politician and his doting relationship with his youngest child, Quentin. Burns’s unique, stirring account of America’s most colorful president allows Teddy Roosevelt, the man and father, to step off the page.” (Publishers Weekly) “Burns finds special meaning and resonance in the father-son relationship. A fine homage [and a] solid, very well-written contribution to the vast literature surrounding Teddy Roosevelt.” (Kirkus Reviews) “Burns tells the story of parallel lives. The Golden Lad is not a conventional White House biography. Burns offers a sharp picture of a still-iconic figure. A close and often painful family portrait.” (The Wall Street Journal) “A crisply written profile. A father-son focus reveals much about the multifaceted Theodore’s personality. General readers seeking a naturally sympathetic, full-length portrait, will appreciate this work.” (Library Journal)...more

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• What was TR to his children? "The Golden Lad: 1 of 2: The Haunting Story of Quentin and Theodore Roosevelt" by Eric Burns.

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  Aug 12 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Quentin (shown here at age 13) was as gifted intellectually as his father and sailed through Groton and Harvard. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow What was TR to his children? "The Golden Lad: 1 of 2:  The Haunting Story of Quentin and Theodore Roosevelt" by Eric Burns.  http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Lad-Haunting-Theodore-Roosevelt/dp/1605989517/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461995547&;sr=1-1&keywords=golden+lad+eric+burns “Piercing the larger-than-life Teddy Roosevelt myth, Burns (1920), a former correspondent for NBC News and Today, explores the personal side of the energetic, rambunctious war hero and politician and his doting relationship with his youngest child, Quentin. Burns’s unique, stirring account of America’s most colorful president allows Teddy Roosevelt, the man and father, to step off the page.” (Publishers Weekly) “Burns finds special meaning and resonance in the father-son relationship. A fine homage [and a] solid, very well-written contribution to the vast literature surrounding Teddy Roosevelt.” (Kirkus Reviews) “Burns tells the story of parallel lives. The Golden Lad is not a conventional White House biography. Burns offers a sharp picture of a still-iconic figure. A close and often painful family portrait.” (The Wall Street Journal) “A crisply written profile. A father-son focus reveals much about the multifaceted Theodore’s personality. General readers seeking a naturally sympathetic, full-length portrait, will appreciate this work.” (Library Journal)...more

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• "Everyone knew not to surrender." "Voices of the Pacific: 3 of 3: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II by Adam Makos and Marcus Brotherton.

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  Aug 12 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Marines of 1st Marine Division fighting on Okinawa, 1945. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Everyone knew not to surrender." "Voices of the Pacific: 3 of 3: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II by Adam Makos and Marcus Brotherton. "Following fifteen Marines from the Pearl Harbor attack, through battles with the Japanese, to their return home after V-J Day, Adam Makos and Marcus Brotherton have compiled an oral history of the Pacific War in the words of the men who fought on the front lines. With unflinching honesty, these Marines reveal harrowing accounts of combat with an implacable enemy, the friendships and camaraderie they found—and lost—and the aftermath of the war’s impact on their lives. With unprecedented access to the veterans, rare photographs, and unpublished memoirs, Voices of the Pacific presents true stories of heroism as told by such World War II veterans as Sid Phillips, R. V. Burgin, and Chuck Tatum—whose exploits were featured in the HBO® miniseries, The Pacific—and their Marine buddies from the legendary 1st Marine Division." https://www.amazon.com/Voices-Pacific-Untold-Stories-Marine/dp/0425257835/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1473044962&sr=1-1&keywords=makos+pacific...more

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• "All they had was corn beef." "They thought they were going to a tropical paradise." "Voices of the Pacific: 3 of 3: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II by Adam Makos and Marcus Brotherton.

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  Aug 12 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:A Marine of the 1st Marine Regiment on Guadalcanal. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "All they had was corn beef." "They thought they were going to a tropical paradise." "Voices of the Pacific: 3 of 3: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II by Adam Makos and Marcus Brotherton. "Following fifteen Marines from the Pearl Harbor attack, through battles with the Japanese, to their return home after V-J Day, Adam Makos and Marcus Brotherton have compiled an oral history of the Pacific War in the words of the men who fought on the front lines. With unflinching honesty, these Marines reveal harrowing accounts of combat with an implacable enemy, the friendships and camaraderie they found—and lost—and the aftermath of the war’s impact on their lives. With unprecedented access to the veterans, rare photographs, and unpublished memoirs, Voices of the Pacific presents true stories of heroism as told by such World War II veterans as Sid Phillips, R. V. Burgin, and Chuck Tatum—whose exploits were featured in the HBO® miniseries, The Pacific—and their Marine buddies from the legendary 1st Marine Division." https://www.amazon.com/Voices-Pacific-Untold-Stories-Marine/dp/0425257835/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1473044962&sr=1-1&keywords=makos+pacific...more

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• "They thought they were going to a tropical paradise." "Voices of the Pacific: 3 of 3: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II by Adam Makos and Marcus Brotherton.

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  Aug 12 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:A U.S. 11th Marines 75mm pack howitzer and crew ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "They thought they were going to a tropical paradise." "Voices of the Pacific: 3 of 3: Untold Stories from the Marine Heroes of World War II by Adam Makos and Marcus Brotherton. "Following fifteen Marines from the Pearl Harbor attack, through battles with the Japanese, to their return home after V-J Day, Adam Makos and Marcus Brotherton have compiled an oral history of the Pacific War in the words of the men who fought on the front lines. With unflinching honesty, these Marines reveal harrowing accounts of combat with an implacable enemy, the friendships and camaraderie they found—and lost—and the aftermath of the war’s impact on their lives. With unprecedented access to the veterans, rare photographs, and unpublished memoirs, Voices of the Pacific presents true stories of heroism as told by such World War II veterans as Sid Phillips, R. V. Burgin, and Chuck Tatum—whose exploits were featured in the HBO® miniseries, The Pacific—and their Marine buddies from the legendary 1st Marine Division." https://www.amazon.com/Voices-Pacific-Untold-Stories-Marine/dp/0425257835/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1473044962&sr=1-1&keywords=makos+pacific...more

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• Harvard College rationalizes bigotry 2018. 2 of 2: @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Aug 12 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The "River" Houses. Harvard Yard at top center. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Harvard College rationalizes bigotry 2018. 2 of 2: @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst  https://www.hoover.org/research/harvards-asian-exclusion

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• Harvard College rationalizes bigotry 2018. 1 of 2: @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Aug 12 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:View of freshman dormitories in Harvard Yard ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Harvard College rationalizes bigotry 2018. 1 of 2: @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst  https://www.hoover.org/research/harvards-asian-exclusion

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• Ethiopia moves to re-engage with Eritrea and Djibouti & What is to be done? Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs.

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  Aug 12 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Highlands between Asmara and Massawa ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Ethiopia moves to re-engage with Eritrea and Djibouti & What is to be done? Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs. The Red Sea Emerging as a Key Global Strategic Dynamic Thanks to a Revolution Begun in Ethiopia Analysis. By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs. It is now necessary for all major trading states to begin revision of strategic concepts surrounding one of the most vital global arterial sea-lanes and theaters, the Red Sea-Suez. The rapidly-evolving events and changing strategic balance center around the new Ethiopian Government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, 41, who came to office on April 2, 2018. Much now depends on the political — and physical — survival of the Prime Minister. The result of Dr Abiy’s appointment as Prime Minister is that the strategic framework in the Horn of Africa and Red Sea regions has begun to undergo its most profound change since the coup against Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia in 1974, during the Cold War. The changes to the regional balance caused by the 1974 coup, as well as the impact to the security of global trade routes, were lost in the global swirl of the Cold War. As a re-sult, the importance of that event is only now beginning to become evident as we see the rapid return to a core strategic framework which had existed for most of the past 2,500 years. The long-term impact of that 1974 coup is now starting to be reversed, or returned to “normalcy”. It was not surprising then that Dr Abiy said on June 1, 2018: “We should build our naval force capacity in the future.” He had already taken key initiatives with regard to neighboring states in the region; this signaled his intention to return Ethiopia to its maritime mission. ... Dr Abiy’s reforms already show the promise of further economic growth and stability, and it should be expected that this process would soon receive the fillip of restoration of the vital foundation for economic growth: the return of private property ownership, cou-pled with the time-consuming challenge of reforming the bureaucracy. He will find con-siderable resistance among many of the old socialists and marxists of the various fac-tions of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) Coalition Gov-ernment. At home, Dr Abiy, a Protestant Christian and former Muslim, and of both Oromo and Amhara parentage, has moved quickly to reinstate the teaching of Ethiopian history, banned when the pro-Soviet Dergue seized power in 1974, and to restore respect for Ethiopia’s two-and-a-half millennia of Solomonic lineage, tying the country to its roots in the union of King Solomon of Israel and Queen Makeda of Saba (the Queen of Sheba)....more

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• The New American Civil War: 2 of 2: What if, like Rome, the civil war lasts several hundred years until the end of the empire? Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: Painting by William Bell Scott; the face of the centurion is that of John Clayton (Painting at Wallington Hall) William Bell Scott - EuroPicture.de Permission details The author died in 1890, 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 less.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The New American Civil War: 2 of 2: What if, like Rome, the civil war lasts several hundred years until the end of the empire? Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis...more

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• The New American Civil War: 1 of 2: What if, like Rome, the civil war lasts several hundred years until the end of the empire? Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis

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  AUTHOR. (Photo:Sections of Hadrian's Wall remain along the route, though much has been dismantled over the years to use the stones for various nearby construction projects. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The New American Civil War: 1 of 2: What if, like Rome, the civil war lasts several hundred years until the end of the empire? Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: Life on the Silk Road along the Russian-Dagestan border at Shaki. Javanshir Feyziyev, MP, Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

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  Aug 12 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Nature of Shaki) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: Life on the Silk Road along the Russian-Dagestan border at Shaki. Javanshir Feyziyev, MP, Parliament of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

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• The unfinished war with ISIS; the unseen war with Iran. @angutowski @FDD.

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  Aug 12 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The entrance to Abu Kamal from the town of Al-Salihiyah ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The unfinished war with ISIS; the unseen war with Iran. @angutowski @FDD. https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2018/08/10/isthepentagonabouttohandiranamajorbordercrossing_113709.html

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• Larry Summer's pessimism cannot explain President Trump's optimism. @LizPeek @TheHill

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  Aug 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: President Barack Obama talks with Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag, right, National Economic Council Director Larry Summers, and Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Carol Browner, at the end of a climate change meeting in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Oct. 14, 2009. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Date 14 October 2009, 17:32 Source P101409PS-0504 Author The White House from Washington, DC) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Larry Summer's pessimism cannot explain President Trump's optimism. @LizPeek @TheHill Obama's economist grasps at straws trying to devalue Trump's impact BY LIZ PEEK, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 08/09/18 11:30 AM EDT 406THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL Larry Summers is grumpy that President Trump is taking credit for the booming economy. Wait until the former mastermind of President Obama’s economic strategy sees the most recent IBD/TIPP Poll. That survey, according to Investor’s Business Daily, shows Americans giving President Trump an “A” for his handling of the economy. The poll shows their “Economic Optimism” index climbing in August to 58, the second-highest mark since January 2004. In addition, they note other indicators that the nation’s mood has brightened: In August, respondents rated their “Quality of Life” at 64.2; the previous all-time high was 63.1, recorded in January 2004.The average under President Obama was 53.7. Similarly, the latest reading on “Direction of the Country” hit 50.3, up 13 percent from the prior month, and the highest recorded since 2005. That compares to a 17-year average of 41.6 and an average of 37 during President Obama’s time in office. The “Financial Stress Index,” which has averaged 59.4 since it was created in 2007, plunged in August to 47.4, its lowest level ever. As IBD explained, “People are feeling more secure in their finances than they have at least since the early 2000s.” Meanwhile, the president’s approval ratings came in at 41, the highest level since March 2017. Fifty percent of respondents said they disapprove of the job Trump is doing, down 4 points from July. His “Leadership Index," similarly, saw the highest score since his first months in office. Is it coincidence that these improved ratings have tracked the acceleration in the economy and improving jobs market? Of course not. A recent Rasmussen poll showed that 50 percent of likely voters say Trump deserves plaudits for the improving economy, while only 40 percent credit President Obama. Even in a Quinnipiac poll taken at the height of the controversy over Trump’s Helsinki summit, when the president came under extreme criticism, respondents by a 49-47 margin were positive on his handling of the economy. Larry Summers not only disagrees that President Trump has anything to do with our improving economy, he is also reluctant to bury his gloomy “secular stagnation” theory that income and job growth will forever be severely restricted. He is, of course, in the position of having to explain why the Obama administration, in which he served as director of the National Economic Council, failed to excite higher investment and spending and instead presided over the slowest post-recession growth in modern times. His arguments are, befitting a distinguished economist, convoluted. He wrote in a recent Financial Times op-ed that “if unemployment were at its long-term level of 5.5%, instead of its current 3.9%, Mr. Trump’s approval rate would fall lower…” Here’s the thing, Mr. Summers: It’s not at 5.5 percent. He also says that the “acceleration of growth…is well within the normal range of growth forecast errors.” He notes that before the election the estimate for 2018 growth was 2.1 percent. “The consensus forecast of 2.8% for 2018 [does] not represent a statistically significant fluctuation from the mean.” Huh? It’s been a while since I took statistics, but I’m pretty sure that 2.8 percent is a whale of an increase over 2.1 percent, and without a doubt a significant difference. The only substantial critique comes from his observation that growth outside the U.S. has outperformed expectations more than here at home and that we benefited from the global increase. That was true last year when the EU, Japan and China all did better than expected; it is not true this year, an inconvenient fact he buries by lumping the two years together. In fact, this year, the U.S. is the world’s star economy, benefiting from the GOP tax cuts and lighter regulation. That reality bolsters Trump’s claim of credit; other countries have not injected their economies with any optimism-producing tax or rule changes, and their performance has suffered in comparison. France, under newly-elected Macron, started out attempting to loosen its archaic work rules, for instance, and the U.K. hoped to move along the same lines after Brexit, but neither country has managed to follow through. But the ultimate argument in favor of President Trump’s impact on the economy is that Americans greeted his election with a surge of optimism the likes of which we haven’t seen in decades. Summers would not understand that, because like most liberals, he is probably offended by Trump’s disregard for established norms of behavior and his controversial embrace of lower taxes and lighter regulation. That optimism is real, and powerful — something Obama never appreciated. When he told business owners, “You didn’t build that,” or when he ignored and ultimately shut down the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, a group offering suggestions on how to create jobs, he displayed a very real antipathy toward private enterprise and actual job creators. In 2010, the Washington Post reported that “the chairman of the Business Roundtable, an association of top corporate executives that has been President Obama’s closest ally in the business community, accused the president and Democratic lawmakers Tuesday of creating an 'increasingly hostile environment for investment and job creation.'” They quoted Ivan G. Seidenberg, then CEO of Verizon Communications, blasting Democrats for pursuing higher taxes and costly regulations that “threaten to dampen economic growth and "harm our ability...to grow private-sector jobs in the U.S." Seidenberg told the Economic Club, "By reaching into virtually every sector of economic life, government is injecting uncertainty into the marketplace and making it harder to raise capital and create new businesses." Obama and Larry Summers never understood why their economy was stuck in the mud and what was needed to turn it around. They still don’t. President Trump, as a businessman, gets it. The results speak for themselves....more

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• Obama's failure of democracy: Ukraine, Syria, Venezuela, Iran, Cuba. @CRosett

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  Aug 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:U.S. President Barack Obama sits with Cuban President Raul Castro at the Estadio Latinoamericano in Havana, Cuba, as he members of a U.S. delegation including U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attend an exhibition game on March 22, 2016, between the Cuban National Baseball Team and the Tampa Bay Rays. [State Department photo/ Public Domain] Date 22 March 2016, 12:55 Source President Obama With Cuban President Castro at Estadio Latinoamericano in Havana, Cuba Author U.S. Department of State from United States ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contactO http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Obama's failure of democracy: Ukraine, Syria, Venezuela, Iran, Cuba. @CRosett https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/08/10/one-president-responsible-americas-retreat-supporting-democracy-abroad-isnt-trump One president is responsible for America's retreat from supporting democracy abroad, and it isn't Trump by Claudia Rosett More than a generation has passed since America hailed the 1991 Soviet collapse as the dawn of a new world order, wide open to the spread of freedom and democracy. That euphoria is long gone, replaced these days by apprehension. For years now, authoritarian rulers have been on a roll, with such aggressive dictatorships as China, Russia and Iran gaining military muscle, influence and turf. Around the globe, freedom and democracy have been broadly in decline. Is there any serious chance that on President Donald Trump’s watch, these dismal trends might be stopped, or even reversed? Could his push to “Make America Great Again” conceivably catalyze a global comeback for democracy? The answer might surprise you. It’s clear that to Trump’s more ardent critics, such questions are absurd. He’s a grandiose businessman from Queens, prone to hyperbole and rude toward many Washington totems. He appeals in the main to voters who would never think of applying for membership in the Council on Foreign Relations. In choosing the slogan “America First,” Trump adopted (whether he knew it or not) the phrase of 20th century isolationists who wanted to keep America out of the great and vital struggle for freedom that was World War II. How could such a president be good for American foreign policy? In a column last month for The Dallas Morning News, the president of Washington-based Freedom House, Michael J. Abramowitz, and his colleague, Sarah N. Repucci, denounced Trump as a dictator-loving democracy-dismissing reinforcer of “neo-isolationism.” They were elaborating on a Freedom House report released in January that described democracy worldwide as not only in its 12th straight year of decline, but in accelerating “crisis,” with the acceleration due substantially to Trump. The report accused Trump of everything from “hostility and skepticism toward binding international agreements,” to abandoning America’s leadership of the free world, to rarely using the word “democracy” during his trips abroad....more

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• Pacific Watch: Fire season exploding upon us.@JeffBliss1

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  Aug 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: A DC-10 air tanker drops chemical fire retardant below Pilot Peak at the Rim Fire. The Rim Fire in the Stanislaus National Forest near in California began on Aug. 17, 2013 and is under investigation. The fire has consumed approximately 199,237 acres and is 32% contained. U.S. Forest Service photo by Mike McMillan. Date 17 August 2013 Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/usdagov/9626930471/ Author United States Department of Agriculture) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Pacific Watch: Fire season exploding upon us.@JeffBliss1...more

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• Fair-weather Trumpers, Socialist Democrats & What is to be done? @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion

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  Aug 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Cumulus clouds in fair weather. Photograph taken by Michael Jastremski. Date 2004 Source legacy.openphoto.net Author Michael Jastremski) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Fair-weather Trumpers, Socialist Democrats & What is to be done? @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-ultimate-disruption-1533768073

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• "Wilson gets blamed for everything with the Treaty of Versailles:" "The Moralist: 4 of 4: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made" by Patricia O'Toole (Author)

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  Aug 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Wilson returning from the Versailles Peace Conference, 1919.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Wilson gets blamed for everything with the Treaty of Versailles:" "The Moralist: 4 of 4: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made" by Patricia O'Toole (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Moralist-Woodrow-Wilson-World-Made/dp/0743298098

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• The most powerful man in the Solar System: "City of Light, City of Poison: 3 of 3: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris" by Holly Tucker (Author)

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  Aug 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: The Seine, the Pont Neuf, and the convent of the Augustinians on the left) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The most powerful man in the Solar System: "City of Light, City of Poison: 3 of 3: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris" by Holly Tucker (Author) https://audioboom.com/posts/6966621-the-sun-king-s-romances-city-of-light-city-of-poison-1-of-3-murder-magic-and-the-first-police-chief-of-paris-by-holly-tucker-author Twitter: @BatchelorShow...more

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• Murder mystery: "City of Light, City of Poison: 2 of 3: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris" by Holly Tucker (Author)

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  Aug 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Louis XIV crossing the Pont Neuf (1660)e ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Murder mystery: "City of Light, City of Poison: 2 of 3: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris" by Holly Tucker (Author) https://audioboom.com/posts/6966621-the-sun-king-s-romances-city-of-light-city-of-poison-1-of-3-murder-magic-and-the-first-police-chief-of-paris-by-holly-tucker-author  TUCKER_POISON-1of3.mp3 Twitter: @BatchelorShow

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• The Sun King's romances: "City of Light, City of Poison: 1 of 3: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris" by Holly Tucker (Author)

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  Aug 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:th Sun King ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Sun King's romances: "City of Light, City of Poison: 1 of 3: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris" by Holly Tucker (Author) https://www.amazon.com/City-Light-Poison-Murder-Police/dp/0393239780

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• Russian Eyewitness of the Trump Tower Meeting: 2 of 2: June 9, 2016. @AaronKleinShow

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  Aug 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Atrium of the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue, New York Date 23 May 2010 Source Own work Author Fletcher6) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Russian Eyewitness of the Trump Tower Meeting: 2 of 2: June 9, 2016. @AaronKleinShow https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/08/witness-trump-tower-meeting-was-boring-policy-presentation/

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• Russian Eyewitness of the Trump Tower Meeting: 1 of 2: June 9, 2016. @AaronKleinShow

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  Aug 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Trump Tower) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Russian Eyewitness of the Trump Tower Meeting: 1 of 2: June 9, 2016. @AaronKleinShow https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/08/witness-trump-tower-meeting-was-boring-policy-presentation/

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• The Pentagon does not sound thrilled about the Space Force. @PappalardoJoe

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  Aug 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Photo of Frankie Thomas as Tom Corbett from the television program Tom Corbett, Space Cadet. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Pentagon does not sound thrilled about the Space Force. @PappalardoJoe https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/satellites/amp22687215/mike-pence-space-force-creation/?_twitterimpression=true

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• The people, the Shah and the end of the Mullahs. @LisaDaftari @ForeignDesk

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  Aug 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Pahlavi meeting with American president Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Tehran Conference, two years after his father's forced abdication during the Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The people, the Shah and the end of the Mullahs. @LisaDaftari @ForeignDesk

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• Perry Mason observes the Manafort/Gates trial. @DebraSaunders

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  Aug 11 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Manafort with President Ronald Reagan and then Vice President George H. W. Bush in 1982 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Perry Mason observes the Manafort/Gates trial. @DebraSaunders

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• The first day of the Republican counterattack in the new America civil war. @VDHanson @MaryKissel

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  Aug 10 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Spanish Civil War  ca. 1937, Spain --- A group of Republican soldiers talk to journalists during the Spanish Civil War, including the American novelist Ernest Hemingway (seen with his back to the camera), who served as a war correspondant. --- Image by ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The first day of the Republican counterattack in the new America civil war. @VDHanson @MaryKissel

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• Russia threatens to grab Georgia & What is to be done? @SebGorka

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  Aug 10 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Russia threatens to grab Georgia & What is to be done? @SebGorka https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/soviet-navy-over-berlin/

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• North Korea slows down and the Trump Administration speeds up re denuclearization.

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  Aug 10 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: North Korea slows down and the Trump Administration speeds up re denuclearization.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow North Korea slows down and the Trump Administration speeds up re denuclearization.

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• The Republican struggle to hold the House against the Democratic struggle to impeach the president. @MaryKissel

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  Aug 10 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:House of Representative ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Republican struggle to hold the House against the Democratic struggle to impeach the president. @MaryKissel https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-red-wave-illusion-1533767358

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• Trump administration tariffs are costing American manufacturing jobs & What is to be done? @MaryKissel

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  Aug 10 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:nglish: General View of #2 Spinning Room in Indian Orchard Cotton Mill, Indian Orchard, Mass. Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts Date 29 June 1916 Source  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Trump administration tariffs are costing American manufacturing jobs & What is to be done? @MaryKissel https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-looming-trade-lesson-1533854863

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• Wilson's greatest political skill was oratory: "The Moralist: 1 of 4: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made" by Patricia O'Toole (Author)

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  Aug 10 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: President Woodrow Wilson throws out the first pitch at the 1915 World Series. To his left is his mother in-law, Sallie White Bolling (1843-1925)} and to his right is mayor Rudolph Blankenburg ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Wilson's greatest political skill was oratory: "The Moralist: 1 of 4: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made" by Patricia O'Toole (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Moralist-Woodrow-Wilson-World-Made/dp/0743298098...more

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• Wilson regarded the Great War as a senseless bloodbath: "The Moralist: 3 of 4: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made" by Patricia O'Toole (Author)

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  AUTHOR. (Photo:USA:s president Woodrow Wilson talar inför kongressen den 3 februari 1917 och tillkännager att landet denna dag bryter de diplomatiska förbindelserna med Tyskland English: President Wilson before Congress, announcing the break in the official relations with Germany. February 3, 1917. Public domain, från http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amerpolhist/thumbnail292.html Date 3 February 1917 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Wilson regarded the Great War as a senseless bloodbath: "The Moralist: 3 of 4: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made" by Patricia O'Toole (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Moralist-Woodrow-Wilson-World-Made/dp/0743298098...more

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• We can see the reddish dust storm on Mars as it may be easing. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Aug 10 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:July 1, 2001 The Hubble Space Telescope captured this awesome dust storm covering the martian surface. Earth has dust storms, too, but the planet-girdling storms on Mars dwarf their terrestrial counterparts. No one knows exactly how Martian dust storms grow to such awesome proportions.  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow We can see the reddish dust storm on Mars as it may be easing. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com http://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/mars-dust-storm-blocks-mars-reconnaissance-orbiter-images/...more

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• Turkey's Erdogan persecutes an American pastor & What is to be done? @WJMcGurn @WSJopinion.

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  AUTHOR. (Photo:Remains of a Byzantine column found at Byzantium's acropolis, located today within the Topkapı Palace complex. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Turkey's Erdogan persecutes an American pastor & What is to be done? @WJMcGurn @WSJopinion.

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• Pipeline politics and prosperity in the Caspian Sea basin. Robert Cutler. Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies Carleton University

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  Aug 10 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Map of the existing and planned oil and gas pipelines from Baku. Norsk nynorsk: Kart over dei noverande og planlagde olje- og gassleidningane frå Baku. Date 10 August 2008 Source Own work Author Thomas Blomberg Other versions  Arabic) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Pipeline politics and prosperity in the Caspian Sea basin. Robert Cutler. Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies Carleton University http://linkedin.com/in/RobertMCutler...more

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• Grayson was Wilson's "boon companion:": "The Moralist: 2 of 4: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made" by Patricia O'Toole (Author)

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  Aug 10 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:President Wilson on Speaking Tour  Local Accession Number: CTG 00032 Description: President Wilson speaking to a gentleman, with Dr. Grayson looking on. Photographer: Underwood and Underwood Source: Cary T. Grayson Collection Size: 6x8 Medium: Print, Sepia Date: 1919 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Grayson was Wilson's "boon companion:": "The Moralist: 2 of 4: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made" by Patricia O'Toole (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Moralist-Woodrow-Wilson-World-Made/dp/0743298098...more

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• Capitalism in Space means failure as well as success: Planetary Resources hesitates. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  AUTHOR. (Photo:NASA’s Asteroid Data Hunter contest series was part of NASA’s Asteroid Grand Challenge, which is focused on finding all asteroid threats to human populations and knowing what to do about them. Image Credit: NASA ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Capitalism in Space means failure as well as success: Planetary Resources hesitates. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com http://behindtheblack.com/?s=planetary+Resources...more

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• Bernie and Sid in the Morning: My travels in Azerbaijan: 2 of 2: @bernieandsid @77WABCRadio 08/0-9/2018. Bernard McGurk, Sid Rosenberg.

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  Aug 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: 21st Century Baku) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Bernie and Sid in the Morning: My travels in Azerbaijan: 2 of 2: @bernieandsid @77WABCRadio 08/0-9/2018. Bernard McGurk, Sid Rosenberg.

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• Bernie and Sid in the Morning: My travels in Azerbaijan: 1 of 2: @bernieandsid @77WABCRadio 08/09/2018. Bernard McGurk, Sid Rosenberg.

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: Painting of Baku's shoreline in 1861 by Alexey Bogolyubov.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Bernie and Sid in the Morning: My travels in Azerbaijan: 1 of 2: @bernieandsid @77WABCRadio 08/09/2018. Bernard McGurk, Sid Rosenberg.

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• The Democrats are excited to lose closely to Trump again & What is to be done? @MonicaCrowley

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  Aug 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Democrats are excited to lose closely to Trump again & What is to be done? @MonicaCrowley

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• Securitizing uninspected rental housing out of the foreclosed single family homes of 2009. Michelle Conlin, @Reuters

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  Aug 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Securitizing uninspected rental housing out of the foreclosed single family homes of 2009. Michelle Conlin, @Reuters https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-housing-invitation/

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• The horror of ethnic cleansing in Red China's Xinjiang province. @JoshRogin @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Aug 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The horror of ethnic cleansing in Red China's Xinjiang province. @JoshRogin @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/ethnic-cleansing-makes-a-comeback--in-china/2018/08/02/55f73fa2-9691-11e8-810c-5fa705927d54story.html?utmterm=.9f88a0cea21e Ethnic cleansing makes a comeback — in China By Josh Rogin If ethnic cleansing takes place in China and nobody is able to hear it, does it make a sound? That’s what millions of Muslims inside the People’s Republic are asking as they watch the Chinese government expand a network of internment camps and systematic human rights abuses designed to stamp out their peoples’ religion and culture....more

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• Xi's pursuit of power at the Party's annual fete & What is to be done? Charles Burton, Brock University. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Aug 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Xi's pursuit of power at the Party's annual fete & What is to be done? Charles Burton, Brock University.  @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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• How do Russia and China beat the US sanctions on Iran? @Rich_Goldberg

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  Aug 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow How do Russia and China beat the US sanctions on Iran? @Rich_Goldberg

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• Revolution is positive and civil war is negative: "Civil Wars" 3 of 3: by David Armitage

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  Aug 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Mass meeting in New York City April 20, 1861, to support the Union.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Revolution is positive and civil war is negative: "Civil Wars" 3 of 3: by David Armitage https://www.amazon.com/Civil-Wars-David-Armitage/dp/030745617X/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533779701&sr=1-1&keywords=david+armitage+civil+wars A highly original history, tracing the least understood and most intractable form of organized human aggression from Ancient Rome through the centuries to the present day. We think we know civil war when we see it. Yet ideas of what it is, and what it isn't, have a long and contested history, from its fraught origins in republican Rome to debates in early modern Europe to our present day. Defining the term is acutely political, for ideas about what makes a war "civil" often depend on whether one is a ruler or a rebel, victor or vanquished, sufferer or outsider. Calling a conflict a civil war can shape its outcome by determining whether outside powers choose to get involved or stand aside: from the American Revolution to the war in Iraq, pivotal decisions have depended on such shifts of perspective.  The age of civil war in the West may be over, but elsewhere in the last two decades it has exploded--from the Balkans to Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, and Sri Lanka, and most recently Syria. And the language of civil war has burgeoned as democratic politics has become more violently fought. This book's unique perspective on the roots and dynamics of civil war, and on its shaping force in our conflict-ridden world, will be essential to the ongoing effort to grapple with this seemingly interminable problem....more

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• Is a civil war generative? "Civil Wars" 2 of 3: by David Armitage

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  Aug 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The meeting of the Estates General on 5 May 1789 at Versailles ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Is a civil war generative? "Civil Wars" 2 of 3: by David Armitage https://www.amazon.com/Civil-Wars-David-Armitage/dp/030745617X/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533779701&sr=1-1&keywords=david+armitage+civil+wars A highly original history, tracing the least understood and most intractable form of organized human aggression from Ancient Rome through the centuries to the present day. We think we know civil war when we see it. Yet ideas of what it is, and what it isn't, have a long and contested history, from its fraught origins in republican Rome to debates in early modern Europe to our present day. Defining the term is acutely political, for ideas about what makes a war "civil" often depend on whether one is a ruler or a rebel, victor or vanquished, sufferer or outsider. Calling a conflict a civil war can shape its outcome by determining whether outside powers choose to get involved or stand aside: from the American Revolution to the war in Iraq, pivotal decisions have depended on such shifts of perspective.  The age of civil war in the West may be over, but elsewhere in the last two decades it has exploded--from the Balkans to Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, and Sri Lanka, and most recently Syria. And the language of civil war has burgeoned as democratic politics has become more violently fought. This book's unique perspective on the roots and dynamics of civil war, and on its shaping force in our conflict-ridden world, will be essential to the ongoing effort to grapple with this seemingly interminable problem....more

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• How do you know you are in a civil war? "Civil Wars" 1 of 3: by David Armitage

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  Aug 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow How do you know you are in a civil war? "Civil Wars" 1 of 3: by David Armitage https://www.amazon.com/Civil-Wars-David-Armitage/dp/030745617X/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533779701&sr=1-1&keywords=david+armitage+civil+wars A highly original history, tracing the least understood and most intractable form of organized human aggression from Ancient Rome through the centuries to the present day. We think we know civil war when we see it. Yet ideas of what it is, and what it isn't, have a long and contested history, from its fraught origins in republican Rome to debates in early modern Europe to our present day. Defining the term is acutely political, for ideas about what makes a war "civil" often depend on whether one is a ruler or a rebel, victor or vanquished, sufferer or outsider. Calling a conflict a civil war can shape its outcome by determining whether outside powers choose to get involved or stand aside: from the American Revolution to the war in Iraq, pivotal decisions have depended on such shifts of perspective. The age of civil war in the West may be over, but elsewhere in the last two decades it has exploded--from the Balkans to Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, and Sri Lanka, and most recently Syria. And the language of civil war has burgeoned as democratic politics has become more violently fought. This book's unique perspective on the roots and dynamics of civil war, and on its shaping force in our conflict-ridden world, will be essential to the ongoing effort to grapple with this seemingly interminable problem....more

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• Who does Nero send to execute Seneca?: "Dying Every Day: 3 of 3: Seneca at the Court of Nero" by James Romm (Author)

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  AUTHOR. (Photo:Plato, Seneca, and Aristotle in a medieval manuscript illustration (c. 1325–35) ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Who does Nero send to execute Seneca?: "Dying Every Day: 3 of 3: Seneca at the Court of Nero" by James Romm (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Every-Day-Seneca-Court/dp/0307596877

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• Seneca at the Court of Nero" by James Romm (Author)

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  Aug 09 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Manuel Domínguez Sánchez, The suicide of Seneca (1871), Museo del Prado) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Rules for a Roman suicide: "Dying Every Day: 2 of 3: Seneca at the Court of Nero" by James Romm (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Every-Day-Seneca-Court/dp/0307596877

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• Nero's Tutor: "Dying Every Day: 1 of 3: Seneca at the Court of Nero" by James Romm (Author)

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: Nero and Seneca, by Eduardo Barrón (1904). Museo del Prado) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Nero's Tutor: "Dying Every Day: 1 of 3: Seneca at the Court of Nero" by James Romm (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Dying-Every-Day-Seneca-Court/dp/0307596877

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• Hitler ordered Paulus to commit suicide: "Stalingrad: 5 of 6: The City that Defeated the Third Reich by Jochen Hellbeck (Editor), Christopher Tauchen (Translator).

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  Aug 08 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Soviet assault troops in the battle) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Hitler ordered Paulus to commit suicide: "Stalingrad: 5 of 6: The City that Defeated the Third Reich by Jochen Hellbeck (Editor), Christopher Tauchen (Translator). “Jochen Hellbeck recasts our understanding of the ‘Russian way’ of waging war. He comes as close as will ever be possible to capturing the peculiar culture of Soviet soldiers in their devastating struggle against the German invaders, who were as feared as they were loathed.” —Michael Geyer, Samuel N. Harper Professor of History, University of Chicago “We hear the live voices of eyewitnesses as they candidly talk about the tragedy of retreat, the joy of victory, the courage and the sacrifices of the city’s defenders, and day-to-day events of the great battle.” —Alexander Boroznyak, author of Cruel Memory: the Nazi Empire and Germans Today http://www.amazon.com/Stalingrad-City-Defeated-Third-Reich/dp/1610394968/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1458623126&sr=8-1&keywords=stalingrad+hellbeck...more

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• Unfashionable bottom-up history like Tolstoy's: "Stalingrad: 6 of 6: The City that Defeated the Third Reich by Jochen Hellbeck (Editor), Christopher Tauchen (Translator).

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  AUTHOR. (Photo:German soldiers as prisoners of war. In the background is the heavily fought-over Stalingrad grain elevator. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Unfashionable bottom-up history like Tolstoy's: "Stalingrad: 6 of 6: The City that Defeated the Third Reich by Jochen Hellbeck (Editor), Christopher Tauchen (Translator). “Jochen Hellbeck recasts our understanding of the ‘Russian way’ of waging war. He comes as close as will ever be possible to capturing the peculiar culture of Soviet soldiers in their devastating struggle against the German invaders, who were as feared as they were loathed.” —Michael Geyer, Samuel N. Harper Professor of History, University of Chicago “We hear the live voices of eyewitnesses as they candidly talk about the tragedy of retreat, the joy of victory, the courage and the sacrifices of the city’s defenders, and day-to-day events of the great battle.” —Alexander Boroznyak, author of Cruel Memory: the Nazi Empire and Germans Today http://www.amazon.com/Stalingrad-City-Defeated-Third-Reich/dp/1610394968/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1458623126&sr=8-1&keywords=stalingrad+hellbeck...more

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• The Killing Book: "Stalingrad: 4 of 6: The City that Defeated the Third Reich by Jochen Hellbeck (Editor), Christopher Tauchen (Translator).

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: Soviet marines landing on the west bank of the Volga River) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Killing Book: "Stalingrad: 4 of 6: The City that Defeated the Third Reich by Jochen Hellbeck (Editor), Christopher Tauchen (Translator). “Jochen Hellbeck recasts our understanding of the ‘Russian way’ of waging war. He comes as close as will ever be possible to capturing the peculiar culture of Soviet soldiers in their devastating struggle against the German invaders, who were as feared as they were loathed.” —Michael Geyer, Samuel N. Harper Professor of History, University of Chicago “We hear the live voices of eyewitnesses as they candidly talk about the tragedy of retreat, the joy of victory, the courage and the sacrifices of the city’s defenders, and day-to-day events of the great battle.” —Alexander Boroznyak, author of Cruel Memory: the Nazi Empire and Germans Today http://www.amazon.com/Stalingrad-City-Defeated-Third-Reich/dp/1610394968/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1458623126&sr=8-1&keywords=stalingrad+hellbeck...more

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• Fourth Century AD Byzantium adopts Christianity and condemns atheism: "Battling the Gods: 2 of 3: Atheism in the Ancient World" by Tim Whitmarsh (Author)

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: Français : Le Christ Pantocrator de la mosaïque de la Déisis (XIIIe s.) à Sainte-Sophie (Istanbul, Turquie) English: The Christ Pantocrator of the Deesis mosaic (13th-century) in Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey) Date 8 November 2012 Source Own work Author Photograph: Myrabella Attribution (required by the license) Photo: Myrabella / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Fourth Century AD Byzantium adopts Christianity and condemns atheism: "Battling the Gods: 2 of 3: Atheism in the Ancient World" by Tim Whitmarsh (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Battling-Gods-Atheism-Ancient-World/dp/0307948773 How new is atheism? Although adherents and opponents alike today present it as an invention of the European Enlightenment, when the forces of science and secularism broadly challenged those of faith, disbelief in the gods, in fact, originated in a far more remote past. In Battling the Gods, Tim Whitmarsh journeys into the ancient Mediterranean, a world almost unimaginably different from our own, to recover the stories and voices of those who first refused the divinities. Whitmarsh provides a bracing antidote to our assumptions about the roots of freethinking. By shining a light on atheism’s first thousand years, Battling the Gods offers a timely reminder that nonbelief has a wealth of tradition of its own, and, indeed, its own heroes....more

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• The Classical Fifth Century BCE Greece invention of the word atheism: "Battling the Gods: 2 of 3: Atheism in the Ancient World" by Tim Whitmarsh (Author)

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  AUTHOR. (Photo:Phidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to Pericles, Aspasia, Alcibiades and Friends, by Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, 1868, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Classical Fifth Century BCE Greece invention of the word atheism:  "Battling the Gods: 2 of 3: Atheism in the Ancient World" by Tim Whitmarsh (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Battling-Gods-Atheism-Ancient-World/dp/0307948773 How new is atheism? Although adherents and opponents alike today present it as an invention of the European Enlightenment, when the forces of science and secularism broadly challenged those of faith, disbelief in the gods, in fact, originated in a far more remote past. In Battling the Gods, Tim Whitmarsh journeys into the ancient Mediterranean, a world almost unimaginably different from our own, to recover the stories and voices of those who first refused the divinities. Whitmarsh provides a bracing antidote to our assumptions about the roots of freethinking. By shining a light on atheism’s first thousand years, Battling the Gods offers a timely reminder that nonbelief has a wealth of tradition of its own, and, indeed, its own heroes....more

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• "Many and ludicrous are the stories of the Greeks!" "Battling the Gods: 1 of 3: Atheism in the Ancient World" by Tim Whitmarsh (Author)

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  Aug 08 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Echo and Narcissus (1903), a Pre-Raphaelite interpretation by John William Waterhouse ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Many and ludicrous are the stories of the Greeks!" "Battling the Gods: 1 of 3: Atheism in the Ancient World" by Tim Whitmarsh (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Battling-Gods-Atheism-Ancient-World/dp/0307948773 How new is atheism? Although adherents and opponents alike today present it as an invention of the European Enlightenment, when the forces of science and secularism broadly challenged those of faith, disbelief in the gods, in fact, originated in a far more remote past. In Battling the Gods, Tim Whitmarsh journeys into the ancient Mediterranean, a world almost unimaginably different from our own, to recover the stories and voices of those who first refused the divinities. Whitmarsh provides a bracing antidote to our assumptions about the roots of freethinking. By shining a light on atheism’s first thousand years, Battling the Gods offers a timely reminder that nonbelief has a wealth of tradition of its own, and, indeed, its own heroes....more

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• Lost Alternatives of Gorbachev: 3 of: 3: The reality in their lives is World War Two. Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton (August 2017)

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  AUTHOR. (Photo:September 2000: Vladimir Putin and former President of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Lost Alternatives of Gorbachev: 3 of: 3: The reality in their lives is World War Two. Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton (August 2017) "...His father was a combine harvester operator and World War II veteran, named Sergey Andreyevich Gorbachev. His mother, Maria Panteleyevna Gorbacheva (née Gopkalo), was a kolkhoz worker.[8] He was brought up mainly by his Ukrainian maternal grandparents. In his teens, he operated combine harvesters on collective farms. He graduated from Moscow State University in 1955 with a degree in law. In 1967 he qualified as an agricultural economist via a correspondence master's degree at the Stavropol Institute of Agriculture. While at the university, he joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and soon became very active within the party. Gorbachev met his future wife, Raisa Titarenko, daughter of a Ukrainian railway engineer, at Moscow State University. They married in September 1953 and moved to Stavropol upon graduation. She gave birth to their only child, daughter Irina Mikhailovna Virganskaya (Ири́на Миха́йловна Вирга́нская), in 1957. Raisa Gorbacheva died of leukemia in 1999.[9] Gorbachev has two granddaughters (Ksenia and Anastasia) and one great granddaughter (Aleksandra)...." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev...more

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• Lost Alternatives of Gorbachev: 2 of: 3: The man who dismantles the Stalinist system, or at least, begins. Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton (August 2017)

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  Aug 08 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Reagan & Gorbachev Depart  U.S. President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev depart after the final meeting at Hofdi House, Reykjavik, Iceland. 12/10/86. Courtesy of Ronald Reagan Library) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Lost Alternatives of Gorbachev: 2 of: 3: The man who dismantles the Stalinist system, or at least, begins. Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton (August 2017) "...His father was a combine harvester operator and World War II veteran, named Sergey Andreyevich Gorbachev. His mother, Maria Panteleyevna Gorbacheva (née Gopkalo), was a kolkhoz worker.[8] He was brought up mainly by his Ukrainian maternal grandparents. In his teens, he operated combine harvesters on collective farms. He graduated from Moscow State University in 1955 with a degree in law. In 1967 he qualified as an agricultural economist via a correspondence master's degree at the Stavropol Institute of Agriculture. While at the university, he joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and soon became very active within the party. Gorbachev met his future wife, Raisa Titarenko, daughter of a Ukrainian railway engineer, at Moscow State University. They married in September 1953 and moved to Stavropol upon graduation. She gave birth to their only child, daughter Irina Mikhailovna Virganskaya (Ири́на Миха́йловна Вирга́нская), in 1957. Raisa Gorbacheva died of leukemia in 1999.[9] Gorbachev has two granddaughters (Ksenia and Anastasia) and one great granddaughter (Aleksandra)...." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev...more

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• Lost Alternatives of Gorbachev: 1 of: 3: Thirty years later. Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton (August 2017)

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  AUTHOR. (Photo:C44173-23, President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev checking their watches while waiting for their wives in the White House Diplomatic Reception room. 12/9/87. Date 9 December 1987 Source http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/photographs/gorby.html Author Fed Govt ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Lost Alternatives of Gorbachev: 1 of: 3: Thirty years later. Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton (August 2017) "...His father was a combine harvester operator and World War II veteran, named Sergey Andreyevich Gorbachev. His mother, Maria Panteleyevna Gorbacheva (née Gopkalo), was a kolkhoz worker.[8] He was brought up mainly by his Ukrainian maternal grandparents. In his teens, he operated combine harvesters on collective farms. He graduated from Moscow State University in 1955 with a degree in law. In 1967 he qualified as an agricultural economist via a correspondence master's degree at the Stavropol Institute of Agriculture. While at the university, he joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and soon became very active within the party. Gorbachev met his future wife, Raisa Titarenko, daughter of a Ukrainian railway engineer, at Moscow State University. They married in September 1953 and moved to Stavropol upon graduation. She gave birth to their only child, daughter Irina Mikhailovna Virganskaya (Ири́на Миха́йловна Вирга́нская), in 1957. Raisa Gorbacheva died of leukemia in 1999.[9] Gorbachev has two granddaughters (Ksenia and Anastasia) and one great granddaughter (Aleksandra)...." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev...more

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• The US is in big trouble for Cyber War: "iWar: 3 of 3: War and Peace in the Information Age" by Bill Gertz (Author)

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  Aug 08 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Michael S. Rogers (born October 31, 1959) is a former United States Navy admiral who served as the second commander of the U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM). He concurrently served as the 17th director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and as chief of the Central Security Service (CSS) from April 3, 2014. Prior to that, Rogers served as the Commander of the Tenth Fleet and Commander of the U.S. Fleet Cyber Command.[2] During his tenure, he helped transform and elevate U.S. Cyber Command into a unified combatant command. He was relieved from the NSA, CSS and USCYBERCOM positions on May 4, 2018, during USCYBERCOM's command elevation ceremony, as well as handing command over to his successor, Paul Nakasone.[3] He announced at that ceremony that he would officially retire from active duty in the United States Navy on June 1, 2018. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The US is in big trouble for Cyber War: "iWar: 3 of 3: War and Peace in the Information Age" by Bill Gertz (Author) https://www.amazon.com/iWar-War-Peace-Information-Age/dp/1501154982 Discover how the United States can beat China, Russia, Iran, and ISIS in the coming information-technology wars from the New York Times bestselling author and veteran Washington Times columnist Bill Gertz. America is at war, but most of its citizens don’t realize it. Covert information warfare is being waged by world powers, rogue states—such as Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea—and even terrorist groups like ISIS. This conflict has been designed to defeat and ultimately destroy the United States. This new type of warfare is part of the Information Age that has come to dominate our lives. In iWar, Bill Gertz describes how technology has completely revolutionized modern warfare, how the Obama administration failed to meet this challenge, and what we can and must do to catch up and triumph over this timely and important struggle....more

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• Obama did not respond forcefully to Red China's cyberattacks: "iWar: 2 of 3: War and Peace in the Information Age" by Bill Gertz (Author)

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  Aug 08 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Lieutenant General Jon M. Davis, USMC Deputy Commander, U.S. Cyber Command 2014-2014 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Obama did not respond forcefully to Red China's cyberattacks: "iWar: 2 of 3: War and Peace in the Information Age" by Bill Gertz (Author) https://www.amazon.com/iWar-War-Peace-Information-Age/dp/1501154982 Discover how the United States can beat China, Russia, Iran, and ISIS in the coming information-technology wars from the New York Times bestselling author and veteran Washington Times columnist Bill Gertz. America is at war, but most of its citizens don’t realize it. Covert information warfare is being waged by world powers, rogue states—such as Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea—and even terrorist groups like ISIS. This conflict has been designed to defeat and ultimately destroy the United States. This new type of warfare is part of the Information Age that has come to dominate our lives. In iWar, Bill Gertz describes how technology has completely revolutionized modern warfare, how the Obama administration failed to meet this challenge, and what we can and must do to catch up and triumph over this timely and important struggle....more

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• Attacking the Internet of Things: "iWar: 1 of 3: War and Peace in the Information Age" by Bill Gertz (Author)

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  Aug 08 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Official photographic portrait of the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA), General Keith B. Alexander, United States Army in Army service uniform.2010-2014 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Attacking the Internet of Things: "iWar: 1 of 3:  War and Peace in the Information Age" by Bill Gertz (Author) https://www.amazon.com/iWar-War-Peace-Information-Age/dp/1501154982 Discover how the United States can beat China, Russia, Iran, and ISIS in the coming information-technology wars from the New York Times bestselling author and veteran Washington Times columnist Bill Gertz. America is at war, but most of its citizens don’t realize it. Covert information warfare is being waged by world powers, rogue states—such as Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea—and even terrorist groups like ISIS. This conflict has been designed to defeat and ultimately destroy the United States. This new type of warfare is part of the Information Age that has come to dominate our lives. In iWar, Bill Gertz describes how technology has completely revolutionized modern warfare, how the Obama administration failed to meet this challenge, and what we can and must do to catch up and triumph over this timely and important struggle....more

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• Caesar's appetite for risk: "Masters of Command: 3 of 3: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership" by Barry Strauss

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  Aug 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: VladoubidoOo Description  Français : Jules-Elie Delaunay, César dans la barque, 1855, Nantes, musée des Beaux-Arts Date 30 May 2014, 09:39:11 Source/Photographer Own work) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Caesar's appetite for risk: "Masters of Command: 3 of 3: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership" by Barry Strauss https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Command-Alexander-Hannibal-Leadership/dp/1439164495/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533617295&sr=1-1&keywords=barry+strauss+masters+of+command In Masters of Command, Barry Strauss compares the way the three greatest generals of the ancient world waged war and draws lessons from their experiences that apply on and off the battlefield. ALEXANDER, HANNIBAL, CAESAR—each was a master of war. Each had to look beyond the battlefield to decide whom to fight, when, and why; to know what victory was and when to end the war; to determine how to bring stability to the lands he conquered. Each general had to be a battlefield tactician and more: a statesman, a strategist, a leader.  Tactics change, weapons change, but war itself remains much the same throughout the centuries, and a great warrior must know how to define success. Understanding where each of these three great (but flawed) commanders succeeded and failed can serve anyone who wants to think strategically or who has to demonstrate leadership. In Masters of Command Barry Strauss explains the qualities these great generals shared, the keys to their success, from ambition and judgment to leadership itself....more

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• Underestimating Hannibal: "Masters of Command: 2 of 3: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership" by Barry Strauss

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  Aug 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: rançais : Traversée du Rhône par Hannibal Barca English: Hannibal Barca crossing the Rhône Date 1878 Source Scan book Author Henri Motte (1846-1922)) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Underestimating Hannibal: "Masters of Command: 2 of 3: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership" by Barry Strauss https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Command-Alexander-Hannibal-Leadership/dp/1439164495/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533617295&sr=1-1&keywords=barry+strauss+masters+of+command In Masters of Command, Barry Strauss compares the way the three greatest generals of the ancient world waged war and draws lessons from their experiences that apply on and off the battlefield. ALEXANDER, HANNIBAL, CAESAR—each was a master of war. Each had to look beyond the battlefield to decide whom to fight, when, and why; to know what victory was and when to end the war; to determine how to bring stability to the lands he conquered. Each general had to be a battlefield tactician and more: a statesman, a strategist, a leader.  Tactics change, weapons change, but war itself remains much the same throughout the centuries, and a great warrior must know how to define success. Understanding where each of these three great (but flawed) commanders succeeded and failed can serve anyone who wants to think strategically or who has to demonstrate leadership. In Masters of Command Barry Strauss explains the qualities these great generals shared, the keys to their success, from ambition and judgment to leadership itself....more

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• Underestimating Alexander: "Masters of Command: 1 of 3: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership" by Barry Strauss

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  Aug 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Sebastiano Conca (1680–1764) Blue pencil.svg wikidata:Q774781 Sebastiano Conca: Alexander the Great in the Temple of Jerusalem Title  Alexander the Great in the Temple of Jerusalem Object type painting Date circa 1736 Medium oil on canvas Dimensions Height: 53 cm (20.8 in); Width: 70 cm (27.5 in) Current location  Prado National Museum Blue pencil.svg wikidata:Q160112 (Inventory) ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Underestimating Alexander: "Masters of Command: 1 of 3: Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, and the Genius of Leadership" by Barry Strauss [ https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Command-Alexander-Hannibal-Leadership/dp/1439164495/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533617295&sr=1-1&keywords=barry+strauss+masters+of+command](https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Command-Alexander-Hannibal-Leadership/dp/1439164495/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533617295&sr=1-1&keywords=barry+strauss+masters+of+command) In Masters of Command, Barry Strauss compares the way the three greatest generals of the ancient world waged war and draws lessons from their experiences that apply on and off the battlefield. ALEXANDER, HANNIBAL, CAESAR—each was a master of war. Each had to look beyond the battlefield to decide whom to fight, when, and why; to know what victory was and when to end the war; to determine how to bring stability to the lands he conquered. Each general had to be a battlefield tactician and more: a statesman, a strategist, a leader.  Tactics change, weapons change, but war itself remains much the same throughout the centuries, and a great warrior must know how to define success. Understanding where each of these three great (but flawed) commanders succeeded and failed can serve anyone who wants to think strategically or who has to demonstrate leadership. In Masters of Command Barry Strauss explains the qualities these great generals shared, the keys to their success, from ambition and judgment to leadership itself....more

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• Comprehending the aggression of Assad, Putin, Xi, Kim: 2 of 2: . Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, NYU, Hoover. “Red, White And Peaceful: Advancing U.S. Security Through Peaceful Means” by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Kiron K. Skinner.

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  Aug 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Fiery Cross Reef, Spratly Islands, South China Sea, in May 2015 Date May 2015 Source http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/images-show-chinese-airstrip-on-man-made-spratly-island-nearly-finished-777353 Author United States Navy ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Comprehending the aggression of Assad, Putin, Xi, Kim: 2 of 2: . Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, NYU, Hoover. “Red, White And Peaceful: Advancing U.S. Security Through Peaceful Means” by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Kiron K. Skinner. via National Interest "The government of the United States has faced unusually severe threats to national security over the past year. These events, of course, are not independent of one another. Rather, they form part of a path of reinforcing experiences that have encouraged boldly assertive actions that seem contrary to American interests in the Middle East, in the East and South China Sea and most especially in Ukraine. We set out here how these developments are interrelated and how corrective action might be taken through unilateral, nonmilitary shifts in policy, especially energy and environmental policy. To understand the proximate origins of many of the challenges to American security interests, it is useful to begin our discussion with the summer of 2013. President Obama had earlier declared that if Bashar al Assad’s government used chemical weapons against his opposition, that would be a “game changer.” After it became clear that he had used such weapons on a large scale, an idea was set out (seemingly by Vladimir Putin, but we cannot be sure) that Assad would surrender his chemical weapons for destruction by the United Nations. The moment of that proposal created an opportunity to learn about Putin’s sincerity and Obama’s resolve….”  http://nationalinterest.org/feature/red-white-peaceful-advancing-us-security-through-peaceful-11853?page=show...more

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• Comprehending the pattern of aggression of Assad, Putin, Xi, Kim: 1 of 2: . Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, NYU, Hoover. “Red, White And Peaceful: Advancing U.S. Security Through Peaceful Means” by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Kiron K. Skinner.

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  Aug 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The scene at Saadallah Al-Jabiri Square after being targeted by the Al-Nusra Front in October 2012 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Comprehending the pattern of aggression of Assad, Putin, Xi, Kim: 1 of 2: . Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, NYU, Hoover. “Red, White And Peaceful: Advancing U.S. Security Through Peaceful Means” by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Kiron K. Skinner. via National Interest "The government of the United States has faced unusually severe threats to national security over the past year. These events, of course, are not independent of one another. Rather, they form part of a path of reinforcing experiences that have encouraged boldly assertive actions that seem contrary to American interests in the Middle East, in the East and South China Sea and most especially in Ukraine. We set out here how these developments are interrelated and how corrective action might be taken through unilateral, nonmilitary shifts in policy, especially energy and environmental policy. To understand the proximate origins of many of the challenges to American security interests, it is useful to begin our discussion with the summer of 2013. President Obama had earlier declared that if Bashar al Assad’s government used chemical weapons against his opposition, that would be a “game changer.” After it became clear that he had used such weapons on a large scale, an idea was set out (seemingly by Vladimir Putin, but we cannot be sure) that Assad would surrender his chemical weapons for destruction by the United Nations. The moment of that proposal created an opportunity to learn about Putin’s sincerity and Obama’s resolve….”  http://nationalinterest.org/feature/red-white-peaceful-advancing-us-security-through-peaceful-11853?page=show...more

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• Priam is the hero of the Illiad: "Why Homer Matters: 3 of 3: A History" by Adam Nicolson.

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  Aug 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Photograph taken of the bust of Homer in the British Museum, London. Marble terminal bust of Homer. Roman copy of a lost Hellenistic original of the 2nd c. BC. From Baiae, Italy. The so-called Hellenistic blind-type can be paralleled with figures of the Pergamon Altar, and the original of the type was perhaps created for the great library at Pergamon.  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Priam is the hero of the Illiad: "Why Homer Matters: 3 of 3: A History" by Adam Nicolson. https://www.amazon.com/Why-Homer-Matters-Adam-Nicolson/dp/1250074940/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533613849&sr=1-1&keywords=Adam+Nicolson+Why+Homer "Complex, personal, and profound ... a brash and brave piece of writing ... filled with the swords and spears that inflict the carnage of the Iliad." -The Wall Street Journal Why Homer Matters is a magical journey of discovery across wide stretches of the past, sewn together by the Iliad and the Odyssey and their metaphors of life and trouble. Homer's poems-transmitted orally across the generations, shaped and reshaped in a living, self-renewing tradition-occupy, as Adam Nicolson writes "a third space" in the way we relate to the past: not as memory, which lasts no more than three generations, nor as the objective accounts of history, but as epic, invented after memory but before history, poetry which aims "to bind the wounds that time inflicts." The Homeric poems are among the oldest stories we have, drawing on deep roots in the Eurasian steppes beyond the Black Sea, but emerging at a time around 2000 BC when the people who would become the Greeks came south and both clashed and fused with the more sophisticated inhabitants of the Eastern Mediterranean. The poems, which ask the eternal questions about the individual and the community, honor and service, love and war, tell us how we became who we are....more

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• "Going to the grave with the Illiad as a pillow: "Why Homer Matters: 2 of 3: A History" by Adam Nicolson.

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  Aug 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Iliad, Book VIII, lines 245–53, Greek manuscript, late 5th, early 6th centuries AD.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Going to the grave with the Illiad as a pillow: "Why Homer Matters: 2 of 3: A History" by Adam Nicolson. https://www.amazon.com/Why-Homer-Matters-Adam-Nicolson/dp/1250074940/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533613849&sr=1-1&keywords=Adam+Nicolson+Why+Homer "Complex, personal, and profound ... a brash and brave piece of writing ... filled with the swords and spears that inflict the carnage of the Iliad." -The Wall Street Journal Why Homer Matters is a magical journey of discovery across wide stretches of the past, sewn together by the Iliad and the Odyssey and their metaphors of life and trouble. Homer's poems-transmitted orally across the generations, shaped and reshaped in a living, self-renewing tradition-occupy, as Adam Nicolson writes "a third space" in the way we relate to the past: not as memory, which lasts no more than three generations, nor as the objective accounts of history, but as epic, invented after memory but before history, poetry which aims "to bind the wounds that time inflicts." The Homeric poems are among the oldest stories we have, drawing on deep roots in the Eurasian steppes beyond the Black Sea, but emerging at a time around 2000 BC when the people who would become the Greeks came south and both clashed and fused with the more sophisticated inhabitants of the Eastern Mediterranean. The poems, which ask the eternal questions about the individual and the community, honor and service, love and war, tell us how we became who we are....more

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• Homer believes that Achilles "suffers necessity": "Why Homer Matters: 1 of 3: A History" by Adam Nicolson.

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  Aug 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Achilles Lamenting the Death of Patroclus (1855) by the Russian realist Nikolai Ge) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Homer believes that Achilles "suffers necessity": "Why Homer Matters: 1 of 3: A History" by Adam Nicolson. https://www.amazon.com/Why-Homer-Matters-Adam-Nicolson/dp/1250074940/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533613849&sr=1-1&keywords=Adam+Nicolson+Why+Homer "Complex, personal, and profound ... a brash and brave piece of writing ... filled with the swords and spears that inflict the carnage of the Iliad." -The Wall Street Journal Why Homer Matters is a magical journey of discovery across wide stretches of the past, sewn together by the Iliad and the Odyssey and their metaphors of life and trouble. Homer's poems-transmitted orally across the generations, shaped and reshaped in a living, self-renewing tradition-occupy, as Adam Nicolson writes "a third space" in the way we relate to the past: not as memory, which lasts no more than three generations, nor as the objective accounts of history, but as epic, invented after memory but before history, poetry which aims "to bind the wounds that time inflicts." The Homeric poems are among the oldest stories we have, drawing on deep roots in the Eurasian steppes beyond the Black Sea, but emerging at a time around 2000 BC when the people who would become the Greeks came south and both clashed and fused with the more sophisticated inhabitants of the Eastern Mediterranean. The poems, which ask the eternal questions about the individual and the community, honor and service, love and war, tell us how we became who we are. ...more

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• "For the Motherland! For Stalin!": "Stalingrad: 3 of 6: The City that Defeated the Third Reich by Jochen Hellbeck (Editor), Christopher Tauchen (Translator).

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  Aug 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Soviets preparing to ward off a German assault in Stalingrad's suburbs ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "For the Motherland! For Stalin!": "Stalingrad: 3 of 6: The City that Defeated the Third Reich by Jochen Hellbeck (Editor), Christopher Tauchen (Translator). “Jochen Hellbeck recasts our understanding of the ‘Russian way’ of waging war. He comes as close as will ever be possible to capturing the peculiar culture of Soviet soldiers in their devastating struggle against the German invaders, who were as feared as they were loathed.” —Michael Geyer, Samuel N. Harper Professor of History, University of Chicago “We hear the live voices of eyewitnesses as they candidly talk about the tragedy of retreat, the joy of victory, the courage and the sacrifices of the city’s defenders, and day-to-day events of the great battle.” —Alexander Boroznyak, author of Cruel Memory: the Nazi Empire and Germans Today http://www.amazon.com/Stalingrad-City-Defeated-Third-Reich/dp/1610394968/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1458623126&sr=8-1&keywords=stalingrad+hellbeck...more

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• Surviving the carpet bombing: "Stalingrad: 2 of 6: The City that Defeated the Third Reich by Jochen Hellbeck (Editor), Christopher Tauchen (Translator).

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: Smoke over the city center after aerial bombing by the German Luftwaffe on the central station) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Surviving the carpet bombing: "Stalingrad: 2 of 6: The City that Defeated the Third Reich by Jochen Hellbeck (Editor), Christopher Tauchen (Translator). “Jochen Hellbeck recasts our understanding of the ‘Russian way’ of waging war. He comes as close as will ever be possible to capturing the peculiar culture of Soviet soldiers in their devastating struggle against the German invaders, who were as feared as they were loathed.” —Michael Geyer, Samuel N. Harper Professor of History, University of Chicago “We hear the live voices of eyewitnesses as they candidly talk about the tragedy of retreat, the joy of victory, the courage and the sacrifices of the city’s defenders, and day-to-day events of the great battle.” —Alexander Boroznyak, author of Cruel Memory: the Nazi Empire and Germans Today http://www.amazon.com/Stalingrad-City-Defeated-Third-Reich/dp/1610394968/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1458623126&sr=8-1&keywords=stalingrad+hellbeck...more

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• Eyewitnesses: "Stalingrad: 1 of 6: The City that Defeated the Third Reich by Jochen Hellbeck (Editor), Christopher Tauchen (Translator).

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  Aug 07 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: German Infantry in position for an attack) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Eyewitnesses: "Stalingrad: 1 of 6: The City that Defeated the Third Reich by Jochen Hellbeck (Editor), Christopher Tauchen (Translator). “Jochen Hellbeck recasts our understanding of the ‘Russian way’ of waging war. He comes as close as will ever be possible to capturing the peculiar culture of Soviet soldiers in their devastating struggle against the German invaders, who were as feared as they were loathed.” —Michael Geyer, Samuel N. Harper Professor of History, University of Chicago “We hear the live voices of eyewitnesses as they candidly talk about the tragedy of retreat, the joy of victory, the courage and the sacrifices of the city’s defenders, and day-to-day events of the great battle.” —Alexander Boroznyak, author of Cruel Memory: the Nazi Empire and Germans Today http://www.amazon.com/Stalingrad-City-Defeated-Third-Reich/dp/1610394968/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1458623126&sr=8-1&keywords=stalingrad+hellbeck...more

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• Ken Kesey demonstrates LSD: "American Fun: 3 of 3: Four Centuries of Joyous Revolt." by John Beckman. @AmericanFun

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  Aug 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Ken Kesey, the Pranksters, and FurtherImage from Huckmagazine.com ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Ken Kesey demonstrates LSD: "American Fun: 3 of 3: Four Centuries of Joyous Revolt." by John Beckman. @AmericanFun  https://audioboom.com/boos/4414369-american-fun-four-centuries-of-joyous-revolt-by-john-beckman?utmcampaign=detailpage&utmcontent=retweet&utmmedium=social&utmsource=twitter via @batchelorshow American Fun: Four Centuries of Joyous Revolt. by John Beckman. “The historian who revisits well-trodden ground must offer either something new or at least a new way of looking at it. In American Fun John Beckman does both—stringing unfamiliar episodes of U.S. history together in a new and ingenious way.” —The Washington Post “The key to this spirited and challenging book is in its subtitle: ‘joyous revolt.’ . . . American Fun provides an original perspective on how ordinary folk left a mark on the historical landscape in a way that has not received full recognition.” —Howard P. Chudacoff, The New York Times Book Review “This freewheeling history . . . richly demonstrate[s] how Americans have often blended defiance and wit with the pursuit of liberty.” —The New Yorker “This is a history of ‘a raffish national tradition that flaunted pleasure in the face of authority.’ That sort of fun has made America what it is, and it is a pleasure to read a book that explains historically this essential nature of part of the American character. . . . Fun . . . and informative to boot.” ­­­­­—Columbus Dispatch “[I]n his adventuresome new history, American Fun: Four Centuries of Joyous Revolt. . . . Beckman, an English professor at the United States Naval Academy, makes a powerful case that fun may be good but should always be at least slightly less than clean.” —The Daily Beast http://www.amazon.com/American-Fun-Centuries-Joyous-Revolt/dp/0345803779/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1460341045&sr=1-1&keywords=american+fun+beckman...more

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• The Jack Tars of Boston: "American Fun: 2 of 3: Four Centuries of Joyous Revolt." by John Beckman. @AmericanFun

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  Aug 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (PhotoBoston Public Library Follow A life on the ocean wave, and a sail with never a reef, a jolly jack tar so brave, and plenty of 'Wilson's Beef.' [front]  File name: 1003000218a Binder label: Meat Title: A life on the ocean wave, and a sail with never a reef, a jolly jack tar so brave, and plenty of 'Wilson's Beef.' [front] Date issued: 1870 - 1900 (approximate) Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 13 x 8 cm. Genre: Advertising cards Subject: Sailors; Meat; Canned foods Notes: Title from item. Item verso is blank. Collection: 19th Century American Trade Cards Location: Print Department Rights: No known restrictions.: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Jack Tars of Boston: "American Fun: 2 of 3: Four Centuries of Joyous Revolt." by John Beckman. @AmericanFun https://audioboom.com/boos/4414369-american-fun-four-centuries-of-joyous-revolt-by-john-beckman?utmcampaign=detailpage&utmcontent=retweet&utmmedium=social&utmsource=twitter via @batchelorshow American Fun: Four Centuries of Joyous Revolt. by John Beckman. “The historian who revisits well-trodden ground must offer either something new or at least a new way of looking at it. In American Fun John Beckman does both—stringing unfamiliar episodes of U.S. history together in a new and ingenious way.” —The Washington Post “The key to this spirited and challenging book is in its subtitle: ‘joyous revolt.’ . . . American Fun provides an original perspective on how ordinary folk left a mark on the historical landscape in a way that has not received full recognition.” —Howard P. Chudacoff, The New York Times Book Review “This freewheeling history . . . richly demonstrate[s] how Americans have often blended defiance and wit with the pursuit of liberty.” —The New Yorker “This is a history of ‘a raffish national tradition that flaunted pleasure in the face of authority.’ That sort of fun has made America what it is, and it is a pleasure to read a book that explains historically this essential nature of part of the American character. . . . Fun . . . and informative to boot.” ­­­­­—Columbus Dispatch “[I]n his adventuresome new history, American Fun: Four Centuries of Joyous Revolt. . . . Beckman, an English professor at the United States Naval Academy, makes a powerful case that fun may be good but should always be at least slightly less than clean.” —The Daily Beast http://www.amazon.com/American-Fun-Centuries-Joyous-Revolt/dp/0345803779/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1460341045&sr=1-1&keywords=american+fun+beckman...more

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• The industrialized fun of the Ferris Wheel: "American Fun: 1 of 3: Four Centuries of Joyous Revolt." by John Beckman. @AmericanFun

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  Aug 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Magic-City, Paris, France, 1913 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The industrialized fun of the Ferris Wheel: "American Fun: 1 of 3: Four Centuries of Joyous Revolt." by John Beckman. @AmericanFun https://audioboom.com/boos/4414369-american-fun-four-centuries-of-joyous-revolt-by-john-beckman?utmcampaign=detailpage&utmcontent=retweet&utmmedium=social&utmsource=twitter via @batchelorshow American Fun: Four Centuries of Joyous Revolt. by John Beckman. “The historian who revisits well-trodden ground must offer either something new or at least a new way of looking at it. In American Fun John Beckman does both—stringing unfamiliar episodes of U.S. history together in a new and ingenious way.” —The Washington Post “The key to this spirited and challenging book is in its subtitle: ‘joyous revolt.’ . . . American Fun provides an original perspective on how ordinary folk left a mark on the historical landscape in a way that has not received full recognition.” —Howard P. Chudacoff, The New York Times Book Review “This freewheeling history . . . richly demonstrate[s] how Americans have often blended defiance and wit with the pursuit of liberty.” —The New Yorker “This is a history of ‘a raffish national tradition that flaunted pleasure in the face of authority.’ That sort of fun has made America what it is, and it is a pleasure to read a book that explains historically this essential nature of part of the American character. . . . Fun . . . and informative to boot.” ­­­­­—Columbus Dispatch “[I]n his adventuresome new history, American Fun: Four Centuries of Joyous Revolt. . . . Beckman, an English professor at the United States Naval Academy, makes a powerful case that fun may be good but should always be at least slightly less than clean.” —The Daily Beast http://www.amazon.com/American-Fun-Centuries-Joyous-Revolt/dp/0345803779/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1460341045&sr=1-1&keywords=american+fun+beckman...more

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• The Samaritans: "Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: 4 of 4: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East" by Gerard Russell.

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  Aug 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Jacob esh-Shelaby and General Wilson Description  English:  Identifier: samaritansearlie00montuoft (find matches) Title: The Samaritans, the earliest Jewish sect; their history, theology, and literature Year: 1907 (1900s) Authors: Montgomery, James A. (James Alan), 1866-1949 Subjects: Samaritans Publisher: Philadelphia J.C. Winston Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor: MSN ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Samaritans: "Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: 4 of 4: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East" by Gerard Russell. https://www.amazon.com/Heirs-Forgotten-Kingdoms-Disappearing-Religions/dp/0465049915/ref=sr1fkmr2_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533526479&sr=1-1-fkmr2&keywords=heirs+to+the+fortune+kingdoms+gerard+russell Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive and strange faiths: one regards the Greek prophets as incarnations of God, another reveres Lucifer in the form of a peacock, and yet another believes that their followers are reincarnated beings who have existed in various forms for thousands of years. These religions represent the last vestiges of the magnificent civilizations in ancient history: Persia, Babylon, Egypt in the time of the Pharaohs. Their followers have learned how to survive foreign attacks and the perils of assimilation. But today, with the Middle East in turmoil, they face greater challenges than ever before.  In Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms, former diplomat Gerard Russell ventures to the distant, nearly impassable regions where these mysterious religions still cling to survival. He lives alongside the Mandaeans and Ezidis of Iraq, the Zoroastrians of Iran, the Copts of Egypt, and others. He learns their histories, participates in their rituals, and comes to understand the threats to their communities. Historically a tolerant faith, Islam has, since the early 20th century, witnessed the rise of militant, extremist sects. This development, along with the rippling effects of Western invasion, now pose existential threats to these minority faiths. And as more and more of their youth flee to the West in search of greater freedoms and job prospects, these religions face the dire possibility of extinction.  Drawing on his extensive travels and archival research, Russell provides an essential record of the past, present, and perilous future of these remarkable religions....more

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• The Zoroastrians: "Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: 3 of 4: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East" by Gerard Russell.

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  Aug 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: A family of Ahura Mazda-worshipers: Tehran Date 1910 Source The National Geographic Magazine, October 1910 Author Unknown ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Zoroastrians: "Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: 3 of 4: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East" by Gerard Russell. https://www.amazon.com/Heirs-Forgotten-Kingdoms-Disappearing-Religions/dp/0465049915/ref=sr1fkmr2_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533526479&sr=1-1-fkmr2&keywords=heirs+to+the+fortune+kingdoms+gerard+russell Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive and strange faiths: one regards the Greek prophets as incarnations of God, another reveres Lucifer in the form of a peacock, and yet another believes that their followers are reincarnated beings who have existed in various forms for thousands of years. These religions represent the last vestiges of the magnificent civilizations in ancient history: Persia, Babylon, Egypt in the time of the Pharaohs. Their followers have learned how to survive foreign attacks and the perils of assimilation. But today, with the Middle East in turmoil, they face greater challenges than ever before.  In Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms, former diplomat Gerard Russell ventures to the distant, nearly impassable regions where these mysterious religions still cling to survival. He lives alongside the Mandaeans and Ezidis of Iraq, the Zoroastrians of Iran, the Copts of Egypt, and others. He learns their histories, participates in their rituals, and comes to understand the threats to their communities. Historically a tolerant faith, Islam has, since the early 20th century, witnessed the rise of militant, extremist sects. This development, along with the rippling effects of Western invasion, now pose existential threats to these minority faiths. And as more and more of their youth flee to the West in search of greater freedoms and job prospects, these religions face the dire possibility of extinction.  Drawing on his extensive travels and archival research, Russell provides an essential record of the past, present, and perilous future of these remarkable religions....more

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• The Druze: "Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: 2 of 4: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East" by Gerard Russell.

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  Aug 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Druze Clerics During the Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate era. Date Late 1800's Source Taken from a book printed in 1918, entitled: لُبنان: مباحث علمية واجتماعية = Lebanon: Scientific and Social Researches. Author Unknown Permission (Reusing this file)  Photo has been taken more than 50 years ago, in the Ottoman Empire, it has no copy rights. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Druze: "Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: 2 of 4: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East" by Gerard Russell. https://www.amazon.com/Heirs-Forgotten-Kingdoms-Disappearing-Religions/dp/0465049915/ref=sr1fkmr2_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533526479&sr=1-1-fkmr2&keywords=heirs+to+the+fortune+kingdoms+gerard+russell Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive and strange faiths: one regards the Greek prophets as incarnations of God, another reveres Lucifer in the form of a peacock, and yet another believes that their followers are reincarnated beings who have existed in various forms for thousands of years. These religions represent the last vestiges of the magnificent civilizations in ancient history: Persia, Babylon, Egypt in the time of the Pharaohs. Their followers have learned how to survive foreign attacks and the perils of assimilation. But today, with the Middle East in turmoil, they face greater challenges than ever before.  In Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms, former diplomat Gerard Russell ventures to the distant, nearly impassable regions where these mysterious religions still cling to survival. He lives alongside the Mandaeans and Ezidis of Iraq, the Zoroastrians of Iran, the Copts of Egypt, and others. He learns their histories, participates in their rituals, and comes to understand the threats to their communities. Historically a tolerant faith, Islam has, since the early 20th century, witnessed the rise of militant, extremist sects. This development, along with the rippling effects of Western invasion, now pose existential threats to these minority faiths. And as more and more of their youth flee to the West in search of greater freedoms and job prospects, these religions face the dire possibility of extinction.  Drawing on his extensive travels and archival research, Russell provides an essential record of the past, present, and perilous future of these remarkable religions....more

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• The Yazidis: "Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: 1 of 4: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East" by Gerard Russell.

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: A French post card showing Yezidi leaders meeting with a cChaldean clergyman in Mesopotamia. Date 19th century Source http://mideastimage.com/result.aspx Author Unknown) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Yazidis: "Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms: 1 of 4: Journeys Into the Disappearing Religions of the Middle East" by Gerard Russell. https://www.amazon.com/Heirs-Forgotten-Kingdoms-Disappearing-Religions/dp/0465049915/ref=sr1fkmr2_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1533526479&sr=1-1-fkmr2&keywords=heirs+to+the+fortune+kingdoms+gerard+russell Despite its reputation for religious intolerance, the Middle East has long sheltered many distinctive and strange faiths: one regards the Greek prophets as incarnations of God, another reveres Lucifer in the form of a peacock, and yet another believes that their followers are reincarnated beings who have existed in various forms for thousands of years. These religions represent the last vestiges of the magnificent civilizations in ancient history: Persia, Babylon, Egypt in the time of the Pharaohs. Their followers have learned how to survive foreign attacks and the perils of assimilation. But today, with the Middle East in turmoil, they face greater challenges than ever before.  In Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms, former diplomat Gerard Russell ventures to the distant, nearly impassable regions where these mysterious religions still cling to survival. He lives alongside the Mandaeans and Ezidis of Iraq, the Zoroastrians of Iran, the Copts of Egypt, and others. He learns their histories, participates in their rituals, and comes to understand the threats to their communities. Historically a tolerant faith, Islam has, since the early 20th century, witnessed the rise of militant, extremist sects. This development, along with the rippling effects of Western invasion, now pose existential threats to these minority faiths. And as more and more of their youth flee to the West in search of greater freedoms and job prospects, these religions face the dire possibility of extinction.  Drawing on his extensive travels and archival research, Russell provides an essential record of the past, present, and perilous future of these remarkable religions....more

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• The Triumvirate of Caeser, Pompey and Crassus: "Rome's Last Citizen: 3 of 3: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar by Rob Goodman (Author), Jimmy Soni (Author)

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  Aug 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Susanna Braund argues that, were the poem to have been finished, it would have ended with Cato's death. Hannibal and his men crossing the Alps ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The conspirators called themselves the Liberators: "Rome's Last Citizen: 3 of 3: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar by Rob Goodman (Author), Jimmy Soni (Author) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250042623/ref=dbsadefrwtbiblvppii1 "A truly outstanding piece of work. What most impresses me is the book's ability to reach through the confusing dynastic politics of the late Roman Republic to present social realities in a way intelligible to the modern reader. Rome's Last Citizen entertainingly restores to life the stoic Roman who inspired George Washington, Patrick Henry and Nathan Hale. This is more than a biography: it is a study of how a reputation lasted through the centuries from the end of one republic to the start of another."―David Frum, DailyBeast columnist, former White House speech writer, and New York Times bestselling author of The Right Man...more

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• The Triumvirate of Caeser, Pompey and Crassus: "Rome's Last Citizen: 2 of 3: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar by Rob Goodman (Author), Jimmy Soni (Author)

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  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Pompey the Great. Marble. Beginning of the 1st century A.D. Inv. No. 733. Copenhagen, New Carlsberg Glyptotek. Date 16 April 2008 Source http://ancientrome.ru/art/artworken/img.htm?id=3262 Author Sergey Sosnovskiy Susanna Braund argues that, were the poem to have been finished, it would have ended with Cato's death. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Triumvirate of Caeser, Pompey and Crassus: "Rome's Last Citizen: 2 of 3: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar by Rob Goodman (Author), Jimmy Soni (Author) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250042623/ref=dbsadefrwtbiblvppii1 "A truly outstanding piece of work. What most impresses me is the book's ability to reach through the confusing dynastic politics of the late Roman Republic to present social realities in a way intelligible to the modern reader. Rome's Last Citizen entertainingly restores to life the stoic Roman who inspired George Washington, Patrick Henry and Nathan Hale. This is more than a biography: it is a study of how a reputation lasted through the centuries from the end of one republic to the start of another."―David Frum, DailyBeast columnist, former White House speech writer, and New York Times bestselling author of The Right Man...more

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• Who was Cato the Elder to Cato the Younger? "Rome's Last Citizen: 1 of 3: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar by Rob Goodman (Author), Jimmy Soni (Author)

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  Aug 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Hannibal and his men crossing the Alps ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Who was Cato the Elder to Cato the Younger? "Rome's Last Citizen: 1 of 3: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar by Rob Goodman (Author), Jimmy Soni (Author) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250042623/ref=dbsadefrwtbiblvppii1 "A truly outstanding piece of work. What most impresses me is the book's ability to reach through the confusing dynastic politics of the late Roman Republic to present social realities in a way intelligible to the modern reader. Rome's Last Citizen entertainingly restores to life the stoic Roman who inspired George Washington, Patrick Henry and Nathan Hale. This is more than a biography: it is a study of how a reputation lasted through the centuries from the end of one republic to the start of another."―David Frum, DailyBeast columnist, former White House speech writer, and New York Times bestselling author of The Right Man...more

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• Fireship WMD: "Intrepid Sailors: 3 of 3: The Legacy of Preble's Boys and the Tripoli Campaign" by Chipp Reid.

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  Aug 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Burning of USS Philadelphia ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Fireship WMD: "Intrepid Sailors: 3 of 3: The Legacy of Preble's Boys and the Tripoli Campaign" by Chipp Reid. "Named a "Notable Naval Book of 2012" by Proceedings Magazine Intrepid Sailors tells one of the greatest sea stories in the history of the U.S. Navy. Under Commodore Edward Preble, the Navy came of age fighting the scourge of the time, the infamous Barbary Pirates. Intrepid Sailors tells the story of the Navy’s campaign to subdue the pirate leader of Tripoli, who declared war on the United States in 1801. After two failed campaigns, Preble took command of the U.S. squadron in the Mediterranean and served notice to world the U.S. Navy would be a force with which to reckon. "Among the ships in Preble’s flotilla was a non-descript little ketch. Once a French supply boat, the ketch served Tripoli until the U.S. squadron captured her in 1803. Upon her capture, Preble incorporated the little boat into his force, re-naming her the Intrepid. She was the first ship in the United States Navy to bear the name of Intrepid and would play a central role in some of the primary feats of “Preble’s Boys.” "The exploits of the officers and sailors in this campaign are the stuff of legend. In culling myth from fact, Reid went back to original sources, using the words of the men in the campaign to tell their story. Whether it is Decatur leading the daring raid to burn the captured frigate Philadelphia or the escape attempts of American prisoners in Tripoli, Intrepid Sailors brings to life a story many Americans once widely knew but that today has become little more than footnote. "Unlike other books on the topic, however, Intrepid Sailors delves into the development of officers and sailors under Preble. Most were half the age of their commander and few had major combat experience. Under Preble, these men forged a legacy of professionalism to which the Navy still adheres. The book also examines one of the most famous friendships in American and Navy history – that of Decatur and Somers. Their thirst for glory and utter devotion to making the U.S. Navy a permanent, respected force inspired all around them but that quest for immortality never caused a breach in their friendship. Instead, that friendship grew stronger, providing even more inspiration. Intrepid Sailors offers a rare insight into the lives of men who today loom larger-than-life and who continue to inspire each new class of naval officer. Stephen Decatur, Richard Somers, Charles Stewart, James Lawrence, Edward Preble and a pantheon of early U.S. Navy heroes all come to life...." https://www.amazon.com/Intrepid-Sailors-Prebles-Tripoli-Campaign/dp/1612511171?ie=UTF8&qid=1468112681&ref=laB00A014H8011&s=books&sr=1-1...more

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• The Bashaw of Tripoli is a devil: "Intrepid Sailors: 2 of 3: The Legacy of Preble's Boys and the Tripoli Campaign" by Chipp Reid.

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  Aug 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Ken Kesey, the Pranksters, and FurtherImage from Huckmagazine.com) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Bashaw of Tripoli is a devil: "Intrepid Sailors: 2 of 3: The Legacy of Preble's Boys and the Tripoli Campaign" by Chipp Reid. "Named a "Notable Naval Book of 2012" by Proceedings Magazine Intrepid Sailors tells one of the greatest sea stories in the history of the U.S. Navy. Under Commodore Edward Preble, the Navy came of age fighting the scourge of the time, the infamous Barbary Pirates. Intrepid Sailors tells the story of the Navy’s campaign to subdue the pirate leader of Tripoli, who declared war on the United States in 1801. After two failed campaigns, Preble took command of the U.S. squadron in the Mediterranean and served notice to world the U.S. Navy would be a force with which to reckon. "Among the ships in Preble’s flotilla was a non-descript little ketch. Once a French supply boat, the ketch served Tripoli until the U.S. squadron captured her in 1803. Upon her capture, Preble incorporated the little boat into his force, re-naming her the Intrepid. She was the first ship in the United States Navy to bear the name of Intrepid and would play a central role in some of the primary feats of “Preble’s Boys.” "The exploits of the officers and sailors in this campaign are the stuff of legend. In culling myth from fact, Reid went back to original sources, using the words of the men in the campaign to tell their story. Whether it is Decatur leading the daring raid to burn the captured frigate Philadelphia or the escape attempts of American prisoners in Tripoli, Intrepid Sailors brings to life a story many Americans once widely knew but that today has become little more than footnote. "Unlike other books on the topic, however, Intrepid Sailors delves into the development of officers and sailors under Preble. Most were half the age of their commander and few had major combat experience. Under Preble, these men forged a legacy of professionalism to which the Navy still adheres. The book also examines one of the most famous friendships in American and Navy history – that of Decatur and Somers. Their thirst for glory and utter devotion to making the U.S. Navy a permanent, respected force inspired all around them but that quest for immortality never caused a breach in their friendship. Instead, that friendship grew stronger, providing even more inspiration. Intrepid Sailors offers a rare insight into the lives of men who today loom larger-than-life and who continue to inspire each new class of naval officer. Stephen Decatur, Richard Somers, Charles Stewart, James Lawrence, Edward Preble and a pantheon of early U.S. Navy heroes all come to life…." https://www.amazon.com/Intrepid-Sailors-Prebles-Tripoli-Campaign/dp/1612511171?ie=UTF8&qid=1468112681&ref=laB00A014H8011&s=books&sr=1-1...more

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• Mr. Jefferson's War: "Intrepid Sailors: 1 of 3: The Legacy of Preble's Boys and the Tripoli Campaign" by Chipp Reid.

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  Aug 06 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The Philadelphia aground off Tripoli, in October 1803 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Mr. Jefferson's War: "Intrepid Sailors: 1 of 3: The Legacy of Preble's Boys and the Tripoli Campaign" by Chipp Reid. "Named a "Notable Naval Book of 2012" by Proceedings Magazine Intrepid Sailors tells one of the greatest sea stories in the history of the U.S. Navy. Under Commodore Edward Preble, the Navy came of age fighting the scourge of the time, the infamous Barbary Pirates. Intrepid Sailors tells the story of the Navy’s campaign to subdue the pirate leader of Tripoli, who declared war on the United States in 1801. After two failed campaigns, Preble took command of the U.S. squadron in the Mediterranean and served notice to world the U.S. Navy would be a force with which to reckon. "Among the ships in Preble’s flotilla was a non-descript little ketch. Once a French supply boat, the ketch served Tripoli until the U.S. squadron captured her in 1803. Upon her capture, Preble incorporated the little boat into his force, re-naming her the Intrepid. She was the first ship in the United States Navy to bear the name of Intrepid and would play a central role in some of the primary feats of “Preble’s Boys.” "The exploits of the officers and sailors in this campaign are the stuff of legend. In culling myth from fact, Reid went back to original sources, using the words of the men in the campaign to tell their story. Whether it is Decatur leading the daring raid to burn the captured frigate Philadelphia or the escape attempts of American prisoners in Tripoli, Intrepid Sailors brings to life a story many Americans once widely knew but that today has become little more than footnote. "Unlike other books on the topic, however, Intrepid Sailors delves into the development of officers and sailors under Preble. Most were half the age of their commander and few had major combat experience. Under Preble, these men forged a legacy of professionalism to which the Navy still adheres. The book also examines one of the most famous friendships in American and Navy history – that of Decatur and Somers. Their thirst for glory and utter devotion to making the U.S. Navy a permanent, respected force inspired all around them but that quest for immortality never caused a breach in their friendship. Instead, that friendship grew stronger, providing even more inspiration. Intrepid Sailors offers a rare insight into the lives of men who today loom larger-than-life and who continue to inspire each new class of naval officer. Stephen Decatur, Richard Somers, Charles Stewart, James Lawrence, Edward Preble and a pantheon of early U.S. Navy heroes all come to life...." https://www.amazon.com/Intrepid-Sailors-Prebles-Tripoli-Campaign/dp/1612511171?ie=UTF8&qid=1468112681&ref=laB00A014H8011&s=books&sr=1-1...more

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• Putin and the Oligarchs: "Putin's Kleptocracy: 3 of 3: Who Owns Russia?" by Karen Dawisha. @Dawisha.

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  Aug 05 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Putin and  the Oligarchs: "Putin's Kleptocracy: 3 of 3: Who Owns Russia?" by Karen Dawisha. @Dawisha. “[Dawisha] makes extensive use of the work of others, both fellow political scientists as well as journalists working across the US and Europe. . . . the resulting work has a certain admirable relentlessness. For by tying all of these disparate investigations together so thoroughly, so pedantically, and with so many extended footnotes—and by tracking down Western copies of documents that vanished from Russia long ago—the extent of what has always been a murky story suddenly becomes more clear. . . . [Dawisha] turns a relentless focus on the financial story of Putin’s rise to power: page after page contains the gritty details of criminal operation after criminal operation, including names, dates, and figures. Many of these details had never been put together before.” (Anne Applebaum New York Review of Books) “A who’s who of the people on the sanctions lists drawn up by America and the EU. It is also a guide to the crony capitalism that grew out of the nexus of Mr. Putin’s plutocratic interests, his shady past and authoritarian rule.” (The Economist) “Putin’s Kleptocracy should be on the reading list of anyone who wishes to understand the true nature of Putin’s regime, which, as Dawisha correctly states, is ‘committed to a life of looting without parallel.’” (Washington Free Beacon) “A rich and exhaustive account of Putin and his regime . . . Among Dawisha’s many contributions to our understanding of post-Soviet politics, this book may be the most significant, as the author combines an analysis of such politics and a biography of Russian president Vladimir Putin in unrivaled detail. . . . The notes in this volume represent one of the finest and most imaginative uses of published source materials that this reviewer has ever seen in a book on post-Soviet politics.” (Library Journal (starred review)) http://www.amazon.com/Putins-Kleptocracy-Who-Owns-Russia/dp/1476795207/ref=laB001H6QEOW1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1462146029&sr=1-1...more

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• Putin solves the Yeltsins: "Putin's Kleptocracy: 2 of 3: Who Owns Russia?" by Karen Dawisha. @Dawisha.

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  Aug 05 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Putin solves the Yeltsins: "Putin's Kleptocracy: 2 of 3: Who Owns Russia?" by Karen Dawisha. @Dawisha. “[Dawisha] makes extensive use of the work of others, both fellow political scientists as well as journalists working across the US and Europe. . . . the resulting work has a certain admirable relentlessness. For by tying all of these disparate investigations together so thoroughly, so pedantically, and with so many extended footnotes—and by tracking down Western copies of documents that vanished from Russia long ago—the extent of what has always been a murky story suddenly becomes more clear. . . . [Dawisha] turns a relentless focus on the financial story of Putin’s rise to power: page after page contains the gritty details of criminal operation after criminal operation, including names, dates, and figures. Many of these details had never been put together before.” (Anne Applebaum New York Review of Books) “A who’s who of the people on the sanctions lists drawn up by America and the EU. It is also a guide to the crony capitalism that grew out of the nexus of Mr. Putin’s plutocratic interests, his shady past and authoritarian rule.” (The Economist) “Putin’s Kleptocracy should be on the reading list of anyone who wishes to understand the true nature of Putin’s regime, which, as Dawisha correctly states, is ‘committed to a life of looting without parallel.’” (Washington Free Beacon) “A rich and exhaustive account of Putin and his regime . . . Among Dawisha’s many contributions to our understanding of post-Soviet politics, this book may be the most significant, as the author combines an analysis of such politics and a biography of Russian president Vladimir Putin in unrivaled detail. . . . The notes in this volume represent one of the finest and most imaginative uses of published source materials that this reviewer has ever seen in a book on post-Soviet politics.” (Library Journal (starred review)) http://www.amazon.com/Putins-Kleptocracy-Who-Owns-Russia/dp/1476795207/ref=laB001H6QEOW1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1462146029&sr=1-1...more

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• The invention of Tsar Putin: "Putin's Kleptocracy: 1 of 3: Who Owns Russia?" by Karen Dawisha. @Dawisha.

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  Aug 05 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The invention of Tsar Putin: "Putin's Kleptocracy: 1 of 3:  Who Owns Russia?" by Karen Dawisha. @Dawisha. “[Dawisha] makes extensive use of the work of others, both fellow political scientists as well as journalists working across the US and Europe. . . . the resulting work has a certain admirable relentlessness. For by tying all of these disparate investigations together so thoroughly, so pedantically, and with so many extended footnotes—and by tracking down Western copies of documents that vanished from Russia long ago—the extent of what has always been a murky story suddenly becomes more clear. . . . [Dawisha] turns a relentless focus on the financial story of Putin’s rise to power: page after page contains the gritty details of criminal operation after criminal operation, including names, dates, and figures. Many of these details had never been put together before.” (Anne Applebaum New York Review of Books) “A who’s who of the people on the sanctions lists drawn up by America and the EU. It is also a guide to the crony capitalism that grew out of the nexus of Mr. Putin’s plutocratic interests, his shady past and authoritarian rule.” (The Economist) “Putin’s Kleptocracy should be on the reading list of anyone who wishes to understand the true nature of Putin’s regime, which, as Dawisha correctly states, is ‘committed to a life of looting without parallel.’” (Washington Free Beacon) “A rich and exhaustive account of Putin and his regime . . . Among Dawisha’s many contributions to our understanding of post-Soviet politics, this book may be the most significant, as the author combines an analysis of such politics and a biography of Russian president Vladimir Putin in unrivaled detail. . . . The notes in this volume represent one of the finest and most imaginative uses of published source materials that this reviewer has ever seen in a book on post-Soviet politics.” (Library Journal (starred review)) http://www.amazon.com/Putins-Kleptocracy-Who-Owns-Russia/dp/1476795207/ref=laB001H6QEOW1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1462146029&sr=1-1...more

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• London's burning revenge: "1812: Part 3 of 3: The Navy's War" by George C. Daughan

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow London's burning revenge: "1812: Part 3 of 3: The Navy's War" by George C. Daughan When war broke out between Britain and the United States in 1812, America's prospects looked dismal. British naval aggression made it clear that the ocean would be the war's primary battlefield-but America's navy, only twenty ships strong, faced a practiced British fleet of more than a thousand men-of-war. Still, through a combination of nautical deftness and sheer bravado, a handful of heroic captains and their stalwart crews managed to turn the tide of the war, besting the haughty skippers of the mighty Royal Navy and cementing America's newly won independence. In 1812: The Navy's War, award-winning naval historian George C. Daughan draws on a wealth of archival research to tell the amazing story of this tiny, battletested team of Americans and their improbable yet pivotal victories. Daughan thrillingly details the pitched naval battles that shaped the war, and shows how these clashes proved the navy's vital role in preserving the nation's interests and independence. A stunning contribution to military and national history, 1812: The Navy's War is the first complete account in more than a century of how the U.S. Navy rescued the fledgling nation and secured America's future....more

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• Madison and Bonaparte against London and Moscow: "1812: Part 2 of 3: The Navy's War" by George C. Daughan

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: Rare separately issued map of the Great Lakes, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio and contiguous parts of the Canada and the Northeast. The map shows the primary area of conflict during the opening stages of the War of 1812 including many forts along the Canadian/US border except Fort York. Includes Fort Washington (Cincinnati), Fort Dearborn (Chicago), Sandwich (Windsor, Ontario), N. Amsterdam (Buffalo), Fort Malden (Amherstberg) and other early NE settlements., ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Madison and Bonaparte against London and Moscow: "1812: Part 2 of 3: The Navy's War" by George C. Daughan When war broke out between Britain and the United States in 1812, America's prospects looked dismal. British naval aggression made it clear that the ocean would be the war's primary battlefield-but America's navy, only twenty ships strong, faced a practiced British fleet of more than a thousand men-of-war. Still, through a combination of nautical deftness and sheer bravado, a handful of heroic captains and their stalwart crews managed to turn the tide of the war, besting the haughty skippers of the mighty Royal Navy and cementing America's newly won independence. In 1812: The Navy's War, award-winning naval historian George C. Daughan draws on a wealth of archival research to tell the amazing story of this tiny, battletested team of Americans and their improbable yet pivotal victories. Daughan thrillingly details the pitched naval battles that shaped the war, and shows how these clashes proved the navy's vital role in preserving the nation's interests and independence. A stunning contribution to military and national history, 1812: The Navy's War is the first complete account in more than a century of how the U.S. Navy rescued the fledgling nation and secured America's future....more

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• Defeating the greatest fleet in the world: "1812: Part 1 of 3: The Navy's War" by George C. Daughan

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  Aug 05 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Anton Otto Fischer (1882–1962) - U.S. Naval Historical Center. Record number NH 85542-KN. Painting depicting the boats of USS Constitution towing her in a calm, while she was being pursued by a squadron of British warships, 18 July 1812.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Defeating the greatest fleet in the world: "1812: Part 1 of 3: The Navy's War" by George C. Daughan When war broke out between Britain and the United States in 1812, America's prospects looked dismal. British naval aggression made it clear that the ocean would be the war's primary battlefield-but America's navy, only twenty ships strong, faced a practiced British fleet of more than a thousand men-of-war. Still, through a combination of nautical deftness and sheer bravado, a handful of heroic captains and their stalwart crews managed to turn the tide of the war, besting the haughty skippers of the mighty Royal Navy and cementing America's newly won independence. In 1812: The Navy's War, award-winning naval historian George C. Daughan draws on a wealth of archival research to tell the amazing story of this tiny, battletested team of Americans and their improbable yet pivotal victories. Daughan thrillingly details the pitched naval battles that shaped the war, and shows how these clashes proved the navy's vital role in preserving the nation's interests and independence. A stunning contribution to military and national history, 1812: The Navy's War is the first complete account in more than a century of how the U.S. Navy rescued the fledgling nation and secured America's future....more

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• The Kim Regime's uranium bomb: "The Last Days of Kim Jong-il: 3 of 3: The North Korean Threat in a Changing Era" by Bruce E. Bechtol Jr.

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  Aug 05 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: The Kim Regime's uranium bomb: "The Last Days of Kim Jong-il: 3 of 3: The North Korean Threat in a Changing Era" by Bruce E. Bechtol Jr.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules The Kim Regime's uranium bomb: "The Last Days of Kim Jong-il: 3 of 3: The North Korean Threat in a Changing Era" by Bruce E. Bechtol Jr. https://www.amazon.com/Last-Days-Kim-Jong-Changing/dp/1612346111/ref=sr13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1523320955&sr=1-3 North Korea has remained a thorn in the side of the United States ever since its creation in the aftermath of the Korean conflict of 1950–1953. Crafting a foreign policy that effectively deals with North Korea, while still ensuring stability and security on the Korean Peninsula—and in Northeast Asia as a whole—has proved very challenging for successive American administrations. In the wake of ruler Kim Jong-il’s death in December 2011, analysts and policymakers continue to speculate about the effect his last years as leader will have on the future of North Korea. Bruce Bechtol, Jr. contends that Kim Jong-il’s regime (1994–2011) exacerbated the threats that North Korea posed, and still poses, to the world. Bechtol explains how North Korea presents important challenges on five key fronts: its evolving conventional military threat, its strategy in the Northern Limit Line (NLL) area, its nuclear capabilities, its support for terrorism, and its handling of the succession process. Bechtol’s analysis clears up the persistent mystery of how Kim Jong-il’s dysfunctional government in its final years was able to persist in power while both presenting a grave danger to its neighbors and setting the stage for the current government. This work addresses issues important for policymakers and academics who must deal with those in power in North Korea. Twitter: @BatchelorShow...more

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• North Korea's Terror Incorporated: "The Last Days of Kim Jong-il: 2 of 3: The North Korean Threat in a Changing Era" by Bruce E. Bechtol Jr.

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow North Korea's Terror Incorporated: "The Last Days of Kim Jong-il: 2 of 3: The North Korean Threat in a Changing Era" by Bruce E. Bechtol Jr. https://www.amazon.com/Last-Days-Kim-Jong-Changing/dp/1612346111/ref=sr13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1523320955&sr=1-3 North Korea has remained a thorn in the side of the United States ever since its creation in the aftermath of the Korean conflict of 1950–1953. Crafting a foreign policy that effectively deals with North Korea, while still ensuring stability and security on the Korean Peninsula—and in Northeast Asia as a whole—has proved very challenging for successive American administrations. In the wake of ruler Kim Jong-il’s death in December 2011, analysts and policymakers continue to speculate about the effect his last years as leader will have on the future of North Korea. Bruce Bechtol, Jr. contends that Kim Jong-il’s regime (1994–2011) exacerbated the threats that North Korea posed, and still poses, to the world. Bechtol explains how North Korea presents important challenges on five key fronts: its evolving conventional military threat, its strategy in the Northern Limit Line (NLL) area, its nuclear capabilities, its support for terrorism, and its handling of the succession process. Bechtol’s analysis clears up the persistent mystery of how Kim Jong-il’s dysfunctional government in its final years was able to persist in power while both presenting a grave danger to its neighbors and setting the stage for the current government. This work addresses issues important for policymakers and academics who must deal with those in power in North Korea....more

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

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  Aug 05 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Imperial family of Korea, tasting Japanese cuisine at Deoksugung on Jan 20, 1918. From left to right, Crown Prince Uimin, Sunjong of the Korean Empire, Gojong of the Korean Empire, Empress Sunjeong, Princess Deokhye of Korea. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The royal court of North Korea: "The Last Days of Kim Jong-il: 1 of 3: The North Korean Threat in a Changing Era" by Bruce E. Bechtol Jr. https://www.amazon.com/Last-Days-Kim-Jong-Changing/dp/1612346111/ref=sr13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1523320955&sr=1-3 North Korea has remained a thorn in the side of the United States ever since its creation in the aftermath of the Korean conflict of 1950–1953. Crafting a foreign policy that effectively deals with North Korea, while still ensuring stability and security on the Korean Peninsula—and in Northeast Asia as a whole—has proved very challenging for successive American administrations. In the wake of ruler Kim Jong-il’s death in December 2011, analysts and policymakers continue to speculate about the effect his last years as leader will have on the future of North Korea. Bruce Bechtol, Jr. contends that Kim Jong-il’s regime (1994–2011) exacerbated the threats that North Korea posed, and still poses, to the world. Bechtol explains how North Korea presents important challenges on five key fronts: its evolving conventional military threat, its strategy in the Northern Limit Line (NLL) area, its nuclear capabilities, its support for terrorism, and its handling of the succession process. Bechtol’s analysis clears up the persistent mystery of how Kim Jong-il’s dysfunctional government in its final years was able to persist in power while both presenting a grave danger to its neighbors and setting the stage for the current government. This work addresses issues important for policymakers and academics who must deal with those in power in North Korea....more

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• CSI Tut: "Tutankhamen: The Search for an Egyptian King" by Joyce Tyldesley (Author)

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  Aug 05 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow CSI Tut: "Tutankhamen: The Search for an Egyptian King" by Joyce Tyldesley (Author) https://audioboom.com/posts/6958314-sherlock-holmes-and-the-bones-of-egyptian-kingship-tutankhamen-the-search-for-an-egyptian-king-by-joyce-tyldesley-author

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• Sherlock Holmes and the bones of Egyptian kingship: "Tutankhamen: The Search for an Egyptian King" by Joyce Tyldesley (Author)

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: Location of the valley in the Theban Hills, west of the Nile, October 1988 (red arrow shows location)) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Sherlock Holmes and the bones of Egyptian kingship: "Tutankhamen: The Search for an Egyptian King" by Joyce Tyldesley (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Tutankhamen-Search-Egyptian-Joyce-Tyldesley/dp/0465020208

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• The storied U.S.S. Utah in the fight at Pearl Harbor: "Uncommon Warriors: 200 Years of the Most Unusual American Naval Vessels" by Ken W Sayers.

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: In early December 1941, Utah was moored off Ford Island in berth F-11, after having completed another round of anti-aircraft gunnery training. Shortly before 08:00 on the morning of 7 December, some crewmen aboard Utah observed the first Japanese planes approaching to attack Pearl Harbor, but they assumed they were American aircraft. The Japanese began their attack shortly thereafter, the first bombs falling near a seaplane ramp on the southern tip of Ford Island. At the same time eighteen Nakajima B5N torpedo bombers from the Japanese aircraft carriers Soryu and Hiryu flew over Pearl City approaching the west side of Ford Island. The torpedo bombers were looking for American aircraft carriers, which usually anchored where Utah was moored that morning. The flight leaders identified Utah and rejected her as a target, deciding instead to attack 1010 Dock. However six of the B5Ns from Soryu led by Lieutenant Nakajima Tatsumi broke off to attack Utah, not recognizing that the shapes over the barbettes were not turrets, but boxes covering empty holes. Six torpedoes were launched against Utah, two of them struck the battleship while another missed and hit the cruiser Raleigh.[6]) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The storied U.S.S. Utah in the fight  at Pearl Harbor: "Uncommon Warriors: 200 Years of the Most Unusual American Naval Vessels" by Ken W Sayers. https://www.amazon.com/Uncommon-Warriors-Unusual-American-Vessels/dp/1591147603/ref=laB001K8O8X61_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524888465&sr=1-1...more

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• The side-wheeling flattops of Lake Michigan vs the Imperial Japanese Navy: "Uncommon Warriors: 200 Years of the Most Unusual American Naval Vessels" by Ken W Sayers.

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  AUTHOR. (Photo:Summary Training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine (IX-64) underway in Chicago harbor, 22 August 1942. www.navsource.org ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The side-wheeling flattops of Lake Michigan vs the Imperial Japanese Navy: "Uncommon Warriors: 200 Years of the Most Unusual American Naval Vessels" by Ken W Sayers. https://www.amazon.com/Uncommon-Warriors-Unusual-American-Vessels/dp/1591147603/ref=laB001K8O8X61_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1524888465&sr=1-1...more

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• Why Johnny Can't Multiply: "The Math Myth: 2 of 2: And Other STEM Delusions by Andrew Hacker

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  Aug 04 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Why Johnny Can't Multiply: "The Math Myth: 2 of 2: And Other STEM Delusions by Andrew Hacker Andrew Hacker's 2012 New York Times op-ed questioning the requirement of advanced mathematics in our schools instantly became one of the paper's most widely circulated articles. Why, he wondered, do we inflict a full menu of mathematics―algebra, geometry, trigonometry, even calculus―on all young Americans, regardless of their interests or aptitudes? The Math Myth expands Hacker's scrutiny of many widely held assumptions, like the notions that mathematics broadens our minds, that mastery of azimuths and asymptotes will be needed for most jobs, that the entire Common Core syllabus should be required of every student. He worries that a frenzied emphasis on STEM is diverting attention from other pursuits and subverting the spirit of the country. In fact, Hacker honors mathematics as a calling (he has been a professor of mathematics) and extols its glories and its goals. Yet he shows how mandating it for everyone prevents other talents from being developed and acts as an irrational barrier to graduation and careers. He proposes alternatives, including teaching facility with figures, quantitative reasoning, and understanding statistics. The Math Myth is sure to spark a heated and needed national conversation not just about mathematics but about the kind of people and society we want to be....more

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• Why Johnny Can't Multiply: "The Math Myth: 1 of 2: And Other STEM Delusions by Andrew Hacker

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  Aug 04 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Why Johnny Can't Multiply: "The Math Myth: 1 of 2:  And Other STEM Delusions by Andrew Hacker Andrew Hacker's 2012 New York Times op-ed questioning the requirement of advanced mathematics in our schools instantly became one of the paper's most widely circulated articles. Why, he wondered, do we inflict a full menu of mathematics―algebra, geometry, trigonometry, even calculus―on all young Americans, regardless of their interests or aptitudes? The Math Myth expands Hacker's scrutiny of many widely held assumptions, like the notions that mathematics broadens our minds, that mastery of azimuths and asymptotes will be needed for most jobs, that the entire Common Core syllabus should be required of every student. He worries that a frenzied emphasis on STEM is diverting attention from other pursuits and subverting the spirit of the country. In fact, Hacker honors mathematics as a calling (he has been a professor of mathematics) and extols its glories and its goals. Yet he shows how mandating it for everyone prevents other talents from being developed and acts as an irrational barrier to graduation and careers. He proposes alternatives, including teaching facility with figures, quantitative reasoning, and understanding statistics. The Math Myth is sure to spark a heated and needed national conversation not just about mathematics but about the kind of people and society we want to be....more

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• The mysteries of dwarfism and eternal youth. Nichloas Wade.

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  Aug 04 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The mysteries of dwarfism and eternal youth. Nichloas Wade. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/17/science/17longevity.html?rref=collection%2Fbyline%2Fnicholas-wade&action=click&contentCollection=undefined®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=search&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection

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• Proto fake news: "Axis Sally: 1 of 2: The American Voice of Nazi Germany" by Richard Lucas.

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Proto fake news: "Axis Sally: 1 of 2: The American Voice of Nazi Germany" by Richard Lucas. A “fascinating, well-researched account” of Mildred Gillars, the failed actress who turned on her country and became a Nazi propagandist during WWII (Publishers Weekly). One of the most notorious Americans of the twentieth century was a failed Broadway actress turned radio announcer named Mildred Gillars (1900–1988), better known to American GIs as “Axis Sally.” Despite the richness of her life story, there has never been a full-length biography of the ambitious, star-struck Ohio girl who evolved into a reviled disseminator of Nazi propaganda. At the outbreak of war in September 1939, Gillars had been living in Germany for five years. Hoping to marry, she chose to remain in the Nazi-run state even as the last Americans departed for home. In 1940, she was hired by the German overseas radio, where she evolved from a simple disc jockey and announcer to a master propagandist. Under the tutelage of her married lover, Max Otto Koischwitz, Gillars became the personification of Nazi propaganda to the American GI. Spicing her broadcasts with music, Gillars’s used her soothing voice to taunt Allied troops about the supposed infidelities of their wives and girlfriends back home, as well as the horrible deaths they were likely to meet on the battlefield. Supported by German military intelligence, she was able to convey personal greetings to individual US units, creating an eerie foreboding among troops who realized the Germans knew who and where they were. After broadcasting for Berlin up to the very end of the war, Gillars tried but failed to pose as a refugee, and was captured by US authorities. Her 1949 trial for treason captured the attention and raw emotion of a nation fresh from the horrors of the Second World War. Gillars’s twelve-year imprisonment and life on parole, including a stay in a convent, is a remarkable story of a woman who attempts to rebuild her life in the country she betrayed. https://www.amazon.com/Axis-Sally-American-Voice-Germany-ebook/dp/B00CE34UVG/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1503710100&sr=8-1&keywords=lucas+axis+sally...more

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• Prepping for the Borking of Kavanaugh: The Terror Courts: PART 3 of 3. Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay. by Jess Bravin

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Prepping for the Borking of Kavanaugh: The Terror Courts: PART 3 of 3. Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay. by Jess Bravin Soon after the September 11 attacks in 2001, the United States captured hundreds of suspected al-Qaeda terrorists in Afghanistan and around the world. By the following January the first of these prisoners arrived at the U.S. military’s prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where they were subject to President George W. Bush’s executive order authorizing their trial by military commissions. Jess Bravin, the Wall Street Journal’s Supreme Court correspondent, was there within days of the prison’s opening, and has continued ever since to cover the U.S. effort to create a parallel justice system for enemy aliens. A maze of legal, political, and moral issues has stood in the way of justice—issues often raised by military prosecutors who found themselves torn between duty to the chain of command and their commitment to fundamental American values. While much has been written about Guantanamo and brutal detention practices following 9/11, Bravin is the first to go inside the Pentagon’s prosecution team to expose the real-world legal consequences of those policies. Bravin describes cases undermined by inadmissible evidence obtained through torture, clashes between military lawyers and administration appointees, and political interference in criminal prosecutions that would be shocking within the traditional civilian and military justice systems. With the Obama administration planning to try the alleged 9/11 conspirators at Guantanamo—and vindicate the legal experiment the Bush administration could barely get off the ground—The Terror Courts could not be more timely....more

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• Prepping for the Borking of Kavanaugh: The Terror Courts: PART 2 of 3. Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay. by Jess Bravin

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Prepping for the Borking of Kavanaugh: The Terror Courts: PART 2 of 3. Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay. by Jess Bravin Soon after the September 11 attacks in 2001, the United States captured hundreds of suspected al-Qaeda terrorists in Afghanistan and around the world. By the following January the first of these prisoners arrived at the U.S. military’s prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where they were subject to President George W. Bush’s executive order authorizing their trial by military commissions. Jess Bravin, the Wall Street Journal’s Supreme Court correspondent, was there within days of the prison’s opening, and has continued ever since to cover the U.S. effort to create a parallel justice system for enemy aliens. A maze of legal, political, and moral issues has stood in the way of justice—issues often raised by military prosecutors who found themselves torn between duty to the chain of command and their commitment to fundamental American values. While much has been written about Guantanamo and brutal detention practices following 9/11, Bravin is the first to go inside the Pentagon’s prosecution team to expose the real-world legal consequences of those policies. Bravin describes cases undermined by inadmissible evidence obtained through torture, clashes between military lawyers and administration appointees, and political interference in criminal prosecutions that would be shocking within the traditional civilian and military justice systems. With the Obama administration planning to try the alleged 9/11 conspirators at Guantanamo—and vindicate the legal experiment the Bush administration could barely get off the ground—The Terror Courts could not be more timely....more

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• Prepping for the Borking of Kavanaugh: The Terror Courts: PART 1 of 3. Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay. by Jess Bravin

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Prepping for the Borking of Kavanaugh: The Terror Courts: PART 1 of 3. Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay. by Jess Bravin Soon after the September 11 attacks in 2001, the United States captured hundreds of suspected al-Qaeda terrorists in Afghanistan and around the world. By the following January the first of these prisoners arrived at the U.S. military’s prison camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where they were subject to President George W. Bush’s executive order authorizing their trial by military commissions. Jess Bravin, the Wall Street Journal’s Supreme Court correspondent, was there within days of the prison’s opening, and has continued ever since to cover the U.S. effort to create a parallel justice system for enemy aliens. A maze of legal, political, and moral issues has stood in the way of justice—issues often raised by military prosecutors who found themselves torn between duty to the chain of command and their commitment to fundamental American values. While much has been written about Guantanamo and brutal detention practices following 9/11, Bravin is the first to go inside the Pentagon’s prosecution team to expose the real-world legal consequences of those policies. Bravin describes cases undermined by inadmissible evidence obtained through torture, clashes between military lawyers and administration appointees, and political interference in criminal prosecutions that would be shocking within the traditional civilian and military justice systems. With the Obama administration planning to try the alleged 9/11 conspirators at Guantanamo—and vindicate the legal experiment the Bush administration could barely get off the ground—The Terror Courts could not be more timely....more

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• Poor and hungry: "The Great Migration to New York City." 3 of 3 @AnnieCorreal @NYT

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  Aug 04 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Poor and hungry: "The Great Migration to New York City." 3 of 3 @AnnieCorreal @NYT “…In Etta Mae’s day, the magic of Harlem reached the South through newspapers, relatives’ letters and the radio, and in the 1940s, another wave of Southern migrants moved to New York, drawn by Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington as much as by the promise of factory jobs. “New York was the place to be,” Ms. Barnes said. While Ike was in the Pacific, Etta Mae joined her sister Mildred and her husband, along with her brother Charles, in Harlem, and the sisters found jobs pressing drapes at a factory in the garment district. “They were pressers,” Ms. Barnes said. “That was kind of the going job at the time.” When the war was over, Ike and Etta Mae were reunited in New York. On weekends, they would go dancing — at small clubs and at the blocklong Savoy Ballroom on Lenox Avenue, where thousands of couples did the jitterbug. From the time she was little, Ms. Barnes would take the train every year to visit the Taylors. “I was a Southern girl; I used to go every summer with my grandmother,” she said. “When I would see them dressed up, it was exciting. Like these were some movie stars or something.” Of her two aunts, Ms. Barnes said, Etta Mae was the serious one. “Mae thought she was the boss. She always thought she was smarter than everybody else. She was always saying, ‘Sister, you shouldn’t do that; Sister, you should.’” But she loved to dance, Ms. Barnes said. “And she could sing, too.”…” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/nyregion/love-and-black-lives-in-pictures-found-on-a-brooklyn-street.html?_r=0...more

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• Poor and hungry: "The Great Migration to New York City." 2 of 3 @AnnieCorreal @NYT

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  Aug 04 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Poor and hungry: "The Great Migration to New York City." 2 of 3 @AnnieCorreal @NYT “…In Etta Mae’s day, the magic of Harlem reached the South through newspapers, relatives’ letters and the radio, and in the 1940s, another wave of Southern migrants moved to New York, drawn by Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington as much as by the promise of factory jobs. “New York was the place to be,” Ms. Barnes said. While Ike was in the Pacific, Etta Mae joined her sister Mildred and her husband, along with her brother Charles, in Harlem, and the sisters found jobs pressing drapes at a factory in the garment district. “They were pressers,” Ms. Barnes said. “That was kind of the going job at the time.” When the war was over, Ike and Etta Mae were reunited in New York. On weekends, they would go dancing — at small clubs and at the blocklong Savoy Ballroom on Lenox Avenue, where thousands of couples did the jitterbug. From the time she was little, Ms. Barnes would take the train every year to visit the Taylors. “I was a Southern girl; I used to go every summer with my grandmother,” she said. “When I would see them dressed up, it was exciting. Like these were some movie stars or something.” Of her two aunts, Ms. Barnes said, Etta Mae was the serious one. “Mae thought she was the boss. She always thought she was smarter than everybody else. She was always saying, ‘Sister, you shouldn’t do that; Sister, you should.’” But she loved to dance, Ms. Barnes said. “And she could sing, too.”…” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/nyregion/love-and-black-lives-in-pictures-found-on-a-brooklyn-street.html?_r=0...more

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• Poor and hungry: "The Great Migration to New York City." 1 of 3 @AnnieCorreal @NYT

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  Aug 04 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Poor and hungry: "The Great Migration to New York City."  1 of 3 @AnnieCorreal @NYT “…In Etta Mae’s day, the magic of Harlem reached the South through newspapers, relatives’ letters and the radio, and in the 1940s, another wave of Southern migrants moved to New York, drawn by Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington as much as by the promise of factory jobs. “New York was the place to be,” Ms. Barnes said. While Ike was in the Pacific, Etta Mae joined her sister Mildred and her husband, along with her brother Charles, in Harlem, and the sisters found jobs pressing drapes at a factory in the garment district. “They were pressers,” Ms. Barnes said. “That was kind of the going job at the time.” When the war was over, Ike and Etta Mae were reunited in New York. On weekends, they would go dancing — at small clubs and at the blocklong Savoy Ballroom on Lenox Avenue, where thousands of couples did the jitterbug. From the time she was little, Ms. Barnes would take the train every year to visit the Taylors. “I was a Southern girl; I used to go every summer with my grandmother,” she said. “When I would see them dressed up, it was exciting. Like these were some movie stars or something.” Of her two aunts, Ms. Barnes said, Etta Mae was the serious one. “Mae thought she was the boss. She always thought she was smarter than everybody else. She was always saying, ‘Sister, you shouldn’t do that; Sister, you should.’” But she loved to dance, Ms. Barnes said. “And she could sing, too.”…” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/27/nyregion/love-and-black-lives-in-pictures-found-on-a-brooklyn-street.html?_r=0...more

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: The Promise of the Great Silk Road for Eurasia depends upon the crossroads at Azerbaijan. Elshad Nassirov, SOCAR www.socar.az

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  Aug 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: The Burning Mountain (Yanar dag)[edit] Main article: Yanar dag The burning mountain is an unknown origin historical monument located in the Absheron Peninsula, near Baku, on the coast of the Caspian Sea, in the village of Mahammedi, occurred as a result of the released natural gas at the foot of the mountain.[6] Yanar dag in Azerbaijan The location is 27 km away from the city center of Baku, and about 2 km away from the village center, on the left side of the Mahammedi-Digah highway. The flame in this area has been resulted from the burning of natural gas flowing to the surface from the underground oil and gas storing layers through cracks that was caused by volcanic-tectonic movements and processes. Sometimes, the height of flame reaches 10–15 meters. By the Decree of the Azerbaijani President dated May 2, 2007, the territory of the "Burning Mountain" was declared to be state-cultural and nature preservation. The territory of this area is 64.55 hectares. This area includes the ‘’Gurd yuvasi’’, two cemeteries with age of thousand years and an ancient mosque, Gothursu fount, Ali Stone, Kardashi, Girmaki valley and Yanar dag.[7][8]) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: The Promise of the Great Silk Road for Eurasia depends upon the crossroads at Azerbaijan. Elshad Nassirov, SOCAR www.socar.az...more

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan. Seven hundred hectares at the center of the energy world at Sangechal. Tamam Bayatly, BP Azerbaijan

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  Aug 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Azərbaycanca: Səngəçal terminalı Русский: Сангачальский терминал по переработке и транспортировке нефти и газа в окрестностях Баку English: Sangachal Terminal, — located on the coast of the Caspian Sea 28 mil south of Baku, Azerbaijan Date 29 May 2018 Source https://ru.president.az/articles/28797 Author Official website the President of Azerbaijan Permission (Reusing this file)  here is following information in the official web-cite of the President of Azerbaijan: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan. Seven hundred hectares at the center of the energy world at Sangechal. Tamam Bayatly, BP Azerbaijan...more

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: Port of Baku is the Great Silk Road with a Free Trade Zone attached. Zaur Hasanov www.portofbaku.com

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  Aug 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Main Cargo Terminal ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: Port of Baku is the Great Silk Road with a Free Trade Zone attached. Zaur Hasanov www.portofbaku.com

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: Afghanistan talks, Iran talks, North Korea talks, and the Trump style. @SebGorka

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  Aug 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:File:Velayat 94 Military exercise 16 by Mbazri.jpg ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: Afghanistan talks, Iran talks, North Korea talks, and the Trump style. @SebGorka

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: Trump supports Azerbaijan's energy security pipelines from the CaspianSea to the Adriatic Sea. @Elin Suleymanov @SebGorka @FoxNews

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  Aug 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Energy security TANAP BP Oil International Ltd. in January 2009 published an assay of Azeri crude oil that is loaded for export at the Mediterranean Sea crude oil terminal at Ceyhan, Turkey. Initially, Azeri crude is produced from a cluster of discoveries in the Caspian Sea, known collectively as Azeri, Chirag, deepwater Gunashli (ACG) field and contains some condensate from Shah Deniz gas field and other third-party crude oil from the Caspian region, according to BP.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: Trump supports Azerbaijan's energy security pipelines from the CaspianSea to the Adriatic Sea. @Elin Suleymanov @SebGorka @FoxNews...more

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: Caspian energy, NATO security and Russian geopolitics.. Brenda Shaffer, Georgetown University @ElinSuleymanov

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  Aug 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:First oil fields in Bibiheybət in the outskirts of Baku ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: Caspian energy, NATO security and Russian geopolitics.. Brenda Shaffer, Georgetown University @ElinSuleymanov

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: Google entertains doing evil in China. @MaryKissel

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  Aug 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:.. GOOGLE BEIJING LOGO | by Cory M. Grenier ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: Google entertains doing evil in China. @MaryKissel https://www.wsj.com/articles/dont-be-naive-google-1533251733

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: US sanctions bite Europe as well as the Caspian Sea basin. Behnam ben Talablu @FDD @MaryKissel

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  Aug 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:File:Destruction of Azeri village on the border between Azerbaijan and Iran .jpg ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: US sanctions bite Europe as well as the Caspian Sea basin. Behnam ben Talablu @FDD @MaryKissel https://freebeacon.com/national-security/u-s-issues-new-warning-europe-end-business-iran-face-harsh-sanctions/

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: Pipeline politics and prosperity for the Caspian Sea Basin and Eurasia. @ElinSuleymanov

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  Aug 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Azərbaycanca: Səngəçal terminalı Русский: Сангачальский терминал. Вид на накопительные резервуары English: Sangachal Terminal, Azerbaijan Date 29 May 2018 Source https://ru.president.az/articles/28797 Author Official website the President of Azerbaijan Permission (Reusing this file)  here is following information in the official web-cite of the President of Azerbaijan: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: Pipeline politics and prosperity for the Caspian Sea Basin and Eurasia. @ElinSuleymanov...more

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• Happened here: "Women of the Gulag:2 of 2: Portraits of Five Remarkable Lives" (Hoover Institution Press Publication) by Paul R. Gregory (Author)

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  Aug 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (PhotoPolitical prisoners in Gulag eating lunch (on the left Lithuanian Pranas Ivanauskas) Date 1955 Source Europeana Author Rights: Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum Permission (Reusing this file)  Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)) Open in Media ViewerConfiguration Interior view of prisoners' house, 1936-1937 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Happened here: "Women of the Gulag:2 of 2: Portraits of Five Remarkable Lives" (Hoover Institution Press Publication) by Paul R. Gregory (Author)...more

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• Bigmanism is routine: "Dictator: 2 of 2: A novel (Ancient Rome Trilogy)" by Robert Harris.

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  Aug 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Detail Cesare Maccari (1840–1919) Blue pencil.svg wikidata:Q1056862 Cesare Maccari: Q3676392 Tytuł  Cicero Denounces Catiline Typ obiektu fresk Data 1889 Medium fresk Rozmiar Wysokość: 400 cm; Szerokość: 900 cm Obecnie w zbiorach Palazzo Madama) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Bigmanism is routine: "Dictator: 2 of 2: A novel (Ancient Rome Trilogy)" by Robert Harris. https://audioboom.com/posts/6956543-bigmanism-is-routine-dictator-1-of-2-a-novel-ancient-rome-trilogy-by-robert-harris...more

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• Bigmanism is routine: "Dictator: 1 of 2: A novel (Ancient Rome Trilogy)" by Robert Harris.

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  Aug 03 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Bigmanism is routine: "Dictator: 1 of 2: A novel (Ancient Rome Trilogy)" by Robert Harris. https://www.amazon.com/Dictator-Cicero-Trilogy-Robert-Harris-ebook/dp/B00T19UNMQ

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• Tragedy of the Russian Empire:The Romanovs: 6 of 6: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore.

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  Aug 02 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:With Prince Albert II of Monaco at the exhibition The Romanovs and the Grimaldis. Three ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tragedy of the Russian Empire:The Romanovs: 6 of 6: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore. https://www.amazon.com/Romanovs-1613-1918-Simon-Sebag-Montefiore/dp/0307280519 "Epic history on the grandest scale. . . . Game of Thrones seems like the proverbial vicar's tea party in comparison."—Financial Times...more

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• Tragedy of the Russian Empire:The Romanovs: 5 of 6: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore.

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  Aug 02 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Русский: Домашний иконостас царя Алексея Михайловича. Выставка "Романовы. Начало династии", приуроченная к 400-летию избрания на царство Михаила Федоровича Государственный Исторический музей, весна 2013 года. Дата 2013 Источник собственная работа Автор Shakko) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tragedy of the Russian Empire:The Romanovs: 5 of 6: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore. https://www.amazon.com/Romanovs-1613-1918-Simon-Sebag-Montefiore/dp/0307280519 "Epic history on the grandest scale. . . . Game of Thrones seems like the proverbial vicar's tea party in comparison."—Financial Times...more

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• Tragedy of the Russian Empire:The Romanovs: 4 of 6: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore.

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  Aug 02 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Nicholas II, Tatiana and Anastasia Hendrikova working on a kitchen garden at Alexander Palace in May 1917. The family was allowed no such indulgences at the Ipatiev House.[33] ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tragedy of the Russian Empire:The Romanovs: 4 of 6: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore. https://www.amazon.com/Romanovs-1613-1918-Simon-Sebag-Montefiore/dp/0307280519 "Epic history on the grandest scale. . . . Game of Thrones seems like the proverbial vicar's tea party in comparison."—Financial Times...more

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: The surprising tolerance of Ganja on the Silk Road.

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  Aug 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Shakh Abbas Mosque in Ganja, Azerbaijan. Picture taken by me in summer 2006. Date 30 August 2003 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: The surprising tolerance of Ganja on the Silk Road.

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: Drought-weapon against the farmland of Terter. Mayor Mustagim Mammadov. General Hikmat Hasanov, Azerbaijan Armed Forces. @balakishiyev

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  Aug 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Walnut jam; azerbaijani cuisine. Date 4 April 2010 Source Own work Author Fuad Malikov ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: Drought-weapon against the farmland of Terter. Mayor Mustagim Mammadov. General Hikmat Hasanov, Azerbaijan Armed Forces. @balakishiyev

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• Ostrich-leather wearing Paul Manafort and the unknown connection to Russiagate. @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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  Aug 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Ostrich) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Ostrich-leather wearing Paul Manafort and the unknown connection to Russiagate. @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: The tragedy of Nagorno-Karabakh and the prosperity of Azerbaijan. @ElinSuleymanov

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  Aug 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The Sarsang Reservoir in Karabakh Mountains ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: The tragedy of Nagorno-Karabakh and the prosperity of Azerbaijan. @ElinSuleymanov

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• Tragedy of the Russian Empire:The Romanovs: 3 of 6: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore.

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  Aug 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:A gathering of members of the Romanov family in 1892, at the summer military manoeuvres in Krasnoe Selo. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tragedy of the Russian Empire:The Romanovs: 3 of 6: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore. https://www.amazon.com/Romanovs-1613-1918-Simon-Sebag-Montefiore/dp/0307280519 "Epic history on the grandest scale. . . . Game of Thrones seems like the proverbial vicar's tea party in comparison."—Financial Times ...more

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• Tragedy of the Russian Empire:The Romanovs: 2 of 6: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore.

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  Aug 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Peter the Great ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tragedy of the Russian Empire:The Romanovs: 2 of 6: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore. https://www.amazon.com/Romanovs-1613-1918-Simon-Sebag-Montefiore/dp/0307280519 "Epic history on the grandest scale. . . . Game of Thrones seems like the proverbial vicar's tea party in comparison."—Financial Times

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• Tragedy of the Russian Empire:The Romanovs: 1 of 6: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore.

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  Aug 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:A crowd at the Ipatiev Monastery imploring Mikhail Romanov's mother to let him go to Moscow and become their tsar (Illumination from a book dated 1673). ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tragedy of the Russian Empire:The Romanovs: 1 of 6: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore. https://www.amazon.com/Romanovs-1613-1918-Simon-Sebag-Montefiore/dp/0307280519 "Epic history on the grandest scale. . . . Game of Thrones seems like the proverbial vicar's tea party in comparison."—Financial Times...more

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: Capital spending leads the parade of best case numbers for the US into 3Q and 4Q and the new year. @Larry_Kudlow

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  Aug 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: The Green Car Date 1910 Source http://qagoma.qld.gov.au/education/educationresources/pasteducationresources/AmericanImpressionismandRealismVirtualtour/cities Author William Glackens (1870–1938) Blue pencil.svg wikidata:Q1339934 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: Capital spending leads the parade of best case numbers for the US into 3Q and 4Q and the new year. @Larry_Kudlow...more

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: Spectacular and predicted 4.1% 2Q GDP brings sustainable momentum into 2019 & What is to be done? @LizPeek

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  Aug 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Grant Wood's American Gothic, 1930, has become a widely known (and often parodied) icon of social realism ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: Spectacular and predicted 4.1% 2Q GDP brings sustainable momentum into 2019 & What is to be done? @LizPeek Bottom line: There’s a reason a higher percentage of Americans are satisfied with the direction of the country than we have seen in the past 12 years. People are more confidant in their prospects and in the economy. When growth accelerates, as it did in the second quarter, nearly everyone participates. That is good news for workers, for the country and — yes — for the GOP as we approach the midterm elections. http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/399471-booming-economy-has-trump-taking-a-well-deserved-victory-lap...more

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: Democratic Socialism is another version of Soviet catastrophe. @LizPeek

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  Aug 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:File:Lenin attempt.jpg ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: Democratic Socialism is another version of Soviet catastrophe. @LizPeek

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• Zero Tariffs is the new new thing. @StephenMoore @Heritage

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  Aug 01 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: 47 (April 25 1900) The Ill-Fated sister 1900 Hawaii) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Zero Tariffs is the new new thing. @StephenMoore @Heritage https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/31/opinion/trump-reagan-trade-tariffs-china.html

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: The frozen conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh & What is to be done? @ElinSuleymanov @ThadMcCotter

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  Jul 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:On the Road to Azerbaijan: The frozen conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh & What is to be done? ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: The frozen conflict of Nagorno-Karabakh & What is to be done? @ElinSuleymanov @ThadMcCotter

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: The miraculous and profitable healing petroleum of Naftalan. @balakishiyev Dr. Dilbar Kazimova. Rovlana Heydarova.

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  Jul 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Baths Resort Naftalan) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: The miraculous and profitable healing petroleum of Naftalan. @balakishiyev Dr. Dilbar Kazimova. Rovlana Heydarova.

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: On the eve of the Paul Manafort trial: the criminalizing of an election. @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter

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  Jul 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Gate of Ganja, now in Gelati Monastery, Imereti, Georgia ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: On the eve of the Paul Manafort trial: the criminalizing of an election. @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: The freedom of Azerbaijan from Soviet and religious intolerance. @ElinSuleymanov @ThadMcCotter

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  Jul 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Baku, Azerbaijan ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: The freedom of Azerbaijan from Soviet and religious intolerance. @ElinSuleymanov @ThadMcCotter

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: Trade wars and Red China, What is to be done? @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast @AlanTonelson

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  Jul 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:日本語: 中国広東自由貿易試験区深圳前海蛇口片区 Date 4 March 2016, 10:43:03 Source Own work Author そらみみ ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: Trade wars and Red China, What is to be done? @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast @AlanTonelson

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: What does Red China want from the Central Asian and South Caucasus states? @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast@ThadMcCotter

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  Jul 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Kars–Tbilisi–Baku railway will directly connect the city with Turkey and Georgia.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: What does Red China want from the Central Asian and South Caucasus states? @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast@ThadMcCotter

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: Reporting from the geostrategically critical Ganja Corridor on the Silk Road to Europe. @ElinSuleymanov

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  Jul 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The siege of Ganja Fortress in 1804 during the Russo-Persian War (1804-1813) by the Russian forces under leadership of general Pavel Tsitsianov. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: Reporting from the geostrategically critical Ganja Corridor on the Silk Road to Europe. @ElinSuleymanov

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• On the Road to Azerbaijan: Taliban talks unlikely to solve the predatory ambitions of the Taliban and ISIS. @ThomasJoscelyn @FDD

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  Jul 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The Soviet intervention ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On the Road to Azerbaijan: Taliban talks unlikely to solve the predatory ambitions of the Taliban and ISIS. @ThomasJoscelyn @FDD

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• The Manafort ostrich and the Trump economy triumph. @MonicaCrowley

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  Jul 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Container ship New Orleans.jpg ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Manafort ostrich and the Trump economy triumph. @MonicaCrowley

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• SecState Pompeo gets in the game of One Belt, One Road competition for prosperity without Red China's claws. @JoshRogin @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jul 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:China in red, Members of the AIIB in orange, the six corridors in black.[1]  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow SecState Pompeo gets in the game of One Belt, One Road competition for prosperity without Red China's claws. @JoshRogin @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2018/07/30/the-trump-administration-offers-asia-an-alternative-to-chinese-investment/?utm_term=.bd9fb4c0b894 Trump administration offers Asia an alternative to Chinese investment By Josh Rogin July 30 at 12:11 PM The Trump administration is rolling out a plan to offer the countries of Asia another option besides accepting investment from China’s massive One Belt, One Road initiative. The nascent American plan is still tiny compared with what Beijing has to offer, but it could mark the beginning of an economic strategy to counter Beijing’s growing regional economic influence....more

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• ROK military surrendering to North Korea's million man army without mentioning it to Washington. Tara O, Corean-American Institute. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jul 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:JINHAE, Republic of Korea (Feb. 22, 2013) Midshipmen at the Republic of Korea (ROK) Naval Academy stand in formation at parade rest with ROK Navy ships and submarines behind them minutes before the commencement of their graduation ceremony. Rear Adm. Bill McQuilkin, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Korea was among many U.S. Naval officers in attendance who showed their support for the newly commissioned ROK Naval officers. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua B. Bruns/Released) 130222-N-TB410-221 Join the conversation www.facebook.com/USNavy www.twitter.com/USNavy navylive.dodlive.mil Date 26 February 2013, 08:51:57 Source Flickr: Midshipmen at the ROK Naval Academy graduation. Author Official Navy Page ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow ROK military surrendering to North Korea's million man army without mentioning it to Washington. Tara O, Corean-American Institute. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast...more

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• Red China's Xi shops for military bases in Africa & What is to be done? Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jul 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Current railways in Ethiopia: Addis Ababa–Djibouti Awash–Hara Gebeya–Mek'ele ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Red China's Xi shops for military bases in Africa & What is to be done? Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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• Red China's South China Sea annexations threaten Philippine aircraft & What is to be done? . James Holmes, @NabalWarCollege @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jul 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: China's maritime claim (red) and UNCLOS exclusive economic zones (blue) in the South China Sea Date 23 January 2014, 15:39:25 Source Own work Based on; South China Sea location map.svg by NordNordWest http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48951000/gif/48951920southchina-sea1_466.gif ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Red China's South China Sea annexations threaten Philippine aircraft & What is to be done? . James Holmes, @NabalWarCollege @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast...more

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• North Korea continues missile proliferation post Singapore & hat is to be done? Bruce Bechtol, author, "North Korean Military Proliferation in the Middle East and Africa: Enabling Violence and Instability" @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jul 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Pon'gae-5 - North Korea Victory Day-2013 01.jpg) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow North Korea continues missile proliferation post Singapore & hat is to be done? Bruce Bechtol, author, "North Korean Military Proliferation in the Middle East and Africa: Enabling Violence and Instability" @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-spy-agencies-north-korea-is-working-on-new-missiles/2018/07/30/b3542696-940d-11e8-a679-b09212fb69c2story.html?utmterm=.cf2af86e9123...more

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• NASA claims NASA paperwork retarding commercial space is not NASA paperwork & What is to be done. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Jul 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:NASA Ames Research Center APG1700.1 Chapter 27 Ames Research Center Procurement - NASA Appendix B: Activity Hazard Analysis Worksheet ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow NASA claims NASA paperwork retarding commercial space is not NASA paperwork & What is to be done. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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• First Horseman: "Spillover: 3 of 3: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen

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  Jul 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow First Horseman: "Spillover: 3 of 3: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen https://www.amazon.com/Spillover-Animal-Infections-Human-Pandemic/dp/0393346617/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1532911599&sr=1-1&keywords=spillover+quammen

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• First Horseman: "Spillover: 2 of 3: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen

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  Jul 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow First Horseman: "Spillover: 2 of 3: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen https://www.amazon.com/Spillover-Animal-Infections-Human-Pandemic/dp/0393346617/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1532911599&sr=1-1&keywords=spillover+quammen

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• First Horseman: "Spillover: 1 of 3: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen

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  Jul 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow First Horseman: "Spillover: 1 of 3: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen https://www.amazon.com/Spillover-Animal-Infections-Human-Pandemic/dp/0393346617/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1532911599&sr=1-1&keywords=spillover+quammen

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• Azerbaijan to commercial space and the stars. Rashad Nabiyev @AzercosmosOJSCo. #azerspace @AZEmbassyUS

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  Jul 31 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: File:Ariane 5 lifting off from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/scheduleshttps://www.azernews.az/business/135417.html Twitter: @BatchelorShow Azerbaijan to commercial space and the stars. Rashad Nabiyev @AzercosmosOJSCo. #azerspace @AZEmbassyUS https://www.azernews.az/business/135417.html

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• Is this globalism or nationalism?: "Internationalism: 2 of 2: Armed Diplomacy under Jefferson, Polk, Truman, and Reagan" by Henry R. Nau

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  Jul 30 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Is this globalism or nationalism?: "Internationalism: 2 of 2: Armed Diplomacy under Jefferson, Polk, Truman, and Reagan" by Henry R. Nau

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• Is this globalism or nationalism?: "Internationalism: 1 of 2: Armed Diplomacy under Jefferson, Polk, Truman, and Reagan" by Henry R. Nau

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  Jul 30 2018

  Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Is this globalism or nationalism?: "Internationalism: 1 of 2: Armed Diplomacy under Jefferson, Polk, Truman, and Reagan" by Henry R. Nau https://www.amazon.com/Conservative-Internationalism-Diplomacy-Jefferson-Truman/dp/0691168490/ref=sr14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1532913567&sr=1-4&keywords=henry+nau

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• After the end: "Year Zero: 2 of 2: A History of 1945" by Ian Buruma.

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  Jul 30 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow After the end: "Year Zero: 2 of 2: A History of 1945" by Ian Buruma. https://www.amazon.com/Year-Zero-History-Ian-Buruma/dp/0143125974/ref=sr14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1532914446&sr=1-4&keywords=ian+buruma

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• After the end: "Year Zero: 1 of 2: A History of 1945" by Ian Buruma.

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  Jul 30 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow After the end: "Year Zero: 1 of 2: A History of 1945" by Ian Buruma. https://www.amazon.com/Year-Zero-History-Ian-Buruma/dp/0143125974/ref=sr14?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1532914446&sr=1-4&keywords=ian+buruma

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• A century of predation and ruin: "German Wars: 2 of 2: A Concise History, 1859-1945 by Michael A. Palmer

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  Jul 30 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow A century of predation and ruin: "German Wars: 2 of 2: A Concise History, 1859-1945 by Michael A. Palmer https://www.amazon.com/German-Wars-Concise-History-1859-1945/dp/0760337802/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1532906336&sr=8-1&keywords=german+wars+palmer

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• A century of predation and ruin: "German Wars: 1 of 2: A Concise History, 1859-1945 by Michael A. Palmer

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  Jul 30 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow A century of predation and ruin: "German Wars: 1 of 2: A Concise History, 1859-1945 by Michael A. Palmer https://www.amazon.com/German-Wars-Concise-History-1859-1945/dp/0760337802/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1532906336&sr=8-1&keywords=german+wars+palmer

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• Why are we in Afghanistan?: "Outlaw Platoon: 2 of 2: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan" by Sean Parnell and John Bruning

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  Jul 30 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Why are we in Afghanistan?: "Outlaw Platoon: 2 of 2: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan" by Sean Parnell and John Bruning https://www.amazon.com/Outlaw-Platoon-Renegades-Brotherhood-Afghanistan/dp/0062066404/ref=sr1sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1532906573&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=outlaw+latoon+parnell

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• Why are we in Afghanistan?: "Outlaw Platoon: 1 of 2: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan" by Sean Parnell and John Bruning

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  Jul 30 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Why are we in Afghanistan?: "Outlaw Platoon: 1 of 2: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan" by Sean Parnell and John Bruning https://www.amazon.com/Outlaw-Platoon-Renegades-Brotherhood-Afghanistan/dp/0062066404/ref=sr1sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1532906573&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=outlaw+latoon+parnell

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• While America slept: "Hitlerland: 2 of 2: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power by Andrew Nagorski

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  Jul 30 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow While America slept: "Hitlerland: 2 of 2: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power by Andrew Nagorski https://www.amazon.com/Hitlerland-American-Eyewitnesses-Nazi-Power/dp/1439191018/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1532907004&sr=1-1&keywords=nagorski+hitlerland

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• While America slept: "Hitlerland: 1 of 2: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power by Andrew Nagorski

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  Jul 30 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow While America slept: "Hitlerland: 1 of 2: American Eyewitnesses to the Nazi Rise to Power by Andrew Nagorski https://www.amazon.com/Hitlerland-American-Eyewitnesses-Nazi-Power/dp/1439191018/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1532907004&sr=1-1&keywords=nagorski+hitlerland

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• "City on a hill:" "The Heathen School: 2 of 2: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic" by John Demos.

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  Jul 30 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "City on a hill:" "The Heathen School: 2 of 2: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic" by John Demos.  https://www.amazon.com/Heathen-School-Story-Betrayal-Republic/dp/B00IRFRSN2/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1532905828&sr=1-1&keywords=heathen+school "The astonishing story of a unique missionary project—and the America it embodied—from award-winning historian John Demos. Near the start of the nineteenth century, as the newly established United States looked outward toward the wider world, a group of eminent Protestant ministers formed a grand scheme for gathering the rest of mankind into the redemptive fold of Christianity and “civilization.” Its core element was a special school for “heathen youth” drawn from all parts of the earth, including the Pacific Islands, China, India, and, increasingly, the native nations of North America. If all went well, graduates would return to join similar projects in their respective homelands. For some years, the school prospered, indeed became quite famous. However, when two Cherokee students courted and married local women, public resolve—and fundamental ideals—were put to a severe test. In The Heathen School, John Demos marshals his deep empathy and feel for the textures of history to tell a moving story of families and communities—and to probe the very roots of American identity....more

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• "City on a hill:" "The Heathen School: 1 of 2: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic" by John Demos.

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  Jul 30 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "City on a hill:" "The Heathen School: 1 of 2: A Story of Hope and Betrayal in the Age of the Early Republic" by John Demos.  https://www.amazon.com/Heathen-School-Story-Betrayal-Republic/dp/B00IRFRSN2/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1532905828&sr=1-1&keywords=heathen+school "The astonishing story of a unique missionary project—and the America it embodied—from award-winning historian John Demos. Near the start of the nineteenth century, as the newly established United States looked outward toward the wider world, a group of eminent Protestant ministers formed a grand scheme for gathering the rest of mankind into the redemptive fold of Christianity and “civilization.” Its core element was a special school for “heathen youth” drawn from all parts of the earth, including the Pacific Islands, China, India, and, increasingly, the native nations of North America. If all went well, graduates would return to join similar projects in their respective homelands. For some years, the school prospered, indeed became quite famous. However, when two Cherokee students courted and married local women, public resolve—and fundamental ideals—were put to a severe test. In The Heathen School, John Demos marshals his deep empathy and feel for the textures of history to tell a moving story of families and communities—and to probe the very roots of American identity....more

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• More things in Heaven and Earth: 2 of 2: "Why Science Does Not Disprove God" by Amir Aczel.

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  Jul 30 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: NASA: Astronomers say that magnetic storms in the gas orbiting young stars may explain a mystery that has persisted since before 2006. Researchers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to study developing stars have had a hard time figuring out why the stars give off more infrared light than expected. The planet-forming disks that circle the young stars are heated by starlight and glow with infrared light, but Spitzer detected additional infrared light coming from an unknown source. .) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow More things in Heaven and Earth: 2 of 2: "Why Science Does Not Disprove God" by Amir Aczel. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IA68UCG/ref=dbsadefrwthschvapitaftp1i0 Starred Review In Aczel, Richard Dawkins and his fellow New Atheists face a formidable opponent. As a mathematician with a Berkeley-Harvard résumé, Aczel wields impressive intellectual weapons in demolishing the New Atheists’ claims that science has disproven the existence of God. With compelling reasoning, Aczel demonstrates that whenever Dawkins and his allies turn their attacks against anything but naively literal readings of the Bible, they distort or misrepresent the methods and findings of science. Darwinism has provided no godless explanation of how human consciousness emerged. The attempt to reduce the astounding fine-tuning of the big bang to quantum physics likewise leaves huge questions unanswered. Disproofs of God’s existence based on probability theory similarly fail under scrutiny. When the New Atheists buttress their flawed science by appealing to the authority of Einstein, Aczel catches them cherry-picking quotations, so hiding complexities in the great physicist’s metaphysical thinking. Those who truly grapple with modern science, Aczel finally avers, discover not a disproof of God but rather perplexing mysteries, such as the stunning vistas of infinity that the intensely religious theorist Georg Cantor glimpsed behind his revolutionary continuum hypothesis. Such mysteries may not signify the presence of the divine, but they will surely stir deep wonderings. --Bryce Christensen -...more

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• More things in Heaven and Earth: 1 of 2: "Why Science Does Not Disprove God" by Amir Aczel.

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  Jul 30 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Using 39 of the 66 antennas of the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), located 5000 metres up on the Chajnantor plateau in the Chilean Andes, astronomers have been able to detect carbon monoxide (CO) in the disc of debris around an F-type star. Although carbon monoxide is the second most common molecule in the interstellar medium, after molecular hydrogen, this is the first time that CO has been detected around a star of this type. The star, named HD 181327, is a member of the Beta Pictoris moving group, located almost 170 light-years from Earth. Until now, the presence of CO has been detected only around a few A-type stars, substantially more massive and luminous than HD 181327. Using the superb spatial resolution and sensitivity offered by the ALMA observatory astronomers were now able to capture this stunning ring of smoke and map the density of the CO within the disc. The study of debris discs is one way to characterize planetary systems and the results of planet formation. The CO gas is found to be co-located with the dust grains in the ring of debris and to have been produced recently. Destructive collisions of icy planetesimals in the disc are possible sources for the continuous replenishment of the CO gas. Collisions in debris discs typically require the icy bodies to be gravitationally perturbed by larger objects in order to reach sufficient collisional velocities. Moreover, the derived CO composition of the icy planetesimals in the disc is consistent with the comets in our Solar System. This possible secondary origin for the CO gas suggests that icy comets could be common around stars similar to our Sun which has strong implications for life suitability in terrestrial exoplanets. The results were published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society under the title “Exocometary gas in the HD 181327 debris ring” by S. Marino et al.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow More things in Heaven and Earth: 1 of 2: "Why Science Does Not Disprove God" by Amir Aczel. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IA68UCG/ref=dbsadefrwthschvapitaftp1i0 Starred Review In Aczel, Richard Dawkins and his fellow New Atheists face a formidable opponent. As a mathematician with a Berkeley-Harvard résumé, Aczel wields impressive intellectual weapons in demolishing the New Atheists’ claims that science has disproven the existence of God. With compelling reasoning, Aczel demonstrates that whenever Dawkins and his allies turn their attacks against anything but naively literal readings of the Bible, they distort or misrepresent the methods and findings of science. Darwinism has provided no godless explanation of how human consciousness emerged. The attempt to reduce the astounding fine-tuning of the big bang to quantum physics likewise leaves huge questions unanswered. Disproofs of God’s existence based on probability theory similarly fail under scrutiny. When the New Atheists buttress their flawed science by appealing to the authority of Einstein, Aczel catches them cherry-picking quotations, so hiding complexities in the great physicist’s metaphysical thinking. Those who truly grapple with modern science, Aczel finally avers, discover not a disproof of God but rather perplexing mysteries, such as the stunning vistas of infinity that the intensely religious theorist Georg Cantor glimpsed behind his revolutionary continuum hypothesis. Such mysteries may not signify the presence of the divine, but they will surely stir deep wonderings. --Bryce Christensen -...more

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• The briney white spots on the dwarf planet Ceres. David Grinspoon @DrFunkySpoon

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  Jul 29 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The briney white spots on the dwarf planet Ceres. David Grinspoon @DrFunkySpoon

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• Russia in Nicaragua & What is to be done? Mary O'Grady @WSJOpinion @MaryAnastasiaOG

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  Jul 29 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Russia in Nicaragua & What is to be done? Mary O'Grady @WSJOpinion @MaryAnastasiaOG

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• Russia in Cuba and Venezuela & What is to be done? Mary O'Grady @WSJOpinion @MaryAnastasiaOG

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  Jul 29 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Russia in Cuba and Venezuela & What is to be done? Mary O'Grady @WSJOpinion @MaryAnastasiaOG

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• Prepping for the Borking of Kavanaugh: the Nixon case. @RichardAEpsten @HooverInst

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  Jul 29 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Prepping for the Borking of Kavanaugh: the Nixon case. @RichardAEpsten @HooverInst

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• Prepping for the Borking of Kavanaugh: Terror Memos. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Jul 29 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Prepping for the Borking of Kavanaugh: Terror Memos. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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• Pacific Watch: Heat wave and an early fire season in CA. @JeffBliss1

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  Jul 29 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Pacific Watch: Heat wave and an early fire season in CA. @JeffBliss1

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• New American Civil War: 2 of 2: Red China overconfident Xi targets 2020. Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Jul 29 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow New American Civil War: 2 of 2: Red China overconfident Xi targets 2020. Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis

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• New American Civil War: 1 of 2: Red China overconfident Xi targets 2020. Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Jul 29 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow New American Civil War: 1 of 2:  Red China overconfident Xi targets 2020. Michael  Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis

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• Move or perish: "Restless Creatures: 4 of 4 The Story of Life in Ten Movements" by Matt Wilkinson

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  Jul 29 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Move or perish: "Restless Creatures: 4 of 4 The Story of Life in Ten Movements" by Matt Wilkinson https://www.amazon.com/Restless-Creatures-Story-Life-Movements/dp/0465065724/ref=mthardcover?encoding=UTF8&me=

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• Move or perish: "Restless Creatures: 3 of 4 The Story of Life in Ten Movements" by Matt Wilkinson

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  Jul 29 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Colca-condor-c03) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Move or perish: "Restless Creatures: 3 of 4 The Story of Life in Ten Movements" by Matt Wilkinson https://www.amazon.com/Restless-Creatures-Story-Life-Movements/dp/0465065724/ref=mthardcover?encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=

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• Drought in the Ummah under the Blood Red Moon. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

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  Jul 29 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Drought in the Ummah under the Blood Red Moon. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

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• Chasing liquid water and methane on Mars. David Grinspoon @DrFunkyspoon

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  Jul 29 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Chasing liquid water and methane on Mars. David Grinspoon @DrFunkyspoon

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• Assassination on the Blue Nile & What is to be done? Gregory Copley Defense & Foreign Affairs.

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  Jul 29 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Assassination on the Blue Nile & What is to be done? Gregory Copley Defense & Foreign Affairs.

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• Threat analysis for North Korea, Cyber, Iran, Syria. @SebGorka @FoxNews

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  Jul 28 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:North Korean Army officers and U.S. military representatives initial maps defining the future Demilitarized Zone or DMZ at Panmunjom, October 1951. (U.S. Air Force photo) ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Threat analysis for North Korea, Cyber, Iran, Syria. @SebGorka @FoxNews

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• Brennan "is a man who protests too much." @SebGorka

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  Jul 28 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Brennan "is a man who protests too much."  @SebGorka

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• The rosy scenario of the 2Q GDP jumping to 4.1% and the stormy weather in the 3Q. @McTagueJ @Barrons

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  Jul 28 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Stormy Weather | by tdlucas5000 Stormy Weather | by tdlucas5000) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The rosy scenario of the 2Q GDP jumping to 4.1% and the stormy weather in the 3Q. @McTagueJ @Barrons

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• The Celebrated Dusky Gopher Frog of the Supreme Court: 2 of 2: Tate Watkins @PERCTweets

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  Jul 28 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photogeographic distribution of Lithobates sevosus: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Celebrated Dusky Gopher Frog of the Supreme Court: 2 of 2: Tate Watkins @PERCTweets https://www.perc.org/2018/07/13/if-a-frog-had-wings-would-it-fly-to-louisiana/

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• The Celebrated Dusky Gopher Frog of the Supreme Court: 1 of 2: Tate Watkins @PERCTweets

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  Jul 28 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:  Dusky Gopher Frog-a.jpg More details The Dusky Gopher Frog, once known as the Mississippi Gopher Frog, has an average length of about three inches and a stocky body with colors on its back that range from black to brown or gray and is covered with dark spots and warts. In 2012, the frog was identified as one of the top 100 most endangered species in the world by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. In February 2013, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Forest Mississippi staff, researchers and volunteers discovered and documented six of the nearly extinct dusky gopher frogs at the De Soto National Forest pond in Mississippi. The success of the dusky gopher frog is part of the De Soto’s strategy to restore 13,400 acres of longleaf pine over nine years as part of USDA’s Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program. Western Carolina University photo by John A. Tupy. U.S. Department of Agriculture - Dusky Gopher Frog-a Public Domain File:Dusky Gopher Frog-a.jpg Created: 23 January 2010 About this interface | Discussion | Help) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Celebrated Dusky Gopher Frog of the Supreme Court: 1 of 2:  Tate Watkins @PERCTweets https://www.perc.org/2018/07/13/if-a-frog-had-wings-would-it-fly-to-louisiana/...more

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• Move or perish: "Restless Creatures: 3 of 4 The Story of Life in Ten Movements" by Matt Wilkinson

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  Jul 28 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Various examples of sea anemones (1893 print).) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Move or perish: "Restless Creatures: 3 of 4 The Story of Life in Ten Movements" by Matt Wilkinson https://www.amazon.com/Restless-Creatures-Story-Life-Movements/dp/0465065724/ref=mthardcover?encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=

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• When traveling was a romance: "The Invention of Nature: 4 of 4: Alexander von Humboldt's New World" by Andrea Wulf

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  Jul 28 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Humboldt's depiction of an Andean condor, an example of his detailed drawing ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow When traveling was a romance: "The Invention of Nature: 4 of 4: Alexander von Humboldt's New World" by Andrea Wulf  https://www.amazon.com/Invention-Nature-Alexander-Humboldts-World/dp/038535066X/ref=tmmhrdswatch0?encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Economist, Nature, Jezebel, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, New Scientist, The Independent, The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The Evening Standard, The Spectator Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. In North America, his name still graces four counties, thirteen towns, a river, parks, bays, lakes, and mountains. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether he was climbing the highest volcanoes in the world or racing through anthrax-infected Siberia or translating his research into bestselling publications that changed science and thinking. Among Humboldt’s most revolutionary ideas was a radical vision of nature, that it is a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use of humankind alone.  Now Andrea Wulf brings the man and his achievements back into focus: his daring expeditions and investigation of wild environments around the world and his discoveries of similarities between climate and vegetation zones on different continents. She also discusses his prediction of human-induced climate change, his remarkable ability to fashion poetic narrative out of scientific observation, and his relationships with iconic figures such as Simón Bolívar and Thomas Jefferson. Wulf examines how Humboldt’s writings inspired other naturalists and poets such as Darwin, Wordsworth, and Goethe, and she makes the compelling case that it was Humboldt’s influence that led John Muir to his ideas of natural preservation and that shaped Thoreau’s Walden. With this brilliantly researched and compellingly written book, Andrea Wulf shows the myriad fundamental ways in which Humboldt created our understanding of the natural world, and she champions a renewed interest in this vital and lost player in environmental history and science....more

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• On ehundred kilogram Jerusalem Western Wall stone falls suddenly near the prayer spaces. Malcolm Hoenlein

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  Jul 28 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow On ehundred kilogram Jerusalem Western Wall stone falls suddenly near the prayer spaces. Malcolm Hoenlein

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• Happy 60th birthday MASHAV. Ambassador Gil Haskell. Malcolm Hoenlein.

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  Jul 28 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Hanan Aynor and Prime Minister Golda Meir at the United Nations general assembly 1962 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Happy 60th birthday MASHAV. Ambassador Gil Haskell. Malcolm Hoenlein. Since joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1992, Ambassador Haskel has represented Israel in a variety of capacities, including, among others, Political Counselor & Spokesman, Embassy of Israel, Tokyo, Japan; Counselor, Head of the North East Asia Desk; Head of the NGO Liaison Unit; and Director of the Economic Affairs Department. In his last capacity, Ambassador Haskel served as Ambassador of the State of Israel to Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Seychelles & Permanent Representative to UNON, UNEP & UNHABITAT Articles: · http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/politics/2018/july/israel-marks-60th-anniversary-of-mashav-how-israeli-tech-is-helping-underdeveloped-nations From drip irrigation to the USB drive, Israeli technology is used around the world. The efforts to share those technological advances as well as humanitarian work with the world are due in part to MASHAV, Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation....more

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• Tehran threatens cyber attacks in answer to the August sanctions. Behnam ben Taleblu, @FDD

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  Jul 28 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tehran threatens cyber attacks in retaliation for the pending August sanctions. Behnam ben Taleblu, @FDD Malcolm Hoenlein Behnam Ben Taleblu is a Research Fellow where he focuses on Iranian security and political issues. Mr. Taleblu previously served as a Senior Iran Analyst at FDD. Prior to his time at FDD, Mr. Taleblu worked on non-proliferation issues at an arms control think-tank in Washington. Leveraging his subject-matter expertise and native Farsi skills, Mr. Taleblu has closely tracked a wide range of Iran-related topics including: nuclear non-proliferation, ballistic missiles, sanctions, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the foreign and security policy of the Islamic Republic, and internal Iranian politics. ● http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/behnam-ben-taleblu-us-and-europe-continue-to-butt-heads-on-iran/ ● https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/reimplementing-iran-sanctions-where-how-and-how-much ● https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/iran-has-laid-groundwork-extensive-cyberattacks-u-s-say-officials-n893081...more

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• Gaza is a failed state & What is to be done? Ambassador Dennis Ross, Malcolm Hoenlein.

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  Jul 28 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Gaza is a failed state & What is to be done? Ambassador Dennis Ross, Malcolm Hoenlein. · http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/david-may-palestinian-sports-intimidation-should-be-punished/ · https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-the-murderous-neighbor-that-demands-israel-give-it-the-gun/    · https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-peace-plan-said-to-include-major-economic-scheme-for-palestinians/    · https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-turns-down-russian-offer-of-summit-with-abbas-report/ · https://www.jpost.com/Breaking-News/Report-Abbas-agrees-to-work-with-US-on-rebuilding-Gaza-563536 · https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Analysis-Hamas-is-keeping-the-conflict-on-the-back-burner-563086...more

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• Game of Ports: Babl el Mandeb in the crosshairs.Norman T. Roule, Malcolm Hoenlein

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  Jul 28 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo... Harry S. Truman Strike Group sails through the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb |: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Game of Ports: Bab-el-Mandeb in the crosshairs.Norman T. Roule, Malcolm Hoenlein Norman T. Roule was the national intelligence manager for Iran and served for 34-years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing numerous programs relating to the Middle East. His service in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations included roles as division chief, deputy division chief and chief of station. Mr. Roule currently serves as senior advisor to United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) and the Counter Extremism Project (CEP). Articles ● https://nationalinterest.org/feature/yemens-houthi-want-talk—-coalition-forces-shouldnt-be-fooled-24962 ● https://www.cfr.org/interactives/global-conflict-tracker#!/conflict/war-in-yemen ● https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/07/17/saudi-arabia-and-the-united-arab-emirates-have-a-disastrous-yemen-strategy/ ● https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/iran-backed-houthis-claim-drone-attack-on-saudi-oil-refinery-in-riyadh-1.6290725 ● https://www.ft.com/content/f0858962-9005-11e8-b639-7680cedcc421...more

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• The Blood Red Moon over the failed state of Iran. Malcolm Hoenlein, @Conf_of_pres Michael Doran @Doranimated

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  Jul 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:night atmosphere mystical darkness moon full moon moonlight circle blood moon moonrise astronomical object celestial event ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Blood Red Moon over the failed state of Iran. Malcolm Hoenlein, @Confofpres Michael Doran @Doranimated Michael Doran is a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC. He specializes in Middle East security issues. In the administration of President George W. Bush, Doran served in the White House as a senior director in the National Security Council, where he was responsible for helping to devise and coordinate United States strategies on a variety of Middle East issues, including Arab-Israeli relations and U.S. efforts to contain Iran and Syria. He also served in the Bush administration as a senior advisor in the State Department and a deputy assistant secretary of defense in the Pentagon. Articles ● https://www.hudson.org/research/14403-time-to-make-up-after-fighting-over-iran ● https://www.dw.com/en/iranian-president-hassan-rouhani-threatens-to-close-strait-of-hormuz/a-44777371 ● https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran/u-s-launches-campaign-to-erode-support-for-irans-leaders-idUSKBN1KB0UR ● https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/22/world/middleeast/trump-threatens-iran-twitter.html ● https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2018/07/284292.htm ● https://www.ft.com/content/b77539fa-8c00-11e8-bf9e-8771d5404543...more

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• The Democrats launch an electioneering allegation at the Republican Veterans Affairs. @FRoseDC

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  Jul 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Veterans attend the opening ceremony inside The Silver Tree Hotel March 29 for the 23rd National Disabled American Veterans Winter Sports Clinic in Snowmass Village, Colo. The event is sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs and Disabled American Veterans. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios)  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Democrats launch an electioneering allegation at the Republican Veterans Affairs. @FRoseDC  https://www.stripes.com/news/democrats-call-on-sessions-to-investigate-acting-va-secretary-for-perjury-1.539717...more

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• Jim Jordan campaigns for Speaker by way of Rod Rosenstein. @JohnFund @MaryKissel

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  Jul 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:... Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein | by Internet Education Foundation ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Jim Jordan campaigns for Speaker by way of Rod Rosenstein. @JohnFund @MaryKissel

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• Winston Smith in Red China. @MarytKissel @JoshRogin

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  Jul 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Publicity photo on the set of the CBS anthology television series Studio One. This was a presentation of George Orwell's 1984. L-R: scenic designer Kim Swados, Norma Crane, Eddie Albert, and director Paul Nickell Date 1953 Source eBay front back Author CBS Television) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Winston Smith in Red China. @MarytKissel @JoshRogin https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/china-takes-its-political-censorship-global/2018/07/26/898d40dc-90f6-11e8-bcd5-9d911c784c38story.html?utmterm=.86f97c118455 China takes its political censorship global By Josh Rogin The United States lost an important early skirmish this week over whether American companies must comply with the Chinese government’s political demands. But the greater conflict is just beginning, which means the Trump administration must now prepare to help U.S. corporations fight Chinese coercion in future rounds....more

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• Trump transforms the EU trade war into an EU peace. @MaryKissel

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  Jul 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:European Parliament ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Trump transforms the EU trade war into an EU peace. @MaryKissel

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• Red China torments any religionist it can reach. @CliffordDMay @FDD

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  Jul 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Chinese New Martyrs church in Bejing. Polski: Cerkiew Nowomęczenników Chińskich w Pekinie Русский: Архиепископ Пекинский и Китайский Иннокентий (Фигуровский) на фоне церкви Всех Святых китайских мучеников (Пекин, Китай) Data 1931 Źródło http://www.orthodox.cn/localchurch/beijing/churchofmartyrs_en.htm Autor nieznany) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Red China torments any religionist it can reach. @CliffordDMay @FDD https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/24/advancing-freedom-of-religion-globally/...more

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• Recession for religious tolerance in the Ummah. @CliffordDMay @FDD

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  Jul 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Pakistani Church deplores suicide blast at Quetta hospital | CatholicHerald.co.uk : https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/24/advancing-freedom-of-religion-globally/) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Recession for religious tolerance in the Ummah. @CliffordDMay @FDD : https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/24/advancing-freedom-of-religion-globally/

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• North Korea missile sites and rumors of alternative nuke test sites. Bruce Bechtol, author, North Korean Military Proliferation in the Middle East and Africa: Enabling Violence and Instability

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  Jul 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow North Korea missile sites and rumors of alternative nuke  test sites. Bruce Bechtol, author,  North Korean Military Proliferation in the Middle East and Africa: Enabling Violence and Instability @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast Bruce Bechtol, professor at Angelo State University and author of upcoming book North Korean Military Proliferation in the Middle East and Africa: Enabling Violence and Instability, on this: https://www.vox.com/2018/7/25/17608652/trump-north-korea-missile-kim-jong-un-pompeo...more

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• When traveling was a romance: "The Invention of Nature: 3 of 4: Alexander von Humboldt's New World" by Andrea Wulf

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  Jul 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (PhotoHumboldt and Bonpland in the Amazon rainforest by the Casiquiare River, with their scientific instruments, which enabled them to take many types of accurate measurements throughout their five-year journey. Oil painting by Eduard Ender, 1856. : ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow When traveling was a romance: "The Invention of Nature: 3 of 4: Alexander von Humboldt's New World" by Andrea Wulf  https://www.amazon.com/Invention-Nature-Alexander-Humboldts-World/dp/038535066X/ref=tmmhrdswatch0?encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Economist, Nature, Jezebel, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, New Scientist, The Independent, The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The Evening Standard, The Spectator Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. In North America, his name still graces four counties, thirteen towns, a river, parks, bays, lakes, and mountains. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether he was climbing the highest volcanoes in the world or racing through anthrax-infected Siberia or translating his research into bestselling publications that changed science and thinking. Among Humboldt’s most revolutionary ideas was a radical vision of nature, that it is a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use of humankind alone.  Now Andrea Wulf brings the man and his achievements back into focus: his daring expeditions and investigation of wild environments around the world and his discoveries of similarities between climate and vegetation zones on different continents. She also discusses his prediction of human-induced climate change, his remarkable ability to fashion poetic narrative out of scientific observation, and his relationships with iconic figures such as Simón Bolívar and Thomas Jefferson. Wulf examines how Humboldt’s writings inspired other naturalists and poets such as Darwin, Wordsworth, and Goethe, and she makes the compelling case that it was Humboldt’s influence that led John Muir to his ideas of natural preservation and that shaped Thoreau’s Walden. With this brilliantly researched and compellingly written book, Andrea Wulf shows the myriad fundamental ways in which Humboldt created our understanding of the natural world, and she champions a renewed interest in this vital and lost player in environmental history and science....more

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• Hayabussa 2 to launch four tumbling rovers to the surface of the asteroid Ryugu.

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  Jul 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (PhotoEnglish: Visualization of the Hayabusa 2 probe. MASCOT lander visible. Date 14 June 2013, 18:41:08 Source http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10081/151_read-12304/#/gallery/11288 Author Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR): ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Hayabussa 2 to launch four tumbling rovers to the surface of the asteroid Ryugu. @elakdawalla David Livingston

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• The FISA Court is not accountable & What is to be done? @WJMcGurn

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  Jul 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:FISA ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The FISA Court is not accountable & What is to be done? @WJMcGurn https://www.wsj.com/articles/abolish-the-fisa-court-1532388170

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• Xi Jinping digs in for a long struggle to dominate US trade. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast Charles Ortel

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  Jul 27 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Beginning of meeting with President of China Xi Jinping July 4, 2017 12:30The Kremlin, Moscow) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Xi Jinping digs in for a long struggle to dominate US trade. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast Charles Ortel https://nationalinterest.org/feature/china-nukes-qualcomm%E2%80%94nxp-deal-escalates-%E2%80%98trade-war%E2%80%99-26841

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• Michael Cohen does not connect with the Mueller inquiry & What is to be done? @AaronKleinShow

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  Jul 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Trump Building NY ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Michael Cohen does not connect with the Mueller inquiry & What is to be done?  @AaronKleinShow https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/07/25/watch-breitbarts-aaron-klein-calls-out-phony-leftist-outrage-over-trump-playboy-claims/

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• Trump's winning a zero-tariff deal with the EU & What is to be done? @MonicaCrowley

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  Jul 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Aerial view of the European Quarter. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Trump's winning a zero-tariff deal with the EU & What is to be done? @MonicaCrowley

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• What happens next is drilling for the lake beneath the polar ice cap of Mars. @PappalardoJoe

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  Jul 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow What happens next is drilling for the lake beneath the polar ice cap of Mars. @PappalardoJoe

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• Not to trust any generic drugs from China. Arthur Waldron, University of Pennsylvania. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jul 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Generic drug ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Not to trust any generic drugs from China. Arthur Waldron, University of Pennsylvania. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast Arthur Waldron, Lauder Professor of International Relations in the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania, on this: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/25/asia/china-vaccine-censorship-intl/index.html https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/25/china-vaccine-scandal-parents-demand-answers-rabies...more

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• Red China commits to overwhelming the US and dominating all' "systems." @JoshROgin @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jul 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Red Guards in 1966 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Red China commits to overwhelming the US and dominating all' "systems." @JoshROgin @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2018/07/25/russia-fever-is-distracting-the-united-states-from-the-china-threat/?utm_term=.df56df4d1d77 Russia fever is distracting the United States from the China threat By Josh Rogin July 25 at 6:00 AM ASPEN, Colo. – The nation’s top intelligence officials publicly declared last week that China is seeking to supplant the United States as the dominant world power and represents the number one economic and national security threat. But few took note: U.S. debate is focused so heavily on Russia at the moment that discussion over how to deal with China’s rise has been muted. That’s a problem, as there’s no more time to waste....more

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• The unaccounted American MIA of the Korean War, living and dead. Mark Sauter, POW Investigative Unit @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jul 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: The auxiliary surgical hospitals (later called Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals) were conceived and developed by DeBakey and the Surgical Consultants in the first years of World War II. They greatly improved battlefield injury survival rates by getting surgical care closer to the front lines. Photos like this, taken during the Korean war (1950-1953), provide a closer look at the operations of the surgical units, including the addition of helicopters for transporting the wounded) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The unaccounted American MIA of the Korean War, living and dead. Mark Sauter, POW Investigative Unit @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast https://www.newsweek.com/america-missing-war-veterans-could-be-russia-family-648966 https://www.koreanwar.org/html/koreanwarprojectremembrancesearch62013.html?key=17691...more

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• Trump's trade talk is making Europe great again. @VerodeRugy @Mercatus @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jul 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Trump's trade talk is making Europe great again. @VerodeRugy @Mercatus @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast https://www.creators.com/read/veronique-de-rugy/07/18/on-trade-trump-is-who-he-claims-to-be

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• The Democratic 2020 book tour speaks of pounding Trump and abolishing ICE. @Hooverwhalen

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  Jul 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Charles Dickens At Writing Desk) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Democratic 2020 book tour speaks of pounding Trump and abolishing ICE. @Hooverwhalen https://www.forbes.com/sites/billwhalen/2018/07/22/can-we-turn-the-page-on-candidates-writing-books/#20563a0d7334

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• When traveling was a romance: "The Invention of Nature: 2 of 4: Alexander von Humboldt's New World" by Andrea Wulf

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  Jul 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Schiller, Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt with Goethe in Jena ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow When traveling was a romance: "The Invention of Nature: 2 of 4: Alexander von Humboldt's New World" by Andrea Wulf  https://www.amazon.com/Invention-Nature-Alexander-Humboldts-World/dp/038535066X/ref=tmmhrdswatch0?encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Economist, Nature, Jezebel, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, New Scientist, The Independent, The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The Evening Standard, The Spectator Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. In North America, his name still graces four counties, thirteen towns, a river, parks, bays, lakes, and mountains. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether he was climbing the highest volcanoes in the world or racing through anthrax-infected Siberia or translating his research into bestselling publications that changed science and thinking. Among Humboldt’s most revolutionary ideas was a radical vision of nature, that it is a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use of humankind alone.  Now Andrea Wulf brings the man and his achievements back into focus: his daring expeditions and investigation of wild environments around the world and his discoveries of similarities between climate and vegetation zones on different continents. She also discusses his prediction of human-induced climate change, his remarkable ability to fashion poetic narrative out of scientific observation, and his relationships with iconic figures such as Simón Bolívar and Thomas Jefferson. Wulf examines how Humboldt’s writings inspired other naturalists and poets such as Darwin, Wordsworth, and Goethe, and she makes the compelling case that it was Humboldt’s influence that led John Muir to his ideas of natural preservation and that shaped Thoreau’s Walden. With this brilliantly researched and compellingly written book, Andrea Wulf shows the myriad fundamental ways in which Humboldt created our understanding of the natural world, and she champions a renewed interest in this vital and lost player in environmental history and science....more

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• Move or perish: "Restless Creatures: 2 of 4: The Story of Life in Ten Movements" by Matt Wilkinson

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  Jul 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The European honey bee may have originated from eastern Africa. This bee is pictured in Tanzania ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Move or perish: "Restless Creatures: 2 of 4: The Story of Life in Ten Movements" by Matt Wilkinson https://www.amazon.com/Restless-Creatures-Story-Life-Movements/dp/0465065724/ref=mthardcover?encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=

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• Move or perish: "Restless Creatures: 1 of 4 The Story of Life in Ten Movements" by Matt Wilkinson

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  Jul 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Spiny seahorse H. histrix from East Timor holding on to soft coral with its prehensile tail) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Move or perish: "Restless Creatures: 1 of 4 The Story of Life in Ten Movements" by Matt Wilkinson https://www.amazon.com/Restless-Creatures-Story-Life-Movements/dp/0465065724/ref=mthardcover?encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=

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• Taxing Internet Sales is anti-growth. @JohnTamny

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  Jul 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Taxing Internet sales is anti-growth. @JohnTamny

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• Sanctions on Russia are meaningless in the marketplace. @JohnTamny @RealClearMarkets

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  Jul 26 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: The Bronze Horseman, monument to Peter the Great) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Sanctions on Russia are meaningless in the marketplace. @JohnTamny @RealClearMarkets https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2018/07/24/thepunditclasssrussianobsessionborderson_ridiculous.html

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• Russia's "Hunter" drone for a sixth generation warplane. @DefTechPat

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  Jul 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Russia's "Hunter" drone for a sixth generation warplane. @DefTechPat https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2018/07/stealthy-drone-may-be-future-russian-fighter-jets/149976/?oref=d-river https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2018/07/google-deepmind-researchers-join-pledge-not-work-lethal-ai/149844/ https://www.govexec.com/defense/2018/07/after-secret-trump-meeting-russia-offers-resume-military-relations/149869/?oref=d-river...more

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• Red China hacks the internet of things to snoop on the Helsinki Summit. @DefTechPat

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  Jul 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:PLA Unit 61398 (Chinese: 61398部队, Pinyin: 61398 bùduì) is the Military Unit Cover Designator (MUCD)[1] of a People's Liberation Army advanced persistent threat unit that has been alleged to be a source of Chinese computer hacking attacks.  A panorama view of riverside of Pudong) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Red China hacks the internet of things to snoop on the Helsinki Summit. @DefTechPat https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2018/07/chinese-hackers-targeted-internet-things-during-trump-putin-summit/149884/ https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2018/07/computers-have-found-better-way-spot-emailed-malware-researchers-say/149973/ https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2018/07/darpa-plans-bugbot-olympics-foster-breakthrough-tiny-machines/149860/...more

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• Israel downs a Syrian Sukhoi war plane on the Golan & What is to be done? @Acrossthebay Tony Badran

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  Jul 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Sukhoi Su-24M of the Russian Air Force inflight) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Israel downs a Syrian Sukhoi war plane on the Golan & What is to be done? @Acrossthebay Tony Badran http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/badran-tony-putins-new-rules-for-the-golan-heights/

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• The party of the cities: 1 of 2: vs the party of exurbia favors the GOP in the House. @DanRosenheck @Economist

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  Jul 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Printed in March 1812, this political cartoon was drawn in reaction to the newly drawn state senate election district of South Essex created by the ... ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The party of the cities: 1 of 2:  vs the party of exurbia favors the GOP in the House. @DanRosenheck @Economist https://www.economist.com/briefing/2018/07/12/americas-electoral-system-gives-the-republicans-advantages-over-democrats...more

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• Searching for a Schumer pocketbook campaign. @LizPeek

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  Jul 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Cover of sheet music for "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" from Americana (revue)) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Searching for a Schumer pocketbook campaign. @LizPeek http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/07/25/liz-peek-schumers-better-deal-recycling-obamas-failed-economic-policies-wont-boost-democrats.html

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• Waiting for the big GDP number on Friday. @LizPeek

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  Jul 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (built 1918) after expansion in 1920 and/or 1922, now the State Bar of Georgia building Date 10 November 2012, 10:04:12 Source http://www.atlantatimemachine.com/downtown/marietta_104.htm Author Unknown pre-1923) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Waiting for the big GDP number on Friday. @LizPeek https://www.businessinsider.com/us-economy-gdp-growth-45-in-the-second-quarter-atlanta-fed-says-2018-7...more

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• When traveling was a romance: "The Invention of Nature: 1 of 4: Alexander von Humboldt's New World" by Andrea Wulf

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  Jul 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Humboldt as a boy with his widowed mother, Maria Elisabeth (Colomb) von Humboldt ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow When traveling was a romance: "The Invention of Nature: 1 of 4: Alexander von Humboldt's New World" by Andrea Wulf  https://www.amazon.com/Invention-Nature-Alexander-Humboldts-World/dp/038535066X/ref=tmmhrdswatch0?encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Economist, Nature, Jezebel, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, New Scientist, The Independent, The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The Evening Standard, The Spectator Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. In North America, his name still graces four counties, thirteen towns, a river, parks, bays, lakes, and mountains. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether he was climbing the highest volcanoes in the world or racing through anthrax-infected Siberia or translating his research into bestselling publications that changed science and thinking. Among Humboldt’s most revolutionary ideas was a radical vision of nature, that it is a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use of humankind alone.  Now Andrea Wulf brings the man and his achievements back into focus: his daring expeditions and investigation of wild environments around the world and his discoveries of similarities between climate and vegetation zones on different continents. She also discusses his prediction of human-induced climate change, his remarkable ability to fashion poetic narrative out of scientific observation, and his relationships with iconic figures such as Simón Bolívar and Thomas Jefferson. Wulf examines how Humboldt’s writings inspired other naturalists and poets such as Darwin, Wordsworth, and Goethe, and she makes the compelling case that it was Humboldt’s influence that led John Muir to his ideas of natural preservation and that shaped Thoreau’s Walden. With this brilliantly researched and compellingly written book, Andrea Wulf shows the myriad fundamental ways in which Humboldt created our understanding of the natural world, and she champions a renewed interest in this vital and lost player in environmental history and science....more

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• The Endangered Species Act has a surprisingly low rescue rate & What is to be done? Jonathan Wood @PERCTweets

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  Jul 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Eriastrum hooveri is a rare species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Hoover's woollystar. It is endemic to the South Coast Ranges of California from San Benito to Los Angeles Counties,  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Endangered Species Act has a surprisingly low rescue rate & What is to be done? Jonathan Wood @PERCTweets https://www.perc.org/2018/07/13/the-endangered-species-two-step/...more

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• Remembering Ted Kennedy and the Democrats colluding with the Kremlin against Reagan.

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  Jul 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Ted Kennedy Secretly Asked The Soviets To Intervene In The 1984 Elections ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Remembering Ted Kennedy and the Democrats colluding with the Kremlin against Reagan. https://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/why-are-the-democrats-and-the-spooks-suddenly-so-ferociously-anti-putin/

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• NATO lacks adequate bridges, tunnels and roads to deploy to Eastern Europe. @PappalardoJoe

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  Jul 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:An Oshkosh M1070 8×8 Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET) tractor pulling a M1000 HETS trailer, carrying a slat-armored M93 Fox NBC detection vehicle near Baghdad, Iraq) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow NATO lacks adequate bridges, tunnels and roads to deploy to Eastern Europe. @PappalardoJoe https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a22518247/nato-roads-het-europe-tanks/.

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• Mike Pompeo name-checks the Tehran regime as the mafia. @LisaDaftari

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  Jul 25 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The entrance of Al Capone's mansion in Miami, Florida, located in 93 Palm Avenue. Capone bought the estate in 1927 and lived there until his death in 1947. It is believed that Capone plotted the infamous February 14, 1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre while living in the mansion.[47] ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Mike Pompeo name-checks the Tehran regime as the mafia. @LisaDaftari https://www.reuters.com/article/us-trade-nafta-seade/mexico-trade-adviser-sees-nafta-deal-in-next-few-months-idUSKBN1KE1TR...more

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• The FISA Court unknowns: 2 of 2: & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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  Jul 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The FISA Court unknowns: 2 of 2: & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/carter-page-fisa-applications-fbi-steele-dossier/

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• The FISA Court unknowns: 1 of 2: & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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  Jul 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:In Trump's first year, FISA court denied record number of surveillance orders | ZDNet  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The FISA Court unknowns: 1 of 2: & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/carter-page-fisa-applications-fbi-steele-dossier/

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• Waiting for Xi Jinping to choose trade war or trade deal. @GordonChang @ThadMcCotter

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  Jul 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Waiting for Xi Jinping to choose trade war or trade deal. @GordonChang @ThadMcCotter

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• Russia trolls GMO. @HenryIMiller

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  Jul 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Palace Square backed by the General staff arch and building, as the main square of the Russian Empire it was the setting of many events of historic significance ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Russia trolls GMO. @HenryIMiller "How Russia and NGOs Collude to Damage American Exceptionalism," is available at http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/19/how-russia-and-ngos-collude-to-damage-american-exceptionalism/...more

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• Al Qaeda's Shabaab launches sizable complex assaults in Africa.@BillRoggio @ThomasJoscelyn

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  Jul 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Somalia 1992  American soldiers and journalists walked openly and casually down the streets of Mogadishu and outlying towns like this one in 1992 before al Qaeda-linked gangs such as Aideed's unleashed their campaign to halt aid. I shot from the back of a moving pick-up and had only a 50mm lens on my ancient fully manual Nikon. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Al Qaeda's Shabaab launches sizable complex assaults in Africa.@BillRoggio @ThomasJoscelyn https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/07/shabaab-again-assaults-base-where-us-soldier-died.php...more

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• NATO speaks of Vietnam body counts in Afghanistan & What is to be done? @BillRoggio @ThomasJoscelyn

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  Jul 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow NATO speaks of Vietnam body counts in Afghanistan & What is to be done? @BillRoggio @ThomasJoscelyn https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/07/nato-command-touts-body-count-of-taliban-irreconcilables.php

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• Israel and Russia struggle to police Syrian anarchy. Malcolm Hoenlein, @Conf_of_Pres @ThadMcCotter

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  Jul 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Israel and Russia struggle to police Syrian anarchy. Malcolm Hoenlein, @ConfofPres @ThadMcCotter

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• "Indiana" Hoenlein and the “Jews, an Italian Story: The First Thousand Years.”

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  Jul 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Downtown Ferrara around 1900) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Indiana" Hoenlein and the “Jews, an Italian Story: The First Thousand Years.”  https://forward.com/culture/388397/italy-tells-the-story-of-its-jewish-people-in-new-museum/

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• The FISA application to surveil Carter Page does not change any minds about the FBI in 2016. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter

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  Jul 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The FISA application to surveil Carter Page does not change any minds about the FBI in 2016. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter

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• The WSJ/NBC poll tells the tale of a divided nation. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter

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  Jul 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The WSJ/NBC poll tells the tale of a divided nation. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter

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• A century of sorrow: "The Golden Lad: 1 of 2: The Haunting Story of Quentin and Theodore Roosevelt" by Eric Burns.

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  Jul 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Quentin Roosevelt in a Nieuport fighter plane in France) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow A century of sorrow: "The Golden Lad: 1 of 2: The Haunting Story of Quentin and Theodore Roosevelt" by Eric Burns. “Piercing the larger-than-life Teddy Roosevelt myth, Burns (1920), a former correspondent for NBC News and Today, explores the personal side of the energetic, rambunctious war hero and politician and his doting relationship with his youngest child, Quentin. Burns’s unique, stirring account of America’s most colorful president allows Teddy Roosevelt, the man and father, to step off the page.” (Publishers Weekly) “Burns finds special meaning and resonance in the father-son relationship. A fine homage [and a] solid, very well-written contribution to the vast literature surrounding Teddy Roosevelt.” (Kirkus Reviews) “Burns tells the story of parallel lives. The Golden Lad is not a conventional White House biography. Burns offers a sharp picture of a still-iconic figure. A close and often painful family portrait.” (The Wall Street Journal) “A crisply written profile. A father-son focus reveals much about the multifaceted Theodore’s personality. General readers seeking a naturally sympathetic, full-length portrait, will appreciate this work.” (Library Journal)  http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Lad-Haunting-Theodore-Roosevelt/dp/1605989517/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461995547&sr=1-1&keywords=golden+lad+eric+burns...more

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• A century of sorrow: "The Golden Lad: 2 of 2: The Haunting Story of Quentin and Theodore Roosevelt" by Eric Burns.

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  Jul 24 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Quentin (shown here at age 13) was as gifted intellectually as his father and sailed through Groton and Harvard. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow A century of sorrow: "The Golden Lad: 2 of 2: The Haunting Story of Quentin and Theodore Roosevelt" by Eric Burns. “Piercing the larger-than-life Teddy Roosevelt myth, Burns (1920), a former correspondent for NBC News and Today, explores the personal side of the energetic, rambunctious war hero and politician and his doting relationship with his youngest child, Quentin. Burns’s unique, stirring account of America’s most colorful president allows Teddy Roosevelt, the man and father, to step off the page.” (Publishers Weekly) “Burns finds special meaning and resonance in the father-son relationship. A fine homage [and a] solid, very well-written contribution to the vast literature surrounding Teddy Roosevelt.” (Kirkus Reviews) “Burns tells the story of parallel lives. The Golden Lad is not a conventional White House biography. Burns offers a sharp picture of a still-iconic figure. A close and often painful family portrait.” (The Wall Street Journal) “A crisply written profile. A father-son focus reveals much about the multifaceted Theodore’s personality. General readers seeking a naturally sympathetic, full-length portrait, will appreciate this work.” (Library Journal) http://www.amazon.com/Golden-Lad-Haunting-Theodore-Roosevelt/dp/1605989517/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461995547&sr=1-1&keywords=golden+lad+eric+burns...more

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• Washington vs. the Kremlin: "Circle of Treason: 2of 2: A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed" by Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille

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  Jul 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Downtown Terre Haute, looking southwest, where Ames serves his sentence ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Washington vs. the Kremlin: "Circle of Treason:  2of 2: A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed" by Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille https://www.amazon.com/Circle-Treason-Account-Traitor-Betrayed/dp/1591143969/ref=laB009ZZMNT21_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526867586&sr=1-1 While there have been other books about Aldrich Ames, Circle of Treason is the first account written by CIA agents who were key members of the CIA team that conducted the intense "Ames Mole Hunt." Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille were two of the five principals of the CIA team tasked with hunting one of their own and were directly responsible for identifying Ames as the mole, leading to his arrest and conviction....more

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• Washington vs. the Kremlin: "Circle of Treason: 1 of 2: A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed" by Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille

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  Jul 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: “Lubyanka Square in Moscow”. Lubyanka Square (Dzerzhinsky Square in 1926 through 1990). In the center -- the Felix Dzerzhinsky monument (sculptor Vuchetich)/. In the background -- the U.S.S.R. State Security Committee building.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Washington vs. the Kremlin: "Circle of Treason: 1 of 2: A CIA Account of Traitor Aldrich Ames and the Men He Betrayed" by Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille https://www.amazon.com/Circle-Treason-Account-Traitor-Betrayed/dp/1591143969/ref=laB009ZZMNT21_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1526867586&sr=1-1 While there have been other books about Aldrich Ames, Circle of Treason is the first account written by CIA agents who were key members of the CIA team that conducted the intense "Ames Mole Hunt." Sandra Grimes and Jeanne Vertefeuille were two of the five principals of the CIA team tasked with hunting one of their own and were directly responsible for identifying Ames as the mole, leading to his arrest and conviction....more

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• Washington vs the Kremlin: America's Great Game: 2 of 2: The CIA's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East by Hugh Wilford.

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  Jul 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Portrait of CIA operative miles copeland) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Washington vs the Kremlin: America's Great Game: 2 of 2: The CIA's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East by Hugh Wilford. https://www.amazon.com/Americas-Great-Game-Arabists-Shaping/dp/046509628X/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495140203&sr=1-1&keywords=wilford+great+game

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• Washington vs the Kremlin: America's Great Game: 1 of 2: The CIA's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East by Hugh Wilford.

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  Jul 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:President Theodore Roosevelt with his grandsons Richard Derby (right) and Kermit Roosevelt Jr. (on his lap).  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Washington vs the Kremlin: America's Great Game: 1 of 2:  The CIA's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East by Hugh Wilford. https://www.amazon.com/Americas-Great-Game-Arabists-Shaping/dp/046509628X/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1495140203&sr=1-1&keywords=wilford+great+game...more

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• Washington vs the Kremlin: "Hunting Che: 2 of 2: How a U.S. Special Forces Team Helped Capture the World's Most Famous Revolutionary" by Mitch Weiss and Kevin Maurer

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  Jul 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Guevara in rural Bolivia, shortly before his death (1967)) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Washington vs the Kremlin: "Hunting Che: 2 of 2: How a U.S. Special Forces Team Helped Capture the World's Most Famous Revolutionary" by Mitch Weiss and Kevin Maurer https://www.amazon.com/Hunting-Che-Special-Capture-Revolutionary/dp/0425257479/ref=sr1fkmr1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1519184393&sr=1-1-fkmr1&keywords=che+kevin+maur The hunt for Ernesto “Che” Guevera was one of the first successful U.S. Special Forces missions in history. Using government reports and documents, as well as eyewitness accounts, Hunting Che tells the untold story of how the infamous revolutionary was captured—a mission later duplicated in Afghanistan and Iraq. As one of the architects of the Cuban Revolution, Guevera had become famous for supporting and organizing similar insurgencies in Africa and Latin America. When he turned his attention to Bolivia in 1967, the Pentagon made a decision: Che had to be stopped. Major Ralph “Pappy” Shelton was called upon to lead the mission. Much was unknown about Che’s force in Bolivia, and the stakes were high. With a handpicked team of Green Berets, Shelton turned Bolivian peasants into a trained fighting and intelligence-gathering force. Hunting Che follows Shelton’s American team and the newly formed Bolivian Rangers through the hunt to Che’s eventual capture and execution. With the White House and the Pentagon monitoring every move, Shelton and his team helped prevent another Communist threat from taking root in the West....more

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• Washington vs the Kremlin: "Hunting Che: 1 of 2: How a U.S. Special Forces Team Helped Capture the World's Most Famous Revolutionary" by Mitch Weiss and Kevin Maurer

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  Jul 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Walking through Red Square in Moscow, November 1964) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Washington vs the Kremlin: "Hunting Che: 1 of 2: How a U.S. Special Forces Team Helped Capture the World's Most Famous Revolutionary" by Mitch Weiss and Kevin Maurer https://www.amazon.com/Hunting-Che-Special-Capture-Revolutionary/dp/0425257479/ref=sr1fkmr1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1519184393&sr=1-1-fkmr1&keywords=che+kevin+maur The hunt for Ernesto “Che” Guevera was one of the first successful U.S. Special Forces missions in history. Using government reports and documents, as well as eyewitness accounts, Hunting Che tells the untold story of how the infamous revolutionary was captured—a mission later duplicated in Afghanistan and Iraq. As one of the architects of the Cuban Revolution, Guevera had become famous for supporting and organizing similar insurgencies in Africa and Latin America. When he turned his attention to Bolivia in 1967, the Pentagon made a decision: Che had to be stopped. Major Ralph “Pappy” Shelton was called upon to lead the mission. Much was unknown about Che’s force in Bolivia, and the stakes were high. With a handpicked team of Green Berets, Shelton turned Bolivian peasants into a trained fighting and intelligence-gathering force. Hunting Che follows Shelton’s American team and the newly formed Bolivian Rangers through the hunt to Che’s eventual capture and execution. With the White House and the Pentagon monitoring every move, Shelton and his team helped prevent another Communist threat from taking root in the West....more

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• State leadership is not normal: "A First-Rate Madness: 2of 2: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness by Nassir Ghaemi.

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  Jul 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Photo of John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon taken prior to their first debate at WBBM-TV in Chicago in 1960. Original caption: “ (DEB15) CHICAGO, Sept. 26--STARS OF CAMPAIGN DEBATE--Presidential candi­dates Sen. John Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon pose tonight following their debate at a Chicago television studio (AP Wirephoto)(rj22310stf)1960 ” Date 26 September 1960 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow State leadership is not normal: "A First-Rate Madness:  2of 2: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness by Nassir Ghaemi. “A glistening psychological history, faceted largely by the biographies of eight famous leaders… A First-Rate Madness is carefully plotted and sensibly argued.” —BOSTON GLOBE “Ghaemi isn’t the first to claim that madness is a close relative of genius, or even the first to extend the idea into politics. But he does go further than others… His explanations are elegant, too—intuitively accurate and banked off the latest psychiatric research.” —NEWSWEEK “A provocative thesis… Ghaemi’s book deserves high marks for original thinking.” —THE WASHINGTON POST “Ghaemi is a remarkably disciplined writer, and he examines both psychiatry and history with impressive clarity and sensitivity. A First-Rate Madness will almost certainly be one of the most fascinating books of the year, not just because of the author's lucid prose and undeniable intelligence, but because of his provocative thesis: 'For abnormal challenges, abnormal leaders are needed.'” —NPR.ORG...more

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• State leadership is not normal: "A First-Rate Madness: 1 of 2: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness by Nassir Ghaemi.

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  Jul 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Charles de Gaulle (far right) with Andrew McNaughton, Władysław Sikorski, and Winston Churchill ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow State leadership is not normal: "A First-Rate Madness: 1 of 2: Uncovering the Links Between Leadership and Mental Illness by Nassir Ghaemi. “A glistening psychological history, faceted largely by the biographies of eight famous leaders… A First-Rate Madness is carefully plotted and sensibly argued.” —BOSTON GLOBE “Ghaemi isn’t the first to claim that madness is a close relative of genius, or even the first to extend the idea into politics. But he does go further than others… His explanations are elegant, too—intuitively accurate and banked off the latest psychiatric research.” —NEWSWEEK “A provocative thesis… Ghaemi’s book deserves high marks for original thinking.” —THE WASHINGTON POST “Ghaemi is a remarkably disciplined writer, and he examines both psychiatry and history with impressive clarity and sensitivity. A First-Rate Madness will almost certainly be one of the most fascinating books of the year, not just because of the author's lucid prose and undeniable intelligence, but because of his provocative thesis: 'For abnormal challenges, abnormal leaders are needed.'” —NPR.ORG...more

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• Washington vs the Kremlin: "Project Azorian: 4 of 4: The CIA and the Raising of the K-129. by Norman C. Polmar and Michael White.

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  Jul 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Hauptsitz der Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Langley ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Washington vs the Kremlin: "Project Azorian: 4 of 4: The CIA and the Raising of the K-129. by Norman C. Polmar and Michael White. https://www.amazon.com/Project-Azorian-CIA-Raising-K-129/dp/1591146682 Despite 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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• Washington vs the Kremlin: "Project Azorian: 3 of 4: The CIA and the Raising of the K-129. by Norman C. Polmar and Michael White.

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  Jul 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Color photo of the Hughes Glomar Explorer Date  Source U.S. Government Photo - see http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nukevault/ebb305/index.htm Author U.S. Government ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Washington vs the Kremlin: "Project Azorian: 3 of 4: The CIA and the Raising of the K-129. by Norman C. Polmar and Michael White. https://www.amazon.com/Project-Azorian-CIA-Raising-K-129/dp/1591146682 Despite 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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• Washington vs the Kremlin: "Project Azorian: 2 of 4: The CIA and the Raising of the K-129. by Norman C. Polmar and Michael White.

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  Jul 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Recovery site of K-129 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Washington vs the Kremlin: "Project Azorian: 2 of 4: The CIA and the Raising of the K-129. by Norman C. Polmar and Michael White. https://www.amazon.com/Project-Azorian-CIA-Raising-K-129/dp/1591146682 Despite 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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• Washington vs the Kremlin: "Project Azorian: 1 of 4: The CIA and the Raising of the K-129. by Norman C. Polmar and Michael White.

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  Jul 23 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:A Project 629A (NATO reporting name Golf-II class) diesel-electric Soviet ballistic missile submarine K-129, hull number 722.  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Washington vs the Kremlin: "Project Azorian: 1 of 4: The CIA and the Raising of the K-129. by Norman C. Polmar and Michael White. https://www.amazon.com/Project-Azorian-CIA-Raising-K-129/dp/1591146682 Despite 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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• The horror of eugenics: "Better for All the World: The Secret History of Forced Sterilization and America's Quest for Racial Purity" by Harry Bruinius.

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  Jul 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The horror of eugenics: "Better for All the World: The Secret History of Forced Sterilization and America's Quest for Racial Purity" by Harry Bruinius.  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The horror  of eugenics: "Better for All the World: The Secret History of Forced Sterilization and America's Quest for Racial Purity" by Harry Bruinius. Publishers Weekly In the early years of the 20th century, a fixation on eugenics led several states to approve forced sterilization to keep thousands of Americans from producing "morally inferior" or "feeble-minded" offspring. Bruinius's greatest accomplishment in his retelling of this blot on our nation's history is forcing readers to recognize the humanity of the victims of these policies. He begins with Carrie Buck, a young Virginia woman used by state medical authorities as a test case to get the courts to legitimize their program. At times, Bruinius's account of the events leading up to her sterilization employs a novelistic level of detail, such as recreating the mental state of participants, a technique also applied to discussing the lives of the scientists whose theories drove the eugenics movement. (These stories have their bittersweet ironies; one leading eugenicist was an epileptic, while another's daughter showed signs of dyslexia.) The tone occasionally slips into excessive moralizing when he underscores the relationship between American eugenics and Nazi Germany, but the connections are certainly there. This history isn't as "secret" as the title makes it out to be—it's been told most recently by Edwin Black in War Against the Weak—but Bruinius brings compelling drama to the narrative that should give it broad appeal. Photos. (Feb. 27) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title...more

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• Middle Cold War failures: "Shadow Warrior: 1 of 2: William Egan Colby and the CIA" by Randall B. Woods..

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  Jul 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Chile) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Middle Cold War failures: "Shadow Warrior: 1 of 2: William Egan Colby and the CIA" by Randall B. Woods.. https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Warrior-William-Egan-Colby/dp/0465021948 Library Journal “Woods has crafted an excellent biography based on the usual primary sources and buttressed by interviews with Colby's family and associates.... Well written and researched, this solid biography by an established historian is worthy of recommendation to all interested readers.” American History “Colby was a man nobody, not even his wives and children, really knew. A warrior who survived World War II battlefields to fight the Cold War and mastermind ‘pacification' in Vietnam, eventually becoming CIA chief, he mysteriously disappeared after stepping down. Thorough, revealing and rewarding.” Hugh Wilford, author of The Mighty Wurlitzer “Randall Woods has turned his formidable skills as a biographer to one of the most controversial and enigmatic personalities of the Cold War. The result is a prodigiously researched, richly revealing portrayal of William Colby's life and times in all their contradictions: political, personal, and moral.”...more

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• Middle Cold War failures: "Shadow Warrior: 2 of 2: William Egan Colby and the CIA" by Randall B. Woods..

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  Jul 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:... SAIGON 1971-72 - Continental Hotel - by John Binfield | by manhhai ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Middle Cold War failures: "Shadow Warrior: 2 of 2: William Egan Colby and the CIA" by Randall B. Woods.. https://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Warrior-William-Egan-Colby/dp/0465021948 Library Journal “Woods has crafted an excellent biography based on the usual primary sources and buttressed by interviews with Colby's family and associates.... Well written and researched, this solid biography by an established historian is worthy of recommendation to all interested readers.” American History “Colby was a man nobody, not even his wives and children, really knew. A warrior who survived World War II battlefields to fight the Cold War and mastermind ‘pacification' in Vietnam, eventually becoming CIA chief, he mysteriously disappeared after stepping down. Thorough, revealing and rewarding.” Hugh Wilford, author of The Mighty Wurlitzer “Randall Woods has turned his formidable skills as a biographer to one of the most controversial and enigmatic personalities of the Cold War. The result is a prodigiously researched, richly revealing portrayal of William Colby's life and times in all their contradictions: political, personal, and moral.”...more

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• Sex Matters: 1 of 2: How Modern Feminism Lost Touch with Science, Love, and Common Sense by Mona Charen.

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  Jul 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Betty Friedan photographed by Lynn Gilbert, 1981) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Sex Matters: 1 of 2: How Modern Feminism Lost Touch with Science, Love, and Common Sense by Mona Charen. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DM2J3D3/ref=dbsadefrwthschvapitaftp1i0 Author of the New York Times best seller Useful Idiots and popular columnist Mona Charen takes a close, reasoned look at the aggressive feminist agenda undermining the success and happiness of men and women across the country. In this smart, deeply necessary critique, Mona Charen unpacks the ways feminism fails us at home, in the workplace, and in our personal relationships - by promising that we can have it all, do it all, and be it all. Here, she upends the feminist agenda and the liberal conversation surrounding women's issues by asking tough and crucial questions, such as:   Did women's full equality require the total destruction of the nuclear family?  Did it require a sexual revolution that would dismantle traditions of modesty, courtship, and fidelity that had characterized relations between the sexes for centuries?  Did it cause the broken dating culture and the rape crisis on our college campuses?  Did it require war between the sexes that would deem men the "enemy" of women? Have the strides of feminism made women happier in their home and work life. (The answer is no.)   Sex Matters tracks the price we have paid for denying sex differences and stoking the war of the sexes - family breakdown, declining female happiness, aimlessness among men, and increasing inequality. Marshaling copious social science research as well as her own experience as a professional as well as a wife and mother, Mona Charen calls for a sexual ceasefire for the sake of women, men, and children....more

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• Sex Matters: 2 of 2: How Modern Feminism Lost Touch with Science, Love, and Common Sense by Mona Charen.

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  Jul 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:In 1971, Norman Mailer moderated a cacophonous debate about feminism that was captured on film by the documentarians Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Sex Matters: 2 of 2: How Modern Feminism Lost Touch with Science, Love, and Common Sense by Mona Charen. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DM2J3D3/ref=dbsadefrwthschvapitaftp1i0 Author of the New York Times best seller Useful Idiots and popular columnist Mona Charen takes a close, reasoned look at the aggressive feminist agenda undermining the success and happiness of men and women across the country. In this smart, deeply necessary critique, Mona Charen unpacks the ways feminism fails us at home, in the workplace, and in our personal relationships - by promising that we can have it all, do it all, and be it all. Here, she upends the feminist agenda and the liberal conversation surrounding women's issues by asking tough and crucial questions, such as:   Did women's full equality require the total destruction of the nuclear family?  Did it require a sexual revolution that would dismantle traditions of modesty, courtship, and fidelity that had characterized relations between the sexes for centuries?  Did it cause the broken dating culture and the rape crisis on our college campuses?  Did it require war between the sexes that would deem men the "enemy" of women? Have the strides of feminism made women happier in their home and work life. (The answer is no.)   Sex Matters tracks the price we have paid for denying sex differences and stoking the war of the sexes - family breakdown, declining female happiness, aimlessness among men, and increasing inequality. Marshaling copious social science research as well as her own experience as a professional as well as a wife and mother, Mona Charen calls for a sexual ceasefire for the sake of women, men, and children....more

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• Daniel Ortega welcomes the Russians to Nicaragua. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion

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  Jul 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Daniel Ortega welcomes the Russians to Nicaragua. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-in-central-america-again-1531074911 https://www.wsj.com/articles/guatemala-russia-and-the-bitkovs-1530477494

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• Brazil's Lula tries a jailbreak to run for president again. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion

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  Jul 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Demonstrators gather in front of the Palácio do Planalto, the presidential palace, to protest against Lula's appointment as Chief of Staff of the Presidency, 16 March 2016. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Brazil's Lula tries a jailbreak to run for president again. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/rule-of-law-wins-again-in-brazil-1531680648

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• Future U.S. Navy needs a multi-role frigate pronto: 2 of 2: Tyler Rogoway T@HEWARZOBE

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  Jul 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: 060610-N-8110K-022 Boston, Mass. (June 10, 2006) - USS Constitution, “Old Ironsides” gets underway for a turn-around cruise in Boston Harbor. The world's oldest commissioned warship [afloat] will cruise to Fort Independence on Castle Island where it will fire a 21-gun salute before returning to its berth at the Charlestown Navy Yard. The turn-around cruise is one of the high points of Boston Navy Week. Twenty-four such weeks are planned this year in cities throughout the U.S., arranged by the Navy Office of Community Outreach (NAVCO). NAVCO is tasked with enhancing the Navy's brand image in areas with limited exposure to the Navy. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Future U.S. Navy needs a multi-role frigate pronto: 2 of 2: Tyler Rogoway T@HEWARZOBE http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/22138/the-navy-may-use-one-hull-design-to-replace-its-cruisers-and-some-destroyers...more

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• Future U.S. Navy needs a multi-role frigate pronto. Tyler Rogoway T@HEWARZOBE

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  Jul 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The U.S. Navy guided missile frigates USS Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7), USS Antrim (FFG-20) and USS Jack Williams (FFG-24) underway.  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Future U.S. Navy needs a multi-role frigate pronto: 1 of 2:  Tyler Rogoway T@HEWARZOBE http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/22138/the-navy-may-use-one-hull-design-to-replace-its-cruisers-and-some-destroyers

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• Curiosity on the prowl, Opportunity unknown. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Jul 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Curiosity path)) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Curiosity on the prowl, Opportunity unknown. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com http://behindtheblack.com/?s=rover+update

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• New Shepard prepares for suborbital profit. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Jul 22 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Launch images from the test flight of the New Shepard spacecraft ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow New Shepard prepares for suborbital profit. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com http://behindtheblack.com/?s=new+shepard

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• New American Civil War: 2 of 2: A page of Horace Greeley in the Washington Post. Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Jul 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Cartoon from the 1872 presidential campaign showing Horace Greeley forced to eat his own words Date July 13, 1872 (Harper's Weekly, p. 560) Source here Author Thomas Nast ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow New American Civil War: 2 of 2: A page of Horace Greeley in the Washington Post. Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/quit-now-trump-staffers-save-your-souls/2018/07/16/6529cb3a-8920-11e8-85ae-511bc1146b0bstory.html?utmterm=.2e8feb5bc057  Everyone who works for President Trump: Quit now. Save your souls. Save your honor, such as it is. Save your reputation, such as it remains. Russia attacked our democracy. Trump has demonstrated repeatedly, and did so again with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, that he doesn’t care and won’t defend his country. If you work for this man and you call yourself a patriot, it is time for you to go....more

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• New American Civil War: 1 of 2: A page of Horace Greeley in the Washington Post. Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Jul 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Original Caption: Horace Greeley U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 111-B-2038 From:: Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, (Record Group 111) Photographer: Brady, Mathew, 1823 (ca.) - 1896 Coverage Dates: ca. 1860 - ca. 1865 Subjects: American Civil War, 1861-1865 Brady National Photographic Art Gallery (Washington, D.C.)) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow New American Civil War: 1 of 2: A page of Horace Greeley in the Washington Post. Michael Vlahos @JHUWorldCrisis https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/quit-now-trump-staffers-save-your-souls/2018/07/16/6529cb3a-8920-11e8-85ae-511bc1146b0bstory.html?utmterm=.2e8feb5bc057  Everyone who works for President Trump: Quit now. Save your souls. Save your honor, such as it is. Save your reputation, such as it remains. Russia attacked our democracy. Trump has demonstrated repeatedly, and did so again with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, that he doesn’t care and won’t defend his country. If you work for this man and you call yourself a patriot, it is time for you to go....more

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• Pacific Watch: Will Seattle drive out Amazon? @JeffBliss1

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  Jul 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Seattle's got some great new corporate architecture nowadays. Thanks much to Amazon, of course. Walking around downtown tonight after dinner we saw the new Amazon Sphere building in pretty evening light. The buildings all around are also Amzn buildings) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: Pacific Watch:  Will Seattle drive out Amazon? @JeffBliss1 https://www.theringer.com/tech/2018/7/17/17578524/seattle-amazon-kshama-sawant-socialist-local-politics A City Council member wants to uproot Jeff Bezos’s tech giant and shrink the wealth gap using radical politics. But not everyone in the city agrees that hardline, no-surrender socialism is the answer....more

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• The future is already here, and it's drone air taxis. @PappalardoJoe.

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  Jul 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: May 2018 Uber held its second annual “flying taxi” conference in Los Angeles this week, so we have a bunch of cool new concept images of weird, drone-helicopter  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The future is already here, and it's drone air taxis. @PappalardoJoe. http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a22454961/mega-skyport-uber-flying-taxi-vertiport/

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• The Baltic States are NATO's weakness: 2 of 2: and Russia's advantage. Douglas Mastriano @dougforpa

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  Jul 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:RUKLA, Lithuania - Multinational Soldiers with the Enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Poland completed a two-day tactical road march across sovereign NATO borders and arrived to Rukla, Lithuania, June 18, 2017, as part of Saber Strike 17. The Poland-based Battle Group conducted the convoy portion of the Field Training Exercise to demonstrate their ability to execute a forward passage of lines across the only land connection between the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which is known as the Suwalki Gap. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Baltic States are NATO's weakness: 2 of 2: and Russia's advantage. Douglas Mastriano @dougforpa  http://thefederalist.com/2018/07/18/heres-trump-nato-russias-string-aggressions/ Douglas V. Mastriano is a retired U.S. Army colonel and a veteran of the Cold War, Desert Storm, and Afghanistan. He has a PhD in history and four master’s degrees. He wrote an award-winning book on Sgt. Alvin York and led two major studies on Russia’s growing threat to the Baltic nations....more

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• The Baltic States are NATO's weakness and Russia's advantage. Douglas Mastriano @dougforpa

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  Jul 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Soviet war monument in Tallinn  This statue, called the Bronze Soldier, was moved to a military cemetery in April 2007, amidst great controversy.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Baltic States are NATO's weakness: 1 of 2: and Russia's advantage. Douglas Mastriano @dougforpa  http://thefederalist.com/2018/07/18/heres-trump-nato-russias-string-aggressions/ Douglas V. Mastriano is a retired U.S. Army colonel and a veteran of the Cold War, Desert Storm, and Afghanistan. He has a PhD in history and four master’s degrees. He wrote an award-winning book on Sgt. Alvin York and led two major studies on Russia’s growing threat to the Baltic nations....more

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• Shareholders make American great again. @JohnTamny

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  Jul 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Alibaba Chairman Jack Ma celebrates his company's IPO at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday. (Photo: Mark Lennihan/AP)) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Shareholders make American great again. @JohnTamny https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2018/07/12/formichaelhiltzikrealityisstillloudlyknockingatthedoor_103346.html Michael Hiltzik is the militantly imperceptive business columnist at the Los Angeles Times. Recently he wrote that the one of most persistent barriers to business and societal good is "the addiction of corporate managements to pleasing their shareholders.” It seemingly never occurred to Hiltzik that without investors, there would be no companies, no jobs, and little society to begin with. Readers can likely imagine where Hiltzik takes this: he's convinced that 'Wall Street' rewards the businesses that pay the least, which is of course mocked by corporate valuations revealing the exact opposite. More than he realizes, he’s the substantial beneficiary of the very shareholder patience he naively claims doesn’t exist. The opinion piece can be found here....more

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• Capitalism plus Kylie Jenner plus free social media equals the road to a billionaire. @JohnTamny

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  Jul 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Description  English: Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) and Louise Whitfield Carnegie (1857-1946) in 1915. Date 1915 Source   ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Capitalism plus Kylie Jenner plus free social media equals the road to a billionaire. @JohnTamny https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2018/07/15/young-kylie-jenner-lays-waste-to-deficit-demographic-and-inequality-hand-wringers/#299070497380 Kylie Jenner owns 100% of a company that Forbes values conservatively at $800 million, and that has twelve (seven full-time, five part-time) employees. Manufacture of Kylie Cosmetics is all outsourced, as are sales/fulfillment. Jenner's marketing budget was/is Instragram/Snapchat. Her rapid path to near-billionaire status lays further waste to the theories of fiscal warmists who've long been predicting "national fiscal doom" due to budget deficits, and economic doom thanks to low birthrates. These theories were always rooted in a static view of human capacity to prosper, and a false belief that countries are impregnable islands inhabited by people incapable of interacting with the rest of the world. As for the inequality that members of the right laughably blame on the Fed and "crony capitalism," and that lefties blame on the greedy, it's actually the happy result of technology that continues to enable the talented to serve more and more of the world. Jenner lacks a college degree, but her achievements lay waste to decades of economic theory foisted on us by people who are thick with degrees, but who lack common sense. The opinion piece can be found here....more

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• The world Putin grew up in: "1956: 4 of 4: The World in Revolt" by Simon Hall.

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  Jul 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: A Westland Whirlwind helicopter taking off from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Albion (R07) to stand by for emergency rescue operations as the ship turns into the wind to fly off her aircraft on a strike. Visible on deck are De Havilland Sea Venoms of 809 Naval Air Squadron, and Hawker Sea Hawks from 800 and 802 NAS. Date November 1956) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The world Putin grew up in: "1956: 4 of 4: The World in Revolt" by Simon Hall. https://www.amazon.com/1956-World-Revolt-Simon-Hall/dp/0571312322 Vibrantly and sympathetically told, this is the story of one remarkable year - a capsule history of exhilarating triumphs and shattering defeats around the world. 'Vivid, powerful and panoramic ... I loved it.' Dominic Sandbrook 1956 was one of the most remarkable years of the twentieth century. All across the globe, ordinary people spoke out, filled the streets and city squares, and took up arms in an attempt to win their freedom. In response to these unprecedented challenges to their authority, those in power fought back, in a desperate bid to shore up their position. It was an epic contest, and one which made 1956 - like 1789 and 1848 - a year that changed our world....more

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• US State says there are 20,000 Palestinian refugees from 1948: UNRA says over 5,000,000. Malcolm Hoenlein.

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  Jul 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo Nakba 1948 Palestine - Jaramana Refugee Camp, Damascus, Syria Date 1948 Source hanini.org Author Unknown Permission (Reusing this file)  PD-Syria: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow US State says there are 20,000 Palestinian refugees from 1948: UNRA says over 5,000,000. Malcolm Hoenlein.

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• The Palestinians have fragmented into two criminal states, the Hamas homicides and the PA kleptocrats. Pinchas Inbari. Malcolm Hoenlein. @Conf_of_Pres.

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  Jul 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Palestinian Authority honor guard at attention over Yasser Arafat's tombstone. PA governmental compound, Ramallah Date 20 May 2008 Source Own work Author Tristam Sparks, restlesseye.com) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Palestinians have fragmented into two criminal states, the Hamas homicides and the PA kleptocrats. Pinchas Inbari. Malcolm Hoenlein. @ConfofPres. ● https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-july-19-2018/ (part about gaza) ● http://jcpa.org/economics-wont-help-the-palestinians-will-continue-with-terror-attacks/ ● https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/UN-warns-of-precarious-Gaza-situation-after-Israel-bans-gas-fuel-imports-562765 ● https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/gaza-israel-attacks-fire-kite-flyers-blockade-palestinians-hamas-a8453536.html ● https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Four-injured-in-IDF-strike-on-Gaza-Strip-562943 ● https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Documents/pubs/PolicyNote54-HerzogOmari.pdf...more

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• What Eastern Europe nightmares look like: "The Tunnels: 2 of 2: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill" by Greg Mitchell

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  Jul 21 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Berlin, S-Bahnhof Wollankstraße, Fluchttunnel Info non-talk.svg Original caption  For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Info non-talk.svg Zentralbild-Junge-1.2.1962-Gefährliche Provokation an der Staatsgrenze der DDR-Durch Agentenschleuse Eisenbahnverkehr aufs äusserste gefährdet. Ein neues eklatantes Beispiel für die friedensgefährdende Rolle der Westberliner Frontstadt-Politik ist am 1.2.1962 auf einer internationalen Pressekonferenz in Berlin enthüllt worden. Vor in- und ausländischen Journalisten, darunter Vertretern westdeutscher Zeitungen informierte der Minister für Verkehrswesen der DDR, Erwin Kramer, auf dem Gelände des S-Bahnhofes Wollankestrasse über die ungeheuerliche Tatsache, dass Westberliner Banditen unter gröbster Verletzung der Staatsgrenze der DDR durch die Gewölbe dieses Bahnhofes ein Stollensystem vorgetrieben haben. Durch die Anlage dieses Stollensystems sollten Agenten und Diversanten von Westberlin in das Gebiet der DDR eingeschleust werden. UBz: Im Stollen Depicted place Berlin Date 1 February 1962 Photographer Junge, Peter Heinz ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow What Eastern Europe nightmares look like: "The Tunnels: 2 of 2: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill" by Greg Mitchell https://www.amazon.com/Tunnels-Escapes-Under-Berlin-Historic/dp/1101903872/ref=laB001K88LXE1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527813928&sr=1-1...more

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• Can Russia restrain Iran from attacking Israel? Malcolm Hoenlein @angutowski @FDD

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  Jul 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: In this picture released by the office of the Iranian supreme leader, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @Batchelo@angutowskirShow Can Russia restrain Iran from attacking Israel? Malcolm Hoenlein @angutowski @FDD Alexandra N. Gutowski is a research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, where she focuses on military affairs and is responsible for FDD’s Military Edge project and its website. Alexandra was previously a counterterrorism analyst and Evans Hanson Fellow at the Institute for the Study of War in Washington, DC. She was Fulbright Scholar in the UK, where she received a masters’ degree from Durham University. ● http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/alexandra-n-gutowski-putin-needs-iran-in-syria/ ● https://www.timesofisrael.com/russia-complete-iranian-withdrawal-from-syria-is-absolutely-unrealistic/...more

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• What Putin intends is to show strength. @AnnaBorsch @WashInstitute Malcolm Hoenlein.

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  Jul 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Vladimir Putin with one of his horses and en:Koni Date 26 July 2002 Source http://president.kremlin.ru/dyn_images/img23932.jpg Author Presidential Press and Information Office) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow What Putin intends is to show strength. @AnnaBorsch @WashInstitute Malcolm Hoenlein.

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• The Russians move into Central and South America along with their Iranian allies. @jmhumire Exec Director @SecureFreeSoc

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  Jul 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Managua at night) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Russians move into Central and South America along with their Iranian allies. @jmhumire Exec Director @SecureFreeSoc 

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• NATO is inadequate to keep the Russians out but not to drive the Americans out. @CliffordDMay Malcolm Hoenlein

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  Jul 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:C-47 Skytrains unloading at Tempelhof Airport during the Berlin Airlift. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow NATO is inadequate to keep the Russians out but not to drive the Americans out. @CliffordDMay Malcolm Hoenlein

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• Rod Rosenstein discovers Russian secret agents & What is to be done? @JohnFund @MaryKissel

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  Jul 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Picture of Boris Badenov, Natasha Fatale, and Fearless Leader ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Rod Rosenstein discovers Russian secret agents & What is to be done? @JohnFund @MaryKissel https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2018/07/19/rosenstein-defends-prosecution-russian-agents/37006223/

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• Red China races time and tide to dominate the U.S. Navy. @JerryHendrixII @MaryKissel

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  Jul 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:A Type 052C destroyer, Changchun, in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia in 2017.[13]) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Red China races time and tide to dominate the U.S. Navy. @JerryHendrixII @MaryKissel https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2018/07/30/chinese-naval-policy-upending-conventional-wisdom/

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• The Republicans are soulless Trump servants, declare the smartest Democrats. @MaryKissel

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  Jul 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The Damned Soul. Drawing by Michelangelo Buonarroti c. 1525 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Republicans are soulless Trump servants, declare the smartest Democrats. @MaryKissel https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/quit-now-trump-staffers-save-your-souls/2018/07/16/6529cb3a-8920-11e8-85ae-511bc1146b0bstory.html?utmterm=.c52e7825bbc0

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• What Eastern Europe nightmares look like: "The Tunnels: 1 of 2: Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill" by Greg Mitchell

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  Jul 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:East German Combat Groups of the Working Class close the border on 13 August 1961 in preparation of the Berlin Wall construction. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow What Eastern Europe nightmares look like: "The Tunnels: 1 of 2:  Escapes Under the Berlin Wall and the Historic Films the JFK White House Tried to Kill" by Greg Mitchell https://www.amazon.com/Tunnels-Escapes-Under-Berlin-Historic/dp/1101903872/ref=laB001K88LXE1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1527813928&sr=1-1...more

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• The world Putin grew up in: "1956: 3 of 4: The World in Revolt" by Simon Hall.

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  Jul 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The world Putin grew up in: "1956: 3 of 4: The World in Revolt" by Simon Hall. https://www.amazon.com/1956-World-Revolt-Simon-Hall/dp/0571312322 Vibrantly and sympathetically told, this is the story of one remarkable year - a capsule history of exhilarating triumphs and shattering defeats around the world. 'Vivid, powerful and panoramic ... I loved it.' Dominic Sandbrook 1956 was one of the most remarkable years of the twentieth century. All across the globe, ordinary people spoke out, filled the streets and city squares, and took up arms in an attempt to win their freedom. In response to these unprecedented challenges to their authority, those in power fought back, in a desperate bid to shore up their position. It was an epic contest, and one which made 1956 - like 1789 and 1848 - a year that changed our world....more

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• Prepping for the Borking of Kavanaugh. 2 of 2: @RichadAEpstein

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  Jul 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Ford testifies on behalf of Robert Bork, nominated to be on the US Supreme Court Former President Gerald Ford (L) is watched by Judge Robert Bork as he testifies on behalf of the latter before the Senate Judiciary Committee on September 15, 1987 in Washington. Bork has been nominated to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. (UPI Photo/Cliff Owen/Files) | License Photo ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Prepping for the Borking of Kavanaugh. 2 of 2: @RichadAEpstein https://www.hoover.org/research/progressives-come-after-brett-kavanaugh Two different lines of attack have been launched against the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, now of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to replace Anthony Kennedy on the United States Supreme Court: one personal and one substantive. On the former I have little to say, except to note Yale Law School Professor Amy Chua’s glowing endorsement of Kavanaugh in the Wall Street Journal. Of far greater importance is the attack on his intellectual orientation, both generally and as it relates to specific issues that have come up already, and that will surely come up again before the Supreme Court. On these issues, the progressive forces aligned against Kavanaugh have given no quarter…...more

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• Prepping for the Borking of Kavanaugh. 1 of 2: @RichadAEpstein

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  Jul 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Robert Bork1987) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Prepping for the Borking of Kavanaugh. 1 of 2:  @RichadAEpstein https://www.hoover.org/research/progressives-come-after-brett-kavanaugh Two different lines of attack have been launched against the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, now of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, to replace Anthony Kennedy on the United States Supreme Court: one personal and one substantive. On the former I have little to say, except to note Yale Law School Professor Amy Chua’s glowing endorsement of Kavanaugh in the Wall Street Journal. Of far greater importance is the attack on his intellectual orientation, both generally and as it relates to specific issues that have come up already, and that will surely come up again before the Supreme Court. On these issues, the progressive forces aligned against Kavanaugh have given no quarter…...more

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• Finding a 2000-year-old coin left behind by a Jewish hero fleeing the Romans. Ze'ev Orenstein, City of David.

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  Jul 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:The Biblical City of David in the period of Herod's Temple, from the Holyland Model of Jerusalem. The southern wall of the Temple Mount appears at top. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Finding a 2000-year-old coin left behind by a Jewish hero fleeing the Romans. Ze'ev Orenstein, City of David. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Bronze-coin-from-4th-year-of-Great-Revolt-found-at-national-park-561347...more

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• Trump country is changing the channel on the news attacking Trump. @SalenaZito

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  Jul 20 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Much of the Allegheny River's course is through hilly woodlands. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Trump country is changing the channel on the news attacking Trump. @SalenaZito

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• Throwing ink on the portraits and slogans of Red China & What is to be done? Arthur Waldron, University of Pennsylvania. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jul 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Xi ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Throwing ink on the portraits and slogans of Red China & What is to be done?  Arthur Waldron, University of Pennsylvania. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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• Red China monitors and tasks overseas Chinese students. @BethanyAllenEbr

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  Jul 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:File:2009 Tibetan People Demand ~ Democracy for China, Freedom for Tibet in NYC ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Red China monitors and tasks overseas Chinese students. @BethanyAllenEbr Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, national security reporter at The Daily Beast, on this: https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-china-built-an-army-of-influence-agents-in-the-us

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• Democracy in retreat & What is to be done? RHFontaine @CNASDC

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  Jul 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:New York Harbor ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Democracy in retreat & What is to be done? RHFontaine @CNASDC https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2018-07-18/standing-democracy?cid=int-fls&pgtype=hpg

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• Is Red China talking itself into a war with the US? @BillGertz @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jul 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army of China at the military parade to mark the 70th) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Is Red China talking itself into a war with the US? @BillGertz @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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• Will a China Hawk take the Asia team at State? @JoshRogin @WashingtonPost

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  Jul 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 80th Fighter Squadron takes off during Buddy Wing 16-3 at Jungwon Air Base, South Korea, March 30, 2016. Buddy Wing training, held multiple times a year, polishes the ability of the South Korean and U.S. pilots to train and operate as a combined force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nick Wilson) ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Will a China Hawk take the Asia team at State? @JoshRogin @WashingtonPost https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2018/07/18/retired-air-force-general-in-contention-to-lead-pompeos-asia-team/?utm_term=.1a5bd92f710f Retired Air Force general in contention to lead Pompeo’s Asia team...more

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• North Korea holds the american dead as hostages & What is to be done? David Maxwell, Corean-American Institute. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jul 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: One of four Americans of the 21st Infantry Regiment found between the forward observation post and the front line. The men were probably captured the night of July 9th, and shot thru the head with their hands tied behind their backs. Date 07/10/1950 Source NARA Author US Army Signal Corps photograph by Corporal Robert Dangel) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow North Korea holds the American dead as hostages & What is to be done? David Maxwell, Corean-American Institute. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast...more

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• The Democrats cry "Treason!" and look to pull down the constitutional government. @MonicaCrowley

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  Jul 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:An 1865 political cartoon depicting Benedict Arnold and Jefferson Davis in Hell ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Democrats cry "Treason!" and look to pull down the constitutional government.  @MonicaCrowley https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/17/opinion/trump-russia-putin-republicans.html

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• China aims to claim the moon the same as China claims the South China Sea. Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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  Jul 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Yutu, China's first moon rover, imaged by the Chang'e 3 lander. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow China aims to claim the moon the same as China claims the South China Sea. Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast

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• The world Putin grew up in: "1956: 2 of 4: The World in Revolt" by Simon Hall

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  Jul 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: St. Michael's Castle: St Petersburg ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The world Putin grew up in: "1956: 2 of 4: The World in Revolt" by Simon Hall https://www.amazon.com/1956-World-Revolt-Simon-Hall/dp/0571312322 Vibrantly and sympathetically told, this is the story of one remarkable year - a capsule history of exhilarating triumphs and shattering defeats around the world. 'Vivid, powerful and panoramic ... I loved it.' Dominic Sandbrook 1956 was one of the most remarkable years of the twentieth century. All across the globe, ordinary people spoke out, filled the streets and city squares, and took up arms in an attempt to win their freedom. In response to these unprecedented challenges to their authority, those in power fought back, in a desperate bid to shore up their position. It was an epic contest, and one which made 1956 - like 1789 and 1848 - a year that changed our world....more

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• The world Putin grew up in: "1956: 1 of 4: The World in Revolt" by Simon Hall.

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  Jul 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Citizens of Leningrad during the 872-day siege, in which more than one million civilians died, mostly from starvation.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The world Putin grew up in: "1956: 1 of 4: The World in Revolt" by Simon Hall. https://www.amazon.com/1956-World-Revolt-Simon-Hall/dp/0571312322 Vibrantly and sympathetically told, this is the story of one remarkable year - a capsule history of exhilarating triumphs and shattering defeats around the world. 'Vivid, powerful and panoramic ... I loved it.' Dominic Sandbrook 1956 was one of the most remarkable years of the twentieth century. All across the globe, ordinary people spoke out, filled the streets and city squares, and took up arms in an attempt to win their freedom. In response to these unprecedented challenges to their authority, those in power fought back, in a desperate bid to shore up their position. It was an epic contest, and one which made 1956 - like 1789 and 1848 - a year that changed our world....more

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• Declassify Russiagate for the voters to decide. @WJMcGurn @WSJOpinion

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  Jul 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Declassify Russiagate for the voters to decide. @WJMcGurn @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-speech-trump-should-give-1531778571 .

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• Unnecessary summit unhinges the Democrats. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO

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  Jul 19 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Unnecessary summit unhinges the Democrats. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/trump-putin-meetings-unnecessary/

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• Why does the US not have a manned spacecraft to orbit and to Mars? Part 2 of 2: Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Jul 18 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Modeled and rendered with Autodesk Maya and Adobe Photoshop. The capsule is based on the current Dragon V2 design. Other structures and vehicles have no basis on design. Date 29 May 2015, 15:29 Source SpaceX Dragon Capsule on Mars Author Kevin Gill from Nashua, NH, United States) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Why does the US not have a manned spacecraft to orbit and to Mars? Part 2 of 2: Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com...more

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• Why does the US not have a manned spacecraft to orbit and to Mars? Part 1 of 2: Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Jul 18 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: HOUSTON - JSC2013e068388 - The Boeing Company unveils its fully outfitted CST-100 mock-up at the company's Houston Product Support Center in Texas. This test version is optimized to support five crew members and will allow the company to evaluate crew safety, interfaces, communications, maneuverability and ergonomics. Boeing's CST-100 is being designed to transport crew members or a mix of crew and cargo to low-Earth-orbit destinations. The evaluation is part of the ongoing work supporting Boeing's funded Space Act Agreement with NASA's Commercial Crew Program, or CCP, during the agency's Commercial Crew Integrated Capability, or CCiCap, initiative. CCiCap is intended to make commercial human spaceflight services available for government and commercial customers. Date 25 July 2013, 12:10:22 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Why does the US not have a manned spacecraft to orbit and to Mars? Part 1 of 2: Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com...more

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• Tales of the New Cold War: 2 of 2: Trump & Putin speak of war and treason. Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com.

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  Jul 18 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Tretick, Stanley, Photographer (NARA record: 3951647) Record creator Look Magazine Title  Khrushchev and Kennedy Shaking Hands Description  Scope and content: Photograph of President John F. Kennedy and Chairman Nikita Khrushchev during their meeting in Vienna, Austria. Place Soviet Union (Asia) former nation/state/empire (NARA geographical record) Vienna (Wien, Austria, Europe) inhabited place (48.217°N 16.367°E; NARA geographical record) Date 3 June 1961 - 4 June 1961 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tales of the New Cold War: 2 of 2: Trump & Putin speak of war and treason. Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com....more

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• Tales of the New Cold War: 1 of 2: Trump & Putin speak of war and treason. Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com.

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  Jul 18 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Nikita Khrushchev, leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, at a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, New York Date 22 September 1960) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Tales of the New Cold War: 1 of 2: Trump & Putin speak of war and treason. Stephen F. Cohen @NYU @Princeton eastwestaccord.com.

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• The new new (dreamy new) whisper GDP for 2Q is 5%. @LizPeek

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  Jul 18 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Curb market at Broad Street 1902. Wrote a local resident in 1907, each morning at 10 o'clock the "multitude" of "brokers, brokers' clerks, lemonade and provision vendors, messenger boys, 'lambs' awaiting slaughter, and numerous other attaches and camp followers of the noisy and disorderly throng breaks forth with a volley of discordant screams which rend the air for several blocks, and then bedlam reigns until the gong again sounds at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, to the confusion and discomfort of the whole surrounding neighborhood."[23] ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The new new (dreamy new) whisper GDP for 2Q is 5%. @LizPeek https://www.marketwatch.com/story/economy-might-top-5-gdp-in-the-spring-2018-06-27 Liz Peek is a former partner of Wall Street firm Wertheim & Company. For 15 years, she has been a columnist for The Fiscal Times, Fox News, The New York Post and numerous other organizations. Please share! http://thehill.com/opinion/finance/396509-trumps-latest-win-more-americans-are-saying-i-quit...more

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• Treason-speak breaks out on cable TV. @LizPeek

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  Jul 18 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: A 17th-century illustration of Guy Fawkes. Fawkes tried to assassinate James I of England. He failed and was convicted of treason and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Treason-speak breaks out on cable TV. @LizPeek

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• JFK 0, Khrushchev 1 in June 1961 vs Trump 0, Putin 1 in July 2018. @HooverWhalen @HooverInst

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  Jul 18 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow JFK 0, Khrushchev 1 in June 1961 vs Trump 0, Putin 1 in July 2018. @HooverWhalen @HooverInst

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• Unrepentant anti-Asian-American discrimination at Harvard College & What is to be done? Ying Ma @GZtoGhetto @WashingtonExaminer.

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  Jul 18 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: The Harvard Monthly ceased publication with Volume 64, in May 1917, with the following words within black bordering: "The editors of the monthly regret that existing circumstances compel the suspension of publication during the immediate future."[14]) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Unrepentant anti-Asian-American discrimination at Harvard College & What is to be done? Ying Ma @GZtoGhetto @WashingtonExaminer....more

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• How is it that Congress failed to learn anything new from Strzok? @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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  Jul 18 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow How is it that Congress failed to learn anything new from Strzok? @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/peter-strzok-testimony-congress-should-use-contempt-power-or-end-investigations/

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• Rosenstein politicizes Russiagate and then discards the GRU into the DOJ National Security Division. @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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  Jul 18 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Rosenstein politicizes Russiagate and then discards the GRU into the DOJ National Security Division. @AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/07/muellers-latest-indictments-russians-politicized-pointless/

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• How did the French election fend off Fancy Bear and Cozy Bear & What is to be done? @DefTechPat

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  Jul 17 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Mr Putin arrived at the GRU headquarters in a Russian Air Force helicopter. The new complex has a total area of several tens of thousands of square metres. The most advanced construction materials and Russian-made high-tech equipment were used in its construction. The headquarters building comprises three sections and the territory is completely closed. A surveillance system makes it possible to monitor each room. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow How did the French election fend off Fancy Bear and Cozy Bear & What is to be done? @DefTechPat...more

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• Fancy Bear and Cozy Bear spearphish America, 2015-2018. @DefTechPat

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  Jul 17 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Visiting the new headquarters of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff Chief Intelligence Directorate (GRU). Mr Putin became the first visitor to sign the guest book and wished the military intelligence officers success in their work. November 2006) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Fancy Bear and Cozy Bear spearphish America, 2015-2018. @DefTechPat

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• Trump in Helsinki, before the Trump correction of misspeaking. @SebGorka.

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  Jul 17 2018

  AUTHOR. (PhotoHelsinki. Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump made press statements and answered journalists' questions.: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Trump in Helsinki, before the Trump correction of misspeaking. @SebGorka.

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• Climate change and contentious deep-sea fishing in the 21st century. @MalinPinsky, Rutgers

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  Jul 17 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Male and female Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) specimens.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Climate change and contentious deep-sea fishing in the 21st century. @MalinPinsky, Rutgers http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6394/1189 Preparing ocean governance for species on the move.

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• Reagan vs the dying Politburo: "The Brink: 1 of 2: President Reagan and the Nuclear War Scare of 1983" by Marc Ambinder

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  Jul 17 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Andropov (seated second from right in the front row) presides over the USSR's 60th Anniversary after succeeding Brezhnev as its leader.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Reagan vs the dying Politburo: "The Brink: 1 of 2:  President Reagan and the Nuclear War Scare of 1983" by Marc Ambinder https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078M9YTK5/ref=dbsadefrwthschvapitaftp1i0 The incredible story of the 1983 war game that triggered a tense, brittle period of nuclear brinkmanship between the United States and the former Soviet Union. What happened in 1983 to make the Soviet Union so afraid of a potential nuclear strike from the United States that they sent mobile ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles) into the field, placing them on a three-minute alert? Marc Ambinder explains the anxious period between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1982 to 1984, with the “Able Archer ’83” war game as the fulcrum of the tension. With astonishing and clarifying new details, he recounts the scary series of the close encounters that tested the limits of ordinary humans and powerful leaders alike. Ambinder explains how political leadership ultimately triumphed over misunderstandings, helping the two countries maintain a fragile peace. Ambinder provides a comprehensive and chilling account of the nuclear command and control process, from intelligence warnings to the composition of the nuclear codes themselves. And he affords glimpses into the secret world of a preemptive electronic attack that scared the Soviet Union into action. Ambinder’s account reads like a thriller, recounting the spy-versus-spy games that kept both countries—and the world—in check. From geopolitics in Moscow and Washington, to sweat-caked soldiers fighting in the trenches of the Cold War, to high-stakes war games across NATO and the Warsaw Pact, The Brink serves as the definitive intelligence, nuclear, and national security history of one of the most precarious times in recent memory....more

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• Will the US play the Taiwan card against China & What is to be done? Stephen Yates, DC Advisory.

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  Jul 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Will the US play the Taiwan card against China?  & What is to be done? Stephen Yates, DC Advisory.

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• Trump shows weakness to the enemy & What is to be done? @ThadMcCotter

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  Jul 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo English: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump meet at the 2017 G-20 Hamburg Summit Date 7 July 2017 Source http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/55006/photos Author Kremlin.ru: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Trump shows weakness to the enemy & What is to be done? @ThadMcCotter

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• Taliban Special Forces, the Red Unit, badly defeat Afghan National Forces.

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  Jul 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Taliban Special Forces, the Blood Unit) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Taliban Special Forces, the Blood Unit, badly defeat Afghan National Forces. https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/07/afghan-forces-suffer-heavy-casualties-in-kunduz.php

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• Syria's Idlib province descends to ISIS making war on Al Qaeda. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio

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  Jul 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s Islamic State continues to operate throughout Syria, including in the northwestern province of Idlib. The group has claimed a series of plots targeting its jihadist and Islamist rivals in recent weeks. The attacks are centered in Idlib province, including its capital city, but have spilled over into the countryside and neighboring provinces as well.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Syria's Idlib province descends to ISIS making war on Al Qaeda. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/07/islamic-state-targets-rival-jihadists-and-islamists-in-northern-syria.php...more

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• Peter Strzok sniffs at a Congressional melee.@AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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  Jul 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Strzok before Congress ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Peter Strzok sniffs at a Congressional melee.@AndrewCMcCarthy @ThadMcCotter

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

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  Jul 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Archaeologists discovered a 1,000-year-old clay amulet about the size of a dime at one of the oldest historical sites in Jerusalem. The tiny amulet belonged to a man named Kareem and is inscribed with a personal prayer, "Kareem trusts in Allah. Lord of the Worlds is Allah.") http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Amulet of the City of David. @ThadMcCotter Indiana Hoenlein. https://www.livescience.com/62850-amulet-blessing-jerusalem.html Archaeologists discovered a 1,000-year-old clay amulet about the size of a dime at one of the oldest historical sites in Jerusalem. The tiny amulet belonged to a man named Kareem and is inscribed with a personal prayer, "Kareem trusts in Allah. Lord of the Worlds is Allah."...more

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• If the Trump Administration doesn't break off, the tariffs will work against China. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast @ThadMcCotter

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  Jul 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow If the Trump Administration doesn't break off, the tariffs will work against China. @GordonGChang @TheDailyBeast @ThadMcCotter https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jul/16/china-files-complaint-to-wto-over-trump-tariff-plan

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• Hamas rockets Israel & What is to be done? Malcolm Hoenlein @ThadMcCotter

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  Jul 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: English: Eight Qassam launchers, seven equipped with operating systems and one armed and ready to launch, were uncovered during a counter-terrorism operation in northern Gaza. Had it been launched, this Qassam would have targeted Israel's civilian population.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Hamas rockets Israel & What is to be done? Malcolm Hoenlein @ThadMcCotter https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/IDF-strikes-Gaza-terror-cell-after-incendiary-balloons-launched-at-Israel-562551...more

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• "Gun control is expensive, but it doesn't follow that it's effective." 2 of 2. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Jul 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Gun control is expensive, but it doesn't follow that it's effective." 2 of 2. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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• "Gun control is expensive, but it doesn't follow that it's effective." 1 of 2. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Jul 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "Gun control is expensive, but it doesn't follow that it's effective." 1 of 2. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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• Will Trump trade Syria to Putin for an exit strategy? "The Syrian Rebellion: 2 of 2: by Fouad Ajami.

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  Jul 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: YPG and YPJ fighters) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Will Trump trade Syria to Putin for an exit strategy? "The Syrian Rebellion: 2 of 2: by Fouad Ajami. https://www.amazon.com/Syrian-Rebellion-Ajami-Fouad-Hardcover/dp/B01181X44I/ref=sr1fkmr0_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531709123&sr=1-2-fkmr0&keywords=found+ajami+syrian+rebellion

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• Will Trump trade Syria to Putin for an exit strategy? "The Syrian Rebellion: 1 of 2: by Fouad Ajami.

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  Jul 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Syrians attend a mass funeral for people whom anti-government protesters said were killed by Syrian security forces in earlier protests against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, in Duma near Damascus March 26, 2012. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Will Trump trade Syria to Putin for an exit strategy? "The Syrian Rebellion: 1 of 2: by Fouad Ajami. https://www.amazon.com/Syrian-Rebellion-Ajami-Fouad-Hardcover/dp/B01181X44I/ref=sr1fkmr0_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531709123&sr=1-2-fkmr0&keywords=found+ajami+syrian+rebellion...more

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• Russians whipped without our trucks and planes: "Freedom's Forge: 2 of 2: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II" by Arthur Herman

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  Jul 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: U.S. planes stand ready to be picked up at Abadan Field, Iran, which in the rainy season was reported as being the “damnedest gumbo you ever saw.” Five principal types of aircraft were delivered to Russia, three of which are shown here. Of the total, about 20% were P-40s, 25% P-39s, 49% A-20s, 5% B-25s and 1% AT-6s. (U.S. Air Force photo) ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Russians whipped without our trucks and planes: "Freedom's Forge: 2 of 2: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II" by Arthur Herman https://www.amazon.com/Freedoms-Forge-American-Business-Produced/dp/0812982045/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531708029&sr=1-1&keywords=arthur+herman+forge...more

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• Russians whipped without our trucks and planes: "Freedom's Forge: 1 of 2: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II" by Arthur Herman

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  Jul 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: From 1942 until 1945, the Army worked to open and operate a supply line of lend-lease trucks and war munitions to Russia through the Persian Gulf. The British government ruled over the region at the time, necessitating the Army learn to work with the British colonial government, the Iranian government, Iraqis, Kuwaitis and the Russian army and government) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Russians whipped without our trucks and planes: "Freedom's Forge: 1 of 2: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II" by Arthur Herman https://www.amazon.com/Freedoms-Forge-American-Business-Produced/dp/0812982045/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531708029&sr=1-1&keywords=arthur+herman+forge...more

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• Antisemitism by any acronym: "The BDS War Against Israel: 2 of 2: The Orwellian Campaign to Destroy Israel Through the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement" by Jed Babbin and Herbert London

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  Jul 16 2018

  Antisemitism by any acronym: "The BDS War Against Israel: 2 of 2: The Orwellian Campaign to Destroy Israel Through the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement" by Jed Babbin and Herbert London https://www.amazon.com/BDS-War-Against-Israel-Divestment-ebook/dp/B00KHECSFY/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531707674&sr=1-1&keywords=jed+babbin+bds

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• Antisemitism by any acronym: "The BDS War Against Israel: 1 of 2: The Orwellian Campaign to Destroy Israel Through the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement" by Jed Babbin and Herbert London

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  Jul 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Antisemitism by any acronym: "The BDS War Against Israel: 1 of 2: The Orwellian Campaign to Destroy Israel Through the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement" by Jed Babbin and Herbert London

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• One hundred years of denial by Turkey: "The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response" by Peter Balakian

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  Jul 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:English: Picture showing Armenians killed during the Armenian Genocide. Image taken from Ambassador Morgenthau's Story, written by Henry Morgenthau, Sr. and published in 1918. Original description: "THOSE WHO FELL BY THE WAYSIDE. Scenes like this were common all over the Armenian provinces, in the spring and summer months of 1915. Death in its several forms---massacre, starvation, exhaustion---destroyed the larger part of the refugees. The Turkish policy was that of extermination under the guise of deportation" ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow One hundred years of denial by Turkey: "The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response" by Peter Balakian https://www.amazon.com/Burning-Tigris-Armenian-Genocide-Americas/dp/0060558709/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1531707402&sr=8-1&keywords=Burning+tigris...more

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• Early lessons learned of ISIS at the capture of Mosul, Summer 2014. @SebGorka

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  Jul 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:2014 La seguente pagina contiene collegamenti a questo file: Massacro di Camp Speicher ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Early lessons learned of ISIS at the capture of Mosul, Summer 2014. @SebGorka

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• War on Frappuccino. @HenryIMiller @HooverInst

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  Jul 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:File:Strawberry Delight Frappuccino.JPG  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow War on Frappuccino. @HenryIMiller @HooverInst

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• The Kremlin masterminded the US humiliation, 1975: "Black April: 2 of 2: The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-75" by George J Veith.

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  Jul 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Unification parade a few days later, in 1975. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow  The Kremlin masterminded the US humiliation, 1975: "Black April: 2 of 2:  The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-75" by George J Veith.  https://www.amazon.com/Black-April-South-Vietnam-1973-75-ebook/dp/B00EN8SZ7K/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1528073749&sr=8-1&keywords=black+april+veith The defeat of South Vietnam was arguably America’s worst foreign policy disaster of the 20th Century. Yet a complete understanding of the endgame—from the 27 January 1973 signing of the Paris Peace Accords to South Vietnam’s surrender on 30 April 1975—has eluded us....more

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• The Kremlin masterminded the US humiliation, 1975: "Black April: 1 of 2: The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-75" by George J Veith.

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  Jul 16 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Dương Văn Minh, the last president of Vietnam is escorted away by PAVN soldiers. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Kremlin masterminded the US humiliation, 1975: "Black April: 1 of 2: The Fall of South Vietnam, 1973-75" by George J Veith.  https://www.amazon.com/Black-April-South-Vietnam-1973-75-ebook/dp/B00EN8SZ7K/ref=sr11?ie=UTF8&qid=1528073749&sr=8-1&keywords=black+april+veith The defeat of South Vietnam was arguably America’s worst foreign policy disaster of the 20th Century. Yet a complete understanding of the endgame—from the 27 January 1973 signing of the Paris Peace Accords to South Vietnam’s surrender on 30 April 1975—has eluded us....more

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• "God bless Secretary Mattis" facing down the Red China aggressors. @SebGorka

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  Jul 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Defense Secretary James N. Mattis walks with Gen. Wei Fenghe, China’s defense minister, at China’s Ministry of National Defense in Beijing, June 27, 2018. DoD photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow "God bless Secretary Mattis" facing down the Red China aggressors. @SebGorka

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• Trump challenges Old Europe NATO & What is to be done? @SebGorka

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  Jul 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:Representatives of the 19-member NATO nations stand for a group photograph during the commemorative ceremony of the 50th anniversary of NATO held at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium (AWMA), Washington, D.C., USA on April 23, 1999. Date 23 April 1999 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Trump challenges Old Europe NATO & What is to be done? @SebGorka

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• Hotel Mars: Return to climbing Mt Sharp. Ashwin Vasavada, Program Scientist Curiosity. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com

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  Jul 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo:This composite image looking toward the higher regions of Mount Sharp was taken on September 9, 2015, by NASA's Curiosity rover. In the foreground -- about 2 miles (3 kilometers) from the rover -- is a long ridge teeming with hematite, an iron oxide. Just beyond is an undulating plain rich in clay minerals. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Hotel Mars: Return to climbing Mt Sharp. Ashwin Vasavada, Program Scientist Curiosity. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com...more

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• Hotel Mars: Curiosity in pursuit of organic mysteries. AsHwin Vasavada, Program Scientist Curiosity. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com

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  Jul 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: At the center of this image from NASA's Curiosity rover is the hole in a rock called "John Klein" where the rover conducted its first sample drilling on Mars. The drilling took place on Feb. 8, 2013, or Sol 182, Curiosity's 182nd Martian day of operations.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Hotel Mars: Curiosity in pursuit of organic mysteries. AsHwin Vasavada, Program Scientist Curiosity. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com...more

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• Forever appalling: "Asperger's Children: 2 of 2: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna" by Edith Sheffer.

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  Jul 15 2018

  AUTHOR. (Photo: Vienna General Hospital, 1784) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Forever appalling: "Asperger's Children: 2 of 2: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna" by Edith Sheffer. [ https://www.amazon.com/Aspergers-Children-Origins-Autism-Vienna/dp/0393609642/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531622125&sr=1-1&keywords=sheffer](https://www.amazon.com/Aspergers-Children-Origins-Autism-Vienna/dp/0393609642/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531622125&sr=1-1&keywords=sheffer) “[Edith Sheffer] shows how the Third Reich’s obsession with categories and labels was inextricable from its murderousness; what at first seems to be a book about Dr. Hans Asperger and the children he treated ends up tracing the sprawling documentary record of a monstrous machine. . . . Sheffer has built an impressive case.” Jennifer Szalai, New York Times “Asperger’s Children should be read by any student of psychology, psychiatry or medicine, so that we learn from history and do not repeat its terrifying mistakes. The revelations in this book are a chilling reminder that the highest priority in both clinical research and practice must be compassion.” Simon Baron-Cohen, director of the Autism Research Centre, Cambridge University, Nature “A superbly researched account. . . . It’s hard to believe that anyone will want to identify with Asperger syndrome after reading Sheffer’s extremely disturbing but very lucid book.” Saskia Baron, Guardian “An impassioned indictment, one that glows with the heat of a prosecution motivated by an ethical imperative. [...] Sheffer dramatically incorporates the voices of the few children who survived the sadistic terrors of the psychiatric regime.” Lisa Appignanesi, New York Review of Books “[Sheffer] writes with extraordinary sensitivity and an understated grace. A historian of Germany and modern Europe, Sheffer’s research is meticulous and wide-ranging.” Kate Tuttle, Los Angeles Times “An absolutely terrifying and fascinating book.” Steve Almond, NPR “As Sheffer suggests at the end of her searing, wonderfully written book, the least that can be done to honour the memory of those children killed in his name is to excise it from popular use.” Dominic Lawson, The Sunday Times “This superbly researched book is an important contribution to our understanding of attitudes to autism, and to our knowledge of one of the very darkest episodes in recent human history.” Telegraph “This book is sensational, although its author does not seek sensation. It is a careful work of history, connecting the career of a physician with the intellectual, medical, and political contexts of Austria in the 1930s and 1940s. That world is not our world, but the connections, the habits of mind, speech, diagnosis, are more powerful than we think. In restoring history to psychology, Sheffer helps us to understand why we classify our children the way we do, and helps us to ask, as we must, just what kind of world we are making for them.” Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny and Bloodlands “Meticulously documented, and chilling in its detail, Asperger’s Children reveals the consequences of the most extreme abuses of clinical power and authority. In the current age of neurodiversity, this essential work will help to ensure that the human rights of people with disabilities will never be disregarded again.” Barry M. Prizant, PhD, author of Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism Read more About the Author Edith Sheffer is a historian of Germany and central Europe, and a Senior Fellow at the Institute of European Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna and the prize-winning Burned Bridge: How East and West Germans Made the Iron Curtain....more

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• Forever appalling: "Asperger's Children: 1 of 2: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna" by Edith Sheffer.

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  AUTHOR. (Photo:A white-coated man in his thirties sits at a table across from a boy. He looks intently at the boy through his rimless glasses. His hair is cropped fairly short on the sides and is wavy on top. The boy, seated in the foreground with his back toward the viewer, sits straight up, with one arm resting on the arm of a wooden chair. Figure 1.1 (page 8) of: Frith U (1991). "Asperger and his syndrome". In Frith U. Autism and Asperger syndrome. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–36. ISBN 0-521-38608-X. The source's caption says the photograph is "From the collection of Dr Maria Asperger-Felder". The book is copyright 1991 by Cambridge University Press. Hans Asperger (1906–1980) at work in the University Pediatric Clinic, Vienna (now part of the Vienna General Hospital), performing a psychological test of a child. The photograph was taken c. 1940, around the time of Asperger's discovery of autism. ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Forever appalling: "Asperger's Children: 1 of 2: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna" by Edith Sheffer. https://www.amazon.com/Aspergers-Children-Origins-Autism-Vienna/dp/0393609642/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531622125&sr=1-1&keywords=sheffer “[Edith Sheffer] shows how the Third Reich’s obsession with categories and labels was inextricable from its murderousness; what at first seems to be a book about Dr. Hans Asperger and the children he treated ends up tracing the sprawling documentary record of a monstrous machine. . . . Sheffer has built an impressive case.” Jennifer Szalai, New York Times “Asperger’s Children should be read by any student of psychology, psychiatry or medicine, so that we learn from history and do not repeat its terrifying mistakes. The revelations in this book are a chilling reminder that the highest priority in both clinical research and practice must be compassion.” Simon Baron-Cohen, director of the Autism Research Centre, Cambridge University, Nature “A superbly researched account. . . . It’s hard to believe that anyone will want to identify with Asperger syndrome after reading Sheffer’s extremely disturbing but very lucid book.” Saskia Baron, Guardian “An impassioned indictment, one that glows with the heat of a prosecution motivated by an ethical imperative. [...] Sheffer dramatically incorporates the voices of the few children who survived the sadistic terrors of the psychiatric regime.” Lisa Appignanesi, New York Review of Books “[Sheffer] writes with extraordinary sensitivity and an understated grace. A historian of Germany and modern Europe, Sheffer’s research is meticulous and wide-ranging.” Kate Tuttle, Los Angeles Times “An absolutely terrifying and fascinating book.” Steve Almond, NPR “As Sheffer suggests at the end of her searing, wonderfully written book, the least that can be done to honour the memory of those children killed in his name is to excise it from popular use.” Dominic Lawson, The Sunday Times “This superbly researched book is an important contribution to our understanding of attitudes to autism, and to our knowledge of one of the very darkest episodes in recent human history.” Telegraph “This book is sensational, although its author does not seek sensation. It is a careful work of history, connecting the career of a physician with the intellectual, medical, and political contexts of Austria in the 1930s and 1940s. That world is not our world, but the connections, the habits of mind, speech, diagnosis, are more powerful than we think. In restoring history to psychology, Sheffer helps us to understand why we classify our children the way we do, and helps us to ask, as we must, just what kind of world we are making for them.” Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny and Bloodlands “Meticulously documented, and chilling in its detail, Asperger’s Children reveals the consequences of the most extreme abuses of clinical power and authority. In the current age of neurodiversity, this essential work will help to ensure that the human rights of people with disabilities will never be disregarded again.” Barry M. Prizant, PhD, author of Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism Read more About the Author Edith Sheffer is a historian of Germany and central Europe, and a Senior Fellow at the Institute of European Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna and the prize-winning Burned Bridge: How East and West Germans Made the Iron Curtain....more

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• How crazy was 1939? "A Most Dangerous Book: 3 of 3: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich" by Christopher B. Krebs

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow How crazy was 1939? "A Most Dangerous Book: 3 of 3: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich" by Christopher B. Krebs https://www.amazon.com/Most-Dangerous-Book-Tacituss-Germania-ebook/dp/B005HG51VU/ref=sr11?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1531620465&sr=1-1&keywords=krebs+dangerous+book From Publishers Weekly Harvard classics professor Krebs writes a scholarly but lucid account of the abuse of history. Written in 98 C.E. by the Roman official Tacitus, About the Origin and Mores of the Germanic Peoples was lost for centuries but resurfaced around 1500 as Germans were growing resentful of foreign domination—in this case from the Catholic Church in Rome. The rediscovered book launched a primitivist myth that captivated admirers over the next 500 years, from Martin Luther to Heinrich Himmler, who loved its portrayal of ancient Germans as freedom-loving warriors, uncultured but honorable, in contrast to decadent Romans. In fact, Tacitus probably never visited Germany, Krebs notes. Rather, using books and travelers' reports, he wrote for a Roman audience who shared his romantic view of northern barbarians. Enthusiastic German readers, culminating in the Nazis, ignored Tacitus's disparaging comments, misread passages to confirm their prejudices, and proclaimed that the ancient historian confirmed their national superiority. This is an inventive analysis of, and warning against, an irresistible human yearning to find written proof of one's ideology. Illus. (May)  (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved. Christopher B. Krebs, a classics professor at Stanford University, has published widely on the Roman historians and their afterlives....more

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• How crazy was 1939? "A Most Dangerous Book: 2 of 3: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich" by Christopher B. Krebs

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  AUTHOR. (Photo:1940: Polski: Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler i Karl Wolff oraz inni oficerowie oglądają zniszczony czołg francuski Char B1. Date June 1940 Source Nac.gov.pl Author  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow How crazy was 1939? "A Most Dangerous Book: 2 of 3: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich" by Christopher B. Krebs https://www.amazon.com/Most-Dangerous-Book-Tacituss-Germania-ebook/dp/B005HG51VU/ref=sr11?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1531620465&sr=1-1&keywords=krebs+dangerous+book From Publishers Weekly Harvard classics professor Krebs writes a scholarly but lucid account of the abuse of history. Written in 98 C.E. by the Roman official Tacitus, About the Origin and Mores of the Germanic Peoples was lost for centuries but resurfaced around 1500 as Germans were growing resentful of foreign domination—in this case from the Catholic Church in Rome. The rediscovered book launched a primitivist myth that captivated admirers over the next 500 years, from Martin Luther to Heinrich Himmler, who loved its portrayal of ancient Germans as freedom-loving warriors, uncultured but honorable, in contrast to decadent Romans. In fact, Tacitus probably never visited Germany, Krebs notes. Rather, using books and travelers' reports, he wrote for a Roman audience who shared his romantic view of northern barbarians. Enthusiastic German readers, culminating in the Nazis, ignored Tacitus's disparaging comments, misread passages to confirm their prejudices, and proclaimed that the ancient historian confirmed their national superiority. This is an inventive analysis of, and warning against, an irresistible human yearning to find written proof of one's ideology. Illus. (May)  (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved. Christopher B. Krebs, a classics professor at Stanford University, has published widely on the Roman historians and their afterlives....more

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• How crazy was 1939? "A Most Dangerous Book: 1 of 3: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich" by Christopher B. Krebs

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  AUTHOR. (Photo:Hitler, Adolf: Reichskanzler, Deutschland Himmler, Heinrich: Reichsführer der SS, Deutschland (GND 11855123X) Wolff, Karl: SS-Obergruppenführer, General, Adjutant Heinrich Himmlers, 1964 vom Schwurgericht München zu 15 Jahren Zuchthaus verurteilt, Bundesrepublik Deutschland Dietrich, Joseph (Sepp): Generaloberst, Ritterkreuz (RK), SS-Oberstgruppenführer, Leibstandarte, Deutschland (GND 11888932X) Date 19 April 1939 Photographer Hoffmann  ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow How crazy was 1939? "A Most Dangerous Book: 1 of 3: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich" by Christopher B. Krebs https://www.amazon.com/Most-Dangerous-Book-Tacituss-Germania-ebook/dp/B005HG51VU/ref=sr11?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1531620465&sr=1-1&keywords=krebs+dangerous+book From Publishers Weekly Harvard classics professor Krebs writes a scholarly but lucid account of the abuse of history. Written in 98 C.E. by the Roman official Tacitus, About the Origin and Mores of the Germanic Peoples was lost for centuries but resurfaced around 1500 as Germans were growing resentful of foreign domination—in this case from the Catholic Church in Rome. The rediscovered book launched a primitivist myth that captivated admirers over the next 500 years, from Martin Luther to Heinrich Himmler, who loved its portrayal of ancient Germans as freedom-loving warriors, uncultured but honorable, in contrast to decadent Romans. In fact, Tacitus probably never visited Germany, Krebs notes. Rather, using books and travelers' reports, he wrote for a Roman audience who shared his romantic view of northern barbarians. Enthusiastic German readers, culminating in the Nazis, ignored Tacitus's disparaging comments, misread passages to confirm their prejudices, and proclaimed that the ancient historian confirmed their national superiority. This is an inventive analysis of, and warning against, an irresistible human yearning to find written proof of one's ideology. Illus. (May)  (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved. Christopher B. Krebs, a classics professor at Stanford University, has published widely on the Roman historians and their afterlives....more

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• Madness of crowds: "Hitler's Charisma: 3 of 3: Leading Millions into the Abyss" by Laurence Rees

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  AUTHOR. (Photo: Francisco Franco y Adolf Hitler, en una imagen de archivo.) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Madness of crowds: "Hitler's Charisma: 3 of 3: Leading Millions into the Abyss" by Laurence Rees https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009UAO06Q/ref=dbsadefrwthschvapitaftp1i2

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• Madness of crowds: "Hitler's Charisma: 2 of 3: Leading Millions into the Abyss" by Laurence Rees

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  AUTHOR. (Photo:Ethnic Germans in the city of Eger (Czech: Cheb) greeting Hitler with the Nazi salute after he crossed the border into the formerly Czechoslovak Sudetenland on 3 October 1938) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Twitter: @BatchelorShow Madness of crowds: "Hitler's Charisma: 2 of 3: Leading Millions into the Abyss" by Laurence Rees https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009UAO06Q/ref=dbsadefrwthschvapitaftp1i2

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