The John Batchelor Show

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• 460: Prepping a three-booster Moon lander. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Sep 19 2020

  Photo:Photo of Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Director Dr. Wernher von Braun at his desk with moon lander in background and rocket models on his desk. Dr. von Braun served as Marshall's first director from 1960 until his transfer to NASA Headquarters in 1970 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowPrepping a three-booster Moon lander.  Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/dynetics-manned-lunar-lander-requires-multiple-launches-and-in-space-refueling/ ...more

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• 460: Last days of the 2020 census under the shadow of the virus and bad weather. And prepping the Transition. @FRoseDC. @WJLA

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  Sep 19 2020

  Photo:1935 [Dust storm, Elkhart, Kan.]  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowLast days of the 2020 census under the shadow of the virus and bad weather. And prepping the Transition. @FRoseDC. @WJLADeadline approaching for Census despite COVIDhttps://govmatters.tv/covid-19-and-extreme-weather-making-it-difficult-to-get-accurate-census-count/Presidential transition process under way for both Trump and Bidenhttps://govmatters.tv/updates-on-the-presidential-transition-process/ ...more

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• 460: #TheScalaReport: The shape of retail things to come after the virus. And London is going back to the office. Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com #ScalaAPS

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  Sep 19 2020

  Photo:1910 [Department store window, handkerchiefs]  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#TheScalaReport:  The shape of retail things to come after the virus.  And London is going back to the office. Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com  #ScalaAPShttps://risnews.com/mall-owners-set-buy-jcpenney-century-21-closing-all-stores

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• 460: #NewAmericanCivilWar: 2of2: Imagining and planning the violence following a stolen election 2020. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Sep 19 2020

  Photo:Significance: Fort Gaddis is the oldest known building in Fayette County and the second oldest log building in western Pennsylvania. It was built ca. 1769-74 by Thomas Gaddis who was in charge of the defense of the region and his home was probably designated as a site for community meetings and shelter in times of emergency, hence the term "Fort Gaddis," probably a 19th century appellation. During the Whiskey Rebellion a Liberty Pole was erected at the house during a rally in support of the Rebel cause. The choice of this site for a political demonstration indicates its importance as a focal point for community expression. The fact that all the additions to the building were removed in the early 20th century in respect for the section contemporary with the Revolution and Rebellion is evidence of the building's long standing and continuing status and power as a community symbol.  Survey number: HABS PA-5474 Building/structure dates: ca. 1769- ca. 1774 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1798 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1866 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: after 1880 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: ca. 1909 Subsequent Work  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#NewAmericanCivilWar: 2of2: Imagining and planning the violence following a stolen election 2020. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisishttps://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/09/joe-biden-campaign-strategizing-for-all-out-2020-warfare ...more

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• 460: #NewAmericanCivilWar: 1of2: Imagining and planning the violence following a stolen election 2020. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Sep 19 2020

  Photo:Near Braddock, Pa., where Edward Braddock's army was defeated, July 9, 1755; also scene of meeting of "Whiskey Rebels" and Pennsylvania MIlitia for their march on Pittsburg, Aug. 1, 1794.H119272 U.S. Copyright Office.Photo of engraving by A.W. Graham of painting by Paul Weber.This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.Caption card tracings: US Hist. 1794 (Whiskey Rebellion); Pa. Braddock region; U.S. History 9 July 1755; French & Indian War, 1755-1763; Artists, Publ. Index; BI; Shelf. Sources checked on verso of card. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#NewAmericanCivilWar: 1of2: Imagining and planning the violence following a stolen election 2020. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisishttps://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/09/joe-biden-campaign-strategizing-for-all-out-2020-warfare ...more

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• 459: Pluses, possibilities and pitfalls of the unfinished Paycheck Protection Program. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer

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  Sep 19 2020

  Photo:  1890 Pay day, U.S. Naval Academy  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowPluses, possibilities and pitfalls of the unfinished Paycheck Protection Program.  @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirerThere's an easier way to get another round of PPP accomplishedhttps://thehill.com/opinion/finance/516659-theres-an-easier-way-to-get-another-round-of-ppp-accomplished?rnd=1600267701PPP loans hide a painful kicker: A big tax billhttps://fusion.inquirer.com/business/ppp-loans-small-business-taxes-expenses-congress-toomey-casey-pa-20200915.htmlOf course there was PPP fraud, but the program was a crucial lifeline https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/13/ppp-fraud-paycheck-protection-program  ...more

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• 459: #SmallBusinessAmerica: Builders lead the charge to recovery. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer

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  Sep 19 2020

  Photo: 1915 Maskinistbolig Eidsfossen 18/11-1915  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#SmallBusinessAmerica: Builders lead the charge to recovery. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirerBuilder Confidence Soars to an All-Time High, http://nahbnow.com/2020/09/builder-confidence-soars-to-an-all-time-high-lumber-risks-remain/  Industrial production rose 0.4 percent in August for its fourth consecutive monthly increase. However, even after the recent gains, the index in August was 7.3 percent below its pre-pandemic February level.https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/g17/Current/default.htmManufacturing activity in the Philly region continued to expand this month  https://www.philadelphiafed.org/research-and-data/regional-economy/business-outlook-survey/2020/bos0920 Business activity expanded at a solid clip in New York Statehttps://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/media/survey/empire/empire2020/esms_2020_9_survey.pdfLA Area Port Inbound Traffic up to New Record High, Outbound Traffic Down Year-over-year in Augusthttps://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2020/09/la-area-port-inbound-traffic-up-year.htmlRestaurant diners still significantly below pre-covid levelshttps://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W1iSTRisdQ4/X146KX-rXOI/AAAAAAAA2LA/4oorbxx6EjY5tDN8ufZqW0mTyzJUlmk2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/DinersSept122020.PNG100,000 Restaurants Have Closed, New Report Sayshttps://news.yahoo.com/100-000-restaurants-closed-report-160141982.html?soc_src=hl-viewer&soc_trk=tw ...more

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• 459: Surprising to all, Law & Order is on the ballot 2020. @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion

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  Sep 19 2020

  Photo:1940Deputy sheriff and constable talking, Mogollon, New Mexico  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowSurprising to all, Law & Order is on the ballot 2020. @DanHenninger @WSJOpinionhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/democrat-madness-11600296765?st=0j7170x27nek4kd&reflink=article_copyURL_share

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• 459: #PacificWatch:The SoCal Bobcat fire feeds on decades of unmanaged undergrowth & What is to be done? @JCBliss

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  Sep 19 2020

  Photo: 14235, Cloyne, Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada, K0H 1K0, 44.81867, -77.18584 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#PacificWatch:The SoCal Bobcat fire feeds on decades of unmanaged undergrowth & What is to be done? @JCBlisshttps://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/17/1008473/wildfires-california-prescribed-burns-climate-change-forests/

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• 458: White House signing ceremony for the Abraham Accords promises more peace ahead. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Sep 19 2020

  Photo:STS-35 Earth observation taken aboard Columbia, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 102, is of the Persian Gulf area. Major cities and oilfields of the countries of Saudi Arabia (foreground), Iraq (top left), Iran (top center and top right), Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and a portion of the United Arab Emirates are visible in this scene. The cities are the large whitish areas of city lights. Flares characteristic of the Mid-East oil field practices are visible both onshore and offshore throughout the scene. Major cities identifiable are in Iraq - Baghdad, Basra, and Faw; in Qatar - Ab Dawhah; in Kuwait - Kuwait City; in Saudi Arabia - Riyadh, Al Jubayl, Dharan, Al Huf, Ad Dilam and Al Hariq; and Bahrain and its associated causeway to the mainland. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowWhite House signing ceremony for the Abraham Accords promises more peace ahead.  Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres...more

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• 458: Why did Jeff Bezos buy the Washington Post in 2013? @LeeSmithDC

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  Sep 19 2020

  Photo:This untitled illustration by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Post on March 12, 1905, depicts President Theodore Roosevelt dealing a hand of cards in his "Square Deal" domestic program policy, which delighted the Democratic donkey, but made the Republican elephant somewhat nervous.Berryman Political Cartoon Collection http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowWhy did Jeff Bezos buy the Washington Post in 2013? @LeeSmithDChttps://www.washingtonpost.com/national/washington-post-to-be-sold-to-jeff-bezos/2013/08/05/ca537c9e-fe0c-11e2-9711-3708310f6f4d_story.html ...more

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• 458: BDS anti-semitism in New York City governance & What is to be done? @IsraelNitzan Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @IsraelinNewYork

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  Sep 19 2020

  Photo: 1957 [United Nations - Translators Cabin]  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowBDS anti-semitism in New York City governance & What is to be done? @IsraelNitzan Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @IsraelinNewYorkAs Acting Consul General, Israel Nitzan coordinates the political work at the Israeli Consulate in New York. Israel develops and maintains relations with national, state, and local elected officials as well as community leaders within the Consulate’s five-state jurisdiction as a representative of the State of Israel. New York is Israel’s fourth foreign posting with the Ministry. He served at the Israeli Embassy in Cairo, Egypt, as Spokesperson from 2002 to 2005, returning in 2009 as the Deputy Chief of Mission until an attack during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution forced the Embassy to evacuate. Related articles●        https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/chess-great-slams-antisemitism-of-ny-socialist-group-against-israel-638711 ●        https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5796055,00.html ●        https://www.conferenceofpresidents.org/news/press/2020/aug18/jewish-leaders-condemn-discriminatory-dsa-candidate-questionnaire ...more

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• 458: Hamas rockets Israel during the signing of the Abraham Accords & What is to be done? @LTCJonathan @IDF Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Sep 19 2020

  Photo: 1898 Gaza ruins  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowGaza Hamas rockets Israel during the signing of the Abraham Accords & What is to be done? @LTCJonathan @IDF Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres Head of the International Media Branch of the IDF Spokesperson's Unit, Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus is the IDF's Spokesperson to the world.  ·         https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/gaza-news/israeli-aircraft-strike-in-gaza-witnesses-say-sirens-in-southern-israel-642434 ·         https://www.jns.org/hezbollahs-sniper-attack-a-risky-and-cynical-maneuver/ ·         https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-intel-firm-friday-airstrikes-in-syria-hit-missile-production-facility/#gs.getmwz ·         https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54134869 ...more

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• 458: Uneasy El Salvador and unreliable Guatemala & What is to be done?. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion

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  Sep 18 2020

  Photo:1911GUATEMALA. STREET SCENE, GUATEMALA CITY  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowUneasy El Salvador and unreliable Guatemala & What is to be done?. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/trouble-brewing-in-central-america-11600028832

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• 458: The growing dangers of BDS even after the Abraham Accords. David Peyman, US State Department Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Sep 18 2020

  Photo: http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe growing dangers of BDS even after the Abraham Accords. David Peyman, US State Department Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_presDavid Peyman is the US State Department’s deputy special envoy to combat antisemitism for BDS, Eurasia and special projects. ●        https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/09/09/us-state-department-planning-expanded-campaign-using-all-legal-and-policy-tools-to-combat-antisemitic-bds-movement-against-israel/ ●        https://thehill.com/opinion/international/516559-state-department-campaign-could-be-groundbreaking ...more

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• 457: Gavin Newsom opines, "This is all your fault, you climate deniers." @VDHanson @HooverInst

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  Sep 18 2020

  Photo:1966 Forest Fire Equipment: Fire Trucks - California  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowGavin Newsom claims, "This is all your fault, you climate deniers."  @VDHanson @HooverInsthttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/09/california-forest-fires-taxes-homelessness-same-old-fall-problems/#slide-1

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• 457: "His campaign was quite correct in saying that the downside of staging this Oz-like figure was not as much as the downside of letting him loose..." @VDHanson

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  Sep 18 2020

  Photo:baum l frank lyman frank 1856 1919 wizard of oz illustrationsdrawingsthe miriam and ira d wallach division of art prints and photographs print collectionpen and ink drawings for the wizard of oz by frank l baumchapter xvdenslow w w william wallace 1856 1915 artist  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow"His campaign was quite correct in saying that the downside of staging this Oz-like figure was not as much as the downside of letting him loose..." @VDHanson @HooverInsthttps://amgreatness.com/2020/09/13/biden-the-great-and-powerful/ ...more

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• 456: Did the Democrats and Biden forget to mention the disorder in the cities until Kenosha? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Sep 18 2020

  Photo: 1941 Cheese market on U.S. 41, Kenosha County, Wisconsin  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowDid the Democrats and Biden forget to mention the disorder in the cities until Kenosha? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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• 456: AG Barr recommends seditious-conspiracy statute, Section 2384. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Sep 18 2020

  Photo: 1900 Sing Sing Prison. (Prisoners going to work.)  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowAG Barr recommends seditious-conspiracy statute, Section 2384. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/09/yes-the-doj-should-charge-violent-anti-american-radicals-with-seditious-conspiracy/

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• 456: "The whole Democrat Party has become a hostage to ideology." @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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  Sep 18 2020

  Photo: 1905 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow"The whole Democrat Party has become a hostage to ideology." @SebGorka #AmericaFirst 

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• 456: The campaigning Democrats flee in silence from the Abraham Accords. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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  Sep 18 2020

  Photo: 1934 Arab cauliflower vendor  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe campaigning Democrats flee in silence from the Abraham Accords. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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• 455: The mystery of the elegant prose of Peggy Noonan choosing a cancer metaphor to deride POTUS. @ConradMBlack @TheAmGreatness

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  Sep 18 2020

  Photo: 1910 Circulating library, the New York Public Library  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe mystery of the elegant prose of Peggy Noonan choosing a cancer metaphor to deride POTUS. @ConradMBlack @TheAmGreatness

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• 455: Universal family leave is an expensive glass-ceiling for women in Scandinavia: will it succeed in the US? @VerodeRugy @Mercatus

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  Sep 18 2020

  Photo: 1885This image has been taken from scan 000123 from "Sketches in Holland and Scandinavia". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of the British Library's flickr photostream http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowUniversal family leave is an expensive glass-ceiling for women in Scandinavia: will it succeed in the US? @VerodeRugy @Mercatushttps://www.mercatus.org/publications/government-spending/poor-americans-will-suffer-paid-leave-mandate ...more

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• 455: Judy Shelton advocating the Gold Standard frightens the status quo in the Senate. @JohnTanmy @RealClearMarkets

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  Sep 18 2020

  Photo:The Argo Gold Mine and Mill, a former mining and milling property consisting of a gold mine and gold mill in Idaho Springs, Colorado, built at the entrance of the Argo TunnelTitle, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.The tunnel was built between 1893 and 1910 to drain the gold mines in Virginia Canyon, Gilpin Gulch, Russell Gulch, Quartz Hill, Nevadaville, and Central City and allow easier ore removal. The mill was built at the entrance of the tunnel to process ore from the many mines drained by the tunnel. The property had been closed from 1943 until 1976, when it was purchased by James N. Maxwell. He wanted to preserve an example of the Colorado gold rush mines. It is now a popular visitor destination for tours of the old mine.Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.Gift; Gates Frontiers Fund; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:068).Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowJudy Shelton advocating the Gold Standard frightens the status quo in the Senate. @JohnTanmy @RealClearMarketshttps://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2020/09/17/just_what_is_it_that_judy_sheltons_critics_are_so_afraid_of_577669.html ...more

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• 455: The recovery underway while the Pelosi-led Democrats stall. @TreasurySpox @MonicaCrowley

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  Sep 18 2020

  Photo: The 1855 Findlay Market, Ohio's oldest surviving public market in the now-gentrified (in 2016) Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe recovery underway while the Pelosi-led Democrats stall. @TreasurySpox @MonicaCrowley https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/14/steven-mnuchin-now-isnt-the-time-to-worry-about-the-deficit-fed-balance-sheet.html

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• 454: Calculating the long term national costs for the school lockdowns of 2020. @EricHanushek @HooverInst

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  Sep 18 2020

  Photo: 1889Back of photo states:.Hornick School SS No. 11.Cost $250.00 to build and furnish, year 1890.Caretaker paid 5 cents a day...Excerpt from: 'Schools of Kaladar Townshhip' by Eileen Flieler (The Pioneer Times, Newsletter of the CDHS Spring 2015):..'SS#11–Hornick's School (1889–1900), according to the original minute book was built on Wilson Vance's lot and was erected by James Freeburn and sons. SS#11 was formed when school section #2 was divided. Up until then the students went to Flinton (quite a walk)... The divisions formed SS#11–Hornick's School. The desks were made by William McLuckie. Two hundred and fifty dollars ($250) was raised for the construction, fencing and furnishing of this school which measured 18 feet wide, 30 feet long with ceilings of 10 ft. It had 2 windows on each side, clapboard on the outside and the shingles were laid in lime mortar. It had a stone foundation. Trustees were Wm. McLuckie, James Bryden, Wm. J. Freeburn and T. P. Hornick..Miss Betty Hornick was hired as the teacher for 1891 at a salary of $15.00 a month. The school was to be kept open for at least six months of the year...In 1895, because some non-resident students were attending free of charge, a motion was passed by the board that non-resident students should pay a monthly fee of twenty-five cents (25¢) each http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowCalculating the long term national costs for the school lockdowns of 2020. @EricHanushek @HooverInst https://thehill.com/opinion/education/515769-students-have-already-been-saddled-with-economic-losses-from-school ...more

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• 454: What explains rust on the moon, front and back? Shuai Li, University of Hawaii. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com

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  Sep 18 2020

  Photo: 2014A perigee full moon or supermoon is seen, Sunday, August 10, 2014, in Washington. A supermoon occurs when the moon’s orbit is closest (perigee) to Earth at the same time it is full. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowWhat explains rust on the moon, front and back?  Shuai Li, University of Hawaii. David Livingston, SpaceShow.comhttps://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/the-moon-is-rusting-and-researchers-want-to-know-whyDr. Shuai Li is a planetary geologist and spectroscopist. He was born in China. Dr. Li came to US 11 years ago. He got his master degree from the Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis in 2011. He got his PhD degree from Brown University in 2016. Dr. Li spent most of his time working on the distribution, variation, and origins of water on the Moon in graduate school. After that, he worked at the University of Hawaii as a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Paul Lucey’s group for 2 years. Dr. Li became a faculty member of Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP) at the university of Hawaii earlier this year. Major outcomes of his recent work include the discovery of surface exposed water ice in the lunar permanently shaded regions and the widespread hematite at high latitudes of the Moon.https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/the-moon-is-rusting-and-researchers-want-to-know-why ...more

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• 454: In defense of Dr. Scott Atlas from the suspiciously partisan: 2of2: @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Sep 18 2020

  Photo:1939 Patient being prepared for operation, Herring Hospital (private), Herrin, IllinoisRothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985, photographer  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowIn defense of Dr. Scott Atlas from the suspiciously partisan: 2of2: @RichardAEpstein @HooverInsthttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/09/scott-atlas-attacked-for-joining-white-house-covid-19-task-force/

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• 454: In defense of Dr. Scott Atlas from the suspiciously partisan: 1of2: @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Sep 18 2020

  Photo:1900 Coolgardie Hospital, W.A. - circa 1900  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowIn defense of Dr. Scott Atlas from the suspiciously partisan: 1of2: @RichardAEpstein @HooverInsthttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/09/scott-atlas-attacked-for-joining-white-house-covid-19-task-force/

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• 454: The trouble with TikTok and WeChat is the PRC. Dr. Weifeng Zhong, Senior Research Fellow. @Mercatus

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  Sep 18 2020

  Photo: http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe trouble with TikTok and WeChat is the PRC. Dr. Weifeng Zhong, Senior Research Fellow. @Mercatushttps://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-concerns-grow-over-emerging-tiktok-deal-with-oracle-11600359798?mod=hp_lead_pos1

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• 453: The Belarus crisis: democracy challenges autocracy. Jonatan Vseviov @vseviov Republic of Estonia Ambassador to the US. @Estonia_in_US Christopher Nixon Cox.

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  Sep 17 2020

  Photo:View of Vitebsk in the early 19th century by Józef Peszka. Józef Peszka - Віктар Барысенкаў, Таямніцы Віцебска right:Greek Catholic church of Christ Resurrection in Vitsebsk, left: non existent catholic church of Saint Anthony. Public Domain File:Viciebsk, Rynak-Vialikaja. Віцебск, Рынак-Вялікая (J. Pieška, 1800).jpg Created: circa 1800 date QS:P,+1800-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Belarus crisis: democracy challenges autocracy. Jonatan Vseviov @vseviov Republic of Estonia Ambassador to the US. @Estonia_in_US  Christopher Nixon Cox.https://finance.yahoo.com/news/russian-spymaster-accuses-us-fomenting-130246969.html ...more

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• 453: The Abraham Accord illustrates that Azerbaijan's friendship with Israel has established a trend for peace in Asia. Except for Armenia. @ElinSuleymanov Christopher Nixon Cox

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  Sep 17 2020

  Photo:Photograph shows the Summer Centre for Public Gatherings which first opened in 1912 as a club for upper-class Baku society. It is now called the Magomayev Azerbaijan State Philharmonic Hall. (Source: researcher A. Yusubov, 2015) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Abraham Accord illustrates that Azerbaijan's friendship with Israel has established a trend for peace in Asia. Except for Armenia. @ElinSuleymanov Christopher Nixon Coxhttps://jewishjournal.com/commentary/blogs/320574/azerbaijan-israel-partnership-is-a-lesson-on-muslim-jewish-relations/   ...more

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• 452: State of the City, the State, the Union: "They're staying away because they don't feel safe." John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtable @JohnCats.

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  Sep 17 2020

  Photo:1860 The Five Points in 1859, view taken from the corner of Worth and Little Water St.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowState of the City, the State, the Union: "They're staying away because they don't feel safe."  John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtable @JohnCats.https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/516137-more-than-160-executives-critique-de-blasios-leadership-amid-pandemic

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• 452: Confronting the PRC at sea, the US lacks an adequate industrial base. James Holmes, @NavalWarCollege @GordonGChang

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  Sep 17 2020

  Photo:  AMS-133 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowConfronting the PRC at sea, the US lacks an adequate industrial base. James Holmes, @NavalWarCollege @GordonGChanghttps://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/war-china-shipyards-are-americas-achilles-heel-168921

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• 452: India considers liberating Tibet from the PRC. @CleoPaskal @FDD @GordonGChang

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  Sep 17 2020

  Photo:  Tibetan holy tanka, Sakya Pandita http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowIndia considers liberating Tibet from the PRC. @CleoPaskal @FDD @GordonGChang 

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• 452: What does the PRC want in Earth orbit and beyond? Brandon Weichert. @GordonGChang

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  Sep 17 2020

  Photo: Chinese fire arrows.  Fire arrows were one of the earliest forms of weaponized gunpowder, being used from the ninth century onward. Not to be confused with earlier incendiary arrow projectiles, the fire arrow was a gunpowder weapon that receives its name from the translated Chinese term huǒjiàn (火箭), which literally means fire arrow. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowWhat does the PRC want in Earth Orbit and beyond? Brandon Weichert. @GordonGChanghttps://www.space.com/china-rocket-launch-from-sea-platform-jilin-1-gaofen-3.html ...more

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• 452: At 33 PE, the market grows to Heaven while watching Trump and Biden, or not? @BrettArends @Marketwatch

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  Sep 17 2020

  Photo:  No. 2 Wall Street http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowAt 33 PE, the market grows to Heaven while watching Trump and Biden, or not? @BrettArends @Marketwatchhttps://www.marketwatch.com/story/theres-only-one-person-who-is-looking-out-for-your-retirement-you-11600281642?mod=brett-arends

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• 457: Hayabusa-2, on the way home, looking for another asteroid mission. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Sep 17 2020

  Photo:  Hayabusa-2 re-entry http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowHayabusa-2, on the way home, looking for another asteroid mission. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/japan-chooses-hayabusa-2s-next-asteroid-target/

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• 457: Capitalism in space means risk, reward and failure. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Sep 17 2020

  Photo:  Just Read the Instructions now on location in the Atlantic in advance of tomorrow's CRS-6 launch, targeted for 4:33pm ET. Since our last landing attempt, the drone ship has been upgraded to tolerate more powerful ocean swells, however weather at the landing site is looking significantly better this time...After Dragon and Falcon 9’s second stage are on their way to orbit, the first stage will execute a controlled reentry through Earth’s atmosphere, targeting touchdown on an autonomous spaceport drone ship approximately nine minutes after launch. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowCapitalism in space means risk, reward and failure. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/astras-first-orbital-launch-test-fails/ ...more

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• 457: Pence campaigns for the energy vote of PA, where no one believes Biden-Harris support fossil fuel jobs. @SalenaZito #MiddleofSomewhere

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  Sep 17 2020

  Photo:  1900Oil rig at Titusville, Pa  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowPence campaigns for the energy vote of PA, where no one believes Biden-Harris support fossil fuel jobs. @SalenaZito #MiddleofSomewherehttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/in-pennsylvania-mike-pence-lauds-the-shale-industry

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• 457: Cambria County, Pennsylvania, the working-class Democrats of 2012, moves toward the Republican camp. @SalenaZito #MiddleofSomewhere

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  Sep 17 2020

  Photo:  Cambria & Indiana Railroad, Blacksmith Shop, .25 miles northwest of Colver, Cambria County, PA http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowCambria County, Pennsylvania, the working-class Democrats of 2012, moves toward the Republican camp. @SalenaZito #MiddleofSomewherehttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-forgotten-counties-will-make-their-voices-heard

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• 456: After the crisis of the virus, the migrants from Tunisia and Libya have returned to Italy. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation.

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  Sep 17 2020

  Photo: View of Tripoli, Libya http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowAfter the crisis of the virus, the migrants from Tunisia and Libya have returned to Italy. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation."Instead, Tunisians have accounted for more than 40% of this year’s arrivals in Italy, according to the un’s High Commission for Refugees. The pandemic is responsible for this change, too. It has turned an ailing Tunisian economy into a stricken one. Heavily dependent on tourism, its gdp shrank by 22% in the second quarter, while unemployment rose to 18%. It is not just Tunisia’s poor who have fled across the sea. One woman got off a boat in July wearing sunglasses, a wide-brimmed straw hat and with a poodle on a lead." Economist...more

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• 456: Pritzker of deeply-in-debt Illinois aims to tax the rich even more following the virus and the disorder; & What is to be done?

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  Sep 17 2020

  Photo: Jay Pritzker Pavilion by Frank Gehry; Chicago, Illinois.   http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowPritzker of deeply in debt Illinois aims to tax the rich even more following the virus and the disorder & What is to be done? @Adam_Schuster. Budget and tax research director @illinoispolicy. 

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• 456: Strangers have risked everything to get here and taste freedom, not to be told by politicians to lock down their enterprise. @JohnTamny

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  Sep 17 2020

  Photo: Visiting card of a Norwegian immigrant to the United States. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowStrangers have risked everything to get here and taste freedom, not to be told by politicians to lockdown their enterprise. @JohnTamnyhttps://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2020/09/03/listing_a_few_of_the_many_reasons_to_celebrate_the_united_states_576205.html

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• 456: Why risk-taking entrepreneurs are America's treasure. @JohnTamny @RealClearMarkets

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  Sep 17 2020

  Photo:  Rockefeller, Morgan, and Sage standing in front of the U.S. Treasury while Hanna (?) holds his shin http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowWhy risk-taking entrepreneurs are America's treasure.  @JohnTamny @RealClearMarketshttps://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2020/09/09/government_spending_is_the_enemy_of_progress_576744.htmlFormer Disney executive Michael Crawford sees a future beyond the paranoid present. Crawford’s future is happily bereft of masks, of people going out of their way to remain “6 FEET APART,” of people avoiding crowds on the ludicrous supposition that the very humans whose innovations have relentlessly elevated living standards, and whose discoveries have elongated life, are presently a lethal threat to other humans. Crawford happily sees a world beyond coronavirus hysteria where people are told not to high five, hug, or even eat near one another. Thank goodness for people like him. Through their speculations, entrepreneurs create information without which there’s no progress. In Crawford’s case, he’s building what he describes as "the Disneyland of football" in Canton, OH. It's people like him that will free us from the ridiculous now. The opinion piece can be found here. ...more

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• 455: What do the Abraham Accords mean for Beijing, Ankara, Moscow? Gregory Copley, Defense and Foreign Affairs.

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  Sep 16 2020

  Photo:   1898 Straatgezicht in Moskou  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowWhat do the Abraham Accords mean for Beijing, Ankara, Moscow? Gregory Copley, Defense and Foreign Affairs.

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• 454: Nobel Prize for Trump just as unlikely as Trump wins the White House in 2016. @HooverWhelan @HooverInst

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  Sep 16 2020

  Photo:1929 Vestibul och biljettluckor Østbanestasjonen (i dagligt tal kallad Østbanen) var en järnvägsstation i Oslo som var slutstation för Hovedbanen till Eidsvoll. Stationen, som uppfördes 1854, ligger vid Jernbanetorget  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowNobel Prize for Trump just as unlikely as Trump wins the White House in 2016. @HooverWhelan @HooverInsthttps://www.forbes.com/sites/billwhalen/2020/09/13/noble-efforts-but-trump-can-forget-about-a-nobel-peace-prize/#47ef7c782be2 ...more

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• 454: Law & Order in the Battleground States. @LizPeek @TheHill @FoxNews

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  Sep 16 2020

  Photo: 1910 London Strike. Police escort for one van. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowLaw & Order in the Battleground States. @LizPeek @TheHill @FoxNewshttps://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/the-jolt-suburbia-has-every-right-to-be-afraid-gun-couple-says-during-rnc/ILTBMT6H4JFTLPC3BNEPN7PNME/

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• 454: The markets may signal a V-Shaped recovery. @LizPeek @TheHill

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  Sep 16 2020

  Photo: 1901Horse-drawn cabs in street.Stereo copyrighted by H.C. White Co.No. 2508.This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.Caption card tracings: Street scenes 1901; Taxicabs; Eng. London Views 1901; Eng London Streets Strand; Photog. I.; Geogr.; Shelf. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe markets may signal a V-Shaped recovery. @LizPeek @TheHillhttps://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/features/us-economy-recover-covid/ ...more

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• 454: Studying the deadly riots of the 1960s to puzzle out the origins of the deadly riots of 2020. @GorkaKatie @Heritage

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  Sep 16 2020

  Photo: 1886 The Stamp Act riots in Boston http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowStudying the deadly riots of the 1960s to puzzle out the origins of the deadly riots of 2020. @GorkaKatie @Heritagehttps://thefederalist.com/2020/09/14/how-the-1960s-riots-foreshadow-todays-communist-weaponization-of-black-pain/

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• 453: #NewWorld: Venezuela and Iran continue to bait the US. And the Latin American Development Bank gets a US leader. @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal

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  Sep 16 2020

  Photo:1830 Costumes and Fashion of the People of Peru  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#NewWorld: Venezuela and Iran continue to bait the US. And the Latin American Development Bank gets a US leader. @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/trump-nominee-elected-head-latin-american-development-bank-200912201907470.html

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• 453: #NewWorld: Bogota erupts in suspiciously organized anti-police violence. @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal

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  Sep 16 2020

  Photo: 1911 COLOMBIA. STREET SCENES IN BOGOTA  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#NewWorld: Bogota erupts in suspiciously organized anti-police violence. @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/colombia-protests-bogota-mayor-calls-reconciliation-200914142005778.html

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• 452: The London virus-time Rule of Eight becomes the Rule of Six. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

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  Sep 16 2020

  Photo: 1951 En avdelning från Kustflottan, som nu gästar London, på väg till Whitehall 31/5 -51.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe London virus-time Rule of Eight becomes the Rule of Six. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-54142699

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• 452: Brexit meets Covid-19 meets Boris Johnson and the Tories. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

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  Sep 16 2020

  Photo:1914 War Crowd in Downing St., London  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowBrexit meets Covid-19 meets Boris Johnson and the Tories. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinionhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/with-covid-brexit-matters-more-than-ever-11599759105

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• 452: Peace between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain in the White House while war-making Iran and Hamas fire rockets. @AaronKleinShow Strategic Adviser to the PM, State of Israel.

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  Sep 16 2020

  Photo:1934Jerusalem http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowPeace between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain in the White House while war-making Iran and Hamas fire rockets. @AaronKleinShow Strategic Adviser to the PM, State of Israel.https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/israel-uae-bahrain-sign-game-changing-normalization-deal-watch-live-642368

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• 452: "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Canaanite Winery of the Western Galilee. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Sep 16 2020

  Photo:1898 Sea of Galilee  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow"Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Canaanite Winery of the Western Galilee. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-say-earthquake-caused-sudden-disuse-of-canaanite-wine-palace/#gs.fpe0jaA joint Israeli-US team of archaeologists say they may have finally uncovered what caused the sudden abandonment of an ancient Canaanite palace well-stocked with wine — and the culprit was an earthquake....more

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• 452: Tehran planning to assassinate a US ambassador & What is to be done? Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Sep 16 2020

  Photo:South Africa.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowTehran planning to assassinate a US ambassador & What is to be done? Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_preshttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/iran-assassination-ambassador-south-africa-qassem-soleimani-lana-marks-b439239.html

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• 452: The UK won't give up two ISIS mass-murderers because SAG Barr may execute them. @MarkosKounalakis. @HooverInst

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  Sep 16 2020

  Photo: 1615Marteling en executie van Bathasar Gerards, 14 juli 1584. Op een schavot wordt Gerards voor het toegestroomde publiek terechtgesteld, op de Grote Markt te Delft. Met onderschrift van 4 regels in het Latijn. Genummerd 157. Bedrukt op achterzijde met tekst in het Latijn.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe UK won't give up two ISIS mass-murderers because SAG Barr may execute them. @MarkosKounalakis. @HooverInsthttps://www.miamiherald.com/article245636860.html ...more

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• 452: Pennsylvania's voters are buying guns. @WJMcGurn @WSJOpinion

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  Sep 16 2020

  Photo: 1866 Double-Barrel Breech-Loading Pinfire Shotgun http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowPennsylvania's voters are buying guns. @WJMcGurn @WSJOpinion

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• 451: The progressives seek to segregate the University of Michigan at Dearborn with bizarre categories such as Non-POC (People of Color). @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Sep 15 2020

  Photo:Daughters of Confederacy at Arlington, [11/22/23]  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe progressives seek to segregate the University of Michigan at Dearborn with bizarre categories such as Non-POC (People of Color). @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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• 451: The strange case of choosing to use a lawsuit for defamation against a sitting POTUS who says he doesn't remember you. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Sep 15 2020

  Photo: Frontispice de la deuxième cataracte a la Méditerranée http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe strange case of choosing to use a lawsuit for defamation against a sitting POTUS who says he doesn't remember you. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/09/why-government-lawyers-are-defending-trump/

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• 450: Countdown to Socialism: 4of4: Paperback – September 15, 2020. by Devin Nunes (Author)

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  Sep 15 2020

  Photo: 1800 New Market, in South Second Street, Philadelphia Countdown to Socialism: 4of4:  Paperback – September 15, 2020. by Devin Nunes  (Author)  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Countdown to Socialism: 4of4:  Paperback – September 15, 2020. by Devin Nunes  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Countdown-Socialism-Devin-Nunes/dp/1641771860 This pamphlet exposes how the Democratic Party has changed beyond recognition. Once the party of anti-communism and tax-cutting under President Kennedy, it is now dominated by a surging socialist movement and led by a presidential candidate who vows to “transform” America.On a near-daily basis, the Democrats are issuing radical proposals to socialize medicine, industry, and higher education. So how can the Democrats win elections when their agenda is so far to the left of the American people?That’s easy―it’s because the means of public debate are being manipulated.In this explosive Encounter Broadside, Congressman Devin Nunes exposes the nexus between the Democratic Party, the mainstream media, and the social media corporations. These three entities cooperate to blast out the Democrats’ message and downplay their extremism while suppressing and censoring conservative points of view.Tens of millions of Americans are only seeing one side of the debate. The information they get from newspapers and social media is not “news”―it’s contrived content designed to help one political party and punish its opponents.In the run-up to the most consequential election of our lifetime, read this book to learn how your information is being skewed and regulated to force America onto the path to socialism.About Encounter Broadsides: In the late eighteenth century, pamphlets electrified the colonies and helped to forge American democracy as we know it. Encounter Broadsides seek to revive this medium to make the case for ordered liberty and democratic capitalism in our time. Read them in a sitting and come away knowing the best we can hope for and the worst we must fear.  ...more

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• 450: Countdown to Socialism: 3of4: Paperback – September 15, 2020. by Devin Nunes (Author)

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  Photo: n1800 Pennsylvania Hospital, in Pine Street Philadelphia  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Countdown to Socialism: 3of4:  Paperback – September 15, 2020. by Devin Nunes  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Countdown-Socialism-Devin-Nunes/dp/1641771860 This pamphlet exposes how the Democratic Party has changed beyond recognition. Once the party of anti-communism and tax-cutting under President Kennedy, it is now dominated by a surging socialist movement and led by a presidential candidate who vows to “transform” America.On a near-daily basis, the Democrats are issuing radical proposals to socialize medicine, industry, and higher education. So how can the Democrats win elections when their agenda is so far to the left of the American people?That’s easy―it’s because the means of public debate are being manipulated.In this explosive Encounter Broadside, Congressman Devin Nunes exposes the nexus between the Democratic Party, the mainstream media, and the social media corporations. These three entities cooperate to blast out the Democrats’ message and downplay their extremism while suppressing and censoring conservative points of view.Tens of millions of Americans are only seeing one side of the debate. The information they get from newspapers and social media is not “news”―it’s contrived content designed to help one political party and punish its opponents.In the run-up to the most consequential election of our lifetime, read this book to learn how your information is being skewed and regulated to force America onto the path to socialism.About Encounter Broadsides: In the late eighteenth century, pamphlets electrified the colonies and helped to forge American democracy as we know it. Encounter Broadsides seek to revive this medium to make the case for ordered liberty and democratic capitalism in our time. Read them in a sitting and come away knowing the best we can hope for and the worst we must fear.  ...more

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• 450: Countdown to Socialism: 2of4: Paperback – September 15, 2020. by Devin Nunes (Author)

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  Photo: 1800 High Street, with the First Presbyterian Church - Philadelphia  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Countdown to Socialism: 2of4:  Paperback – September 15, 2020. by Devin Nunes  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Countdown-Socialism-Devin-Nunes/dp/1641771860 This pamphlet exposes how the Democratic Party has changed beyond recognition. Once the party of anti-communism and tax-cutting under President Kennedy, it is now dominated by a surging socialist movement and led by a presidential candidate who vows to “transform” America.On a near-daily basis, the Democrats are issuing radical proposals to socialize medicine, industry, and higher education. So how can the Democrats win elections when their agenda is so far to the left of the American people?That’s easy―it’s because the means of public debate are being manipulated.In this explosive Encounter Broadside, Congressman Devin Nunes exposes the nexus between the Democratic Party, the mainstream media, and the social media corporations. These three entities cooperate to blast out the Democrats’ message and downplay their extremism while suppressing and censoring conservative points of view.Tens of millions of Americans are only seeing one side of the debate. The information they get from newspapers and social media is not “news”―it’s contrived content designed to help one political party and punish its opponents.In the run-up to the most consequential election of our lifetime, read this book to learn how your information is being skewed and regulated to force America onto the path to socialism.About Encounter Broadsides: In the late eighteenth century, pamphlets electrified the colonies and helped to forge American democracy as we know it. Encounter Broadsides seek to revive this medium to make the case for ordered liberty and democratic capitalism in our time. Read them in a sitting and come away knowing the best we can hope for and the worst we must fear.  ...more

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• 450: Countdown to Socialism: 1of4: Paperback – September 15, 2020. by Devin Nunes (Author)

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  Sep 15 2020

  Photo: 1800Old Lutheran Church, in Fifth Street, Philadelphia  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Countdown to Socialism: 1of4:  Paperback – September 15, 2020. by Devin Nunes  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Countdown-Socialism-Devin-Nunes/dp/1641771860 This pamphlet exposes how the Democratic Party has changed beyond recognition. Once the party of anti-communism and tax-cutting under President Kennedy, it is now dominated by a surging socialist movement and led by a presidential candidate who vows to “transform” America.On a near-daily basis, the Democrats are issuing radical proposals to socialize medicine, industry, and higher education. So how can the Democrats win elections when their agenda is so far to the left of the American people?That’s easy―it’s because the means of public debate are being manipulated.In this explosive Encounter Broadside, Congressman Devin Nunes exposes the nexus between the Democratic Party, the mainstream media, and the social media corporations. These three entities cooperate to blast out the Democrats’ message and downplay their extremism while suppressing and censoring conservative points of view.Tens of millions of Americans are only seeing one side of the debate. The information they get from newspapers and social media is not “news”―it’s contrived content designed to help one political party and punish its opponents.In the run-up to the most consequential election of our lifetime, read this book to learn how your information is being skewed and regulated to force America onto the path to socialism.About Encounter Broadsides: In the late eighteenth century, pamphlets electrified the colonies and helped to forge American democracy as we know it. Encounter Broadsides seek to revive this medium to make the case for ordered liberty and democratic capitalism in our time. Read them in a sitting and come away knowing the best we can hope for and the worst we must fear.  ...more

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• 449: Trump Trade vs Biden Trade & What is to be done? @ChristineMcDan @Mercatus

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  Sep 15 2020

  Photo: 1909U.S. Ship Nantucket, training ship  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowTrump Trade vs Biden Trade & What is to be done?  @ChristineMcDan @Mercatushttps://www.forbes.com/sites/christinemcdaniel/2020/09/08/biden-vs-trump-on-trade/#2cb743644862

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• 449: The surprising stock market enthusiasm over options & What is to be done? @GregoryZuckerman @WSJ

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  Sep 15 2020

  Photo:Improper use of forest land. A homestead surrounded by cut-over land. Pine Ridge land use project, Dawes County, Nebraska  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe surprising stock market enthusiasm over options & What is to be done? @GregoryZuckerman @WSJhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/the-wildly-popular-trades-behind-the-markets-swoon-and-surge-11599989400

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• 449: Farewell to the profoundly hip Diana Rigg of the Avengers, 1938-2020. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund

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  Sep 15 2020

  Photo:Postcard of London Road from Municipal Offices, Camberley  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowFarewell to the profoundly hip Diana Rigg of the Avengers, 1938-2020. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund

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• 449: The Keystone State rebukes Governor Wolf's virus mandates. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund

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  Sep 15 2020

  Photo: Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak route between Delaware-Pennsylvania & Pennsylvania-New Jersey state lines, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Keystone State rebukes Governor Wolf's virus mandates. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund  https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/09/federal-judge-says-gov-wolfs-lockdown-well-intentioned-but-unconstitutional.html

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• 449: Rumors of Xi fraying. Charles Burton, Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. @GordonGChang

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  Photo: 1900 Street in Peking  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowRumors of Xi fraying. Charles Burton, Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. @GordonGChanghttps://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1334061/China-news-coup-xi-jinpin-power-police-xi-jinping-under-control-Mao-style-purge

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• 449: Hong Kong grows angrier over the fate of the boat people. @Michael_Yon @GordonGChang

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  Photo:1910 A street market in Hong Kong, China  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowHong Kong grows angrier over the fate of the boat people. @Michael_Yon @GordonGChang https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSKBN26509R

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• 449: ISIS vs Al Qaeda in the failed state of Mali. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD

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  Sep 15 2020

  Photo:1897 The old mosque restored.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowISIS vs Al Qaeda in the failed state of Mali. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDDhttps://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/09/generation-jihad-ep-25-another-coup-in-mali.php

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• 449: Al Qaeda's Zawahiri speaks against rivals and boasts of independence 19 years later. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD

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  Photo: 1895 Kach Station and blockhouse near the divide between Harnai and Quetta http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowAl Qaeda's Zawahiri speaks against rivals and boasts of independence 19 years later. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/09/zawahiri-asserts-al-qaedas-independence-in-new-message.php

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• 448: An American Betrayal: 4of4: Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears Kindle Edition. by Daniel Blake Smith (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 14 2020

  Photo:At upper right corner: Exhibit 8.At upper left corner: Tenth annual report, Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes.At head of title: Department of the Interior, Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes."Shaded portions represent selections filed on since the opening of Land Office Jan. 1st 1903 to June 30th 1903."Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow An American Betrayal: 4of4: Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears Kindle Edition. by Daniel Blake Smith  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051OASGG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2Though the tragedy of the Trail of Tears is widely recognized today, the pervasive effects of the tribe's uprooting have never been examined in detail. Despite the Cherokees' efforts to assimilate with the dominant white culture—running their own newspaper, ratifying a constitution based on that of the United States—they were never able to integrate fully with white men in the New World. In An American Betrayal, Daniel Blake Smith's vivid prose brings to life a host of memorable characters: the veteran Indian-fighter Andrew Jackson, who adopted a young Indian boy into his home; Chief John Ross, only one-eighth Cherokee, who commanded the loyalty of most Cherokees because of his relentless effort to remain on their native soil; most dramatically, the dissenters in Cherokee country—especially Elias Boudinot and John Ridge, gifted young men who were educated in a New England academy but whose marriages to local white girls erupted in racial epithets, effigy burnings, and the closing of the school.Smith, an award-winning historian, offers an eye-opening view of why neither assimilation nor Cherokee independence could succeed in Jacksonian America....more

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• 448: An American Betrayal: 3of4: Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears Kindle Edition. by Daniel Blake Smith (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:A caricature of President Martin Van Buren issued during the Panic of 1837, strongly critical of his continuation of predecessor Andrew Jackson's hard-money policies. Particular reference is made to the Specie Circular, a highly unpopular order issued by the Jackson administration in December 1836, directing collectors of public revenues to accept only gold or silver (i.e., "specie") in payment for public lands. Designed to curb speculation, the measure was blamed by administration critics for draining the economy of hard money and precipitating the 1837 crisis.  Hearkening back to the anti-Jackson "King Andrew the First" (no. 1833-4), the artist portrays Van Buren as a monarch in a princely cloak, treading on the Constitution. He is crowned "in the name of Belzebub . . . Ragamuffin king" by a demon. Van Buren's cloak is trimmed with "shinplasters," the colloquial term for the often worthless small-denomination bank notes which proliferated during the panic.  Van Buren says, "I like this cloak amazingly, for now I shall be able to put into execution my Designs without being observed by every quizing, prying Whig. I'm obliged to keep close since my Safety Fund is blown . . ." Under the Safety Fund law, passed during Van Buren's term as governor of New York, banks were required to contribute to a fund used to liquidate the obligations of banks that failed. The fund was quickly exhausted during the panic.  On the walls are pictures of "Bequests of the Late Incumbent" (Andrew Jackson), including "The Hickory Stick," worshipped by the masses like the brazen serpent in the Old Testament, Jackson's spectacles and clay pipe, his hat, the Safety Fund balloon in flames, and "the Last Gold Coin," minted in 1829 (the year Jackson first took office). On the wall at right is a headless statue of Jackson holding a "veto" in his right hand (an allusion to Jackson's 1832 veto of a bill to recharter the Bank of the United States).  Visible through a window is a street scene where a crowd mobs a theater exhibiting "a Real Gold Coin."  Beneath Van Buren's feet are several documents, including the Specie Circular and "petitions," the missives from New York bankers and merchants which deluged the White House calling for repeal of the Circular. A document labeled "Indian claims" refers to another unpopular Jackson legacy: the numerous grievances by tribes like the Cherokees and Seminoles regarding unfair and inhumane government treaties by which they were being displaced and deprived of their lands.Copyright secured according to law by F.J. Winston.Published at 89 Nassau St. NY.Signed: Forbes Delt.The Library's impression of the print was deposited for copyright on August 29, 1837, and published at the same address as Anthony Fleetwood's "6 Cents. Humbug Glory Bank" (no. 1837-10).Title appears as it is written on the item.Weitenkampf, p. 49.Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress)Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1837-1. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow An American Betrayal: 3of4: Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears Kindle Edition. by Daniel Blake Smith  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051OASGG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2Though the tragedy of the Trail of Tears is widely recognized today, the pervasive effects of the tribe's uprooting have never been examined in detail. Despite the Cherokees' efforts to assimilate with the dominant white culture—running their own newspaper, ratifying a constitution based on that of the United States—they were never able to integrate fully with white men in the New World. In An American Betrayal, Daniel Blake Smith's vivid prose brings to life a host of memorable characters: the veteran Indian-fighter Andrew Jackson, who adopted a young Indian boy into his home; Chief John Ross, only one-eighth Cherokee, who commanded the loyalty of most Cherokees because of his relentless effort to remain on their native soil; most dramatically, the dissenters in Cherokee country—especially Elias Boudinot and John Ridge, gifted young men who were educated in a New England academy but whose marriages to local white girls erupted in racial epithets, effigy burnings, and the closing of the school.Smith, an award-winning historian, offers an eye-opening view of why neither assimilation nor Cherokee independence could succeed in Jacksonian America....more

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• 448: An American Betrayal: 2of4: Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears Kindle Edition. by Daniel Blake Smith (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:Print shows Se-Quo-Yah, half-length portrait, seated, facing right, holding Cherokee alphabet.Title from item.Signed on stone at bottom center: R.T.Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1838 by F.W. Greenough, in the Clerks office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Penna.Another copy in the Rare Books and Special Collections Division in: History of the Indian tribes of North America, with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs : Embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits, from the Indian gallery in the Department of war, at Washington / By Thomas L. M'Kenney and James Hall. Philadelphia : E. C. Biddle [etc.], 1836-1844.Published in (Rare Book copy): Many nations: A Library of Congress resource guide for the study of Indian and Alaska native peoples of the United States / edited by Patrick Frazier and the Publishing Office. Washington : Library of Congress, 1996, p. 101 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow An American Betrayal: 2of4: Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears Kindle Edition. by Daniel Blake Smith  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051OASGG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2Though the tragedy of the Trail of Tears is widely recognized today, the pervasive effects of the tribe's uprooting have never been examined in detail. Despite the Cherokees' efforts to assimilate with the dominant white culture—running their own newspaper, ratifying a constitution based on that of the United States—they were never able to integrate fully with white men in the New World. In An American Betrayal, Daniel Blake Smith's vivid prose brings to life a host of memorable characters: the veteran Indian-fighter Andrew Jackson, who adopted a young Indian boy into his home; Chief John Ross, only one-eighth Cherokee, who commanded the loyalty of most Cherokees because of his relentless effort to remain on their native soil; most dramatically, the dissenters in Cherokee country—especially Elias Boudinot and John Ridge, gifted young men who were educated in a New England academy but whose marriages to local white girls erupted in racial epithets, effigy burnings, and the closing of the school.Smith, an award-winning historian, offers an eye-opening view of why neither assimilation nor Cherokee independence could succeed in Jacksonian America....more

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• 448: An American Betrayal: 1of4: Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears Kindle Edition. by Daniel Blake Smith (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:History of the Indian tribes of North America : with biographical sketches and anecdotes of the principal chiefs : embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits, from the Indian gallery in the Department of War, at Washington  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow An American Betrayal: 1of4: Cherokee Patriots and the Trail of Tears Kindle Edition. by Daniel Blake Smith  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051OASGG/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2Though the tragedy of the Trail of Tears is widely recognized today, the pervasive effects of the tribe's uprooting have never been examined in detail. Despite the Cherokees' efforts to assimilate with the dominant white culture—running their own newspaper, ratifying a constitution based on that of the United States—they were never able to integrate fully with white men in the New World. In An American Betrayal, Daniel Blake Smith's vivid prose brings to life a host of memorable characters: the veteran Indian-fighter Andrew Jackson, who adopted a young Indian boy into his home; Chief John Ross, only one-eighth Cherokee, who commanded the loyalty of most Cherokees because of his relentless effort to remain on their native soil; most dramatically, the dissenters in Cherokee country—especially Elias Boudinot and John Ridge, gifted young men who were educated in a New England academy but whose marriages to local white girls erupted in racial epithets, effigy burnings, and the closing of the school.Smith, an award-winning historian, offers an eye-opening view of why neither assimilation nor Cherokee independence could succeed in Jacksonian America....more

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• 448: Man-Eater: 4of4: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal Kindle Edition. by Harold Schechter (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:1936 Dust storm. Colorado  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Man-Eater: 4of4: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal Kindle Edition. by Harold Schechter  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Man-Eater-Life-Legend-American-Cannibal-ebook/dp/B00T8RIK6C/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=american+cannibal&qid=1600044462&s=digital-text&sr=1-1n the winter of 1873, a small band of prospectors lost their way in the frozen wilderness of the Colorado Rockies. Months later, when the snow finally melted, only one of them emerged. His name was Alfred G. Packer, though he would soon become infamous throughout the country under a different name: “the Man-Eater.” After the butchered remains of his five traveling companions were discovered in a secluded valley by the Gunnison River, Packer vanished for nine years, becoming the West’s most wanted man. What followed was a saga of evasion and retribution as the trial of the century worked to extricate fact from myth and Polly Pry, a once-famed pioneering journalist, took on the cause of Packer. Man-Eater is the definitive story of a legendary crime—a gripping tale of unspeakable suffering, the desperate struggle for survival, and the fight to uncover the truth....more

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• 448: Man-Eater: 3of4: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal Kindle Edition. by Harold Schechter (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:[Colorado Springs, Colorado. Two automobiles going down mountain road, with horseshoe turn in foreground] / Wiswall(?)1910.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Man-Eater: 3of4: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal Kindle Edition. by Harold Schechter  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Man-Eater-Life-Legend-American-Cannibal-ebook/dp/B00T8RIK6C/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=american+cannibal&qid=1600044462&s=digital-text&sr=1-1n the winter of 1873, a small band of prospectors lost their way in the frozen wilderness of the Colorado Rockies. Months later, when the snow finally melted, only one of them emerged. His name was Alfred G. Packer, though he would soon become infamous throughout the country under a different name: “the Man-Eater.” After the butchered remains of his five traveling companions were discovered in a secluded valley by the Gunnison River, Packer vanished for nine years, becoming the West’s most wanted man. What followed was a saga of evasion and retribution as the trial of the century worked to extricate fact from myth and Polly Pry, a once-famed pioneering journalist, took on the cause of Packer. Man-Eater is the definitive story of a legendary crime—a gripping tale of unspeakable suffering, the desperate struggle for survival, and the fight to uncover the truth....more

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• 448: Man-Eater: 2of4: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal Kindle Edition. by Harold Schechter (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:1905 Down in a Colorado gold mine--taking out ore, Eagle River Canyon, Colorado, U.S.A.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Man-Eater: 2of4: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal Kindle Edition. by Harold Schechter  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Man-Eater-Life-Legend-American-Cannibal-ebook/dp/B00T8RIK6C/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=american+cannibal&qid=1600044462&s=digital-text&sr=1-1n the winter of 1873, a small band of prospectors lost their way in the frozen wilderness of the Colorado Rockies. Months later, when the snow finally melted, only one of them emerged. His name was Alfred G. Packer, though he would soon become infamous throughout the country under a different name: “the Man-Eater.” After the butchered remains of his five traveling companions were discovered in a secluded valley by the Gunnison River, Packer vanished for nine years, becoming the West’s most wanted man. What followed was a saga of evasion and retribution as the trial of the century worked to extricate fact from myth and Polly Pry, a once-famed pioneering journalist, took on the cause of Packer. Man-Eater is the definitive story of a legendary crime—a gripping tale of unspeakable suffering, the desperate struggle for survival, and the fight to uncover the truth....more

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• 448: Man-Eater: 1of4: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal Kindle Edition. by Harold Schechter (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:1901 The Antlers, Colorado Springs  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Man-Eater: 1of4: The Life and Legend of an American Cannibal Kindle Edition. by Harold Schechter  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Man-Eater-Life-Legend-American-Cannibal-ebook/dp/B00T8RIK6C/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=american+cannibal&qid=1600044462&s=digital-text&sr=1-1n the winter of 1873, a small band of prospectors lost their way in the frozen wilderness of the Colorado Rockies. Months later, when the snow finally melted, only one of them emerged. His name was Alfred G. Packer, though he would soon become infamous throughout the country under a different name: “the Man-Eater.” After the butchered remains of his five traveling companions were discovered in a secluded valley by the Gunnison River, Packer vanished for nine years, becoming the West’s most wanted man. What followed was a saga of evasion and retribution as the trial of the century worked to extricate fact from myth and Polly Pry, a once-famed pioneering journalist, took on the cause of Packer. Man-Eater is the definitive story of a legendary crime—a gripping tale of unspeakable suffering, the desperate struggle for survival, and the fight to uncover the truth....more

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• 448: Allied Master Strategists: 4of4: The Combined Chiefs of Staff in World War II Kindle Edition. by David Rigby (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:In the heart of modern Babylon, Piccadilly Circus, London, England  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Allied Master Strategists: 4of4: The Combined Chiefs of Staff in World War II Kindle Edition. by David Rigby  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Allied-Master-Strategists-Combined-Chiefs-ebook/dp/B00B0YPKM8/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Allied+Master+Strategists&qid=1600044230&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 Calling the Combined Chiefs of Staff the glue that held the British-American alliance together in World War II, David Rigby describes the vital contributions to Allied victory made by the organization, which drew its members from the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, the British Chiefs of Staff Committee, and the British Joint Staff Mission. Readers get a good understanding of the personalities involved and insights into the relationships between the Chiefs and Allied theater commanders. The role of the Combined Chiefs in economic mobilization and the bitter inter-Allied strategic debates are fully examined. Detailed information is also given about the Casablanca Conference and the Chiefs’ often highly contentious meetings in Washington. The book gives the Combined Chiefs what they have long deserved—a book not weighted towards the Americans or the British and not strictly naval, army, or air oriented, but combined in an international as well as an inter-service manner....more

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• 448: Allied Master Strategists: 3of4: The Combined Chiefs of Staff in World War II Kindle Edition. by David Rigby (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:Trafalgar Square, London, 1886. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Allied Master Strategists: 3of4: The Combined Chiefs of Staff in World War II Kindle Edition. by David Rigby  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Allied-Master-Strategists-Combined-Chiefs-ebook/dp/B00B0YPKM8/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Allied+Master+Strategists&qid=1600044230&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 Calling the Combined Chiefs of Staff the glue that held the British-American alliance together in World War II, David Rigby describes the vital contributions to Allied victory made by the organization, which drew its members from the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, the British Chiefs of Staff Committee, and the British Joint Staff Mission. Readers get a good understanding of the personalities involved and insights into the relationships between the Chiefs and Allied theater commanders. The role of the Combined Chiefs in economic mobilization and the bitter inter-Allied strategic debates are fully examined. Detailed information is also given about the Casablanca Conference and the Chiefs’ often highly contentious meetings in Washington. The book gives the Combined Chiefs what they have long deserved—a book not weighted towards the Americans or the British and not strictly naval, army, or air oriented, but combined in an international as well as an inter-service manner....more

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• 448: Allied Master Strategists: 2of4: The Combined Chiefs of Staff in World War II Kindle Edition. by David Rigby (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo: 1910London Bridge, London http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Allied Master Strategists: 2of4: The Combined Chiefs of Staff in World War II Kindle Edition. by David Rigby  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Allied-Master-Strategists-Combined-Chiefs-ebook/dp/B00B0YPKM8/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Allied+Master+Strategists&qid=1600044230&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 Calling the Combined Chiefs of Staff the glue that held the British-American alliance together in World War II, David Rigby describes the vital contributions to Allied victory made by the organization, which drew its members from the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, the British Chiefs of Staff Committee, and the British Joint Staff Mission. Readers get a good understanding of the personalities involved and insights into the relationships between the Chiefs and Allied theater commanders. The role of the Combined Chiefs in economic mobilization and the bitter inter-Allied strategic debates are fully examined. Detailed information is also given about the Casablanca Conference and the Chiefs’ often highly contentious meetings in Washington. The book gives the Combined Chiefs what they have long deserved—a book not weighted towards the Americans or the British and not strictly naval, army, or air oriented, but combined in an international as well as an inter-service manner....more

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• 448: Allied Master Strategists: 1of4: The Combined Chiefs of Staff in World War II Kindle Edition. by David Rigby (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:London, England - London buses  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Allied Master Strategists: 1of4: The Combined Chiefs of Staff in World War II Kindle Edition. by David Rigby  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Allied-Master-Strategists-Combined-Chiefs-ebook/dp/B00B0YPKM8/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Allied+Master+Strategists&qid=1600044230&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 Calling the Combined Chiefs of Staff the glue that held the British-American alliance together in World War II, David Rigby describes the vital contributions to Allied victory made by the organization, which drew its members from the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, the British Chiefs of Staff Committee, and the British Joint Staff Mission. Readers get a good understanding of the personalities involved and insights into the relationships between the Chiefs and Allied theater commanders. The role of the Combined Chiefs in economic mobilization and the bitter inter-Allied strategic debates are fully examined. Detailed information is also given about the Casablanca Conference and the Chiefs’ often highly contentious meetings in Washington. The book gives the Combined Chiefs what they have long deserved—a book not weighted towards the Americans or the British and not strictly naval, army, or air oriented, but combined in an international as well as an inter-service manner....more

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• 448: The Only Street in Paris: 4of4: Life on the Rue des Martyrs Kindle Edition. by Elaine Sciolino (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo: The Eiffel Tower--Champs de Mars in distance--Paris Exposition, 1900 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Only Street in Paris: 4of4: Life on the Rue des Martyrs Kindle Edition. by Elaine Sciolino  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Only-Street-Paris-Life-Martyrs-ebook/dp/B00TMA91YA/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Elaine Sciolino, the former Paris Bureau Chief of the New York Times, invites us on a tour of her favorite Parisian street, offering an homage to street life and the pleasures of Parisian living. "I can never be sad on the rue des Martyrs," Sciolino explains, as she celebrates the neighborhood’s rich history and vibrant lives. While many cities suffer from the leveling effects of globalization, the rue des Martyrs maintains its distinct allure. On this street, the patron saint of France was beheaded and the Jesuits took their first vows. It was here that Edgar Degas and Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted circus acrobats, Emile Zola situated a lesbian dinner club in his novel Nana, and François Truffaut filmed scenes from The 400 Blows. Sciolino reveals the charms and idiosyncrasies of this street and its longtime residents—the Tunisian greengrocer, the husband-and-wife cheesemongers, the showman who’s been running a transvestite cabaret for more than half a century, the owner of a 100-year-old bookstore, the woman who repairs eighteenth-century mercury barometers—bringing Paris alive in all of its unique majesty. The Only Street in Paris will make readers hungry for Paris, for cheese and wine, and for the kind of street life that is all too quickly disappearing....more

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• 448: The Only Street in Paris: 3of4: Life on the Rue des Martyrs Kindle Edition. by Elaine Sciolino (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo: 1908 New York - Paris race: cars lined up to start, New York  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Only Street in Paris: 3of4: Life on the Rue des Martyrs Kindle Edition. by Elaine Sciolino  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Only-Street-Paris-Life-Martyrs-ebook/dp/B00TMA91YA/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Elaine Sciolino, the former Paris Bureau Chief of the New York Times, invites us on a tour of her favorite Parisian street, offering an homage to street life and the pleasures of Parisian living. "I can never be sad on the rue des Martyrs," Sciolino explains, as she celebrates the neighborhood’s rich history and vibrant lives. While many cities suffer from the leveling effects of globalization, the rue des Martyrs maintains its distinct allure. On this street, the patron saint of France was beheaded and the Jesuits took their first vows. It was here that Edgar Degas and Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted circus acrobats, Emile Zola situated a lesbian dinner club in his novel Nana, and François Truffaut filmed scenes from The 400 Blows. Sciolino reveals the charms and idiosyncrasies of this street and its longtime residents—the Tunisian greengrocer, the husband-and-wife cheesemongers, the showman who’s been running a transvestite cabaret for more than half a century, the owner of a 100-year-old bookstore, the woman who repairs eighteenth-century mercury barometers—bringing Paris alive in all of its unique majesty. The Only Street in Paris will make readers hungry for Paris, for cheese and wine, and for the kind of street life that is all too quickly disappearing....more

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• 448: The Only Street in Paris: 2of4: Life on the Rue des Martyrs Kindle Edition. by Elaine Sciolino (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:Skioptikonbild med motiv från Paris. Möjligen från världsutställning Exposition Universelle, 1900. Bilden har förvarats i kartong märkt: ? http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Only Street in Paris: 2of4: Life on the Rue des Martyrs Kindle Edition. by Elaine Sciolino  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Only-Street-Paris-Life-Martyrs-ebook/dp/B00TMA91YA/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Elaine Sciolino, the former Paris Bureau Chief of the New York Times, invites us on a tour of her favorite Parisian street, offering an homage to street life and the pleasures of Parisian living. "I can never be sad on the rue des Martyrs," Sciolino explains, as she celebrates the neighborhood’s rich history and vibrant lives. While many cities suffer from the leveling effects of globalization, the rue des Martyrs maintains its distinct allure. On this street, the patron saint of France was beheaded and the Jesuits took their first vows. It was here that Edgar Degas and Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted circus acrobats, Emile Zola situated a lesbian dinner club in his novel Nana, and François Truffaut filmed scenes from The 400 Blows. Sciolino reveals the charms and idiosyncrasies of this street and its longtime residents—the Tunisian greengrocer, the husband-and-wife cheesemongers, the showman who’s been running a transvestite cabaret for more than half a century, the owner of a 100-year-old bookstore, the woman who repairs eighteenth-century mercury barometers—bringing Paris alive in all of its unique majesty. The Only Street in Paris will make readers hungry for Paris, for cheese and wine, and for the kind of street life that is all too quickly disappearing....more

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• 448: The Only Street in Paris: 1of4: Life on the Rue des Martyrs Kindle Edition. by Elaine Sciolino (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 14 2020

  Photo:Skioptikonbild med motiv från världsutställningen i Paris, 1900. Palais des Mines. Bilden har förvarats i kartong märkt: ? http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Only Street in Paris: 1of4: Life on the Rue des Martyrs Kindle Edition. by Elaine Sciolino  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Only-Street-Paris-Life-Martyrs-ebook/dp/B00TMA91YA/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Elaine Sciolino, the former Paris Bureau Chief of the New York Times, invites us on a tour of her favorite Parisian street, offering an homage to street life and the pleasures of Parisian living. "I can never be sad on the rue des Martyrs," Sciolino explains, as she celebrates the neighborhood’s rich history and vibrant lives. While many cities suffer from the leveling effects of globalization, the rue des Martyrs maintains its distinct allure. On this street, the patron saint of France was beheaded and the Jesuits took their first vows. It was here that Edgar Degas and Pierre-Auguste Renoir painted circus acrobats, Emile Zola situated a lesbian dinner club in his novel Nana, and François Truffaut filmed scenes from The 400 Blows. Sciolino reveals the charms and idiosyncrasies of this street and its longtime residents—the Tunisian greengrocer, the husband-and-wife cheesemongers, the showman who’s been running a transvestite cabaret for more than half a century, the owner of a 100-year-old bookstore, the woman who repairs eighteenth-century mercury barometers—bringing Paris alive in all of its unique majesty. The Only Street in Paris will make readers hungry for Paris, for cheese and wine, and for the kind of street life that is all too quickly disappearing....more

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• 447: 2/2 #HotelMars: The narrow mission of the United States Space Force & What is to be done? General Steven Kwast, USAF (ret). David Livingston, SpaceShow.com

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  Sep 13 2020

   #HotelMars: The narrow mission of the United States Space Force & What is to be done? General Steven Kwast, USAF (ret). David Livingston, SpaceShow.com

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• 447: 1/2 #HotelMars: The narrow mission of the United States Space Force; & What is to be done? General Steven Kwast, USAF (ret). David Livingston, SpaceShow.com

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  Sep 13 2020

  Image:  The hatch opens on a United Launch Alliance barge, known as the Rocket Ship, revealing Delta IV Heavy boosters April 5, 2020, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The barge docked at Vandenberg AFB to offload Delta IV Heavy boosters for an upcoming launch scheduled to occur later this year. The barge operation is a vital first step to executing the mission of assured access to space. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aubree Owens) https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ula-pinpoints-cause-of-delta-launch-abort-reschedules-launch/ ...more

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• 446: Big Space fumbles while NASA learns to hand off to commercial space. .Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com

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  Sep 13 2020

  Image: A participant at a NASA social in Washington tweets as he listens to astronaut Joe Acaba answer questions about his time living aboard the International Space Station, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012 at NASA Headquarters.  https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ula-pinpoints-cause-of-delta-launch-abort-reschedules-launch/

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• 446: Gravel pit asteroid Bennu spits off debris. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com

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  Sep 13 2020

  Image: OSIRIS-REx Rollout for Launch.  The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket arrives at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch vehicle will boost NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer, or OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. This will be the first U.S. mission to sample an asteroid, retrieve at least two ounces of surface material and return it to Earth for study. The asteroid, Bennu, may hold clues to the origin of the solar system and the source of water and organic molecules found on Earth.  https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/bennu-tosses-particles-from-its-surface-routinely/ ...more

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• 446: The Battle for Hell's Island: 8of8: How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save GuadalcanalKindle Edition. by Stephen L. Moore (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 13 2020

  Photo:Drawing shows four soldiers, some naked or shirtless, walking down the Mataniko River on Guadalcanal Island holding onto a small boat filled with two armed soldiers and two wounded ones during World War II.Study sketches for this drawing: DRWG/US - Brodie, no. 21 (A size) and DRWG/US - Brodie, no. 26 (A size).Gift, Sgt. Howard J. Brodie, 1944; (DLC/PP-1944:114). http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Battle for Hell's Island: 8of8:  How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save GuadalcanalKindle Edition. by Stephen L. Moore  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Hells-Island-Dive-Bombers-Guadalcanal-ebook/dp/B00SI025T8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=November 1942: Japanese and American forces have been fighting for control of Guadalcanal, a small but pivotal island in Japan’s expansion through the South Pacific. Both sides have endured months of grueling battle under the worst circumstances: hellish jungles, meager rations, and tropical diseases, which have taken a severe mental and physical toll on the combatants. The Japanese call Guadalcanal Jigoku no Jima—Hell's Island.Amid a seeming stalemate, a small group of U.S. Navy dive bombers are called upon to help determine the island's fate. The men have until recently been serving in their respective squadrons aboard the USS Lexington and the USS Yorktown, fighting in the thick of the Pacific War's aerial battles. Their skills have been honed to a fine edge, even as injury and death inexorably have depleted their ranks. When their carriers are lost, many of the men end up on the USS Enterprise. Battle damage to that carrier then forces them from their home at sea to operating from Henderson Field, a small dirt-and-gravel airstrip on Guadalcanal.With some Marine and Army Air Force planes, they help form the Cactus Air Force, a motley assemblage of fliers tasked with holding the line while making dangerous flights from their jungle airfield. Pounded by daily Japanese air assaults, nightly warship bombardments, and sniper attacks from the jungle, pilots and gunners rarely last more than a few weeks before succumbing to tropical ailments, injury, exhaustion, and death. But when the Japanese launch a final offensive to take the island once and for all, these dive-bomber jocks answer the call of duty—and try to perform miracles in turning back an enemy warship armada, a host of fighter planes, and a convoy of troop transports.A remarkable story of grit, guts, and heroism, The Battle for Hell's Island reveals how command of the South Pacific, and the outcome of the Pacific War, depended on control of a single dirt airstrip—and the small group of battle-weary aviators sent to protect it with their lives....more

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• 446: The Battle for Hell's Island: 7of8: How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save GuadalcanalKindle Edition. by Stephen L. Moore (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 13 2020

  Photo:Drawing shows a soldier armed with a rifle leading three Solomon Island natives through trees in a jungle on the island of Guadalcanal.Sketch version of this image: DRWG/US - Brodie, no. 31 (A size).Gift, Sgt. Howard J. Brodie, 1944; (DLC/PP-1944:114). http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Battle for Hell's Island: 7of8:  How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save GuadalcanalKindle Edition. by Stephen L. Moore  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Hells-Island-Dive-Bombers-Guadalcanal-ebook/dp/B00SI025T8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=November 1942: Japanese and American forces have been fighting for control of Guadalcanal, a small but pivotal island in Japan’s expansion through the South Pacific. Both sides have endured months of grueling battle under the worst circumstances: hellish jungles, meager rations, and tropical diseases, which have taken a severe mental and physical toll on the combatants. The Japanese call Guadalcanal Jigoku no Jima—Hell's Island.Amid a seeming stalemate, a small group of U.S. Navy dive bombers are called upon to help determine the island's fate. The men have until recently been serving in their respective squadrons aboard the USS Lexington and the USS Yorktown, fighting in the thick of the Pacific War's aerial battles. Their skills have been honed to a fine edge, even as injury and death inexorably have depleted their ranks. When their carriers are lost, many of the men end up on the USS Enterprise. Battle damage to that carrier then forces them from their home at sea to operating from Henderson Field, a small dirt-and-gravel airstrip on Guadalcanal.With some Marine and Army Air Force planes, they help form the Cactus Air Force, a motley assemblage of fliers tasked with holding the line while making dangerous flights from their jungle airfield. Pounded by daily Japanese air assaults, nightly warship bombardments, and sniper attacks from the jungle, pilots and gunners rarely last more than a few weeks before succumbing to tropical ailments, injury, exhaustion, and death. But when the Japanese launch a final offensive to take the island once and for all, these dive-bomber jocks answer the call of duty—and try to perform miracles in turning back an enemy warship armada, a host of fighter planes, and a convoy of troop transports.A remarkable story of grit, guts, and heroism, The Battle for Hell's Island reveals how command of the South Pacific, and the outcome of the Pacific War, depended on control of a single dirt airstrip—and the small group of battle-weary aviators sent to protect it with their lives....more

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• 446: The Battle for Hell's Island: 6of8: How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save GuadalcanalKindle Edition. by Stephen L. Moore (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 13 2020

  Photo: Drawing shows four soldiers operating field artillery--a howitzer--on Mt. Austen during the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal. In his inscription, Brodie refers to Mack Morriss, Yank magazine correspondent.Signed lower right: Sgt. Howard Brodie, Guadalcanal '43.Inscribed below image: Mack & I later witnessed the terrific damage our artillery had inflicted on the Japs along the Kokumbona Road.Gift, Sgt. Howard J. Brodie, 1944; (DLC/PP-1944:114).http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Battle for Hell's Island: 6of8:  How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save GuadalcanalKindle Edition. by Stephen L. Moore  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Hells-Island-Dive-Bombers-Guadalcanal-ebook/dp/B00SI025T8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=November 1942: Japanese and American forces have been fighting for control of Guadalcanal, a small but pivotal island in Japan’s expansion through the South Pacific. Both sides have endured months of grueling battle under the worst circumstances: hellish jungles, meager rations, and tropical diseases, which have taken a severe mental and physical toll on the combatants. The Japanese call Guadalcanal Jigoku no Jima—Hell's Island.Amid a seeming stalemate, a small group of U.S. Navy dive bombers are called upon to help determine the island's fate. The men have until recently been serving in their respective squadrons aboard the USS Lexington and the USS Yorktown, fighting in the thick of the Pacific War's aerial battles. Their skills have been honed to a fine edge, even as injury and death inexorably have depleted their ranks. When their carriers are lost, many of the men end up on the USS Enterprise. Battle damage to that carrier then forces them from their home at sea to operating from Henderson Field, a small dirt-and-gravel airstrip on Guadalcanal.With some Marine and Army Air Force planes, they help form the Cactus Air Force, a motley assemblage of fliers tasked with holding the line while making dangerous flights from their jungle airfield. Pounded by daily Japanese air assaults, nightly warship bombardments, and sniper attacks from the jungle, pilots and gunners rarely last more than a few weeks before succumbing to tropical ailments, injury, exhaustion, and death. But when the Japanese launch a final offensive to take the island once and for all, these dive-bomber jocks answer the call of duty—and try to perform miracles in turning back an enemy warship armada, a host of fighter planes, and a convoy of troop transports.A remarkable story of grit, guts, and heroism, The Battle for Hell's Island reveals how command of the South Pacific, and the outcome of the Pacific War, depended on control of a single dirt airstrip—and the small group of battle-weary aviators sent to protect it with their lives....more

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• 446: The Battle for Hell's Island: 5of8: How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save GuadalcanalKindle Edition. by Stephen L. Moore (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 13 2020

  Photo: [Ships off a coast] (Information on back: Guadalcanal Mural, X. Gonzalez) [X. Gonzalez]Original Artwork for World War II Posters http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Battle for Hell's Island: 5of8:  How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save GuadalcanalKindle Edition. by Stephen L. Moore  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Hells-Island-Dive-Bombers-Guadalcanal-ebook/dp/B00SI025T8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=November 1942: Japanese and American forces have been fighting for control of Guadalcanal, a small but pivotal island in Japan’s expansion through the South Pacific. Both sides have endured months of grueling battle under the worst circumstances: hellish jungles, meager rations, and tropical diseases, which have taken a severe mental and physical toll on the combatants. The Japanese call Guadalcanal Jigoku no Jima—Hell's Island.Amid a seeming stalemate, a small group of U.S. Navy dive bombers are called upon to help determine the island's fate. The men have until recently been serving in their respective squadrons aboard the USS Lexington and the USS Yorktown, fighting in the thick of the Pacific War's aerial battles. Their skills have been honed to a fine edge, even as injury and death inexorably have depleted their ranks. When their carriers are lost, many of the men end up on the USS Enterprise. Battle damage to that carrier then forces them from their home at sea to operating from Henderson Field, a small dirt-and-gravel airstrip on Guadalcanal.With some Marine and Army Air Force planes, they help form the Cactus Air Force, a motley assemblage of fliers tasked with holding the line while making dangerous flights from their jungle airfield. Pounded by daily Japanese air assaults, nightly warship bombardments, and sniper attacks from the jungle, pilots and gunners rarely last more than a few weeks before succumbing to tropical ailments, injury, exhaustion, and death. But when the Japanese launch a final offensive to take the island once and for all, these dive-bomber jocks answer the call of duty—and try to perform miracles in turning back an enemy warship armada, a host of fighter planes, and a convoy of troop transports.A remarkable story of grit, guts, and heroism, The Battle for Hell's Island reveals how command of the South Pacific, and the outcome of the Pacific War, depended on control of a single dirt airstrip—and the small group of battle-weary aviators sent to protect it with their lives....more

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• 446: The Battle for Hell's Island: 4of8: How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save GuadalcanalKindle Edition. by Stephen L. Moore (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 13 2020

  Photo:Sketch shows American soldiers in a jeep, seen from the rear, as they travel down the road to Kokumbona on Guadalcanal island, past abandoned Japanese field pieces during the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal.Inscribed right margin: Chin straps nobody buckles 'em.Gift, Sgt. Howard J. Brodie, 1944; (DLC/PP-1944:114). http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Battle for Hell's Island: 4of8:  How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save GuadalcanalKindle Edition. by Stephen L. Moore  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Hells-Island-Dive-Bombers-Guadalcanal-ebook/dp/B00SI025T8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=November 1942: Japanese and American forces have been fighting for control of Guadalcanal, a small but pivotal island in Japan’s expansion through the South Pacific. Both sides have endured months of grueling battle under the worst circumstances: hellish jungles, meager rations, and tropical diseases, which have taken a severe mental and physical toll on the combatants. The Japanese call Guadalcanal Jigoku no Jima—Hell's Island.Amid a seeming stalemate, a small group of U.S. Navy dive bombers are called upon to help determine the island's fate. The men have until recently been serving in their respective squadrons aboard the USS Lexington and the USS Yorktown, fighting in the thick of the Pacific War's aerial battles. Their skills have been honed to a fine edge, even as injury and death inexorably have depleted their ranks. When their carriers are lost, many of the men end up on the USS Enterprise. Battle damage to that carrier then forces them from their home at sea to operating from Henderson Field, a small dirt-and-gravel airstrip on Guadalcanal.With some Marine and Army Air Force planes, they help form the Cactus Air Force, a motley assemblage of fliers tasked with holding the line while making dangerous flights from their jungle airfield. Pounded by daily Japanese air assaults, nightly warship bombardments, and sniper attacks from the jungle, pilots and gunners rarely last more than a few weeks before succumbing to tropical ailments, injury, exhaustion, and death. But when the Japanese launch a final offensive to take the island once and for all, these dive-bomber jocks answer the call of duty—and try to perform miracles in turning back an enemy warship armada, a host of fighter planes, and a convoy of troop transports.A remarkable story of grit, guts, and heroism, The Battle for Hell's Island reveals how command of the South Pacific, and the outcome of the Pacific War, depended on control of a single dirt airstrip—and the small group of battle-weary aviators sent to protect it with their lives....more

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• 446: The Battle for Hell's Island: 3of8: How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save GuadalcanalKindle Edition. by Stephen L. Moore (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 13 2020

  Photo:Drawing shows a gunner from behind, kneeling in an airplane bomber during the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal.Signed lower left: Sgt. Howard Brodie Guadalcanal '43.For a similar sketch, see: DRWG/US - Brodie, no. 50 (A size).Gift, Sgt. Howard J. Brodie, 1944; (DLC/PP-1944:114). http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Battle for Hell's Island: 3of8:  How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save GuadalcanalKindle Edition. by Stephen L. Moore  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Hells-Island-Dive-Bombers-Guadalcanal-ebook/dp/B00SI025T8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=November 1942: Japanese and American forces have been fighting for control of Guadalcanal, a small but pivotal island in Japan’s expansion through the South Pacific. Both sides have endured months of grueling battle under the worst circumstances: hellish jungles, meager rations, and tropical diseases, which have taken a severe mental and physical toll on the combatants. The Japanese call Guadalcanal Jigoku no Jima—Hell's Island.Amid a seeming stalemate, a small group of U.S. Navy dive bombers are called upon to help determine the island's fate. The men have until recently been serving in their respective squadrons aboard the USS Lexington and the USS Yorktown, fighting in the thick of the Pacific War's aerial battles. Their skills have been honed to a fine edge, even as injury and death inexorably have depleted their ranks. When their carriers are lost, many of the men end up on the USS Enterprise. Battle damage to that carrier then forces them from their home at sea to operating from Henderson Field, a small dirt-and-gravel airstrip on Guadalcanal.With some Marine and Army Air Force planes, they help form the Cactus Air Force, a motley assemblage of fliers tasked with holding the line while making dangerous flights from their jungle airfield. Pounded by daily Japanese air assaults, nightly warship bombardments, and sniper attacks from the jungle, pilots and gunners rarely last more than a few weeks before succumbing to tropical ailments, injury, exhaustion, and death. But when the Japanese launch a final offensive to take the island once and for all, these dive-bomber jocks answer the call of duty—and try to perform miracles in turning back an enemy warship armada, a host of fighter planes, and a convoy of troop transports.A remarkable story of grit, guts, and heroism, The Battle for Hell's Island reveals how command of the South Pacific, and the outcome of the Pacific War, depended on control of a single dirt airstrip—and the small group of battle-weary aviators sent to protect it with their lives....more

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• 446: The Battle for Hell's Island: 2of8: How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save GuadalcanalKindle Edition. by Stephen L. Moore (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 13 2020

  Photo: Nightime on "Bloody Knoll" or "Chi. Heights" - 2 to a fox holeSigned lower right: Howard Brodie.Title continues: I tries to sleep - sketched on the front Howard Brodie - Guadalcanal Yank staff artist.Gift, Sgt. Howard J. Brodie, 1944; (DLC/PP-1944:114).  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Battle for Hell's Island: 2of8:  How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save GuadalcanalKindle Edition. by Stephen L. Moore  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Hells-Island-Dive-Bombers-Guadalcanal-ebook/dp/B00SI025T8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=November 1942: Japanese and American forces have been fighting for control of Guadalcanal, a small but pivotal island in Japan’s expansion through the South Pacific. Both sides have endured months of grueling battle under the worst circumstances: hellish jungles, meager rations, and tropical diseases, which have taken a severe mental and physical toll on the combatants. The Japanese call Guadalcanal Jigoku no Jima—Hell's Island.Amid a seeming stalemate, a small group of U.S. Navy dive bombers are called upon to help determine the island's fate. The men have until recently been serving in their respective squadrons aboard the USS Lexington and the USS Yorktown, fighting in the thick of the Pacific War's aerial battles. Their skills have been honed to a fine edge, even as injury and death inexorably have depleted their ranks. When their carriers are lost, many of the men end up on the USS Enterprise. Battle damage to that carrier then forces them from their home at sea to operating from Henderson Field, a small dirt-and-gravel airstrip on Guadalcanal.With some Marine and Army Air Force planes, they help form the Cactus Air Force, a motley assemblage of fliers tasked with holding the line while making dangerous flights from their jungle airfield. Pounded by daily Japanese air assaults, nightly warship bombardments, and sniper attacks from the jungle, pilots and gunners rarely last more than a few weeks before succumbing to tropical ailments, injury, exhaustion, and death. But when the Japanese launch a final offensive to take the island once and for all, these dive-bomber jocks answer the call of duty—and try to perform miracles in turning back an enemy warship armada, a host of fighter planes, and a convoy of troop transports.A remarkable story of grit, guts, and heroism, The Battle for Hell's Island reveals how command of the South Pacific, and the outcome of the Pacific War, depended on control of a single dirt airstrip—and the small group of battle-weary aviators sent to protect it with their lives....more

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• 446: The Battle for Hell's Island: 1of8: How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save GuadalcanalKindle Edition. by Stephen L. Moore (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 13 2020

  Photo:Drawing shows two privates, John Minihan of Rockford, Illinois on the right, and Sal de George of Manhattan on the left, kneeling to operate a machine gun from their dugout during the American offensive on Mt. Austen during the World War II Battle of Guadalcanal.Signed lower right: Sgt. Howard Brodie, Guadalcanal.Title continues: PFC's John (Rockford Ill.) Minihan (R) & Sal de George (Manhattan) handle their 30 cal heavy machine gun - all these sketches during push on Mt. Austin [i.e. Mt. Austen] - Howard Brodie "Yank" staff artist.Gift, Sgt. Howard J. Brodie, 1944; (DLC/PP-1944:114) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Battle for Hell's Island: 1of8:  How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save GuadalcanalKindle Edition. by Stephen L. Moore  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Hells-Island-Dive-Bombers-Guadalcanal-ebook/dp/B00SI025T8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=November 1942: Japanese and American forces have been fighting for control of Guadalcanal, a small but pivotal island in Japan’s expansion through the South Pacific. Both sides have endured months of grueling battle under the worst circumstances: hellish jungles, meager rations, and tropical diseases, which have taken a severe mental and physical toll on the combatants. The Japanese call Guadalcanal Jigoku no Jima—Hell's Island.Amid a seeming stalemate, a small group of U.S. Navy dive bombers are called upon to help determine the island's fate. The men have until recently been serving in their respective squadrons aboard the USS Lexington and the USS Yorktown, fighting in the thick of the Pacific War's aerial battles. Their skills have been honed to a fine edge, even as injury and death inexorably have depleted their ranks. When their carriers are lost, many of the men end up on the USS Enterprise. Battle damage to that carrier then forces them from their home at sea to operating from Henderson Field, a small dirt-and-gravel airstrip on Guadalcanal.With some Marine and Army Air Force planes, they help form the Cactus Air Force, a motley assemblage of fliers tasked with holding the line while making dangerous flights from their jungle airfield. Pounded by daily Japanese air assaults, nightly warship bombardments, and sniper attacks from the jungle, pilots and gunners rarely last more than a few weeks before succumbing to tropical ailments, injury, exhaustion, and death. But when the Japanese launch a final offensive to take the island once and for all, these dive-bomber jocks answer the call of duty—and try to perform miracles in turning back an enemy warship armada, a host of fighter planes, and a convoy of troop transports.A remarkable story of grit, guts, and heroism, The Battle for Hell's Island reveals how command of the South Pacific, and the outcome of the Pacific War, depended on control of a single dirt airstrip—and the small group of battle-weary aviators sent to protect it with their lives....more

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• 445: 4/4 The Lost World of the Old Ones: Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest, by David Roberts Kindle Edition

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  Sep 13 2020

  Image:  Bowl, Mogollon culture.  This is an archaeological culture of Native American peoples from Southern New Mexico and Arizona, Northern Sonora and Chihuahua, and Western Texas.  Mogollon culture flourished from the archaic period, c. 200 CE, to either 1450 or 1540 CE, when the Spanish arrived. The Lost World of the Old Ones: Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest, by David Roberts  Kindle Edition   In this thrilling story of intellectual and archaeological discovery, David Roberts recounts his last twenty years of far-flung exploits in search of spectacular prehistoric ruins and rock art panels known to very few modern travelers. His adventures range across Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado, and illuminate the mysteries of the Ancestral Puebloans and their contemporary neighbors the Mogollon and Fremont, as well as of the more recent Navajo and Comanche. https://www.amazon.com/Lost-World-Old-Ones-Discoveries-ebook/dp/B00NUB4F5M/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=roberts+the+old+one&qid=1599961636&s=digital-text&sr=1-2   ...more

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• 445: 3/4 The Lost World of the Old Ones: Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest, by David Roberts Kindle Edition

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  Sep 13 2020

  Image:  Multistory dwellings at Bandelier: Rock wall foundations and beam holes and "cavates" carved into volcanic tuff remain from upper floors. The Lost World of the Old Ones: Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest, by David Roberts  Kindle Edition   In this thrilling story of intellectual and archaeological discovery, David Roberts recounts his last twenty years of far-flung exploits in search of spectacular prehistoric ruins and rock art panels known to very few modern travelers. His adventures range across Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado, and illuminate the mysteries of the Ancestral Puebloans and their contemporary neighbors the Mogollon and Fremont, as well as of the more recent Navajo and Comanche. https://www.amazon.com/Lost-World-Old-Ones-Discoveries-ebook/dp/B00NUB4F5M/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=roberts+the+old+one&qid=1599961636&s=digital-text&sr=1-2   ...more

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• 444: 2/4 The Lost World of the Old Ones: Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest, by David Roberts Kindle Edition

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  Sep 13 2020

  Image:  Taos pueblo.  This building is at least 700 years old. In this thrilling story of intellectual and archaeological discovery, David Roberts recounts his last twenty years of far-flung exploits in search of spectacular prehistoric ruins and rock art panels known to very few modern travelers. His adventures range across Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado, and illuminate the mysteries of the Ancestral Puebloans and their contemporary neighbors the Mogollon and Fremont, as well as of the more recent Navajo and Comanche. https://www.amazon.com/Lost-World-Old-Ones-Discoveries-ebook/dp/B00NUB4F5M/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=roberts+the+old+one&qid=1599961636&s=digital-text&sr=1-2   ...more

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• 444: 1/4 The Lost World of the Old Ones: Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest, by David Roberts Kindle Edition

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  Image: Canyon de Chelly.   Artist: Adam Clark Vroman.  Artist bio: American, 1856-1916.  Creation date: 1903.  Process: platinum print. Gift of Darryl Vroman. The Ancestral Puebloans were an ancient Native American culture that spanned the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, comprising southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado.[1] The Ancestral Puebloans are believed to have developed, at least in part, from the Oshara Tradition, who developed from the Picosa culture.They lived in a range of structures that included small family pit houses, larger structures to house clans, grand pueblos, and cliff-sited dwellings for defense. The Ancestral Puebloans possessed a complex network that stretched across the Colorado Plateau linking hundreds of communities and population centers. They held a distinct knowledge of celestial sciences that found form in their architecture. The kiva, a congregational space that was used chiefly for ceremonial purposes, was an integral part of this ancient people's community structure.The Lost World of the Old Ones: Discoveries in the Ancient Southwest, by David Roberts  Kindle Edition In this thrilling story of intellectual and archaeological discovery, David Roberts recounts his last twenty years of far-flung exploits in search of spectacular prehistoric ruins and rock art panels known to very few modern travelers. His adventures range across Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado, and illuminate the mysteries of the Ancestral Puebloans and their contemporary neighbors the Mogollon and Fremont, as well as of the more recent Navajo and Comanche. https://www.amazon.com/Lost-World-Old-Ones-Discoveries-ebook/dp/B00NUB4F5M/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=roberts+the+old+one&qid=1599961636&s=digital-text&sr=1-2   ...more

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• 442: Dinosaurs Without Bones: 4of4: Dinosaur Lives Revealed by Their Trace Fossils Kindle Edition. by Anthony J. Martin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 12 2020

  Photo:no known copyright restrictionsOriginal Caption: When you walk along the Trail Through Time, you can literally see remnants of what came before you -- the dinosaurs. Other stunning skeletons, like the Diplodocus, lie along the trail.Location: Along Dinosaur Diamond Prehistoric Highway., Colorado (40.440° N 109.301° W)Status: Public domain.Digital Photographs Relating to America's Byways http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Dinosaurs Without Bones: 4of4: Dinosaur Lives Revealed by Their Trace Fossils Kindle Edition. by Anthony J. Martin  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Dinosaurs-Without-Bones-Dinosaur-Revealed-ebook/dp/B00IDTADXY/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=What if we woke up one morning all of the dinosaur bones in the world were gone? How would we know these iconic animals had a 165-million year history on earth, and had adapted to all land-based environments from pole to pole? What clues would be left to discern not only their presence, but also to learn about their sex lives, raising of young, social lives, combat, and who ate who? What would it take for us to know how fast dinosaurs moved, whether they lived underground, climbed trees, or went for a swim?Welcome to the world of ichnology, the study of traces and trace fossils—such as tracks, trails, burrows, nests, toothmarks, and other vestiges of behavior—and how through these remarkable clues, we can explore and intuit the rich and complicated lives of dinosaurs. With a unique, detective-like approach, interpreting the forensic clues of these long-extinct animals that leave a much richer legacy than bones, Martin brings the wild world of the Mesozoic to life for the twenty-first-century reader....more

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• 442: Dinosaurs Without Bones: 3of4: Dinosaur Lives Revealed by Their Trace Fossils Kindle Edition. by Anthony J. Martin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 12 2020

  Photo:The original finding aid described this photograph as:Original Caption: Ancient tracks follow the route of the dinosaurs as they traversed Dinosaur Ridge.Status: Public domain.Digital Photographs Relating to America's Byways  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Dinosaurs Without Bones: 3of4: Dinosaur Lives Revealed by Their Trace Fossils Kindle Edition. by Anthony J. Martin  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Dinosaurs-Without-Bones-Dinosaur-Revealed-ebook/dp/B00IDTADXY/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=What if we woke up one morning all of the dinosaur bones in the world were gone? How would we know these iconic animals had a 165-million year history on earth, and had adapted to all land-based environments from pole to pole? What clues would be left to discern not only their presence, but also to learn about their sex lives, raising of young, social lives, combat, and who ate who? What would it take for us to know how fast dinosaurs moved, whether they lived underground, climbed trees, or went for a swim?Welcome to the world of ichnology, the study of traces and trace fossils—such as tracks, trails, burrows, nests, toothmarks, and other vestiges of behavior—and how through these remarkable clues, we can explore and intuit the rich and complicated lives of dinosaurs. With a unique, detective-like approach, interpreting the forensic clues of these long-extinct animals that leave a much richer legacy than bones, Martin brings the wild world of the Mesozoic to life for the twenty-first-century reader....more

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• 442: Dinosaurs Without Bones: 2of4: Dinosaur Lives Revealed by Their Trace Fossils Kindle Edition. by Anthony J. Martin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:Group of Sea-Serpents, Elasmosaur, and Fishes  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Dinosaurs Without Bones: 2of4: Dinosaur Lives Revealed by Their Trace Fossils Kindle Edition. by Anthony J. Martin  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Dinosaurs-Without-Bones-Dinosaur-Revealed-ebook/dp/B00IDTADXY/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=What if we woke up one morning all of the dinosaur bones in the world were gone? How would we know these iconic animals had a 165-million year history on earth, and had adapted to all land-based environments from pole to pole? What clues would be left to discern not only their presence, but also to learn about their sex lives, raising of young, social lives, combat, and who ate who? What would it take for us to know how fast dinosaurs moved, whether they lived underground, climbed trees, or went for a swim?Welcome to the world of ichnology, the study of traces and trace fossils—such as tracks, trails, burrows, nests, toothmarks, and other vestiges of behavior—and how through these remarkable clues, we can explore and intuit the rich and complicated lives of dinosaurs. With a unique, detective-like approach, interpreting the forensic clues of these long-extinct animals that leave a much richer legacy than bones, Martin brings the wild world of the Mesozoic to life for the twenty-first-century reader....more

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• 442: Dinosaurs Without Bones: 1of4: Dinosaur Lives Revealed by Their Trace Fossils Kindle Edition. by Anthony J. Martin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 12 2020

  Photo: 1938 Smithsonian rebuilding gigantic animal. Washington, D.C., March 24. One of the largest animals which ever walked the earth has been discovered and is being rebuilt by the Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Charles Gilmor, Paleontologist, found in western Utah the bones of a Sauropod,-a species of the dinosaurs which ruled the earth 80,000,000 to 150,000,000 years ago. Dr. Gilmore is pictured fitting the 32-foot tail of the monster together, 3/24/38  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Dinosaurs Without Bones: 1of4: Dinosaur Lives Revealed by Their Trace Fossils Kindle Edition. by Anthony J. Martin  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Dinosaurs-Without-Bones-Dinosaur-Revealed-ebook/dp/B00IDTADXY/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=What if we woke up one morning all of the dinosaur bones in the world were gone? How would we know these iconic animals had a 165-million year history on earth, and had adapted to all land-based environments from pole to pole? What clues would be left to discern not only their presence, but also to learn about their sex lives, raising of young, social lives, combat, and who ate who? What would it take for us to know how fast dinosaurs moved, whether they lived underground, climbed trees, or went for a swim?Welcome to the world of ichnology, the study of traces and trace fossils—such as tracks, trails, burrows, nests, toothmarks, and other vestiges of behavior—and how through these remarkable clues, we can explore and intuit the rich and complicated lives of dinosaurs. With a unique, detective-like approach, interpreting the forensic clues of these long-extinct animals that leave a much richer legacy than bones, Martin brings the wild world of the Mesozoic to life for the twenty-first-century reader....more

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• 443: Remote work works for the US government. Who will run space traffic control? Ronald Reagan in a cowboy hat. @FRoseDC @WJLA

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  Image:  The Executive Director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Duke Blackwood, right, explains the history of a pair of boots and cowboy hat worn by President Ronald Reagan. Francis Rose, @FRoseDC,  Host of @GovMattersTV @ ABC7News & WJLA 24/7 News. Washington D.C., in re:  Walking to work on 9/11; arrived at work at 8:50 AM, boss was watching TV.   Boss said, “That’s not a private plane. This is a big deal.”   When we learned of the Pentagon, he turned and said, “We all have to get out of here.”  As I walked back to the Metro, wondered if I should even get on it.  Then saw the smoke plumes from across the river. I rode the Metro about 20 min to Grove; wondered , “Is this the day I die?”  At 9:37 AM, the flight struck the Pentagon.  Feds largely regard telework as successful; but is it sustainable? How long can people work remotely? Do we have the infrastructure?  Who's in charge of space traffic control? Apparently no one. / Reagan Library:  Roger Zakheim runs the Reagan National Defense Forum; photo of the recent meeting with a fellow in back wearing a cowboy hat: a bust of Ronald Reagan.   Potential benefits of long-term remote work  https://govmatters.tv/benefits-of-long-term-remote-work/ .Regulating traffic in space—who should do it? Former NASA Admin explains.https://govmatters.tv/napa-report-says-office-of-space-commerce-should-regulate-traffic-in-space/ .Chinese navy growth proves need for more money for defense, says Never-Trumper https://govmatters.tv/new-assessment-of-the-chinese-military/ ...more

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• 442: #NewAmericanCivilWar: Will the military brass follow the Constitution or the rebellion? Michael Vlahos, Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Image:  Continental Congress, 1774 Michael E Vlahos, Johns Hopkins, in re: Are we now preparing for a civil war or an insurrection or for an entity to be called something other than the United States of America?  A main question: what will the military do?    We have the voices of esteemed general, incl Mattis, who speak against the president.   You can't go to one of the hallowed cemeteries in France or Belgium and speak ill of it or the soldiers.   They’re obviously putting together a mosaic saying, “Look at the forces of despotism.”  A canard to make people hate Trump.  Have giant demonstrations planned even now to be in the millions, to create a similar situation as now obtains in Byelorus against Lukashenko. Does the military step aside or get recruited? Already recruited higher brass.  Never-Trumpers, antipopulist by definition.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_Integrity_Project ...more

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• 442: #NewAmericanCivilWar: Preparing the grounds for an insurrection. Michael Vlahos, Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Image:  South Carolina's "ultimatum" after secession Michael E Vlahos, Johns Hopkins, in re: Are we in a civil war?  The [notorious] Atlantic article smear saying the Trump refused to visit a WWI cemetery in France and derided the servicemen who died.   Transition Integrity Project, a Stalinist-sounding appellation, was intended to provide a [route] to a coup so Trump can’t win: people won't see it as a coup, but as the [salvation of American democracy]. Trying to set up an unimpeachable story of certitude to treat Trump as the antidemocrat, and to have Trump, the GOP, and all who aren't BLM and allies as racist, evil. Thereby the Constitution itself becomes the true enemy. The coup d’etat will be embraced by Americans as the only way to save democracy—not the Republic, which will no longer exist, but democracy.  . . . Existential postulates: for 200 years the rules of succession were inviolate; now in 18 mos we've gone from “the electoral College is bad” to its being something evil and in need of replacement. The Constitution as a whole becomes illegitimate, encapsulated in this one small part of it, the Electoral College  “From the foot of Hercules” you can discern and see the entire man.  https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-france-memorial/trump-cancels-ww1-memorial-at-u-s-cemetery-in-france-due-to-rain-idUSKCN1NF0NU ...more

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• 441: #TheScalaReport: How potent is Apple's profit machine smartphone? How much revenue per Apple employee? Is there a rival in sight? Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com #ScalaAPS

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  Sep 12 2020

  Photo:1910 FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL. IN LEAD, FREDERICK A. DELANO AND J. P. MORGAN, JR.; LEAVING WHITE HOUSE  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#TheScalaReport: How potent is Apple's profit machine smartphone?  How much revenue per Apple employee? Is there a rival in sight? Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com  #ScalaAPShttps://spendmenot.com/blog/revenue-per-employee/ https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/18/21295778/apple-app-store-hey-email-fees-policies-antitrust-wwdc-2020https://9to5mac.com/2019/12/19/apple-takes-home-a-third-of-smartphone-revenue-two-thirds-of-profits/...more

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• 440: SmallBusinessAmerica: Does your small business need a therapist? @GeneMarks

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  Image:  "In person, the eminent psychologist Dr. C. A. George Newmann presenting America's most unusual entertainment miracles of the mind . . . " Gene Marks,  @genemarks   #SmallBusinessAmerica @Guardian; in re: Are employees getting needed support for parents who face irregular school days?  Extremely frustrating for small businesses. Almost 1/3 of employees feel unsupported, Many teachers and teachers’s union refuse to return to school leaving the burden on working parents.  Now a federal law requiring companies to pay each employee 2/3 of salary for the next twelve weeks. Can't be done.  . . . MS Word will include voice transcription. Can talk into your Word doc!  A bunch of Amazon drivers bought extra phones, hung them from trees near Amazon warehouses, and got the orders for a delivery driver nearest to the warehouse on these phones, which then forwarded the order to wherever the drivers were. Entrepreneurial genius.    How a therapist can help you run your small business https://www.inquirer.com/business/small-business/covid-small-business-therapy-life-coach-psychologist-advice-customers-20200901.html ..  ..  ..  Microsoft Word Now Does Voice Transcription . . .  and Other Small-Business Tech Newshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/quickerbettertech/2020/08/30/microsoft-word-now-does-voice-transcriptionand-other-small-business-tech-news/#133109b34ce9...more

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• 440: #SmallBusinessAmerica: The Democrats risk alienating 30 million small-business owners while the GOP is well regarded. @GENE MARKS @Guardian

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  Image:  Small Business Contracting Opportunities ConferenceGene Marks,  @genemarks   #SmallBusinessAmerica @Guardian, and at TheHill; in re: PPPs have been successful so far.  A few weeks ago presidential order that by 10 Sept states are eligible to receive $300 per week per recipient for unemployment programs.   Businesses starting to look at rehiring.  A well-known restaurateur in Philadelphia whose restaurant remained closed because of the city’s regulations  posted a photo of Philly’s mayor eating at a restaurant in Maryland; the owner was furious Increasingly, small businesses are simply opening without permission.  In many red stats, esp in the South, business owner are optimistic; not so in the Northeast. San Antonio has fewer closures and more business than does a similarly-sized city in California.  Coming soon: competing vaccines.  Will employees be required to get a vaccine? What if one person says, “I just read that the one you recommend isn’t ineffective”? Trump's unemployment stimulus is a win for states ... and small businesses  https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/2/trumps-unemployment-stimulus-is-a-win-for-states-a/.Republican Stimulus Bill Offers Unemployment, Small Business Aid https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-09-08/republican-stimulus-bill-offers-unemployment-small-business-aid?.A warning to Democrats: Small business owners are getting angry — very angryhttps://thehill.com/opinion/finance/514755-a-warning-to-democrats-small-business-owners-are-getting-angry-very-angry.Small Business survey finds virus’ impact varies sharply by regionhttps://www.nny360.com/communitynews/business/small-business-survey-finds-virus-s-impact-varies-sharply-by-region/article_91cfb29d-7962-5dd9-a3af-25f3d29cd041.html.Should employers force workers to get COVID-19 vaccine? Some experts say yes https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200826/should-employers-force-workers-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-some-experts-say-yes ...more

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• 440: #PacificWatch: The West is Mars on fire; & What is to be done? @JCBliss #PacificWatch

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  Sep 12 2020

  Image:    Telepresence Virtual Reality (Mars Surface)  Jeff Bliss, Pacific Watch, in re: In the Bay Area, sunrise and sunset are colored red, but people who live in the area of the fires send me photos of daytime being an unworldly night. Huge, pyroclastic clouds going ‘way up in the air. Cool, wet air comes in off the Pacific, creates a ceiling; as the smoke and particulates travel up through it, they get caught at a ceiling, rapped by wet air, leads to an orange-red glow down below. “Looks like the surface of Mars.”  Cars drive with lights on; in Portland, people wear a mask at home because of the bad air. Choking, sick smell.  We have fires in every Western state, from Montana to the Coast to Nevada and Colorado. Why so many?  Some of the California policies have ked to these problems:  mayn’t do controlled burns or clear forest underbrush. Policies and practices have created a situation out of control.  Gov Gavin Newsom blames the whole thing on climate change.   https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/with-cal-fire-resources-scarce-volunteers-in-bulldozers-helped-save-pope-valley-angwin/article_b0e990d3-bc61-571b-be67-ceb6d3708644.html ...more

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• 440: November 3 is guaranteed the first day of a rolling battle. @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion

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  Image:  Index data: All of the following photographs were made on Election Day, November 10, 1987. 0-12, Election returns being tabulated at City Hall. 1, 4, 10, and 12 are good photos; 13-26, Robert Kennedy headquarters, listening to election returns on the radio. 18, 20, and 23 are good photos. Dan Henninger, WSJ editorial board &  Wonder Land column; in re:  In 2001, Dan was walking from his office in the World Financial Center to a nearby Brooks Brothers to buy a cummerbund for his son’s wedding when he looked up and saw a plane flying too low. He looked again and the plane was in the building. Thus began his September 11.   Mail-in ballots are causing upset and court cases across the country. / Mrs Clinton’s demand that Democrats simply not accept any possible trump win in November.  She’s willing to see the entire electoral system torn to shreds rather than allow it to function normally.  Is there any way to prevent this boat from going over the falls?  . . .   https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-trump-biden-niagara-fall-11599693035?st=cqn6r0e9yfbjnlh&reflink=article_copyURL_share   ...more

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• 439: Cronies of Cronies of Cronies of the airlines seeking bailouts. @VerodeRugy @Mercatus

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  Sep 11 2020

  Photo:Trans World Airlines Terminal, John F. Kennedy (originally Idlewild) Airport, New York, New York, 1956-62. Interior  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowCronies of Cronies of Cronies of the airlines seeking bailouts.  @VerodeRugy @Mercatus

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• 439: The V-Shaped Recovery surprises the economists. @TreasurySpox @MonicaCrowley Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs.

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  Sep 11 2020

  Photo:1910 Counting dimes in US Treasury  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe V-Shaped Recovery surprises the economists. @TreasurySpox @MonicaCrowley Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs.

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• 438: "I hope the Russians trick me into voting for Trump again." @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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  Sep 11 2020

  Photo:1900 Russian troops at R.R. station  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow"I hope the Russians trick me into voting for Trump again." @SebGorka #AmericaFirsthttps://www.amazon.com/Russians-Voting-Again-Bumper-Sticker/dp/B07PV21P8W

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• 438: Woodward overstays his celebrity and outlives his early fame. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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  Sep 11 2020

  Photo:[Long line of boys and men at Vaudeville Show. Saturday P.M.] Location: [Fall River, Massachusetts].  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowWoodward overstays his celebrity and outlives his early fame. @SebGorka #AmericaFirsthttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/us/politics/trump-woodward.html

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• 437: Suddenly, a worldwide shortage of kosher cooks for all the new Muslim friends of Israel. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Sep 11 2020

  Image:  Kosher delicatessen.Malcolm Hoenlein, in re:  . . . A 158-mile secret pipeline from Iran to Israel.  

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• 437: The PRC influence-peddles to all the Gulf States at once; & What is to be done? @FDD Benham ben Taleblu; Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Sep 11 2020

  Image:  Laborers build a dhow, the primary boat used by fishermen and merchants in the Persian Gulf area Behnam Ben Taleblu, in re: China is desperate for hydrocarbons, which has generated its Middle East policies.   Behnam Ben Taleblu is a senior Fellow at FDD where he focuses on Iranian security and political issues. Behnam previously served as a research fellow and senior Iran analyst at FDD. Prior to his time at FDD, Behnam worked on non-proliferation issues at an arms control think-tank in Washington.·       https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/world/middleeast/nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-iran-charges.html ·         https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/world/middleeast/iran-navid-afkari-wrestler-execution.html ·         https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2020/09/08/china-influence-persian-gulf-worry-washington/ ·         https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/11/world/asia/china-iran-trade-military-deal.html ...more

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• 437: France hesitates while Germany throws out the Hezbollah narcoterrorist gang. Benjamin Weinthal, @BenWeinthal; Malcolm Hoenlein, @Conf_of_Pres

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  Sep 11 2020

   Image:  Kreuzberg, Germany Ben Weinthal, in re: Iranian human rights abuse of Navid Afkari. Europe's response to the Charlie Hebdo trial. Ben’s recent monograph on BDS. Germany and Lithuania have banned Hezbollah, a narcoterrorist military gang. France is slow on the uptake. It would be helpful if the whole EU took this up.  . . .Helpful if the US Congress declared BDS to be an anti-Semitic movement. Benjamin Weinthal is a research Fellow at FDD. A widely published journalist based in Berlin, he serves as FDD’s eyes and ears in Europe. Benjamin’s investigative reporting has uncovered valuable information on Iran’s energy links to European firms and on Hamas’s  and Hezbollah’s terror-finance operations in Europe. ●        https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/irans-regime-to-execute-wrestling-champion-for-his-peaceful-protest-640389 ●        https://www.jpost.com/opinion/its-time-for-europe-to-follow-germanys-lead-and-ban-hezbollah-639791 ●        https://thearabweekly.com/french-figures-call-macron-back-eu-efforts-ban-hezbollah ●        https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/08/11/french-jewish-man-verbally-abused-badly-beaten-up-in-paris-elevator-in-antisemitic-assault/ ...more

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• 437: Anti-Semitism in America in California in Sacramento. Kenneth L. Marcus: @KLMarcusOCR; Malcolm Hoenlein : @Conf_of_Pres

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  Sep 11 2020

  Image:  Goel Tzedec Synagogue (Toronto) Kenneth L. Marcus: @KLMarcusOCR, and Malcolm Hoenlein, in re: Accomplishments at the Department of Education. Ethnic studies requirement in California; initiatives at the Brandeis Center.   Straightforward anti-Semitism in California: a curriculum attacks moral opprobrium to success because Irish people and Jews enjoy special privileges.   Pres Trump promulgated a rule saying that Jewish students will be protected, esp where anti-Israel extremism has permeated colleges, and now high schools; they attack Jews as having “special privileges.”   Kenneth L. Marcus is Founder and Chairman of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, former Assistant U.S. Secretary of Education for Civil Rights, and author of The Definition of Anti-Semitism (Oxford University Press: 2015). ●        https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-combating-anti-semitism/ ●        https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/09/09/us-state-department-planning-expanded-campaign-using-all-legal-and-policy-tools-to-combat-antisemitic-bds-movement-against-israel/ ●        https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/columnist/321372/save-newsom-from-an-even-worse-mistake/ ●        https://www.wsj.com/articles/critical-ethnic-studies-returns-to-california-11598568504 ...more

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• 436: The Team Biden/Democratic smear campaign starts early this year; & What is to be done? @ConradMBlack @TheAmGreatness

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  Image:  A point well made in the President's speech, 1907. Conrad Black, @ConradMBlack, publisher and litterateur, & American Greatness, in re: The feud between McCain and Trump.  Buttagieg, “a rodentine” [character], averred that since Trump said he hadn't spoken ill of McCain in certain ways, that proves that Trump did indeed impugn WWI soldiers. Asinine.  Trump did call a handful of fellows “a bunch of stiffs. Expect even more smears from the Democratic party  in the weeks to come.  https://amgreatness.com/2020/09/07/the-biden-slime-operation/ ...more

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• 435: The vision of the Three Seas Initiative uniting 12 states from the Baltic to the Adriatic and Black Seas. Ambassador Jonatan Vseviov, @vseviov @Estonia_in_US

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  Sep 11 2020

  Image:  Peen piknik / a fancy picnic of yore in EstoniaViitekood / Reference code:.EAA.2101.1.786.85..Kirje andmebaasis FOTIS / Description in the database FOTIS:.www.ra.ee/fotis/index.php?type=2&id=9691 ( http://www.ra.ee/fotis/index.php?type=2&id=9691 )The vision of the Three Seas Initiative uniting 12 states from the Baltic to the Adriatic and Black Seas. Ambassador Jonatan Vseviov, @vseviov @Estonia_in_US Jonatan Vseviov, @vseviov, Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia to the United States; in re:  Diplomatic initiative, The Three Seas Initiative, linking twelve nations from the Black to the Adriatic to the Baltic Seas. We’re a region of 100 million people, fastest-growing economies in the EU.  Governments are putting in funds with the main goal to have private capital take over. Last February at the Munich Security Conference, Mike Pompeo pledged US support for this, and Germany also has done so. In Estonia, we're well-educated, most are fluent in English, and our bureaucracy and taxes are minimal so we’re easy to do business with. We're politically stable. The IMF has identified a billions of dollars’ worth of gap: because of the decades we were under the USSR; ergo, there are a lot of profits to be made in our region. Estonia has developed e-business. In 1991 we gained our freedom and had to make up the years of lost history because of the occupation; we needed to leapfrog.  It was roughly the same time that the Internet came in strongly. Almost every government service is online, from taxes to DMV to voting.  Of bank transactions, 99.8% are online. We save five days per person every year because no one ever has to go stand in line. All this was especially useful during the pandemic. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/483227-pompeo-pledges-1-billion-in-us-support-for-european-energyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Seas_Initiative ...more

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• 435: Remembering the Cyprus War of 1974 and how it can happen again. Victor Davis Hanson, @VDHanson

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  Sep 11 2020

  Image:  Cyprus. Kyoenia. Hill on top of which is St. Hilarion Castle. Victor Davis Hanson, @VDHanson, Hoover & NRO, in re:   The disputed island of Cyprus; intl observers hold the Greece has the stronger claim.  US and Greece are increasing their joint work.  Turkey can't understand why EU and North America tend to favor Greece: perhaps because many of their ancestors suffered at the hands of Turks and Ottomans.  Turkey and Greece have several times almost gone to war; unplanned between to NATO members, but Turkey has stress-tested its membership. https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/09/greek-turkish-rivalry-near-boiling-point/ ...more

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• 435: Biden's and Big Media's race and class presumptions are out of date. Victor Davis Hanson, @VDHanson @HooverInst

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  Image:  “First municipal election in Richmond since the end of the war - registration of colored voters / drawn by W. L. Sheppard." Victor Davis Hanson, @VDHanson, Hoover & NRO, in re:  The Democratic party has relied heavily on the Black vote, but in recent decades has abandoned Black and Latino jobs.    The middle-class and upper-middle-class white people screaming epithets at police and tearing down statues are not gathering support.  Trump is campaigning on Land of Liberty.  Elites have been harassing diners, grabbing food off tables.  Mexican-Americans complain that the protestors are unwilling to work, while “I have to wake up at 4 AM to go run or fix a tractor.”  The elites think of every Latino as an ageing Cesar Chavez, get their news of Latinos from their own colleagues, all of whom seem to be clueless. BLS has a huge war chest.  Don Lemon.  https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/09/trump-race-and-class/ ...more

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• 434: Palau offers new USN base in Oceania. @CleoPaskal

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  Image:  [Assignment: 48-DPA-SOI_K_Palau_6-7-9-07] Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne [and aides] to Palau Islands, Republic of Palau [48-DPA-SOI_K_Palau_6-7-9-07__DI12779.JPG] Cleo Paskal, @CleoPaskal, non-resident senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, in re: Palau has invited the US to build a base there. Has a compact of free association with the US. Recognizes Taiwan. Chinese organized crime has invaded; Palau asks the FBI to help.  Population fewer than 20,000 people; China sent many tourists and helped the economy, then withdrew them in order to pressure Palau to quit recognizing Taiwan.  China in India: India took back positions that China had taken from them; heights overlooking a strategic zone. A brand-new dynamic.   https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-military-is-offered-new-bases-in-the-pacific-11599557401  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ...more

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• 434: Huawei prospers on IP theft, as an arm of the CCP surveillance state. @BrendanCarrFCC

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  Image:  1913CHINA. BUILDINGS Brendan Carr, FCC commissioner, in re: Huawei was on the march worldwide two years ago, intended to [take over]; now, it’s on the back foot, trying workaround.  It was the No. 1 supplier of telecom chips and smartphones,  Recently has taken over from Samsung; US regs could crimp its expansion.  1. Huawei has been stealing IP for thirty years.  2. Huawei is an arm of the CCP surveillance state.  Ergo, channels all data to the Peoples Liberation Army.   Europe viewed all this with dubiety until several months ago; now, post-Covid and a great deal of legwork that this administration has done, they're paying attention.   https://venturebeat.com/2020/08/08/huawei-to-stop-making-kirin-chipsets-on-september-15/  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..  ..   ...more

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• 434: 2/2 "American Workers Do Not Need Unions" and Replies, part 2 of 2 @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Image:  Political cartoon showing organized labor marching towards progress, while a shortsighted employer tries to stop labor (1913)Richard Epstein, Chicago Law, NYU Law, and Hoover; in re:  "American Workers do Not Need Unions" and Replies, part 2 of 2. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst   https://lawliberty.org/forum/american-workers-do-not-need-unions/

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• 434: 1/2 "American Workers Do Not Need Unions" and Replies, part 1 of 2 @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Image:  Early 19th century workplace militancy manifested in the Luddite riots, when unemployed workers destroyed labour-saving machines.Richard Epstein, Chicago Law, NYU Law, and Hoover; in re:  "American Workers do Not Need Unions" and Replies, part 1 of 2. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst   https://lawliberty.org/forum/american-workers-do-not-need-unions/

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• 433: India chooses Roscosmos to create a spacesuit for manned missions. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Sep 10 2020

  Image:  The Soyuz TMA-01M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Friday, October 8, 2010 carrying Expedition 25 Soyuz Commander Alexander Kaleri of Russia, NASA Flight Engineer Scott J. Kelly and Russian Flight Engineer Oleg Skripochka to the International Space Station. Their Soyuz TMA-01M rocket launched at 5:10 a.m Kazakhstan time. (Photo Credit: NASA/Carla Cioffi) India chooses Roscosmos to create a spacesuit for manned missions. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com  https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-wins-spacesuit-contract-for-indias-gaganyaan-manned-mission/ ...more

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• 433: The minimum of a minimum sunspots for two hundred years. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Image:   "The current prediction for Sunspot Cycle 24 gives a smoothed sunspot number maximum of about 69 in the late Summer of 2013. The smoothed sunspot number reached 68.9 in August 2013 so the official maximum will be at least this high. The smoothed sunspot number has been rising again towards this second peak over the last five months and has now surpassed the level of the first peak (66.9 in February 2012). Many cycles are double peaked, but this is the first in which the second peak in sunspot number was larger than the first. We are currently over five years into Cycle 24. The current predicted and observed size makes this the smallest sunspot cycle since Cycle 14 which had a maximum of 64.2 in February of 1906." Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com, in re:   https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sunspot-update-more-evidence-of-an-upcoming-maximum/ ...more

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• 433: The Women's Rodeo Association abides in the time of the virus. @SalenaZito #MiddleofSomewhere

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  Image: Women rodeo riders. Salena Zito,  @SalenaZito @DCExaminer @RealClearPolitics, CNN, New York Post, Washington Examiner; in re: The Girls’ Rodeo Assn, become the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association.  Includes children as young as eight, and someone 48.  A lot of dedication into this sport and art.  . . .   Homemade lawn signs: Trump supporters never have just one.  I even saw a grave with a Trump sign.   https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/in-spite-of-it-all-the-womens-professional-rodeo-association-rides-on ...more

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• 433: The opportunity Biden missed from Delaware to Pittsburgh. @SalenaZito

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  Sep 10 2020

  Image:  Pennsylvania constabulary, mounted on horses, at McKee's Rock Salena Zito,  @SalenaZito @DCExaminer @RealClearPolitics, CNN, New York Post, Washington Examiner; in re: From Delaware to Pittsburgh.   The parts of Pennsylvania where Mr Biden visited.  https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/what-joe-biden-didnt-let-himself-see-in-pennsylvania

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• 432: The Frackers: 4of4: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters Kindle Edition. by Gregory Zuckerman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:1939 Machinist working at lathe. Seminole, Oklahoma, oil refinery  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Frackers: 4of4: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters Kindle Edition. by Gregory Zuckerman  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Frackers-Outrageous-Inside-Billionaire-Wildcatters-ebook/dp/B00C5R7CHK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Things looked grim for American energy in 2006, but a handful of wildcatters were determined to tap massive deposits of oil and gas that giants like Exxon and Chevron had ignored. They risked everything on a new process called fracking. Within a few years, they solved America’s dependence on imported energy, triggered a global environmental controversy, and made and lost astonishing fortunes. No one understands the frackers—their ambitions, personalities, and foibles—better than Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman. His exclusive access drives this dramatic narrative, which stretches from North Dakota to Texas to Wall Street....more

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• 432: The Frackers: 3of4: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters Kindle Edition. by Gregory Zuckerman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo: 1944 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Oil well in a residential district  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Frackers: 3of4: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters Kindle Edition. by Gregory Zuckerman  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Frackers-Outrageous-Inside-Billionaire-Wildcatters-ebook/dp/B00C5R7CHK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Things looked grim for American energy in 2006, but a handful of wildcatters were determined to tap massive deposits of oil and gas that giants like Exxon and Chevron had ignored. They risked everything on a new process called fracking. Within a few years, they solved America’s dependence on imported energy, triggered a global environmental controversy, and made and lost astonishing fortunes. No one understands the frackers—their ambitions, personalities, and foibles—better than Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman. His exclusive access drives this dramatic narrative, which stretches from North Dakota to Texas to Wall Street....more

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• 432: The Frackers: 2of4: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters Kindle Edition. by Gregory Zuckerman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo: 1939 Oil field salvage lot. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Frackers: 2of4: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters Kindle Edition. by Gregory Zuckerman  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Frackers-Outrageous-Inside-Billionaire-Wildcatters-ebook/dp/B00C5R7CHK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Things looked grim for American energy in 2006, but a handful of wildcatters were determined to tap massive deposits of oil and gas that giants like Exxon and Chevron had ignored. They risked everything on a new process called fracking. Within a few years, they solved America’s dependence on imported energy, triggered a global environmental controversy, and made and lost astonishing fortunes. No one understands the frackers—their ambitions, personalities, and foibles—better than Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman. His exclusive access drives this dramatic narrative, which stretches from North Dakota to Texas to Wall Street....more

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• 432: The Frackers: 1of4: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters Kindle Edition. by Gregory Zuckerman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:1939 Junkyard for oil supplies. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Frackers: 1of4: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters Kindle Edition. by Gregory Zuckerman  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Frackers-Outrageous-Inside-Billionaire-Wildcatters-ebook/dp/B00C5R7CHK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Things looked grim for American energy in 2006, but a handful of wildcatters were determined to tap massive deposits of oil and gas that giants like Exxon and Chevron had ignored. They risked everything on a new process called fracking. Within a few years, they solved America’s dependence on imported energy, triggered a global environmental controversy, and made and lost astonishing fortunes. No one understands the frackers—their ambitions, personalities, and foibles—better than Wall Street Journal reporter Gregory Zuckerman. His exclusive access drives this dramatic narrative, which stretches from North Dakota to Texas to Wall Street....more

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• 431: Walt Disney errs in the extreme in the slave state of Xianjiang; & What is to be done. @GordonGChang, @nuryturkel

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  Image:  The topography, cities, villages and roads with the military posts in the Xinjiang [hsin = new; chiang =  territory]  Also shows the administrative system and local divisions of Xinjiang before the 24th year of Emperor Qianlong (1759). Nury Turkel, co-founder of the Uyghur Human Rights Project and a commissioner of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, in re: Mulan—China wanted the world to know that a major US corporation, Disney, has sent a thank-you note to them for help in filming. Uyghur community has been blindsided by Hollywood; and dumfounded and distressed. They're so quick to criticize the president for injustice or foreign policy, but now it says nothing.  Hollywood and corporate America have become apologists for [Mainland brutality].   . . .  When you deal with a brutal and closed regime like Beijing, “due diligence” in unworkable.  Note: 80% of cotton products made in China are sourced in the Uyghur region [where slave labor is used].  Disney has spent years working this way into the good graces of Beijing.  “When you lie down with wolves, you get up with fleas.”https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/disney-mulan-backlash-chinas-xinjiang-province-human-rights ...more

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• 431: Brutality in Hong Kong as the city withers. @GordonGChang and @Michael_Yon

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  Sep 10 2020

  Image:  A Chinese junk in Hongkong Harbor, ChinaMichael Yon, Michael_Yon, East Asia reporter; and Gordon Chang, @GordonGChang, in re: In Hong Kong, local police brutalize a 12-year-old girl on a video. People are enraged. This may be a [game-changer].  The protests are still going on; street protests are a bit smaller, but the support base is still enormous.  This is an insurgency; it will not just go away. Hong Kong financial community are smiling at the upcoming IPO.  . . .  Many refuse to be under the Mainland boot: not only fundamental political differences, but a major cultural clash. “These fish just don't mix well in the same aquarium.”  https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/08/world/asia/hong-kong-girl-police-video.html ...more

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• 431: The trouble in Belarus invites Moscow's bad acting. Russell Berman @HooverInst

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  Sep 10 2020

  Image:  Union of Lublin of 1569, oil on canvas by Jan Matejko, 1869, 298×512 cm, National Museum in Warsaw Russell Berman, @HooverInst, Hoover; in re: Byelorus.  If Byelorus goes democratic, then Russia is next; presaging a loss of power for Putin and his crew.  The Russian Novochuk poison administered to Navalny, who seems to be recovering in Germany now.  Major discussion in Germany on whether or not to stop the Nordstream pipeline from Russia to Germany.  A lot of Western Europe has gone to sleep on the topic of Russian despotism.  Our adversaries are trying to push the US away from Europe and East Asia.  NATO is a key piece of our security apparatus, but needs to rethink its [functions and range]. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/belarus-uprising-repeat-ukraine-168375?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=3508ea0689-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_09_08_06_57&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-3508ea0689-72527561 ...more

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• 431: State of the City, the State, the Union: NYC common sense closes the major threat of the Upper West Side's Lucerne Hotel. John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtable @JohnCats.

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  Sep 10 2020

  Image: 1905[Riverside Drive, New York, N.Y.] John Catsimatidis, @JCats2013, @CatsRoundtable, Red Apple Media & Cats Roundtable radio, in re: Upper West Side of Manhattan, 13,000 signatures of local liberals asking to have 300 deeply troubled drug addicts, demented people and overt criminals moved out of the Lucerne Hotel on 79 St.  [Considering the financial and political pull of the neighborhood,] the mayor recanted.  AG Barr sent in Federal agents in Operation Legend, including DEA, for multiple drug lord arrests in Chicago; crime rate was down 50% in one week. Sergeant Mullins of the Sergeants’ Benevolent Assn.  New York City restaurants are suing the state for $2 billion because of the irrational shutdown. Judy Abrams, theater.  https://abc7ny.com/lucerne-hotel-homeless-shelter-covid/6414819/ ...more

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• 430: "Indiana" Hoenlein & Napoleon at the Battle of Jaffa. Malcolm Hoenlein @Confofpres. @ThadMcCotter

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  Photo:Antoine-Jean Gros - Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa Antoine-Jean Gros - Musée du Louvre Permission details This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: This work is in the public domainin its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.View more Public Domainview terms File:Antoine-Jean Gros - Bonaparte visitant les pestiférés de Jaffa.jpg Created: 1804date QS:P571,+1804-00-00T00:00:00Z/9  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow"Indiana" Hoenlein & Napoleon at the Battle of Jaffa. Malcolm Hoenlein @Confofpres. @ThadMcCotter http://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.790107 On March 3, the French army reached the fortified hilltop city of Jaffa. The Ottoman fortress with its 1.3-meter thick walls constituted a formidable challenge. French military buttons found in Jaffa from Napoleon conquest Moshe Hartal, Israel Antiquities Authority As the French and Turks struggled, the Turks collected the heads of fallen French infantry soldiers, and placed the severed heads on poles above the walls. On March 7, Bonaparte sent an officer bearing a flag of truce to negotiate Jaffa's surrender. The Turks opened the city gates and let the officer through. Minutes later his head was raised on a pole. The furious Napoleon ordered a general assault. He remained outside the city, where he was told that 3,000 Ottoman soldiers were willing to surrender if their lives would be spared. But further outraging the emperor, among the captives were soldiers who had been caught in Al Arish, Gaza and Ramla, and who had promised never to take up arms against the French again. Again, the French were having difficulty provisioning their own troops, let alone prisoners of war. Also, Napoleon didn't want to stretch his already outnumbered soldiers by making them guard the captives. But he didn't want them rejoining the enemy ranks. Years later, exiled on the island of Saint Helena, Napoleon wrote: "to have acted otherwise than as I did, would probably have caused the destruction of my whole army…I therefore… ordered that the prisoners taken at El Arish, who in defiance of their capitulation, had been found bearing arms against me, should be selected out and shot. The rest, amounting to a considerable number, were spared." We do not know if Napoleon slaughtered all 3,000 Turkish prisoners at Jaffa or only men who resumed fighting him after their release, as he tells us. There is no archaeological evidence to support the mass slaughter described in the memoirs of Napoleon´s secretary, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne, who never missed an opportunity to stain the Corsican's reputation. The booty the French found in Jaffa included small vessels anchored in its harbor, and also cannons, that would shortly prove useful. ...more

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• 429: Why does Biden fear to mention the disorder linked to Antifa and BLM? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Sep 10 2020

  Photo: 1862-1875Manet, Edouard (1832-1883), ArtistImprimerie Lemercier et cie, Printer of plates http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowWhy does Biden fear to mention the disordered cities linked to Antifa and BLM? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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• 429: AG Barr is "The Buffalo:" The Buffalo moves when he wants and where he wants. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Sep 10 2020

  Photo:The Buffalo herd at Banff, 1907  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowAG Barr is "The Buffalo:" The Buffalo moves when he wants and where he wants. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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• 428: Something goes very wrong atop a Soyuz rocket bound for ISS: 2of2: @PappalardoJoe @PopMech

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  Sep 09 2020

  Photo:Large gantry mechanisms on either side of the Soyuz TMA-08M spacecraft are raised into position to secure the rocket at the launch pad on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Launch of the Soyuz rocket is scheduled for March 29 and will send Expedition 35 Soyuz Commander Pavel Vinogradov, and Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Alexander Misurkin of Russia on a five and a half-month mission aboard the International Space Station.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Carla Cioffi) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowSomething goes very wrong atop a Soyuz rocket bound for ISS: 2of2: @PappalardoJoe @PopMechhttps://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a33864689/soyuz-ms-10-russia-rocket-failure/ ...more

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• 428: Something goes very wrong atop a Soyuz rocket bound for ISS: 1of2: @PappalardoJoe @PopMech

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  Sep 09 2020

  Photo: JSC2003-E-31958 (24 April 2003) --- A Soyuz rocket is rolled out of the assembly building and travels via rail to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Expedition Seven is scheduled to launch onboard the Soyuz on Saturday April 26, 2003. Photo credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls.http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowSomething goes very wrong atop a Soyuz rocket bound for ISS: 1of2: @PappalardoJoe @PopMechhttps://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a33864689/soyuz-ms-10-russia-rocket-failure/ ...more

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• 427: The Return of the Ottoman Empire: 2 of 2. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

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  Sep 09 2020

  Image:  Jonusses Pascha Gregory R Copley: Defense and Foreign Affairs; The New Total War of the Twenty-first Century and the Trigger of the Fear Pandemic, in re: Geography is destiny, and Turkey has been an epicenter for at least two millennia.  . . .  Erdogan believes that he has a divinely-appointed destiny; much admires Hitler.  Has been sending weapons to Chad, Niger, Sudan, all along central and eastern Africa. 

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• 427: The Return of the Otttoman Empire: 1 of 2. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

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  Image:  Mehmet V, Sultan of the Turks (1844-1918). The Return of the Otttoman Empire: 1 of 2: Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign AffairsCan Erdoğan’s “Conflict in All Directions” Strategy Work? Turkey seems to be at war on all fronts, particularly with its nominal allies. How can that work? Analysis. By GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs Staff. Using direct conflict to achieve objectives should be a last resort, or used selectively when overwhelming advantage can be seized. Always to favor confrontation as a first resort must have different motives. Turkish Pres. Reçep Tayyip Erdoğan, 66, began his governance as Prime Minister in 2003 under the slogan of “zero problems with all neighbors”. However, he has entered into direct or indirect war with almost all major foreign governments except that of Qatar, his financial guardian and fellow proponent of the Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan) political philosophy. He has done so during a time of increasing economic degradation within Turkey. He has repeatedly found himself forced to accommodate pressures from larger external powers, and yet continues to antagonize all except Qatar. Erdoğan’s decision to convert Istanbul’s historic Hagia Sophia museum — which began life in 537 CE as the biggest Christian cathedral in the world — back into a mosque in 2020 was a sign that Turkey’s flirtation with Western secularism since Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s accession in 1923 was now over, and Turkey would again assert itself as the center of Islam. What are Erdoğan’s motivations in pushing Turkey into an irretrievable economic and strategic position? His stated objectives are the restoration of a broad, Ottoman pan-Turkism, and a vague global pan-Islamism, with Turkey at its center. His attainment of those goals is undermined by his creation of unnecessary opponents...  ..  ..  Gregory R Copley: Defense and Foreign Affairs; The New Total War of the Twenty-first Century and the Trigger of the Fear Pandemic, in re:  Turkey has removed itself from being a reliable member of NATO, but there’s no mechanism for removing it. Turkey stays in to use it as a lever against Russia.  Now it’s interfering with energy development in the Eastern Med. He threatens physical attacks against [anyone who crosses him]; Turkey’s intell svc has been helpful to the US against PRC.  Hagia Sophia. Neo-Ottomanism, and will “liberate the al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.”  Libya: an actual war there using very advanced weapons. Turkey is on a worldwide jihad to install Muslim Brotherhood governments.   ...more

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• 427: Millennials at Home @JosephSternberg

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  Image:  Home with the family; two generations ago. Millennials at Home   @JosephSternberghttps://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/04/millennials-to-buy-the-most-houses-this-year-how-they-can-prepare.html

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• 427: Boris inside Brexit inside the virus inside the recovery. @JosephSternberg

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  Sep 09 2020

  Image:  England: ”Home Sweet Home,” and “Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be?”  Joseph Sternberg, @josephsternberg, @WSJOpinion, WSJ editorial board, in re: Brexit brinksmanship.  The trade agreement between the UK and the EU ends on 31 Dec.  With the pandemic, Brexit’s critical importance has slightly receded.  Dust-up within the government: Dustin Jones’s resignation.  The Irish border; free trade between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.  . . .  No lockdown is an island. https://www.ft.com/content/9bae0a3a-e1d9-4205-88f1-bf7d91d62cd4 ; https://www.ft.com/content/9bae0a3a-e1d9-4205-88f1-bf7d91d62cd4 ...more

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• 426: Assassination Moscow. Paul Gregory @PaulR_Gregory @HooverInst

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  Sep 09 2020

  Image: View of "Red Place", Moscow, U.S.S.R 1917. Assassination Moscow. Paul Gregory, @PaulR_Gregory, Hoover; in re:  Alexei Navalny, an anti-corruption blogger who exposed all kinds of abuse by oligarchs in Putin’s inner circle, incl Medvedev. Spent a lot of time in the Russian Far East, where there are demonstrations against Putin, Trying to organize it so that the Parliament becomes a real parliament.  He was poisoned by Novachuk (available only from the Russian military), which several years ago was used against two Russians in England; and Navalny finally was transported to a German hospital. He’s just come out of a medically-induced coma and is said to be recovering.  Now, there are demands in Germany and Europe to cancel Nordsteam2, which is a major threat to Russia.  Russians claim that Navalny merely ate something bad; that the CIA invented charges.  Many problems on Putin’s hands, including the mess in Byelorus...more

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• 426: California’s rolling blackouts, wildfires, tonsorial contretemps. Bill Whalen, @Hooverwhalen

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  Image:  A city blackout Bill Whalen, @Hooverwhalen, Hoover Area 45 blog; in re: Nancy Pelosi and the San Francisco blow-dry. Christoff, hair expert to the stars.  Gavin Newsom has a handsome head of hair, for which he probably needn’t do much; but he’s in trouble everywhere else—wildfires, rolling blackouts, Covid, Long-winded answers, interminable press conferences; these don't inspire confidence.  Rolling blackouts because years ago Cali decided to rely on renewable resources—wind, water, solar—and not enough is supplied, esp on gray days or at night.  https://www.forbes.com/sites/billwhalen/2020/09/03/the-speakers-death-by-a-thousand-snips-and-cuts/#60fc5d224bf7 ...more

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• 426: Suburban voters in play. @LizPeek,

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  Sep 09 2020

  Image:  Greenwich Boys' Club, Greenwich, Connecticut. Elizabeth Peek, @LizPeek, TheHill and Fox News; in re: From Delaware Co in Pennsylvania, one of the richest counties in the nation, in the collar counties, a Democratic lawn sign: Wendy for state Representative; PROUDLY SUPPORTING OUR POLICE. This is why Mr Biden is suddenly on the campaign trail. Democrats were silent on violence for so long.  Because of the breakdown of law and order, suburban voters are in play.  Biden still isn't taking tough questions; he reads answers off a teleprompter.  In swing states, a 3% margin, which is the margin of error.  He still won’t name Antifa. Young Black men don't like Joe Biden and if they stay at home—or, Heaven forbid, vote for Trump—that’s [a world of trouble for Biden].  https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2020/09/21/wrong-way-biden/ ...more

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• 426: The V recovery despite New York City’s mayor @LizPeek

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  Image:  Lenox Lounge, 288 Malcolm X Blvd. Harlem, 1996. Library of Congress.   Elizabeth Peek, @LizPeek,  TheHill and Fox News; in re: France has recovered 95% of its pre-virus economy. Germany also is doing well. Market: tremendous influence of a handful of stocks; mkt got top-heavy. People were ready to take money off the table; profit-taking.  Tesla and Apple spiked upward from stock splits.   This is not like the 2000 tech bubble, which was pumped up with hot air; this is ore like cotton candy. Good labor report-hours increased; income up 2% in August over July and a gain for the third quarter.  It does look like a V.  All this without the stimulus measure, which is still being haggled over.  . .  . Banks that never took the write-offs they should have. Green regulations in Europe.  Global recovery is led by China and the US.  . . . Not true that everyone under fifty was dead-set on living in the middle of a city.  Most people don’t want to get in a long elevator ride with a bunch of other people. Manhattan: no theater, no museum no restaurants; no reason to come to Manhattan. About 10% of the US GDP is from New York. I’m so offended that this mayor hasn't figured out how to open restaurants here when all the rest of the country has; and that’s many thousands of jobs gone, and restaurants closed forever.  https://www.wsj.com/articles/global-stock-markets-dow-update-9-08-2020-11599557376?mod=hp_lead_pos2 ...more

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• 425: Doomed to Succeed: 8of8: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama Kindle Edition. by Dennis Ross (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 09 2020

  Photo: 1934 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Doomed to Succeed: 8of8: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama Kindle Edition. by Dennis Ross  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Doomed-Succeed-U-S-Israel-Relationship-Truman-ebook/dp/B00V36OEQG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= When it comes to Israel, U.S. policy has always emphasized the unbreakable bond between the two countries and our ironclad commitment to Israel's security. Today our ties to Israel are close—so close that when there are differences, they tend to make the news. But it was not always this way.Dennis Ross has been a direct participant in shaping U.S. policy toward the Middle East, and Israel specifically, for nearly thirty years. He served in senior roles, including as Bill Clinton's envoy for Arab-Israeli peace, and was an active player in the debates over how Israel fit into the region and what should guide our policies. In Doomed to Succeed, he takes us through every administration from Truman to Obama, throwing into dramatic relief each president's attitudes toward Israel and the region, the often tumultuous debates between key advisers, and the events that drove the policies and at times led to a shift in approach.Ross points out how rarely lessons were learned and how distancing the United States from Israel in the Eisenhower, Nixon, Bush, and Obama administrations never yielded any benefits and why that lesson has never been learned. Doomed to Succeed offers compelling advice for how to understand the priorities of Arab leaders and how future administrations might best shape U.S. policy in that light....more

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• 425: Doomed to Succeed: 7of8: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama Kindle Edition. by Dennis Ross (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:1934 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Doomed to Succeed: 7of8: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama Kindle Edition. by Dennis Ross  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Doomed-Succeed-U-S-Israel-Relationship-Truman-ebook/dp/B00V36OEQG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= When it comes to Israel, U.S. policy has always emphasized the unbreakable bond between the two countries and our ironclad commitment to Israel's security. Today our ties to Israel are close—so close that when there are differences, they tend to make the news. But it was not always this way.Dennis Ross has been a direct participant in shaping U.S. policy toward the Middle East, and Israel specifically, for nearly thirty years. He served in senior roles, including as Bill Clinton's envoy for Arab-Israeli peace, and was an active player in the debates over how Israel fit into the region and what should guide our policies. In Doomed to Succeed, he takes us through every administration from Truman to Obama, throwing into dramatic relief each president's attitudes toward Israel and the region, the often tumultuous debates between key advisers, and the events that drove the policies and at times led to a shift in approach.Ross points out how rarely lessons were learned and how distancing the United States from Israel in the Eisenhower, Nixon, Bush, and Obama administrations never yielded any benefits and why that lesson has never been learned. Doomed to Succeed offers compelling advice for how to understand the priorities of Arab leaders and how future administrations might best shape U.S. policy in that light....more

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• 425: Doomed to Succeed: 6of8: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama Kindle Edition. by Dennis Ross (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 09 2020

  Photo:1898Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor the Matson Photo Service.Title from: list, Matson Collection negative numbers 14565-15108.Gift; Episcopal Home; 1978 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Doomed to Succeed: 6of8: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama Kindle Edition. by Dennis Ross  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Doomed-Succeed-U-S-Israel-Relationship-Truman-ebook/dp/B00V36OEQG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= When it comes to Israel, U.S. policy has always emphasized the unbreakable bond between the two countries and our ironclad commitment to Israel's security. Today our ties to Israel are close—so close that when there are differences, they tend to make the news. But it was not always this way.Dennis Ross has been a direct participant in shaping U.S. policy toward the Middle East, and Israel specifically, for nearly thirty years. He served in senior roles, including as Bill Clinton's envoy for Arab-Israeli peace, and was an active player in the debates over how Israel fit into the region and what should guide our policies. In Doomed to Succeed, he takes us through every administration from Truman to Obama, throwing into dramatic relief each president's attitudes toward Israel and the region, the often tumultuous debates between key advisers, and the events that drove the policies and at times led to a shift in approach.Ross points out how rarely lessons were learned and how distancing the United States from Israel in the Eisenhower, Nixon, Bush, and Obama administrations never yielded any benefits and why that lesson has never been learned. Doomed to Succeed offers compelling advice for how to understand the priorities of Arab leaders and how future administrations might best shape U.S. policy in that light....more

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• 425: Doomed to Succeed: 5of8: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama Kindle Edition. by Dennis Ross (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo: 1934 Jerusalem. Jerusalem from above Gethsemane  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Doomed to Succeed: 5of8: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama Kindle Edition. by Dennis Ross  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Doomed-Succeed-U-S-Israel-Relationship-Truman-ebook/dp/B00V36OEQG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= When it comes to Israel, U.S. policy has always emphasized the unbreakable bond between the two countries and our ironclad commitment to Israel's security. Today our ties to Israel are close—so close that when there are differences, they tend to make the news. But it was not always this way.Dennis Ross has been a direct participant in shaping U.S. policy toward the Middle East, and Israel specifically, for nearly thirty years. He served in senior roles, including as Bill Clinton's envoy for Arab-Israeli peace, and was an active player in the debates over how Israel fit into the region and what should guide our policies. In Doomed to Succeed, he takes us through every administration from Truman to Obama, throwing into dramatic relief each president's attitudes toward Israel and the region, the often tumultuous debates between key advisers, and the events that drove the policies and at times led to a shift in approach.Ross points out how rarely lessons were learned and how distancing the United States from Israel in the Eisenhower, Nixon, Bush, and Obama administrations never yielded any benefits and why that lesson has never been learned. Doomed to Succeed offers compelling advice for how to understand the priorities of Arab leaders and how future administrations might best shape U.S. policy in that light....more

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• 425: Doomed to Succeed: 4of8: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama Kindle Edition. by Dennis Ross (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 09 2020

  Photo:Jerusalem. Jerusalem from Mt. Bezetha 1950  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Doomed to Succeed: 4of8: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama Kindle Edition. by Dennis Ross  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Doomed-Succeed-U-S-Israel-Relationship-Truman-ebook/dp/B00V36OEQG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= When it comes to Israel, U.S. policy has always emphasized the unbreakable bond between the two countries and our ironclad commitment to Israel's security. Today our ties to Israel are close—so close that when there are differences, they tend to make the news. But it was not always this way.Dennis Ross has been a direct participant in shaping U.S. policy toward the Middle East, and Israel specifically, for nearly thirty years. He served in senior roles, including as Bill Clinton's envoy for Arab-Israeli peace, and was an active player in the debates over how Israel fit into the region and what should guide our policies. In Doomed to Succeed, he takes us through every administration from Truman to Obama, throwing into dramatic relief each president's attitudes toward Israel and the region, the often tumultuous debates between key advisers, and the events that drove the policies and at times led to a shift in approach.Ross points out how rarely lessons were learned and how distancing the United States from Israel in the Eisenhower, Nixon, Bush, and Obama administrations never yielded any benefits and why that lesson has never been learned. Doomed to Succeed offers compelling advice for how to understand the priorities of Arab leaders and how future administrations might best shape U.S. policy in that light....more

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• 425: Doomed to Succeed: 3of8: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama Kindle Edition. by Dennis Ross (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 09 2020

  Photo:John Anthony (British, born France, 1823–1901) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Doomed to Succeed: 3of8: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama Kindle Edition. by Dennis Ross  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Doomed-Succeed-U-S-Israel-Relationship-Truman-ebook/dp/B00V36OEQG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= When it comes to Israel, U.S. policy has always emphasized the unbreakable bond between the two countries and our ironclad commitment to Israel's security. Today our ties to Israel are close—so close that when there are differences, they tend to make the news. But it was not always this way.Dennis Ross has been a direct participant in shaping U.S. policy toward the Middle East, and Israel specifically, for nearly thirty years. He served in senior roles, including as Bill Clinton's envoy for Arab-Israeli peace, and was an active player in the debates over how Israel fit into the region and what should guide our policies. In Doomed to Succeed, he takes us through every administration from Truman to Obama, throwing into dramatic relief each president's attitudes toward Israel and the region, the often tumultuous debates between key advisers, and the events that drove the policies and at times led to a shift in approach.Ross points out how rarely lessons were learned and how distancing the United States from Israel in the Eisenhower, Nixon, Bush, and Obama administrations never yielded any benefits and why that lesson has never been learned. Doomed to Succeed offers compelling advice for how to understand the priorities of Arab leaders and how future administrations might best shape U.S. policy in that light....more

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• 425: Doomed to Succeed: 2of8: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama Kindle Edition. by Dennis Ross (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 09 2020

  Photo:1857John Anthony (British, born France, 1823–1901) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Doomed to Succeed: 2of8: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama Kindle Edition. by Dennis Ross  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Doomed-Succeed-U-S-Israel-Relationship-Truman-ebook/dp/B00V36OEQG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= When it comes to Israel, U.S. policy has always emphasized the unbreakable bond between the two countries and our ironclad commitment to Israel's security. Today our ties to Israel are close—so close that when there are differences, they tend to make the news. But it was not always this way.Dennis Ross has been a direct participant in shaping U.S. policy toward the Middle East, and Israel specifically, for nearly thirty years. He served in senior roles, including as Bill Clinton's envoy for Arab-Israeli peace, and was an active player in the debates over how Israel fit into the region and what should guide our policies. In Doomed to Succeed, he takes us through every administration from Truman to Obama, throwing into dramatic relief each president's attitudes toward Israel and the region, the often tumultuous debates between key advisers, and the events that drove the policies and at times led to a shift in approach.Ross points out how rarely lessons were learned and how distancing the United States from Israel in the Eisenhower, Nixon, Bush, and Obama administrations never yielded any benefits and why that lesson has never been learned. Doomed to Succeed offers compelling advice for how to understand the priorities of Arab leaders and how future administrations might best shape U.S. policy in that light....more

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• 425: Doomed to Succeed: 1of8: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama Kindle Edition. by Dennis Ross (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 09 2020

  Photo:Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 3463Forms part of: Popular graphic art print filing series (Library of Congress). 1846 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Doomed to Succeed: 1of8: The U.S.-Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama Kindle Edition. by Dennis Ross  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Doomed-Succeed-U-S-Israel-Relationship-Truman-ebook/dp/B00V36OEQG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= When it comes to Israel, U.S. policy has always emphasized the unbreakable bond between the two countries and our ironclad commitment to Israel's security. Today our ties to Israel are close—so close that when there are differences, they tend to make the news. But it was not always this way.Dennis Ross has been a direct participant in shaping U.S. policy toward the Middle East, and Israel specifically, for nearly thirty years. He served in senior roles, including as Bill Clinton's envoy for Arab-Israeli peace, and was an active player in the debates over how Israel fit into the region and what should guide our policies. In Doomed to Succeed, he takes us through every administration from Truman to Obama, throwing into dramatic relief each president's attitudes toward Israel and the region, the often tumultuous debates between key advisers, and the events that drove the policies and at times led to a shift in approach.Ross points out how rarely lessons were learned and how distancing the United States from Israel in the Eisenhower, Nixon, Bush, and Obama administrations never yielded any benefits and why that lesson has never been learned. Doomed to Succeed offers compelling advice for how to understand the priorities of Arab leaders and how future administrations might best shape U.S. policy in that light....more

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• 424: 4/4 A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir, by Lev Golinkin

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  Sep 08 2020

  Image:    During the baroque era, the Austrian nobility started to move into the cities and built themselves lavish residences called Palais. The Palais Kinsky in Vienna is one of the outstanding pieces.A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir, by Lev Golinkin  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KAFVPFY/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0  Lev Golinkin's memoir is the vivid, darkly comic, and poignant story of a young boy in the confusing and often chilling final decade of the Soviet Union. It's also the story of Lev Golinkin, the American man who finally confronts his buried past by returning to Austria and Eastern Europe to track down the strangers who made his escape possible . . . and say thank you. Written with biting, acerbic wit and emotional honesty in the vein of Gary Shteyngart, Jonathan Safran Foer, and David Bezmozgis, Golinkin's search for personal identity set against the relentless currents of history is more than a memoir—it's a portrait of a lost era. This is a thrilling tale of escape and survival, a deeply personal look at the life of a Jewish child caught in the last gasp of the Soviet Union, and a provocative investigation into the power of hatred and the search for belonging. Lev Golinkin achieves an amazing feat—and it marks the debut of a fiercely intelligent, defiant, and unforgettable new voice. . ...more

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• 424: 3/4 A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir, by Lev Golinkin

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  Image: A  little boy with his bearA Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir, by Lev Golinkin  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KAFVPFY/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0  Lev Golinkin's memoir is the vivid, darkly comic, and poignant story of a young boy in the confusing and often chilling final decade of the Soviet Union. It's also the story of Lev Golinkin, the American man who finally confronts his buried past by returning to Austria and Eastern Europe to track down the strangers who made his escape possible . . . and say thank you. Written with biting, acerbic wit and emotional honesty in the vein of Gary Shteyngart, Jonathan Safran Foer, and David Bezmozgis, Golinkin's search for personal identity set against the relentless currents of history is more than a memoir—it's a portrait of a lost era. This is a thrilling tale of escape and survival, a deeply personal look at the life of a Jewish child caught in the last gasp of the Soviet Union, and a provocative investigation into the power of hatred and the search for belonging. Lev Golinkin achieves an amazing feat—and it marks the debut of a fiercely intelligent, defiant, and unforgettable new voice. . ...more

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• 424: 2/4 A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir, by Lev Golinkin

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  Sep 08 2020

  Image:   Soviet Jewry—Mountain Jews in Quba rayon, Azerbaijan, 1932A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir, by Lev Golinkin  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KAFVPFY/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0  Lev Golinkin's memoir is the vivid, darkly comic, and poignant story of a young boy in the confusing and often chilling final decade of the Soviet Union. It's also the story of Lev Golinkin, the American man who finally confronts his buried past by returning to Austria and Eastern Europe to track down the strangers who made his escape possible . . . and say thank you. Written with biting, acerbic wit and emotional honesty in the vein of Gary Shteyngart, Jonathan Safran Foer, and David Bezmozgis, Golinkin's search for personal identity set against the relentless currents of history is more than a memoir—it's a portrait of a lost era. This is a thrilling tale of escape and survival, a deeply personal look at the life of a Jewish child caught in the last gasp of the Soviet Union, and a provocative investigation into the power of hatred and the search for belonging. Lev Golinkin achieves an amazing feat—and it marks the debut of a fiercely intelligent, defiant, and unforgettable new voice. . ...more

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• 424: 1/4 A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir, by Lev Golinkin

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  Image:   Soviet Jewry—Mountain Jews in Quba rayon, Azerbaijan, 1932A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir, by Lev Golinkin  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KAFVPFY/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i0  Lev Golinkin's memoir is the vivid, darkly comic, and poignant story of a young boy in the confusing and often chilling final decade of the Soviet Union. It's also the story of Lev Golinkin, the American man who finally confronts his buried past by returning to Austria and Eastern Europe to track down the strangers who made his escape possible . . . and say thank you. Written with biting, acerbic wit and emotional honesty in the vein of Gary Shteyngart, Jonathan Safran Foer, and David Bezmozgis, Golinkin's search for personal identity set against the relentless currents of history is more than a memoir—it's a portrait of a lost era. This is a thrilling tale of escape and survival, a deeply personal look at the life of a Jewish child caught in the last gasp of the Soviet Union, and a provocative investigation into the power of hatred and the search for belonging. Lev Golinkin achieves an amazing feat—and it marks the debut of a fiercely intelligent, defiant, and unforgettable new voice. . ...more

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• 422: Mission to Paris: 2of2: A Novel (Night Soldiers Book 12) Kindle Edition. by Alan Furst (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 08 2020

  Photo:2935 Kronprins Gustaf Adolf besöker Arbogautställningen i samband med Riksdagens 500-årsjubileum. Kvinnan bredvid honom är sonhustrun prinsessan Sibylla.Kronprinsen, klädd i uniform, hälsar besökarna med honnör.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Mission to Paris: 2of2: A Novel (Night Soldiers Book 12) Kindle Edition. by Alan Furst  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Mission-Paris-Novel-Night-Soldiers-ebook/dp/B005OCYRGW/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=alan+furst+mission+to+paris&qid=1599529858&s=digital-text&sr=1-1Late summer, 1938. Hollywood film star Fredric Stahl is on his way to Paris to make a movie. The Nazis know he’s coming—a secret bureau within the Reich has been waging political warfare against France, and for their purposes, Fredric Stahl is a perfect agent of influence. What they don’t know is that Stahl, horrified by the Nazi war on Jews and intellectuals, has become part of an informal spy service run out of the American embassy. Mission to Paris is filled with heart-stopping tension, beautifully drawn scenes of romance, and extraordinarily alive characters: foreign assassins; a glamorous Russian actress-turned-spy; and the women in Stahl’s life. At the center of the novel is the city of Paris—its bistros, hotels grand and anonymous, and the Parisians, living every night as though it were their last. Alan Furst brings to life both a dark time in history and the passion of the human hearts that fought to survive it....more

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• 422: Mission to Paris: 1of2: A Novel (Night Soldiers Book 12) Kindle Edition. by Alan Furst (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:1935Publik på Arbogautställningen. En servering har trädgårdsmöbler utställda. Vissa sittplatser har parasoll. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Mission to Paris: 1of2: A Novel (Night Soldiers Book 12) Kindle Edition. by Alan Furst  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Mission-Paris-Novel-Night-Soldiers-ebook/dp/B005OCYRGW/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=alan+furst+mission+to+paris&qid=1599529858&s=digital-text&sr=1-1Late summer, 1938. Hollywood film star Fredric Stahl is on his way to Paris to make a movie. The Nazis know he’s coming—a secret bureau within the Reich has been waging political warfare against France, and for their purposes, Fredric Stahl is a perfect agent of influence. What they don’t know is that Stahl, horrified by the Nazi war on Jews and intellectuals, has become part of an informal spy service run out of the American embassy. Mission to Paris is filled with heart-stopping tension, beautifully drawn scenes of romance, and extraordinarily alive characters: foreign assassins; a glamorous Russian actress-turned-spy; and the women in Stahl’s life. At the center of the novel is the city of Paris—its bistros, hotels grand and anonymous, and the Parisians, living every night as though it were their last. Alan Furst brings to life both a dark time in history and the passion of the human hearts that fought to survive it....more

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• 423: 8/8 Ike's Gamble: America's Rise to Dominance in the Middle East, by Michael Doran

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  Sep 08 2020

  Image: Statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the Frenchman who built the Suez Canal, was removed following the nationalization of the Suez Canal in 1956Ike's Gamble: America's Rise to Dominance in the Middle East, by Michael Doran  Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Ikes-Gamble-Americas-Dominance-Middle-ebook/dp/B01CO34NY4 “Deeply researched, tightly argued, and accessibly concise” (The New York Times Book Review)—a major retelling of the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956, a seminal event in the history of US relations with the Middle East, and why President Eisenhower sided with Egypt rather than Britain, France, and Israel; and how he came to regret that decision. .Ike's Gamble: America's Rise to Dominance in the Middle East, by Michael Doran  Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Ikes-Gamble-Americas-Dominance-Middle-ebook/dp/B01CO34NY4 “Deeply researched, tightly argued, and accessibly concise” (The New York Times Book Review)—a major retelling of the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956, a seminal event in the history of US relations with the Middle East, and why President Eisenhower sided with Egypt rather than Britain, France, and Israel; and how he came to regret that decision. . ...more

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• 423: 7/8 Ike's Gamble: America's Rise to Dominance in the Middle East, by Michael Doran

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  Sep 08 2020

  Image: Ralph Bunche, American political scientist, academic, and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Israel. He was the first African American to be so honored.Ike's Gamble: America's Rise to Dominance in the Middle East, by Michael Doran  Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Ikes-Gamble-Americas-Dominance-Middle-ebook/dp/B01CO34NY4 “Deeply researched, tightly argued, and accessibly concise” (The New York Times Book Review)—a major retelling of the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956, a seminal event in the history of US relations with the Middle East, and why President Eisenhower sided with Egypt rather than Britain, France, and Israel; and how he came to regret that decision. . ...more

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• 423: 6/8 Ike's Gamble: America's Rise to Dominance in the Middle East, by Michael Doran

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  Image: Damaged tank and vehicles, Sinai War, 1956.Ike's Gamble: America's Rise to Dominance in the Middle East, by Michael Doran  Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Ikes-Gamble-Americas-Dominance-Middle-ebook/dp/B01CO34NY4 “Deeply researched, tightly argued, and accessibly concise” (The New York Times Book Review)—a major retelling of the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956, a seminal event in the history of US relations with the Middle East, and why President Eisenhower sided with Egypt rather than Britain, France, and Israel; and how he came to regret that decision. . ...more

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• 423: 5/8 Ike's Gamble: America's Rise to Dominance in the Middle East, by Michael Doran

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  Image:  A newsreel filmIke's Gamble: America's Rise to Dominance in the Middle East, by Michael Doran  Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Ikes-Gamble-Americas-Dominance-Middle-ebook/dp/B01CO34NY4 “Deeply researched, tightly argued, and accessibly concise” (The New York Times Book Review)—a major retelling of the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956, a seminal event in the history of US relations with the Middle East, and why President Eisenhower sided with Egypt rather than Britain, France, and Israel; and how he came to regret that decision. . ...more

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• 423: 4/8 Ike's Gamble: America's Rise to Dominance in the Middle East, by Michael Doran

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  Image: British warship at the entrance to the Suez Canal.Ike's Gamble: America's Rise to Dominance in the Middle East, by Michael Doran  Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Ikes-Gamble-Americas-Dominance-Middle-ebook/dp/B01CO34NY4 “Deeply researched, tightly argued, and accessibly concise” (The New York Times Book Review)—a major retelling of the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956, a seminal event in the history of US relations with the Middle East, and why President Eisenhower sided with Egypt rather than Britain, France, and Israel; and how he came to regret that decision. . ...more

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• 423: 3/8 Ike's Gamble: America's Rise to Dominance in the Middle East, by Michael Doran

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  Image: Port Said, entrée du Canal de SuezIke's Gamble: America's Rise to Dominance in the Middle East, by Michael Doran  Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Ikes-Gamble-Americas-Dominance-Middle-ebook/dp/B01CO34NY4 “Deeply researched, tightly argued, and accessibly concise” (The New York Times Book Review)—a major retelling of the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956, a seminal event in the history of US relations with the Middle East, and why President Eisenhower sided with Egypt rather than Britain, France, and Israel; and how he came to regret that decision. . ...more

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• 423: 2/8 Ike's Gamble: America's Rise to Dominance in the Middle East, by Michael Doran

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  Image: Ike's Gamble: America's Rise to Dominance in the Middle East, by Michael Doran  Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Ikes-Gamble-Americas-Dominance-Middle-ebook/dp/B01CO34NY4 “Deeply researched, tightly argued, and accessibly concise” (The New York Times Book Review)—a major retelling of the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956, a seminal event in the history of US relations with the Middle East, and why President Eisenhower sided with Egypt rather than Britain, France, and Israel; and how he came to regret that decision. . ...more

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• 423: 1/8 Ike's Gamble: America's Rise to Dominance in the Middle East, by Michael Doran

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  Image: The Suez Canal, Port Said, EgyptIke's Gamble: America's Rise to Dominance in the Middle East, by Michael Doran  Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Ikes-Gamble-Americas-Dominance-Middle-ebook/dp/B01CO34NY4 “Deeply researched, tightly argued, and accessibly concise” (The New York Times Book Review)—a major retelling of the Suez Canal Crisis of 1956, a seminal event in the history of US relations with the Middle East, and why President Eisenhower sided with Egypt rather than Britain, France, and Israel; and how he came to regret that decision. . ...more

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• 420: The Admirals: 4of4: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at SeaKindle Edition by Walter R. Borneman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 07 2020

  Photo:1945 Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, signs the Instrument of Surrender as United States Representative.Photo #: 80-G-701293Surrender of Japan, Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945 Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, signs the Instrument of Surrender as United States Representative, aboard USS Missouri , 2 September 1945.Standing directly behind him are (left-to-right): General of the Army Douglas MacArthur; Admiral William F. Halsey, USN, and Rear Admiral Forrest Sherman, USN. U.S. Navy photo File# 140219-N-ZZ999-104  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Admirals: 4of4:  Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at SeaKindle Edition by Walter R. Borneman  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Admirals-Nimitz-Halsey-King-Five-Star-ebook/dp/B007ME5GYC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Admirals&qid=1599440180&s=digital-text&sr=1-1Only four men in American history have been promoted to the five-star rank of Admiral of the Fleet: William Leahy, Ernest King, Chester Nimitz, and William Halsey. These four men were the best and the brightest the navy produced, and together they led the U.S. navy to victory in World War II, establishing the United States as the world's greatest fleet.  In The Admirals, award-winning historian Walter R. Borneman tells their story in full detail for the first time. Drawing upon journals, ship logs, and other primary sources, he brings an incredible historical moment to life, showing us how the four admirals revolutionized naval warfare forever with submarines and aircraft carriers, and how these men -- who were both friends and rivals -- worked together to ensure that the Axis fleets lay destroyed on the ocean floor at the end of World War II....more

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• 420: The Admirals: 3of4: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at SeaKindle Edition by Walter R. Borneman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:Photograph of the U.S.S. Missouri as It Enters Tokyo Bay for the Surrender Ceremony 2945  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Admirals: 3of4:  Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at SeaKindle Edition by Walter R. Borneman  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Admirals-Nimitz-Halsey-King-Five-Star-ebook/dp/B007ME5GYC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Admirals&qid=1599440180&s=digital-text&sr=1-1Only four men in American history have been promoted to the five-star rank of Admiral of the Fleet: William Leahy, Ernest King, Chester Nimitz, and William Halsey. These four men were the best and the brightest the navy produced, and together they led the U.S. navy to victory in World War II, establishing the United States as the world's greatest fleet.  In The Admirals, award-winning historian Walter R. Borneman tells their story in full detail for the first time. Drawing upon journals, ship logs, and other primary sources, he brings an incredible historical moment to life, showing us how the four admirals revolutionized naval warfare forever with submarines and aircraft carriers, and how these men -- who were both friends and rivals -- worked together to ensure that the Axis fleets lay destroyed on the ocean floor at the end of World War II....more

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• 420: The Admirals: 2of4: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at SeaKindle Edition by Walter R. Borneman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 07 2020

  Photo:1941 North Island Aerial Catalog #: NI-109.Notes: This image appears in Arcadia Publishing's "San Diego's North Island 1911-1941" Written by Katrina Pescador and Mark Aldrich of the San Diego Air and Space Museum..Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Admirals: 2of4:  Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at SeaKindle Edition by Walter R. Borneman  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Admirals-Nimitz-Halsey-King-Five-Star-ebook/dp/B007ME5GYC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Admirals&qid=1599440180&s=digital-text&sr=1-1Only four men in American history have been promoted to the five-star rank of Admiral of the Fleet: William Leahy, Ernest King, Chester Nimitz, and William Halsey. These four men were the best and the brightest the navy produced, and together they led the U.S. navy to victory in World War II, establishing the United States as the world's greatest fleet.  In The Admirals, award-winning historian Walter R. Borneman tells their story in full detail for the first time. Drawing upon journals, ship logs, and other primary sources, he brings an incredible historical moment to life, showing us how the four admirals revolutionized naval warfare forever with submarines and aircraft carriers, and how these men -- who were both friends and rivals -- worked together to ensure that the Axis fleets lay destroyed on the ocean floor at the end of World War II....more

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• 420: The Admirals: 1of4: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at SeaKindle Edition by Walter R. Borneman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:1941 BB38 anchored NAS SD  From SDASM's Naval Aviation in San Diego and North Island Collection..Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/stillimages.html )http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Admirals: 1of4:  Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy, and King--The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at SeaKindle Edition by Walter R. Borneman  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Admirals-Nimitz-Halsey-King-Five-Star-ebook/dp/B007ME5GYC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Admirals&qid=1599440180&s=digital-text&sr=1-1Only four men in American history have been promoted to the five-star rank of Admiral of the Fleet: William Leahy, Ernest King, Chester Nimitz, and William Halsey. These four men were the best and the brightest the navy produced, and together they led the U.S. navy to victory in World War II, establishing the United States as the world's greatest fleet.  In The Admirals, award-winning historian Walter R. Borneman tells their story in full detail for the first time. Drawing upon journals, ship logs, and other primary sources, he brings an incredible historical moment to life, showing us how the four admirals revolutionized naval warfare forever with submarines and aircraft carriers, and how these men -- who were both friends and rivals -- worked together to ensure that the Axis fleets lay destroyed on the ocean floor at the end of World War II....more

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• 421: 8/8 Men of War: The American Soldier in Combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, by Alexander Rose

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  Image:  Gen. Charles Griffin; Civil War.Men of War: The American Soldier in Combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, by Alexander Rose   Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Men-War-American-Soldier-Gettysburg-ebook/dp/B00N6PEOW6/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1599439251&sr=1-1 This is not a book about how great generals won their battles, nor is it a study in grand strategy. Men of War is instead a riveting, visceral, and astonishingly original look at ordinary soldiers under fire. Drawing on an immense range of firsthand sources from the battlefield, Alexander Rose begins by re-creating the lost and alien world of eighteenth-century warfare at Bunker Hill, the bloodiest clash of the War of Independence—and reveals why the American militiamen were so lethally effective against the oncoming waves of British troops. Then, focussing on Gettysburg, Rose describes a typical Civil War infantry action, vividly explaining what Union and Confederate soldiers experienced before, during, and after combat. Finally, he shows how in 1945 the Marine Corps hurled itself with the greatest possible violence at the island of Iwo Jima, where nearly a third of all Marines killed in World War II would die. As Rose demonstrates, the most important factor in any battle is the human one: At Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, the American soldier, as much as any general, proved decisive. To an unprecedented degree, Men of War brings home the reality of combat and, just as important, its aftermath in the form of the psychological and medical effects on veterans. As such, the book makes a critical contribution to military history by narrowing the colossal gulf between the popular understanding of wars and the experiences of the soldiers who fight them.   ...more

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• 421: 7/8 Men of War: The American Soldier in Combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, by Alexander Rose

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  Image:   Parade of American soldiers.  From Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).  Published in Scribner's magazine.Men of War: The American Soldier in Combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, by Alexander Rose   Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Men-War-American-Soldier-Gettysburg-ebook/dp/B00N6PEOW6/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1599439251&sr=1-1 This is not a book about how great generals won their battles, nor is it a study in grand strategy. Men of War is instead a riveting, visceral, and astonishingly original look at ordinary soldiers under fire. Drawing on an immense range of firsthand sources from the battlefield, Alexander Rose begins by re-creating the lost and alien world of eighteenth-century warfare at Bunker Hill, the bloodiest clash of the War of Independence—and reveals why the American militiamen were so lethally effective against the oncoming waves of British troops. Then, focussing on Gettysburg, Rose describes a typical Civil War infantry action, vividly explaining what Union and Confederate soldiers experienced before, during, and after combat. Finally, he shows how in 1945 the Marine Corps hurled itself with the greatest possible violence at the island of Iwo Jima, where nearly a third of all Marines killed in World War II would die. As Rose demonstrates, the most important factor in any battle is the human one: At Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, the American soldier, as much as any general, proved decisive. To an unprecedented degree, Men of War brings home the reality of combat and, just as important, its aftermath in the form of the psychological and medical effects on veterans. As such, the book makes a critical contribution to military history by narrowing the colossal gulf between the popular understanding of wars and the experiences of the soldiers who fight them. ...more

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• 421: 6/8 Men of War: The American Soldier in Combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, by Alexander Rose

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  Image:  “The American Soldier,” by M A JacksonMen of War: The American Soldier in Combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, by Alexander Rose   Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Men-War-American-Soldier-Gettysburg-ebook/dp/B00N6PEOW6/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1599439251&sr=1-1 This is not a book about how great generals won their battles, nor is it a study in grand strategy. Men of War is instead a riveting, visceral, and astonishingly original look at ordinary soldiers under fire. Drawing on an immense range of firsthand sources from the battlefield, Alexander Rose begins by re-creating the lost and alien world of eighteenth-century warfare at Bunker Hill, the bloodiest clash of the War of Independence—and reveals why the American militiamen were so lethally effective against the oncoming waves of British troops. Then, focussing on Gettysburg, Rose describes a typical Civil War infantry action, vividly explaining what Union and Confederate soldiers experienced before, during, and after combat. Finally, he shows how in 1945 the Marine Corps hurled itself with the greatest possible violence at the island of Iwo Jima, where nearly a third of all Marines killed in World War II would die. As Rose demonstrates, the most important factor in any battle is the human one: At Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, the American soldier, as much as any general, proved decisive. To an unprecedented degree, Men of War brings home the reality of combat and, just as important, its aftermath in the form of the psychological and medical effects on veterans. As such, the book makes a critical contribution to military history by narrowing the colossal gulf between the popular understanding of wars and the experiences of the soldiers who fight them.   ...more

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• 421: 5/8 Men of War: The American Soldier in Combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, by Alexander Rose

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  Sep 07 2020

  Image:  The Battle of Bunker's Hill Men of War: The American Soldier in Combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, by Alexander Rose   Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Men-War-American-Soldier-Gettysburg-ebook/dp/B00N6PEOW6/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1599439251&sr=1-1 This is not a book about how great generals won their battles, nor is it a study in grand strategy. Men of War is instead a riveting, visceral, and astonishingly original look at ordinary soldiers under fire. Drawing on an immense range of firsthand sources from the battlefield, Alexander Rose begins by re-creating the lost and alien world of eighteenth-century warfare at Bunker Hill, the bloodiest clash of the War of Independence—and reveals why the American militiamen were so lethally effective against the oncoming waves of British troops. Then, focussing on Gettysburg, Rose describes a typical Civil War infantry action, vividly explaining what Union and Confederate soldiers experienced before, during, and after combat. Finally, he shows how in 1945 the Marine Corps hurled itself with the greatest possible violence at the island of Iwo Jima, where nearly a third of all Marines killed in World War II would die. As Rose demonstrates, the most important factor in any battle is the human one: At Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, the American soldier, as much as any general, proved decisive. To an unprecedented degree, Men of War brings home the reality of combat and, just as important, its aftermath in the form of the psychological and medical effects on veterans. As such, the book makes a critical contribution to military history by narrowing the colossal gulf between the popular understanding of wars and the experiences of the soldiers who fight them. ...more

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• 421: 4/8 Men of War: The American Soldier in Combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, by Alexander Rose

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  Sep 07 2020

  Image:  Ramu Valley, New Guinea. NX103434 Captain F. D. Smith, dressed as Father Christmas, arriving at one of the wards of the main dressing station, 2/6th Australian Field Ambulance, in a jungle cart (Thompson Stretcher), drawn by a jeep, to distribute Christmas presents to the patients. Identified personnel are: SX28258 Private E. J. Cummings; TX5952 Private R. G. Viney, and Corporal R. Roessler.  This photograph is from the Australian War Memorial's collection www.awm.gov.au ( http://www.awm.gov.au ) Men of War: The American Soldier in Combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, by Alexander Rose   Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Men-War-American-Soldier-Gettysburg-ebook/dp/B00N6PEOW6/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1599439251&sr=1-1 This is not a book about how great generals won their battles, nor is it a study in grand strategy. Men of War is instead a riveting, visceral, and astonishingly original look at ordinary soldiers under fire. Drawing on an immense range of firsthand sources from the battlefield, Alexander Rose begins by re-creating the lost and alien world of eighteenth-century warfare at Bunker Hill, the bloodiest clash of the War of Independence—and reveals why the American militiamen were so lethally effective against the oncoming waves of British troops. Then, focussing on Gettysburg, Rose describes a typical Civil War infantry action, vividly explaining what Union and Confederate soldiers experienced before, during, and after combat. Finally, he shows how in 1945 the Marine Corps hurled itself with the greatest possible violence at the island of Iwo Jima, where nearly a third of all Marines killed in World War II would die. As Rose demonstrates, the most important factor in any battle is the human one: At Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, the American soldier, as much as any general, proved decisive. To an unprecedented degree, Men of War brings home the reality of combat and, just as important, its aftermath in the form of the psychological and medical effects on veterans. As such, the book makes a critical contribution to military history by narrowing the colossal gulf between the popular understanding of wars and the experiences of the soldiers who fight them. ...more

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• 421: 3/8 Men of War: The American Soldier in Combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, by Alexander Rose

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  Sep 07 2020

  Image: “American Solders Chant,” composed by T. Jefferson HuntMen of War: The American Soldier in Combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, by Alexander Rose   Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Men-War-American-Soldier-Gettysburg-ebook/dp/B00N6PEOW6/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1599439251&sr=1-1 This is not a book about how great generals won their battles, nor is it a study in grand strategy. Men of War is instead a riveting, visceral, and astonishingly original look at ordinary soldiers under fire. Drawing on an immense range of firsthand sources from the battlefield, Alexander Rose begins by re-creating the lost and alien world of eighteenth-century warfare at Bunker Hill, the bloodiest clash of the War of Independence—and reveals why the American militiamen were so lethally effective against the oncoming waves of British troops. Then, focussing on Gettysburg, Rose describes a typical Civil War infantry action, vividly explaining what Union and Confederate soldiers experienced before, during, and after combat. Finally, he shows how in 1945 the Marine Corps hurled itself with the greatest possible violence at the island of Iwo Jima, where nearly a third of all Marines killed in World War II would die. As Rose demonstrates, the most important factor in any battle is the human one: At Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, the American soldier, as much as any general, proved decisive. To an unprecedented degree, Men of War brings home the reality of combat and, just as important, its aftermath in the form of the psychological and medical effects on veterans. As such, the book makes a critical contribution to military history by narrowing the colossal gulf between the popular understanding of wars and the experiences of the soldiers who fight them. ...more

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• 421: 2/8 Men of War: The American Soldier in Combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, by Alexander Rose

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  Sep 07 2020

  Image: American soldiers in EuropeMen of War: The American Soldier in Combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, by Alexander Rose   Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Men-War-American-Soldier-Gettysburg-ebook/dp/B00N6PEOW6/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1599439251&sr=1-1 This is not a book about how great generals won their battles, nor is it a study in grand strategy. Men of War is instead a riveting, visceral, and astonishingly original look at ordinary soldiers under fire. Drawing on an immense range of firsthand sources from the battlefield, Alexander Rose begins by re-creating the lost and alien world of eighteenth-century warfare at Bunker Hill, the bloodiest clash of the War of Independence—and reveals why the American militiamen were so lethally effective against the oncoming waves of British troops. Then, focussing on Gettysburg, Rose describes a typical Civil War infantry action, vividly explaining what Union and Confederate soldiers experienced before, during, and after combat. Finally, he shows how in 1945 the Marine Corps hurled itself with the greatest possible violence at the island of Iwo Jima, where nearly a third of all Marines killed in World War II would die. As Rose demonstrates, the most important factor in any battle is the human one: At Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, the American soldier, as much as any general, proved decisive. To an unprecedented degree, Men of War brings home the reality of combat and, just as important, its aftermath in the form of the psychological and medical effects on veterans. As such, the book makes a critical contribution to military history by narrowing the colossal gulf between the popular understanding of wars and the experiences of the soldiers who fight them. ...more

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• 421: 1/8 Men of War: The American Soldier in Combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, by Alexander Rose

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  Sep 07 2020

  Image:  Civil War hospitalMen of War: The American Soldier in Combat at Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, by Alexander Rose   Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Men-War-American-Soldier-Gettysburg-ebook/dp/B00N6PEOW6/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1599439251&sr=1-1 This is not a book about how great generals won their battles, nor is it a study in grand strategy. Men of War is instead a riveting, visceral, and astonishingly original look at ordinary soldiers under fire. Drawing on an immense range of firsthand sources from the battlefield, Alexander Rose begins by re-creating the lost and alien world of eighteenth-century warfare at Bunker Hill, the bloodiest clash of the War of Independence—and reveals why the American militiamen were so lethally effective against the oncoming waves of British troops. Then, focussing on Gettysburg, Rose describes a typical Civil War infantry action, vividly explaining what Union and Confederate soldiers experienced before, during, and after combat. Finally, he shows how in 1945 the Marine Corps hurled itself with the greatest possible violence at the island of Iwo Jima, where nearly a third of all Marines killed in World War II would die. As Rose demonstrates, the most important factor in any battle is the human one: At Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and Iwo Jima, the American soldier, as much as any general, proved decisive. To an unprecedented degree, Men of War brings home the reality of combat and, just as important, its aftermath in the form of the psychological and medical effects on veterans. As such, the book makes a critical contribution to military history by narrowing the colossal gulf between the popular understanding of wars and the experiences of the soldiers who fight them.   ...more

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• 419: 4/4 The Floating Kilogram: and Other Editorials on Money from The New York Sun, by Seth Lipsky

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  Sep 07 2020

  Image: Telegram from William Jennings Bryan to President Cleveland, March 4, 1893.       William Jennings Bryan was a U.S. representative from Nebraska at the time he sent this telegram to congratulate his fellow Democrat, President Cleveland, on his inauguration as president. During the economic depression of Cleveland's second administration, however, the Democratic Party was bitterly divided, with President Cleveland favoring the gold standard and Bryan supporting "free silver."The Floating Kilogram: and Other Editorials on Money from The New York Sun, by Seth Lipsky ;  with a forward by James Grant  Kindle Edition    https://www.amazon.com/Floating-Kilogram-Other-Editorials-Money-ebook/dp/B00VKVVW28/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Floating+Kilogram+lipsky&qid=1599434974&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 From the editor of The New York Sun, 130 astonishing and delightful editorials on the monetary crisis and the need for the restoration of a sound dollar. "Brilliant . . . irrefutable," says Steve Forbes. "The Federalist Papers of a gold standard.” ...more

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• 419: 3/4 The Floating Kilogram: and Other Editorials on Money from The New York Sun, by Seth Lipsky

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  Sep 07 2020

  Image: Gold animal figure, depicting a plum blossom deer.The Floating Kilogram: and Other Editorials on Money from The New York Sun, by Seth Lipsky ;  with a forward by James Grant  Kindle Edition    https://www.amazon.com/Floating-Kilogram-Other-Editorials-Money-ebook/dp/B00VKVVW28/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Floating+Kilogram+lipsky&qid=1599434974&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 From the editor of The New York Sun, 130 astonishing and delightful editorials on the monetary crisis and the need for the restoration of a sound dollar. "Brilliant . . . irrefutable," says Steve Forbes. "The Federalist Papers of a gold standard.” ...more

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• 419: 2/4 The Floating Kilogram: and Other Editorials on Money from The New York Sun, by Seth Lipsky

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  Sep 07 2020

  Image:  Frenier Pump; Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Mono County, California.  The building represents the standard form of the California stamp mill, and it houses the full array of equipment that exemplified stamp-milling practice at the turn of the twentieth century. The Floating Kilogram: and Other Editorials on Money from The New York Sun, by Seth Lipsky ;  with a forward by James Grant  Kindle Edition    https://www.amazon.com/Floating-Kilogram-Other-Editorials-Money-ebook/dp/B00VKVVW28/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Floating+Kilogram+lipsky&qid=1599434974&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 From the editor of The New York Sun, 130 astonishing and delightful editorials on the monetary crisis and the need for the restoration of a sound dollar. "Brilliant . . . irrefutable," says Steve Forbes. "The Federalist Papers of a gold standard.” ...more

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• 419: 1/4 The Floating Kilogram: and Other Editorials on Money from The New York Sun, by Seth Lipsky

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  Sep 07 2020

  Image:  Print shows a nervous William McKinley riding in a lop-sided chariot with a large gold dollar labeled "Gold Standard" on one side and a tiny wheel labeled "Tariff?" on the other; the chariot is being pulled by the Republican Elephant labeled "GOP" with Mark A. Hanna seated on top as the driver.   Caption: It is not exactly the sort of chariot he hoped for, but he will get there in it all the same.   Illus. from Puck, v. 39, no. 1013, (1896 August 5), centerfold.The Floating Kilogram: and Other Editorials on Money from The New York Sun, by Seth Lipsky ;  with a forward by James Grant  Kindle Edition    https://www.amazon.com/Floating-Kilogram-Other-Editorials-Money-ebook/dp/B00VKVVW28/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Floating+Kilogram+lipsky&qid=1599434974&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 From the editor of The New York Sun, 130 astonishing and delightful editorials on the monetary crisis and the need for the restoration of a sound dollar. "Brilliant . . . irrefutable," says Steve Forbes. "The Federalist Papers of a gold standard.” ...more

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• 415: Avenue of Spies: 4of4: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris Kindle Edition. by Alex Kershaw (Author) Format: Kindle Edition.

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  Sep 06 2020

  Photo:[Taxi Cab Drivers Story] - [PAR-2438 through PAR-2444] http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Avenue of Spies: 4of4: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris Kindle Edition. by Alex Kershaw  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition.https://www.amazon.com/Avenue-Spies-Espionage-Resistance-Nazi-Occupied-ebook/dp/B00PEPR6QW/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= The leafy Avenue Foch, one of the most exclusive residential streets in Nazi-occupied France, was Paris's hotbed of daring spies, murderous secret police, amoral informers, and Vichy collaborators. So when American physician Sumner Jackson, who lived with his wife and young son Phillip at Number 11, found himself drawn into the Liberation network of the French resistance, he knew the stakes were impossibly high. Just down the road at Number 31 was the "mad sadist" Theodor Dannecker, an Eichmann protégé charged with deporting French Jews to concentration camps. And Number 84 housed the Parisian headquarters of the Gestapo, run by the most effective spy hunter in Nazi Germany. From his office at the American Hospital, itself an epicenter of Allied and Axis intrigue, Jackson smuggled fallen Allied fighter pilots safely out of France, a job complicated by the hospital director's close ties to collaborationist Vichy. After witnessing the brutal round-up of his Jewish friends, Jackson invited Liberation to officially operate out of his home at Number 11—but the noose soon began to tighten. When his secret life was discovered by his Nazi neighbors, he and his family were forced to undertake a journey into the dark heart of the war-torn continent from which there was little chance of return.Drawing upon a wealth of primary source material and extensive interviews with Phillip Jackson, Alex Kershaw recreates the City of Light during its darkest days. The untold story of the Jackson family anchors the suspenseful narrative, and Kershaw dazzles readers with the vivid immediacy of the best spy thrillers. Awash with the tense atmosphere of World War II's Europe, Avenue of Spiesintroduces us to the brave doctor who risked everything to defy Hitler....more

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• 415: Avenue of Spies: 3of4: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris Kindle Edition. by Alex Kershaw (Author) Format: Kindle Edition.

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  Sep 06 2020

  Photo:Grand Palais. Artificial limbs.Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Coles. [Henri A. Coles]Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrcTemp note: Batch 30 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Avenue of Spies: 3of4: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris Kindle Edition. by Alex Kershaw  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition.https://www.amazon.com/Avenue-Spies-Espionage-Resistance-Nazi-Occupied-ebook/dp/B00PEPR6QW/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= The leafy Avenue Foch, one of the most exclusive residential streets in Nazi-occupied France, was Paris's hotbed of daring spies, murderous secret police, amoral informers, and Vichy collaborators. So when American physician Sumner Jackson, who lived with his wife and young son Phillip at Number 11, found himself drawn into the Liberation network of the French resistance, he knew the stakes were impossibly high. Just down the road at Number 31 was the "mad sadist" Theodor Dannecker, an Eichmann protégé charged with deporting French Jews to concentration camps. And Number 84 housed the Parisian headquarters of the Gestapo, run by the most effective spy hunter in Nazi Germany. From his office at the American Hospital, itself an epicenter of Allied and Axis intrigue, Jackson smuggled fallen Allied fighter pilots safely out of France, a job complicated by the hospital director's close ties to collaborationist Vichy. After witnessing the brutal round-up of his Jewish friends, Jackson invited Liberation to officially operate out of his home at Number 11—but the noose soon began to tighten. When his secret life was discovered by his Nazi neighbors, he and his family were forced to undertake a journey into the dark heart of the war-torn continent from which there was little chance of return.Drawing upon a wealth of primary source material and extensive interviews with Phillip Jackson, Alex Kershaw recreates the City of Light during its darkest days. The untold story of the Jackson family anchors the suspenseful narrative, and Kershaw dazzles readers with the vivid immediacy of the best spy thrillers. Awash with the tense atmosphere of World War II's Europe, Avenue of Spiesintroduces us to the brave doctor who risked everything to defy Hitler....more

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• 415: Avenue of Spies: 2of4: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris Kindle Edition. by Alex Kershaw (Author) Format: Kindle Edition.

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  Sep 06 2020

  Photo:Paris moderne  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Avenue of Spies: 2of4: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris Kindle Edition. by Alex Kershaw  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition.https://www.amazon.com/Avenue-Spies-Espionage-Resistance-Nazi-Occupied-ebook/dp/B00PEPR6QW/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= The leafy Avenue Foch, one of the most exclusive residential streets in Nazi-occupied France, was Paris's hotbed of daring spies, murderous secret police, amoral informers, and Vichy collaborators. So when American physician Sumner Jackson, who lived with his wife and young son Phillip at Number 11, found himself drawn into the Liberation network of the French resistance, he knew the stakes were impossibly high. Just down the road at Number 31 was the "mad sadist" Theodor Dannecker, an Eichmann protégé charged with deporting French Jews to concentration camps. And Number 84 housed the Parisian headquarters of the Gestapo, run by the most effective spy hunter in Nazi Germany. From his office at the American Hospital, itself an epicenter of Allied and Axis intrigue, Jackson smuggled fallen Allied fighter pilots safely out of France, a job complicated by the hospital director's close ties to collaborationist Vichy. After witnessing the brutal round-up of his Jewish friends, Jackson invited Liberation to officially operate out of his home at Number 11—but the noose soon began to tighten. When his secret life was discovered by his Nazi neighbors, he and his family were forced to undertake a journey into the dark heart of the war-torn continent from which there was little chance of return.Drawing upon a wealth of primary source material and extensive interviews with Phillip Jackson, Alex Kershaw recreates the City of Light during its darkest days. The untold story of the Jackson family anchors the suspenseful narrative, and Kershaw dazzles readers with the vivid immediacy of the best spy thrillers. Awash with the tense atmosphere of World War II's Europe, Avenue of Spiesintroduces us to the brave doctor who risked everything to defy Hitler....more

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• 415: Avenue of Spies: 1of4: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris Kindle Edition. by Alex Kershaw (Author) Format: Kindle Edition.

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  Sep 06 2020

  Photo:De Notre-Dame in Parijs, gezien vanaf de Quai de Montebello. Links de Seine die onder de Pont au Double stroomt. Rechts wandelende figuren op de Quai de Montebello.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Avenue of Spies: 1of4: A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris Kindle Edition. by Alex Kershaw  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition.https://www.amazon.com/Avenue-Spies-Espionage-Resistance-Nazi-Occupied-ebook/dp/B00PEPR6QW/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= The leafy Avenue Foch, one of the most exclusive residential streets in Nazi-occupied France, was Paris's hotbed of daring spies, murderous secret police, amoral informers, and Vichy collaborators. So when American physician Sumner Jackson, who lived with his wife and young son Phillip at Number 11, found himself drawn into the Liberation network of the French resistance, he knew the stakes were impossibly high. Just down the road at Number 31 was the "mad sadist" Theodor Dannecker, an Eichmann protégé charged with deporting French Jews to concentration camps. And Number 84 housed the Parisian headquarters of the Gestapo, run by the most effective spy hunter in Nazi Germany. From his office at the American Hospital, itself an epicenter of Allied and Axis intrigue, Jackson smuggled fallen Allied fighter pilots safely out of France, a job complicated by the hospital director's close ties to collaborationist Vichy. After witnessing the brutal round-up of his Jewish friends, Jackson invited Liberation to officially operate out of his home at Number 11—but the noose soon began to tighten. When his secret life was discovered by his Nazi neighbors, he and his family were forced to undertake a journey into the dark heart of the war-torn continent from which there was little chance of return.Drawing upon a wealth of primary source material and extensive interviews with Phillip Jackson, Alex Kershaw recreates the City of Light during its darkest days. The untold story of the Jackson family anchors the suspenseful narrative, and Kershaw dazzles readers with the vivid immediacy of the best spy thrillers. Awash with the tense atmosphere of World War II's Europe, Avenue of Spiesintroduces us to the brave doctor who risked everything to defy Hitler....more

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• 418: 8/8 A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire 1st Edition, by Geoffrey Wawro

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  Sep 06 2020

  Image:  Destruction of an Austro-Hungarian trench following Russian bombardment.  A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire 1st Edition, by Geoffrey Wawro     Kindle Edition  https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Catastrophe-Outbreak-Collapse-Habsburg-ebook-dp-B00GL9TQ2C/dp/B00GL9TQ2C/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid= The Austro-Hungarian army that marched east and south to confront the Russians and Serbs in the opening campaigns of World War I had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the Austrian troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe.  As the prizewinning historian Geoffrey Wawro explains in A Mad Catastrophe, the doomed Austrian conscripts were an unfortunate microcosm of the Austro-Hungarian Empire itself—both equally ripe for destruction. After the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914, Germany goaded the Empire into a war with Russia and Serbia. With the Germans massing their forces in the west to engage the French and the British, everything—the course of the war and the fate of empires and alliances from Constantinople to London—hinged on the Habsburgs' ability to crush Serbia and keep the Russians at bay. However, Austria-Hungary had been rotting from within for years, hollowed out by repression, cynicism, and corruption at the highest levels. Commanded by a dying emperor, Franz Joseph I, and a querulous celebrity general, Conrad von Hötzendorf (K.u.k. Feldmarschall Franz Xaver Josef Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf), the Austro-Hungarians managed to bungle everything: their ultimatum to the Serbs, their declarations of war, their mobilization, and the pivotal battles in Galicia and Serbia. By the end of 1914, the Habsburg army lay in ruins and the outcome of the war seemed all but decided. Drawing on deep archival research, Wawro charts the decline of the Empire before the war and reconstructs the great battles in the east and the Balkans in thrilling and tragic detail. A Mad Catastrophe is a rivetting account of a neglected face of World War I, revealing how a once-mighty empire collapsed in the trenches of Serbia and the Eastern Front, changing the course of European history. ...more

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• 418: 7/8 A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire 1st Edition, by Geoffrey Wawro

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  Sep 06 2020

  Image: Europa regina, symbolizing a Habsburg-dominated EuropeA Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire 1st Edition, by Geoffrey Wawro     Kindle Edition  https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Catastrophe-Outbreak-Collapse-Habsburg-ebook-dp-B00GL9TQ2C/dp/B00GL9TQ2C/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid= The Austro-Hungarian army that marched east and south to confront the Russians and Serbs in the opening campaigns of World War I had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the Austrian troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe.  As the prizewinning historian Geoffrey Wawro explains in A Mad Catastrophe, the doomed Austrian conscripts were an unfortunate microcosm of the Austro-Hungarian Empire itself—both equally ripe for destruction. After the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914, Germany goaded the Empire into a war with Russia and Serbia. With the Germans massing their forces in the west to engage the French and the British, everything—the course of the war and the fate of empires and alliances from Constantinople to London—hinged on the Habsburgs' ability to crush Serbia and keep the Russians at bay. However, Austria-Hungary had been rotting from within for years, hollowed out by repression, cynicism, and corruption at the highest levels. Commanded by a dying emperor, Franz Joseph I, and a querulous celebrity general, Conrad von Hötzendorf (K.u.k. Feldmarschall Franz Xaver Josef Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf), the Austro-Hungarians managed to bungle everything: their ultimatum to the Serbs, their declarations of war, their mobilization, and the pivotal battles in Galicia and Serbia. By the end of 1914, the Habsburg army lay in ruins and the outcome of the war seemed all but decided. Drawing on deep archival research, Wawro charts the decline of the Empire before the war and reconstructs the great battles in the east and the Balkans in thrilling and tragic detail. A Mad Catastrophe is a rivetting account of a neglected face of World War I, revealing how a once-mighty empire collapsed in the trenches of Serbia and the Eastern Front, changing the course of European history. ...more

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• 418: 6/8 A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire 1st Edition, by Geoffrey Wawro

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  Sep 06 2020

  Image:  Coat of arms of the Counts of HabsburgA Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire 1st Edition, by Geoffrey Wawro     Kindle Edition  https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Catastrophe-Outbreak-Collapse-Habsburg-ebook-dp-B00GL9TQ2C/dp/B00GL9TQ2C/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid= The Austro-Hungarian army that marched east and south to confront the Russians and Serbs in the opening campaigns of World War I had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the Austrian troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe.  As the prizewinning historian Geoffrey Wawro explains in A Mad Catastrophe, the doomed Austrian conscripts were an unfortunate microcosm of the Austro-Hungarian Empire itself—both equally ripe for destruction. After the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914, Germany goaded the Empire into a war with Russia and Serbia. With the Germans massing their forces in the west to engage the French and the British, everything—the course of the war and the fate of empires and alliances from Constantinople to London—hinged on the Habsburgs' ability to crush Serbia and keep the Russians at bay. However, Austria-Hungary had been rotting from within for years, hollowed out by repression, cynicism, and corruption at the highest levels. Commanded by a dying emperor, Franz Joseph I, and a querulous celebrity general, Conrad von Hötzendorf (K.u.k. Feldmarschall Franz Xaver Josef Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf), the Austro-Hungarians managed to bungle everything: their ultimatum to the Serbs, their declarations of war, their mobilization, and the pivotal battles in Galicia and Serbia. By the end of 1914, the Habsburg army lay in ruins and the outcome of the war seemed all but decided. Drawing on deep archival research, Wawro charts the decline of the Empire before the war and reconstructs the great battles in the east and the Balkans in thrilling and tragic detail. A Mad Catastrophe is a rivetting account of a neglected face of World War I, revealing how a once-mighty empire collapsed in the trenches of Serbia and the Eastern Front, changing the course of European history. ...more

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• 418: 5/8 A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire 1st Edition, by Geoffrey Wawro

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  Sep 06 2020

  Image:  Children of Monastir calling at the depot of the A.R.C. [American Red Cross] set up in an old shelled building for their rations of bread, lard and other foodstuffs sent from the United States to check the starvation in Southern Serbia. Each of the inhabitants is given a two-pound loaf of bread, a pound of rice, beans and sugar each week A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire 1st Edition, by Geoffrey Wawro     Kindle Edition  https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Catastrophe-Outbreak-Collapse-Habsburg-ebook-dp-B00GL9TQ2C/dp/B00GL9TQ2C/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid= The Austro-Hungarian army that marched east and south to confront the Russians and Serbs in the opening campaigns of World War I had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the Austrian troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe.  As the prizewinning historian Geoffrey Wawro explains in A Mad Catastrophe, the doomed Austrian conscripts were an unfortunate microcosm of the Austro-Hungarian Empire itself—both equally ripe for destruction. After the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914, Germany goaded the Empire into a war with Russia and Serbia. With the Germans massing their forces in the west to engage the French and the British, everything—the course of the war and the fate of empires and alliances from Constantinople to London—hinged on the Habsburgs' ability to crush Serbia and keep the Russians at bay. However, Austria-Hungary had been rotting from within for years, hollowed out by repression, cynicism, and corruption at the highest levels. Commanded by a dying emperor, Franz Joseph I, and a querulous celebrity general, Conrad von Hötzendorf (K.u.k. Feldmarschall Franz Xaver Josef Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf), the Austro-Hungarians managed to bungle everything: their ultimatum to the Serbs, their declarations of war, their mobilization, and the pivotal battles in Galicia and Serbia. By the end of 1914, the Habsburg army lay in ruins and the outcome of the war seemed all but decided. Drawing on deep archival research, Wawro charts the decline of the Empire before the war and reconstructs the great battles in the east and the Balkans in thrilling and tragic detail. A Mad Catastrophe is a rivetting account of a neglected face of World War I, revealing how a once-mighty empire collapsed in the trenches of Serbia and the Eastern Front, changing the course of European history. ...more

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• 417: 4/8 A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire 1st Edition, by Geoffrey Wawro

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  Sep 06 2020

  Image:  Karl Franz Josef in BudapestA Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire 1st Edition, by Geoffrey Wawro     Kindle Edition  https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Catastrophe-Outbreak-Collapse-Habsburg-ebook-dp-B00GL9TQ2C/dp/B00GL9TQ2C/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid= The Austro-Hungarian army that marched east and south to confront the Russians and Serbs in the opening campaigns of World War I had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the Austrian troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe.  As the prizewinning historian Geoffrey Wawro explains in A Mad Catastrophe, the doomed Austrian conscripts were an unfortunate microcosm of the Austro-Hungarian Empire itself—both equally ripe for destruction. After the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914, Germany goaded the Empire into a war with Russia and Serbia. With the Germans massing their forces in the west to engage the French and the British, everything—the course of the war and the fate of empires and alliances from Constantinople to London—hinged on the Habsburgs' ability to crush Serbia and keep the Russians at bay. However, Austria-Hungary had been rotting from within for years, hollowed out by repression, cynicism, and corruption at the highest levels. Commanded by a dying emperor, Franz Joseph I, and a querulous celebrity general, Conrad von Hötzendorf (K.u.k. Feldmarschall Franz Xaver Josef Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf), the Austro-Hungarians managed to bungle everything: their ultimatum to the Serbs, their declarations of war, their mobilization, and the pivotal battles in Galicia and Serbia. By the end of 1914, the Habsburg army lay in ruins and the outcome of the war seemed all but decided. Drawing on deep archival research, Wawro charts the decline of the Empire before the war and reconstructs the great battles in the east and the Balkans in thrilling and tragic detail. A Mad Catastrophe is a rivetting account of a neglected face of World War I, revealing how a once-mighty empire collapsed in the trenches of Serbia and the Eastern Front, changing the course of European history. ...more

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• 416: 3/8 A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire 1st Edition, by Geoffrey Wawro

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  Sep 06 2020

  Image:  Austria-Hungary—government, not a country. Behold the Austria-Hungary Valasek 18 A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire 1st Edition, by Geoffrey Wawro     Kindle Edition  https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Catastrophe-Outbreak-Collapse-Habsburg-ebook-dp-B00GL9TQ2C/dp/B00GL9TQ2C/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid= The Austro-Hungarian army that marched east and south to confront the Russians and Serbs in the opening campaigns of World War I had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the Austrian troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe.  As the prizewinning historian Geoffrey Wawro explains in A Mad Catastrophe, the doomed Austrian conscripts were an unfortunate microcosm of the Austro-Hungarian Empire itself—both equally ripe for destruction. After the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914, Germany goaded the Empire into a war with Russia and Serbia. With the Germans massing their forces in the west to engage the French and the British, everything—the course of the war and the fate of empires and alliances from Constantinople to London—hinged on the Habsburgs' ability to crush Serbia and keep the Russians at bay. However, Austria-Hungary had been rotting from within for years, hollowed out by repression, cynicism, and corruption at the highest levels. Commanded by a dying emperor, Franz Joseph I, and a querulous celebrity general, Conrad von Hötzendorf (K.u.k. Feldmarschall Franz Xaver Josef Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf), the Austro-Hungarians managed to bungle everything: their ultimatum to the Serbs, their declarations of war, their mobilization, and the pivotal battles in Galicia and Serbia. By the end of 1914, the Habsburg army lay in ruins and the outcome of the war seemed all but decided. Drawing on deep archival research, Wawro charts the decline of the Empire before the war and reconstructs the great battles in the east and the Balkans in thrilling and tragic detail. A Mad Catastrophe is a rivetting account of a neglected face of World War I, revealing how a once-mighty empire collapsed in the trenches of Serbia and the Eastern Front, changing the course of European history. ...more

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• 415: 2/8 A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire 1st Edition, by Geoffrey Wawro

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  Sep 06 2020

  Image:  Man and woman on horse-drawn wagon, returning from market, HungaryA Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire 1st Edition, by Geoffrey Wawro     Kindle Edition  https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Catastrophe-Outbreak-Collapse-Habsburg-ebook-dp-B00GL9TQ2C/dp/B00GL9TQ2C/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid= The Austro-Hungarian army that marched east and south to confront the Russians and Serbs in the opening campaigns of World War I had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the Austrian troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe.  As the prizewinning historian Geoffrey Wawro explains in A Mad Catastrophe, the doomed Austrian conscripts were an unfortunate microcosm of the Austro-Hungarian Empire itself—both equally ripe for destruction. After the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914, Germany goaded the Empire into a war with Russia and Serbia. With the Germans massing their forces in the west to engage the French and the British, everything—the course of the war and the fate of empires and alliances from Constantinople to London—hinged on the Habsburgs' ability to crush Serbia and keep the Russians at bay. However, Austria-Hungary had been rotting from within for years, hollowed out by repression, cynicism, and corruption at the highest levels. Commanded by a dying emperor, Franz Joseph I, and a querulous celebrity general, Conrad von Hötzendorf (K.u.k. Feldmarschall Franz Xaver Josef Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf), the Austro-Hungarians managed to bungle everything: their ultimatum to the Serbs, their declarations of war, their mobilization, and the pivotal battles in Galicia and Serbia. By the end of 1914, the Habsburg army lay in ruins and the outcome of the war seemed all but decided. Drawing on deep archival research, Wawro charts the decline of the Empire before the war and reconstructs the great battles in the east and the Balkans in thrilling and tragic detail. A Mad Catastrophe is a rivetting account of a neglected face of World War I, revealing how a once-mighty empire collapsed in the trenches of Serbia and the Eastern Front, changing the course of European history. ...more

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• 415: 1/8 A Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire 1st Edition, by Geoffrey Wawro

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  Sep 06 2020

  Image:  Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914) with his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868-1914) and their childrenA Mad Catastrophe: The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire 1st Edition, by Geoffrey Wawro     Kindle Edition  https://www.amazon.com/Mad-Catastrophe-Outbreak-Collapse-Habsburg-ebook-dp-B00GL9TQ2C/dp/B00GL9TQ2C/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid= The Austro-Hungarian army that marched east and south to confront the Russians and Serbs in the opening campaigns of World War I had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the Austrian troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe.  As the prizewinning historian Geoffrey Wawro explains in A Mad Catastrophe, the doomed Austrian conscripts were an unfortunate microcosm of the Austro-Hungarian Empire itself—both equally ripe for destruction. After the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June 1914, Germany goaded the Empire into a war with Russia and Serbia. With the Germans massing their forces in the west to engage the French and the British, everything—the course of the war and the fate of empires and alliances from Constantinople to London—hinged on the Habsburgs' ability to crush Serbia and keep the Russians at bay. However, Austria-Hungary had been rotting from within for years, hollowed out by repression, cynicism, and corruption at the highest levels. Commanded by a dying emperor, Franz Joseph I, and a querulous celebrity general, Conrad von Hötzendorf (K.u.k. Feldmarschall Franz Xaver Josef Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf), the Austro-Hungarians managed to bungle everything: their ultimatum to the Serbs, their declarations of war, their mobilization, and the pivotal battles in Galicia and Serbia. By the end of 1914, the Habsburg army lay in ruins and the outcome of the war seemed all but decided. Drawing on deep archival research, Wawro charts the decline of the Empire before the war and reconstructs the great battles in the east and the Balkans in thrilling and tragic detail. A Mad Catastrophe is a rivetting account of a neglected face of World War I, revealing how a once-mighty empire collapsed in the trenches of Serbia and the Eastern Front, changing the course of European history. ...more

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• 414: 2/2 Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse, by Jay Rubenstein

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  Sep 06 2020

  Image:  Whiling Dervishes, from Yusef; or, the Journey of the Frangi. A crusade in the East ... With illustrationsArmies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse, by Jay Rubenstein  Kindle Edition  https://www.amazon.com/Armies-Heaven-First-Crusade-Apocalypse-ebook/dp/B005P1YCIK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1577663037&sr=1-1-spell At Moson, the river Danube ran red with blood. At Antioch, the Crusaders, with their saddles freshly decorated with sawed-off heads, indiscriminately clogged the streets with the bodies of eastern Christians and Turks. At Marra, they cooked children on spits and ate them. By the time the Crusaders reached Jerusalem, their quest and their violence had become distinctly otherworldly: blood literally ran shin-deep through the streets as the Crusaders overran the sacred city. Beginning in 1095 and culminating four bloody years later, the First Crusade represented a new kind of warfare: holy, unrestrained, and apocalyptic.  In Armies of Heaven, medieval historian Jay Rubenstein tells the story of this cataclysmic event through the eyes of those who witnessed it, emphasizing the fundamental role that apocalyptic thought played in motivating the Crusaders. A thrilling work of military and religious history, Armies of Heaven will revolutionize our understanding of the Crusades. ...more

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• 412: Who stands to gain or to lose from the disorder in American cities? @RchardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Sep 06 2020

  Photo:Photo shows arrests during the food price riots in St. Quentin, France in 1911. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010 and New York Times, Aug. 31, 1911) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowWho stands to gain or to lose from the disorder in American cities?  @RchardAEpstein @HooverInsthttps://www.hoover.org/research/american-meltdown

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• 412: What of the interpretations of systematic or institutional racism & What is to be done? @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Sep 06 2020

  Photo:Title devised by Library staff.Contact sheet folder caption: "Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. MST, 8/28/63."U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection.Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL - Job no. 10344, frame no. 14. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowWhat of the interpretations of systematic or institutional racism & What is to be done? @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/american-meltdown First, evidence for the claim of institutional racism is weak, given the huge changes in both public sentiment and societal organization in the decades since the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the 1965 Voting Rights Act, the raft of follow-on legislation, and the rise of affirmative action. Second, the charge of institutional racism must ultimately rest on the view that the officials in charge of major American institutions harbor and act upon ugly racial sentiments. It is not enough to rely on the disparate impact of various policies to support that charge without examining underlying justifications.  A higher conviction rate for black males is justified by a higher rate of black crimes under race-neutral procedures. Nor can institutional racism be found in some supposed set of unconscious biases when elected and appointed officials, many of these officials themselves being members of minority groups, routinely reaffirm their fierce determination to stop racism. Sadly, the trope of institutional racism operates as a clever ploy that allows for global condemnations. Activists have generally failed to identify by name any one person or system which fits the odious description. Moreover, their broadsides make it less likely that any individual person will step forward to defend themselves or their institutions as not racist. ...more

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• 412: PRC arms race accelerates at sea and in outer space. @DefTechPat @DefenseOne

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  Sep 06 2020

  Photo: 1902Unharnessing pony which has collapsed while pulling heavy cart.  China. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowPRC arms race accelerates at sea and in outer space.  @DefTechPat @DefenseOnehttps://www.defenseone.com/threats/2020/09/china-rapidly-increasing-nuclear-naval-and-next-gen-tech-pentagon-warns/168166/

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• 412: AI drones vs warship rust and other AI successes. @DefTechPat Patrick Tucker @DefenseOne

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  Sep 06 2020

  Photo:This image possibly depicts two men scraping rust from the hull of the naval sloop BELLATRIX at Morts Dock in Balmain. The vessel visited Sydney in December 1929, December 1930 and July 1932 and was commanded by Commander Jells, Captain M Bastard and Commandant Constantan respectively. Each time, it docked in Morts Dock in Balmain for its 'annual overhaul' (The Sydney Morning Herald, 3 February 1931). Newspapers provided photographs of French and Pacific Islander sailors and crew at work during each stay in Sydney...This photo is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum’s Samuel J. Hood Studio collection. Sam Hood (1872-1953) was a Sydney photographer with a passion for ships. His 60-year career spanned the romantic age of sail and two world wars. The photos in the collection were taken mainly in Sydney and Newcastle during the first half of the 20th century. ..The ANMM undertakes research and accepts public comments that enhance the information we hold about images in our collection. This record has been updated accordingly. ..Photographer: Samuel J. Hood Studio Collection..Object no. 00034675 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowAI drones vs warship rust and other AI successes. @DefTechPat Patrick Tucker @DefenseOne https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2020/08/can-ai-solve-rare-earths-problem-chinese-and-us-researchers-think-so/168057/https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2020/08/us-navy-turns-drones-ai-monitor-rust/168036/https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2020/08/ai-just-beat-human-f-16-pilot-dogfight-again/167872/ ...more

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• 413: 1/2 Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse, by Jay Rubenstein

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  Image:   Jerusalem, from Yusef; or, the Journey of the Frangi. A crusade in the East ... With illustrationsArmies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse, by Jay Rubenstein  Kindle Edition  https://www.amazon.com/Armies-Heaven-First-Crusade-Apocalypse-ebook/dp/B005P1YCIK/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1577663037&sr=1-1-spell At Moson, the river Danube ran red with blood. At Antioch, the Crusaders, with their saddles freshly decorated with sawed-off heads, indiscriminately clogged the streets with the bodies of eastern Christians and Turks. At Marra, they cooked children on spits and ate them. By the time the Crusaders reached Jerusalem, their quest and their violence had become distinctly otherworldly: blood literally ran shin-deep through the streets as the Crusaders overran the sacred city. Beginning in 1095 and culminating four bloody years later, the First Crusade represented a new kind of warfare: holy, unrestrained, and apocalyptic.  In Armies of Heaven, medieval historian Jay Rubenstein tells the story of this cataclysmic event through the eyes of those who witnessed it, emphasizing the fundamental role that apocalyptic thought played in motivating the Crusaders. A thrilling work of military and religious history, Armies of Heaven will revolutionize our understanding of the Crusades.   ...more

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• 411: #NewAmericanCivilWar: What does the military do in either a coup or a secession? Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Sep 05 2020

  Photo:1910: Panorama of the battlefield, Vicksburg, Miss.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#NewAmericanCivilWar: What does the military do in either a coup or a secession?  Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisishttps://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7013152/Preventing-a-Disrupted-Presidential-Election-and.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_Integrity_Project

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• 411: #NewAmericanCivilWar: Prepping Election 2020 for both a coup and a secession. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Sep 05 2020

  Photo: Stereo filed in LOT 4163.Caption from negative sleeve: Charleston, S.C. 1865, Ruin of ____.Two plates form left (LC-B811-3100B) and right (LC-B811-3100A) halves of a stereograph pair.Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#NewAmericanCivilWar: Prepping Election 2020 for both a coup and a secession. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisishttps://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7013152/Preventing-a-Disrupted-Presidential-Election-and.pdfhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition_Integrity_Project ...more

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• 411: Digital backdoor to dollarizing the needful medical workers of Venezuela. MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion

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  Sep 05 2020

  Photo:Statue of Bolivar, Caraca1930s  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowDigital backdoor to dollarizing the needful medical workers of Venezuela. MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinionhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/a-u-s-airdrop-of-dollars-in-venezuela-11598821889?st=55fkjl24kfj1awx&reflink=article_copyURL_share

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• 409: "The fact that Joe Biden finally came out of his basement, after six months in his basement, is very, very telling..." @DevinNunes CA-22

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  Sep 05 2020

  Photo:Mrs. Hull and corner of her one-room basement dugout. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon. General caption 67-11101/01/1939  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow"The fact that Joe Biden finally came out of his basement, after six months in his basement, is very, very telling..." @DevinNunes CA-22https://www.rollcall.com/2020/09/01/republicans-bank-on-post-basement-blunders-from-joe-biden-democrats/

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• 409: It didn’t start with Trump: Since Ike, the Democrats disdain every Republican president or presidential candidate as stupid, cruel, unstable and war-mongering. @DevinNunes

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  Sep 05 2020

  Photo:This is a photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower and his family on the front porch of his parents' home in Abilene, Kansas.  Individuals depicted, standing from left to right, are: Roy Eisenhower, Arthur Eisenhower, Earl D. Eisenhower, Edgar Eisenhower, David Eisenhower, Milton Stover Eisenhower, Ida Eisenhower.  Dwight D. Eisenhower is seated on the steps. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowIt didn’t start with Trump: Since Ike, the Democrats disdain every Republican president or presidential candidate as stupid, cruel, unstable  and war-mongering. @DevinNunes ...more

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• 409: #TheScalaReport: Will the robots advance after the virus retreats? Is there a Robot Gap with the PRC? Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com #ScalaAPS

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  Sep 05 2020

  Photo:Theatrical poster for the film Forbidden Planet featuring Robby the Robot.Copyrighted by Loew's International. Artists(s) not known. - http://wrongsideoftheart.com/wp-content/gallery/posters-f/forbidden_planet_poster_01.jpg http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#TheScalaReport: Will the robots advance after the virus retreats? Is there a Robot Gap with the PRC?    Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com  #ScalaAPShttps://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2020/08/25/robots-that-can-walk-are-now-striding-to-market?frsc=dg%7Cehttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-03/china-is-said-to-plan-broad-chip-sector-support-to-counter-trump?cmpid=BBD090320_OUS&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=200903&utm_campaign=openamericas&sref=dukn3Rgh  ...more

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• 410: A payroll tax holiday means someone else does the work; and the Payroll Protection Plan fail. @VeroDeRugy @Mercatus

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  Sep 05 2020

  Image:  Jesus driving the money-changers from the temple. Veronique de Rugy, Mercatus, in re: The PP program was well-intentioned but ill-conceived.  Should have been very low-interest loans that went directly into employee’s bank account; could be a loan rather than a gift. Problem with vast national debt is that it’ll have to be repaid, perhaps by our progeny. Big debt almost always means higher taxes.  https://www.creators.com/read/veronique-de-rugy/09/20/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-free-tax-holiday https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/commentary/simple-plan ...more

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• 410: #PacificWatch: Captain Midnight at LAX. @JCBliss

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  Image:  Photo of the actor Richard Webb, who played Captain Midnight in the television series. Jeff Bliss, Pacific Watch, in re: The fellow wearing a jetpack and terrifying pilots high over LAX. https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-09-02/jetpack-lax-access-exclusive

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• 410: Surprising Return of the Culture Wars as the Progressives Fail to Market Portland to America. @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion.Image: Culture war in aulden times. A: Dan Henninger, Wonder Land column & WSJ editorial board; in re: The culture wars revive. ht

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  Sep 05 2020

  Image:  Culture war in olden times. Dan Henninger, Wonder Land column & WSJ editorial board; in re: The culture wars revive.   https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-culture-wars-are-back-11599087003?st=uucc68z4s6kekkv&reflink=article_copyURL_share

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• 409: American Helium prospecting for the 21st Century's overwhelming demand. Rob Rohlfing, CEO Desert Mountain Energy Corporation.

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  Sep 05 2020

  PhotoFossilized tree specimens in the Petrified Forest, now part of a U.S. national park near Holbrook in Arizona's remote Navajo and Apache countiesThe park is replete with fossils, especially fallen trees, or parts of them, that lived in the Late Triassic Period, about 225 million years ago. The park's splendors, which now include colorful badlands called the Painted Desert, so impressed early preservationists that they were the second-ever site designated a protected national monument (later national park) after President Theodore Roosevelt signed the authorization in 1906. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowAmerican Helium prospecting for the 21st Century's overwhelming demand.  Rob Rohlfing, CEO Desert Mountain Energy Corporation. U-S trading symbol: D-M-E-H-F; in Canada trading symbol: D-M-E.V (DME.V) https://desertmountainenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/DME-Investor-Presentation-08112020.pdf Robert Rohlfing, (CEO President and Chairman), is a seasoned oil & gas industry operations executive with a strong geological background and over 25 years’ experience in formulating, conducting and managing successful exploration, drilling, development and production programs for oil & gas and minerals worldwide. He has conducted geological exploration programs and drilling operations for a wide variety of companies for helium, hydrocarbons, gold, silver, rare earth metals, diamonds and gemstones in diverse areas ranging from Kansas, Oklahoma, Arizona and Alaska in the U.S. to Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Australia, Canada, Vietnam, and Cambodia. DME has 65,911 acres of key helium leases throughout the Holbrook Basin. This project area is named “Heliopolis” after the famous ancient Egyptian city, seat of worship of the sun god Atum or Ra. The sun is comprised of 25% helium. Heliopolis is highly prospective for helium, oil & gas. Its leases were carefully selected from studies of regional geology, engineering reports and logs from historic wells. Heliopolis has two large anticlinal features covering an area more than double the other Holbrook helium fields. Heliopolis overlays typical Coconino sandstone reservoir rocks and has abundant salt caps to act as trapping mechanisms. Heliopolis has never been produced as the other Holbrook fields provided ample supply. Those fields are now largely depleted and Helium prices have skyrocketed in response to new demand. .................... Extremelyunderexploredwithonlyonewelldrilledper100sq.mi.Mosthistoricdrilling was for minerals. Modern exploration, drilling and production techniques enhance potential. 9.23Billioncuft.(Bcf)ofHeliumgasproducedfrom22wellsin3fieldsinthe Holbrook basin from 1961–1976: Pinta Dome, Navajo Springs & East Navajo Springs. 6.5BcfproducedfromPintaDomealone,averaging1400Mcfperdayover15year period from only 11 wells. Labelled “some of the richest helium-bearing gas ever produced in the world” at that time. LargestwellatPintaDome,KerrMcGee01Macie-State,producedstunning1.779 Bcf Helium gas over that period; 304.7 Mcf per day. Avg.GradesproducedfromPintaDomewere8-10%Helium;90%Nitrogen;1% Carbon dioxide from avg.depths of 1050 ft. Elsewhere in N.E. Arizona He was produced in smaller concentrations with oil & natural gas production, e.g., the Dineh Bi Keyah field. Productionendedin1976duetolowHeliumpricesandliquidationofHeinventories by the U.S. National Helium Reserve. ...more

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• 408: The Great Departure: 4of4: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World Kindle Edition. by Tara Zahra (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo: Taft party, Ellis Island N.Y.Date01/01/1910ContributorsBain News Service, publisherLibrary of Congresslink The Great Departure: 4of4: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World Kindle Edition. by Tara Zahra  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Great-Departure-Migration-Eastern-Europe-ebook-dp-B00ZAT8XPA/dp/B00ZAT8XPA/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1599261729 Between 1846 and 1940, more than 50 million Europeans moved to the Americas in one of the largest migrations of human history, emptying out villages and irrevocably changing both their new homes and the ones they left behind. With a keen historical perspective on the most consequential social phenomenon of the twentieth century, Tara Zahra shows how the policies that gave shape to this migration provided the precedent for future events such as the Holocaust, the closing of the Iron Curtain, and the tragedies of ethnic cleansing. In the epilogue, she places the current refugee crisis within the longer history of migration....more

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• 408: The Great Departure: 3of4: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World Kindle Edition. by Tara Zahra (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo: Immigrants leaving for New York from Ellis Islandno known copyright restrictions The Great Departure: 3of4: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World Kindle Edition. by Tara Zahra  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Great-Departure-Migration-Eastern-Europe-ebook-dp-B00ZAT8XPA/dp/B00ZAT8XPA/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1599261729 Between 1846 and 1940, more than 50 million Europeans moved to the Americas in one of the largest migrations of human history, emptying out villages and irrevocably changing both their new homes and the ones they left behind. With a keen historical perspective on the most consequential social phenomenon of the twentieth century, Tara Zahra shows how the policies that gave shape to this migration provided the precedent for future events such as the Holocaust, the closing of the Iron Curtain, and the tragedies of ethnic cleansing. In the epilogue, she places the current refugee crisis within the longer history of migration....more

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• 408: The Great Departure: 2of4: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World Kindle Edition. by Tara Zahra (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 05 2020

  Photo:01/01/1900 Arriving at Ellis Island The Great Departure: 2of4: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World Kindle Edition. by Tara Zahra  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Great-Departure-Migration-Eastern-Europe-ebook-dp-B00ZAT8XPA/dp/B00ZAT8XPA/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1599261729 Between 1846 and 1940, more than 50 million Europeans moved to the Americas in one of the largest migrations of human history, emptying out villages and irrevocably changing both their new homes and the ones they left behind. With a keen historical perspective on the most consequential social phenomenon of the twentieth century, Tara Zahra shows how the policies that gave shape to this migration provided the precedent for future events such as the Holocaust, the closing of the Iron Curtain, and the tragedies of ethnic cleansing. In the epilogue, she places the current refugee crisis within the longer history of migration....more

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• 408: The Great Departure: 1of4: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World Kindle Edition. by Tara Zahra (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Sep 05 2020

  Photo:Public health workers checking immigrants arriving to the United States for signs of illness. The immigration law of 1891 made it mandatory that all immigrants coming into the United States undergo health inspection by Public Health Service physicians. The largest inspection center was on Ellis Island in New York Harbor. Credit: NIHCopyright info no known copyright restrictions The Great Departure: 1of4: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World Kindle Edition. by Tara Zahra  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Great-Departure-Migration-Eastern-Europe-ebook-dp-B00ZAT8XPA/dp/B00ZAT8XPA/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1599261729 Between 1846 and 1940, more than 50 million Europeans moved to the Americas in one of the largest migrations of human history, emptying out villages and irrevocably changing both their new homes and the ones they left behind. With a keen historical perspective on the most consequential social phenomenon of the twentieth century, Tara Zahra shows how the policies that gave shape to this migration provided the precedent for future events such as the Holocaust, the closing of the Iron Curtain, and the tragedies of ethnic cleansing. In the epilogue, she places the current refugee crisis within the longer history of migration....more

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• 407: Joe Biden explains that the virus will be solved when he’s president. @ConradMBlack

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  Image:  George Reed II House, built in 1804, New Castle, DelawareDigital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images.Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:124).Forms part of the Selects Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive   Conrad Black, publisher political analyst, litterateur, in re: Joe Biden, who says the virus will be solved when he’s president.  His basement campaign opened up to solve the Pennsylvania problem.  Dems thought too complacently till recently that they could keep him under wraps; but to move him as far as Wisconsin shows they’re starting to sweat.         1.  Trump hate, Orange Man Bad.  2. The pestilence alliance: to terrorize the country with the virus.   In fact, the American performance has been good; red states have done better than the blue in this.   3. Violence blamed on Trump—he’s responsible for everything bad in America.          Russia? Impeachment?  Zero evidence that Trump did what he was accused of—and, in any case, none of it was illegal.   They trivialized the impeachment process. Nadler actually said that, “Violence in this country is a myth”! Recall Biden’s crashing acccusati0n of Trump as xenophobic for preventing incoming flights from China.   https://amgreatness.com/2020/08/31/the-democrats-laughable-president-chaos-strategy/ ...more

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• 407: Colossally mismanaged California forestry creates mammoth annual fires. @JohnHCochrane @HooverInst

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  Sep 05 2020

  Image:  Fire as an agent of war:  “Behold from your walls the lands laid waste with fire and sword, booty driven off, the houses set on fire in every direction and smoking.” —Livy, The History of Rome. Here: engraving of a thirteenth-century catapult for throwing Greek fire. John Cochrane, Hoover, Grumpy Economist blog; in re:  California wildfires.  Imagine if Zuckerberg had a huge estate that he’d mismanaged as badly as Sacramento has mismanaged public lands.  Imagine the howls.  Here in Palo Alto we’re covered with thick smoke for a month every year. They claim it's global warming—in fact, it’s forest management that’s wrong-headed, where underbrush is not cleared until massive fires occur.  https://johnhcochrane.blogspot.com/2020/08/what-if-private-sector-were-responsible.html  ...more

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• 406: Why did Andrew Cuomo threaten POTUS with violence in New York City? @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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  Sep 04 2020

  Photo: 1913 [Cipriano Castro, 1856?-1924, portrait walking on New York City street] Why did Andrew Cuomo threaten POTUS with violence in New York City? @SebGorka #AmericaFirsthttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/andrew-cuomo-trump-threat-funding-new-york-city/

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• 406: Why did Joe Biden go to Pittsburgh on Monday? @SebGorka

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  Photo: 1942Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (vicinity). Montour no. 4 mine of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Mine foreman at a production meetingpublic domain Why did Joe Biden go to Pittsburgh on Monday?  @SebGorkahttps://triblive.com/news/politics-election/joe-biden-makes-campaign-stop-in-pittsburgh-says-hes-not-banning-fracking/

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• 405: NATO has a grave problem of internal inconsistencies, @BlaiseMisztal,

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  Sep 04 2020

  Image:  Cigala, Johann Michael Mehmet Blaise Misztal, @BlaiseMisztal, in re:  Arms embargo on Libya. France wanted to search a ship that a Turkish vessel was escorting; almost came to blows.   Moscow.  NATO has a grave problem of internal inconsistencies.  Italy seems to have stepped back; but as Turkey confronts the Greek-Egyptian-Israeli-Cypriot [etc.] alliance, it’s reached out to Italy, which still is afraid of massive, overwhelming immigration from sub-Saharan Africa—which Turkey has utilized to intimidate Western Europe.   Blaise Misztal, a Fellow at Hudson Institute. His research program focuses on the Middle East, Europe, and strategic competition. Most recently, Misztal served as the executive director of the Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States, a congressionally-mandated project convened by the U.S. Institute of Peace. Prior to that, he was director of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s national security program. ·         https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/08/1071342 ·         ttps://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-09-02/greece-turkey-and-oil-raise-fears-of-war-in-the-mediterranean ·         https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/lifting-the-arms-ban-on-the-republic-of-cyprus-is-good-policy-despite-the-timing/ ·         https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/is-turkey-moving-into-northern-lebanon-640226   ...more

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• 405: Macron promotes a Pax Mediterranea to stop Turkey. Charles Thépaut, @diplocharlie

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  Sep 04 2020

  Image:  For five thousand years we’ve needed a Pax Mediterranea.  Charles Thépaut, @diplocharlie,Charles Thépaut, @diplocharlie, in re: Maritime tensions in the Eastern Mediterranean; Libya. Charles Thépaut is a French diplomat and resident Visiting Fellow at The Washington Institute. An expert in Middle Eastern and North African affairs, he has worked for several European institutions in France, Syria, Algeria, Iraq, Belgium, and Germany. Most recently, he served as the political advisor for foreign policy at the French Embassy in Berlin, Germany. He has also been involved with the Global Coalition Against ISIS. Charles is speaking in personal capacity. ●        https://www.ft.com/content/9ce8847f-6fe8-4208-8a1d-2d6b3425ad42 ●        https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-macron-turkey/frances-macron-says-he-set-red-lines-with-turkey-in-eastern-mediterranean-idUSKBN25O2OO ●        https://cy.usembassy.gov/pompeo-temporarily-wa ●        https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/us-report-accuses-turkey-of-sending-extremists-looters-to-libya-640921 ...more

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• 405: Beirut: enormous cache of unexploded ammonium nitrate. Even belligerent sects protect each other’s corruption. Sarkis Naoum, @rnaoum1

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  Sep 04 2020

  Image:  Lebanese cedarSarkis Naoum, @rnaoum1, in re: Beirut blast; Lebanon New Government and Foreign Intervention; ICC/Hezbollah Tribunal. Hezbollah’s big mistake.  Everyone knows that in Lebanon we have no independence.  Conviction in absentia of former PM Hariri on Valentine’s Day in 2005. I think we’ve reached the end of our misery:  even sects that oppose each other, they're partners in corruption. Discovery of almost twice as much ammonium nitrate, unexploded, in the same area.    ●        https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/is-turkey-moving-into-northern-lebanon-640226 ●        https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/macron-to-hezbollah-mp-are-you-lebanese-prove-it-report-640799 ●        https://www.arabnews.com/node/1728711/middle-east ...more

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• 405: German intell services report more Iranian nuclear skullduggery. David Albright, @TheGoodISIS

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  Image:  Persian soldier, 1830 David Albright, @TheGoodISIS, in re: Iran.  German State Intell reports that Iran is advancing its WMD program, esp nuclear, on German soil. Secret missile programs.  German is a rich target because it has so much technology.  Iran as a criminal state; no respect for the laws of another country. After repeatedly refusing to let IAEA in at all, Iran has let nuclear inspectors in to two sites: IAEA decided there were two that had evidence of secret nuclear sites, and itself is under great pressure to [produce].  Compress the core; how well do the high explosives fire at Maravan?  (Maravan is Abadei.)  At this important site, buildings were razed after Iran found that Maravan had been discovered.   David Albright, physicist, founder and president of the nonprofit Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) in Washington, D.C. He directs the project work of the Institute and chairs its board of directors. He has written numerous assessments on secret nuclear weapons programs throughout the world. ●       https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-08-28/nuclear-inspectors-show-pressure-on-iran-works?srnd=opinion&sref=TP1pJeIF ●        https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/macron-talks-nuclear-energy-and-ways-to-control-militias-during-iraq-visit-1.1071729 ●        https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/09/niger-un-security-council-president-sanctions-us-iran.html ...more

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• 404: The lava tubes of Mars are future Martian cities. Robert Zimmerman

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  Image:  This image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a lava channel, which lies just to the east of the largest volcano in the solar system: Olympus Mons.  Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack,com, in re: Surface of Mars: lava tubes.  The lava tubes of Mars are future Martian cities.  Black holes in orbit around each other; spiral in to each other according to Einstein’s physics.    However, 85 solar masses is considered too large for the physics, should not exist; but one has been found.   https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/the-longest-lava-tube-in-the-solar-system/  ...more

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• 404: SpaceX Starship hops again. Robert Zimmerman

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  Image:  A SpaceX launch in 2012 Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack,com, in re:  . . .   Wallops Island.   SpaceX Starship hops again.  https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/another-successful-starship-prototype-hop/

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• 404: The decline of the NBA outside of China. @VDHanson @HooverInst

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  Image: Yankee basketball team, 1920 Copyright info No known restrictions on publication.Victor Davis Hanson, @VDHanson @HooverInst, Hoover, in re:  The decline of the NBA outside of China.  https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/09/joe-biden-campaign-competing-political-imperatives/

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• 404: Is Joe Biden an avatar? @VDHanson @HooverInst

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  Image:  Avatars:  An apparition of Vishna, Vamana, the dwarf sits in front of a giant figure In the blue strip at the bottom, a drowning figure.Een verschijning van Vishna, Vamana, de dwerg zit voor een reuzenfiguur Vanama met twee paar armen en benen waarvan een uit de schouder komt en een wat kort is en op het hoofd van de dwergfiguur staat, in de blauwe strook onderaan een verdrinkende figuur.Victor Davis Hanson, @VDHanson @HooverInst , Hoover, in re:  Joe Biden breaks old patterns.  Is Joe Biden an avatar? https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/09/joe-biden-campaign-competing-political-imperatives/ ...more

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• 403: 4/4 Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower's Secret Campaign against Joseph McCarthy, by David A. Nichols

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  Image:  Welch (left) being questioned by Senator Joe McCarthy (right) at the Army–McCarthy hearings, June 9, 1954. His confrontation with McCarthy during the hearings, in which he famously asked McCarthy "At long last, have you left no sense of decency?" is seen as a turning point in the history of McCarthyism. Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower's Secret Campaign against Joseph McCarthy, by David A. Nichols      https://www.amazon.com/Ike-McCarthy-Eisenhowers-Campaign-against-ebook/dp/B01HMXV2KO The full, little-known story of how President Dwight Eisenhower masterminded the downfall of the anti-Communist demagogue Senator Joseph McCarthy is “a gripping, detailed account of how the executive branch subtly but decisively defeated one of America’s most dangerous demagogues” (The Washington Post). ...more

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• 403: 3/4 Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower's Secret Campaign against Joseph McCarthy, by David A. Nichols

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  Image: Senator Joseph McCarthy standing at microphone with two other men, probably discussing the Senate Select Committee to Study Censure Charges (Watkins Committee) chaired by Senator Arthur V. Watkins TOH Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower's Secret Campaign against Joseph McCarthy, by David A. Nichols      https://www.amazon.com/Ike-McCarthy-Eisenhowers-Campaign-against-ebook/dp/B01HMXV2KO The full, little-known story of how President Dwight Eisenhower masterminded the downfall of the anti-Communist demagogue Senator Joseph McCarthy is “a gripping, detailed account of how the executive branch subtly but decisively defeated one of America’s most dangerous demagogues” (The Washington Post). ...more

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• 403: 2/4 Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower's Secret Campaign against Joseph McCarthy, by David A. Nichols

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  Image: HPRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER VISIT TO MSFC FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE CENTER. Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower's Secret Campaign against Joseph McCarthy, by David A. Nichols      https://www.amazon.com/Ike-McCarthy-Eisenhowers-Campaign-against-ebook/dp/B01HMXV2KO The full, little-known story of how President Dwight Eisenhower masterminded the downfall of the anti-Communist demagogue Senator Joseph McCarthy is “a gripping, detailed account of how the executive branch subtly but decisively defeated one of America’s most dangerous demagogues” (The Washington Post). ...more

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• 403: 1/4 Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower's Secret Campaign against Joseph McCarthy, by David A. Nichols

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  Image: Eisenhower in the Oval Office, February 29, 1956. Ike and McCarthy: Dwight Eisenhower's Secret Campaign against Joseph McCarthy, by David A. Nichols      https://www.amazon.com/Ike-McCarthy-Eisenhowers-Campaign-against-ebook/dp/B01HMXV2KO The full, little-known story of how President Dwight Eisenhower masterminded the downfall of the anti-Communist demagogue Senator Joseph McCarthy is “a gripping, detailed account of how the executive branch subtly but decisively defeated one of America’s most dangerous demagogues” (The Washington Post). ...more

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• 403: Can US bombers fend off China’s new technologies? Rick Fisher, Intl Assessment & Strategy Center

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  Sep 04 2020

  Image:  Portrait of Wu Fu, Brigadier General of the Gansu Region. Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk; 1760 AD; inscribed, and with one seal of the Ch`in Lung emperor. Rick Fisher, senior Fellow on Asian Military Affairs at the International Assessment and Strategy Center, in re: Bombers to fend off China’s technological advances. Rotated through Guam and Diego Garcia.  PRC’s nuclear arsenal—large, in tunnels in Western China?  We really don’t have enough information.  China has everything underground: bomb factories, nuclear.   https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/01/politics/china-military-power-report/index.html https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-china-bombers/ ...more

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• 403: China’s “nibble and negotiate strategy”: hold peace parleys then move troops. @CleoPaskal

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  Image:  Days long gone—founding of the Sino-Indian Friendship Association on 16 May 1952 in Beijing. Cleo Paskal, non-resident senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, in re:  The latest on India. China’s “nibble and negotiate strategy,” whereby it holds peace parleys then moves troops forward to steal more Indian territory. India saw this, and moved in troops that had been acclimatized to the extreme height and cold of the Himalayas.  China has killed yet another Indian officer, a Tibetan; as China tried to steal strategic locati0ns, India responded strongly and China failed.  China keeps probing to see how it can rally its own domestic nationalism.  More on Chinese apps, which are singularly unwelcome in India, being agencies for economic and espionage infiltration; perhaps unwisely, Beijing isn’t backing down.       Tibetan supergene for highest altitudes is descended from the ancient Denisovans!   China won't understand the irony of killing ancient ancestors. Tibetans lost not only their physical homeland but their spiritual homeland, which gives people a lot of energy.  Supply Chain Resilience Initiative.  Lots going on in many complex areas.  Xi is forcing others to take stronger defensive positions as well as create new alliances.  HH the Dalai Lama.  Dharamsala.  https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-china-clashes-live-updates-fresh-clashes-between-india-china-troops-at-pangong-tso/liveblog/77842421.cms ...more

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• 402: The UAE Abraham Accord and Saudi Arabia overflight news are the first of many successes to follow for Netanyahu and Trump. @AaronKleinShow

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  Sep 03 2020

  Photo:Photograph shows pilgrims with camels and livestock gathered at a rest station near ʻArafah (Mount Arafat) east of  Mecca, Saudi Arabia during the Hajj. Pilgrims are wearing Ihrām clothing. After gathering at ʻArafah, pilgrims proceeded to Miná for the symbolic Stoning of the Devil ritual. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe UAE Abraham Accord and Saudi Arabia overflight news are the first of many successes to follow for Netanyahu and Trump.  @AaronKleinShowhttps://worldisraelnews.com/saudi-arabia-gives-israel-overflight-permission-to-uae/ ...more

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• 401: The unhappy timeline for the resolution of the Michael Flynn prosecution. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO . @ThadMcCotter

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  Sep 03 2020

  Image:  US courtroom The unhappy timeline for the resolution of the Michael Flynn prosecution. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO .  @ThadMcCotter  https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/with-election-looming-judge-sullivan-will-drag-out-the-flynn-case/

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• 401: What is the Travel Act and how can it solve the disorder in Blue cities? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO; Thaddeus McCotter: @ThadMcCotter

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  Image: Cosa Nostra:  Travel Act is good to use against the Mafia.Andrew C McCarthy, Ball of Collusion, and Thaddeus McCotter, American Greatness, in re:  What is the Travel Act and how can it solve the disorder in Blue cities? Costa Nostra: The Travel Act is useful to use against the Mafia.@AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO    https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/meet-the-travel-act/

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• 400: Why is Russia arming Armenia & What is to be done? @ElinSuleymanov @azembassyus

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  Sep 03 2020

  Photo:Basiliuskathedraal in Moskou  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowWhy is Russia arming Armenia & What is to be done? @ElinSuleymanov  @azembassyushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-azerbaijan-armenia-russia/azerbaijan-accuses-moscow-of-arming-armenia-since-july-clashes-idUSKBN25P0L4

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• 399: The astonishing array of American rocket boosters for launch on a weekend in August. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com

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  Sep 03 2020

  Image:  Schooners became favored for some coast-wise commerce after 1850—they enabled a small crew to handle sails.  The astonishing array of American rocket boosters for launch on a weekend in August. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comNote that in the auld days, 5% of ships that set sail simply never returned.

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• 399: NASA Mars probe InSight discovers Martian soil is strange. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Sep 03 2020

  Image:  Martian soil is the fine regolith found on the surface of Mars. Here: Curiosity's view of Martian soil and boulders after crossing the "Dingo Gap" sand dune (February 9, 2014; image transformed to Earth-like atmospheric view. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com; in re: NASA Mars probe InSight discovers Martian soil is strange. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com   https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/problem-with-insights-weather-station/

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• 398: China's big banks lose big. @GordonGChang & On the Money with Charles Ortel

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  Sep 03 2020

  Image:  Sung Dynasty jiao-zr, the world's earliest paper money.  China's big banks lose big.  @GordonGChang Charles Ortel of the On the Money with Charles Ortel podcast in re:   https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/31/profit-declines-for-chinas-big-banks-in-first-half-of-2020-due-to-bad-loans-during-coronavirus.html

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• 398: Japan without Abe; the US without Abe. @GordonGChang, @ScottWHarold

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  Sep 03 2020

  Image:  Engraved in the Ehon Shaho bukuro (1720). Japan without Abe; the US without Abe. @GordonGChang ; and Scott Harold, @ScottWHarold, senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation, in re: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/31/japans-next-prime-minister-faces-a-difficult-year-ahead-after-abe-resigns.html

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• 398: California's unacceptable prejudices. Williamson M Evers, Independent Institute.

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  Sep 03 2020

  Image:   1890 photograph of the first "Bear Flag" of California. A replica of it is now at El Presidio de Sonoma, or Sonoma Barracks. Williamson Evers, Independent Institute and WSJ editorial board,  _____,   in re: Ethnic studies is a discipline growing from the California student strike of the late 1960s.   Through the lens of African-American and Marxist studies.  . . . Are the now-relevant persons oppressed or a [cog] in the capitalist system? Victimology. Cultural resilience? Need to study multiple ethnic groups, incl Koreans, Jews, Irish.  Obligatory high school ethnic studies derive from college courses. State Board of Education, apptd by the governor, seem to be the intellectual progenitors of the content.    https://www.wsj.com/articles/critical-ethnic-studies-returns-to-california-11598568504 ...more

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• 397: State of the City, the State, the Union: NYC famously Liberal Democratic Upper West Side overrun by hundreds of abandoned addicts and their dealers & What is to be done? John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtable @JohnCats.

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  Sep 03 2020

  Photo:The Hudson River & Riverside Park, New York, N.Y.01/01/1900Copyright infoNo known restrictions on publicatio  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowState of the City, the State, the Union: NYC famously Liberal Democratic Upper West Side overrun by hundreds of abandoned addicts and their dealers & What is to be done? John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtable @JohnCats.https://nypost.com/2020/09/02/nypd-urges-uws-residents-to-call-911-about-shelter-problems/...more

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• 396: 4/4 Dawn of Infamy: A Sunken Ship, a Vanished Crew, and the Final Mystery of Pearl Harbor, by Stephen Harding.

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  Sep 03 2020

  Image:  Sinking of S.S. Cynthia Olson. This ship was sunk by shelling Japanese submarine I-26 Japanese submarine on the same day as the attack on Pearl Harbor. This photograph is a taken by Saburo Hayashi crew Japanese submarine I-26Dawn of Infamy: A Sunken Ship, a Vanished Crew, and the Final Mystery of Pearl Harbor, by Stephen Harding.  Richard Ferrone(Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Dawn-Infamy-Sunken-Vanished-Mystery/dp/B01M6777QZ/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= The New York Times best-selling author Stephen Harding explores the little-known episode of a US cargo ship that mysteriously vanished, along with her crew, hours before the attack on Pearl Harbor, marking the start of a global conflict and sparking one of the most enduring nautical mysteries of the war.  On December 7, 1941, even as Japanese carrier-launched aircraft flew toward Pearl Harbor, a small American cargo ship chartered by the army reported that it was under attack from a submarine halfway between Seattle and Honolulu. After that one cryptic message, the humble lumber carrier Cynthia Olson and her crew vanished without a trace, sparking one of the most enduring nautical mysteries of the war. What happened to the ill-fated ship? What happened to her crew? And was she Japan's first American victim of the Pacific War?  Based on years of research, Dawn of Infamy explores both the military and human aspects of the Cynthia Olson story, bringing to life a complex tale of courage, tenacity, hubris, and arrogance in the opening hours of America's war in the Pacific. ...more

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• 396: 3/4 Dawn of Infamy: A Sunken Ship, a Vanished Crew, and the Final Mystery of Pearl Harbor, by Stephen Harding.

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  Sep 03 2020

  Image:  A Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter on the carrier Akagi Dawn of Infamy: A Sunken Ship, a Vanished Crew, and the Final Mystery of Pearl Harbor, by Stephen Harding.  Richard Ferrone (Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Dawn-Infamy-Sunken-Vanished-Mystery/dp/B01M6777QZ/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= The New York Times best-selling author Stephen Harding explores the little-known episode of a US cargo ship that mysteriously vanished, along with her crew, hours before the attack on Pearl Harbor, marking the start of a global conflict and sparking one of the most enduring nautical mysteries of the war.  On December 7, 1941, even as Japanese carrier-launched aircraft flew toward Pearl Harbor, a small American cargo ship chartered by the army reported that it was under attack from a submarine halfway between Seattle and Honolulu. After that one cryptic message, the humble lumber carrier Cynthia Olson and her crew vanished without a trace, sparking one of the most enduring nautical mysteries of the war. What happened to the ill-fated ship? What happened to her crew? And was she Japan's first American victim of the Pacific War?  Based on years of research, Dawn of Infamy explores both the military and human aspects of the Cynthia Olson story, bringing to life a complex tale of courage, tenacity, hubris, and arrogance in the opening hours of America's war in the Pacific. ...more

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• 396: 2/4 Dawn of Infamy: A Sunken Ship, a Vanished Crew, and the Final Mystery of Pearl Harbor, by Stephen Harding.

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  Sep 03 2020

  Image:  American loggers in Okanogan County, Washington, 1927.Dawn of Infamy: A Sunken Ship, a Vanished Crew, and the Final Mystery of Pearl Harbor, by Stephen Harding.  Richard Ferrone(Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Dawn-Infamy-Sunken-Vanished-Mystery/dp/B01M6777QZ/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= The New York Times best-selling author Stephen Harding explores the little-known episode of a US cargo ship that mysteriously vanished, along with her crew, hours before the attack on Pearl Harbor, marking the start of a global conflict and sparking one of the most enduring nautical mysteries of the war.  On December 7, 1941, even as Japanese carrier-launched aircraft flew toward Pearl Harbor, a small American cargo ship chartered by the army reported that it was under attack from a submarine halfway between Seattle and Honolulu. After that one cryptic message, the humble lumber carrier Cynthia Olson and her crew vanished without a trace, sparking one of the most enduring nautical mysteries of the war. What happened to the ill-fated ship? What happened to her crew? And was she Japan's first American victim of the Pacific War?  Based on years of research, Dawn of Infamy explores both the military and human aspects of the Cynthia Olson story, bringing to life a complex tale of courage, tenacity, hubris, and arrogance in the opening hours of America's war in the Pacific. ...more

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• 396: 1/4 Dawn of Infamy: A Sunken Ship, a Vanished Crew, and the Final Mystery of Pearl Harbor, by Stephen Harding.

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  Sep 03 2020

  Image:  SS Cynthia Olson Dawn of Infamy: A Sunken Ship, a Vanished Crew, and the Final Mystery of Pearl Harbor, by Stephen Harding.  Richard Ferrone(Narrator), Recorded Books (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Dawn-Infamy-Sunken-Vanished-Mystery/dp/B01M6777QZ/ref=tmm_aud_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= The New York Times best-selling author Stephen Harding explores the little-known episode of a US cargo ship that mysteriously vanished, along with her crew, hours before the attack on Pearl Harbor, marking the start of a global conflict and sparking one of the most enduring nautical mysteries of the war.  On December 7, 1941, even as Japanese carrier-launched aircraft flew toward Pearl Harbor, a small American cargo ship chartered by the army reported that it was under attack from a submarine halfway between Seattle and Honolulu. After that one cryptic message, the humble lumber carrier Cynthia Olson and her crew vanished without a trace, sparking one of the most enduring nautical mysteries of the war. What happened to the ill-fated ship? What happened to her crew? And was she Japan's first American victim of the Pacific War?  Based on years of research, Dawn of Infamy explores both the military and human aspects of the Cynthia Olson story, bringing to life a complex tale of courage, tenacity, hubris, and arrogance in the opening hours of America's war in the Pacific. ...more

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• 395: Major Northern Hemisphere transformation, Japan-Russia-Europe, almost agreed. Gregory R. Copley, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs

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  Sep 03 2020

  Image: The Second Silk Road, unencumbered by Beijing's despotism, a-building from Hokkaido through South Korea and Russia to Western Europe.Shinzo Abe’s Departure Comes at a Difficult Time, but Also with New Opportunities Analysis. From GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs, Tokyo. Shinzo Abe’s August 28, 2020, resignation as Prime Minister of Japan will have significant strategic ramifications, even if his successor follows the same path as Mr Abe. The fact that the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) would likely select a successor in September 2020 meant that there would be attempts by Beijing immediately to test the new Prime Minister’s resolve. That would be in the period of great delicacy in the run-up to the November 3, 2020, US Presidential and Congressional elections, when People’s Republic of China (PRC) leader Xi Jinping may well attempt to make a significant move in the region, banking now on the domestic preoccupations of both the US and Japanese leadership. Clearly, from an urgent perspective, the new Japanese Prime Minister must be able to pre-empt or respond to PRC military challenges but, in the broader sense it will be the new leader’s mission to take negotiations with Russia to the next stage, something Mr Abe was unable to do. That is a massive challenge, akin to unraveling the Gordian Knot. Mr Abe and Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin had made great progress in helping to develop an alternative trading route to challenge the Communist Party of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). They had, with strong support from US Pres. Donald Trump, moved a long way down the path of creating a “Second Silk Road”, which would exclude PRC territory, and utilize land links up the Korean Peninsula; access through Russia’s key port, Vladivostok; and, ultimately, by bridge and land from the Japanese northern main island, Hokkaido, giving overland rail access for Japanese, Korean, and Taiwanese (ROC) goods to Europe without having to transit the South China Sea and Indian Ocean... Permissions:  Sea of Japan Map.png: Chris 73 •  derivative work: Phoenix7777 (talk)   This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. |  You are free: • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work •  to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: •  attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. •  share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.  ...more

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• 394: Heirs to English common law re-band in a powerful global host. Gregory R. Copley, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs

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  Image:  Current Commonwealth members (dark blue), former members (orange), and the British Overseas Territories and Crown dependencies (light blue). Public domain.Analysis. By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs. It is probable that the fourth-largest geopolitical unit in the world — in economic weight — is now in the process of forming. Is it a supra-state? It is also the only one with an actual global strategic footprint. Not just reach: footprint. It is the gathering union (or re-union), in an as-yet-undetermined fashion, of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. This re-gathering of elements — dominions — of the British Empire with the United Kingdom has long been mooted, but has, in recent years, been re-crystallized in political terms around a movement that began in Canada in 2015, known as CANZUK International: The Commonwealth Freedom of Movement Organisation. By 2020, it had gained significant traction among the four states; and de facto links to allow free trade and free movement of peoples among them, were beginning to re-emerge. As well, there was a re-birth of shared approaches to national security, quite apart from the ongoing bonds they share in the Five Eyes intelligence accord, known as the UKUSA Accord, which binds the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States into an intelligence-sharing alliance. Indeed, some proponents of the CANZUK concept say that it would create an English-speaking bloc capable of exerting major alliance support for the United States. ...more

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• 393: The virus cancels Siena's astounding Palio horse race for the first time since the Second War. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation.

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  Photo: Some of the glorious flags of contrade (neighborhoods) in Siena seen in the splendid annual Palio. A good description of the event is at https://studyabroadblog.georgetown.domains/cultural-revelations-at-the-palio-di-siena/ http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe virus cancels Sienna's astounding Palio horse race for the first time since the Second War.  Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation.https://www.thelocal.it/20200515/italy-siena-palio-cancelled-for-first-time-since-world-war-two ...more

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• 392: “South American socialists call everyone but themselves corrupt.” Joseph Humire: @jmhumire, @securefreesoc; & Senator Maria Fernanda Cabal, @MariaFdaCabal.

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  Sep 02 2020

  Image:  Mikhail Bakunin speaking to members of the International Workingmen's Association at the Basel Congress in 1869. Bakunin proclaimed that he wouldn’t be satisfied till the major cities of the world—London, Paris Moscow, New York—were engulfed in flames and razed to the ground. The New World Report: Joseph Humire:  @jmhumire, @securefreesoc; and Senator Maria Fernanda Cabal, @MariaFdaCabal; in re:  Delayed election in Bolivia, where the leading candidate was finance minister under Morales.  Intent to restore Morales in power.  In Argentina, Kirchner has maintained power similarly.    Amlo grandstanding; a populist who uses a socialist agenda. Socialists call everyone but themselves “corrupt.”  The former head of Pemex knew 70 prominent Mexicans engaging in corruption, as well as the last two presidents. Amlo’s brother received a huge chunk of cash. ...more

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• 392: Maduro skirts world sanctions with “victimization narrative & military threat.” Joseph Humire: @jmhumire, @securefreesoc; & Senator Maria Fernanda Cabal, @MariaFdaCabal.

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  Sep 02 2020

  Image:   Coquero (Figure Chewing Coca), 850–1500 C.E.; Brooklyn Museum The New World Report: Joseph Humire:  @jmhumire, @securefreesoc; and Senator Maria Fernanda Cabal, @MariaFdaCabal; in re:   Way for Maduro regime to circumvent sanctions is to go to intl community with a victimization narrative and just enough of a military threat . . .  trying to pit the US against the UN.  Resolution 2231. . .  . Cocaine: NE corner of Colombia is [partly swamped] by Venezuela.  Fight to control territory; others want to change crops but are killed by narcoterrorists. Two weeks ago another massacre on the frontier; four Venezuelans died.   . . .    Transregional threat networks are horizontal in nature.  ...more

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• 391: BoJo under pressure from his allies, the Tories. @josephsternberg, @WSJOpinion

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  Sep 02 2020

  Image:  An elegant tory of yore, William Pitt the Younger Joseph Sternberg, c , WSJ editorial board Political Economics column; in re:  Boris Johnson is under a lot of pressure, from his own side, the Tories.    . . . Consumer spending is starting to come back. The US is perched on a knife-edge: if we keep opening up, maybe the cryogenic freeze will let us come back quickly, or maybe [the opposite].  In London, recommendation that people walk or cycle to work.  Diminution of Tube travellers? ..“The leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party cannot be blamed for the advent of COVID-19, which he and 299,000 other Britons have contracted. Indeed, his government can be credited with a number of bold initiatives, such as 80 percent support for furloughed employees; a major public health campaign against obesity; and new moves to combat climate change. Yet he is guilty of boastful rhetoric, mixed messaging, poor policy execution, and broken promises. He has suffered a sharp decline in popularity. Many who helped him to an 80-strong majority in the House of Commons last December now feel abandoned and betrayed. The union is in jeopardy, with Scotland and Northern Ireland particularly at risk. The Conservative government avoids mainstream media interviews, preferring glib sound bites and photo opportunities.  . . .” http://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/britain-suffers-boris-johnsons-chaotic-politics/ ...more

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• 391: A-Levels disaster: Eton safeguards it own—in 2020, with an algorithm. @josephsternberg, @WSJOpinion

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  Image:  A bird's-eye view of Eton College by David Loggan, published in his Cantabrigia Illustrata of 1690. Joseph Sternberg, @josephsternberg, @WSJOpinion, WSJ editorial board Political Economics column; in re:  More important than the virus: The education of high-schoolers passing into university. The A-levels. These tests are very important, being the only way a British student can enter university. Everything stopped with the pandemic, is now become chaos: Govt dvpd an algorithm to solve everything, but forty per cent of students’s schoolwork was downgraded [irrationally].  The algo punished poor students.  The bureaucrats just made it up.  State schools were disadvantaged because the algo assumed that if your class was bigger, your teacher wouldn’t be able to grade you very well.  Students at expensive schools were given an advantage. Another failing: extremely bright students were assumed not to be as good as their actual grades showed.   Re-established Victorian England: if you went to Eton, you won; if not, you lost. ...more

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• 390: Why did the Dow boot out Exxon? @JohnTamny

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  Image:  DJIA screen grab.John Tamny, RealClearMarkets; in re:  Exxon banned from the Dow-Jones 30. An entertaining approach to why: In 2013, Exxon was the world’s most valuable corporation. Now has lost [vast] billions [$207 bil in market cap?]. The Fed was propping up the market?  Every market rally has been top-heavy. If you remove the FAANGs and Microsoft from the market, not much happening.   Chris Buckley has written an amusing novel about the Russians; JT reviewed it.  The Russian conspiracy story lends itself to Gilbert and Sullivan. Bumper sticker: “I hope the Russians trick me into voting for Trump again.”  https://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2020/08/30/exxonmobils-djia-deletion-exposes-the-insignificance-of-the-feds-latest-policy-shift/#2b5ba5fd26dc ...more

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• 390: Europeans learn that safety nets need people who actually work, even in the virus crisis. @JohnTamny @RealClearMarkets

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  Image:  Social utopias: The Earthly Paradise – Garden of Eden, from Hieronymus Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights. John Tamny, RealClearMarkets; Aauthor, Who Needs the Fed?; in re:  The virus in the EU. A re-think about their safety net: taking care of everyone all the time Forgot that there’s a safety net for those who aren't working if and only if others are feverishly working.  With the long shutdown and mass layoffs, too many aren't working; ergo, end of the safety net.  Italy has largely recovered, but tourism is barely extant.  In Tuscany, the hotels have closed, esp with no Americans. They may never have imagined a day when Americans wouldn’t show up.       With Americans’ producing less and travelling less, it affects much of the world. There’s no such thing as govt spending or safety nets: the [whole mechanism functions ] based on production.       The shutdowns in New York are a failure. Restaurants are closed; and no one may travel to New York State without an arduous quarantine.  Haven’t solved the virus but have badly damaged the economy.  The greatest enemy of disease is prosperity.       To fight a virus that kills a tiny percentage of people, we’ve put hundreds of millions back into poverty.   It’s appalling.  https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2020/08/27/europeans_discover_the_myth_about_safety_nets_the_hard_way_575386.html ...more

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• 389: Persecution of the hero Flynn and examination of the hero McCain. @LeeSmithDC

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  Sep 02 2020

  Image:As Task Force 38, maneuvering off the Japanese coast, 17 August 1945Taken by a USS Shangri-La (CV-38) photographer. - Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-278815 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command The U.S. Navy Task Force 38, of the U.S. Third Fleet maneuvering off the coast of Japan, 17 August 1945, two days after Japan agreed to surrender. The aircraft carrier in lower right is USS Wasp (CV-18). Note that her forward hull number on the flight deck is painted to be readable for planes coming from the bow. This was discontinued as escort carriers with such high numbers, like in this case USS Rudyerd Bay (CVE-81), were commissioned. The other identifiable carrier is USS Shangri-La (CV-38) in the left center. She is the only known carrier to have her air group identification letter ("Z") painted in white on her flight deck, instead of her hull number. Also present in the formation are four other Essex-class carriers, four Independence-class light carriers, at least three battleships, two of the Iowa-class and one of the South Dakota-class, plus several cruisers and destroyers. Public Domain File:Task Force 38 off the coast of Japan 1945.jpg Created: 17 August 1945 Lee Smith, @LeeSmithDC. The Permanent Coup: How Enemies Foreign and Domestic Targeted the American President, in re:  The federal Court of Appeals has turned back the effort to release Gen Flynn.  Continued persecution of Flynn; the people who are deeply concerned abut the case and following it carefully: creating an enormous audience of, basically, followers, of Gen Flynn, an American hero. This is the continued persecution of a man whom everyone understands to have been set up by rogue FBI agents and the last administration, including the president and the vice-president. There actually is a two-tier system of justice; Flynn will continue to suffer because, inter al., the judiciary has proven itself—here, in the form of Sullivan—to be corrupt. It's shocking, Meanwhile, great anger is growing nationally, of which the [culpable persons] and others, such as Schiff, seem not to be aware. McCain gave the bogus, poison dossier to David Ignatius.  McCain could not have believed it [the contents of the dossier]. Hard to believe that he’d let that poison go into the American media; and four years later we’re still not done with it.   https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/28/john-mccain-associate-planned-leaks-posts-ignatius/ ...more

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• 389: Republican Smart People for Biden have nowhere to go, so they advertise in the WSJ. @JedBabbin, American Spectator, @JedBabbin @WashingtonTimes

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  Sep 02 2020

  Image:  In the 1930s and 1940s, Me-too Republicans described those running on a platform of agreeing with the Democratic Party, proclaiming only minor or moderating philosophical differences. An example is the two-time presidential candidate Thomas E. Dewey, who ran against the popular Franklin D. Roosevelt and his successor Harry Truman. Dewey didn't oppose Roosevelt's New Deal programs all together, but merely campaigned on the promise that Republicans would run them more efficiently and less corruptly. Here: a photo of Dewey.Jed Babbin, American Spectator,  in re: “Seventy former national security officials who had served in past Republican administrations have written a letter and taken out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal to declare that President Trump is ‘dangerously unfit’ to serve a second term and that Democrat Joe Biden would be better to trust with our defense and foreign relationships.”        No one knows if Iran is complying with the internationally-imposed restrictions on its development of a nuclear bomb. For Biden to endorse the disastrous JCPOA is [madness].  He hasn’t thought it through. How can the seventy endorse him?  Trump has many faults but this danger is [virtually existential].  How can the signatories to the letter justify their endorsement? The total reason for the letter is that they don't like Trump’s personality.  . . .  Libya is Somalia on the Mediterranean.  They give no reason for supporting Biden; he’d inherit this problem which he helped to create. Their letter is an amazing defeat of the facts. We have choices in life; they've chosen to support Biden despite the fact that  “Biden has been wrong on every foreign policy decision for the last forty years.”—Robert Gates, former Defense Secretary.      ..  ..  ..    https://spectator.org/the-gang-of-seventy-swamps-trump/     “Seventy former national security officials who had served in past Republican administrations have written a letter and taken out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal to declare that President Trump is ‘dangerously unfit’ to serve a second term and that Democrat Joe Biden would be better to trust with our defense and foreign relationships.  . . . What the G-70 letter writers ignore is that Trump’s approaches to China and North Korea have resulted in none of the bad deals that earlier presidents — notably Bill Clinton — made with nations such as North Korea. Trump’s proclaiming that he and Kim were in love was dumb, but it’s a long way from making a deal relieving North Korea of economic sanctions, as Clinton did, without extracting from North Korea any benefit to our national security in return.”https://spectator.org/the-gang-of-seventy-swamps-trump/ ...more

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• 388: The NBA forgets it is a theatrical company. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Sep 02 2020

  Photo:Georges-Pierre Seurat (UK: /ˈsɜːrɑː,  - rʌ/ SUR-ah, -⁠uh, US: /sʊˈrɑː/ suu-RAH,[1][2][3][4][5] French: [ʒɔʁʒ pjɛʁ sœʁa];[6] 2 December 1859 – 29 March 1891) was a French post-Impressionist artist. He is best known for devising the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism as well as pointillism.  Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque)Object type paintingGenregenre art Date1887–88Mediumoil on canvasDimensions39 1/4 x 59 in. (99.7 x 149.9 cm)  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe NBA forgets it is a theatrical company. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/08/let-them-boycott/ ...more

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• 388: PM Shinzo Abe bids farewell and steps off the stage. @MichaelAuslin @HoverInst

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  Sep 02 2020

  Photo:Creator:Utagawa KunitoshiTitle御鳳輦之図DescriptionJapan; Print; PrintsDate1889MediumOne sheet of a triptych of polychrome woodblock prints; ink and color on paperDimensionsTriptych 14 9/16 x 29 in. (37 x 73.6 cm)Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art   Current locationAsian ArtAccession numberJP3230Credit lineGift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1959Source/Photographer https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/55224  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowPM Shinzo Abe bids farewell and steps off the stage. @MichaelAuslin @HoverInsthttps://foreignpolicy.com/2020/08/28/abe-japan-resignation-united-states-ally/ ...more

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• 387: 4/4 Our Family Dreams: The Fletchers' Adventures in Nineteenth Century America, by Daniel Blake Smith

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  Sep 02 2020

  Image:  "Mining on the Comstock," depicting the headframes and mills of the various mines, and mining technology used at Comstock, most prominently the method of square-set timbering developed there to work the veins.Our Family Dreams: The Fletchers' Adventures in Nineteenth Century America, by Daniel Blake Smith         In the early years after the Revolution, Americans were on the move, seeking to establish a new way of life. And, more than the church or the school or the courthouse, it was the family that nurtured the American dream. In this novel-like narrative, Daniel Blake Smith vividly brings to life the Fletchers, a family of loving, ambitious, at times insecure pioneers who scattered across the vast expanse of post-revolutionary America but kept in touch through letters despite their wildly different life paths. On a hardscrabble farm in Vermont, the patriarch, Jesse Fletcher, struggled with debt and depression but managed to educate his children, especially his son Elijah, a Yankee who moved to Virginia: shocked by the horrors of slavery but then seduced by the plantation lifestyle. Another son, Calvin, left at age 17 for Indianapolis to become a self-made lawyer, banker, and prominent citizen and passionate abolitionist. The grandchildren include Indiana, a women's education activist who donated her home to create Sweet Briar College; the black sheep Lucian, who went to California to join in the gold rush; and the physician Billy, captured as a spy during the Civil War. Through letters and diaries, we find in Our Family Dreams that the Fletchers appear surprisingly similar to us; they dream, fret, fight, and love. Despite numerous heartaches and setbacks, their spirit of enterprise, sacrifice, mobility, and education endures as American values to this day. https://www.amazon.com/Our-Family-Dreams-Adventures-Nineteenth/dp/1137279818/ref=laB001JS0WUU1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1486097756&sr=1-3 Image:  "Mining on the Comstock," depicting the headframes and mills of the various mines, and mining technology used at Comstock, most prominently the method of square-set timbering developed there to work the veins. ...more

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• 387: 3/4 Our Family Dreams: The Fletchers' Adventures in Nineteenth Century America, by Daniel Blake Smith

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  Sep 02 2020

  Image:  Plat of the Town of Indianapolis, published in December 1821Our Family Dreams: The Fletchers' Adventures in Nineteenth Century America, by Daniel Blake Smith         In the early years after the Revolution, Americans were on the move, seeking to establish a new way of life. And, more than the church or the school or the courthouse, it was the family that nurtured the American dream. In this novel-like narrative, Daniel Blake Smith vividly brings to life the Fletchers, a family of loving, ambitious, at times insecure pioneers who scattered across the vast expanse of post-revolutionary America but kept in touch through letters despite their wildly different life paths. On a hardscrabble farm in Vermont, the patriarch, Jesse Fletcher, struggled with debt and depression but managed to educate his children, especially his son Elijah, a Yankee who moved to Virginia: shocked by the horrors of slavery but then seduced by the plantation lifestyle. Another son, Calvin, left at age 17 for Indianapolis to become a self-made lawyer, banker, and prominent citizen and passionate abolitionist. The grandchildren include Indiana, a women's education activist who donated her home to create Sweet Briar College; the black sheep Lucian, who went to California to join in the gold rush; and the physician Billy, captured as a spy during the Civil War. Through letters and diaries, we find in Our Family Dreams that the Fletchers appear surprisingly similar to us; they dream, fret, fight, and love. Despite numerous heartaches and setbacks, their spirit of enterprise, sacrifice, mobility, and education endures as American values to this day. https://www.amazon.com/Our-Family-Dreams-Adventures-Nineteenth/dp/1137279818/ref=laB001JS0WUU1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1486097756&sr=1-3 ...more

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• 387: 2/4 Our Family Dreams: The Fletchers' Adventures in Nineteenth Century America, by Daniel Blake Smith

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  Sep 02 2020

  Image:  Old Chapel, Clarke County, VirginiaOur Family Dreams: The Fletchers' Adventures in Nineteenth Century America, by Daniel Blake Smith         In the early years after the Revolution, Americans were on the move, seeking to establish a new way of life. And, more than the church or the school or the courthouse, it was the family that nurtured the American dream. In this novel-like narrative, Daniel Blake Smith vividly brings to life the Fletchers, a family of loving, ambitious, at times insecure pioneers who scattered across the vast expanse of post-revolutionary America but kept in touch through letters despite their wildly different life paths. On a hardscrabble farm in Vermont, the patriarch, Jesse Fletcher, struggled with debt and depression but managed to educate his children, especially his son Elijah, a Yankee who moved to Virginia: shocked by the horrors of slavery but then seduced by the plantation lifestyle. Another son, Calvin, left at age 17 for Indianapolis to become a self-made lawyer, banker, and prominent citizen and passionate abolitionist. The grandchildren include Indiana, a women's education activist who donated her home to create Sweet Briar College; the black sheep Lucian, who went to California to join in the gold rush; and the physician Billy, captured as a spy during the Civil War. Through letters and diaries, we find in Our Family Dreams that the Fletchers appear surprisingly similar to us; they dream, fret, fight, and love. Despite numerous heartaches and setbacks, their spirit of enterprise, sacrifice, mobility, and education endures as American values to this day. https://www.amazon.com/Our-Family-Dreams-Adventures-Nineteenth/dp/1137279818/ref=laB001JS0WUU1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1486097756&sr=1-3 ...more

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• 387: 1/4 Our Family Dreams: The Fletchers' Adventures in Nineteenth Century America, by Daniel Blake Smith

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  Sep 02 2020

  Image:  Coat of Arms of Vermont. Official, adopted by Act No. 11 of 1862Our Family Dreams: The Fletchers' Adventures in Nineteenth Century America, by Daniel Blake Smith     In the early years after the Revolution, Americans were on the move, seeking to establish a new way of life. And, more than the church or the school or the courthouse, it was the family that nurtured the American dream. In this novel-like narrative, Daniel Blake Smith vividly brings to life the Fletchers, a family of loving, ambitious, at times insecure pioneers who scattered across the vast expanse of post-revolutionary America but kept in touch through letters despite their wildly different life paths. On a hardscrabble farm in Vermont, the patriarch, Jesse Fletcher, struggled with debt and depression but managed to educate his children, especially his son Elijah, a Yankee who moved to Virginia: shocked by the horrors of slavery but then seduced by the plantation lifestyle. Another son, Calvin, left at age 17 for Indianapolis to become a self-made lawyer, banker, and prominent citizen and passionate abolitionist. The grandchildren include Indiana, a women's education activist who donated her home to create Sweet Briar College; the black sheep Lucian, who went to California to join in the gold rush; and the physician Billy, captured as a spy during the Civil War. Through letters and diaries, we find in Our Family Dreams that the Fletchers appear surprisingly similar to us; they dream, fret, fight, and love. Despite numerous heartaches and setbacks, their spirit of enterprise, sacrifice, mobility, and education endures as American values to this day. https://www.amazon.com/Our-Family-Dreams-Adventures-Nineteenth/dp/1137279818/ref=laB001JS0WUU1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1486097756&sr=1-3 20:00 ...more

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• 386: Philosophizing on crime and the fate of New York City mayoralty contests, 1993 and 2021. @HarrySiegel @NYDailyNews

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  Sep 01 2020

  Photo:Antique illustration of the Brooklyn Bridge towers published in 1886 by Frank Leslie (1821-1880). Original from New York public library. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowPhilosophizing on crime and the fate of New York City mayoralty contests, 1993 and 2021. @HarrySiegel @NYDailyNewshttps://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-fear-city-fear-country-20200829-mfq6jzhefffflpdcm5wsjonfzm-story.html ...more

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• 386: More courtroom delays for Michael Flynn & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Sep 01 2020

  Photo:Anthropomorphic mouth of Hell with monsters Pieter Brueghel the Elder - Web Gallery of Art:   Image  Info about artwork Permission details This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: This work is in the public domainin its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer. You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details.View more Public Domainview terms File:Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Dulle Griet (detail) - WGA03404.jpg Created: circa 1562 date QS:P571,+1562-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowMore courtroom delays for Michael Flynn & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.wsj.com/articles/michael-flynn-s-emergency-bid-to-force-dismissal-of-criminal-case-denied-11598891749 ...more

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• 385: Indiana Hoenlein and the Lost Paleolithic Flint Tools of the Negev. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Sep 01 2020

  Image:  A selection of prehistoric stone tools Indiana Hoenlein, Malcolm Hoenlein: @conf_of_pres; Conference of Presidents; and Thaddeus McCotter, @ThadMcCotter, in re: Found flint tools near Dimona in the Negev that were 100,000 years old. The Nubian ____. Travelled from Africa over the Arabian Peninsula to Israel.  Negev then was arid but had spring water.  https://www.timesofisrael.com/paleolithic-flint-tools-are-1st-breadcrumbs-of-modern-mans-trail-to-israel/

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• 385: Netanyahu hints at additional Arab states’ seeking rapprochement: Oman, Chad, Sudan. Malcolm Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres; Thaddeus McCotter, @ThadMcCotter

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  Sep 01 2020

  Image:  Qaboos bin Said Al Said, Sultan of Oman from 1970 to 2020.  A highly-esteemed ruler.  Malcolm Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres, Conference of Presidents, in re: On Wed, flight 972 flew over Saud Arabia, a first, to the UAE. On the plane were Jared Kushner, White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien, and Israeli officials.  Next week, extremely broad-ranging discussions and a formal signing ceremony.  Sheikh Khalifa, ruler of Abu Dhabi, issued a proclamation officially ending the boycott of Israel.  Moroccan PM criticized it, then had to retract.   Concerning Putin: Turkey, Iran and Russia got together to discuss Syria, but mostly oppose an oil deal . . . Two unsafe intercepts of US planes, extremely close and dangerous, in polar region. [In Beringia?] Also, Russia is arming Armenia; a direct provocation to threaten Azerbaijan.  Muslim Brothers in Cairo.  Egypt has made a treaty with Greece on maritime borders; Turkey impinging on Greece’s territorial waters. Hungary stood up for Israel in the EU, said EU needs to stop its nonstop criticism of Israel and start by stopping its funding of anti-Israeli groups.    German bank involved in funding 9/11 and sanction-busting, a unit of Deutsche Borse.  https://www.gov.il/en/departments/news/event_statement300820 ...more

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• 385: Joe Biden aims to answer a fracking ban in Pennsylvania. @DavidMDrucker

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  Sep 01 2020

  Image:  Tight non-shale gas plays using massive hydraulic fracturing .Public domain. David M Drucker, @DavidMDrucker , Washington Examiner, in re:  Candidate Biden travelled from Delaware to Pittsburgh, where he emphasized that he opposed violence.   Did not mention the disorder in the streets in his acceptance speech several weeks back. Is he surprised by the months of turmoil? Minnesota is an emerging swing state; Wisconsin definitely is; this is the first violence in a swing state. President Trump will go to Wisconsin on Tuesday; since the National Guard has been there, no further turmoil. Both the governor and mayor asked Trump not to visit, but he will.   Biden also said, “I will not ban fracking.”   Has a goal of using only renewable electric sources by 2035.  . . . Trump wants to go everywhere all the time. There’s something to be said for that.   https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/biden-pittsburgh-speech-protests-fracking ...more

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• 385: Joe Biden aims to answer Kenosha and Portland in Pittsburgh. @johnfund

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  Sep 01 2020

  Image: Chesrow Site in Kenosha, Wisconsin: a site on a beach of Glacial Lake Chicago where ancient people heated chert cobbles to produce projectile points.  An important archaeological site, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. John Fund, @johnfund, NRO, in re: Speech by Joe Biden in Pittsburgh to answer Mr Trump; accusations about violence and turmoil that we’ve seen for months, which has led to confrontations; most recently in Kinosha.  Apparently the Democratic organizers didn’t change their game plan for the convention, then were caught unaware by Kinosha violence.  Washington Examiner: In spring, a researcher for the Democratic party wrote a memo saying that “We should be very careful about violence because it could create blowback” —and he was fired.   Unions now aghast by Sanders and Warren statements on fossil fuels.  Today Biden said, “I will not ban fracking.”  Must have been focus-grouped, as it countermands his previous statements.  President’s acceptance speech was dramatic, and reminded some of a State of the Union speech in that it checked every box.  Could have been shorter, but President Trump holds that a lot of information on his accomplishments has not been publicized, so he took this chance to do so.  Covid19 will benefit the Democrats, who did not anticipate a counteroffensive. Infamous CNN chiron: “Fiery [reaction] to peaceful protests”!   --Headline: CNN Roasted for Dubbing Kenosha Protests 'Fiery but Mostly Peaceful'.--See also Wall St Journal: In Kenosha, Protests and Violence Roil Key Presidential Battleground   In Kenosha County, last week’s shooting of a Black man by police—followed by protests, looting and fatal violence—have elevated race relations and public safety as campaign issues.   https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/514448-biden-criticizes-violence-while-blaming-trump-for-fomenting-it ...more

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• 384: TikTok, the Trojan pony, has been collecting surveillance data on Americans; now is caught up short. @GordonGChang; Brandon Weichert @theweichertreport

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  Sep 01 2020

  Image:  Trojan horse as depicted in the Vergilius Vaticanus (c. 400) Brandon Weichert, Weichert Report, and Gordon Chang, author, commentator, lawyer, and Daily Beast, in re:  TikTok.   This app is different form others in that it’s the personal connectivity; can tailor your use in ways that Amazon doesn't allow. Can do videos, share a lot with friends; very interactive. All the hallmarks of the 18–25-year-old demographic.  TikTok—“a Trojan pony”— has been used to surveille Americans secretly, and apparently can download surveillance software secretly—and even use AI to influence political information and send it to whomever it finds susceptible.  Now, TikTok is required to hand over its source code and is unlikely to accede. India kicked TikTok out of India and it’s about to be kicked out of the US. Two large losses.   Eric Schmidt from Google is warning about the “Splinternet.”*  India also has banned WeChat.  Trump has given WeChat 45 days to leave the US; WeChat  also has been surveilling users. “One app of many that China uses to surveille Americans.”  There are still another 200 Chinese apps in India, which perhaps in the future will ban them, too.   China will push back any way it can.  China will go to court to challenge the president’s Emergency Powers Act, but not too likely to win.          * The splinternet (also referred to as cyber-balkanization or internet balkanization) is a characterization of the Internet as splintering and dividing due to various factors, such as technology, commerce, politics, nationalism, religion, and divergent national interests.  https://hongkongfp.com/2020/08/30/tiktok-owner-says-it-will-abide-by-new-chinese-export-rules/. ...more

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• 384: Hong Kong insurrectionists attempt a perilous sea escape. @GordonGChang, @Michael_Yon.

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  Sep 01 2020

  Image:    Winslow Homer, The Gulf Stream, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Michael Yon, East Asia reporter based in Thailand, and Gordon Chang, author, commentator, lawyer, and Daily Beast, in re: Report of a dozen Hong Kong citizens trying to escape over water to Taiwan, 400 miles of sea, and being intercepted by Mainland authorities; probably a death warrant, even to the fellow who also has a UK passport.  Taiwan has been offering refuge.   Hong Kong has rigorous emigration controls, Customs studies passports.  It’d be to China’s advantage to let dissidents leave because they usually wind up arguing among themselves.  People who are stuck there will need special help to escape; recall Operation Yellow Bird after T`ien An Men.  So far, we know of 17 escapees who've been captured. Terrifying. As Mainland tries to intimidate Taiwan, all it succeeds in doing is strengthening Taiwanese resolve. To boot, these awful events, including the story of a pregnant woman who was knocked down by Mainland police, have simply exacerbated the insurgency/rebellion.  Increasing HK advocacy for democracy. Expect more and more Hong Kongers supporting the protestors.  Beijing is confused about this because it completely doesn’t understand free societies.  Beijing is used to repressing and succeeding; not applicable to Hong Kong, Taiwan, and much of the rest of the world.   This is just the beginning of the insurgency; sophisticated operators. Settling in for a very long-term struggle.  https://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-hong-kong-survey-shows-012321394.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/hong-kong-boats-refugees-asylum-seekers-national-security-law-taiwan/2020/08/31/2d429170-eb34-11ea-bd08-1b10132b458f_story.html ...more

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• 384: Donald Trump's plans to end the Endless Wars in the ummah. @thomasjoscelyn, @billroggio

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  Sep 01 2020

  Image:  U.S. President Donald Trump announces the death of Qasem Soleimani, after U.S. Drone Strike, Mar-a-Lago, 3 January 2020.  Screen grab. Tom Joscelyn, Long War Journal and FDD; in re: See: Generation Jihad, podcast by Tom Joscelyn and Bill Roggio.  If the US and the African Union both leave Somalia, what happens to Somalia?  Trying to get the Somali govt and military to be somewhat functional. Shebaab controls around 25% of the country, and will only expand.  Mogadishu is a critical city and port.    Is Iraq capable of standing on its own without a US presence?  Yes in some ways, no in others.  Trump recently defended a very small US presence there. It’d be helpful if the administration explained its [intentions]. Intra-Afghan talks don't have to produce a result . . . https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/08/generation-jihad-ep-23-joe-biden-cant-end-the-jihad.php ...more

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• 384: Joe Biden's plans to end the Forever Wars in the ummah. @thomasjoscelyn, @billroggio

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  Sep 01 2020

  Image:  When once asked if Saudi Arabia was America's friend, Obama replied with, "It's complicated."* Here: President Obama with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, July 2014       * Peter Mitchell (12 March 2016). "Obama to Turnbull on Indonesia, Islam and the Saudis: 'It's complicated'". Tom Joscelyn, Senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; & Senior Editor for FDD's Long War Journal; and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD; in re:  Afghanistan— blood and treasure. Treasure: costs currently are much lower than formerly.  Trump proposes to withdraw a much as possible from “endless wars,” while Biden proposes to end “forever wars,” but Biden says we’ll defeat al Qaeda and ISIS without getting [too] embroiled—an internal contradiction.  Ergo, at least prevent them from establishing more caliphates, esp in the Sahel and around Africa. Two thousand KIA in Afghanistan; fewer, minimal, in the last few years, and this year, none.  The American political class has never really come to terms with the goals of the jihadists.  Brennan tried to dismiss the whole thing; two years later, we were [up to our eyebrows].  The debate should be focussed on what's going on right now: need 5,0000 troops in Iraq? Worth it to keep a small contingent in Afghanistan?  for Africom to have 6,000 in all of Africa?  It's the jjhadis who are keeping this going, not the US.  https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/08/generation-jihad-ep-23-joe-biden-cant-end-the-jihad.php ...more

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• 383: 4/4 The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority, by Patrick J. Buchanan

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  Image:  President Nixon's cabinet in 1971.The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority, by Patrick J. Buchanan  Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Comeback-Richard-Defeat-Majority-ebook/dp/B00HXYLW8K/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= After suffering stinging defeats in the 1960 presidential election against John F. Kennedy, and in the 1962 California gubernatorial election, Nixon's career was declared dead by Washington press and politicians alike. Yet on January 20, 1969, just six years after he had said his political life was over, Nixon would stand taking the oath of office as 37th President of the United States. How did Richard Nixon resurrect a ruined career and reunite a shattered and fractured Republican Party to capture the White House? In The Greatest Comeback, Patrick J. Buchanan—who, beginning in January 1966, served as one of two staff members to Nixon, and would become a senior advisor in the White House after 1968—gives a firsthand account of those crucial years in which Nixon reversed his political fortunes during a decade marked by civil rights protests; social revolution; the Vietnam War; the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and Martin Luther King; urban riots; campus anarchy, and the rise of the New Left. Using over 1,000 of his own personal memos to Nixon, with Nixon’s scribbled replies back, Buchanan gives readers an insider’s view as Nixon gathers the warring factions of the Republican party—from the conservative base of Barry Goldwater to the liberal wing of Nelson Rockefeller and George Romney, to the New Right legions of an ascendant Ronald Reagan—into the victorious coalition that won him the White House. How Richard Nixon united the party behind him may offer insights into how the Republican Party today can bring together its warring factions. The Greatest Comeback is an intimate portrayal of the 37th President and a fascinating fly-on-the-wall account of one of the most remarkable American political stories of the 20th century. ...more

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• 382: 3/4 The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority, by Patrick J. Buchanan

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  Image:  March 16, 1968: My Lai MassacreThe Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority, by Patrick J. Buchanan  Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Comeback-Richard-Defeat-Majority-ebook/dp/B00HXYLW8K/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= After suffering stinging defeats in the 1960 presidential election against John F. Kennedy, and in the 1962 California gubernatorial election, Nixon's career was declared dead by Washington press and politicians alike. Yet on January 20, 1969, just six years after he had said his political life was over, Nixon would stand taking the oath of office as 37th President of the United States. How did Richard Nixon resurrect a ruined career and reunite a shattered and fractured Republican Party to capture the White House? In The Greatest Comeback, Patrick J. Buchanan—who, beginning in January 1966, served as one of two staff members to Nixon, and would become a senior advisor in the White House after 1968—gives a firsthand account of those crucial years in which Nixon reversed his political fortunes during a decade marked by civil rights protests; social revolution; the Vietnam War; the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and Martin Luther King; urban riots; campus anarchy, and the rise of the New Left. Using over 1,000 of his own personal memos to Nixon, with Nixon’s scribbled replies back, Buchanan gives readers an insider’s view as Nixon gathers the warring factions of the Republican party—from the conservative base of Barry Goldwater to the liberal wing of Nelson Rockefeller and George Romney, to the New Right legions of an ascendant Ronald Reagan—into the victorious coalition that won him the White House. How Richard Nixon united the party behind him may offer insights into how the Republican Party today can bring together its warring factions. The Greatest Comeback is an intimate portrayal of the 37th President and a fascinating fly-on-the-wall account of one of the most remarkable American political stories of the 20th century. ...more

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• 382: 2/4 The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority, by Patrick J. Buchanan

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  Image:  Martin Luther King, Jr.The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority, by Patrick J. Buchanan  Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Comeback-Richard-Defeat-Majority-ebook/dp/B00HXYLW8K/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= After suffering stinging defeats in the 1960 presidential election against John F. Kennedy, and in the 1962 California gubernatorial election, Nixon's career was declared dead by Washington press and politicians alike. Yet on January 20, 1969, just six years after he had said his political life was over, Nixon would stand taking the oath of office as 37th President of the United States. How did Richard Nixon resurrect a ruined career and reunite a shattered and fractured Republican Party to capture the White House? In The Greatest Comeback, Patrick J. Buchanan—who, beginning in January 1966, served as one of two staff members to Nixon, and would become a senior advisor in the White House after 1968—gives a firsthand account of those crucial years in which Nixon reversed his political fortunes during a decade marked by civil rights protests; social revolution; the Vietnam War; the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and Martin Luther King; urban riots; campus anarchy, and the rise of the New Left. Using over 1,000 of his own personal memos to Nixon, with Nixon’s scribbled replies back, Buchanan gives readers an insider’s view as Nixon gathers the warring factions of the Republican party—from the conservative base of Barry Goldwater to the liberal wing of Nelson Rockefeller and George Romney, to the New Right legions of an ascendant Ronald Reagan—into the victorious coalition that won him the White House. How Richard Nixon united the party behind him may offer insights into how the Republican Party today can bring together its warring factions. The Greatest Comeback is an intimate portrayal of the 37th President and a fascinating fly-on-the-wall account of one of the most remarkable American political stories of the 20th century. ...more

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• 382: 1/4 The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority, by Patrick J. Buchanan

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  Image: Nixon (second from right) makes his newspaper debut in 1916, contributing five cents to a fund for war orphans. His brother Donald is to his right.The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority, by Patrick J. Buchanan  Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Comeback-Richard-Defeat-Majority-ebook/dp/B00HXYLW8K/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= After suffering stinging defeats in the 1960 presidential election against John F. Kennedy, and in the 1962 California gubernatorial election, Nixon's career was declared dead by Washington press and politicians alike. Yet on January 20, 1969, just six years after he had said his political life was over, Nixon would stand taking the oath of office as 37th President of the United States. How did Richard Nixon resurrect a ruined career and reunite a shattered and fractured Republican Party to capture the White House? In The Greatest Comeback, Patrick J. Buchanan—who, beginning in January 1966, served as one of two staff members to Nixon, and would become a senior advisor in the White House after 1968—gives a firsthand account of those crucial years in which Nixon reversed his political fortunes during a decade marked by civil rights protests; social revolution; the Vietnam War; the assassinations of JFK, RFK, and Martin Luther King; urban riots; campus anarchy, and the rise of the New Left. Using over 1,000 of his own personal memos to Nixon, with Nixon’s scribbled replies back, Buchanan gives readers an insider’s view as Nixon gathers the warring factions of the Republican party—from the conservative base of Barry Goldwater to the liberal wing of Nelson Rockefeller and George Romney, to the New Right legions of an ascendant Ronald Reagan—into the victorious coalition that won him the White House. How Richard Nixon united the party behind him may offer insights into how the Republican Party today can bring together its warring factions. The Greatest Comeback is an intimate portrayal of the 37th President and a fascinating fly-on-the-wall account of one of the most remarkable American political stories of the 20th century.   ...more

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• 381: What the final end of our Solar System will look like -- several billion years from now, in the Constellation Virgo. Ken Croswell, Science Magazine

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  Aug 31 2020

  Photo: http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowWhat the final end of our Solar System will look like -- several billion years from now, in the Constellation Virgo. Ken Croswell, Science Magazine

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• 380: Endgame: Bobby Fischer’s Remarkable Rise and Fall—from America’s Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness, by Frank Brady (Author), with Ray Porter (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher). Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

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  Aug 31 2020

  Photo:Identifier: chessfundamental00capa Title: Chess fundamentals Year: 1921 (1920s) Authors:  Capablanca, José Raúl, 1888-1942 Subjects:  Chess Publisher:  New York : Harcourt, Brace and company [etc., etc.] Contributing Library:  University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor:  MSN   Text Appearing Before Image:30- P-QR3 A bad move, which gives away any legitimatechance Black had to draw. It loses a very importantmove. In fact, as the course of the game will show,it loses several moves. The proper way was to playK—Q 3. If then R —Q Kt 5, RxR; B x R,Kt—Q 5; followed by P —Q Kt 4; and WTiitewould have an exceedingly difficult game to draw onaccount of the dominating position of the Knight at i68 GAME 2 Q 5 in conjunction with the extra Pawn on the Queensside and the awkward position of Whites King. (Seehow this is so.) 31. R —B 7 ch R X K Kt P B —Kt8 2>^-33-34.35-36.37.38. K-Q3P —Kt4 P-QR4P-RSP-Kt5K—B4K-Kt3 RXP P —R4R—R6chR —R5 chB-Q5 With these last three moves White again gives Blacka chance. Even before the last move B — B 4 wouldhave won with comparative ease, but the text moveis a downright blunder, of which, fortunately for him,Black does not avail himself.   http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowEndgame: Bobby Fischer’s Remarkable Rise and Fall—from America’s Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness, by Frank Brady (Author), with Ray Porter (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher).  Audible Audiobook – Unabridged https://www.amazon.com/Endgame-Fischers-Remarkable-Fall-Brightest/dp/B004LQ5E8C/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Frank+Brady+Bobby+Fischer&qid=1574049142&s=audible&sr=1-1 From Frank Brady, who wrote one of the best-selling books on Bobby Fischer of all time and who was himself a friend of Fischer's, comes an impressively researched biography that for the first time completely captures the remarkable arc of Bobby Fischer's life. When Bobby Fischer passed away in January 2008, he left behind a confounding legacy. Everyone knew the basics of his life—he began as a brilliant youngster, then became the pride of American chess, then took a sharp turn, struggling with paranoia and mental illness. But nobody truly understood him.What motivated Fischer from such a young age, and what was the source of his remarkable intellect? How could a man so ambivalent about money and fame be so driven to succeed? What drew this man of Jewish descent to fulminate against Jews, and how was it that a mind so famously disciplined could unravel so completely? From Fischer's meteoric rise, to an utterly dominant prime unequaled by any American chess player, to his eventual descent into madness, the book draws upon hundreds of newly discovered documents and recordings and numerous firsthand interviews conducted with those who knew Fischer best. It paints, for the very first time, a complete picture of one of America's most enigmatic icons. This is the definitive account of a fascinating man and an extraordinary life, one that at last reconciles Fischer's deeply contradictory legacy and answers the question, who was Bobby Fischer?...more

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• 379: 8/8 American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution, by Walter R. Borneman

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  Aug 31 2020

  Image:   Reverse of U.S. two-dollar bill, featuring John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence  paintingAmerican Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution, by Walter R. Borneman   Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EXTQRS8/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i5 When we reflect on our nation's history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foregone conclusion. In reality, the first weeks and months of 1775 were very tenuous, and a fractured and ragtag group of colonial militias had to coalesce rapidly to have even the slimmest chance of toppling the mighty British army.   American Spring follows a fledgling nation from Paul Revere's little-known ride of December 1774 and the first shots fired on Lexington Green through the catastrophic Battle of Bunker Hill, culminating with a Virginian named George Washington‘s taking command of colonial forces on July 3, 1775.   Focusing on the colorful heroes John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Benjamin Franklin, and Patrick Henry, and the ordinary Americans caught up in the Revolution, Walter R. Borneman uses newly available sources and research to tell the story of how a decade of discontent erupted into an armed rebellion that forged our nation. ...more

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• 379: 7/8 American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution, by Walter R. Borneman

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  Image:   The Loyalist John Malcolm, Boston Commissioner of Customs, tarred and feathered by Sons of Liberty. In the foreground, five leering men of the Sons of Liberty are holding down a Loyalist Commissioner of Customs agent, one holding a club. The agent is tarred and feathered, and they are pouring scalding hot tea down his throat. In the middle ground is the Boston Liberty Tree with a noose hanging from it. In the background is a merchant ship with protestors throwing tea overboard into the harbor.  ...more

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• 379: 6/8 American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution, by Walter R. Borneman

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  Aug 31 2020

  Image:  The Battle of Long Island by Domenick D'Andrea for the state of Delaware and Maryland, 1776. Note: The Delaware Regiment at the Battle of Long Island.American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution, by Walter R. Borneman   Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EXTQRS8/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i5 When we reflect on our nation's history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foregone conclusion. In reality, the first weeks and months of 1775 were very tenuous, and a fractured and ragtag group of colonial militias had to coalesce rapidly to have even the slimmest chance of toppling the mighty British army.   American Spring follows a fledgling nation from Paul Revere's little-known ride of December 1774 and the first shots fired on Lexington Green through the catastrophic Battle of Bunker Hill, culminating with a Virginian named George Washington‘s taking command of colonial forces on July 3, 1775.   Focusing on the colorful heroes John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Benjamin Franklin, and Patrick Henry, and the ordinary Americans caught up in the Revolution, Walter R. Borneman uses newly available sources and research to tell the story of how a decade of discontent erupted into an armed rebellion that forged our nation. ...more

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• 379: 5/8 American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution, by Walter R. Borneman

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  Aug 31 2020

  Image: Patrick Henry Arguing the Parson's Cause by George Cooke

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• 378: 4/8 American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution, by Walter R. Borneman

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  Aug 31 2020

  Image: Samuel Adams, 1876, National Statuary Hall CollectionAmerican Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution, by Walter R. Borneman   Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EXTQRS8/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i5When we reflect on our nation's history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foregone conclusion. In reality, the first weeks and months of 1775 were very tenuous, and a fractured and ragtag group of colonial militias had to coalesce rapidly to have even the slimmest chance of toppling the mighty British army.   American Spring follows a fledgling nation from Paul Revere's little-known ride of December 1774 and the first shots fired on Lexington Green through the catastrophic Battle of Bunker Hill, culminating with a Virginian named George Washington‘s taking command of colonial forces on July 3, 1775.   Focusing on the colorful heroes John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Benjamin Franklin, and Patrick Henry, and the ordinary Americans caught up in the Revolution, Walter R. Borneman uses newly available sources and research to tell the story of how a decade of discontent erupted into an armed rebellion that forged our nation. ..  ..  ..         ...more

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• 377: 3/8 American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution, by Walter R. Borneman

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  Image: Mercy Otis Warren, c. 1763, oil on canvas by John Singleton CopleyAmerican Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution, by Walter R. Borneman   Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EXTQRS8/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i5When we reflect on our nation's history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foregone conclusion. In reality, the first weeks and months of 1775 were very tenuous, and a fractured and ragtag group of colonial militias had to coalesce rapidly to have even the slimmest chance of toppling the mighty British army.   American Spring follows a fledgling nation from Paul Revere's little-known ride of December 1774 and the first shots fired on Lexington Green through the catastrophic Battle of Bunker Hill, culminating with a Virginian named George Washington‘s taking command of colonial forces on July 3, 1775.   Focusing on the colorful heroes John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Benjamin Franklin, and Patrick Henry, and the ordinary Americans caught up in the Revolution, Walter R. Borneman uses newly available sources and research to tell the story of how a decade of discontent erupted into an armed rebellion that forged our nation. ...more

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• 377: 2/8 American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution, by Walter R. Borneman

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  Aug 31 2020

  Image:  Depiction of the Battle of Aughrim (1691) by John Mulvany: Red coats with Williamite forces during the Williamite War in Ireland. The Irish referred to soldiers of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland as red coats as early as 1561.American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution, by Walter R. Borneman   Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EXTQRS8/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i5 When we reflect on our nation's history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foregone conclusion. In reality, the first weeks and months of 1775 were very tenuous, and a fractured and ragtag group of colonial militias had to coalesce rapidly to have even the slimmest chance of toppling the mighty British army.   American Spring follows a fledgling nation from Paul Revere's little-known ride of December 1774 and the first shots fired on Lexington Green through the catastrophic Battle of Bunker Hill, culminating with a Virginian named George Washington‘s taking command of colonial forces on July 3, 1775.   Focusing on the colorful heroes John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Benjamin Franklin, and Patrick Henry, and the ordinary Americans caught up in the Revolution, Walter R. Borneman uses newly available sources and research to tell the story of how a decade of discontent erupted into an armed rebellion that forged our nation. ..  ..  ..   ...more

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• 377: 1/8 American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution, by Walter R. Borneman

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  Image:  Amos Doolittle's engraving of the Skirmish at Lexington; the Buckman Tavern is building # 6 left of the tree at centerAmerican Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution, by Walter R. Borneman   Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EXTQRS8/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i5 When we reflect on our nation's history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foregone conclusion. In reality, the first weeks and months of 1775 were very tenuous, and a fractured and ragtag group of colonial militias had to coalesce rapidly to have even the slimmest chance of toppling the mighty British army.   American Spring follows a fledgling nation from Paul Revere's little-known ride of December 1774 and the first shots fired on Lexington Green through the catastrophic Battle of Bunker Hill, culminating with a Virginian named George Washington‘s taking command of colonial forces on July 3, 1775.   Focusing on the colorful heroes John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Benjamin Franklin, and Patrick Henry, and the ordinary Americans caught up in the Revolution, Walter R. Borneman uses newly available sources and research to tell the story of how a decade of discontent erupted into an armed rebellion that forged our nation. ...more

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• 376: 4/4 West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776, by Claudio Saunt Kindle Edition, Reprint Edition

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  Aug 31 2020

  Image: Boreal forest, a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches, near Shovel Point in Tettegouche State Park, along the northern shore of Lake Superior in MinnesotaWest of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776, by Claudio Saunt  Kindle Edition, Reprint Edition https://www.amazon.com/West-Revolution-Uncommon-History-1776/dp/B00KN8JTKG/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=West+of+the+Revolution&qid=1574811212&s=audible&sr=1-1 This panoramic account of 1776 chronicles the other revolutions unfolding that year across North America, far beyond the British colonies.  In 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, the Continental Congress declared independence, and Washington crossed the Delaware. We are familiar with these famous moments in American history, but we know little about the extraordinary events occurring that same year far beyond the British colonies. In this distinctive history, Claudio Saunt tells an intriguing, largely untold story of an immense and restless continent connected in surprising ways.  In that pivotal year, the Spanish established the first European colony in San Francisco and set off a cataclysm for the region's native residents. The Russians pushed into Alaska in search of valuable sea otters, devastating local Aleut communities. And the British extended their fur trade from Hudson Bay deep into the continent, sparking an environmental revolution that transformed America's boreal forests.  While imperial officials in distant Europe maneuvered to control lands they knew almost nothing about, America's indigenous peoples sought their own advantage. Creek Indians navigated the Caribbean to explore trade with Cuba. The Osages expanded their dominion west of the Mississippi River, overwhelming the small Spanish outposts in the area. And the Sioux advanced across the Dakotas. One traditional Sioux history states that they first seized the Black Hills, the territory they now consider their sacred homeland, in 1776. "Two nations were born that year," Saunt writes. The native one would win its final military victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn 100 years later.  From the Aleutian Islands to the Gulf Coast and across the oceans to Europe's imperial capitals, Saunt's masterfully researched narrative reveals an interconnected web of history that spans not just the forgotten parts of North America but the entire globe.  West of the Revolution explores a turbulent continent in a year of many revolution ...more

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• 376: 3/4 West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776, by Claudio Saunt Kindle Edition, Reprint Edition

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  Aug 31 2020

  Image:  Fallingrock Cliff in Dark Canyon, in Paha Sapa, the dark Hills of the Lakota. The rock is of Paleozoic age but is capped with a Cenozoic gravel terrace.West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776, by Claudio Saunt  Kindle Edition, Reprint Editionhttps://www.amazon.com/West-Revolution-Uncommon-History-1776/dp/B00KN8JTKG/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=West+of+the+Revolution&qid=1574811212&s=audible&sr=1-1 This panoramic account of 1776 chronicles the other revolutions unfolding that year across North America, far beyond the British colonies.  In 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, the Continental Congress declared independence, and Washington crossed the Delaware. We are familiar with these famous moments in American history, but we know little about the extraordinary events occurring that same year far beyond the British colonies. In this distinctive history, Claudio Saunt tells an intriguing, largely untold story of an immense and restless continent connected in surprising ways.  In that pivotal year, the Spanish established the first European colony in San Francisco and set off a cataclysm for the region's native residents. The Russians pushed into Alaska in search of valuable sea otters, devastating local Aleut communities. And the British extended their fur trade from Hudson Bay deep into the continent, sparking an environmental revolution that transformed America's boreal forests.  While imperial officials in distant Europe maneuvered to control lands they knew almost nothing about, America's indigenous peoples sought their own advantage. Creek Indians navigated the Caribbean to explore trade with Cuba. The Osages expanded their dominion west of the Mississippi River, overwhelming the small Spanish outposts in the area. And the Sioux advanced across the Dakotas. One traditional Sioux history states that they first seized the Black Hills, the territory they now consider their sacred homeland, in 1776. "Two nations were born that year," Saunt writes. The native one would win its final military victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn 100 years later.  From the Aleutian Islands to the Gulf Coast and across the oceans to Europe's imperial capitals, Saunt's masterfully researched narrative reveals an interconnected web of history that spans not just the forgotten parts of North America but the entire globe.  West of the Revolution explores a turbulent continent in a year of many revolution ...more

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• 376: 2/4 West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776, by Claudio Saunt Kindle Edition, Reprint Edition

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  Image: An Osage warrior painted by George Catlin in the Nineteenth Century.   The Osage Nation (Osage: Ni-u-kon-ska, "People of the Middle Waters") is a Midwestern Native American tribe of the Great Plains; they refer to themselves in their indigenous Dhegihan Siouan language asWazhazhe, or "Mid-waters." George Catlin described the Osage as "the tallest race of men in North America, either red or white skins; there being . . . many of them six and a half, and others seven, feet." The missionary Isaac McCoy described the Osage as an "uncommonly fierce, courageous, warlike nation."  The Osage called the Europeans I'n-Shta-Heh (Heavy Eyebrows) because of their facial hair.        In 1725, Bourgmont led a delegation of Osage and other tribal chiefs to Paris. The Native Americans were shown the wonders and power of France, including a visit to Versailles, Château de Marly and Fontainebleau. They hunted with Louis XV in the royal forest and saw an opera. During the French and Indian War (the North American front of the Seven Years' War in Europe), France was defeated by Great Britain and in 1763 ceded its lands east of the Mississippi River to that nation...  ..  ..  West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776, by Claudio Saunt  Kindle Edition, Reprint Editionhttps://www.amazon.com/West-Revolution-Uncommon-History-1776/dp/B00KN8JTKG/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=West+of+the+Revolution&qid=1574811212&s=audible&sr=1-1 This panoramic account of 1776 chronicles the other revolutions unfolding that year across North America, far beyond the British colonies.  In 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, the Continental Congress declared independence, and Washington crossed the Delaware. We are familiar with these famous moments in American history, but we know little about the extraordinary events occurring that same year far beyond the British colonies. In this distinctive history, Claudio Saunt tells an intriguing, largely untold story of an immense and restless continent connected in surprising ways.  In that pivotal year, the Spanish established the first European colony in San Francisco and set off a cataclysm for the region's native residents. The Russians pushed into Alaska in search of valuable sea otters, devastating local Aleut communities. And the British extended their fur trade from Hudson Bay deep into the continent, sparking an environmental revolution that transformed America's boreal forests.  While imperial officials in distant Europe maneuvered to control lands they knew almost nothing about, America's indigenous peoples sought their own advantage. Creek Indians navigated the Caribbean to explore trade with Cuba. The Osages expanded their dominion west of the Mississippi River, overwhelming the small Spanish outposts in the area. And the Sioux advanced across the Dakotas. One traditional Sioux history states that they first seized the Black Hills, the territory they now consider their sacred homeland, in 1776. "Two nations were born that year," Saunt writes. The native one would win its final military victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn 100 years later.  From the Aleutian Islands to the Gulf Coast and across the oceans to Europe's imperial capitals, Saunt's masterfully researched narrative reveals an interconnected web of history that spans not just the forgotten parts of North America but the entire globe.  West of the Revolution explores a turbulent continent in a year of many revolution ...more

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• 376: 1/4 West of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776, by Claudio Saunt Kindle Edition, Reprint Edition

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  Image:   In this 1860 map, Russian America (Alaska) was to the west of British America (Canada). Excerpt from the "Map of North America. Showing its Political Divisions, and Recent Discoveries in the Polar Regions" in Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, etc. Published By S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., No. 31 South Sixth Street. 1860.   1860-russian-america.jpgWest of the Revolution: An Uncommon History of 1776, by Claudio Saunt  Kindle Edition, Reprint Editionhttps://www.amazon.com/West-Revolution-Uncommon-History-1776/dp/B00KN8JTKG/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=West+of+the+Revolution&qid=1574811212&s=audible&sr=1-1 This panoramic account of 1776 chronicles the other revolutions unfolding that year across North America, far beyond the British colonies.  In 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, the Continental Congress declared independence, and Washington crossed the Delaware. We are familiar with these famous moments in American history, but we know little about the extraordinary events occurring that same year far beyond the British colonies. In this distinctive history, Claudio Saunt tells an intriguing, largely untold story of an immense and restless continent connected in surprising ways.  In that pivotal year, the Spanish established the first European colony in San Francisco and set off a cataclysm for the region's native residents. The Russians pushed into Alaska in search of valuable sea otters, devastating local Aleut communities. And the British extended their fur trade from Hudson Bay deep into the continent, sparking an environmental revolution that transformed America's boreal forests.  While imperial officials in distant Europe maneuvered to control lands they knew almost nothing about, America's indigenous peoples sought their own advantage. Creek Indians navigated the Caribbean to explore trade with Cuba. The Osages expanded their dominion west of the Mississippi River, overwhelming the small Spanish outposts in the area. And the Sioux advanced across the Dakotas. One traditional Sioux history states that they first seized the Black Hills, the territory they now consider their sacred homeland, in 1776. "Two nations were born that year," Saunt writes. The native one would win its final military victory at the Battle of Little Bighorn 100 years later.  From the Aleutian Islands to the Gulf Coast and across the oceans to Europe's imperial capitals, Saunt's masterfully researched narrative reveals an interconnected web of history that spans not just the forgotten parts of North America but the entire globe.  West of the Revolution explores a turbulent continent in a year of many revolution ...more

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• 375: The wait for therapeutics and vaccines & What is to be done? @HenryIMiller @PacificResearch

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  Aug 30 2020

  Photo:mage from page 626 of "The Trained nurse and hospital review" (1888) Identifier: trainednursehosp58newyuoft Title: The Trained nurse and hospital review Year: 1888 (1880s) Authors:  Subjects:  Nursing Publisher:  New York : [s.n.] Contributing Library:  Gerstein - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor:  Ontario Council of University Libraries and Member Libraries  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe wait for therapeutics and vaccines & What is to be done?  @HenryIMiller @PacificResearchhttps://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/08/18/encouraging-news-about-coronavirus-immunityCovid-19  ...more

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• 375: What is a superspreader & What is to be done? @HenryIIMiller @PacificResearch

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  Aug 30 2020

  Photo:St. Louis Red Cross Motor Corps on duty during influenza epidemic (1918). Original from Library of Congress.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowWhat is a superspreader & What is to be done? @HenryIIMiller @PacificResearchhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/08/25/boston-coronavirus-superspreading-event/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-superspreading-events-cause-flare-ups-covid-19-180975588/ ...more

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• 375: The extreme risks of touching and grabbing Bennu.Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Aug 30 2020

  Photo: NASA JPL http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe extreme risks of touching and grabbing Bennu.Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/what-osiris-rex-will-grab-from-the-asteroid-bennu-in-october/4

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• 375: Canada tries to hold back the gold rush to space mining. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Aug 30 2020

  Photo:433 Eros is a stony asteroid in a near-Earth orbit NASA/NEAR Project (JHU/APL). - http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/image/near_20000214_mos2.jpg from http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/mission/near/near_eros_2.html This picture of Eros, taken on February 14, 2001, shows the view looking from one end of the asteroid across the gouge on its underside and toward the opposite end. In this mosaic, constructed from two images taken after the NEAR spacecraft was inserted into orbit, features as small as 120 feet (35 meters) across can be seen. House-sized boulders are present in several places; one lies on the edge of the giant crater separating the two ends of the asteroid. A bright patch is visible on the asteroid in the top left-hand part of this image, and shallow troughs can be see just below this patch. The troughs run parallel to the asteroid's long dimension. (Mosaic of images 0125971425, 0125971487) Permission details This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.) Warnings: Use of NASA logos, insignia and emblems is restricted per U.S. law 14 CFR 1221. The NASA website hosts a large number of images from the Soviet/Russian space agency, and other non-American space agencies. These are not necessarily in the public domain. Materials based on Hubble Space Telescope data may be copyrighted if they are not explicitly produced by the STScI.[1] See also {{PD-Hubble}} and {{Cc-Hubble}}. The SOHO (ESA & NASA) joint project implies that all materials created by its probe are copyrighted and require permission for commercial non-educational use. [2] Images featured on the Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) web site may be copyrighted. [3] The National Space Science Data Center(NSSDC) site has been known to host copyrighted content. Its photo gallery FAQ states that all of the images in the photo gallery are in the public domain "Unless otherwise noted."View more Public Domainview terms File:433eros.jpg  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowCanada tres to hold back the gold rush to space mining. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/?s=Canada ...more

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• 374: 8/8 War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation, by John Sedgwick

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  Aug 30 2020

  Image: This July 25, 1804, article reflected extreme lamentation over Hamilton's death, and described the plan for his funeral procession and other tributes, including a 30-day wearing of a commemorative black armband ("crape") by members of the Society of the Cincinnati of Pennsylvania of which Hamilton had been President General.War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation, by John Sedgwick .  Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/War-Two-Alexander-Hamilton-Stunned/dp/B016QQ67JE/ref=tmmaudswatch0?encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A provocative and penetrating investigation into the rivalry between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, whose infamous duel left the Founding Father dead and turned a sitting Vice President into a fugitive. In the summer of 1804, two of America’s most eminent statesmen squared off, pistols raised, on a bluff along the Hudson River. Why would two such men risk not only their lives but the stability of the young country they helped forge?  In War of Two, John Sedgwick explores the long-standing conflict between the Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and Vice President Aaron Burr. Matching each other’s ambition and skill as lawyers in New York, they later battled for power along political fault lines that would decide—and define—the future of the United States.  A series of letters between Burr and Hamilton suggests the duel was fought over an unflattering comment made at a dinner party. But another letter, written by Hamilton the night before the event, provides critical insight into his true motivation. It was addressed to a former Speaker of the House, Theodore Sedgwick, a trusted friend of both men and the author’s own ancestor.  John Sedgwick suggests that Hamilton saw Burr not merely as a personal rival but as a threat to the nation. It was a fear that would prove justified after Hamilton’s death.   ...more

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• 374: 7/8 War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation, by John Sedgwick

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  Image:  Drawing (c. 1902) of the Burr–Hamilton duel, from a painting by J. MundWar of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation, by John Sedgwick .  Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/War-Two-Alexander-Hamilton-Stunned/dp/B016QQ67JE/ref=tmmaudswatch0?encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A provocative and penetrating investigation into the rivalry between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, whose infamous duel left the Founding Father dead and turned a sitting Vice President into a fugitive. In the summer of 1804, two of America’s most eminent statesmen squared off, pistols raised, on a bluff along the Hudson River. Why would two such men risk not only their lives but the stability of the young country they helped forge?  In War of Two, John Sedgwick explores the long-standing conflict between the Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and Vice President Aaron Burr. Matching each other’s ambition and skill as lawyers in New York, they later battled for power along political fault lines that would decide—and define—the future of the United States.  A series of letters between Burr and Hamilton suggests the duel was fought over an unflattering comment made at a dinner party. But another letter, written by Hamilton the night before the event, provides critical insight into his true motivation. It was addressed to a former Speaker of the House, Theodore Sedgwick, a trusted friend of both men and the author’s own ancestor.  John Sedgwick suggests that Hamilton saw Burr not merely as a personal rival but as a threat to the nation. It was a fear that would prove justified after Hamilton’s death. ...more

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• 374: 6/8 War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation, by John Sedgwick

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  Image: Bust of Aaron Burr as Vice PresidentWar of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation, by John Sedgwick .  Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/War-Two-Alexander-Hamilton-Stunned/dp/B016QQ67JE/ref=tmmaudswatch0?encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A provocative and penetrating investigation into the rivalry between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, whose infamous duel left the Founding Father dead and turned a sitting Vice President into a fugitive. In the summer of 1804, two of America’s most eminent statesmen squared off, pistols raised, on a bluff along the Hudson River. Why would two such men risk not only their lives but the stability of the young country they helped forge?  In War of Two, John Sedgwick explores the long-standing conflict between the Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and Vice President Aaron Burr. Matching each other’s ambition and skill as lawyers in New York, they later battled for power along political fault lines that would decide—and define—the future of the United States.  A series of letters between Burr and Hamilton suggests the duel was fought over an unflattering comment made at a dinner party. But another letter, written by Hamilton the night before the event, provides critical insight into his true motivation. It was addressed to a former Speaker of the House, Theodore Sedgwick, a trusted friend of both men and the author’s own ancestor.  John Sedgwick suggests that Hamilton saw Burr not merely as a personal rival but as a threat to the nation. It was a fear that would prove justified after Hamilton’s death.         ...more

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• 373: 5/8 War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation, by John Sedgwick

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  Image:  The Hamilton statue in Central ParkWar of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation, by John Sedgwick .  Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/War-Two-Alexander-Hamilton-Stunned/dp/B016QQ67JE/ref=tmmaudswatch0?encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A provocative and penetrating investigation into the rivalry between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, whose infamous duel left the Founding Father dead and turned a sitting Vice President into a fugitive. In the summer of 1804, two of America’s most eminent statesmen squared off, pistols raised, on a bluff along the Hudson River. Why would two such men risk not only their lives but the stability of the young country they helped forge?  In War of Two, John Sedgwick explores the long-standing conflict between the Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and Vice President Aaron Burr. Matching each other’s ambition and skill as lawyers in New York, they later battled for power along political fault lines that would decide—and define—the future of the United States.  A series of letters between Burr and Hamilton suggests the duel was fought over an unflattering comment made at a dinner party. But another letter, written by Hamilton the night before the event, provides critical insight into his true motivation. It was addressed to a former Speaker of the House, Theodore Sedgwick, a trusted friend of both men and the author’s own ancestor.  John Sedgwick suggests that Hamilton saw Burr not merely as a personal rival but as a threat to the nation. It was a fear that would prove justified after Hamilton’s death. ...more

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• 372: 4/8 War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation, by John Sedgwick

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  Aug 30 2020

  Image: Aaron Burr, Hamilton and Philip Schuyler strolling on Wall Street, New York, 1790War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation, by John Sedgwick .  Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/War-Two-Alexander-Hamilton-Stunned/dp/B016QQ67JE/ref=tmmaudswatch0?encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A provocative and penetrating investigation into the rivalry between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, whose infamous duel left the Founding Father dead and turned a sitting Vice President into a fugitive. In the summer of 1804, two of America’s most eminent statesmen squared off, pistols raised, on a bluff along the Hudson River. Why would two such men risk not only their lives but the stability of the young country they helped forge?  In War of Two, John Sedgwick explores the long-standing conflict between the Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and Vice President Aaron Burr. Matching each other’s ambition and skill as lawyers in New York, they later battled for power along political fault lines that would decide—and define—the future of the United States.  A series of letters between Burr and Hamilton suggests the duel was fought over an unflattering comment made at a dinner party. But another letter, written by Hamilton the night before the event, provides critical insight into his true motivation. It was addressed to a former Speaker of the House, Theodore Sedgwick, a trusted friend of both men and the author’s own ancestor.  John Sedgwick suggests that Hamilton saw Burr not merely as a personal rival but as a threat to the nation. It was a fear that would prove justified after Hamilton’s death. ...more

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• 372: 3/8 War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation, by John Sedgwick

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  Aug 30 2020

  Image: Miniature of Hamilton attributed to Charles Shirreff, c. 1790

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• 372: 2/8 War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation, by John Sedgwick

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  Aug 30 2020

  Image:   Burr's maternal grandfather, Jonathan EdwardsWar of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation, by John Sedgwick .  Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/War-Two-Alexander-Hamilton-Stunned/dp/B016QQ67JE/ref=tmmaudswatch0?encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A provocative and penetrating investigation into the rivalry between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, whose infamous duel left the Founding Father dead and turned a sitting Vice President into a fugitive. In the summer of 1804, two of America’s most eminent statesmen squared off, pistols raised, on a bluff along the Hudson River. Why would two such men risk not only their lives but the stability of the young country they helped forge?  In War of Two, John Sedgwick explores the long-standing conflict between the Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and Vice President Aaron Burr. Matching each other’s ambition and skill as lawyers in New York, they later battled for power along political fault lines that would decide—and define—the future of the United States.  A series of letters between Burr and Hamilton suggests the duel was fought over an unflattering comment made at a dinner party. But another letter, written by Hamilton the night before the event, provides critical insight into his true motivation. It was addressed to a former Speaker of the House, Theodore Sedgwick, a trusted friend of both men and the author’s own ancestor.  John Sedgwick suggests that Hamilton saw Burr not merely as a personal rival but as a threat to the nation. It was a fear that would prove justified after Hamilton’s death. ...more

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• 372: 1/8 War of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation, by John Sedgwick

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  Image:  Hamilton in his youthWar of Two: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Duel that Stunned the Nation, by John Sedgwick .  Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/War-Two-Alexander-Hamilton-Stunned/dp/B016QQ67JE/ref=tmmaudswatch0?encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= A provocative and penetrating investigation into the rivalry between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr, whose infamous duel left the Founding Father dead and turned a sitting Vice President into a fugitive. In the summer of 1804, two of America’s most eminent statesmen squared off, pistols raised, on a bluff along the Hudson River. Why would two such men risk not only their lives but the stability of the young country they helped forge?  In War of Two, John Sedgwick explores the long-standing conflict between the Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and Vice President Aaron Burr. Matching each other’s ambition and skill as lawyers in New York, they later battled for power along political fault lines that would decide—and define—the future of the United States.  A series of letters between Burr and Hamilton suggests the duel was fought over an unflattering comment made at a dinner party. But another letter, written by Hamilton the night before the event, provides critical insight into his true motivation. It was addressed to a former Speaker of the House, Theodore Sedgwick, a trusted friend of both men and the author’s own ancestor.  John Sedgwick suggests that Hamilton saw Burr not merely as a personal rival but as a threat to the nation. It was a fear that would prove justified after Hamilton’s death. ...more

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• 372: #NewAmericanCivilWar: 2of2: Is this an existential battle for the Biden Blue? Michael Vlahos. Johns Hopkins, @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Aug 30 2020

  Photo: An 14th-century illustration of the execution of Mani Unknown author - Tehran Museum of contemporary art Смерть Мани._Шахнаме Демотта. 1315. Музей Ризы Аббаси. Public Domain File:Shahname - Mani death (cropped).jpg Created: 1 January 1315  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow #NewAmericanCivilWar: 2of2: Is this an existential battle for the Biden Blue?  Michael Vlahos. Johns Hopkins, @JHUWorldCrisishttps://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/08/joe-biden-speech-2020-democratic-national-convention ...more

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• 372: #NewAmericanCivilWar: 1of2: The Manichean Heresy: Ally of the Light vs the Prince of Darkness. Michael Vlahos. Johns Hopkins, @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Aug 30 2020

  Photo: Manichaean priests, writing at their desks. Eighth or ninth century manuscript from Gaochang, Tarim Basin, China.Unknown author - The original description page was here. All following user names refer to en.wikipedia. Leaf from a Manichaean Book. Khocho, Ruin K. 8th/9th century AD. Painting on paper. 17.2x 11.2 cm. “MIK III 6368” recto. Permission details This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer. You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: View more Public Domainview terms File:Manicheans.jpg Created: 1 May 2006  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#NewAmericanCivilWar: 1of2: The Manichean Heresy: Ally of the Light vs the Prince of Darkness. Michael Vlahos. Johns Hopkins, @JHUWorldCrisishttps://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/08/joe-biden-speech-2020-democratic-national-convention ...more

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• 371: Senator Harris is descended from the hereditary Hindu priesthood called the Tamil Brahmins. Sadanand @Dhume @WSJOpinion

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  Aug 29 2020

  Photo:English: Hindu Temple in Trichinopoly in the 1860sDate | 1860s Source | http://www.oldindianphotos.in/2011_11_04_archive.htmlAuthor | Unknown author http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowSenator Harris is descended from the hereditary Hindu priesthood called the Tamil Brahmins. Sadanand @Dhume @WSJOpinionhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/what-kamala-harris-isnt-saying-about-her-mothers-background-11597944590?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTURNd01qWmxPVGhrWWpSaiIsInQiOiJcL1NqSTlHdnNqdFNoTUs4M1ZROWJxRkVSbUo2TE5YM0VPWjhyakpqOHoySTNINWJLenluNVlnSTlNYjJ0aGJvNkNQaGdJaiszUVQyNFVWaTRrRGNENHpoM2piN0Z5UzVuZUZpdXFPSGFXRktibGxaMVBZT0lYalMrR29ERWJCNlUifQ%3D%3D ...more

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• 371: The Navy goes smaller, and DHS is ready for the end of the world. @FRoseDC @WJLA @GovMattersTV @ ABC7News

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  Aug 29 2020

  Image:  Fincantieri won a $795M Contract for Navy frigate program; here: Fincantieri FFG(X) Design based on the FREMM. Fincantieri Image Expert: Navy’s new shipbuilding plan likely to lean toward smaller ships, unmanned platforms  https://govmatters.tv/pentagon-to-review-navy-force-structure/ DHS Cyber Storm exercise  https://govmatters.tv/takeaways-from-the-cyber-storm-exercise/ DHS OIG: Outdated tech, software holding mission back   https://govmatters.tv/outdated-legacy-it-systems-at-dhs/ Francis Rose, @FRoseDC, Host of @GovMattersTV @ ABC7News & WJLA 24/7 News. Washington D.C., in re:  Brian Howes*, CNO;  US aircraft carriers.  Now, Navy is thinking small: Need a viable path to a 355-ship fleet, which we didn’t have recently.  SecDef Esper has said to go back to the drawing board in fleet design. We have ten operational carrier groups; expect many smaller ships, manned but eventually unmanned. Littoral combat ship: we have only a dozen; should have far above that number.  Lisa Burro Russo {?}: ran an exercise to see the end of the world, anticipated potential wrinkles.  Whatever conflict happens next may involve civilian sphere, not limited to kinetic but will involve cyber—power grid, food and water supply chains.  Emerged confident that they had a handle on most of the [matters].  Christian Bernard, DHS, Ofc of the Inspector-General: govt deals with outdated software; appropriations on a year-to-year basis, but work can't be finished in one year.  * Brian Howes is the Director, Special Programs Division (N9SP) assigned to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) on the staff of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfare Systems (OPNAV N9) ...more

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• 370: Law enforcement looks to drone technology to answer the disorder in the cities. Dana Wheeler, CEO Plymouth Rock Technology Plyrotech.com US: PLRTF Canada:PRT

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  Aug 29 2020

  Photo:English: Frederick Barnard (16 May 1846 – 28 September 1896)[1] was a Victorian English illustrator, caricaturist and genre painter. He is noted for his work on the novels of Charles Dickens published between 1871 and 1879 by Chapman and Hall.[2]A Tale of Two Cities, the mob's attacking an official named Foulon de Doué at the Hotel de Ville, Paris, and subsequently hanging him at the Place de Grève on 22 July 1789, by Fred Barnard.Date | 1870Source | http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/barnard/ttc/index.html, scanned by Philip V. Allingham http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowLaw enforcement looks to drone technology to answer the disorder in the cities.  Dana Wheeler, CEO Plymouth Rock Technology Plyrotech.com US: PLRTF Canada:PRThttps://www.plyrotech.com/news/plymouth-rock-technologies-and-trendset-communications-group-announce-re-seller-and-purchase-agreement-for-prts-next-generation-x1-drone/"Law enforcement, border security and military superiority can no longer be achieved solely with a physical presence. Instant and executable information gathered by scanners and sensors play an increasingly decisive role. At Plymouth Rock Technologies, our engineers address real world problems by applying the latest techniques from engineering and science to find solutions that help keep people and places safe – on land, at sea, in the air and in space. We are creating new detection technologies that allow critical data to be collected and processed to provide a new level of information superiority for users. Our solutions leverage Artificial Intelligence, to create new capabilities for the early detection of threats, to protect those who serve and the general public."https://www.plyrotech.com/what/ ...more

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• 370: #TheScalaReport: What makes TikTok and WeChat so valuable to the lords of MSFT and ORCL and WMT? Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com #ScalaAPS

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  Aug 29 2020

  Photo: Van Dyck'Lord John and Lord Bernard StuartObject type | painting Genre | double portrait Depicted people | Lord John Stewart Lord Bernard StewartDate | circa 1638 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#TheScalaReport: What makes TikTok and WeChat so valuable to the lords of MSFT and ORCL and WMT?  Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com  #ScalaAPShttps://www.wsj.com/articles/walmart-joins-microsofts-pursuit-of-tiktok-11598544354?mod=hp_lead_pos1 https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/27/bytedance-asks-tiktok-to-draw-up-us-shutdown-contingencies-sources-say.html...more

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• 370: After the POTUS in the South Lawn of the WH, the guests had to make their way through a mob of scary harassers. @DevinNunes

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  Aug 29 2020

  Photo:Title: Strikers, communists, tramps and detectivesYear: 1878 (1870s)Authors:  Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress) DLCSubjects:  Railroad Strike, U.S., 1877 TrampsPublisher:  New York, G. W. Carleton & Co.Contributing Library:  The Library of CongressDigitizing Sponsor:  The Library of CongressView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From BookClick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:e, they were obligedto turn upon them. The police fought like tigers, and,inch by inch, forced the ugly fellows back towards thebuilding. Fortunately, a block and a half west from thescene of conflict, near the station, and in wagons, werenearly a score of police who had been sent from the Cen-tral Station, and were awaiting orders. As soon as theywere apprised of the desperate condition of their comrades,there was never a quicker charge made. At them theywent like a prize crowd at Donnybrook, and clubbed andsmashed anybody and everybody before them, until theyhad formed a junction with the other party of police, wheuthe main crowd, with yells of pain and rage, broke and Hedin all directions. Then the combined force fought theirway more fiercely than ever through the dense masseswedged into the vestibule and upon the stairways, pitchingmen bodily out into the street, or hnrling them down thestairs, until the main auditorium was reached, when a scenetranspired that beggars description. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowAfter the POTUS in the South Lawn of the WH, the guests had to make their way through a mob of scary harassers. @DevinNunes ...more

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• 370: "They've [Schiff and the Democrats] created a monster they can't control." @DevinNunes "The media along with the social media companies have just been spewing out poison..."

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  Photo: A satire on Andrew Jackson's campaign to destroy the Bank of the United States and its support among state banks. Jackson, Martin Van Buren, and Jack Downing struggle against a snake with heads representing the states. Jackson (on the left) raises a cane marked "Veto" and says, "Biddle thou Monster Avaunt!! avaount I say! or by the Great Eternal I'll cleave thee to the earth, aye thee and thy four and twenty satellites. Matty if thou art true...come on. if thou art false, may the venomous monster turn his dire fang upon thee..." Van Buren: "Well done General, Major Jack Downing, Adams, Clay, well done all. I dislike dissentions beyond every thing, for it often compels a man to play a double part, were it only for his own safety. Policy, policy is my motto, but intrigues I cannot countenance." Downing (dropping his axe): "Now now you nasty varmint, be you imperishable? I swan Gineral that are beats all I reckon, that's the horrible wiper wot wommits wenemous heads I guess..." The largest of the heads is president of the Bank Nicholas Biddle's, which wears a top hat labeled "Penn" (i.e. Pennsylvania) and "$45,000,000." This refers to the rechartering of the Bank by the Pennsylvania legislature in defiance of the adminstration's efforts to destroy it.Date | 1836Source | Brown University Library Center for Digital Initiatives, Print, Drawings & Watercolors from the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection,ID 119817787962500Author | N.Y. : Printed & publd. by H.R. Robinson, 1836; cropped by Beyond My Ken (talk) 07:04, 16 June 2010 (UTC) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow"They've (Schiff and the Democrats) created a monster they can't control." @DevinNunes "The media along with the social media companies have just been spewing out poison..." ...more

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• 370: Essential oils and backyard spa luxe. @GeneMarks @Guardian #SmallBusinessAmerica

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  Image: The Baths of the Sultan and the Queen Mother (Hünkâr ve Vâlide Hamamları; late 16th century) at the Topkapı Palace in Istanbul The pool man and lavender farms are doing very well, and other summertime pandemic surprises, @GeneMarks @Guardian

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• 370: Resources to help Black businesses in the time of the virus. @GeneMarks @Guardian #SmallBusinessAmerica

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  Image:  Front cover art for an edition of the serial publication Black Enterprise . SmallBusinessAmerica: The recovery is under way—suggestions for Black-owned businesses. Durable Goods orders up 11.2 percent  https://www.ftportfolios.com/Commentary/EconomicResearch/2020/8/26/new-orders-for-durable-goods-increased-11.2percent-in-july Personal Income increased 0.4% in July, Spending increased 1.9%, Core PCE increased 0.3% https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2020/08/personal-income-increased-04-in-july.html 23 States to Add $300 to Weekly Jobless Benefit Checks https://www.pymnts.com/economy/2020/23-states-add-300-dollars-weekly-jobless-benefit-checks/ Surviving as a Black business owner isn’t easy, but there are resources to help https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/27/black-business-owner-resources-pandemic-black-lives-matter Should your small business take advantage of the payroll tax deferral? Accountants are unenthused. https://www.inquirer.com/business/small-business/small-business-payroll-tax-deferral-ppp-taxes-social-security-20200825.html ...more

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• 370: Bud Lite, firefighter hero. Jeff Bliss #PacificWatch @JCBliss

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  Image:  Bud Lite parent's logo Jeff Bliss, #PacificWatch: Wildfire fighting with a 36-pack of Bud Lite and cowboy volunteer bulldozers in Napa Valley. @JCBliss     https://nypost.com/2020/08/25/california-man-uses-cans-of-bud-light-beer-to-fight-wildfire/ https://www.sfchronicle.com/wine/article/Napa-locals-go-cowboy-bulldozing-fire-15520327.php

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• 370: Blue cities will not return to normal. @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion

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  Image:  Patrol of National guard after riots in Los Angeles in 1992. Public domain Dan Henninger, @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion, in re: Does Biden understand the Blue cities are not returning to normal?  https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-cant-restore-normalcy-11598483215

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• 369: Joe Biden Romancing the Dictator's Brother. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion

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  Aug 29 2020

  Photo:Fidel's brother Raúl (left) and Che Guevara (right)Anonymous - https://regnum.ru/uploads/pictures/news/2016/01/01/regnum_picture_1451665517802470_normal.jpeg Raúl Castro, left, with has his arm around second-in-command, Ernesto “Che” Guevara, in Cuba. In their Sierra de Cristal Mountain stronghold south of Havana, in 1958 during the Cuban Revolution. Permission details This work was created in Cuba and is now in the public domain because its term of copyright has expired. According to Cuban law #14 and subsequent amendments, copyright terms in Cuba are the following: Type of material Copyright has expired in Cuba if ...Copyright has expired in the US if...¹ Photographs Used more than 25 years ago First published in Cuba without compliance with US copyright formalities and used in Cuba before February 20, 1972 Anonymous works (not photographs) Used more than 50 years ago First published in Cuba without compliance with US copyright formalities and used in Cuba before February 20, 1947 Corporate and government works Never (perpetual copyright) Published before 1925 (95 years ago) All other works More than 50 years has passed since the 1st of January following the death of the author a) Published in Cuba without compliance with US copyright formalities, author died before 1947 or b) Published before 1925 (95 years ago) For a file to be hosted on Wikimedia Commons, it must be in the public domain in both Cuba and the United States. ¹For a work to be public domain in the United States, its copyright must have expired in Cuba before Cuba joined the Berne Convention on February 20, 1997. Note 2: Notwithstanding the conditions set above, the state of Cuba may decide to transfer to the state the copyright on works when the copyright term for the creator of it has expired, as set by the 48º article of Cuban Copyright law. Such works would not be free of copyright, and may be deleted at any time.View more Public Domainview terms File:Raulche2.jpg Created: 1 January 1958  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowJoe Biden Romancing the Dictator's Brother. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinionhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-cuba-policy-ignores-reality-11598215175 ...more

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• 369: House-arresting a president is presidential electioneering in Colombia. @MaryAnasasiaOG @WSJOpinion

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  Photo: The Colombian Navy destroyer ARC Caldas. She was a Porutgese Duoro-class destroyer (ex Tejo) built at Estaleiro Real de Lisboa, Portugal, in 1934 and served until 1961.Date | 1940s Source | U.S. Navy All Hands magazine October 1948, p. 20.Author | U.S. Navy http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowHouse-arresting a president is presidential electioneering in Colombia. @MaryAnasasiaOG @WSJOpinionhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/colombia-arrests-uribe-11597006907 ...more

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• 369: Joe Biden 46 and the economy. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Photo: Harding c. 1919National Photo Company Collection - Library of Congress Catalog: http://lccn.loc.gov/2016819939 Image download: http://cdn.loc.gov/service/pnp/npcc/00500/00577v.jpg Original url:https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2016819939/ Title: Sen. Warren S. [G.] Harding Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 4 x 5 in. or smaller  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowJoe Biden 46 and the economy. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/assessing-presidential-candidates?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=1c13f8b3fa-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_08_25_06_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-1c13f8b3fa-72527561 ...more

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• 369: Joe Biden 46 and the Court. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Photo:Harding begins his front porch campaign by accepting the Republican nomination, July 22, 1920.Underwood & Underwood - [http://www.unz.org/Pub/LiteraryDigest-1920jul31-00007?View=PDF The Literary Digest, July 31, 1920, p. 1 The Republican presidential candidate, Warren G. Harding, accepts the nomination of his party from his front porch, Jully 22, 1920  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowJoe Biden 46 and the Court.  @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/assessing-presidential-candidates?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=1c13f8b3fa-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_08_25_06_14&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-1c13f8b3fa-72527561 ...more

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• 368: Government intervention in an economic crisis is inevitable and ineffective, always. @VErodeRugy @Mercatus

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  Aug 28 2020

  Photo:Fishing at Saint Mary's River, Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, ca. 1901Indians fishing at the "Soo", photochrom print by the Detroit Photographic Co., copyrighted 1901. The Soo likely refers to the twin cities of Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan and Ontario, and the rapids of the St. Mary's River that separates them. The bridge in the background is the Sault Ste. Marie International Railroad Bridge, erected in 1887. From the Photochrom Prints Collection at the Library of Congress More photochroms from Michigan & the United States | More photochrom prints [PD] This picture is in the public domain.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowGovernment intervention in an economic crisis is inevitable and ineffective, always.  @VErodeRugy @Mercatus https://www.aier.org/article/opposed-to-government-intervention-crisis-or-not/ ...more

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• 368: California's Supermajority Democrats cannot keep the lights on & What is to be done?. @VDHanson @HooverInst

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  Photo:Downtown Los Angeles, California, 1900El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles de la Porciúncula, or L.A. for short. Photochrom print by the Detroit Photographic Co., copyrighted 1900. From the Photochrom Prints Collection at the Library of Congress More photochroms from California & the United States | More photochrom prints [PD] This picture is in the public domain  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowCalifornia's Supermajority Democrats cannot keep the lights on & What is to be done?.  @VDHanson @HooverInsthttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/08/california-apocalypto/#slide-1 ...more

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• 368: What drives the violent in the Blue cities? @VDHanson @HooverInst

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  Photo: "Chamber of Commerce Building, Minneapolis, Minn." / postcardRelated Work: depicts Grain Exchange Building, also known as Chamber of Commerce Building, designed by Kees and Colburn (American architectural firm, 1899-1921), built 1900-1902. Work_Description: No. R-45966; published by Bloom Bros. Co., Minneapolis. Postmark dated Oct[ober] 2, 1915 on reverse.Culture: AmericanDate: ca. 1907-1915Measurement: 137 mm (height) x 87 mm (width)Classification: Graphic Design and IllustrationWork type: postcardsLocation Notes: Collection of Philip Larson and Ursula A. Larson, MinneapolisRights: Work in the public domainImage_Filename: 11100805WorkID: 16778 [depicts work 16624]  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowWhat drives the violent in the Blue cities? @VDHanson @HooverInsthttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/08/what-is-the-violence-in-american-cities-all-about/ ...more

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• 368: Trump vs the "Biden-Sanders Manifesto." @HooverWhalen @HooverInst

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  Photo:Karl Marx (Holzschnitt)Date | 1970Source | released by the legal successor http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowTrump vs the "Biden-Sanders Manifesto." @HooverWhalen  @HooverInsthttps://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-to-cast-joe-biden-as-weak-on-jobs-crime-in-rnc-speech-11598551400?mod=hp_lead_pos1

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• 367: ISIS claims it has 10,000 soldiers in Syria, Lebanon, and the region. Malcolm Hoenlein @conf_of_pres

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  Image:  Sinai province logo of ISIS Malcolm Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres, in re: ISIS claims it has 10,000 soldiers in Syria, Lebanon, and the region.   

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• 366: FILE NAME: Goldberg-27 Iran lurches forward in its nuclear military; metastasizes across South America. Richard Goldberg: @rich_goldberg, Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres, @FDD

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  Image:  Seen here in this ISNA footage is Gholam Reza Aghazadeh and AEOI officials with a sample of Yellowcake during a public announcement on 11 April 2006, in Mashhad that Iran had managed successfully to complete the fuel cycle by itself. Richard Goldberg, @rich_goldberg,  in re: Snapback and IAEA inspections. Richard Goldberg is a senior advisor at FDD. From 2019-2020, Richard served as the Director for Countering Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction for the White House National Security Council. He previously served as chief of staff for Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner and deputy chief of staff and senior foreign policy adviser to former U.S. Senator Mark Kirk of Illinois in both the U.S. House and Senate. https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2020/08/26/debunking-legal-argument-against-us-snapback https://www.reuters.com/article/us-colombia-venezuela/venezuela-looking-to-buy-iranian-missiles-colombian-president-says-idUSKBN25G29E/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-watchdog-iran-to-allow-access-to-2-suspected-nuke-sites/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/german-fm-tells-ashkenazi-efforts-underway-to-keep-iran-arms-ban/...more

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• 366: Deadly fire balloons from Hamas launched out of “frustration” with normalization. Yossi Kuperwasser, @yossikup, Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Image:  Re-inflated Japanese Fu-Go balloon bomb Yossi Kuperwasser, @yossikup, in re: Update on Israel’s borders; on Turkey and Hamas. Fire balloons out of Gaza, an old trick; why now? Frustration with the Israeli success in normalization with the Arab world, as well as dissatisfaction with life in Gaza and to force Israel to give them more money. Also, hatred toward anything Israeli, want to see us on fire.  These balloons ae in fac Yossi Kuperwasser was formerly Director General of the Israel Ministry of Strategic Affairs and head of the Research Division of IDF Military Intelligence. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/theres-no-doubt-turkey-sponsors-terrorism-why-wont-the-state-department-say-so https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-peacekeepers-investigating-flareup-on-israel-lebanon-border/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/gaza-arson-balloons-spark-33-fires-in-south-while-qatar-envoy-still-in-strip/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/hezbollah-carried-out-border-shooting-under-peacekeepers-noses-israel-tells-un/ ...more

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• 366: The Jews of the UAE celebrate the meeting of the minds from the Gulf to the Levant. @RossKriel & Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Image:   Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was the first president of the United Arab Emirates and is recognized as the father of the nation. Here, enjoying falconry. Ross Kriel, @RossKriel, in re:  UAE-Israel normalization. Ross Kriel is the President of the Jewish Community of the Emirates (JCE). Originally from Johannesburg, he is an Oxford-educated lawyer. Mr. Kriel has been working in the UAE since 2008 and has lived in Dubai since 2013 with his wife and children. He works for French Energy giant ENGIE as a transactional lawyer and has worked on large energy projects throughout the GCC, Africa and South Asia since 2008. He has actively built the JCE Community since 2013 by creating a place of worship with regular services, obtaining and supporting the infrastructure for Jewish prayer, and establishing a fully-functioning, flourishing and viable community. In his capacity as president of the JCE, Mr. Kriel was privileged to be included in the UAE Delegation to the Ministerial on Freedom or Religion and Belief which was held in Washington, D.C., during July 2019 and has been invited to present his work in the UAE to European parliamentarians in March 2020 as part of the EPP Working Group on Intercultural and Religious Dialogue.  https://www.israelhayom.com/2020/08/18/a-warm-peace-jews-in-the-uae-thrilled-about-normalization/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/uae-jewish-community-celebrates-peace-with-israel-excited-about-direct-flights/ https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/whats-behind-new-israel-uae-peace-deal ...more

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• 365: The recovery accelerates as the Fed promises low interest rates indefinitely. Monica Crowley, @TreasurySpox, @MonicaCrowley, @USTreasury,

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  Image:  The recovery from the recession of 1953 in the United States is a classic V-shape. Monica Crowley, @TreasurySpox,  @MonicaCrowley,  @USTreasury, Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of the Treasury; in re:  The recovery accelerates as the Fed promises low interest rates indefinitely.  https://www.wsj.com/articles/feds-powell-headlines-virtual-jackson-hole-economic-conference-11598486400?mod=hp_lead_pos4

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• 365: Shutting down the economy is “insane.” Secy Gates said, “Joe Biden has been wrong on almost every policy stand [in his entire political life]”. @ConradMBlack

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  Image:  Cartoon showing Cyrus Field, Jay Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Russell Sage, seated on bags of "millions", on a large heavy raft made of low wages and high prices being carried by workers Conrad Black, @ConradMBlack, American Greatness, publisher, political observer and litterateur, in re: The idea of shutting down 100% of the economy and ancillary difficulties—absolute nonsense. Have to fight medical and economic [problems] concomitantly.  Nursing homes—in New York, the governor is complicit in the deaths of thousands.  . . . China had a free ride in dumping goods, intimidating neighbors [et al.]; this must be stopped.  When the US exercised the global right of freedom of navigation and Beijing strenuously objected, the Administration told Beijing to buzz off. Uyghurs, Christians hiding in China; the preposterous arrogation of the Chinese Catholic Church.    Secretary Gates said that Joe Biden has been wrong on almost every policy stand [in his entire political life].  Why hasn't Biden denounced looting and violence?  Afraid of BLM. The [urban] Democratic machines have been in office for too long—in Chicago, for 89 years.   https://amgreatness.com/2020/08/24/a-mister-rogers-for-the-white-house-oh-please/ ...more

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• 365: Democrats respond to the riots when the polls turn against them and for Trump. @SebGorka

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  Image:   Sebastian Gorka @SebGorka,  America First radio, in re: The disorder in cities across America, especially cities that are blue. Democrats began paying attention to urban disorder when the ills turned against them in favor of the GOP.   https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-jacob-blakes-shooting-kenosha-officials-face-criticism-11598537022?mod=hp_lead_pos7

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• 365: Strangely, Joe Biden threatens that he’ll shut down the economy to save us from the virus. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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  Image:    The Triumph of Achilles by Franz von Matsch; panoramic fresco.  Achilles drags Hector's lifeless body at the Gates of Troy Sebastian Gorka @SebGorka, America First radio, in re:  Joe Biden said that if he was elected and the virus was still active, he’d totally shut down the economy.  In DC: “We predict that on Nov 3 the coronavirus will no longer be a problem.” Keeping schools shut is a way of damaging the economy, as parents have to stay home to be with the children.  We have the medical data: healthy children are not at risk.  / Raising taxes discourages growth; Biden?  “How many Achilles’s heels can one candidate have?”  / China: a threat to the US and to its own people. Have the Democrats explained Biden’s China policy?  “Beijing would welcome a Biden presidency.”!  /  Mr Biden wants to restore the Iran deal in 2021. Who crawled out of the woodwork? Members of the Obama Administration, to salvage the disastrous JCPOA in order to salvage their own reputations.    https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-to-cast-joe-biden-as-weak-on-jobs-crime-in-rnc-speech-11598551400 ...more

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• 364: A Self-Made Man: 8of8: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809–1849 Kindle Edition. by Sidney Blumenthal (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:Title: Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific OceanYear: 1855 (1850s)Authors:  United States. War Dept Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887 United States. Army. Corps of EngineersSubjects:  Pacific railroads Discoveries in geography Natural history Indians of North AmericaPublisher:  Washington : A.O.P. Nicholson, printer (etc.)Contributing Library:  San Francisco Public LibraryDigitizing Sponsor:  California State Library Califa/LSTA GrantView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From BookClick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:nakane, in longitude 120° 05, a distance on the parallel of about eighty-fivemiles, but by the river at least one hundred and twenty miles. It then flows southwesterlyfor about fifty miles, and at the mouth of the Pisquouse, in latitude 47° 22, again turns towardsthe southeast, which course it preserves as far as Walla-Walla, a distance by the river ofone hundred and sixty-five miles, or one hundred and forty in a direct line. From theColumbia entrance up to the Cascades, a distance of one hundred and sixty-five miles, the riveris without obstruction and can be navigated by large steamers. Sea-going steamers can ascendas far as Vancouver, one hundred and fifteen miles from its mouth. The Indians say that atthe Cascades the river used to be perfectly free, but the gradual encroachments on its precipi-tous banks at length gave rise to a land slide, which, falling into the river, made a sort ofnatural dam, which is evidently the case from the appearance of the shore. There is a portage http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowA Self-Made Man: 8of8: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809–1849 Kindle Edition.  by Sidney Blumenthal  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Self-Made-Man-Political-Abraham-Lincoln-ebook/dp/B00LD1ONOE/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= The first in a sweeping, multi-volume history of Abraham Lincoln—from his obscure beginnings to his presidency, death, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War plan of reconciliation—“engaging and informative and…thought-provoking” (The Christian Science Monitor). ...more

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• 364: A Self-Made Man: 7of8: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809–1849 Kindle Edition. by Sidney Blumenthal (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:View of Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1855Date | 1855Source | engraving published August 1855 in Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, Boston, Massachusetts.Previously uploaded to en:Wikipedia 19:03, 22 July 2008 by en:User:Hugh ManateeAuthor | Unnamed artists for Ballou's Pictorial http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowA Self-Made Man: 7of8: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809–1849 Kindle Edition.  by Sidney Blumenthal  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Self-Made-Man-Political-Abraham-Lincoln-ebook/dp/B00LD1ONOE/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= The first in a sweeping, multi-volume history of Abraham Lincoln—from his obscure beginnings to his presidency, death, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War plan of reconciliation—“engaging and informative and…thought-provoking” (The Christian Science Monitor). ...more

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• 364: A Self-Made Man: 6of8: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809–1849 Kindle Edition. by Sidney Blumenthal (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:Title: Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific OceanYear: 1860 (1860s)Authors:  United States. War Dept United States. Army. Corps of Engineers Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878 Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887Subjects:  Pacific railroads Natural history Indians of North AmericaPublisher:  Washington, A.O.P. Nicholson, Printer (etc.)Contributing Library:  MBLWHOI LibraryDigitizing Sponsor:  MBLWHOI LibraryView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From BookClick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:ner ; lower parts silvery white, sides brown; uppermandible brownish black, pale at the end and yellow on the sides at the base ; lower mandible yellow, with the sides dusky;feet black, greenish yellow on inner side ; iris brown. ^^jj Atlantic States from Nova Scotia southward ; Texas in winter; fur countries, Pacific side of the continent; Wash-ington Territory. In the notes on P. occidentalis I have noticed all I remarked of this species. On the onlyoccasion when I saw them they were with the others, which they so closely resembled inappearance that at a distance they were scarcely distinguishable. I could see also no differencein their cries or habits at that season, and never saw them at any other time or place. Al-thouo-h killed late in March, both species were in the immature plumage, as were the manyspecimens of the three species I http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowA Self-Made Man: 6of8: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809–1849 Kindle Edition.  by Sidney Blumenthal  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Self-Made-Man-Political-Abraham-Lincoln-ebook/dp/B00LD1ONOE/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= The first in a sweeping, multi-volume history of Abraham Lincoln—from his obscure beginnings to his presidency, death, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War plan of reconciliation—“engaging and informative and…thought-provoking” (The Christian Science Monitor). ...more

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• 364: A Self-Made Man: 5of8: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809–1849 Kindle Edition. by Sidney Blumenthal (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Aug 28 2020

  Photo:Title: Youth's manual of geography : combined with history and astronomy : designed for the use of the junior and intermediate classes in public and private schoolsYear: 1860 (1860s)Authors:  Monteith, JamesSubjects:  GeographyPublisher:  New York : A.S. Barnes & H.L. BurrContributing Library:  University of Pittsburgh Library SystemDigitizing Sponsor:  Lyrasis Members and Sloan FoundationView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From BookClick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:Whale Fishing.Text Appearing After Image:MAP OF THE UNITED STATES. 33 LESSON XXXIV. How many States are there ? Thitythreo. Which is the hirj:;est ? Texas. Which is the smallest? Rhode Island How many Territories are there ? Eight. What Ocean east of the United States ? West ? What Province of British America north of the United States ? Ca What Country south of the United States ? Mo. What Gulf soutli of the United States ? G. of Mo. Which is the most north-eastern State ? Me. Which is the most western State ? Ca. Which is the most southern State ? Fn. LESSON XXXV. In what direction do the rivers between the Rocky and the -Alle-ghany Monntaiiw flow ? Towards the Mississippi River.In what direction do the rivers east of the Alleuliauy Mountainsflow? Towards the Atlantic Ocean,What Lakes on the nortlicrn border of the Utiited States ?What Lake connected witli these entirely within the United States 7What River is the outlet of Lake Ontario ? St. Le.Into what does the St. Lawrence River Qow ? Gulf of St. LawrenceWhat River http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowA Self-Made Man: 5of8: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809–1849 Kindle Edition.  by Sidney Blumenthal  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Self-Made-Man-Political-Abraham-Lincoln-ebook/dp/B00LD1ONOE/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= The first in a sweeping, multi-volume history of Abraham Lincoln—from his obscure beginnings to his presidency, death, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War plan of reconciliation—“engaging and informative and…thought-provoking” (The Christian Science Monitor). ...more

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• 363: Reawakening the January China trade deal & What is to be done? @AlanTonelson @GordonGChang

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  Aug 27 2020

  Photo:1890 illustration by Rafael Monleón of a late 19th-century Iranun lanong warship with three banks of oars under full sailRafael Monleón - Illustration by Rafael Monleón (1890) A lanong (or joanga), an Iranun warship of the late 18th century with three banks of oars under full sail. Upward of 100 feet long, these vessels were provided with large bamboo outriggers, both sides were rowed and paddled by more than 190 men. Public Domain File:Iranun lanong warship by Rafael Monleón (1890).jpg Created: 1 January 1890  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowReawakening the January China trade deal & What is to be done?  @AlanTonelson @GordonGChang Alan Tonelson, independent economic policy analyst who blogs at RealityChek and tweets at @AlanTonelson https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/25/us-and-china-hold-phone-call-on-phase-one-trade-agreement.htmlhttps://news.cgtn.com/news/2020-08-24/China-criticizes-Trump-s-decoupling-remarks-calls-for-cooperation-TdyAZjiFri/index.html...more

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• 363: Reports of PRC infanticide in Uyghur population. Reggie Littlejohn, founder and president of Women's Rights Without Frontiers

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  Aug 27 2020

  Photo:Title: "Cassell's Illustrated History of the Russo-Turkish War, etc" Author(s): Ollier, Edmund [person] British Library shelfmark: "Digital Store 9136.h.2" Page: 377 (scanned page number - not necessarily the actual page number in the publication) Place of publication: London (England) Date of publication: 1885 Publisher: Cassell Edition: New edition Type of resource: Monograph Language(s): English Physical description: 2 volumes (4°)  Explore this item in the British Library’s catalogue:  002706355 (physical copy) and 014905386 (digitised copy)(numbers are British Library identifiers)  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowReports of PRC infanticide in Uyghur population.  Reggie Littlejohn, founder and president of Women's Rights Without Frontiers https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/uighur-babies-killed-by-doctors/...more

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• 362: Democratic Governor Tony Evers of WI asks POTUS for law enforcement help in Kenosha, WI. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Aug 27 2020

  Photo:nglish: Title: Edgewater Lodge, ideally situated at the Water's Edge, Ephraim, WisconsinSubjects: MotelsPlaces: Wisconsin > Door (county) > EphraimNotes: Title from item.Extent: 1 print (postcard) : linen texture, color ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.Accession #: 06_10_022712Date | between circa 1930 and circa 1945 Source | Boston Public Library Tichnor Brothers collection #86301Author | Fagan Publishing Co., Madison, Wis. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Democratic Governor Tony Evers of WI asks POTUS for law enforcement help in Kenosha, WI.  @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://journaltimes.com/news/local/trump-says-federal-law-enforcement-coming-to-kenosha-evers-says-extra-guard-will-be-there/article_a8fd5e09-d485-5ff4-866b-2a56c3167fec.html ...more

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• 362: Colloquy with the tweets of the NYT CIA reporter on the Russiagate term of art, "Contact Approval." @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Aug 27 2020

  Photo:English: Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Naval Treaty (1893).Illustration by Sidney Paget, in The Strand Magazine.Original caption : "Holmes was working hard over a chemical investigation."Български: Артър Конан Дойл, Морският договор (1893), Илюстрация от Сидни Паджет, в „Странд Магазин”Français : Arthur Conan Doyle, Le Traité naval (1893), Illustration de Sidney Paget publiée dans The Strand Magazine.Date | 1893Source | http://www.sshf.com/encyclopedia/index.php/The_Adventure_of_the_Naval_Treaty http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowColloquy with the tweets of the NYT CIA reporter on the Russiagate term of art, "Contact Approval." @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.nationalreview.com/corner/responding-to-charlie-savage-on-my-clinesmith-series/ ...more

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• 361: The Republicans of Kentucky discover a winner. RNC. @SalenaZito

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  Aug 27 2020

  Image:  View of Main Street, Louisville,Kentucky, in 1846. The Republicans of Kentucky discover a winner.  @SalenaZitoRNC https://www.wsj.com/articles/daniel-cameron-overcame-racism-to-make-history-in-kentucky-11576880248?utm_source=Salena+Zito&utm_campaign=7feee8b89e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_08_25_11_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_06ac76b2f8-7feee8b89e-11447385 and PA 250,000 Energy Jobs https://www.wsj.com/articles/about-joes-energy-jobs-11598310676

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• 361: War hero and best-selling author gets a phone call from POTUS. RNC. @SelenaZito

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  Aug 27 2020

  Image:  President Trump on the phone. Public domain. Salena Zito @SalenaZito   @DCExaminer  @RealClearPolitics, CNN, Washington Examiner, New York Post, in re:  Sean Parnell, a veteran and genuine hero as well as a successful author, has agreed to stand for Congress, and now has spoken at the RNC convention on opening night. In 2016, portrayed himself as a Democrat. Went to Washington, saw that his moral core was [more conservative]. Works for a foundation that provides service dogs for veterans. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/how-an-afghanistan-veteran-went-from-broken-to-featured-republican-convention-speaker?utm_source=Salena+Zito&utm_campaign=5dd24aff91-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_08_22_12_26&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_06ac76b2f8-5dd24aff91-11447385 ...more

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• 360: A nuclear waste battery perpetual energy machine if it works. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Photo:  Spent fuel pool at a nuclear power plant http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowA nuclear waste battery perpetual energy machine if it works.  Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/a-nuclear-battery-that-never-needs-charging/

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• 360: Trouble for Blue Origin. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Aug 27 2020

  Photo:  The coat of arms of Blue Origin! http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowTrouble for Blue Origin. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ulas-vulcan-rocket-problems-with-blue-origins-rocket-engine/

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• 359: Beijing paves Belt and Road right in to British Columbia. Charles Burton @cburton001 and @GordonGChang,

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  Aug 27 2020

  Image: Central City, the tallest building in Surrey from 2003 to 2017.   A Yanjiao International Trade City diagram* shows the Beijing-area import-export "mother centre" and the foreign hub cities, including Surrey, B.C., that will serve it.  * https://biv.com/article/2020/08/china-paving-its-belt-and-road-british-columbia Charles Burton @cburton001, senior Fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and Gordon Chang @GordonGChang, in re: China’s Belt and Road is taking over a piece of Canada near the US border.  Prepare for political domination of the planet.    “Hongcouver”        “A major warehouse facility under construction in Surrey is not just paving the way for more trade between B.C. and China. It could be helping pave Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative to Canada. The massive $190 million, 470,000-square-foot complex, dubbed the “World Commodity Trade Center,” is a joint venture between a Chinese state-sponsored company and a local development firm. The centre, first conceived in Beijing, has four warehouses and two large exhibition halls — to be lined with Chinese and Canadian flags — strategically located in the Campbell Heights industrial zone between Vancouver International Airport and the United States border.” The centre is purported to be one of several non-Chinese import-export facilities servicing a central commodities hub on the outskirts of Beijing, called Yanjiao International Trade City, being developed by brand company World Commerce Valley, a division of Hong Kong-based trading firm Shing Kee Godown Group. The centre is being developed through Canadian subsidiaries North America Commerce Valley Development Ltd. and Shing Kee Godown (Canada) Holdings Ltd. and in partnership with local development firm Pollyco Group. https://biv.com/article/2020/08/china-paving-its-belt-and-road-british-columbia https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-ivison-chinese-ambassador-denies-intimidation-of-chinese-canadians...more

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• 359: Kim’s younger sister climbs the despot’s ladder. @DavidMaxwell161, and @GordonGChang

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  Image:  Emblem of North Korea David Maxwell @DavidMaxwell161, senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Gordon Chang @GordonGChang, in re: Kim Jong-un’s sister Kim Yo-jng is now the second-most-important person in North Korea.  Now in Politburo, responsible for relations w South Korea and the US.  Head of Organization and  Guidance Department, most important; being groomed for succession.  Note also Kim’s uncle, who returned after 40 years in exile, returned in November 2019, but has neither power base nor strong relationships among the elite.   Veneration of Paektu bloodline. Kim’s health?  He’s overweight and smokes [and seems to drink].  We just don’t know his medical condition. Missile launches: the triple whammy: virus, natural disasters, ad collapsed economy—all internal crises. Were there to be a missile launch, maybe around October 10. “Hongcouver” https://biv.com/article/2020/08/china-paving-its-belt-and-road-british-columbia https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/26/asia/kim-yo-jong-role-intl-hnk/index.html ...more

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• 358: The unbelievable happy ending of a bank robber and the FBI agent who bought him a cup of coffee and a donut. @debrajsaunders White House Correspondent, Las Vegas Review-Journal.

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  Aug 27 2020

  Photo:English: Frasher Foto postcard showing the El Rancho Vegas, Las Vegas, circa 1940sDate | circa 1940 sSource | http://digital.library.unlv.edu/u?/pho,2831Author | Frasher Foto http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe unbelievable happy ending of a bank robber and the FBI agent who bought him a cup of coffee and a donut. @debrajsaunders White House Correspondent, Las Vegas Review-Journal.  https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/trump-pardons-former-nevada-bank-robber-jon-ponder-2103133/ ...more

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• 357: State of the City, the State, the Union: Sounding the alarm to restore the authority of the NYPD to secure the city from disorder. John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtable @JohnCats.

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  Aug 27 2020

  Photo:English: NY Metropolitan police uniforms, July 1871Date | 1871Source | NYPL.orgAuthor | Hatch & Co. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowState of the City, the State, the Union: Sounding the alarm to restore the authority of the NYPD to secure the city from disorder.  John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtable @JohnCats.https://omny.fm/shows/cats-at-night-with-john-catsimatidis/cats-at-night-8-26-20https://abc7ny.com/nyc-shootings-gun-violence-bronx-mother-of-3-shot-fatally-in-head/6385689/ ...more

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• 356: A Self-Made Man: 4of8: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809–1849 Kindle Edition. by Sidney Blumenthal (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Aug 27 2020

  Photo:Title: The making of the Ohio Valley states, 1660-1837 Year: 1894 (1890s) Authors:  Drake, Samuel Adams, 1833-1905 Subjects:  Publisher:  New York, C. Scribner's sons Contributing Library:  The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor:  Sloan Foundation    View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book  Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.  Text Appearing Before Image:that theFrench had done in the West, to the close of the seven-teenth century. INTER-OCEAN ROUTES By seizing Detroit the French got full control of thethree great lakes from which the various inland routesbranched off to the Mississippi. It is to these we mustnow turn. Mention has been made of the trading-post foundedby La Salle on the Illinois, called The Rock, where theexplorer had meant to gather a colony of his own. Un-fortunately he did not live to realize his hopes. Afterhis untimely end, The Rock became a bone of contention 24 INTEK-OCEAN KOUTES between rival factions of traders, fell into neglect, andwas finally deserted between the years 1718 and 1721. La ^ Salles searching eye had quickly seen that theIllinois was destined to be the greatest thoroughfare ofall. It Avas what might be called the direct route fromthe lake posts, by the west shore of Lake Michigan, tothe Mississippi. Where the little river Chicago emptiedinto the lake, La Salle had unconsciously set foot on the  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow A Self-Made Man: 4of8: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809–1849 Kindle Edition.  by Sidney Blumenthal  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Self-Made-Man-Political-Abraham-Lincoln-ebook/dp/B00LD1ONOE/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= The first in a sweeping, multi-volume history of Abraham Lincoln—from his obscure beginnings to his presidency, death, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War plan of reconciliation—“engaging and informative and…thought-provoking” (The Christian Science Monitor). ...more

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• 356: A Self-Made Man: 3of8: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809–1849 Kindle Edition. by Sidney Blumenthal (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:English: Fort Harmar, constructed in the autumn of 1785 at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum rivers, on the west side of the mouth of the Muskingum River. “The position was judiciously chosen, as it commanded not only the mouth of the Muskingum, but swept the waters of the Ohio, from a curve in the river for a considerable distance both above and below the fort.” The view of the image is looking forward towards the Ohio, with the mouth of the Muskingum on the left; in the background, across the Ohio River, are houses of the settlement that would later become Williamstown. Buckley Island is located to the upper left in the Ohio River.The Campus Martius fortification of the Marietta settlement was built on the east side of the Muskingum and upriver from Fort Harmar during 1788, and fully completed in 1791 at the start of the Northwest Indian War. The Picketed Point fortification of Marietta was built directly across the Muskingum from Fort Harmar, on the east side of the mouth, during 1791.Image and quote from the book by S. P. Hildreth: Pioneer History: Being an Account of the First Examinations of the Ohio Valley, and the Early Settlement of the Northwest Territory, H. W. Derby and Co., Cincinnati, Ohio (1848). Illustration plate located between pp. 316-17.ColWilliam (talk) 20:54, 11 April 2008 (UTC)Date | before 1806 Source | Hildreth, S. P. (1848)  Pioneer History: Being an Account of the First Examinations of the Ohio Valley, and the Early Settlement of the Northwest Territory, Cincinnati: H. W. Derby and Co, p. 316 1/2  Author | Judge Joseph Gilman (1738-1806) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow A Self-Made Man: 3of8: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809–1849 Kindle Edition.  by Sidney Blumenthal  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Self-Made-Man-Political-Abraham-Lincoln-ebook/dp/B00LD1ONOE/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= The first in a sweeping, multi-volume history of Abraham Lincoln—from his obscure beginnings to his presidency, death, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War plan of reconciliation—“engaging and informative and…thought-provoking” (The Christian Science Monitor). ...more

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• 356: A Self-Made Man: 2of8: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809–1849 Kindle Edition. by Sidney Blumenthal (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:English: Parts of Covington and Newport, Ky., appear on the right; a, landing, Cincinnati; b, the suburb of Fulton, up the Ohio, on the left of which is East Walnut Hills, and through which passes the Little Miami Railroad, leading to the eastern citites; c, Mount Adams, on which is the Cincinnati Observatory; d, position of Walnut Hills, three miles from the city; e, Mount Auburn, 480 feet above the bed of the Ohio; f, Vine-street Hill,* four miles beyond which are the elegant country seats at Clifton; g, valley of Mill-creek, on which is Spring Grove Cemetery, and the railroad track to Dayton.Source | Our Whole Country http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow A Self-Made Man: 2of8: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809–1849 Kindle Edition.  by Sidney Blumenthal  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Self-Made-Man-Political-Abraham-Lincoln-ebook/dp/B00LD1ONOE/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= The first in a sweeping, multi-volume history of Abraham Lincoln—from his obscure beginnings to his presidency, death, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War plan of reconciliation—“engaging and informative and…thought-provoking” (The Christian Science Monitor). ...more

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• 356: A Self-Made Man: 1of8: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809–1849 Kindle Edition. by Sidney Blumenthal (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo:Title: The making of the Ohio Valley states, 1660-1837 Year: 1894 (1890s) Authors:  Drake, Samuel Adams, 1833-1905 Subjects:  Publisher:  New York, C. Scribner's sons Contributing Library:  The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor:  Sloan Foundation    View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book  Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.  Text Appearing Before Image:ster followed disaster, in quick succession. Hull had two thousand men, drawn from Kentuckj,Ohio, and Indiana, some good soldiers, but mostly rawrecruits, under loose discipline. He had marched themover a new road, cut by him, from Urbana to theMaumee Rapids, by way of Kenton and Findlay. Withthese he crossed into Canada, as ordered (July 12th),with the view of taking Maiden. He, however, halted atSandwich, heard with alarm that Michilimackinac hadfallen on the 16th, remained inactive and irresolute untilAugust 7th, Avhen the news that a convoy of provisionsfrom Ohio had been cut off seems to have decided himto recross the river to Detroit, the better to protect hisown communications. MICHIGAT^ AND THE WAR OF 1813 219 From here he despatched nearly half his force to bringtip the derelict convoy, thus seriously crippling his meansof defence. Brock/ the British commander, a man ^sbold and energetic as Hull was timid and irresolute, im-mediately followed Hull across the river, posted his   http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow A Self-Made Man: 1of8: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. I, 1809–1849 Kindle Edition.  by Sidney Blumenthal  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Self-Made-Man-Political-Abraham-Lincoln-ebook/dp/B00LD1ONOE/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= The first in a sweeping, multi-volume history of Abraham Lincoln—from his obscure beginnings to his presidency, death, and the overthrow of his post-Civil War plan of reconciliation—“engaging and informative and…thought-provoking” (The Christian Science Monitor). ...more

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• 355: London: Brexit is not much on the mind and not much has changed since before the virus. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

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  Aug 26 2020

  Photo:Français : Le boulevard Anspach à Bruxelles en 1880.Date | 1880Source | L’Illustration nationale, 1880.Author | Unknown author http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowLondon: Brexit is not much on the mind and not much has changed since before the virus.  @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinionhttps://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1327430/brexit-news-Tony-Abbott-Boris-Johnson-EU-trade-deal-talks-Brussels-Board-of-Trade

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• 355: London: The damage to the schools and students may be the longterm negative of the shutdowns. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

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  Aug 26 2020

  Photo:Title: Review of reviews and world's workYear: 1890 (1890s)Authors: Subjects: Publisher:  New York Review of Reviews CorpContributing Library:  Robarts - University of TorontoDigitizing Sponsor:  University of TorontoView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From BookClick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:s 37per cent. ; in 1888 it was 43 per cent. In 1902 it hadgrown to 56 per cent., and in 1898 to 63 per cent., thusexactly reversing the proportion at starting, when freemeals were one-third of the whole, whereas now theyweie two- thirds. Meanwhile, the total number of mealswas growing with alarming rapidity. In 1886 they hadbeen, in round numbers, 4,660,000, and in 1888 .5,640,000.In 1893 the total had risen to 6,970,000, and in 1898 to9,230,000; that is, they had doubled in twelve years.The municipal subvention rose at a corresponding ratefrom 480,000 francs in 1880 to 600,000 in 1890, and to 1,017,-000 in 1899. To sum up the financial position in a few round fig-ures : The cantines cost, on an average during thelast five years, a little l^nder 1,400,000 francs, and theydistributed rather over 10,000,000 meals, costing, on anaverage, 13 centimes each. Of these, two-thirds werefree and oTie-third paid for. To meet this expenditureof nearly 1,400,000 francs, they received 1,000,000 (orText Appearing After Image:THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL AND ITS EDUCATION POLICY.—FEEDIXG THE CHILDREN. (This picture shows how the question of feeding school children, which has just been raised in Parliament, has beentackled at Cable Street School, Whitechapel. The London County Council has utilized fifteen of its two hundredcookery centers for the preparation and distribution of meals to children. At Cable Street School only one penny(two cents) a head is charged.) 734 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REI^IEIV OF REyiEWS. £40,000) from the Municipal Council, 360,000 from pay-ments for meals, and about 25,000 (or £1,000) from thevoluntaiy funds held by the Caisses. The increase is almost entirely in the freemeals. Taking Mr. Blairs estimate that 150,000children need to-day, in London, to be fed onevery school day througliout the year at a costof 2^d. (.5 cents) per meal, involving an expendi-ture of over £.^,000 ($15,000), the writer asks.Will it stop there ? The knowledge that the cost comes out of the rateswill enorm http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowLondon: The damage to the schools and students may be the longterm negative of the shutdowns.  @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinionhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-53893638 ...more

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• 355: The Washington dinosaur called "Automatic Stabilizer" @JohnTamny @RealClearMarkets

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  Aug 26 2020

  Photo:A skeleton of a Triceratops http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Washington dinosaur called "Automatic Stabilizer"  @JohnTamny @RealClearMarketshttps://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2020/08/11/automatic_stabilizers_would_exacerbate_the_pain_of_recessions_501564.html

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• 355: Politicians exist to spend. @JohnTamny @RealClearMarkets

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  Aug 26 2020

  Photo:Inspecting the Democratic Curiosity Shop Collection: Cornell University Collection of Political Americana, Cornell University Library  Repository: Susan H. Douglas Political Americana Collection, #2214Rare & Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, Cornell University  Title: Inspecting the Democratic Curiosity Shop  Political Party: Democratic  Election Year: 1880  Date Made: ca. 1880  Measurement: Sheet (unfolded): 14 x 21 in.; 35.56 x 53.34 cm  Classification: Prints  Persistent URI: hdl.handle.net/1813.001/5z70  There are no known U.S. copyright restrictions on this image. The digital file is owned by the Cornell University Library which is making it freely available with the request that, when possible, the Library be credited as its source.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowPoliticians exist to spend. @JohnTamny @RealClearMarketshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/johntamny/2020/08/16/dear-conservatives-excess-taxes-voluntarily-paid-by-liberals-are-a-tax-on-you/#3cecbdab3590 ...more

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• 354: Weaponized Big Lies built of Little Lies. Gregory R Copley: Defense and Foreign Affairs

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  Aug 26 2020

  Image:  Pinocchio, a symbol of untruthfulness The reality that the Communist Party of China (CPC) has truly interfered in the elections of the US in 2020 — on a scale which even the Soviets could never have dared in the 1917 to 1990 timeframe — highlights the global dimension of the sewer of “big lie/little lie” hostility which has helped polarize the US polity. In this regard, despite the fact that the PRC itself is in strategic reversal, the CPC has won a great victory. It has helped cripple the US and the West. The reality of CPC interference in the 2020 US elections is never raised by the Democrats because it helps them. ...more

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• 354: Xi scrambles to appease the Party elders. Gregory R Copley: Defense and Foreign Affairs

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  Aug 26 2020

  Image: The Eight Immortals crossing the sea, from Myths and Legends of China.Economic Threats: The most significant challenge to the current economic situation for the PRC came with the massive drawdown on hard currency foreign exchange reserves which were spent funding Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects and loans abroad. This was matched by the unconstrained spending on foreign acquisitions of mineral re- sources to meet domestic vanity projects — empty cities and highways to nowhere — which served only to escalate the PRC gross domestic product (GDP), without adding durable infrastructural strength to the PRC economy. The CPC had lost its massive economic clout by the time, in September 2018, that Xi declared the start of “the New Thirty Years War” with the US. It was not the ideal time for Beijing to declare its defining war, but it was a measure of the decision by Xi to attempt to intimidate the US and other states to accept the PRC’s “rise” at a time when real economic performance dictated that it was already in decline. ...more

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• 353: Challenge for the POTUS speechwriters: Cities, California, Courts and Culture. @HooverWhalen @HooverInst

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  Aug 26 2020

  Photo:University of Southern California student Halloween party, ca. 1890Photograph of University of Southern California student Halloween party, ca. 1890. A group of students can be seen sitting a and standing around a large group of carved jack-o-lanterns outside the University Gymnasium building. -- "Traditional in the early 98's was this Halloween party by members of the SC student body. Universities -- U.S.C." -- typed note attached to verso.Filename: uaic-stu-lif-1880-1940-001~1; uaic-stu-lif-1880-1940-001~2Subject (file heading): Student Life Before 1940Part of collection: University of Southern California History CollectionType: imagesPart of subcollection: University Archives Image CollectionRepository name: USC Libraries Special CollectionsAccess conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.Geographic subject (city or populated place): Los AngelesCoverage date: circa 1890Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189Geographic subject (country): USAFormat (aacr2): 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 20 cm.Rights: University of Southern California University ArchivesRepository email: specol@usc.eduContributing entity: University of Southern CaliforniaDate created: circa 1890Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. LibrariesFormat (aat): photographs; photographic printsGeographic subject (state): CaliforniaLegacy record ID: uaic-m231Geographic subject: educational facilities: University of Southern CaliforniaOriginal filename: uaic-stu-lif-1880-1940-001Geographic subject (county): Los AngelesSubject (lcsh): University of Southern California -- Students; Women; Men; Halloween; Jack-o-lanternsDate | circa 1890 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowChallenge for the POTUS speechwriters: Cities, California, Courts and Culture. @HooverWhalen @HooverInsthttps://www.forbes.com/sites/billwhalen/2020/08/23/seven-c-notes-trump-should-note-during-convention-week/#13cab77e4c2c ...more

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• 353: Broken subway windows and darkened NYC. @HarrySiegel @NYDailyNews

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  Aug 26 2020

  Photo:nglish: New York city views. Plaza buildings, reflected in open lake. Safety negative. 5 x 7 inches.Date | 12 February 1933 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowBroken subway windows and darkened NYC. @HarrySiegel @NYDailyNews https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-can-you-feel-the-city-sliding-20200823-3av4ifruhvh6da2eaqioe2yenu-story.html

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• 352: Joe Biden threatens to shut down the economy. @LizPeek

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  Aug 26 2020

  Image: A Pennsylvania oil field in 1862Elizabeth Peek @LizPeek, TheHill and Fox News; in re:  At last week’s DNC convention, pollution-free tech by 2025, implicit is the end to the fossil fuel industry. In Pennsylvania, there are 25,000 jobs in fossil fuel. Joe Biden’s campaign is prosing to eliminate those jobs; Green jobs are worth 50% of what people earn now. How can Biden win Pennsylvania? Biden promises expenditures of $4 trillion; schools, $3 trillion; free college, more.  Also, ”I’ll shut down the economy to save us from Covid.”  What?  The one policy he offered in his speech was about Covid; avoided police, abortion, etc.  His handlers are concerned hat the more you see of Biden, the more he wanders into the stratosphere.   https://www.marketwatch.com/story/biden-says-he-would-shut-economy-down-to-stop-spread-of-covid-19-2020-08-23 ...more

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• 352: The US economy is ready to rise even without the disordered Blue cities. @LizPeek

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  Aug 26 2020

  Image: President Donald Trump with key automobile industry leaders, 2017Elizabeth Peek @LizPeek, TheHill and Fox News; in re:   Astoundingly, Democrats say that Trump has done nothing about the virus and at the same time  blame Trump for the virus.  . ..   If the states in lockdown open, retail, vehicle and house sales will shoot up. Currently the key about the market is that consumer net worth is way up from where it was a month ago.  The market will take a hit between now and the election.    A remarkable rebound in the US and much around the world. In Norwalk, Connecticut,  the neighborhoods are crawling with realtors; cash offers for houses that are on the rail line.   Unemployment claims continue to be onerous in NY, for example because of enforced shutdown by the governor and the mayor of New York City—the latter has no plan to bring the city back to life, which is devastating to small businesses.  Weekend: hundred of people were lining up at breadlines/food pantries; they may have worked in hospitality. Blue governors and blue mayors: what would national GDP look like if things were open?  Ed Yardeni says it’d be up 25%.  Joe Biden with his tax increases for the rich. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-kudlow/us-economy-rebounding-strongly-fresh-aid-coming-to-unemployed-kudlow-idUSKCN25F2KL ...more

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• 351: #NewWorld: Bolivia renegade Morales accused of sex abuse and human trafficking. @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal.

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  Aug 26 2020

  Photo:Mine Pulacayo-Huanchaca, BolivienDate | circa 1880 Source | http://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/Bildanzeige?pict=1253549529Author | Rudolpho BoockPermission(Reusing this file) | {{PD-old}} http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#NewWorld: Bolivia renegade Morales accused of sex abuse and human trafficking. @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bolivia-morales-complaint/morales-office-denounces-sex-complaint-as-dirty-war-by-interim-government-idUSKBN25I0P1 ...more

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• 351: #NewWorld: Maduro threatens to buy Iran missiles for the terror/drug gangs. @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal.

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  Aug 26 2020

  Photo: Español: Río Chico, Miranda - Venezuela 1940Date | circa 1940 Source | Tumblr:RiochicoAuthor | Unknown author http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow #NewWorld: Maduro threatens to buy Iran missiles for the terror/drug gangs.  @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/venezuela-iran-missiles-maduro-trade-us-sanctions-colombia-duque-a9684151.html

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• 350: To Make Men Free: 4of4: A History of the Republican Party Kindle Edition. by Heather Cox Richardson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Aug 26 2020

  Photo:  An 1896 Republican poster warns against free silver http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow To Make Men Free: 4of4: A History of the Republican Party Kindle Edition. by Heather Cox Richardson  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L4FSSZY/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i3 When Abraham Lincoln helped create the Republican Party on the eve of the Civil War, his goal was to promote economic opportunity for all Americans, not just the slaveholding Southern planters who steered national politics. Yet, despite the egalitarian dream at the heart of its founding, the Republican Party quickly became mired in a fundamental identity crisis. Would it be the party of democratic ideals? Or would it be the party of moneyed interests? In the century and a half since, Republicans have vacillated between these two poles, with dire economic, political, and moral repercussions for the entire nation.In To Make Men Free, celebrated historian Heather Cox Richardson traces the shifting ideology of the Grand Old Party from the antebellum era to the Great Recession, revealing the insidious cycle of boom and bust that has characterized the Party since its inception. While in office, progressive Republicans like Teddy Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower revived Lincoln's vision of economic freedom and expanded the government, attacking the concentration of wealth and nurturing upward mobility. But they and others like them have been continually thwarted by powerful business interests in the Party. Their opponents appealed to Americans' latent racism and xenophobia to regain political power, linking taxation and regulation to redistribution and socialism. The results of the Party's wholesale embrace of big business are all too familiar: financial collapses like the Panic of 1893, the Great Depression in 1929, and the Great Recession in 2008. With each passing decade, with each missed opportunity and political misstep, the schism within the Republican Party has grown wider, pulling the GOP ever further from its founding principles.Expansive and authoritative, To Make Men Free is a sweeping history of the Party that was once America's greatest political hope -- and, time and time again, has proved its greatest disappointment....more

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• 350: To Make Men Free: 3of4: A History of the Republican Party Kindle Edition. by Heather Cox Richardson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Aug 26 2020

  Photo:  African-American members of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives: Sen. Hiram Revels (R-MS) and Reps. Benjamin Turner (R-AL), Robert DeLarge(R-SC), Josiah Walls (R-FL), Jefferson Long (R-GA), Joseph Rainey and Robert B. Elliott (R-SC), 1872 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow To Make Men Free: 3of4: A History of the Republican Party Kindle Edition. by Heather Cox Richardson  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L4FSSZY/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i3 When Abraham Lincoln helped create the Republican Party on the eve of the Civil War, his goal was to promote economic opportunity for all Americans, not just the slaveholding Southern planters who steered national politics. Yet, despite the egalitarian dream at the heart of its founding, the Republican Party quickly became mired in a fundamental identity crisis. Would it be the party of democratic ideals? Or would it be the party of moneyed interests? In the century and a half since, Republicans have vacillated between these two poles, with dire economic, political, and moral repercussions for the entire nation.In To Make Men Free, celebrated historian Heather Cox Richardson traces the shifting ideology of the Grand Old Party from the antebellum era to the Great Recession, revealing the insidious cycle of boom and bust that has characterized the Party since its inception. While in office, progressive Republicans like Teddy Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower revived Lincoln's vision of economic freedom and expanded the government, attacking the concentration of wealth and nurturing upward mobility. But they and others like them have been continually thwarted by powerful business interests in the Party. Their opponents appealed to Americans' latent racism and xenophobia to regain political power, linking taxation and regulation to redistribution and socialism. The results of the Party's wholesale embrace of big business are all too familiar: financial collapses like the Panic of 1893, the Great Depression in 1929, and the Great Recession in 2008. With each passing decade, with each missed opportunity and political misstep, the schism within the Republican Party has grown wider, pulling the GOP ever further from its founding principles.Expansive and authoritative, To Make Men Free is a sweeping history of the Party that was once America's greatest political hope -- and, time and time again, has proved its greatest disappointment....more

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• 350: To Make Men Free: 2of4: A History of the Republican Party Kindle Edition. by Heather Cox Richardson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Aug 26 2020

  Photo:Ruins from the fire of 1861, seen from the Circular Church in Charleston, 1865 Mathew Brady - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Charleston_ruins.jpg Ruins at Charleston, South Carolina Public Domain File:Charleston ruins.jpg  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow To Make Men Free: 2of4: A History of the Republican Party Kindle Edition. by Heather Cox Richardson  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L4FSSZY/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i3 When Abraham Lincoln helped create the Republican Party on the eve of the Civil War, his goal was to promote economic opportunity for all Americans, not just the slaveholding Southern planters who steered national politics. Yet, despite the egalitarian dream at the heart of its founding, the Republican Party quickly became mired in a fundamental identity crisis. Would it be the party of democratic ideals? Or would it be the party of moneyed interests? In the century and a half since, Republicans have vacillated between these two poles, with dire economic, political, and moral repercussions for the entire nation.In To Make Men Free, celebrated historian Heather Cox Richardson traces the shifting ideology of the Grand Old Party from the antebellum era to the Great Recession, revealing the insidious cycle of boom and bust that has characterized the Party since its inception. While in office, progressive Republicans like Teddy Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower revived Lincoln's vision of economic freedom and expanded the government, attacking the concentration of wealth and nurturing upward mobility. But they and others like them have been continually thwarted by powerful business interests in the Party. Their opponents appealed to Americans' latent racism and xenophobia to regain political power, linking taxation and regulation to redistribution and socialism. The results of the Party's wholesale embrace of big business are all too familiar: financial collapses like the Panic of 1893, the Great Depression in 1929, and the Great Recession in 2008. With each passing decade, with each missed opportunity and political misstep, the schism within the Republican Party has grown wider, pulling the GOP ever further from its founding principles.Expansive and authoritative, To Make Men Free is a sweeping history of the Party that was once America's greatest political hope -- and, time and time again, has proved its greatest disappointment....more

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• 350: To Make Men Free: 1of4: A History of the Republican Party Kindle Edition. by Heather Cox Richardson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Aug 26 2020

  Photo:The ruins of Mills House and nearby buildings. A shell-damaged carriage and the remains of a brick chimney are in the foreground, 1865George N. Barnard (1819 - 1902) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Charleston_sc_1865.jpghttps://www.archives.gov/research/american-cities/ (direct image URL [1]) The ruins of Mills House and nearby buildings, Charleston, South Carolina, at end of American Civil War. A shell-damaged carriage and the remains of a brick chimney are in the foreground. Permission details This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer. You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Jamaica has 95 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. Côte d'Ivoire has a general copyright term of 99 years and Honduras has 75 years, but they do implement the rule of the shorter term. Copyright may extend on works created by French who died for France in World War II (more information), Russians who served in the Eastern Front of World War II (known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia) and posthumously rehabilitated victims of Soviet repressions (more information). This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.View more Public Domainview terms File:Charleston sc 1865.jpg Created: 1 January 1865  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow To Make Men Free: 1of4: A History of the Republican Party Kindle Edition. by Heather Cox Richardson  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L4FSSZY/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i3 When Abraham Lincoln helped create the Republican Party on the eve of the Civil War, his goal was to promote economic opportunity for all Americans, not just the slaveholding Southern planters who steered national politics. Yet, despite the egalitarian dream at the heart of its founding, the Republican Party quickly became mired in a fundamental identity crisis. Would it be the party of democratic ideals? Or would it be the party of moneyed interests? In the century and a half since, Republicans have vacillated between these two poles, with dire economic, political, and moral repercussions for the entire nation.In To Make Men Free, celebrated historian Heather Cox Richardson traces the shifting ideology of the Grand Old Party from the antebellum era to the Great Recession, revealing the insidious cycle of boom and bust that has characterized the Party since its inception. While in office, progressive Republicans like Teddy Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower revived Lincoln's vision of economic freedom and expanded the government, attacking the concentration of wealth and nurturing upward mobility. But they and others like them have been continually thwarted by powerful business interests in the Party. Their opponents appealed to Americans' latent racism and xenophobia to regain political power, linking taxation and regulation to redistribution and socialism. The results of the Party's wholesale embrace of big business are all too familiar: financial collapses like the Panic of 1893, the Great Depression in 1929, and the Great Recession in 2008. With each passing decade, with each missed opportunity and political misstep, the schism within the Republican Party has grown wider, pulling the GOP ever further from its founding principles.Expansive and authoritative, To Make Men Free is a sweeping history of the Party that was once America's greatest political hope -- and, time and time again, has proved its greatest disappointment....more

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• 349: Measuring Biden on his public performance. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund

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  Aug 25 2020

  Photo: Edvard MunchSelf-Portrait with the Spanish Flu Norsk bokmål: Selvportrett i spanskesyken Italiano: Autoritratto con febbre spagnola  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowMeasuring Biden on his public performance. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/republicans-see-political-gold-for-trump-in-bidens-shut-it-down-comments

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• 349: Measuring the Trump Administration on the virus. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund

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  Aug 25 2020

  Photo:"Demonstration at the Red Cross Emergency Ambulance Station in Washington, D.C., during the influenza pandemic of 1918."Date | 1918Source | National Photo Company photograph via Library of Congress website [1]; converted from TIFF to .jpg and border cropped before uploadingAuthor | Unnamed photographer for National Photo Company http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowMeasuring the Trump Administration on the virus. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund ...more

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• 348: Germany says that Navalny was poisoned & What is to be done? @PaulR_Gregory @HooverInst

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  Aug 25 2020

  Photo:  The international pictogramme for poisonous substances. The skull and crossbones has long been a standard symbol for poison. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowGermany says that Navalny was poisoned & What i to be done? @PaulR_Gregory @HooverInsthttps://thehill.com/opinion/international/513276-is-putin-getting-away-with-poisoning-another-political-opponent

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• 348: Biden's acceptance speech borrowed indiscreetly from the late Jack Layton of the Canadian NDP of the Left. @ConradMBlack

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  Aug 25 2020

  Photo: he charming Jack Layton of the Canadian NDP, author of the main points in Joe Biden's speech.  From a video. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowBiden's acceptance speech borrowed indiscreetly from the late Jack Layton of the Canadian NDP of the Left. @ConradMBlackhttps://nationalpost.com/news/joe-biden-accused-of-plagiarizing-from-jack-laytons-final-letter-in-nomination-speech

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• 347: "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Gold Coins of the Abbasid empire, 10th Century CE Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Aug 25 2020

  Photo:  Coinage depicting Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (regret, not Abbasid).   http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow"Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Gold Coins of the Abbasid empire, 10th Century CE Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.timesofisrael.com/pure-gold-425-islamic-coins-from-1100-years-ago-found-at-israel-dig/

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• 347: Iran Deal Snapback countdown at the UNSC. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Aug 25 2020

  Photo:  US President Barack Obama chairs a United Nations Security Council meeting http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowIran Deal Snapback countdown at the UNSC. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.jpost.com/international/unsc-members-decry-illegal-us-triggering-of-snapback-sanctions-on-iran-639586

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• 347: If Brennan is not a target, what is the Durham aim? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Aug 25 2020

  Photo: John H. Durham, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut since February 2018. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow  If Brennan is not a target, what is the Durham aim? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/22/trump-russia-investigation-former-cia-chief-donald-trump

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• 347: The junior FBI attorney Clinesmith "lying about lying" & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Aug 25 2020

  Photo:[Sing Sing Prison, interior view. public domain]  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe junior FBI attorney Clinesmith "lying about lying" & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/08/clinesmiths-guilty-plea-the-perfect-snapshot-of-crossfire-hurricane-duplicity/

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• 346: The economy is the number 1, 2, 3 issue for the Election, and the Trump Administration dominates the expectations of recovery. @MonicaCrowley Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs.

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  Aug 25 2020

  Photo: Title: Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolutionYear: 1915 (1910s)Authors:  Gerson, Oscar, 1874-Subjects: Publisher:  New York city, Hinds, Noble & EldredgeContributing Library:  The Library of CongressDigitizing Sponsor:  Sloan FoundationView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From BookClick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:~t*s.s»M^^?x_^_^ - COLUMBUS COLUMNFifty-ninth Street and Eighth Avenue, Manhattan. 172Text Appearing After Image:HISTORIC PLACES Bowling Green.—In the center of the old Dutch town ofNew Amsterdam was an open space which was used by thepeople as a general meeting-place. It served as a playgroundfor the children and as a parade ground for the soldiers. Herethe Dutch burghers used to play at bowls, and hence itwas called the Bowling Green. It is the oldest park inManhattan. Near the Green, where the Custom House now stands,was Fort Amsterdam, a fortified enclosure which containedthe house of the governor, the soldiers barracks, a church,and a windmill. The following tablet affixed to the CustomHouse commemorates the old fort: The Site Of Fort Amsterdam Built In 1626. Within The Fortifications Was Erected The First Substantial Church Edifice On The Island Of Manhattan. In 1787 The Fort Was Demolished And The Government House Built Upon This Site. This Tablet Is Placed Here By The Holland Society Of New York.September, 1890. 174 HISTORIC PLACES 175 A statue of Abraham de Peyster, who was mayor of t http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe economy is the number 1, 2, 3 issue for the Election, and the Trump Administration dominates the expectations of recovery. @MonicaCrowley Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Affairs.https://www.wsj.com/articles/global-stock-markets-dow-update-8-24-2020-11598260739 ...more

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• 346: USN needs fresh resources to secure the sea lanes of East Asia from the PLA Navy. James Holmes @NavalWarCollege @GordonGChang

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  Aug 25 2020

  Photo: Street scene in Manila, Philippines, ca.1900Photograph of a street scene in Manila, Philippines, ca.1900. Two-story buildings line both sides of the street. About 10 horse- or ox-drawn vehicles are in the street. Awnings shade the sidewalk and pedestrians below on many of the buildings. A domed tower is visible in the background.Call number: CHS-1578Filename: CHS-1578Coverage date: circa 1900Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960Type: imagesPart of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960Repository name: USC Libraries Special CollectionsFormat: glass plate negativesMicrofiche number: 1-226-Archival file: chs_Volume92/CHS-1578.tiffGeographic subject (city or populated place): ManilaRepository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189Subject (adlf): buildingsGeographic subject (country): PhilippinesFormat (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern CaliforniaProject: USCAccession number: 1578Repository email: specol@usc.eduContributing entity: California Historical SocietyDate created: circa 1900Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. LibrariesFormat (aat): photographic prints; photographsLegacy record ID: chs-m15104; USC-1-1-1-14168Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.Subject (file heading): PhillipinesSubject (lcsh): Streets; Buildings; TransportationDate | circa 1900 (date created) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow  USN needs fresh resources to secure the sea lanes of East Asia from the PLA Navy.  James Holmes @NavalWarCollege @GordonGChangWylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and blogger at The Naval Diplomat (https://navaldiplomat.com/), on these:  https://taskandpurpose.com/opinion/navy-surface-warfare-officers-fitzgerald-mccain-collisionshttps://www.philstar.com/headlines/2020/08/21/2036841/philippines-protests-chinas-seizing-filipino-fishermens-devices-scarborough ...more

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• 346: Al Qaeda (al Shabaab) and the Taliban do not change their mission no matter the US Election. @BillRoggio @FDD

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  Aug 25 2020

  Photo:@ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowAl Qaeda (al Shabaab) and the Taliban do not change their mission no matter the US Election.  @BillRoggio @FDDhttps://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/08/shabaab-hits-hotel-military-base-with-suicide-assaults.php  

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• 346: Of two minds about quitting Hong Kong before it is too late.@Michael_Yon @GordonGChang

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  Aug 25 2020

  Photo:The South end of Crewe station between 1897 and 1902. The engine is an LNWR Jubilee Class 4-4-0). See discussion at en:Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Railways#Former LNWR station? (second try)This photo was taken from an old original photo we came across while helping to clear the house of a deceased friend. I have uploaded it to Flickr in the hope that it might be interesting to steam enthusiasts.Date | between 1897 and 1902 Source | StationUploaded by oxymanAuthor | Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowOf two minds about quitting Hong Kong before it is too late.@Michael_Yon @GordonGChang https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-britain-property/hong-kong-buyers-rush-for-uk-properties-after-security-law-idUSKBN25K0MY ...more

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• 345: The Third Horseman: 4of4: A Story of Weather, War, and the Famine History Forgot" by William Rosen.

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  Aug 25 2020

  Photo:An interpretation of the battle of Bannockburn—second day.Andrei nacu - Own work Battle of Bannockburn. Second day of battle. Public Domain File:Mapbannockburn1.2.svg Created: 20 January 2008  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Third Horseman: 4of4:  A Story of Weather, War, and the Famine History Forgot" by William Rosen.https://www.amazon.com/Third-Horseman-Weather-Famine-History/dp/0143127144/ref=laB001ILIG3S1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1483060218&sr=1-3 “A kink in Europe’s climate during the fourteenth century indirectly triggered a seven-year cataclysm that left six million dead, William Rosen reveals in this rich interweaving of agronomy, meteorology, economics and history.... Rosen deftly delineates the backstory and the perfect storm of heavy rains, hard winters, livestock epidemics, and war leading to the catastrophe.” --Nature...more

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• 345: The Third Horseman: 3of4: A Story of Weather, War, and the Famine History Forgot" by William Rosen.

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  Photo: An early 14th-century English depiction of a biblical battle, giving an impression of how soldiers were equipped at Bannockburn. The image of a king wielding a battle axe in the top half has led some historians[who?] to link this image to Bannockburn. From Folio 40 of the Holkham Bible in the British Library.Ian Bremner - Holkham Bible. Scanned from Schama, Simon (2000) A History of Britain: At the End of the World? 3000 BC - AD 1603, London: BBC, pp. p. 219 ISBN 0-563-38497-2 A depiction of the Battle of Bannockburn from the Holkham Bible, 1327-35. Public Domain File:Battle from Holkham Bible.jpg Created: 7 July 2007 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Third Horseman: 3of4:  A Story of Weather, War, and the Famine History Forgot" by William Rosen.https://www.amazon.com/Third-Horseman-Weather-Famine-History/dp/0143127144/ref=laB001ILIG3S1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1483060218&sr=1-3 “A kink in Europe’s climate during the fourteenth century indirectly triggered a seven-year cataclysm that left six million dead, William Rosen reveals in this rich interweaving of agronomy, meteorology, economics and history.... Rosen deftly delineates the backstory and the perfect storm of heavy rains, hard winters, livestock epidemics, and war leading to the catastrophe.” --Nature...more

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• 345: The Third Horseman: 2of4: A Story of Weather, War, and the Famine History Forgot" by William Rosen.

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  Photo:An early 14th-century English depiction of a biblical battle, giving an impression of how soldiers were equipped at Bannockburn. The image of a king wielding a battle axe in the top half has led some historians[who?] to link this image to Bannockburn. From Folio 40 of the Holkham Bible in the British Library.Ian Bremner - Holkham Bible. Scanned from Schama, Simon (2000) A History of Britain: At the End of the World? 3000 BC - AD 1603, London: BBC, pp. p. 219 ISBN 0-563-38497-2 A depiction of the Battle of Bannockburn from the Holkham Bible, 1327-35. Public Domain File:Battle from Holkham Bible.jpg Created: 7 July 2007  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Third Horseman: 2of4:  A Story of Weather, War, and the Famine History Forgot" by William Rosen.https://www.amazon.com/Third-Horseman-Weather-Famine-History/dp/0143127144/ref=laB001ILIG3S1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1483060218&sr=1-3 “A kink in Europe’s climate during the fourteenth century indirectly triggered a seven-year cataclysm that left six million dead, William Rosen reveals in this rich interweaving of agronomy, meteorology, economics and history.... Rosen deftly delineates the backstory and the perfect storm of heavy rains, hard winters, livestock epidemics, and war leading to the catastrophe.” --Nature...more

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• 345: The Third Horseman: 1of4: A Story of Weather, War, and the Famine History Forgot" by William Rosen.

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  Photo:A depiction of the Battle of Bannockburn from a 1440s manuscript of Walter Bower's Scotichronicon. This is the earliest known depiction of the battle.Unknown author - Scanned from Brown, Michael (2008) Bannockburn: The Scottish War and the British Isles, 1307-1323, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press ISBN: 0-7486-3332-4. Original at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Third Horseman: 1of4:  A Story of Weather, War, and the Famine History Forgot" by William Rosen.https://www.amazon.com/Third-Horseman-Weather-Famine-History/dp/0143127144/ref=laB001ILIG3S1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1483060218&sr=1-3 “A kink in Europe’s climate during the fourteenth century indirectly triggered a seven-year cataclysm that left six million dead, William Rosen reveals in this rich interweaving of agronomy, meteorology, economics and history.... Rosen deftly delineates the backstory and the perfect storm of heavy rains, hard winters, livestock epidemics, and war leading to the catastrophe.” --Nature...more

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• 344: Escape from North Korea: 2of2: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad by Melanie Kirkpatrick

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  Photo:Public Domain: Korean War (111-SC-355236 DOD/NARA)This image is believed to be in the public domain and is from the National Archives. More information may be found below. Search or Contact the National Archives. _______________________ All images from the National Archives posted on this site should be "unrestricted", according to NARA's information provided below. PLEASE DO NOT ATTRIBUTE IMAGES FROM THIS COLLECTION TO PINGNEWS. You may say "via" pingnews or found through pingnews. You may also thank the "pingnews photo service." Here, we are serving as A FREE PHOTO SERVICE and NOT THE ORIGINATOR/CREATOR of these images NOR the archival location. Any credit should attribute photographer (if known) and the National Archives.________________________ Public Domain. Additional source and credit info from source: KOREAN CONFLICT: A convoy of withdrawing UN troops wait to cross the Han River Bridge at Seoul, Korea.NARA FILE#: 111-SC-355236  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Escape from North Korea: 2of2: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad by Melanie Kirkpatrickhttps://www.amazon.com/Escape-North-Korea-Underground-Railroad/dp/1594037299/ref=sr1sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1482892822&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=escape+north+korea+m “With the perfect, hypnotic flow of a consummate journalist, Melanie Kirkpatrick has created an encyclopedic, magnificently researched and reported portrait of the dramatic resistance to the slow-motion holocaust that is taking place in North Korea as you read this. Her account is as captivating as a thriller, but unlike a thriller it is morally compelling. What elevates it to the ranks of the finest books is the skill of its author and the selfless urgency of her appeal. Many a prize has been awarded to books not half as deserving.” — Mark Helprin, Author of Winter’s Tale and A Soldier of the Great War “Escape from North Korea should be assigned reading for anyone—policymaker, academic, or journalist alike—who think they know anything about the Kim family dictatorship. Melanie Kirkpatrick shows how “the new Underground Railroad” is not only providing an escape route from the prison camp that is North Korea, but something even more important as well. She shows how that escape route, aided and expanded, can bring down North Korea’s despotic regime and free its entire people. Kirkpatrick combines exhaustive reporting with insightful analysis in a powerful and compelling tale of repression and freedom.” — John R. Bolton, Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations “A riveting, meticulously researched account of the harrowing journey North Koreans must take to reach freedom. Kirkpatrick describes in detail the secret network of safe houses, transit routes and brokers that have emerged in China and other countries to enable North Koreans to escape. Similar to the Underground Railroad in the United States that liberated slaves, the network achieves inspiring successes and tragic failures. The book will interest both the general public and serve as a powerful tool for policymakers, academics and advocates interested in lending support to one of the world’s most persecuted people.” — Roberta Cohen, Co-chair of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea ...more

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• 344: Escape from North Korea: 1of2: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad by Melanie Kirkpatrick

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  Photo:Public Domain: Korean War (HD-SN-99-03162 DOD/NARA)This image is believed to be in the public domain and is from the National Archives. More information may be found below. Search or Contact the National Archives. _______________________ All images from the National Archives posted on this site should be "unrestricted", according to NARA's information provided below. PLEASE DO NOT ATTRIBUTE IMAGES FROM THIS COLLECTION TO PINGNEWS. You may say "via" pingnews or found through pingnews. You may also thank the "pingnews photo service." Here, we are serving as A FREE PHOTO SERVICE and NOT THE ORIGINATOR/CREATOR of these images NOR the archival location. Any credit should attribute photographer (if known) and the National Archives.________________________ Public Domain. Additional source and credit info from source: Korean women and children search the rubble of Seoul for anything that can be used or burned as fuel. November 1, 1950. Capt. F. L. Scheiber. (Army)NARA FILE #: 111-SC-351697WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1503  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Escape from North Korea: 1of2: The Untold Story of Asia's Underground Railroad by Melanie Kirkpatrickhttps://www.amazon.com/Escape-North-Korea-Underground-Railroad/dp/1594037299/ref=sr1sc_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1482892822&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=escape+north+korea+m “With the perfect, hypnotic flow of a consummate journalist, Melanie Kirkpatrick has created an encyclopedic, magnificently researched and reported portrait of the dramatic resistance to the slow-motion holocaust that is taking place in North Korea as you read this. Her account is as captivating as a thriller, but unlike a thriller it is morally compelling. What elevates it to the ranks of the finest books is the skill of its author and the selfless urgency of her appeal. Many a prize has been awarded to books not half as deserving.” — Mark Helprin, Author of Winter’s Tale and A Soldier of the Great War “Escape from North Korea should be assigned reading for anyone—policymaker, academic, or journalist alike—who think they know anything about the Kim family dictatorship. Melanie Kirkpatrick shows how “the new Underground Railroad” is not only providing an escape route from the prison camp that is North Korea, but something even more important as well. She shows how that escape route, aided and expanded, can bring down North Korea’s despotic regime and free its entire people. Kirkpatrick combines exhaustive reporting with insightful analysis in a powerful and compelling tale of repression and freedom.” — John R. Bolton, Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations “A riveting, meticulously researched account of the harrowing journey North Koreans must take to reach freedom. Kirkpatrick describes in detail the secret network of safe houses, transit routes and brokers that have emerged in China and other countries to enable North Koreans to escape. Similar to the Underground Railroad in the United States that liberated slaves, the network achieves inspiring successes and tragic failures. The book will interest both the general public and serve as a powerful tool for policymakers, academics and advocates interested in lending support to one of the world’s most persecuted people.” — Roberta Cohen, Co-chair of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea ...more

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• 343: Rome's Last Citizen: 4of4: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar Kindle Edition. by Rob Goodman (Author), Jimmy Soni (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Aug 24 2020

  Photo: Title: Rome : its rise and fall ; a text-book for high schools and collegesYear: 1900 (1900s)Authors:  Myers, P. V. N. (Philip Van Ness), 1846-1937Subjects: Publisher:  Boston, Ginn & companyContributing Library:  The Library of CongressDigitizing Sponsor:  The Library of CongressView Book Page: Book ViewerAbout This Book: Catalog EntryView All Images: All Images From BookClick here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.Text Appearing Before Image:The Colosseum. (From a photograph.) reign of Nero (par. 220). The second was the destruction,by an eruption of Vesuvius, of the Campanian cities ofPompeii and Herculaneum. T1 a cities were buried beneathshowers of cinders, ashes, and streams of volcanic mud.Pliny the Elder, the great naturalist, venturing too nearthe mountain, to investigate the phenomenon, lost his life.1 1 In the year 1713, sixteen centuries after the destruction of the cities,the ruins were discovered by some persons engaged in digging a well,and since then extensive excavations have been made, which have FROM TIBERIUS TO MARCUS AURELIUS. 3Si 224. Domitian — Last of the Twelve Caesars (a.d. 81-96).—Domitian, the brother of Titus, was the last of the lineof emperors known as the Twelve Caesars. The title,however, was assumed by, and is applied to, all the suc-ceeding emperors; the sole reason that the first twelveText Appearing Afthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Rome's Last Citizen: 4of4: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar Kindle Edition. by Rob Goodman  (Author), Jimmy Soni  (Author)  Format: Kindle Editionhttps://www.amazon.com/Romes-Last-Citizen-Legacy-Mortal-ebook/dp/B0085UD4A0/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Marcus Porcius Cato: aristocrat who walked barefoot and slept on the ground with his troops, political heavyweight who cultivated the image of a Stoic philosopher, a hardnosed defender of tradition who presented himself as a man out of the sacred Roman past—and the last man standing when Rome's Republic fell to tyranny. His blood feud with Caesar began in the chamber of the Senate, played out on the battlefields of a world war, and ended when he took his own life rather than live under a dictator. Centuries of thinkers, writers, and artists have drawn inspiration from Cato's Stoic courage. Saint Augustine and the early Christians were moved and challenged by his example. Dante, in his Divine Comedy, chose Cato to preside over the souls who arrive in Purgatory. George Washington so revered him that he staged a play on Cato's life to revive the spirit of his troops at Valley Forge. Now, in Rome's Last Citizen, Rob Goodman and Jimmy Soni deliver the first modern biography of this stirring figure. Cato's life is a gripping tale that resonates deeply with our own turbulent times. He grappled with terrorists, a debt crisis, endemic political corruption, and a huge gulf between the elites and those they governed. In many ways, Cato was the ultimate man of principle—he even chose suicide rather than be used by Caesar as a political pawn. But Cato was also a political failure: his stubbornness sealed his and Rome's defeat, and his lonely end casts a shadow on the recurring hope that a singular leader can transcend the dirty business of politics. Rome's Last Citizen is a timeless story of an uncompromising man in a time of crisis and his lifelong battle to save the Republic....more

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