The John Batchelor Show

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• 799: Maradona’s Castro tattoo. Joseph Humire @jmhumire, @securefreesoc, and Senator Maria Fernanda Cabal @MariaFdaCabal

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  Dec 02 2020

  Image:  Khrushchev: “This hurts me more than it hurts you.”  New World Report.Joseph Humire @jmhumire, @securefreesoc, and Senator Maria Fernanda Cabal @MariaFdaCabal, in re: Maduro’s last move to consolidate power in Venezuela. Bogota:  cocaine, weapons, human trafficking, We’re very worried;  the Venezuelan council of elections is terminally corrupt; now Maduro needs to takeGuaidó  out. Maduro will gain more power and take over again.   In their territory a variety of guerrillas; much danger to Colombia.  The factors controlling Venezuela are no longer internal; controlled by external forces, incl Russia, China and Iran. Election on Sunday 6 December. The loss of Diego Maradona, who was close to Hugo Chavez and Castro; had a tattoo of Castro’s face on his right arm. Argentina had a nine-moth lockdown, then thousands poured into the capital for Maradona....more

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• 799: $18,000 envelope “unjustly” searched. Joseph Humire @jmhumire, @securefreesoc

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  Dec 02 2020

  Image:  J.A.D. Ingres, calling card envelope  New World Report. Joseph Humire @jmhumire, @securefreesoc, in re: Former Honduran president 2006-2009 (and closely aligned with far-left networks), says he was “unjustly detained” at the airport with $18,000 on his way to a Mexican conference, “The Anti-Imperialist Conference,” mysteriously with a layover in Houston.  Several years ago he was in a caravan en route to the US border, attacking President Trump and the notion of borders.  Tegucigalpa : massive arrest in two large drug gangs.  Powerful narcoterrorist gangs: more powerful than the police.  Iranians (Zarif) and Chinese in Central America. ...more

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• 799: Drifting past the deadline with no Brexit deal. @josephsternberg, @WSJOpinion

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  Dec 02 2020

  Image: Fishermen, Whitby, England. Frank M Sutcliffe Joseph Sternberg:  @josephsternberg, @WSJOpinion; Political Economics column; WSJ editorial board;  in re:   “England must play by our rules” says the EU.  Oops.  Expectation of drifting into the new year without deal?  No one knows what will happen. The mood music changes hour by hour. Fishing rights, et al.  Complaints that the French are intransigent; the UK could give grounds on this to get agreement on more important issues; but the politics have [sandbagged] the parties.  A weird element of mutually-agreed destruction not leading to agreement.  Pride; human folly.  “The long-term consequences of no deal would be worst than those of the pandemic.”—Wm Hague....more

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• 799: A £1,000 emergency grant to pubs rejected as “worth 200 pints of beer.” @josephsternberg, @WSJOpinion

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  Dec 02 2020

  Image:  English pubs: Looking uphill in Market Place, South Cave in 1900. The Three Tuns Inn is no more; in its place now is a furniture store, and the Jubilee clock tower can be seen on the right. The Bear is the only surviving pub on Market Place today, the sign for which can just about be seen on the left-hand side of the street. Joseph Sternberg:  @josephsternberg, @WSJOpinion; Political Economics column; WSJ editorial board; in re:  Boris Johnson has failed to understand about his vast majority of Tories:  national lockdown for a month; did not “break the back” of the virus.  Parliament asked to approve today a three-tier system, from almost-normal life to extremely stringent rules. His own parliament refused to support this. It eventually passed, but was not a good political event for BoJo.  Labour leader chose to abstain.  Big discussion of public-health policy and liberty.  A £1,000 grant to traditional wet pubs; opposed as being worth 200 pints of beer and deeply inadequate. All of London will be in tier 2, even though different neighborhoods have different rates of infection.  Brexit preceded populism and Mr Trump; Brexit is still in abeyance despite a clock running out in days....more

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• 799: Next time the courts need to challenge the governors' mandates. John Yoo, @HooverInst

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  Dec 02 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1910.Governor's conference  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowNext time the courts need to challenge the governors' mandates. John Yoo, @HooverInsthttps://www.foxnews.com/opinion/supreme-court-religious-freedom-cuomo-john-yoo

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• 799: Special Counsel John Durham and the persecution of Michael Flynn, January 5, 2017. John Yoo, @HooverInst

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  Dec 02 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1974.Interview wLeon Jaworski, special Watergate prosecutor  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowSpecial Counsel John Durham and the persecution of Michael Flynn, January 5, 2017.  John Yoo, @HooverInst https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/11/implications-of-the-flynn-pardon/?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=44e9d653f6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_11_30_07_27&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-44e9d653f6-72527561 ...more

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• 798: 4/4 The Nazi Hunters, by Andrew Nagorski

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  Dec 02 2020

  Image: Greeting his Excellency Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General of he United Nations, and Mrs Waldheim and Miss Christa Waldheim, at the North Portico of the White House.  He who kept his Nazi activities secret for decades and achieved an apex of global respect; until the truth came out.    The Nazi Hunters,by Andrew Nagorski More than seven decades after the end of the Second World War, the era of the Nazi Hunters is drawing to a close. Their saga is finally told in this “deep and sweeping account of a relentless search for justice that began in 1945 and is only now coming to an end” (The Washington Post).       After the Nuremberg trials and the start of the Cold War, most of the victors in World War II lost interest in prosecuting Nazi war criminals. “Absorbing” (Kirkus Reviews) and “fascinating” (Library Journal), The Nazi Hunters focuses on the men and women who refused to allow their crimes to be forgotten.       The Nazi Hunters reveals the experiences of the young American prosecutors in the Nuremberg and Dachau trials, Benjamin Ferencz and William Denson; the Polish investigating judge Jan Sehn, who handled the case of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss; the Mossad agent Rafi Eitan, who was in charge of the Israeli team that nabbed Eichmann; and Eli Rosenbaum, who sought to expel war criminals who were living in the United States. But some of the Nazi hunters’ most controversial actions involved the more ambiguous cases, such as former UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim’s attempt to cover up his wartime history. Or the fate of concentration camp guards who have lived into their nineties, long past the time when reliable eyewitnesses could be found to pinpoint their exact roles.       The story of the Nazi hunters is coming to a natural end. It was unprecedented in so many ways, especially the degree to which the initial impulse of revenge was transformed into a struggle for justice. The Nazi hunters have transformed our fundamental notions of right and wrong, and Andrew Nagorski’s “vivid, reader-friendly account of how justice was done . . . is comprehensively informative and a highly involving read” (The Wall Street Journal).  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010MHAA14/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2 ...more

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• 798: 3/4 The Nazi Hunters, by Andrew Nagorski

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  Dec 02 2020

  Image: Jewish theater in Buenos Aires, Argentina  The Nazi Hunters,by Andrew Nagorski More than seven decades after the end of the Second World War, the era of the Nazi Hunters is drawing to a close. Their saga is finally told in this “deep and sweeping account of a relentless search for justice that began in 1945 and is only now coming to an end” (The Washington Post).       After the Nuremberg trials and the start of the Cold War, most of the victors in World War II lost interest in prosecuting Nazi war criminals. “Absorbing” (Kirkus Reviews) and “fascinating” (Library Journal), The Nazi Hunters focuses on the men and women who refused to allow their crimes to be forgotten.       The Nazi Hunters reveals the experiences of the young American prosecutors in the Nuremberg and Dachau trials, Benjamin Ferencz and William Denson; the Polish investigating judge Jan Sehn, who handled the case of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss; the Mossad agent Rafi Eitan, who was in charge of the Israeli team that nabbed Eichmann; and Eli Rosenbaum, who sought to expel war criminals who were living in the United States. But some of the Nazi hunters’ most controversial actions involved the more ambiguous cases, such as former UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim’s attempt to cover up his wartime history. Or the fate of concentration camp guards who have lived into their nineties, long past the time when reliable eyewitnesses could be found to pinpoint their exact roles.       The story of the Nazi hunters is coming to a natural end. It was unprecedented in so many ways, especially the degree to which the initial impulse of revenge was transformed into a struggle for justice. The Nazi hunters have transformed our fundamental notions of right and wrong, and Andrew Nagorski’s “vivid, reader-friendly account of how justice was done . . . is comprehensively informative and a highly involving read” (The Wall Street Journal).  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010MHAA14/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2 .....more

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• 798: 2/4 The Nazi Hunters, by Andrew Nagorski

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  Dec 02 2020

  Image:  BEGINNING OF TRIALS AGAINST GERMAN DOCTORS, NUREMBERG  The Nazi Hunters,by Andrew Nagorski More than seven decades after the end of the Second World War, the era of the Nazi Hunters is drawing to a close. Their saga is finally told in this “deep and sweeping account of a relentless search for justice that began in 1945 and is only now coming to an end” (The Washington Post).       After the Nuremberg trials and the start of the Cold War, most of the victors in World War II lost interest in prosecuting Nazi war criminals. “Absorbing” (Kirkus Reviews) and “fascinating” (Library Journal), The Nazi Hunters focuses on the men and women who refused to allow their crimes to be forgotten.       The Nazi Hunters reveals the experiences of the young American prosecutors in the Nuremberg and Dachau trials, Benjamin Ferencz and William Denson; the Polish investigating judge Jan Sehn, who handled the case of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss; the Mossad agent Rafi Eitan, who was in charge of the Israeli team that nabbed Eichmann; and Eli Rosenbaum, who sought to expel war criminals who were living in the United States. But some of the Nazi hunters’ most controversial actions involved the more ambiguous cases, such as former UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim’s attempt to cover up his wartime history. Or the fate of concentration camp guards who have lived into their nineties, long past the time when reliable eyewitnesses could be found to pinpoint their exact roles.       The story of the Nazi hunters is coming to a natural end. It was unprecedented in so many ways, especially the degree to which the initial impulse of revenge was transformed into a struggle for justice. The Nazi hunters have transformed our fundamental notions of right and wrong, and Andrew Nagorski’s “vivid, reader-friendly account of how justice was done . . . is comprehensively informative and a highly involving read” (The Wall Street Journal).  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010MHAA14/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2 ...more

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• 798: 1/4 The Nazi Hunters, by Andrew Nagorski

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  Dec 02 2020

  Image:  Nuremberg  The Nazi Hunters,by Andrew Nagorski More than seven decades after the end of the Second World War, the era of the Nazi Hunters is drawing to a close. Their saga is finally told in this “deep and sweeping account of a relentless search for justice that began in 1945 and is only now coming to an end” (The Washington Post).       After the Nuremberg trials and the start of the Cold War, most of the victors in World War II lost interest in prosecuting Nazi war criminals. “Absorbing” (Kirkus Reviews) and “fascinating” (Library Journal), The Nazi Hunters focuses on the men and women who refused to allow their crimes to be forgotten.       The Nazi Hunters reveals the experiences of the young American prosecutors in the Nuremberg and Dachau trials, Benjamin Ferencz and William Denson; the Polish investigating judge Jan Sehn, who handled the case of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss; the Mossad agent Rafi Eitan, who was in charge of the Israeli team that nabbed Eichmann; and Eli Rosenbaum, who sought to expel war criminals who were living in the United States. But some of the Nazi hunters’ most controversial actions involved the more ambiguous cases, such as former UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim’s attempt to cover up his wartime history. Or the fate of concentration camp guards who have lived into their nineties, long past the time when reliable eyewitnesses could be found to pinpoint their exact roles.       The story of the Nazi hunters is coming to a natural end. It was unprecedented in so many ways, especially the degree to which the initial impulse of revenge was transformed into a struggle for justice. The Nazi hunters have transformed our fundamental notions of right and wrong, and Andrew Nagorski’s “vivid, reader-friendly account of how justice was done . . . is comprehensively informative and a highly involving read” (The Wall Street Journal).  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010MHAA14/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2 ...more

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• 793: The targeted killing of a bad actor in Tehran. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Dec 01 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1943.Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill on portico of Russian Embassy in Teheran, during conference--Nov. 28 - Dec. 1, 1943  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe targeted killing of a bad actor in Tehran. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/37882/lets-talk-about-remote-controlled-gun-turrets-and-the-killing-of-irans-top-nuclear-scientist ...more

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• 795: Primary-school children in school in New York? Maybe, or no; or maybe yes. @harrysiegel

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  Dec 01 2020

  Image:  Public schools. Primary School-House No. 56, Thirty-Seventh St., near Tenth Ave, in Manhattan.Harry Siegel@harrysiegel, New York Daily News and Daily Beast, in re: Mayor DeBlasio of New York said we’d abandon a 3% threshold for flu positives, only for primary school children. Everyone’s been demanding he open the schools; has he listened?   Available only to parents who’d already said they wanted their children in classes; and the five-day-a-week system is predicated on how many children show up.       The mayor agreed to staff schools with complex requirements because of his ironclad deal with the unions. It's taken months and months to get here just as a serious second wave occurs.  Red zones, orange zones, hospitalizations . . .  New York had the lowest positivity rate in the country.  Mayor came up with the very low 3% to accommodate teachers’s unions.   DeBlasio managed the process so ineptly that he eventually had to reverse himself [sort of overnight].  The Hatfields in Albany, the McCoys in City Hall.  Governor Cuomo lost his temper with a very decent Wall Street Journal reporter.  New Yorkers want to understand what the thresholds are for decisions and how they can organize their lives.          Come the first of the year, can primary-school parents have their children attend school full-time?  Yes, no, maybe, no, we’ll see.https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/new-york-city-will-reopen-public-elementary-schools-next-week/?utm_source=recirc-%5BSCREENSIZE%5D&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=river&utm_content=top-bar-latest&utm_term=first ...more

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• 793: Civility in podcasting and broadcasting is good business for clients, customers and talent. Dan Granger, CEO, @OxfordRoad.

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  Dec 01 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1936. FDR [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] AFTER RADIO BROADCAST FOR COMMUNITY CHEST  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowCivility in podcasting and broadcasting is good business for clients, customers and talent. Dan Granger, CEO, @OxfordRoad.https://www.mediaroundtable.com/homehttps://oxfordroad.com

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• 793: "Indiana" Hoenlein and fresh tributes to the SOE hero Hannah Szenes (1921-44) who parachuted behind enemy lin to rescue Hungarian Jews. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Dec 01 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1923. [Woman selling produce in market, Hungary]  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow"Indiana" Hoenlein and fresh tributes to the SOE hero Hannah Szenes (1921-44) who parachuted behind enemy lin to rescue Hungarian Jews. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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• 735: Sea levels, forest fires, defund police, scrap fossil fuels: “Do this on day one,” says the Biden crowd. @RichardAEpstein

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  Dec 01 2020

  Image:  This marker indicating sea level is situated between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea.Richard Epstein: @RichardAEpstein, Chicago Law, NYU Law, Hoover Defining Ideas, in re:  Climate 21 Project, Biden:  either cancel Trump’s decisions on climate or go a new direction. Report prepared by people who have a good chance of being influential in the Biden adm.  Get rid of coal, nat gas.  Co-chairs: Obama higher-up and colleagues, 17-person steering committee.  “We have to do this on day one.”   Law and order, and defunding the police, were critical in the just-past election. “We can't deal with climate change unless we deal with racism” – perhaps valuable, but not science, is politics.  Forest fires, global warming, sea levels. Politicization of forest management to the point where we can't be effective stewards of forests. Al Gore in An Inconvenient Truth:Apocalypse  in 2015.  Note that the energy for electric cars is not storable; wind farms require massive tonnage of steel to build.  Solar panels have to use hundreds or thousands of acres, then ship the energy long distances.  ...more

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• 735: Harvesting votes can decide the presidency, the Senate, the Bill of Rights. @VDHanson

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  Dec 01 2020

  Image:  Mrs. Coolidge votes by mail, 10/30/24Victor Davis Hanson: @VDHanson; Hoover Institution, and The Case for Trump,in re:   CA21 and CA25 races: harvesting votes is new to America. David Valadao (CA21) lost the previous election by 400 votes, with ballots coming in for weeks after election day. We’ve never had two elections at the same time whose results will decide the course of the US Senate.  If Democrats win, they’ll stack the Supreme Court, take away the filibuster, “things with the Second Amendment that we can't believe,” and create changes that will [significantly alter American life]....more

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• 735: Oppositional hyperbole goes over a cliff with “coup” and “Kristallnacht.” @VDHanson

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  Dec 01 2020

  Image:  Hackney assembly: “The Graces, the Graces, remember the [Social] Graces!” Victor Davis Hanson: @VDHanson; Hoover Institution, and The Case for Trump,in re:  Anti-Trumpers’s intemperate language of condemnation, accusing the president of being a dictator or a Nazi. They’re in an echo chamber, leading to the Mueller investigation, or impeachment over a phone call about Ukraine (despite Hunter Biden’s extraordinary deeds), or a Yale psychiatrist’s declaring Trump “crazy”; or a TV person, Christiane Amanpour, comparing Trump’s deeds to Kristallnacht.Her hyperbole draws attention to her and pleases her betters in the corporation. They use the word “coup,” scaring US allies, and ahistorically.  New Yorker: “Will Trump burn the evidence?” — what evidence? Are they still prosecuting discredited investigations?  . . . Silicon Valley market cap of $4 trillion; the whole interior of the country has suffered under globalization. Kamala Harris got zero vote; Bloomberg got no delegate.  They outspent Trump by about 2.5 times; are frustrated not to be winning handily.  ...more

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• 793: The pardoning of Flynn and the search for the Durham Report. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Dec 01 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1920. Department of Justice, new building. Interior of Department of Justice IV  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe pardoning of Flynn and the search for the Durham Report. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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• 793: Remains of the Election PA, GA, AZ, WI, MI & What is to be done for 2024? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Dec 01 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1937. Inspection station on the California-Arizona state line maintained by the California Department of Agriculture to prevent the spread of plant pests. Yuma, Arizona  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowRemains of the Election PA, GA, AZ, WI, MI & What is to be done for 2024? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/11/trump-campaign-election-litigation-appears-to-end-in-pennsylvania-while-proceeding-in-georgia/ ...more

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• 794: The first trillionaire will be so from Moon-mining. @WeTheBrandon, @GordonGChang

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  Dec 01 2020

  Image:   An artificially colored mosaic constructed from a series of 53 images taken through three spectral filters by Galileo's imaging system as the spacecraft flew over the northern regions of the Moon on 7 December 1992. The colors indicate different materials. Brandon Weichert, @WeTheBrandon, author, Winning Space, How America Remains a Superpower;andGordon Chang, @GordonGChang, Daily Beast, in re:   Chinese space program: Chang I 5.  A rival, adversarial state in orbit around the Moon. IS this a security threat to the US?  The heaviest threat since the depth of the Cold War. China launching this probe to collect lunar sol samples, return it to Chinese-occupied Mongolia. By 2028, will have a permanent mining post in the lunar polar region, where they can melt ice and collect water. All preparation to place military personnel, and to mine the rare earths there. US is also sending a mission to the southern pole; a race.  National security and geoeconomic purpose and [military] are all commingled.  It's thought that the world’s first trillionaire will derive his profits from Moon-mining. NASA has been arrogant about China’s heavy-lift capacity.   Russians are excellent t that; concern about growing contacts between Russian and Chinese space programs. We’ve let out capacities wither since the Seventies; Elon Musk is [moving forward smartly], but our government has not. Artemis Program: Biden crew seems to think that inhabiting the Moon is [wicked].   ...more

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• 794: Mainland CCP kidnaps people out of any country; danger of being disappeared from anywhere. @Michael_Yon, @GordonGChang

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  Dec 01 2020

  Image: Kidnapping Michael Yon: @Michael_Yon, war correspondent;andGordon Chang, @GordonGChang, Daily Beast, in re:  Hong Kongers held mass protest earlier this year; and now Joshua Wong is in jail, solitary confinement, lights on all the time. He pled guilty of unauthorized assembly in 2019. He’s the international face of the protests; is not held warmly in Hong Kong.  Displeasure that he pled guilty.  His detention will not have much effect on/in the resistance. Everyone realizes one could be hauled off and be disappeared, like Uyghurs. The CCP has kidnapped at least two people from Thailand; much danger globally.  Carrie Lam complains that she has to keep cash in her home because US banking sanctions have affected her; “playing the victim card.” Big Chinese banks won’t give her an account, thanks to the US sanctions.        The 2019 protests:  then and now, the most sophisticated insurgents I’ve ever seen.       Michael got a surprise visit to visit the vice-president; now has an invitation to the White House on Tuesday to the Christmas party....more

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• 794: “Blame America first” is an effective motto for US strategic adversaries. @thomasjoscelyn, @billroggio.

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  Dec 01 2020

  Image:  Anti-American banners in Liverpool, UK. Tom Joscelyn, @thomasjoscelyn, Long War Journal and FDD; and Bill Roggio, @billroggio, Long War Journal and @FDD; Generation Jihad, in re: From the Hindu Kush to the Mediterranean. Does Russia want us out of the region? Does China want us out of Asia?  If so, how are they going about that without directly confronting our military? US leaving Afghanistan and Asia serves the geostrategic purposes of these two. Once, China may have wanted to disarm North Korea; now, it uses Kim to confront the US.       Russia wants the US out of Iraq and the Middle East.  The general propaganda is that the US is the problem, not jihadis or other matters.  “Blame America first”—why did al Qaeda attack on 9/11? Because the US is at fault for all the world’ s ills. A US vacuum is opportunity for them. Africa: China is much invested there, incl in the Middle East and South Asia. General McMasger at the Hoover Institution; “disconnect the dots” is the Washington notion, not always rooted in fact. US leadership have got this wrong for so many years they won't turn the ship around. Its already been extremely costly.   See: Generation Jihad. ...more

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• 793: The Trump campaign lost the suburban vote very badly & What is to be done?> @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund

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  Dec 01 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1959. Richard Nixon and his family prepare to ride the Monorail at Disneyland in Anaheim, California  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Trump campaign lost the suburban vote very badly & What is to be done?> @DavidMDrucker @JohnFundhttps://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/09/how-republicans-are-surviving-life-in-the-trump-vortex

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• 794: Strategic narcissism, such as pretending the Taliban will become peaceable. @thomasjoscelyn, @billroggio.

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  Dec 01 2020

  Image: Fantasy, 1906Tom Joscelyn, @thomasjoscelyn, Long War Journal and @FDD; and Bill Roggio, @billroggio, Long War Journal and FDD; Generation Jihad, in re: Taliban have the will and resources to continue the fight over the long term; the US does not, and the Kabul doesn’t doesn't have the wherewithal. Taliban have high morale as they blow up and kill. “The US has all the clocks; we have all the time.”  US has spent billions to train security and soldiers, to little avail.  Taliban carry on the fight, year in and year out.         McMaster: “Strategic narcissism.”  A clever way of explaining how we haven't defeated al Qaeda. US policymakers see the world as they want to see it, not how it is. Washington doesn’t want to deal with this stuff. US is pretending that Taliban have broken with al Qaeda, so it imagines a scenario and puts words in other’s mouths. They simply don’t know who the enemy is.It’s sad that our leadership hasn't listened to people who know the enemy, such as General McMaster.  See: Generation Jihad.  https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/11/ep-33-a-conversation-with-h-r-mcmaster.php ...more

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• 793: How to explain Blue California rejecting the celebrity and politician endorsed Proposition 16? @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund

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  Dec 01 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1908. California Rifle team, Camp Perry  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowHow to explain Blue California rejecting the celebrity and politician endorsed Proposition 16?  @DavidMDrucker @JohnFundhttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/11/will-democrats-learn-from-their-identity-politics-disaster-in-california/

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• 792: 4/4 A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich, by Christopher B. Krebs

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  Dec 01 2020

  Image:  Manuscript A: The St Gall copy with the text beginning Incipit generatio regum (in red) near the top of the left page.The Frankish Table of Nations (fränkische Völkertafel), derived from the Germania, is a brief, early-Medieval genealogical text in Latin giving the supposed relationship between thirteen nations descended from three brothers. The nations are the Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Vandals, Gepids, Saxons, Burgundians, Thuringians, Lombards, Bavarians, Romans, Bretons, Franks and Alamanni.  A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus'sGermaniafrom the Roman Empire to the Third Reich, by Christopher B. Krebs When the Roman historian Tacitus wrote the Germania, a none-too-flattering little book about the ancient Germans, he could not have foreseen that centuries later the Nazis would extol it as "a bible" and vow to resurrect Germany on its grounds. But the Germaniainspired—and polarized—readers long before the rise of the Third Reich. In this elegant and captivating history, Christopher B. Krebs, a professor of classics at Harvard University, traces the wide-ranging influence of the Germania, revealing how an ancient text rose to take its place among the most dangerous books in the world. 14 illustrations.  https://www.amazon.com/Most-Dangerous-Book-Tacituss-Germania/dp/0393342921 …….....more

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• 792: 3/4 A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich, by Christopher B. Krebs

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  Dec 01 2020

  Image:  A perfect Aryan: Mary Magdalene (c. 1480–1487), altarpiece in International Gothic style by Carlo Crivelli showing her with long, blond hair.  Mannus, according to the Roman writer Tacitus, was a figure in the creation myths of the Germanic tribes. Tacitus is the only source of these myths. Tacitus wrote that Mannus was the son of Tuisto and the progenitor of the three Germanic tribes Ingaevones, Herminones and Istvaeones  A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus'sGermaniafrom the Roman Empire to the Third Reich, by Christopher B. Krebs When the Roman historian Tacitus wrote the Germania, a none-too-flattering little book about the ancient Germans, he could not have foreseen that centuries later the Nazis would extol it as "a bible" and vow to resurrect Germany on its grounds. But the Germaniainspired—and polarized—readers long before the rise of the Third Reich. In this elegant and captivating history, Christopher B. Krebs, a professor of classics at Harvard University, traces the wide-ranging influence of the Germania, revealing how an ancient text rose to take its place among the most dangerous books in the world. 14 illustrations.  https://www.amazon.com/Most-Dangerous-Book-Tacituss-Germania/dp/0393342921 ...more

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• 792: 2/4 A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich, by Christopher B. Krebs

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  Dec 01 2020

  Image:  "Residences of Germans in the country described by Tacitus in his Germania, from the original sources of Julius Caesar, Strabo, Vellejus, Tacitus, etc."  A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus'sGermaniafrom the Roman Empire to the Third Reich, by Christopher B. Krebs When the Roman historian Tacitus wrote the Germania, a none-too-flattering little book about the ancient Germans, he could not have foreseen that centuries later the Nazis would extol it as "a bible" and vow to resurrect Germany on its grounds. But the Germaniainspired—and polarized—readers long before the rise of the Third Reich. In this elegant and captivating history, Christopher B. Krebs, a professor of classics at Harvard University, traces the wide-ranging influence of the Germania, revealing how an ancient text rose to take its place among the most dangerous books in the world. 14 illustrations.  https://www.amazon.com/Most-Dangerous-Book-Tacituss-Germania/dp/0393342921 …….....more

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• 792: 1/4 A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus's Germania from the Roman Empire to the Third Reich, by Christopher B. Krebs

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  Image: Tacitus  A Most Dangerous Book: Tacitus'sGermaniafrom the Roman Empire to the Third Reich, by Christopher B. Krebs When the Roman historian Tacitus wrote the Germania, a none-too-flattering little book about the ancient Germans, he could not have foreseen that centuries later the Nazis would extol it as "a bible" and vow to resurrect Germany on its grounds. But the Germaniainspired—and polarized—readers long before the rise of the Third Reich. In this elegant and captivating history, Christopher B. Krebs, a professor of classics at Harvard University, traces the wide-ranging influence of the Germania, revealing how an ancient text rose to take its place among the most dangerous books in the world. 14 illustrations.  https://www.amazon.com/Most-Dangerous-Book-Tacituss-Germania/dp/0393342921 ...more

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• 788: From 2017: The American lessons of the Vietnam War. Karl Marlantes.

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  Nov 30 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1972. Bombs lined up as preparations are made for LINEBACKER Operations over North Vietnam  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowFrom 2017: The American lessons of the Vietnam War.  Karl Marlantes.https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2018/05/23/vietnam-vet-karl-marlantes-going-war-and-how-he-wrote-matterhorn.html

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• 788: Remembering Professor Edward Lazear (1948-2020) from a conversation July 7, 2015, with co-host @Larry_Kudlow, then CNBC, now Director of the National Economic Council..@HooverInst

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  Nov 30 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.Stanford University Quadrangle, Stanford University Campus, Stanford, Santa Clara County, CA http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Remembering Professor Edward Lazear (1948-2020) from a conversation July 7, 2015, with co-host @Larry_Kudlow, then CNBC, now Director of the National Economic Council. @HooverInsthttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/25/business/economy/edward-lazear-dead.html ...more

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• 791: 4/4 Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic, by David Quammen

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  Nov 30 2020

  Image:  Essential features of a biosafety level 4 (BSL-4) laboratory, of the sort operating in Wuhan.  See:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosafety_level#/media/File:Structure_of_NIAID_Integrated_Research_Facility.jpg   Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic,by David Quammen The next big human pandemic—the next disease cataclysm, perhaps on the scale of AIDS or the 1918 influenza—is likely to be caused by a new virus coming to humans from wildlife. Experts call such an event “spillover” and they warn us to brace ourselves. David Quammen has tracked this subject from the jungles of Central Africa, the rooftops of Bangladesh, and the caves of southern China to the laboratories where researchers work in space suits to study lethal viruses. He illuminates the dynamics of Ebola, SARS, bird flu, Lyme disease, and other emerging threats, and tells the story of AIDS and its origins as it has never before been told. Spillover reads like a mystery tale, full of mayhem and clues and questions. When the Next Big One arrives, what will it look like? From which innocent host animal will it emerge? Will we be ready?https://www.amazon.com/Spillover-Animal-Infections-Human-Pandemic-ebook/dp/B00856PC4K/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1606699891&sr=1-1.....more

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• 791: 3/4 Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic, by David Quammen

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  Image: Simplified 2014 ebola virus epidemic situation map. The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of their rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.  Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic,by David Quammen The next big human pandemic—the next disease cataclysm, perhaps on the scale of AIDS or the 1918 influenza—is likely to be caused by a new virus coming to humans from wildlife. Experts call such an event “spillover” and they warn us to brace ourselves. David Quammen has tracked this subject from the jungles of Central Africa, the rooftops of Bangladesh, and the caves of southern China to the laboratories where researchers work in space suits to study lethal viruses. He illuminates the dynamics of Ebola, SARS, bird flu, Lyme disease, and other emerging threats, and tells the story of AIDS and its origins as it has never before been told. Spillover reads like a mystery tale, full of mayhem and clues and questions. When the Next Big One arrives, what will it look like? From which innocent host animal will it emerge? Will we be ready?https://www.amazon.com/Spillover-Animal-Infections-Human-Pandemic-ebook/dp/B00856PC4K/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1606699891&sr=1-1...more

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• 791: 2/4 Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic, by David Quammen

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  Nov 30 2020

  Image:  Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that have a halo, or crown-like (corona) appearance when viewed under an electron microscope.  The coronavirus is now recognized as the etiologic agent of the 2003 SARS outbreak. Additional specimens are being tested to learn more about this coronavirus, and its etiologic link with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. It is stated on the CDC website for a coloured version of the image that this depicts the (Avian) Infectious bronchitis virus  Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic,by David Quammen The next big human pandemic—the next disease cataclysm, perhaps on the scale of AIDS or the 1918 influenza—is likely to be caused by a new virus coming to humans from wildlife. Experts call such an event “spillover” and they warn us to brace ourselves. David Quammen has tracked this subject from the jungles of Central Africa, the rooftops of Bangladesh, and the caves of southern China to the laboratories where researchers work in space suits to study lethal viruses. He illuminates the dynamics of Ebola, SARS, bird flu, Lyme disease, and other emerging threats, and tells the story of AIDS and its origins as it has never before been told. Spillover reads like a mystery tale, full of mayhem and clues and questions. When the Next Big One arrives, what will it look like? From which innocent host animal will it emerge? Will we be ready?https://www.amazon.com/Spillover-Animal-Infections-Human-Pandemic-ebook/dp/B00856PC4K/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1606699891&sr=1-1...more

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• 791: 1/4 Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic, by David Quammen

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  Nov 30 2020

  Image:  Demonstration at the Red Cross Emergency Ambulance Station in Washington, D.C., during the influenza pandemic of 1918  Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic,by David Quammen The next big human pandemic—the next disease cataclysm, perhaps on the scale of AIDS or the 1918 influenza—is likely to be caused by a new virus coming to humans from wildlife. Experts call such an event “spillover” and they warn us to brace ourselves. David Quammen has tracked this subject from the jungles of Central Africa, the rooftops of Bangladesh, and the caves of southern China to the laboratories where researchers work in space suits to study lethal viruses. He illuminates the dynamics of Ebola , SARS, bird flu, Lyme disease, and other emerging threats, and tells the story of AIDS and its origins as it has never before been told. Spillover reads like a mystery tale, full of mayhem and clues and questions. When the Next Big One arrives, what will it look like? From which innocent host animal will it emerge? Will we be ready?https://www.amazon.com/Spillover-Animal-Infections-Human-Pandemic-ebook/dp/B00856PC4K/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1606699891&sr=1-1...more

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• 788: Knocking on Heaven's Door: 2of2: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern WorldReprint Edition, Kindle Edition by Lisa Randall (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 30 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.Johannes Regiomontanus,   http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Knocking on Heaven's Door: 2of2: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern WorldReprint Edition, Kindle Edition by Lisa Randall  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Knocking-Heavens-Door-Scientific-Illuminate-ebook/dp/B004XVN8EC/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1606706181&sr=1-1The bestselling author of Warped Passages, one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World,” and one of Esquire’s “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century,”  Lisa Randall gives us an exhilarating overview of the latest ideas in physics and offers a rousing defense of the role of science in our lives. Featuring fascinating insights into our scientific future born from the author’s provocative conversations with Nate Silver, David Chang, and Scott Derrickson, Knocking on Heaven’s Door is eminently readable, one of the most important popular science books of this or any year. It is a necessary volume for all who admire the work of Stephen Hawking, Michio Kaku, Brian Greene, Simon Singh, and Carl Sagan; for anyone curious about the workings and aims of the Large Hadron Collider, the biggest and most expensive machine ever built by mankind; for those who firmly believe in the importance of science and rational thought; and for anyone interested in how the Universe began…and how it might ultimately end....more

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• 788: Knocking on Heaven's Door: 1of2: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern WorldReprint Edition, Kindle Edition by Lisa Randall (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 30 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.Stadius, Johannes  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Knocking on Heaven's Door: 1of2: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern WorldReprint Edition, Kindle Edition by Lisa Randall  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Knocking-Heavens-Door-Scientific-Illuminate-ebook/dp/B004XVN8EC/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1606706181&sr=1-1The bestselling author of Warped Passages, one of Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People in the World,” and one of Esquire’s “75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century,”  Lisa Randall gives us an exhilarating overview of the latest ideas in physics and offers a rousing defense of the role of science in our lives. Featuring fascinating insights into our scientific future born from the author’s provocative conversations with Nate Silver, David Chang, and Scott Derrickson, Knocking on Heaven’s Door is eminently readable, one of the most important popular science books of this or any year. It is a necessary volume for all who admire the work of Stephen Hawking, Michio Kaku, Brian Greene, Simon Singh, and Carl Sagan; for anyone curious about the workings and aims of the Large Hadron Collider, the biggest and most expensive machine ever built by mankind; for those who firmly believe in the importance of science and rational thought; and for anyone interested in how the Universe began…and how it might ultimately end....more

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• 790: 4/4 The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, by Daniel James Brown

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  Nov 30 2020

  Image:  And don’t forget: Jesse Owens when he won four Olympic gold medals in 1936  The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics,by Daniel James Brown  For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant.       It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did, going on to shock the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not only to regain his shattered self-regard but also to find a real place for himself in the world. Drawing on the boys’ own journals and vivid memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, Brown has created an unforgettable portrait of an era, a celebration of a remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man’s personal quest.  https://www.amazon.com/Boys-Boat-Americans-Berlin-Olympics/dp/0143125478  ...more

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• 790: 3/4 The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, by Daniel James Brown

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  Image:  The University of Washington crew team practicing. (screen grab)  The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics,by Daniel James Brown  For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant.       It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did, going on to shock the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not only to regain his shattered self-regard but also to find a real place for himself in the world. Drawing on the boys’ own journals and vivid memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, Brown has created an unforgettable portrait of an era, a celebration of a remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man’s personal quest.  https://www.amazon.com/Boys-Boat-Americans-Berlin-Olympics/dp/0143125478 ...more

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• 790: 2/4 The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, by Daniel James Brown

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  Image:  The University of Washington crew team (screen grab)  The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics,by Daniel James Brown  For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant.       It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did, going on to shock the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not only to regain his shattered self-regard but also to find a real place for himself in the world. Drawing on the boys’ own journals and vivid memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, Brown has created an unforgettable portrait of an era, a celebration of a remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man’s personal quest.  https://www.amazon.com/Boys-Boat-Americans-Berlin-Olympics/dp/0143125478 ...more

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• 790: 1/4 The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, by Daniel James Brown

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  Image:  Rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics on a German stamp  The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics,by Daniel James Brown  For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant.       It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did, going on to shock the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not only to regain his shattered self-regard but also to find a real place for himself in the world. Drawing on the boys’ own journals and vivid memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, Brown has created an unforgettable portrait of an era, a celebration of a remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man’s personal quest.  https://www.amazon.com/Boys-Boat-Americans-Berlin-Olympics/dp/0143125478 ...more

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• 788: #ClassicIndiana: "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Shiloah Pool and central drainage channel. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Nov 30 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1898 Jerusalem  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#ClassicIndiana:  "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Shiloah Pool and central drainage channel. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.jpost.com/magazine/ascending-a-2000-year-old-pilgrimage-road-593766

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• 789: 4/4 Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History, by John Fabian Witt

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  Nov 30 2020

  Image:  Splitting of a great rock by the growth of a fig tree. Photo taken in Transjordan       The law of war is the component of international law that regulates the conditions for war (jus ad bellum) and the conduct of warring parties (jus in bello).  The Book of Deuteronomy 20:19–20 limits the amount of environmental damage, allowing only the cutting down of non-fruitful trees for use in the siege operation, while fruitful trees should be preserved for use as a food source:       When you besiege a city for a long time, making war against it in order to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them. You may eat from them, but you shall not cut them down. Are the trees in the field human, that they should be besieged by you? Only the trees that you know are not trees for food you may destroy and cut down, that you may build siegeworks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls.       Sura Al-Baqara 2:190–193 of the Quran requires that in combat Muslims are allowed to strike back only in self-defense against those who strike against them, but, on the other hand, once the enemies cease to attack, Muslims are then commanded to stop attacking:       And fight with them until there is no persecution, and religion should be only for Allah, but if they desist, then there should be no hostility except against the oppressors.   Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History, by John Fabian Witt In the closing days of 1862, just three weeks before Emancipation, the administration of Abraham Lincoln commissioned a code setting forth the laws of war for US armies. It announced standards of conduct in wartime—concerning torture, prisoners of war, civilians, spies, and slaves—that shaped the course of the Civil War. By the twentieth century, Lincoln’s code would be incorporated into the Geneva Conventions and form the basis of a new international law of war.       In this deeply original book, John Fabian Witt tells the fascinating history of the laws of war and its eminent cast of characters—Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Madison, and Lincoln—as they crafted the articles that would change the course of world history. Witt’s engrossing exploration of the dilemmas at the heart of the laws of war is a prehistory of our own era. Lincoln’s Code reveals that the heated controversies of twenty-first-century warfare have roots going back to the beginnings of American history. It is a compelling story of ideals under pressure and a landmark contribution to our understanding of the American experience.  https://www.amazon.com/Lincolns-Code-Laws-American-History-ebook/dp/B005HF4DZG/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=john+fabian+witt&qid=1606697355&s=digital-text&sr=1-3 ..  .. ..  ...more

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• 789: 3/4 Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History, by John Fabian Witt

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  Image:  1904 article outlining the basic principles of the law of war, as published in the Tacoma Times.  Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History, by John Fabian Witt In the closing days of 1862, just three weeks before Emancipation, the administration of Abraham Lincoln commissioned a code setting forth the laws of war for US armies. It announced standards of conduct in wartime—concerning torture, prisoners of war, civilians, spies, and slaves—that shaped the course of the Civil War. By the twentieth century, Lincoln’s code would be incorporated into the Geneva Conventions and form the basis of a new international law of war.       In this deeply original book, John Fabian Witt tells the fascinating history of the laws of war and its eminent cast of characters—Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Madison, and Lincoln—as they crafted the articles that would change the course of world history. Witt’s engrossing exploration of the dilemmas at the heart of the laws of war is a prehistory of our own era. Lincoln’s Code reveals that the heated controversies of twenty-first-century warfare have roots going back to the beginnings of American history. It is a compelling story of ideals under pressure and a landmark contribution to our understanding of the American experience.  https://www.amazon.com/Lincolns-Code-Laws-American-History-ebook/dp/B005HF4DZG/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=john+fabian+witt&qid=1606697355&s=digital-text&sr=1-3 ...more

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• 789: 2/4 Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History, by John Fabian Witt

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  Nov 30 2020

  Image: Abraham Lincoln.  Lincoln commissioned Francis Lieber to draft a legal code of warfare that he could display to the world. Lincoln also understood that such a code was necessary to protect captured black Union soldiers. Lieber’s General Order No. 100—“Old Hundred”—became the model for all subsequent codifications of the laws of war, even those with very different content. See: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/lieber.asp   Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History, by John Fabian Witt In the closing days of 1862, just three weeks before Emancipation, the administration of Abraham Lincoln commissioned a code setting forth the laws of war for US armies. It announced standards of conduct in wartime—concerning torture, prisoners of war, civilians, spies, and slaves—that shaped the course of the Civil War. By the twentieth century, Lincoln’s code would be incorporated into the Geneva Conventions and form the basis of a new international law of war.       In this deeply original book, John Fabian Witt tells the fascinating history of the laws of war and its eminent cast of characters—Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Madison, and Lincoln—as they crafted the articles that would change the course of world history. Witt’s engrossing exploration of the dilemmas at the heart of the laws of war is a prehistory of our own era. Lincoln’s Code reveals that the heated controversies of twenty-first-century warfare have roots going back to the beginnings of American history. It is a compelling story of ideals under pressure and a landmark contribution to our understanding of the American experience.  https://www.amazon.com/Lincolns-Code-Laws-American-History-ebook/dp/B005HF4DZG/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=john+fabian+witt&qid=1606697355&s=digital-text&sr=1-3 ...more

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• 789: 1 /4 Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History, by John Fabian Witt

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  Image:  Civil War–era Federal court martial after the Battle of Gettysburg   Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History, by John Fabian Witt In the closing days of 1862, just three weeks before Emancipation, the administration of Abraham Lincoln commissioned a code setting forth the laws of war for US armies. It announced standards of conduct in wartime—concerning torture, prisoners of war, civilians, spies, and slaves—that shaped the course of the Civil War. By the twentieth century, Lincoln’s code would be incorporated into the Geneva Conventions and form the basis of a new international law of war.       In this deeply original book, John Fabian Witt tells the fascinating history of the laws of war and its eminent cast of characters—Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Madison, and Lincoln—as they crafted the articles that would change the course of world history. Witt’s engrossing exploration of the dilemmas at the heart of the laws of war is a prehistory of our own era. Lincoln’s Code reveals that the heated controversies of twenty-first-century warfare have roots going back to the beginnings of American history. It is a compelling story of ideals under pressure and a landmark contribution to our understanding of the American experience.  https://www.amazon.com/Lincolns-Code-Laws-American-History-ebook/dp/B005HF4DZG/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=john+fabian+witt&qid=1606697355&s=digital-text&sr=1-3 ...more

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• 788: Clinton Cash: A Graphic Novel Hardcover – August 8, 2016 by Chuck Dixon (Adapter), Brett R. Smith (Adapter)

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  Nov 30 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1914. Cash Room, Ofc. U.S. Treasurer, [Washington, D.C., 1914]  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Clinton Cash: A Graphic Novel Hardcover – August 8, 2016 by Chuck Dixon  (Adapter), Brett R. Smith  (Adapter) The #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel inspired by Peter Schweizer's bestselling exposé, which the New York Times called "the most anticipated and feared book of a presidential cycle.""Every American needs to buy it, read it, and become fully literate in the Clinton scams... It’s like the most explosive candidate opposition file that every American can access." — Breitbart NewsBased on the New York Times bestseller Clinton Cash by Peter Schweizer, this graphic novel retells in high-definition detail the tale of the Clintons' jaw-dropping auctioning of American power to foreign companies and Clinton Foundation donors.Inside, readers will learn why Hillary Clinton approved the transfer of 20% of all U.S. uranium to Putin's Russia; why Bill Clinton's speaking fees soared during Hillary's tenure as Secretary of State; how the Clintons bilked Keystone Pipeline investors; how Hillary's brother scored a rare "gold exploitation permit" from the Haitian government; and so much more.Stunningly illustrated, hilariously retold, and inspired by the blockbuster book that reshaped the contours of the presidential election, Clinton Cash: A Graphic Novel brings to life Hillary and Bill's brazen plot to fleece the planet for maximum profit....more

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• 784: #ClassicCroswell: The Last 8 million years of M82. Ken Croswell, author, "The Lives of Stars."

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  Nov 29 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.2014 Ultraluminous X-ray Sources in M82 GalaxyNuSTAR has added a new twist to the mystery of ultraluminous X-ray sources ULXs by showing that one of the ULXs in M82, called M82 X-2, is not a black hole but a pulsar.NASA/JPL-Caltech/SAO  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#ClassicCroswell: The Last 8 million years of M82. Ken Croswell, author, "The Lives of Stars."https://www.newscientist.com/article/2101713-hyperactive-galaxy-could-run-out-of-gas-in-just-8-million-years/ ...more

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• 784: Last Universal Common Ancestor. Nicholas Wade @NYTimes

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  Nov 29 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1902 [Large number of iguanas on Galapagos Islands, 1902]  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowLast Universal Common Ancestor.  Nicholas Wade  @NYTimeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/26/science/last-universal-ancestor.html “… the bacteria and archaea were the two earliest domains, with the eukaryotes emerging later. That opened the way for a group of evolutionary biologists, led by William F. Martin of Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, Germany, to try to discern the nature of the organism from which the bacterial and archaeal domains emerged....' ...more

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• 786: 4/4 Black Ops, Vietnam: An Operational History of MACVSOG, by Robert M. Gillespie

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  Image: A Montagnard tribesman during training in 1962. Black Ops, Vietnam: An Operational History of MACVSOG,  by Robert M. Gillespie During the Vietnam War, the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACVSOG) was a highly-classified, U.S. joint-service organization that consisted of personnel from Army Special Forces, the Air Force, Navy SEALs, Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance units, and the CIA. This secret organization was committed to action in Southeast Asia even before the major build-up of U.S. forces in 1965, and it also fielded a division-sized element of South Vietnamese military personnel, indigenous Montagnards, ethnic Chinese Nungs, and Taiwanese pilots in its varied reconnaissance, naval, air, and agent operations.       MACVSOG was without doubt a unique U.S. unit to participate in the Vietnam War, since its operational mandate authorized its missions to take place “over the fence” in North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, where most other American units were forbidden to go. During its nine-year existence, it managed to participate in most of the significant operations and incidents of the conflict. MACVSOG was there during the Gulf of Tonkin incidents, during air operations over North Vietnam, the Tet Offensive, the secret bombing of and ground incursion into Cambodia, Operation Lam Son 719, the Green Beret murder case, the Easter Invasion, the Phoenix Program, and the Son Tay POW Raid. The story of this extraordinary unit has never before been told in full and comes as a timely blueprint for combined-arms, multinational, unconventional warfare in the post-9/11 age.       Unlike previous works on the subject, Black Ops, Vietnamis a complete chronological history of the unit drawn from declassified documents, memoirs, and previous works on the subject, which tended to focus only on particular aspects of the unit’s operations.   https://www.amazon.com/Black-Ops-Vietnam-Operational-History-ebook/dp/B005N93GCC/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1606610865&sr=1-1  ...more

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• 786: 3/4 Black Ops, Vietnam: An Operational History of MACVSOG, by Robert M. Gillespie

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  Image:  2 August 1964: A North Vietnamese P-4 under fire from Maddox.   Black Ops, Vietnam: An Operational History of MACVSOG,  by Robert M. Gillespie During the Vietnam War, the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACVSOG) was a highly-classified, U.S. joint-service organization that consisted of personnel from Army Special Forces, the Air Force, Navy SEALs, Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance units, and the CIA. This secret organization was committed to action in Southeast Asia even before the major build-up of U.S. forces in 1965, and it also fielded a division-sized element of South Vietnamese military personnel, indigenous Montagnards, ethnic Chinese Nungs, and Taiwanese pilots in its varied reconnaissance, naval, air, and agent operations.       MACVSOG was without doubt a unique U.S. unit to participate in the Vietnam War, since its operational mandate authorized its missions to take place “over the fence” in North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, where most other American units were forbidden to go. During its nine-year existence, it managed to participate in most of the significant operations and incidents of the conflict. MACVSOG was there during the Gulf of Tonkin incidents, during air operations over North Vietnam, the Tet Offensive, the secret bombing of and ground incursion into Cambodia, Operation Lam Son 719, the Green Beret murder case, the Easter Invasion, the Phoenix Program, and the Son Tay POW Raid. The story of this extraordinary unit has never before been told in full and comes as a timely blueprint for combined-arms, multinational, unconventional warfare in the post-9/11 age.       Unlike previous works on the subject, Black Ops, Vietnamis a complete chronological history of the unit drawn from declassified documents, memoirs, and previous works on the subject, which tended to focus only on particular aspects of the unit’s operations.   https://www.amazon.com/Black-Ops-Vietnam-Operational-History-ebook/dp/B005N93GCC/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1606610865&sr=1-1  ...more

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• 786: 2/4 Black Ops, Vietnam: An Operational History of MACVSOG, by Robert M. Gillespie

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  Image: North Vietnamese troops on the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos, photographed by a hidden SOG recon team. Black Ops, Vietnam: An Operational History of MACVSOG,  by Robert M. Gillespie During the Vietnam War, the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACVSOG) was a highly-classified, U.S. joint-service organization that consisted of personnel from Army Special Forces, the Air Force, Navy SEALs, Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance units, and the CIA. This secret organization was committed to action in Southeast Asia even before the major build-up of U.S. forces in 1965, and it also fielded a division-sized element of South Vietnamese military personnel, indigenous Montagnards, ethnic Chinese Nungs, and Taiwanese pilots in its varied reconnaissance, naval, air, and agent operations.       MACVSOG was without doubt a unique U.S. unit to participate in the Vietnam War, since its operational mandate authorized its missions to take place “over the fence” in North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, where most other American units were forbidden to go. During its nine-year existence, it managed to participate in most of the significant operations and incidents of the conflict. MACVSOG was there during the Gulf of Tonkin incidents, during air operations over North Vietnam, the Tet Offensive, the secret bombing of and ground incursion into Cambodia, Operation Lam Son 719, the Green Beret murder case, the Easter Invasion, the Phoenix Program, and the Son Tay POW Raid. The story of this extraordinary unit has never before been told in full and comes as a timely blueprint for combined-arms, multinational, unconventional warfare in the post-9/11 age.       Unlike previous works on the subject, Black Ops, Vietnamis a complete chronological history of the unit drawn from declassified documents, memoirs, and previous works on the subject, which tended to focus only on particular aspects of the unit’s operations.    https://www.amazon.com/Black-Ops-Vietnam-Operational-History-ebook/dp/B005N93GCC/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1606610865&sr=1-1 ...more

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• 786: 1/4 Black Ops, Vietnam: An Operational History of MACVSOG, by Robert M. Gillespie

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  Image:  Never assigned an official crest or patch, SOG personnel accepted this unofficial, self-designed insignia  Black Ops, Vietnam: An Operational History of MACVSOG,  by Robert M. Gillespie During the Vietnam War, the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam Studies and Observations Group (MACVSOG) was a highly-classified, U.S. joint-service organization that consisted of personnel from Army Special Forces, the Air Force, Navy SEALs, Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance units, and the CIA. This secret organization was committed to action in Southeast Asia even before the major build-up of U.S. forces in 1965, and it also fielded a division-sized element of South Vietnamese military personnel, indigenous Montagnards, ethnic Chinese Nungs, and Taiwanese pilots in its varied reconnaissance, naval, air, and agent operations.       MACVSOG was without doubt a unique U.S. unit to participate in the Vietnam War, since its operational mandate authorized its missions to take place “over the fence” in North Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, where most other American units were forbidden to go. During its nine-year existence, it managed to participate in most of the significant operations and incidents of the conflict. MACVSOG was there during the Gulf of Tonkin incidents, during air operations over North Vietnam, the Tet Offensive, the secret bombing of and ground incursion into Cambodia, Operation Lam Son 719, the Green Beret murder case, the Easter Invasion, the Phoenix Program, and the Son Tay POW Raid. The story of this extraordinary unit has never before been told in full and comes as a timely blueprint for combined-arms, multinational, unconventional warfare in the post-9/11 age.       Unlike previous works on the subject, Black Ops, Vietnamis a complete chronological history of the unit drawn from declassified documents, memoirs, and previous works on the subject, which tended to focus only on particular aspects of the unit’s operations.   https://www.amazon.com/Black-Ops-Vietnam-Operational-History-ebook/dp/B005N93GCC/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1606610865&sr=1-1 ...more

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• 785: 4/4 A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War, by

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  Image:  Britain's shortage of cotton was partially made up by imports from India and Egypt; Punch cartoon 16 November 1861.  A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War, by Amanda Foreman The acclaimed historian Amanda Foreman follows the phenomenal success of her New York Times bestseller Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire with her long-awaited second work of nonfiction: the fascinating story of the American Civil War and the major role played by Britain and its citizens in that epic struggle.       Even before the first rumblings of secession shook the halls of Congress, British involvement in the coming schism was inevitable. Britain was dependent on the South for cotton, and in turn the Confederacy relied almost exclusively on Britain for guns, bullets, and ships. The Union sought to block any diplomacy between the two and consistently teetered on the brink of war with Britain. For four years, the complex web of relationships between the countries led to defeats and victories both minute and history-making. In A World on Fire, Amanda Foreman examines the fraught relations from multiple angles while she introduces characters both humble and grand, bringing them to vivid life over the course of her sweeping and brilliant narrative.       Between 1861 and 1865, thousands of British citizens volunteered for service on both sides of the Civil War. From the first cannon blasts on Fort Sumter to Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, they served as officers and infantrymen, sailors and nurses, blockade runners and spies. Through personal letters, diaries, and journals, Foreman has woven together their experiences to form a panoramic yet intimate view of the war on the front lines, in the prison camps, and in the great cities of both the Union and the Confederacy. Through the eyes of these brave volunteers we see the details of the struggle for life and the great and powerful forces that threatened to demolish a nation.       In the drawing rooms of London and the offices of Washington, on muddy fields and aboard packed ships, Foreman reveals the decisions made, the beliefs held and contested, and the personal triumphs and sacrifices that ultimately led to the reunification of America. A World on Fireis a complex and groundbreaking work that will surely cement Amanda Foreman’s position as one of the most influential historians of our time. https://www.amazon.com/World-Fire-Britains-Crucial-American-ebook/dp/B004J4WN2G/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Amanda+Foreman&qid=1606612820&s=digital-text&sr=1-1...more

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• 785: 3/4 A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War, by Amanda Foreman

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  Image:  HMS Agincourt was a Minotaur-class armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1860s. Photographed after the completion of her 1875-1877 refit, when alternate gunports were enlarged to accommodate larger muzzle-loading rifles.  A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War, by Amanda Foreman The acclaimed historian Amanda Foreman follows the phenomenal success of her New York Times bestseller Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire with her long-awaited second work of nonfiction: the fascinating story of the American Civil War and the major role played by Britain and its citizens in that epic struggle.       Even before the first rumblings of secession shook the halls of Congress, British involvement in the coming schism was inevitable. Britain was dependent on the South for cotton, and in turn the Confederacy relied almost exclusively on Britain for guns, bullets, and ships. The Union sought to block any diplomacy between the two and consistently teetered on the brink of war with Britain. For four years, the complex web of relationships between the countries led to defeats and victories both minute and history-making. In A World on Fire, Amanda Foreman examines the fraught relations from multiple angles while she introduces characters both humble and grand, bringing them to vivid life over the course of her sweeping and brilliant narrative.       Between 1861 and 1865, thousands of British citizens volunteered for service on both sides of the Civil War. From the first cannon blasts on Fort Sumter to Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, they served as officers and infantrymen, sailors and nurses, blockade runners and spies. Through personal letters, diaries, and journals, Foreman has woven together their experiences to form a panoramic yet intimate view of the war on the front lines, in the prison camps, and in the great cities of both the Union and the Confederacy. Through the eyes of these brave volunteers we see the details of the struggle for life and the great and powerful forces that threatened to demolish a nation.       In the drawing rooms of London and the offices of Washington, on muddy fields and aboard packed ships, Foreman reveals the decisions made, the beliefs held and contested, and the personal triumphs and sacrifices that ultimately led to the reunification of America. A World on Fireis a complex and groundbreaking work that will surely cement Amanda Foreman’s position as one of the most influential historians of our time. https://www.amazon.com/World-Fire-Britains-Crucial-American-ebook/dp/B004J4WN2G/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Amanda+Foreman&qid=1606612820&s=digital-text&sr=1-1...more

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• 785: 2/4 A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War, by Amanda Foreman

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  Image: Cotton field, American South.  A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War, by Amanda Foreman The acclaimed historian Amanda Foreman follows the phenomenal success of her New York Times bestseller Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire with her long-awaited second work of nonfiction: the fascinating story of the American Civil War and the major role played by Britain and its citizens in that epic struggle.       Even before the first rumblings of secession shook the halls of Congress, British involvement in the coming schism was inevitable. Britain was dependent on the South for cotton, and in turn the Confederacy relied almost exclusively on Britain for guns, bullets, and ships. The Union sought to block any diplomacy between the two and consistently teetered on the brink of war with Britain. For four years, the complex web of relationships between the countries led to defeats and victories both minute and history-making. In A World on Fire, Amanda Foreman examines the fraught relations from multiple angles while she introduces characters both humble and grand, bringing them to vivid life over the course of her sweeping and brilliant narrative.       Between 1861 and 1865, thousands of British citizens volunteered for service on both sides of the Civil War. From the first cannon blasts on Fort Sumter to Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, they served as officers and infantrymen, sailors and nurses, blockade runners and spies. Through personal letters, diaries, and journals, Foreman has woven together their experiences to form a panoramic yet intimate view of the war on the front lines, in the prison camps, and in the great cities of both the Union and the Confederacy. Through the eyes of these brave volunteers we see the details of the struggle for life and the great and powerful forces that threatened to demolish a nation.       In the drawing rooms of London and the offices of Washington, on muddy fields and aboard packed ships, Foreman reveals the decisions made, the beliefs held and contested, and the personal triumphs and sacrifices that ultimately led to the reunification of America. A World on Fireis a complex and groundbreaking work that will surely cement Amanda Foreman’s position as one of the most influential historians of our time. https://www.amazon.com/World-Fire-Britains-Crucial-American-ebook/dp/B004J4WN2G/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Amanda+Foreman&qid=1606612820&s=digital-text&sr=1-1...more

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• 785: 1/4 A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War, by Amanda Foreman

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  Nov 29 2020

  Image: Mrs. Washington A. Roebling, residence at 64 S. Battery, Charleston, South Carolina. White azaleas and tree.  A World on Fire: Britain's Crucial Role in the American Civil War, by Amanda Foreman The acclaimed historian Amanda Foreman follows the phenomenal success of her New York Times bestseller Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire with her long-awaited second work of nonfiction: the fascinating story of the American Civil War and the major role played by Britain and its citizens in that epic struggle.       Even before the first rumblings of secession shook the halls of Congress, British involvement in the coming schism was inevitable. Britain was dependent on the South for cotton, and in turn the Confederacy relied almost exclusively on Britain for guns, bullets, and ships. The Union sought to block any diplomacy between the two and consistently teetered on the brink of war with Britain. For four years, the complex web of relationships between the countries led to defeats and victories both minute and history-making. In A World on Fire, Amanda Foreman examines the fraught relations from multiple angles while she introduces characters both humble and grand, bringing them to vivid life over the course of her sweeping and brilliant narrative.       Between 1861 and 1865, thousands of British citizens volunteered for service on both sides of the Civil War. From the first cannon blasts on Fort Sumter to Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, they served as officers and infantrymen, sailors and nurses, blockade runners and spies. Through personal letters, diaries, and journals, Foreman has woven together their experiences to form a panoramic yet intimate view of the war on the front lines, in the prison camps, and in the great cities of both the Union and the Confederacy. Through the eyes of these brave volunteers we see the details of the struggle for life and the great and powerful forces that threatened to demolish a nation.       In the drawing rooms of London and the offices of Washington, on muddy fields and aboard packed ships, Foreman reveals the decisions made, the beliefs held and contested, and the personal triumphs and sacrifices that ultimately led to the reunification of America. A World on Fireis a complex and groundbreaking work that will surely cement Amanda Foreman’s position as one of the most influential historians of our time. https://www.amazon.com/World-Fire-Britains-Crucial-American-ebook/dp/B004J4WN2G/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Amanda+Foreman&qid=1606612820&s=digital-text&sr=1-1...more

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• 784: Appetite for America: 2of2: Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West--One Meal at a Time Kindle Edition. by Stephen Fried (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1940.Railroad station, Jefferson City, Missouri  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Appetite for America: 2of2:  Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West--One Meal at a Time Kindle Edition. by Stephen Fried  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Appetite-America-Business-Civilizing-West-One-ebook/dp/B0036S4A7M/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Harvey+Girls+Fried&qid=1606612913&s=digital-text&sr=1-1The legendary life and entrepreneurial vision of Fred Harvey helped shape American culture and history for three generations—from the 1880s all the way through World War II—and still influence our lives today in surprising and fascinating ways. Now award-winning journalist Stephen Fried re-creates the life of this unlikely American hero, the founding father of the nation’s service industry, whose remarkable family business civilized the West and introduced America to Americans.Appetite for America is the incredible real-life story of Fred Harvey—told in depth for the first time ever—as well as the story of this country’s expansion into the Wild West of Bat Masterson and Billy the Kid, of the great days of the railroad, of a time when a deal could still be made with a handshake and the United States was still uniting. As a young immigrant, Fred Harvey worked his way up from dishwasher to household name: He was Ray Kroc before McDonald’s, J. Willard Marriott before Marriott Hotels, Howard Schultz before Starbucks. His eating houses and hotels along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad (including historic lodges still in use at the Grand Canyon) were patronized by princes, presidents, and countless ordinary travelers looking for the best cup of coffee in the country. Harvey’s staff of carefully screened single young women—the celebrated Harvey Girls—were the country’s first female workforce and became genuine Americana, even inspiring an MGM musical starring Judy Garland.With the verve and passion of Fred Harvey himself, Stephen Fried tells the story of how this visionary built his business from a single lunch counter into a family empire whose marketing and innovations we still encounter in myriad ways. Inspiring, instructive, and hugely entertaining, Appetite for America is historical biography that is as richly rewarding as a slice of fresh apple pie—and every bit as satisfying....more

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• 784: Appetite for America: 1of2: Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West--One Meal at a Time Kindle Edition. by Stephen Fried (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1940 Railroad station. Carson City, Nevada  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Appetite for America: 1of2:  Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West--One Meal at a Time Kindle Edition. by Stephen Fried  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Appetite-America-Business-Civilizing-West-One-ebook/dp/B0036S4A7M/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Harvey+Girls+Fried&qid=1606612913&s=digital-text&sr=1-1The legendary life and entrepreneurial vision of Fred Harvey helped shape American culture and history for three generations—from the 1880s all the way through World War II—and still influence our lives today in surprising and fascinating ways. Now award-winning journalist Stephen Fried re-creates the life of this unlikely American hero, the founding father of the nation’s service industry, whose remarkable family business civilized the West and introduced America to Americans.Appetite for America is the incredible real-life story of Fred Harvey—told in depth for the first time ever—as well as the story of this country’s expansion into the Wild West of Bat Masterson and Billy the Kid, of the great days of the railroad, of a time when a deal could still be made with a handshake and the United States was still uniting. As a young immigrant, Fred Harvey worked his way up from dishwasher to household name: He was Ray Kroc before McDonald’s, J. Willard Marriott before Marriott Hotels, Howard Schultz before Starbucks. His eating houses and hotels along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad (including historic lodges still in use at the Grand Canyon) were patronized by princes, presidents, and countless ordinary travelers looking for the best cup of coffee in the country. Harvey’s staff of carefully screened single young women—the celebrated Harvey Girls—were the country’s first female workforce and became genuine Americana, even inspiring an MGM musical starring Judy Garland.With the verve and passion of Fred Harvey himself, Stephen Fried tells the story of how this visionary built his business from a single lunch counter into a family empire whose marketing and innovations we still encounter in myriad ways. Inspiring, instructive, and hugely entertaining, Appetite for America is historical biography that is as richly rewarding as a slice of fresh apple pie—and every bit as satisfying....more

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• 783: 4/4 Crusade Years, 1933–1955: Herbert Hoover's Lost Memoir of the New Deal Era and Its Aftermath (Hoover Institution Press Publication), by George Nash (Editor)

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  Nov 29 2020

  4/4  Crusade Years, 1933–1955: Herbert Hoover's Lost Memoir of the New Deal Era and Its Aftermath(Hoover Institution Press Publication), by George Nash (Editor)  Image:  Hoover with his son Allan (left) and his grandson Andrew (above), 1950  Crusade Years, 1933–1955: Herbert Hoover's Lost Memoir of the New Deal Era and Its Aftermath(Hoover Institution Press Publication), by George Nash (Editor)  Covering an eventful period in Herbert Hoover's career—and, more specifically, his life as a political pugilist from 1933 to 1955—this previously unknown memoir was composed and revised by the 31st president during the 1940s and 1950s—and then, surprisingly, set aside. This work recounts Hoover's family life after March 4, 1933, his myriad philanthropic interests and, most of all, his unrelenting "crusade against collectivism" in American life. Aside from its often feisty account of Hoover's political activities during the Roosevelt and Truman eras, and its window on Hoover's private life and campaigns for good causes, Crusade Years invites readers to reflect on the factors that made his extraordinarily fruitful postpresidential years possible. The pages of this memoir recount the story of Hoover's later life, his abiding political philosophy, and his vision of the nation that gave him the opportunity for service. This is, in short, a remarkable saga told in the former president's own words and in his own way that will appeal as much to professional historians and political scientists as it will lay readers interested in history....more

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• 783: 3/4 Crusade Years, 1933–1955: Herbert Hoover's Lost Memoir of the New Deal Era and Its Aftermath (Hoover Institution Press Publication), by George Nash (Editor)

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  Image: President and Mrs Herbert Hoover Crusade Years, 1933–1955: Herbert Hoover's Lost Memoir of the New Deal Era and Its Aftermath(Hoover Institution Press Publication), by George Nash (Editor)  Covering an eventful period in Herbert Hoover's career—and, more specifically, his life as a political pugilist from 1933 to 1955—this previously unknown memoir was composed and revised by the 31st president during the 1940s and 1950s—and then, surprisingly, set aside. This work recounts Hoover's family life after March 4, 1933, his myriad philanthropic interests and, most of all, his unrelenting "crusade against collectivism" in American life. Aside from its often feisty account of Hoover's political activities during the Roosevelt and Truman eras, and its window on Hoover's private life and campaigns for good causes, Crusade Years invites readers to reflect on the factors that made his extraordinarily fruitful postpresidential years possible. The pages of this memoir recount the story of Hoover's later life, his abiding political philosophy, and his vision of the nation that gave him the opportunity for service. This is, in short, a remarkable saga told in the former president's own words and in his own way that will appeal as much to professional historians and political scientists as it will lay readers interested in history....more

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• 783: 2/4 Crusade Years, 1933–1955: Herbert Hoover's Lost Memoir of the New Deal Era and Its Aftermath (Hoover Institution Press Publication), by George Nash (Editor)

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  Image: Herbert Hoover and his car Crusade Years, 1933–1955: Herbert Hoover's Lost Memoir of the New Deal Era and Its Aftermath(Hoover Institution Press Publication), by George Nash (Editor)  Covering an eventful period in Herbert Hoover's career—and, more specifically, his life as a political pugilist from 1933 to 1955—this previously unknown memoir was composed and revised by the 31st president during the 1940s and 1950s—and then, surprisingly, set aside. This work recounts Hoover's family life after March 4, 1933, his myriad philanthropic interests and, most of all, his unrelenting "crusade against collectivism" in American life. Aside from its often feisty account of Hoover's political activities during the Roosevelt and Truman eras, and its window on Hoover's private life and campaigns for good causes, Crusade Years invites readers to reflect on the factors that made his extraordinarily fruitful postpresidential years possible. The pages of this memoir recount the story of Hoover's later life, his abiding political philosophy, and his vision of the nation that gave him the opportunity for service. This is, in short, a remarkable saga told in the former president's own words and in his own way that will appeal as much to professional historians and political scientists as it will lay readers interested in history....more

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• 783: 1/4 Crusade Years, 1933–1955: Herbert Hoover's Lost Memoir of the New Deal Era and Its Aftermath (Hoover Institution Press Publication), by George Nash (Editor)

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  Image:  Herbert Hoover fishing Crusade Years, 1933–1955: Herbert Hoover's Lost Memoir of the New Deal Era and Its Aftermath(Hoover Institution Press Publication), by George Nash (Editor)  Covering an eventful period in Herbert Hoover's career—and, more specifically, his life as a political pugilist from 1933 to 1955—this previously unknown memoir was composed and revised by the 31st president during the 1940s and 1950s—and then, surprisingly, set aside. This work recounts Hoover's family life after March 4, 1933, his myriad philanthropic interests and, most of all, his unrelenting "crusade against collectivism" in American life. Aside from its often feisty account of Hoover's political activities during the Roosevelt and Truman eras, and its window on Hoover's private life and campaigns for good causes, Crusade Years invites readers to reflect on the factors that made his extraordinarily fruitful postpresidential years possible. The pages of this memoir recount the story of Hoover's later life, his abiding political philosophy, and his vision of the nation that gave him the opportunity for service. This is, in short, a remarkable saga told in the former president's own words and in his own way that will appeal as much to professional historians and political scientists as it will lay readers interested in history......more

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• 778: Grab Their Belts to Fight Them: 2of2: The Viet Cong's Big Unit-War Against the U.S., 1965-1966 May 15, 2011 by Warren Wilkins

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  Nov 28 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1968. Members of the 3rd Marine Division complete construction of M101 105 mm howitzer positions at a mountain-top fire support base  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowGrab Their Belts to Fight Them: 2of2: The Viet Cong's Big Unit-War Against the U.S., 1965-1966 May 15, 2011 by Warren Wilkins https://www.amazon.com/Grab-Their-Belts-Fight-Them/dp/1591149614/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1483926960&sr=1-1&keywords=belts+wilkins“During 1965 and 1966,” wrote Dale Andrade, a historian at the U.S. Army Center of Military History, “the Communists fought the Americans toe to toe, making little effort to act like guerillas.” Grab Them by Their Belts recounts how the Communist big unit war reflected the desire to crush South Vietnam quickly and decisively, and how the failure of that war influenced the decision to launch the Tet Offensive. ...more

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• 778: Grab Their Belts to Fight Them: 1of2: The Viet Cong's Big Unit-War Against the U.S., 1965-1966 May 15, 2011 by Warren Wilkins

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1967. The hospital at Dong Ha  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowGrab Their Belts to Fight Them: 1of2: The Viet Cong's Big Unit-War Against the U.S., 1965-1966 May 15, 2011 by Warren Wilkins https://www.amazon.com/Grab-Their-Belts-Fight-Them/dp/1591149614/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1483926960&sr=1-1&keywords=belts+wilkins“During 1965 and 1966,” wrote Dale Andrade, a historian at the U.S. Army Center of Military History, “the Communists fought the Americans toe to toe, making little effort to act like guerillas.” Grab Them by Their Belts recounts how the Communist big unit war reflected the desire to crush South Vietnam quickly and decisively, and how the failure of that war influenced the decision to launch the Tet Offensive. ...more

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• 782: 4/4 America's Great Game: The CIA's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East, by Hugh Wilford

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  Image:  Identification card of Allen W. Dulles  America's Great Game: The CIA's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East,by Hugh Wilford        From the 9/11 attacks to waterboarding to drone strikes, relations between the United States and the Middle East seem caught in a downward spiral. And all too often, the Central Intelligence Agency has made the situation worse. But this crisis was not a historical inevitability—far from it. Indeed, the earliest generation of CIA operatives was actually the region's staunchest western ally.       In America's Great Game, the celebrated intelligence historian Hugh Wilford reveals the surprising history of the CIA's pro-Arab operations in the 1940s and 50s by tracing the work of the agency's three most influential—and colorful—officers in the Middle East. Kermit "Kim" Roosevelt was the grandson of Theodore Roosevelt and the first head of CIA covert action in the region; his cousin Archie Roosevelt was a Middle East scholar and chief of the Beirut station. The two Roosevelts joined combined forces with Miles Copeland, a maverick covert operations specialist who had joined the American intelligence establishment during World War II. With their deep knowledge of Middle Eastern affairs, the three men were heirs to an American missionary tradition that engaged Arabs and Muslims with respect and empathy. Yet they were also fascinated by imperial intrigue, and were eager to play a modern rematch of the Great Game, the nineteenth-century struggle between Britain and Russia for control over central Asia. Despite their good intentions, these "Arabists" propped up authoritarian regimes, attempted secretly to sway public opinion in America against support for the new state of Israel, and staged coups that irrevocably destabilized the nations with which they empathized. Their efforts, and ultimate failure, would shape the course of U.S.–Middle Eastern relations for decades to come.        Based on a vast array of declassified government records, private papers, and personal interviews, America's Great Game tells the riveting story of the merry band of CIA officers whose spy games forever changed U.S. foreign policy. https://www.amazon.com/Americas-Great-Game-Arabists-Shaping-ebook/dp/B00FIP16EG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= ...more

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• 782: 3/4 America's Great Game: The CIA's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East, by Hugh Wilford

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  Image:  Illustration shows a woman representing China struggling with the Russian Bear, while the German emperor and a British diplomat implore Russia not to be so greedy and to share some of China with them. Uncle Sam sits on a fence in the background, whittling a stick.Title from item.      Caption: England and Germany (to Russia) Hold on there! Don't be so selfish! If she's going to be saved, we want to have a hand in it!Illus. in: Puck, v. 48, no. 1239 (1900 December 5), centerfold.Copyright 1900 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.  America's Great Game: The CIA's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East,by Hugh Wilford        From the 9/11 attacks to waterboarding to drone strikes, relations between the United States and the Middle East seem caught in a downward spiral. And all too often, the Central Intelligence Agency has made the situation worse. But this crisis was not a historical inevitability—far from it. Indeed, the earliest generation of CIA operatives was actually the region's staunchest western ally.       In America's Great Game, the celebrated intelligence historian Hugh Wilford reveals the surprising history of the CIA's pro-Arab operations in the 1940s and 50s by tracing the work of the agency's three most influential—and colorful—officers in the Middle East. Kermit "Kim" Roosevelt was the grandson of Theodore Roosevelt and the first head of CIA covert action in the region; his cousin Archie Roosevelt was a Middle East scholar and chief of the Beirut station. The two Roosevelts joined combined forces with Miles Copeland, a maverick covert operations specialist who had joined the American intelligence establishment during World War II. With their deep knowledge of Middle Eastern affairs, the three men were heirs to an American missionary tradition that engaged Arabs and Muslims with respect and empathy. Yet they were also fascinated by imperial intrigue, and were eager to play a modern rematch of the Great Game, the nineteenth-century struggle between Britain and Russia for control over central Asia. Despite their good intentions, these "Arabists" propped up authoritarian regimes, attempted secretly to sway public opinion in America against support for the new state of Israel, and staged coups that irrevocably destabilized the nations with which they empathized. Their efforts, and ultimate failure, would shape the course of U.S.–Middle Eastern relations for decades to come.        Based on a vast array of declassified government records, private papers, and personal interviews, America's Great Game tells the riveting story of the merry band of CIA officers whose spy games forever changed U.S. foreign policy. https://www.amazon.com/Americas-Great-Game-Arabists-Shaping-ebook/dp/B00FIP16EG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=  ...more

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• 782: 2/4 America's Great Game: The CIA's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East, by Hugh Wilford

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  Image:   Mosaddegh shaking hands with Mohammad-Reza Shah in their first meeting after Mossadegh's election as Prime Minister  America's Great Game: The CIA's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East,by Hugh Wilford        From the 9/11 attacks to waterboarding to drone strikes, relations between the United States and the Middle East seem caught in a downward spiral. And all too often, the Central Intelligence Agency has made the situation worse. But this crisis was not a historical inevitability—far from it. Indeed, the earliest generation of CIA operatives was actually the region's staunchest western ally.       In America's Great Game, the celebrated intelligence historian Hugh Wilford reveals the surprising history of the CIA's pro-Arab operations in the 1940s and 50s by tracing the work of the agency's three most influential—and colorful—officers in the Middle East. Kermit "Kim" Roosevelt was the grandson of Theodore Roosevelt and the first head of CIA covert action in the region; his cousin Archie Roosevelt was a Middle East scholar and chief of the Beirut station. The two Roosevelts joined combined forces with Miles Copeland, a maverick covert operations specialist who had joined the American intelligence establishment during World War II. With their deep knowledge of Middle Eastern affairs, the three men were heirs to an American missionary tradition that engaged Arabs and Muslims with respect and empathy. Yet they were also fascinated by imperial intrigue, and were eager to play a modern rematch of the Great Game, the nineteenth-century struggle between Britain and Russia for control over central Asia. Despite their good intentions, these "Arabists" propped up authoritarian regimes, attempted secretly to sway public opinion in America against support for the new state of Israel, and staged coups that irrevocably destabilized the nations with which they empathized. Their efforts, and ultimate failure, would shape the course of U.S.–Middle Eastern relations for decades to come.        Based on a vast array of declassified government records, private papers, and personal interviews, America's Great Game tells the riveting story of the merry band of CIA officers whose spy games forever changed U.S. foreign policy. https://www.amazon.com/Americas-Great-Game-Arabists-Shaping-ebook/dp/B00FIP16EG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= ...more

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• 782: 1/4 America's Great Game: The CIA's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East, by Hugh Wilford

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  Image:  Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit photographed at Port Said by M. Etienne Jusserand  America's Great Game: The CIA's Secret Arabists and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East,by Hugh Wilford        From the 9/11 attacks to waterboarding to drone strikes, relations between the United States and the Middle East seem caught in a downward spiral. And all too often, the Central Intelligence Agency has made the situation worse. But this crisis was not a historical inevitability—far from it. Indeed, the earliest generation of CIA operatives was actually the region's staunchest western ally.       In America's Great Game, the celebrated intelligence historian Hugh Wilford reveals the surprising history of the CIA's pro-Arab operations in the 1940s and 50s by tracing the work of the agency's three most influential—and colorful—officers in the Middle East. Kermit "Kim" Roosevelt was the grandson of Theodore Roosevelt and the first head of CIA covert action in the region; his cousin Archie Roosevelt was a Middle East scholar and chief of the Beirut station. The two Roosevelts joined combined forces with Miles Copeland, a maverick covert operations specialist who had joined the American intelligence establishment during World War II. With their deep knowledge of Middle Eastern affairs, the three men were heirs to an American missionary tradition that engaged Arabs and Muslims with respect and empathy. Yet they were also fascinated by imperial intrigue, and were eager to play a modern rematch of the Great Game, the nineteenth-century struggle between Britain and Russia for control over central Asia. Despite their good intentions, these "Arabists" propped up authoritarian regimes, attempted secretly to sway public opinion in America against support for the new state of Israel, and staged coups that irrevocably destabilized the nations with which they empathized. Their efforts, and ultimate failure, would shape the course of U.S.–Middle Eastern relations for decades to come.        Based on a vast array of declassified government records, private papers, and personal interviews, America's Great Game tells the riveting story of the merry band of CIA officers whose spy games forever changed U.S. foreign policy. https://www.amazon.com/Americas-Great-Game-Arabists-Shaping-ebook/dp/B00FIP16EG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= ...more

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• 781: 4/4 The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics, by Paul Bracken

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  Image:  FEMA-estimated primary counterforce targets for Soviet ICBMs in 1990. The resulting fall-out is indicated with the darkest considered as lethal to lesser fall-out yellow zones.  The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics,by Paul Bracken A leading international security strategist offers a compelling new way to "think about the unthinkable." The cold war ended more than two decades ago, and with its end came a reduction in the threat of nuclear weapons—a luxury that we can no longer indulge. It's not just the threat of Iran getting the bomb or North Korea doing something rash; the whole complexion of global power politics is changing because of the reemergence of nuclear weapons as a vital element of statecraft and power politics. In short, we have entered the second nuclear age.       In this provocative and agenda-setting book, Paul Bracken of Yale University argues that we need to pay renewed attention to nuclear weapons and how their presence will transform the way crises develop and escalate. He draws on his years of experience analyzing defense strategy to make the case that the United States needs to start thinking seriously about these issues once again, especially as new countries acquire nuclear capabilities. He walks us through war-game scenarios that are all too realistic, to show how nuclear weapons are changing the calculus of power politics; and he offers an incisive tour of the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia to underscore how the United States must not allow itself to be unprepared for managing such crises.       Frank in its tone and farsighted in its analysis, The Second Nuclear Age is the essential guide to the new rules of international politics. https://www.amazon.com/Second-Nuclear-Age-Strategy-Politics-ebook/dp/B0085UEQG6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Paul+Bracken+second+age&qid=1606524805&s=digital-text&sr=1-1  ...more

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• 781: 3/4 The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics, by Paul Bracken

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  Image:  Ethiopian tanks pass a Communist memorial in Addis Ababa during the Ethiopian Civil War, 1991  The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics,by Paul Bracken A leading international security strategist offers a compelling new way to "think about the unthinkable." The cold war ended more than two decades ago, and with its end came a reduction in the threat of nuclear weapons—a luxury that we can no longer indulge. It's not just the threat of Iran getting the bomb or North Korea doing something rash; the whole complexion of global power politics is changing because of the reemergence of nuclear weapons as a vital element of statecraft and power politics. In short, we have entered the second nuclear age.       In this provocative and agenda-setting book, Paul Bracken of Yale University argues that we need to pay renewed attention to nuclear weapons and how their presence will transform the way crises develop and escalate. He draws on his years of experience analyzing defense strategy to make the case that the United States needs to start thinking seriously about these issues once again, especially as new countries acquire nuclear capabilities. He walks us through war-game scenarios that are all too realistic, to show how nuclear weapons are changing the calculus of power politics; and he offers an incisive tour of the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia to underscore how the United States must not allow itself to be unprepared for managing such crises.       Frank in its tone and farsighted in its analysis, The Second Nuclear Age is the essential guide to the new rules of international politics. https://www.amazon.com/Second-Nuclear-Age-Strategy-Politics-ebook/dp/B0085UEQG6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Paul+Bracken+second+age&qid=1606524805&s=digital-text&sr=1-1  ...more

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• 781: 2/4 The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics, by Paul Bracken

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  Image:  Russian slave-labor camp:   Propaganda posters distributed in Asia  The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics,by Paul Bracken A leading international security strategist offers a compelling new way to "think about the unthinkable." The cold war ended more than two decades ago, and with its end came a reduction in the threat of nuclear weapons—a luxury that we can no longer indulge. It's not just the threat of Iran getting the bomb or North Korea doing something rash; the whole complexion of global power politics is changing because of the reemergence of nuclear weapons as a vital element of statecraft and power politics. In short, we have entered the second nuclear age.       In this provocative and agenda-setting book, Paul Bracken of Yale University argues that we need to pay renewed attention to nuclear weapons and how their presence will transform the way crises develop and escalate. He draws on his years of experience analyzing defense strategy to make the case that the United States needs to start thinking seriously about these issues once again, especially as new countries acquire nuclear capabilities. He walks us through war-game scenarios that are all too realistic, to show how nuclear weapons are changing the calculus of power politics; and he offers an incisive tour of the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia to underscore how the United States must not allow itself to be unprepared for managing such crises.       Frank in its tone and farsighted in its analysis, The Second Nuclear Age is the essential guide to the new rules of international politics. https://www.amazon.com/Second-Nuclear-Age-Strategy-Politics-ebook/dp/B0085UEQG6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Paul+Bracken+second+age&qid=1606524805&s=digital-text&sr=1-1  ...more

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• 781: 1/4 The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics, by Paul Bracken

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  Image:  Part of the atomic bomb area in Nagasaki   The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics,by Paul Bracken A leading international security strategist offers a compelling new way to "think about the unthinkable." The cold war ended more than two decades ago, and with its end came a reduction in the threat of nuclear weapons—a luxury that we can no longer indulge. It's not just the threat of Iran getting the bomb or North Korea doing something rash; the whole complexion of global power politics is changing because of the reemergence of nuclear weapons as a vital element of statecraft and power politics. In short, we have entered the second nuclear age.       In this provocative and agenda-setting book, Paul Bracken of Yale University argues that we need to pay renewed attention to nuclear weapons and how their presence will transform the way crises develop and escalate. He draws on his years of experience analyzing defense strategy to make the case that the United States needs to start thinking seriously about these issues once again, especially as new countries acquire nuclear capabilities. He walks us through war-game scenarios that are all too realistic, to show how nuclear weapons are changing the calculus of power politics; and he offers an incisive tour of the Middle East, South Asia, and East Asia to underscore how the United States must not allow itself to be unprepared for managing such crises.       Frank in its tone and farsighted in its analysis, The Second Nuclear Age is the essential guide to the new rules of international politics. https://www.amazon.com/Second-Nuclear-Age-Strategy-Politics-ebook/dp/B0085UEQG6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Paul+Bracken+second+age&qid=1606524805&s=digital-text&sr=1-1  .....more

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• 780: 4/4 Young Mr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and Life, by Stanley Weintraub

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  Image:  Rare photograph of Roosevelt in a wheelchair, with Fala and Ruthie Bie, the daughter of caretakers at his Hyde Park estate. Photo taken by his cousin Margaret Suckley (February 1941).  Young Mr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and Life, by Stanley Weintraub In Young Mr. Roosevelt, Stanley Weintraub evokes Franklin Delano Roosevelt's political and wartime beginnings. An unpromising patrician playboy appointed assistant secretary of the Navy in 1913, Roosevelt learned quickly and rose to national visibility in World War I. Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 1920, he lost the election but not his ambitions. While his stature was rising, his testy marriage to his cousin Eleanor was fraying amid scandal quietly covered up. Ever indomitable, even polio a year later would not suppress his inevitable ascent.       Against the backdrop of a reluctant America's entry into a world war and FDR's hawkish build-up of a modern navy, Washington's gossip-ridden society, and the nation's surging economy, Weintraub summons up the early influences on the young and enterprising nephew of his predecessor, “Uncle Ted.”   https://www.amazon.com/Young-Mr-Roosevelt-Introduction-Politics-ebook/dp/B00E257TEO/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= ...more

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• 780: 3/4 Young Mr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and Life, by Stanley Weintraub

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  Image:  Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913  Young Mr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and Life, by Stanley Weintraub In Young Mr. Roosevelt, Stanley Weintraub evokes Franklin Delano Roosevelt's political and wartime beginnings. An unpromising patrician playboy appointed assistant secretary of the Navy in 1913, Roosevelt learned quickly and rose to national visibility in World War I. Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 1920, he lost the election but not his ambitions. While his stature was rising, his testy marriage to his cousin Eleanor was fraying amid scandal quietly covered up. Ever indomitable, even polio a year later would not suppress his inevitable ascent.       Against the backdrop of a reluctant America's entry into a world war and FDR's hawkish build-up of a modern navy, Washington's gossip-ridden society, and the nation's surging economy, Weintraub summons up the early influences on the young and enterprising nephew of his predecessor, “Uncle Ted.”   https://www.amazon.com/Young-Mr-Roosevelt-Introduction-Politics-ebook/dp/B00E257TEO/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= .....more

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• 780: 2/4 Young Mr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and Life, by Stanley Weintraub

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  Image:  Roosevelt in 1900, at the age of eighteen.  Young Mr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and Life, by Stanley Weintraub In Young Mr. Roosevelt, Stanley Weintraub evokes Franklin Delano Roosevelt's political and wartime beginnings. An unpromising patrician playboy appointed assistant secretary of the Navy in 1913, Roosevelt learned quickly and rose to national visibility in World War I. Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 1920, he lost the election but not his ambitions. While his stature was rising, his testy marriage to his cousin Eleanor was fraying amid scandal quietly covered up. Ever indomitable, even polio a year later would not suppress his inevitable ascent.       Against the backdrop of a reluctant America's entry into a world war and FDR's hawkish build-up of a modern navy, Washington's gossip-ridden society, and the nation's surging economy, Weintraub summons up the early influences on the young and enterprising nephew of his predecessor, “Uncle Ted.”   https://www.amazon.com/Young-Mr-Roosevelt-Introduction-Politics-ebook/dp/B00E257TEO/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= ..    ...more

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• 779: 1/4 Young Mr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and Life, by Stanley Weintraub

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  Image:  A young, unbreeched Franklin Roosevelt in 1884, two years old  Young Mr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, and Life, by Stanley Weintraub In Young Mr. Roosevelt, Stanley Weintraub evokes Franklin Delano Roosevelt's political and wartime beginnings. An unpromising patrician playboy appointed assistant secretary of the Navy in 1913, Roosevelt learned quickly and rose to national visibility in World War I. Democratic vice-presidential nominee in 1920, he lost the election but not his ambitions. While his stature was rising, his testy marriage to his cousin Eleanor was fraying amid scandal quietly covered up. Ever indomitable, even polio a year later would not suppress his inevitable ascent.       Against the backdrop of a reluctant America's entry into a world war and FDR's hawkish build-up of a modern navy, Washington's gossip-ridden society, and the nation's surging economy, Weintraub summons up the early influences on the young and enterprising nephew of his predecessor, “Uncle Ted.”   https://www.amazon.com/Young-Mr-Roosevelt-Introduction-Politics-ebook/dp/B00E257TEO/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= .....more

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• 777: Saving Big Ben: 2of2: The USS Franklin and Father Joseph T. O'Callahan Kindle Edition. by John R. Satterfield (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1945. Homes in Okinawa  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Saving Big Ben: 2of2: The USS Franklin and Father Joseph T. O'Callahan Kindle Edition. by John R. Satterfield  (Author)  Format: Kindle Editionhttps://www.amazon.com/Saving-Big-Ben-Franklin-OCallahan-ebook/dp/B00DKMWNK0/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Saving+Big+Ben&qid=1606527919&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 Father Joseph T. O'Callahan was the first military chaplain to receive the Medal of Honor. An unlikely war hero, the bespectacled math professor who became the U.S. Navy's first Jesuit chaplain, served in combat in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. He was on board the USS Franklin, an aircraft carrier known as "Big Ben," in the Okinawa campaign in early 1945 when a kamikaze attack nearly destroyed the ship and killed hundreds of sailors. As the Franklin lay dead in the water, consumed by flames and drifting toward Japan, the chaplain organized fire-fighting crews and ministered to the injured and dying. The carrier's captain called "Father Joe" the bravest man he ever knew.To document the Franklin's ordeal and the chaplain's actions, the author draws on interviews with survivors and O'Callahan's family and many unpublished sources....more

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• 777: Saving Big Ben: 1of2: The USS Franklin and Father Joseph T. O'Callahan Kindle Edition. by John R. Satterfield (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1945.Natives returning from rice fields on Okinawa  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Saving Big Ben: 1of2: The USS Franklin and Father Joseph T. O'Callahan Kindle Edition. by John R. Satterfield  (Author)  Format: Kindle Editionhttps://www.amazon.com/Saving-Big-Ben-Franklin-OCallahan-ebook/dp/B00DKMWNK0/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Saving+Big+Ben&qid=1606527919&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 Father Joseph T. O'Callahan was the first military chaplain to receive the Medal of Honor. An unlikely war hero, the bespectacled math professor who became the U.S. Navy's first Jesuit chaplain, served in combat in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. He was on board the USS Franklin, an aircraft carrier known as "Big Ben," in the Okinawa campaign in early 1945 when a kamikaze attack nearly destroyed the ship and killed hundreds of sailors. As the Franklin lay dead in the water, consumed by flames and drifting toward Japan, the chaplain organized fire-fighting crews and ministered to the injured and dying. The carrier's captain called "Father Joe" the bravest man he ever knew.To document the Franklin's ordeal and the chaplain's actions, the author draws on interviews with survivors and O'Callahan's family and many unpublished sources....more

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• 772: 2/2: Europeans have two Neandertal ancestors and East Asians have three. No Denisovans. Ann Gibbons @Evolutionscribe @ScienceMagazine

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  Nov 27 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1963. Archaeological excavation, Lemnäset, Lesjön, Ångermanland, Sweden  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow2/2: Europeans have two Neandertal ancestors and East Asians have three. No Denisovans. Ann Gibbons @Evolutionscribe @ScienceMagazine https://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6279/1250.full

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• 776: 1/2: Europeans have two Neandertal ancestors and East Asians have three. No Denisovans. Ann Gibbons @Evolutionscribe @ScienceMagazine

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1958. Archaeological excavation of a prehistoric mound. An archaeologist from the Swedish National Heritage Board at work. ..Arkeologisk undersökning av en förhistorisk gravhög. En arkeolog från Riksantikvarieämbetet i arbete. ..Parish (socken): Häggum.Province (landskap): Västergötland.Municipality (kommun): Skövde.County (län): Västra Götaland..Photograph by: Björn Allard.Date: 1958.Format: Colour slide..Persistent URL: kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000082404 ( http://kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16001000082404 ) ..Read more about the photo database (in english): kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/about.html ( http://kmb.raa.se/cocoon/bild/about.html )  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow1/2: Europeans have two Neandertal ancestors and East Asians have three. No Denisovans. Ann Gibbons @Evolutionscribe @ScienceMagazine https://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6279/1250.full...more

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• 775: 2/2 Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse, by Jay Rubenstein

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  Nov 27 2020

  Image:  Miniature of Peter the Hermit leading the People's Crusade (Egerton 1500, Avignon, 14th century)  Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse, by Jay Rubenstein At Moson, the river Danube ran red with blood. At Antioch, the Crusaders—their saddles freshly decorated with sawed-off heads—indiscriminately clogged the streets with the bodies of eastern Christians and Turks. At Ma'arra, 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, the 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.  https://www.amazon.com/Armies-Heaven-First-Crusade-Apocalypse-ebook/dp/B005P1YCIK/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=armies+of+heaven+rubenstein&qid=1606438730&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 ...more

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• 775: 1/2 Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse, by Jay Rubenstein

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  Image: View of Jerusalem from the Grotto of Jeremiah  Armies of Heaven: The First Crusade and the Quest for Apocalypse, by Jay Rubenstein At Moson, the river Danube ran red with blood. At Antioch, the Crusaders—their saddles freshly decorated with sawed-off heads—indiscriminately clogged the streets with the bodies of eastern Christians and Turks. At Ma'arra, 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, the 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.  https://www.amazon.com/Armies-Heaven-First-Crusade-Apocalypse-ebook/dp/B005P1YCIK/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=armies+of+heaven+rubenstein&qid=1606438730&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 ...more

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• 774: 4/4 American Phoenix: The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, a Man Who Turned Disaster into Destiny, by Sarah S. Kilborne

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  Nov 27 2020

  Image:  American Phoenix: The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, A Man Who Turned Disaster Into Destiny,by Sarah S. Kilborne  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow        In 1845 a young, penniless William Skinner sailed in steerage class on a boat that took him from the slums of London to the United States. Endowed with rare knowledge in the art of dyeing and an uncanny business sense, he acquired work in a fledgling silk mill in Massachusetts, quickly rising to prominence in the nation’s new luxury industry. Soon he opened his own factory and began turning out one of the best-selling silk brands in the country. Skinner was lauded as a pioneer in the textile industry and a manufacturer who knew no such word as fail. His business grew to sustain a bustling community filled with men, women, and children, living and working in the mill village of “Skinner-ville,” producing the country’s most glamorous, fashionable thread.        Then, in 1874, disaster struck. Hundreds of millions of gallons of water burst through a nearby dam, destroying everything in its path, including Skinnerville. Within fifteen minutes, Skinner’s entire life’s work was swept away, and he found himself one of the central figures in the worst industrial disaster the nation had yet known.        In this gripping narrative history, Skinner’s great-great-granddaughter, Sarah S. Kilborne, tells an inspiring, unforgettable American story—of a town devastated by unimaginable catastrophe; an industry that had no reason to succeed except for the perseverance of a few intrepid entrepreneurs; and a man who had nothing—and everything—to lose as he struggled to rebuild his life a second time.         None of Skinner’s peers who lost their factories in the Mill River Flood withstood the shock of their losses, but Skinner went on to stage one of the greatest comebacks in the annals of American industry. As a result of his efforts to survive, he became one of the leading silk manufacturers in the world, leaving an indelible imprint on the history of American fashion and style. More striking still, this achievement would never have been possible if Skinner hadn’t been ruined by the flood and forced, at age forty-nine, to start all over again, rebuilding everything with just one asset: the knowledge in his head.        With masterful skill, Kilborne brings to life an era when fabric was fashion, silk was supreme, factories were beacons of American success, and immigrants like Skinner with the secrets of age-old European arts possessed knowledge worth gold to Americans. Here is a story of ambition and desire, resilience and faith, disaster and survival. It is about making it, losing it, and then making it again despite the odds. An enthralling tale, American Phoenix offers a new twist on the American dream, reminding us that just when we thought the dream was over, it may have only just begun.https://www.amazon.com/American-Phoenix-Remarkable-William-Disaster-ebook/dp/B007EE4NHQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=American+Phoenix+sarah&qid=1606438367&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 ...more

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• 774: 3/4 American Phoenix: The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, a Man Who Turned Disaster into Destiny, by Sarah S. Kilborne

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  Image:  Silk manufacture  American Phoenix: The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, A Man Who Turned Disaster Into Destiny,by Sarah S. Kilborne  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow        In 1845 a young, penniless William Skinner sailed in steerage class on a boat that took him from the slums of London to the United States. Endowed with rare knowledge in the art of dyeing and an uncanny business sense, he acquired work in a fledgling silk mill in Massachusetts, quickly rising to prominence in the nation’s new luxury industry. Soon he opened his own factory and began turning out one of the best-selling silk brands in the country. Skinner was lauded as a pioneer in the textile industry and a manufacturer who knew no such word as fail. His business grew to sustain a bustling community filled with men, women, and children, living and working in the mill village of “Skinner-ville,” producing the country’s most glamorous, fashionable thread.        Then, in 1874, disaster struck. Hundreds of millions of gallons of water burst through a nearby dam, destroying everything in its path, including Skinnerville. Within fifteen minutes, Skinner’s entire life’s work was swept away, and he found himself one of the central figures in the worst industrial disaster the nation had yet known.        In this gripping narrative history, Skinner’s great-great-granddaughter, Sarah S. Kilborne, tells an inspiring, unforgettable American story—of a town devastated by unimaginable catastrophe; an industry that had no reason to succeed except for the perseverance of a few intrepid entrepreneurs; and a man who had nothing—and everything—to lose as he struggled to rebuild his life a second time.         None of Skinner’s peers who lost their factories in the Mill River Flood withstood the shock of their losses, but Skinner went on to stage one of the greatest comebacks in the annals of American industry. As a result of his efforts to survive, he became one of the leading silk manufacturers in the world, leaving an indelible imprint on the history of American fashion and style. More striking still, this achievement would never have been possible if Skinner hadn’t been ruined by the flood and forced, at age forty-nine, to start all over again, rebuilding everything with just one asset: the knowledge in his head.        With masterful skill, Kilborne brings to life an era when fabric was fashion, silk was supreme, factories were beacons of American success, and immigrants like Skinner with the secrets of age-old European arts possessed knowledge worth gold to Americans. Here is a story of ambition and desire, resilience and faith, disaster and survival. It is about making it, losing it, and then making it again despite the odds. An enthralling tale, American Phoenix offers a new twist on the American dream, reminding us that just when we thought the dream was over, it may have only just begun.https://www.amazon.com/American-Phoenix-Remarkable-William-Disaster-ebook/dp/B007EE4NHQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=American+Phoenix+sarah&qid=1606438367&s=digital-text&sr=1-1    ...more

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• 774: 2/4 American Phoenix: The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, a Man Who Turned Disaster into Destiny, by Sarah S. Kilborne

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  Nov 27 2020

  Image:  1790 House, Woburn.  American Phoenix: The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, A Man Who Turned Disaster Into Destiny,by Sarah S. Kilborne  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow        In 1845 a young, penniless William Skinner sailed in steerage class on a boat that took him from the slums of London to the United States. Endowed with rare knowledge in the art of dyeing and an uncanny business sense, he acquired work in a fledgling silk mill in Massachusetts, quickly rising to prominence in the nation’s new luxury industry. Soon he opened his own factory and began turning out one of the best-selling silk brands in the country. Skinner was lauded as a pioneer in the textile industry and a manufacturer who knew no such word as fail. His business grew to sustain a bustling community filled with men, women, and children, living and working in the mill village of “Skinner-ville,” producing the country’s most glamorous, fashionable thread.        Then, in 1874, disaster struck. Hundreds of millions of gallons of water burst through a nearby dam, destroying everything in its path, including Skinnerville. Within fifteen minutes, Skinner’s entire life’s work was swept away, and he found himself one of the central figures in the worst industrial disaster the nation had yet known.        In this gripping narrative history, Skinner’s great-great-granddaughter, Sarah S. Kilborne, tells an inspiring, unforgettable American story—of a town devastated by unimaginable catastrophe; an industry that had no reason to succeed except for the perseverance of a few intrepid entrepreneurs; and a man who had nothing—and everything—to lose as he struggled to rebuild his life a second time.         None of Skinner’s peers who lost their factories in the Mill River Flood withstood the shock of their losses, but Skinner went on to stage one of the greatest comebacks in the annals of American industry. As a result of his efforts to survive, he became one of the leading silk manufacturers in the world, leaving an indelible imprint on the history of American fashion and style. More striking still, this achievement would never have been possible if Skinner hadn’t been ruined by the flood and forced, at age forty-nine, to start all over again, rebuilding everything with just one asset: the knowledge in his head.        With masterful skill, Kilborne brings to life an era when fabric was fashion, silk was supreme, factories were beacons of American success, and immigrants like Skinner with the secrets of age-old European arts possessed knowledge worth gold to Americans. Here is a story of ambition and desire, resilience and faith, disaster and survival. It is about making it, losing it, and then making it again despite the odds. An enthralling tale, American Phoenix offers a new twist on the American dream, reminding us that just when we thought the dream was over, it may have only just begun.https://www.amazon.com/American-Phoenix-Remarkable-William-Disaster-ebook/dp/B007EE4NHQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=American+Phoenix+sarah&qid=1606438367&s=digital-text&sr=1-1   ...more

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• 774: 1/4 American Phoenix: The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, a Man Who Turned Disaster into Destiny, by Sarah S. Kilborne

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  Nov 27 2020

  Image:  William Skinner's Silk Mill, Holyoke, Mass., U.S.A.  American Phoenix: The Remarkable Story of William Skinner, A Man Who Turned Disaster Into Destiny,by Sarah S. Kilborne  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesTwitter: @BatchelorShow        In 1845 a young, penniless William Skinner sailed in steerage class on a boat that took him from the slums of London to the United States. Endowed with rare knowledge in the art of dyeing and an uncanny business sense, he acquired work in a fledgling silk mill in Massachusetts, quickly rising to prominence in the nation’s new luxury industry. Soon he opened his own factory and began turning out one of the best-selling silk brands in the country. Skinner was lauded as a pioneer in the textile industry and a manufacturer who knew no such word as fail. His business grew to sustain a bustling community filled with men, women, and children, living and working in the mill village of “Skinner-ville,” producing the country’s most glamorous, fashionable thread.        Then, in 1874, disaster struck. Hundreds of millions of gallons of water burst through a nearby dam, destroying everything in its path, including Skinnerville. Within fifteen minutes, Skinner’s entire life’s work was swept away, and he found himself one of the central figures in the worst industrial disaster the nation had yet known.        In this gripping narrative history, Skinner’s great-great-granddaughter, Sarah S. Kilborne, tells an inspiring, unforgettable American story—of a town devastated by unimaginable catastrophe; an industry that had no reason to succeed except for the perseverance of a few intrepid entrepreneurs; and a man who had nothing—and everything—to lose as he struggled to rebuild his life a second time.         None of Skinner’s peers who lost their factories in the Mill River Flood withstood the shock of their losses, but Skinner went on to stage one of the greatest comebacks in the annals of American industry. As a result of his efforts to survive, he became one of the leading silk manufacturers in the world, leaving an indelible imprint on the history of American fashion and style. More striking still, this achievement would never have been possible if Skinner hadn’t been ruined by the flood and forced, at age forty-nine, to start all over again, rebuilding everything with just one asset: the knowledge in his head.        With masterful skill, Kilborne brings to life an era when fabric was fashion, silk was supreme, factories were beacons of American success, and immigrants like Skinner with the secrets of age-old European arts possessed knowledge worth gold to Americans. Here is a story of ambition and desire, resilience and faith, disaster and survival. It is about making it, losing it, and then making it again despite the odds. An enthralling tale, American Phoenix offers a new twist on the American dream, reminding us that just when we thought the dream was over, it may have only just begun.https://www.amazon.com/American-Phoenix-Remarkable-William-Disaster-ebook/dp/B007EE4NHQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=American+Phoenix+sarah&qid=1606438367&s=digital-text&sr=1-1...more

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• 773: 4/4 The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures, by Edward Ball

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  Nov 27 2020

  Image:   Leland Stanford.  Public domain.  The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures,by Edward Ball   One hundred thirty years ago, Eadweard Muybridge invented stop-motion photography, anticipating and making possible motion pictures. He was the first to capture time and play it back for an audience, giving birth to visual media and screen entertainments of all kinds. Yet the artist and inventor Muybridge was also a murderer who killed coolly and meticulously, and his trial is one of the early instances of a media sensation. His patron was the railroad tycoon (and former California governor) Leland Stanford, whose particular obsession was whether or not four hooves of a running horse ever left the ground at once. Stanford hired Muybridge and his camera to answer that question. Between them, the murderer and the railroad mogul launched the age of visual media.        Set in California during its frontier decades, The Inventor and the Tycoon interweaves Muybridge's quest to unlock the secrets of motion through photography, an obsessive murder plot, and the peculiar partnership of an eccentric inventor and a driven entrepreneur. A tale from the great American West, this popular history unspools a story of passion, wealth, and sinister ingenuity.https://www.amazon.com/Inventor-Tycoon-Gilded-Murder-Pictures-ebook/dp/B008QLSWBO/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=Edward+Ball&qid=1606438257&s=digital-text&sr=1-5...more

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• 773: 3/4 The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures, by Edward Ball

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  Nov 27 2020

  Image:   The Horse in Motion by Eadweard Muybridge: The horse Sallie Gardner, owned by Leland Stanford, running at a 1:40 pace over the Palo Alto track, 19 June 1878. Frames 1–11 used for animation; frame 12 not used. Public domain. [Eadweard Muybridge, Animation: Nevit Dilmen — Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division; http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a45870 ]  The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures,by Edward Ball   One hundred thirty years ago, Eadweard Muybridge invented stop-motion photography, anticipating and making possible motion pictures. He was the first to capture time and play it back for an audience, giving birth to visual media and screen entertainments of all kinds. Yet the artist and inventor Muybridge was also a murderer who killed coolly and meticulously, and his trial is one of the early instances of a media sensation. His patron was the railroad tycoon (and former California governor) Leland Stanford, whose particular obsession was whether or not four hooves of a running horse ever left the ground at once. Stanford hired Muybridge and his camera to answer that question. Between them, the murderer and the railroad mogul launched the age of visual media.        Set in California during its frontier decades, The Inventor and the Tycoon interweaves Muybridge's quest to unlock the secrets of motion through photography, an obsessive murder plot, and the peculiar partnership of an eccentric inventor and a driven entrepreneur. A tale from the great American West, this popular history unspools a story of passion, wealth, and sinister ingenuity.https://www.amazon.com/Inventor-Tycoon-Gilded-Murder-Pictures-ebook/dp/B008QLSWBO/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=Edward+Ball&qid=1606438257&s=digital-text&sr=1-5...more

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• 773: 2/4 The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures, by Edward Ball

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  Nov 27 2020

  Image: Albumen silver print photograph of Muybridge in 1867 at base of the Ulysses S. Grant tree "71 Feet in Circumference" in the Mariposa Grove, Yosemite, by Carleton Watkins   The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures,by Edward Ball   One hundred thirty years ago, Eadweard Muybridge invented stop-motion photography, anticipating and making possible motion pictures. He was the first to capture time and play it back for an audience, giving birth to visual media and screen entertainments of all kinds. Yet the artist and inventor Muybridge was also a murderer who killed coolly and meticulously, and his trial is one of the early instances of a media sensation. His patron was the railroad tycoon (and former California governor) Leland Stanford, whose particular obsession was whether or not four hooves of a running horse ever left the ground at once. Stanford hired Muybridge and his camera to answer that question. Between them, the murderer and the railroad mogul launched the age of visual media.        Set in California during its frontier decades, The Inventor and the Tycoon interweaves Muybridge's quest to unlock the secrets of motion through photography, an obsessive murder plot, and the peculiar partnership of an eccentric inventor and a driven entrepreneur. A tale from the great American West, this popular history unspools a story of passion, wealth, and sinister ingenuity.https://www.amazon.com/Inventor-Tycoon-Gilded-Murder-Pictures-ebook/dp/B008QLSWBO/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=Edward+Ball&qid=1606438257&s=digital-text&sr=1-5...more

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• 773: 1/4 The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures, by Edward Ball

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  Nov 27 2020

  Image: Eadweard Muybridge  The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures,by Edward Ball   One hundred thirty years ago, Eadweard Muybridge invented stop-motion photography, anticipating and making possible motion pictures. He was the first to capture time and play it back for an audience, giving birth to visual media and screen entertainments of all kinds. Yet the artist and inventor Muybridge was also a murderer who killed coolly and meticulously, and his trial is one of the early instances of a media sensation. His patron was the railroad tycoon (and former California governor) Leland Stanford, whose particular obsession was whether or not four hooves of a running horse ever left the ground at once. Stanford hired Muybridge and his camera to answer that question. Between them, the murderer and the railroad mogul launched the age of visual media.        Set in California during its frontier decades, The Inventor and the Tycoon interweaves Muybridge's quest to unlock the secrets of motion through photography, an obsessive murder plot, and the peculiar partnership of an eccentric inventor and a driven entrepreneur. A tale from the great American West, this popular history unspools a story of passion, wealth, and sinister ingenuity.https://www.amazon.com/Inventor-Tycoon-Gilded-Murder-Pictures-ebook/dp/B008QLSWBO/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=Edward+Ball&qid=1606438257&s=digital-text&sr=1-5...more

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• 771: The Indo-Pacific comes in to play, for trade and security. @CleoPaskal, @GordonGChang

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  Nov 27 2020

  Image:  Subi Reef being built by China and transformed into an artificial island, 2015 Cleo Paskal, @CleoPaskal, non-resident senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Gordon Chang, @GordonGChang,Daily Beast, in re: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-pacific-relations-quad-exercise-6982086/ https://thediplomat.com/2020/11/following-france-and-germany-the-netherlands-pivots-to-the-indo-pacific/

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• 771: A President Biden would likely tread lightly among the Koreas. @BruceKlingner, @Heritage, @GordonGChang

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  Nov 27 2020

  Image:   Yojido: Chonha-do (World). [176-]. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress. Bruce Klingner, @BruceKlingner,@Heritage, senior research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, and Gordon Chang, @GordonGChang, Daily Beast, in re: https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-team-unlikely-take-hard-line-north-korea-south-korea-media-says-1549802

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• 771: 2/2 "150 million years of sustained increase pterosaur flight efficiency." Stuart Humphries, @lifeaquatic

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  Nov 27 2020

  Image:Group of Small Flying Dragons, or Pterodactyls  Stuart Humphries, @lifeaquatic, director, Lincoln Institute for Advanced Studies; Professor of Evolutionary Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, in re: Nature Magazine, "150 million years of sustained increase pterosaur flight efficiency." https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2858-8 

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• 771: 1/2 "150 million years of sustained increase pterosaur flight efficiency." Stuart Humphries, @lifeaquatic

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  Nov 27 2020

  Image:  Engraving of the original Pterodactylus antiquus specimen by Egid Verhelst II, 17841/2   "150 million years of sustained increase pterosaur flight efficiency."  Stuart Humphries, @lifeaquatic Stuart Humphries, @lifeaquatic, director, Lincoln Institute for Advanced Studies; Professor of Evolutionary Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, University of Lincoln, in re: Nature Magazine, "150 million years of sustained increase pterosaur flight efficiency." https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2858-8...more

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• 769: The one-year-old US Space Force prepares to defend Earth orbit. @PappalardoJoe Air&Space Magazine.

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  Nov 26 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. In 1650, a Polish artillery expert, Kazimierz Siemienowicz, published a series of drawings for a staged rocket. These drawings were recreated by the artist Larry Toschikhttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe one-year-old US Space Force prepares to defend Earth orbit. @PappalardoJoe Air&Space Magazine.https://www.airspacemag.com/military-aviation/space-force-turns-one-180976342/#.X7wgdtVIzpE.twitter ...more

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• 769: Will the Biden Administration embrace Taiwan as did the Trump Administration? @ChristianWhiton Center for National Interest.

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  Nov 26 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1632. Gezicht op Fort Zeelandia op Taiwan, 1632  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowWill the Biden Administration embrace Taiwan as did the Trump Administration?  @ChristianWhiton Center for National Interest.https://nypost.com/2020/11/24/china-says-it-will-respond-to-us-admiral-visit-to-taiwan/

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• 770: 2/2 Chang'e 5 proceeds carefully. Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com

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  Nov 26 2020

  2/2       Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com    Image:  Firework nova. Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have studied one particular explosion that may provide clues to the dynamics of other, much larger stellar eruptions.  2/2   Chang'e 5 proceeds carefully.    Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com; in re: China launches a lunar sampler.  Long March 5 (Chang I5) is critical to Chinese space aspirations. Unmanned, with an orbiter, and a lander to drill a hole with a core-sample drill, and then return the sample to Earth, perhaps in mid-December.  The most challenging part is the orbiter.  China has a relay satellite on the far side of the Moon, so probably will have no information blackouts.          A nova too bright but not a supernova. The uncertainty of science; brightness first observed in 1670.    Now, find it’s five times farther away than was thought—don't yet know what it is.         India has a mission to Venus, delayed in 2020 because of fear of Covid; restarting slowly now.  Have lost nineteen months.    https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-successfully-launches-its-change-5-lunar-sample-mission/  ...more

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• 770: 1/2 Regulators converge on tiny Boca Chica. Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com

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  Nov 26 2020

  Image:  Hands across the land / Keppler.    Illustration shows two arms emerging from the clouds and reaching across the landscape in opposite directions, on the right is the hand of the arm that extends from the left, it is labeled "Politics" and is about to grab hold of a building labeled "The Banks", and on the left, is the hand of the arm that extends from the right, it is labeled "The Banks" and is using its thumb to squash the U.S. Capitol labeled "Politics". Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com; in re: Russian ISIS leak deteriorates on Zvezda, on the aft section where freighters dock, go in and out.  A two-inch leak in the craft that was supposed to have been permanently repaired, although a tiny amount still leaks. Might be a stress  break; but an unclear story in Russian news: sounded as though after the repair, the leak continued in the intermediate chamber. Suggests a stress fracture—and perhaps this is a second one.  A quick solution would be to close off the airlock and not use the docking port, but is there another one to use?        Boca Chica, Texas: guess who showed up?  Regulators.  SpaceX is doing so well with Starship that it’s attracted governmental interest, incl Texas Wildlife and US Fish and Wildlife. They don’t like the firm’s “fluid nature.”  The regulators have seen a sort of profit center.  If Joe Bi den is president, the love regulating . . .   A predictable power play.    Rocket Lab:  have launched seventeen launches, including thirteen cube sats.  https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/despite-permanent-repair-of-crack-air-still-leaking-from-zvezda/ ...more

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• 769: State of the City, the State, the Union: Thanksgiving NYC prepares supplies for the second wave and Governor Cuomo defends POTUS from the ill-toned media. John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtable @JohnCats

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  Nov 26 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1884. Castle Garden--their first Thanksgiving dinner / Harper. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowState of the City, the State, the Union:  Thanksgiving NYC prepares supplies for the second wave and Governor Cuomo defends POTUS from the ill-toned media. John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtable @JohnCatshttps://nypost.com/2020/11/25/nyc-builds-900m-ppe-stockpile-to-prep-for-second-covid-19-wave/ https://nypost.com/2020/11/25/gov-cuomo-sides-with-trump-over-disrespectful-reporters/ ...more

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• 769: #TheScalaReport: Walmart cautions in the face of vaccine roll-outs and at the same time as China's aggressive promotion. Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com #ScalaAPS

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  Nov 26 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.The Arkansas traveller  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#TheScalaReport: Walmart cautions in the face of vaccine roll-outs and at the same time as China's aggressive promotion.  Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com #ScalaAPShttps://www.nwahomepage.com/northwest-arkansas-news/walmart-corporate-employees-to-continue-working-remotely-until-july-5-2021/https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/23/asia/china-xi-qr-code-coronavirus-intl-hnk/index.html ...more

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• 768: 2/2 Vaccinate in order to fly, work, go to school? @HenryIMiller @PacificResearch

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  Nov 26 2020

  Image:  American Airlines flight attendants, 1933 Henry Miller, @HenryIMiller @PacificResearch HenryMillerMD.org, Pacific Research Institute [HenryMillerMD.org], in re:   2/2 Many Americans are dubious about accepting the vaccine.  Only France is equally doubtful. Expect private-sector mandates: schools, meat-packing plants, maybe even white-collar offices or airlines.  Need governmental educational campaign, along with the Ad Council.  The allocation will be first to states, according to population. https://humanevents.com/2020/11/24/resistance-to-vaccination-could-prolong-the-u-s-covid-19-pandemic/ ...more

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• 768: 1/2 Vaccines emerge: for whom? @HenryIMiller @PacificResearch

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  Nov 26 2020

  Image:  Inoculating eggs with yellow fever vaccine. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, Montana Henry Miller, @HenryIMiller @PacificResearch HenryMillerMD.org, Pacific Research Institute [HenryMillerMD.org], in re: Three firms have vaccines said to be very efficacious. Who’s buying them and how will they be distributed?   https://humanevents.com/2020/11/24/resistance-to-vaccination-could-prolong-the-u-s-covid-19-pandemic/

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• 767: Xi Jinping wants you to share your personal health as a QR code. @XiaoxuSeanLin

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  Nov 26 2020

  Image:   The QR Code for http://about.me/usnavy.Xi Jinping wants you to share your personal health as a QR code.    @XiaoxuSeanLin Sean Lin, Ph.D. @XiaoxuSeanLin, former lab director of the viral disease branch of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and Executive director, Global Alliance Against Communist Propaganda and Disinformation,  and Gordon Chang, @GordonGChang, Daily Beast, in re: Xi Jinping proposed using a digital QR health system for travel between countries.  Is this benign or not?  Looks like a scheme by the CCP to store vast quantities of data, especially from Chinese citizens, which constitutes a major commercial threat, as well as several other concerns.  Alibaba HQ in Hangzhou; it’s aggressively expanding its data processing [obviously, in conjunction with the government].  Holding data clusters under a liquid coolant to increase possible volume.  The goal is to collect all the data on the planet. Effort to master everyone.  If every traveller has a QR code, China will get the info—health, travel, et al.  The WHO will be storing data in Hangzhou.    People can fill out forms online; has nothing to do with health, as people can easily cheat.  Biden’s calling Xi a thug is irrelevant in light of the Biden family’s profound, long-term connections with China in general and with Xi Jinping, personally. https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-xi-jinping-qr-code-health-travel-coronavirus-pandemic ...more

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• 767: China in Latin America sees cash profits along with influence. And military advantage.@REvanEllis

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  Nov 26 2020

  Image:   Chile Exploration Co., Chuquicamata, Chile, S.A. Dr R. Evan Ellis, @REvanEllis, professor of Latin American Studies at the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute; and Gordon Chang, @GordonGChang, Daily Beast, in re: The newly-elected president of Bolivia, Mr Arce, is a protégé of the disgraced Evo Morales, who’s said to be a narcoterrorist. What’s in it for China?  Many of Morales’s projects, all disastrous, were with China.  China may currently be constrained in its resources for Latin America.  Cash opened a lot of doors there; if China is truly to expand by 8.1% in 2021, it can look at South American copper and other natural resources.  Under Biden, do you expect jaw-jaw to solve this?  Maduro will press the limit against the White House.   Hard to do anything about Maduro at this point. “The clean network” – effort to prevent China from wiring up the world, esp 5G.  Brazil’s 5G auction.  After the Sino-Soviet break, China had difficulties in Cuba; began in earnest only after Obama opened Cuba and there was hard currency coming in that China could benefit from.  Human rights in Latin America under a Biden administration.  https://www.fitchratings.com/research/sovereigns/biden-presidency-may-promote-us-re-engagement-in-latin-america-16-11-2020...more

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• 767: Vaccines and vaccinations in the view of the Supreme Court @HooverInst @RichardAEpstein

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  Nov 26 2020

  Image:NATIONAL VACCINE & ANTITOXIN INSTVaccines and vaccinations  in the view of the Supreme Court @HooverInst  @RichardAEpstein  Richard Epstein, @RichardAEpstein, Chicago Law, NYU Law, Hoover Defining Ideas, in re: In 1905, Jakobsen vs Massachusetts, where Jakobsen refused a vaccine. Supreme Court ruled against him; question of liberty.  Jakobsen had a bad history, was afraid of dying; Court ruled that the general welfare of the public is strong enough to merit requirement, The remedy was a $5 fine. The question now is about compulsion.   A fellow wrote in Lancet that the mercury used to bind a certain vaccine was dangerous, then that was disproven. In the new vaccines, the degree of specificity of the vaccine relative to the malady . . .   For very young people, the new vaccine may be more dangerous than the Wuhan flu.  But elderly also may be in danger for other reasons. https://www.hoover.org/research/avoid-pitfalls-student-loan-forgiveness ...more

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• 767: Trillions in student debt: the debate within the Democratic party. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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  Nov 26 2020

  Image:  The Yard, Harvard CollegeTrillions in student debt: the debate within the Democratic party.  @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst1/2  Richard Epstein, @RichardAEpstein, Chicago Law, NYU Law, Hoover Defining Ideas, in re:   It's a threat to the culture to have this debt hanging over us and to have politicians move to decide what to do.  Democrats are having a battle within the their party. Biden: a limited amount of release, up to $10,000, to be approved by Congress. That’s $1.7 trillion  On the other side, Warren and Sanders, at least $50,ooo per student, to be accomplished by executive order.    In 2008, the default on Fannie and Freddie loans; a program, a complicated scheme, to transfer the debt, eventually to the Treasury, to wipe out the debt; the case is now headed to the Supreme Court. This involved private debt; in 2010, Pres Obama said, Why have the middleman in there? Take it directly to the feds.   It began to mushroom after 2010; now, about $440 billion that’ll never be repaid, with a lot yet to [appear].  It was a transfer of funds to the rich, leaving out poor people who really need the help. Public universities have the lowest debt.  People would never undertake expensive colleges if they were doing it only on their own money.  As for Biden, the more serious question is, what will that administration do about energy? https://www.hoover.org/research/avoid-pitfalls-student-loan-forgiveness ...more

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• 766: Anatomy of a Genocide:4of4: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz Kindle Edition by Omer Bartov (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 26 2020

  Image: 1897. Market scene, Warsaw, Poland, Russia / photographed and published by B.W. Kilburn, Littleton, N.H. Anatomy of a Genocide:4of4: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz Kindle Edition by Omer Bartov  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074ZPBGFN/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2

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• 766: Anatomy of a Genocide:3of4: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz Kindle Edition by Omer Bartov (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 26 2020

  Image: 1897.  Stay of Emperor Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna in Warsaw. August 1897 In memory of the highest visit to the fortresses of the Warsaw Military District. - Пребывание императора Николая II, императрицы Александры Федоровны в Варшаве. Август 1897 г. В воспоминание высочайшего посещения крепостей Варшавского военного округа. Anatomy of a Genocide:3of4: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz Kindle Edition by Omer Bartov  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074ZPBGFN/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2 ...more

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• 766: Anatomy of a Genocide:2of4: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz Kindle Edition by Omer Bartov (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 26 2020

  Image:  1897 Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna in Warsaw. Anatomy of a Genocide:2of4: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz Kindle Edition by Omer Bartov  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition.https://www.amazon.com/Omer-Bartov/e/B001HMN7R8%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  ..

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• 766: Anatomy of a Genocide:1of4: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz Kindle Edition by Omer Bartov (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 26 2020

  Image: Russia, Warsaw. Krasinski Palace, the liveliest center of Warsaw Anatomy of a Genocide:1of4: The Life and Death of a Town Called Buczacz Kindle Edition by Omer Bartov  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074ZPBGFN/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2  

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• 765: Memories of Nagorno-Karabakh before the troubles. @ProfBShaffer @FDD @ElinSuleymanov.

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  Nov 25 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1982. Artwork: "Anti-Aircraft Position in the Caucasus" Artist: Karl Sommer  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowMemories of Nagorno-Karabakh before the troubles. @ProfBShaffer @FDD @ElinSuleymanov.https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/apr/3/recognizing-azerbaijans-strong-attachment-to-karab/

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• 765: Confronting the PRC militarization of aerospace and technology trade. @edelabruyere @FDD

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  Nov 25 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1895.Family living in an arch under the Great Wall  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowConfronting the PRC militarization of aerospace and technology trade. @edelabruyere @FDD http://horizonadvisory.orghttps://www.reuters.com/article/usa-china-military-companies/exclusive-in-latest-china-jab-us-drafts-list-of-89-firms-with-military-ties-idUSKBN28307Z

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• 765: The unacceptable falsehoods of the NYT Editorial "Anonymous." @LizPeek

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  Nov 25 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1942. New York, New York. New York Times newspapers being loaded on trucks from mailroom  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe unacceptable falsehoods of the NYT Editorial "Anonymous." @LizPeekhttps://www.foxnews.com/opinion/liberal-lies-fuel-distrust-elections-trump-liz-peek

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• 765: Dow 30,000 points to a prosperous 2021 @LizPeek @GoxNews @TheHill

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  Nov 25 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1920. [Littered floor of Stock Exchange after market session, New York City]  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowDow 30,000 points to a prosperous 2021 @LizPeek @GoxNews @TheHill

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• 764: Dangers of an unself-aware leadership from CA to NY. @WJMcGurn @WSJOpinion

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  Nov 25 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1944. Health in a U.S. city - a serum and vaccine farm. Children await inoculation  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowDangers of an unself-aware leadership from CA to NY. @WJMcGurn @WSJOpinionhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/a-heap-of-thanksgiving-hypocrisy-11606173248

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• 764: Can the State mandate vaccinations? Joel M. Zinberg @WSJOpinion

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  Nov 25 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1905. NATIONAL VACCINE & ANTITOXIN INST.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowCan the State mandate vaccinations?  Joel M. Zinberg @WSJOpinionhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/we-dont-need-government-mandates-for-covid-vaccination-11605222059?mod=searchresults_pos1&page=1

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• 764: The UK lockdown dismantled to a Tier 2 mess with a threatened Tory revolt. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

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  Nov 25 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1890.  [Royal Exchange, London, England]  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe UK lockdown dismantled to a Tier 2 mess with a threatened Tory revolt. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinionhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/11/24/mps-threaten-rebel-constituencies-put-tier-3/

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• 764: Polling fails US and UK & What is to be done? @JosephSternberg

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  Nov 25 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1908. Taft at polls voting  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowPolling fails US and UK & What is to be done? @JosephSternberghttps://www.wsj.com/articles/the-polls-are-dead-long-live-politics-11605809242

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• 764: #NewWorld: Mexico looks to legalize marijuana & What is to be done? @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal.

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  Nov 25 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1911. MEXICO. BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF MEXICO CITY  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow #NewWorld: Mexico looks to legalize marijuana & What is to be done?  @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal.https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/bill-would-make-mexico-worlds-biggest-marijuana-market/

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• 764: #NewWorld: Arson and disorder in protest of the Guatemala elite. @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal.

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  Nov 25 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. GUATEMALA. STREET SCENE, GUATEMALA CITY  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow #NewWorld:  Arson and disorder in protest of the Guatemala elite.  @jmhumire, @MariaFdaCabal. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/22/guatemala-protesters-set-congress-on-fire-during-budget-protests

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• 764: Expectations of the Biden Administration's anti-London and pro EU prejudices. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

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  Nov 25 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1934. 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: @BatchelorShowExpectations of the Biden Administration's anti-London and pro EU prejudices.  Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

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• 764: The present Ethiopian civil war compromised by links to the Obama Administration's interventions. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

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  Nov 25 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1940. American military delegation calling on Haile Selassie. His Majesty, Haile Selassie, emperor of Ethiopia, photographed during a radio broadcast. These pictures are the first to be taken for publication since His Majesty's return to become a fighting member of the United Nations  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe present Ethiopian civil war compromised by links to the Obama Administration's interventions. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs...more

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• 763: Troubled Refuge: 4of4: Struggling for Freedom in the Civil WarKindle Edition. by Chandra Manning (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 25 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1865. Richmond, Virginia. Burnt district. [Pratt's Castle on Gambles Hill in background]  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Troubled Refuge: 4of4: Struggling for Freedom in the Civil WarKindle Edition.  by Chandra Manning  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Troubled-Refuge-Struggling-Freedom-Civil-ebook/dp/B018CHH2I0/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=chandra+manning&qid=1606270967&s=digital-text&sr=1-1From the author of What This Cruel War Was Over, a vivid portrait of the Union army’s escaped-slave refugee camps and how they shaped the course of emancipation and citizenship in the United States. Even before shots were fired at Fort Sumter, slaves recognized that their bondage was at the root of the war they knew was coming, and they began running to the Union army. By the war’s end, nearly half a million had taken refuge behind Union lines in improvised “contraband camps.” These were crowded and dangerous places, with conditions approaching those of a humanitarian crisis. Yet families and individuals—some 12 to 15 percent of the Confederacy’s slave population—took unimaginable risks to reach them, and they became the first places where many Northerners would come to know former slaves en masse, with reverberating consequences for emancipation, its progress, and the Reconstruction that followed.Drawing on records of the Union and Confederate armies, the letters and diaries of soldiers, transcribed testimonies of former slaves, and more, Chandra Manning allows us to accompany the black men, women, and children who sought out the Union army in hopes of achieving autonomy for themselves and their communities. Ranging from the stories of individuals to those of armies on the move to debates in the halls of Congress, Troubled Refuge probes the particular and deeply significant reality of the contraband camps: what they were really like and how former slaves and Union soldiers warily united there, forging a dramatically new but highly imperfect alliance between the government and African Americans. That alliance, which would outlast the war, helped destroy slavery and warded off the very acute and surprisingly tenacious danger of re-enslavement. It also raised, for the first time, humanitarian questions about refugees in wartime and legal questions about civil and military authority with which we still wrestle, as well as redefined American citizenship, to the benefit but also to the lasting cost of African Americans. Integrating a wealth of new findings, Manning casts in wholly original light what it was like to escape slavery, how emancipation happened, and how citizenship in the United States was transformed. This reshaping of hard structures of power would matter not only for slaves turned citizens, but for all Americans....more

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• 763: Troubled Refuge: 3of4: Struggling for Freedom in the Civil WarKindle Edition. by Chandra Manning (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 25 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1865. Views of ruins of the Arsenal, Richmond, Virginia, April, 1865  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Troubled Refuge: 3of4: Struggling for Freedom in the Civil WarKindle Edition.  by Chandra Manning  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Troubled-Refuge-Struggling-Freedom-Civil-ebook/dp/B018CHH2I0/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=chandra+manning&qid=1606270967&s=digital-text&sr=1-1From the author of What This Cruel War Was Over, a vivid portrait of the Union army’s escaped-slave refugee camps and how they shaped the course of emancipation and citizenship in the United States. Even before shots were fired at Fort Sumter, slaves recognized that their bondage was at the root of the war they knew was coming, and they began running to the Union army. By the war’s end, nearly half a million had taken refuge behind Union lines in improvised “contraband camps.” These were crowded and dangerous places, with conditions approaching those of a humanitarian crisis. Yet families and individuals—some 12 to 15 percent of the Confederacy’s slave population—took unimaginable risks to reach them, and they became the first places where many Northerners would come to know former slaves en masse, with reverberating consequences for emancipation, its progress, and the Reconstruction that followed.Drawing on records of the Union and Confederate armies, the letters and diaries of soldiers, transcribed testimonies of former slaves, and more, Chandra Manning allows us to accompany the black men, women, and children who sought out the Union army in hopes of achieving autonomy for themselves and their communities. Ranging from the stories of individuals to those of armies on the move to debates in the halls of Congress, Troubled Refuge probes the particular and deeply significant reality of the contraband camps: what they were really like and how former slaves and Union soldiers warily united there, forging a dramatically new but highly imperfect alliance between the government and African Americans. That alliance, which would outlast the war, helped destroy slavery and warded off the very acute and surprisingly tenacious danger of re-enslavement. It also raised, for the first time, humanitarian questions about refugees in wartime and legal questions about civil and military authority with which we still wrestle, as well as redefined American citizenship, to the benefit but also to the lasting cost of African Americans. Integrating a wealth of new findings, Manning casts in wholly original light what it was like to escape slavery, how emancipation happened, and how citizenship in the United States was transformed. This reshaping of hard structures of power would matter not only for slaves turned citizens, but for all Americans....more

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• 763: Troubled Refuge: 2of4: Struggling for Freedom in the Civil WarKindle Edition. by Chandra Manning (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 25 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1872.Wood-sellers, Richmond, Virginia  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Troubled Refuge: 2of4: Struggling for Freedom in the Civil WarKindle Edition.  by Chandra Manning  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Troubled-Refuge-Struggling-Freedom-Civil-ebook/dp/B018CHH2I0/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=chandra+manning&qid=1606270967&s=digital-text&;sr=1-1From the author of What This Cruel War Was Over, a vivid portrait of the Union army’s escaped-slave refugee camps and how they shaped the course of emancipation and citizenship in the United States. Even before shots were fired at Fort Sumter, slaves recognized that their bondage was at the root of the war they knew was coming, and they began running to the Union army. By the war’s end, nearly half a million had taken refuge behind Union lines in improvised “contraband camps.” These were crowded and dangerous places, with conditions approaching those of a humanitarian crisis. Yet families and individuals—some 12 to 15 percent of the Confederacy’s slave population—took unimaginable risks to reach them, and they became the first places where many Northerners would come to know former slaves en masse, with reverberating consequences for emancipation, its progress, and the Reconstruction that followed.Drawing on records of the Union and Confederate armies, the letters and diaries of soldiers, transcribed testimonies of former slaves, and more, Chandra Manning allows us to accompany the black men, women, and children who sought out the Union army in hopes of achieving autonomy for themselves and their communities. Ranging from the stories of individuals to those of armies on the move to debates in the halls of Congress, Troubled Refuge probes the particular and deeply significant reality of the contraband camps: what they were really like and how former slaves and Union soldiers warily united there, forging a dramatically new but highly imperfect alliance between the government and African Americans. That alliance, which would outlast the war, helped destroy slavery and warded off the very acute and surprisingly tenacious danger of re-enslavement. It also raised, for the first time, humanitarian questions about refugees in wartime and legal questions about civil and military authority with which we still wrestle, as well as redefined American citizenship, to the benefit but also to the lasting cost of African Americans. Integrating a wealth of new findings, Manning casts in wholly original light what it was like to escape slavery, how emancipation happened, and how citizenship in the United States was transformed. This reshaping of hard structures of power would matter not only for slaves turned citizens, but for all Americans....more

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• 763: Troubled Refuge: 1of4: Struggling for Freedom in the Civil WarKindle Edition. by Chandra Manning (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 25 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1872. Wood-sellers, Richmond, Virginia  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Troubled Refuge: 1of4: Struggling for Freedom in the Civil WarKindle Edition.  by Chandra Manning  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Troubled-Refuge-Struggling-Freedom-Civil-ebook/dp/B018CHH2I0/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=chandra+manning&qid=1606270967&s=digital-text&sr=1-1From the author of What This Cruel War Was Over, a vivid portrait of the Union army’s escaped-slave refugee camps and how they shaped the course of emancipation and citizenship in the United States. Even before shots were fired at Fort Sumter, slaves recognized that their bondage was at the root of the war they knew was coming, and they began running to the Union army. By the war’s end, nearly half a million had taken refuge behind Union lines in improvised “contraband camps.” These were crowded and dangerous places, with conditions approaching those of a humanitarian crisis. Yet families and individuals—some 12 to 15 percent of the Confederacy’s slave population—took unimaginable risks to reach them, and they became the first places where many Northerners would come to know former slaves en masse, with reverberating consequences for emancipation, its progress, and the Reconstruction that followed.Drawing on records of the Union and Confederate armies, the letters and diaries of soldiers, transcribed testimonies of former slaves, and more, Chandra Manning allows us to accompany the black men, women, and children who sought out the Union army in hopes of achieving autonomy for themselves and their communities. Ranging from the stories of individuals to those of armies on the move to debates in the halls of Congress, Troubled Refuge probes the particular and deeply significant reality of the contraband camps: what they were really like and how former slaves and Union soldiers warily united there, forging a dramatically new but highly imperfect alliance between the government and African Americans. That alliance, which would outlast the war, helped destroy slavery and warded off the very acute and surprisingly tenacious danger of re-enslavement. It also raised, for the first time, humanitarian questions about refugees in wartime and legal questions about civil and military authority with which we still wrestle, as well as redefined American citizenship, to the benefit but also to the lasting cost of African Americans. Integrating a wealth of new findings, Manning casts in wholly original light what it was like to escape slavery, how emancipation happened, and how citizenship in the United States was transformed. This reshaping of hard structures of power would matter not only for slaves turned citizens, but for all Americans....more

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• 761: Freedom of conscience and the overreach of the governors. @AndrewCMcCarthy, @ThadMcCotter

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  Nov 24 2020

  Image:  Mr. Kean as Sir Giles Overreach, in A New Way to Pay Old Debts  Andrew C McCarthy, @AndrewCMcCarthy, Ball of Collusion; and Thaddeus McCotter, @ThadMcCotter, American Greatness, in re: Thaddeus’s essay in American Greatness on governors’s mandate. Compare: Boris Johnson.  Govt [abrogates] rights without taking account the fact that its trammeling Constitutional rights.  Read First Amendment: it guarantees freedom of conscience; governors are dictating over that. The prohibition against attending church— this country’s history specifically began with the right to attend church.  Admirably, the Trump Justice Dept did file lawsuits where religious liberty had been infringed upon; the problem was that Chief Justice Roberts voted for the proposition that these chief executives should be given a wide berth under a pandemic. Alarming decision.In Michigan, not as much infringement here because of the Catholic Diocese.   . . . Govt pretend to read our thoughts—no govt should be allowed to do this. Freedom of conscience and thought is the basis of the country. In 1950s. War of the Worldsfilm, beleaguered citizens gathered in a church – what if Cuomo stood at the door, demanding they leave because science said it was necessary?   https://amgreatness.com/2020/11/20/your-constitutional-right-to-freedom-of-conscience/ ...more

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• 761: After Michigan is certified, The Trump campaign begins the transition. @AndrewCMcCarthy, @ThadMcCotter

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  Nov 24 2020

  Image:  Secretary of State Cordell HulAfter Michigan is certified, The Trump campaign begins the transition.  @AndrewCMcCarthy, @ThadMcCotter  Andrew C McCarthy, @AndrewCMcCarthy, Ball of Collusion; and Thaddeus McCotter, @ThadMcCotter, American Greatness, in re:  Trump campaign making little advance in courts; applied to Third Circuit Federal Court of Appeals which did take up Judge [Brand’s] decision.  President’s tweet.  Amended complaint: third one used the word “fraud.”   First one filed on 9 Nov, did allege frau; then, that Friday, Third Circuit came out with a case that undermined Giuliani’s fraud claims, so Trump campaign filed an amended complaint without the word “fraud.” Under fed law, can file a first amended complaint as of right; with second, need to get permission from adversary. GSA affirms electors; Trump authorizes office space and funds. Yellin, Fleurnoy, et al.    https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/third-circuit-sets-schedule-for-expedited-appeal/ ...more

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• 760: Seventy-five years since the lessons of the Nuremburg trials. Indiana Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres, @ThadMcCotter.

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  Nov 24 2020

  Image:  ARC Identifier 23843 / Local Identifier 111-ADC-10081 - Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (09/18/1947 - 02/28/1964) - 1947 - Summary: Courtroom personnel stand as the tribunal files in and take their places.  An American officer calls out the names of the chief defendants.  Pan, defendants in dock including Siegfried Handloser, Herta Oberheuser, Rudolf Brandt.  Brig Gen Telford Taylor addressing court.  HS, tribunal.  All plead not guilty to the indictment.  "TIERGARTEN PLOWED UP, BERLIN"(Issue No 52).: Berlin, Germany.  Pan of Tiergarten.  British tractors and bulldozers help cultivate the soil.  Women help to dislodge tree roots.  Pan of the Victory Column in the area.  Men and women till soil and sow seeds; covering rows of potatoes planted in soil.  "MAUTHAUSEN TRIALS - DACHAU"(Issue No 52).: Dachua, Germany.  The American Military Court pronounces death sentence on those responsible for the crimes committed at Mauthausen.  Defendants: Eigruber, Klimowitsch, Spatzenegger, and Zoller. - Copied by Thomas Gideon Indiana Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres, Conference of Presidents; and Thaddeus McCotter, @ThadMcCotter, American Greatness, in re: Anniversary of Nuremburg trials, 218 days; Rudolf Hess, commandant of Auschwitz.   Hitler paved the way for the [atrocities]; at that time, “war crimes” didn't exist under that name.  Churchill: “That was the last time I saw von Ribbentrop before he was hanged.”   Babi Yar: 30,000 shot by Nazis; Chief Rabbi of the Ukraine spoke at the site.  Plans for a museum, and cornerstone laid for a new synagogue.  Those who collaborated . . .  ...more

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• 760: Welcome Tony Blinken at State, and Alejandro Mayorkas at Homeland. Malcolm Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres,

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  Nov 24 2020

  Image:  Coolidge Cabinet, White House, Washington, D.C. Malcolm Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres, Conference of Presidents, in re: Has PM Netanyahu visited Saudi and spoken with MBS?  They met in a coastal city; accompanied by Yossi ___ , head of Mossad; arranged by Eliot Abrams, Bahrain also [involved in near future?]. King Salman is more hesitant. This visit could be a watershed. Secretary, who’d just been to the Golan, was visiting and may have joined the meeting. Historically, Secretary Christopher, and James Baker III. Tony Blinken, Jake Sullivan and Joe Biden in the coming four years; all seasoned and knowledgable. Amb Greenfield to UN. Mining Rachel’s tomb!   Increased attempts to [damage] by Islamic Jihad, Hamas—also PA? Deepest-ever tunnel found, with lighting, air conditioning.  Israeli sensors worked.   ...more

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• 759: The feud between Cuomo and DeBlasio closes the schools again. @HarrySiegel

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  Nov 24 2020

  Photo: Hope This Won't Develop into a Neighborhood Feud http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe feud between Cuomo and DeBlasio closes the schools again. @HarrySiegelhttps://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-bill-andy-you-me-20201121-ak3sesxk7vdqzlvx7mxkl4apsa-story.html

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• 759: Italy aims to save Christmas from the second wave. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation.

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  Photo:  Christmas at Bari, Italy, 1943  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowItaly aims to save Christmas from the second wave. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation.https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-italy-death-toll-tops-50000/

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• 759: The 2020 Republican success. @JohnFund

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  Nov 24 2020

  Photo: Congressmen snapped on the golf links at Chevy Chase Club today. Left to right: Rep. Herbert W. Taylor of N.J., Rep. Albert H. Vestal of Indiana, the Republican Whip of the House, and Rep. Wm. R. Coyle of Pa.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe 2020 Republican success. @JohnFund https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/republicans-2020-gains-in-the-house-set-them-up-well-for-2022/

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• 759: Republicans look to 2022 and 2024. @DavidMDrucker

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  Photo: "Hurrah! for Hays and Honest Ways!" Campaign Song & Chorus  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowRepublicans look to 2022 and 2024. @DavidMDruckerhttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/republicans-irate-after-trump-lawyers-claim-they-are-in-on-election-conspiracy

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• 759: The New Cold War of Technology between the PRC and the democracies. Charles Burton. @GordonGChang

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  Nov 24 2020

  Photo: As the heathen see us—a meeting of the Chinese foreign missions society / J.S. Pughe.Illustration shows a meeting in a Chinese mission where a collection is being taken up, "Contributions received here to save the foreign devils", with five vignettes showing how the United States is viewed by the Chinese: "Kentucky feuds," "Burning Negros at the stake," "Labor riots," "Anti-Chinese riots," and "New York City government" where the Tammany Tiger is shaking down a citizen. A sign on a wall in the mission states, "Help the Heathen." Illus. in: Puck, v. 48, no. 1237 (1900 November 21), centerfold.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe New Cold War of Technology between the PRC and the democracies.  Charles Burton. @GordonGChang...more

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• 759: Thailand protesters learn from Hong Kong protesters that #everybodyisaleader. @Michael_Yon @GordonGChang

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  Nov 24 2020

  Photo: Rama IV. Mongkut, king of Siam (Thailand)  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThailand protesters learn from Hong Kong protesters that #everybodyisaleader. @Michael_Yon @GordonGChang

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• 759: The Biden Administration maintains that Al Qaeda is in decline. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD

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  Nov 24 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Biden Administration maintains that Al Qaeda is in decline. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD

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• 759: The new Emir of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Magrheb awaits the Biden Administration. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD

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  Nov 24 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1910. Mecca, ca. 1910. Camel caravan of pilgrims to Mecca  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe new Emir of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Magrheb awaits the Biden Administration. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD

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• 762: Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: 1of2: The Education of a Craftsman Kindle Edition. by Peter Korn (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 24 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1890. Tobey Furniture Company (1875–1954)Made in Chicago, Illinois, United States http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: 1of2:  The Education of a Craftsman Kindle Edition. by Peter Korn  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B085H6PMPC/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1

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• 762: Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: 2of2: The Education of a Craftsman Kindle Edition. by Peter Korn (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 24 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1751. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: 2of2:  The Education of a Craftsman Kindle Edition. by Peter Korn  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B085H6PMPC/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i1

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• 758: Float Planes and Flying Boats: 2of2: The U.S. Coast Guard and Early Naval Aviation by USCG (Ret.) Capt. Robert B. Workman Jr. (2012-07-15) Hardcover – January 1, 1775

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  Nov 24 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.Navy's new 'mystery' plane. Washington, D.C., Dec. 18. The U.S. Navy's giant amphibian patrol ship which has arrived in the Capital from Florida. The huge plane was built secretly by the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation at San Diego, Calif. Of the high-wing type, the amphibian has a spread of 104 feet and is 65 feet long. Its amphibian floats fold into the wings. Twin wasp engines, built into the wing, provide the power  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Float Planes and Flying Boats: 2of2: The U.S. Coast Guard and Early Naval Aviation by USCG (Ret.) Capt. Robert B. Workman Jr. (2012-07-15) Hardcover – January 1, 1775 https://www.amazon.com/Float-Planes-Flying-Boats-2012-07-15/dp/B01K3FPXZI/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= ...more

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• 758: Float Planes and Flying Boats: 1of2: The U.S. Coast Guard and Early Naval Aviation by USCG (Ret.) Capt. Robert B. Workman Jr. (2012-07-15) Hardcover – January 1, 1775

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1917. NATIONAL AERO COAST PATROL COMMN. CURTISS BIPLANE 2 ENGINES, WITH FLOATS, EXHIBITED AT S.O.B. SEN. BEN TILLMAN CLIMBING INTO PLANE; AUGUSTUS POST AT RIGHT  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Float Planes and Flying Boats: 1of2: The U.S. Coast Guard and Early Naval Aviation by USCG (Ret.) Capt. Robert B. Workman Jr. (2012-07-15) Hardcover – January 1, 1775 https://www.amazon.com/Float-Planes-Flying-Boats-2012-07-15/dp/B01K3FPXZI/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= ...more

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• 757: #ClassicSFCohen: 4/4: Professor Stephen F. Cohen's annual Soviet Studies lecture at Princeton University's McCosh 10 Lecture Hall, December 6, 1983: Brezhnev telephones the Devi.

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. Steve Cohen at home in New York City, 2015. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#ClassicSFCohen: 4/4: Professor Stephen F. Cohen's annual Soviet Studies lecture at Princeton University's McCosh 10 Lecture Hall, December 6, 1983: Brezhnev telephones the Devi.

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• 757: #ClassicSFCohen: 3/4: Professor Stephen F. Cohen's annual Soviet Studies lecture at Princeton University's McCohh 10 Lecture Hall, December 6, 1983: "Russians love their leaders."

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. Steve Cohen on Long Island, 2010. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#ClassicSFCohen: 3/4: Professor Stephen F. Cohen's annual Soviet Studies lecture at Princeton University's McCohh 10 Lecture Hall, December 6, 1983: "Russians love their leaders."

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• 757: #ClassicSFCohen: 2/4: Professor Stephen F. Cohen's annual Soviet Studies lecture at Princeton University's McCosh 10 Lecture Hall, December 6, 1983: "Anecdotes are an expression of ethos."

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. Steve Cohen in Moscow, 2017. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#ClassicSFCohen: 2/4: Professor Stephen F. Cohen's annual Soviet Studies lecture at Princeton University's McCosh 10 Lecture Hall, December 6, 1983: "Anecdotes are an expression of ethos."

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• 757: #ClassicSFCohen: 1/4: Professor Stephen F. Cohen's annual Soviet Studies lecture at Princeton University's McCosh 10 Lecture Hall, December 6, 1983: "The development of dissident opinion."

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. Professor Stephen F. Cohen, NYU, Princeton University. (November 25, 1938 - September 18, 2020) in Moscow, 2017. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#ClassicSFCohen: 1/4: Professor Stephen F. Cohen's annual Soviet Studies lecture at Princeton University's McCosh 10 Lecture Hall, December 6, 1983: "The development of dissident opinion."

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• 757: 2/2: #ClassicPaleontology: What explains the Big Brain of Homo Sapiens? Michael Balter @Mbalter @Slate

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1924. Neanderthal Man. Prehistoric man. 3.--The Neanderthal man, member of the hunting race inhabiting central France in Mousterian times  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow2/2: #ClassicPaleontology: What explains the Big Brain of Homo Sapiens? Michael Balter @Mbalter @Slate "...If having a large brain were all that advantageous, it seems that every animal would have one. And yet most species have been content, evolutionarily speaking, with relatively small ones. The brain of our closest living cousin, the chimpanzee, is less than a third the volume of ours, even though chimps weigh almost as much as humans." http://www.slate.com/articles/healthandscience/humanevolution/2012/10/humanbrainsizesocialgroupsledtotheevolutionoflargebrains.htm...more

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• 757: 1/2: #ClassicPaleontology: What explains the Big Brain of Homo Sapiens? Michael Balter @Mbalter @Slate

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1871. Neanderthal Man  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow1/2: #ClassicPaleontology: What explains the Big Brain of Homo Sapiens? Michael Balter @Mbalter @Slate "...If having a large brain were all that advantageous, it seems that every animal would have one. And yet most species have been content, evolutionarily speaking, with relatively small ones. The brain of our closest living cousin, the chimpanzee, is less than a third the volume of ours, even though chimps weigh almost as much as humans." http://www.slate.com/articles/healthandscience/humanevolution/2012/10/humanbrainsizesocialgroupsledtotheevolutionoflargebrains.htm ...more

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• 757: 2/2: #ClassicAstronomy: Still Searching for Planet 9. Konstantin Batygin @caltech @Kbatygin

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1778. Allegorie van de astronomie. Twee putti met telescopen en een globe. Uitgeversnummer 190. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow2/2: #ClassicAstronomy: Still Searching for Planet 9. Konstantin Batygin @caltech @Kbatygin http://www.nature.com/news/evidence-grows-for-giant-planet-on-fringes-of-solar-system-1.19182https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2020/11/16/yale-astronomers-venture-on-quest-for-planet-nine/...more

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• 757: 1/2: #ClassicAstronomy: Still Searching for Planet 9. Konstantin Batygin @caltech @KBatygin

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1957 Astonomie. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow1/2: #ClassicAstronomy: Still Searching for Planet 9. Konstantin Batygin @caltech @KBatygin http://www.nature.com/news/evidence-grows-for-giant-planet-on-fringes-of-solar-system-1.19182https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2020/11/16/yale-astronomers-venture-on-quest-for-planet-nine/

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• 756: 2/2 God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution, by Thomas S Kidd

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  2/2   God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution, by Thomas S Kidd   Image:  Johann Calvin God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution, by Thomas S Kidd A "thought-provoking, meticulously researched" testament to evangelical Christians' crucial contribution to American independence and a timely appeal for the same spiritual vitality today (Washington Times).       At the dawn of the Revolutionary War, America was already a nation of diverse faith—the First Great Awakening and Enlightenment concepts such as deism and atheism had endowed the colonists with varying and often opposed religious beliefs. Despite their differences, however, Americans found common ground against British tyranny and formed an alliance that would power the American Revolution. In God of Liberty, the historian Thomas S. Kidd offers the first comprehensive account of religion's role during this transformative period and how it gave form to our nation and sustained it through its tumultuous birth—and how it can be a force within our country during times of transition today.https://www.amazon.com/God-Liberty-Religious-American-Revolution-ebook/dp/B0042FZXZQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Thomas+Kidd+God+of+Liberty&qid=1606089807&s=books&sr=1-1 ...more

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• 756: 1/2 God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution, by Thomas S Kidd

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  Image:   The Rev. Jonathan Edwards (July 8, 1741), Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, A Sermon Preached at Enfield   God of Liberty: A Religious History of the American Revolution, by Thomas S Kidd A "thought-provoking, meticulously researched" testament to evangelical Christians' crucial contribution to American independence and a timely appeal for the same spiritual vitality today (Washington Times).       At the dawn of the Revolutionary War, America was already a nation of diverse faith—the First Great Awakening and Enlightenment concepts such as deism and atheism had endowed the colonists with varying and often opposed religious beliefs. Despite their differences, however, Americans found common ground against British tyranny and formed an alliance that would power the American Revolution. In God of Liberty, the historian Thomas S. Kidd offers the first comprehensive account of religion's role during this transformative period and how it gave form to our nation and sustained it through its tumultuous birth—and how it can be a force within our country during times of transition today.https://www.amazon.com/God-Liberty-Religious-American-Revolution-ebook/dp/B0042FZXZQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Thomas+Kidd+God+of+Liberty&qid=1606089807&s=books&sr=1-1….....more

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• 755: 2/2 A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke, by James Horn

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  Image:  Scene from the "Lost Colony," an outdoor historical drama that marked 80 years in operation in 2017 in Manteo, North Carolina  A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke, by James Horn In 1587, John White and 117 men, women, and children landed off the coast of North Carolina on Roanoke Island, hoping to carve a colony from fearsome wilderness. A mere month later, facing quickly diminishing supplies and a fierce native population, White sailed back to England in desperation. He persuaded the wealthy Sir Walter Raleigh, the expedition's sponsor, to rescue the imperiled colonists, but by the time White returned with aid the colonists of Roanoke were nowhere to be found. He never saw his friends or family again.       In this gripping account based on new archival material, colonial historian James Horn tells for the first time the complete story of what happened to the Roanoke colonists and their descendants. A compellingly original examination of one of the great unsolved mysteries of American history, A Kingdom Strange will be essential reading for anyone interested in our national origins.https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Strange-Tragic-History-Roanoke/dp/0465024904/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=James+Horn+Kingdom&qid=1606089740&s=books&sr=1-1...more

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• 754: 1/2 A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke, by James Horn

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  Image:  Watercolour by John White of Roanoke Indians  A Kingdom Strange: The Brief and Tragic History of the Lost Colony of Roanoke, by James Horn In 1587, John White and 117 men, women, and children landed off the coast of North Carolina on Roanoke Island, hoping to carve a colony from fearsome wilderness. A mere month later, facing quickly diminishing supplies and a fierce native population, White sailed back to England in desperation. He persuaded the wealthy Sir Walter Raleigh, the expedition's sponsor, to rescue the imperiled colonists, but by the time White returned with aid the colonists of Roanoke were nowhere to be found. He never saw his friends or family again.       In this gripping account based on new archival material, colonial historian James Horn tells for the first time the complete story of what happened to the Roanoke colonists and their descendants. A compellingly original examination of one of the great unsolved mysteries of American history, A Kingdom Strange will be essential reading for anyone interested in our national origins.https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Strange-Tragic-History-Roanoke/dp/0465024904/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=James+Horn+Kingdom&qid=1606089740&s=books&sr=1-1...more

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• 753: 4/4 JFK, Conservative, by Ira Stoll

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  Nov 23 2020

   Image:  President Kennedy Visits with his Children, John F. Kennedy Jr. and Caroline Kennedy, and Pony Macaroni, White House, West Wing Colonnade  JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules @BatchelorShow   JFK, Conservative,by Ira Stoll       In an era of partisanship and shifting political labels, a fascinating look at just how “liberal” President John F. Kennedy actually was—or wasn’t.       “America, meet the real John F. Kennedy.” —Washington TimesJohn F. Kennedy is lionized by liberals. He inspired Lyndon Johnson to push Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act. His New Frontier promised increased spending on education and medical care for the elderly. He inspired Bill Clinton to go into politics. His champions insist he would have done great liberal things had he not been killed by Lee Harvey Oswald.       But what if we've been looking at him all wrong? Indeed, JFK had more in common with Ronald Reagan than with LBJ. After all, JFK's two great causes were anticommunism and tax cuts. His tax cuts, domestic spending restraint, military buildup, pro-growth economic policy, emphasis on free trade and a strong dollar, and foreign policy driven by the idea that America had a God-given mission to defend freedom—all make him, by the standards of both his time and our own, a conservative. This widely debated book is must reading for conservatives and liberals alike. “Provocative and compelling . . . Ira Stoll has succeeded in changing our very perception of Kennedy as one of liberalism's heroes."—Weekly Standard    “An informative analysis of the ways in which JFK did, indeed, evince his conservative side—he was very religious, open to a free market unencumbered by governmental interference, and staunchly anti-Communist.” —Publishers Weekly.. .. .. IRA STOLL is editor of FutureOfCapitalism.com, and the author of Samuel Adams: A Life.From 2002 to 2008 he was vice president and managing editor of The New York Sun. Previously, he served as Washington correspondent and managing editor of The Forward, as North American editor of the Jerusalem Post, and as president of the Harvard Crimson. ...more

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• 753: 3/4 JFK, Conservative, by Ira Stoll

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  Nov 23 2020

  Image:  President Kennedy's summer home, Hyannis Port, Mass.  JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules @BatchelorShow   JFK, Conservative,by Ira Stoll       In an era of partisanship and shifting political labels, a fascinating look at just how “liberal” President John F. Kennedy actually was—or wasn’t.       “America, meet the real John F. Kennedy.” —Washington TimesJohn F. Kennedy is lionized by liberals. He inspired Lyndon Johnson to push Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act. His New Frontier promised increased spending on education and medical care for the elderly. He inspired Bill Clinton to go into politics. His champions insist he would have done great liberal things had he not been killed by Lee Harvey Oswald.       But what if we've been looking at him all wrong? Indeed, JFK had more in common with Ronald Reagan than with LBJ. After all, JFK's two great causes were anticommunism and tax cuts. His tax cuts, domestic spending restraint, military buildup, pro-growth economic policy, emphasis on free trade and a strong dollar, and foreign policy driven by the idea that America had a God-given mission to defend freedom—all make him, by the standards of both his time and our own, a conservative. This widely debated book is must reading for conservatives and liberals alike. “Provocative and compelling . . . Ira Stoll has succeeded in changing our very perception of Kennedy as one of liberalism's heroes."—Weekly Standard    “An informative analysis of the ways in which JFK did, indeed, evince his conservative side—he was very religious, open to a free market unencumbered by governmental interference, and staunchly anti-Communist.” —Publishers Weekly.. .. .. IRA STOLL is editor of FutureOfCapitalism.com, and the author of Samuel Adams: A Life.From 2002 to 2008 he was vice president and managing editor of The New York Sun. Previously, he served as Washington correspondent and managing editor of The Forward, as North American editor of the Jerusalem Post, and as president of the Harvard Crimson. ...more

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• 753: 2/4 JFK, Conservative, by Ira Stoll

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   Image:  Birthday Salute to President Kennedy  JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules @BatchelorShow   JFK, Conservative,by Ira Stoll       In an era of partisanship and shifting political labels, a fascinating look at just how “liberal” President John F. Kennedy actually was—or wasn’t.       “America, meet the real John F. Kennedy.” —Washington TimesJohn F. Kennedy is lionized by liberals. He inspired Lyndon Johnson to push Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act. His New Frontier promised increased spending on education and medical care for the elderly. He inspired Bill Clinton to go into politics. His champions insist he would have done great liberal things had he not been killed by Lee Harvey Oswald.       But what if we've been looking at him all wrong? Indeed, JFK had more in common with Ronald Reagan than with LBJ. After all, JFK's two great causes were anticommunism and tax cuts. His tax cuts, domestic spending restraint, military buildup, pro-growth economic policy, emphasis on free trade and a strong dollar, and foreign policy driven by the idea that America had a God-given mission to defend freedom—all make him, by the standards of both his time and our own, a conservative. This widely debated book is must reading for conservatives and liberals alike. “Provocative and compelling . . . Ira Stoll has succeeded in changing our very perception of Kennedy as one of liberalism's heroes."—Weekly Standard    “An informative analysis of the ways in which JFK did, indeed, evince his conservative side—he was very religious, open to a free market unencumbered by governmental interference, and staunchly anti-Communist.” —Publishers Weekly.. .. .. IRA STOLL is editor of FutureOfCapitalism.com, and the author of Samuel Adams: A Life.From 2002 to 2008 he was vice president and managing editor of The New York Sun. Previously, he served as Washington correspondent and managing editor of The Forward, as North American editor of the Jerusalem Post, and as president of the Harvard Crimson....more

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• 753: 1/4 JFK, Conservative, by Ira Stoll

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  Image:  Book cover JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules @BatchelorShow  JFK, Conservative,by Ira Stoll       In an era of partisanship and shifting political labels, a fascinating look at just how “liberal” President John F. Kennedy actually was—or wasn’t.       “America, meet the real John F. Kennedy.” —Washington TimesJohn F. Kennedy is lionized by liberals. He inspired Lyndon Johnson to push Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act. His New Frontier promised increased spending on education and medical care for the elderly. He inspired Bill Clinton to go into politics. His champions insist he would have done great liberal things had he not been killed by Lee Harvey Oswald.       But what if we've been looking at him all wrong? Indeed, JFK had more in common with Ronald Reagan than with LBJ. After all, JFK's two great causes were anticommunism and tax cuts. His tax cuts, domestic spending restraint, military buildup, pro-growth economic policy, emphasis on free trade and a strong dollar, and foreign policy driven by the idea that America had a God-given mission to defend freedom—all make him, by the standards of both his time and our own, a conservative. This widely debated book is must reading for conservatives and liberals alike. “Provocative and compelling . . . Ira Stoll has succeeded in changing our very perception of Kennedy as one of liberalism's heroes."—Weekly Standard    “An informative analysis of the ways in which JFK did, indeed, evince his conservative side—he was very religious, open to a free market unencumbered by governmental interference, and staunchly anti-Communist.” —Publishers Weekly.. .. .. IRA STOLL is editor of FutureOfCapitalism.com, and the author of Samuel Adams: A Life.From 2002 to 2008 he was vice president and managing editor of The New York Sun. Previously, he served as Washington correspondent and managing editor of The Forward, as North American editor of the Jerusalem Post, and as president of the Harvard Crimson....more

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• 752: 4/4 Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776, by Richard R. Beeman

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  Nov 23 2020

  Image:  Paintings, Declaration of Independence by H. C. Christy II Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776, by Richard R. Beeman The Continental Congress first met in September of 1774 in what John Adams described as "a gathering of strangers." It would be almost two years before Thomas Jefferson wrote the last sentence of the Declaration of Independence. "And for the support of this declaration," it reads, "we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." Here is the inspiration for the title of Richard R. Beeman's new work, which explores how residents of the thirteen distinct colonies, all of whom looked more toward Britain than to one another and at first had no sense of themselves as Americans, became one. He traces the processes by which their chosen legislative body of representatives gained enough cohesion to declare independence. The actions of the Continental Congress, however, were made possible only by the people who composed it. Beeman brings to life this group of politically diverse characters, who fought fiercely among themselves until they agreed to fight together for a common cause.       Beeman first outlines how relations between Britain and the American colonies shifted as a result of the Seven Years' War, as a decade of British attempts to tax the American colonies began. But these were not thirteen identical colonies; each had a unique relationship with its mother country, as well as a culture and economy that often reflected its place within the larger mercantile system of the British Empire. Each then reacted in its own way to the British attempts at taxation. Virginia and Massachusetts, for example, became more radical. As a result, these colonies sent such representatives as Patrick Henry, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, and the two cousins Samuel and John Adams, all of whom were more inclined to support independence, to the Continental Congress. By contrast, colonies such as New York and Pennsylvania sought reconciliation over revolution and sent representatives that were less inclined toward independence. Consequently, many of their names have been lost to history.       Some representatives from these colonies did become well known. John Dickinson of Pennsylvania, author of Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, challenged the right of Parliament to tax the colonies and had a reputation as a bold defender of American liberties. Nonetheless, he chose not to sign the Declaration of Independence. Beeman's strength lies in helping readers see how such a seeming [End Page 111] contradiction was possible. His focus on Dickinson's moderate perspective reveals both the varied currents of thought in the debate that led to the Declaration of Independence and the risks involved in participating. The act of signing was both a measure of patriotic brotherhood and an act of treason punishable by death and confiscation of all property. In this context, the gravity of Jefferson's last sentence becomes clear: it contained the last words signers read before pledging to one another "our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."   Jim Blackburn,JagiellonianUniversity ...more

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• 752: 3/4 Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776, by Richard R. Beeman

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   Image:  John Dickinson of Pennsylvania, author of Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, challenged the right of Parliament to tax the colonies and had a reputation as a bold defender of American liberties.  Etched by Albert Rosenthal, Phila. 1888,after a painting by C. W. Peale. Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776, by Richard R. Beeman The Continental Congress first met in September of 1774 in what John Adams described as "a gathering of strangers." It would be almost two years before Thomas Jefferson wrote the last sentence of the Declaration of Independence. "And for the support of this declaration," it reads, "we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." Here is the inspiration for the title of Richard R. Beeman's new work, which explores how residents of the thirteen distinct colonies, all of whom looked more toward Britain than to one another and at first had no sense of themselves as Americans, became one. He traces the processes by which their chosen legislative body of representatives gained enough cohesion to declare independence. The actions of the Continental Congress, however, were made possible only by the people who composed it. Beeman brings to life this group of politically diverse characters, who fought fiercely among themselves until they agreed to fight together for a common cause.       Beeman first outlines how relations between Britain and the American colonies shifted as a result of the Seven Years' War, as a decade of British attempts to tax the American colonies began. But these were not thirteen identical colonies; each had a unique relationship with its mother country, as well as a culture and economy that often reflected its place within the larger mercantile system of the British Empire. Each then reacted in its own way to the British attempts at taxation. Virginia and Massachusetts, for example, became more radical. As a result, these colonies sent such representatives as Patrick Henry, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, and the two cousins Samuel and John Adams, all of whom were more inclined to support independence, to the Continental Congress. By contrast, colonies such as New York and Pennsylvania sought reconciliation over revolution and sent representatives that were less inclined toward independence. Consequently, many of their names have been lost to history.       Some representatives from these colonies did become well known. John Dickinson of Pennsylvania, author of Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, challenged the right of Parliament to tax the colonies and had a reputation as a bold defender of American liberties. Nonetheless, he chose not to sign the Declaration of Independence. Beeman's strength lies in helping readers see how such a seeming [End Page 111] contradiction was possible. His focus on Dickinson's moderate perspective reveals both the varied currents of thought in the debate that led to the Declaration of Independence and the risks involved in participating. The act of signing was both a measure of patriotic brotherhood and an act of treason punishable by death and confiscation of all property. In this context, the gravity of Jefferson's last sentence becomes clear: it contained the last words signers read before pledging to one another "our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."   Jim Blackburn,JagiellonianUniversity  ...more

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• 752: 2/4 Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776, by Richard R. Beeman

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  Nov 23 2020

  Image:  Hancock and Adams room, John Hancock House, Lexington Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776, by Richard R. Beeman The Continental Congress first met in September of 1774 in what John Adams described as "a gathering of strangers." It would be almost two years before Thomas Jefferson wrote the last sentence of the Declaration of Independence. "And for the support of this declaration," it reads, "we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." Here is the inspiration for the title of Richard R. Beeman's new work, which explores how residents of the thirteen distinct colonies, all of whom looked more toward Britain than to one another and at first had no sense of themselves as Americans, became one. He traces the processes by which their chosen legislative body of representatives gained enough cohesion to declare independence. The actions of the Continental Congress, however, were made possible only by the people who composed it. Beeman brings to life this group of politically diverse characters, who fought fiercely among themselves until they agreed to fight together for a common cause.       Beeman first outlines how relations between Britain and the American colonies shifted as a result of the Seven Years' War, as a decade of British attempts to tax the American colonies began. But these were not thirteen identical colonies; each had a unique relationship with its mother country, as well as a culture and economy that often reflected its place within the larger mercantile system of the British Empire. Each then reacted in its own way to the British attempts at taxation. Virginia and Massachusetts, for example, became more radical. As a result, these colonies sent such representatives as Patrick Henry, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, and the two cousins Samuel and John Adams, all of whom were more inclined to support independence, to the Continental Congress. By contrast, colonies such as New York and Pennsylvania sought reconciliation over revolution and sent representatives that were less inclined toward independence. Consequently, many of their names have been lost to history.       Some representatives from these colonies did become well known. John Dickinson of Pennsylvania, author of Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, challenged the right of Parliament to tax the colonies and had a reputation as a bold defender of American liberties. Nonetheless, he chose not to sign the Declaration of Independence. Beeman's strength lies in helping readers see how such a seeming [End Page 111] contradiction was possible. His focus on Dickinson's moderate perspective reveals both the varied currents of thought in the debate that led to the Declaration of Independence and the risks involved in participating. The act of signing was both a measure of patriotic brotherhood and an act of treason punishable by death and confiscation of all property. In this context, the gravity of Jefferson's last sentence becomes clear: it contained the last words signers read before pledging to one another "our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."   Jim Blackburn,JagiellonianUniversity  ...more

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• 752: 1/4 Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776, by Richard R. Beeman

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  Nov 23 2020

  Image:  No Taxation Without Representation Our Lives, Our Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776, by Richard R. Beeman The Continental Congress first met in September of 1774 in what John Adams described as "a gathering of strangers." It would be almost two years before Thomas Jefferson wrote the last sentence of the Declaration of Independence. "And for the support of this declaration," it reads, "we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." Here is the inspiration for the title of Richard R. Beeman's new work, which explores how residents of the thirteen distinct colonies, all of whom looked more toward Britain than to one another and at first had no sense of themselves as Americans, became one. He traces the processes by which their chosen legislative body of representatives gained enough cohesion to declare independence. The actions of the Continental Congress, however, were made possible only by the people who composed it. Beeman brings to life this group of politically diverse characters, who fought fiercely among themselves until they agreed to fight together for a common cause.       Beeman first outlines how relations between Britain and the American colonies shifted as a result of the Seven Years' War, as a decade of British attempts to tax the American colonies began. But these were not thirteen identical colonies; each had a unique relationship with its mother country, as well as a culture and economy that often reflected its place within the larger mercantile system of the British Empire. Each then reacted in its own way to the British attempts at taxation. Virginia and Massachusetts, for example, became more radical. As a result, these colonies sent such representatives as Patrick Henry, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, and the two cousins Samuel and John Adams, all of whom were more inclined to support independence, to the Continental Congress. By contrast, colonies such as New York and Pennsylvania sought reconciliation over revolution and sent representatives that were less inclined toward independence. Consequently, many of their names have been lost to history.       Some representatives from these colonies did become well known. John Dickinson of Pennsylvania, author of Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, challenged the right of Parliament to tax the colonies and had a reputation as a bold defender of American liberties. Nonetheless, he chose not to sign the Declaration of Independence. Beeman's strength lies in helping readers see how such a seeming [End Page 111] contradiction was possible. His focus on Dickinson's moderate perspective reveals both the varied currents of thought in the debate that led to the Declaration of Independence and the risks involved in participating. The act of signing was both a measure of patriotic brotherhood and an act of treason punishable by death and confiscation of all property. In this context, the gravity of Jefferson's last sentence becomes clear: it contained the last words signers read before pledging to one another "our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."   Jim Blackburn, JagiellonianUniversity  ...more

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• 747: Russian Peacekeepers in the tragedy of Nagorno-Karabakh. @RussellBermanSF @HooverInst

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  Nov 22 2020

  Image:  Nagorno-Karabakh:  Gandzasar Monastery (13th century), northern side of the church; the ancient residence of the Catholicos of Albania.  Here: A 2014 Azerbaijani stamp depicting the monastery, presenting it as Caucasian Albanian. Russian Peacekeepers in the tragedy of Nagorno-Karabakh.  @RussellBermanSF @HooverInst  Russell Berman, @RussellBermanSF,director of Stanford's Thinking Matters program; Hoover; in re:  Peace in Nagorno-Karabakh.

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• 747: Classic "Indiana" Hoenlein & the Lost Cave of the Twins. Malcolm Hoenlein @Confofpres. @ThadMcCotter

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  Nov 22 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1900. Southern Palestine. Mosaic of warrior [at Beit Jibrin].  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowClassic "Indiana" Hoenlein & the Lost Cave of the Twins. Malcolm Hoenlein @Confofpres. @ThadMcCotterhttps://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-sites-places/biblical-archaeology-sites/teomim-cave/ During the Bar-Kokhba Revolt (132–136 C.E.), Jewish rebels sought refuge from the Roman army in secret hideouts throughout Judea. One such hideout was the Te’omim Cave, a massive cave complex in the Jerusalem hills west of the city. There, within the innermost chambers of the cave, archaeologists discovered three hoards of Roman, Judean and revolt coins, weapons and pottery evidently hidden by the rebels. The Te’omim Cave wasn’t just a safe haven for Jewish insurgents. In “Roman Cult, Jewish Rebels Share Jerusalem Cave Site” in the November/December 2017 issue of BAR, Boaz Zissu, Eitan Klein, Roi Porat, Boaz Langford and Amos Frumkin describe the multiple uses of the Jerusalem hills cave throughout antiquity, including its role as a pagan cultic site in the second–fourth centuries C.E. ...more

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• 751: 6/6 Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman

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  Nov 22 2020

  Image:  To me, nature is sacred. Trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals.  —Mikhail Gorbachev  Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman  The Economist This is the definitive biography on one of the most important and controversial figures of the 20th century. Drawing on interviews with Gorbachev himself, transcripts and documents from the Russian archives, and interviews with Kremlin aides and adversaries, as well as foreign leaders, Taubman's intensely personal portrait extends to Gorbachev's remarkable marriage to a woman he deeply loved, and to the family that they raised together. Nuanced and poignant, yet unsparing and honest, this sweeping account has all the amplitude of a great Russian novel. When Mikhail Gorbachev became its leader in March 1985, the USSR was still one of the world's two superpowers. By the end of his tenure six years later, the Communist system was dismantled, the cold war was over and, on 25 December 1991, the Soviet Union itself ceased to exist. While not solely responsible for this remarkable upheaval, he set decisive changes in motion. Assessments of Gorbachev could not be more polarised. In the West, he is regarded as a hero. In Russia, he is widely hated by those who blame him for the collapse of the USSR. Admirers marvel at this vision and courage. Detractors, including many of his Kremlin comrades, have accused him of everything from naivete to treason.https://www.amazon.com/Gorbachev-Times-Prof-William-Taubman/dp/147115758X/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1509495629&sr=1-1...more

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• 751: 5/6 Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman

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  Nov 22 2020

  Image:   Gorbachev and his Ukrainian maternal grandparents, late 1930s  Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman  The Economist This is the definitive biography on one of the most important and controversial figures of the 20th century. Drawing on interviews with Gorbachev himself, transcripts and documents from the Russian archives, and interviews with Kremlin aides and adversaries, as well as foreign leaders, Taubman's intensely personal portrait extends to Gorbachev's remarkable marriage to a woman he deeply loved, and to the family that they raised together. Nuanced and poignant, yet unsparing and honest, this sweeping account has all the amplitude of a great Russian novel. When Mikhail Gorbachev became its leader in March 1985, the USSR was still one of the world's two superpowers. By the end of his tenure six years later, the Communist system was dismantled, the cold war was over and, on 25 December 1991, the Soviet Union itself ceased to exist. While not solely responsible for this remarkable upheaval, he set decisive changes in motion. Assessments of Gorbachev could not be more polarised. In the West, he is regarded as a hero. In Russia, he is widely hated by those who blame him for the collapse of the USSR. Admirers marvel at this vision and courage. Detractors, including many of his Kremlin comrades, have accused him of everything from naivete to treason.https://www.amazon.com/Gorbachev-Times-Prof-William-Taubman/dp/147115758X/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1509495629&sr=1-1...more

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• 750: 4/6 Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman

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  Nov 22 2020

  Image:  Cartoon shows Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, and Joseph Stalin, resting on a cloud labeled "Communist Paradise," looking down in dismay at Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev leading a funeral procession bearing a coffin labeled "Communism." Between 1985 and 1990, Gorbachev steered his country's foreign relations in a new conciliatory direction by working with Presidents Reagan and Bush to sign a series of arms control agreements, withdrawing Soviet troops from Afghanistan, and improving relations with China. He also transferred power from the Communist Party to elected legislatures in Russia's union republics. Such developments, along with the fall of the Berlin Wall and unification of East and West Germany, signaled the end of the Cold War  Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman  The Economist This is the definitive biography on one of the most important and controversial figures of the 20th century. Drawing on interviews with Gorbachev himself, transcripts and documents from the Russian archives, and interviews with Kremlin aides and adversaries, as well as foreign leaders, Taubman's intensely personal portrait extends to Gorbachev's remarkable marriage to a woman he deeply loved, and to the family that they raised together. Nuanced and poignant, yet unsparing and honest, this sweeping account has all the amplitude of a great Russian novel. When Mikhail Gorbachev became its leader in March 1985, the USSR was still one of the world's two superpowers. By the end of his tenure six years later, the Communist system was dismantled, the cold war was over and, on 25 December 1991, the Soviet Union itself ceased to exist. While not solely responsible for this remarkable upheaval, he set decisive changes in motion. Assessments of Gorbachev could not be more polarised. In the West, he is regarded as a hero. In Russia, he is widely hated by those who blame him for the collapse of the USSR. Admirers marvel at this vision and courage. Detractors, including many of his Kremlin comrades, have accused him of everything from naivete to treason. https://www.amazon.com/Gorbachev-Times-Prof-William-Taubman/dp/147115758X/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1509495629&sr=1-1 ...more

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• 750: 3/6 Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman

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  Nov 22 2020

  Image:   Raisa Gorbacheva with George H. W. Bush and Nancy Reagan at the US-Soviet summit in Washington, D.C., December 1987  Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman  The Economist This is the definitive biography on one of the most important and controversial figures of the 20th century. Drawing on interviews with Gorbachev himself, transcripts and documents from the Russian archives, and interviews with Kremlin aides and adversaries, as well as foreign leaders, Taubman's intensely personal portrait extends to Gorbachev's remarkable marriage to a woman he deeply loved, and to the family that they raised together. Nuanced and poignant, yet unsparing and honest, this sweeping account has all the amplitude of a great Russian novel. When Mikhail Gorbachev became its leader in March 1985, the USSR was still one of the world's two superpowers. By the end of his tenure six years later, the Communist system was dismantled, the cold war was over and, on 25 December 1991, the Soviet Union itself ceased to exist. While not solely responsible for this remarkable upheaval, he set decisive changes in motion. Assessments of Gorbachev could not be more polarised. In the West, he is regarded as a hero. In Russia, he is widely hated by those who blame him for the collapse of the USSR. Admirers marvel at this vision and courage. Detractors, including many of his Kremlin comrades, have accused him of everything from naivete to treason.https://www.amazon.com/Gorbachev-Times-Prof-William-Taubman/dp/147115758X/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1509495629&sr=1-1...more

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• 750: 2/6 Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman

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  Nov 22 2020

  Image:  The Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev looking in dismay at a massive stone hammer and sickle, now shattered into many parts.   Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman  The Economist This is the definitive biography on one of the most important and controversial figures of the 20th century. Drawing on interviews with Gorbachev himself, transcripts and documents from the Russian archives, and interviews with Kremlin aides and adversaries, as well as foreign leaders, Taubman's intensely personal portrait extends to Gorbachev's remarkable marriage to a woman he deeply loved, and to the family that they raised together. Nuanced and poignant, yet unsparing and honest, this sweeping account has all the amplitude of a great Russian novel. When Mikhail Gorbachev became its leader in March 1985, the USSR was still one of the world's two superpowers. By the end of his tenure six years later, the Communist system was dismantled, the cold war was over and, on 25 December 1991, the Soviet Union itself ceased to exist. While not solely responsible for this remarkable upheaval, he set decisive changes in motion. Assessments of Gorbachev could not be more polarised. In the West, he is regarded as a hero. In Russia, he is widely hated by those who blame him for the collapse of the USSR. Admirers marvel at this vision and courage. Detractors, including many of his Kremlin comrades, have accused him of everything from naivete to treason.https://www.amazon.com/Gorbachev-Times-Prof-William-Taubman/dp/147115758X/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1509495629&sr=1-1.....more

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• 749: 1/6 Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman

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  Nov 22 2020

  Image:  The former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev (center), waving, as he walks with Librarian of Congress James H. Billington (right) on the U.S. Capitol grounds across the street from the Library of Congress. Gorbachev: His Life and Times, by William Taubman  The Economist This is the definitive biography on one of the most important and controversial figures of the 20th century. Drawing on interviews with Gorbachev himself, transcripts and documents from the Russian archives, and interviews with Kremlin aides and adversaries, as well as foreign leaders, Taubman's intensely personal portrait extends to Gorbachev's remarkable marriage to a woman he deeply loved, and to the family that they raised together. Nuanced and poignant, yet unsparing and honest, this sweeping account has all the amplitude of a great Russian novel.  When Mikhail Gorbachev became its leader in March 1985, the USSR was still one of the world's two superpowers. By the end of his tenure six years later, the Communist system was dismantled, the cold war was over and, on 25 December 1991, the Soviet Union itself ceased to exist. While not solely responsible for this remarkable upheaval, he set decisive changes in motion. Assessments of Gorbachev could not be more polarised. In the West, he is regarded as a hero. In Russia, he is widely hated by those who blame him for the collapse of the USSR. Admirers marvel at this vision and courage. Detractors, including many of his Kremlin comrades, have accused him of everything from naivete to treason.https://www.amazon.com/Gorbachev-Times-Prof-William-Taubman/dp/147115758X/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1509495629&sr=1-1...more

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• 747: The last four thousand years of homo sapiens all mixed up in the Eurasian-African World Island. Nicholas Wade, NYT.

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  Nov 22 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1727. Gezicht op de ommuurde stad Babylon. Binnen de stadsmuren liggen woningen, de Hangende tuinen, paleizen en de Toren van Babel. Genummerd linksboven: XXIV, en rechtsboven: P. 296. C. De prent maakt deel uit van een album. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe last four thousand years of homo sapiens all mixed up in the Eurasian-African World Island.  Nicholas Wade, NYT.http://science.sciencemag.org/content/343/6172/747.abstract?sid=3a8a4e24-47e8-45c8-bbf8-23c1f6d246f5 “Tracing Ancestry, Researchers Produce a Genetic Atlas of Human Mixing Events By NICHOLAS WADE Geneticists using new statistical approaches have taken a first shot at identifying and dating the major population mixture events of the past 4,000 years…. “ ...more

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• 748: 4/4 Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet, by John Bradshaw

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  Nov 22 2020

  Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet,by John BradshawThe Guardian: “Bradshaw's book mixes pellets of cat lore with accounts of feline evolution, anatomy, genetics and development from newborn kitten to adulthood, plus descriptions of cat-psychology experiments in the laboratory, many of which he has conducted himself. . . . Inveterate cat-haters, those defective humans, probably won't appreciate this book, but anyone else might. It is written in a friendly and engaging way, has helpful tips for cat owners, and is packed with excellent cat facts.” The Guardian, paperback:  “[A] thoughtful, useful and utterly absorbing book.” The Observer: “You could buy a dozen books by the many cat whisperers, cat gurus and cat therapists that exist in our feline-obsessed modern world, but their accumulated wisdom would probably not help you understand your cats – where they've come from, what they want from you, and where they might be going, if we're not careful – as well as Cat Sense....more

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• 748: 3/4 Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet, by John Bradshaw

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  Nov 22 2020

  Image:  Domestic cat on a stool playing with three kittens Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet,by John Bradshaw The Guardian: “Bradshaw's book mixes pellets of cat lore with accounts of feline evolution, anatomy, genetics and development from newborn kitten to adulthood, plus descriptions of cat-psychology experiments in the laboratory, many of which he has conducted himself. . . . Inveterate cat-haters, those defective humans, probably won't appreciate this book, but anyone else might. It is written in a friendly and engaging way, has helpful tips for cat owners, and is packed with excellent cat facts.” The Guardian, paperback:  “[A] thoughtful, useful and utterly absorbing book.” The Observer: “You could buy a dozen books by the many cat whisperers, cat gurus and cat therapists that exist in our feline-obsessed modern world, but their accumulated wisdom would probably not help you understand your cats – where they've come from, what they want from you, and where they might be going, if we're not careful – as well as Cat Sense...  .. ..  ...more

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• 748: 2/4 Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet, by John Bradshaw

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  Nov 22 2020

  Image:  What George asked the cat. Published in: Harper's second reader. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1888.  Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet,by John BradshawThe Guardian: “Bradshaw's book mixes pellets of cat lore with accounts of feline evolution, anatomy, genetics and development from newborn kitten to adulthood, plus descriptions of cat-psychology experiments in the laboratory, many of which he has conducted himself. . . . Inveterate cat-haters, those defective humans, probably won't appreciate this book, but anyone else might. It is written in a friendly and engaging way, has helpful tips for cat owners, and is packed with excellent cat facts.” The Guardian, paperback:  “[A] thoughtful, useful and utterly absorbing book.” The Observer: “You could buy a dozen books by the many cat whisperers, cat gurus and cat therapists that exist in our feline-obsessed modern world, but their accumulated wisdom would probably not help you understand your cats – where they've come from, what they want from you, and where they might be going, if we're not careful – as well as Cat Sense....more

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• 748: 1/4 Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet, by John Bradshaw

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  Nov 22 2020

  Image:  Cat amulet, Egypt.  Cat Sense: How the New Feline Science Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Pet,by John BradshawThe Guardian: “Bradshaw's book mixes pellets of cat lore with accounts of feline evolution, anatomy, genetics and development from newborn kitten to adulthood, plus descriptions of cat-psychology experiments in the laboratory, many of which he has conducted himself. . . . Inveterate cat-haters, those defective humans, probably won't appreciate this book, but anyone else might. It is written in a friendly and engaging way, has helpful tips for cat owners, and is packed with excellent cat facts.” The Guardian, paperback:  “[A] thoughtful, useful and utterly absorbing book.” The Observer: “You could buy a dozen books by the many cat whisperers, cat gurus and cat therapists that exist in our feline-obsessed modern world, but their accumulated wisdom would probably not help ...more

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• 747: The glorious Arecibo telescope, needing two cables, is decommissioned. Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com

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  Nov 22 2020

  Image:  This image shows a comparison between a Magellan image (right) and the highest resolution Earth-based radar image of Venus, obtained by the US National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center's Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The small white bot in the Arecibo image on the left corresponds to the Magellan image. This portion of a Magellan radar image strip shows a small region on the east flank of a major volcanic upland called Beta Regio. Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com; in re:  Arecibo, owned by National Science Foundation, wants to decommission the telescope because cables are dangerously failing.  The beginning of a new Dark Age.  ...more

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• 747: Elon Musk’s phenomenal success achieved in liberty; sadly unlike government programs. Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com

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  Nov 22 2020

  Image:  In private spacecraft development— the SpaceX Dragon berthing with the ISS during its final demonstration mission, on 25 May 2012. Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com; in re: Fleet of manned and unmanned spacecraft, all privately-owned and -built.  SpaceX soon: eight reusables.  Illustrates once again the power of freedom; exceeds anything any government has ever done.  Early on, govt contractors tried to hold him up, so Musk didn't use them as contractors. Congress tried to starve commercial firms—so Musk turned to private investors.Sierra Nevada, Dreamchasers.  Too slow. Waiting since Jan 2016, not much motion. Delay till 2022: laying it at the feet of the Wuhan flu, although acknowledging technical problems.    ...more

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• 746: What you can do for Liberty with a Donor-Advised Fund. Lawson Bader, CEO, Donors Trust

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  Nov 21 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1895. " 'Liberty Bell' on decorated float"  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowWhat you can do for Liberty with a Donor-Advised Fund. Lawson Bader, CEO, Donors Trusthttps://www.donorstrust.orgPrincipled Giving. DonorsTrust is a donor-advised fund. At first glance, we resemble the thousands of such funds that exist across the U.S.But we’re different.We share your commitment to protecting our Nation’s constitutional liberties and strengthening civil society through private institutions rather than with government programs.We are well positioned to alleviate, through education, research and private initiative, society’s most pervasive and radical needs. We are quite proud of our clients who meet this challenge by giving generously to public policy organizations and also to organizations relating to social welfare, religion, health, the environment, economics, governance, foreign relations, and arts and culture. A donor-advised account is the easiest, most efficient way to manage your charitable giving. You establish your account at a non-profit institute such as DonorsTrust with a minimum deposit.  Through the account, you, your family, or designated heirs can recommend grants to public charities. All contributions to the account are immediately tax deductible and as such are legally controlled by the organization that offers it. You may make grant recommendations to a variety of local or national non-profit organizations at any time throughout the life of your account.  It affords you efficient and superior tax treatment–greater than that offered by private foundations and other financial planning tools. With an initial contribution of $10,000, you can set up a personal account at DonorsTrust funded with appreciated assets, cash, publicly traded securities, privately-held stock, or real estate. Capital gains taxes are not assessed on appreciated assets and all contributions qualify for the maximum charitable deduction allowable by the IRS Code for public charities. Your tax deduction(s) are immediate and are calculated in the year you make the contribution(s).You may invest your account’s assets (managed by Merrill Lynch) according to a personalized strategy, allowing for tax-free growth and the potential for greater asset distribution among your philanthropic interests. During the life of your account, there are no required distributions and no annual excise taxes.You should consult with your professional tax and legal advisors to determine the tax implications of your gifts as well as any associated reporting requirements. For further guidelines on the tax treatment of charitable contributions, please request a copy of The Donor’s Guide to DonorsTrust. ...more

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• 738: #NewAmericanCivilWar: What course for the Church of Woke with Joe Biden in the White House? Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Nov 21 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1920. Rome- St. Pieter en Vaticaanse paleizen  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#NewAmericanCivilWar: What course for the Church of Woke with Joe Biden in the White House? #Gaius&Germanicus. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis

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• 738: #NewAmericanCivilWar: Red and Blue Elite (Optimates) consolidate their authority in the transition between weakened princeps. #Gaius&Germanicus. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Nov 21 2020

  No known restrictions on publication.Colosseum in Rome  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#NewAmericanCivilWar: Red and Blue Elite (Optimates) consolidate their authority in the transition between weakened princeps. #Gaius&Germanicus. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis

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• 745: 2/2 The vaccine is coming! The vaccine is coming! And what is to be done? @HenryIMiller @PacificResearch HenryMillerMD.org Image: Gare a la variole: watch out for smallpox (or syphilis). Henry Miller,@HenryIMiller @PacificResearch HenryMillerMD.org

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  Nov 21 2020

  Image: Gare a la variole:  Watch out for smallpox (or syphilis).  Henry Miller, @HenryIMiller @PacificResearch HenryMillerMD.org; Pacific Research Institute, in re:  Social distancing: How detailed about the first tens of millions of does? Political agenda concerning tangential issues; Biden: Covid racial and ethnic disparities.  His plan reinvents a wheel by proposing a new public job corps to hire 100,000 employees to trace contractors.  Virtually impossible with the number extant; it's just a big govt program. How long for us to have 75% or 80% inoculation?  Don't know, but we need a powerful PR campaign to [elucidate] the vaccine. A century ago, the Supreme Court approved a govt mandate of smallpox vaccine inoculation—if necessary, but very much not my first choice.Henry’s new report on vaccine distribution  http://www.henrymillermd.org/24759/unnecessary-state-reviews-of-covid-19-vaccines ...more

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• 744: 1/2 The vaccine is coming! The vaccine is coming! And what is to be done? @HenryIMiller @PacificResearch HenryMillerMD.org

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  Image: Placing crude typhus vaccine in centrifuging machines [long ago]. USPHS (United States Public Health Service) Rocky Mountain Laboratory. Hamilton, Montana Henry Miller, @HenryIMiller @PacificResearch HenryMillerMD.org; Pacific Research Institute, in re:  Emergency Use Authorization is unusual; the bar for such an approval is lower than the conventional, but justified here. Press coverage has been awfully rosy; data can be flawed, there can be outliers among the research institutions; mfg and controls are also key.  Licensing of a vaccine is rigorous and nuanced. Credit to Pfizer and __,   which did not accept federal funding in this exceptional research. Forty-four thousand subjects is about average these days for testing.  Still missing long-term safety data. Scepticism concerning the vaccines  has been fanned and exacerbated by remarks such as those issued by Governor Cuomo: extremely unwise and potentially physically dangerous. Pfizer, BioNTech say they will file today for emergency clearance of coronavirus vaccine, which could make doses ready in DecemberThe companies announced they plan to file Friday for regulatory approval of their coronavirus vaccine, a landmark moment and a signal that a powerful tool to help control the pandemic could begin to be available within weeks. Once the companies file their application, those findings will be scrutinized by regulators, potentially paving the way for limited doses of the vaccine to be available in December.Henry’s new report on vaccine distribution  http://www.henrymillermd.org/24759/unnecessary-state-reviews-of-covid-19-vaccines ...more

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• 738: Developing a therapeutic for the most vulnerable in the first 48 hours of testing positive for the coronavirus. Armand Balboni, MD, PhD CEO Appili Therapeutics. Canada TSX: APLI. US OTC: APLIF

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  Nov 21 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1917. Canada, Nova Scotia, Halifax--View of waterfront http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowDeveloping a therapeutic for the most vulnerable in the first 48 hours of testing positive for the coronavirus. Armand Balboni, MD, PhD CEO Appili Therapeutics. Canada TSX: APLI.  US OTC: APLIFhttps://www.appilitherapeutics.com/business-environmentArmand Balboni, MD, PhD Chief Executive Officer​Armand Balboni's career includes medical research and drug development experience in civilian, academic and military organizations, most recently as a partner at Bloom Burton & Co. where he was the firms senior advisor for regulatory and medical affairs. As an active duty military officer, Dr. Balboni served as a staff officer at the U.S. Army Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID). He completed a military staff fellowship at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and went on to serve as the deputy director of clinical and regulatory affairs for the U.S. Army. Armand completed his doctoral work in the MD/PhD program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and earned his law degree at Brooklyn Law School. ....more

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• 738: #TheScalaReport: What will become of American cities after the virus -- from New York and Chicago to Pittsburgh and Dayton? Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com

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  Nov 21 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1904. Algonquin Hotel, Dayton, O[hio]  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#TheScalaReport: What will become of American cities after the virus -- from New York and Chicago to Pittsburgh and Dayton?  Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com https://nypost.com/2020/11/14/new-stats-reveal-massive-nyc-exodus-amid-coronavirus-crime/

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• 743: Cybersecurity, elections, NATO. @FRoseDC, @GovMattersTV, @ ABC7News

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  Nov 21 2020

  Image:  Marine Guard, 10/11/1922 Francis Rose,@FRoseDC, host of @GovMattersTV @ ABC7News & WJLA 24/7 News. Washington D.C., in re:  NATO in its seventieth year: is its mission important? Should it continue to exit?  The threat of Russia in Europe has not diminished; need to integrate matters concerning the next generation. CISA —cyber security within DHS, liaison across the country in all matters of cybersecurity. Has been working on election security. Ron Marks, a contractor: Iran’s attempts to interfere and cause trouble in our recent election.  Assume that China, North Korea and Russia also tried.  Arnold Punaro, retired United States Marine Corps Major General, CEO of The Punaro Group & IronArch Technology; chairman of the Secretary of Defense's Reserve Forces Policy Board and member of the Defense Business Board. Next Generation of NATO... literallyhttps://govmatters.tv/the-next-generation-of-nato/Leadership changes at CISA... bad ideahttps://govmatters.tv/leadership-changes-at-cisa/ "Winners and Losers" in military budget is the wrong way to look at ithttps://govmatters.tv/the-senate-appropriations-committee-and-fy2021-spending/ ...more

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• 742: Boris can easily charm anyone but his own party MPs. Andrew Roberts, @KingsCollegeLon; @HooverInst;

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  Nov 21 2020

  Image:  War Crowd in Downing St., London. Photograph shows crowd of people in Whitehall Street, near the corner Downing Streets, London, England, during World War I Andrew Roberts, British historian and journalist; Department of War Studies, King's College London; Hoover; New York Historical Society; National Portrait Gallery, London; in re:  The historian’s measure of the PM in serial and simultaneous crisis managements; hospitals n the edge of being overwhelmed with flu patients.   https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/11/17/dont-write-boris-just-yet-election-winning-agenda-still-has/ mentioning the latest No. 10 brouhaha:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/11/20/boris-johnson-news-priti-patel-defence-lockdown-brexit-election/ and mentioning the subset Dominic Cummings — crisis:  BoJo has lost his top advisor, who came up with the slogan, “Get Brexit done,” which won the election; and he masterminded the successful Brexit referendum, but has been muscled out in a palace coup.https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/11/20/like-allegra-stratton-reduced-tears-dominic-cummings-not-reason/...more

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• 741: Nancy Pelosi lost the election. @VerodeRugy @Mercatus

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  Nov 21 2020

  Image:  The Catilinarian conspirators before the Senate Veronique de Rugy, @veroderugy, Mercatus Center, in re:  Elizabeth Warren,  younger and female version of Bernie Sanders, says that forgiving student debt is essential. “A big handout to middle- and upper-income families.” —Brookings Institution. After the election, ___ is the blockage to another stimulus.  Senate wants $700 mil at max; Democrats want $2 trillion.https://www.mercatus.org/commentary/election-day-post-mortem-reveals-voters-eschew-extremism https://www.mercatus.org/commentary/election-day-post-mortem-reveals-voters-eschew-extremism...more

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• 740: Mexico's AMLO changes the energy deal. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion

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  Nov 21 2020

  Image:  Aztec sacrificial stone, City of Mexico Mary Anastasia O’Grady: @MaryAnastasiaOG; @WSJOpinion;  WSJ editorial board; The Americas column; in re:  Mexico's AMLO changes the energy deal.AMLO has USMCA second thoughts? Doesn’t know the details of the subsoil ownership agreement, which also allows investors access to infrastructure network.  AMLO is discriminating against them.  The updated face of socialism.  “Power should be very centralized.”Mexico's AMLO changes the energy deal. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinionhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/mexicos-assault-on-energy-investors-11605476282?st=n4vja5eldriv5n9&reflink=article_email_share https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexicos-assault-on-energy-investors-11605476282?st=n4vja5eldriv5n9&reflink=article_email_share...more

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• 739: #PacificWatch:The French Laundry scandal grows @JCBliss

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  Image:  Aurestaurant des frères provenceaux [at the Provencal brothers’s restaurant] Jeff Bliss: @JCBliss,#PacificWatch, in re:  Gavin Newsom at a major dinner birthday party in a party of a dozen (including heavy-duty lobbyists, one of whom was head of the Cali medical society) at The French Laundry, shoulder to shoulder, sans mask and laughing it up and so riotous that other diners complained.  Happily, someone took a photo. California now under a curfew from 10 PM to 5 AM.  The virus has timed it to perfection: no danger till 9:59 PM.Disneyland: no theme park is really open. Disney is opening the park to shopping and eating, but no ride or exhibit. Oregon is completely open to narcocartels: all drugs, incl skag, cocaine, meth.   California imposes nighttime COVID-19 curfew but some resist -- California is imposing a nighttime curfew as its coronavirus figures soar but it will lean heavily on voluntary compliance and sheriffs of some counties say they won’t enforce it.  Associated Press  San Jose Mercury ‘The virus doesn’t care — day or night’: Is there real science behind COVID curfews? -- Newsom said this week he and officials were still combing through the research, but experts say the science behind curfews during a pandemic is still relatively scant. San Francisco Chronicle ...more

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• 739: A whole lot of the good Republican news @DanHenninger @WSJOpinion

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  Nov 21 2020

  Image:  Theodore Roosevelt leads party to landslide win in 1904  Dan Henninger: @DanHenninger, @WSJOpinion; editorial board and Wonder Land column; in re:   Mrs Pelosi may not retain her position. The word “socialism” is not going away.  https://www.wsj.com/articles/hey-trumpians-cheer-up-11605740673?page=1 . . . Some thought the Senate next year might have a Democratic majority of 54-46, a wipeout. You knew something was up election night when Maine’s “vulnerable” Susan Collins wasn’t swept into the Atlantic. Then Iowa’s Joni Ernst won, as did North Carolina’s Thom Tillis. It will take Republican (or presidential) malfeasance to lose the Senate deciders in Georgia Jan. 5.https://www.wsj.com/articles/hey-trumpians-cheer-up-11605740673...more

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• 738: The last of the challenges in Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan and Georgia. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Nov 21 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1926. Navy, Michigan game, 10/30/26  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe last of the challenges in Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan and Georgia. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/11/at-the-eleventh-hour-trump-campaign-reverses-legal-course-again/

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• 738: The final countdown to Pennsylvania's vote.. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Nov 21 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1909. Wrecked Pennsylvania R.R. car on tracks  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe final countdown to Pennsylvania's vote.. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/11/at-the-eleventh-hour-trump-campaign-reverses-legal-course-again/

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• 737: 2/2 It may be possible to rehydrate Mars. Let’s get humans there to see about it. Shane Stone @newscientist

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  Nov 21 2020

  Image:  Newly Detailed Map of Mars Crustal Thickness Shane Stone,  Lunar and Planetary Laboratory , University of Arizona Tucson; in re: It may be possible to rehydrate Mars. Let’s get humans there to see about it.https://www.newscientist.com/article/2259487-dust-storms-on-mars-are-tossing-water-from-its-atmosphere-into-space/#ixzz6eMivbTXm https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8797/heat-and-dust-help-launch-martian-water-into-space-scientists-find/

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• 737: 1/2 Dust storms on Mars are tossing water from its atmosphere into space. Shane Stone @newscientist

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  Nov 21 2020

  Image:  How Water Is Lost on Mars (NASA illustration) Shane Stone,  Lunar and Planetary Laboratory , University of Arizona Tucson; in re: Dust storms on Mars are tossing water from its atmosphere into space.https://www.newscientist.com/article/2259487-dust-storms-on-mars-are-tossing-water-from-its-atmosphere-into-space/#ixzz6eMivbTXm https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8797/heat-and-dust-help-launch-martian-water-into-space-scientists-find/

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• 734: The Biden Administration without the Trump Administration to denounce. @ConradMBlack @TheAmGreatness

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  Nov 20 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1945. DuPont Hotel and Nemours building, Wilmington, Delaware  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Biden Administration without the Trump Administration to denounce. @ConradMBlack @TheAmGreatness https://amgreatness.com/2020/11/16/the-battle-is-far-from-over/

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• 736: Pompeo declares BDS anti-Semitic. Malcolm Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres

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  Nov 20 2020

  Image: A Russian ukase in 1827 initiated forced conscription of Jewish male children into the army, where they had to serve for twenty-five years, removed from any family contacts. This was not seen as patriotic duty, but rather as a form of anti-Semitic abuse. Most immigrants knew cases of such hardship, and Yiddish theatricals often portrayed those tragedies Malcolm Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres, Conference of President, in re:  Pompeo declares BDS to be anti-Semitic.   

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• 736: Iran rejects the Iran deal. Norman Roule Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Nov 20 2020

  Image: Hormoz, IranIran rejects the Iran deal.  Norman Roule. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_presNorman Roule, @Norman_Roule, in re:  Al-Qaeda assassination. Iran-Israel encroachment. Impact of Abraham Accords. Iran File.Iran’s military is primitive except for missiles. A forever war for Israel heartening to Iran as the rest of the world ignores it. If the US returns to the Iran deal, it can activate snapback.  Norman Roule is a Senior Advisor to United Against Nuclear Iran and a 34-year veteran of the CIA. Before leaving the intelligence community, Roule served as the National Intelligence Manager for Iran at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence from November 2008 to September 2017. Here he was the principal Intelligence Community official responsible for overseeing all aspects of national intelligence policy and activities related to Iran.    •    https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2020/11/analysis-al-qaedas-deputy-emir-killed-in-iran.php    •    https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-iran-hossein-dehghan-only-on-ap-islam-4e75455399f8a3e6477e48b24d683306 ...more

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• 736: Erdogan recommends a two-state solution for Cyprus. @shendersongulf

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  Image:  Cyprus. Nicosia. Entrance to St. Sophia MosqueSimon Henderson, @shendersongulf, Nuclear violations & IAEAreport. Gulf reaction to IAEA report. Eastern Med.Erdogan “making nice” – an interesting thought; his definition is not like ours.  Cyprus, 1974 a war so Turkish forces controlled the north and Cypriots had only the southern portion. Line foes trough Nicosia, the capital. EU calls it one island, one country; trouble is, Turkey declared that the northern part was the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus, recognized by no one. Now, significant for undersea gas reserves.  Erdogan hopes he US will ignore; Europeans are quite interested by it but they just play diplomacy, while Erdogan plays both diplomacy and mil force.       G20 in Riyadh virtual summit:   The king stopped Saudis from following Bahrain in the Abraham Accords, although MBS wishes to join.  MBBS still contaminated by blame for Kashoggi murder, so many leaders may stand back. IAEA report on Iran increasing its nuclear developments.  Report is technical in style,   but is astonishingly worrying about what Iran is doing: “This answer was unsatisfactory,” or “makes no technical sense.” Simon Henderson is the Baker Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of the Institute's Bernstein Program on Gulf and Energy Policy, specializing in energy matters and the conservative Arab states of the Persian Gulf.    •    https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/latest-iran-nuclear-inspection-report-reveals-multiple-concerns    •    https://www.arabnews.com/node/1764931/middle-east    •    https://www.axios.com/bahrain-foreign-minister-israel-iran-nuclear-deal-62ff4cde-4b51-4f17-84d2-f7c923bb606d.ht ml    •    https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/biden-cant-avoid-erdogan-but-he-can-keep-the-u.s.-turkish-relationship-on-t    •    al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/11/turkey-cyprus-erdogan-two-state-solution-drilling-east-med.html ...more

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• 736: Russia expands its reach into the Middle East and Africa. @annaborsh

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  Nov 20 2020

  Image:  Engraving of Alexander II, emperor of Russia from 1855 to 1881, "Czar Liberator".Alexander II, the oldest son of Emperor Nicholas I (1796–1855), was born in Moscow, Russia, on April 17, 1818.  Alexander's most significant reform was the emancipation of Russia's serfs in 1861, for which he is known as Alexander the Liberator He also reorganized the judicial system, set up elected local judges, abolished corporal punishment, promoted local self-government, ended number of nobility privileges and promoted universities. Alexander sold Alaska to the United States in 1867, to avoid the remote colony falls into British hands. Anna Borshchevskaya  (@annaborsh) in re:  Russia-Sudan naval base, US troop presence in IraqRussians building a seaport on the Red Sea,, an expansion of regional authority originated by the deposed Bashir.  Hallmark of Putin’s approach: invest not in leaders but in polices and plans. Strategic point: a major crossroads. Russian state pursuing this for centuries. Check Russian PMCs (private mil contractors), another Russian foreign policy tool.Iraq: proposed withdrawals send a completely wrong msg, and one not wanted by Iraqis. In the last few days, some of the activity was planned by Iraqi militias months ago.  For security reasons, US cannot afford to withdraw from Iraq.  Note that Saddam Hussein modelled himself on Stalin; his death dislodged Russia, which has not forgot.  Oil and gas, arms sales.  Russia’s lower House passed laws absolving Putin of  . . .  what? He’s rumored to be sick, but that’s not much credible. Another bill  under discussion to allow Putin to run for president in 2024, again.  Peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh. Geopolitically, another story: Russian commentaries about this criticize Putin for letting Turkey become a bigger player, and for losing hearts and minds of Armenians.Anna Borshchevskaya is a senior Fellow at The Washington Institute, focusing on Russia's policy toward the Middle East. In addition, she is a contributor to Oxford Analytica and a fellow at the European Foundation for Democracy.  https://www.ft.com/content/6c3ccb03-8e4a-4c1a-8240-d7493f70ef59 ...more

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• 734: The Biden Administration meets the Trudeau Government. @ConradMBlack

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  Nov 20 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1914. CANADA, DOMINION OF. OTTAWA LIBRARY, PART OF PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS GROUP  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Biden Administration meets the Trudeau Government.  @ConradMBlack 

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• 735: Forgiving student debt from the bottomless pit of tax monies. @RichardAEpstein

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  Nov 20 2020

  Image:  Taxation   Richard Epstein: @RichardAEpstein, Chicago Law, NYU Law, Hoover Defining Ideas, in re: In any red state, the bluest part is universities. Does Biden have the moxie to forgive student debt?  There are several routes; if yes, the families that paid back the debt would find themselves paying for those who didn't.  No use spending money to send someone to college who winds up unable to earn a living.  We don’t need to expand the college population since many are better off going to a good trade school.  Elizabeth Warren thinks [the public purse] is a bottomless barrel of funds.  “I belong to no organized party; I’m a Democrat.” — Will Rogers....more

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• 734: The Biden team prepares for climate change, the Green New Deal and low carborn footprint enforcement.

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  Nov 20 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1941. Leominster Forest Fire from the Air  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Biden team prepares for climate change, the Green New Deal and low carborn footprint enforcement.https://www.hoover.org/research/overambitious-climate-plan-biden

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• 734: The presumptive Biden Administration in Iran and in China. @SebGorka @HooverInst

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  Nov 20 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1917Nanking Road, Shanghai.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe presumptive Biden Administration in Iran and in China. @SebGorka @HooverInst

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• 734: In praise of the Trump Administration's vaccines and therapeutics. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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  Nov 20 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1905. NATIONAL VACCINE & ANTITOXIN INST.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowIn praise of the Trump Administration's vaccines and therapeutics. @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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• 734: Valadao CA-21 and Garcia CA-25 of GOP California advance toward success. @VDHanson @HooverInst

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  Nov 20 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1942  Kern County, California. Mountains  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowValadao CA-21 and Garcia CA-25 of GOP California advance toward success. @VDHanson @HooverInst https://electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/close-contests

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• 734: The anti-GOP hate speech from elite voices & What is to be done? @VDHanson @HooverInst

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  Nov 20 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1890. [Doges' Palace and St. Mark's by moonlight, Venice, Italy]  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe anti-GOP hate speech from elite voices & What is top be done?  @VDHanson @HooverInsthttps://amgreatness.com/2020/11/15/the-trump-ct-scanner/

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• 734: 4/4 Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne (American Warrior Series) Part of: American Warriors Series (29 Books). by Douglas V. Mastriano

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  Nov 20 2020

  Image:  "All their Weary Marches Done, All their Battles Fought and Won" American dead in the Meuse-Argonne  Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne(American Warrior Series) Part of: American Warriors Series (29 Books). by Douglas V. Mastriano       Alvin C. York (1887–1964)—devout Christian, conscientious objector, and reluctant hero of World War I—is one of America's most famous and celebrated soldiers. Known to generations through Gary Cooper's Academy Award–winning portrayal in the 1941 film Sergeant York,York is credited with the capture of 132 German soldiers on October 8, 1918, in the Meuse-Argonne region of France—a deed for which he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.   At war's end, the media glorified York's bravery but some members of the German military and a soldier from his own unit cast aspersions on his wartime heroics. Historians continue to debate if York has received more recognition than he deserves. A fierce disagreement about the location of the battle in the Argonne forest has further complicated the soldier's legacy.  In Alvin York,Douglas V. Mastriano sorts fact from myth in the first full-length biography of York in decades. He meticulously examines York's youth in the hills of east Tennessee, his service in the Great War, and his return to a quiet civilian life dedicated to charity. By reviewing artifacts recovered from the battlefield using military terrain analysis, forensic study, and research in both German and American archives, Mastriano reconstructs the events of October 8 and corroborates the recorded accounts. On the eve of the WWI centennial, Alvin Yorkpromises to be a major contribution to twentieth-century military history....more

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• 734: 3/4 Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne (American Warrior Series) Part of: American Warriors Series (29 Books). by Douglas V. Mastriano

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  Nov 20 2020

   Image:  World War I transport  Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne(American Warrior Series) Part of: American Warriors Series (29 Books). by Douglas V. Mastriano       Alvin C. York (1887–1964)—devout Christian, conscientious objector, and reluctant hero of World War I—is one of America's most famous and celebrated soldiers. Known to generations through Gary Cooper's Academy Award–winning portrayal in the 1941 film Sergeant York,York is credited with the capture of 132 German soldiers on October 8, 1918, in the Meuse-Argonne region of France—a deed for which he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.   At war's end, the media glorified York's bravery but some members of the German military and a soldier from his own unit cast aspersions on his wartime heroics. Historians continue to debate if York has received more recognition than he deserves. A fierce disagreement about the location of the battle in the Argonne forest has further complicated the soldier's legacy.  In Alvin York,Douglas V. Mastriano sorts fact from myth in the first full-length biography of York in decades. He meticulously examines York's youth in the hills of east Tennessee, his service in the Great War, and his return to a quiet civilian life dedicated to charity. By reviewing artifacts recovered from the battlefield using military terrain analysis, forensic study, and research in both German and American archives, Mastriano reconstructs the events of October 8 and corroborates the recorded accounts. On the eve of the WWI centennial, Alvin Yorkpromises to be a major contribution to twentieth-century military history....more

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• 734: 2/4 Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne (American Warrior Series) Part of: American Warriors Series (29 Books). by Douglas V. Mastriano

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  Nov 20 2020

  Image:  Sulphur Springs Methodist Campground in Tennessee  Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne(American Warrior Series) Part of: American Warriors Series (29 Books). by Douglas V. Mastriano       Alvin C. York (1887–1964)—devout Christian, conscientious objector, and reluctant hero of World War I—is one of America's most famous and celebrated soldiers. Known to generations through Gary Cooper's Academy Award–winning portrayal in the 1941 film Sergeant York,York is credited with the capture of 132 German soldiers on October 8, 1918, in the Meuse-Argonne region of France—a deed for which he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.   At war's end, the media glorified York's bravery but some members of the German military and a soldier from his own unit cast aspersions on his wartime heroics. Historians continue to debate if York has received more recognition than he deserves. A fierce disagreement about the location of the battle in the Argonne forest has further complicated the soldier's legacy.  In Alvin York,Douglas V. Mastriano sorts fact from myth in the first full-length biography of York in decades. He meticulously examines York's youth in the hills of east Tennessee, his service in the Great War, and his return to a quiet civilian life dedicated to charity. By reviewing artifacts recovered from the battlefield using military terrain analysis, forensic study, and research in both German and American archives, Mastriano reconstructs the events of October 8 and corroborates the recorded accounts. On the eve of the WWI centennial, Alvin Yorkpromises to be a major contribution to twentieth-century military history....more

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• 734: 1/4 Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne (American Warrior Series) Part of: American Warriors Series (29 Books). by Douglas V. Mastriano

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  Nov 20 2020

  Image:  Sgt. Alvin C. York  Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne(American Warrior Series) Part of: American Warriors Series (29 Books). by Douglas V. Mastriano       Alvin C. York (1887–1964)—devout Christian, conscientious objector, and reluctant hero of World War I—is one of America's most famous and celebrated soldiers. Known to generations through Gary Cooper's Academy Award–winning portrayal in the 1941 film Sergeant York,York is credited with the capture of 132 German soldiers on October 8, 1918, in the Meuse-Argonne region of France—a deed for which he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.   At war's end, the media glorified York's bravery but some members of the German military and a soldier from his own unit cast aspersions on his wartime heroics. Historians continue to debate if York has received more recognition than he deserves. A fierce disagreement about the location of the battle in the Argonne forest has further complicated the soldier's legacy.  In Alvin York,Douglas V. Mastriano sorts fact from myth in the first full-length biography of York in decades. He meticulously examines York's youth in the hills of east Tennessee, his service in the Great War, and his return to a quiet civilian life dedicated to charity. By reviewing artifacts recovered from the battlefield using military terrain analysis, forensic study, and research in both German and American archives, Mastriano reconstructs the events of October 8 and corroborates the recorded accounts. On the eve of the WWI centennial, Alvin Yorkpromises to be a major contribution to twentieth-century military history....more

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• 733: PRC boasts of DF-26 and DF-21 "Carrier Killers" and "Guam Killers." Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center @GordonGChang

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  Nov 19 2020

  Image: Eleventh century long serpent fire arrow rocket launcher.  A depiction of the 13th Century "long serpent" rocket launcher. The holes in the frame are designed to keep the rockets separate, from the 1510 edition of Wujing Zongyao.PRC boasts of DF-26 and DF-21 "Carrier Killers" and "Guam Killers."  Rick Fisher, International Assessment and Strategy Center @GordonGChang Rick Fisher, senior Fellow, International Assessment & Strategy Center, and Gordon Chang: @GordonGChang, Daily Beast; in re: and Gordon Chang, @GordonGChang, Daily Beast; in re: report that the PC has tested a Dong-Feng East Wind 26 (DF 26; 東風), 4,000-km range missile designed to reach Guam or deliver a maneuverable warhead to sink a large warship.  Controls 150 reconnaissance sats covering Earth; also has sigint and elint sats. Can pick up data from ships, and has very long-range radar (3,0000 km) and many airborne reconnaissance to fishing ships. All these data are collated and fed into the missile; it, too, has radar to find the target and provide guidance. China thinks this will scare away the Americans.   Rather, we have countermeasures and can spook Chinese missiles. The other day we shot down an ICBM from a destroyer.  US has hypersonic glide missiles (DF 17, soon DF 26).  A plethora of other choices.https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/37662/chinese-long-range-ballistic-missiles-struck-moving-ship-in-south-china-sea-report...more

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• 732: A lottery system by place and/or institution in order to distribute the first vaccines transparently. Alex Tabarok, @Mercatus

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  Nov 19 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.Election Day, 1910 http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowA lottery system by place and/or institution in order to distribute the first vaccines transparently. Alex Tabarok, @Mercatus https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-11-09/covid-19-vaccine-lottery-is-a-winning-strategy?sref=5g4GmFHo

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• 733: State Dept releases a negotiated text on China, edges toward reality. @YatesDCIA, @dciadvisory @GordonGChang

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  Nov 19 2020

  Image:  DINNER IN HONOR OF WU TING-FAN, HIS IMPERIAL CHINESE MAJESTY'S ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTER PLENIPOTENTIARY TO THE UNITED STATES, SPAIN AND PERU [held by] LOTOS CLUB [at] "LOTOS CLUB, NEW YORK” Steve Yates: 葉望輝, @YatesDCIA, @dciadvisory, former deputy national security advisor to Vice President Cheney and currently CEO of DC International Advisory;  and Gordon Chang, @GordonGChang, Daily Beast; in re: The Communist Party of the PRC: US State Dept, Nov 2020, “Elements of the China Challenge.”*  Fifty pages, no mention of Taiwan, perhaps result of State internal tug of war.  The establishment talking about Taiwan made it a subset of US policy; no mention lets it be a condominium of its own. Pompeo said it’s not part of China. The covid 19 outbreak has been a turning point as the world sees what the Chinese govt has done. Extreme WHO failure. “America must refashion foreign policy”—first, secure freedom at home. What? State Dept still has a US zip code?George Schultz’s test: “Point to your country” – and the ambassadors often pointed to the country to which they were assigned, not to their own country, the US.   “Technological superiority”? State is usually the most lagging of indicators.  This doc was advertised as Kennan-like, while it merely opens the door.   *https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20-02832-Elements-of-China-Challenge-508.pdf “. . . The CCP aims not merely at preeminence within the established world order — an order that is grounded in free and sovereign nation-states, ows [sic] from the universal principles on which America was founded, and advances U.S. national interests —but to fundamentally revise world order, placing the People’s Republic of China (PRC) at the center and serving Beijing’s authoritarian goals and hegemonic ambitions.”https://www.axios.com/scoop-the-state-department-to-release-kennan-style-paper-on-china-338234c2-f980-4983-9905-7a1d5fc16315.html...more

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• 732: The risk of Long March 5 for the PRC manned program. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Nov 19 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.Creator: Sowerby, Arthur de Carle 1885-1954..Subject: Hartung's Photo Shop..Type: Black-and-white photographs..Topic: Carriages and carts..Local number: SIA RU007263 [SIA2008-2917]..Summary: Stamped on verso: "Hartung's Photo Shop. Peking Legation Street"..Cite as: RU 7263 - Arthur de Carle Sowerby Papers, 1904-1954 and undated, Smithsonian Institution Archives..Place: China..Persistent URL:Link to data base record ( http://siris-archives.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=all&source=~!siarchives&uri=full=3100001~!286236~!0#focus ) ..Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives ( http://siarchives.si.edu ) ..View more collections from the Smithsonian Institution. ( http://collections.si.edu/search/results.jsp?q=&fq=object_type:Photographs&fq=online_media_type:Images&view=grid )  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe risk of Long March 5 for the PRC manned program. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/long-march-5-moves-to-launchpad-for-change-5-lunar-sample-return-mission/ ...more

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• 732: Waiting for Starship to hop, delayed. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Nov 19 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.Brownsville, Texas (vicinity). Harvesters in bean field  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowWaiting for Starship to hop, delayed. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/most-recent-engine-test-on-eighth-starship-prototype-had-issues/

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• 732: Politicial rhetoric and professional sports do not work well together. @SalenaZito @DCExaminer

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  Nov 19 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1915. [Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh NL (baseball)]  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowPoliticial rhetoric and professional sports do not work well together. @SalenaZito @DCExaminerhttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/when-the-nfl-plays-politics-small-business-owners-get-tackled-too

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• 732: Pittsburgh is highly attractive to home buyers in the time of the pandemic. @SalenaZito @DCExaminer

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  Nov 19 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1902. [Union Station, Pittsburgh, Pa.]  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowPittsburgh is highly attractive to home buyers in the time of the pandemic. @SalenaZito @DCExaminerhttps://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2020/11/12/COVID-19-Update-pittsburgh-pennsylvania-data-deaths-cases-pandemic/stories/202011120124 https://www.post-gazette.com/life/fashion/2020/11/16/Pittsburgh-holiday-shopping-COVID-19-Downtown-Aspinwall-Lawrenceville/stories/202011160006https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2020/11/18/pittsburgh-ranks-among-best-cities-homebuyers.html...more

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• 732: State of the City, the State, the Union: NYC moves cautiously in face of the second wave while the NY governor and the NYC mayor bicker. John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtable @JohnCats

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  Nov 19 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1910. Walter Reed Hospital, D.C. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow State of the City, the State, the Union: NYC moves cautiously in face of the second wave while the NY  governor and the NYC mayor bicker.  John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtable @JohnCats

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• 733: Technical assessment: Beijing continues to conceal information on the Wuhan flu. Sean Lin, @wrair, @WalterReedArmy; @GordonGChang

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  Nov 19 2020

  Image: Chemical Laboratory Extension, from Near Commandant's Office Sean Lin, former lab director of the viral disease branch of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and executive director, Global Alliance Against Communist Propaganda and Disinformation, and Gordon Chang: @GordonGChang, Daily Beast; in re: Chinese govt continues to conceal information.   Warnings; animal samples; multiple likely sources within Wuhan?   Guangdong, Guangchou. China trying to claim that the origin was Europe!   China knew of the disease in Wuhan in August. Govt has ordered revision of hospital records to diminish [culpability].     https://www.newsweek.com/one-year-first-covid-case-china-1547200 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-54969682https://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2020/01/29/the-ccps-malpractice-in-their-handling-of-coronavirus/...more

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• 733: Intermittent Thai protests, royal loyalists vs democrazies. @Michael_Yon, @GordonGChang,

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  Nov 19 2020

  Image:  Thai royal palace at Bang Pa-In Michael Yon: @Michael_Yon , East Asia reporter; and Gordon Chang: @GordonGChang, Daily Beast; in re: Thailand protests, clashes cause chaos outside parliament.  Pro-democracy vs royalists (Thais call it “demo-crazy,” as they think that it risks mob rule and thereby invites communists.) Thais are like bamboo, will bend over backward not to have a fight.  However, in a pinch they fight really well. Instability of constitutional monarchy for 90 years.  There are 25 military-appointed senators.www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/17/thailand-protests-clashes-cause-chaos-outside-parliament...more

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• 733: Election Day all over the map. AndrewCMcCarthy

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  Nov 19 2020

  Image:  Election day at state house Andrew C McCarthy, @AndrewCMcCarthy, Ball of Collusion, in re: Election Day. Democrats have chosen wisely to see that Election Day is what theydescribe.  We’ve been building to this point for a decade or more.   Being a state AG is now a powerful post, including in policy.  Michigan AG intends to advance straight-ticket voting and universal absentee voting—start voting in September, continue through mid-November.  [Ergo, no more Election Day.] Democrats also are trying to get rid of the Electoral College:  each state would pledge to have its electors vote exactly in accordance with the popular vote....more

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• 732: Electoral fraud needs to be proven with dispositive evidence @AndrewCMcCarthy

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  Nov 19 2020

  Image:  Circumstantial evidence Andrew C McCarthy, @AndrewCMcCarthy, Ball of Collusion, in re: Electoral fraud.  Third Circuit.  Trump campaign’s fraud claims could not have survived the court’s Friday ruling as individuals didn't have standing.  Only the state legislature of PA would have standing, having been [damaged]. PA Secretary of State disclosed how many votes (out of 7 million) were relevant after 3 Nov:  thousands.  GA consent decree on signature-matching.  Trump campaign will get recounts in two Wisconsin counties....more

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• 729: Pleasure Bound: 2of2: Victorian Sex Rebels and the New Eroticism Kindle Edition. by Deborah Lutz (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 19 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1890. In Kensington Gardens, London, England  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Pleasure Bound: 2of2:  Victorian Sex Rebels and the New Eroticism Kindle Edition. by Deborah Lutz  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Pleasure-Bound-Victorian-Rebels-Eroticism/dp/0393068323/ref=sr12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1483319863&sr=1-2&keywords=victorians+lutzAt the height of the Victorian era, a daring group of artists and thinkers defied the reigning obsession with propriety, testing the boundaries of sexual decorum in their lives and in their work. Dante Gabriel Rossetti exhumed his dead wife to pry his only copy of a manuscript of his poems from her coffin. Legendary explorer Richard Burton wrote how-to manuals on sex positions and livened up the drawing room with stories of eroticism in the Middle East. Algernon Charles Swinburne visited flagellation brothels and wrote pornography amid his poetry. By embracing and exploring the taboo, these iconoclasts produced some of the most captivating art, literature, and ideas of their day. As thought-provoking as it is electric, Pleasure Bound unearths the desires of the men and women who challenged buttoned-up Victorian mores to promote erotic freedom. These bohemians formed two loosely overlapping societies―the Cannibal Club and the Aesthetes―to explore their fascinations with sexual taboo, from homosexuality to the eroticization of death. Known as much for their flamboyant personal lives as for their controversial masterpieces, they created a scandal-provoking counterculture that paved the way for such later figures as Gustav Klimt, Virginia Woolf, and Jean Genet. In this stunning exposé of the Victorian London we thought we knew, Deborah Lutz takes us beyond the eyebrow-raising practices of these sex rebels, revealing how they uncovered troubles that ran beneath the surface of the larger social fabric: the struggle for women’s emancipation, the dissolution of formal religions, and the pressing need for new forms of sexual expression. 8 pages four-color and 5 black-and-white illustrations. ...more

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• 729: Pleasure Bound: 1of2: Victorian Sex Rebels and the New Eroticism Kindle Edition. by Deborah Lutz (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 19 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1901. In Kensington Gardens, London, England  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Pleasure Bound: 1of2:  Victorian Sex Rebels and the New Eroticism Kindle Edition. by Deborah Lutz  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Pleasure-Bound-Victorian-Rebels-Eroticism/dp/0393068323/ref=sr12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1483319863&sr=1-2&keywords=victorians+lutzAt the height of the Victorian era, a daring group of artists and thinkers defied the reigning obsession with propriety, testing the boundaries of sexual decorum in their lives and in their work. Dante Gabriel Rossetti exhumed his dead wife to pry his only copy of a manuscript of his poems from her coffin. Legendary explorer Richard Burton wrote how-to manuals on sex positions and livened up the drawing room with stories of eroticism in the Middle East. Algernon Charles Swinburne visited flagellation brothels and wrote pornography amid his poetry. By embracing and exploring the taboo, these iconoclasts produced some of the most captivating art, literature, and ideas of their day. As thought-provoking as it is electric, Pleasure Bound unearths the desires of the men and women who challenged buttoned-up Victorian mores to promote erotic freedom. These bohemians formed two loosely overlapping societies―the Cannibal Club and the Aesthetes―to explore their fascinations with sexual taboo, from homosexuality to the eroticization of death. Known as much for their flamboyant personal lives as for their controversial masterpieces, they created a scandal-provoking counterculture that paved the way for such later figures as Gustav Klimt, Virginia Woolf, and Jean Genet. In this stunning exposé of the Victorian London we thought we knew, Deborah Lutz takes us beyond the eyebrow-raising practices of these sex rebels, revealing how they uncovered troubles that ran beneath the surface of the larger social fabric: the struggle for women’s emancipation, the dissolution of formal religions, and the pressing need for new forms of sexual expression. 8 pages four-color and 5 black-and-white illustrations. ...more

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• 729: The Ethiopia civil war looks to fragment the long-troubled state. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

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  Nov 19 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1940. American military delegation calling on Haile Selassie. Poring over official papers. At the left of His Majesty, Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, is Colonel Bishop, while at the right, standing, is Colonel Clark. These pictures are the first to be taken for publication since His Majesty's return to become a fighting member of the United Nations  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Ethiopia civil war looks to fragment the long-troubled state. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs...more

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• 729: Welcome to the Post-US, Post-PRC, Post EU worldview. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

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  Nov 19 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1770 Europe  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowWelcome to the Post-US, Post-PRC, Post EU worldview. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

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• 731: Mrs Pelosi beating away challenges while Biden is becalmed in a centrist mode. @LizPeek

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  Nov 18 2020

  Image:  Vessels becalmed at sunset.Liz Peek, @LizPeek, Fox News and TheHill; in re: Mrs Pelosi was rebuked by her own party; now in doubt if she can continue effectively as leader of the Democrats. With 213 for the GOP, there’s not effective majority.   Bien’s multi-trillion-dollar bill probably won’t get through.   Biden is the best of all possible worlds, as nothing untoward can go forward.  Changing labor laws in a profound way would seriously hamper growth in parts of the country. A brake on Joe Biden.  He stayed in his basement rather than offend the far left or the center or right of his party. He has an establishment tether on what he can do.  He calls himself a “transactional” and “transitional” president. His campaign mgr has been named deputy chief of staff.   ...more

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• 731: Unemployment numbers still very good. Caveat new Biden regulations to slow growth. @LizPeek

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  Nov 18 2020

  Image:  Bluecloud's New Home under Construction Liz Peek, @LizPeek, Fox News and TheHill; in re: The US economy after the election looks surprisingly like the US economy before:  was 6.9% unemployment, which is _.  Hiring will continue at a pretty good clip; NFIB small bz routinely surveys, has been and still is pretty optimistic. Good numbers for November, and expect a down number for unemployment.   A small downdraft in consumer sentiment.  Neither GOP nor Democrats have been optimistic.  Am worried that small bz owners will look at ramping-up of regulations under Biden, and increase of minimum wage, which will slow growth. All this is secondary to covid. It’s a positive that we’ll have a gridlocked Congress.  The markets are saying that they know we like to spend money.  Intact: housing (highest optimism ever in bldg new homes); other industries doing very well. Salubrious effect of rising home prices. Am basically bullish, but somewhat concerned.   Vaccines factored in to market yet? Don’t know.    Normality by Q3 of 2021. New York was overbuilding boutique hotels: over half are seriously in arrears; one Hilton owner just handed the keys to the bond holders. Tourism in New York has been very badly hurt—dunhh. Data that 300,000 city dwellers have moved to Long Island, Westchester, and much farther afield.     ...more

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• 729: Surprising advances in blood testing to detect canine cancer in partnership with Texas A&M College of Veterinary Science. Additional success in trials for using a blood test to detect cancer in humans. Scott Powell, CFO, Volition America. VNRX on the New

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  Nov 18 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1980. Statue of Lawrence Sullivan Ross, College Station, Texas  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowSurprising advances in blood testing to detect canine cancer in partnership with Texas A&M College of Veterinary Science. Additional success in trials for using a blood test to detect cancer in humans.  Scott Powell, CFO, Volition America. VNRX on the New York Stock Exchange.https://volition.com/veterinary ...more

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• 730: Even in a ferocious second wave, Italian children are in school. Lorenzo Fiori

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  Nov 18 2020

  Image: Tuscany:   Triumphal Float in a Garden with Pavilions, from an Album with Prints recording the Festivities and Decorations organized in Florence for the 1589 Wedding of Archduke Ferdinand de' Medici and Christine of Lorraine Lorenzo Fiori: Direttore Generale Ansaldo Fondazione, in re: Italy is facing the second wave. Lorenzo Speranza: The next ten days will be crucial; goal is to protect Christmas.  A week after the system began to operate, the number folding into high level of risk is increasing.  Campagna, Lombardy, Tuscany, all in red.  Numbers still high, but look stable.  Found that the corona virus has been present in Italy since perhaps September 2019. The official first patient in Italy was in 2020.  Today, no limits on going to work, and students from three to eleven go to school.  Initially, most Italians had not been affected by the virus but were watching; now, it's all around us and people have friends and relatives affected. Generates a sort of distress.   ...more

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• 730: Teachers’s unions cozy with Democrats; long-term damage to children. @wjmcgurn, @WSJOpinion

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  Nov 18 2020

  Image:  Two boys fighting and two boys pushing on door through which school teacher is trying to enter. Bill McGurn, @wjmcgurn, @WSJOpinion, WSJ editorial page & Main Street column, in re:   Children losing a year of school. Teachers’s unions all companionable with the Democratic party since Jimmy Carter. Have a lot of delegates at Democratic conventions, are well organized.  Both for big government.   All genuine education reform begins with reducing the [stranglehold] of the teachers’s unions. Biden has four union members on his transition team. We’ll just throw federal dollars at the unions.  Vaccinations.   The teachers’s unions are really against reopening schools, irrespective of vaccines; are hiding behind health.  Parents are getting a taste of what giving teachers’s unions power over the schools means—private schools and Catholic schools are open now; public schools are not; parents are fit to be tied. In DC there was a special program for high-need kids, about 7,000 of them; the teachers’s union killed the program.  Are also trying to destroy charter schools: condemning children to life on the margins.  ...more

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• 729: GOP victories in deeply Blue California as well as rebukes of Sacramento. @HooverWhalen @HooverInst

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  Nov 18 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1934. Sacramento River Bridge, Spanning Sacramento River at California State Highway 275, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowGOP victories in deeply Blue California as well as rebukes of Sacramento. @HooverWhalen @HooverInsthttps://www.hoover.org/research/we-declare-california-new-wyoming

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• 730: The Quad, bright light in East Asia, may endure under Biden. Sadanand Dhume @dhume, @AEI, @wsj

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  Nov 18 2020

  Image:  Ladakh: Hemis Monastery in the 1870s. Sadanand Dhume, @dhume, @AEI, @wsj; AEI & WSJ; in re:  The Quad—Japan, Australia, India, US; the political will and diplomatic skill of Pres Biden will determine how this works out. Certainly credit to Pres Trump for strengthening it. Abi, Modhi and Trump have all taken a pro-active stand.  How will they approach China in future? Potential weak link may be Japan because Abe has moved on.   Ladakh.  We cannot trust China to become more democratic as it becomes richer; it's a competitor, and the only [language] it understands is power.  If Biden understands this, all will go well; if not, we’re in for a rocky ride. Indian view of Afghanistan: last time a nation left Afgh quickly, the blowback was felt acutely by Indians in Kashmir.   China has signed an economic pact, RCEP, with a dozen-plus other Asian nations, not including India; danger that it may be locked out of Asian markets.   ...more

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• 730: India’s ties to the US are stable: Trump and Modhi got along, but politics will prevail. Sadanand Dhume @dhume, @AEI, @wsj

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  Nov 18 2020

  Image:  City View, Benares, India Sadanand Dhume, @dhume, @AEI, @wsj; AEI & WSJ; in re: Modhi using his charisma to bld a relationship with Trump, but also common interests; Trump legacy: deepened defense ties, signed on to three foundational defense agreements, and what the Indians liked was that the Trump Adm had no questions about human rights. BJP has taken a harder turn in the last four years.Tamil Brahmin descent:  Kamala Harris’s mother was born in India, moved to California at 19; comes from a small but successful community that’s thriven in the sciences. In irony, the Tamil Brahmins have had to emigrate because of affirmative action limits. ...more

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• 729: #NewWorld: Report of a Hezbollah terror threat to the Jews of Argentina. @jmhumire & @MariaFdaCabal.

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  Nov 18 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1950. Argentina  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#NewWorld: Report of a Hezbollah terror threat to the Jews of Argentina.  @jmhumire & @MariaFdaCabal.https://www.jpost.com/international/is-hezbollahs-ammonium-nitrate-linked-to-plot-against-jews-in-argentina-649268

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• 729: #NewWorld: Governing crisis in the virus-damaged Peru & What is to be done? @jmhumire & @MariaFdaCabal

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  Nov 18 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1913. PERU. SCENES IN IQUITOS  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#NewWorld: Governing crisis in the virus-damaged Peru & What is to be done?  @jmhumire & @MariaFdaCabalhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/17/peru-francisco-sagasti-president-crisis-disconnect-between-politicians-people/

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• 729: The London lockdown is not as severe or obliged as last Spring's lockdown & What is to be done. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion19

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  Nov 18 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. Author(s):  .Gough, J., engraver. .Contributor(s):  .Shepherd, Thomas H., artist  Publication:  [London : s.n., 1850?]  ..Language(s):  .English. .Format:  .Still image  ..Genre(s):  .Pictorial Works. .Abstract:  .View of the façade of the building.  ..Extent:  .1 print : 15 x 20 cm.  ..Provenance:  .Gift; William H. Helfand; 2003; 03-20.  ..Technique:  .engraving, black and white  ..NLM Unique ID:  .101461777 ..NLM Image ID:  .C05665  ..Permanent Link:  .resource.nlm.nih.gov/101461777 ( http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101461777 ) http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe London lockdown is not as severe or obliged as last Spring's lockdown & What is to be done.  @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion...more

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• 729: PM Boris Johnson accused of Covid "flip-flopping" by his own Tory Party. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

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  Nov 18 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. London, England - London buses  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowPM Boris Johnson accused of Covid "flip-flopping" by his own Tory Party. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinionhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/11/17/boris-johnson-isolating-matt-hancock-brexit-negotiations-latest/

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• 728: 4/4 Barons of the Sea: And Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship, by Steven Ujifusa

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  Nov 18 2020

  Image:  "Opium clipper" Water Witch, a British barque built in 1831“A fascinating, fast-paced history…full of remarkable characters and incredible stories” about the nineteenth-century American dynasties who battled for dominance of the tea and opium trades (Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award–winning author of In the Heart of the Sea).       There was a time, back when the United States was young and the robber barons were just starting to come into their own, when fortunes were made and lost importing luxury goods from China. It was a secretive, glamorous, often brutal business—one where teas and silks and porcelain were purchased with profits from the opium trade. But the journey by sea to New York from Canton could take six agonizing months, so the most pressing technological challenge of the day became ensuring that one’s goods arrived first to market, so they might fetch the highest price.       “With the verse of a natural dramatist” (The Christian Science Monitor), Steven Ujifusa tells the story of a handful of cutthroat competitors who raced to build the fastest, finest, most profitable clipper ships to carry their precious cargo to American shores. They were visionary, eccentric shipbuilders, debonair captains, and socially ambitious merchants with names like Forbes and Delano—men whose business interests took them from the cloistered confines of China’s expatriate communities to the sin-city decadence of Gold Rush–era San Francisco, and from the teeming hubbub of East Boston’s shipyards to the lavish sitting rooms of New York’s Hudson Valley estates.       Elegantly written and meticulously researched, Barons of the Sea is a riveting tale of innovation and ingenuity that “takes the reader on a rare and intoxicating journey back in time” (Candice Millard, bestselling author of Hero of the Empire), drawing back the curtain on the making of some of the nation’s greatest fortunes, and the rise and fall of an all-American industry as sordid as it was genteel.   https://www.amazon.com/Barons-Sea-Worlds-Fastest-Clipper-ebook/dp/B075RNR7T9/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= ...more

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• 728: 3/4 Barons of the Sea: And Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship, by Steven Ujifusa

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  Nov 18 2020

  Image:  Clipper ship Three Brothers, the largest sailing vessel in world in 1915“A fascinating, fast-paced history…full of remarkable characters and incredible stories” about the nineteenth-century American dynasties who battled for dominance of the tea and opium trades (Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award–winning author of In the Heart of the Sea).       There was a time, back when the United States was young and the robber barons were just starting to come into their own, when fortunes were made and lost importing luxury goods from China. It was a secretive, glamorous, often brutal business—one where teas and silks and porcelain were purchased with profits from the opium trade. But the journey by sea to New York from Canton could take six agonizing months, so the most pressing technological challenge of the day became ensuring that one’s goods arrived first to market, so they might fetch the highest price.       “With the verse of a natural dramatist” (The Christian Science Monitor), Steven Ujifusa tells the story of a handful of cutthroat competitors who raced to build the fastest, finest, most profitable clipper ships to carry their precious cargo to American shores. They were visionary, eccentric shipbuilders, debonair captains, and socially ambitious merchants with names like Forbes and Delano—men whose business interests took them from the cloistered confines of China’s expatriate communities to the sin-city decadence of Gold Rush–era San Francisco, and from the teeming hubbub of East Boston’s shipyards to the lavish sitting rooms of New York’s Hudson Valley estates.       Elegantly written and meticulously researched, Barons of the Sea is a riveting tale of innovation and ingenuity that “takes the reader on a rare and intoxicating journey back in time” (Candice Millard, bestselling author of Hero of the Empire), drawing back the curtain on the making of some of the nation’s greatest fortunes, and the rise and fall of an all-American industry as sordid as it was genteel.   https://www.amazon.com/Barons-Sea-Worlds-Fastest-Clipper-ebook/dp/B075RNR7T9/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= ...more

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• 728: 2/4 Barons of the Sea: And Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship, by Steven Ujifusa

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  Nov 18 2020

  Image:   Captain Warren Delano, Sr. “A fascinating, fast-paced history…full of remarkable characters and incredible stories” about the nineteenth-century American dynasties who battled for dominance of the tea and opium trades (Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award–winning author of In the Heart of the Sea).       There was a time, back when the United States was young and the robber barons were just starting to come into their own, when fortunes were made and lost importing luxury goods from China. It was a secretive, glamorous, often brutal business—one where teas and silks and porcelain were purchased with profits from the opium trade. But the journey by sea to New York from Canton could take six agonizing months, so the most pressing technological challenge of the day became ensuring that one’s goods arrived first to market, so they might fetch the highest price.       “With the verse of a natural dramatist” (The Christian Science Monitor), Steven Ujifusa tells the story of a handful of cutthroat competitors who raced to build the fastest, finest, most profitable clipper ships to carry their precious cargo to American shores. They were visionary, eccentric shipbuilders, debonair captains, and socially ambitious merchants with names like Forbes and Delano—men whose business interests took them from the cloistered confines of China’s expatriate communities to the sin-city decadence of Gold Rush–era San Francisco, and from the teeming hubbub of East Boston’s shipyards to the lavish sitting rooms of New York’s Hudson Valley estates.       Elegantly written and meticulously researched, Barons of the Sea is a riveting tale of innovation and ingenuity that “takes the reader on a rare and intoxicating journey back in time” (Candice Millard, bestselling author of Hero of the Empire), drawing back the curtain on the making of some of the nation’s greatest fortunes, and the rise and fall of an all-American industry as sordid as it was genteel.   https://www.amazon.com/Barons-Sea-Worlds-Fastest-Clipper-ebook/dp/B075RNR7T9/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=   ...more

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• 728: 1/4 Barons of the Sea: And Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship, by Steven Ujifusa

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  Nov 18 2020

  Image:  Book coverBarons of the Sea: And Their Race to Build the World's Fastest Clipper Ship, by Steven Ujifusa  “A fascinating, fast-paced history…full of remarkable characters and incredible stories” about the nineteenth-century American dynasties who battled for dominance of the tea and opium trades (Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award–winning author of In the Heart of the Sea).      There was a time, back when the United States was young and the robber barons were just starting to come into their own, when fortunes were made and lost importing luxury goods from China. It was a secretive, glamorous, often brutal business—one where teas and silks and porcelain were purchased with profits from the opium trade. But the journey by sea to New York from Canton could take six agonizing months, so the most pressing technological challenge of the day became ensuring that one’s goods arrived first to market, so they might fetch the highest price.      “With the verse of a natural dramatist” (The Christian Science Monitor), Steven Ujifusa tells the story of a handful of cutthroat competitors who raced to build the fastest, finest, most profitable clipper ships to carry their precious cargo to American shores. They were visionary, eccentric shipbuilders, debonair captains, and socially ambitious merchants with names like Forbes and Delano—men whose business interests took them from the cloistered confines of China’s expatriate communities to the sin-city decadence of Gold Rush–era San Francisco, and from the teeming hubbub of East Boston’s shipyards to the lavish sitting rooms of New York’s Hudson Valley estates.      Elegantly written and meticulously researched, Barons of the Sea is a riveting tale of innovation and ingenuity that “takes the reader on a rare and intoxicating journey back in time” (Candice Millard, bestselling author of Hero of the Empire), drawing back the curtain on the making of some of the nation’s greatest fortunes, and the rise and fall of an all-American industry as sordid as it was genteel.   https://www.amazon.com/Barons-Sea-Worlds-Fastest-Clipper-ebook/dp/B075RNR7T9/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= ...more

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• 727: Still waiting for Barr and Durham to report. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Nov 17 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1954. Courtroom view from the judge's box  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowStill waiting for Barr and Durham to report. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.ntd.com/report-from-john-durham-coming-real-soon-says-rep-jim-jordan_528994.html

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• 725: China is building a colonial empire & What is to be done? @AmbJohnBolton

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  Nov 17 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1900. Peking Street  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowChina is building a colonial empire & What is to be done? @AmbJohnBoltonhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/the-china-nightmare-review-beijing-never-got-the-memo-11605476188

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• 725: DeBlasio chooses the United Federation of Teachers over and against the school children of New York City. @HarrySiegel @NYDailyNews

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  Nov 17 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1900. Opening of public schools, N.Y.C. [New York City]  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowDeBlasio chooses the United Federation of Teachers over and against the school children of New York City. @HarrySiegel @NYDailyNews https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-remedial-education-for-de-blasio-20201114-2wnj6lzzw5hhvauevzfrbbohu4-story.html

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• 725: The Russians are building a seaport in Sudan & What is to be done? Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Nov 17 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1999.Date Taken: 12/20/1999Categories: Earth ObservationsInterior_Exterior: ExteriorGround_Orbit: On-orbitOriginal: Film - 35MM CNPreservation File Format: TIFFgeon: RED SEAfeat: ARABIAN D., SINAI PEN http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Russians are building a seaport in Sudan & What is to be done? Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190525-russia-reveals-deal-allowing-it-to-use-sudan-ports/ ...more

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• 725: "Indiana" Hoenlein and the lost sarcophagi of the Egyptian 26th Dynasty, 2500 years ago. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Nov 17 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1870. Sarcophagi.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow"Indiana" Hoenlein and the lost sarcophagi of the Egyptian 26th Dynasty, 2500 years ago. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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• 726: China shames and intimidates; baffled neighbors snicker. @CleoPaskal @GordonGChang

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  Nov 17 2020

  Image:    Trying to bully and browbeat / Thomas Nast.  James G. Blaine as rhinoceros to Perry Belmont as badger: "I hope you will treat me as a gentleman. I am not in a police court to be badgered".   Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v.26 (1882 May 13), Cleo Paskal, a nonresident senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and Gordon Chang: @GordonGChang, Daily Beast, in re: India not joining RCEP (The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership):  Decision foreshadowed by Chinese predation in the Himalaya.  The question is, why would Japan join? Probably because it has a new PM, and the Japanese trade lobby got its way. Looking forward: a deep understanding in India that economics with China is never just economics—also, strategic and military; ignoring a treaty is part of unrestricted warfare. The Chinese Communist Party is trying to shame India into joining RCEP; India’s political classes see all this clearly.  The whole Indian population mistrusts China now, so it's not just a BJP move.  Chinese elite thought it could get away with the predations of Ladakh; China is learning slowly.  Revive the TPP?  In the old TPP, the US pharmaceutical sector demanded arrangements that would have destroyed the Indian pharmaceutical sector; so major revisions would be needed.    https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/rcep-indias-stance-unchanged-even-as-15-others-invite-it-as-observer-keep-door-open/articleshow/79236605.cms ...more

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• 726: 15 Asian nations join RCEP, success for China but not much for the others. @AlanTonelson, @USBIC1, @GordonGChang

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  Nov 17 2020

  Image: Coolies discharging goods at the harbor, Chefoo, north China, nearest trading port to Port Arthur  Alan Tonelson, independent economic policy analyst who blogs at RealityChek and tweets at @AlanTonelson, andGordon Chang: @GordonGChang, Daily Beast, in re:  RCEP.  Pres Trump early on withdrew from TPP (it was front-loaded against the US). All the counties in the RCEP but Australia rely on exporting much more than they import to maintain growth.  So who’ll import? Nothing here for the US—nor even for most of the countries that’ve signed the deal.   Chinese consumption is tailing off – and: China doesn't honor trade deals.  Japan signed on a week ago; China hoped India would, but it didn't.  Uncertain if Biden’s version of “Buy American” would help the US much, since his definition of American includes all its allies.   “Securing supply chains” means only that we can access product  from countries we consider to be friendly;  of course, a bunch of the signatories of the RCEP were US allies . . .  Biden’s spokesmen have said, “China tariffs will be reviewed,”  meaning that Biden dasn’t lift the tariffs in the foreseeable future. ...more

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• 725: The Trump campaigns search for voting irregularities draws to a close. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Nov 17 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.Naval Base Philadelphia-Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, League Island, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Trump campaigns search for voting irregularities draws to a close. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/11/trumps-post-election-litigation-crusade/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=river&utm_content=featured-content-trending&utm_term=second ...more

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• 726: US election reverberates in war theatres. @thomasjoscelyn, @billroggio

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  Nov 17 2020

  Image:   An Iraqi Kurd elder sits outside in the courtyard outside of Erbil, located in Northern Iraq, photographed during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM Tom Joscelyn, @thomasjoscelyn, Long War Journal and FDD; and Bill Roggio, @billroggio, Long War Journal and FDD; in re:  The effect of the US elections on various war theatres.  Trump intending to take back 2,500 troops each in Iraq and Afghanistan to keep a defensive force posture in both countries.  Will Mr Biden make a significant change, and accept the fact that al Qaeda has grown since Biden was in office?  No. We’ve known for 19 years that Iran has been sheltering al Qaeda—but it took that long for the US to target one member in Iran. How many others are there?  Al Q is nowhere near defeated.  Tom and I have been documenting this till we’re tired of it.   See: Generation Jihad, at longwarjournal.org ...more

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• 726: Al-Qaeda mass-murderer targeted KIA in Tehran: The long arm of the US and Israel. @thomasjoscelyn, @billroggio @FDD

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  Nov 17 2020

  Image: Iranian military in olden daysAl-Qaeda mass-murderer targeted KIA in Tehran: The long arm of the US and Israel.  @thomasjoscelyn, @billroggio @FDD Tom Joscelyn, @thomasjoscelyn, Long War Journal and FDD; and Bill Roggio, @billroggio, Long War Journal and FDD; in re: Al Masri targeted killing in Iran.  US used Israeli connections. /  Al Qaeda’s second-highest leader, accused of being one of the masterminds of the deadly 1998 attacks on American embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran three months ago, intelligence officials have confirmed.        New York Times: Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who went by the nom de guerre Abu Muhammad al-Masri, was gunned down on the streets of Tehran by two assassins on a motorcycle on Aug. 7, the anniversary of the embassy attacks. He was killed along with his daughter, Miriam, the widow of Osama bin Laden’s son Hamza bin Laden.  The attack was carried out by Israeli operatives at the behest of the United States, according to four of the officials. It is unclear what role if any was played by the United States, which had been tracking the movements of Mr. al-Masri and other Qaeda operatives in Iran for years.       The killing occurred in such a netherworld of geopolitical intrigue and counterterrorism spycraft that Mr. al-Masri’s death had been rumored but never confirmed until now. For reasons that are still obscure, Al Qaeda has not announced the death of one of its top leaders, Iranian officials covered it up, and no country has publicly claimed responsibility for it. ...more

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• 725: The strong likelihood that the GOP wins both Georgia run-offs. @JohnFund @NRO

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  Nov 17 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1922. Navy - Georgia Tech game, 10/21/22  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe strong likelihood that the GOP wins both Georgia run-offs. @JohnFund @NROhttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/11/dont-believe-the-hype-gop-favored-in-georgia-runoffs/

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• 725: The GOP presidential timber of Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland, cancer survivor and virus manager. @DavidMDerucker @DCExaminer

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  Nov 17 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1980. Aerial view of Annapolis, Maryland  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe GOP presidential timber of Governor Larry Hogan of Maryland, cancer survivor and virus manager. @DavidMDerucker @DCExaminerhttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/larry-hogan-urges-gop-to-move-on-from-trump-and-hints-at-2024-bid

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• 724: 2/2 Unbound: A True Story of War, Love, and Survival, by Dean King

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  Nov 17 2020

  Image: A Communist speaker addresses a crowd after the Long March. Unbound: A True Story of War, Love, and Survival, by Dean King In October 1934, the Chinese Communist Army found itself facing annihilation, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Nationalist soldiers. Rather than surrender, 86,000 Communists embarked on an epic flight to safety. Only thirty were women. Their trek would eventually cover 4,000 miles over 370 days. Under enemy fire they crossed highland swamps, climbed Tibetan peaks, scrambled over chain bridges, and trudged through the sands of the western deserts. Fewer than 10,000 of them would survive, but remarkably all of the women would live to tell the tale.  Unbound is an amazing story of love, friendship, and survival written by a new master of adventure narrative. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00351DSPU/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i7 ...more

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• 724: 1/2 Unbound: A True Story of War, Love, and Survival, by Dean King

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  Nov 17 2020

  Image: Mao Tse-tung's section of the Long March went through Yunnan.  Here:  THE GATE OF CHOU-CHOU in Yunnan,  All of the first- and second-class cities in Yunnan are surrounded by high walls, and are entered through four or more picturesque gates. Unbound: A True Story of War, Love, and Survival, by Dean King In October 1934, the Chinese Communist Army found itself facing annihilation, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Nationalist soldiers. Rather than surrender, 86,000 Communists embarked on an epic flight to safety. Only thirty were women. Their trek would eventually cover 4,000 miles over 370 days. Under enemy fire they crossed highland swamps, climbed Tibetan peaks, scrambled over chain bridges, and trudged through the sands of the western deserts. Fewer than 10,000 of them would survive, but remarkably all of the women would live to tell the tale.  Unbound is an amazing story of love, friendship, and survival written by a new master of adventure narrative. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00351DSPU/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i7 ...more

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• 723: Hell to Pay: 2of2: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947 Kindle Edition.by D. M. Giangreco (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 17 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication1946. Artwork: "Atomic Landscape" Nagasaki, Japan 1946 - Artist: Robert Graham Catalog Number: 35.3.46  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Hell to Pay: 2of2: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947 Kindle Edition.by D. M. Giangreco   (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Hell-Pay-Operation-DOWNFALL-1945-1947-ebook/dp/B07FRJGY4R/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Two years before the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki helped bring a quick end to hostilities in the summer of 1945, U.S. planners began work on Operation Downfall, codename for the Allied invasions of Kyushu and Honshu, in the Japanese home islands. While other books have examined Operation Downfall, D. M. Giangreco offers the most complete and exhaustively researched consideration of the plans and their implications. He explores related issues of the first operational use of the atomic bomb and the Soviet Union’s entry into the war, including the controversy surrounding estimates of potential U.S. casualties.Following years of intense research at numerous archives, Giangreco now paints a convincing and horrific picture of the veritable hell that awaited invader and defender. In the process, he demolishes the myths that Japan was trying to surrender during the summer of 1945 and that U.S. officials later wildly exaggerated casualty figures to justify using the atomic bombs to influence the Soviet Union. As Giangreco writes, “Both sides were rushing headlong toward a disastrous confrontation in the Home Islands in which poison gas and atomic weapons were to be employed as MacArthur’s intelligence chief, Charles Willoughby, succinctly put it, ‘a hard and bitter struggle with no quarter asked or given.’”Hell to Pay examines the invasion of Japan in light of the large body of Japanese and American operational and tactical planning documents the author unearthed in familiar and obscure archives. It includes postwar interrogations and reports that senior Japanese commanders and their staffs were ordered to produce for General MacArthur’s headquarters. This groundbreaking history counters the revisionist interpretations questioning the rationale for the use of the atomic bomb and shows that President Truman’s decision was based on real estimates of the enormous human cost of a conventional invasion.This revised edition of Hell to Pay expands on several areas covered in the previous book and deals with three new topics: U.S.-Soviet cooperation in the war against Imperial Japan; U.S., Soviet, and Japanese plans for the invasion and defense of the northernmost Home Island of Hokkaido; and Operation Blacklist, the three-phase insertion of American occupation forces into Japan. It also contains additional text, relevant archival material, supplemental photos, and new maps, making this the definitive edition of an important historical work....more

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• 723: Hell to Pay: 1of2: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947 Kindle Edition.by D. M. Giangreco (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 17 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1945. Photographs Used In The Report Effects of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Hell to Pay: 1of2: Operation DOWNFALL and the Invasion of Japan, 1945-1947 Kindle Edition.by D. M. Giangreco   (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Hell-Pay-Operation-DOWNFALL-1945-1947-ebook/dp/B07FRJGY4R/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Two years before the atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki helped bring a quick end to hostilities in the summer of 1945, U.S. planners began work on Operation Downfall, codename for the Allied invasions of Kyushu and Honshu, in the Japanese home islands. While other books have examined Operation Downfall, D. M. Giangreco offers the most complete and exhaustively researched consideration of the plans and their implications. He explores related issues of the first operational use of the atomic bomb and the Soviet Union’s entry into the war, including the controversy surrounding estimates of potential U.S. casualties.Following years of intense research at numerous archives, Giangreco now paints a convincing and horrific picture of the veritable hell that awaited invader and defender. In the process, he demolishes the myths that Japan was trying to surrender during the summer of 1945 and that U.S. officials later wildly exaggerated casualty figures to justify using the atomic bombs to influence the Soviet Union. As Giangreco writes, “Both sides were rushing headlong toward a disastrous confrontation in the Home Islands in which poison gas and atomic weapons were to be employed as MacArthur’s intelligence chief, Charles Willoughby, succinctly put it, ‘a hard and bitter struggle with no quarter asked or given.’”Hell to Pay examines the invasion of Japan in light of the large body of Japanese and American operational and tactical planning documents the author unearthed in familiar and obscure archives. It includes postwar interrogations and reports that senior Japanese commanders and their staffs were ordered to produce for General MacArthur’s headquarters. This groundbreaking history counters the revisionist interpretations questioning the rationale for the use of the atomic bomb and shows that President Truman’s decision was based on real estimates of the enormous human cost of a conventional invasion.This revised edition of Hell to Pay expands on several areas covered in the previous book and deals with three new topics: U.S.-Soviet cooperation in the war against Imperial Japan; U.S., Soviet, and Japanese plans for the invasion and defense of the northernmost Home Island of Hokkaido; and Operation Blacklist, the three-phase insertion of American occupation forces into Japan. It also contains additional text, relevant archival material, supplemental photos, and new maps, making this the definitive edition of an important historical work....more

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• 721: European Hunter-gatherers of 8000 BCE. @MBalter, @ScienceMagazine

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  Nov 16 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1540. Jachtscène met Meleager die het Calydonische everzwijn doodt met een lans. Andere jagers en jachthonden rechts. Op de achtergrond staan toeschouwers.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowEuropean Hunter-gatherers of 8000 BCE. @MBalter, @ScienceMagazine http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/01/how-farming-reshaped-our-genomes"This southern European genome showed striking similarities with that of a number of other hunter-gatherers in northern and Eastern Europe and suggested that early nomadic hunter-gatherers were a far more cohesive group—both genetically and culturally—than researchers had realized...." ...more

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• 721: “Yellowstone never stops shaking;" or, The Super Caldera that Lies Beneath. Sid Perkins, Science Magazine.

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  Nov 16 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1874. Lower Yellowstone range / Moran, 1874 L. Prang & Co.Moran, Thomas, 1837-1926, artist.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow“Yellowstone never stops shaking;" or, The Super Caldera that Lies Beneath. Sid Perkins, Science Magazine.   http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2014/03/explainer-strong-quakes-rock-yellowstone

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• 722: 2/2 Heaven's Bride: The Unprintable Life of Ida C. Craddock, American Mystic, Scholar, Sexologist, Martyr, and Madwoman, by Leigh Eric Schmidt

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  Nov 16 2020

  Image:  Ashea Wabe is seen here as Little Egypt, in one of a series of photos by Benjamin Falk. Heaven's Bride: The Unprintable Life of Ida C. Craddock, American Mystic, Scholar, Sexologist, Martyr, and Madwoman, by Leigh Eric Schmidt  The nineteenth-century eccentric Ida C. Craddock was by turns a secular freethinker, a religious visionary, a civil-liberties advocate, and a resolute defender of belly-dancing. Arrested and tried repeatedly on obscenity charges, she was deemed a danger to public morality for her candor about sexuality. By the end of her life Craddock, the nemesis of the notorious vice crusader Anthony Comstock, had become a favorite of free-speech defenders and women's rights activists. She soon became as well the case-history darling of one of America's earliest and most determined Freudians. In Heaven's Bride, the prize-winning historian Leigh Eric Schmidt offers a rich biography of this forgotten mystic, who occupied the seemingly incongruous roles of yoga priestess, suppressed sexologist, and suspected madwoman. In Schmidt's evocative telling, Craddock's story reveals the beginning of the end of Christian America, a harbinger of spiritual variety and sexual revolution.  https://www.amazon.com/Heavens-Bride-Unprintable-Craddock-Sexologist-ebook/dp/B0047T86EC/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=ida+craddock&qid=1605483350&s=digital-text&sr=1-2 ...more

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• 722: 1/2 Heaven's Bride: The Unprintable Life of Ida C. Craddock, American Mystic, Scholar, Sexologist, Martyr, and Madwoman, by Leigh Eric Schmidt

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  Nov 16 2020

  Image:  Portrait of Ida Craddock Heaven's Bride: The Unprintable Life of Ida C. Craddock, American Mystic, Scholar, Sexologist, Martyr, and Madwoman, by Leigh Eric Schmidt  The nineteenth-century eccentric Ida C. Craddock was by turns a secular freethinker, a religious visionary, a civil-liberties advocate, and a resolute defender of belly-dancing. Arrested and tried repeatedly on obscenity charges, she was deemed a danger to public morality for her candor about sexuality. By the end of her life Craddock, the nemesis of the notorious vice crusader Anthony Comstock, had become a favorite of free-speech defenders and women's rights activists. She soon became as well the case-history darling of one of America's earliest and most determined Freudians. In Heaven's Bride, the prize-winning historian Leigh Eric Schmidt offers a rich biography of this forgotten mystic, who occupied the seemingly incongruous roles of yoga priestess, suppressed sexologist, and suspected madwoman. In Schmidt's evocative telling, Craddock's story reveals the beginning of the end of Christian America, a harbinger of spiritual variety and sexual revolution.  https://www.amazon.com/Heavens-Bride-Unprintable-Craddock-Sexologist-ebook/dp/B0047T86EC/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=ida+craddock&qid=1605483350&s=digital-text&sr=1-2 ...more

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• 721: Classic Richard Epstein: 2/2: The “Take Care” Clause & DAPA, 2016.@RichardAEpstein. @HooverInst

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1937. Waiting to enter Supreme Court chamber. Washington, D.C., Oct. 4. A crowd gathered in the Supreme Court Building as early as 8 A.M. today waiting for a chance to enter the court chamber and witness the swearing in of Justice Hugo L. Black. 10/4/37  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowClassic Richard Epstein: 2/2: The “Take Care” Clause & DAPA, 2016.@RichardAEpstein. @HooverInst "The Take Care Clause has never before been enforced by the Court and most people have probably never heard of it. Found in Article II of the Constitution, it is comprised of only nine words: the president “shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” But an understanding of those nine words requires an appreciation of their roots in English history "http://www.hoover.org/research/obamas-unconstitutional-immigration-order ...more

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• 721: Classic Richard Epstein: 1/2: The “Take Care” Clause & DAPA, 2016.@RichardAEpstein. @HooverInst

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1905. SUPREME COURT, U.S. COURTROOM  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowClassic Richard Epstein: 1/2: The “Take Care” Clause & DAPA, 2016.@RichardAEpstein. @HooverInst "The Take Care Clause has never before been enforced by the Court and most people have probably never heard of it. Found in Article II of the Constitution, it is comprised of only nine words: the president “shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” But an understanding of those nine words requires an appreciation of their roots in English history "http://www.hoover.org/research/obamas-unconstitutional-immigration-order ...more

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• 721: 4/4 When Women Win: Emily's List and the Rise of Women in American Politics, by Ellen R. Malcolm and Craig Unger

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  Nov 16 2020

  Image:  Miss Alice Robertson, 6/21/1921When Women Win: Emily's List and the Rise of Women in American Politics, by Ellen R. Malcolm and Craig Unger "A must-read, sure to engage . . . An important and richly narrated reminder to women of why, 'If you not at the table, you’re on the menu.'” —Jessica Valenti, founder of Feministing.com and author of Full Frontal Feminism “Women had to fight first for the vote, and then for the right to be voted for. No one, but no one, has been more crucial to this ongoing struggle than Ellen Malcolm, and no one has more revealing stories to tell, her own plus those of women candidates in all our diversity. When Women Win will give you faith that this country might one day become a democracy.” —Gloria Steinem In 1985, aware of the near-total absence of women in Congress, Ellen Malcolm launched EMILY’s List, a powerhouse political organization that seeks to ignite change by getting women elected to office. The rest is riveting history: since then, EMILY’s List has helped elect 23 women Senators, 12 governors, and 116 Democratic women to the House. When Women Win delivers stories of some of the toughest political contests of the past three decades, including the historic victory of Barbara Mikulski as the first Democratic woman elected to the Senate in her own right and Elizabeth Warren’s dramatic Senate win. When Women Win is both a page-turning political drama and an important look at the effects of women’s engagement in politics. “Both a rip-roaring political tale and an inspirational blueprint—with every trade secret revealed—of how and why Democratic women have been on the rise in electoral politics for three decades.” —Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic leader “Superwoman Ellen R. Malcolm, with Craig Unger, heroically continues to beat the drum for female equality in When Women Win.” —Vanity Fair https://www.amazon.com/When-Women-Win-American-Politics/dp/1328710270/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=When+Women+Win%3A+Emily%27s+List+and+the+Rise+of+Women+in+American+Politics%2C+by+Ellen+R.+Malcolm+and+Craig+Unger&qid=1605483838&sr=8-1 ...more

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• 721: 3/4 When Women Win: Emily's List and the Rise of Women in American Politics, by Ellen R. Malcolm and Craig Unger

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  Nov 16 2020

  Image:  The proceedings of the Woman's Rights Convention, held at West Chester, Pa., June 2d and 3d, 1852 When Women Win: Emily's List and the Rise of Women in American Politics, by Ellen R. Malcolm and Craig Unger "A must-read, sure to engage . . . An important and richly narrated reminder to women of why, 'If you not at the table, you’re on the menu.'” —Jessica Valenti, founder of Feministing.com and author of Full Frontal Feminism “Women had to fight first for the vote, and then for the right to be voted for. No one, but no one, has been more crucial to this ongoing struggle than Ellen Malcolm, and no one has more revealing stories to tell, her own plus those of women candidates in all our diversity. When Women Win will give you faith that this country might one day become a democracy.” —Gloria Steinem In 1985, aware of the near-total absence of women in Congress, Ellen Malcolm launched EMILY’s List, a powerhouse political organization that seeks to ignite change by getting women elected to office. The rest is riveting history: since then, EMILY’s List has helped elect 23 women Senators, 12 governors, and 116 Democratic women to the House. When Women Win delivers stories of some of the toughest political contests of the past three decades, including the historic victory of Barbara Mikulski as the first Democratic woman elected to the Senate in her own right and Elizabeth Warren’s dramatic Senate win. When Women Win is both a page-turning political drama and an important look at the effects of women’s engagement in politics. “Both a rip-roaring political tale and an inspirational blueprint—with every trade secret revealed—of how and why Democratic women have been on the rise in electoral politics for three decades.” —Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic leader “Superwoman Ellen R. Malcolm, with Craig Unger, heroically continues to beat the drum for female equality in When Women Win.” —Vanity Fair https://www.amazon.com/When-Women-Win-American-Politics/dp/1328710270/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=When+Women+Win%3A+Emily%27s+List+and+the+Rise+of+Women+in+American+Politics%2C+by+Ellen+R.+Malcolm+and+Craig+Unger&qid=1605483838&sr=8-1 ...more

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• 721: 2/4 When Women Win: Emily's List and the Rise of Women in American Politics, by Ellen R. Malcolm and Craig Unger

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  Image:   The torch bearer : a look forward and back at the Woman's journal, the organ of the woman's movement (National American  Woman’s Suffrage Association).   When Women Win: Emily's List and the Rise of Women in American Politics, by Ellen R. Malcolm and Craig Unger "A must-read, sure to engage . . . An important and richly narrated reminder to women of why, 'If you not at the table, you’re on the menu.'” —Jessica Valenti, founder of Feministing.com and author of Full Frontal Feminism “Women had to fight first for the vote, and then for the right to be voted for. No one, but no one, has been more crucial to this ongoing struggle than Ellen Malcolm, and no one has more revealing stories to tell, her own plus those of women candidates in all our diversity. When Women Win will give you faith that this country might one day become a democracy.” —Gloria Steinem In 1985, aware of the near-total absence of women in Congress, Ellen Malcolm launched EMILY’s List, a powerhouse political organization that seeks to ignite change by getting women elected to office. The rest is riveting history: since then, EMILY’s List has helped elect 23 women Senators, 12 governors, and 116 Democratic women to the House. When Women Win delivers stories of some of the toughest political contests of the past three decades, including the historic victory of Barbara Mikulski as the first Democratic woman elected to the Senate in her own right and Elizabeth Warren’s dramatic Senate win. When Women Win is both a page-turning political drama and an important look at the effects of women’s engagement in politics. “Both a rip-roaring political tale and an inspirational blueprint—with every trade secret revealed—of how and why Democratic women have been on the rise in electoral politics for three decades.” —Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic leader “Superwoman Ellen R. Malcolm, with Craig Unger, heroically continues to beat the drum for female equality in When Women Win.” —Vanity Fair https://www.amazon.com/When-Women-Win-American-Politics/dp/1328710270/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=When+Women+Win%3A+Emily%27s+List+and+the+Rise+of+Women+in+American+Politics%2C+by+Ellen+R.+Malcolm+and+Craig+Unger&qid=1605483838&sr=8-1 .. ...more

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• 721: 1/4 When Women Win: Emily's List and the Rise of Women in American Politics, by Ellen R. Malcolm and Craig Unger

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  Nov 16 2020

  Image:  First woman congress member protests increase in nation's armed forces. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. Jeanette Rankin, first woman member of Congress, told the Naval Affairs Committee for the House today that there is as 'much technical opinion within the Navy Department against the fortification of Guam as there is for it', and that the reason that the committee had not heard such opinions is because, 'announcements of policy come only from the top.' Miss Rankin voted against U.S. entrance into the World War, 2-7-1939 When Women Win: Emily's List and the Rise of Women in American Politics, by Ellen R. Malcolm and Craig Unger "A must-read, sure to engage . . . An important and richly narrated reminder to women of why, 'If you not at the table, you’re on the menu.'” —Jessica Valenti, founder of Feministing.com and author of Full Frontal Feminism “Women had to fight first for the vote, and then for the right to be voted for. No one, but no one, has been more crucial to this ongoing struggle than Ellen Malcolm, and no one has more revealing stories to tell, her own plus those of women candidates in all our diversity. When Women Win will give you faith that this country might one day become a democracy.” —Gloria Steinem In 1985, aware of the near-total absence of women in Congress, Ellen Malcolm launched EMILY’s List, a powerhouse political organization that seeks to ignite change by getting women elected to office. The rest is riveting history: since then, EMILY’s List has helped elect 23 women Senators, 12 governors, and 116 Democratic women to the House. When Women Win delivers stories of some of the toughest political contests of the past three decades, including the historic victory of Barbara Mikulski as the first Democratic woman elected to the Senate in her own right and Elizabeth Warren’s dramatic Senate win. When Women Win is both a page-turning political drama and an important look at the effects of women’s engagement in politics. “Both a rip-roaring political tale and an inspirational blueprint—with every trade secret revealed—of how and why Democratic women have been on the rise in electoral politics for three decades.” —Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic leader “Superwoman Ellen R. Malcolm, with Craig Unger, heroically continues to beat the drum for female equality in When Women Win.” —Vanity Fair https://www.amazon.com/When-Women-Win-American-Politics/dp/1328710270/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=When+Women+Win%3A+Emily%27s+List+and+the+Rise+of+Women+in+American+Politics%2C+by+Ellen+R.+Malcolm+and+Craig+Unger&qid=1605483838&sr=8-1 ...more

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• 720: 2/2 After Fidel: The Inside Story of Castro's Regime and Cuba's Next Leader, by Brian Latell

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  Nov 16 2020

  Image:  Screenshot from the 638 Ways to Kill Castro film trailer After Fidel: The Inside Story of Castro's Regime and Cuba's Next Leader, by Brian Latell  This is a compelling, behind-the-scenes account of the extraordinary Castro brothers and the impending dynastic succession of Fidel's younger brother Raul. Brian Latell, the CIA analyst who has followed Castro since the sixties, gives an unprecedented view into Fidel’s and Raul's remarkable relationship, revealing how they have collaborated in policy making, divided responsibilities, and resolved disagreements for more than forty years—a challenge to the notion that Fidel always acts alone. Latell has had more access to the brothers than anyone else in this country, and his briefs to the CIA informed much of U.S. policy. Based on his knowledge of Raul Castro, Latell makes projections on what kind of leader Raul would be and how the shift in power might influence U.S.–Cuban relations....more

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• 720: 1/2 After Fidel: The Inside Story of Castro's Regime and Cuba's Next Leader, by Brian Latell

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  Image:  Oil painting of Fidel Castro at a Revolution Museum in Havana, Cuba   After Fidel: The Inside Story of Castro's Regime and Cuba's Next Leader, by Brian Latell  This is a compelling, behind-the-scenes account of the extraordinary Castro brothers and the impending dynastic succession of Fidel's younger brother Raul. Brian Latell, the CIA analyst who has followed Castro since the sixties, gives an unprecedented view into Fidel’s and Raul's remarkable relationship, revealing how they have collaborated in policy making, divided responsibilities, and resolved disagreements for more than forty years—a challenge to the notion that Fidel always acts alone. Latell has had more access to the brothers than anyone else in this country, and his briefs to the CIA informed much of U.S. policy. Based on his knowledge of Raul Castro, Latell makes projections on what kind of leader Raul would be and how the shift in power might influence U.S.–Cuban relations. ...more

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• 719: 4/4 Heir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edward P Kohn

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  Nov 16 2020

  Image:  “Stand pat!”   Montage showing a drawn hand holding four playing cards labeled "sound money, expansion, protection, prosperity" and the fifth card with a photographic portrait of Theodore Roosevelt. Heir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edward P Kohn   https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E257TTE/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2 Theodore Roosevelt is best remembered as America's prototypical "cowboy" president—a Rough Rider who derived his political wisdom from a youth spent in the untamed American West. But while the great outdoors certainly shaped Roosevelt's identity, the historian Edward P. Kohn argues that it was his hometown of New York that made him the progressive president we celebrate today. During his early political career, Roosevelt took on local Republican factions and Tammany Hall Democrats alike, proving his commitment to reform at all costs. He combatted the city's rampant corruption, and helped to guide New York through the perils of rabid urbanization and the challenges of accommodating an influx of immigrants, experiences that would serve him well as president of the United States. A riveting account of a man and a city on the brink of greatness, Heir to the Empire City reveals that Roosevelt's true education took place not in the West but on the mean streets of nineteenth-century New York. ...more

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• 719: 3/4 Heir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edward P Kohn

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  Nov 16 2020

  Image:  T.R. [Theodore Roosevelt] in France Heir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edward P Kohn   https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E257TTE/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2 Theodore Roosevelt is best remembered as America's prototypical "cowboy" president—a Rough Rider who derived his political wisdom from a youth spent in the untamed American West. But while the great outdoors certainly shaped Roosevelt's identity, the historian Edward P. Kohn argues that it was his hometown of New York that made him the progressive president we celebrate today. During his early political career, Roosevelt took on local Republican factions and Tammany Hall Democrats alike, proving his commitment to reform at all costs. He combatted the city's rampant corruption, and helped to guide New York through the perils of rabid urbanization and the challenges of accommodating an influx of immigrants, experiences that would serve him well as president of the United States. A riveting account of a man and a city on the brink of greatness, Heir to the Empire City reveals that Roosevelt's true education took place not in the West but on the mean streets of nineteenth-century New York....more

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• 719: 2/4 Heir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edward P Kohn

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  Nov 16 2020

  Image:  Scribner's for October. A Colorado Bear Hunt, by Theodore Roosevelt Heir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edward P Kohn   https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E257TTE/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2 Theodore Roosevelt is best remembered as America's prototypical "cowboy" president—a Rough Rider who derived his political wisdom from a youth spent in the untamed American West. But while the great outdoors certainly shaped Roosevelt's identity, the historian Edward P. Kohn argues that it was his hometown of New York that made him the progressive president we celebrate today. During his early political career, Roosevelt took on local Republican factions and Tammany Hall Democrats alike, proving his commitment to reform at all costs. He combatted the city's rampant corruption, and helped to guide New York through the perils of rabid urbanization and the challenges of accommodating an influx of immigrants, experiences that would serve him well as president of the United States. A riveting account of a man and a city on the brink of greatness, Heir to the Empire City reveals that Roosevelt's true education took place not in the West but on the mean streets of nineteenth-century New York....more

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• 719: 1/4 Heir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edward P Kohn

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  Nov 16 2020

  Image:  A crown he is entitled to wear. Theodore Roosevelt wearing ornate allegorical crown of Panama Canal, "the greatest achievement for trade in modern time” Heir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt, by Edward P Kohn   https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E257TTE/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p1_i2 Theodore Roosevelt is best remembered as America's prototypical "cowboy" president—a Rough Rider who derived his political wisdom from a youth spent in the untamed American West. But while the great outdoors certainly shaped Roosevelt's identity, the historian Edward P. Kohn argues that it was his hometown of New York that made him the progressive president we celebrate today. During his early political career, Roosevelt took on local Republican factions and Tammany Hall Democrats alike, proving his commitment to reform at all costs. He combatted the city's rampant corruption, and helped to guide New York through the perils of rabid urbanization and the challenges of accommodating an influx of immigrants, experiences that would serve him well as president of the United States. A riveting account of a man and a city on the brink of greatness, Heir to the Empire City reveals that Roosevelt's true education took place not in the West but on the mean streets of nineteenth-century New York. ...more

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• 716: 2/2 What if the San Jacinto Fault ruptured along with the San Andreas Fault. Julian C. Lozos, CSUN. @ScienceMagazine

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  Nov 15 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.2000. The prominent linear feature straight down the center of this perspective view is California famous San Andreas Fault. The image was created with data from NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission SRTM.NASA/JPL/NIMA http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow2/2 What if the San Jacinto Fault ruptured along with the San Andreas Fault. Julian C. Lozos, CSUN. @ScienceMagazinehttp://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/3/e1500621.fullAbstract: The San Andreas fault is considered to be the primary plate boundary fault in southern California and the most likely fault to produce a major earthquake. I use dynamic rupture modeling to show that the San Jacinto fault is capable of rupturing along with the San Andreas in a single earthquake, and interpret these results along with existing paleoseismic data and historic damage reports to suggest that this has likely occurred in the historic past. In particular, I find that paleoseismic data and historic observations for the ~M7.5 earthquake of 8 December 1812 are best explained by a rupture that begins on the San Jacinto fault and propagates onto the San Andreas fault. This precedent carries the implications that similar joint ruptures are possible in the future and that the San Jacinto fault plays a more significant role in seismic hazard in southern California than previously considered. My work also shows how physics-based modeling can be used for interpreting paleoseismic data sets and understanding prehistoric fault behavior. ...more

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• 716: 1/2 What if the San Jacinto Fault ruptured along with the San Andreas Fault. Julian C. Lozos, CSUN. @ScienceMagazine

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  Nov 15 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 2014. ISS040-E-114379  (31 Aug. 2014) --- One of the Expedition 40 crew members aboard the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, flying at an altitude of approximately 225 nautical miles, photographed this image of California's Salton Sea on Aug. 31, 2014.  The body of water is actually a shallow, saline, endorheic rift lake located directly on the San Andreas Fault, predominantly in the Imperial and Coachella Valleys. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow1/2 What if the San Jacinto Fault ruptured along with the San Andreas Fault. Julian C. Lozos, CSUN. @ScienceMagazinehttp://advances.sciencemag.org/content/2/3/e1500621.fullAbstract: The San Andreas fault is considered to be the primary plate boundary fault in southern California and the most likely fault to produce a major earthquake. I use dynamic rupture modeling to show that the San Jacinto fault is capable of rupturing along with the San Andreas in a single earthquake, and interpret these results along with existing paleoseismic data and historic damage reports to suggest that this has likely occurred in the historic past. In particular, I find that paleoseismic data and historic observations for the ~M7.5 earthquake of 8 December 1812 are best explained by a rupture that begins on the San Jacinto fault and propagates onto the San Andreas fault. This precedent carries the implications that similar joint ruptures are possible in the future and that the San Jacinto fault plays a more significant role in seismic hazard in southern California than previously considered. My work also shows how physics-based modeling can be used for interpreting paleoseismic data sets and understanding prehistoric fault behavior. ...more

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• 716: 2/2 Three thousand year-old unsolved Battle of the Tollense River Crossing, 1250 BCE. Andrew Curry, @ScienceMagazine

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  Nov 15 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1950 Birds-eye view print shows plan of the fortifications and battlefield around Demmin, Germany surrounded by Tollense and Peene rivers during siege by troops under Italian general Raimondo Montecuccoli against Swedish forces in 1658. Inset picture at bottom of print shows elevation diagram of the interior of the fortress at Demmin. Elements in print are labeled A-F with descriptive key below caption title.Title from caption at top of the print.Reference copy in LOT 4601, no. 88.Illustration in: Hauslab Album, plate 88.Original album; Purchase; 1950.Formerly: PR13 CN1950:R01. Originals were housed in blind-tooled morocco album 11 x 17 in. Original binding in P&P Suppl. Archives http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow2/2: Three thousand year-old Battle of the Tollense River Crossing, 1250 BCE. Andrew Curry, @ScienceMagazine @spoke32http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/slaughter-bridge-uncovering-colossal-bronze-age-battle ...more

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• 716: 1/2: Three thousand year-old Battle of the Tollense River Crossing, 1250 BCE. Andrew Curry, @ScienceMagazine @spoke32

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  Nov 15 2020

  Photo: Cylinder seal Syria (?)Late Bronze Age (?)  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow1/2: Three thousand year-old unsolved Battle of the Tollense River Crossing, 1250 BCE. Andrew Curry, @ScienceMagazine @spoke32http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/slaughter-bridge-uncovering-colossal-bronze-age-battle

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• 718: Sonia Sotomayor: The True American Dream, by Antonia Felix

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  Nov 15 2020

  Image: Contemplation of Justice, statue at the United States Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor: The True American Dream, by Antonia Felix  Drawing on in-depth interviews with Sonia Sotomayor's former colleagues, family, friends, and teachers, New York Times bestselling biographer Antonia Felix explores Sotomayor's childhood, the values her parents instilled in her, and the events that propelled her to the highest court in the land. With insight and thoughtful analysis, Felix paints a revealing portrait of the woman who would come to meet President Obama's rigorous criteria for a Supreme Court justice, examining how Sotomayor's experiences shed light on her Supreme Court rulings—and how she will continue to write her great American legacy.   https://www.amazon.com/Sonia-Sotomayor-True-American-Dream-ebook/dp/B003NX757W/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Felix+Sotomayor&qid=1605400692&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 ...more

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• 717: 2/2 Another Science Fiction: Advertising the Space Race 1957, by Megan Prelinger

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  Nov 15 2020

  Image:  NASA Engineer Examines the Design of a Regeneratively-Cooled Rocket Engine.  An engineer at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lewis Research Center examines a drawing showing the assembly and details of a 20,000-pound thrust regeneratively-cooled rocket engine. The engine was being designed for testing in Lewis’s new Rocket Engine Test Facility, which began operating in the fall of 1957. The facility was the largest high-energy test facility in the country that was capable of handling liquid hydrogen and other liquid chemical fuels. The facility’s use of subscale engines up to 20,000 pounds of thrust permitted a cost-effective method of testing engines under various conditions. The Rocket Engine Test Facility was critical to the development of the technology that led to the use of hydrogen as a rocket fuel and the development of lightweight, regeneratively-cooled, hydrogen-fueled rocket engines.  Another Science Fiction: Advertising the Space Race 1957; 1962 Paperback – Illustrated, April 13, 2010; by Megan Prelinger The late 1950s and early '60s were the golden age of science fiction, an era when the farthest reaches of imagination were fed by the technological breakthroughs of the postwar years. While science fiction writers expressed the dreams and nightmares of the era in pulp print, real-life rocket engineers worked on making space travel reality. The imaginations of many Cold War scientists were fed by science fiction literature, and companies often promoted their future capabilities with fantastical, colorful visions aimed at luring young engineers into their booming workforce. In between the dry articles of trade journals, a new visual vernacular sprang up. Aerospace industry ads pitched the idea that we lived in a moment where anything was possible — gravity was history, and soon so would be the confines of our solar system. Another Science Fiction presents nearly 200 entertaining, intriguing, inspiring, and mind-boggling pieces of space-age eye candy. ...more

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• 717: 1/2 Another Science Fiction: Advertising the Space Race 1957, by Megan Prelinger

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  Nov 15 2020

  mage:  118-2587 Model / NACA1957-12-23 Another Science Fiction: Advertising the Space Race 1957; 1962 Paperback – Illustrated, April 13, 2010; by Megan Prelinger The late 1950s and early '60s were the golden age of science fiction, an era when the farthest reaches of imagination were fed by the technological breakthroughs of the postwar years. While science fiction writers expressed the dreams and nightmares of the era in pulp print, real-life rocket engineers worked on making space travel reality. The imaginations of many Cold War scientists were fed by science fiction literature, and companies often promoted their future capabilities with fantastical, colorful visions aimed at luring young engineers into their booming workforce. In between the dry articles of trade journals, a new visual vernacular sprang up. Aerospace industry ads pitched the idea that we lived in a moment where anything was possible — gravity was history, and soon so would be the confines of our solar system. Another Science Fiction presents nearly 200 entertaining, intriguing, inspiring, and mind-boggling pieces of space-age eye candy. .. ...more

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• 716: Paths Without Glory: Richard Francis Burton in AfricaHardcover – Illustrated, December 1, 2009. by James L. Newman (Author)

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  Nov 15 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1993 Somalia : a country study /  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Paths Without Glory: Richard Francis Burton in AfricaHardcover – Illustrated, December 1, 2009. by James L. Newman  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Paths-Without-Glory-Richard-Francis-ebook/dp/B005CWH97S/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=paths+without+glory&qid=1605403730&s=digital-text&sr=1-1Few people have garnered so much enduring interest as Sir Richard Burton. A true polymath, Burton is best known today for his translations of the Kama Sutra and Arabian Nights. Yet, Africa stood at the center of his adult life. The Burton-Speke expedition (1856–59) that put Lake Tanganyika on the map led to years of controversy over the source of the White Nile. From 1861 to 1864 Burton served as British consul in Fernando Po and traveled widely between Ghana and Angola. He wrote prodigiously and contributed some of the first detailed ethnographic accounts of Africa’s peoples. In many ways, however, Africa proved to be Burton’s undoing. Injuries and sickness sapped his strength, he made enemies in high places, and, ironically, even the discovery of Lake Tanganyika worked to his disadvantage. Increasingly frustrated and bitter, he turned to alcohol as a frequent remedy.In this fascinating story of the relationship between a man and a continent, geographer James L. Newman provides an intimate portrait of Burton through careful examination of his journals and biographers’ rich analyses. Delving deepest into Burton’s later life and travels, Newman pinpoints the thematic mainstays of his career as a diplomat and explorer, namely his strong advocacy of aggressive imperial policies and his belief that race explained crucial human differences. Historians and scholars of the golden age of empire, as well as armchair adventurers, will not only discover what defined this famously enigmatic figure, but venture, themselves, into the heart of mid-nineteenth-century Africa....more

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• 716: 4/4 The Battle for America: The Story of an Extraordinary Election, by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson

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  Image:  James P. Root to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, November 9, 1864 (Illinois election results) The Battle for America: The Story of an Extraordinary Election, by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson https://www.amazon.com/Battle-America-Story-Extraordinary-Election-ebook/dp/B003NX7NN8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1605397178&sr=1-1 The bestselling, truly gripping account of 2008's landmark election, updated through 2009.   The election of 2008 shattered political barriers and ignited an extraordinary battle among some of the most formidable political rivals ever to seek the presidency. Now, Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson, two of America's most respected journalists, offer the first complete picture of the strategies—and singular personalities—that accompanied the candidates's first forays into Iowa and New Hampshire through Obama's historic victory on election night. Filled with insider details, this riveting, wholly nonpartisan account of the historic election will capture the attention of everyone who witnessed it, as well as future generations who wished they had. A Washington Post and L.A. Times Best Book of the Year. ...more

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• 716: 3/4 The Battle for America: The Story of an Extraordinary Election, by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson

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  Image:  William H. Smith to Abraham Lincoln, Tuesday, November 22, 1864 (Ohio election results. The Battle for America: The Story of an Extraordinary Election, by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson https://www.amazon.com/Battle-America-Story-Extraordinary-Election-ebook/dp/B003NX7NN8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1605397178&sr=1-1 The bestselling, truly gripping account of 2008's landmark election, updated through 2009.   The election of 2008 shattered political barriers and ignited an extraordinary battle among some of the most formidable political rivals ever to seek the presidency. Now, Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson, two of America's most respected journalists, offer the first complete picture of the strategies—and singular personalities—that accompanied the candidates's first forays into Iowa and New Hampshire through Obama's historic victory on election night. Filled with insider details, this riveting, wholly nonpartisan account of the historic election will capture the attention of everyone who witnessed it, as well as future generations who wished they had. A Washington Post and L.A. Times Best Book of the Year...more

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• 716: 2/4 The Battle for America: The Story of an Extraordinary Election, by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson

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  Image:  Herald election screen The Battle for America: The Story of an Extraordinary Election, by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson https://www.amazon.com/Battle-America-Story-Extraordinary-Election-ebook/dp/B003NX7NN8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1605397178&sr=1-1 The bestselling, truly gripping account of 2008's landmark election, updated through 2009.   The election of 2008 shattered political barriers and ignited an extraordinary battle among some of the most formidable political rivals ever to seek the presidency. Now, Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson, two of America's most respected journalists, offer the first complete picture of the strategies—and singular personalities—that accompanied the candidates's first forays into Iowa and New Hampshire through Obama's historic victory on election night. Filled with insider details, this riveting, wholly nonpartisan account of the historic election will capture the attention of everyone who witnessed it, as well as future generations who wished they had. A Washington Post and L.A. Times Best Book of the Year. ...more

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• 716: 1/4 The Battle for America: The Story of an Extraordinary Election, by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson

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  Nov 15 2020

  Image:  Jackson election ticket, 1824 & 1828? The Battle for America: The Story of an Extraordinary Election, by Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson https://www.amazon.com/Battle-America-Story-Extraordinary-Election-ebook/dp/B003NX7NN8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1605397178&sr=1-1 The bestselling, truly gripping account of 2008's landmark election, updated through 2009.   The election of 2008 shattered political barriers and ignited an extraordinary battle among some of the most formidable political rivals ever to seek the presidency. Now, Dan Balz and Haynes Johnson, two of America's most respected journalists, offer the first complete picture of the strategies—and singular personalities—that accompanied the candidates's first forays into Iowa and New Hampshire through Obama's historic victory on election night. Filled with insider details, this riveting, wholly nonpartisan account of the historic election will capture the attention of everyone who witnessed it, as well as future generations who wished they had. A Washington Post and L.A. Times Best Book of the Year. ...more

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• 715: Rebuilding the State Department as China arrogates Arctic privileges. @FRoseDC, @GovMattersTV @ABC7News

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  Nov 15 2020

  Image: "The Doomed Ship; or, the Wreck of the Arctic Regions." Francis Rose, @FRoseDC,  Host of @GovMattersTV @ABC7News & WJLA 24/7 News. Washington D.C., in re:  Rebuilding the State Dept - Kori Schake  https://govmatters.tv/challenges-facing-the-state-department/ Air Force General Counsel on countering China in the Arctic https://govmatters.tv/collaboration-on-the-u-s-approach-to-the-arctic/ Coast Guard in space?  https://govmatters.tv/the-coast-guards-role-in-space/

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• 714: UAE races forward as a space power. Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com

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  Nov 15 2020

  Image:  Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, brother of Sheikh Zayed, ruled Abu Dhabi from 1928 to 1966 Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com; in re: Laika died in 1957.  Rover update. . . . UAE will build its own lunar rover (10 kg); may hire out launch and landing, but this is a big step forward. Hope to launch by 2024.  Gamma ray bursts.

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• 714: Laika, the Soviet space dog; and space report. Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com

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  Nov 15 2020

  Image: Лайка— Laika, the Soviet space dog. Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com; in re:  Laika Memorial Fundraiser.  

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• 713: Success in Baku, Ankara and Moscow; not in Yerevan. @ProfBShaffer @FDD;

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  Nov 15 2020

  Image:  Oil refinery in Baku, on the Caspian. Brenda Shaffer: @ProfBShaffer  @FDD; Georgetown; in re:  Success in Baku, Ankara and Moscow; not in Yerevan.  https://www.economist.com/europe/2020/11/14/a-peace-deal-ends-a-bloody-war-over-nagorno-karabakh https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/13/nagorno-karabakh-ethnic-armenians-prepare-to-give-up-homes

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• 711: #NewAmericanCivilWar: Not since FDR 1944. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Nov 14 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1942. Berryman Political Cartoon Collection http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#NewAmericanCivilWar: Not since FDR 1944.  Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis

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• 711: #NewAmericanCivilWar: Five Stages of Heresies, Show Trials, Inquisitions, Auto-da-fes, purges that empower the enriched, venerated elite. Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis

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  Nov 14 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.Spaanse Inquisitie http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#NewAmericanCivilWar: Five Stages of Heresies, Show Trials, Inquisitions, Auto-da-fes, purges that empower  the enriched, venerated  elite.  Michael Vlahos Johns Hopkins @JHUWorldCrisis

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• 712: #SmallBusinessAmerica: Weathering Winter, restaurants need QR codes, touch-free ordering, innovative delivery. @genemarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer

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  Nov 14 2020

  Image:  1957. Julia Hobbs (left) and Joanne Jones at a local drive-in restaurant in Tallahassee, Florida  #SmallBusinessAmerica: Weathering Winter, restaurants need QR codes, touch-free ordering, innovative delivery. @genemarks @Guardian  @PhillyInquirer Gene Marks,  @genemarks @Guardian  #SmallBusinessAmerica @Guardian, Philadelphia Inquirer, and at TheHill; in re: Restaurants need QR codes; and use Doordash and Grubhub to increase sales.   All cloud-based firms are doing well. Microsoft has hundreds of thousands of partners, including many small companies.  MICROS /  Here are technologies that restaurants are using to survive COVID-19 and the winter https://www.inquirer.com/business/small-business/restaurants-technology-software-winter-takeout-survival-mcdonalds-doordash-open-table-caviar-uber-phone-20201104.html Microsoft Is Having an Excellent Pandemic . . . and Other Small Business Tech News https://www.forbes.com/sites/quickerbettertech/2020/11/02/microsoft-is-having-an-excellent-pandemicand-other-small-business-tech-news/?sh=7b03528072c3 Fight over Gig Workers Persists Despite Win for Uber and Lyft https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/business/economy/california-gig-workers-ballot-uber-lyft.html Here is what small businesses fear most about a Joe Biden presidency https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/nov/12/here-is-what-small-businesses-fear-the-most-about-/ How do you feel about Trump supporters? The answer impacts your small business https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/nov/12/us-small-business-trump-supporters Is your small business eligible for PPP forgiveness? Here’s why you may want to wait https://www.inquirer.com/business/ppp-loans-loan-forgiveness-stimulus-congress-banks-pelosi-election-covid-19-bankruptcy-20201021.html 81 Percent of U.S. Adults Do Not Regularly Use Twitter https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/356936     ...more

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• 712: #SmallBusinessAmerica: The second wave and shutdowns: is the sky falling on small businesses? @genemarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer

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  Nov 14 2020

  Image:  1919 Ernest Haskell (American, Woodstock, Connecticut 1876–1925 West Point, Maine) #SmallBusinessAmerica: The second wave and shutdowns: is the sky falling on small businesses?  @genemarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer   Gene Marks,  @genemarks @Guardian  #SmallBusinessAmerica, Philadelphia Inquirer, and at TheHill; in re:  NFIB: National Federation of Independent Businesses publishes a monthly optimism index. The sky is falling on small businesses.  Job openings now are within 2% of February.  Online sales up 35% from last year.  MACRO /  The NFIB Optimism Index remained at 104.0 in October, unchanged from September and a historically high reading. As reported in NFIB’s monthly jobs report, small business owners are looking to hire, reporting a historically high level of job openings in October. Overall, 55% of owners reported hiring or trying to hire in October, down 1 point from September. Thirty-three percent (seasonally adjusted) of all owners reported job openings they could not fill in the current period, down 3 points from September’s report.  http://www.nfib.com/surveys/small-business-economic-trends/ In the week ending November 7, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 709,000, a decrease of 48,000 from the previous week's revised level https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf Cleveland Fed: Key Measures Show Inflation Eased Year over Year in October https://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2020/11/cleveland-fed-key-measures-show.html TSA Travellers:  still slow https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ovwAS8B0M6U/X6k_NNn60iI/AAAAAAAA29A/1gkaxKc0dmgn4JaHCCM4TXInQ80w9CPrgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1027/TSANov92020.PNG San Francisco voters approve taxes on CEOs, big businesses https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/california/story/2020-11-04/san-francisco-voters-approve-taxes-on-ceos-big-businesses Here are the big tax headaches that could hit firms and employees who work from home https://www.inquirer.com/business/taxes-incomes-pennsylvania-new-jersey-philadelphia-wage-nexus--20201027.html Little-known COVID-related tax benefits could save small businesses a bundle this year https://www.inquirer.com/business/cares-act-small-business-tax-breaks-covid-19-losses-20201109.html     ...more

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• 711: Dramatic supervised weight loss and wellness by NJDiet.com in the time of a virus that targets obesity and co-morbidities. Dr. Arthur Turovets NJDiet.com

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  Nov 14 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.Österlings gymnaster.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowDramatic supervised weight loss and wellness by NJDiet.com in the time of a virus that targets obesity and co-morbidities. Dr. Arthur Turovets NJDiet.comhttps://www.njdiet.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQiA-rj9BRCAARIsANB_4AB3paYZC3pEWameKVRHaRJVHH14qvGs-tfO6WNQSe01HaQ2bFWq9HEaAt9DEALw_wcB 

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• 711: #TheScalaReport: Silicon Valley and Big Tech meet the prospective Biden Administration. Obama 2.0? Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com

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  Nov 14 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1939 San Jose.. Contractors camp for pea pickers. Santa Clara Valley. Valley in background. Near San Jose, California http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#TheScalaReport: Silicon Valley and Big Tech meet the prospective Biden Administration.  Obama 2.0?  Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com https://www.ft.com/content/44f738e8-eb6f-4394-b833-6b3207ce31bf

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• 711: House GOP aims for majority rule in 2022. @DevinNunes CA-22

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  Nov 14 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1913. Electoral count, House of Representatives  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowHouse GOP aims for majority rule in 2022. @DevinNunes CA-22

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• 711: California GOP rising as David Valadao looks to reclaim CA 21st. @DevinNunes

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  Nov 14 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1945. Motel Bel Air, U. S. 99 at Olive, No. end Fresno, Calif.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowCalifornia GOP rising as David Valadao looks to reclaim  CA 21st.  @DevinNunes https://www.fresnobee.com/news/politics-government/election/local-election/article247177634.html

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• 712: The SCOTUS balance of power 2020 . @RichardAEpstein, @HooverInst

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  Nov 14 2020

  Image: 1910. U.S. Supreme Court groupThe SCOTUS balance of power 2020 .  @RichardAEpstein, @HooverInst Richard Epstein: @RichardAEpstein, @HooverInst, Chicago Law, NYU Law, Hoover Defining Ideas, in re:  Now that the Court is 6–3, Roberts will make it 5–4.  Far left: Sotomayor; then Kagan and Bryer; then Roberts; then in the center: Kavanaugh, then Barrett; Gorsuch, Alito, Thomas.  Doubt that Obamacare will be overturned, nor Roe vs Wade. Gay right are established.

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• 712: “Prayer is powerful when you're in distress.” Governors issuing constitutionally doubtful edicts aimed at houses of worship. @RichardAEpstein, @HooverInst

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  Nov 14 2020

  Image:  1945 Christ Church, Alexandria, VA., where Washington worshipped “Prayer is powerful when you're in distress.”  Governors issuing constitutionally doubtful edicts aimed at houses of worship.    @RichardAEpstein, @HooverInst Richard Epstein: @RichardAEpstein, @HooverInst; Chicago Law, NYU Law, Hoover Defining Ideas, in re:  Religious liberty in the United States.  Samuel Alito said the corona virus pandemic has resulted in previously-unimagined restrictions on religious liberty.    “The real risk of government abuse arises” when the state enforces  _____ laws.  Threatening criminal arrest.  The US is a large country with many different [subcultures].   . . .  Further, what do you do with public schools and religious schools?  Unions want to close public schools, whereas the latter want to meet in person. It's been over eight months.    Fulton vs City of Philadelphia.   The emerging regulations seem to be decided by seat-of-pants methods.  When you can't go to church but see people going to casinos, it causes alienation.  Unequal application of laws to religions—even among Catholics, Jews, Muslim, Protestants.   Prayer is a powerful colleague when you're in distress. To close houses of worship requires much more scrutiny than it’s received.  Abuse of power using the criminal code:  this is not where you want people to enforce their opinions of what’s good and virtuous socially, especially such as the governor of New York is doing. The social fabric is sufficiently frayed at present; need to find ways to be as accommodating as possible.  Classic cases of overreach by Governor Cuomo and Mayor DeBlasio.  https://www.hoover.org/research/religious-liberty-should-prevail ...more

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• 712: CA theme parks succumbing to the virus, but homeless camps growing glam. Jeff Bliss: #PacificWatch,

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  Nov 14 2020

  Image:1939 Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information Negatives Patrons stroll among the rides at a theme park; here: King's Island in Mason, a northeastern suburb of Cincinnati, OhioCA theme parks succumbing to the virus, but homeless camps growing glam.  Jeff Bliss: #PacificWatch, Jeff Bliss: #PacificWatch, in re:  California theme parks: funds running out, not clear that federal money will come through; hourly wage-workers are pressed to feed their families. Not just the theme parks, but many that are particular to Cali.  Also, across the country.  Can/will Sacramento do anything?   Not clear. The parks brings in billons to the economy; so far, estimates that more than $7 billion is lost; “We need some relief here, and we need to reopen.”  Waiting till 2021 is a blow not only to park workers but to all the businesses around them.  Traffic in LA?  Coming back, but we may be shutting down again. McMansions: new, souped-up, modified, homeless encampments with fixtures added: people tap into city power lines, air conditioning, and light and cook in their tents, bring in water from fire hydrants.   Even a tiki bar. “remind me of the Tiki Amusement at Disneyworld with singing bird.  Portland: Antifa? Ken Wheeler has been a bulwark against police takeover; won election; is working on rewriting documents (no more “him” or “her”).  https://www.presstelegram.com/2020/11/12/disneyland-to-remain-closed-until-2021-disney-official-says/ ...more

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• 712: The origins of the bitter divide date to Bush v. Gore, 2000. @DanHenninger, @WSJOpinion

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  Nov 14 2020

  Image:  Vare–Wilson election case, 1/15/27The origins of the bitter divide date to Bush v. Gore, 2000.  @DanHenninger, @WSJOpinion Dan Henninger: @DanHenninger, @WSJOpinion; editorial board and Wonder Land column; in re:   Whence the bitterness among us now about the election?  Start with the election of 2000: hanging chads.  Bush and Gore were separated by fewer than 600 votes.  Ultimately resolved by the Supreme Court, ruled 5–4 that George W Bush had won.  Democrats believed the election was stolen by the Court; partisanship subsequently widened.  At present, refusal of the president to concede and Biden’s inability to get on with a transition.   Al Gore conceded on election night, then withdrew it; it eventually took 37 days to resolve it, via first the Florida supreme court then at the federal Supreme Court. Has anyone apologized to Donald Trump for three years of the Russian allegations that turned out to be meaningless? Why would anyone be surprised after all the falsity that was dumped on him for years?  Mrs Clinton called President Trump “illegitimate,” even after the Mueller investigation came to naught.  Despite the deep harassment, the administration accomplished important matters: the cooling of tensions in the Middle East, tax reforms, legal shifts to free unjustly incarcerated prisoners, a major reduction of North Korean missile shots over Japan, the assemblage of the Quad, Japan, Australia, India, and the US, to counter China’s aggressive, illegal and, as it turns out, lethal predations.  https:// www.wsj.com/articles/joe-bidens-florida-nightmare-11605134036?st=mnluvam99vfq0ei&reflink=article_copyURL_share...more

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• 710: Seven Skeletons: 4of4: The Evolution of the World's Most Famous Human Fossils Kindle Edition. by Lydia Pyne (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 14 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.Dans van de Dood (rechterhelft)  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Seven Skeletons: 4of4: The Evolution of the World's Most Famous Human Fossils Kindle Edition. by Lydia Pyne  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Skeletons-Evolution-Worlds-Fossils-ebook/dp/B0191X353K/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Over the last century, the search for human ancestors has spanned four continents and resulted in the discovery of hundreds of fossils. While most of these discoveries live quietly in museum collections, there are a few that have become world-renowned celebrity personas—ambassadors of science that speak to public audiences. In Seven Skeletons, historian of science Lydia Pyne explores how seven such famous fossils of our ancestors have the social cachet they enjoy today.Drawing from archives, museums, and interviews, Pyne builds a cultural history for each celebrity fossil—from its discovery to its afterlife in museum exhibits to its legacy in popular culture. These seven include the three-foot tall “hobbit” from Flores, the Neanderthal of La Chapelle, the Taung Child, the Piltdown Man hoax, Peking Man, Australopithecus sediba, and Lucy—each embraced and celebrated by generations, and vivid examples of how discoveries of how our ancestors have been received, remembered, and immortalized. With wit and insight, Pyne brings to life each fossil, and how it is described, put on display, and shared among scientific communities and the broader public. This fascinating, endlessly entertaining book puts the impact of paleoanthropology into new context, a reminder of how our past as a species continues to affect, in astounding ways, our present culture and imagination....more

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• 710: Seven Skeletons: 3of4: The Evolution of the World's Most Famous Human Fossils Kindle Edition. by Lydia Pyne (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 14 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1942. Links het achteraanzicht van een menselijk skelet met afbeeldingen van de tekens van de dierenriem die door banderollen verbonden zijn met bepaalde delen van het skelet. Rechts het vooraanzicht van een menselijk skelet met banderollen die de namen van de verschillende botten weergeven. In het midden een cartouche met daarin verdere uitleg over het aantal botten en hun benamingen. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Seven Skeletons: 3of4: The Evolution of the World's Most Famous Human Fossils Kindle Edition. by Lydia Pyne  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Skeletons-Evolution-Worlds-Fossils-ebook/dp/B0191X353K/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Over the last century, the search for human ancestors has spanned four continents and resulted in the discovery of hundreds of fossils. While most of these discoveries live quietly in museum collections, there are a few that have become world-renowned celebrity personas—ambassadors of science that speak to public audiences. In Seven Skeletons, historian of science Lydia Pyne explores how seven such famous fossils of our ancestors have the social cachet they enjoy today.Drawing from archives, museums, and interviews, Pyne builds a cultural history for each celebrity fossil—from its discovery to its afterlife in museum exhibits to its legacy in popular culture. These seven include the three-foot tall “hobbit” from Flores, the Neanderthal of La Chapelle, the Taung Child, the Piltdown Man hoax, Peking Man, Australopithecus sediba, and Lucy—each embraced and celebrated by generations, and vivid examples of how discoveries of how our ancestors have been received, remembered, and immortalized. With wit and insight, Pyne brings to life each fossil, and how it is described, put on display, and shared among scientific communities and the broader public. This fascinating, endlessly entertaining book puts the impact of paleoanthropology into new context, a reminder of how our past as a species continues to affect, in astounding ways, our present culture and imagination....more

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• 710: Seven Skeletons: 2of4: The Evolution of the World's Most Famous Human Fossils Kindle Edition. by Lydia Pyne (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 14 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1530. Links het achteraanzicht van een menselijk skelet met afbeeldingen van de tekens van de dierenriem die door banderollen verbonden zijn met bepaalde delen van het skelet. Rechts het vooraanzicht van een menselijk skelet met banderollen die de namen van de verschillende botten weergeven. In het midden een cartouche met daarin verdere uitleg over het aantal botten en hun benamingen. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Seven Skeletons: 2of4: The Evolution of the World's Most Famous Human Fossils Kindle Edition. by Lydia Pyne  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Skeletons-Evolution-Worlds-Fossils-ebook/dp/B0191X353K/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Over the last century, the search for human ancestors has spanned four continents and resulted in the discovery of hundreds of fossils. While most of these discoveries live quietly in museum collections, there are a few that have become world-renowned celebrity personas—ambassadors of science that speak to public audiences. In Seven Skeletons, historian of science Lydia Pyne explores how seven such famous fossils of our ancestors have the social cachet they enjoy today.Drawing from archives, museums, and interviews, Pyne builds a cultural history for each celebrity fossil—from its discovery to its afterlife in museum exhibits to its legacy in popular culture. These seven include the three-foot tall “hobbit” from Flores, the Neanderthal of La Chapelle, the Taung Child, the Piltdown Man hoax, Peking Man, Australopithecus sediba, and Lucy—each embraced and celebrated by generations, and vivid examples of how discoveries of how our ancestors have been received, remembered, and immortalized. With wit and insight, Pyne brings to life each fossil, and how it is described, put on display, and shared among scientific communities and the broader public. This fascinating, endlessly entertaining book puts the impact of paleoanthropology into new context, a reminder of how our past as a species continues to affect, in astounding ways, our present culture and imagination....more

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• 710: Seven Skeletons: 1of4: The Evolution of the World's Most Famous Human Fossils Kindle Edition. by Lydia Pyne (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 14 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. A sudden call, or one of the corporation, summoned from his favorite amusement  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Seven Skeletons: 1of4: The Evolution of the World's Most Famous Human Fossils Kindle Edition. by Lydia Pyne  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Skeletons-Evolution-Worlds-Fossils-ebook/dp/B0191X353K/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Over the last century, the search for human ancestors has spanned four continents and resulted in the discovery of hundreds of fossils. While most of these discoveries live quietly in museum collections, there are a few that have become world-renowned celebrity personas—ambassadors of science that speak to public audiences. In Seven Skeletons, historian of science Lydia Pyne explores how seven such famous fossils of our ancestors have the social cachet they enjoy today.Drawing from archives, museums, and interviews, Pyne builds a cultural history for each celebrity fossil—from its discovery to its afterlife in museum exhibits to its legacy in popular culture. These seven include the three-foot tall “hobbit” from Flores, the Neanderthal of La Chapelle, the Taung Child, the Piltdown Man hoax, Peking Man, Australopithecus sediba, and Lucy—each embraced and celebrated by generations, and vivid examples of how discoveries of how our ancestors have been received, remembered, and immortalized. With wit and insight, Pyne brings to life each fossil, and how it is described, put on display, and shared among scientific communities and the broader public. This fascinating, endlessly entertaining book puts the impact of paleoanthropology into new context, a reminder of how our past as a species continues to affect, in astounding ways, our present culture and imagination....more

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• 709: The kanun, Albanian code of conduct, saved thousands of Jews during WWII. Amb. Floreta Faber (@FloretaFaber), Malcolm Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres

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  Nov 13 2020

  Image: Jews with their Albanian rescuers Amb. Floreta Faber (@FloretaFaber), and Malcolm Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres, Conference of Presidents, in re:  IHRA, Balkans Forum Against Anti-Semitism, Kristallnacht 82nd Anniversary, visit to Israel. All positive for Albania and Israel, as Albania is the first Moslem country to adopt the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism. We have a special history of connecting with Jewish people. We have multiple religions and all respect and live together.  Albanian parliament officially adopted the definition.    Anti-Semitism is a threat to our own [civilization].  In 1943, Albanians refused to turn over Jews to the Nazis, saved many from the Holocaust. At beginning of war, about 200 Jews in Albania; by the end, 2,000—all saved. Albanian code of honor: when you open your doors to a guest, you’ll defend him with your own life.  Last year, the ambassador visited Israel on a diplomatic mission; now we have direct air flights in the summer. Mrs. Floreta Faber is the Albanian ambassador to the United States. https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/albanias-top-envoy-in-israel-from-enemies-to-best-friends/ https://www.israelhayom.com/2020/10/23/albania-becomes-first-muslim-country-to-adopt-ihra-definition-of-anti-semitism/ https://www.conferenceofpresidents.org/news/press/2020/oct22/conference-presidents-applauds-albanian-parliaments-adoption-ihra-definition https://www.jewishpress.com/news/jewish-news/holocaust/albania-to-host-first-ever-balkan-forum-against-anti-semitism/2020/10/27/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-made-muslim-albanians-risk-their-lives-to-save-jews-from-the-holocaust/  ...more

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• 709: The French battle against terrorism; also band with neighbors; reject Turkish insults. Philippe Etienne, @Ph_Etienne, @franceintheus, and Malcolm Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres

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  Image:  Angoulême: façade of the cathedralThe French battle against terrorism; also band with neighbors; reject Turkish insults.  Philippe Etienne, @Ph_Etienne, @franceintheus,  and Malcolm Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres Philippe Etienne, @Ph_Etienne, @franceintheus,  ambassador of the Republic of France to Washington, and Malcolm Hoenlein, @conf_of_pres, Conference of Presidents, in re: European terrorist attacks; Turkey; Eastern Med. The fight again terrorist threat.  Priority is to prevent future attacks; checking propagation of terrorist msgs on social media.  Deradicalization programs: each country needs to learn from all the others.  Without security there is no freedom.  Of course, freedom of speech is very important; at the same time, messages that lead to murder . . . ISIS: lost territory in Iraq and Syria, but they're still there. Need to know how they evolved.  Erdogan? Our Ministers have condemned insults to another leader of a natural country; we recalled out ambassador for a time.  Discussed Turkey in the European Union. We want good cooperation with Turkey, our neighbor.    Philippe Etienne is the Ambassador of France to the United States. He previously held numerous posts within the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and most recently served as the Diplomatic Adviser to President Macron (2017-2019). ...more

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• 708: BDS boss Saeeb Erakat passes away in an Israeli hospital without recanting his life of hatred and violence. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Nov 13 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1936 Palestine disturbances 1936. Troops engaged in a general search for arms  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowBDS boss Saeeb Erakat passes away in an Israeli hospital without recanting his life of hatred and violence. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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• 708: Iran advances into Latin America with Morales and Maduro & What is to be done? @IlanBerman Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres

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  Nov 13 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication 1900. Caracas carriage, Venezuela . http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowIran advances into Latin America with Morales and Maduro & What is to be done? @IlanBerman Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_presIlan Berman is Senior Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council in Washington, DC. An expert on regional security in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Russian Federation. He is the recent author of The Fight for Iran Opposition Politics, Protest, and the Struggle for the Soul of a Nation, Rowman & Littlefield.   Related articles https://www.meforum.org/61755/berman-on-chinas-disruption-of-the-middle-east https://www.newsweek.com/will-biden-pivot-iran-opinion-1546007 https://www.timesofisrael.com/trumps-iran-envoy-biden-would-have-difficulties-reviving-2015-nuclear-pact/ https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/11/iraq-joe-biden-us-iran.html ...more

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• 703: The overstatement of "Dark Winter" & What is to be done? @JohnTamny @RealClearMarkets

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  Nov 13 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.Gare la Vaccine  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe overstatement of "Dark Winter" & What is to be done? @JohnTamny @RealClearMarketshttps://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2020/11/11/joe_biden_the_new_york_times_dark_winters_and_terrifying_surges_583624.html

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• 707: Putin’s official self-insurance policy @PaulR_Gregory, @HooverInst

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  Nov 13 2020

  Image:  Tsar reviewing Russian troopsPutin’s official self-insurance policy @PaulR_Gregory, @HooverInst Paul Gregory: @PaulR_Gregory, @HooverInst, and TheHill; in re: “Vladimir Putin is mortal.”  Russian Federation anent the retirement of senior politicians: unusual perks.   2001 federal laws provide a very soft landing for Putin.  The passage of his immunity law is automatic; relates to succession to Yeltsin, which was worked out between the Yeltsin family and the FSB, provided Yeltsin and his family with immunity. Now, senator for life: if you’re in ether upper or lower House of parliament you have immunity—but Putin will have immunity for life “for service to the motherland.”  After the disastrous constitutional amendment, from which Putin is still recovering  . . .    Who will be the guarantor of this agreement? Putin will have to choose someone who’ll stay alive—probably the next president, perhaps with an intell background.  We have yet another rumor that Putin is in bad health (with Parkinson’s?). Medvedev has no intell history and is a lawyer; is not the successor.  https://thehill.com/opinion/international/525456-a-new-putin-worse-than-the-old-putin ...more

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• 703: The return of the Trump economy of February 2020. @TreasurySpox @MonicaCrowley

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  Nov 13 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1917. his illustration entitled, "Result of War Economies", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on May 26, 1917, depicts that the trash collector as one element of the economy whose job has gotten easier due to the shortage of household  items and because consumption is down due to the war economy.Berryman Political Cartoon Collection http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe return of the Trump economy of February 2020. @TreasurySpox @MonicaCrowley https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-job-openings-are-rising-closer-to-pre-coronavirus-levels-11605023561 ...more

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• 706: Biden bipartisanship leads to the same Martian volcano of debt and of overspending @VerodeRugy @Mercatus

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  Nov 13 2020

  Image: Inflation. John Law, 18th century Scotsman, credited by some historians as being "the father of inflation." Law turned gambling IOUs into "gold counters," then state debts into paper money, and finally sold all France down the river on the "Mississippi Bubble" Biden bipartisanship leads to the same Martian volcano of debt and of overspending @VerodeRugy @Mercatus Veronique de Rugy, @veroderugy, Mercatus Center, in re: McConnell may now be willing to compromise with Pelosi in a way that he wasn’t with Trump. Spending: not chosen, in order to reduce debt—but don't hold your breath on this. Taxes: Biden spoke of raising taxes on the rich, and punishing taxes on Silicon Valley.  Biden wants to raise taxes by $4 trillion, but had an $11 trillion spending plan.  Biden’s chief of staff told Hillary not to [get rid of] PPP.  Volcano-scale of debt.  https://www.creators.com/read/veronique-de-rugy/11/20/bidens-search-for-bipartisanship-and-bloated-budgets ...more

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• 706: Trump's long, long coat tails 2020. @ConradMBlack National Review Online

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  Nov 13 2020

  Image:  U.S. Presidential Elections. 1892-1904.Created by an act of Congress in 1879, the USGS is the sole science agency for the Department of the Interior.Conrad Black, @ConradMBlack, publisher, littérateur, biographer, commentator; the National Post; in re:  For things to move, it’ll have to be the ballot-harvesting matter.  Georgia is 16 electoral votes. The court will examine; whatever is, is.  Trump is trailing by 5,000 out of millions; similar in Arizona. A Democratic Congressman thinks Putin is running the White House. All the false claims are falling away.  Trump’s policies have essentially been ratified; he wasn’t because of the unique campaign against him for four years by the large media and the Democratic party. That disgraceful arrangement with Iran to give them ten years to become a major military power.  The limo liberals who deluged Biden with money will not be supporting serious efforts to raise their taxes. Biden has about two years to accomplish anything— the 2022 elections—and has to get McConnell to go along with him. https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/11/how-trump-changed-the-gop-and-the-nation/?itm_campaign=headline-testing-how-trump-changed-the-gop-and-the-nation&itm_medium=headline&itm_source=nationalreview&itm_content=Trumpism%20Was%20Not%20Rejected%20—%20It%20Was%20Ratified&itm_term=Trumpism%20Was%20Not%20Rejected%20—%20It%20Was%20Ratified ...more

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• 705: Knowledge flees Venezuela & What is to be done?. @MaryAnastasiaOG @WSJOpinion

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  Nov 13 2020

  Image:  Venezuela : a country study Mary O’Grady: @MaryAnastasiaOG; @WSJOpinion; WSJ editorial board; The Americas column; in re:  Human capital – plumbers, electricians, builders, professionals – have all fled Venezuela.  Socialism as we see in in the 21s Century is a ace to the bottom:  Kamala Harris said, “Equitable treatment means that we all wind up the same place”—exactly what most humans, let alone Americans, don’t want.   He way Democrats have handled foreign policy during Obama/Biden for eight years, Biden doesn’t seem to have a clue about policy n Latin America, but during those eight years, strategy to Venezuela was all talking, which played into the hands of Chavez/Maduro.  With the productive members of society gone, the disaster could last for a generation of more—unless a government came in that cleaned up the politics and returned to drilling for oil, of which there’s a great deal underground there. ...more

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• 703: In the event, what of Biden and our adversaries China, Russian, Iran? @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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  Nov 13 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1910. Czar and Kaiser  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowIn the event, what of Biden and our adversaries China, Russian, Iran? @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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• 703: In the event, what of Biden and our allies UK, EU, Israel, Saudia Arabia, Japan? @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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  Nov 13 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1901. [England - London - Bank of England]  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowIn the event, what of Biden and our allies UK, EU, Israel, Saudia Arabia, Japan? @SebGorka #AmericaFirst

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• 702: 4/4 Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam, by Fredrik Logevall

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  Nov 13 2020

  Image:  A VNAF UH-1H Huey loaded with Vietnamese evacuees on the deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Midway (CV-41) during Operation Frequent Wind, 29 April 1975. Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam, by Fredrik Logevall  0Written with the style of a great novelist and the intrigue of a Cold War thriller, Embers of War is a landmark work that will forever change your understanding of how and why America went to war in Vietnam. Tapping newly accessible diplomatic archives in several nations, Fredrik Logevall traces the path that led two Western nations to tragically lose their way in the jungles of Southeast Asia. He brings to life the bloodiest battles of France's final years in Indochina—and describes how, from an early point, a succession of American leaders made disastrous policy choices that put America on its own collision course with history.   https://www.amazon.com/Embers-War-Empire-Americas-Vietnam-ebook/dp/B007EED4P8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= ...more

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• 702: 3/4 Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam, by Fredrik Logevall

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  Nov 13 2020

  Image:  Victory in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, “a climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War that took place between 13 March and 7 May 1954. It was fought between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist revolutionaries.” Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam, by Fredrik Logevall  0Written with the style of a great novelist and the intrigue of a Cold War thriller, Embers of War is a landmark work that will forever change your understanding of how and why America went to war in Vietnam. Tapping newly accessible diplomatic archives in several nations, Fredrik Logevall traces the path that led two Western nations to tragically lose their way in the jungles of Southeast Asia. He brings to life the bloodiest battles of France's final years in Indochina—and describes how, from an early point, a succession of American leaders made disastrous policy choices that put America on its own collision course with history.   https://www.amazon.com/Embers-War-Empire-Americas-Vietnam-ebook/dp/B007EED4P8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= ...more

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• 702: 2/4 Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam, by Fredrik Logevall

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  Image:   Hồ Chí Minh in 1921 Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam, by Fredrik Logevall  0Written with the style of a great novelist and the intrigue of a Cold War thriller, Embers of War is a landmark work that will forever change your understanding of how and why America went to war in Vietnam. Tapping newly accessible diplomatic archives in several nations, Fredrik Logevall traces the path that led two Western nations to tragically lose their way in the jungles of Southeast Asia. He brings to life the bloodiest battles of France's final years in Indochina—and describes how, from an early point, a succession of American leaders made disastrous policy choices that put America on its own collision course with history.   https://www.amazon.com/Embers-War-Empire-Americas-Vietnam-ebook/dp/B007EED4P8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= ...more

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• 702: 1/4 Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam, by Fredrik Logevall

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  Nov 13 2020

  Image: The Versailles Conference of 1919, attended by Hồ Chí Minh  (born Nguyễn Sinh Cung); where President Wilson rebuffed Hồ’s effort to solicit support from the United States for the creation of a free and democratic Vietnam. Here: The site of the plenary session that adopted the first of the Covenant of the League of Nations on Feb. 14, 1919. A year later, the first meeting of the Council of the League of Nations took place in the same room. Photographer: U.S. Signal Corps. Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam, by Fredrik Logevall  0Written with the style of a great novelist and the intrigue of a Cold War thriller, Embers of War is a landmark work that will forever change your understanding of how and why America went to war in Vietnam. Tapping newly accessible diplomatic archives in several nations, Fredrik Logevall traces the path that led two Western nations to tragically lose their way in the jungles of Southeast Asia. He brings to life the bloodiest battles of France's final years in Indochina—and describes how, from an early point, a succession of American leaders made disastrous policy choices that put America on its own collision course with history.   https://www.amazon.com/Embers-War-Empire-Americas-Vietnam-ebook/dp/B007EED4P8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= ...more

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• 698: Will the prospective Biden Administration upgrade the Nuclear Triad? Peter Huessy, director of Strategic Deterrent Studies of the Mitchell Institute of the Air Force Association. @GordonGChang

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  Nov 12 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. Travis Air Force Base, Nuclear Weapons Assembly Building, W Street, Armed Forces Special Weapons Project Q Area, Fairfield, Solano County, CA  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowWill the prospective Biden Administration upgrade the Nuclear Triad? Peter Huessy, director of Strategic Deterrent Studies of the Mitchell Institute of the Air Force Association. @GordonGChang https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joe-biden-expected-to-engage-global-partners-un-on-covid-climate-change-and-nuclear-standoffs/ ...more

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• 701: Wall Street and academe debut in the possible Biden administration. @GZuckerman, @margaretanadu

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  Nov 12 2020

  Image:Photograph shows Christmas celebrations at the Consolidated Stock Exchange in New York City.(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013) Gregory Zuckerman,  @GZuckerman, Wall Street Journal Special Writer, and author, The Man Who Solved the Markets; in re:   Tom Steyer: what significance will he have in a potential Biden cabinet? The founder of Blackstone was often on the phone to Washington; however, not quite the same in a Biden adm.  Here: Roger Ferguson, TIAA Kreft, a former Federal Reserve governor.   Margaret Chinwe Anadu, a managing director at Goldman Sachs.  Robert Mercer.   ...more

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• 698: The PRC aims to dominate the US with Artificial Intelligence in the next decades & What is to be done? David P. Goldman @GordonGChang

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  Nov 12 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1902 A Typical Peking Cart, Peking, China  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe PRC aims to dominate the US with Artificial Intelligence in the next decades & What is to be done? David P. Goldman @GordonGChang You Will Be Assimilated: China's Plan to Sino-form the World Paperback – June 26, 2020.  by David P. Goldman  (Author) https://www.reuters.com/article/huawei-m-a-digital-china-exclusive/exclusive-huawei-to-sell-smartphone-unit-for-15-billion-to-shenzhen-government-digital-china-others-sources-idUSKBN27Q0HJ China’s 5,000 year-old empire has become the world’s largest economy, with a plan to control the decisive technologies of the 21st century—and the United States is in danger of being left behind. America has finally recognized China’s bid for world dominance—but we’re still losing ground. Domination of the next generation of mobile broadband is just the tip of the spear. Like the Borg in Star Trek , China will assimilate you into a virtual empire controlled by Chinese technology. China is taking control of the Fourth Industrial Revolution—the economy of artificial intelligence and quantum computing—just as America dominated the Third Industrial Revolution driven by the computer. Long in planning, China’s scheme erupted into public awareness when it emerged as the world leader in 5G internet. America is on track to become poor, dependent, and vulnerable—unless we revive the American genius for innovation. Trade wars and tech boycotts have failed to slow China’s plans. David P. Goldman watched China unfold its imperial plan from the inside, as an investment banker in China and strategic consultant, and as a principal of a great Asian news organization, the Asia Times. This is an eyewitness, firsthand account of the biggest turning point in world affairs since the Second World War, with a clear explanation of what it means for America and for you—and what America can do to remain the world’s leading superpower.....more

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• 698: State of the City, the State, the Union: The final vote count needs to be rigorous and transparent to answer all possible doubts. John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtable @JohnCats

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  Nov 12 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1944 Arlington, Virginia. A line of citizens at Wilson High School studying their ballots and waiting their turn to vote in the national presidental election. Votes are being collected from some who have already voted  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow State of the City, the State, the Union: The final vote count needs to be rigorous and transparent to answer all possible doubts. John Catsimatidis @JCats2013 @CatsRoundtable @JohnCats https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-harrisburg-pennsylvania-d46ec9c0d16a59cbf8dfc159a1d4f5c1 ...more

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• 698: Already the planned SLS boosted Gateway is behind schedule and poorly managed. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1992. NASA Galileo spacecraft took this image of Earth moon on December 7, 1992 on its way to explore the Jupiter system in 1995-97. The distinct bright ray crater at the bottom of the image is the Tycho impact basin.  http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00405NASA/JPL/USGS http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowAlready the planned SLS boosted Gateway is behind schedule and poorly managed. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/gateway-already-behind-schedule-and-mismanaged/ ...more

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• 698: Planetary science recommends no missions to Near Earth asteroid Apophis due in April 2029 until it flies by. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 2007. Asteroid Lithograph of Eros and Other Asteroids  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowPlanetary science recommends no missions to Near Earth asteroid Apophis due in April 2029 until it flies by. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.comhttps://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/apophis-the-asteroid-that-may-someday-hit-the-earth/

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• 698: Tim Ryan of Mahoning Valley, Ohio laments the big city elite "socialism" talk in the Democratic Party. @SalenaZito SalenaZito.com @DCExaminer

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1924. Barry's Novelty Girls, Youngstown, Ohio  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowTim Ryan of Mahoning Valley, Ohio laments the big city elite "socialism" talk in the Democratic Party. @SalenaZito SalenaZito.com @DCExaminerhttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/centrist-democrat-tim-ryan-concerned-about-his-party-our-brand-is-not-good

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• 700: Diesel vs nuclear subs in the shallow South China Sea. James Holmes @NavalWarCollege, @GordonGChang

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  Nov 12 2020

  Image:   A starboard view of a Soviet Tango-class diesel attack submarine James Holmes:  @NavalWarCollege, first holder of the Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and blogger at The Naval Diplomat (navaldiplomat.com); and Gordon Chang: @GordonGChang, Daily Beast, in re:  Biden's plans for the Navy.   Under Obama, “pivot to Asia.”  Now, probably not a radical change.  The US appropriates funds year by year, but shipbuilding needs a longer timeline. Submariners: diesel (which need to surface every so often) vs. nuclear (which more rarely do). Nuclear are very quiet, but diesel subs are now quieter than formerly and, in conjunction with the Quad in the Pacific, will be an advantage; but many admirals have closed their minds.   Adm Rickover still looms over this debate.  Can we resupply the First Island Chain? Adversary will strike at big, fixed bases, such as [some] in Japan.  We can resurrect some of the basic infrastructure. South China Sea is shallow; diesel is more suited than a Virginia-class sub. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/diesel-submarines-could-give-us-navy-advantage-against-china-172130 ...more

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• 700: Beijing’s boot on Hong Kong, “going full-Tibet.” @Michael_Yon, @GordonGChang

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  Nov 12 2020

  Image:  1908. Ninth U.S. Infantry in Camp, in the court of the Forbidden City, Peking, China Michael Yon: @Michael_Yon , East Asia war correspondent; andGordon Chang: @GordonGChang, Daily Beast, in re: Fifteen Hong Kong legislators resigned from Legco: they’ll be disqualified from serving by a sudden, new rule by the Standing Committee giving Carrie Lam (the discredited Beijing-appointed actor to crush democracy in Hong Kong) the right to disqualify people. Beijing has swallowed Hong Kong, going full-Tibet. US needs to offer asylum to Hong Kongers, who now face being kidnapped into Mainland, tortured, and disappeared. Can they exit?  They may not. It may be too late for many; but those travelling in Europe or the US, take them in! First there was cajoling, then warnings, now the boot. Xi Jinping believes he can do whatever he wants and the rest of the world will not impose costs on him. He doesn't seem to think he needs allies. China has underestimated the power of worldwide popular opinion. American businessmen are not safe to go to Hong Kong or China.   Xi is willing to destroy Hong Kong in order to control it.  Possibly to come: Hollywood film, Escape from Hong Kong. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hong-kong-ousts-pro-democracy-lawmakers-rest-resign-china-control/   ...more

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• 698: Joe Manchin says no to breaking the filibuster. @SalenaZito SalenaZito.com @DCExaminer

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1957 [Us Senators, US Embassy, Paris]  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowJoe Manchin says no to breaking the filibuster. @SalenaZito SalenaZito.com @DCExaminerhttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/joe-manchin-digs-in-under-no-circumstances-would-break-tie-to-nuke-filibuster-and-pack-court

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• 699: The Supreme Court resumes, perhaps warily. @AndrewCMcCarthy, @ThadMcCotter

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  Nov 12 2020

  Image:  Mère Marie Jamet, Foundress, Little Sisters of the Poor Andrew C McCarthy, @AndrewCMcCarthy, Ball of Collusion; and Thaddeus McCotter, @ThadMcCotter, American Greatness, in re:   The Supreme Court and Obamacare. It’s likely to be sustained by the new Court. It's not a policy issue before the Court; it’s legal matters, esp the doctrine of severability.  Improbable that the Court would not find it severable; but they may not even get that far, may decide that red state plaintiffs don't have standing to sue because no financial penalty remains. Roberts vs Roberts: overreach by Congress to cite the Commerce Clause.  Alito in 2012: “piece of a plane needed to let it fly.” Little Sisters of the Poor no longer threaten Obamacare. ...more

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• 699: Voting chaos with mass-mailed ballots and elastic election days. @AndrewCMcCarthy, @ThadMcCotter

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  Nov 12 2020

  Image:  Stacks of paper ballots Andrew C McCarthy, @AndrewCMcCarthy, Ball of Collusion; and Thaddeus McCotter, @ThadMcCotter, American Greatness, in re:  Late-arriving votes, arrived after November 3, to be considered by the Supreme Court.  Chief Justice Roberts would prefer not to, but the other Justices may be looking down the road and see that this could recur. In PA, 10,000 wouldn’t be enough to put President Trump over the top. Roberts as a political actor.  However, the Justices are reasonably confident that in this instance they won't be accused of deciding an election. We created problems in extending election day.   1. It's up to the State legislature to set the rules.   2. Even it can't change the rules late in the game—esp after voting has started.    3. Congress has the power to set the terms of certain federal elections, including when they happen. Note also: Pre-election problem: as a country, we no longer have the same information—if you vote weeks before election day, you will have voted without critical, late-breaking information. Absentee ballots are best given to people who explain why they need them.   ...more

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• 697: 4/4 The Journeys of Trees: A Story about Forests, People, and the Future, by Zach St. George

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  Nov 12 2020

  Image: Ash trees, at Woburn Abbey, Seat of his Grace the Duke of Bedford. An urgent and illuminating portrait of forest migration, and of the people studying the forests of the past, protecting the forests of the present and planting the forests of the future. Forests are restless. Any time a tree dies or a new one sprouts, the forest that includes it has shifted. When new trees sprout in the same direction, the whole forest begins to migrate, sometimes at astonishing rates. Today, however, an array of obstacles―humans felling trees by the billions, invasive pests transported through global trade―threaten to overwhelm these vital movements. Worst of all, the climate is changing faster than ever before, and forests are struggling to keep up. A deft blend of science reporting and travel writing, The Journeys of Trees explores the evolving movements of forests by focusing on five trees: giant sequoia, ash, black spruce, Florida torreya, and Monterey pine.  The journalist Zach St. George visits these trees in forests across continents, finding sequoias losing their needles in California, fossil records showing the paths of ancient forests in Alaska, domesticated pines in New Zealand, and tender new sprouts of blight-resistant American chestnuts in New Hampshire. Everywhere he goes, St. George meets lively people on conservation’s front lines, from an ecologist studying droughts to an evolutionary evangelist with plans to save a dying species. He treks through the woods with activists, biologists, and foresters, each with his own role to play in the fight for the uncertain future of our environment. An eye-opening investigation into forest migration past and present, The Journeys of Trees examines how we can all help our trees, and our planet, survive and thrive....more

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• 697: 3/4 The Journeys of Trees: A Story about Forests, People, and the Future, by Zach St. George

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  Nov 12 2020

  Image:  Bole of Black Spruce Tree An urgent and illuminating portrait of forest migration, and of the people studying the forests of the past, protecting the forests of the present and planting the forests of the future. Forests are restless. Any time a tree dies or a new one sprouts, the forest that includes it has shifted. When new trees sprout in the same direction, the whole forest begins to migrate, sometimes at astonishing rates. Today, however, an array of obstacles―humans felling trees by the billions, invasive pests transported through global trade―threaten to overwhelm these vital movements. Worst of all, the climate is changing faster than ever before, and forests are struggling to keep up. A deft blend of science reporting and travel writing, The Journeys of Trees explores the evolving movements of forests by focusing on five trees: giant sequoia, ash, black spruce, Florida torreya, and Monterey pine.  The journalist Zach St. George visits these trees in forests across continents, finding sequoias losing their needles in California, fossil records showing the paths of ancient forests in Alaska, domesticated pines in New Zealand, and tender new sprouts of blight-resistant American chestnuts in New Hampshire. Everywhere he goes, St. George meets lively people on conservation’s front lines, from an ecologist studying droughts to an evolutionary evangelist with plans to save a dying species. He treks through the woods with activists, biologists, and foresters, each with his own role to play in the fight for the uncertain future of our environment. An eye-opening investigation into forest migration past and present, The Journeys of Trees examines how we can all help our trees, and our planet, survive and thrive. ...more

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• 697: 2/4 The Journeys of Trees: A Story about Forests, People, and the Future, by Zach St. George

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  Nov 12 2020

  Image:  Large elm tree with pump in background, New Haven, Connecticut(?). An urgent and illuminating portrait of forest migration, and of the people studying the forests of the past, protecting the forests of the present and planting the forests of the future. Forests are restless. Any time a tree dies or a new one sprouts, the forest that includes it has shifted. When new trees sprout in the same direction, the whole forest begins to migrate, sometimes at astonishing rates. Today, however, an array of obstacles―humans felling trees by the billions, invasive pests transported through global trade―threaten to overwhelm these vital movements. Worst of all, the climate is changing faster than ever before, and forests are struggling to keep up. A deft blend of science reporting and travel writing, The Journeys of Trees explores the evolving movements of forests by focusing on five trees: giant sequoia, ash, black spruce, Florida torreya, and Monterey pine.  The journalist Zach St. George visits these trees in forests across continents, finding sequoias losing their needles in California, fossil records showing the paths of ancient forests in Alaska, domesticated pines in New Zealand, and tender new sprouts of blight-resistant American chestnuts in New Hampshire. Everywhere he goes, St. George meets lively people on conservation’s front lines, from an ecologist studying droughts to an evolutionary evangelist with plans to save a dying species. He treks through the woods with activists, biologists, and foresters, each with his own role to play in the fight for the uncertain future of our environment. An eye-opening investigation into forest migration past and present, The Journeys of Trees examines how we can all help our trees, and our planet, survive and thrive. ...more

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• 696: 1/4 The Journeys of Trees: A Story about Forests, People, and the Future, by Zach St. George

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  Nov 12 2020

  Image: Fallen tree, Father of the Forest, 112 feet in circumference  An urgent and illuminating portrait of forest migration, and of the people studying the forests of the past, protecting the forests of the present and planting the forests of the future. Forests are restless. Any time a tree dies or a new one sprouts, the forest that includes it has shifted. When new trees sprout in the same direction, the whole forest begins to migrate, sometimes at astonishing rates. Today, however, an array of obstacles―humans felling trees by the billions, invasive pests transported through global trade―threaten to overwhelm these vital movements. Worst of all, the climate is changing faster than ever before, and forests are struggling to keep up. A deft blend of science reporting and travel writing, The Journeys of Trees explores the evolving movements of forests by focusing on five trees: giant sequoia, ash, black spruce, Florida torreya, and Monterey pine.  The journalist Zach St. George visits these trees in forests across continents, finding sequoias losing their needles in California, fossil records showing the paths of ancient forests in Alaska, domesticated pines in New Zealand, and tender new sprouts of blight-resistant American chestnuts in New Hampshire. Everywhere he goes, St. George meets lively people on conservation’s front lines, from an ecologist studying droughts to an evolutionary evangelist with plans to save a dying species. He treks through the woods with activists, biologists, and foresters, each with his own role to play in the fight for the uncertain future of our environment. An eye-opening investigation into forest migration past and present, The Journeys of Trees examines how we can all help our trees, and our planet, survive and thrive. ...more

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• 695: Voters reject the radical Biden aim to end the oil industry. @BruceThornton @HooverInst,

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  Nov 11 2020

  Image: Spindletop, Beaumont, Port Arthur, and vicinity, Texas — oil industry. Bruce Thornton @HooverInst,  @BruceThornton;  Hoover; in re: Shutting down the fossil fuel industry.  Modest Republican presence in California; reinstatement of affirmative acti0n; assault on the gig economy;  making part-time workers permanent with all the perks, meaning many lost jobs.  Biden: transition from the oil economy.  Many voted against Trump based entirely on stylistic matters.  The enmity enjoyed by the left is puzzling. Stanford voted 1836 to 67 against Trump.  Blue New York thinks blue California is radical. The genius of our system is to have elections every two years, and, if needed, change things.   ...more

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• 695: The Democratic left expects payback from Biden. @LizPeek

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  Nov 11 2020

  Image: The new left, mid-Twentieth Century. Elizabeth Peek, @LizPeek, Fox News and TheHill; in re:  Joe Biden presents that he wants to unite the nation. Is this credible?  Biden spoke nicely on bringing the country together—as did Trump; problem is, the Democratic party has moved so far to the left that it’s really offended a lot of Americans. Biden owe his success to AOC, Bernie Sanders, and their crew; they’ll expect payback.  Very rude comments, even from Michelle Obama: “the status quo [Trump] is racist.”  Trump is the most potent force in the Republican party.  I do not see this enmity going away soon.  How  does he GOP prepare for the 2022 elections? Will primary a lot of Democrats.  I the left Democrats stay noisy, GOP will air “defund the police” and all the other policies that’ll horrify most Americans.   Pelosi may not have the votes to stay Speaker. She’s made one blunder after another. ...more

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• 695: The robust consumer leads an economic upsurge. @LizPeek

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  Nov 11 2020

  Image:  Good political economy Elizabeth Peek, @LizPeek, Fox News and TheHill; in re:  Surprisingly good jobs number, better than any economist predicted.  Small business  optimism index is over 100.  Half of those who lost work in the pandemic are now working again, even though the entire hospitality industry is [laid low].  Are job openings a sign of growth? Yes. Large number of Help Wanted signs in shop windows. Surprisingly resilient consumer demand. This is all despite both California and New York still being closed.  Georgia Senate races: presume that the GOP holds the Senate and we don't see an immediate tax hike, we’re poised for growth, organic growth in our economy.  Surge in energy industry. Banks are doing well.  ...more

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• 692: Avoiding super-spreader events with an indoor Inauguration and no Inaugural Balls. @HooverWhalen @HooverInst

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  Nov 11 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1925. Inaugural ball, 1925  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowAvoiding super-spreader events with an indoor Inauguration and no Inaugural Balls. @HooverWhalen @HooverInsthttps://www.forbes.com/sites/billwhalen/2020/11/08/advice-for-the-president-elect-stay-indoors-reach-out-to-mitch/?sh=3298d94c3959

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• 692: #NewWorld: Evo Morales returns to Bolivia & What is to be done? @JMHumire

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  Nov 11 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1909. Bolivia, a rubber worker  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#NewWorld: Evo Morales returns to Bolivia & What is to be done? @JMHumirehttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/world/americas/evo-morales-bolivia.html

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• 692: #NewWorld: How will Colombia greet the presumptive Biden Administration? @jmhumire & @MariaFdaCabal

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  Nov 11 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1908.  Patio of President's Palace, Bogota, Colombia  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow#NewWorld: How will Colombia greet the presumptive Biden Administration? @jmhumire & @MariaFdaCabal 

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• 692: The London lockdown ends December 3 & What is to be done? @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

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  Nov 11 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1886 Picadilly, London, 1886.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe London lockdown ends December 3 & What is to be done? @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

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• 692: Boris Johnson suffers for both Brexit and the virus at the hands of the Lords and the Commons. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion

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  Nov 11 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. Thames River from "[Cassell's Illustrated Universal History.]"  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowBoris Johnson suffers for both Brexit and the virus at the hands of the Lords and the Commons. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinionhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/what-comes-after-biden-vs-trump-ask-the-u-k-11604596356

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• 694: What of the presumptive Biden Administration in the Indian Ocean Basin? Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

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  Nov 11 2020

  Image:  Haile Selassie I (1892-1975) who served as regent of Ethiopia (1916-1930) and Emperor of Ethiopia (1930-1974) Gregory R Copley: Defense and Foreign Affairs; Gregory R Copley, The New Total War of the Twenty-first Century and the Trigger of the Fear Pandemic, in re: Red Sea–Arabian Sea–Indian Ocean. Is the Quad (India, Australia, Japan, US) in doubt in the Biden administration? Yes.  Containment of PRC is central to the Quad.  China has been taking over ports in the Mediterranean [and elsewhere].  Incoming Biden administration will not play well with Egypt, as Biden is almost guaranteed to return to Obama support for Turkey.  Canada-Australia-NZ-UK (CaNZUK): will send strike groups into the Indo-Pacific.  Does Europe see its future is with China?  The Economist does, but Abiy has no choice but to fight this war, or else lose the whole c0untry. ...more

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• 694: Europe turns negative on the Ethiopian PM Abiy fight to hold the country together Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

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  Nov 11 2020

  Image:  1860. The Temple of Soleb, Ethiopia Gregory R Copley: Defense and Foreign Affairs; Gregory R Copley, The New Total War of the Twenty-first Century and the Trigger of the Fear Pandemic, in re:  The Red Sea and Indian Ocean Basin.  Critical shipping region. Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopian PM, has lost Europeans’s favor (The Economist) because he’s declared military action against the Tigre Liberation Front.  Take The Economist with a grain of salt: it’s just got a big investment from China.  TPLF took over the country in the Nineties, represented a small fraction of Trigreans, who all together are 6% of the  Ethiopian population.   When Tigreans were out, an Oromo took over—that is, half-Oromo, half-Amhara. Current effort of Tigreans to secede is basically sour grapes.  They refuse to negotiate. Were significantly armed by Obama administration.   Oromo Liberation Front is a guerrilla force engaging in genocidal operations against Eritreans. What other great powers are involved?  Egypt and Turkey. Turkey pretends to be friendly but is supporting the Oromo Islamist group. Abiy  was pro-American, tried to move away from China; Chinese reacted very negatively.  https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2020/11/04/ethiopia-lurches-towards-civil-war ...more

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• 693: Reconciliation requires real intention. @wjmcgurn, @WSJOpinion

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  Nov 11 2020

  Image:  The reconciliation of Jacob and Esau Bill McGurn, @wjmcgurn, @WSJOpinion, WSJ editorial page & Main Street column, in re:  The remains of the election day: 71 million-plus votes for Donald Trump.  Main media still saying that Trump was never a legitimate president; derogation. Mueller investigation led to naught.  Extreme Democratic language.  Can’t decree reconciliation; you have to persuade people on the other side, and to do that correctly is hard work. Even Joe Biden last year said he agreed that Trump wasn’t legitimate; also Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Carter, John Lewis. All accused Trump of subsequently disproven misdeeds. These contributed to the poisonous atmosphere. Right now, the onus will be on Biden.  He needs to take the hard step to do it; AOC demanded a blacklist.  There’s no cheap reconciliation. Leadership is hard.  The over-the-top call to smearing people or denying them jobs . . .  [as AOC did].  You have to acknowledge your responsibility in things. Not a coincidence that the Trump opposition defined themselves not as opposition but as “the resistance.”Do the Democrats cease the dergogation ofGOP voters?https://spacenews.com/biden-administration-expected-to-emphasize-climate-science-over-lunar-exploration-at-nasa/ ...more

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• 692: Silicon Valley''s priciest Affordable Housing for the homeless needing a dog park. @Lee_Ohanaian @HooverInst

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  Nov 11 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1944 Pea pickers' camp near San Jose, CaliforniaTitle and other information from caption card.Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowiTemp. note: usf34batch2Film copy on SIS roll 27, frame 948. MORE: DOROTHEA LANGE, FSA, HDBorn in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1895, Dorothea Lange contracted polio as a young girl. She learned professional photography skills while working in New York in her early 20s, and then landed in San Francisco where she ran a portrait business catering to the city's wealthy elite.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowSilicon Valley''s priciest Affordable Housing for the homeless needing a dog park. @Lee_Ohanaian @HooverInstttps://www.hoover.org/research/only-california-where-affordable-housing-costs-more-five-star-luxury?utm_source=Hoover+Daily+Report&utm_campaign=9fc0b3f641-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_09_05_04_36_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_21b1edff3c-9fc0b3f641-72527561 ...more

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• 691: Italy retreats into a new lockdown by region. Lorenzo Fiori.

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  Nov 11 2020

  Image:  Lake Loppio, Lake Garda, Italy Lorenzo Fiori: Direttore Generale Ansaldo Fondazione; in re: Italy retreats into a new lockdown by region. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/09/italy-faces-10000-covid-deaths-in-a-month-with-no-lockdown-medics

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• 691: Europeans relieved, won’t have to invest the promised 2% of GDP in their own defense (Uncle Sam will pay). @JedBabbin @WashingtonTimes

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  Nov 11 2020

  Image:  NATO Tank Training Center Gives Instruction on Latest Tanks (NATO Tank School, Mailly) Jed Babbin: @JedBabbin @WashingtonTimes, American Spectator, in re:  Biden promises to quit fossil fuels. Will he protect the US against China or Iran? Not that I can see. The Quad nations have joined together under Trump to counter China’s expansion; that’ll go by the boards under Biden.  The Abraham Accords:  will Biden join in, or revert to chatting with Mahmoud Abbas? He’ll do both—Israel now has a bigger voice, which the US can't [really ] abandon. But Biden will try to make a deal with Khamenei; will damage what we’ve done. NATO?  Big relief because European nations won't have to pay what they’ve sworn to invest in their own defense.  Biden is a follower, not a leader. Nordstream pipelines from Russia to Europe—Germany is dependent on Russia for gas which, of course, can be cut off at any moment.  https://spectator.org/bidens-non-mandate/     ...more

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• 691: Dwarf spheroidal galaxies revolve around the Milky Way. Ken Croswell @sciam, @ScienceMagazine.

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  Nov 11 2020

  Image: Dwarf galaxy:  This composite of the giant barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 is 522,000 light-years across, making it about five times the size of the Milky Way. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/ESO/JPL-Caltech/DSS Ken Croswell  @sciam, @ScienceMagazine; in re: Dwarf spheroidal galaxies revolve ar0und the Milky Way. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/milky-way-little-dwarf-galaxies-gas-stars

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• 688: Azerbaijan recovers the poetic and musical Shusha in Nagorno-Karabakh. @ElinSuleymanov

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  Nov 11 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1905 Prokudin-Gorskiĭ, Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich, 1863-1944, photographer  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowAzerbaijan recovers the poetic and musical Shusha in Nagorno-Karabakh. @ElinSuleymanovhttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/9/ethnic-armenians-confirm-loss-of-shusha-to-azeri-forces

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• 687: Strange New Worlds: 2of2: Search for Alien Planets and Life beyond Our Solar System Revised Edition.m by Ray Jayawardhana (Author)

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  Nov 11 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.2007 The View from IapetusWhile on final approach for its Sept. 2007 close encounter with Saturn moon Iapetus, NASA Cassini spacecraft spun around to take in a sweeping view of the Saturn System.NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Strange New Worlds:  2of2:  Search for Alien Planets and Life beyond Our Solar System Revised Edition.m by Ray Jayawardhana  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Strange-New-Worlds-Search-Planets-dp-069115807X/dp/069115807X/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1604892785 In Strange New Worlds, renowned astronomer Ray Jayawardhana brings news from the front lines of the epic quest to find planets--and alien life--beyond our solar system. Only in the past two decades, after millennia of speculation, have astronomers begun to discover planets around other stars--thousands in fact. Now they are closer than ever to unraveling distant twins of the Earth. In this book, Jayawardhana vividly recounts the stories of the scientists and the remarkable breakthroughs that have ushered in this extraordinary age of exploration. He describes the latest findings--including his own--that are challenging our view of the cosmos and casting new light on the origins and evolution of planets and planetary systems. He reveals how technology is rapidly advancing to support direct observations of Jupiter-like gas giants and super-Earths--rocky planets with several times the mass of our own planet--and how astronomers use biomarkers to seek possible life on other worlds....more

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• 687: Strange New Worlds: 1of2: Search for Alien Planets and Life beyond Our Solar System Revised Edition.m by Ray Jayawardhana (Author)

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  Nov 11 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1989. Voyager 2 was the first (and, so far, only) spacecraft to fly by the planet Neptune and its two satellites: Triton, the largest, and Nereid. The most obvious feature of the planet is its blue color, the result of methane in the atmosphere. Research continues on Neptune's two largest satellites and the additional six that were discovered by Voyager 2's investigation. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Strange New Worlds:  1of2:  Search for Alien Planets and Life beyond Our Solar System Revised Edition.m by Ray Jayawardhana  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Strange-New-Worlds-Search-Planets-dp-069115807X/dp/069115807X/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1604892785 In Strange New Worlds, renowned astronomer Ray Jayawardhana brings news from the front lines of the epic quest to find planets--and alien life--beyond our solar system. Only in the past two decades, after millennia of speculation, have astronomers begun to discover planets around other stars--thousands in fact. Now they are closer than ever to unraveling distant twins of the Earth. In this book, Jayawardhana vividly recounts the stories of the scientists and the remarkable breakthroughs that have ushered in this extraordinary age of exploration. He describes the latest findings--including his own--that are challenging our view of the cosmos and casting new light on the origins and evolution of planets and planetary systems. He reveals how technology is rapidly advancing to support direct observations of Jupiter-like gas giants and super-Earths--rocky planets with several times the mass of our own planet--and how astronomers use biomarkers to seek possible life on other worlds....more

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• 690: The unknown Biden mandate. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Nov 10 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1912 The unknown Biden mandate.  @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe unknown Biden mandate.  @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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• 690: Al Gore counted the votes for 37 days & What is to be done?@AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness

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  Nov 10 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1924. Pres. Coolidge votes by [mail]  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowAl Gore counted the votes for 37 days & What is to be done? @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatnesshttps://www.nationalreview.com/2020/11/trumps-vote-count-lawsuits-the-election-endgame/

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• 690: "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Gold Coins of the Ninth Century in Jerusalem.. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @ThadMcCotter

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  Nov 10 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1898. Jerusalem / American Colony, Jerusalem.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow"Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Gold Coins of the Ninth Century in Jerusalem.. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @ThadMcCotterhttps://www.foxnews.com/science/secret-piggy-bank-gold-coins-israel

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• 690: The Lessons of the Night of Broken Glass (Kristallnacht), November 9-10, 1938. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @ThadMcCotter

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  Nov 10 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1938 Interior view of the destroyed Fasanenstrasse Synagogue, Berlin, burned during the November Pogroms  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Lessons of the Night of Broken Glass (Kristallnacht), November 9-10, 1938.  Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @ThadMcCotter

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• 688: The Biden-Harris virus plan includes mandating masks and a 100,000 testing jobs corp & What is to be done? @HenryIMiller HenryMillerMD.org.

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  Nov 10 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1851. Allegorical sculpture group of the City of Paris imploring heaven to take away the plague of cholera  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Biden-Harris virus plan includes mandating masks and a 100,000 testing jobs corp & What is to be done? @HenryIMiller HenryMillerMD.org. https://buildbackbetter.com/priorities/covid-19/

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• 688: The Pfizer news of a 90% effective vaccine and the caveats before distribution. @HenryIMiller HenryMillerMD.org

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  Nov 10 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1445. Text with rubric and placemarkers. Half-page miniature of Moses, Pharaoh, and a plague.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Pfizer news of a 90% effective vaccine and the caveats before distribution. @HenryIMiller HenryMillerMD.orghttps://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-vaccine-from-pfizer-and-biontech-works-better-than-expected-11604922300

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• 688: Looking to the Census redistricting and 2022. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter

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  Nov 10 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1908 This illustration entitled, "Election Ennui", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on November 5, 1907, depicts a general shift from the issue of economic recovery from the Panic of 1907 to that of the upcoming Presidential Election of 1908.Berryman Political Cartoon Collection http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowLooking to the Census redistricting and 2022. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter ...more

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• 689: Megacorporations have no desire to decouple from China; back to Beijing’s sham promises? @AlanTonelson, @GordonGChang,

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  Nov 10 2020

  Image:  Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS TRADE MISSION TO CHINA  Alan Tonelson, independent economic policy analyst who blogs at RealityChek and tweets at @AlanTonelson, and @GordonGChang, in re:  China tech and trade policies in a Biden administration. . . .  Why does President-elect Biden think the Chinese will be more reliable now than in the past? He’ll shower tech companies with major subsidies to help them keep up with China—but they rely on doing business with China and have no desire to decouple from China. The World Trade Organization is highly political; Trump has defanged it to a large degree. Biden will want to reduce tariffs against China, will be tempted by Chinese promises to cut back on emissions in exchange for reduction of tariffs, although the promises will be bogus and unenforceable.  Some GOP have seen [what China is doing], but others are stuck in old ways.  Expect steel and aluminum tariffs on US allies to be lifted.  https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Business-trends/Tech-after-Trump-What-a-Biden-win-will-mean-for-Asia ...more

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• 689: Kiwi Canterbury University suppresses paper on CCP infiltration of academe. @cburton001, @GordonGChang, @Anne_MarieBrady

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  Nov 10 2020

  Image:  President Roosevelt and T. V. Soong, foreign minister of China, purchases from Postmaster General Walker some of the new five-cent stamps symbolizing freedom and democracy in both the United States and China. The stamp carries pictures of President Lincoln and Sun Yat-Sen, first president of China, and a Chinese inscription. Charles Burton, @cburton001, senior Fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and Gordon Chang, @GordonGChang, Daily Beast, in re: Asia's and Canada's reactions to the election. China’s president for life, Xi Jinping; and Joseph Biden, very familiar with China and Xi. The China Democracy Foundation, chinadem.org, was founded to help scholars who've been targeted by China:  need to raise money to support Anne-Marie Brady’s legal costs* as she submitted a paper that the university claimed was a violati0n of its free-speech policy!  Agents of the Chinese state operating with impunity.  Biden might negotiate a trade of [quashing] intellectual freedom in these matters in exchange for other favors from China.  Trudeau’s attitude toward Beijing may shift with Biden. Strengthen the appeaser group in Canada? Huawei’s agent in Vancouver, Mèng Wănzhōu. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-virus-outbreak-tokyo-china-df5633b08ccf9ad845568de26e2f89e9 * Our first campaign is to support the New Zealand Professor Anne-Marie Brady, who has suffered multiple rounds of harassment due to her ground breaking and evidence based scholarship on global Chinese influence operations...  ..  ..  ..  ..  Professor Brady’s university recently instituted a campaign against her, and they are not letting her speak publicly about it. China Democracy Foundation is crowd-sourcing at least $20,000 NZD (about $17,400 CAD) to help pay for her legal defense. Excess funds will be used to assist similar, fact-based China scholarship and journalism that has been subjected to legal attacks, and other defenders of freedom and human rights for the Chinese people —Professor Anne-Marie Brady is being investigated by her university after she named some local academics as working with institutions that allegedly have ties to China’s military.   The research was submitted to a New Zealand parliamentary committee in July and was also published by the Washington-based Wilson Center ...more

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• 689: Killer had gone through Austrian deradicalization program. @thomasjoscelyn, @billroggio

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  Nov 10 2020

  Image:  Austria — Infantry officers Tom Joscelyn, @thomasjoscelyn, Long War Journal and FDD; and Bill Roggio, @billroggio, Long War Journal and FDD; in re:  Austrian policy’s “deradicalization” program.  Attacker’s vid: swearing allegiance to al Baghdadi & ISIS; and yet he‘d actually gone through the program.  AMAQ News Agency. Looks like a lone-wolf attacker.  US has been trying to throw in the towel in Afghanistan for years.  Will Biden maintain any of the small wars? Drone strikes now are down significantly except in Somalia. ...more

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• 689: Afghanistan is abandoned to the Taliban and al Qaeda; Biden to leave only a rump force? @thomasjoscelyn, @billroggio

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  Nov 10 2020

  Image:  Santa chose a slightly different mode of transportation in Afghanistan to toss candy canes to children as he gave Rudolph and the other reindeer a much deserved rest. 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 in transition to standalone if the Trump Adm empties it of combat troops. Biden says he wants to leave a counterterrorism force behind. Taliban are gaining ground, have been for five years. Without US special forces, it’ll continue expansion.  Al Qaeda benefits when Taliban do. People trying to cook the books, claim that al Q is a spent force—which it is not.  Mr Biden probably will keep only a rump force there.  US never had a clear picture of what al Q looks like in Afghanistan. Christopher Miller, SecDef in the last two months: filled with inaccurate statements.    Al Q in East Africa, Kenya.   They not only don’t want to understand after nineteen years in Afghanistan, they refuse to. ...more

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• 688: How does the GOP explain its startling performance in down ticket races? @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund

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  Nov 10 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1909. Election return 1909, Herald Office NYC  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowHow does the GOP explain its startling performance in down ticket races? @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund 

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• 685: Song of Wrath: 4of4: The Peloponnesian War Begins Paperback – Illustrated, September 4, 2012. by J. E. Lendon (Author)

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  Nov 10 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1850. Collection of sculptured fragments, Acropolis / Bonfils'.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Song of Wrath: 4of4: The Peloponnesian War Begins Paperback – Illustrated, September 4, 2012.  by J. E. Lendon  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Song-Wrath-Peloponnesian-War-Begins-dp-0465031439/dp/0465031439/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=Song of Wrath tells the story of Classical Athens' victorious Ten Years' War (431-421 BC) against grim Sparta -- the first decade of the terrible Peloponnesian War that turned the Golden Age of Greece to lead. Historian J.E. Lendon presents a sweeping tale of pitched battles by land and sea, sieges, sacks, raids, and deeds of cruelty and guile -- along with courageous acts of mercy, surprising charity, austere restraint, and arrogant resistance. Recounting the rise of democratic Athens to great-power status, and the resulting fury of authoritarian Sparta, Greece's traditional leader, Lendon portrays the causes and strategy of the war as a duel over national honor, a series of acts of revenge. A story of new pride challenging old, Song of Wrath is the first work of Ancient Greek history for the post-cold-war generation....more

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• 685: Song of Wrath: 3of4: The Peloponnesian War Begins Paperback – Illustrated, September 4, 2012. by J. E. Lendon (Author)

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  Nov 10 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1850> View toward the Acropolis showing Temple of Jupiter and Arch of Hadrian, and Ilissus River.In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 6. http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Song of Wrath: 3of4: The Peloponnesian War Begins Paperback – Illustrated, September 4, 2012.  by J. E. Lendon  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Song-Wrath-Peloponnesian-War-Begins-dp-0465031439/dp/0465031439/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=Song of Wrath tells the story of Classical Athens' victorious Ten Years' War (431-421 BC) against grim Sparta -- the first decade of the terrible Peloponnesian War that turned the Golden Age of Greece to lead. Historian J.E. Lendon presents a sweeping tale of pitched battles by land and sea, sieges, sacks, raids, and deeds of cruelty and guile -- along with courageous acts of mercy, surprising charity, austere restraint, and arrogant resistance. Recounting the rise of democratic Athens to great-power status, and the resulting fury of authoritarian Sparta, Greece's traditional leader, Lendon portrays the causes and strategy of the war as a duel over national honor, a series of acts of revenge. A story of new pride challenging old, Song of Wrath is the first work of Ancient Greek history for the post-cold-war generation....more

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• 685: Song of Wrath: 2of4: The Peloponnesian War Begins Paperback – Illustrated, September 4, 2012. by J. E. Lendon (Author)

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  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1850. Erectheum / D. Constantin á Athénes.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Song of Wrath: 2of4: The Peloponnesian War Begins Paperback – Illustrated, September 4, 2012.  by J. E. Lendon  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Song-Wrath-Peloponnesian-War-Begins-dp-0465031439/dp/0465031439/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=Song of Wrath tells the story of Classical Athens' victorious Ten Years' War (431-421 BC) against grim Sparta -- the first decade of the terrible Peloponnesian War that turned the Golden Age of Greece to lead. Historian J.E. Lendon presents a sweeping tale of pitched battles by land and sea, sieges, sacks, raids, and deeds of cruelty and guile -- along with courageous acts of mercy, surprising charity, austere restraint, and arrogant resistance. Recounting the rise of democratic Athens to great-power status, and the resulting fury of authoritarian Sparta, Greece's traditional leader, Lendon portrays the causes and strategy of the war as a duel over national honor, a series of acts of revenge. A story of new pride challenging old, Song of Wrath is the first work of Ancient Greek history for the post-cold-war generation....more

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• 685: Song of Wrath: 1of4: The Peloponnesian War Begins Paperback – Illustrated, September 4, 2012. by J. E. Lendon (Author)

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  Nov 10 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1907. The storied Acropolis crowned by the Parthenon, (Thesion at base) S.E. from railway - Athens  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Song of Wrath: 1of4: The Peloponnesian War Begins Paperback – Illustrated, September 4, 2012.  by J. E. Lendon  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Song-Wrath-Peloponnesian-War-Begins-dp-0465031439/dp/0465031439/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=Song of Wrath tells the story of Classical Athens' victorious Ten Years' War (431-421 BC) against grim Sparta -- the first decade of the terrible Peloponnesian War that turned the Golden Age of Greece to lead. Historian J.E. Lendon presents a sweeping tale of pitched battles by land and sea, sieges, sacks, raids, and deeds of cruelty and guile -- along with courageous acts of mercy, surprising charity, austere restraint, and arrogant resistance. Recounting the rise of democratic Athens to great-power status, and the resulting fury of authoritarian Sparta, Greece's traditional leader, Lendon portrays the causes and strategy of the war as a duel over national honor, a series of acts of revenge. A story of new pride challenging old, Song of Wrath is the first work of Ancient Greek history for the post-cold-war generation....more

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• 686: 4/4 The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers, by Gillian Tett.

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  Nov 09 2020

  Image:   Ancient Egyptian depiction of women engaged in mechanical rope making, the first graphic evidence of the craft, shown in the two lower rows of the illustration The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers, by Gillian Tett.  “A complex topic and lively writing make this an enjoyable call to action for better integration within organizations.” (Publishers Weekly) “Highly intelligent and enjoyable, and enlivened by a string of vivid case studies. It is also genuinely important, because her prescription for curing the pathological silo-isation of business and government is refreshingly unorthodox and, in my view, convincing.” (Financial Times)From the award-winning columnist and journalist Gillian Tett comes a brilliant examination of how our tendency to create functional departments—silos—hinders our work … and how some people and organizations can break those silos down to unleash innovation. One of the characteristics of industrial-age enterprises is that they are organized around functional departments. This organizational structure results in both limited information and restricted thinking. The Silo Effect asks these basic questions: why do humans working in modern institutions collectively act in ways that sometimes seem stupid? Why do normally clever people fail to see risks and opportunities that later seem blindingly obvious? Why, as the psychologist Daniel Kahneman put it, are we sometimes so “blind to our own blindness”? Gillian Tett, journalist and senior editor for the Financial Times, answers these questions by plumbing her background as an anthropologist and her experience reporting on the financial crisis in 2008. In The Silo Effect, she shares eight different tales of the silo syndrome, spanning Bloomberg’s City Hall in New York, the Bank of England in London, Cleveland Clinic hospital in Ohio, UBS bank in Switzerland, Facebook in San Francisco, Sony in Tokyo, the BlueMountain hedge fund, and the Chicago police. Some of these narratives illustrate how foolishly people can behave when they are mastered by silos. Others, however, show how institutions and individuals can master their silos, instead. These are stories of failure and success. From ideas about how to organize office spaces and lead teams of people with disparate expertise, Tett lays bare the silo effect and explains how people organize themselves, interact with each other, and imagine the world can take hold of an organization and lead from institutional blindness to 20/20 vision. http://www.amazon.com/Silo-Effect-Expertise-Breaking-Barriers/dp/1451644736/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1460855658&sr=1-1&keywords=SILOS+TETT ...more

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• 686: 3/4 The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers, by Gillian Tett.

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  Nov 09 2020

  Image:   Diagram: section of a large-scale social network The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers, by Gillian Tett.  “A complex topic and lively writing make this an enjoyable call to action for better integration within organizations.” (Publishers Weekly) “Highly intelligent and enjoyable, and enlivened by a string of vivid case studies. It is also genuinely important, because her prescription for curing the pathological silo-isation of business and government is refreshingly unorthodox and, in my view, convincing.” (Financial Times) From the award-winning columnist and journalist Gillian Tett comes a brilliant examination of how our tendency to create functional departments—silos—hinders our work … and how some people and organizations can break those silos down to unleash innovation. One of the characteristics of industrial-age enterprises is that they are organized around functional departments. This organizational structure results in both limited information and restricted thinking. The Silo Effect asks these basic questions: why do humans working in modern institutions collectively act in ways that sometimes seem stupid? Why do normally clever people fail to see risks and opportunities that later seem blindingly obvious? Why, as the psychologist Daniel Kahneman put it, are we sometimes so “blind to our own blindness”? Gillian Tett, journalist and senior editor for the Financial Times, answers these questions by plumbing her background as an anthropologist and her experience reporting on the financial crisis in 2008. In The Silo Effect, she shares eight different tales of the silo syndrome, spanning Bloomberg’s City Hall in New York, the Bank of England in London, Cleveland Clinic hospital in Ohio, UBS bank in Switzerland, Facebook in San Francisco, Sony in Tokyo, the BlueMountain hedge fund, and the Chicago police. Some of these narratives illustrate how foolishly people can behave when they are mastered by silos. Others, however, show how institutions and individuals can master their silos, instead. These are stories of failure and success. From ideas about how to organize office spaces and lead teams of people with disparate expertise, Tett lays bare the silo effect and explains how people organize themselves, interact with each other, and imagine the world can take hold of an organization and lead from institutional blindness to 20/20 vision. http://www.amazon.com/Silo-Effect-Expertise-Breaking-Barriers/dp/1451644736/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1460855658&sr=1-1&keywords=SILOS+TETT ...more

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• 685: 2/4 The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers, by Gillian Tett.

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  Nov 09 2020

  Image:  The 1911 "Pyramid of Capitalist System" cartoon is an example of . . . social stratification The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers, by Gillian Tett. “A complex topic and lively writing make this an enjoyable call to action for better integration within organizations.” (Publishers Weekly)“Highly intelligent and enjoyable, and enlivened by a string of vivid case studies. It is also genuinely important, because her prescription for curing the pathological silo-isation of business and government is refreshingly unorthodox and, in my view, convincing.” (Financial Times) From the award-winning columnist and journalist Gillian Tett comes a brilliant examination of how our tendency to create functional departments—silos—hinders our work … and how some people and organizations can break those silos down to unleash innovation. One of the characteristics of industrial-age enterprises is that they are organized around functional departments. This organizational structure results in both limited information and restricted thinking. The Silo Effect asks these basic questions: why do humans working in modern institutions collectively act in ways that sometimes seem stupid? Why do normally clever people fail to see risks and opportunities that later seem blindingly obvious? Why, as the psychologist Daniel Kahneman put it, are we sometimes so “blind to our own blindness”? Gillian Tett, journalist and senior editor for the Financial Times, answers these questions by plumbing her background as an anthropologist and her experience reporting on the financial crisis in 2008. In The Silo Effect, she shares eight different tales of the silo syndrome, spanning Bloomberg’s City Hall in New York, the Bank of England in London, Cleveland Clinic hospital in Ohio, UBS bank in Switzerland, Facebook in San Francisco, Sony in Tokyo, the BlueMountain hedge fund, and the Chicago police. Some of these narratives illustrate how foolishly people can behave when they are mastered by silos. Others, however, show how institutions and individuals can master their silos, instead. These are stories of failure and success. From ideas about how to organize office spaces and lead teams of people with disparate expertise, Tett lays bare the silo effect and explains how people organize themselves, interact with each other, and imagine the world can take hold of an organization and lead from institutional blindness to 20/20 vision. http://www.amazon.com/Silo-Effect-Expertise-Breaking-Barriers/dp/1451644736/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1460855658&sr=1-1&keywords=SILOS+TETT ...more

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• 685: 1/4 The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers, by Gillian Tett.

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  Nov 09 2020

  Image:   Vogelsang Farm, silo, Manitowoc Rapids, Wisconsin The Silo Effect: The Peril of Expertise and the Promise of Breaking Down Barriers, by Gillian Tett. “A complex topic and lively writing make this an enjoyable call to action for better integration within organizations.” (Publishers Weekly)“Highly intelligent and enjoyable, and enlivened by a string of vivid case studies. It is also genuinely important, because her prescription for curing the pathological silo-isation of business and government is refreshingly unorthodox and, in my view, convincing.” (Financial Times) From the award-winning columnist and journalist Gillian Tett comes a brilliant examination of how our tendency to create functional departments—silos—hinders our work … and how some people and organizations can break those silos down to unleash innovation. One of the characteristics of industrial-age enterprises is that they are organized around functional departments. This organizational structure results in both limited information and restricted thinking. The Silo Effect asks these basic questions: why do humans working in modern institutions collectively act in ways that sometimes seem stupid? Why do normally clever people fail to see risks and opportunities that later seem blindingly obvious? Why, as the psychologist Daniel Kahneman put it, are we sometimes so “blind to our own blindness”? Gillian Tett, journalist and senior editor for the Financial Times, answers these questions by plumbing her background as an anthropologist and her experience reporting on the financial crisis in 2008. In The Silo Effect, she shares eight different tales of the silo syndrome, spanning Bloomberg’s City Hall in New York, the Bank of England in London, Cleveland Clinic hospital in Ohio, UBS bank in Switzerland, Facebook in San Francisco, Sony in Tokyo, the BlueMountain hedge fund, and the Chicago police. Some of these narratives illustrate how foolishly people can behave when they are mastered by silos. Others, however, show how institutions and individuals can master their silos, instead. These are stories of failure and success. From ideas about how to organize office spaces and lead teams of people with disparate expertise, Tett lays bare the silo effect and explains how people organize themselves, interact with each other, and imagine the world can take hold of an organization and lead from institutional blindness to 20/20 vision.http://www.amazon.com/Silo-Effect-Expertise-Breaking-Barriers/dp/1451644736/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1460855658&sr=1-1&keywords=SILOS+TETT...more

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• 683: The Book of Universes: 2of2: Exploring the Limits of the Cosmos. by John D. Barrow.

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  Nov 09 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1963 Credit: Mt Wilson/Palomar Observatories - NGC 224 The Great Galaxy, in Andromeda, type Sb. Shows south preceding region resolved inot stars 100-inch ARC-1963-A-30834  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Book of Universes: 2of2:  Exploring the Limits of the Cosmos. by John D. Barrow.http://www.amazon.com/Book-Universes-Exploring-Limits-Cosmos/dp/0393343111/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1460855140&sr=1-1&keywords=BOOK+OF+UNIVERSES Einstein's theory of general relativity opens the door to other universes, and weird universes at that: universes that allow time travel, universes where you can see the back of your head, universes that spin and bounce or multiply without limit. The Book of Universes gives us a stunning tour of these potential universes, introducing us along the way to the brilliant physicists and mathematicians who first revealed their startling possibilities. John D. Barrow explains the latest discoveries and ideas that physics and astronomy have to offer about our own universe, showing how these findings lead to the concept of the "multiverse"―the Universe of all possible universes. New ideas force us to confront the possibility that our visible universe is a tiny region, governed by its own laws, within a Multiverse containing all the strange universes that could be―an idea that is among the most exciting and revolutionary in all of modern science. 112 black-and-white illustrations ...more

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• 683: The Book of Universes: 1of2: Exploring the Limits of the Cosmos. by John D. Barrow.

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  Nov 09 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. Titelblad 'Dialogo di Galileo Galilei'  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe Book of Universes: 1of2:  Exploring the Limits of the Cosmos. by John D. Barrow.http://www.amazon.com/Book-Universes-Exploring-Limits-Cosmos/dp/0393343111/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1460855140&sr=1-1&keywords=BOOK+OF+UNIVERSES Einstein's theory of general relativity opens the door to other universes, and weird universes at that: universes that allow time travel, universes where you can see the back of your head, universes that spin and bounce or multiply without limit. The Book of Universes gives us a stunning tour of these potential universes, introducing us along the way to the brilliant physicists and mathematicians who first revealed their startling possibilities. John D. Barrow explains the latest discoveries and ideas that physics and astronomy have to offer about our own universe, showing how these findings lead to the concept of the "multiverse"―the Universe of all possible universes. New ideas force us to confront the possibility that our visible universe is a tiny region, governed by its own laws, within a Multiverse containing all the strange universes that could be―an idea that is among the most exciting and revolutionary in all of modern science. 112 black-and-white illustrations ...more

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• 684: 4/4 How to Survive the Titanic, Or, the Sinking of J, by Frances Wilson

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  Nov 09 2020

  Image: Captain Edward J. Smith and the Titanic How to Survive the Titanic, Or, the Sinking of J,by Frances Wilson  How to Survive the Titanic by Frances Wilson. “Persuasive . . .  examines the disaster afresh through the prism of Ismay’s life . . .  Ultimately, Wilson’s portrait—empathetic rather than sympathetic—depicts Ismay as an Everyman troublingly suited to our own uncertain times.” (BusinessWeek ) “Wilson herself casts a Conradian spell . . . finds submerged truths, unravels riddles, listens to echoes. This book is a deep reading of the catastrophe through one hapless, inert man.” (Hermione Eyre, Evening Standard ) https://www.amazon.com/How-Survive-Titanic-Sinking-J/dp/1408828154 ...more

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• 684: 3/4 How to Survive the Titanic, Or, the Sinking of J, by Frances Wilson

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  Nov 09 2020

  Image: Titanic survivors on way to the rescue ship CarpathiaHow to Survive the Titanic, Or, the Sinking of J,by Frances Wilson  How to Survive the Titanic by Frances Wilson. “Persuasive . . .  examines the disaster afresh through the prism of Ismay’s life . . .  Ultimately, Wilson’s portrait—empathetic rather than sympathetic—depicts Ismay as an Everyman troublingly suited to our own uncertain times.” (BusinessWeek ) “Wilson herself casts a Conradian spell . . . finds submerged truths, unravels riddles, listens to echoes. This book is a deep reading of the catastrophe through one hapless, inert man.” (Hermione Eyre, Evening Standard ) https://www.amazon.com/How-Survive-Titanic-Sinking-J/dp/1408828154 ...more

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• 684: 2/4 How to Survive the Titanic, Or, the Sinking of J, by Frances Wilson

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  Nov 09 2020

  Image:  Illustration of the sinking of the TitanicHow to Survive the Titanic, Or, the Sinking of J,by Frances Wilson  How to Survive the Titanic by Frances Wilson. “Persuasive . . .  examines the disaster afresh through the prism of Ismay’s life . . .  Ultimately, Wilson’s portrait—empathetic rather than sympathetic—depicts Ismay as an Everyman troublingly suited to our own uncertain times.” (BusinessWeek ) “Wilson herself casts a Conradian spell . . . finds submerged truths, unravels riddles, listens to echoes. This book is a deep reading of the catastrophe through one hapless, inert man.” (Hermione Eyre, Evening Standard ) https://www.amazon.com/How-Survive-Titanic-Sinking-J/dp/1408828154 ...more

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• 684: 1/4 How to Survive the Titanic, Or, the Sinking of J, by Frances Wilson

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  Nov 09 2020

  Image:  Within five days of the sinking, The New York Times published several columns relating to Ismay's conduct—concerning which "there has been so much comment." Columns included the statement of attorney Karl H. Behr indicating Ismay had helped supervise loading of passengers in lifeboats, and of William E. Carter stating that he and Ismay boarded a lifeboat only after there were no more women. How to Survive the Titanic, Or, the Sinking of J,by Frances Wilson  How to Survive the Titanic by Frances Wilson. “Persuasive . . .  examines the disaster afresh through the prism of Ismay’s life . . .  Ultimately, Wilson’s portrait—empathetic rather than sympathetic—depicts Ismay as an Everyman troublingly suited to our own uncertain times.” (BusinessWeek ) “Wilson herself casts a Conradian spell . . . finds submerged truths, unravels riddles, listens to echoes. This book is a deep reading of the catastrophe through one hapless, inert man.” (Hermione Eyre, Evening Standard ) https://www.amazon.com/How-Survive-Titanic-Sinking-J/dp/1408828154 ...more

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• 682: 4/4 Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties, by Kevin M. Schultz.

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  Nov 09 2020

  Image:  MPs carefully guard flower-wielding hippies at the March on the Pentagon, 1967.  (screen grab)   Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties, by Kevin M. Schultz.  “Buckley and Mailer brings alive two talented, tireless characters . . .  Schultz weave[s] their contrasting public lives together in a way that helps to make sense of an era.” (Aram Bakshian, Jr., Wall Street Journal)  A lively chronicle of the 1960s through the surprisingly close and amazingly contentious friendship of its two most colorful characters. William F. Buckley, Jr., and Norman Mailer were the two towering intellectual figures of the 1960s, and they lived remarkably parallel lives. Both became best-selling authors in their twenties (with God and Man at Yale and The Naked and the Dead); both started hugely influential papers (National Review and the Village Voice); both ran for mayor of New York City; both were noted for their exceptional wit and venom; and each became the figurehead of his respective social movement (Buckley on the right, Mailer on the left). Indeed, Buckley and Mailer argued vociferously and publicly about every major issue of their time: civil rights, feminism, the counterculture, Vietnam, the Cold War. But behind the scenes, the two were close friends and trusted confidants. In Buckley and Mailer, the historian Kevin M. Schultz delves into their personal archives to tell the rich story of their friendship, their arguments, and the tumultuous decade they did so much to shape. Here is the entertaining and deeply American story of what Mailer himself called a "difficult friendship": from their debate before the Floyd Patterson–Sonny Liston heavyweight fight in 1962 to their failed mayoral campaigns, to their confrontation at Truman Capote’s Black-and-White Ball, to their starring roles in the central events of the ’60s, including the giant antiwar rally in Berkeley, the March on the Pentagon, and the national political conventions in Miami and Chicago. Through it all, Schultz charts their friendship, whether sailing together off the coast of Connecticut, celebrating rave reviews and grousing about lousy ones, or defending each other's decisions privately even as they attack each other’s positions publicly. Brimming with Buckley and Mailer's own thoughts from their personal diaries and letters, Buckley and Mailer also features cameos by other leading figures of the time, including James Baldwin, Joan Didion, Barry Goldwater, Robert F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Gloria Steinem, and Gore Vidal. Schultz delivers a fresh chronicle of the '60s and its long aftermath as well as an enormously engaging work of narrative history that explores these extraordinary figures’ contrasting visions of what America was and what it could be.  8 pages of photographs     http://www.amazon.com/Buckley-Mailer-Difficult-Friendship-Sixties/dp/0393088715/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1460939622&sr=1-1&keywords=schultz+mailer ...more

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• 682: 3/4 Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties, by Kevin M. Schultz.

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  Nov 09 2020

  Image:  Mural in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, CaliforniaBuckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties, by Kevin M. Schultz.  “Buckley and Mailer brings alive two talented, tireless characters . . .  Schultz weave[s] their contrasting public lives together in a way that helps to make sense of an era.” (Aram Bakshian, Jr., Wall Street Journal)  A lively chronicle of the 1960s through the surprisingly close and amazingly contentious friendship of its two most colorful characters. William F. Buckley, Jr., and Norman Mailer were the two towering intellectual figures of the 1960s, and they lived remarkably parallel lives. Both became best-selling authors in their twenties (with God and Man at Yale and The Naked and the Dead); both started hugely influential papers (National Review and the Village Voice); both ran for mayor of New York City; both were noted for their exceptional wit and venom; and each became the figurehead of his respective social movement (Buckley on the right, Mailer on the left). Indeed, Buckley and Mailer argued vociferously and publicly about every major issue of their time: civil rights, feminism, the counterculture, Vietnam, the Cold War. But behind the scenes, the two were close friends and trusted confidants. In Buckley and Mailer, the historian Kevin M. Schultz delves into their personal archives to tell the rich story of their friendship, their arguments, and the tumultuous decade they did so much to shape. Here is the entertaining and deeply American story of what Mailer himself called a "difficult friendship": from their debate before the Floyd Patterson–Sonny Liston heavyweight fight in 1962 to their failed mayoral campaigns, to their confrontation at Truman Capote’s Black-and-White Ball, to their starring roles in the central events of the ’60s, including the giant antiwar rally in Berkeley, the March on the Pentagon, and the national political conventions in Miami and Chicago. Through it all, Schultz charts their friendship, whether sailing together off the coast of Connecticut, celebrating rave reviews and grousing about lousy ones, or defending each other's decisions privately even as they attack each other’s positions publicly. Brimming with Buckley and Mailer's own thoughts from their personal diaries and letters, Buckley and Mailer also features cameos by other leading figures of the time, including James Baldwin, Joan Didion, Barry Goldwater, Robert F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Gloria Steinem, and Gore Vidal. Schultz delivers a fresh chronicle of the '60s and its long aftermath as well as an enormously engaging work of narrative history that explores these extraordinary figures’ contrasting visions of what America was and what it could be.  8 pages of photographs     http://www.amazon.com/Buckley-Mailer-Difficult-Friendship-Sixties/dp/0393088715/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1460939622&sr=1-1&keywords=schultz+mailer ...more

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• 682: 2/4 Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties, by Kevin M. Schultz.

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  Nov 09 2020

  Image: William F. Buckley attends the second inauguration of the President Ronald Reagan Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties, by Kevin M. Schultz.  “Buckley and Mailer brings alive two talented, tireless characters . . .  Schultz weave[s] their contrasting public lives together in a way that helps to make sense of an era.” (Aram Bakshian, Jr., Wall Street Journal) A lively chronicle of the 1960s through the surprisingly close and amazingly contentious friendship of its two most colorful characters. William F. Buckley, Jr., and Norman Mailer were the two towering intellectual figures of the 1960s, and they lived remarkably parallel lives. Both became best-selling authors in their twenties (with God and Man at Yale and The Naked and the Dead); both started hugely influential papers (National Review and the Village Voice); both ran for mayor of New York City; both were noted for their exceptional wit and venom; and each became the figurehead of his respective social movement (Buckley on the right, Mailer on the left). Indeed, Buckley and Mailer argued vociferously and publicly about every major issue of their time: civil rights, feminism, the counterculture, Vietnam, the Cold War. But behind the scenes, the two were close friends and trusted confidants. In Buckley and Mailer, the historian Kevin M. Schultz delves into their personal archives to tell the rich story of their friendship, their arguments, and the tumultuous decade they did so much to shape. Here is the entertaining and deeply American story of what Mailer himself called a "difficult friendship": from their debate before the Floyd Patterson–Sonny Liston heavyweight fight in 1962 to their failed mayoral campaigns, to their confrontation at Truman Capote’s Black-and-White Ball, to their starring roles in the central events of the ’60s, including the giant antiwar rally in Berkeley, the March on the Pentagon, and the national political conventions in Miami and Chicago. Through it all, Schultz charts their friendship, whether sailing together off the coast of Connecticut, celebrating rave reviews and grousing about lousy ones, or defending each other's decisions privately even as they attack each other’s positions publicly. Brimming with Buckley and Mailer's own thoughts from their personal diaries and letters, Buckley and Mailer also features cameos by other leading figures of the time, including James Baldwin, Joan Didion, Barry Goldwater, Robert F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Gloria Steinem, and Gore Vidal. Schultz delivers a fresh chronicle of the '60s and its long aftermath as well as an enormously engaging work of narrative history that explores these extraordinary figures’ contrasting visions of what America was and what it could be.  8 pages of photographs     http://www.amazon.com/Buckley-Mailer-Difficult-Friendship-Sixties/dp/0393088715/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1460939622&sr=1-1&keywords=schultz+mailer ...more

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• 682: 1/4 Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties, by Kevin M. Schultz.

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  Nov 09 2020

  Image:  Portrait of Norman Mailer Buckley and Mailer: The Difficult Friendship That Shaped the Sixties, by Kevin M. Schultz.  “Buckley and Mailer brings alive two talented, tireless characters . . .  Schultz weave[s] their contrasting public lives together in a way that helps to make sense of an era.” (Aram Bakshian, Jr., Wall Street Journal)  A lively chronicle of the 1960s through the surprisingly close and amazingly contentious friendship of its two most colorful characters. William F. Buckley, Jr., and Norman Mailer were the two towering intellectual figures of the 1960s, and they lived remarkably parallel lives. Both became best-selling authors in their twenties (with God and Man at Yale and The Naked and the Dead); both started hugely influential papers (National Review and the Village Voice); both ran for mayor of New York City; both were noted for their exceptional wit and venom; and each became the figurehead of his respective social movement (Buckley on the right, Mailer on the left). Indeed, Buckley and Mailer argued vociferously and publicly about every major issue of their time: civil rights, feminism, the counterculture, Vietnam, the Cold War. But behind the scenes, the two were close friends and trusted confidants. In Buckley and Mailer, the historian Kevin M. Schultz delves into their personal archives to tell the rich story of their friendship, their arguments, and the tumultuous decade they did so much to shape. Here is the entertaining and deeply American story of what Mailer himself called a "difficult friendship": from their debate before the Floyd Patterson–Sonny Liston heavyweight fight in 1962 to their failed mayoral campaigns, to their confrontation at Truman Capote’s Black-and-White Ball, to their starring roles in the central events of the ’60s, including the giant antiwar rally in Berkeley, the March on the Pentagon, and the national political conventions in Miami and Chicago. Through it all, Schultz charts their friendship, whether sailing together off the coast of Connecticut, celebrating rave reviews and grousing about lousy ones, or defending each other's decisions privately even as they attack each other’s positions publicly. Brimming with Buckley and Mailer's own thoughts from their personal diaries and letters, Buckley and Mailer also features cameos by other leading figures of the time, including James Baldwin, Joan Didion, Barry Goldwater, Robert F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Gloria Steinem, and Gore Vidal. Schultz delivers a fresh chronicle of the '60s and its long aftermath as well as an enormously engaging work of narrative history that explores these extraordinary figures’ contrasting visions of what America was and what it could be.  8 pages of photographs     http://www.amazon.com/Buckley-Mailer-Difficult-Friendship-Sixties/dp/0393088715/ref=sr11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1460939622&sr=1-1&keywords=schultz+mailer ...more

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• 678: The Last Greatest Magician in the World: 2of2: Howard Thurston Versus Houdini & the Battles of the American Wizards Kindle Edition. by Jim Steinmeyer (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 09 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1914. Magician with blindfolded woman  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Last Greatest Magician in the World: 2of2: Howard Thurston Versus Houdini & the Battles of the American Wizards Kindle Edition. by Jim Steinmeyer  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Last-Greatest-Magician-World-Thurston-ebook/dp/B00475AYCI/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Thurston+magician&qid=1604798923&s=digital-text&sr=1-1Everyone knows Houdini-but who was Thurston? In this rich, vivid biography of the "greatest magician in the world," celebrated historian of stage magic Jim Steinmeyer captures the career and controversies of the wonder-worker extraordinaire, Howard Thurston. The public's fickleness over magicians has left Thurston all but forgotten today. Yet Steinmeyer shows how his story is one of the most remarkable in show business. During his life, from 1869 to 1936, Thurston successfully navigated the most dramatic changes in entertainment-from street performances to sideshows to wagon tours through America's still-wild West to stage magic amid the glitter of grand theaters. Thurston became one of America's most renowned vaudeville stars, boldly performing an act with just a handful of playing cards, and then had the foresight to leave vaudeville, expanding his show into an extravaganza with more than forty tons of apparatusand costumes. His touring production was an American institution for nearly thirty years, and Thurston earned a brand name equal to Ziegfeld or Ringling Brothers. Steinmeyer explores the stage and psychological rivalry between Thurston and Houdini during the first decades of the twentieth century- a contest that Thurston won. He won with a bigger show, a more successful reputation, and the title of America's greatest magician. In The Last Greatest Magician in the World, Thurston's magic show is revealed as the one that animates our collective memories....more

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• 678: The Last Greatest Magician in the World: 1of2: Howard Thurston Versus Houdini & the Battles of the American Wizards Kindle Edition. by Jim Steinmeyer (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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  Nov 09 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.1908 Thurston: Kellar's successor.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow The Last Greatest Magician in the World: 1of2: Howard Thurston Versus Houdini & the Battles of the American Wizards Kindle Edition. by Jim Steinmeyer  (Author)  Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/Last-Greatest-Magician-World-Thurston-ebook/dp/B00475AYCI/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Thurston+magician&qid=1604798923&s=digital-text&sr=1-1Everyone knows Houdini-but who was Thurston? In this rich, vivid biography of the "greatest magician in the world," celebrated historian of stage magic Jim Steinmeyer captures the career and controversies of the wonder-worker extraordinaire, Howard Thurston. The public's fickleness over magicians has left Thurston all but forgotten today. Yet Steinmeyer shows how his story is one of the most remarkable in show business. During his life, from 1869 to 1936, Thurston successfully navigated the most dramatic changes in entertainment-from street performances to sideshows to wagon tours through America's still-wild West to stage magic amid the glitter of grand theaters. Thurston became one of America's most renowned vaudeville stars, boldly performing an act with just a handful of playing cards, and then had the foresight to leave vaudeville, expanding his show into an extravaganza with more than forty tons of apparatusand costumes. His touring production was an American institution for nearly thirty years, and Thurston earned a brand name equal to Ziegfeld or Ringling Brothers. Steinmeyer explores the stage and psychological rivalry between Thurston and Houdini during the first decades of the twentieth century- a contest that Thurston won. He won with a bigger show, a more successful reputation, and the title of America's greatest magician. In The Last Greatest Magician in the World, Thurston's magic show is revealed as the one that animates our collective memories....more

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• 681: 2/2 A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing, by Lawrence Krauss (author), and Richard Dawkins (Afterword)

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  Nov 08 2020

  Image:  Astronomers discovered stars in the Milky Way galaxy that are almost 13.6 billion years old. A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing, by Lawrence Krauss (author), and Richard Dawkins (Afterword)   The bestselling author and acclaimed physicist Lawrence Krauss offers a paradigm-shifting view of how everything that exists came to be in the first place. “Where did the universe come from? What was there before it? What will the future bring? And, finally, why is there something rather than nothing?” One of the few prominent scientists today to have crossed the chasm between science and popular culture, Krauss describes the staggeringly beautiful experimental observations and mind-bending new theories that demonstrate that not only can something arise from nothing, something will always arise from nothing. With a new preface about the significance of the discovery of the Higgs particle, A Universe from Nothing uses Krauss’s characteristic wry humor and wonderfully clear explanations to take us back to the beginning of the beginning, presenting the most recent evidence for how our universe evolved—and the implications for how it’s going to end.  Provocative, challenging, and delightfully readable, this is a game-changing look at the most basic underpinning of existence and a powerful antidote to outmoded philosophical, religious, and scientific thinking.  https://www.amazon.com/Universe-Nothing-There-Something-Rather-ebook/dp/B004T4KQJS/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=LAURENCE+Kraus&qid=1604797617&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 ...more

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• 681: 1/2 A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing, by Lawrence Krauss (author), and Richard Dawkins (Afterword)

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  Nov 08 2020

  Image: Higgs boson:  Summary of interactions between certain particles described by the Standard Model. A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing, by Lawrence Krauss (author), and Richard Dawkins (Afterword)   The bestselling author and acclaimed physicist Lawrence Krauss offers a paradigm-shifting view of how everything that exists came to be in the first place. “Where did the universe come from? What was there before it? What will the future bring? And, finally, why is there something rather than nothing?” One of the few prominent scientists today to have crossed the chasm between science and popular culture, Krauss describes the staggeringly beautiful experimental observations and mind-bending new theories that demonstrate that not only can something arise from nothing, something will always arise from nothing. With a new preface about the significance of the discovery of the Higgs particle, A Universe from Nothing uses Krauss’s characteristic wry humor and wonderfully clear explanations to take us back to the beginning of the beginning, presenting the most recent evidence for how our universe evolved—and the implications for how it’s going to end.  Provocative, challenging, and delightfully readable, this is a game-changing look at the most basic underpinning of existence and a powerful antidote to outmoded philosophical, religious, and scientific thinking.  https://www.amazon.com/Universe-Nothing-There-Something-Rather-ebook/dp/B004T4KQJS/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=LAURENCE+Kraus&qid=1604797617&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 ...more

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• 678: Best of "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Ark of the Covenant. Malcolm Hoenlein @ThadMcCotter

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  Nov 08 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication. 1880 Skioptikonbild. Tryck med motiv av bärandet av den heliga arken genom en torrlagd kanal.  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowBest of "Indiana" Hoenlein and the Lost Ark of the Covenant. Malcolm Hoenlein  @ThadMcCotter https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israeli-excavation-reveals-new-findings-about-the-ark-of-the-covenant-1.6727179

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• 680: 4/4 Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, by Arthur Herman

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  Nov 08 2020

  Image:  Steelmill workers' houses. Birmingham, Alabama. Owned by Republic Steel CompanyFreedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, by Arthur Herman   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SELECTED BY THE ECONOMIST AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR “A rambunctious book that is itself alive with the animal spirits of the marketplace.”—The Wall Street Journal Freedom’s Forge reveals how two extraordinary American businessmen— the General Motors automobile magnate William “Big Bill” Knudsen and shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser—helped corral, cajole, and inspire business leaders across the country to mobilize the “arsenal of democracy” that propelled the Allies to victory in World War II. Drafting top talent from companies like Chrysler, Republic Steel, Boeing, Lockheed, GE, and Frigidaire, Knudsen and Kaiser turned auto plants into aircraft factories and civilian assembly lines into fountains of munitions. In four short years they transformed America’s army from a hollow shell into a truly global force, laying the foundations for the country’s rise as an economic as well as military superpower. Freedom’s Forge vividly re-creates American industry’s finest hour, when the nation’s business elites put aside their pursuit of profits and set about saving the world. Praise for Freedom’s Forge “A rarely told industrial saga, rich with particulars of the growing pains and eventual triumphs of American industry . . . Arthur Herman has set out to right an injustice: the loss, down history’s memory hole, of the epic achievements of American business in helping the United States and its allies win World War II.”—The New York Times Book Review “Magnificent . . . It’s not often that a historian comes up with a fresh approach to an absolutely critical element of the Allied victory in World War II, but Pulitzer finalist Herman . . . has done just that.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A compulsively readable tribute to ‘the miracle of mass production.’ ”—Publishers Weekly “The production statistics cited by Mr. Herman . . . astound.”—The Economist “[A] fantastic book.”—Forbes “Freedom’s Forge is the story of how the ingenuity and energy of the American private sector was turned loose to equip the finest military force on the face of the earth. In an era of gathering threats and shrinking defense budgets, it is a timely lesson told by one of the great historians of our time.”—Donald Rumsfeld https://www.amazon.com/Freedoms-Forge-American-Business-Produced-ebook/dp/B005X0JG48/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=arthur+herman+forge+of+freedom&qid=1604797534&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 ...more

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• 680: 3/4 Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, by Arthur Herman

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  Nov 08 2020

   Image:  The crew of the Boeing B-17F-10-BO "Flying Fortress" 'Memphis Belle' is pictured at an air base in England after completing 25 missions over enemy territory. The crew returned to the U.S. to a hero's welcome and embarked on a 30-city morale tour. Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, by Arthur Herman   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SELECTED BY THE ECONOMIST AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR “A rambunctious book that is itself alive with the animal spirits of the marketplace.”—The Wall Street Journal Freedom’s Forge reveals how two extraordinary American businessmen— the General Motors automobile magnate William “Big Bill” Knudsen and shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser—helped corral, cajole, and inspire business leaders across the country to mobilize the “arsenal of democracy” that propelled the Allies to victory in World War II. Drafting top talent from companies like Chrysler, Republic Steel, Boeing, Lockheed, GE, and Frigidaire, Knudsen and Kaiser turned auto plants into aircraft factories and civilian assembly lines into fountains of munitions. In four short years they transformed America’s army from a hollow shell into a truly global force, laying the foundations for the country’s rise as an economic as well as military superpower. Freedom’s Forge vividly re-creates American industry’s finest hour, when the nation’s business elites put aside their pursuit of profits and set about saving the world. Praise for Freedom’s Forge “A rarely told industrial saga, rich with particulars of the growing pains and eventual triumphs of American industry . . . Arthur Herman has set out to right an injustice: the loss, down history’s memory hole, of the epic achievements of American business in helping the United States and its allies win World War II.”—The New York Times Book Review “Magnificent . . . It’s not often that a historian comes up with a fresh approach to an absolutely critical element of the Allied victory in World War II, but Pulitzer finalist Herman . . . has done just that.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A compulsively readable tribute to ‘the miracle of mass production.’ ”—Publishers Weekly “The production statistics cited by Mr. Herman . . . astound.”—The Economist “[A] fantastic book.”—Forbes “Freedom’s Forge is the story of how the ingenuity and energy of the American private sector was turned loose to equip the finest military force on the face of the earth. In an era of gathering threats and shrinking defense budgets, it is a timely lesson told by one of the great historians of our time.”—Donald Rumsfeld https://www.amazon.com/Freedoms-Forge-American-Business-Produced-ebook/dp/B005X0JG48/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=arthur+herman+forge+of+freedom&qid=1604797534&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 ...more

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• 680: 2/4 Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, by Arthur Herman

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  Nov 08 2020

  Image:  Henry Kaiser Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, by Arthur Herman   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SELECTED BY THE ECONOMIST AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR “A rambunctious book that is itself alive with the animal spirits of the marketplace.”—The Wall Street Journal Freedom’s Forge reveals how two extraordinary American businessmen— the General Motors automobile magnate William “Big Bill” Knudsen and shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser—helped corral, cajole, and inspire business leaders across the country to mobilize the “arsenal of democracy” that propelled the Allies to victory in World War II. Drafting top talent from companies like Chrysler, Republic Steel, Boeing, Lockheed, GE, and Frigidaire, Knudsen and Kaiser turned auto plants into aircraft factories and civilian assembly lines into fountains of munitions. In four short years they transformed America’s army from a hollow shell into a truly global force, laying the foundations for the country’s rise as an economic as well as military superpower. Freedom’s Forge vividly re-creates American industry’s finest hour, when the nation’s business elites put aside their pursuit of profits and set about saving the world. Praise for Freedom’s Forge “A rarely told industrial saga, rich with particulars of the growing pains and eventual triumphs of American industry . . . Arthur Herman has set out to right an injustice: the loss, down history’s memory hole, of the epic achievements of American business in helping the United States and its allies win World War II.”—The New York Times Book Review “Magnificent . . . It’s not often that a historian comes up with a fresh approach to an absolutely critical element of the Allied victory in World War II, but Pulitzer finalist Herman . . . has done just that.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A compulsively readable tribute to ‘the miracle of mass production.’ ”—Publishers Weekly “The production statistics cited by Mr. Herman . . . astound.”—The Economist “[A] fantastic book.”—Forbes “Freedom’s Forge is the story of how the ingenuity and energy of the American private sector was turned loose to equip the finest military force on the face of the earth. In an era of gathering threats and shrinking defense budgets, it is a timely lesson told by one of the great historians of our time.”—Donald Rumsfeld https://www.amazon.com/Freedoms-Forge-American-Business-Produced-ebook/dp/B005X0JG48/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=arthur+herman+forge+of+freedom&qid=1604797534&s=digital-text&sr=1-1   ...more

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• 680: 1/4 Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, by Arthur Herman

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  Nov 08 2020

  Image:  Washington, D.C.     The opera singer Lauritz Melchior (left), and Gene (i.e., Jean) Hersholt, movie actor (center), visiting William Knudsen, director-general of the Office of Production Management (OPM)Freedom's Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II, by Arthur Herman   NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SELECTED BY THE ECONOMIST AS ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR “A rambunctious book that is itself alive with the animal spirits of the marketplace.”—The Wall Street Journal Freedom’s Forge reveals how two extraordinary American businessmen— the General Motors automobile magnate William “Big Bill” Knudsen and shipbuilder Henry J. Kaiser—helped corral, cajole, and inspire business leaders across the country to mobilize the “arsenal of democracy” that propelled the Allies to victory in World War II. Drafting top talent from companies like Chrysler, Republic Steel, Boeing, Lockheed, GE, and Frigidaire, Knudsen and Kaiser turned auto plants into aircraft factories and civilian assembly lines into fountains of munitions. In four short years they transformed America’s army from a hollow shell into a truly global force, laying the foundations for the country’s rise as an economic as well as military superpower. Freedom’s Forge vividly re-creates American industry’s finest hour, when the nation’s business elites put aside their pursuit of profits and set about saving the world. Praise for Freedom’s Forge “A rarely told industrial saga, rich with particulars of the growing pains and eventual triumphs of American industry . . . Arthur Herman has set out to right an injustice: the loss, down history’s memory hole, of the epic achievements of American business in helping the United States and its allies win World War II.”—The New York Times Book Review “Magnificent . . . It’s not often that a historian comes up with a fresh approach to an absolutely critical element of the Allied victory in World War II, but Pulitzer finalist Herman . . . has done just that.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A compulsively readable tribute to ‘the miracle of mass production.’ ”—Publishers Weekly “The production statistics cited by Mr. Herman . . . astound.”—The Economist “[A] fantastic book.”—Forbes “Freedom’s Forge is the story of how the ingenuity and energy of the American private sector was turned loose to equip the finest military force on the face of the earth. In an era of gathering threats and shrinking defense budgets, it is a timely lesson told by one of the great historians of our time.”—Donald Rumsfeld https://www.amazon.com/Freedoms-Forge-American-Business-Produced-ebook/dp/B005X0JG48/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=arthur+herman+forge+of+freedom&qid=1604797534&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 ...more

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• 678: The mysteries of the Hobbits. Michael Balter @Mbalter @ScienceMagazine

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  Nov 08 2020

  Photo: No known restrictions on publication.View of Batavia  http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contacthttp://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedulesParler & Twitter: @BatchelorShowThe mysteries of the Hobbits.  Michael Balter @Mbalter @ScienceMagazinehttp://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/04/scienceshot-shrinking-hobbits-brain"Where do Hobbits come from? No, not the little humanoids in the J. R. R. Tolkien books, but Homo floresiensis, the 1-meter-tall human with the chimp-sized brain that lived on the Indonesian island of Flores between 90,000 and 13,000 years ago. There are two main hypotheses: either the creature downsized from H. erectus, a human ancestor that lived in Africa and Asia and that is known to have made it to Flores about 800,000 years ago and may have shrunk when it got there—a case of so-called "insular dwarfism" often seen in other animals that get small when they take up residence on islands. Or it evolved from an even earlier, smaller-brained ancestor, such as the early human H. habilis or an australopithecine like Lucy, that somehow made it to Flores from Africa...."...more

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• 679: 4/4 The Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House, by Chuck Todd

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  Nov 08 2020

  Image:  President Barack Obama gestures during a meeting with Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office, Aug. 27, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza). The Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House, by Chuck Todd  Chuck Todd's gripping, fly-on-the-wall account of Barack Obama's tumultuous struggle to succeed in Washington.   Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008 partly because he was a Washington outsider. But if he'd come to the White House thinking he could change the political culture, he soon discovered just how difficult it was to swim against an upstream of insiders, partisans, and old guard networks allied to undermine his agenda—including members of his own party. He would pass some of the most significant legislation in American history, but his own weaknesses torpedoed some of his greatest hopes.  In The Stranger, Chuck Todd draws upon his unprecedented inner-circle sources to create a gripping account of Obama's White House tenure, from the early days of drift and helplessness to a final stand against the GOP in which an Obama, at last liberated from his political future, finally triumphs.  https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Barack-Obama-White-House-ebook/dp/B009GAR9UY/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=       ...more

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• 679: 3/4 The Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House, by Chuck Todd

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  Image:  President Barack Obama talks with Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, outside the Oval Office following a meeting in the Situation Room of the White House, June 19, 2014. The Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House, by Chuck Todd  Chuck Todd's gripping, fly-on-the-wall account of Barack Obama's tumultuous struggle to succeed in Washington.   Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008 partly because he was a Washington outsider. But if he'd come to the White House thinking he could change the political culture, he soon discovered just how difficult it was to swim against an upstream of insiders, partisans, and old guard networks allied to undermine his agenda—including members of his own party. He would pass some of the most significant legislation in American history, but his own weaknesses torpedoed some of his greatest hopes.  In The Stranger, Chuck Todd draws upon his unprecedented inner-circle sources to create a gripping account of Obama's White House tenure, from the early days of drift and helplessness to a final stand against the GOP in which an Obama, at last liberated from his political future, finally triumphs.  https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Barack-Obama-White-House-ebook/dp/B009GAR9UY/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=       ...more

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• 679: 2/4 The Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House, by Chuck Todd

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  Image:  President Barack Obama shares a laugh with Dr. Andrew Sessler, Distinguished Scientist Emeritus and Director Emeritus, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Dr. John Holdren, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, right, before meeting with the recipients of the 2013 Fermi Award in the Oval Office, Feb. 3, 2014. The Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House, by Chuck Todd  Chuck Todd's gripping, fly-on-the-wall account of Barack Obama's tumultuous struggle to succeed in Washington.   Barack Obama won the presidency in 2008 partly because he was a Washington outsider. But if he'd come to the White House thinking he could change the political culture, he soon discovered just how difficult it was to swim against an upstream of insiders, partisans, and old guard networks allied to undermine his agenda—including members of his own party. He would pass some of the most significant legislation in American history, but his own weaknesses torpedoed some of his greatest hopes.  In The Stranger, Chuck Todd draws upon his unprecedented inner-circle sources to create a gripping account of Obama's White House tenure, from the early days of drift and helplessness to a final stand against the GOP in which an Obama, at last liberated from his political future, finally triumphs.  https://www.amazon.com/Stranger-Barack-Obama-White-House-ebook/dp/B009GAR9UY/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=       ...more

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