The John Batchelor Show

January 3, 2012

Air Date: 
January 03, 2012

Abell 2052, a galaxy cluster located about 480 million light years from Earth.
Image Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/BU/L.Blanton; Optical

 

Co-host: Larry Kudlow,  CNBC and Cumulus Radio Network
 
Tuesday 905P Eastern Time: Larry Kudlow in New Hampshire. "Pres Obama said on TV that he has no legislative agenda for 2012.  . . . is already giving up high ground."  "Nightmare scenario: POTUS wins, Republicans take the Senate and the House - so what does he plan?"  "Another assault on fossil fuels via the EPA. Wants to lock in Obamacare, raise tax rates on most successful earners across the board, not just zillionaires. Will try to govern on that, cause much damage to entrepreneurs." "Regulate, tax and scold."
 
Tuesday 920P Eastern Time: John Fund, American Spectator, in re:  Iowa race down to the wire - Romney, seeking to cement his front-runner position, sounded themes of patriotism as he and five GOP rivals crisscrossed Iowa a day before the nation's first nominating contest.
 
Tuesday 935P Eastern Time: Steve Moore, WSJ, in re: Divided conservatives fall - with his competitors attacking each other, Mitt Romney has remained remarkably unscathed for a front-runner. Iowa/NH.  
 
Tuesday 950P Eastern Time: Larry Kudlow
 
 
 
Tuesday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): Gregory Zuckerman, WSJ, in re: gold, and hedge themes in 2012
 
Tuesday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): Bill Whalen, Hoover, in re: Iowa ("Unknowns as High as an Elephant's Eye.")
 
Tuesday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Larry Johnson, No Quarter blog, and Lara Brown, Villanova, in re: 
 
Tuesday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review in New Hampshire,  John Avlon, CNN and Newsweek, and David Drucker, Roll Call, in re:  Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney. Last November, Salena Zito correctly predicted Santorum's success tonight.  Brava, Salena.
 
 
 
Tuesday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Leslie Kaufmann, NYT, in re: Climategate hacker pursuit
 
Tuesday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): Bob Zimmerman, behindtheblack.com, in re: Moon measurements and Chinese colony plans; also, Arctic ozone hole
 
Tuesday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): The German Wars: A Concise History, 1859-1945 by Michael A. Palmer , 1 of 2
 
Tuesday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): The German Wars: A Concise History, 1859-1945 by Michael A. Palmer , 2 of 2
 
Tunguska epicenter, 2008, one hundred years after the bolide strike.
Tuesday/Wed 1205A (905 Pacific Time): Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review in New Hampshire: victory lap. (Last November, Salena Zito correctly predicted Santorum's success tonight.  Brava, Salena.)
 
Tuesday/Wed  1220A (920 Pacific Time): David Kirkpatrick, NYT, in re: Egypt shuts down NGO backstabbers; US protests.
 
Tuesday/Wed  1235A (935P Pacific Time): Henry Miller, Hoover, in re: Rotterdam lab cooks super bird flu. Why?
 
Tuesday/Wed  1250A  (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt. Steve Russolillo, Dow Jones, in re: dogs of the Dow win again.
 
Music
 
Hour 1
 
Iron Lady by Thomas Newman
Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows by Hans Zimmer
 
Hour 2
 
Appaloosa by Jeff Beal
Ides of March by Alexandre Desplat
 
Hour 3
 
Ides of March by Alexandre Desplat
Star Trek by Michael Giacchino
Valkyrie by John Ottman
 
Hour 4
 
The Mummy Returns by Alan Silvestri
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Trent Reznor
Thirteen Days by Trevor Jones