The John Batchelor Show

Thursday 1 June 2023

Air Date: 
June 01, 2023

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

#Ukraine:  What is the aim of the cross-border attacks? Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-says-it-repelled-fresh-border-attack-from-ukraine/ar-AA1bZGW6

915-930
#Ukraine:  NATO hesitates..Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-says-it-repelled-fresh-border-attack-from-ukraine/ar-AA1bZGW6

 

930-945
#ScalaReport: #PRC: The decline in plate glass tells the tale of troubled Beijing. Chris Riegel, Scala.com #Stratacache

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/these-five-niche-commodities-signal-chinas-recovery-faltering

 

945-1000

#California: The best solution for Gavin Newsom. Bill Whalen, Hoover

https://www.hoover.org/research/if-oprah-wont-go-dc-there-another-montecito-option

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#Canada: Parliament demands Johnston depart & What is to be done? Conrad Black, National Post.


https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/house-of-commons-asks-david-johnston-to-step-down-as-special-rapporteur-in-non-binding-vote

 

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-david-johnston-succeeds-at-massaging-trudeaus-message?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Conrad%20Black%20-%20Follow%20the%20author%202023-05-30&utm_term=Conrad%20Black%20Newsletter

 

1015-1030
#MrMarket: Two years from now another debt talking. Veronique de Rugy, Mercatus.

https://www.creators.com/read/veronique-de-rugy/06/23/resist-dangerous-political-theater-and-look-to-that-which-is-not-seen

 

1030-1045

1/2: #DOJ: #FBI: Wray defines Speaker McCarthy & What is to be done?

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/05/fbi-director-wray-doesnt-have-a-leg-to-stand-on-in-contempt-fight/

1045-1100

2/2: #DOJ: #FBI: Wray defines Speaker MCCarthy & What is to be done?

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/05/fbi-director-wray-doesnt-have-a-leg-to-stand-on-in-contempt-fight/

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115

#Russia romances Hezbollah: Matthew Levitt is the Fromer-Wexler Fellow at The Washington Institute and director of its Jeanette and Eli Reinhard Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence.Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
 
 
https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/hizbullah-and-russias-nascent-alliance
 

1115-1130

#Turkey: Erdogan's foreign policy update: Sinan Ciddi is a non-resident senior fellow at FDD and an expert on Turkish domestic politics and foreign policy.
 
He is also an Associate Professor of National Security Studies at Marine Corps University (MCU). Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1.
 
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/05/31/turkey-election-results-erdogan-win-economy-immigration-earthquake/
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/biden-says-he-erdogan-talked-about-f16s-sweden-2023-05-29/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/turkeys-lira-hits-new-low-after-erdogans-re-election-bb20ec8c
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/05/24/what-would-turkish-foreign-policy-look-like-under-a-third-erdogan-term/
 

1130-1145

#Iran: Floating terror platforms: Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1

1145-1200

#Azerbaijan:#Israel:  Herzog to Baku: The False Tale of Tantura, 1948. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#NewWorldReport: Border security  not evident in Panama or Mexico.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis


https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-president-says-meet-with-us-homeland-security-advisor-2023-05-30/

1215-1230

#NewWorldReport: Lula shepherds South American summit to include Nicholas Maduro Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelas-maduro-meets-lula-first-visit-brazil-since-2015-2023-05-29/

1230-1245

#NewWorldReport: Guatemala democracy failing.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/guatemalan-court-keeps-presidential-frontrunner-pineda-off-ballot-2023-05-26/

 

1245-100 am

#NewWorldReport: The arming of fraught Ecuador.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis


https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/spooked-by-crime-ecuadoreans-train-carry-guns-self-defense-2023-05-30/