The John Batchelor Show

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Thursday 22 August 2013

Photo, above: Kurds in Western Kurdistan (Syria) – photo by David Meseguer. See Hour 3, Block B, Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts:  Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents. Hour...

Wednesday 21 August 2013

Photo, above:  Russians in space. See: Hour 1, Block D, Dr. David M. Livingston, The Space Show, and Anatoly Zak, RussianSpaceWeb. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, and Dr. David M. Livingston, The Space Show Hour One First photo of Bo Xilai in court,  guarded by two court...

Tuesday 20 August 2013

  Photo, above: America's Cup: Emirates Team New Zealand vs. Luna Rossa Challenge (Italy) JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Larry Kudlow, The Kudlow Report, CNBC; and Cumulus Media radio Hour One Tuesday  20 August 2013 / Hour 1, Block A:  David M Drucker, Washington Examiner Sr Congressional...

Monday 19 August 2013

  Photo, above: A Historical Outline of the Deen Instituted by the Jahmites, and Subsequently Adopted by the Mu'tazilah, Ash'ariyyah and Maturidiyyah.  See: Hour 2, Block C,  Robert R Reilly, Academia [dot] edu, book review, The Closing of the Muslim Mind. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Monday  19...

Sunday 18 August 2013

    Photo, above: Will Change Come Fast Enough for Mississippi River Floodplain Policy? Jun 12th, 2013 flooding on the Mississippi River. This spring a 45-foot swing in water levels took the Mississippi River from near-dry in places, to near-historic crests in just a few months.  Two years ago,...

Saturday 17 August 2013

Photo, above:  Blitzkrieg. A symbol of London, St. Paul’s Cathedral, emerges from the flames during one of the most devastating raids on 29 December 1940. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 17 August 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Cry Havoc: How the Arms Race Drove the World to War, 1931-1941 by...

Friday 16 August 2013

    Photo, above: Women sell food in front of a poster for presidential candidate Ibrahim Boubacar Keita in Bamako, July 16, 2013. The poster reads, "For the happiness of Mali." See: Hour 2, Block B,  Adam Nossiter, NYT, in re: In Mali’s Election, Dashes of Optimism and Realism JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW...

Thursday 15 August 2013

Photo: member of an Iranian navy special forces group known as Takavaran wearing a uniform similar to that worn by the US military and holding an Israeli-made Uzi submachine gun stands guard at the Iranian Corvette Admiral Naghdi as it docks in the Red Sea Sudanese town of Port Sudan. The visit of...

Wednesday 14 August 2013

  Photo, above: On Aug. 9, the Japanese Ministry of Defense held a naming ceremony for the Izumo, the latest ship to join the Maritime Self-Defense Forces. Officially a “helicopter carrier-type escort/destroyer,” Izumo was built at the Japan Marine United shipyards at Yokohama. Although publicly...

Tuesday 13 August 2013

  Picture, above: ET3, or Evacuated Tube Transport Technology.  Last year at an event in Los Angeles, Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed he'd come up with the idea for an entirely new form of transportation. He called it the Hyperloop, and here's how he described it: . . . How would you like something...

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