Photo, above: September 4, 1804 - Bomb ketch USS Intrepid, fitted out as a fireship to destroy a flotilla of Barbary corsairs, blew up in Tripoli harbor before reaching her target. Ten men, all volunteers and including her commander Lieutenant Richard Somers, were lost. Commodore Edward Preble...
Photo, above: In Uganda, a Karamojong man enters the shaft of an artisanal mine in Rupa, close to the town of Moroto. Gold mining became an alternative source of income for some members of the Karamojong community after their traditional way of life–cattle rustling–started to vanish. Image by Marc...
Photo, above: The Hindu shows a signpost at the India-China border in Bumla, Arunachal Pradesh. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, and Dr. David M. Livingston, The Space Show. Hour One Wednesday 28 August 2013 Hour 1, Block A: John Lee, Michael Hintze Fellow for Energy...
Photo, above: The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70), equipped with the Aegis integrated weapons system, launches a RIM-161 Standard Missile (SM) 3 Block IA during exercise Stellar Avenger while under way in the Pacific Ocean July 30, 2009. The missile successfully...
Photo, above: What Does Sarin Do to People? The "nerve agent" does not directly kill. Rather, within seconds, it turns our own nervous systems against us. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Monday 26 August 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD, in re: Last June, an al Qaeda (...
Photo, above: 2011 Minot ND Flood, Source: FEMA JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Sunday 25 August 2013/ Hour 1, Block A: Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization by Steven Solomon Sunday 25 August 2013 / Hour 1, Block B: Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and...
Photo, above: Muharram is a month of remembrance that's often considered synonymous with the event of Ashura. Ashura, which literally means the "Tenth" in Arabic, refers to the tenth day of Muharram, and is known for the martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad. See: Hour 3, Block...
Photo, above: Zanzibar woman (about 1890) wearing a kanga ensemble. See Hour 1, Block D, Margot Kiser, Daily Beast, on Inside the Zanzibar Acid Attack JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Friday 23 August 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, in re: At China's big trial, Bo Xilai keeps up...
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...
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...