#Israel: Rafah and Bekaa and Air Defense. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/24/weapons-ukraine-61bn-us-aid-boost-himars-howitzer/ 1900 US Army DirigibleBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW - #IRELAND: #NYC: Excerpt from a two-hour conversation with Professor Tyler Anbinder, author of the rich new book "PLENTIFUL COUNTRY: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York" regarding the spectacular way an immigrant, Michael J. Sause, overcame the prejudices against Irish religion, culture (and the crude language of race)…

PREVIEW: #SCOTUS: Conversation with Professor Richard Epstein of the Hoover Institution regarding the decisions by the Roberts Court to stay out of the election drama -- first in the ballot cases in Colorado and Maine, and likely now in the immunity case -- delaying the matter until after the Election. More details to follow later. 1923 SCOTUS…

PREVIEW: #NUKES: Conversation with colleague Henry Sokolski of NPEC regarding the Russian Federation building a new breeder reactor that will be operational by 2032 -- capable of producing extremely efficient plutonium for bomb making -- and worse: export. Details to follow tonight. 1955 Teapot/BEE at the Nevada Test Site…

PREVIEW: #ANTISEMITISM: Conversation with colleague Richard Goldberg of FDD regarding the unprecedented violent hate conduct directed at Jewish students on elite college campuses in America. More details to follow tonight. 1903 PrincetonBy John Batchelor

GOOD EVENING: The show begins tonight in Ukraine, waiting for weapons and ammo, and then moves to Russia, waiting out the American election. We then head to Mexico to observe protectionism regarding the PRC's BYD EV. Next, we visit China to check on manufacturing, followed by Toronto to puzzle about the slow growth of the economy. We then travel to…

#NewWorldReport:Claudia Sheinbaum talks of water management and Green tech. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-presidential-frontrunner-would-focus-renewable-energy-water-2024-04-19/ 1647 Gulf of Mexico…

#NewWorldReport: Panama in distress. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/imf-says-latam-caribbean-economies-resilient-more-growth-is-needed-2024-04-19/ 1913 PanamaBy John Batchelor

#NewWorldReport: Venezuela dodging sanctions. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelan-candidate-gonzalez-touts-return-exiles-freeing-political-prisoners-2024-04-24/https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/ve…

#NewWorldReport: Cleaning up Ecuador with law and order. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuadorean-president-noboa-seeking-approval-security-measures-sunday-vote-2024-04-21/ 1941 Ecuador…

4/8: Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York Hardcover – March 12, 2024 by Tyler Anbinder (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Plentiful-Country-Potato-Famine-Making/dp/031656480X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In 1845, a fungus began to destroy Ireland’s potato crop, triggering a famine that would kill …

3/8: Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York Hardcover – March 12, 2024 by Tyler Anbinder (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Plentiful-Country-Potato-Famine-Making/dp/031656480X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In 1845, a fungus began to destroy Ireland’s potato crop, triggering a famine that would kill …

2/8: Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York Hardcover – March 12, 2024 by Tyler Anbinder (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Plentiful-Country-Potato-Famine-Making/dp/031656480X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In 1845, a fungus began to destroy Ireland’s potato crop, triggering a famine that would kill …

1/8: Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York Hardcover – March 12, 2024 by Tyler Anbinder (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Plentiful-Country-Potato-Famine-Making/dp/031656480X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In 1845, a fungus began to destroy Ireland’s potato crop, triggering a famine that would kill …

2//2: #Chequerboard: The Twenty-first Century Confrontation between Public and Private land use in the West dating from the 19th Century. Terry Anderson, Hoover Institution. https://www.ft.com/content/63b1c7b1-c0de-43b3-851f-153fb20e938a?accessToken=zwAGFvBGmiwYkc9jscexwN5Ds9OFHxU_sg6Tig.MEQCIHboI0Tlj4EMAY6y6VeOY3oV3PGOyNwFfpEz1wmKWuoWAiBpxCayBFb7N…

1/2: #Chequerboard: The Twenty-first Century Confrontation between Public and Private land use in the West dating from the 19th Century. Terry Anderson, Hoover Institution. https://www.ft.com/content/63b1c7b1-c0de-43b3-851f-153fb20e938a?accessToken=zwAGFvBGmiwYkc9jscexwN5Ds9OFHxU_sg6Tig.MEQCIHboI0Tlj4EMAY6y6VeOY3oV3PGOyNwFfpEz1wmKWuoWAiBpxCayBFb7Nu…

#RUSSIA: The Shadow Fleet and the sinking price of 2024 oil. Michael Bernstam https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/22/russia-shadow-fleet-nato-greenpeace-oil-spills/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Editors%20Picks%2004222024&utm_term=editors_picks 1918 VladivostokBy John Batchelor

#CANADA: More than 4 million civil servants & What is to be done? Conrad Black, National Post https://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-nadir-of-our-once-great-nation 1898 Ottawa OntarioBy John Batchelor

#PRC: #SCALAREPORT: China Manufacturing still sluggish. Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com˽@Stratacache. @STRATACACHE https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/for-years-manufacturing-left-the-us-now-its-begun-to-come-home-here-are-5-things-to-know/ar-AA1nzpmU 1957 ZhouBy John Batchelor

#MEXICO: BYD and the rhetoric of protectionism. Mary Anastasia O'Grady https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-biden-trump-trade-war-with-mexico-electric-vehicles-usmca-9a093d77 1905 GuyamasBy John Batchelor

#UK: Can British industry re-arm? Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute https://harpers.org/archive/2024/05/coming-to-terms-the-diplomatic-path-to-a-secure-ukraine-george-beebe-anatol-lieven/ 1916 PunchBy John Batchelor

#UKRAINE: Peace at what cost? Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute https://harpers.org/archive/2024/05/coming-to-terms-the-diplomatic-path-to-a-secure-ukraine-george-beebe-anatol-lieven/ 1918 UkraineBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #WYOMING: #MONTANA: Conversation with colleague Terry Anderson of Hoover Institution re the controversy of the chequerboard of public and private lands -- and a possible solution to unhappiness. Details tonight. 1873 Downtown Bozeman MTBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #CANADA: Conversation with colleague Conrad Black of the National Post re how and why the Canadian family has fallen behind the families in Australia and the US in prosperity and growth. More details tonight. 1911 CanadaBy John Batchelor

PRVIEW: #USMCA: #MEXICO: #BYD: Excerpt from a conversation with colleague Mary Anastasia O'Grady re the anti-Mexico and anti-USMCA on the presidential campaign trail -- because of the possibility of BYD in Mexico -- and the old failed idea back again: protectionism. More tonight. 1969 Mexico CityBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #IRELAND: #MIGRATION: Excerpt from a conversation with author Tyler Anbinder re his new work, PLENTIFUL COUNTRY: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York, and the infamous "coffin ships" that haunted the times. Much more detail tonight and tomorrow. Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York…

PREVIEW-UK: Conversation with colleague Anatol Lieven of Quincy Institute re the hard choice the next British government needs to make between arms and Green. More tonight. 1843 Loch LomondBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #PRC: Excerpt from conversation with colleague Chris Riegel of #SCALA.com re the reluctant domestic consumer market in China and what the future holds. More tonight of China's struggle to shop. 1951 Longwha Airport.By John Batchelor

GOOD EVENING. The show begins in Ukraine, which is receiving the first rush of weapons and cash from the U.S. Congress. We then move to Israel and the unfinished Gaza War. Next, we visit Beijing for a page and then to mainland China to discuss gold buying by consumers. We then travel to Occitanie, France, to discuss the price of energy. Shifting fo…

2/2: #HOTELMARS: The risk and reward of the JAXA and NASA missions to Ryugu (2014-202) and Bennu (2015-2023) & What is to be done? Harold Connolly, Rohan University. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/162173_Ryugu undated VestaBy John Batchelor

1/2: #HOTELMARS: The risk and reward of the JAXA and NASA missions to Ryugu (2014-202) and Bennu (2015-2023) & What is to be done? Harold Connolly, Rohan University. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/162173_Ryugu undated IDABy John Batchelor

#GLOBALIZATION: Data management and the future of insurance. Martin Shen, CEO Fingermotion.com https://fingermotion.com/news/176-fingermotion-entering-into-arrangements-to-facilitate-widespread-use-of-charging-terminals-for-subscribers-of-the-da-ge-app 1945 Bell TelephoneBy John Batchelor

PRC: Still no way out of the real estate crater. Anne Stevenson-Yang, author of the upcoming Wild Ride: China's Short-Lived Experiment in Capitalism, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/19/chinas-fiscal-stimulus-is-losing-its-effectiveness-sp-says.html 1920 Ningbo…

PRC : TikTok no more. Brandon Weichert, author of Biohacked: China's Race to Control Life, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill: https://www.wsj.com/tech/u-s-china-internet-war-intensifies-as-house-passes-tiktok-ban-7d19ff05 1849By John Batchelor

PLA: Defense of the Philippines. James Holmes, first holder of the Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and blogger at The Naval Diplomat (https://navaldiplomat.com/),@GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/22/asia/us-land-attack-missile-philippines-china-intl-hnk-ml/index.html 1855 Philippines…

2/2: #MARS: Insight and the Marsquakes. Ken Croswell, Proceeding of the National Academy of Science. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2400778121 2006 Spirit on MarsBy John Batchelor

1/2: #MARS: Insight and the Marsquakes. Ken Croswell, Proceeding of the National Academy of Science. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2400778121 1997 Pathfinder MarsBy John Batchelor

#Voyager-1: Called home. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/voyager-1-back-on-line-after-software-patch-works/ 1920By John Batchelor

SPACEX: May is a plain guess. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-and-rocket-lab-complete-launches-2/ 1965 GeminiBy John Batchelor

#EV: The quiz. Simon Constable, Occitanie https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/electric-vehicle-quiz-ea7247f3 1923By John Batchelor

#France: The cost of energy. The Rwanda Bill. Simon Constable, Occitanie https://www.ft.com/content/5e7591b2-87c2-4ea3-8922-ee7a4c8c7913 1793By John Batchelor

#PRC: Gold fever breaks out: Fraser Howie, co-author of Red Capitalism: The Fragile Financial Foundation of China's Extraordinary Rise,@GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL https://www.businessinsider.com/gold-price-china-consumers-central-bank-pboc-economy-concerns-dedollarization-2024-4 1938 CHINA…

#PRC: Justice jailed: Charles Burton, senior fellow at Sinopsis, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3257603/chinas-former-justice-minister-tang-yijun-facing-corruption-probe-top-anti-graft-agency-says 1930 SHANGHAIBy John Batchelor

#Ukraine: Relieving Pork Chop Hill. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/24/weapons-ukraine-61bn-us-aid-boost-himars-howitzer/ 1916 VerdunBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: RYUGU: BENNU: Excerpt from conversation with Professor Harold Connolly, veteran of both the Hayausa2 sample return mission to Ryugu (2014-2020) and OSIRIS-Rex to Bennu sample return (2015-2023) -- re the scrupulous NASA risk protocols for a success. More details tonight. 1929 Merate Observatory, Italia…

PREVIEW: #UKRAINE: EXCERPT FROM CONVERSATION WITH COLLEAGUE JEFF MCCAUSLAND OF CBS NEWS RE THE $61 BILLION PACKAGE FOR UKRAINE -- ESPECIALLY AIR DEFENSE -- AND THE ALLIES PARTICIPATING. DETAILS TONIGHT. 1943 BRITISH 8THE ARMY ITALYBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: PHILIPPINES: Excerpt from a conversation with Professor Jim Holmes of the US Naval War College regarding the recent deployment of US Navy, US Army, and USMC units, as well as training and weapons to the Philippines -- in response to the PLA's predatory actions in the South China Sea against Manila. More details to follow later tonight. 191…

PREVIEW: #PRC: #Sci-Fi: : Excerpt from conversation with colleague Anne Stevenson-Yang re the latest CCP notion how to force domestic consumer demand of Chinese products -- in order to revive manufacturing by invasive regulation. Details later tonight. 1930 BeijingBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #ESA: #FrenchGuyana: Excerpt from conversation with colleague Bob Zimmerman re the government funded ESA spaceport and its future in a world of commercial space and monetizing spaceports. Details tonight. 1922 British GuyanaBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #MARS: Excerpt from conversation with colleague Bob Zimmerman re the latest thinking about the methane detected by the Curiosity rover in Gale Crater -- and what this detection may mean for the future of viable Mars colonies. More details tonight. 2023 MarsBy John Batchelor