SHOTS: #PacificWatch: Updating with a third report from 8:30 PM ET to 9:30 PM ET, including the State Police and FBI press briefing and the New York Post publishing the name, age and address of the shooter: @JCBliss 1905 TRBy John Batchelor

WHEN POTUS WAS A UNAIMOUS CHOICE: 8/8 Travels with George: In Search of Washi: ngton and His Legacy, by Nathaniel Philbrick. https://www.amazon.com/Travels-George-Search-Washington-Legacy/dp/0525562176/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= When George Washington became president in 1789, the United States of America was still a loose and qua…

WHEN POTUS WAS A UNAIMOUS CHOICE: 7/8 Travels with George: In Search of Washi: ngton and His Legacy, by Nathaniel Philbrick. https://www.amazon.com/Travels-George-Search-Washington-Legacy/dp/0525562176/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= When George Washington became president in 1789, the United States of America was still a loose and qua…

WHEN POTUS WAS A UNAIMOUS CHOICE: 6/8 Travels with George: In Search of Washi: ngton and His Legacy, by Nathaniel Philbrick. https://www.amazon.com/Travels-George-Search-Washington-Legacy/dp/0525562176/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= When George Washington became president in 1789, the United States of America was still a loose and qua…

WHEN POTUS WAS A UNAIMOUS CHOICE: 5/8 Travels with George: In Search of Washi: ngton and His Legacy, by Nathaniel Philbrick. https://www.amazon.com/Travels-George-Search-Washington-Legacy/dp/0525562176/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= When George Washington became president in 1789, the United States of America was still a loose and qua…

WHEN POTUS WAS A UNAIMOUS CHOICE: 4/8 Travels with George: In Search of Washi: ngton and His Legacy, by Nathaniel Philbrick. https://www.amazon.com/Travels-George-Search-Washington-Legacy/dp/0525562176/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= When George Washington became president in 1789, the United States of America was still a loose and qua…

WHEN POTUS WAS A UNAIMOUS CHOICE: 3/8 Travels with George: In Search of Washi: ngton and His Legacy, by Nathaniel Philbrick. https://www.amazon.com/Travels-George-Search-Washington-Legacy/dp/0525562176/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= When George Washington became president in 1789, the United States of America was still a loose and qua…

WHEN POTUS WAS A UNAIMOUS CHOICE: 2/8 Travels with George: In Search of Washi: ngton and His Legacy, by Nathaniel Philbrick. https://www.amazon.com/Travels-George-Search-Washington-Legacy/dp/0525562176/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= When George Washington became president in 1789, the United States of America was still a loose and qua…

WHEN POTUS WAS A UNAIMOUS CHOICE: 1/8 Travels with George: In Search of Washi: ngton and His Legacy, by Nathaniel Philbrick. https://www.amazon.com/Travels-George-Search-Washington-Legacy/dp/0525562176/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= When George Washington became president in 1789, the United States of America was still a loose and qua…

GUNPLAY AND ORDER: 4/4: Red Sky Morning: The Epic True Story of Texas Ranger Company F, by Joe Pappalardo https://www.amazon.com/Red-Sky-Morning-Ranger-Company/dp/1250275245/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Between 1886 and 1888, Sergeant James Brooks, of Texas Ranger Company F, was engaged in three fatal gunfights, endured disfiguring …

GUNPLAY AND ORDER: 3/4: Red Sky Morning: The Epic True Story of Texas Ranger Company F, by Joe Pappalardo https://www.amazon.com/Red-Sky-Morning-Ranger-Company/dp/1250275245/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Between 1886 and 1888, Sergeant James Brooks, of Texas Ranger Company F, was engaged in three fatal gunfights, endured disfiguring …

GUNPLAY AND ORDER: 2/4: Red Sky Morning: The Epic True Story of Texas Ranger Company F, by Joe Pappalardo https://www.amazon.com/Red-Sky-Morning-Ranger-Company/dp/1250275245/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Between 1886 and 1888, Sergeant James Brooks, of Texas Ranger Company F, was engaged in three fatal gunfights, endured disfiguring …

GUNPLAY AND ORDER: 1/4: Red Sky Morning: The Epic True Story of Texas Ranger Company F, by Joe Pappalardo https://www.amazon.com/Red-Sky-Morning-Ranger-Company/dp/1250275245/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Between 1886 and 1888, Sergeant James Brooks, of Texas Ranger Company F, was engaged in three fatal gunfights, endured disfiguring …

4/4: The Decisive Decade: American Grand Strategy for Triumph Over China Hardcover – April 25, 2023 by Jonathan D.T. Ward (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Decisive-Decade-American-Strategy-Triumph/dp/1635768454/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=mAw43&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_p=ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_r…

3/4: The Decisive Decade: American Grand Strategy for Triumph Over China Hardcover – April 25, 2023 by Jonathan D.T. Ward (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Decisive-Decade-American-Strategy-Triumph/dp/1635768454/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=mAw43&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_p=ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_r…

2/4: The Decisive Decade: American Grand Strategy for Triumph Over China Hardcover – April 25, 2023 by Jonathan D.T. Ward (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Decisive-Decade-American-Strategy-Triumph/dp/1635768454/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=mAw43&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_p=ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_r…

1/4: The Decisive Decade: American Grand Strategy for Triumph Over China Hardcover – April 25, 2023 by Jonathan D.T. Ward (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Decisive-Decade-American-Strategy-Triumph/dp/1635768454/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=mAw43&content-id=amzn1.sym.ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_p=ed85217c-14c9-4aa0-b248-e47393e2ce12&pf_rd_r…

PREVIEW: Conversation with Nathaniel Philbrick, author TRAVELS WITH GEORGE, re the wonderful Old Wives Tales about George Washington when he rode by on his tour in America to meet his citizens. All too good, all likely true. More tonight. 1673 VirgininaBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #TEXAS: Conversation with Joe Pappalardo, author RED SLY MORNING, re the clash between the cattlemen prospering on an open range and the property interests that insisted on fences and boundaries -- with Texas Ranger enforcers. More tonight. 1895 HoustonBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #PRC: Conversation with colleague Jonathan Ward on the scale of what must be done to confront China's predation in the 21st Century. More later. 1877 Hong KongBy John Batchelor

#SHOTS: Second report via London Telegraph and social media from 8:30 pm ET to 9:15 pm ET re casualties and eyewitness recounting of a shooter with a rifle on a "shed" rooftop -- said to be deceased. #PacificWatch: #VegasReport: @JCBliss Reminding myself the first three reports are wrong and will be corrected 1905 TR…

SHOTS: First report from Pennsylvania via social media and London Telegraph from 620 pm ET event to 720 pm ET details.. #PacificWatch: #VegasReport: @JCBliss 1902 TRBy John Batchelor

GOOD EVENING: The show beginsin Pennsylvania, discussing with Salena Zito the political lanscape for the popular young Governor Josh Shapiro of Montgomery County.... CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 #KeystoneReport: Josh Shapiro needs a full term before superstardom. Salena Zito, Middle of Somewhere, @DCExaminer Pittsburgh …

WEBB: Exoplanet with a nitrogen-detected atmosphere. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/webb-an-exoplanet-in-the-habitable-zone-with-a-possible-nitrogen-co2-atmosphere-and-water-ocean/ 1954By John Batchelor

SPACEX: Rare fail.Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-launch-experiences-a-failure-of-upper-stage/ 1960By John Batchelor

#COLOMBIA:Lawfare and M-19. Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/foreign-lawfare-comes-to-u-s-courts-legal-courts-politics-latin-america-colombia-cc034b83?st=52c85gk1lsps7gy&reflink=article_gmail_share 1893 BogotaBy John Batchelor

#RUSSIA: #TURKEY: #NATO: US seeks to compete with ROSATOM in Istanbul. Andrea Striker, FDD https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/07/10/u-s-considers-nuclear-cooperation-with-turkey-as-congress-tees-up-sanctions/ 1908 TurkeyBy John Batchelor

4/8: The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook Hardcover – April 9, 2024 by Hampton Sides (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Wide-Sea-Imperial-Ambition-Contact/dp/0385544766/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xvSnWMwZwkRk3nB_oha-u7YL0k9kTC4voIQCoSWDz75eZXBRk_ZvRq…

3/8: The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook Hardcover – April 9, 2024 by Hampton Sides (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Wide-Sea-Imperial-Ambition-Contact/dp/0385544766/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xvSnWMwZwkRk3nB_oha-u7YL0k9kTC4voIQCoSWDz75eZXBRk_ZvRq…

2/8: The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook Hardcover – April 9, 2024 by Hampton Sides (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Wide-Sea-Imperial-Ambition-Contact/dp/0385544766/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xvSnWMwZwkRk3nB_oha-u7YL0k9kTC4voIQCoSWDz75eZXBRk_ZvRq…

1/8: The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook Hardcover – April 9, 2024 by Hampton Sides (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Wide-Sea-Imperial-Ambition-Contact/dp/0385544766/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xvSnWMwZwkRk3nB_oha-u7YL0k9kTC4voIQCoSWDz75eZXBRk_ZvRq…

2/2: ##EDUCATION: University faculties are one-sided & What is to be done? Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Institution. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/07/07/roots_of_and_remedies_to_americas_illiberal_education_151212.html 1910By John Batchelor

1/2: ##EDUCATION: University faculties are one-sided & What is to be done? Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Institution. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/07/07/roots_of_and_remedies_to_americas_illiberal_education_151212.html 1888 Governor Stanford home, Palo Alto, CABy John Batchelor

#ITALY: Ravel's Bolero in San Marco Square. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piazza_San_Marco 1900 BolognaBy John Batchelor

#PacificWatch: #VegasReport: Elvis Presley impersonators in a heat wave. @JCBliss https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/us/las-vegas-heat-houston-power.html 1962 Las VegasBy John Batchelor

#POTUS #SCOTUS: Amendment to set age limits for office. Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/us/politics/hakeem-jeffries-biden-democrats.html 1930 SCOTUSBy John Batchelor

#SCOTUS:The opioid decision satisfies no one but the Sacklers. Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution https://www.hoover.org/research/upending-sackler-bankruptcy 1922 SCOTUSBy John Batchelor

#LANCASTER REPORT: Hot air balloon descending and a giant Black Bear perusing. Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barrons. @MCTagueJ. Author of the "Martin and Twyla Boundary Series." #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety https://lancasteronline.com/news/politics/lancaster-county-republicans-divided-over-pa-s-new-47-6b-state-budget/article_78a901ea-…

#KeystoneReport: Josh Shapiro needs a full term before superstardom. Middle of Somewhere, @DCExaminer Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, New York Post, SalenaZito.com https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3079107/republican-chairman-says-party-is-ready-to-handle-any-democratic-nominee/ https://6abc.com/post/2024-election-josh-shapiro-president-joe-biden…

PREVIEW: MOON: Conversation with colleague Bob Zimmerman re the NASA discovery that seismometers left on the moon during the Apollo landings have recorded tens of thousands more moonquakes than previously believed. Remembering the moon is a reconstructed body from a planetary collision with Earth. More later. 1968 Apollo 8…

PREVIEW: MONTGOMERY COUNTY: Conversation with colleague Salena Zito of the Washington Examiner and Wall Street Journal re the future of the young Governor Josh Shapiro of Montgomery County. More later. 1850 HarrisburgBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW - POTUS: SCOTUS: Conversation with colleague Professor Richard Epstein re the need for age limits for SCOTUS and POTUS candidates -- requiring a Constitutional amendment in light of the extended age of future generations. More tonight. 1910 SCOTUSBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: ACADEMY: Conversation with colleague Peter Berkowitz of Hoover Institution, re the alternatives for scholars rejected or frozen out by the one-sided political life of the academy. More later. 1900 Princeton Cane RushBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: ROYAL NAVY: Conversation with Hampton Sides, author, THE WIDE WIDE SEA, re the third voyage of Captain James Cook -- and why the imperious Royal Navy Lords chose a humble farmer's son. Much more tonight. 1900 HawaiiBy John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #NUCLEAR ENERGY: NATO: Conversation with colleague Henry Sokolski of NPEC re the plans and proposals for Eastern Europe to replace the ancient Soviet-built nuclear plants -- and what of the financing? More tonight. 1979 Three Mile IslandBy John Batchelor

GOOD EVENING: The show begins at NATO where there is more than one dissenter at the continuing conflict in Ukraine. CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 #NATO: More than one dissenter on Ukraine. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute https://quincyinst.org/research/right-sizing-the-russian-threat-to-europe/ 915-930 #RUSSIA: Adamant t…

#JAPAN: The inadequate Japan Self-Defense Force & What is to be done? https://asiatimes.com/2024/07/japan-military-hammered-and-war-hadnt-even-started/ 1905 Russo Japanese WarBy John Batchelor

#PHILIPPINES: Under attack by the ORC & What is to be done? Grant Newsham, WHEN CHINA ATTACKS https://www.eurasiantimes.com/the-philippine-army-confirms-withdrawal/ 1922 ManilaBy John Batchelor

#ANTISEMITISM: The University of Toronto mishandles disorder and agitation. Conrad Black, National Post https://nationalpost.com/opinion/u-of-t-president-should-resign-over-his-contemptible-handling-of-the-encampment 1783 OntarioBy John Batchelor

#FRANCE: What to know of Jean-Luc Melenchon? Veronique DeRugy, NRO https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/about-the-french-left/ 1957 Hotel PercyBy John Batchelor