THE JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW NOW AIRS FROM 9 P TO 1 A, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, IN NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON, D.C.
VIDEO: TPP, China and Idaho
Wednesday 3 August 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Steve Yates, chairman of the Idaho Republican Party, CEO of D.C. International Advisory, and former advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, in re: The TPP: either the US writes the trade rules for Asia or the Chinese Communist Party does. Better that we do. US has no barriers to incoming goods whereas China has lots of barriers to US goods. TPP doesn’t play well in Idaho or between the coasts.
VIDEO: Obamacare Failure
Tuesday 12 July 2016 / Hour 1, Block C: Brian Blase, Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow, and Forbes; in re: Adam Smith’s genius of 1777. Americans make a market of [almost everything]. People who use the ACA plans are older, sicker and cagier than the Obama Adm imagined, allowed for, or expected. United Health Care, the largest in the country, is exiting all the exchanges. People respond rationally: those who receive large subsidies enter; people who are healthy do not buy the coverage. Flawed plan from the beginning: risk pricing not taken into account.
VIDEO: China vs. North Korea
Wednesday 6 July 2016 / Hour 1, Block B: Gordon Chang, in re: Why are we talking about nukes? . . . Putin has referred to using nukes in the Baltics. North Korean nukes: sat imagery of China/DPRK border: 2015 to 2016 pix show a shard decrease in border traffic as China tries to discipline DPRK for its nuclear escapades. Josh Rogin refers to a Center for Intl and Strategic Studies study. David Albright has been watching: China allows cylinders of U hexafluoride for bombs, and vacuum pumps and other nuclear eqpt.