The John Batchelor Show

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Saturday 6 April 2013

Picture, above: Admiralty Ripley building In Whitehall, built in 1726 and still used for naval board meetings. Room 40 was in the northern section of the first floor, on the same corridor as the boardroom and First Sea Lord's office. In the history of cryptanalysis, Room 40 also known as 40 O.B. (...

Friday 5 April 2013

Photo, above: Chester Square, Belgravia.  See Hour 2, Block B:  Sarah Lyal, A Slice of London So Exclusive Even the Owners Are Visitors   JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Friday  5 April  2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Daniel Henninger, WSJ, in re:  WONDER LAND  Capitalism's Corruptions Friday  5 April  2013...

Thursday 4 April 2013

Photo, above: The Cottage Landings affordable housing project under construction in Rye, N.Y., in June 2012, a part of a 2009 fair housing settlement. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has given Westchester County one more month to comply with requirements of the fair housing...

Wednesday 3 April 2013

Picture, above:  Descent Panorama of Saturn's Titan, 2006 May 8  [See below: Wednesday  3 April  2013 / Hour 1, Block C: Episode n. David Livingston, The Space Show, and David Grinspoon]   Explanation: You're the first spacecraft ever to descend to Titan -- what do you see? Immediately after the...

Tuesday 2 April 2012

Photo, above:  Princeton women. See: Hour 2, Block C:  Catherine Rampell, NYT & Princeton alumna. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Tuesday  2 April  2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD, and Thomas Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor, in re:  Ansar al Shariah, Tunisia...

Monday 1 April 2013

  Photo, above:  1958 Chevy Corvette   Debuting in 1953 as the first American two-seater sports car, the Corvette is known to have been one of the ultimate American sports cars. The 1958 Chevrolet Corvette C1 comes with a 16 valves, V8 engine, and is capable of 290 horsepower. It's a rear wheel car...

Sunday 31 March 2013

Photo, above:  Chinese Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) in action along with the Type 071 999 井冈山 Jinggang Shan amphibious warfare ships of the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army Navy.  See below: Hour 4, Block C:  People's Liberation Army Navy: Combat System Technology, 1949-...

Saturday 30 March 2013

Photo, above: the sinking of the Titanic JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday  30 March 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: How to Survive the Titanic: The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay by Frances Wilson (1 of 4) Saturday 30 March 2013 / Hour 1, Block B:  How to Survive the Titanic: The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay...

Friday 29 March 2013

Photo, above:  Chipping Norton is a market town in the Cotswold Hills in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England, about 12 miles southwest of Banbury and 18 miles northwest of Oxford. See: Hour 1, Block B:  Amy Chozick, NYT JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Friday 29 March 2013 / Hour 1,...

Thursday 28 March 2013

  Engraving, above: Roger Williams and the Narragansett Indians. Roger Williams (1603 – 1683) was an English Protestant theologian who was an early proponent of religious freedom and the separation of church and state. In 1636, he began the colony of Providence Plantation, which provided a refuge...

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