| John Batchelor Show

Benghazi Document Dump

Thursday 16 May 2013 Guest: co-host Mary Kissel, WSJ; Larry Johnson, NoQuarter, in re: intelligence community was out in front; then White House, then State. It was the policy people returning to intell demanding changes; intell agreed under pressure from State and WH – who were second-guessing...
May 17, 2013 0

Cloak & Dagger Scandal

Wednesday 15 May 2013/ Hour 3, Block A: Rep Devin Nunes (CA-21), in re: The IRS dragnet included ht gallery of the House of Representatives: issue of the separation of powers between Executive and Legislative. The press there is reporting on the Legislative, who've been spied on by the...
May 16, 2013 0

Hong Kong's CY Leung: More Unpopular Than the IRS?

Wednesday 15 May 2013/ Hour 2, Block A: Mike Davis, professor of law at the University of Hong Kong, in re: the screening of candidates in Hong Kong. XI speaks of economic control, but looks to increasing Party control. The success of China rests on the success of Hong Kong – can he risk...
May 15, 2013 0

IRS Brushfire Spreads

Tuesday 14 May 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Larry Kudlow, and James Taranto, in re: Scandalmageddon. US State Dept employee in Moscow arrested and perp-walked, accompanied by his two wigs (one blond), dagger, karaoke-style microphone, flashlight, and other unexpected items, along with a whole lot...
May 14, 2013 0

Washington in Crisis

Monday 13 May 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Thomas Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor, and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD, in re: a three-man al Qaeda cell in Egypt had many intl ties; NY T says addtl embassies may also have been in their crosshairs. Egyptian Interior Min-istry: plan was...
May 13, 2013 0

A Match Made in Hell: Assad & Hezbollah

Thursday 9 May 2013 / Hour 2, Block A: .Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: "Syria will supply game-changing weapons to Hezbollah." Assad and Russians agreeing for F300 to go to Syria, wd prevent Israel for taking defensive measures. Assad then says he'll give everything to...
May 12, 2013 0

Benghazi: Curiouser & Curiouser

Thursday 9 May 2013 / Hour 1, Block D: Larry Johnson, NoQuarter, in re: Benghazi. pat Kennedy in charge of security; Jones admitted on the day after that it was an Ansar al-Shariah attack. Electronic tail makes it clear that form the outset, H Clinton & sr advisors, and Pres Obama and his...
May 10, 2013 0

A Visit to Massachussetts

Hour 1, Block A: Mary Kissel, WSJ & Michael Graham, The Natural Truth broadcaster, Massachusetts michaelgraham.com, in re: the Mass senatorial and gubernatorial races.
May 9, 2013 0

China Before the Crash

Hour 1, Block A: Anne Stevenson-Yang, co-founder of J Capital Research, in re: her analysis of China's property market. While statistics released are not reliable, govt can delay the bursting of the bubble. Every city has huge hulks of empty bldgs; 10% of inventory is moving, the rest is waiting...
May 8, 2013 0

Immigrant Nation

Hour 1, Block A: Larry Kudlow, The Kudlow Report, CNBC; and Cumulus Media radio, in re: The Heritage Foundation, a wonderful institution, has miscalculated. We want to be a country where people come for education and opportunity; so does Mexico. I puzzle at those who just want to block...
May 7, 2013 0