| John Batchelor Show

Government Overreach

Tuesday 4 June 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Larry Kudlow, The Kudlow Report, CNBC; and Cumulus Media radio, in re: Steven Cohen, SAC, one of the largest hedge funds (staff of 1,000); govt definition of "inside information" expands every years. Third parties – consultants and what-have-you, now in the...
June 4, 2013 0

Sandwiching the Prime Minister

Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board; Tim Wilson, and James Patterson, IPA/Australia, in re: the sandwiching of Gillard.
May 30, 2013 0

Syria Darkens

.Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: four units if the sophisticated S300; announcement timed by Russia; may take a long time for Russia to get them operational. Nasrallah now much more aggressive, antagonizing Lebanese people – Sunni/Alawi clashes, much fighting, and "Victory means...
May 30, 2013 0

The Criminalization of Journalism

Larry Kudlow, in re: DOJ had to go judge-shopping – to three judges - to get their Rosen werrants accepted; finally found Judge Royce Lamberth.* David Axelrod threw Eric Holder under the bus. "I don't think journalists should be investigated in case of a leak." Closing of the ranls by...
May 29, 2013 0

China Sinks

Fraser Howie, co-author of Red Capitalism: The Fragile Financial Foundation of China's Extraordinary Rise, in re: Mao intentionally starved to death 18-36 millions people, the largest starvation of the Twentieth Century. Meanwhile, in 2013, Chinese people are buying gold madly: a store of...
May 29, 2013 0

Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962: Part 1

Yang Jisheng, winner of the 2013 Hayek Prize forTombstone, The Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962, and Amity Shlaes, director, Four Percent Project at the George W. Bush Institute & Bloomberg View, and Rose Tang*, translator, in re: Reading Hayek in Beijing A chronicler of Mao's depredations...
May 29, 2013 0

Great Chinese Famine 1958-1962 Part 3

Great Chinese Famine, 1958-1962: Part 4

Australia: "Labor's Nightmare Without End"

Thursday 23 May 2013 / Hour 1, Block C: . Tim Wilson, Director of Climate Change Policy & the IP and Free Trade Unit  Institute of Public Affairs, Melbourne, in re: former NSW Minister alleged to have turned over a coal mine deal that would have netted him $100mil. Whole Labor party is...
May 28, 2013 0

Iran Is Winning

Co-host Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: Iranian election: Rafsanjani out; Jalili and Velayati are leading contenders (Khamenei gets to decide on eight candidates out of 600); Velayati has been wanted for murder in Argentina. Jalili is slavishly devoted to Khamenei, has very...
May 25, 2013 0