The John Batchelor Show

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Wednesday 17 February 2016

Photo, left:  The HQ-9 (Chinese: 红旗;旗; "red flag" or "red banner") is China’s new generation medium- to long-range, active radar homing surface-to-air missile. Unlike the PESA radars of the US MIM-104 Patriot/Russian S-300/S-400 systems, the HQ-9 uses a state-of-the-art AESA radar. The naval HQ-9...

Tuesday 16 February 2016

Photo, left: In far northwestern Russia is an ancient land named Karelia.  Therein is Lake Onega, along which are constructed many wooden churches from the Seventeenth Century and later, all from wood and all with elegant joinery so that not one nail is used. The Church of the Transfiguration (q.v...

Monday 15 February 2016

Painting, left:  The Washington Family by Edward Savage (1789-96). Savage painted this near-life-size group portrait from sketches he made at the Osgood House in December 1789 and January 1790. The Samuel Osgood House (demolished), also known as the Walter Franklin House, was a mansion at the...

Saturday 13 February 2016

Photo, left:  The Battle of Alexander at Issus (German: Alexanderschlacht) is a 1529 oil painting by the German artist Albrecht Altdorfer (c. 1480–1538), a pioneer of landscape art and a founding member of the Danube school. It portrays the 333 BC Battle of Issus, in which Alexander the Great...

Friday 12 February 2016

Photo, left:    JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW   Hour One Friday  12 February 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Jim McTague, Barron’s, in re:  Stocks Rise as Oil Prices, Banks Rally The rally in recently battered commodities and banking shares lifted U.S. and European stocks on Friday, even as Japan’s main index fell...

Thursday 11 February 2016

Photo, left:    JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW   Hour One Thursday  11 February 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Mona Charen, NRO, in re: . . . this president has unilaterally changed legislation in a number of matters; also tried to rewrite EPA envtl legislation (just stopped by Supreme Court)  and immigration...

Wednesday 10 February 2016

Photo, left:  A Self-Defense Forces PAC-3 Patriot missile battery stands at the Defense Ministry in downtown Tokyo. The Japanese army has set up missile interceptors in Tokyo to protect the capital, amid ongoing speculation that next-door North Korea may conduct a long-range missile launch. The...

Tuesday 9 February 2016

Photo, left:   JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Larry Kudlow, CNBC senior advisor; & Cumulus Media radio; Rita Cosby, WABC Radio political director   Hour One Tuesday  9 February 2016   / Hour 1, Block A:  Stephen Moore, Heritage, in re: 50% of GOP voters in NH said they felt "betrayed by...

Monday 8 February 2016

Photo, left:    JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Thaddeus McCotter, WJR, The Great Voice of the Great Lakes   Hour One Monday 8 February 2016 / Hour 1, Block A:  Tom Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor  & FDD, in re: The Iraqi army is deploying thousands of soldiers to a military base near...

Sunday 7 February 2016

  Hour One Sunday 7 February 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: The Zimmerman Telegram, by Thomas Boghardt (1 of 4) Sunday 7 February 2016 / Hour 1, Block B: The Zimmerman Telegram, by Thomas Boghardt (2 of 4) Sunday 7 February 2016 / Hour 1, Block C: The Zimmerman Telegram, by Thomas Boghardt (3 of 4) Sunday...

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