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Friday 30 January 2015

Photo, left:  An example of how things generally looked in New York City after Gov Andrew Cuomo's and Mayor Bill de Blasio's "possibly worst storm in our lifetimes." All public transportation was shut down and ii was illegal to drive a car or a bicycle. The whole city was hammered to a standstill...

Wednesday 28 January 2015

Photo, left: . . . In reality, Xi's attempt to tighten his control over China's vast and unwieldy bureaucracy reinforces global fears that China is starting to lose control of its foreign policy. This disturbing truth goes a long way towards explaining why the international community was so alarmed...

Tuesday 27 January 2015

Photo, left: Cold War threats, 1955. Cold War threats, 2015 JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW   Co-host: Larry Kudlow, CNBC senior advisor; & Cumulus Media radio Hour One Tuesday  27 January 2015 / Hour 1, Block A:  James Pethokoukis, AEI, in re: LK: early earnings were disappointing - MS, Caterpillar,...

Monday 26 January 2015

Photo, left: Columbus Circle, Monday 26 January, waiting for the blizzard June that did not arrive. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW   Hour One Monday  26 January 2015 / Hour 1, Block A: John Fund, National Review Online, & David M Drucker, Washington Examiner Senior Congressional correspondent, in re:  In...

Sunday 25 January 2015

Photo, left: Alexandre Davy de la Pailleterie (also known as Alexandre Dumas (25 March 1762 – 26 February 1806) was a general in Revolutionary France and the highest-ranking person of color of all time in a European army.  He was the first person of color in the French military to become brigadier...

Saturday 24 January 2015

Photo, left: Yemeni little girl in an ancient doorway JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 24 January 2015 / Hour 1, Block A: Don't Be Afraid of the Bullets: An Accidental War Correspondent in Yemen, by Laura Kasinof  (1 of 4) Saturday 24 January 2015 / Hour 1, Block B: Don't Be Afraid of the...

Friday 23 January 2015

Photo, left: In April 2009, at a summit for world leaders U.S. President Barack Obama met him. In June 2009, King Abdullah hosted President Obama in Saudi Arabia. In turn, Obama hosted King Abdullah at the White House in the same month. King Abdullah passed from this world on 22 January at the age...

Thursday 22 January 2015

left: American Sniper, not the movie. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts; Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board & host of OpinionJournal.com; Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents. Hour One Thursday  22 January 2015  / Hour 1, Block A: Mary Kissel, in re: Pres Obama's impending visit...

Wednesday 21 January 2015

Photo, left: Curiosity Lands on Mars: Know What You're Watching When You're Watching '7 Minutes of Terror'  See Hour 1, Blocks C & D, Hotel Mars, episode n.  Dr. Ashwin R. Vasavada, MSL-Curiosity Project Scientist. Photo by courtesy of and with thanks to The Atlantic. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW  ...

Tuesday 20 January 2015

Photo, left: The Medal "for Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (Медаль «За доблестный труд в Великой Отечественной войне 1941–1945 гг.») was a World War II civilian labour award of the Soviet Union established on June 6, 1945 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the...

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