Images, above: Abgar V the Black or Abgarus V of Edessa was a historical Syriac ruler of the kingdom of Osroene, holding his capital at Edessa. He ruled in from 4 BC to 7 AD and from 13 AD to 50 AD. During the reign of Abgar IX (the 2nd or 3rd century AD), the first Christian ruler of Edessa, a...
Photo, above: Paris 1945 - impromptu celebration with a bonfire of the end of the Nazi invasion. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 15 March 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: An Officer and a Spy: A novel by Robert Harris (1 of 4) Saturday 15 March 2014 / Hour 1, Block B: An Officer and a Spy: A novel ...
Photo, above: Maiduguri Monday market. Maiduguri, also called Yerwa by its locals, is the capital and the largest city of Borno State in northeastern Nigeria. It's popularly called "Home of Peace". The city sits along the seasonal Ngadda River which disappears into the Firki swamps in the areas...
Photo, above: In Fiorello LaGuardia's district; see Edward W Hayes, criminal defense attorney par excellence, on the buildings's collapse, Park and 117th. Rao's is a southern Italian restaurant founded in 1896 and located at 455 East 114th Street (at Pleasant Avenue) in East Harlem, New York City...
Photo, above: GPS-guided parachute cargo containers. See Rick Fisher, senior Fellow, Asian Military Affairs of the International Assessment and Strategy Center, on Second Thomas Shoal "seizure" by PRC. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com; Dr. David M. Livingston, The Space...
Photo, above, and text from a tourist site: Simferopol [pronounced: seem-fehr-OH-pl], the capital of the Crimean peninsula, is called a “gathering city”, the city of “profit”. People of different nationalities from all over the world meet here and enjoy its peaceful atmosphere. Simferopol is a...
Photo, above: Omar Shishani (center) has urged Muslims to support the jihad against the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad. Tarkhan Batirashvili (anomalously, is a Georgian: თარხან ბათირაშვილი, born in 1986, associated with Chechens) (Arabic: أبو عمر الشيشاني), commonly known as Abu Omar al-...
Photo, above: Then-Defense Secretary Robt Gates at a lecture in 2009. "[T]he guy who lectured over the last two days, at the Army and Naval War Colleges didn’t sound much like a peacenik. The Defense Secretary is trying to cut a wide swath of weapons programs, true. But the money from those...
Engraving, above: "The Prince Regent," George Cruikshank, 1816. George Augustus Frederick was appointed Prince Regent to his father King George III on February 5th, 1811. He was a heavy drinker and a compulsive gambler. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 8 March 2014 / Hour 1, Block A:...
Photo, above: The Passenger Pigeon or Wild Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) is an extinct North American bird. The species lived in enormous migratory flocks until the early 20th century, when hunting and habitat destruction led to its demise. One flock in 1866 in southern Ontario was described as...