Photo, above: Paraphernalia said to belong to Ryan Fogle, an American diplomat arrested on Monday night or Tuesday morning by the FSB, who allege he's a CIA spy trying to recruit Russian citizens. Confiscated during his arrest were a dagger, a karaoke-style microphone, a hand compass, a map of...
Photo, above: Concerning Benghazi, Adm Mike Mullen and Thomas Pickering pinned the blame on the Secretary for Diplomatic Security – who was under Patrick Kennedy, who reported directly to Clinton. See: Kissinger, Nixon, and the Destruction of Cambodia. See also: Hour 2, Block C: Larry Johnson,...
Photo, above: The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution (Gwo yu: Wénhuà Dàgémìng), was a socio-political movement that took place in the People’s Republic of China from 1966 through 1976. Set into motion by Mao Tse-tung, the Revolution was launched in May...
Photo, above: William Tecumseh Sherman (seated, center) and staff. Standing, left to right: Oliver Otis Howard, William Babcock Hazen, Jefferson Columbus Davis, Joseph Anthony Mower; seated, left to right: John Alexander Logan, William Tecumseh Sherman, Henry Warner Slocum. See: Hour 1, Block A:...
Photo, above: Gravity Lows Mark Burial Sites of Ancient Tectonic Plates. See: Hour 3, Block C: Sid Perkins, Science magazine, on ancient tectonics and mass extinctions. Nature News on the rate of recycling within Earth’s mantle of ancient tectonic plates: Ancient crust rises from the deep. JOHN...
Photo, above: Coptic Easter. See: Hour 2, Block D: Khari Abaza, FDD, on Coptic Christians in Egypt. Copts and the Future of Egypt JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents Hour One Thursday 9 May 2013 / Hour...
Photo, above: Berta Soler with His Holinees Pope Francis. See: Hour 3, Block C: Mary O’Grady, WSJ THE AMERICAS, on: Havana in Black and White; the dissident Berta Soler takes a big risk by telling the truth about racism and repression in Cuba. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts; Gordon Chang, Forbes....
Photo, above: Californian, the ship that did not rescue Titanic. See: Hour 2, Block B: Charles Pellegrino, author and explorer, on 14 April 1912: the Californian incident as Titanic was sinking. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Larry Kudlow, The Kudlow Report, CNBC; and Cumulus Media radio Hour...
Photo, above: comic relief: China decides it needs to have gravitas, so sticks its nose into Middle East policy, offering cash to Abbas, who smiles warmly. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Monday 6 May 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Thomas Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor, and Bill Roggio, Long...