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Co-host: John Avlon, CNN, Newsweek, The Daily Beast

Monday 905P Eastern Time (605P Pacific Time):   .David Drucker, Roll Call, in re:   Herman Cain, who's managed to handle the allegations very poorly: can't get the story straight, he categorically denied dong what he was charged with a decade ago. The "awful" way his campaign has handled the press is what the real story is. Ability to manage crises. Note oppo fingerprints, that show how important his competitors think he is.   They had ten days to figure out what he facts are, and didn't.  The suit was against the organization; court order of silence, so it's not clear who owns the records; US has a history of paying complainants: not necessarily to quash a true story but simply to calm the waters.

Advise and Consent, Alan Drury:  a nominee wants to appease the then-USSR; Senate has to vote yea or nay.  Washington is about attacking to see if the person can stand up under the pressure.  Cain's responses have been trite.

Monday 920P Eastern Time (620P Pacific Time):   .Aaron Task, Yahoo Finance! The Daily Ticker, in re:  the market went dramatically up today - why? First it fell in an abyss, but the data have been decent for a few weeks; then the Euros purported to come up with a plan, so money managers didn't want to be left out, or sitting on capital. Jobs number: anything under 200,000 is inadequate as a practical matter.  JA: Isn't 2.5% good? AT: Um, not - it's about a mood swing.  JB: Snap-back from the third quarter; however, [this isn't solved till the housing is good]. The richest corporations, all sitting on billions, see that their order book is nil, so will cut employment radically in early 2012.  Banks: continuing to identify back-offices savings, firing right and left.  Securities lawyer at Citi among first group to be laid off now works for the Fed - the Fed is hiring, the banks are not. AT: Apartments are doing well, since a lot of Americans can't afford to own a home so will rent.  JB: We need the Martians to land [as proposed by Satyajit Das - bringing with them zillions of currency units to bail us all out].

Monday 935P Eastern Time (635P Pacific Time):  John Avlon, in re: Rick Perry is an experienced, proven politician who's suddenly being out-polled by Herman Cain.  Perry "underperformed" in debates, is asking to be reconsidered by the Republican Party. He started with $50mil in the bank in August, now has a new campaign manager. The real problem was that he stepped on his message by indulging in this birther nonsense after dinner with Trump.  He's undisciplined.  He's a great retail politician - unlike other flash-in-pan folks, he has extensive executive experience, and is far and away the most experienced retail politician in the bunch. Romney: what's his vision for the country? He just keeps winning because he looks good in comparison to this astonishingly weak field. Newt - a bump; Bachmann is where she is.

Monday 950P Eastern Time (650P Pacific Time):  Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, in re: Jefferson-Kenndy Dinner in Pittsburgh: 47% from Gallup for Pres Obama. At dinner, lots of unhappy, de-energiszed, dispirited Democrats. Poorly attended, mayor didn't show up:

Monday 1005P (705P Pacific Time):    Taegan Goddard, Political Wire, in re:  The Herman Cain debacle: the harassment charges, campaign's failure to manage the story, Cain;s appearance at National Press Club.

What happens to Cain and the GOP field? Herman Cain's survival as a GOP frontrunner depends on how he handles the mob of reporters interested in his response to the story that he sexually harassed at least two women.      

First Read: "Three questions immediately come to mind: One, can his campaign handle this story? (The most sophisticated of political operatives struggle to handle and get in front of scandal stories; Cain's less experienced team, so far, appears to be struggling big time.) Two, assuming the campaign can't fix this, does Cain become the latest conservative darling (after Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry) to sink in the polls? And three, what happens if he does? Could that benefit Perry or someone else?" 

Ben Smith: "I'm not sure to whose benefit the new information about Cain's record goes -- but that beneficiary will obviously be a Republican. I'm inclined, in fact, to think Newt Gingrich has the best shot of the next boomlet, and both Mitt Romney -- eager to have anyone but Rick Perry in that slot -- and Rick Perry, who's still re-assembling his campaign and image, might have been glad to leave Cain there a while." 

Monday 1020P (720P Pacific Time):   Taegan Goddard, in re:  Hallowe'en is great fun for small children; the father, Taegan, has had too much candy tonight. See: unusual Rick Perry YouTube in New Hampshire [ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21z30aNO3cA ]. In Texas Tribune poll, Cain beats Perry by one point. 

Monday 1035P (735P Pacific Time):   Rufus Phillips, Why Vietnam Matters; Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy blog; Bill Roggio, Long.War Journal, in re: Deadly attack in Kabul gets Haqqani network's message across.  Haqqani network is telling the world and, especially, the Afghan public, that it is willing and able to kill foreign troops. Kabul Attack Network. "Pakistanis not willing to end their support of Taliban."  BR: Pakistani ISI is saying, "You have no way to stop what we're shoving down our throat." and they'll just continue.  RP: This is the particular interest of the Taliban, and incidentally may be in the interest of ISI, too. Note perceptions created by these attacks. Are probably pretty well acquainted with what happened in Vietnam; this is psychological as well as physical warfare. BR: I see that the Haqqanis really aren't interested in talking, underlining the [inappropriateness] of US's "talk and fight" policy. We're chasing our tail, they're standing on the sidelines and laughing at us.   RP: Mistake to withdraw our forces next year before the weather turns bad. Haqqani area is one where you can;t do much in winter   JB: Mrs Clinton needs Pakistan's help.  AR: Our leverage with Pakistan is limited. They agree, then defer, deflect and defer.  Crisis in relationship, then process recurs. Repeat and repeat. Result is the the US has come a lot closer to the Pakistani position than they are to the US's.  JA: Why is Mullah Omar still there? BR: Because he's far afield from the main fighting, likely with the active support o the Pakistani state. RP: No one wins this but the Taliban.

Monday 1050P (750P Pacific Time):   Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re:   Grad Missile fired from Gaza to Be'ersheva was taken down by Iron Dome. Three nights of rockets against, amazingly, schoolchildren. Meanwhile, UNESCO embraces the illicit Palestinian Authority; US is bound by its domestic law that mandates it cease paying to any UN department that recognizes a non-state; and another law applying specifically to the PLO/PA.  US withdraws $60 mil, being 20% of UNESCO budget.  UNESCO has been manipulated in respect of holy sites in Israel: taking over Rachel's tomb to turn it into a mosque.. Voting on UDI: 107-14, with 52  abstentions.   Abbas endorses abduction of Gilad Shalit, praises this outrage.  Hamas endorses US withdrawal of funds for UNESCO.  This is the beginning of an avalanche of moves to put Abbas into a position where he can claim a legacy without moving a millimeter toward peace.  Abbas's statement shows where he stands: will throw all chances for peace under a truck.

Monday 1105P (805P Pacific Time):   Paule Saviano, From Above  I

Monday 1120P (820P Pacific Time):   Paule Saviano, From Above  II

Monday 1135P (835P Pacific Time):   .John Burns, NYT, in re: Occupy London at St Paul's Cathedral causes split in Church of England

Monday 1150P (850P Pacific Time):   Margo Kiser, Newsweek, in re: the Somali pirate abductions in Kenya; threats 

Monday/Tues 1205A (905 Pacific Time):   .Francesco Guerrera, WSJ, in re: the Euro euro deal, with ironies.  

Monday/Tues  1220A (920 Pacific Time):   Bruce Thirnton, Hoover, in re: is the euro a success?  

Monday/Tues  1235A (935P Pacific Time):   John Avlon, in re: Rick Perry is an experienced, proven politician who's suddenly being out-polled by Herman Cain.  Perry "underperformed" in debates, is asking to be reconsidered by the Republican Party. He started with $50mil in the bank in August, now has a new campaign manager. The real problem was that he stepped on his message by indulging in this birther nonsense after dinner with Trump.  He's undisciplined.  He's a great retail politician - unlike other flash-in-pan folks, he has extensive executive experience, and is far and away the most experienced retail politician in the bunch. Romney: what's his vision for the country? He just keeps winning because he looks good in comparison to this astonishingly weak field. Newt - a bump; Bachmann is where she is. 

Monday/Tues  1250A  (950P Pacific Time):    .  

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 Hour 1  Serenity by David Newman; Deadwood: Season 1 by various artists  

Hour 2  True Grit by Carter Burwell; Prince of Persia by Harry Gregson-Williams  

Hour 3  The Last Samurai by Hans Zimmer; Fog of War by Philip Glass; Tears of the Sun by Hans Zimmer  

Hour 4  Frost/Nixon by Hans Zimmer; Deadwood: Season 1 by various artists; Beyond Rangoon by Hans Zimmer 

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Friday 905P Eastern Time: .Reza Kahlili, A Time to Betray, in re:  Iran has the bomb

Friday 920P Eastern Time:  .Bret Stephens, WSJ, in re: How many bombs does China have?

Friday 935P Eastern Time: .Bruce Weber, NYT, in re: riding a bicycle across America at age 57, Summer 2011.

Friday 950P Eastern Time:  .John Markoff, NYT, in re: passing of the AI pioneer John McCarthy

Friday 1005P (705P Pacific Time):  .Dan  Henninger, WSJ, in re: the unpresidential debate: disappointing and false

Friday 1020P (720P Pacific Time):  .John Bolton, AEI, in re: Iran and the bomb; Iran and the Obama Administration

Friday 1035P (735P Pacific Time):  .Henry Miller, Hoover, in re: the Bruce Ivins case is not closed. Questions about weaponizing anthrax.

Friday 1050P (750P Pacific Time):  Nick Wingfield, NYT, in re: Apple uses its supply chain as an offensive weapon to cut prices.

Friday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): .Chuck Blahous, Hoover, in re: why dropping CLASS Act from healthcare makes the whole legislation not work.

Friday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): .Michael de la Merced, NYT, in re: Yahoo romanced by Microsoft and Google, and the Chinese Web lords.

Friday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): .Jim Copland, Manhattan Institute, in re: the comfortable relationship between AGs and the tort bar needs attention

Friday 1150P (850P Pacific Time):  .Jere Longman, NYT, in re: a female runner pioner now 69, Dr Julia Chase Brand

Friday/Sat 1205A (905 Pacific Time):  .Kate Linebaugh, WSJ, in re: big, profitable firms cut more workers

Friday/Sat  1220A (920 Pacific Time): .Marian Wang, ProPublica, in re: the new language of war in Libya: doublespeak

Friday/Sat  1235A (935P Pacific Time):  Bruce Weber, NYT, in re: riding a bicycle across America at age 57, Summer 2011.

Friday/Sat  1250A  (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt. Beth Daley, Boston Globe, in re: fish restaurants switch fish and no one can tell: fraud or mistake?

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Co-hosts:

Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board

Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents

Thursday 905P Eastern Time:   Taegan Goddard, Political Wire, and David Drucker, Roll Call, in re: "Modified Lincoln-Douglas debate" of Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain: $200 for bleachers; $500 for "prime seating"; $1,000 - you get a photo with the discussants.  Just like Tim Leary and Gordon Liddy.  However, even as Cain plays this entertainment with Gingrich, his polls are excellent.

If you want to see next month's "modified Lincoln-Douglas debate" between Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich -- not carried on television -- it will cost you, the Wall Street Journal reports.  "Bleacher seating at the Gingrich/Cain debate, hosted by the Texas Tea Party Patriots at the Woodlands Resort in Houston, costs a cool $200. The next step up, the $500 ticket, gets you 'prime seating' and a ticket to the "Nite Cap party after the Debate," says the group's website. And for the really high rollers, $1,000 will get you 'the best seating in the house for the debate' and 'a professional picture taken with the candidates.'"  There's no word if the candidates are getting paid for their appearance. 

Thanksgiving Day report:  $3 trillion deficit reduction plan from Dems; $2 trillion from Republicans. Still hung up  on taxes. "After a rare public hearing Wednesday, the Joint Committee on Deficit Reduction met yet again behind closed doors -- this time to hear the GOP proposal for how to achieve the panel's goal of reducing the deficit by at least $1.2 trillion over 10 years." Will they charge to attend these meetings?

Trains: Supercommittee on this track, Republican nomination on another. Will they collide?   The calendar favors an . . . opera.  

Thursday 920P Eastern Time:  Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJ, in re:  the Ladies in White - wives, mothers and sisters of political prisoners in Cuba, formed in 2002 during the Black Spring when 75 men were arrested and sentenced to 17 to 75 years. Thrown in dungeons, never allowed the Red Cross in to look. Women began to go to St Rita's Sunday Mass, then walk in a procession carrying gladioli.  regime sent mobs of supporters out in mufti to eat them up - and those images went global.  The regime, desperate, released the prisoners to Spain;  Laura Pollán refused to leave, formed an apolitical human rights organization.   Damas in Appoyo, Ladies in Support, formed itself. Turned out that  Laura Pollán was fearless - which terrified the regime. She was attacked by a mob en route to church (there are photos of men trying to scratch at her skin); arrested on September 24, dead in days; regime burned her body before anyone could see it. While the mobs were attacking earlier, the ladies said that they felt their arms being pricked as though by needles, and then had symptoms of nausea and misery.   Laura Pollán went to hospital; was released as well; whenever the family visited, were surrounded by State security. Laura returned to hospital,  then died. ("It's very easy to kill someone in a hospital.")

Thursday 935P Eastern Time:  Victor Davis Hanson, NRO, Hoover, in re: It's hard to know what to think of the administration's announcement that we're leaving Iraq, since President Obama has said so many contradictory things. The idea of the Muslim Brotherhood from Tunisia eastward is scary. President signing on to a Tom Clancy novel, Real and Present Danger?     He's a bit cynical - can bomb Gaddafi without much objection, do a lot of killing without Congressional or other authority. No opposition to anything he's doing.  

Thursday 950P Eastern Time:  Satyajit Das, author of Extreme Money, in re: the European settlement (so to speak). This is al the fault of twitter: too little too late, far too short on details.  We'll be back in emergency soon - recap needs to be 3 to 5X what they have; not even sure if it's a trillion dollars - and nobody committed one extra euro to this scheme. But everybody loved it. Have identified three of the fourteen things they need to do, Haven't addressed growth inEurope - and without growth, this problem will not go away.

Italy: the Northern League supports Berlusconi, is critical to him.  Refuses to raise  the pension age to 66. Next, the bond vigilantes ride from Athens to Rome. Problem is now  Spain, Italy, Portugal. (He'll increase the age by 2026.) It's an ostracizable sin to speak of Ireland and Portugal.  Euro Banking Authority gave all the banks a clean bill of health a few months ago, incl Dexia. Process not exactly transparent.  Bear Stearns is the equivalent of Greece - but the contagion is much more Italy. This is like a car crash without air bags. (Inflate your way out of debt?)  Three options: German bail out Europe; debt monetization (QE/inflation - everyone's doing it; reminiscent of Weimar Republic); or third, policy miscalculation - a series of sovereign defaults - which we're all desperately trying to avoid.

Thursday 1005P (705P Pacific Time):   Malcolm Hoenlein, in re: Storm warnings from the Atlantic to the Hindu Kush. In Tunisia: a "liberal Islamic party" - Ennahda - supports sharia law  and admires Teheran.  Looks like a harbinger of sharia-oppressed peoples across the Mahgreb. Ennahda is close to Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. Are much too clever to express their sentiments, will put on a mild front until they're fully in control. "The laws of Libya for marriage and divorce for the last decades is null and void; women have no rights and may not own property." Teheran, sponsor of Syria: Supreme Leader has again said that Ahmadinejad's post is unnecessary. What they can't control are UN reports: IAEA and human rights report.  The latter is devastating for Iran: a hundred children below the age of 18 on death row, and many other nightmares. Security Countcil: seat taken by Azerbaijan (Slovenia dropped out in the fourteenth round): Azerbaijan is under much pressure from Russia. On Nov 11, Abbas will go to demand unilateral recognition of a state of Palestine.

Thursday 1020P (720P Pacific Time):  Gilad Sharon, author, Sharon: The Life of a Leader, in re: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon amassed a meticulously curated archive of political and personal documents. Gilad Sharon's access to this vast archive, as well as years as his father's confidant, enabled him to write this political biography. (John Bachelor's first trip to Israel, he was taken into Bethlehem in the middle of the siege under the wing of Ariel Sharon.)  The Egyptian president referred to Ariel Sharon as "the only chance for peace."  In fact, he was quit gentle and had a great sense of humor. When Pres Bush invited him to his Texas ranch, he learned to  his amazement that Sharon had more cows than the president of the US.  "My father always had a hard time parting from the cows and sheep; was very fond of all the animals."  "His view of what's called 'the Arab Spring' would be careful. As PM Blair said t me personally, 'Your father led the Israeli approach to peace. We've seen a lot of terror and cannot let Israel be endangered." Sinai: "It was not a quiet border. Drugs smuggling, prostitutes, maybe arms. For sure the border between Sinai and Gaza is open, smuggling huge amounts of contraband. The Egyptian town of Rafah is an isolated place in the desert, where Egypt could interdict the shipments very easily. Missiles come out of Gaza - they aim carefully at yellow school busses filled with children."  

Thursday 1035P (735P Pacific Time):  Congressman Peter Roskam, R (IL-06), suburban Chicago, and definitely not Jewish, in a district that has few Jews, in re:  U.S.-Israel relations. US has just withdrawn its ambassador to Syria, Mr Ford, out of concerns for his life.  Surprising how many people are focussed on this.  Speaker John Boehner invited PM Netanyahu to give a speech, where he was welcomed and celebrated.  All it takes is trip or two through the Middle east to see that we have one faithful friend that's a democracy: Israel. Should be honored and supported, not scorned and ignored. growing recognition in Congress that UN recognition of a Palestinian state wd not be helpful, and no one can say with a straight face that it'd lead to peace. Wide anxiety that Pres Obama is not committed to Israel's safety.  He's let a lot of time elapse as this event has come at us, has approached it so weakly that the Palestinian demand is  becoming a mess.  history is filled with ramifications of ambiguity. Sometimes it's a good thing,but usu is not.  Enemies feel emboldened.  Israel needs to enter this feeling secure in its relations with the US, but at present does not. Tunisia and Libya:  I was in both in 2008; in a nutshell, my sense is that we'll see ascendance of radicals who'll manipulate democratic process and, once in power, will shut it down.

Thursday 1050P (750P Pacific Time):  Dan Schueftan, author of A Jordanian Option, and deputy director, National Security Studies Center, University of Haifa; also advisor to Israeli prime ministers; in re:  Israel.  The blockade-runner, Turkey, is obviously supporting the revolt against the Assad regime. Turkey had a revolution in 19323; now, is shifting to being Islamized - changed domestic and foreign policy with Israel as a by-product. Turks cater to the most radical elements in the Arab world - Hamas, Muslim Brothers, othrs. Trying to remove hegemony from Egypt.  If in Syria a cruel and repressive regime is replace by another equally so, can become quite dangerous - and might destabilize Jordan; Turkey can change the complexion of the entire Middle East. Attempts by Turkey to affect power in Central Asia and farther away.  Muslim Brothers take a very long historical view of seizing power. Very low-key for years; then one day you wake up and find a barbaric regime such as now exists in Gaza. Do not confuse pragmatism with liberalism.  Tension between Israeli Arabs and Jewish and Druze Arabs.  Islamists carry Hamas, Ikhwan, and now Turkish, flags.  Arabs members of Knesset identified with Gaddafi, now with Erdogan. Can last for a very long time without major confrontation.  Obama administration has put too much trust in Turkey; too little understanding that Turkey is developing in a very negative direction, masquerading as positive, open-minded, but see its deeds.

Thursday 1105P (805P Pacific Time):  Jonathan Schanzer, VP research, FDD, in re:  Hamas-Fatah internal situation after the Shalit release; the likely renewal of the effort in the Security Council to getting recognition of a Palestinian State and similar efforts at the specialized agencies of the United Nations; as well as issues in regard to cutting funding to the PA, UNESCO, et al. Problem: If UNESCO recognized Palestinians statehood, automatic Congressional reg removes US funding of UNESCO (22% of it income) - which has it headquarters in an elite Parisian quartier, would leave it without operating funds, and throw the French host into a certain financial disarray. UNESCO is a French sacred cow - vache sacrée  française? 

Abbas's corruption machine  has spun out of control. Abbas is in because George Bush recommended him as a replacement for the smarmy Abu Ammar, Yassir Arafat, the Egyptian pederast who died of AIDS in a French military hospital with billions of international aid for impoverished Palestinian people in his personal savings accounts. (The money was finally awarded in large part to his wife, who was willing to remove the lifeline tubes if and only if she got a lot of the money; the rest went to Arafat's cronies.) The Palestinian Sovereign Wealth Fund now serves Abbas's needs and those of his sons, Yasir and Tarek. He's also routing some funds to Hamas. This is not the PA, it's Abbas and a few of his cohorts. Congress needs to look at Abbas, himself, and he $2.5mil he has in his presidential budget that the US provides.  Where's the PM?  Fayyad and Abbas are not speaking in a feud over transparency. 

Thursday 1120P (820P Pacific Time):  Malcolm Hoenlein, in re: I was invited to Syria by Imad Mustapha, who at the last moment denied entry because he figured out that one of the invitees, Aaron Klein, was Jewish. His representative in the Syrian embassy in Amman said with a snarl, "YOU know what you are!"   The Jordanian king is now in a balancing act between indigenous Jordanians, Bedouin, and the large population of Palestinians, of which his wife is one.  Jordan is an artificial construct, a British gift to the Hashemites. All these constructs across ht Arab world are starting to break at the seams.  Iranian intel has 500 people on its foreign targets list, and they're killing many. The history of the Ottoman empire sends chills up the spines of nations all over the wider region, incl Central Asia.  Assad - a sewer of corruption, has been excused as better than the alternative - but now he's enabling Hamas to win the next election.

Thursday 1135P (835P Pacific Time):  Bob Zimmerman, behindtheblack, in re: rumors of NASA robot cuts; shutting down Kepler; Congressional pork for private space; avalanche on Mars pictured.

Thursday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Josh Kron, NYT, in re: Kenyan troops in Somalia

Thursday/Fri 1205A (905 Pacific Time):  Jesse McKinley, NYT in San Francisco, in re: Occupy Oakland, and the mayor's under pressure

Thursday/Fri  1220A (920 Pacific Time): Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast, in re: the Democrats and the superrich 1% of Occupy Wall Street

Thursday/Fri  1235A (935P Pacific Time):  

Thursday/Fri  1250A  (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt. Henry Miller, Hoover, in re: vaccine developed for H5N1 shows promise.

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Gordon Chang, Forbes.com and The Daily

Wednesday 905P Eastern Time (605P Pacific Time):  Gordon Chang in Seoul, in re: 

Wednesday 920P Eastern Time (620P Pacific Time):  Rick Fisher, Intl Strategy and Assesment Center, in re: The United States plans to maintain the current size of its forces in South Korea at about 28,500 troops, a high-ranking government source in Seoul said, Yonhap reported Oct. 23. The source said that at official meetings between the two countries this year, U.S. Department of Defense officials repeatedly assured South Korean officials that the number of U.S. troops stationed in South Korea would remain the same. The source also said the two countries would likely announce their commitment to maintaining troop levels after the upcoming Security Consultative Meeting on Oct. 28 in Seoul.

Wednesday 935P Eastern Time (635P Pacific Time):  Daniel Adamo, retired FIDO officer from NASA,  and David Livingston, The Space Show, in re:  propellant depots, both near to and far from Earth. 

Wednesday 950P Eastern Time (650P Pacific Time):  Devin Nunes (CCA-21); Jeff Bliss, The Bliss Index;  Carla Marinucci, sfchronicle.com, in re: Occupy Oakland.  No plans for large police response to protest tonight, but officers are on standby. OPD takes down barricades around Ogawa Plaza, protest resumes - but tent city lawn still fenced off, declared "biohazard"  CBS reporter says, "Frustrating news conf leaves many questions unanswered about Occupy Oakland clash. Mayor Quan dodged questions as though they were rubber bullets.  At news conference, Oakland's mayor and police chief looked slumped, saddened, exhausted, face in hands. Joan Quan returned to Oakland today. Said she agreed with what Occupy protesters are saying but was "very saddened" by violence, says last night brought "some of best, some of worst" of Oakland.  Quan "didn't know what day" raid would happen, but "was in the loop" by phone from DC & "watched it on TV."  City planned raid on encampment days prior, mutual aid resources called in to help, Quan says.  Quan says 99% of the demonstrators were peaceful . . . does not want a repeat of last night. Says "we'll try to restore Frank Ogawa Plaza as a free speech area," adds there'll be an investigation of claims of excessive force by OPD  OPD Chief not prepared to comment on other injuries after asked about severe bruising on protesters.  OPD Chief Jordan again denies officers used rubber bullets or flash bang grenades, despite media & protesters' evidence to the contrary. OPD does not have rubber bullets, flash bang grenades in inventory, chief says. Investigation underway into reports of their use.  "It's possible" other depts. used them, chief says.  Iraq war vet injured by police tear gas canister during protest still in critical condition. 

Wednesday 1005P Eastern  (705P Pacific Time):  Wangchuk Shakabpa, board member of the U.S-Tibet Committee, in re:  Chinese brutality in Tibet fails to quash Tibetan cultural vibrancy; instead, generated ten self-immolations by monks and a nun in protest.  Beijing has tried Stalinist demographic overwhelm of Tibet with millions of Han Chinese moved in, and wholly forbidden any representation of HH the Dalai Lama. Beijing is bankrupt of ideas,  knows only to return to crushing violence.  

Wednesday 1020P Eastern (720P Pacific Time): Victor Shih,  , in re:  Chinese banks lend money that'll never be repaid. Central Bank can print more money year on year, or: a massive seizing of land from peasants to sell to real estate developers. Chinese banking system in default? Yes, but printing money lets the banks to roll over loans every year, never show nonperforming loans which on paper are among the lowest in the world: 1.14%  for the entire Chinese banking system.  Now they're trapped in a nightmare they don't know how to escape - print more money and build inflation; confess to the reality and see a huge collapse.  Central Bank prints new money. give it to regional banks, which in turn buy more bonds - that are used to repay interest on old bonds. Ponzi scheme.  Chinese govt knows exactly what it's doing, and that Chinese people will have to pay for this in a confiscatory retribution.  Chinese govt keeps issuing another 20 bil RMB in bonds for the failed railroad system. Ministry of Railroads couldn't get financing, couldn't pay contractors, who just stopped paying workers.  Incipient social stability problem - so natl govt jumped in.  Circular flow of money among state entities. Citizens suffer from negative real interest rates if they deposit their savings in banks. High-net-worth persons will at some point withdraw funds and deposit them overseas - that'll be the moment of truth.

Wednesday 1035P Eastern  (735P Pacific Time):  Michael Auslin, Director of Japan Studies, AEI, in re: Chinese PLA is becoming ever more assertove. India may be nervous that they're being outflanked by China now in Pakistan. China has already threatened BP and Conoco Phillips from doing any more business with Vietnam. This will catch up with us soon and require a US policy decision.

Wednesday 1050P Eastern (750P Pacific Time):  Joseph Sternberg, Asia WSJ, in re: 

Wednesday 1105P  Eastern (805P Pacific Time):  John A Farrel, Clarence Darrow, I

Wednesday 1120P Eastern (820P Pacific Time):  John A Farrel, Clarence Darrow, II  

Wednesday 1135P Eastern  (835P Pacific Time): John A Farrel, Clarence Darrow, III 

Wednesday 1150P Eastern  (850P Pacific Time):  John A Farrel, Clarence Darrow, IV 

Wednesday/Thurs 1205A  Eastern (905 Pacific Time):  Steven Erlanger, NYT at Brussels, in re:  EU crisis negotiation; trouble with Greece

Wednesday/Thurs  1220A Eastern (920 Pacific Time):   Sebastian Gorka, FDD, in re: Tunisian Islamists arising with sharia law and anti-American rhetoric

Wednesday/Thurs  1235A  Eastern (935P Pacific Time):  Hotel Mars. David Livingston, The Space Show, in re: 

Wednesday/Thurs  1250A  Eastern (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.  LouANn Hammond, Driving the Nation.com, in re: Ford's earnings and prospects.

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Co-host: John Avlon, CNN and Newsweek

Monday 905P Eastern Time (605P Pacific Time):   .John Avlon, in re: For the first time, we have anger at both big government and big business.  Teddy Roosevelt's displeasure in 1912 with Taft was that Taft had become a minion of the Big Trusts. Then FDR, 1936: "They want it to trickle down from the top."  For this president: it's tough to run as an outsider while you're in the White House. Corrupt folks in high finance, but heyday of populist movements doesn't correspond to present events."

Monday 920P Eastern Time (620P Pacific Time):   .Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, in re:  Mitt Romney inPittsburgh at a fundraiser about two blocks from Occupy Wall Street. His narrative is, "I'm the adult in the room. I have a steady hand; can weather whatever the Democrats throw at him. "Last time we elected a Democrat in a populist movement was Andrew Jackson."  At the end of the day, the populism will morph into anti-Washington.

POTUS at fundraisers. [In Denver to push for it to be easier to pay back college loans at the same time that he is pushing for it to be easier for debt collectors to access your cell phone.] Lightening the mood about, potus  riffed about the dog-eared campaign "Hope'' posters and his salt-and-pepper hair. "My hair's a little grayer now. Have you noticed that? My girls say it's distinguished. Michelle says it just makes me look old.'' 

Monday 935P Eastern Time (635P Pacific Time):   .Gretchen Morgenson, NYT and author of the distinguished Reckless Endangerment, in re: Bank's collapse in Europe points to global risks: as much as American financial institutions have sought to minimize damage from Europe's problems, the rescue of Dexia shows that there may be risks that are less known.  Worldwide contagion problem; we haven't fully recovered from our own disaster. Europe is now in dire straits. As for the US and housing: I hate to say it, but I think these people really never got it. If the government does exactly nothing: that's not possible in this day and age; the only sources of housing lending today are Fannie and Freddie. I think no govt activity is a goal to be worked toward. Back to Europe: if you mark down Greece will see failure somewhere; how long can they carry this on before the cascade starts? Not much - there's a moment in time - maybe next eek or so - when the IMF has to decide if another round of payments will go to Greece. So much Sturm und Drang and Angst there; here in the US, al the creditors were always made whole.  Cf esp: AIG counterparty risk.  Even though Dexia is about to collapse, it and its counterparties will be made whole - decided by very powerful institutions and governemtnts: the French people will be forced to pay, just as American citizens were forced to pay for our financial criminals.  Contagion: Portugal, Italy, Spain, Ireland. [France. --ed]  In the US, we do not know what our banks's exposure to Europe is - they say, e.g., "It's immaterial,"and equal drivel.  Out banks are not being truthful or frank about exposure." Stress test? Never been required to show exposure. We have to rely  on the same regulators who were asleep at the switch before. [Ha-Ha: Dexia passed the weak-kneed Euro stress test a few month ago.--ed] 

Meanwhile, Paul Volcker, former Fed chairman, says crucial work must still be done to make consumers, investors and the economy safer.

Monday 950P Eastern Time (650P Pacific Time):   Wahid Monawar, VP strategic research, Zurich Partners; served in early Karai administration, in re: Karzai: "In a conflict between Pakistan and the US, he'd back Pakistan."  Not the first time Karzai has overtly confessed his loathing for the US; he's at war with reality. Won't win him a popularity contest at home, and is counterproductive, but holds no gravitas. Instead, we need to be concerned about White House statements that Pakistan is a good ally, and "rogue elements in ISI" - what? Pakistan haas no control over ISI? It's the most disciplined, responsible agency in the country. They're totally in bed with the Haqqani Network. In Kabul, The Haqqanis are regarded as    When Taliban regime fell in 2001, we opened he door to all Afghans; but certain characters were snatched by ISI so it can have policy sway in Afghanistan. A strategy always has a military component.  "The risks of staying with the status quo are greater than those of adopting a new policy toward Pakistan." What more proof do we need after Adm Mullen said that ISI is in bed with Haqqanis.  Afghans detest Pakistanis more than they ever did the Soviets.

We need to pressure Pakistan: set up benchmarks concurrent with dispensement of aid to Pakistan. Also need not to permit the sort of language Pakistan is using. JB: Pakistan is the enemy.

Monday 1005P (705P Pacific Time):   Taegan Goddard, Political Wire, in re:   Lincoln-Douglas-style debate in Texas: Tea Party activists sponsoring a debate between Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich. Two guys have no reservations about talking for two hours. Why not in Iowa, where it might do some good? Next stop may be Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina.

Perry gets a new campaign manager? In addition to adding new staffers, Paul Burka reports that Joe Allbaugh, who ran George W. Bush's campaign in 2000, will join Rick Perry's presidential campaign.   "I have written on several occasions that there is something wrong inside the Perry campaign. The campaign has been terribly run to this point. I can't imagine that Allbaugh would come on board if he were not going to be in charge, which means that David Carney may be taking a back seat... The Perry inner circle just doesn't have enough talent or experience to run a national campaign. Allbaugh has run one. They don't know much about the country and they don't know much about federal issues. The first thing Allbaugh ought to do is send Perry to Dallas to apologize for badmouthing W all over the country. I believe that we will see a slow but steady rise in Perry's fortunes from this point forward." 

Monday 1020P (720P Pacific Time):   .Jay Root, Texas Tribune, in re: Gov. Rick Perry released his 2010 tax return Friday, showing modest family income of about $217,000. Perry also reported losing about $6,000 on the sale of a home in College Station and charitable gifts of $12,500.   Perry rebuilds campaign team:  with reports that Rick Perry has brought on board consultants Curt Anderson, Nelson Warfield, and Tony Fabrizio, an advisor to Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) tells Ben Smith that the Texas governor has reassembled the team that helped run Scott's "unlikely, big-spending, and successful 2010 campaign."  Mark Halperin: "These are three smart guys. Fabrizio and Warfield both helped get Rick Scott elected governor of Florida while Warfield and Anderson have long histories with the tax reform/simplification movement -- key as Perry starts selling his flat tax. Warfield also had a period of criticizing the flat tax, as a spokesman for Bob Dole's 1996 presidential campaign, when Steve Forbes was touting such a proposal; Warfield will now be Forbes' colleague on the Perry campaign. In some ways, the Texan's original, relatively small team had been overwhelmed by the demands of getting a campaign up and running. How the additions will impact the balance of power within the campaign remains to be seen." 

Monday 1035P (735P Pacific Time):   . Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy blog, and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, in re:  Americans want to talk and fight at the same time;  Pakistanis want to talk, only.  There are plenty of obvious links between ISI and Afghan warlord networks; ceasefire would strengthen ISAF in some places - where ISAF and Afghan troops have had some success. Taliban in Kandahar has had limited ability. WHoever has the upper hand tat the moment the ceasefire begins, wins that round. When Karzai said he'd support Pakistan in a war, that was his awkward attempt to balance Afghan interests between Pakistan and the US. He's weak at understanding this sort of statecraft.

Haqqani Network certainly doesn't want to negotiate in any way with the Northern Alliance - it wants the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and that's the whole of their story.

Monday 1050P (750P Pacific Time):   .John Avlon, in re:  Herman Cain's sudden advertisement, "The Smoking Man." Problem.  Extremely weak Republican field. Romney for POTUS, Cain for VP? An all-bz ticket, the perfect antidote to Obama.

Monday 1105P (805P Pacific Time):   .Ann Marlowe, Hudson Institute, in Libya, in re: report from the infant republic, I  

Monday 1120P (820P Pacific Time):   .Ann Marlowe, Hudson Institute, in Libya, in re: report from the infant republic, II  

Monday 1135P (835P Pacific Time):   . Eugene Linden, The Ragged Edge of the Universe, I  

Monday 1150P (850P Pacific Time):   .Eugene Linden, The Ragged Edge of the Universe, II  

Monday/Tues 1205A (905 Pacific Time):   .Laura Kasinof, NYT, Yemen sitrep  

Monday/Tues  1220A (920 Pacific Time):   .Bob Zimmerman, bef=hind he black.com, in re:   Russian launch from Guyana; fuel depots in space

Monday/Tues  1235A (935P Pacific Time):   .Gretchen Morgenson, NYT and author of the distinguished Reckless Endangerment, in re: Bank's collapse in Europe points to global risks: as much as American financial institutions have sought to minimize damage from Europe's problems, the rescue of Dexia shows that there may be risks that are less known.  Worldwide contagion problem; we haven't fully recovered from our own disaster. Europe is now in dire straits. As for the US and housing: I hate to say it, but I think these people really never got it. If the government does exactly nothing: that's not possible in this day and age; the only sources of housing lending today are Fannie and Freddie. I think no govt activity is a goal to be worked toward. Back to Europe: if you mark down Greece will see failure somewhere; how long can they carry this on before the cascade starts? Not much - there's a moment in time - maybe next eek or so - when the IMF has to decide if another round of payments will go to Greece. So much Sturm und Drang and Angst there; here in the US, al the creditors were always made whole.  Cf esp: AIG counterparty risk.  Even though Dexia is about to collapse, it and its counterparties will be made whole - decided by very powerful institutions and governemtnts: the French people will be forced to pay, just as American citizens were forced to pay for our financial criminals.  Contagion: Portugal, Italy, Spain, Ireland. [France. --ed]  In the US, we do not know what our banks's exposure to Europe is - they say, e.g., "It's immaterial,"and equal drivel.  Out banks are not being truthful or frank about exposure." Stress test? Never been required to show exposure. We have to rely  on the same regulators who were asleep at the switch before. [Dexia passed the weak-kneed Euro stress test a few month ago.--ed]   

Meanwhile, Paul Volcker, former Fed chairman, says crucial work must still be done to make consumers, investors and the economy safer.  

Monday/Tues  1250A  (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.   Andrew Lawler, Science magazine, in re: mastodon hunters 14,000 years ago  

JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW podcast link:

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Guest-host:  Paul Vigna, Dow Jones, Markets Hub

Co-host: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board

Saturday 905P Eastern Time:     Paul Vigna, Mary Kissel, in re: Fears of a hard landing for China's economy. europe can't solve its sovereign debt crisis. Credibility of Euro leaders ebbs by the minute, as the world sits on a knife's edge.

Saturday 920P Eastern Time:    Sarah Maslin Nir, NYT, in re: OWS  

Saturday 935P Eastern Time:     John Fund, senior editor, The American Spectator, in re:  Herman Cain.  African-American capitalist who rose up from poverty, has a wholly different take on economy from the current president. Degree in mathematics, designed weapons systems. Tries to make a virtue out of ignorance of foreign policy; clever, but doesn't cut the mustard. Seventy per cent of the subprime mortgage loan in 2007 were issued by Fannie and Freddie; Cain would say, Let's find a way to put them out  of their misery. His (revised) 9-0-9 plan. Best stump speech in the 2012 field: minister, cadences of the Black church, basso profundo, can capture a crowd brilliantly with humor and emotion; now has a wonder speech-ending: "Our shining city on a hill has fallen into a ditch, we need to drag it up the hill again."

Saturday 950P Eastern Time:     Phil Izzo, WSJ, in re:  path for economic growth       

Saturday 1005P (705P Pacific):  Paul Vigna, Mary Kissel, in re:   it takes nine years for a country to emerge from a really bad economy. World Series score updates.  Fannie and Freddie

Saturday 1020P (720P Pacific):   Claudia Rosett, FDD, in re:   Libya. Russians object; didn't read Gaddafi his Miranda rights; corpse in supermarket fridge.  What brought Gadhafi down? Bombs and bullets - same reason he gave up his nukes.  Soft power brought us the complete lie.    [Music: It's My Party, thought Gaddafi, until the dreadful end.] Russians complaining about absence of due process after Gaddafi was dragged from the drainage ditch. Trajectory of US policy regarding Gaddafi: diplomacy and sanctions did not work; bombs and bullets did. 

Ultimately, it wasn't soft power or an extended hand that dislodged Gaddafi. He gave up his nuclear program in late 2003 for fear of suffering the fate of Saddam Hussein, who had just been pulled from a spider hole following the US-led military invasion of Iraq. When Libyans rose up against Gaddafi this past February, it was NATO bombs and military aid that helped them press ahead to the day of his demise. The time between was marked by an extraordinary hash of Western policy and compromise of US principles, in which Gaddafi was not only let out from under sanctions, but feted by politicians in Washington and the capitals of Europe, and given pride of place on the UN stage, a seat on the UN Security Council, the presidency of the UN General Assembly. He also served as head of the African Union and hosted a summit of the Arab League (attended by the UN Secretary-General). None of that diplomatic embrace served to reform his regime, or relieve his people of his 42-year reign of blood-soaked terror. For that, it came down in the end to bombs and guns. 

This is worth bearing in mind as the US grapples with the question of how to deal with the far greater looming threats from Iran's terror-based regime, now pursuing nuclear weapons, and its partners in proliferation, such as nuclear-armed North Korea - or Syria, where the regime has been been trying to quell an uprising by butchering its own people. Beyond the question of what comes next in Libya, the big question is what lessons the US, it allies, and its enemies, now draw from the roller-coaster events of the past eight years in Libya. The bottom line is, sanctions and diplomacy were not enough. Next: Syria, where Assad slaughters his people. Nothing at all is being done for Syrians, even though Syria is working with North Korea on nuclear proliferation.

Saturday 1035P (735P Pacific):  Andrew Shearer, Lowy Institute, Sydney, in re: Queen Elizabeth II visits Australia, meets young, female basketball star

Saturday 1050P (750P Pacific): Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, in re:  AQAP regains control of Zinjibar, major city in the south of Yemen, which spirals into a hell-hole.  Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has again taken control of a capital, has Aden under siege, control vast areas of villages.  AQIP is trying to take over a country and expand their caliphate. Successfully taking on three Yemeni brigades. Local fighters provide safe havens for al Q.  Where's the US in this? Providing intell and logistical support; air drop supplies to a group under siege. Drones and other conventional aircraft - hard to  tell which are eYemeni and which are US.  SImilar to Somalia, where Shebaab took over most of the real estate.  Like Afghanistan, where the US has 100,000 troops: if you don't control the ground, you're losing. The central issue is state sponsorship of terrorism: Iran and Pakistan are the main sponsors.  Saudis are sort of mixed - won't stop the massive funding globally. Until the US goes after the state sponsors, we're just on a treadmill. Taking tough? When you do nothing, it just makes it worse. Btw, the Feds went back on what Adm Mullen said - yeah, the ISI are terrorists, but we still need  them.  Saudis: royal family is justifiably quite nervous - elders dying; Bahrain agitated; Arab Spring is a nightmare for them; Iran trying to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in US soil.  No one should allow al Qaeda to control anything. Will the Americans start swinging the big stick they have?         

"Meanwhile, local sources said that presumed gunmen of al Qaeda took control of most of the Zinjibar City in the Governorate of Abyan yesterday. The sources told Al-Sharq al-Awsat the gunmen attacked military positions with mortar shells and machineguns forcing the army forces to retreat to the approaches to the city and reassemble in preparation for a counterattack. The sources said that the gunmen attacked the headquarters of the 39th Armored Brigade using mortar shells from the Hassan Stadium and Qal'at Shaddad.' One soldier was killed and four others wounded while the number of the dead among the armed men was not known, the sources added.  The sources said that forces of the 119th Brigade, which has been stationed in Zinjibar since late September, came under an attack yesterday morning by gunmen in the Al-Kud Area where the forces are deployed. The gunmen also mined the roads between Aden City and Abyan to prevent the arrival of any supplies to the army, amid reports that the gunmen retook control of the city.  The city has been the scene of violent clashes between army forces and gunmen believed to belong to al Qaeda for three days now. The gunmen launched an attack on the army camps using various types of medium- and large-caliber weapons. As a result, many people were killed and wounded on both sides. In addition, seven soldiers, including an officer from the 25th Mechanized Brigade, were kidnapped on Tuesday. It is recalled that the 25th Mechanized Brigade came under a heavy siege by al Qaeda for more than three months before army forces, supported by US and Saudi planes, managed to break the siege and expel the Al-Qa'ida gunmen."

Saturday 1105P (805P Pacific):  Paul Vigna, Mary Kissel         

Saturday 1120P (820P Pacific):   Sadanand Dhume,  AEI,  in re: protests in India against corruption    

Saturday 1135P (835P Pacific):   Charles Horner,   Hudson Institute, in re: China's economy    

Saturday 1150P (850P Pacific):  Charles Horner,   Hudson Institute, in re: China in Tibet     

Saturday/Sun 1205A (905 Pacific):  Kathleen Madigan, Dow Jones Newswires, in re: economics.  Wages not keeping up with inflation by any measure. A few, tiny pockets of good news, but the vast majority of Americans don't have  a civil engineering degree or highly-specialized training for Silicon Valley.  We got into this trouble because so many people overextended themselves. Because of increasingly higher prices, people are squeezed while they try to pay back debts. This is the painful deleveraging.

Saturday/Sun 1220A (920 Pacific):    Satyajit Das, Extreme Money, in re: Botox economics.  Global banking so commingled, can't be separated; massive exposures.   We may muddle through for 20 yrs; or have huge policy failure and it all blows up; or the Martians arrive with multiple trillions of dollars and magically save the world.

Saturday/Sun 1235A (935P Pacific):  Luke Goodrich, Becket Fund, in re: Supreme Court takes up key case on guarding religious freedom.    

Saturday/Sun 1250A  (950P Pacific): Exeunt.

Music

Hour 1

Liberty by Mark O'Connor

Maggie's Farm, by Bobby Dylan

Taking Care of Business, by Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Dexter

Hour 2

10,000 BC

Leslie Gore, It's My Party

Elizabeth, by David Hirschfelder

Nubian Lady, by Yusef Lateef

Hour 3

Frost-Nixon

India: Kingdom of the Tiger

The Great Escape

Crouching Tiger

Hour 4

Hard Times, by David "Fathead" Newman

The Great Escape

Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting, by Charles Mingus, Jr

Babylon

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Sunday  905PM Eastern (605P Pacific):  Jodi Schneider, Bloomberg tax specialist, and Mona Charen, NRO, in re:  Domestic politics. QE3? Housing drags down employment drags down housing.  Tax behaviors in Washington.

Sunday 920PM Eastern (620P Pacific):  Jim McTague, Barron's Washington, in re:   We'll be lucky if it's over by 2017

Sunday 935PM Eastern (635P Pacific):  AfPak Roundtable. Rufus Phillips, Why Vietnam Matters; Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy blog & Foreign Policy magazine; Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, in re: US leaving Iraq and al Maliki to the enemy.    US wants to talk and fight; Pakistan wants to talk.  Secy Clinton: Major breakthrough in Islamabad talks.  First time Pakistan has used the word, "ceasefire."  Ceasefire? Lots of Taliban units that aren't under any sort of central control. In the Seventies, we left 200,000 North Vietnamese troops in the South.  Does this man that the Pakistanis can, indeed, call off the Haqqani Network and the Taliban? We've  [Long War Journal and John Batchelor Show] been saying this all along.  High time we stopped fooling ourselves that Pakistan and the US share common interests in the region. 

North Vietnamese strategy was to talk until it stopped working, then fight till more talks could be undertaken.  A ceasefire in the south and E=east of Afghanistan would be extremely advantageous to us; that's why I think it won't happen. Taliban has few places to move in Helmand Province: Taliban could regroup, but the Afghan Army cold [make considerable progress].

Sunday 950PM Eastern (650P Pacific):  Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and Lara M Brown, Villanova, in re: Sununu's backing of Romney is significant.  Obama and his administration are wholly tied in to Solyndra, same as Romney and Bain Capital. No matter  how hard this president works, not clear he can outdo the energized Republican Party. Romney could say, Jiminy crickets,  I have a better story than the Democrats do: I can fix our jobs and housing problems, can fix the economy. As for Dems' embracing OWS, that sort of thing didn't work in 1968. Conservative populism can work in 2012, but no other sort.  People are blaming Washington more than they're blaming Wall Stret. Gallup's dissatisfaction number is 83%!  William Jennings Bryan kind of populism pulls the Dems too far from their urban base. 

Sunday 1005PM EDT (705P Pacific):  John Avlon, CNN and Newsweek, and John Fund, American Spectator senior editor, in re:   Europeans kick the can again - it flew over my head. October 23 was to b e the final version; too much finger-pointing in Italy. Back to the US.  Marco Rubio, Senator from Florida, stepped into a tempest: dreams of my parents - how his parents were prevented from going back to Cuba, left Cuba because of Castro. Doesn't work from the facts.  Began when a birther thought he'd found a similar problem with Rubio.  The quote from Matt Cantor, Democratic Campaign Committee, questions basic veracity.  John Sununu's endorsement of Romney: very helpful in New Hampshire; otherwise, Sununu is respected, but not as much by conservatives. Cain badly bolloxed up his answers on abortion and . Romney 20% ceiling should be troubling to him.

Sunday 1020PM EDT (720P Pacific):  Larry Johnson, NoQuarter blog, in re: Solyndra stiffed lobbyist, trying to sway lawmakers to the end‎.   Also: In the weeks after the shooting, Mexican officials arrested a dozen alleged members of the Zetas criminal syndicate, including Julian Zapata Espinoza, a/k/a "El Piolin" or Tweety Bird, who allegedly confessed to the killing to Mexican authorities. The family had questions about Jaime's death and started pressing ICE leadership and members of Congress to help them get answers. 

Sunday 1035PM EDT (735P Pacific):  Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re:  Security Council vote for incoming members almost accomplished; still one race between Azerbaijan (subject to Russian pressure) and Slovenia (more in European camp).  Guatemala, Togo, Morocco, Pakistan, were elected, will serve as non-permanent members of the 15-member Security Council in 2012-13. Gabon will endorse the unilateral declaration of independence of the PLO. France apparently now regrets having done so.  

UNESCO gets 22% of its funding from h US; Sarkozy initially loudly supported the Palestinian UDI, then realized that the US is legally obliged under domestic law to cease funding any agency in the UN organization that recognizes the Palestinians as a nation in advance of successful negotiations - which would mean that if the UDI succeeded with Sarkozy's help, the major UN section in France would suddenly be out of money.  Swift and serious backpedalling by M le President.

Jordan sacks the whole Cabinet. Amman is in ht Riyadh camp; has to sustain neo-Salafist elements. Has majority Palestinian population; absorbed a million-plus Iraqi refugees (most of whom have returned). King not in danger of falling, but possible instability.  Prince Sultan bin Abdel Aziz of Saudi Arabia dies: was the heir apparent to the Saudi throne and one of the kingdom's most powerful princes. Present king is extremely old. Suderis do not welcome the remaining Prince Naif as king, even as a transitional figure. Next-generation rivalry begins. Detrimental as Saudi Arabia faces uprising, regional changes.  Yemen, making Saudis quite nervous, has always been the mouse to the Saudi elephant. Yemen is the proxy war with Iran.  

Mubarak's removal considered degrading. Saudi troops in Bahrain. Still, the US and Saudis need each other a great deal.  

Sunday 1050PM EDT (750P Pacific):  Gordon Chang in Hong Kong, and Joseph Sternberg, WSJ Asia, in re:  Charlene Chu of Fitch Ratings argues that China's "stimulus" has left the banks in a mess that could tank the entire economy. She's noteworthy as one of the few people to sift through what the banks are actually getting up to; her work is the basis for many of the bearish analyses of China you see these days.

Banks: there's more transparency now than formerly, after the last bust.  Chinese people have few options for their savings other than deposit it into the state-run bank - which citizens increasing view with a wary eye. Confidence low and diminishing.   State ministries on the edge of default, No solution there, or here .They've built a monster and the monster must die. 

Sunday 1105PM EDT (805P Pacific):  Ann Marlowe, Hudson Institute, in Libya, in re: cleaning up the civil war in Libya continues.

Sunday 1120PM EDT (820P Pacific):  Claudia Rosett, FDD, in re: Sarkozy and UNESCO

Sunday 1135PM EDT (835P Pacific):   Nathan Schneider, The Nation, in re: the origin of Occupy Wall Street and the Zuccotti Park encampment

Sunday 1150PM EDT (850P Pacific):   Bob Zimmerman, behindtheblack.com, in re: 1. NASA negotiating to extend contract with Russians to fly Americans to ISS 2. Fuel depots 3. ROSAT crashes to Earth 

Sunday/Mon 1205AM EDT (905 Pacific):  Jodi Schneider, Bloomberg tax specialist, and Mona Charen, NRO, in re:  Domestic politics. QE3? Housing drags down employment drags down housing.  Tax behaviors in Washington.

Sunday/Mon 1220AM EDT (920 Pacific):  Jim McTague, Barron's Washington, in re:   We'll be lucky if it's over by 2017.

Sunday/Mon 1235AM EDT (935P Pacific):  AfPak Roundtable. Rufus Phillips, Why Vietnam Matters; Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy blog & Foreign Policy magazine; Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, in re: US leaving Iraq and al Maliki to the enemy.    US wants to talk and fight; Pakistan wants to talk.  Secy Clinton: Major breakthrough in Islamabad talks.  First time Pakistan has used the word, "ceasefire."  Ceasefire? Lots of Taliban units that aren't under any sort of central control. In the Seventies, we left 200,000 North Vietnamese troops in the South.  Does this man that the Pakistanis can, indeed, call off the Haqqani Network and the Taliban? We've  [Long War Journal and John Batchelor Show] been saying this all along.  High time we stopped fooling ourselves that Pakistan and the US share common interests in the region.   

North Vietnamese strategy was to talk until it stopped working, then fight till more talks could be undertaken.  A ceasefire in the south and E=east of Afghanistan would be extremely advantageous to us; that's why I think it won't happen. Taliban has few places to move in Helmand Province: Taliban could regroup, but the Afghan Army cold [make considerable progress].

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Friday 905P Eastern Time: .Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy blog and Foreign Policy magazine, in re: POTUS announcement on Iraq; Clinton's visit to Pakistan

Friday 920P Eastern Time:  .Bill McGurn, WSJ, in re: the torture memos and the Obama Administration policy on Awlaki

Friday 935P Eastern Time: .Jeremy Peters, NYT, in re: the war of succession at NewsCorp.

Friday 950P Eastern Time:  .Matt Farrell, Boston Globe, in re: do you give a two-year-old an iPhone?

Friday 1005P (705P Pacific Time):  .Jeff Bliss, The Bliss Index, in re: the troubles with Solyndra

Friday 1020P (720P Pacific Time):  .Sam Grobart, NYT, in re: the new new toilet: Numi, at $6,400

Friday 1035P (735P Pacific Time):  .Nathan Schneider, The Nation, in re; where did Occupy Wall Street start?

Friday 1050P (750P Pacific Time):  .Geoff Edgers, Boston Globe, in re:  the battle of the museums: Museum of Fine Arts vs. ICA

Friday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): .Ann Marlowe, Hudson Institute, in re: Zuwara, Libya, after the fall of the dictator

Friday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): .Bill Roggio, FDD, in re: US to leave Iraq at year-end

Friday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): .Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution, in re: retired Justice Stevens writes of his decisions, 1975-2010, I

Friday 1150P (850P Pacific Time):  .Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution, in re: retired Justice Stevens writes of his decisions, 1975-2010, II

Friday/Sat 1205A (905 Pacific Time):  .Matt Townsend, Bloomberg, in re: the surgical shopper is born in the new normal of consumption

Friday/Sat  1220A (920 Pacific Time): .Bill McGurn, WSJ, in re: the torture memos and the Obama Administration policy on Awlaki 

Friday/Sat  1235A (935P Pacific Time):  .Jeremy Peters, NYT, in re: the war of succession at NewsCorp.

Friday/Sat  1250A  (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt. Kate Galbreath, Texas Tribune.

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Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board

Thursday 905P Eastern Time: Kori Schake, Hoover, and , "Lessons of the Libya War," in re: Sirta fallen, Ghadafi dead (executed by teenaged guerrillas?).  Ghadafi was never a deep part of the jihad.

Thursday 920P Eastern Time:  David Weidner, WSJ, in re:  Occupy Wall Street has history on its side. Jne 1920: BOOM. Hundreds injured, three people killed. Blamed on Italians - an "anarchist group" (definitely not the Bolshies) upset with a lot of normal stuff; blew up a bomb -  100 tons of dynamite? - in front of J P Morgan. Can still see scars on the bldg at 23 Wall Street.  May 8, 1970: just after the Kent State shooting, kids went to Wall Street, where 200 construction workers opposing demonstrations went there and created a riot of hards hats with American flags vs young, hippie protestors.  Brokers streamed downstairs to protect the hippies.  Dow was at about 700 or 650.   Earth Day Wall Street: popular in the 'Eighties; protest vs corporate America.  Also, May Day, Chicago Board of Trade.  Now: to the West side of Zuccotti Park, the anrchists just smoke cigarettes.

Thursday 935P Eastern Time:  Amity Shlaes, CFR and Bloomberg, in re:  Economic growth ("Three Policies That Gave Us the Jobs Economy"). Steve Jobs. 

Thursday 950P Eastern Time:  Mary Kissel, in re: The Supreme Court did America's struggling economy a service in June in Wal-Mart v. Dukes, the unanimous ruling that curbed the trial bar's ability to level frivolous class-action discrimination lawsuits against employers. Now the case is rippling through the lower courts and having the same salutary effects on similar cases leveled against lenders. In two little-noticed district court decisions last month, In re: Wells Fargo Residential Mortgage Lending Discrimination Litigation and Rodriguez v. National City Bank, plaintiffs claimed banks that gave brokers discretion over loan pricing discriminated against minorities by charging them higher fees. In both cases, plaintiffs presented statistics to allegedly show how brokers' individual decisions had an overall "disparate impact" on the class. Before Dukes, those gambits might have worked. . . .  

Thursday 1005P (705P Pacific Time):  Mary Kissel interviews John Batchelor on Libya. Libya is a tribal culture divided into three: Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, and the desert.   Mashriq to the East; Maghreb to the West: Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Mauritania.  Berbers, the desert nomads, feel they needn't honor the urban groups. "In all  of the Arab world, there's one nation: Egypt. All the rest are tribal groupings."   Ghadafi's fall is a result of the decisions of jihadists, who claimed self-immolation is blessed by God. They're now removing dictators and replacing them with jihadist regimes.  Massive flow of weapons from Tripoli to Sinai to Gaza.  WH Jay Carney was coy in speaking of what the US may do. We're in the midst of an Arab reawakening; the US is on  the sidelines, has no control. This Renovatio will be violent.  Axis of Shi'a from Teheran to Damascus to Baghdad to Beirut. Axis of Sunni. There'll be only one winner. As the US pulls out and leaves a vacuum, the fight will begin again.

Thursday 1020P (720P Pacific Time):  Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy blog and Foreign Policy magazine, and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, in re:  107mm fire against Americans in Afghanistan. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Kabul on an unannounced visit Oct. 19 to encourage Afghan-Taliban negotiations [read: futile negotiations with the Haqqani Network, who have zero interest]  as the United States continues with troop withdrawal. Clinton will meet with the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai; top Afghan officials, and civic leaders Oct. 20. She will also work toward a security agreement that will govern US-Afghan relations after the US troop withdrawal. We've been battling these people for ten years and failed; they understand that all they have to do is hang on for another few.  Mrs Clinton's threat was oriented toward the military intell apparatus in Pakistan: We'll hit hard inside the Tribal Area; the border distinction will be less important henceforth. [US talk, not decisive action.]  Karzai's schizophrenic messages - the Americans are his best friends, then the Pashtuns are his brothers, and back and forth.

Thursday 1035P (735P Pacific Time):  Ann Marlowe, Hudson Institute, in Libya, in re: death of Ghadafi; future of Zuwara and the Berbers.  Berbers now are able openly to celebrate their Amazir/ Imazighen culture, and to use their language, Tamazight. Effective militias. Berbers asking for the Prime Ministership in the next government.   Local Arabs dealing with the new situation.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berber_people http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berber_languages

Thursday 1050P (750P Pacific Time):  Devin Nunes (CA-21) in re: Rep. Dennis Cardoza, D-Atwater, California, retires; the political connection between Rep. Jim Costa, D-Fresno, and Kern County was drawn out of existence in the draft congressional maps. Jobs bill for unions. Constant jobs destruction by the federal government.

Thursday 1105P (805P Pacific Time):  Adam Winkler, Gun Fight, I  

Thursday 1120P (820P Pacific Time):  Adam Winkler, Gun Fight, II

Thursday 1135P (835P Pacific Time):  Dan Henninger, WSJ, in re:   Occupy Wall Street and the street people of New York City, and the Democrats

Thursday 1150P (850P Pacific Time):   Claudia Rosett, FDD, in re: UNESCO, Sarkozy, and the Palestinian lawfare gambit. 

Thursday/Fri 1205A (905 Pacific Time):   Rachel Donadio, NYT from Athens, in re: street demonstrators and Parliament vote on austerity for the eurozone.

Thursday/Fri  1220A (920 Pacific Time):  Kori Schake, Hoover, and "Lessons of the Libya War," in re: Sirta fallen, Ghadafi dead (executed by teenaged guerrillas?).  Ghadafi was never a deep part of the jihad.

Thursday/Fri  1235A (935P Pacific Time):   Amity Shlaes, CFR and Bloomberg, in re:  Economic growth ("Three Policies That Gave Us the Jobs Economy"). Steve Jobs. 

Thursday/Fri  1250A  (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.  LouAnn Hammond, Driving the Nation.com, in re: the future of talking cars.

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Co-host: Larry Kudlow, CNBC and 77 WABC

Tuesday 905P Eastern Time: Phil Izzo, WSJ, in re: Goldman Sachs, economy

Tuesday 920P Eastern Time: Sudeep Reddy, WSJ, in re: Germany, France Close In on Crisis Plan

Tuesday 935P Eastern Time: Joe Rago, WSJ, in re: ObamaCare

Tuesday 950P Eastern Time: Joe Bel Bruno, LA Times, in re: Goldman Sachs

Tuesday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): James Taranto, WSJ, in re: debate, 2012 politics

Tuesday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): Bill Whalen, Hoover, in re: GOP debate

Tuesday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Mary O'Grady, WSJ, in re: Argentina elections

Tuesday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: Gilad Shalit

Tuesday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Josh Kron, NYT, in re: US soldiers to central Africa

Tuesday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): Seb Gorka, FDD, in re: Egypt governance fails

Tuesday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Dean King, author

Tuesday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): continued

Tuesday/Wed 1205A (905 Pacific Time): Reza Khalili, author of "A Time to Betray", in re: Iran

Tuesday/Wed  1220A (920 Pacific Time): Nick Confessore, NYT, in re: Obama 2012 fundraising

Tuesday/Wed  1235A (935P Pacific Time): Joe Rago, WSJ, in re: ObamaCare Starts to Unravel

Tuesday/Wed  1250A  (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt. Mark Schroeder, Stratfor.com, in re: special forces in Central Africa

Friday 920P Eastern Time: Colin Moynihan, NYT, in re: #OWS and Zuccotti Park

Friday 935P Eastern Time: Terry Anderson, Hoover, in re: Green Tea Party

Friday 950P Eastern Time: Olga Belogolva, National Journal, in re: Keystone XL Pipeline

Friday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): Jeff Bliss, The Bliss Index, in re: Solyndra Hearings

Friday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): Geoffrey Fowler, WSJ, in re: Steve Jobs Widow and Philanthropy

Friday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Dan Henninger, WSJ, in re: the unsinkable Mitt Romney

Friday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): Bob Zimmerman, BehindTheBlack.com, in re: manned space engineering

Friday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Nicholas Wade, NYT, in re: black death confirmed genome and identified in 14th and 19th century

Friday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): John Markoff, NYT, in re: psychohistory and IARPA and reading web for future telling

Friday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Bret Stephens, WSJ, in re: trouble with Cairo

Friday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Matt Bai, NYT, in re: Republican establishment confronts tea party

Friday/Sat 1205A (905 Pacific Time): Graham Bowley, NYT, in re: high frequency trading and gyrations not solved

Friday/Sat  1220A (920 Pacific Time): Olga Belogolova, National Journal, in re: keystone pipeline

Friday/Sat  1235A (935P Pacific Time): Terry Anderson, Hoover, in re: Green Tea Party

Friday/Sat  1250A  (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt. Jeff Foust, in re: manned space and now robot space under threat from OMB.

JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW podcast link:

http://wabcradio.com/sectional.asp?id=33447

Co-host:

Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board

Thursday 905P Eastern Time:  David Drucker, Roll Call, in re:  South Korea Trade Agreement - how it managed to pass with bipartisan support -  and the China Currency Bill.  

Thursday 920P Eastern Time:  Mary Kissel, in re: Australia: Julia Gillard; swore she'd never impose a  carbon tax ($2315/ton of carbon); global warming. After her oath, she switched horses and her poll ratings fell through the basement.   Tony Abbott, Liberal and leader of Australian Parliament, has seized on the issue and now is 5 points ahead of Gillard.   Now the EU is intending to impose an airline carbon tax on persons flying into Europe. ("Welcome to DeGaulle/Schiphol; hand over your wallet.")  

Australia's Lower House Narrowly Passes Carbon Tax By MATT SIEGEL --Prime Minister Julia Gillard's proposal for Australia to adopt the second-largest emissions trading scheme in the world cleared its biggest hurdle yet on Wednesday. 

Thursday 935P Eastern Time:  Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, and Arif Rafiq, ForeignPolicy.com & Pakistan Policy blog, in re:  drone over North Waziristan village, four Haqqani Network suspects dead; plus another strike in Waziristan.  In te last week, we seem to have caught the head of Haqqani operations, according to the US military. This is the same crew with whom Secy Clinton said she'd be glad to cut a deal. JB: "Let's meet! Might be in person, might be a drone; who can tell?"

Thursday 950P Eastern Time:  Mary Kissel, in re:  China's Bank Cover-Up: Beijing ignores the market's message about shaky banks at its peril. Also: the Buffett insanity has reached Australia.  Chinese banking system has two parts - domestic/internal, and a more opaque international mode.  US banks are much better capitalized now than they were in 2008, and tightened credit tandards. This system is better prepared today than formerly.  Goldman analyst: US banks all together have $150bil to $600bil exposure to European banks. Wide range, n'est-ce pas?  MK prognostication: Mid-October, no QE3.

Thursday 1005P (705P Pacific Time):  Taegan Goddard, Political Wire, in re:  The 9-9-9 plan Mr Cain was eloquent at the debate; his senior economic advisor, an accountant, worked on the 9-9-9 plan with Mr Cain. HuffPo today said that in 2003 a vid game: Sin City 4, had a tax plan - 9% each commercial, industrial, and residential taxes. JB: That was a great game!  TG: Glad he didn't use Grand Theft Auto as a model.    

Obama still leads potential rivals:  despite sweeping pessimism about the economy and a 44% approval rating, President Obama leads his top three potential Republican rivals, according to a new Time poll.   Obama leads Mitt Romney, 46% to 43% among likely voters. He crushes Rick Perry, 50% to 38%, and tops Herman Cain, 49% to 37%.   Key finding: "In each case, the President was buoyed by his performance among female voters. Women prefer Obama over Romney by eight percentage points (49% to 41%), by 17 points over Perry (53% to 36%) and by 21 points over Cain (53% to 32%)."  

Thursday 1020P (720P Pacific Time):  Chief Inspector Jeff Bliss, The Bliss Index, in re:  The tax base, as abused for  these last years by the Stimulus Plan. Brian Harrison, now-former Solyndra CEO,Friday  resignation reported  in bankruptcy filing on Tuesday. The Solyndra Economy: govt can take taxpayer dollars and bet on winners; being unconstrained by market forces, they're often losers. Also, it's a highway to crony capitalism. 

Bay Area SunPower got a $1.2bil federal loan guarantee; three weeks later announced it was bldg a plant in Mexicali, Mexico. The local Congressman, George Miller, has a son who's a lobbyist for Sun Power.  Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was there boosting it. 

'Funny, former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel just can't remember a darn thing about White House involvement in the $535 Department of Energy loan to bankrupt solar company Solyndra. In an interview with Chicago radio station WLSAM on Tuesday, now-Chicago Mayor Emanuel said that, while he can't remember anything about Solyndra because he's so terribly focused on being mayor of Chicago, the investment had nothing to do with "warning signs." Emanuel originally dodged questions about Solyndra when asked by WSLAM about it several weeks ago, saying, "I don't actually remember that or know about it." '

Thursday 1035P (735P Pacific Time):  David Weidner, in re: Occupy Wall Street threatened by celebrities.

Thursday 1050P (750P Pacific Time):   Eric Trager, Washington Institute in re: Egyptian military denies opening fire on Copts or ramming Coptic crowds; total denial.  DeNile.

Thursday 1105P (805P Pacific Time):  Bob Lutz, Car Guys vs Bean Counters, I

Thursday 1120P (820P Pacific Time):  Bob Lutz, Car Guys vs Bean Counters, II

Thursday 1135P (835P Pacific Time):  Bob Lutz, Car Guys vs Bean Counters, III

Thursday 1150P (850P Pacific Time):  Bob Lutz, Car Guys vs Bean Counters, IV

Thursday/Fri 1205A (905 Pacific Time):  David Drucker, Roll Call, in re:  South Korea Trade Agreement - how it managed to pass with bipartisan support -  and the China Currency Bill.  

Thursday/Fri  1220A (920 Pacific Time):   Mary Kissel, in re: Australia: Julia Gillard; swore she'd never impose a  carbon tax ($2315/ton of carbon); global warming. After her oath, she switched horses and her poll ratings fell through the basement.   Tony Abbott, Liberal and leader of Australian Parliament, has seized on the issue and now is 5 points ahead of Gillard.   Now the EU is intending to impose an airline carbon tax on persons flying into Europe. ("Welcome to DeGaulle/Schiphol; hand over your wallet.")  

Australia's Lower House Narrowly Passes Carbon Tax By MATT SIEGEL --Prime Minister Julia Gillard's proposal for Australia to adopt the second-largest emissions trading scheme in the world cleared its biggest hurdle yet on Wednesday. 

Thursday/Fri  1235A (935P Pacific Time):  Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, and Arif Rafiq, ForeignPolicy.com & Pakistan Policy blog, in re:  drone over North Waziristan village, four Haqqani Network suspects dead; plus another strike in Waziristan.  In te last week, we seem to have caught the head of Haqqani operations, according to the US military. This is the same crew with whom Secy Clinton said she'd be glad to cut a deal. JB: "Let's meet! Might be in person, might be a drone; who can tell?"

Thursday/Fri  1250A  (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.  David Drucker, in re: Cain campaign structure and unknowns.

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Music

Hour 1

The Eagle by Atli Orvarsson

Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome by Maurice Jarre

The Green Zone by John Powell

Some Like it Hot by Adolph Deutsch

Hour 2

The Thin Blue Line by Philip Glass

The Ghost Writer by Alexandre Desplat

The Brotherhood of the Wolf by Joseph LoDuca

Hour 3

The Italian Job by John Powell

Frost/Nixon by Hans Zimmer

Hour 4

Game of Thrones by Ramin Djawadi

Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome by Maurice Jarre

Thirteen Days by Trevor Jones

JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW podcast link:

http://wabcradio.com/sectional.asp?id=33447

Co-hosts: 

Gordon Chang, Forbes.com and The Daily

David Livingston, The Space Show

Wednesday 905P Eastern Time (605P Pacific Time):  Gordon Chang, in re: Taiwan's presidential election.  JB: "When I was there in the 2004 election, rI was  constantly reminded that there were 700 missiles pointed at Taipei. Now, the Mainland leaders speak casually of attacking Taiwan with well over a thousand missiles and forcing Taiwan into Mainland China." The Taiwanese were the genius of establishing successful business in China.  In the upcoming election, Ma Ying-jeou, KuoMinTang (Blue), is neck and neck with Tsai Ing-wen, DPP (Green).   Ma recommends that China "embrace democracy" - what foolishness; he knows that won't happen. He needs to make Beijing look more attractive, since Taiwanese people want no conjunction with an undemocratic polity.  Tsai Ing-wen is very much a moderate; she speaks of continuing economic relations with China; however, she stands for Taiwan, since most of that population don't view themselves as Chinese. The PLA speaks routinely of violence to grab what they claim is theirs.  Ma's group prevented DPP/Chen Shui-bien from consummating a military purchase from the US. The Obama Administration has tried to sway Taiwanese toward Ma; a senior official gave a disparaging interview to the Financial Times [very rude, and unethical in diplomatic circles].  

Beijing seems to think Taiwan is part of its domain and so speaks [quite erroneously] of "re-unification; but Taiwan has never been ruled by Communists, and urgently wishes not to be.

Taiwan sends a plea to Beijing.  

Wednesday 920P Eastern Time (620P Pacific Time):  Wang Wen-yi,  M.D., and Falun Dafa, in re: peaceful resistance to persecution by the Chinese Communist Party; 100 million Chinese so far who've quit the CCP.  GC: They've been persecuting t'ai chi ch'uan practitioners, the elderly, because the Communist leaders are so afraid of anything at all that might be [an organizing principle].  Dr Wang: A change in the last few years is censorship of he Internet to block information flow, esp this year the Jasmine movement. Brutality is the same, but pattern of  . . .  During Olympic Games, 20008, more than ten thousand practitioners were jailed. Now, many more people in trouble because they download info on Falun Dafa.  We need to let people to know what;ws going on, and to become familiar with traditional practices, and to feel free to live as good people. GC: Jiang wanted to crack down.  Dr Wang: In the last ten years, more and more people have become alert to the motives.  Issue abt Communist ideology, controlling people. Their power is always the number-one issue for the,m.  Falun Gong, Tibetans, any group that might think independently, is perceived by the Beijing leaders a a threat.  GC:  Leaders are alienating people unnecessarily.   

'Tuidang: an emerging non-violent movement in China that encourages Chinese citizens to renounce their ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Short for Tuichu Gongchandang, Tuidang translates literally as "withdraw from the Communist Party." Participation in the movement means that a person has made a public declaration that he or she wishes to disavow any previous ties with the CCP or its affiliated organizations, such as the Communist Youth League or Young Pioneers. These statements are typically signed using aliases to protect the identity of participants, and are often accompanied by explanations from the individual about why he or she no longer wishes to identify with the CCP. A majority of Chinese citizens belong to or previously belonged to at least one of these organizations. The term "quit the party" therefore refers to a symbolic denunciation of the CCP or any of these affiliated entities. 

'The Tuidang movement began in late 2004 after the publication of an editorial series in the overseas Chinese language newspaper Dajiyuan (Epoch Times). The editorials, called the "Nine Commentaries on the Communist Party," detail the history of the Communist Party in China, with a particular focus on its human rights record and episodes like the Cultural Revolution, the Great Leap Forward, the Tiananmen Square Massacre, and the crackdown on Falun Gong. Beyond mere descriptions of historical events, the series also passes judgment on the nature of the CCP itself as an entity that is inherently inhumane, immoral, and whose philosophy is irreconcilably at odds with traditional Chinese values expressed in Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism. The series presents not a political, but a moral vision of China's future and path to transformation, and exhorts readers to calmly and courageously examine how their own conduct and complicity has contributed to the current state of affairs. 

'Soon after the editorials' publication, the Dajiyuan website began receiving letters from readers renouncing their affiliations to the CCP. Dajiyuan then began compiling the statements, which are available at http://tuidang.epo chtimes.com/. Within a few months, millions of copies of Dajiyuan's editorial series had been emailed, faxed or mailed to Mainland China. Inspired by their message, thousands soon began visiting the Dajiyuan website (with the help of anti-censorship technologies) to post their statements denouncing their ties to the Communist Party, Youth League, or Young Pioneers. Within a year, thousands grew to millions.  . . . Today, tens of millions of names have been posted to the Dajiyuan website renouncing Communist Party organizations.'

Wednesday 935P Eastern Time (635P Pacific Time):  Pascal Lee, Mars Institute & NASA Ames Institute & SETI, and David Livingston, in re:  Hotel Mars.  Mars's atmosphere is supersaturated with water. The potential for [destruction] of water is greater than we supposed, but there's ten times more supersaturation there than even in our own atmosphere. Must be buried not deeply and evaporating into the atmosphere.  Landing payloads there - physics?  We have a minimal knowledge of how this works, a snapshot. Implications for human landing: too early to draw.  landing not affected from an engineering standpoint.  Spycam II spectrometer: mars Express spacecraft orbits Mars; looks at the Sun, uses it as a source of light and examines rays going through Mars atmosphere - progressive dimming, and detect constituents in the atmosphere and their altitude. At sunset, see the lowest part. Ultraviolet and near infrared. Mainly CO2 (carbon dioxide); water cd have been detected only by looking at sunsets and sunrises.  We always thought it was dusty, all up the atmospheric column, and that water had condensed; however, supersaturation happens when the atmosphere is very free of dust. What's the source of all this water - perhaps an underground ocean? Volcanic activity for heat?

Wednesday 950P Eastern Time (650P Pacific Time):  James Taranto, WSJ, in re:  vigilantism (Dartmouth debate remark), nihilism (among people who'd usu support Obama), opportunism (who'll be the Democratic Pat Buchanan?)in national politics.  Cornel West and Ralph Nader speak of mounting a half-dozen challenges to Obama, bringing in experts of various sorts.  I suspect we'll have the functional equivalent of a challenge, and that Occupy Wall Street may serve a similar function as a centripetal force.

Wednesday 1005P Eastern  (705P Pacific Time):  Charles Horner, Rising China and its Postmodern Fate, in re: the centennial of the 1911 Revolution, which ended two thousand years of imperial rule in China.  Fall of the Ch'ing Dynasty; Sun Yat-sen, a physician and world traveller. Having a republic is still unfulfilled on the Mainland. An effectively Chinese society n Taiwan is enormously productive, much more so than in China, has invested billions in China - all ironic, that the small and seemingly defeated side int he Chinese civil war has become the economic and ideational leader.   Sun Yat-sen did have an alliance with the Soviet Union for a while and his wife, one of theSung sisters, had a position in the Party; but no one knew what a disaster Communism would wreak on China. No one anticipated how awful it'd be.  The current one-party dictatorship is an embarassment: Sun's revolution was conceived outside China and funds came from outside.  Now we have a party of 80 million people struggling daily to monopolize power in a country of 1.3 billion people.  Note that there are no demonstrations anywhere demanding censorship on the Internet or the removal of democracy.  Today on Mainland it's eerily reminiscent of the last days of the Ch'ing Dynasty: the regime is irrelevant and behind the times, which is well understood by the populace.  Party contemplates its own decomposition.  Was William Howard Taft as ignorant of China then as our Congressmen are now? No.

Wednesday 1020P Eastern (720P Pacific Time):  Tom Holland, South China Morning Post,  in re: China currency bill passed Senate by 63 votes, seen a a rebuke of China. Big news in China; Chinese authorities are outraged at an "attack on its sovereignty " via it currency. The ruinous costs of China's 'free-ride' currency policy: maintaining the undervaluation of the yuan is proving expensive at an estimated US$238 billion a year as the Chinese central bank racks up a growing cache of US dollars. Bank buys dollars, by borrowing from the Chinese banking system, pays 3.5% interest, earns 2% in Treasurys. Ooops. Very bad business men. Ren min bi has been allowed to rise abt 6% in the past year; if more, fear that factories will lay off workers. Party desperately wants to maintain employment levels.  PBOC maybe insolvent - buying a depreciating currency, dollars, with an appreciating currency, RMB.  China domestic export lobby, a powerful group in the party, demand to maintain its profit margins; hence, a lot of opposition to liberalization. Against a basket of Asian currencies, RMB hasn't strengthened much, at all.

Wednesday 1035P Eastern  (735P Pacific Time):  Vikas Bajaj, NYT, in re:   Wildcat strike at Maruti Suzuki plant adds to Indian automaker's labor problems: relations between workers and management at Maruti Suzuki's plant in Manesar, and at other Indian automotive companies, have been marred by a series of strikes and lockouts this year. 

Wednesday 1050P Eastern (750P Pacific Time):  Joseph Sternberg, WSJ Asia, in re:  Shanghai textile mfrs complain about rising costs in China (domestic inflation is doing a lot of the work that a currency appreciation would have done). Where they would move to? The answer surprises: They actually want to be able to move some production back to the US. The reasons they don't are surprising; have nothing to do with currency valuation, everything to do with policies from ObamaCare to excessive environmental regulation to labor regs, et al. It appears that Washington is much more to blame for the "death of American manufacturing" than are China's monetary policies. We tend to forget, after all, about all the obstacles to doing business in China, from red tape to lack of rule of law to quality control and the like. The US doesn't have to be absolutely cheaper than China to be competitive - American advantages on those fronts would compensate for higher labor costs, as long as the costs in the US aren't too high.

Wednesday 1105P  Eastern (805P Pacific Time):  Fouad Ajami, Hoover, in re: Steve Jobs, grandson of Homs, Syria.

Wednesday 1120P Eastern (820P Pacific Time):  Francesca Guerrera, WSJ, in re: banks are not trusted, in Europe or the US.

Wednesday 1135P Eastern  (835P Pacific Time):  Ali Soufan, author. in re:  remember the attack on the Cole, October 12, 2000

Wednesday 1150P Eastern  (850P Pacific Time):  Reza Kahlili, author, in re: Iranian plot against Saudis and Americans; arrests

Wednesday/Thurs 1205A  Eastern (905 Pacific Time):  Mary Gabriel, author, Love and Capital  I

Wednesday/Thurs  1220A Eastern (920 Pacific Time):  Mary Gabriel, author, Love and Capital  II

Wednesday/Thurs  1235A  Eastern (935P Pacific Time):  Pascal Lee, Mars Institute & NASA Ames Institute & SETI, and David Livingston, in re:  Hotel Mars.  Mars's atmosphere is supersaturated with water. The potential for [destruction] of water is greater than we supposed, but there's ten times more supersaturation there than even in our own atmosphere. Must be buried not deeply and evaporating into the atmosphere.  Landing payloads there - physics?  We have a minimal knowledge of how this works, a snapshot. Implications for human landing: too early to draw.  landing not affected from an engineering standpoint.  Spycam II spectrometer: mars Express spacecraft orbits Mars; looks at the Sun, uses it as a source of light and examines rays going through Mars atmosphere - progressive dimming, and detect constituents in the atmosphere and their altitude. At sunset, see the lowest part. Ultraviolet and near infrared. Mainly CO2 (carbon dioxide); water cd have been detected only by looking at sunsets and sunrises.  We always thought it was dusty, all up the atmospheric column, and that water had condensed; however, supersaturation happens when the atmosphere is very free of dust. What's the source of all this water - perhaps an underground ocean? Volcanic activity for heat?

Wednesday/Thurs  1250A  Eastern (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

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Music

Hour 1

King Kong (2005) by James Newton Howard

The Last Emperor by Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su

Starship Troopers by Basil Poledouris

Fog of War by Philip Glass

Hour 2

Burn After Reading by Carter Burwell

Tomorrow Never Dies by David Arnold

Powaqqatsi by Philip Glass

Hero by Tan Dun

Hour 3

I, Robot by Marco Beltrami

Cindarella Man by Thomas Newman

Assassin's Creed by Jesper Kyd

Hour 4

Doctor Zhivago by Maurice Jarre

Starship Troopers by Basil Poledouris

Stagecoach by Jerry Goldsmith

JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW podcast link:

http://wabcradio.com/sectional.asp?id=33447

Co-host: Larry Kudlow, Kudlow reports, CNBC; WABC radio

Tuesday 905P Eastern Time:  Steve Moore, WSJ chief financial writer, editorial page, in re: jobs bill failed, China currency bill passed.  A tale of September jobs, 28 years apart: 103,000 vs. 1.1 million. In Sept 1983, a million jobs were created.  Tax reform.  President's proposals are all class warfare.  Millionaires's tax starts at $200K.  Three-year tax holiday to repatriate overseas earnings of US corporations.   Stimulus Lite The Senate jobs bill is a parody of a growth plan.

Tuesday 920P Eastern Time:  Joseph Brusuelas, Bloomberg senior economist, in re: Trichet says it's a systemic malfunction.  They're saying all the right things, moving in the right direction; EFSF (European Financial Stability Facility): will the ECB print money, or will Europeans turn to private creditors?  LK: Trichet partly to blame for having raised interest rates; now needs to add liquidity via quantitative easing.  JBr: Agree, will need some QE.  LK: Bank of ENgland led in this. LIBOR spreads, 2-yr swap spreads: tremendous stain.  I don't want to bail out the governments, are to blame, should bail it out - but the banking system needs to be backstopped.  JBr: Concern abt oil moving past $100/Bbl.  Will have to be a follower, not a leader.

Tuesday 935P Eastern Time:  John Taylor, Hoover (George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics; Chair, Working Group on Economic Policy; and member of the Task Force on Energy Policy), in re: Does the economy need a little inflations?  Euro central banks need to return to successful policies of he Eighties and Nineties. I thin QE is making things worse. Yes, inflation is coming down; we do not want high inflations - leads to higher unemployment and higher interest rates.  Permanent tax cuts are an important solution: permanent, predictable, and pervasive. If the Fed looks to be bailing out fiscal policy, it'll get worse.  Tom Sargent, 2011 economics Nobelist, speaks against accumulating deficits and debt.  Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, says Obama's plan will create vast numbers of jobs - "Oh, he's a Keynesian."

Tuesday 950P Eastern Time:  Gregory Zuckerman, The Greatest Trade Ever, in re: Paulson funds are hit hard by the gold selloff: a September selloff in gold has turned a bad year for the billionaire investor John Paulson into an even worse one. John Paulson, now 56, made a billion dollars betting against the jobs market, is now "deleveraging" (selling, dumping) his hedge funds.   Till a month ago, his gold bet was paying off - bullion went down 11%, while his shares of mining went down 16%. Probably lost $4 or 5 bil.  Half the fund is his own money (worth $15.5 bil). LK: If Euros backstop their banks, then the US is OK.  GZ: Agree. However, I'm not ready to bet on that.  LK: Betting on Europe is a triumph of hope over experience.  Market went up and down today based on the decisions of the Slovakian parliament.

Tuesday 1005P (705P Pacific Time):  David Drucker, Roll Call, in re:  Senate votes down the jobs bill.  Part of the exercise is to go after the Republicans for sticking up for the rich.  Saying the US Senate faces a "moment of truth" today, President Obama pressured lawmakers to pass his jobs plan during an appearance on the South Side. "Your senators are voting today on this jobs bill. This is gut-check time," Obama said. "Any senator who votes 'no' should have to look you in the eye and tell you exactly what they're opposed to. ... I think they'd have a hard time explaining why they voted 'no' on this bill, other than that I proposed it."   Chinese currency bill? May rest on whether or not president supports it. Geithner blamed Republicans for starting a trade war - although Republicans mostly don't want it and Chuck Schumer does.  LK: Penalty for not getting the yuan high enough is to put a tax on goods that'l be sold in WalMart.  Big mess.  Bill will simply create skirmishes over some specific items.

Tuesday 1020P (720P Pacific Time):  John Fund, American Spectator senior editor, in re:  the Bloomberg-run debate (also by WaPo and WBIN-TV) at Dartmouth among Bachmann, Cain, Gingrich, Huntsman, Paul, Perry, Romney, Santorum.  JB: We needed a five-run homer from the governor of Teas tonight. Did we get it?  JF: No. Adequate. And despite all the good news for Romney he still sits at 25%; Cain is beating him in some states and the voters haven't yet spoken.

Tuesday 1035P (735P Pacific Time):  Mark Maremont, WSJ, in re:  Rick Perry Texas Enterprise Fund: promising more than delivered. Questions of influence-peddling, self-dealing.

Tuesday 1050P (750P Pacific Time):  Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: Impending release of Staff Sergeant Gilad Shalit?  Israeli Cabinet passed approval of a deal  26 to 3 (opposed: Lieberman, Landau, Yaalon).  Many terrorists - a thousand-plus - to be released (450 now, 550 next month); all the women, and 110 will be allowed to return to home in West Banks; others, not. Complex deal. Palestine leadership has a past of reneging, shifting, augmenting demands, so believe it when you see it.  

Khalid Maschal in Damascus made a comment;  Palestinians know that their days in Damascus maybe numbered. Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington and as many Americans as possible; also blow up the Jordanian and Israeli embassies. At play here is the Sunni-Shia battle, which they're glad to bring to our shores. Note that Maschal lives at the behest of the al Qods Force.

Saudi king will have surgery next week, not known where. Terrorist networks in South America, Mexico - dealings in the Western Hemisphere: bravo, NYPD for taking firm, protective steps.  

Tuesday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): John Nichols, The Nation, inre:  who will primary Barack Obama, and will it make Obama lose?

Tuesday 1120P (820P Pacific Time):  Bill McGurn, WSJ, in re: discrimination against LDS, Mormons.

Tuesday 1135P (835P Pacific Time):  Scott Shane, NYT, in re: questions raised about anthrax killer, and the FBI decision to close down the case

Tuesday 1150P (850P Pacific Time):  Marc Schroder, Stratfor, in re: Somalia fighting, French special forces on the Kenyan border, Mogadishu in failure; Blackhawk down continues.

Tuesday/Wed 1205A (905 Pacific Time):  Kim Barker, ProPublica, in re: Pakistan's spy agencies' man in Washington, I

Tuesday/Wed  1220A (920 Pacific Time):  Kim Barker, ProPublica, in re: Does the ISI have an agent of influence in Washington? II

Tuesday/Wed  1235A (935P Pacific Time):  John Taylor, Hoover (George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics; Chair, Working Group on Economic Policy; and member of the Task Force on Energy Policy), in re: Does the economy need a little inflations?  Euro central banks need to return to successful policies of he Eighties and Nineties. I thin QE is making things worse. Yes, inflation is coming down; we do not want high inflations - leads to higher unemployment and higher interest rates.  Permanent tax cuts are an important solution: permanent, predictable, and pervasive. If the Fed looks to be bailing out fiscal policy, it'll get worse.  Tom Sargent, 2011 economics Nobelist, speaks against accumulating deficits and debt.  Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, says Obama's plan will create vast numbers of jobs - "Oh, he's a Keynesian."  

Tuesday/Wed  1250A  (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt. Daniel Strain, Science Magazine, in re: climate change and migration, then and now: who will survive?

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Music

Hour 1

JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW podcast link:

http://wabcradio.com/sectional.asp?id=33447

Co-host:  Nan Hayworth (NY-19)

Monday 905P Eastern Time (605P Pacific Time):   Nan Hayworth, in re: Occupy Wall Street: young people would be better off to be occupied productively - pointing again to our national need for leadership. Solyndra: naivete at best, malfeasance at worst. Unconscionable squandering of resources - half a billion dollars of waste; 1,100 people lost their jobs to an endeavor endorsed by the president of the United States and Valerie Jarrett. I've introduced a bill encouraging green jobs - which need to be created the right way.  Mitt Romney is very cordial and charming; an extremely competent administrator.

Monday 920P Eastern Time (620P Pacific Time):   Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, in re: a bunch of Pittsburgh Steelers will join the president on stage instead of a gaggle of politicians.  Jason Altmire, Mike Doyle and Mark Critz all "will be travelling: when the president arrives. Mike Doyle will shake the president's hand at airport and then emplane for elsewhere.  NH: So sour for a president to pit one group of Americans against another.  De facto defection. SZ: President asked Sen Bob Casey, What should I be doing? Reply was, You're disconnected; people feel that you don't understand what's going on.  

Monday 935P Eastern Time (635P Pacific Time):   . Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow, Classics/Military History, at The Hoover Institution, in re: Class warfare talk, new taxes, blame, et al., paralyze the business community, which says, I think I'll sit this one out till I see where it's going. JB: I see this president not as tyrannical, but as untrained for his responsibilities.  VDH: I think he's tarnished the Ivy League cachet; today, many people attribute more value to a corporate turnaround expert, the CEO of a pizza corporation, than to an editor of the Harvard Law review.  

Monday 950P Eastern Time (650P Pacific Time):   John Mauldin - economist; author, Endgame: The End of the Debt Supercycle and How It Changes Everything - in re: Euro failure, and how it affects the US. Merkel and Sarkozy keep saying they have a plan, or will.   Greece will default when Angela Merkel says, "You may default today." It'll be completely orchestrated - after the Germans figure out how to shore their banks up.  Once the Greeks get their haircut, then Portugal and the Irish expect to get something on the order of what the Greeks get. In Ireland, establishment-types, antiestablishment-types - all expect that. Now, what about the the Italian and Spanish markets?  ECB is not committed to continuing to buy Spanish and Italian debt, and those two are beyond the too-big-to-fail category - they're too big to save.  Ireland will have to renege on its promise  to the ECB. Where does the cascade end? It'll certainly affect our banks, in a liquidity crisis. This is the largest bubble in the history of the world: government debt. It's the first time that it's all over the developed world.  Japan is a bug in search of a windshield.  G-20 meeting in early November. Is this like Lehman, the end of Wall street as we know it?  Hmm - the Euros haven't figured out how to get this past their voters. Minimum of a €2 trillion problem, about $3 trillion. Either cash or write-downs, with the latter usually working better historically (that is, better for thc country, not the debtor!) - so what's the best way for a country to recover? Typically, just default, as Iceland did. Iceland was 300,000 fishermen who decided they were bankers; went into a depression, but 18 months later, they were growing, and three years later, the world is lending them money at European rates. Eke Argentina and Uruguay.  This'll shake out by Christmas. Kicking the can down the road, although the can may have explosives in it.

Monday 1005P (705P Pacific Time):   .Emily Ranshaw, Texas Tribune, in  re: the Republican nomination for 2012; Rick Perry, at the Value Voters Summit, intro by Robert Jeffress, megachurch pastor, causes alarm about LDS, the religion of Mitt Romney. Avers that LDS is a cult and Americans should vote only for a "legitimate" Christian. Perry camp quickly issues statement disagreeing.  Ambush? Set-up? Apparently not.  Perry is said to be a "brilliant retail politician," but has little experience debating. Jeffress also called Planned Parenthood "a slaughterhouse for the unborn."

Monday 1020P (720P Pacific Time):   .Taegan Goddard, Political Wire, in re:  Cain gets a prime seat in tomorrow's debate.  

Sis Souljah moment: denounce a statement while embracing the meaning in order to endear oneself to a part of he electorate. Herman Cain: two recent NH polls show him a strong second to Romney. National: a strong second nationally, as well.  

Monday 1035P (735P Pacific Time):   .Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy blog, and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, in re: Taliban launch attack on Pakistani border outpost.   Ten years on: "When President Karzai says we want to talk to Pakistan, it doesn't mean we are at war with Pakistan," Mohammed Umer Daudzai, Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan, said in an interview. "It means all the other contacts didn't work. We want to go through Pakistan for any dialogue with the Taliban." [Scuttlebutt: Daudzai was Karzai's chief of staff and former ambassador to Iran. He's alleged to have carried bags of cash from Iran as part of Tehran's campaign to influence Karzai. Daudzai is also a former member of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezb-i Islami. He's now ambassador to Pakistan.]

Monday 1050P (750P Pacific Time):   .David Kirpatrick, NYT Cairo, in re: Coptic Christians    killed by Egyptian military. Chaos in Cairo. 

Monday 1105P (805P Pacific Time):   .Ada Nossiter, NYT, in re: Ellen Sirleaf Johnson: Peace Nobelist, yet not sufficient to win re-election in Monrovia.

Monday 1120P (820P Pacific Time):   .Sudeep Reddy, WSJ, in re: Obama administration seeks foreign investment in the US. After falling out of favor and a "Buy America" campaign, alienates investors,    

Monday 1135P (835P Pacific Time):   Anthony Franks,  senior strategic consultant in London for the Soufan Group, in re: Oil dispute in Iraq between Baghdad and Irbil threatens unity government. 

US invades Iraq, Baghdad falls, Saddam is executed; eventually, a strong central Iraqi government emerges and leads a free, democratic Iraq. That's the romance.  In fact, it's all about oil, pipelines, Kurds, et al. Two strong cities: Baghdad and Irbil.  Main problem is the fact that PM al Maliki (Shi'a) is under much pressure from Kurds for having reneged on the 19-point plan in which he ceded some power to Kurds in order to stay in power, himself. See: Article 140 in Constitution; status of Kirkuk, which is atop a Brobdingnagian oil field.    Two draft frameworks, one equitable  (by Adnan al-Janabi, Sunni) and another issued by the Cabinet of Ministers, which arrogates everything to Baghdad. This crew asserts that all previous agreements are invalid. Needless to say, infuriates the Kurds. Pres Talibani is a Kurd.  Iyad Allawi, who won the vote in pure polling numbers, watched the presidency be stolen from him. At present, pipelines are stopped because the PM has been obstreperous and unfaithful to his own promises.  Currently 3mil Bbl/day are flowing out, but extraction and distribution need enormous improvement. Infrastructure has been much damaged over the last thirty years.  

Meanwhile, Basra, sitting on huge amounts of oil, is fighting to secede from Iraq. 

Monday 1150P (850P Pacific Time):   .Eric Traeger, Washington Institute, in re: trouble in Cairo, breakdown of order, threats to government, Copt frightened, Egyptian media's disturbing trends.

Monday/Tues 1205A (905 Pacific Time):   .Menzie Chinn and Jeff Frieden, Lost Decade  I

Monday/Tues  1220A (920 Pacific Time):   .Menzie Chinn and Jeff Frieden, Lost Decade  II  

Monday/Tues  1235A (935P Pacific Time):   . Victor Davis Hanson, Senior Fellow, Classics/Military History, at The Hoover Institution, in re: Class warfare talk, new taxes, blame, et al., paralyze the business community, which says, I think I'll sit this one out till I see where it's going. JB: I see this president not as tyrannical, but as untrained for his responsibilities.  VDH: I think he's tarnished the Ivy League cachet; today, many people attribute more value to a corporate turnaround expert, the CEO of a pizza corporation, than to an editor of the Harvard Law review.    

Monday/Tues  1250A  (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.   .Jed Babbin, American Spectator, in re:   European carbon emission tax on US airlines

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Music

JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW podcast link:

http://wabcradio.com/sectional.asp?id=33447

Saturday 905P Eastern Time: .Menzie Chenn and Jeff Feiden, Lost Decades, I

Saturday  920P Eastern Time:  .Menzie Chenn and Jeff Feiden, Lost Decades, II

Saturday 935P Eastern Time: .John Barrow, The Book of Universes, I

Saturday 950P Eastern Time:  ..John Barrow, The Book of Universes, II

Saturday 1005P (705P Pacific Time):  .Bob Lutz, Car Guys vs Bean Counters, I

Saturday 1020P (720P Pacific Time):  .Bob Lutz, Car Guys vs Bean Counters, II

Saturday 1035P (735P Pacific Time):  .Bob Lutz, Car Guys vs Bean Counters, III

Saturday 1050P (750P Pacific Time):  .Bob Lutz, Car Guys vs Bean Counters, IV

Saturday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): .Amanda Foreman, A World on Fire, I

Saturday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): .Amanda Foreman, A World on Fire, II

Saturday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): .Amanda Foreman, A World on Fire, III

Saturday 1150P (850P Pacific Time):  .Amanda Foreman, A World on Fire, IV

Saturday/Sun 1205A (905 Pacific Time):  .Mary Gabriel, Love and Capital I

Saturday/Sun  1220A (920 Pacific Time): .Mary Gabriel, Love and Capital II

Saturday/Sun  1235A (935P Pacific Time):  .Kim Barker, 1710

Saturday/Sun  1250A  (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt

JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW podcast link:

http://wabcradio.com/sectional.asp?id=33447

Friday 905P Eastern Time: .David Weidner, WSJ, in re: Occupy Wall Street: who are they, and what do the young people want?

Friday 920P Eastern Time:  .Elizabeth Rosenthal, NYT, in re: Keystone XL pipeline pushed by US State Department

Friday 935P Eastern Time: .Mary Anastasia O'Grady, in re: Cuban dissenters brutalized by Castro regime

Friday 950P Eastern Time: Bill McGurn, WSJ, in re:  George Kaiser, Oklahoma billionaire and Solyndra investor.

Friday 1005P (705P Pacific Time):  .Daniel Henninger, WSJ, in re: Chris Christie steps back, HermanCain steps up; what about Mitt Romney?

Friday 1020P (720P Pacific Time):  .Sebastian Gorka, FDD, in re: Ten years after Operation Enduring Freedom, freedom in Afghanistan  October 7, 2010

Friday 1035P (735P Pacific Time):  .Jessica Silver-Greenberg, WSJ, in re:  deficiency judgment on foreclosed homeowners, lingering problems of bubble, coming due     

Friday 1050P (750P Pacific Time):  .Gene Marks, HuffPo, in re: goodbye to Steve Jobs

Friday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): .Nick Wade, NYT, in re: evolution working quickly with humans in Canada

Friday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): .Shivani Vara, NYT, in re:Indian custom of moving in with our mom after childbirth

Friday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): .Richard Miles, Carthage Must Be Destroyed, I

Friday 1150P (850P Pacific Time):  .Richard Miles, Carthage Must Be Destroyed, II

Friday/Sat 1205A (905 Pacific Time):  .Richard Miles, Carthage Must Be Destroyed, III

Friday/Sat  1220A (920 Pacific Time): .Richard Miles, Carthage Must Be Destroyed, IV

Friday/Sat  1235A (935P Pacific Time):  .Richard Miles, Carthage Must Be Destroyed, V

Friday/Sat  1250A  (950P Pacific Time): .Richard Miles, Carthage Must Be Destroyed, VI

Friday/Sat  1250A  (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt. close, in re: Draconids and Chinese space station

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JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW podcast link:

http://wabcradio.com/sectional.asp?id=33447

Co-hosts: 

Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial

Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents

Thursday 905P Eastern Time (605P Pacific Time): David Drucker, Roll Call and Salena Zito, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, in re: Reid triggers nuclear option, West Virginia win for the Dems, Obama's visit to Pittsburgh

Thursday 920P Eastern Time (620P Pacific Time): Noah Bierman, Boston Globe, in re: Elizabeth Warren vs. Scott Brown

Thursday 935P Eastern Time (635P Pacific Time):  Bill Whalen, Hoover Institution, in re: Is POTUS jobs bill a campaign strategy?

Thursday 950P Eastern Time (650P Pacific Time):  Mary Kissel, WSJ, in re: Occupy Wall Street

Thursday 1005P (705P Pacific Time):  Rep. Eliot Engel (NY-17), in re: UN bid; Palestinian aid; Syria.  JB: I've heard that if f Turkey interferes in Syria, Iran threatens to "close Ben Gurion Airport" with 4,000 missile anhour.

Thursday 1020P (720P Pacific Time):  Rep Ted Deutsch  (FL-19),  in re: Washington's view of the Palestinian UDI by Abbas, create a "state" in a nonfunctional way that is in fact not in the best interests of Palestinians.   App is sitting at admissions section of the Security Council.  Israeli citizens are concerned, dubious.  Iran Transparency and Accountability Act, of which Rep Deutsch was a co sponosr, requires investors In Iran to report to the SEC.  "We'll move fwd with the Iran Threat Reduction Act in order to identify companies doing business with Iran and impose sanctions. Have 280 co-sponsors.   Ahmadinejad spoke at UN, denied Holocaust and spoke  irrationally."   The former managing director of Bank Melli (which transferred funds to terrorist training camps), Mahmoud-Reza Khavari, has escaped to Canada.  Iran says it'll put warships in the Gulf of Mexico.  Russian Foreign Minister says, "No evidence that Iran is planning nuclear weapons."  TD: Important: to continue to work to give the vibrant pro-democracy movement in Iran the support they need.

Thursday 1035P (735P Pacific Time):  Eric Trager, Washington Institute Fellow; doctoral candidate in political science at the University of Pennsylvania, in re:  developments in Egypt.  The delay in holding elections seems to be caused by difficulties in writing the new constitution.  SCAF (the military) is wholly in charge of the nation, wants urgently to divest responsibility for governance - which serious risks the privileges they enjoy (no scrutiny by Parliament, continued control over many segments of industry); the only organization ready to take over is the Ikhwan, the Muslim Brotherhood. First round on 28 Nov, then more in December, then more in January.  Three rounds for technical administrative purposes - put enough judges in polling places to monitor, but also allow the regime to moderate the results by coming down heavily on oppo first-round winners.  Military wanted one-third of individual candidacies to go to independents and proportional representation by Party, which was rejected by the Parties.  (A complex, layered structure. Listen to the segment, or read Eric Trager's paper, to grasp this.)   Waqf Party; Free Egyptians Party, et al. 

Thursday 1050P (750P Pacific Time):    

Thursday 1105P (805P Pacific Time):  Lee Smith, senior editor, Weekly Standard; Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies; author, The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilizations, in re: US-Israel relations (Panetta's sudden "isolation" theme); Syria.  Not accurate that Israel is increasingly isolated regionally, rather that the US has lowered its regional profile - a smaller problem for Israel, a greater one for the US.. The Arab Spring has brought about many changes.  US has lost power in the Middle East as it games the countries. Anent Turkey: the AKP govt is also an Islamist govt, Washington thinks it can utilize Turkey to represent US interest - error. Syria; US handed off its Syria policy to Turkey lots of hot air there. Mostly nonsense - the Turkish economy is in bad shape, lira devalued; top military resigned in fury at Erdogan; Arab elites have no love for Turkey.  Prospect of Iran using Hizballah to launch missiles at Ben Gurion Airport is quite real. Israel can defend itself (not just Iron Dome) and Syrians understand this.   Beirut at risk?  LS was her ein July, found many people concerned, u=but realities are all unclear. We do need to worry that Syrian troops crossed into Lebanon Tuesday and today. 

Thursday 1120P (820P Pacific Time):  Tony Badran, Research Fellow, Center for Terrorism Research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), in re: Lebanon, Syria and Hezbollah. Syrians crossed  into Lebanon and killed a citizen. Have been shooting, and harassing refugees; tacking dissidents hiding in Beirut. Using ambassador to do this. Some were smuggled out by US embassy to asylum in the US.  Very bad, but not new. Extremely narrow-minded and inflexible of US to refuse any military intervention whatsoever. This even made it more costly for military defectors to defect. US amb made unacceptable remarks that any Syrians who chose to fight would be (isolated).

Iranians threatened Qataris, Jordanians, others, that they'd be targetted if Syria were attacked. If Israel were attacked by a desperate Assad regime, that'd be another death knell of the Assads. No possible circumstance would have Assad step down; Russian move at the UN emboldened him.  A putative US goal is to see Syria liberated from Assad, but Washington's strategies are [weak].

Thursday 1135P (835P Pacific Time):   Bob Zimmerman, behindtheblack.com, in re: Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars probes     

Thursday 1150P (850P Pacific Time):      James Taranto, WSJ, in re: Occupy Wall Street as the anti-Tea Party.

Thursday/Fri 1205A (905 Pacific Time):  Kate Galbraith, Texas Tribune, in re: water infrastructure in Texas and EPA ruling against water utilities

Thursday/Fri  1220A (920 Pacific Time):  Steven Erlanger, NYT, in re: euro problems grow and no rush to solve them; ECB doesn't answer. Greek bonds are going at 40% of value, while the official markdown is 20% - which is problematic. Could reach a Lehman moment. 

Thursday/Fri  1235A (935P Pacific Time):   Bill Whalen, Hoover Institution, in re: Is POTUS jobs bill a campaign strategy?

Thursday/Fri  1250A  (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.  Claudia Rosett, FDD, in re: Richard Goldstone is back on the ICC panel

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Music

Hour 1

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly by Ennio Morricone

Deadwood: Season 1 by various artists

The Fog of War by Philip Glass

Hour 2

Assassin's Creed by Jesper Kyd

Green Zone by John Powell

Passion of the Christ by John Debney

Hour 3

Prince of Persia by Harry Gregson-Williams

Star Trek by Michael Giacchino

The Ghost Writer by Alexandre Desplat

Hour 4

True Grit by Carter Burwell

The Ghost Writer by Alexandre Desplat

Gangs of New York by Howard Shore

Antarctica by Vangelis

JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW podcast link:

http://wabcradio.com/sectional.asp?id=33447

Co-host: Gordon Chang, The Daily and Forbes.com

Wednesday 905P Eastern Time (605P Pacific Time):  John Fund, The AmericanSpectator, in re: Sarah Palin's announcement htat she won't run. David Drucker:  The "House Speaker, John Boehner (R-Ohio), on Tuesday came out in opposition to a Senate measure that would put greater pressure on China and other countries to allow their currency to appreciate. The remarks by Boehner decrease the likelihood that the currency bill, which was moved forward in the Senate late Monday with overwhelming bipartisan support, will receive a vote in the Republican-led House...'But I think it's pretty dangerous to be moving legislation through the United States Congress forcing someone to deal with the value of their currency,' he said...House Democrats have been working to round up support for a 'discharge petition' that would require GOP leaders to bring the currency measure to the floor if it passes the Senate as expected later this week. So far, though, they remain short of the 218 signatures necessary to force a vote."

Wednesday 920P Eastern Time (620P Pacific Time):  Bruce Bechtol, Defiant Failed State, in re:  North Korea: "Merciless punishment" for "despicable psychological campaigns" over RoK loudspeakers broadcasting accurate data to North Koreans.  Pres Lee tore down original loudspeakers; after subsequent lethal deeds by DPRK, current president re-established them; can be heard only by North Korean troops along the DMZ.  Anything at all upsets the DPRK; loudspeakers constitute reactive behavior by the South to notify the North that it cannot get away with killing people. NGO sends balloons with pamphlets. Anything that contradicts the North's grisly propaganda is extremely dangerous and threatening to a tyranny.

Balloons: Dr Norbert Vollertson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Vollertsen

http://articles.latimes.com/2003/jun/30/world/fg-balloon30

Wednesday 935P Eastern Time (635P Pacific Time):  Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy blog, and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, in re:  The Great Game, Pakistan and India, Taliban; enter the USA.   Afghan govt says its stopped a Haqqani network (ISI-run) plan to kill Pres Karzai, specifically the Kabul cabal out of North Waziristan - a medical professor, several students, one of Karzai's own bodyguards, and others.

Haqqani Network commander killed in airstrike on Pakistan border:  Dilawar was the principal deputy to the top Haqqani Network commander in Afghanistan who was captured last week. He also was connected to al Qaeda and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.  German Talib is killed, was from Uzbek Victorious Sect, which has sworn allegiance to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. http://www.longwarjournal.org/#ixzz1ZvNd0Bex   

Wednesday 950P Eastern Time (650P Pacific Time):  David Livingston, The Space Show, in re:  Vesta; details on Spaceship One, on Bigelow, on Orbital Sciences, on Musk reusable launchers.  New analysis of data sent back by the SPICAM spectrometer on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft reveals for the first time that the planet's atmosphere is supersaturated with water vapor. This surprising discovery has major implications for understanding the Martian water cycle and the historical evolution of the atmosphere.

Wednesday 1005P Eastern  (705P Pacific Time):   Tendor, Students for a Free Tibet, in re:  JB: China has conquered Tibet; why don't the Tibetans just give up? Tendor: A young Tibetan monk from Kirti Monastery, a main center of learning in Eastern Tibet,  set himself on fire (one of four recently) Monday in a remote western town to protest Chinese policies, according to a Tibet an advocacy group based in London.  Self-immolation highlights the sort of pressure that the Chinese government is placing on Tibetan people.  The Chinese overlords have banned, and been removing, the image of HH the Dalai Lama.  Recently, Tibetans have been promenading with it, anyway. This bravery increases after the Arab Spring - Tunisian produce vendor began the whole thing.  Note self-immolations in South Vietnam under Diem government in the Sixties. It's also illegal under the Chinese to show an image of self-immolations. Leaflet on resistance (in Tibetan): "Tibetan brethren, do not fall asleep under the repression of the Chinese. Fight for your religion, language and culture." This increasingly resonates; people are not refusing to patronize Chinese businesses and restaurants. When Hu Jintao visited Washington, Wang Wen-yi, a brave woman physician member of Falun Dafa, spoke out at the White House

The Dalai Lama planned to attend the eightieth birthday celebration for South Africa's Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu but did not receive a South African visa to enter.

Wednesday 1020P Eastern (720P Pacific Time):  Maochun Yu, Military/Diplomatic History professor,  US Naval Academy, in re:  the Chinese Communist Party newspaper Global Times contained an alarming call for a declaration of war against Vietnam and Philippines, two nations that in recent weeks launched the loudest protests against China's sweeping maritime sovereignty claims over the South China Sea.  Headlined "The Time to Use Force Has Arrived in the South China Sea; Let's Wage Wars on the Philippines and Vietnam to Prevent More Wars," the article was written by Long Tao, a likely pseudonym literally translated as "The Dragon's Teaching." The name refers to the third chapter of the famous Chinese ancient military classic, Six Secret Military Teachings, that, among other things, promotes the idea that the best way to establish military awesomeness is to kill the highest-ranked dissenters.  Foreign policy run by generals and admirals; may differ from policy favored by the Foreign Ministry? The war-mongers belong to the princelings, sons and daughters of the elite who began to join the PLA about a decade ago; and they make belligerent remarks without rebuke from civilian authorities.  This recent development is in fact alarming. Keeping it on their front page website, subsidiary of RenMin JrBao. Philippines did not back down; spoke with ASEAN to ensure a cordial entente with other countries. Vietnam ordered six Kilo-class subs from Russia, which alarmed and irritated China. Volatile. Washington does not get it.  Secy Clinton did say a few years ago that the US has a national interest in the South China Sea area. 

Wednesday 1035P Eastern  (735P Pacific Time):  Abheek Bhattacharya, WSJ Asia editorial page writer, in re:  A feud within India's cabinet has all of New Delhi wondering if the Congress-led government will implode. Recent corruption scandals have weakened public support, and now top ministers are squabbling over who is to blame. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appears to be in hiding.  According to a memo leaked last week, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee claims his predecessor, Palaniappan Chidambaram, could have halted the sale of telecom spectrum at below-market prices in 2008. Mr. Chidambaram, now home minister, reportedly offered to resign late last week, though the Congress Party is now rallying around him.  That 2008 sale is turning out to be the biggest graft case in India's history. The national auditor estimates that because then-Telecom Minister Andimuthu Raja sold licenses on a first-come, first-served basis, instead of in an open auction, the exchequer lost $39 billion. 

Wednesday 1050P Eastern (750P Pacific Time):  Joseph Sternberg, WSJ Asia, in re: perils of China exporters' trying to switch to selling into the domestic market.  Economy is deeply dependent on exporters, hard to shift it to domestic market. Many millions of Chinese people are still slowly rising into the consuming class. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urged stronger financial support for cash-strapped smaller businesses, in the latest indication of the toll China's inflation fight is taking on its small and midsize businesses.  China responded angrily to a US Senate vote to move ahead with a bill to punish Beijing for keeping the value of its currency low, but economists don't expect policy shifts or retaliation.  JB: Henry Ford was asked, "Why do you pay your workers so much?" "Because I want them to buy my cars."  JS: And savers are punished by low interest rates. JB:  System is set up so it cannot be fixed because the elite, the Party, depends on raking off a percentage of everything that goes past. We need union organizing, everything that puts power in the hand of the consumer; hand someone a credit card and point him to a shoe store, and you'll sell stuff.

Wednesday 1105P  Eastern (805P Pacific Time):   Landon Thomas, NYT London, in re: European banks at risk, Dexia failing

Wednesday 1120P Eastern (820P Pacific Time):  Abby Goodenough, NYT, in re: Elizabeth Warren Senate debate, Massachusetts

Wednesday 1135P Eastern  (835P Pacific Time):  David Grinspoon, Denver Museum of Science, in re: Mars's atmosphere and Mercury's surface

Wednesday 1150P Eastern  (850P Pacific Time):   Jack Ewing, Intl Herald Tribune, in re: European recession imminents?

Wednesday/Thurs 1205A  Eastern (905 Pacific Time):  Francesco Guerrera, WSJ, in re: buy gold? Why is gold falling? What about the euro crisis?

Wednesday/Thurs  1220A Eastern (920 Pacific Time):  Art Harman, SaveMannedSpace.com, in re: plans for Lockheed Martin, and back to space, Moon, asteroids, Mars.

Wednesday/Thurs  1235A  Eastern (935P Pacific Time):  Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy blog, and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, in re:  The Great Game, Pakistan and India, Taliban; enter the USA.   Afghan govt says its stopped a Haqqani network (ISI-run) plan to kill Pres Karzai, specifically the Kabul cabal out of North Waziristan - a medical professor, several students, one of Karzai's own bodyguards, and others.  Haqqani Network commander killed in airstrike on Pakistan border:  Dilawar was the principal deputy to the top Haqqani Network commander in Afghanistan who was captured last week. He also was connected to al Qaeda and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan.  

German Talib is killed; he's from Uzbek Victorious Sect, which has sworn allegiance to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. http://www.longwarjournal.org/#ixzz1ZvNd0Bex 

Wednesday/Thurs  1250A  Eastern (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.  Jeff Biss, The Bliss Index, in re: Solyndra update.

JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW podcast link:

http://wabcradio.com/sectional.asp?id=33447

Co-host:  Larry Kudlow, The Kudlow Report, CNBC, and WABC Radio

Tuesday 905P Eastern Time:  David Drucker, Roll Call, in re: Chris Chrsitie fin; re Senate Democrats reject American Jobs Act on the calendar; Supercommittee meets with lobbyists, talk of the Grand Bargain is Groundhog Day.  

Tuesday 920P Eastern Time:  Joe Bel Bruno, LA Times business section deputy editor, in re: Occupy Wall Street a-borning in an encampment on a lawn in front of Los Angeles City Hall. Protesters in LA today have: burst into a California Bankers Association meeting demanding justice for homeowners, and protested in front of the Bel Air home of a banker.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris is bowing out of nationwide talks aimed at settling charges that banks wrongfully foreclosed on homeowners; wants to be able to hold banks liable in future prosecutions, while fifty-state alliance refuses.  BofA owns Countrywide and two other banks in California.

Tuesday 935P Eastern Time:  Joe Rago, WSJ & Pulitzer Prize winner, in re:  program as an alternative to Obamacare, incl offset tax credits

Tuesday 950P Eastern Time:  Dennis Berman, WSJ, in re: US stocks sank, sending the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index and Nasdaq Composite into bear-market territory, as increasing fears over euro-zone debt issues and a slowing global economy weighed on investor sentiment.  Q3 sees markets pressured; global uncertainty likely to pressure stocks further.

Tuesday 1005P (705P Pacific Time):  Peter Berkowitz, Hoover, in re: Clarity about principles is critical. It enables one to spot the betrayal of core convictions. But contrary to the partisans of purity, in politics winning and compromise are not antithetical.

Tuesday 1020P (720P Pacific Time):  Steven Russolillo, Dow Jones, in re: US stocks bounced off their lows in choppy trading after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank is ready to do more to boost the economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average recently fell 103 points, or 1%, to 10552, after earlier falling as much as 251 points.  European discussions:  Dexia Bank -  Dexia SA, Belgium's biggest bank, plans to pool its troubled assets into a "bad bank" with Belgian and French government guarantees to protect depositors and its municipal-lending business. Recall TALF, which created Maiden Lane I, Maiden Lane I, etc., for public funds to bail out; parallel in eurozone.  €150 bil. Total ECB kitty is  €440 bil. Another chance for smiling banksters to empty the public coffers

Tuesday 1035P (735P Pacific Time):  Matt Kaminsky, WSJ, in re: Brig-Gen Mark Martins - a brave and bold person, sophisticated and well educated - takes command of KSM prosecution. New territory for the law and for the military.

Tuesday 1050P (750P Pacific Time):    Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, in re: As voters head to the polls in West Virginia until 7:30 ET tonight, here are four things to watch once the returns begin coming in the Mountain State, where acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin faces Republican businessman Bill Maloney.

Tuesday 1105P (805P Pacific Time):  Bret Stephens, WSJ, in re: President Obama of contempt 

Tuesday 1120P (820P Pacific Time):   Steve Moore, WSJ, in re: oil and gas energy independence for America, blocked by Obama administration

Tuesday 1135P (835P Pacific Time):  Brian Chen, Always On  I 

Tuesday 1150P (850P Pacific Time):   Brian Chen, Always On  II

Tuesday/Wed 1205A (905 Pacific Time):  Bob Zimmerman, behind the black.com, in re: space engineering successes, including X-378

Tuesday/Wed  1220A (920 Pacific Time):   Jeremy Carl, Hoover, in re: in search of a GOP foreign policy 

Tuesday/Wed  1235A (935P Pacific Time):   Joe Rago, WSJ & Pulitzer Prize winner, in re:  program as an alternative to Obamacare, incl offset tax credits

Tuesday/Wed  1250A  (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.  Sue Craig, NYT, in re: Buffett holds an Obama fundraiser, not well attended 

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Music

Hour 1

The Fog of War by Philip Glass

The Ghost Writer by Alexandre Desplat

The Thin Blue Line by Philip Glass

Hour 2

Inside Man by Terence Blanchard

Secret Agent by Philip Glass

Burn After Reading by Carter Burwell

O Brother, Where Art Thou? by various artists

Hour 3

Frost/Nixon by Hans Zimmer

I, Robot by Marco Beltrami

Hour 4

Star Trek by Michael Giacchino

The Green Zone by John Powell

The Ghost Writer by Alexandre Desplat

Antarctica by Vangeli

JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW podcast link:

http://wabcradio.com/sectional.asp?id=33447

Saturday 905P Eastern Time: .Bevin Alexander, Inside the Nazi War Machine, I

Saturday 920P Eastern Time:  .Bevin Alexander, Inside the Nazi War Machine, II

Saturday 935P Eastern Time: .Brian Chen, Always On, I

Saturday 950P Eastern Time:  .Brian Chen, Always On, II

Saturday 1005P (705P Pacific Time):  .Amir Aczel, in re: neutrinos faster than light (from Tuesday 27 September broadcast), I

Saturday 1020P (720P Pacific Time):  .Amir Aczel, in re: neutrinos faster than light (from Tuesday 27 September broadcast), II

Saturday 1035P (735P Pacific Time):  .Richard Miles, Carthage Must Be Destroyed, I  

Saturday 1050P (750P Pacific Time):  .Richard Miles, Carthage Must Be Destroyed, II

Saturday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Richard Miles, Carthage Must Be Destroyed, III

Saturday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): Richard Miles, Carthage Must Be Destroyed, IV

Saturday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Richard Miles, Carthage Must Be Destroyed, V

Saturday 1150P (850P Pacific Time):  Richard Miles, Carthage Must Be Destroyed, VI

Saturday/Sun 1205A (905 Pacific Time):  .James Bussert, Peoples Liberation Army Navy, I

Saturday/Sun  1220A (920 Pacific Time):  James Bussert, Peoples Liberation Army Navy, II

Saturday/Sun  1235A (935P Pacific Time):  .William Giraldi, Busy Monsters