Photo, left: The Burning of Smyrna as seen from HMS King George V The Burning of Smyrna, taken from the forebridge of HMS King George V: HMS Iron Duke stands in the foreground against "an unbroken wall of fire, two miles long". This photograph was published as the centrefold (pp. 504–505) in The...
Photo, left: JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Friday 27 May 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Liz Peek, Fiscal Times and Fox; in re: Bernie Should Hit Hillary with the Dubious Donations in ‘Clinton Cash’The FBI is investigating Terry McAuliffe’s ties to the Clinton Foundation, and donations made by a...
Photo, left: A CubeSat (U-class spacecraft[) is a type of miniaturized satellite for space research that is made up of multiples of 10×10×11.35 cm cubic units. CubeSats have a mass of no more than 1.33 kilograms per unit, and often use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components for their ...
Photo, left: Advice on strategic offensive arms in the White House, 18 November 2010. To the left of Obama: Joe Biden and James Baker; right: Henry Kissinger, the deputy chief of the Joint Chiefs James Cartwright, and Madeleine Albright / Photo: ru.wikipedia.org JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts:...
Photo, left: A bread ticket granting the holder one loaf in celebration of Queen Victoria's birthday, May 24. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Larry Kudlow, CNBC senior advisor; & Cumulus Media radio Hour One Tuesday 24 May 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Robert Costa, Washington Post, in re: Donald...
Photo, left: JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Thaddeus McCotter, WJR, The Great Voice of the Great Lakes Hour One Monday 23 May 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Tom Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor & FDD, and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal senior editor & FDD, in re: How many times has...
Photo, left: Battle of Washita (from Harper's Weekly, December 19, 1868). The Battle of Washita River (also called Battle of the Washita or the Washita Massacre) occurred on November 27, 1868, when Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer’s 7th U.S. Cavalry attacked Black Kettle’s Southern Cheyenne camp...
Photo, left: In the matter of Brexit, how long ago did Britain detach (physically) from the European mainland? In the matter of nostalgia for yore, here’s a picture of remnants of an ancient woodland at Hightown. This ancient tree stump is part of a submerged forest and could be as much as 5,000...
Photo, left: Malcolm X in March 1964. Today would have been his ninety-first birthday. Malcolm Little was born May 19, 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, the fourth of seven children of Grenada-born Louise Helen Little (née Norton) and Georgia-born Earl Little. Earl was an outspoken Baptist lay speaker,...
Photo, left: Chinese Shenyang J-11B fighter intercepting an American P-8. The photo was taken by the crew of the P-8. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com & Daily Beast. Hour One Wednesday 18 May 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Harry Kazianis, senior Fellow for Defense...