Photo, above: Student protesters occupy the Taiwanese Legislature on Wednesday to protest against the act by the ruling Kuomintang party to ratify a controversial service and trade agreement with China. (Ashley Pon/Getty Images) Hundreds of students have occupied Taiwan’s Legislature to protest...
Photo, above: . . . the last vast unexplored rain forest on earth -- the unsullied Ndoki region of northern Congo -- a place where the animals do not know what to make of us because they have never seen humans before. The word Ndoki (pron en-doe-key) means "sorcerer" in Lingala, and this is indeed...
Photo, above: Aramco Airplane 1956 JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 22 March 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Dancing with the Devil: The Perils of Engaging Rogue Regimes by Michael Rubin (1 of 4) Saturday 22 March 2014 / Hour 1, Block B: Dancing with the Devil: The Perils of Engaging Rogue...
Photo, above: Palais Coburg, Vienna - where your tax dollars are sending negotiating representatives to discuss Iran's nuclear lunges forward with the charming Ambassador Zarif. See Hour 1, Block A, Claudia Rosett, FDD and WSJ, on Waltzing with Iran in the Nuclear Ballroom. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW...
Photo, above: Famous kissing sailor photo, Aug. 14, 1945, the day Japan surrendered in WW II. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board and Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents Hour One Thursday 20 March 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Devin Nunes (CA-22),...
Photo, above: See Hour 4, Block D, John Roskam, Institute of Public Affairs, Melbourne, Australia, and Paul Collins, historian and author, The Birth of the West; in re: News conference under aegis of Tony Abbott, Australian Prime minister; spokesman: John Young of the Australian Maritime Authority...
Photo, above: Changing borders in Europe. See video: http://loiter.co/v/watch-as-1000years-of-european-boarders-change/ JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Larry Kudlow, The Kudlow Report, CNBC; and Cumulus Media radio Hour One Tuesday 18 March 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Larry Kudlow, in re: Putin...
Photo, above: Queen Catherine the Great JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Thaddeus McCotter, WJR – the Great Voice of the Great Lakes Hour One Monday 17 March 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: Aaron Task, Yahoo Finance, in re: Dublin lit up on sat photos; "lots of Irishmen lit up, too." Pres Obama today...
Images, above: Abgar V the Black or Abgarus V of Edessa was a historical Syriac ruler of the kingdom of Osroene, holding his capital at Edessa. He ruled in from 4 BC to 7 AD and from 13 AD to 50 AD. During the reign of Abgar IX (the 2nd or 3rd century AD), the first Christian ruler of Edessa, a...
Photo, above: Paris 1945 - impromptu celebration with a bonfire of the end of the Nazi invasion. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Saturday 15 March 2014 / Hour 1, Block A: An Officer and a Spy: A novel by Robert Harris (1 of 4) Saturday 15 March 2014 / Hour 1, Block B: An Officer and a Spy: A novel ...