Friday 17 July 2015.
Photo, left: View of mountains from Pahrump, Nye County, Nevada. See: Hour 4, below, and ArtBell.com. Also: use the TuneIn app.
JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
Hour One
Friday 17 July 2015 / Hour 1, Block A: Devin Gerald Nunes, Representative for California's 22nd congressional district; in re: Chairman Nunes: Statement on Iran Nuclear Deal
Washington, D.C. – House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes issued the following statement today in response to the nuclear agreement with Iran:
“The Obama administration has achieved the rare feat of uniting Israel with a wide array of Arab nations. Unfortunately, the issue that unites them is opposition to the Iran deal. I don’t know what information the Obama administration possesses that indicates this deal will actually prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon or will cause the mullahs to reduce their support for worldwide terrorism, but it sure isn’t the same intelligence we’re seeing in the Intelligence Committee. Iran has killed hundreds of U.S. soldiers, tried to conduct a terrorist attack in the United States, and is committed to annihilating Israel. This deal will guarantee Iran the capability to carry out its clear intent."
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Dear Friends,
The killing of four U.S. Marines in Tennessee yesterday is a stark reminder of the severe threats now facing the U.S. homeland. Radicalizing recruits worldwide through social media and using encrypted digital chatrooms to plot attacks, ISIS and other jihadist groups are looking for every possible opportunity to strike at the U.S. homeland. Americans everywhere ought to remain vigilant to these threats and resist demands to handcuff our intelligence community, which is working hard to identify and track foreign terrorists.
Unfortunately, the nuclear agreement that the Obama administration signed with Iran will not diminish these threats and may even intensify them. Iran remains the world’s primary sponsor of international terrorism, and there is nothing in the agreement that will change the regime’s behavior. To the contrary, the deal will relieve both internal and external pressure on the mullahs, giving them access to new sources of cash to continue spreading turmoil throughout the Middle East and beyond.
I’d like to hear your thoughts as Congress debates and ultimately votes on the Iran agreement. I invite you to read the agreement for yourself here and let me know what you think by emailing me here.
Sincerely,
Devin Nunes
MEMBER OF CONGRESS
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Friday 17 July 2015 / Hour 1, Block B: Noam Schieber, NYT, in re: Growth in the ‘Gig Economy’ Fuels Work Force Anxieties When the California Labor Commissioner’s Office ruled last month that an Uber driver was an employee deserving of a variety of workplace protections — and was not, as the company maintained, an independent contractor — it highlighted the divided feelings many Americans have about what is increasingly being called the “gig economy.”
On one hand, start-ups like Uber, which is appealing the decision, and Lyft make it possible to conjure up rides on a smartphone in a few seconds’ time. On the other, Uber — which directly employs fewer than 4,000 of the more than 160,000 people in the United States who depend on it for at least part of their livelihood — and similar companies pose a challenge to longstanding notions of . . .
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/13/business/rising-economic-insecurity-tied-to-decades-long-trend-in-employment-practices.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
Friday 17 July 2015 / Hour 1, Block C: Colonel Michael Bob Starr is the 7th Bomb Wing Commander, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas; in re:
http://www.dyess.af.mil
Friday 17 July 2015 / Hour 1, Block D: Colonel Michael Bob Starr is the 7th Bomb Wing Commander, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas; in re:
Hour Two
Friday 17 July 2015 / Hour 2, Block A: Michael Vlahos, Naval War College, in re: Debating the Iran Nuclear Deal: Peter Beinart, David Frum, and Jeffrey Goldberg ; First Draft | Pro-Israel Aipac Creates Group to Lobby Against the Iran Deal
Friday 17 July 2015 / Hour 2, Block B: Michael Vlahos, Naval War College, in re: http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/07/17/admiral-assures-a...
Friday 17 July 2015 / Hour 2, Block C: Roger Kimball, art critic & social commentator; publisher of The New Criterion & Encounter Books; in re: http://www.wsj.com/articles/suing-to-profit-from-a-nazis-diaries-1436917831
Friday 17 July 2015 / Hour 2, Block D: Charles Gasparino, sr. correspondent, Fox Business Network; in re: http://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/2015/07/15/donald-trump-10-billion-man/
Hour Three
Friday 17 July 2015 / Hour 3, Block A: Gene Marks, Washington Post, in re:
Small Business Optimism Crashes To 15 Month Lows http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-07-14/small-business-optimism-crashes-15-month-lows
Restaurants finish first half of year on high note http://m.nrn.com/corporate-news/report-restaurants-finish-first-half-year-high-note?
SHARING ECONOMY
Suddenly, Uber's a campaign issue. http://www.times-standard.com/arts-and-entertainment/20150714/quinn-how-did-uber-become-a-campaign-issue/1
Uber could have to pay $209 million per year to reclassify its CA drivers http://on.recode.net/1HSTeD8
TECH
Apple Rolls Out Revamped iPods (Yes, iPods) http://entm.ag/1JijROt
Why the Apple Watch Could Be the Next Google Glass Failure http://www.forbes.com/sites/quickerbettertech/2015/07/13/why-the-apple-watch-debut-is-worse-for-apple-than-glass-was-for-google/
New Wi-Fi tech may help you stop waiting in long lines http://readwrite.com/2015/07/14/wi-fi-aware-launch
FEUDS
Walmart Fires Back at Amazon 'Prime Day' Deals https://gma.yahoo.com/video/walmart-fires-back-amazon-prime-123320844.html?soc_src=default
Walmart's counterpunch to Amazon's Prime Day: 2,000 online-only deals http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/blog/techflash/2015/07/walmarts-counterpunch-to-amazons-prime-day-2-000.html
Best Buy has been accidentally selling $200 gift cards for $15 http://ti.me/1CGdKGA
STORMY WEATHER
Watch Out! 5 Ways Obamacare Could Hurt Your Business Next Year http://www.inc.com/gene-marks/watch-out-five-ways-obamacare-will-impact-your-business-in-the-next-two-years.html
Retirement plans could be next on the list of items employers are going to have to offer their employees. http://onforb.es/1M5tVPW (1 of 2)
Friday 17 July 2015 / Hour 3, Block C: Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics contributing editor & author, Sunflowers: The Secret History; in re: The rebirth of Cape Canaveral: how NASA became a spaceport landlord to Boeing and SpaceX popme.ch/6016B8hVj pic.twitter.com/nDgYnDYq54
Friday 17 July 2015 / Hour 3, Block D: Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics contributing editor & author, Sunflowers: The Secret History; in re:
Surface-to-air missile story: http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a15728/manpads-threat-american-troops/
Warplanes over Europe: http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a15536/us-warplanes-gathering-in-europe/
Hour Four
Friday 17 July 2015 / Hour 4, Block A: Art Bell, Midnight in the Desert, in re: John Batchelor welcomes Art Bell back on air – that is, his online show debuts on Monday, as increasing numbers of terrestrial stations clamor to air the show on radio. See: ArtBell.com and check the TuneIn app. (1 of 4)
Friday 17 July 2015 / Hour 4, Block B: Art Bell, Midnight in the Desert, in re: John Batchelor welcomes Art Bell back on air as his new, online show debuts on Monday. See: ArtBell.com and check the TuneIn app (2 of 4)
Friday 17 July 2015 / Hour 4, Block C: Art Bell, Midnight in the Desert, in re: John Batchelor welcomes Art Bell back on air as his new, online show debuts on Monday. See: ArtBell.com and check the TuneIn app (3 of 4)
Friday 17 July 2015 / Hour 4, Block D: Art Bell, Midnight in the Desert, in re: John Batchelor welcomes Art Bell back on air as his new, online show debuts on Monday. See: ArtBell.com and check the TuneIn app (4 of 4)
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