The John Batchelor Show

Friday 23 June 2023

Air Date: 
June 23, 2023

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

#PacificWatch: #POTUS: Ron DeSantis  on the streets of San Francisco.  @JCBliss

https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/ron-desantis-s-f-street-corner-says-liberals-18162438.php

915-930

#POTUS: Why is President Obama critical of Tim Scott? Dan Henninger, WSJOpinion
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-talented-mr-obama-tim-scott-race-america-2024-education-crime-c8bca0ef

930-945

#SCOTUS: Expectations of the imminent affirmative action decision. Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/supreme-court-set-to-rule-on-affirmative-action-biden-student-loans-and-more-as-session-draws-to-an-end/ar-AA1cVUCd

945-1000

#FTC: Chair Lina Kahn alleges that Amazon "dupes" customers.Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/21/technology/ftc-amazon-prime-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#Japan: #ROP: #US: #PRC. The birth of JAROPUS to contain Beijing. Josh Rogin

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/22/blinken-sullivan-korea-japan-china/

1015-1030

#MrMarket: Recession MIA. Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barron's Magazine

https://www.wsj.com/articles/wheres-the-recession-we-were-promised-cd68a992?mod=hp_lead_pos3

1030-1045
#CommercialSpace: Space tourism and the Titan incident. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/essays-and-commentaries/will-the-wreck-of-the-submersible-titan-and-the-death-of-its-five-passengers-impact-space-tourism/

1045-1100

#Mercury: BepiColombo third fly-by. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/bepicolumbo-completes-third-mercury-flyby/

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115

#CA: Oakland losing a fourth professional franchise. Bill Whalen, Hoover Institution.

https://www.hoover.org/research/no-there-there-and-there-go-oakland

1115-1130

#Colombia: Intrigue and loose talk in Petro's palace. Mary Anastasia O'Grady

https://www.wsj.com/articles/did-dirty-money-finance-gustavo-petros-campaign-corrupt-president-south-america-6a7e46cb

1130-1145

#Titanic: What is known so far about the loss of Titan. Charles Pellegrino, author, Ghosts of Vesuvius.

https://www.amazon.com/Ghosts-Vesuvius-Pompeii-Strange-Connections/dp/0060751002

1145-1200

#POTUS: It all started with criminalization of Watergate. Conrad Black, National Post

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-donald-trumps-political-prosecution-the-true-threat-to-american-democracy

 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#Taiwan: Not ready. Mark Montgomery, FDD

https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2023/06/17/2003801660

1215-1230

#Australia: Forceful trial judge gag order in New Zealand about an axe attack. Scott Mayman, CBSNews

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/06/19/breaking-news/4-injured-in-axe-attack-at-3-new-zealand-restaurants/.

1230-1245

#Italy: Meloni competes with Macron and MBS in Paris.Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation.

 

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/italys-meloni-frances-macron-meeting-paris-spat-migration-100231451

https://on.ft.com/46meeS4

 

1245-100 am

#UKRAINE: Nuclear terrorism threats at ZNPP. Henry Sokolski, NPEC

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-says-russia-considering-nuclear-plant-terror-attack-moscow-denies-it/ar-AA1cU6eO