The John Batchelor Show

Monday 13 December 2021

Air Date: 
December 13, 2021

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR   
9-915 
#AfterAfghanistan:  Inadequate DoD explanations for combat droning.  @BillRoggio @ThomasJoscelyn @LongWarJournal  @FDD
https://vitalinterests.thedispatch.com/p/the-us-must-better-explain-al-qaeda?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0MjgyMTk0LCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NTI5OTk3NSwiXyI6InhZb0YvIiwiaWF0IjoxNjM5NDAyNDExLCJleHAiOjE2Mzk0MDYwMTEsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yNTUzNyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.H0lX4KxZdCfKW1zNrAoOHsi2fFDKg7ImkQ9TgrrSvS4
 

915-930 
#AfterAfghanistan: What little we know of the drone targets from Africa to the Arabian Peninsula.   @BillRoggio @ThomasJoscelyn @LongWarJournal  @FDD
 

930-945 
#AfterAfghanistan: CENTCOM is 98% blind  @BillRoggio @ThomasJoscelyn @LongWarJournal   @FDD
https://foreignbrief.com/daily-news/president-pedro-castillo-to-face-questioning-over-corruption-allegations/
 

945-1000 
"Why was this undefinable law a law in the first place?" @JohnTamny @RealClearMarkets
https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2021/12/09/book_review_raj_rajaratnams_very_excellent_uneven_justice_807034.html

 
 

SECOND HOUR   

10-1015  
Putin does not intend to attack. George Friedman is Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures. @GPFutures, @George_Friedman
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/daily-memo-biden-and-putin-to-discuss-ukraine/
 
 

1015-1030 
NATO endings. George Friedman is Founder and Chairman of Geopolitical Futures. @GPFutures, @George_Friedman
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-future-of-natos-strategic-concept/
 
 

1030-1045 
Omicron attacks the young and doubly vaccinated; & What is to be done? Henry Miller @henryimiller, @PacificResearch
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/13/nhs-overwhelmed-millions-answer-call-covid-booster-jabs/
Dr Henry Miller, Hoover Institution.  @henryimiller, @PacificResearch Institute, www.HenryMillerMD.org
 
 
1045-1100 
The Space Council points at the bad actors in Earth orbit. Jeff Foust, @SpaceNews_Inc.  @jeff_foust
https://www.thespacereview.com/article/4296/1
Jeff Foust, thespacereview.com. Senior writer, @SpaceNews_Inc.  @jeff_foust
 

THIRD HOUR   

1100-1115 
Iran follows the money.   Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
https://www.wjtv.com/news/international/tense-nuclear-talks-with-iran-to-resume-thursday-in-vienna/
 
 

1115-1130 
"Indiana" Hoenlein and the 2800-year-old hashish on the altar. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cannabis-found-altar-ancient-israeli-shrine-180975016/
 
 

1130-1145 
Evergrande kaput; & What is to be done? Andrew Collier, Orient Capital Research.  
Gordon G. Chang @GordonGChang. 
https://www.ft.com/content/d7cccaa4-743a-430e-8be4-d60e009029e9
Andrew Collier, managing director of Orient Capital Research in Hong Kong; author, Shadow Banking and the Rise of Capitalism in China.  @acollier
Gordon G. Chang @GordonGChang. Author, The Coming Collapse of China and The Great U.S.-China Tech War.
 

1145-1200 
New Caledonia dissents in the midst of the PRC offensive. @CleoPaskal  @FDD. @GordonGChang.
https://thediplomat.com/2021/12/new-caledonia-referendum-no-to-independence-amid-low-turnout/
Cleo Paskal  @CleoPaskal, associate Fellow at Chatham House; Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Geopolitics, Manipal University, India;  adjunct professor of Global Change, School of Communication and Management Studies, Kochi, India. Non-resident senior Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Gordon G. Chang @GordonGChang. Author, The Coming Collapse of China and The Great U.S.-China Tech War.
 
 

FOURTH HOUR   
12-1215  
#NewWorldReport:   Guatemala spurned by the Democracy Summit . Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal (on leave). Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc   
 https://www.securefreesociety.org
https://www.ft.com/content/7e22bc8c-31e4-4a4b-a0a1-e29000fdddc6
 
 

1215-1230 
#NewWorldReport:   Chile on the brink. Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal (on leave). Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc   
 https://www.securefreesociety.org
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/11/chile-candidates-battle-for-moderate-votes-as-presidential-race-nears-end
 
 

1230-1245 
#NewWorldReport:  Bolivia enjoys lithium bonanza.  Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal (on leave) .  Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc  
 https://www.securefreesociety.org
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-Moves-Ahead-in-Reactivating-the-Lithium-Industry-20210510-0021.html
 
 

1245-100 AM 
#NewWorldReport: Castillo over his head.  Senadora Maria Fernanda Cabal. @MariaFdaCabal (on leave).  Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc   
https://www.securefreesociety.org
https://foreignbrief.com/daily-news/president-pedro-castillo-to-face-questioning-over-corruption-allegations/
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