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JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
 
Hour One
Monday  20 April 2015  / Hour 1, Block A: Thomas Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor, in re:  Benghazi suspect designated by UN, State Department  Both the US State Department and the UN have designated Ali Ouni Harzi as a terrorist. The UN designation notes Harzi's alleged role in the Sept. 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, whereas the State Department does not. / Jihadists claim wanted al Qaeda operative killed in Syria Online jihadists are claiming that Adel Radi Saker al Wahabi al Harbi, who was designated a terrorist by the US Treasury Department in 2012, has been killed in Syria. Al Harbi previously served as the deputy head of al Qaeda's Iran-based network. READ MORE → / Russian troops kill leader of Islamic Caucasus Emirate  Ali Abu Muhammad al Dagestani led the Islamic Caucasus Emirate during defections to the Islamic State. He openly stated his allegiance to Al Qaeda and the global jihadist group also provided him support.
Monday  20 April 2015  / Hour 1, Block B: Ann Marlowe, Hudson Institute, in re: Europe Faces Crisis as Hundreds of Migrants Die in Mediterranean Sinkings The disaster also underscored how Libya, reeling from violence and political turmoil, has ... /  ISIS releases video purportedly showing killing of Ethiopian Christians in Libya  /  EU to launch military operations against migrant-smugglers in Libya
Monday  20 April 2015  / Hour 1, Block C: Andrew McCarthy, National Review, in re: http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/417043/khamenei-fatwa-hoax-absurd-its-face-andrew-c-mccarthy
Monday  20 April 2015  / Hour 1, Block D:  Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, in re:  China Estimates Largest Capital Outflow in More Than a Decade in Final Quarter 2014   (Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/alimhaider/status/588929251253952514)
Why the Record Drop in Chinese House Prices Suggests Beijing Is Already in a Recession zerohedge.com/news/2015-04-1…   ;  China makes big cut in bank reserve requirement to fight slowdown   ;  Mao taboo: criticising the founder of Communist China is still considered blasphemous   
Chinese Journalist Jailed for Exposing Ban on Free Speech  China has just sentenced a 71-year-old ace journalist, Gao Yu, to seven years in prison on charges of “leaking state secrets overseas.” And what are those secrets she is accused of leaking? They center on renewed efforts by the Chinese Communist Party under President Xi Jinping to suppress free speech.
We have here a sort of infinite regression of absurdities. If China’s authorities consider it a state secret that their policies are to smother free speech and punish dissent, then they themselves are broadcasting this secret by jailing a journalist for exposing it. Presumably, any Chinese journalist who might dare to delve into this could be accused of exposing the exposure of this secret — which is actually no secret at all. But that’s the very point: To silence other Chinese journalists, and chill discussion more broadly among those who cover China. Censorship is easier to practice when people are afraid even to suggest that it exists.
Hour Two
Monday  20 April 2015  / Hour 2, Block A:  John Fund, National Review Online, and David M Drucker, Washington Examiner Senior Congressional correspondent, in re:
Monday  20 April 2015  / Hour 2, Block B:  David M Drucker, Washington Examiner Senior Congressional correspondent, and John Fund, National Review Online, in re: Rubio launch; Walker premiere in NH; Bush vs Rubio; what about Cruz and Paul?  Also, Hillary road trip is to road trips as military music is to music. As campaigns launch, CNN/ORC poll finds GOP field stays tight
Hillary Clinton dominates everyone on the Democratic side, while no one has broken out of the pack on the Republican side.   New Book, Clinton Cash, Questions Foreign Donations to Foundation /  Hillary Clinton Continues Listening Tour in New Hampshire.
Monday  20 April 2015  / Hour 2, Block C:  Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: US says no immediate sanctions relief for Iran / State department echoes vice president’s statements that removing punitive measures will be ‘phased’ process / Netanyahu and Rivlin refuse to meet with Jimmy Carter / Israeli leaders won’t sit down with former US president during upcoming visit; official cites his ‘anti-Israel’ stance  /  US warships to monitor ships traveling from Iran  U.S. warships are being deployed to Yemen to monitor ships in the area travelling . . .  / US aircraft carrier sent to block Iranian shipments to Yemen  / US warship heads to Yemeni waters; could block Iran weapons
Monday  20 April 2015  / Hour 2, Block D:  Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: US seeks to calm Poland on FBI chief’s Holocaust piece  / Officials explain James Comey ‘did not intend to suggest’ Poles responsible for Nazi actions, but no word on apology
Hour Three
Monday  20 April 2015  / Hour 3, Block A:  Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board & host of OpinionJournal.com; in re: Opinion Journal: The GOP's New Hampshire Kick-Off
Monday  20 April 2015  / Hour 3, Block B:  Anatoly Zak, Russian Space Web & author, Russia in Space, The Past Explained, the Future Explored, in re: observed, but otherwise almost entirely unknown and not understood, Russian sat launches evincing unusual and hitherto unfamiliar behaviors. http://www.russianspaceweb.com/Cosmos-2504.html
Kosmos-2504 pushes target off its orbit In 2015, another mysterious Russian satellite -- Kosmos-2504 -- followed Kosmos-2499 into orbit to conduct a series of unexplained manoeuvers.
Monday  20 April 2015  / Hour 3, Block C:  Gary Roughead, Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution, in re: U.S. Defense Policy Issues Pertaining to the Asia-Pacific Theater , Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 ; Time: 09:00 AM ; Location: Room SD-G50, Dirksen Senate Office Building; Admiral Gary Roughead via United States Senate.  To watch: http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/15-04-14-us-defense-policy...  ;  http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Roughead_04-14-15.pdf
Monday  20 April 2015  / Hour 3, Block D: David Crow, FT.com, in re: Biotech: Making sense of the science   http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/fd99c020-e1b5-11e4-bb7f-00144feab7de.html#axzz3XIm2auiz
Hour Four
Monday  20 April 2015  / Hour 4, Block A: John Tamny, RealClearMarkets & Forbes, in re: Popular Economics: What the Rolling Stones, Downton Abbey, and LeBron James Can Teach You about Economics (1 of 2)
Monday  20 April 2015  / Hour 4, Block B: John Tamny, RealClearMarkets & Forbes, in re: Popular Economics: What the Rolling Stones, Downton Abbey, and LeBron James Can Teach You about Economics (2 of 2)
Monday  20 April 2015  / Hour 4, Block C: The Kennedy Assassination Tapes, by Max Holland (1 of 2)
Monday  20 April 2015  / Hour 4, Block D: Th The Kennedy Assassination Tapes, by Max Holland (2 of 2)