The John Batchelor Show

Monday 9 December 2013

Air Date: 
December 09, 2013

 

Photo: Onboard USS Enterprise during the Battle of Midway, June, 1942.

JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW

Hour One

Monday  2 December  2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Thomas Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor, and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD, in re: AQAP says assault on Yemen's Defense Ministry targeted US drone operations December 6, 2013  By BILL ROGGIO  On its newly established Twitter account, AQAP also criticized Yemeni soldiers for fighting alongside US forces and said the military is ignoring the fight against Shia Houthi rebels in the north.

Monday  2 December  2013 / Hour 1, Block B: Thomas Joscelyn, Long War Journal senior editor, and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD, in re: 

Monday  2 December  2013 / Hour 1, Block C:Francis Rose, Federal News Radio; Salena Zito, PTR; Lara Brown, George Washington University, http://washingtonexaminer.com/among-obama-coalition-obama-approval-plung...

Monday  2 December  2013 / Hour 1, Block D: Obama’s Immigration Sop to Silicon Valley December 4, 2013

Hour Two

Monday  2 December  2013 / Hour 2, Block A:  The latest installment of Elisabeth (Libby) Rosenthal's health series, Paying Till it Hurts, focuses on the high price of getting stitches in an emergency room, one of the simplest procedures imaginable. All of the patients featured in the story -- from San Francisco, New York, Detroit, Jacksonville and more  -- paid thousands of dollars for this simplest of medical treatments. 

Monday  2 December  2013 / Hour 2, Block B:  in re: Sy Hersch argues the US cherry-picked intelligence on Syria chemical weapon attack.

Monday  2 December  2013 / Hour 2, Block C: Gregory Copley, author, Insurgents Strike in Major Nigerian City5 days ago ... The attack in Maiduguri raised doubts about official claims that the insurgents, known as Boko Haram, had been pushed into remote areas.

Monday  2 December  2013 / Hour 2, Block D:  Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, in re:  Melissa Chan @melissakchan Former US Ambassador to China, Winston Lord: "Xi who has launched the most sweeping repression and censorship since Tiananmen Square.".

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Hour Three

Monday  2 December  2013 / Hour 3, Block A:  Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: executions in Iran.  http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-fm-new-sanctions-would-kill-geneva-deal/

Monday  2 December  2013 / Hour 3, Block B: Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: Kerry returns to Israel and West Bank.

Monday  2 December  2013 / Hour 3, Block C: Reza Khalili: http://bit.ly/1gQl2Zw Iran foreign minister alludes to deceiving Obama administration during nuclear negotiations [VIDEO]

Monday  2 December  2013 / Hour 3, Block D: Bruce Webster, and still I persist. com  use catastrophe theory to suggest why Obama's PR blitz and stay-the-course approach to Obamacare will be an utter failure: http://andstillipersist.com/2013/12/obamacare-and-the-bifurcated-cusp/

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Hour Four

Monday  2 December  2013 / Hour 4, Block A:The Battle of Midway: The Naval Institute Guide to the U.S. Navy's Greatest Victory by Thomas C. Hone(1 of 4) 

Monday  2 December  2013 / Hour 4, Block B:The Battle of Midway: The Naval Institute Guide to the U.S. Navy's Greatest Victory by Thomas C. Hone (2 of 4)

Monday  2 December  2013 / Hour 4, Block C: The Battle of Midway: The Naval Institute Guide to the U.S. Navy's Greatest Victory by Thomas C. Hone (3 of 4)

Monday  2 December  2013 / Hour 4, Block D:   The Battle of Midway: The Naval Institute Guide to the U.S. Navy's Greatest Victory by Thomas C. Hone (4 of 4)

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Music

Hour 1:  Gears of War 2. Patriot Games. Inside Man. 

Hour 2:  Painted Veil. 13th Warrior. The Expendables. India & the Tiger. 
Hour 3:  3 Musketeers. 300. 
Hour 4:  The Recruit.