The John Batchelor Show

Thursday 24 AUGUST 2023

Air Date: 
August 24, 2023

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

##KeystoneReport: David McCormick parachutes into Gettysburg. Salena Zito, Middle of Somewhere, @DCExaminer Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, New York Post, SalenaZitto.com

915-930

#KeystoneReport: The peaches of Chambersburg, PA. Salena Zito, Middle of Somewhere, @DCExaminer Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, New York Post, SalenaZito.com

930-945

PRC: BRICS lands Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, UAEm Iran, Argentina.

Fraser Howie, co-author of Red Capitalism: The Fragile Financial Foundation of China's Extraordinary Rise,@GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/20/china/brics-summit-xi-jinping-south-africa-visit-intl-hnk/index.html

https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3231585/china-led-de-dollarisation-gains-traction-among-emerging-economies-ahead-brics-summit

945-1000

#Oceania: Solomons ignores the USA and embraces #PRC.

Cleo Paskal, non-resident fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democrcies, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://sundayguardianlive.com/investigation/in-sign-of-weakness-pro-prc-solomons-pm-avoids-meeting-us-congress-members

 

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#Russia: Progozhin exits and who gains? Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/08/24/yevgeny-prigozhin-plane-crash-caused-bomb-say-us-officials/

1015-1030

#Russia: #GOP: Kyiv watch on the GOP isolationism. ANATOL LIEVEN.

1030-1045

#ScalaReport: Converting empty downtown Philadelphia office towers to high rise residencies. Chris Riegel, CEO Scala..com

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-mystery-of-the-missing-philadelphia-office-workers-f3b4dcf7

 

1045-1100

#GOP: The achievement was to show up on stage. John Fund, National Review Magazine.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-presidential-debate-republicans-donald-trump-ron-desantis-chris-christie-nikki-haley-a24af59d

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115

#PRC: Collapsing real estate bubble. Anne Stevenson-Yang, author of the upcoming new edition of China Alone: Return to Isolation,@GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/18/investing/china-evergrande-bankruptcy-explained/index.html

 

1115-1130

#PRC: #Russia: #USA Nuclear Deterrence 21st Century, 

Peter Huessy, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, on his attached comments and this:

https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2023/08/13/will_we_sacrifice_dc_and_new_york_for_taiwan_972664.html.

 

1130-1145

1/2: #CentralAsia: Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting. Ekaterina Zolotova, Moscow,Geopolitical Futures #GPFutues.

https://geopoliticalfutures.com/water-as-a-barrier-to-central-asias-rise/

1145-1200

2/2: #CentralAsia: Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting. Ekaterina Zolotova, Moscow,Geopolitical Futures #GPFutues.

https://geopoliticalfutures.com/water-as-a-barrier-to-central-asias-rise/of

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#Argentina: The Peronistas of 1968 and 2023. Conrad Black, National Post

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-argentinas-javier-milei-charts-the-way-back-from-left-wing-nonsense

1215-1230

#MrMarket: Congress abusing Emergency Funds. Veronique deRugy. 

https://www.creators.com/read/veronique-de-rugy/08/23/politicians-make-a-mockery-out-of-emergency-spending

1230-1245

#SouthofFrance: Heat waves, no rain in days, and daily siestas for an Englishman in Paradise. Simon Constable, Occitane.

https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20230823-weather-experts-warn-france-s-unusually-late-heatwave-is-reason-for-alarm

1245-100 am

#HotelMars: Robot-built habitats for the high latitudes and South Pole of the Moon. Haym Benaroya, Rutgers University. David Livingston, SpaceShow.com

https://www.amazon.com/Lunar-Settlements-Advances-Engineering-Benaroya/dp/1138114014/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=01RRW&content-id=amzn1.sym.579192ca-1482-4409-abe7-9e14f17ac827&pf_rd_p=579192ca-1482-4409-abe7-9e14f17ac827&pf_rd_r=143-0258134-6610437&pd_rd_wg=ZBF6G&pd_rd_r=7a2726a2-2e8a-4a4b-bce1-96cfd9aa6fb2&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk