The John Batchelor Show

Thursday 28 April 2022

Air Date: 
April 28, 2022

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915      
#Ukraine: Is this a NATO-Russia war? Anatol Lieven @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst  Georgetown University 
https://www.ft.com/content/a2eea1a1-f72a-43c4-aa93-4e5477b5ead4
 

915-930       
#Afghanistan: Moscow seeks Taliban stability. Anatol Lieven @LievenAnatol @QuincyInst  Georgetown University.
https://english.alaraby.co.uk/analysis/russia-and-taliban-assessing-new-diplomatic-gains
 
 

930-945      
#NYC: When graft is not graft. Harry Siegel, @harrysiegel  @NYDailyNews and The Daily Beast.
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-de-blasio-shadow-20220423-xgxs3xh5zjf3tcyihocdm3ze54-story.html
 

945-1000        
#NYC: The snake-like figure of the 10th NY CD; & What is to be done? Harry Siegel, @harrysiegel  @NYDailyNews and The Daily Beast.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-yorks-gerrymander-gets-whacked-jerry-nadler-nicole-malliotakis-11651098438
https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2022/04/26/gerrymandering-fight-argued-new-yorks-highest-court/9541823002/

 

SECOND HOUR

10-1015       
#Ukraine: Trudeau and Canada stand with Ukraine. Conrad Black, @ConradMBlack  @nationalpost  Baron Black of Crossharbour, KSG; British former newspaper publisher; prolific author
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/28/1095272683/canada-russia-genocide-ukraine
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-canadas-courageous-defence-of-ukraine
 
 

1015-1030       
#Markets: GDP shock. Veronique de Rugy, @veroderugy,  @GeorgeMasonU, @Mercatus Center, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University & NRO Online.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/us-economy-gdp-growth-q1-11651108351?mod=hp_lead_pos2
 
 

1030-1045       
#PRC:@ScalaReport: The lockdown and the supply chain. Chris Riegel, @Scala CEO,  @STRATACACHE, #TheScalaReport
 #Stratacache  https://technode.com/2022/04/20/silicon-how-shanghais-semiconductor-industry-is-coping-with-lockdown/
 

1045-1100       
#PacificWatch: Green Aspirations.  Aryn Braun @TheEconomist.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/california-wants-to-lead-the-world-on-climate-policy/21808833?frsc=dg%7Ce
 

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115        
#Ukraine: Is Europe beaten by the energy weapon? Simon Henderson  @shendersongulf, Baker Fellow and director of the Bernstein Program on Gulf and Energy Policy at The Washington Institute.    Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein 
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-business-bulgaria-moldova-2505307f5dcc882d38bab642ffce649f
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-ukraine-gas-bulgaria-poland-europe/
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/saudi-kuwaiti-tensions-iran-over-offshore-gas-field
https://www.npr.org/2022/04/26/1094885971/russia-poland-bulgaria-natural-gas

1115-1130        
#Israel:  Temple Mount troubles. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1.  Lior Haiat @liorhaiat, spokesperson of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and head of the Press Bureau.
https://www.axios.com/israel-jordan-meet-jerusalem-tensions-al-aqsa-ee97d5e3-afc7-4a77-a2f6-6ccc1a12f38d.html
https://www.timesofisrael.com/lapid-to-us-were-committed-to-temple-mount-status-quo-arab-fms-pan-provocation/
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-705306
https://www.timesofisrael.com/diaspora-minister-warns-of-a-deterioration-of-the-temple-mount-status-quo/

1130-1145       
Holocaust Remembrance Day. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1  Goldie Jacoby is a Holocaust survivor and speaker from Palm Springs, CA. A member of the Blue Card speakers’ bureau
https://www.goldiejacobysworld.com/

 

1145-1200       
#SaudiArabia: Erdoğan to Riyadh. Hussain Abdul-Hussain (@hahussain). Research Fellow @FDD. Washington, DC. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://www.axios.com/iran-saudi-arabia-hold-talks-1fb5a3b7-e305-4fb8-8bcc-1f05157adc1f.html
https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-705023
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/25/middleeast/saudi-iran-talks-resume-mime-intl/index.html
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-705303
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/28/turkeys-erdogan-to-visit-saudi-arabia-relations-warm
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220427-bidens-choice-of-us-ambassador-to-saudi-arabia-will-offend-kingdom-former-official-says/
 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215       
#Keystone: Altoona survives 100 years of pumping gas. Salena Zito, SalenaZito.com
https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/insight/2022/04/24/electric-vehicles-oldest-gas-station-charging-reighards-altoona-salena-zito/stories/202204240036
Salina Zito,@SalenaZito   CNN, New York Post; author, The Great Revolt.
SalenaZito.com @DCExaminer
 

1215-1230       
#Keystone: Governor Haley speaks happily of Governor Palin. @SalenaZito   
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/nikki-haley-wants-a-conservative-renaissance
Salina Zito,@SalenaZito   CNN, New York Post; author, The Great Revolt.
SalenaZito.com @DCExaminer
 

1230-1245       
#Argentina: Subsidizing wheat fails the market.  Mary Anastasia O’Grady, @MaryAnastasiaOG      Wall Street Journal editorial board and “The Americas” columnist.  
https://www.wsj.com/articles/food-economics-in-one-argentine-lesson-wheat-farming-supply-prices-infaltion-money-11650817796
 

1245-100 AM         
#Obituary: The man who killed Che Guevara, October 9, 1967.  Ann Wroe  @TheEconomist
https://www.economist.com/obituary/2022/04/09/mario-teran-was-the-man-sent-to-kill-che-guevara
 
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