The John Batchelor Show

Tuesday 12 October 2021

Air Date: 
October 12, 2021

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR
2021 X 12 Tuesday 
 

FIRST HOUR

9-915 Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
Bule Origin Blues
 
915-930 Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
Lake Jezero on the planet Mars, once upon a time

930-945 Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for Peace
What does the Eu expect from Germany? 
https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/85463
 

945-1000  Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for Peace
The migrant tragedy returns in Poland and Lithuania.
https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/85494
 
 

SECOND HOUR

10-1015 #LondonCalling:  Global taxes, US taxes and the banks
@JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pandora-papers-flat-tax-reform-wealth-inequality-loophole-11633616530
 
1015-1030 #LondonCalling:  Panic at the hearth. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/10/11/kwasi-kwarteng-launches-multi-million-pound-bailout-bid-help/

1030-1045 #LondonCalling:  China and Not Capitalism @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.wsj.com/articles/imf-cuts-global-growth-forecast-amid-supply-chain-disruptions-warns-of-inflation-risks-11634043601?mod=hp_lead_pos3

1045-1100 #LondonCalling:  The Orionids of Halley's Comet soon over Britain. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/0/orionid-meteor-shower-2021-when-time-peak-uk-date-where/
The second meteor shower this month, it occurs when Earth passes through debris left by Halley's Comet - arguably the most famous comet. While this shower is not quite as visible as others, you can maximise your chances by travelling to dark and rural locations during the peak.

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115 Liz Peek @TheHill @FNC
The energy shortfall is global and accelerating
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-liberalise-thermal-power-pricing-tackle-energy-crisis-2021-10-12/
 

1115-1130 Liz Peek @TheHill @FNC
Stagflation is mentioned by the IMF.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/imf-cuts-global-growth-forecast-amid-supply-chain-disruptions-warns-of-inflation-risks-11634043601?mod=hp_lead_pos3

1130-1145  Jerry Hendrix, Telemus Group
Future Navy in a time of "divest and invest" at the DoD.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/10/10/us-navy-sea-power-china-decline-military-strategy/
 

1145-1200 

The Nuclear Football and one key.: Jeff McCausland  @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-milley-nuclear-weapons-lunch-button-congress-president-11633966176

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215 Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
Morocco and the risk of hot war with Algeria.
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/algeria-closes-airspace-moroccan-aviation-2021-09-22/
 
1215 Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
The Ethiopian civil war reignites
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ethiopian-government-launches-staggering-new-offensive-against-rebel-tigray-forces-group-says/ar-AAPnITA
 

1230-1245 Mary Kissel
 #StateThinking:The unfinished Czech Elections and Central Europe @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Executive VP Stephens Inc.
https://apnews.com/article/andrej-babis-milos-zeman-europe-czech-republic-prague-d12a72e1c8f60d68e7c8322a11c024ba
 
1245-100 AM    Mary Kissel
 #StateThinking: Russian energy dominates East as well as West @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Executive VP Stephens Inc.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/vladimir-putin-holds-all-the-cards-as-us-strategy-to-stop-energy-crisis-in-disarray/ar-AAPhvm2
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