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JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
Co-hosts: Larry Kudlow, CNBC senior advisor; & Cumulus Media radio; Rita Cosby, WABC Radio political director
 
Hour One
Tuesday  9 February 2016   / Hour 1, Block A:  Stephen Moore, Heritage, in re:
50% of GOP voters in NH said they felt "betrayed by politicians from the Republican party" ‪http://cbsn.ws/1PANrlX    ; Only 16% of Democratic voters said they felt betrayed by the Democratic party: ‪http://cbsn.ws/1PANrlX   ; It's a 4-way battle for 2nd place in the GOP NH primary; watch live coverage on ‪@CBSNlive: ‪http://cbsn.ws/1Q7Py6s 
Tuesday  9 February 2016   / Hour 1, Block B:  Stephen Moore, Heritage, in re:
Tuesday  9 February 2016   / Hour 1, Block C:  Bill Whalen, Hoover, in re:
Tuesday  9 February 2016   / Hour 1, Block D:   Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal Editorial Board & host of Opinion Journal on WSJ Video; in re: More than 4 out 5 women aged 18-29 voted for ‪@BernieSanders in tonight's NH Democratic primary
 
Hour Two
Tuesday  9 February 2016   / Hour 2, Block A:  David M Drucker, Washington Examiner Senior Congressional correspondent; John Fund, NRO, in re: Exit polls indicate no "bounce" for ‪@TedCruz out of IA; candidate won only 13% of voters who decided in last week: ‪http://cbsn.ws/1RnJHZJ 
Tuesday  9 February 2016   / Hour 2, Block B:  David M Drucker, Washington Examiner Senior Congressional correspondent; John Fund, NRO, in re:   ‪@johnkasich‪ surged at end of NH vote, edging @realdonaldtrump 21-20 among those deciding in the "last few days" http://cbsn.ws/1PB2MTu 
 
Tuesday  9 February 2016   / Hour 2, Block C:  Robert Zimmerman, behindtheblack, in re:    NASA bans employees from writing the word “Jesus”  The new fascism: Lawyers at NASA have ruled that the agency has the right to ban the use of the word “Jesus” in any email written by employees.  In a letter sent Monday, the Liberty Institute stated that NASA lawyers pressured a group of employees at the Johnson Space Center to remove the word “Jesus” from a club announcement. This demand took place in May and June of 2015.
   These employees had formed a private group within the agency called the JSC Praise and Worship Club, an entity separate from the agency. As part of the group, employees meet together during lunch to pray, and no one is prevented from taking part in the group’s activities. In an announcement email, one of the employees had used the word “Jesus.” A few days after the email went out, NASA lawyers clamped down and said the use of the word was absolutely unacceptable and would not accept the group’s offer to issue any kind of disclaimer to downplay its use.
NASA is now going to be sued by these individuals, as the agency is clearly acting to deny them their first amendment rights. And NASA deserves to be sued, and to lose badly in court. It is absurd that those NASA lawyers can construe the writing of the word “Jesus” by a single employee as an endorsement by the agency of that religion. These same lawyers would have also acted to ban the Apollo 8 astronauts from reading from the Old Testament while in orbit around the Moon in 1968. They are thus no different than the Soviet overlords with whom we were fighting the Cold War at the time.
A new Japanese X-ray telescope to launch February 12  Third time a charm? Japan will launch on Friday a new X-ray telescope, the third time they have attempted to put this type of observatory into orbit.
Astro-H, which according to Japanese custom will be renamed upon successful launch, will collect the X-ray spectra for large deep space objects like galaxy clusters. An American scientist, Richard Kelley, has been trying to get this kind of instrument launched since 1984. First his instrument was dropped from Chandra because of cost. Then, two attempts to launch it by Japan failed, one when the rocket failed during launch and the second when the spacecraft itself failed soon after reaching orbit.
Tuesday  9 February 2016   / Hour 2, Block D:  Robert Zimmerman, behindtheblack, in re:    A second Little Ice Age uncovered   The uncertainty of science: New data, compiled from tree rings in Russia, suggests that a previously undetected little ice age occurred in the 6th and 7th centuries, caused by a combination of volcanoes and low sunspot counts.
This cold spell would have preceded the Medieval Warm Period centered around 1000 AD that was followed by the already known Little Ice Age centered around 1600 AD. Note that no fossil fuel regulations or carbon taxes were used in creating this cold period. Note also this description of the consequences of that cold period:
The poor climate may been one of many factors contributing to societal changes of the era, including widespread crop failures and famines in Central Asia that may have triggered migrations from the area to China and Eastern Europe, thus helping spread an episode of plague (depicted in this 15th century painting) that originated there.
Famine and plague, caused by extreme cold, illustrating starkly that cooling is a far greater threat to human survival than climate warming. Meanwhile, the Medieval Warm Period saw a flourishing of American Indian culture in the American southwest.
I have always wondered why our modern climate doom-sayers fear warming so much, when there is no data to justify that fear, and plenty of data to suggest otherwise.
 
Hour Three
Tuesday  9 February 2016   / Hour 3, Block A:  Stephen F. Cohen is Prof. Emeritus of Russian Studies/History/Politics at NYU and Princeton. He is also a member of the Board of the recently-formed American Committee for East-West Accord (eastwestaccord.com); in re:  http://rbth.com/politics_and_society/2016/02/04/henry-kissinger_565099Any effort to improve relations must include a dialogue about the emerging world order. What are the trends that are eroding the old order and shaping the new one? What challenges do the changes pose to both Russian and American national interests? What role does each country want to play in shaping that order, and what position can it reasonably and ultimately hope to occupy in that new order? How do we reconcile the very different concepts of world order that have evolved in Russia and the United States — and in other major powers — on the basis of historical experience? The goal should be to develop a strategic concept for U.S.-Russian relations within which the points of contention may be managed.
Tuesday  9 February 2016   / Hour 3, Block B:  Stephen F. Cohen prof. Emeritus, Russian Studies; eastwestaccord.com; in re: http://rudaw.net/english/world/09022016  Russian military vehicles on a road close to the Ukrainian border.  The Russian Defense Ministry launched a major surprise military exercise in the country's south in Monday to convey both its combat preparedness and to once again showcase its military strength.  
The exercise put soldiers in Russia's south on alert in areas which include Russia's border with eastern Ukraine, a region where Russia has been supporting separatist movements from Kiev.
Tuesday  9 February 2016   / Hour 3, Block C:  Stephen F. Cohen prof. Emeritus, Russian Studies; eastwestaccord.com; in re:  http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2016/02/04/a-whiff-of-panic-in-the-kremlin-as-economy-sinks-further/?utm_content=buffer1cece&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer    Whether panic leads to a change of government, growing protests, an economic meltdown or political crackdown remains unknown. So far, the Russian people have acted more calmly than their leaders. The elite’s growing anxiety, however, is beginning to move from the domestic to the international arena.
Russia is now considering suspending its loans to foreign countries. Moreover, according to the Financial Times, in December Putin allegedly asked Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down. This move was in contradiction to all his statements of public support.
Tuesday  9 February 2016   / Hour 3, Block D: Stephen F. Cohen prof. Emeritus, Russian Studies; eastwestaccord.com; in re:  http://rbth.com/politics_and_society/2016/02/04/henry-kissinger_565099   I have spent the greater part of the past seventy years engaged in one way or another in U.S.-Russian relations. I have been at decision centers when alert levels have been raised, and at joint celebrations of diplomatic achievement. Our countries and the peoples of the world need a more durable prospect.
I am here to argue for the possibility of a dialogue that seeks to merge our futures rather than elaborate our conflicts. This requires respect by both sides of the vital values and interest of the other. These goals cannot be completed in what remains of the current administration. But neither should their pursuits be postponed for American domestic politics. It will only come with a willingness in both Washington and Moscow, in the White House and the Kremlin, to move beyond the grievances and sense of victimization to confront the larger challenges that face both of our countries in the years ahead.  First published at the Gorchakov Fund web site.
 
Hour Four
Monday 8 February 2016 / Hour 4, Block A:  King John: Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: The Road to Magna Carta, by Marc Morris. “In lively, cultured prose, the English historian Morris (The Norman Conquest) investigates the complex road taken by 'Bad King John' to the signing of the Magna Carta in June of 1215. Full of fascinating details, with the added bonus of a translation of the full Magna Carta.” (Publishers Weekly) (5 of 8)
Monday 8 February 2016 / Hour 4, Block B:  King John: Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: The Road to Magna Carta, by Marc Morris (6 of 8)
Monday 8 February 2016 / Hour 4, Block C: King John: Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: The Road to Magna Carta, by Marc Morris (7 of 8)
Monday 8 February 2016 / Hour 4, Block D:  King John: Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: The Road to Magna Carta, by Marc Morris (8 of 8)
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