CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-910
#Keystone: Beekeeping and the health of Pennsylvania. SalenaZito.com https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/insight/2022/08/21/beekeeping-rural-america-agriculture/stories/202208210117?cid=search

915-930
#Keystone: Hand-written signage and the success of roadside produce stands. SalenaZito.com
 https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2022/08/07/pletchers-farm-stands-markets-salena-zito/stories/202208070058?cid=search

930-945
#Europe: Coal, oil and natural gas encores in the troubled EU. Simon Constable, Barron's.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/glencores-stock-looks-set-to-climb-on-strong-demand-for-coal-51660844865?mod=Searchresults?mod=article_signInButton

945-1000
#Russia The ceaseless sinking of the Russian economy under sanctions. Michael Bernstam.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/08/23/russian-sanctions-economy/

SECOND HOUR

10-1015
#Ukraine: Lessons learned from Pearl Harbor that the Kremlin ignored. George Friedman, Founder and Chairman GeopliticalFutures.com
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/when-russia-prepared-for-the-inconceivable/
 

1015-1030
#Russia: #Ukraine: #NATO: Poland is the new fortress Europe. George Friedman, Founder and Chairman GeopliticalFutures.com
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-permanence-of-war-and-peace/

1030-1045
1/2: #Chicago: The court battle over Jackson Park's future. Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicagos-obama-center-is-under-water-runoff-foundation-operating-cost-chicago-storm-south-side-community-financials-11660768525?mod=Searchresults_pos2&page=1

1045-1100
2/2: #Chicago: The court battle over Jackson Park's future. Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicagos-obama-center-is-under-water-runoff-foundation-operating-cost-chicago-storm-south-side-community-financials-11660768525?mod=Searchresults_pos2&page=1

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115
1/2: #Russia:  Under-utilized Nord Stream 1 and the gas wells risk deterioration under sanctions. Paul Gregory, Hoover Institution
https://www.wsj.com/articles/putins-gas-threat-is-a-bluff-nord-stream-eu-blackmail-gazprom-excess-winter-liquefied-natural-gas-infrastructure-11661340994?mod=opinion_lead_pos5

1115-1130
2/2: #Russia:  Under-utilized Nord Stream 1 and the gas wells risk deterioration under sanctions. Paul Gregory, Hoover Institution
https://www.wsj.com/articles/putins-gas-threat-is-a-bluff-nord-stream-eu-blackmail-gazprom-excess-winter-liquefied-natural-gas-infrastructure-11661340994?mod=opinion_lead_pos5

1130-1145
#BlueOrigin: What is Orbital Reef? Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-again-approves-design-concept-for-orbital-reef-commercial-space-station/

1145-1200
#Mars: What pieces of string in Perseverance drilling apparatus? Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/strings-in-perseverances-drill/

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215 
#PRC: #HongKong: Jimmy Lai on trial. Mark Simon, Apple Daily, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill.  
Mark Simon, Jimmy Lai's long-time deputy and director at the now-closed Apple Daily, on this:
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/08/22/jimmy-lai-to-plead-not-guilty-in-national-security-case-as-hong-kong-security-chief-allows-apple-daily-access-to-funds/

1215-1230
#PRC: Pushing on a string. Fraser Howie, co-author Red Capitalism: The Fragile Financial Foundation of China's Extraordinary Rise. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-22/china-plans-29-billion-in-special-loans-to-troubled-developers
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-08-23/chinese-banks-are-inflating-their-loan-numbers-as-demand-sinks

1230-1245
#SouthKorea: ROK takes command. David Maxwell, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and senior fellow at the Global Peace Foundation. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.reuters.com/world/south-korea-us-begin-military-drills-amid-nkorea-backlash-2022-08-22/
https://www.usfk.mil/media/press-products/press-releases/article/3136232/cfc-usfk-and-unc-begin-ulchi-freedom-shield/

1245-100
#PRC: Weaponizing mental illness diagnosis and treatment. Sean Lin, former lab director of the viral disease branch of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/mental-torture-china-locking-critics-psychiatric-facilities