The John Batchelor Show

Wednesday 30 October 2019

Air Date: 
October 30, 2019

JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
Co-hosts: Gordon Chang, Daily Beast, and David Livingston, The Space Show
 
Hour One
Wednesday 30 October 2019 / Hour 1, Block A: Arthur Waldron, Lauder Professor of International Relations at the University of Pennsylvania, in re: Chinese “organ harvesting” — basically, commercial vampirism.  Tribunal determined “beyond a doubt” where minority groups of many ilks are kept, taken to transplant facility, paralyzed [but not anaesthetized], and main organs are removed for either a paying customer or for a high party member.  Ten of thousands murdered each year for this purpose.  Murder of people to obtain organs to sell for a profit to other, or to replace missing parts for important persons.
       Transplant surgeons on the Board of he investigating organization.  Chinese embassy refused to respond to invitation to speak. A huge book is about to be published. China is guilty of a variety of war crimes.  E have doctors who’ve come over from their side, and nurses, and [many people involved]; we know which hospitals and have their floor plans.  This must be known but the top of the Party.  Systematic murder.  The man at he top, and those on the Central Committee meeting now, also know.   Breakthrough several nights ago when Fox News presented a detailed report. Governments, incl British, have worked to prevent this from being exposed; BBC was prevented from airing a report. The Foreign Office wanted to suppress this.
      It's gone from being a Communist to a race-based, Fascist regime. Taking organs out without the victim’s consent – mostly members of religious groups or national minorities — begs comparison with the Nazi regime.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/organ-harvesting-china-survivors-victims
Wednesday 30 October 2019 / Hour 1, Block B: Roger Robinson, president and CEO of RWR Advisory Group and co-founder and chairman of the Prague Security Studies Institute, in re: The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, run by five part-time guys, invests $578 billion for he govt; have decided to invest partly in China and Russia. Directly undermines American security. MSCI and other are piling into Chinese A shares.  Reckless way index providers are pouring these human-rights-abuses shares into the portfolios of millions of Americans.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-rubio-tsp-factbox/factbox-why-does-marco-rubio-care-about-the-thrift-savings-plan-idUSKBN1X82E9
Wednesday 30 October 2019 / Hour 1, Block C:  Christian Whiton, senior Fellow for strategy and trade at the Center for the National Interest; was a senior advisor in the George W. Bush and Donald J. Trump administrations; in re:  The NBA, Charles Barkley, and whom Americans choose to take their political cues from.
Wednesday 30 October 2019 / Hour 1, Block D:  Michael Yon, Hong Kong reporter, in re:  The Hong Kong protests. Definitely not dying down.
 
Hour Two
Wednesday 30 October 2019 / Hour 2, Block A:  Charles Burton, senior Fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, in re: First mtg of the Central Committee (370 people)  in the last three mos;  a fancy hotel, behind locked doors.  China’s facing a handful of serious issues — swine fever, Hong Kong blowing up, trade with the US, et al. — instead, is discussing “modernizing the system and advancing” Party positions.  Chia is in a crisis, and the plenum is about how to consolidate Xi’s power for the future.  The all-powerful leader isn’t powerful enough.  How can the CCP protect itself is the discussion. Of course, real decisions are made by the Standing Committee and Xi’s immediate henchmen
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Five-things-to-know-about-China-s-ongoing-party-plenum
Wednesday 30 October 2019 / Hour 2, Block B:  Greg Scarlatoiu, executive director of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, in re: The undistinguished bully of he failed state of North Korea shows he has no understanding of how to build relations with the South – he wants to tear down — bulldoze  — South Korean hotels built in order to help DPRK create a resort.  North Korean mantra of dvpg nukes and his economy at the same time. He’s sort of missed foreign direct investment.  Sure looks like failure. Kim has zero respect for South Korea and South Koreans; expects them to stand at attention and report for duty as demanded (“invited”). 
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-southkorea/south-korea-proposes-talks-with-north-to-discuss-mt-kumgang-resort-idUSKBN1X705Q
Wednesday 30 October 2019 / Hour 2, Block C:  Hotel Mars, episode n. Bill Harwood, CBS space reporter, in re:  Artemis (in Greece, the sister of Apollo). Can carry up to four people; in three pieces – has a lander stage; a crew cabin; and a stage that carries it to the south pole of the Moon – where there may be ice, i.e., water.   NASA doesn't own these – they're commercial.  NASA will rent the parts from commercial firms.  By 2028, regularly-scheduled flights to the Moon. And forays to Mars.
Wednesday 30 October 2019 / Hour 2, Block D: Hotel Mars, episode n. Bill Harwood, CBS space reporter, in re:  Gateway, integral to the Artemis program. SLS projection.  A very small propulsion mechanism, and a habitation module. 
 
Hour Three
Wednesday 30 October 2019 / Hour 3, Block A: Salena Zito, in re: Shawn Parnell will challenge Lamb in PA-17.
Wednesday 30 October 2019 / Hour 3, Block B:  Bill McGurn, WSJ, in re:  Impeachment inquiry – whatever the phrase is. The obvious unfairness of Adam Schiff’s inquiry. Mrs Pelosi’s departure. The most unprincipled impeachment in American history. Star-chamber-like activity. Lindsay Graham called her bluff.
Wednesday 30 October 2019 / Hour 3, Block C:  Larry Johnson, Sic Semper Tyrannis, & NoQuarter,  in re: Felix Sater. He came the US as a young child from Russia; grew up as a New York kid. Became an FBI informant while Mueller was in charge, so Mueller certainly knew his name and activities.
Wednesday 30 October 2019 / Hour 3, Block D:  Simon Constable, Constable Confidential; UK reporter currently based in Edinburgh; in re:  A basic guide to how to be a gold bug.
 
Hour Four
Wednesday 30 October 2019 / Hour 4, Block A: Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan, by Sean Parnell and John Bruning — on the 10th Mountain
Wednesday 30 October 2019 / Hour 4, Block B: Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan, by Sean Parnell and John Bruning — on the 10th Mountain
Wednesday 30 October 2019 / Hour 4, Block C: Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan, by Sean Parnell and John Bruning — on the 10th Mountain
Wednesday 30 October 2019 / Hour 4, Block D:  Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan, by Sean Parnell and John Bruning — on the 10th Mountain