The John Batchelor Show

Wednesday 5 July 2023

Air Date: 
July 05, 2023

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

#Ukraine:  NATO membership and Ukraine. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

https://www.businessinsider.com/why-did-russia-invade-ukraine-putin-politics-motive-2023-6

915-930

#Ukraine: The counter-offensive turns deliberate.  Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

https://www.businessinsider.com/why-did-russia-invade-ukraine-putin-politics-motive-2023-6

930-945

#Russia: The "Dark Fleet" makes everyone richer except the Kremlin. Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-says-russian-economy-faring-better-than-expected-2023-07-05/

945-1000

#France: The disorder did not touch the small cities. Simon Constable, Occitane.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/05/french-government-should-control-social-media-during-unrest-macron-says

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#PRC:  The CCP and the Counter-espionage Law: Jonathan Ward, author of the just-released The Decisive Decade: American Grand Strategy for Triumph Over China, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/chinas-new-anti-espionage-law-poses-threat-to-us-companies-in-china/

https://apnews.com/article/us-china-travel-advisory-8ee10ab5ed3b269ad3cdf4dfe715a22a

 
 

1015-1030

#PRC: Threats of critical elements embargo: Brandon Weichert, author of the just-released Biohacked: China's Race to Control Life @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-chip-industry-grim-but-defiant-as-new-u-s-sanctions-loom-73789348

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/03/business/germanium-gallium-china-export-restrictions

1030-1045

#PRC: PLA Navy in the South Atlantic: James Fanell, government fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and retired U.S. Navy captain who served as director of Intelligence and Information Operations of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://www.reuters.com/world/chinese-navy-makes-rare-foray-into-west-africa-with-nigeria-visit-2023-07-03/

 

1045-1100
#PRC: Chinese history and the Prigozhin Mutiny. Charles Burton, senior fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-06-27/the-russian-mutiny-drew-parallels-in-china-with-a-massive-medieval-rebellion

 

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115

#PRC: Falklands: The Galtieri Syndrome and the risk of Xi's absolute power. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War

1115-1130

#Russia: #PRC: Xi fails to comprehend the Kremlin. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War

1130-1145

#SierraLeone: Democracy regime change by Election Day gunfire. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/sierra-leone-s-main-opposition-calls-for-presidential-election-re-run-after-incumbent-named-winner/ar-AA1diOTS

1145-1200

#KingCharlesReport: The second coronation in St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/66113834

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215
#SCOTUS; Student Loans forgiven now unforgiven. Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/biden-s-plan-b-on-student-loan-forgiveness-uses-higher-education-act-what-to-know/ar-AA1dtsRd

1215-1230

#SCOTUS: Creative 303 and freedom of speech. Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution

https://www.wsj.com/articles/303-creative-llc-v-elenis-supreme-court-neil-gorsuch-lorie-smith-free-speech-first-amendment-5a443236

1230-1245

#Mars: #Ingenuity calls home after 63 silent days. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/ingenuity-responds-after-63-days-of-silence/

1245-100 am

#SpaceX: Waiting for the Boca Chica regulators. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-and-faa-seek-dismissal-of-lawsuit-against-starship-at-boca-chica/