The John Batchelor Show

Wednesday 6 March 2024

Air Date: 
March 06, 2024

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915
#MrMarket: Inflation, Stagnation, Helicopter Cash and the absence of growth. John Cochrane, Hoover Institution.

https://www.grumpy-economist.com/p/how-inflation-changes-economic-ideas?r=gpc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

915-930

#POTUS: How did Stanford vote in the California Primary 2024.  John Cochrane, Hoover Institution.

https://www.grumpy-economist.com/p/reporting-from-the-bubble

930-945

#Ukraine:  The German leak. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

https://www.msn.com/en-ph/news/world/german-minister-says-no-political-decision-made-on-sending-taurus-to-ukraine/ar-BB1jnigX

 

945-1000

#GAZA:   Fog of War.  War of the North.  Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-test-israeli-military-road-get-aid-gazas-north-2024-03-06/

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#PRC:  Not credible numbers in the Great Hall.. Jonathan Ward, author of The Decisive Decade: American Grand Strategy for Triumph Over China, on the ongoing National People's Congress meeting.@GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://www.businessinsider.com/xi-jinpings-paranoia-secrecy-sign-how-badly-china-economy-floundering-2024-3

 

1015-1030

#PRC: No more information until perhaps 2027. Stephen Yates, chair of the America First Policy Institute's China Policy Initiative, on the the ongoing National People's Congress meeting,

@GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

 https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-cancels-premiers-press-conference-first-time-since-1993-2024-03-04/

1030-1045
#Moon: The High Ground is the South Pole of the Moon. Brandon Weichert, author of  "Winning Space." National Interest contributor. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ngad-6th-generation-fighter-mistake-209815

 

1045-1100
#PRC: Counterforce and Countervalue.  Peter Huessy, president of Geostrategic Analysis and a fellow at the National Institute for Deterrence Studies, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill

https://highergroundtimes.com/higher-ground/2024/feb/29/chinas-nuclear-expansion-is-breathtaking-in-number/

 

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115

1/2: #EISENHOWER: The farewell address also warned of scientific elites; also warned of losing community to fear  and hatred.. Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower's_farewell_address

1115-1130

2/2: #EISENHOWER: The farewell address also warned of scientific elites; also warned of losing community to fear  and hatred.. Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenhower's_farewell_address

1130-1145
#SPACEX: Waiting Boca Chica. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-almost-completes-dress-rehearsal-countdown-of-starship-superheavy/

1145-1200

#MARS: The new White Elephant at JPL. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/inspector-general-mars-sample-return-mission-in-big-trouble/

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#RUSSIA: Three lessons from the sanctions so far. Michael Bernstam, Hoover INSTITUTION

https://on.ft.com/437c4ob

1215-1230

#France: Remembering DOW 10,000. Simon Constable, WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/news/author/simon-constable

1230-1245
#AFRICA: Russia's Africa Corps for hire/ . Caleb Weiss, FDD Bridgeway Foundation. Bill Roggio, FDD

https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/02/jihadi-history-al-qaedas-failed-mobilization-efforts-in-central-african-republic.php

 

1245-100 am
#AFRICA: Somalia slipping into a jihadist camp. Caleb Weiss, FDD Bridgeway Foundation. Bill Roggio, FDD

https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/02/jihadi-history-al-qaedas-failed-mobilization-efforts-in-central-african-republic.php