The John Batchelor Show

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Tuesday 20 October 2015

Photo, left:   A simplified map of Europe after the peace of Westphalia in 1648.  As Dr Kissinger pointed out in a recent article, stability requires that sovereignty be defended.  As the regional Sykes-Picot boundaries disappear under strain from warring nations and subgroups, so also do familiar...

Monday 19 October 2015

Left: The Shahada flag commonly used by al-Qaeda, the parent organization of Khorasan. The writing has the shahadas, or two declarations of Muslim faith: “There is no god but God. Muhammad is the Messenger of God.” JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Monday  19 October 2015 / Hour 1, Block A: Tom...

Sunday 18 October 2015

Photo, left:  Gold Scythian belt buckle from Mingachevir, Azerbaijan. / See Hour 2, The Floating Kilogram: ... and Other Editorials on Money from the New York Sun, by Seth Lipsky and James Grant JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Sunday 18 October 2015 / Hour 1, Block A: The Eternal Nazi: From...

Saturday 17 October 2015

Photo, left:  Kyakhta (Кяхта) banknote, from the early Soviet Union. Kyakhta is a town on the Russia-Mongolia border that for a period was the world’s largest repository of the world’s most expensive animal pelts. The town was renamed Troitskosavsk during the first part of the 20th century, but the...

Friday 16 October 2015

Photo, left: African Court Convicts Captain of Renegade Ship in Illegal Fishing Case   São Tomé and Príncipe court on Monday convicted the captain of a fishing ship, the Thunder, and two crew members on several charges tied to illegal fishing, a prosecutor in the case said. The verdict was the...

Thursday 15 October 2015

Photo, left:  Nazareth, whither the Infinity Bible Church in a ten-day tour in February 2016 . The complete adventure is, amazingly, for $2,500; Pastor Bill Devlin and Pastor Dimas Salaberrios searched for months for an excellent tour company that will keep the costs unusually modest. JOHN...

Wednesday 14 October 2015

Photo, left:  See Hour 1, Block B, Stephen Yates, chairman of the Idaho Republican Party, CEO of D.C. International Advisory, and former advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, on the latest in the Taiwan presidential election and his meeting with the frontrunner, Tsai Ing-wen, candidate of the...

Tuesday 13 October 2015

Map, left:  Where Russian and American weapons have been fired in Syria (according to the Syrian Free Army and the New York Times). Current military situation: Red: Government, Yellow: Kurds (Rojava), Grey: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, White: al-Nusra Front, Green: Opposition (for a more...

Monday 12 October 2015

Photo, left:   Battle of Gaugamela, Flemish tapestry, first half of Eighteenth Century. The Battle of Gaugamela (Greek: Γαυγάμηλα), also called the Battle of Arbela, was the decisive battle of Alexander the Great's invasion of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. In 331 BC, Alexander's army of the...

Sunday 11 October 2015

Photo, left: neutrinos and the universe. See Hours Two and Three.   JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW   Hour One Sunday 11 October 2015  / Hour 1, Block A: City of Ambition: FDR, LaGuardia, and the Making of Modern New York, by Mason B. Williams (1 of 4) Sunday 11 October 2015  / Hour 1, Block B: City of...

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