Monday 23 August 2021
CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR
FIRST HOUR
9-1000 Joseph Humire #NewWorldReport
SECOND HOUR
10-1100 #KabulDiary: @BillRoggio @ThomasJoscelyn @LongWarJournal
THIRD HOUR
1100-1130 Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 ; @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness
1. The tragedy in Kabul encourages Hamas and Hezbollah
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-jets-said-striking-gaza-following-fires-set-by-arson-balloons/
2. Indiana Hoenlein and the Lost Shark Tooth of the City of David
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/309457
Monday 22 July 1946: Seventieth anniversary of the bombing of the King David Hotel. Haganah and Irgun. Turning point in the British occupation. Britons deliberately ignored the advance warning.
Ancient collection of shark teeth: some from extinct sharks. Somebody had collected mineralized sharks’ teeth from the times of the dinosaurs.
1130-1145 Andrew Collier @acollier , and @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
The whole world is watching. Andrew Collier, managing director of Orient Capital Research in Hong Kong; author, Shadow Banking and the Rise of Capitalism in China. @acollier
on market reactions in Asia to Afghanistan turmoil.
European dips are furious at the US for its swift departure from Afghanistan, but have no other useful ideas. China is creating an anti-sanctions law.
1145-1200 Nitin Gokhale @nitingokhale , @StratNewsGlobal.com ; @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
Afghan terrorists extort funds from Pakistani merchants.
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pakistan-interest-in-afghanistan-to-counter-indian-influence-says-us-report-2515692
Nitin Gokhale, @nitingokhale strategic affairs analyst based in Delhi, on Pakistan’s effort to co00ntgr Indian influence in Afghanistan. China in Afghanistan. Baluchistan. @StratNewsGlobal.com
FOURTH HOUR
12-1230 Beth Tellman, @Cloud2Street , University of Arizona geography department; @Nature Magazine @pazjusticiavida
1/2 Floods of the Future. Beth Tellman, @Cloud2Street , @Nature Magazine @pazjusticiavida
2/2 Floods of the Future. Beth Tellman, @Cloud2Street , @Nature Magazine @pazjusticiavida
Beth Tellman is chief scientist and co-founder of Cloud to Street, where she oversees the science team to map flood exposure, risk, and social vulnerability. https://www.cloudtostreet.ai @pazjusticiavida University of Arizona geography department.
MODIS (or Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) is an optical sensor aboard
The Aqua mission, part of the NASA-centered international Earth Observing System (EOS). It studies the precipitation, evaporation, and cycling of water.
1230-1245 Sadanand Dhume @WSJOpinion
Pakistan weaponizes the Taliban
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-withdrawal-afghanistan-pakistan-nuclear-lashkar-e-taiba-tehreek-e-taliban-islamist-11629402468
1245-100 AM Bradley Bowman @FDD
Lessons learned from Iraq not heeded in Afghanistan
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/bidens-catastrophe
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2021/08/20/bidens-catastrophe/