The John Batchelor Show

Friday 10 March 2023

Air Date: 
March 10, 2023

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915

#PacificWatch: Level Four expected Pineapple Express catastrophes.  @JCBliss

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-weather-atmospheric-river-heavy-rain-threat-flooding/

915-930

#Italy: Human trafficking tragedy at  the beaches of Qutro & What is to be done?

https://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/italy-migrants-paid-8-000-euros-each-for-voyage-17810077.php

930-945

#SmallBusinessAmerica: Bank run in Silicon Valley. @GeneMarks  @Guardian @PhillyInquirer

https://www.wsj.com/articles/svb-financial-pulls-capital-raise-explores-alternatives-including-possible-sale-sources-say-11de7522

945-1000

#SmallBusinessAmerica: Administration new regulations challenging bottom lines @GeneMarks  @Guardian @PhillyInquirer

https://genemarks.medium.com/new-biden-administration-regulations-come-at-worst-time-for-small-businesses-f3a37369bb3e

https://www.wsj.com/articles/february-jobs-report-unemployment-rate-economy-growth-2023-e4b1d318?mod=hp_lead_pos5

SECOND HOUR

10-1015

#MrMarket. Weeping world bankers who can't know what's coming after the SVB collapse. James McTague, Former washington Editor Barron's

https://www.wsj.com/articles/svb-financial-pulls-capital-raise-explores-alternatives-including-possible-sale-sources-say-11de7522

1015-1030

#Mexico: AMLO and the cartels at Election time. Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJOpinion

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-narco-threat-to-mexican-democracy-election-fraud-cartel-drug-trafficking-fentanyl-amlo-ine-morena-party-organization-of-american-states-crime-2b979edf

1030-1045

#NASA: #Mars:  Billion dollars for sample retrieval from Perseverance deposits. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/biden-administration-proposes-more-budget-increases-for-nasa/

1045-1100

#JamesWebbSpaceTelescope: More unexplainable galaxy formation. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/webb-finds-another-galaxy-in-early-universe-that-should-not-exist/

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115

5/8: Nero: Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome by  Anthony Everitt  (Author), Roddy Ashworth  (Author)

 

https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/sunspot-update-after-going-through-the-roof-last-month-sunspots-drop-into-the-attic-this-month/

 

There are many infamous stories about the Roman emperor Nero: He set fire to Rome and thrummed his lyre as it burned. Cruel, vain, and incompetent, he then cleared the charred ruins and built a vast palace. He committed incest with his mother, who had schemed and killed to place him on the throne, and later murdered her. Nero has long been the very image of a bad ruler, a legacy left behind by the historians of his day, who despised him.

But there is a mystery. For a long time after his death, anonymous hands laid flowers on his grave. The monster was loved. In this nuanced biography, Anthony Everitt, the celebrated biographer of classical Greece and Rome, and investigative journalist Roddy Ashworth reveal the contradictions inherent in Nero and offer a reappraisal of his life. Contrary to popular memory, the empire was well managed during his reign. He presided over diplomatic triumphs and Rome’s epic conquest of Britain and British queen Boudica’s doomed revolt against Nero’s legions. He was also a champion of arts and culture who loved music, and he won the loyalty of the lower classes with fantastic spectacles. He did not set fire to Rome.

1115-1130

6/8: Nero: Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome by  Anthony Everitt  (Author), Roddy Ashworth  (Author)

1130-1145

7/8: Nero: Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome by  Anthony Everitt  (Author), Roddy Ashworth  (Author)

1145-1200

8/8: Nero: Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome by  Anthony Everitt  (Author), Roddy Ashworth  (Author)

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#2029: North Korea wipes out LEO satellites and attacks Seoul; & What is to be done? Henry Sokolski, NPEC

https://npolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2301-Pyongyang-Goes-Nuclear-Occasional-Paper-copy-1.12.23.pdf

 

1215-1230

#Proliferation: Russia supplies #PRC warheads while Saudi Arabia bargains the US for warheads.  Henry Sokolski, NPEC

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/mar/8/pentagon-says-russia-supplying-fuel-chinese-warhea/

1230-1245

#MrMarket: Is this a Replay of 2008 in Silicon Valley. Brett Arends, Marketwatch

https://www.wsj.com/articles/svb-financial-pulls-capital-raise-explores-alternatives-including-possible-sale-sources-say-11de7522.

1245-100 AM

#POTUS: Biden vs Trump vs Manchin? Dan Henninger, WSJOpinion

https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-manchin-for-president-2024-election-primary-west-virginia-trump-biden-rematch-recognition-e888ce6a