The John Batchelor Show

Friday 9 January 2015

Air Date: 
January 09, 2015

Montage, left:  Islamism in Europe. Photos by courtesy of and with gratitude to Soeren Kern, of soerenkern.com
JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
 
Hour One
Friday  9 January 2013/ Hour 1, Block A: Jim McTague, Barron's Washington, in re:  Hiring Booms, but Soft Wages Linger  The U.S. concluded its best year of job growth in 15 years as the unemployment rate fell to a postrecession low last month, signs of strength that mask continued challenges of stagnant wages and a stubbornly high number of Americans still on the sidelines.
Friday  9 January 2013/ Hour 1, Block B:  Gregory Copley, StrategicStudies director; GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs; & author, UnCivilization, in re: POLITICS AND POLICY  Prosecutors Recommend Gen. Petraeus Face Charges Over Classified Information  Investigation Began with FBI Probe of Emails Sent to General’s Friend
Friday  9 January 2013/ Hour 1, Block C:  Kevin Sack, NYT, in re: In a special Science Times package, The New York Times reporters Kevin Sack, Sheri Fink, Pam Belluck and Adam Nossiter report on the missed opportunities to control the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, a contagion that has killed more than 7,800 people.   The epidemic has riveted the attention of the world since the summer, but there was a fleeting moment in the springtime when the deadly virus might have been stopped. (1 of 2)
Friday  9 January 2013/ Hour 1, Block D:  Kevin Sack, NYT, in re: In a special Science Times package, The New York Times reporters Kevin Sack, Sheri Fink, Pam Belluck and Adam Nossiter report on the missed opportunities to control the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, a contagion that has killed more than 7,800 people.   The epidemic has riveted the attention of the world since the summer, but there was a fleeting moment in the springtime when the deadly virus might have been stopped. (2 of 2)
 
Hour Two
Friday  9 January 2013/ Hour 2, Block A:  Michael Vlahos, Naval War College, in re: Deadly End to Terror Spree in France   French police killed three gunmen who rampaged in and out of the French capital this week, ending their three-day spree of violence.
More Evidence of Kouachis’ Yemeni Links   Both brothers alleged to have killed 12 in the assault on Charlie Hebdo trained in Yemen, intelligence officials said, and one brother said al Qaeda in the Arab Peninsula funded the terror operation.
Friday  9 January 2013/ Hour 2, Block B:  Michael Vlahos, Naval War College, in re: Prosecutors Recommend Gen. Petraeus Face Charges Over Classified Information  Investigation Began with FBI Probe of Emails Sent to General’s Friend
Friday  9 January 2013/ Hour 2, Block C:  Gene Marks, Washington Post, in re: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-small-business/wp/2015/01/07/main-street-morning-a-boost-from-same-sex-marriages/  .   http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-small-business/wp/2015/01/06/main-street-morning-controversial-health-insurance-plans/  .  http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/on-small-business/wp/2015/01/05/main-street-morning-minimum-wage-and-net-neutrality/
Friday  9 January 2013/ Hour 2, Block D: Markos Kounalakis, Hoover & Sacramento Bee, in re:   Ideas Are Worth Defending Against Dictators and Theocrats
 
Hour Three
Friday  9 January 2013/ Hour 3, Block A:  First SEALs: The Untold Story of the Forging of America's Most Elite Unit, by Patrick K. O'Donnell (1 of 4)
Friday  9 January 2013/ Hour 3, Block B:  First SEALs: The Untold Story of the Forging of America's Most Elite Unit, by Patrick K. O'Donnell (2 of 4)
Friday  9 January 2013/ Hour 3, Block C:  First SEALs: The Untold Story of the Forging of America's Most Elite Unit, by Patrick K. O'Donnell (3 of 4)
Friday  9 January 2013/ Hour 3, Block D: First SEALs: The Untold Story of the Forging of America's Most Elite Unit, by Patrick K. O'Donnell (4 of 4)
 
Hour Four
Friday  9 January 2013/ Hour 4, Block A:  Liz Peek, The Fiscal Times & Fox, in re: Pres Putin blames Russia’s woes on the West – and Russians believe him.
Friday  9 January 2013/ Hour 4, Block B:  Claudia Rosett, FDD & The Tower Magazine, in re:  How North Korea and Iran Became Cyber-Terror Buddies  Two rogue states with nuclear ambitions, a long and illicit partnership, and a history of cyber-attacks against American targets. If Tehran is eventually tied to the recent Sony hacks, it wouldn’t be the least bit surprising.  In late November 2014, cyber-warfare burst into the American public consciousness when Sony Pictures Entertainment was the victim of a massive cyber-attack. Hackers leaked Sony’s corporate secrets in bulk data dumps, exposing everything from financial records to screenplays to embarrassing in-house emails. The dumps were punctuated by messages mocking the company, followed by terrorist threats, such as “Remember the 11th of September 2001.” The hackers’ motives seemed clear: They wanted to force Sony to scrap the release of its new comedy, The Interview, in which two madcap American journalists are recruited by the CIA to assassinate North Korean tyrant Kim Jong-Un.  On December 19, the U.S. government . . .  [more]
Friday  9 January 2013/ Hour 4, Block C: Jo Becker, NYT, in re:  Putin’s Friend Profits in Purge of Schoolbooks
Friday  9 January 2013/ Hour 4, Block D:   Denise Grady, NYT, in re: From a Pile of Dirt, Hope for a Powerful New Antibiotic  Researchers reported that a new drug, extracted from a soil sample, easily cured infections in mice, with no side effects.
 
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