The John Batchelor Show

Thursday 23 June 2022

Air Date: 
June 23, 2022

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915      
#Keystone: The Cambria County Solar Panel Farm without Solar Panels. SalenaZito.com
https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/insight/2022/06/19/cambria-county-solar-farm-renewable-energy-fossil-fuel/stories/202206190030
 
 

915-930      
#Keystone: A homeless camp grows in Pittsburgh. SalenaZito.com.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/american-decimation-on-the-front-lines-of-the-tearing-of-our-social-fabric
 
 

930-945      
#NYC: SCOTUS and the perilous streets of New York.  Harry Siegel, @harrysiegel  @NYDailyNews and The Daily Beast.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-strikes-down-new-york-law-on-concealed-weapons-11655995248?mod=hp_lead_pos1
 
 

945-1000:      
#Russia: The too-strong ruble; & What is to be done? Ekaterina Zolotova, Geopolitical Futures. Moscow.
https://geopoliticalfutures.com/the-paradox-of-a-strong-ruble/
 

SECOND HOUR

10-1015      
#Colombia: Meet the President-elect of Colombia. Mary Anastasia O’Grady, @MaryAnastasiaOG      Wall Street Journal editorial board and “The Americas” columnist.  
https://www.wsj.com/articles/colombia-elections-gustavo-petro-rodolfo-hernandez-democracy-rule-of-law-corruption-11655746341
 
 

1015-1030      
#Markets: Jerome Powell testifies to the Fed's uncertainty. Veronique deRugy, Mercatus
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/conrad-black-fresh-blood-needed-to-forge-a-competitive-conservative-party/ar-AAYBI1h
Veronique de Rugy, @veroderugy,  @GeorgeMasonU, @Mercatus Center, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University & NRO Online
 

1030-1045      
#ScalaReport: Silicon Valley layoffs well under way since aarly spring. Chris Riegel, @Scala CEO,  @STRATACACHE, #TheScalaReport
https://fortune.com/2022/06/16/hiring-freezes-sweep-over-tech-recession-looms-that-may-do-more-harm-than-good/?utm_id=59029&sfmc_id=1107451
 
 

1045-1100      
#Canada: The six candidates for Conservative Party leadership. Conrad Black, @ConradMBlack  @nationalpost Baron Black of Crossharbour, KSG; British former newspaper publisher; prolific author
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/conrad-black-fresh-blood-needed-to-forge-a-competitive-conservative-party/ar-AAYBI1h

 

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115      
#UN: Disgraced in Geneva. Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch, Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/06/commission-inquiry-occupied-palestinian-territory-including-east-jerusalem
 
 

1115-1130      
#Markets: BDS as ESG; & What is to be done?  Richard Goldberg  @rich_goldberg @FDD, senior advisor, Foundation for Defense of Democracies.    Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-02/morningstar-cuts-ties-to-human-rights-group-due-to-bias-concerns
 
 

1130-1145      
#Israel: #Egypt: #EU: Eastern Mediterranean natural gas awakened.  Jonathan Ruhe, JINSA Director of Foreign Policy. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
 https://jinsa.org/jinsa_report/us-leadership-needed-on-east-med-energy/
https://www
 
 

1145-1200      
#Israel: New elections as soon as November. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israel-coalition-agrees-dissolve-hold-elections-85510128
 
 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215      
1/2   #PRC: In violation of the NPT Article VI; & What is to be done? Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
https://npolicy.org/arresting-nuclear-adventurism-china-article-vi-and-the-npt-occasional-paper-2201/
 
Henry D. Sokolski @HenrySokolski, Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC).  Henry #Sokolski  @NuclearPolicy
 
 

1215-1230       
2/2   #PRC: In violation of the NPT Article VI; & What is to be done? Henry Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
https://npolicy.org/arresting-nuclear-adventurism-china-article-vi-and-the-npt-occasional-paper-2201/
 
Henry D. Sokolski @HenrySokolski, Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC).  Henry #Sokolski  @NuclearPolicy
 
 

1230-1245      
#Ukraine: Kissinger and dictators. Ivana Stradner @ivanastradner,  advisor to @FDD  Eastern Europe, cybersecurity, information operations, Russia's reflexive control, int'l law.
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2022/06/09/kissingers-long-history-appeasing-dictatorships/
 
 

1245-100 AM      
#Hungary:   The unpredictable and unclassifiable Viktor Orbán. Ivana Stradner @ivanastradner ,  advisor to @FDD  Eastern Europe, cybersecurity, information operations, Russia's reflexive control, int'l law.
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2022/06/10/hungarys-orban-hardly-model-for-conservatives/