The John Batchelor Show

Tuesday 26 October 2021

Air Date: 
October 26, 2021

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR     
9-915    #LondonCalling:  Boris Johnson speaks candidly of Green costs for the UK. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.wsj.com/articles/oops-boris-johnson-truth-climate-energy-prices-costs-1163482697

915-930    #LondonCalling:  Inflation watch at the Bank of England.   @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://news.yahoo.com/bank-of-england-chief-economist-keeps-november-interest-rate-hike-possibility-live-112155081.html

930-945    #LondonCalling:  Vladmir Putin speaks candidly of energy costs for the EU. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/world/europe/putin-russia-natural-gas-europe.html

 
945-1000    #LondonCalling:  Extinction Rebellion at COP26. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/cop26-glasgow-security-challenges-extinction-rebellion-kkzkmsg85
 

SECOND HOUR   

10-1015   #StateThinking: Liz Truss, once and future Cold Warrior. @MaryKissel, Former Senior Adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Executive VP Stephens Inc.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/10/25/china-hits-irresponsible-liz-truss-remarks-hong-kong-rights/

Elizabeth Mary Truss is a British politician serving as Foreign Secretary since 2021 and Minister for Women and Equalities since 2019.

1015-1030    #StateThinking:  The EU futilely blames Russia. @MaryKissel, Former Senior Adviser to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Executive VP Stephens Inc.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-urges-russia-to-supply-gas-to-europe-quickly-rather-than-wait-for-pipeline-approval/ar-AAPWxY7

 
1030-1045    The DOD existential threat is China. Nadia Schadlow @HooverInst
https://www.wsj.com/articles/distracted-defense-department-china-instability-military-climate-race-11634848224?st=6oyeqa88rdnufbz&reflink=article_gmail_share
 
1045-1100    Hawkish chatter from the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Soumaya Keynes @TheEconomist
https://www.economist.com/britain/2021/10/23/why-the-bank-of-england-is-looking-unusually-hawkish
 

THIRD HOUR   

1100-1115    The most inflated Thanksgiving meal; & What is to be done? @LizPeek @TheHill @FoxNews
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/petrol-prices-hit-record-high-in-truly-dark-day-for-motorists-tvsdf790f

1115-1130    Wealth tax and its discontents. @LizPeek @TheHill @FoxNews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-democrats-wealth-tax-mirage-billionaires-janet-yellen-kyrsten-sinema-joe-manchin-11635197950

1130-1145    Measuring Mayors, Part 1. @HarrySiegel @NYDailyNews
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-the-measure-of-bill-de-blasio-20211023-bizns6jhvbajrng7tnbkua6sba-story.html
 

1145-1200     E-3 Sentry AWACS is worn out; & What is to be done? RADM Mark Montgomery @Fdd
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2021/10/25/wedge-e-7a-wedgetail-into-air-force-fleet/
 

FOURTH HOUR  

12-1215    The Northern Ireland troubles return with a Brexit breakdown.  Judy Dempsey, @Judy_Dempsey. Editor in chief #StrategicEurope, blog of @Carnegie_Europe. 
https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/85586

1215-1230     Poland's partisan politics contradict the EU Treaty goals. Judy Dempsey, @Judy_Dempsey. Editor in chief #StrategicEurope, blog of @Carnegie_Europe. 
https://carnegieeurope.eu/2021/10/14/poland-tests-eu-s-future-pub-85565

1230-1245    Russian Letters of Marque for cyber pirates.   Patrick Tucker, @DefTechPat @DefenseOne, Defense One technology editor, & author, The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move.  
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2021/10/russian-corruption-makes-it-harder-crack-down-ransomware/186252/
A letter of marque and reprisal (lettre de marque; lettre de course) was a government license in the Age of Sail that authorized a private person, known as a privateer or corsair, to attack and capture vessels of a nation at war with the issuer.

1245-100 AM    DOD dreaming of cyber, AI, hypersonic, quantum computing and more magic. Patrick Tucker, @DefTechPat @DefenseOne, Defense One technology editor, & author, The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move.  
 https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2021/10/exclusive-pentagons-top-science-official-how-dod-will-pursue-breakthrough-technology/186008/