CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR    

9-915  
Are American consumers moving away from the PRC?  @AlanTonelson @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202112/1240984.shtml
Alan Tonelson, independent economic policy analyst who blogs at RealityChek and tweets at @AlanTonelson
 

915-930 
PRC plans a nuclear reactor on the Moon. Brandon Weichert @WeTheBrandon, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/584232-the-nasa-china-space-race-is-about-to-go-nuclear
Brandon Weichert,  @WeTheBrandon, The Weichert Report and author of Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower.
 

930-945 
PRC plans Atlantic naval bases. James Holmes @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-seeks-first-military-base-on-africas-atlantic-coast-u-s-intelligence-finds-11638726327
James Holmes @NavalWarCollege, first holder of the Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College, and blogger at The Naval Diplomat. navaldiplomat.com
 

945-1000 
Apple pays and pay the PRC. Jonathan Ward @jonathandtward; @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/apples-tim-cook-signed-275-bln-deal-with-chinese-officials-placate-china-2021-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-59573985.amp
Dr. Jonathan D. T. Ward, @jonathandtward; Atlas Organization; author, China's Vision of Victory
 
 

SECOND HOUR  
 

10-1015  
Small-town good works in Hannibal, Missouri. SalenaZito.com
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/columnists/is-the-rift-between-the-public-and-the-c-suites-permanent
 

1015-1030 
Remembering the modest, witty Bob Dole of Russell, Kansas. @SalenaZito.com
 

1030-1045 
Moscow is not prepared for war. Felix Light @CBSNews  
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/08/politics/biden-putin-us-troops/index.html
 

1045-1100 
American and European thinking around Ukraine crisis. Jeff McCausland  @mccauslJ @CBSNews @dickinsoncol
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/08/politics/biden-putin-us-troops/index.html

 

THIRD HOUR 
 

1100-1115  
In memory of and gratitude for Yosef Bodansky, 1954-2021. Gregory Copley @Gregory_Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
https://www.amazon.com/bin-Laden-Man-Declared-America/dp/0761519688/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=77996724111704&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&keywords=yossef+bodansky&qid=1639004152&sr=8-1
Gregory R Copley, @Gregory_Copley, editor and publisher of Defense & Foreign Affairs.  
 

1115-1130   
Russia does not want war. Gregory Copley @Gregory_Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59582013
Gregory R Copley, @Gregory_Copley, editor and publisher of Defense & Foreign Affairs.  

1130-1145 
Starship for Florida. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-begins-construction-of-starship-launchpad-in-florida/
 

1145-1200 
Curiosity climbs the crater. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/curiosity-moves-into-a-mountain-gap/
 

FOURTH HOUR  
12-1215 
Twenty years after Enron; & What is to be done? Simon Constable  @RealConstable
https://time.com/6125253/enron-scandal-changed-american-business-forever/
Simon Constable  @RealConstable  @Forbes Edinburgh, economist, journalist, currently based in Scotland; and author, The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to "Zombie Banks," the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market.  
 

1215-1230 
Scotland sends the Afghanistan refugees to forbidding Caithness. Simon Constable  @RealConstable
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59549868
Simon Constable  @RealConstable  @Forbes Edinburgh, economist, journalist, currently based in Scotland; and author, The WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter: From Big Macs to "Zombie Banks," the Indicators Smart Investors Watch to Beat the Market.  
 
 
1230-1245 
Putin wins the moment. Paul Gregory @HooverInst 
https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/08/politics/biden-putin-us-troops/index.html
 
 

1245-100 AM 
A confounding turn toward State-mandated culture by "National Conservatism."  Peter Berkowitz, @HooverInst
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/12/05/freedom_conservatism_and_the_common_good_146828.html