Photo, above: The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70), equipped with the Aegis integrated weapons system, launches a RIM-161 Standard Missile (SM) 3 Block IA during exercise Stellar Avenger while under way in the Pacific Ocean July 30, 2009. The missile successfully...
Photo, above: What Does Sarin Do to People? The "nerve agent" does not directly kill. Rather, within seconds, it turns our own nervous systems against us. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Monday 26 August 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Bill Roggio, Long War Journal and FDD, in re: Last June, an al Qaeda (...
Photo, above: 2011 Minot ND Flood, Source: FEMA JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Sunday 25 August 2013/ Hour 1, Block A: Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization by Steven Solomon Sunday 25 August 2013 / Hour 1, Block B: Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and...
Photo, above: Muharram is a month of remembrance that's often considered synonymous with the event of Ashura. Ashura, which literally means the "Tenth" in Arabic, refers to the tenth day of Muharram, and is known for the martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad. See: Hour 3, Block...
Photo, above: Zanzibar woman (about 1890) wearing a kanga ensemble. See Hour 1, Block D, Margot Kiser, Daily Beast, on Inside the Zanzibar Acid Attack JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Friday 23 August 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, in re: At China's big trial, Bo Xilai keeps up...
Photo, above: Kurds in Western Kurdistan (Syria) – photo by David Meseguer. See Hour 3, Block B, Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal editorial board, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents. Hour...
Photo, above: Russians in space. See: Hour 1, Block D, Dr. David M. Livingston, The Space Show, and Anatoly Zak, RussianSpaceWeb. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-hosts: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, and Dr. David M. Livingston, The Space Show Hour One First photo of Bo Xilai in court, guarded by two court...
Photo, above: America's Cup: Emirates Team New Zealand vs. Luna Rossa Challenge (Italy) JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Co-host: Larry Kudlow, The Kudlow Report, CNBC; and Cumulus Media radio Hour One Tuesday 20 August 2013 / Hour 1, Block A: David M Drucker, Washington Examiner Sr Congressional...
Photo, above: A Historical Outline of the Deen Instituted by the Jahmites, and Subsequently Adopted by the Mu'tazilah, Ash'ariyyah and Maturidiyyah. See: Hour 2, Block C, Robert R Reilly, Academia [dot] edu, book review, The Closing of the Muslim Mind. JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW Hour One Monday 19...
Photo, above: Will Change Come Fast Enough for Mississippi River Floodplain Policy? Jun 12th, 2013 flooding on the Mississippi River. This spring a 45-foot swing in water levels took the Mississippi River from near-dry in places, to near-historic crests in just a few months. Two years ago,...