A/H1N1 Pandemic Alert Special
705P Eastern Time: Adriel Bettlheim, Congressional Quarterly, re the Obama administration responds to the A/H1N1 outbreak, re the press conference on the outbreak, re the sudden revelation of an advance White House op testing positive for the mid-April visit to Mexico City, re the Joe Biden gaffe re his family flying. Re the Air Force One Double Fly By of Ground Zero.
720P: James Rowley, Bloomberg, re Senate to Vote on Plan
Bolstering Mortgage-Fraud Prosecutions:
The U.S. Senate is poised to approve legislation giving the government more
power to prosecute mortgage and financial fraud and creating a commission to
investigate the causes of the economic crisis.
735P: Professional Roundtable with Jodi Schneider, CQ, Mona Charen, NRO, John Fund, Wall Street Journal, re David Souter leaves the Court, re Arlen Specter leaves the GOP Senate, re Joe Biden loses his mind re H1N1, re Detroit loses Chrysler. Souter exit starts court war
750P: Continued re the Democratic Congress approves the gargantuan budget, re the Obama administration leaves open the possibility of a Torture Memo investigation.
805P: Betsy McKay, Wall Street Journal, Atlanta chief, re the search for the origins of A/H1N1, the search for Patient Zero, not Edgar Hernandez of La Gloria, Veracruz, but is it the children in San Diego and Imperial counties? Oaxaca Hunts for Its Flu Victims The Age of Pandemics
820P: David R. Kotok, Chairman and Chief Investment Officer Cumberland Advisors, the the stress tests on the 19 biggest banks, re the L shaped economy? Citi Said to Need Up to $10 Billion
835P: Dawn Kopecki, Bloomberg, Jim McTague, Barron's, Financial Roundtable, John Tamny, Realclearmarkets.com,Aaron Task, Yahoo Finance, re IMF puts sell on Planet Earth, re 100 Days Obamanomics, re 19 big bank stress tests.
850P: Continued re death of Chrysler. Less Gloom for Suppliers, Consumers
905P: Malcolm Hoenlein, re Justice drops the prosecution of the AIPAC ops, re the Jane Harman smear, U.S. Drops Pro-Israel Spying Case. Re Ahmadinejad adopts "Yes, we can" slogan
920P: Evelyn Gates, author, "Einstein's Telescope: The Hunt for Dark Matter and Dark Energy in the Universe," re the discovery of the most distant object, a GRB at 13 billion light years, red shift 8.2. The search for the proto stars at 200 to 400 million years after the Big Bang.
935P: Arthur I. Miller, author, "Deciphering the Cosmic Number: The Strange Friendship of Wolfgang Pauli and Carl Jung," re the conversation between the eminent physicist Pauli and the pioneering Jung re the mysterious primary number 137.
955P: Exeunt with Lou Ann Hammond, carlist.com, re the Chrysler bankruptcy and the race to reorganize: what of Jeep?
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705P Pacific Time: Henry Miller, Hoover Institution, re the A/H1N1 outbreak Rapid Spread Makes Pandemic Likely Hong Kong to Quarantine 300 The Age of Pandemics Henry I. Miller: Understanding Swine Flu
720P: Elizabeth Lopatto, Bloomberg, re Killer Pandemic of 1918 Gives
Lessons on Limiting Flu, re the WHO declares the new A/H1N1 virus does not closely resemble the 1918 flu.
735P: Professional Roundtable Claudia Rosett, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. Larry Johnson, No Quarter, Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, re North Korea is declared a nuke power by IAEA, Kim regime will prosecute two American journalists, re China opens its border to North Korea
750P: Continued re the Obama administration policy for China and North Korea, re who is Kim regime successor? Pakistan Tries Two-Track Approach
805P: Thaddeus McCotter, 11th Michigan (R), Bill Whalen, Hoover Institution, Craig Unger, Vanity Fair, Bankruptcy Deals Blow to Chrysler Affiliates
820P: Continued re Arlen Specter changes his stripes, re what is left of the GOP? re Greenberg Sets AIG Sale Local Officials Struggle With Response
835P: Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, author. "A Soldier's Story: Wiser In Battle," re former commander of Coalition Forces in Iraq, re Abu Ghraib, re the Torture Memos, re the Bush Administration decision to establish "an uncontrolled interrogation environment" after 2002.
850P: Nicholas Casey, Wall Street Journal, re the exploitation of energy in small-town California, A Derrick Next Door: Whittier Looks to Oil,
905P: Bob Zimmerman, author, "Universe In A Mirror," re NASA prep for Hubble rescue mission, re the search for a NASA administrator drags on irresponsibly.
920P: Jason Gale, Bloomberg, at Singapore, re the A/H1N1 defenses in Asia, re fresh reports of outbreak in Asia.
935P: Thomas Parrish, author, "To Keep the British Isles Afloat: FDR's Men in Churchill's London, 1941," re the two most prodigiously active aides and ops for FDR in wartime, Harry Hopkins of Iowa, and Averill Harriman of New York, the missionary and the scion.
955P: Exeunt, Mary Kissel, re flu quarantine Hong Kong.
It was great having you back at the 10pm-1am slot here on the east coast.
Wow-- John, fascinating discussion with Arthur I. Miller, thanks for that. 137!
Yet another book recommended by you is now on my shelf, kudos for your wide ranging topics and humanism.