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Wednesday 30 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 30, 2010 3:06 AM | No Comments

Co-hosts: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, and Jeff Bliss, The Bliss Index.

Wednesday 905P Eastern Time: Taegan Goddard, Political Wire, in re: Illinois Senate seat - Blagojevich, Giannoulias, Kirk, befuddling interpersonal dynamics diagram

Wednesday 920P Eastern Time: Gordon Chang, in re:

Wednesday 935P Eastern Time: Hotel California: Rep Devin Nunes (CA-21); Jeff Bliss; Carla Marinucci, SF Chronicle

Wednesday 950P Eastern Time: continued

Wednesday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): Joseph Sternberg, Asia WSJ; Gordon Chang, in re: Foxconn and Apple

Wednesday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): Bruce Bechtol, Marine Corps Command and Staff College; Joseph Sternberg, Gordon Chang, in re: North Korea, military and succession

Wednesday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Mary Kissel, Asia WSJ; Gordon Chang, in re: Philippines, Noynoy Aquino; Fortescue Metals in Australia

Wednesday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): continued, in re: Japan Post and financial renovations

Wednesday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Stephen Cohen, NYU, in re: Russia-US relations

1120P (820P Pacific Time): Stephen Cohen and Sebastian Gorka, FDD and Atlantic Council, in re: strengthening Moscow-Berlin axis; regrettable fate of the smaller, intervening states; the still-endless Cold War

Wednesday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Aaron Klein, WABC, in re: Hamas

Wednesday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Steve Moore, WSJ, in re: FinReg

Wednesday/Thurs 1205A (905 Pacific Time): Louise Story, The New York Times, in re:

Wednesday/Thurs 1220A (920 Pacific Time): James Taranto, WSJ, in re: Dave Weigel

Wednesday/Thurs 1235A (935P Pacific Time): Bob Benenson, CQ, in re: midterms

Wednesday/Thurs 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

Tuesday 29 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 29, 2010 3:05 AM | No Comments

From Russia with Love

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Larry Kudlow, CNBC, co-host

Tuesday 905P Eastern Time: Ed Hayes, Esq., in re: odd Russian spy arrests in dull, bourgeois neighborhoods (a little Russki scam? FBI spends a decade tracking a svelte bottle redhead?). Mr Putin, kindly explain. Tuesday 920P Eastern Time: Salena Zito, Pittburgh Tribune-Review, in re: Pres Bill Clinton's sudden endorsement of Andrew Romanoff, Colorado Tuesday 935P Eastern Time: Mssrs Batchelor and Kudlow on markets, SarbOx Tuesday 950P Eastern Time: Brian Sullivan, Bloomberg, in re: Gulf of Mexico weather Tuesday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): Bill Roggio, FDD, in re: Petraeus Tuesday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): LouAnn Hammond, Carlist.com, in re: Tesla IPO Tuesday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Hugo Restall, WSJ Asia, and Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, in re: Foxconn, Google Tuesday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): Scott Shane, NYT, in re: Russian spies Tuesday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Bret Stephens, WSJ, in re: Petraeus Tuesday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): Liz Alderman, NYT, in re: Irish crushed economy and cliff-diving real estat. Tuesday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Robert Zimmerman, author, in re: climategate blacklist; new Administration space policy; Dragon capsule; Japanese activate the solar sail of Ikaros Tuesday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Lauren Goodrich, in re: spy vs spy Tuesday/Wed 1205A (905 Pacific Time): Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJ, in re: Cuba Tuesday/Wed 1220A (920 Pacific Time): Ken Chang, NYT, ASA, space Tuesday/Wed 1235A (935P Pacific Time): Andrew Kramer, NYT, in re: Kyrgyzstan Tuesday/Wed 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

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Ikaros sails among the planets with a solar sail:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/gallery_directory.cfm

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Japan unfurls Ikaros solar sail in space; an image of the deployment is sent back to Earth.

Credit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science_and_environment/10293284.stm

Monday 28 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 28, 2010 3:03 AM | 1 Comment

Monday 905P Eastern Time: Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, in re: votes for financial reform bill; filling Sen Byrd's seat Monday 920P Eastern Time: Seth Stern, CQPolitics.com, in re: Elena Kagan, Supreme Court Monday 935P Eastern Time: Aaron Klein, WABC radio, in re: Hamas Monday 950P Eastern Time: Ed Robinson, Bloomberg, in re: California as Greece Monday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), in re: nuclear energy Monday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): John Fund, WSJ, in re: in Aspen observing Sen Byrd's ascension Monday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Aaron Task, Yahoo Finance; John Tamny, RealClearPolitics, in re: BP, Krugman's volta face anent economic conditions Monday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): Matt Kaminsky, WSJ, Florida Dem politics Monday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Bahukutumbi Raman, Inst for Topical Studies (Chennai) and Gordon Chang, Forbes, in re: Xinjiang; Beijing's ongoing war vs the Uyghurs Monday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): Steven Greenhouse, NYT, in re: states vs public unions Monday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): James Dao, NYT, in re: Afghanistan deployment and the surge Monday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Marc Morano, ClimateDepot, in re: climategate

Elections in Guinea (Conakry): on this map, the green crescent south of Senegal and at the northern border of Sierra Leone and Liberia

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Monday/Tues 1205A (905 Pacific Time): Felicity Barringer, NYT, in re: Gulf of Mexico and barrier islands Monday/Tues 1220A (920 Pacific Time): Marko Papic, Stratfor, in re: Berlin and Moscow; spy vs spy Monday/Tues 1235A (935P Pacific Time): Adam Nossiter, NYT, in re: elections in Guinea-Conakry Monday/Tues 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

spy vs spy, all

chowing down at the Sunnyside Diner:

Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 26, 2010 11:26 PM | No Comments

Saturday 905P Eastern Time: Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us (Issues of Our Time) by Claude M. Steele and Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Saturday 920P Eastern Time: continued. Saturday 935P Eastern Time: Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror by Mahmood Mamdani

Saturday 950P Eastern Time: continued.

Saturday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): No Place Like Home: A Memoir in 39 Apartments by Brooke Berman

Saturday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): continued. Saturday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Red November: Inside the Secret U.S.-Soviet Submarine War by W. Craig Reed

Saturday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): continued.

Saturday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): continued. Saturday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): continued. Saturday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Now We Are Enemies: The Story of Bunker Hill by Thomas Fleming

Saturday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): continued Saturday/Sun 1205A (905 Pacific Time): continued. Saturday/Sun 1220A: (920 Pacific Time): continued. Saturday/Sun 1235A: (935P Pacific Time): Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes.

Saturday/Sun 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

Sunday 905P Eastern Time: Mona Charen, NRO; John Fund, WSJ, and David Drucker, Roll Call, in re: Petraeus, G-20, Kagan, Byrd. Sunday 920P Eastern Time: continued Sunday 935P Eastern Time: Brian Sullivan, Bloomberg, in re: Hurricane Alex in the Gulf.

Sunday 950P Eastern Time: John Schwartz, NYT, in re: BP and liability lawsuits with Anadarko, Mitsui, Transocean. Sunday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): Jim McTague, Barron's; Jodi Schneider, American Banker; John Tamny, RealClearMarkets, in re: Financial reform, G-20, deficits. Sunday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): continued Sunday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; John Avlon, CNN; Larry Johnson, NoQuarter blog, in re: Petraeus, G-20, Kagan, Byrd. Sunday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): Nick Gentle, Bloomberg Hong Kong, on yuan re-valuation, and Asian markets report; then roundtable continued Sunday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Bill Roggio, FDD; Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy blog, in re Kabul and the Taliban. Sunday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): Hugo Restall, Asia WSJ; Gordon Chang, Forbes, in re: Taiwan and China, labor and China. Sunday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: Gaza blockade; Mullen in Israel with Barak, Syria and US, Hamas and US. Sunday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Bob Zimmerman, author, in re: NASA revolt over Constellation. Sunday/Mon 1205A (905 Pacific Time): Bob Reilly, author, in re COIN and Afghanistan. Sunday/Mon 1220A: (920 Pacific Time): John McArdle, CQ/Roll Call, in re: J.D. Hayworth, huckster.

Sunday/Mon 1235A: (935P Pacific Time): Aaron Klein, WABC, in re Hamas, Syria, Iran and the Obama administration. Sunday/Mon 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

By John Batchelor on June 26, 2010 3:00 AM | 1 Comment

Saturday 905P Eastern Time: Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us (Issues of Our Time) by Claude M. Steele and Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Saturday 920P Eastern Time: continued. Saturday 935P Eastern Time: Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror by Mahmood Mamdani

Saturday 950P Eastern Time: continued.

Saturday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): No Place Like Home: A Memoir in 39 Apartments by Brooke Berman

Saturday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): continued. Saturday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Red November: Inside the Secret U.S.-Soviet Submarine War by W. Craig Reed

Saturday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): continued.

Saturday/Sun 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

Sunday/Mon 1235A: (935P Pacific Time): Aaron Klein, WABC, in re Hamas, Syria, Iran and the Obama administration. Sunday/Mon 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

Friday 25 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 20, 2010 9:46 PM | No Comments

Pakistani army demonstration

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Friday 905P Eastern Time: Charles Pellegrino, author, in re: 'Superstorm' rages on exoplanet Friday 920P Eastern Time: Abby Goodnough, NYT, in re: Eighty-two-year-old woman has Concord, Massachusetts, banning plastic water bottles Friday 935P Eastern Time: Brian Sullivan, Bloomberg, in re: Friday 950P Eastern Time: Sam Dillon, NYT, in re: Gulf storm brewing Friday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): Sebastian Gorka, Foundation for Defense of Democracies, in re: Pakistani ISI has decided to grab the best seats to watch the ISAF exit Friday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): continued Friday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Rufus Phillips, author; Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy blog; Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, in re: AfPakia, Petraeus, Kayani Friday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): continued: roads construction

Exoplanet HD209458b, "a Jupiter-like world orbiting a star 150 light-years away, where, in addition to searing temperatures, a killer wind blasts through the atmosphere at speeds up to 6,200 miles per hour." --news.discovery.com __________________________________________________________

Friday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Michael Vlahos, Johns Hopkins, in re: DienBienPhu, Marcel Bigeard, McChrystal Friday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): continued Friday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Ryan Kim, SF Chronicle, in re: iPhone 4 Friday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Scott McCartney, WSJ, in re: the A380 Airbus (580 passengers, bedroom suites, with Champagne fountain on the Singapore flights? Friday/Sat 1205A (905 Pacific Time): Eric Lichtblau, NYT, in re: lobbyists go to cafe across from White House, drink "depth charge" (expresso in coffee), to avoid lobbying the Obama administration Friday/Sat 1220A (920 Pacific Time): Mark Drajem, Bloomberg, in re: China cornering rare earth market Friday/Sat 1235A (935P Pacific Time): Jeffrey Gettleman, NYT, in re: child soldiers in Mogadishu Friday/Sat 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

Rare earth oxides production chart

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Thursday 24 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 20, 2010 9:45 PM | No Comments

"Le soutien financier de Rezko" - Tony Rezko, Sen Obama; undergirding Northern Trust 10209; friends with former Gov Blagojevich

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Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, co-host

Friday 905P Eastern Time: Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover, in re: Petraeus and Ike, McChrystal and MacArthur Friday 920P Eastern Time: Natasha Korecki, Chicago Sun Times, in re: Blagojevich, Tony Rezko, Friday 935P Eastern Time: Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, in re: emotional responses to oil spill Friday 950P Eastern Time: Dan Henninger, WSJ, in re: president's approval ratings Friday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): Malcolm Hoenlein, in re: Israel Friday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): Cong. Mike McMahon (D-NY-13), in re: House-Senate sanctions bill on Iran Friday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Maj-Gen Uzi Dayan, chairman, Israeli Natl Security Council (ret), in re: geography of Israeli security requirements Friday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): Zeyno Baran, Hudson Inst Center for Eurasian Policy, in re: Turkey Friday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Dan Diker, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, in re: Israeli diplomacy post-Annapolis, decade of failure to adhere to minimal requirements, recent return to "security-based diplomacy";"secure and recognized boundaries" means defensible borders Friday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): Malcolm Hoenlein, in re: "True Freedom Flotilla" today on Hudson River and East tidal wash Friday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Bob Zimmerman, author, in re: NASA; climate scientists' blacklist Friday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Joe Carroll, Bloomberg, in re: Friday/Sat 1205A (905 Pacific Time): Marc Lacey, NYT, in re: Christoper Friday/Sat 1220A (920 Pacific Time): Javier Blas, Financial Times, in re: gold Friday/Sat 1235A (935P Pacific Time): Celia Dugger, NYT, in re: conflict diamonds Friday/Sat 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

"True Freedom Flotilla": a half-dozen craft sailing down the Hudson River past the Statue of Liberty, then up the East River to pass the United Nations Secretariat, calling on Hamas to release the prisoner Gilad Shalit

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Wednesday 23 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 20, 2010 9:43 PM | 1 Comment

Julia Guillard, Australia's new PM

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Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, and Jeff Bliss, The Bliss Index, co-hosts

Wednesday 905P Eastern Time: David Drucker, Roll Call, in re: Petraeus confirmation Wednesday 920P Eastern Time: Joseph Sternberg, Asia WSJ, in re: China Wednesday 935P Eastern Time: Rep Devin Nunes (CA-21), with Carla Marinucci, SF Chronicle, in re: Jerry Brown's tender feelings Wednesday 950P Eastern Time: continued: Fiorina, Feinstein, Hindenboxer Wednesday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): Gordon Goldstein, author, in re: McChrystal; Russian destroyers Wednesday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): Bill Roggio, LongWarJournal, and Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy blog, in re: Afpakia post-McChrystal Wednesday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): . Mary Kissel, WSJ Asia, in re: Departures of Rudd, McChrystal; Uyghurs; Afghanistan, Indonesia, Wednesday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): continued Wednesday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Tunku Varadarajan, The Daily Beast, in re: POTUS appoints Petraeus to replace McChrystal - and takes Petraeus out of the 2012 presidential race Wednesday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): Bahukutumbi Raman, Chennai Inst for Topical Studies, in re: Brezhnevification of Uyghurs Wednesday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): David Livingston, The Space Show, in re: SpaceX, NASA's Orion crew exploration vehicle Wednesday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): John McArdle, Roll Call, in re: South Carolina primaries Wednesday/Thurs 1205A (905 Pacific Time): Susan Daker, WSJ, in re: latest accident at BP Wednesday/Thurs 1220A (920 Pacific Time): . Tim Homan, Bloomberg, in re: state of the national housing market (anent today's report) Wednesday/Thurs 1235A (935P Pacific Time): . Dan Drezner, author of Night of the Living Wonks, in re: zombification of US foreign policy Wednesday/Thurs 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

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Jerry Brown runs for California governorship

Tuesday 22 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 20, 2010 9:42 PM | No Comments

Rolling Stone photo: Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan, works on board a Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft between Battlefield Circulation missions. U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Mark O'Donald/NATO

This article appears in RS 1108/1109 from July 8-22, 2010, on newsstands Friday, June 25.

"How'd I get screwed into going to this dinner?" demands Gen. Stanley McChrystal. It's a Thursday night in mid-April, and the commander of all U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan is sitting in a four-star suite at the Hôtel Westminster in Paris. . . .

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Co-host Larry Kudlow, CNBC

Tuesday 905P Eastern Time: David Drucker, Roll Call, in re: Senatorial and Congressional reactions to McChrystal remarks and recall.

Tuesday 920P Eastern Time: John Avlon, CNN, in re: NYT poll of yesterday, corroborates the 54% who see the nation as drifting. Tuesday 935P Eastern Time: Gordon Goldstein, Daily Beast, in re: McChrystal at the Rubicon Tuesday 950P Eastern Time: Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, in re: McChrystal drama in Pennsylvania politics Tuesday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): Rep Devin Nunes (CA-21), in re: San Joaquin valley and national events Tuesday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): Larry Johnson, NoQuarter blog, in re: national mirth at Rolling Stone article Tuesday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Rufus Phillips, author; Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy blog, in re: AfPakia and McChrystal flap Tuesday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): Lauren Goodrich, Stratfor, in re: Kyrgyzstan Tuesday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, and Bruce Bechtol, Marine Corps Command and Staff College, in re; abnormal radiation detected near Korean border Tuesday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): Hans Nichols, Bloomberg, in re: Peter Orszag, OMB Tuesday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Bob Zimmerman, author, in re: the caves of Mars Tuesday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Stephanie Saul, NYT, in re: BP & blowout preventer Tuesday/Wed 1205A (905 Pacific Time): Bret Stephens, WSJ, in re: presidency and Kipling Tuesday/Wed 1220A (920 Pacific Time): Reva Bhalla, Stratfor, in re: Brazilian nukes Tuesday/Wed 1235A (935P Pacific Time): Carlotta Gall, NYT, in re: Afghanistan Tuesday/Wed 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

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Osh, Kyrgyzstan

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Monday 21 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 20, 2010 8:49 PM | 1 Comment

Bud Elliot, mayor of Leadville, Colorado, and consummately sensible American. Leadville struggles with major economic and employment problems but hasn't got a nickel from the stimulus package; "We'll do it ourselves," says Mayor Bud. "I'm originally from Pennsylvania, and we took care of things ourselves, there, too." Reporting by Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

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David Drucker, Roll Call, co-host

Monday 905P Eastern Time: David Drucker, in re: NYT/BBS poll on POTUS and jobs and the Gulf. Monday 920P Eastern Time: David Drucker with Jeff Bliss, the Bliss Index, on Fiorina Monday 935P Eastern Time: David Drucker with Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, in re: national politics via Leadville, Colorado; Murtha's turf post-Murtha

Monday 950P Eastern Time: David Drucker, in re: upcoming local elections across the country

Monday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): David Drucker with Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, in re: the newly-unpegged yuan (by 0.42%); and Chuck Schumer vs. the Beijing treasury .

Monday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): David Drucker, in re: Rahm Emanuel's successful professional history and possible incipient departure .

Monday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJ, in re: Colombia elections and unrest

Monday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): Jeff Bennett, WSJ, re Chrysler returns. . .

Juan Manuel Santos, president-elect of Colombia, while a candidate at la Guajira

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Monday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Mary Kissel, Asia WSJ,with Gordon Chang, in re: China, Japan

Monday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): Bill Roggio, LongWarJournal, in re: Gitmo recidivism

Monday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): David Livingstone, The Space Show, in re: Cassini; water on the moon; NASA and Constellation squabble .

Monday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Amos Guiora, University of Utah, re blockade runners to Gaza.

Monday/Tues 1205A (905 Pacific Time):Justin Gillis, NYT, re environmental disaster history.

Monday/Tues 1220A (920 Pacific Time): Daniel Newhauser, Roll Call, in re: town halls

Monday/Tues 1235A (935P Pacific Time): Mike Allen, WSJ, in re: ANgola blood diamonds

Monday/Tues 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

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Water-on-the-moon, Zambian chronicle.jpg

NASA finds water on the moon. Credit: zambianchronicle.com

Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 19, 2010 10:04 PM | No Comments

SATURDAY 19 JUNE 2010

Simon Constable, WSJ.com's News Hub, guest host, with

Jeff Bliss, The Bliss Index, co-host, and

Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, co-host

Saturday 905P Eastern Time: Simon Constable, Jeff Bliss, and Gordon Chang, with Debra Saunders, SF Chronicle, in re: oil crisis

Saturday 920P Eastern Time: Lindsay Riddell, San Francisco Business Times, in re: rare earth metals Saturday 935P Eastern Time: Lauren Goode, WSJs Digits, and Dan Gallagher, MarketWatch, tech roundtable in re: AT&T, 3D gaming

Saturday 950P Eastern Time: Bruce Bechtol, Marine Corps Command and Staff College, in re: North Korea - the succession process, Cheonan, regional security

Saturday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): Simon Constable, Gordon Chang, and Jeff Bliss, with Jon Decker, White House correspondent for Reuters TV, in re: the Obama White House

Saturday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): Louann Hammond, Carlist.com Saturday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Paul Vigna, Markets Hub at WSJ.com, and Joe Brusuelas, Bloomberg, financial roundtable, on double-dip recession and BP Saturday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): continued

Double-dip recession
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Saturday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, in re: war on terror and other geopolitics Saturday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): Margaret Hoover, Fox News, in re: gay marriage Saturday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Harvey Sachs, author, The Ninth Saturday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): continued Saturday/Sun 1205A (905 Pacific Time): Maura Moynihan, on the late Sen Moynihan, on HH the Dalai Lama, and on Tibet Saturday/Sun 1220A: (920 Pacific Time): Eric Felten, WSJ, in re: State of Minds Saturday/Sun 1235A: (935P Pacific Time): Ina Howard Parker, on the world of books and publishing Saturday/Sun 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

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SUNDAY 20 JUNE 2010

An emblem of the Ottoman empire

Sunday 905P Eastern Time: Mona Charen, NRO, and Margaret Hoover, Fox News, in re: "snakebit" presidency? Rahm Emanuel soon out? Joe Barton. Sunday 920P Eastern Time: continued Sunday 935P Eastern Time: Matthew Futterman, NYT, in re: controversial US-Slovenia tie score at World Cup

Sunday 950P Eastern Time: Claudia Rosett, Forbes.com, in re: Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, $37mil annual budget one-third funded by Congress, flies to Istanbul to give its Public Service award to Turkish foreign minister, who's antagonistic to the US. Wilson Center's coy expanation: funding ploy. Sunday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): Jim McTague, Barron's; Aaron Task, Yahoo! Finance Tech Ticker; John Tamny, RealClearMarkets, in re: politics of oil spill, Obama Oval Office, Joe Barton Sunday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): continued Sunday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; David Drucker, Roll Call; Larry Johnson, NoQuarter blog, in re: Republicans fight to prevent Joe Sestak (PA) and Andrew Romanoff (CO) from running for Congress on a Democratic line Sunday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): Nick Gentle, Bloomberg Hong Kong, on yuan re-valuation, and Asian markets eport; then roundtable continued Sunday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Bruce Bechtol, Jr, Marine Corps Command and Staff College, and Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, in re: North Korean succession, regional security Sunday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): Joseph Sternberg, Asia WSJ, in re: China and Google; China and its dollar peg; Sunday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: PM Netanyahu to visit Washington again; Turkey scorns Israel while using Israeli technology to attack Kurds; Israel increases list of goods to go into Gaza; Syria; Gaza blockade Sunday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Bob Zimmerman, author, in re: Mars ocean; Kepler; POTUS robs NASA budget to shut it down; SpaceX's successful Falcon 9 launch Sunday/Mon 1205A (905 Pacific Time): LouAnn Hammond, Carlist,com, in re: Chrysler Sunday/Mon 1220A: (920 Pacific Time): Joe Carroll, Bloomberg, in re: BP, Anadarko, Mirsui

Sunday/Mon 1235A: (935P Pacific Time): Joe Callo, author, Legacy of Leadership: Lessons from Admiral Lord Nelson, and John Paul Jones: America's First Sea Warrior Sunday/Mon 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

Above: Falcon 9, by SpaceX

Below: SpaceX updated facilities on Omelek Island, in the Kwajalein Atoll,northeast of Papua New Guinea, to launch its commercial Falcon 1 rockets. The first successful Falcon 1 space launch from Omelek was conducted in 2008;

it can launch polar and geosynchronous Falcon 9s.

Friday 18 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 18, 2010 11:54 PM | No Comments

In Kyrgyzstan, the storied Lake Issyk-Kul; as beautiful as holy Lake Baikal

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The fecund Ferghana Valley, locus of anti-Uzbek attacks that in fact have been generated by

jihadist narco-gangs arrogating territory

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Friday 905P Eastern Time: Jack Bell, NYT sports editor, in re: smartphone - world's biggest game on tiniest screen Friday 920P Eastern Time: Jeff Bliss, The Bliss Index, in re: California Friday 935P Eastern Time: Lora Lorber, how to become a mortgage loan officer Friday 950P Eastern Time: John Collins Rudolf, NYT GreenBlog, in re: As BP Staggers, Pension Funds Skid Friday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): Sebastian Gorka, Foundation for Defense of Democracies,in re: Kyrgyzstan, where narco-jihad cannibalizes a sovereign democratic state and Moscow, Beijing, Washington, all react sluggishly Friday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): continued Friday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Rufus Phillips, author, and Bill Roggio, LongWarJournal, in re: Afghanistan, Gates, Mullen, Cartwright, Petraeus, McChrystal, POTUS Friday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): continued: " 'Karzai is not incompetent,' a Western diplomat told me. 'He is acting according to his own priorities -- his family, his tribe, his nation, in that order.' "

Friday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Michael Vlahos, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab, in re: Sec Gates says not to worry about Iran's mfrg a nuclear weapon, merely about its buying some. Friday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): continued: The American empire shows us not the end of alliances, just the end of an "empire of alliance." Neo-Ottomanism.

Bashi-bazouks, Ottoman irregulars

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Friday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Chris Lane, Wash Post, in re: liberal policies Friday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Celia Dugger, NYT, in re: blood diamonds

Nuclear waste dump in Utah. Credit: New York Times

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Friday/Sat 1205A (905 Pacific Time): Tunku Varadarajan, The Daily Beast, in re: BP Friday/Sat 1220A (920 Pacific Time): Matthew Wald, NYT, in re: nuclear waste Friday/Sat 1235A (935P Pacific Time): Evalyn Gates, author and director of Cleveland Museum of Natural Science, in re: cosmology Friday/Sat 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt. speaking on: the Yang-tse

The quark (q), electron (e), and neutrino (n) are the fundamental particles. The corresponding anti-particle is labeled with a bar on top. The gluon (g) is the boson mediating the strong interaction between quarks. The vector bosons W and Z mediate the weak interaction between electrons/neutrinos and the quarks. The photon (wavy line) mediates the electromagnetic interaction between charged particles. One quark and one anti-quark combine to form a meson. Three quarks combine to form a baryon (proton, neutron, etc.). Protons and neutrons combine to form nucleus (ion). Nucleus and electrons combine to form atom. The muon (m) and tau (t) are the 2nd and 3rd generation of the lepton family, the 1st generation is the electron.

All credit to:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://universe-review.ca/I02-07-cosmology.jpg&imgrefurl=http://universe-review.ca/F02-cosmicbg.htm&usg=__tEvEEa87PVddeVeHP49JFmzRSVA=&h=800&w=945&sz=142&hl=en&start=12&sig2=sFcG4mMgEG9Y_um41h0ZyA&itbs=1&tbnid=psNAhz_yaaOxFM:&tbnh=125&tbnw=148&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcosmology%26hl%3Den%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&ei=xwgcTL7eKoXGlQeOksSjCg

Thursday 17 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 17, 2010 11:53 PM | No Comments

Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, co-host

Thursday 905P Eastern Time: Taegan Goddard, Political Wire, in re: madcap political blunders Thursday 920P Eastern Time: Caroline Baum,

Thursday 935P Eastern Time: Lauren Goodrich, Thursday 950P Eastern Time: Brian Swint, Thursday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): John Batchelor and Malcolm Hoenlein, Israel, Middle East Thursday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): David Makovsky, Washington Institute, in re: Israel, Gaza Thursday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): John Batchelor and Malcolm Hoenlein, Israel, Middle East Thursday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): Mort Zuckerman, US News and World Report, in re: Israel, Gaza, Turkey Thursday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Rep Eliot Engel, in re: Israel, Turkey; Lula da Silva, Erdoğan, Thursday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): Gen. Danny Rothschild, Institute for Policy and Strategy, Herzliya, in re: Israel Thursday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): John Batchelor and Malcolm Hoenlein in re: OR David Grinspoon, Denver Museum of Science, in re: NASA Thursday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Charles Pellegrino, author, in re: few planets have orbital planes facing us edge-on for transect Thursday/Fri 1205A (905 Pacific Time): Scott Shane, Thursday/Fri 1220A (920 Pacific Time): Bill McGurn, Thursday/Fri 1235A (935P Pacific Time): Adam Nossiter, Thursday/Fri 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

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Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) apologized to BP earlier today for its treatment by President Obama and accused him of a "shakedown" of the company. Anadarko Petroleum, BP's partner in the exploded oil well, has given nearly $150,000 to Rep. Barton's campaign.

Anadarko: "Our deepwater holdings and skill sets position the company to excel with high-impact projects in various stages from exploration prospects and new discoveries, to projects sanctioned for development and producing fields. Anadarko utilizes a hub-and-spoke infrastructure enabling new discoveries to be brought on production safer, faster and at significant cost savings."

Meanwhile, "Pimco's Bill Gross Buys BP, Anadarko Petroleum Corporate Bonds"

Wednesday 16 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 16, 2010 11:51 PM | No Comments

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Wednesday 905P Eastern Time: Co-host Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, in re: China Price

Wednesday 920P Eastern Time: Salena Zito, PTR, re Keystone State.

Wednesday 935P Eastern Time: Hotel California: Devin Nunes, CA-21; Joe Garafoli, San Francisco Chronicle.
Wednesday 950P Eastern Time: Continued.

Wednesday1005P: (705P Pacific Time): David Drucker, Roll Call, in re Scott Brown at the White House.

Wednesday 1020P: (720P Pacific Time):Co-host Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, in re: China Central Committee.
Wednesday 1035P: (735P Pacific Time): Mary Kissel, AWSJ, re China Price, re Kyrgyzstan.
Wednesday 1050P: (750P Pacific Time): Continued re Australia miners vs Kevin Rudd.

Wednesday 1105P: (805P Pacific Time): Evan Ramstad, WSJ, at Seoul, re North Korea.
Wednesday 1120P: (820P Pacific Time): Bill Roggio, LongWarJournal.org, in re: Afghan Taliban and ISI.
Wednesday 1135P: (835P Pacific Time): Dana Milbank, WaPo, re BP.
Wednesday 1150P: (850P Pacific Time): Alissa J. Rubin, NYT at Kabul, re LeT in Afghanistan.

Wednesday 1205P: (905 Pacific Time): Dan Frosch, NYT, re hunting Bin Laden.
Wednesday 1220P: (920 Pacific Time): John Fund, WSJ, re Etheridge and ambush video.
Wednesday 1235P: (935P Pacific Time): John F. Burns, NYT, at London, re 1972 Bloody Sunday investigation.
Wednesday 1250P: (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt, Switzerland 1-Spain 0.

Tuesday 15 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 14, 2010 11:50 PM | No Comments

BP shares have lost approximately $90 billion in value, or 51 percent, since the Deepwater Horizon accident touched off the Macondo field blowout in late April. The common stock settled at $30.67 a share in trading Monday, near a 14-year low of $29 a share, which it touched last Wednesday. Financial Times, June 15, 2010

Larry Kudlow, CNBC, co-host

Tuesday 905P Eastern Time: David Drucker, Roll Call, in re: GOP Accuses Obama of Trying to 'Exploit' Oil Disaster

Tuesday 920P Eastern Time: Steve Moore, WSJ editorial, in re: POTUS's political oil fund

Tuesday 935P Eastern Time: Evan Newmark, WSJ, in re: the crisis to end all crises ["Meaning in Wartime," C. S. Lewis speaking at Oxford: "If men had postponed the search for knowledge and beauty until they were secure, the search would never have begun. . . . Life has never been normal." ]

Tuesday 950P Eastern Time: Aaron Task, TheStreet.com, in re: BP

Tuesday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): Brendan Miniter, author, in re: POTUS's remarks on Gulf crisis

Tuesday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): Eli Lake, Washington Times, in re: Gen Petraeus's statements on intended troop withdrawals

Tuesday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Bret Stephens, WSJ, in re: Sadistic Tehran leadership and US policy thereto; one year on, loss of chance to encourage liberty in Iran

Tuesday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): Jeff Plungis, Bloomberg, in re: BP

Tuesday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, and Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy blog, in re: "Chief of Central Command spoke: 'In a perfect world, Mr. Chairman, we have to be very careful with timelines'." Also: "Taliban Kill Key Afghan Governor," "Petraeus Collapses in Hill Hearing"

Mausoleum of Timur Shah, who inherited a unified Afghan kingdom from his father, Ahmed Shah Durrani, in 1772 and moved the capital from Kandahar to Kabul

... ... ...

Tuesday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, and Joseph Sternberg, AsiaWSJ, in re: : Chinese nuclear leak 50km from Hong Kong 

Tuesday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Bob Zimmerman, author, in re: the little hero Hayabusa

Tuesday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Amos Guiora, law professor, Univ of Utah, in re: Israeli commission investigates Gaza flotilla

Tuesday/Wed 1205A (905 Pacific Time): Andrew Revkin, NYT, in re: BP

Tuesday/Wed 1220A (920 Pacific Time): Andrew Pollack, NYT, in re: human genome project

Tuesday/Wed 1235A (935P Pacific Time): Lauren Goodrich, Stratfor.com, in re: Kyrgyzstan

Tuesday/Wed 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

Monday 14 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 14, 2010 11:48 PM | No Comments

Above: an artist's concept of Kepler. Credit: NASA

An artist's concept of a Jupiter-like planet orbiting close to its parent star.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC)

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Monday 905P Eastern Time: Taegan Goddard, Political Wire, in re: Rand Paul's noncertification; Rep Etheridge responds to video ambush

Monday 920P Eastern Time: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, in re: Chinese labor organizing and Foxconn; North Korea.

Monday 935P Eastern Time: Shaila Dewan, NYT, in re: Nikki Haley

Monday 950P Eastern Time: Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: Israeli PM, flotilla commission, Hebron ambush

Monday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): Jim McTague, Barron's Washington, and Mona Charen, National Review Online, in re: US economy and BP

Monday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): co-hosts: Greg Gutfeld, FoxNews, and Rep Thaddeus McCotter (11-MI); in re: BP

Monday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): continued

Monday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): Arif Rafiq, Pakistan Policy blog, and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, in re: Pakistani ISI supporting Taliban

Monday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Steven Keene, economist, University of Western Sydney, in re: global economies, financial instability due to extreme debt

Monday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): Ann Marlowe, The Daily Beast, in re: Afghan minerals boondoggle

Monday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Dimitar Sasselov, director, Harvard Origins of Life Initiative, with exoplanet news: just-found planetary systems in Cygnus with rocky and wet planets, at least five "superEarths," with many more to come.

Monday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJ, in re: Honduras, Lula da Silva.

Monday/Tues 1205A (905 Pacific Time): Nick Bilton, NYT, Bits, in re: hacking iPad

Monday/Tues 1220A (920 Pacific Time): Lorraine Woellert, Bloomberg, in re: Fannie and Freddie

Monday/Tues 1235A (935P Pacific Time): Lauren Goodrich, Stratfor.com, re Kyrgyzstan.

Monday/Tues 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

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Emerald crystals within quartz crystals in the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan

Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 12, 2010 3:23 AM | No Comments

Saturday 12 June, 2010.

Saturday 905P Eastern Time: Norman Stone, author,The Atlantic and Its Enemies: A History of the Cold War.

Saturday 920P Eastern Time: Norman Stone.

Saturday 935P Eastern Time: Norman Stone

Saturday 950P Eastern Time: Norman Stone

Saturday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): Susan Dominus, NYT, in re: Sandra Lee

Saturday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): Tunku Varadarajan in re: Nikki Haley

Saturday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): A. C. Grayling, Birkbeck College, University of London: author, Ideas that Matter: The Concepts that Shape the 21st Century.

Saturday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): A. C. Grayling

Saturday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Rita Cosby, author, Quiet Hero: Secrets from My Father's Past.

Saturday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): Rita Cosby

Saturday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Michael Hiltzik, author, Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century.

Saturday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Michael Hiltzik

Saturday/Sun 1205A (905 Pacific Time): Michael Hiltzik

Saturday/Sun 1220A: (920 Pacific Time): Michael Hiltzik

Saturday/Sun 1235A: (935P Pacific Time): Greg Gutfeld, RedEye, author, The Bible of Unspeakable Truths .

Saturday/Sun 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

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Greg Gutfeld, RedEye

Thracian gold treasure, 4th Century B.C.

Sunday  905P Eastern Time:   Margaret Hoover, Fox News, and Jim McTague, Barron's Washington, in re: BP
Sunday 920P Eastern Time:   continued
Sunday 935P Eastern Time:  Alix Steele, TheStreet.com, in re: gold
Sunday 950P Eastern Time:  Banafsheh Zand Bonazzi, Planet_Iran.com, in re: one-year anniversary of people's revolt in Iran.

Sunday 1005P (705P Pacific Time):  Jodi Schneider, American Banker; John Tamny, RealClearMarkets; Aaron Task, TheStreet.com, in re: __________

Sunday 1020P (720P Pacific Time):  continued
Sunday 1035P (735P Pacific Time):  John Avlon, The Daily Beast; Larry Johnson NoQuarter blog; Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, in re: ___________
Sunday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): continued

Sunday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Joseph Sternberg, Asia WSJ, and Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, in re: Foxconn, Chinese labor deveopment
Sunday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): James Taranto, WSJ, The Best of the Web: _______
Sunday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: Turkey in the flotilla, Erdoğan as neo-Ottoman Sunni leader; UN resolution vs Israel; incipient Israeli commission on flotilla; July 4 deadline for sanctions on Iran?
Sunday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Bob Zimmerman, author: NASA and JAXA

Sunday/Mon 1205A (905 Pacific Time): Dan Henninger, WSJ, in re: POTUS
Sunday/Mon 1220A: (920 Pacific Time): John Schwartz, NYT, in re: BP
Sunday/Mon 1235A: (935P Pacific Time): Russell Seitz, physics, Harvard, in re: climate
Sunday/Mon 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

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Expansion of the Ottoman Empire, round one

Friday 11 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 10, 2010 3:22 AM | No Comments

Gen Lee Sang-Eui: "Top South Korean General Was Wasted on Night of Cheonan Attack" businessinsider.com

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Friday 905P Eastern Time: Jeff Bliss, The Bliss Index; in re: Gov Moonbeam's jogging conversation with reporter, oppo candidate as Goebbels, et al.

Friday 920P Eastern Time: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, in re: Cheonan sinking, esp audit board report; bibulous ROK High Command, Gen Lee Sang Eui; also Foxconn and Chinese labor strikes

Friday 935P Eastern Time: Julianna Goldman, Bloomberg, in re: BP and POTUS, Gulf politics

Friday 950P Eastern Time:   Carla Marinucci, SF Chronicle, in re: Boxer & Fiorina hair fight

Friday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): Sebastian Gorka, FDD & Atlantic Council, in re: Clausewitz and irregular warfare.

Friday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): continued

Friday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Arif Rafiq, ForeignPolicy.com, and Bill Roggio, Long War Journal, in re: Afpakia

Friday 1050P (750P Pacific Time):   continued: Kandahar

Friday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Michael Vlahos, in re: Turkey

Friday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): continued, Iran

Friday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Mark Schroeder, Stratfor, in re: Nigeria and World Cup

Friday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Robin Hobb, author, Dragon Haven: Volume Two of the Rain Wilds Chronicles
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The Pentagon's current Kandahar Inoffensive

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Friday/Sat 1205A (905 Pacific Time):   Edward Luce, FT, in re: Gulf politics

Friday/Sat  1220A: (920 Pacific Time):  Kenneth Chang, NYT, in re: NASA
Friday/Sat  1235A: (935P Pacific Time): Spencer Wells, author, in re: Pandora's Seed, part I. Pandora's Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization.

Friday/Sat 1250A (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

Thursday 10 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 7, 2010 11:42 PM | No Comments

Iranian army arm badge

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Thursday 905P Eastern Time: David Drucker, Roll Call, in re: Democrats optimistic after Tuesday's primaries

Thursday 920P Eastern Time: Jim Carlton, WSJ, in re: SF political money

Thursday 935P Eastern Time: Nick Bilton, NYT, in re: iPad

Thursday 950P Eastern Time: Doreen Caravajal, NYT & IHT, in re: intl criminal court

Thursday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): Malcolm Hoenlein, co-host. Michael Oren, Israeli ambassador to the US.

Thursday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): Malcolm Hoenlein, co-host; in re: Iran, sanctions, funding

Thursday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): (continued)

Thursday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): Prof. Irwin Cotler, Canadian parliamentarian, former Justice minister, in re: Iran and sanctions, V Putin's remarks thereon, limited utility of sanctions text; Gaza flotilla

Thursday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Dr. Mehrdad Khonsari, Center for Arab & Iranian Studies (London), in re: Iran - anniversary of protests, UN sanctions

Thursday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): Daniel Taub, legal advisor, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in re: legal aspects of Gaza flotilla

Thursday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Robert Zimmerman, author, in re: NASA

Thursday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Marc Morano, in re: climate change

Thursday 1205P (905 Pacific Time): Ben Elgin, Bloomberg, in re: oil spill and hurricanes

Thursday 1220P: (920 Pacific Time): Rodger Baker, Stratfor, in re: North Korea

Thursday 1235P: (935P Pacific Time): Pam Belluck, NYT, in re: archaeology (5,500-year-old shoe)

Thursday 1250P (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

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5,500-year- old shoe, discovered in an Armenian cave

Wednesday 9 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 7, 2010 11:39 PM | No Comments

Chinese labor strike, Honda factory in Shishan Industrial Park.

No legitimate labor organizing is permitted under the Chinese Communist Party

Wednesday 905P Eastern Time: Co-host: Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, and Jeff Bliss, Bliss Index; China touts UN sanctions vs Iran as effective

Wednesday 920P Eastern Time: Continued; DPRK

Wednesday 935P Eastern Time: Hotel California. Co-host: Jeff Bliss, The Bliss Index; with Bill Whalen, Hoover, and Deborah Saunders, SF Chronicle.

Wednesday 950P Eastern Time: Continued; in re: Whitman, Fiorina, & Newsom vs Maldonado.

Central Valley, California

Wednesday 1005P (705P Pacific Time): Hotel California. Rep Devin Nunes (CA-21). Co-hosts: Jeff Bliss and Gordon Chang, in re: Cal primaries; Central Valley water and jobs.

Wednesday 1020P (720P Pacific Time): Josh Zumbrun, Bloomberg News: NATO Supply Line Attacked in Pakistan

Wednesday 1035P (735P Pacific Time): Gordon Chang, and Mary Kissel, Asia Wall Street Journal: Australian miners; Chinese wage hikes

Wednesday 1050P (750P Pacific Time): Gordon Chang, Mary Kissel: Chinese labor disputes

Wednesday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Eli Lake, Washington Times: Turkey and Israel

Wednesday 1120P (820P Pacific Time): Joseph Sternberg, Asia WSJ: the China Price; manufacturing and labor organizing in China

Wednesday 1135P (835P Pacific Time): Charles Pellegrino, author: new subsurface life form on a Saturn moon?

Wednesday 1150P (850P Pacific Time): Jessica Resnick-Ault, Bloomberg: Gulf of Mexico

Wednesday 1205P (905 Pacific Time): Kim Strassel, WSJ: BP in the Gulf

Wednesday 1220P: (920 Pacific Time): Kamran Bokhari, Stratfor: Iran

Wednesday 1235P: (935P Pacific Time): Rod Nordland, NYTimes: Afghanistan

Wednesday 1250P (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

Tuesday 8 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 7, 2010 11:37 PM | 1 Comment

Tuesday 905P Eastern Time: Co-host Larry Kudlow, WABC and CNBC in re: gold

Tuesday 920P Eastern Time: John Fund, WSJ, in re: primaries

Tuesday 935P Eastern Time: Joe Brusuelas, Bloomberg, in re: markets
Tuesday 950P Eastern Time: Joseph Sternberg, AWSJ, in re: China price

Tuesday 1005P: (705P Pacific Time): Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), in re: Michigan

Tuesday 1020P: (720P Pacific Time): Salena Zito, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, in re: primaries
Tuesday 1035P: (735P Pacific Time): Sarah Lyle, The New York Times, in re: Cameron
Tuesday 1050P: (750P Pacific Time): Kieran Suckling, BiologicalDiversity.org, in re: Gulf

Tuesday 1105P: (805P Pacific Time): Arif Rafiq, ForeignPolicy.com and Bill Roggio, LongWarJournal.org, in re: Pakistan
Tuesday 1120P: (820P Pacific Time): Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, AWSJ, in re: North Korea
Tuesday 1135P: (835P Pacific Time): Bob Zimmerman, author, in re: Hayabusa
Tuesday 1150P: (850P Pacific Time): Dana Milbank, The Washington Post, in re: Helen Thomas

Tuesday 1205P: (905 Pacific Time): Bruce Weber, The New York Times, in re: Detroit Tigers
Tuesday 1220P: (920 Pacific Time): Kenneth Chang, The New York Times, in re: Mars
Tuesday 1235P: (935P Pacific Time): Alex Kellogg, WSJ, in re: Detroit
Tuesday 1250P: (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt. Jeff Bliss, The Bliss Index, in re: CA primaries

Monday 7 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 7, 2010 11:35 PM | No Comments

Monday 905P Eastern Time: Co-host Mona Charen, National Review with Emily Pierce, Roll Call, in re: Harry Reid

Monday 920P Eastern Time: Lou Ann Hammond, Carlist.com, in re: GM

Monday 935P Eastern Time: Cris Valerio, Bloomberg, in re: iPhone

Monday 950P Eastern Time: Joe Carroll, Bloomberg, in re: BP

Monday 1005P: (705P Pacific Time): Victor Hanson, Hoover Institution, in re: Turkey
Monday 1020P: (720P Pacific Time): Tunku Varadarajan, DailyBeast.com, in re: Nikki Haley
Monday 1035P: (735P Pacific Time): Jim McTague, Barron's Magazine and Aaron Task, Yahoo! Finance, in re: markets
Monday 1050P: (750P Pacific Time): Mona Charen, National Review, in re: Mitch Daniels

Monday 1105P: (905 Pacific Time): Gordon Chang, Forbes.com and Hugo Restall, AWSJ, in re: Foxconn
Monday 1120P: (920 Pacific Time): Bill Roggio, LongWarJournal.com, in re: Afghanistan
Monday 1135P: (935P Pacific Time): Mary O'Grady, WSJ, in re: Chavez
Monday 1150P: (950P Pacific Time): Amos Guiora, author, in re: Gaza

Monday 1205P: (905 Pacific Time): Jon Cohen, The Washington Post, in re: polls
Monday 1220P: (920 Pacific Time): Jackie Kucinich, Roll Call, in re: Eric Cantor
Monday 1235P: (935P Pacific Time): Mark Schroeder, Stratfor.com, in re: Somalia
Monday 1250P: (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt. Jeff Bliss, BlissIndex.com, in re: California politics

Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 5, 2010 12:43 AM | No Comments

Saturday 5 June 2010

Guest host Simon Constable, WSJ.com's News Hub. cohost Alix Steel ThStreet.com TV.

9.00 BP/OIL Dan Dicker re: BP and the future of the oil business.

915 Jeff Bliss, Bliss index. Carly Fiorina, Meg Whitman and Barbara Boxer

930 Tech roundtable, Lauren Goode, WSJs Digits Eric Savitz, Barron"s, Re: D8 All Things Digital Conference

945 Cheapskate's roundtable Brett Arends, WSJ and Paul Reale Green Allowance.

10 Jeff Ball of the Wall Street Journal; Re: BP's mess in the Gulf

1015 Gordon Chang, Forbes.com

1030 Financial Roundtable. Asked Paul Vigna, Markets Hub at WSJ.com. Joe Brusuelas, Brusuelas Analytics, Re: Jobs, BP and national debt

1045 Fin Roundtable continued

11 War on terror or other geopolitics Bill Roggio, Long War Journal re: the War on Terror Home and the assassination of another Al Qaeda big.

1115 Chris Brownfield, Daily Beast re: oil cleanup and nuking the leak.

1130 Kathryn Schulz, author Being Wrong.

1145 Kathryn Schulz continued

12 Phil Longman, author of Best Care Anywhere

1215 Phil Longman continued

1230 Ina Howard Parker re: the World of Books and Publishing

1250 - Exit. (breaking news)

Sunday 6 June.

900 Jodi Schneider, American Banker, David Drucker, Roll Call, re oil, re Blanche Lincoln, re BArney Frank and Chris Doss reform bill, re derivatives.

920 continued

930 Camilla Webster, Forbes.com, re BP in British hearts and pockets.

950 Parris Chang, Tipei, Gordon Change, Forbes.com, re China and Taiwan dispute.

1000 Joe Brusuelas, Bloomberg, John Tamny, RealClearMarkets, John Fund, WSJ, re Jobs Politics, Oil Politics.

1020: continued.

1030: Larry Johnson, No Quarter, Salena Zito, Pittsburgh Tribune Review, John Avlon, CNN, re politics of oil, re Romanoff and Bennett, re jobs and polls.

1045: Same

1100 Gordon Chang, Forbes, Evan Ramstad, WSJ, re South Korea to Security Council.

1115 Mary Kissel, Asia WSJ, re Shangri-La Dialogue, Gates vs PLA.

1130 Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of President Major American Jewish Organizations, re Gaza, re Iran.

1150: Bob Zimmerman, author, re SpaceX success, re NASA.

1205: Rob Pollock, WSJ, re Rising Turkey.

1220: James Taranto, WSJ, re ROmanoff, Sestak, White House.

1235: Yalmin Onaran, Bloomberg, Basel II reforms.

1255: Jeff Bliss, BlissIndex, California Polls.

Friday 4 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 1, 2010 12:42 AM | No Comments

Thursday 3 June 2010

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Wednesday 3 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 1, 2010 12:40 AM | No Comments

Wednesday 905P Eastern Time: Co-hosts Gordon Chang and Jeff Bliss, BlissIndex.com, in re: Foxconn

Wednesday 920P Eastern Time: Doug McIntyre, host of "Red Eye Radio", in re: Jack Swinton

Wednesday 935P Eas tern Time: Hotel California Roundtable with Carla Marinucci, San Francisco Chronicle, Jeff Bliss, BlissIndex.com and Taegan Goddard, PoliticalWire.com, in re: Nikki Haley
Wednesday 950P Eastern Time: continued, in re: California politics

Wednesday 1005P: (705P Pacific Time): Evan Ramstad, WSJ, in re: North Korea
Wednesday 1020P: (720P Pacific Time): James Freeman, WSJ, in re: BP
Wednesday 1035P: (735P Pacific Time): Mary Kissel, AWSJ, in re: Australia
Wednesday 1050P: (750P Pacific Time): continued, in re: Japan

Wednesday 1105P: (805P Pacific Time): Bill Roggio, LongWarJournal.org and Arif Rafiq, ForeignPolicy.com, in re: AfPak
Wednesday 1120P: (820P Pacific Time): Hugo Restall, WSJ, in re: Foxconn
Wednesday 1135P: (835P Pacific Time): Jere Longman, The New York Times, in re: World Cup
Wednesday 1150P: (850P Pacific Time): Brian Swint, Bloomberg, in re: BP

Wednesday 1205P: (905 Pacific Time): John Bolton, AEI, in re: Hamas
Wednesday 1220P: (920 Pacific Time): Angel Gonzalez, Dow Jones, in re: gulf
Wednesday 1235P: (935P Pacific Time): Willie Rashbaum, The New York Times, in re: drugs
Wednesday 1250P: (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt. Ann Marlowe, Hudson Institute, in re: Afghanistan

Tuesday 1 June 2010

By John Batchelor on June 1, 2010 12:39 AM | No Comments

Tuesday 905P Eastern Time: Taegan Goddard, PoliticalWire.com, in re: Al Gore

Tuesday 920P Eastern Time: Jim Carlton, WSJ, in re: Tom Campbell

Tuesday 935P Eastern Time: David Sanger, The New York Times, in re: Iran nukes
Tuesday 950P Eastern Time: Jack Bell, The New York Times, in re: World Cup

Tuesday 1005P: (705P Pacific Time): Gordon Chang, Forbes.com, in re: Asia

Tuesday 1020P: (720P Pacific Time): Reva Bhella, Stratfor.com, in re: Turkey
Tuesday 1035P: (735P Pacific Time): Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: Gaza
Tuesday 1050P: (750P Pacific Time): MK Yuli Edelstein, in re: Turkey

Tuesday 1105P: (805P Pacific Time): Charles Pellegrino, author
Tuesday 1120P: (820P Pacific Time): Joseph Sternberg, AWSJ, in re: Asia natural resources
Tuesday 1135P: (835P Pacific Time): Bob Zimmerman, author, in re: NASA
Tuesday 1150P: (850P Pacific Time): Amos Guiora, author, in re: Gaza

Tuesday 1205P: (905 Pacific Time): B. Raman, ex-Indian intelligence, in re: Pakistan
Tuesday 1220P: (920 Pacific Time): Jessica Resnick-Ault, Bloomberg, in re: Gulf
Tuesday 1235P: (935P Pacific Time): Geoffrey Simmons, physician, in re: CERTS
Tuesday 1250P: (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt.

Monday 31 May 2010

By John Batchelor on June 1, 2010 12:37 AM | No Comments

Monday 905P Eastern Time: Co-host Brendan Miniter, author, in re: news

Monday 920P Eastern Time: Nancy Sherman, author, in re: Memorial Day

Monday 935P Eastern Time: Claudia Rosett, FDD, in re: Gaza

Monday 950P Eastern Time: Bill Roggio, LongWarJournal.com, in re: Al-Qaeda

Monday 1005P: (705P Pacific Time): Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA), in re: jobs
Monday 1020P: (720P Pacific Time): Jeff Bliss, BlissIndex.com, in re: California
Monday 1035P: (735P Pacific Time): Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: Gaza
Monday 1050P: (750P Pacific Time): Andrew Revkin, The New York Times, in re: gulf

Monday 1105P: (905 Pacific Time): Gordon Chang, Forbes.com and Hugo Restall, AWSJ, in re: Foxconn
Monday 1120P: (920 Pacific Time): Alissa Rubin, The New York Times, in re: Afghanistan
Monday 1135P: (935P Pacific Time): Henry Miller, Hoover Institution, in re: gulf
Monday 1150P: (950P Pacific Time): Ron Nordland, The New York Times, in re: Afghanistan

Monday 1205P: (905 Pacific Time): Kenneth Chang, The New York Times, in re: gulf
Monday 1220P: (920 Pacific Time): Doreen Caravajal, The New York Times, in re: Charles Taylor
Monday 1235P: (935P Pacific Time): Mary O'Grady, WSJ, in re: Colombia
Monday 1250P: (950P Pacific Time): Exeunt. Amos Guiora, author