The John Batchelor Show

Friday 20 November 2015

Air Date: 
November 20, 2015

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Hour One
Friday  20 November 2015  / Hour 1, Block A: Devin Nunes (CA-22), Chairman, House Select Intelligence Committee, in re: At Least 20 Dead, Including American, in Terror Attack on Hotel in Bamako, Mali Al Mourabitoun, an Islamist militant group, claimed it was jointly responsible for the attack, according to Mauritanian news agency Al Akhbar. The group announced it carried out the attack with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the news agency reported.
House Approves Tougher Refugee Screening, Defying Veto Threat The House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to drastically tighten screening procedures on refugees from Syria, seizing on the creeping fear stemming from . . . 
Friday  20 November 2015  / Hour 1, Block B:  Harry Siegel, New York Daily News, in re: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20140417/POLITICS/140419882/bratton...
Friday  20 November 2015  / Hour 1, Block C: Mona Charen, NRO, in re: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/427388/obama-iraq-errors-made-isis-sunni-alliance
Friday  20 November 2015  / Hour 1, Block D:  Jim McTague, Barron's, in re:  http://articles.philly.com/2015-05-18/business/62282022_1_training-program-entrepreneurship-bootcamp-veterans-services
 
Hour Two
Friday  20 November 2015  / Hour 2, Block A: Gregory Copley, StrategicStudies director; GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs; & author, UnCivilization, in re:  Mali attack: 21 dead after terrorist raid on Bamako hotel Mali attack: 21 dead after terrorist raid on Bamako hotel ... forces respond to the hostage taking inside the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako.
Friday  20 November 2015  / Hour 2, Block B: Gregory Copley, StrategicStudies director; GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs; & author, UnCivilization, in re:  In Nigeria, a Market Braves Militant Attacks  MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—Business is bustling at one of the most frequently bombed shopping centers on Earth. Monday Market has been hit at ..
Friday  20 November 2015  / Hour 2, Block C: Cam Simpson, Bloomberg, in re: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-19/why-u-s-efforts-to-cut-off-islamic-state-s-funds-have-failed (2 of 2)
Friday  20 November 2015  / Hour 2, Block D: Cam Simpson, Bloomberg, in re: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-11-19/why-u-s-efforts-to-cut-off-islamic-state-s-funds-have-failed (2 of 2)
 
Hour Three
Friday  20 November 2015  / Hour 3, Block A: Michael E Vlahos, Naval War College, in re: France hits back at Russia over Syria bombing campaign  France dismissed Russian suggestions on Friday its air strikes against oil installations in Syria were illegal, saying 
Friday  20 November 2015  / Hour 3, Block B: Michael E Vlahos, Naval War College, in re: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalcanal_Campaign  "Guadalcanal is no longer merely a name of an island in Japanese military history. It is the name of the graveyard of the Japanese army."—Major General Kiyotake Kawaguchi, IJA Commander, 35th Infantry Brigade at Guadalcanal
Friday  20 November 2015  / Hour 3, Block C:  Liz Peek, Fiscal Times, in re: http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2015/11/18/Obama-s-Bad-Relationship-Military-Hurting-Fight-Against-ISIS
Friday  20 November 2015  / Hour 3, Block D:   Joseph Callo, author, John Paul Jones, America's First Sea Hero, in re: Russia and America prep forces for Arctic war  To be fair, Russia's Arctic coastline is many hundreds of miles longer than that of the United States. In theory, Russia's icebreakers are spread ...
 
Hour Four
Friday  20 November 2015  / Hour 4, Block A:  Tyler Rogoway, Foxtrot Alpha, in re: http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/look-inside-putins-massive-new-military-command-and-con-1743399678  / Seemingly pulled right from a James Bond movie, we got a glimpse this week of Russia’s new super military nerve center in action, called the National Defense Control Center (NDCC), as Russian heavy bombers made their combat debut in the Syrian conflict. This was also the first time the venerable Tu-95 Bears or the Tu-160 Blackjacks would see combat. (1 0f 2)
Friday  20 November 2015  / Hour 4, Block B: Tyler Rogoway, Foxtrot Alpha, in re: http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/look-inside-putins-massive-new-military-command-and-con-1743399678  / Seemingly pulled right from a James Bond movie, we got a glimpse this week of Russia’s new super military nerve center in action, called the National Defense Control Center (NDCC), as Russian heavy bombers made their combat debut in the Syrian conflict. This was also the first time the venerable Tu-95 Bears or the Tu-160 Blackjacks would see combat. (2 0f 2)
Friday  20 November 2015  / Hour 4, Block C: Ira Boudway, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, in re:  NFL'S STAN KROENKE: HE TAKES WHAT HE WANTS. NOW HE WANTS L.A. (1 of 2)
Friday  20 November 2015  / Hour 4, Block D: Ira Boudway, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, in re:  NFL'S STAN KROENKE: HE TAKES WHAT HE WANTS. NOW HE WANTS L.A. (2 of 2)
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