The John Batchelor Show

Thursday 13 January 2022

Air Date: 
January 13, 2022

CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR   

9-915    
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1/2:  #Ukraine: Iran meets Ukraine in Moscow. Anna Borshchevskaya. @WashInstitute 
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/will-ukraine-standoff-affect-iran-nuclear-talks
 
 
 

915-930     
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2/2:  #Iran: Ukraine meets Iran in Moscow. Anna Borshchevskaya. @WashInstitute
https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/will-ukraine-standoff-affect-iran-nuclear-talks
 
 

930-945   
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#Ukraine: Moscow didn’t get it in writing. Anatol Lieven @QuincyInst
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-officials-prepare-for-escalation-as-nato-russia-talks-end-with-no-resolution-on-ukraine-tension/ar-AASKTUT
 
 
945-1000 
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#Kazahkstan : The Great Game of the Russian Near Abroad.  Anatol Lieven @QuincyInst
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/11/kazakhstan-tokayev-csto-russia-intervention/
 

SECOND HOUR 

10-1015   
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Much, much more to worry. Veronique deRugy @veroderugy,  @GeorgeMasonU, @Mercatus Center,
https://www.wsj.com/articles/four-reasons-keep-worrying-inflation-price-level-real-wage-services-goods-bottleneck-powell-11642095203?st=26rtu39gi3rr309&reflink=article_imessage_share
Veronique de Rugy, @veroderugy,  @GeorgeMasonU, @Mercatus Center, Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University & NRO Online.
 
 

1015-1030    
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Life with Riley and My Three Sons can no longer afford the taxes in California. @HooverWhalen 
https://www.hoover.org/research/one-way-migration-and-californias-baby-boom-gone-bust
 
Bill Whalen, Hoover Institution; writes and comments on campaigns, elections and governance with an emphasis on California and America’s political landscapes.    @hooverwhalen
 

1030-1045 
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#ScalaReport: Stepping back gradually from Covid mandates to go back to work. Chris Riegel @Stratacache, #TheScalaReport, Scala.com
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/01/12/ski-holidays-france-back-covid-travel-rules-britons-due-relaxed/

1045-1100  
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#HotelMars: Gasoline Alley in Earth Orbit. Jeromy Grimmett, @ Rogue Space Systems, Rogue Space Systems. David Livingston SpaceShow.com
http://parabolicarc.com/2022/01/13/rogue-space-systems-corporation-receives-first-payment-in-the-industry-for-in-space-services-from-orbital-assembly-corp/
Jeromy Grimmett, @ Rogue Space Systems, founder, and CEO of Rogue Space Systems.  Orbital Assembly Corporation is the only large-scale space construction company focussed on providing artificial gravity in commercial space development enabling humanity to work, play and thrive in the space ecosystem. The company is developing large, gravity equipped platforms on orbit, between the Earth and the moon.

THIRD HOUR  

1100-1115    
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Iran is slow-walking Vienna.  Victoria Coates, @VictoriaCoates, Iran Distinguished Fellow in Strategic Studies. AFPC.  Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/world/middleeast/us-iran-nuclear-deal.html
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/01/09/statement-by-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-on-iranian-threats-and-provocations-against-american-citizens/
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-692178
Victoria Coates, @VictoriaCoates, Distinguished Fellow in Strategic Studies at American Foreign Policy Council
 

1115-1130  
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From the Inquisition on the Iberian Peninsula to Sante Fe, New Mexico.
Rep. Teresa Leger-Fernandez, @RepTeresaLF.   Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
Congresswoman Teresa Leger-Fernández represents New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District. In Washington, she holds a leadership role with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus as Freshman Representative. Congresswoman Leger Fernández serves as chair of the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United States for the 117th Congress. She has also been appointed to the House Committee on Education and Labor, the House Committee on Natural Resources, and the Committee on House Administration. She is a 17th-generation Northern New Mexican.
·         https://jewishinsider.com/2021/12/leger-fernandez-charts-uniquely-new-mexican-path-in-jewish-community-relations/
·         https://www.jta.org/2021/10/14/ny/new-yorkers-with-sephardic-roots-say-spain-is-breaking-its-promise-of-citizenship
·         https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/barriers-arise-for-descendants-of-spanish-jews-seeking-right-of-return/article_5bf7757e-6731-11ec-88c0-7fbe03ae4367.html
 

1130-1145  
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The Supreme Leader threatens the Trump Administration. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-supreme-leader-website-animation-drone-strike-donald-trump
 

1145-1200   
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PRC invites both sides.  Bradley Bowman @FDD, @WestPointSosh, @USArmy officer. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1
·         https://apnews.com/article/business-china-beijing-saudi-arabia-economy-c636f43bf230066033873703bc999a8e
·         https://www.jpost.com/international/article-692419
·         https://asiatimes.com/2022/01/chinas-pull-grows-in-middle-east/
Bradley Bowman serves as senior director of the Center on Military and Political Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, where he focusses on U.S. defense strategy and policy. Former national security advisor to SASC & SFRC members, Former @WestPointSosh assistant professor, Former @USArmy officer
 
 
FOURTH HOUR  

12-1215 
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#NewWorldReport: AMLO back to the future.   Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis, @ArmyWarCollege
https://www.naturalgasintel.com/constitutional-reform-unlikely-in-2022-but-mexico-energy-sector-risk-still-high-analysts-say/
 
 

1215-1230  
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#NewWorldReport:  Haiti unsolved.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis, @ArmyWarCollege
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/colombia-says-consul-in-haiti-threatened-after-moise-killing/ar-AASHhae
 
 

1230-1245  
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#NewWorldReport: Brazil leans heavily for Lula da Silva's return.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis, @ArmyWarCollege
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-12/ex-president-lula-leads-brazil-poll-as-jobs-virus-nag-bolsonaro?sref=5g4GmFHo
 
 

1245-100 AM   
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#NewWorldReport: Venezuela makes more war on Colombia in the presidential election year.   Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis, @ArmyWarCollege
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#search/reuben/WhctKKXPbfxkjWnKWJdVbCbdFCjCmPTXNBxNpcFQHWFLsbhlWknDMTFZcxwddRQsZjkmqXG?compose=fwmvGMBZkMtdZKvfNLlmdrJjSVpNMBcLgFgQTMFwJLZHWsbJXDVjDZWMrGMFQXkrcKKrVkjjbzGnqwhGWDGNLGmzXxDDKXslbfGdKjLBrrmQPKNqCpqb