CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-930 Simon Constable @TheRealConstable Edinburgh
1. Christmas and Petrol Panic. Simon Constable @TheRealConstable Edinburgh
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/sep/28/petrol-shortage-no-end-to-panic-buying-says-fuel-retail-boss
Brent Crude at $80
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-eases-investors-take-profit-after-5-day-rally-2021-09-28/
 
2. Everything is pricier from China to Scotland. Simon Constable @TheRealConstable Edinburgh
https://www.forbes.com/sites/simonconstable/2021/09/26/a-key-indicator-shows-weakness-in-chinas-economy/
 

930-100 Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs
1.  Australian attack submarines Collins Class, British attack submarines Astute Class & What is to be done? Gregory R Copley, @Gregory_Copley, editor and publisher of Defense & Foreign Affairs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collins-class_submarine
2. China without adequate power, food, water? Gregory R Copley, @Gregory_Copley, editor and publisher of Defense & Foreign Affairs
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-seeks-calm-power-supply-fears-crunch-bites-2021-09-29/

SECOND HOUR

10-1015 Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Strategic Europe
Angela Merkel avoided solving Germany's national security challenges. Judy Dempsey, @Judy_Dempsey. Editor in chief #StrategicEurope, blog of @Carnegie_Europe. 
https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/85406
 
1015-1030. Judy Dempsey Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Strategic Europe.   What is the likely coalition after Merkel? Judy Dempsey, @Judy_Dempsey. Editor in chief #StrategicEurope, blog of @Carnegie_Europe. 
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/germanys-merkel-congratulates-likely-successor-olaf-scholz-on-election-victory/ar-AAOXaru

1030-1045 SalenaZito.com @DCExaminer
Del Rio Texas in despair.  Salina Zito, CNN, New York Post; author, The Great Revolt. @SalenaZito 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/life-along-the-border-collapses-as-biden-fiddles

1045-1100 Felix_Light CBSNews Moscow
Vladimir Putin gone fishing in spectacular Tuva.  Felix Light, Moscow Times,  @felix_light, @CBS News, @Moscow Times
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/09/27/putin-joins-defense-minister-shoigu-on-taiga-trek-a75150
 
 

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115  China bubble burst. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill. Charles Ortel, On the Money with Charles Ortel podcast, & Newport Value Partners.  @CharlesOrtel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hidden-debt-plagues-chinas-belt-and-road-infrastructure-plan-studies-find-11632866461
 
1115-1130  PRC agents in white lab coats.  @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
Brandon Weichert,  @WeTheBrandon, The Weichert Report and author of Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower.
https://www.newenglishreview.org/custpage.cfm?frm=189989&sec_id=189989
 
1130-1145 PRC Wolf Warrior intervenes in Canada's election; & What is to be done?  @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill. Charles Burton,  @cburton001, senior Fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/tasha-kheiriddin-liberals-must-demand-probe-into-any-china-election-meddling
 
1145-1200  China prepares an orbital bomber; North Korea prepares a hypersonic missile.  @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
Rick Fisher, senior Fellow of the International Assessment and Strategy Center 
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/29/asia/north-korea-hypersonic-missile-intl-hnk-ml/index.html
https://geostrategy-direct-subscribers.com/air-forces-kendall-china-working-on-space-strike-capability-amid-massive-nuke-buildup/ (behind a paywall)
Fractional orbital bombardment system, FOBS (Cold War tech)
 

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215 Sara Ewall-Wice @CBSNews 
 What does it mean: an unprecedented United States Treasury default on October 18?  Sara Ewall-Wice @CBSNews 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/yellen-says-treasury-could-exhaust-cash-reserves-by-oct-18-if-debt-limit-isnt-raised-11632835248
 

1215-1230 The trustworthy remedies for flu season in the pandemic.
@HenryIMiller @PacificResearch
http://www.henrymillermd.org/25743/flu-vaccination-is-more-important-than-ever-this

1230-1245 Perseverance, Ingenuity and Curiosity prepare for the Big Martian Sleep. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com

1245-100 am Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com 
The UK sprouts spaceports.
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