The John Batchelor Show

PREVIEW: From a longer conversation on space engineering, Bob Zimmerman analyzes the profound troubles with Hubble. 1945 Royal Observatory at Greenwich

PREVIEW: From a longer conversation, Henry Sokolski of NPEC observes what can go wrong with IAEA chief Rafael Grossi recommending nuclear power plants in countries seeking to solve climate change with renewable energy.  Too often, the solution is proliferation -- much worse than the problem. https://apnews.com/article/cop28-climate-talks-grossi-iaea-iran-nuclear-power-11a37c802d7e0bca6538d5c66a9ec6fd 1945 Hiroshima

 TONIGHT:  The show begins in Ukraine with advice to negotiate sooner not later, as Moscow grows stronger as Kyiv bends and strains.  Then to Ireland, to Holland, to UK, struggling with protests bu migrants over several generations.  From Gaza to Jerusalem, from Bekss to the Gulf, from the oldests super black hole discovered to Tokyo, from Canda to France.   Much attention to the origins of the Milky Way. 1901 Russia

PREVIEW: From a longer conversation, comment on how to approach and aid a hostage child who has experienci weeks of trauma. #GAZA: Trauma recovery.  Dr. Asher Ben Arieh- Asher Ben-Arieh, PhD, is the Haruv Chair for the Study of Child Maltreatment at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and Director of the Haruv Institute. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 https://omny.fm/shows/ehadbeyom/8687f354-d356-4ff9-a778-b0c600193250 https://www.timesofisrael.com/coming-home-health-ministry-discloses-strict-protocols-for-treating-freed-hostages/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/28/israel-hamas-hostages-release-families/ https://haruv.org.il/en/team/prof-asher-ben-arieh/ https://twitter.com/Nadav_Eyal/status/1729503675754684660?s=20 1898 Gaza

#Bestof2021: 2/2: The Equality Act (HR 5) elbows aside religious belief & What is to be done? @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/equality-act-takes-road-coercion 1905 NYC

#Bestof2021: 1/2: The Equality Act (HR 5) elbows aside religious belief & What is to be done? @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/equality-act-takes-road-coercion 1913 Dallas

2/2: #Astronomy: The origins of the Milky Way. Ken Croswell, Sky & Telescope Magazine. https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aas/st_202308/index.php#/p/34 Cosmos

1/2: #Astronomy: The origins of the Milky Way. Ken Croswell, Sky & Telescope Magazine. https://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/aas/st_202308/index.php#/p/34 1910

#MrMarket: Milton Friedman, the free market, and France. Veronique deRugy, Mercatus Center George Mason University https://www.creators.com/read/veronique-de-rugy/11/23/america-france-and-the-free-market 1912

#Canada: Why does Thomas Friedman seek to depose Netanyahu, the elected PM & What is to be done? https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-new-york-times-writer-pretends-to-be-very-scared-of-israels-netanyahu?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Conrad%20Black%20-%20Follow%20the%20author%202023-11-21&utm_term=Conrad%20Black%20Newsletter 1942 zany

#Japan: Xi's threats to Taiwan and its neighbors remain active, waiting on the Taiwan election. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/taiwan-reports-more-chinese-military-activity-as-election-nears/ar-AA1kLMgs 1920 Tokyo Imperial University

#PRC: #Japan: ROK: Wang Yi charm offensive. Lance Gatling, principal of Nexial Research based in Tokyo,@GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill: https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Japan-and-China-foreign-ministers-vow-to-improve-mutual-ties 1927 Nagato

2/2 #Astronomy: #JamesWebbSpaceTelescorpe: The oldest Super Black Hole so far. Akos Bogdan,  Akos Bogdan of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian Observatory https://www.nasa.gov/missions/chandra/nasa-telescopes-discover-record-breaking-black-hole/ 1879

1/2 #Astronomy: #JamesWebbSpaceTelescorpe: The oldest Super Black Hole so far. Akos Bogdan,  Akos Bogdan of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian Observatory https://www.nasa.gov/missions/chandra/nasa-telescopes-discover-record-breaking-black-hole/ 1962

#GAZA:   Houthis are risk-takers., ideologically driven. Michael Knights is the Jill and Jay Bernstein Fellow at The Washington Institute, specializing in the military and security affairs of Iraq, Iran, and the Gulf states. He is a co-founder of the Militia Spotlight platform, which offers in-depth analysis of developments related to the Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/27/us-navy-thwarts-attempted-seizure-of-israel-linked-cargo-ship https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-775848 https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/iranian-escalation-iraq-and-syria-implications-and-us-options 1962 Sanaa

#GAZA: Hezbollah remains quiet during the ceasefire in Gaza.Yaakov Lappin is an Israel-based military affairs correspondent and analyst for JNS, and the in-house analyst at the Miryam Institute. His Patreon site is Strategic Assessments. https://israel-alma.org/2023/11/30/why-the-current-reality-on-the-lebanese-israeli-border-is-unsustainable/ https://www.patreon.com/posts/hamass-latest-93706520 1940 Galilee

#GAZA: Trauma recovery.  Dr. Asher Ben Arieh- Asher Ben-Arieh, PhD, is the Haruv Chair for the Study of Child Maltreatment at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and Director of the Haruv Institute. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 https://omny.fm/shows/ehadbeyom/8687f354-d356-4ff9-a778-b0c600193250 https://www.timesofisrael.com/coming-home-health-ministry-discloses-strict-protocols-for-treating-freed-hostages/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/28/israel-hamas-hostages-release-families/ https://haruv.org.il/en/team/prof-asher-ben-arieh/ https://twitter.com/Nadav_Eyal/status/1729503675754684660?s=20 1934 Galilee

#GAZA: HAMAS SHOOTERS IN JERUSALEM. Yossi Kuperwasser Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser is Director of the Project on Regional Middle East Developments at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. He was formerly Director General of the Israel Ministry of Strategic Affairs and head of the Research Division of IDF Military Intelligence. MALCOLM HOENLEIN @CONF_OF_PRES @MHOENLEIN1Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 https://www.timesofisrael.com/three-killed-6-injured-in-terror-shooting-at-jerusalem-entrance-bus-stop/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/blinken-abbas-discuss-boosting-the-security-and-freedom-of-west-bank-palestinians/ https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/11/29/support-for-hamas-surges-in-the-west-bank/ 1933 Jerusalem

#AI: #ScalaReport: Slowdown economy and speeded up AI. Chris Riegel, CEO, Scala.com, https://www.wsj.com/articles/artificial-intelligence-needs-open-source-models-to-reach-its-potential-e1f47d3f 1960

#Argentina: Dollarization promised & What is to be done? Mary Anastasia O'Grady https://www.wsj.com/articles/argentinas-big-dollarization-risk-central-banking-policy-milei-287d02b5 1924 Argentina

#EU: The anti immigrant vote and disorder. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute https://www.irishcentral.com/news/dublin-riot-arrests 1933 Yemen

#Ukraine:  Kyiv and negotiating sooner. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute https://responsiblestatecraft.org/russia-ukraine-peace-talks-2666384435/ 1916 Ireland

PREVIEW: From a longer conversation about the Gaza War, Brigadier General Yossi Kuperwasser of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs notes that Hezbollah will remain a sizable threat to the North of Israel, especially in the event that Hamas disintegrates. Will Nasrallah in Beirut decide to attack, or will he stand down? Yossi Kuperwasser Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser is Director of the Project on Regional Middle East Developments at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.  1950 Beirut

PREVIEW: From a longer conversation on the consumer economies on three continents, Asia, Europe, North America, asking Chris Riegel of Scala.com (with business on all major contents) if AI deserves the sales pitch it receives on Wall Street? Chros Riegel, Scala.com, #Stratacache.  1951, The Day the Earth Stood Still.

TONIGHT: The show begins in the Gulf where the Hiuthis threaten shipping with their sopisticated tactics and weapons.  Then to Ukraine as General Winter settles in for an El Nino bombardment.  From Ottowa to Edwards AFB, from Kyiv to Starlink in Israel, from France to North Korea.  Attention on the pause in the PRC copying of the Hubble orbital telescope. 1922

PREVIEW: From a two hour interview about the withdrawal from Afghanistan, August 2021, Author Jerry Duleavy analyzes the consequences of abandoning Bagram airbase fr the airport in central Kabul.   https://www.amazon.com/Kabul-Untold-Bidens-American-Warriors/dp/1546005307/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701296521&sr=1-1 1928, Ataturk with the King of Afghanistan

#Bestof2021: 2/2:  Redistributing tax dollars: State funding for the public good?  @RichardAEpstein  @HooverInst    https://www.hoover.org/research/infrastructure-distortions The impending multibillion-dollar infrastructure deal between the Biden administration and the Senate Republicans has been hailed as welcome bipartisan cooperation that augurs well for the revitalization of this nation's aging infrastructure—and for improving the lives of many Americans. This narrative plays so well because the term “infrastructure” now carries a seal of approval. Private expenditures may be suspect as greedy, but not public expenditures. 1850 Rome

#Bestof2021: 1/2:  Redistributing tax dollars: State funding for the public good?  @RichardAEpstein  @HooverInst    https://www.hoover.org/research/infrastructure-distortions The impending multibillion-dollar infrastructure deal between the Biden administration and the Senate Republicans has been hailed as welcome bipartisan cooperation that augurs well for the revitalization of this nation's aging infrastructure—and for improving the lives of many Americans. This narrative plays so well because the term “infrastructure” now carries a seal of approval. Private expenditures may be suspect as greedy, but not public expenditures. 1790 Sulla

#SCOTUS: Does the disenfranchising of insurrectionists in the 14th Amendment apply to presidents? Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution https://www.hoover.org/research/misguided-disqualification-efforts 1861 Kearsage vs Alabama

#SCOTUS: New rules for old judges. Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-supreme-court-s-new-ethics-rules-affirm-the-rule-of-law/ar-AA1kj6db 1853 Willard DC

#Russia: North Korean labor to the rescue of Moscow's severe labor shortage. Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/north-korean-special-economic-zone-poised-for-revival-in-new-russia-trade/ar-AA1kHiUh 1898 Moscow

#France: Commodities plateau and Winter arrives in Paradise. Simon Constable, WSJ https://www.wsj.com/finance/commodities-futures/commodity-prices-experts-predictions-2a1d735 1888

4/8: /Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden's Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End Hardcover – by  Jerry Dunleavy  (Author), James Hasson  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Kabul-Untold-Bidens-American-Warriors/dp/1546005307/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701296521&sr=1-1 America's chaotic retreat from Afghanistan in 2021 was nothing short of a horror show. Women and children were trampled to death outside the gates of the Kabul airfield. Desperate Afghans fell from the landing gear of departing planes. Taliban fighters mercilessly whipped and humiliated U.S. civilians trying to access the few square miles still controlled by American forces. Countless Afghan interpreters were abandoned to the mercy of the Taliban after risking their lives alongside American troops for years. And thirteen U.S. service members—eleven of whom were still in preschool on 9/11—were murdered in an ISIS suicide bombing that could easily have been prevented.   Still, the full story is worse than anyone imagined. Drawing from hundreds of hours of first-person interviews, investigative reporter Jerry Dunleavy and former Army Captain and Afghanistan veteran James Hasson provide an exclusive, no-holds-barred account of the disastrous events of August 2021. Kabul is packed with shocking and infuriating exclusive details about fatal politics and bureaucracy that contributed to the catastrophe. The authors also tell, for the first time, inspiring stories of the bravery and sacrifices exhibited by countless Americans on the ground. Kabul's original reporting includes eyewitness accounts from servicemembers of all ranks who participated the rescue effort, inside information from senior intelligence officials, interviews with high-ranking members of allied governments, harrowing stories from Americans and Afghan allies willfully abandoned by craven officials in Washington, and exclusive details about veteran-led rescue missions that continue to this day. Chapter after chapter, Kabul depicts American government at its worst and “ordinary” Americans at their best. 1928 Afghanistan

3/8:  Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden's Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End Hardcover – by  Jerry Dunleavy  (Author), James Hasson  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Kabul-Untold-Bidens-American-Warriors/dp/1546005307/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701296521&sr=1-1 America's chaotic retreat from Afghanistan in 2021 was nothing short of a horror show. Women and children were trampled to death outside the gates of the Kabul airfield. Desperate Afghans fell from the landing gear of departing planes. Taliban fighters mercilessly whipped and humiliated U.S. civilians trying to access the few square miles still controlled by American forces. Countless Afghan interpreters were abandoned to the mercy of the Taliban after risking their lives alongside American troops for years. And thirteen U.S. service members—eleven of whom were still in preschool on 9/11—were murdered in an ISIS suicide bombing that could easily have been prevented.   Still, the full story is worse than anyone imagined. Drawing from hundreds of hours of first-person interviews, investigative reporter Jerry Dunleavy and former Army Captain and Afghanistan veteran James Hasson provide an exclusive, no-holds-barred account of the disastrous events of August 2021. Kabul is packed with shocking and infuriating exclusive details about fatal politics and bureaucracy that contributed to the catastrophe. The authors also tell, for the first time, inspiring stories of the bravery and sacrifices exhibited by countless Americans on the ground. Kabul's original reporting includes eyewitness accounts from servicemembers of all ranks who participated the rescue effort, inside information from senior intelligence officials, interviews with high-ranking members of allied governments, harrowing stories from Americans and Afghan allies willfully abandoned by craven officials in Washington, and exclusive details about veteran-led rescue missions that continue to this day. Chapter after chapter, Kabul depicts American government at its worst and “ordinary” Americans at their best. 1920 Afghanistan

2/8:  Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden's Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End Hardcover – by  Jerry Dunleavy  (Author), James Hasson  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Kabul-Untold-Bidens-American-Warriors/dp/1546005307/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701296521&sr=1-1 America's chaotic retreat from Afghanistan in 2021 was nothing short of a horror show. Women and children were trampled to death outside the gates of the Kabul airfield. Desperate Afghans fell from the landing gear of departing planes. Taliban fighters mercilessly whipped and humiliated U.S. civilians trying to access the few square miles still controlled by American forces. Countless Afghan interpreters were abandoned to the mercy of the Taliban after risking their lives alongside American troops for years. And thirteen U.S. service members—eleven of whom were still in preschool on 9/11—were murdered in an ISIS suicide bombing that could easily have been prevented.   Still, the full story is worse than anyone imagined. Drawing from hundreds of hours of first-person interviews, investigative reporter Jerry Dunleavy and former Army Captain and Afghanistan veteran James Hasson provide an exclusive, no-holds-barred account of the disastrous events of August 2021. Kabul is packed with shocking and infuriating exclusive details about fatal politics and bureaucracy that contributed to the catastrophe. The authors also tell, for the first time, inspiring stories of the bravery and sacrifices exhibited by countless Americans on the ground. Kabul's original reporting includes eyewitness accounts from servicemembers of all ranks who participated the rescue effort, inside information from senior intelligence officials, interviews with high-ranking members of allied governments, harrowing stories from Americans and Afghan allies willfully abandoned by craven officials in Washington, and exclusive details about veteran-led rescue missions that continue to this day. Chapter after chapter, Kabul depicts American government at its worst and “ordinary” Americans at their best. 1950 Afghanistan

1/8:  Kabul: The Untold Story of Biden's Fiasco and the American Warriors Who Fought to the End Hardcover – by  Jerry Dunleavy  (Author), James Hasson  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Kabul-Untold-Bidens-American-Warriors/dp/1546005307/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701296521&sr=1-1 America's chaotic retreat from Afghanistan in 2021 was nothing short of a horror show. Women and children were trampled to death outside the gates of the Kabul airfield. Desperate Afghans fell from the landing gear of departing planes. Taliban fighters mercilessly whipped and humiliated U.S. civilians trying to access the few square miles still controlled by American forces. Countless Afghan interpreters were abandoned to the mercy of the Taliban after risking their lives alongside American troops for years. And thirteen U.S. service members—eleven of whom were still in preschool on 9/11—were murdered in an ISIS suicide bombing that could easily have been prevented.   Still, the full story is worse than anyone imagined. Drawing from hundreds of hours of first-person interviews, investigative reporter Jerry Dunleavy and former Army Captain and Afghanistan veteran James Hasson provide an exclusive, no-holds-barred account of the disastrous events of August 2021. Kabul is packed with shocking and infuriating exclusive details about fatal politics and bureaucracy that contributed to the catastrophe. The authors also tell, for the first time, inspiring stories of the bravery and sacrifices exhibited by countless Americans on the ground. Kabul's original reporting includes eyewitness accounts from servicemembers of all ranks who participated the rescue effort, inside information from senior intelligence officials, interviews with high-ranking members of allied governments, harrowing stories from Americans and Afghan allies willfully abandoned by craven officials in Washington, and exclusive details about veteran-led rescue missions that continue to this day. Chapter after chapter, Kabul depicts American government at its worst and “ordinary” Americans at their best. 1848 Kabul

#Bennu: Distributing samples of a pristine carbonaceous chondrite asteroid. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/british-scientists-get-their-own-bennu-sample-to-study/ 1963

#SpaceX: Starlink Israel including Gaza Strip. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/starlink-now-operating-for-israel-in-israel-and-gaza/ 1963

2/2: #Arming Ukraine, with its faults, advances American interests, as arming the Soviets, 1941-45 advanced American interests. John Herbst, Atlantic Council https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/29/we-can-outlast-russia-in-ukraine-lord-cameron-tells-nato/ 1918 Red Guard

1/2: #Arming Ukraine, with its faults, advances American interests, as arming the Soviets, 1941-45 advanced American interests. John Herbst, Atlantic Council https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/29/we-can-outlast-russia-in-ukraine-lord-cameron-tells-nato/ 1921 Lenin

#PRC: #USAF: The B-21  the rattles  PLA. Rebecca Grant, president of IRIS Independent Research and a visiting fellow of the Lexington Institute, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/us-bomber-why-china-suddenly-wants-talk-about-nukes-ai 1945

#Canada: Hostage diplomacy and afterCharles Burton, senior fellow at the Centre for Advancing Canada's Interests Abroad at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill: : https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/china-likely-to-escape-scot-free-in-persecution-of-two-canadians/article_644384da-7778-5830-b3a6-56483b4a07f8.html 1906 Ottowa

#Ukraine: General Winter arrives on the field.  Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/putin-wont-make-peace-in-ukraine-before-2024-us-election-us-official/ar-AA1kGBmkhttps://www.reuters.com/world/blinken-will-highlight-ongoing-support-ukraine-europe-this-week-us-official-2023-11-27/ 1919 Lithuania

#GAZA: Houthis attack with skill and video game drama:  Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/houthis-slam-g7-say-hijacked-ship-linked-to-war/ar-AA1kJUxX https://www.timesofisrael.cm/liveblog-november-29-2023/ 1904 Port Arthur

PREVIEW: From a longer conversation with Colonel Jeff McCausland of CBS News, confirming that the Houthis of Yemen, surrogates for Tehran, also hold hostages from the 25 man crew of the hijacked Galaxy Leader..  #GAZA:  Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol 1925 Tehran

PREVIEW: From a longer conversation about Ukraine, John Herbst of the Atlantic Council  -- former ambassador to Ukraine -- comments on the charge that Ukraine is corrupt and not deserving of US support.  1900 Ukraine

TONIGHT: The show begins by measuring and puzzling Cyber Monday -- the American consumer battlefield success. The to the 1968 New Hampshire Primary, to Greece in 2015 with a currency crisis and to the British Museum.  From Berlin to Moscow, from Freetown to Monrovia, from Gaza to Kyiv, from Buenos Aires to Montevideo.  Special attention to the Elgin Marbles flap between Sunak and Mitsotakis. 1966

PREVIEW: From a much longer conversation, Gregory Copley observes how KingCharles is handling both his duties and the enterprising yougng gossips. gossips. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs 1954 Hobart Australia

#BESTOF2021: 2/2: Modern SCOTUS cases for bigness. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/clueless-competition 1942 NYT NEWSROOM

#BESTOF2021: 2/2: Modern SCOTUS cases for bigness. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst https://www.hoover.org/research/clueless-competition 1945 IKE PARADE

#NewWorldReport: Venezuela breaks promises to respect democracy & What is to be done? Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-trial-air-allegations-venezuelan-militarys-drug-trafficking-ties-2023-11-27/ 1964 VENEZUELA