GOOD EVENING: The show begin in Ukraine at Kherson, observingappalling cruelty...
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 5 December 2024
⏱️ 7 minutes
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1863 Ukraine
CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR
FIRST HOUR 9:00-9:15 Ukraine: Droning Civilians for Practice Guest: Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (retired), CBS News, Dickinson College
9:15-9:30 DoD: Hegseth Unlikely Guest: Colonel Jeff McCausland, USA (retired), CBS News, Dickinson College
9:30-9:45 Pardons and the Biden Family Risk (Part 1) Guests: Andrew McCarthy, NRO; Thad McCotter, The American Greatness
9:45-10:00 Pardons and the Biden Family Risk (Part 2) Guests: Andrew McCarthy, NRO; Thad McCotter, The American Greatness
SECOND HOUR 10:00-10:15 Philippines: PRC Threats Guests: James Fanell, co-author "Embracing Communist China," Geneva Centre for Security Policy; Gordon Chang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
10:15-10:30 PRC: Tariffs and BRICS Guests: Andrew Collier, Orient Capital Research, author "China's Technology War"; Gordon Chang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
10:30-10:45 South Korea: Yoon Troubled Guests: Greg Scarlatoiu, Committee for Human Rights in North Korea; Gordon Chang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
10:45-11:00 Naval Warfare Guests: Rebecca Grant, Lexington Institute; Gordon Chang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill
THIRD HOUR 11:00-11:15 Vietnam 1975: Ukraine 2025? Guest: Grant Newsham, author "China Attacks"
11:15-11:30 Russia: Oil Price Collapsing Toward $60 Guest: Michael Bernstam, Hoover Institution
11:30-11:45 Dallas: Future Metropolis of Abundant Energy and Space Guest: Bud Weinstein, formerly of SMU
11:45-12:00 Romania: Anti-establishment Vote Shakes the EU Guest: Greg Scarlatoiu, Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
FOURTH HOUR 12:00-12:15 Toulouse: The Eleventh Century Basilica Saint-Sernin Guest: Simon Constable, Occitanie
12:15-12:30 Toulouse: WSJ Quiz re Cyber Fraud Scams Guest: Simon Constable, Occitanie
12:30-12:45 ISS: Mystery of the Toxic Progress Guest: Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com
12:45-1:00 AM NASA: Voyager Calls Home Guest: Bob Zimmerman, Behindthe
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| 0:00.0 | This is John Batchelor. Good evening. |
| 0:06.7 | Shobing is tonight in Ukraine. |
| 0:09.6 | An article in the Financial Times is appalling. |
| 0:13.5 | It asserts that in Herson, the city along the river that was a scene of the battle that first year of the war, the Russians |
| 0:22.7 | invading and taking it over, Hereson Oblast, and then being driven out in the spring |
| 0:27.0 | offense of 23. The people in Herzen are being bombarded by small drones, dropping small |
| 0:35.3 | mines and grenades, wounding people, blowing their feet off, |
| 0:41.3 | purposefully to drive them out of the city and do also practice. |
| 0:47.5 | The Russians have drone operators. |
| 0:49.2 | They're putting into the front line to practice what individual harassment. They want to wound people, not |
| 0:56.0 | kill them, because that burdens the system. |
| 1:00.2 | And the Harrison is down to a very small population from before the war. |
| 1:05.3 | Why? There's also a report of boats being gathered on the other side of the river |
| 1:10.1 | to cross. |
| 1:12.0 | This is the Napa. |
| 1:14.8 | Maybe. |
| 1:17.0 | Maybe that's what will happen in the spring of 25. |
| 1:20.0 | In any event, the cruelty is obvious. |
| 1:20.8 | Odd. |
| 1:23.2 | 21st century. |
| 1:30.0 | Using drone technology to blow people's feet off while they're in the garden. |
| 1:36.0 | Colonel Jeff McCausen comments, and then we're off to comment on the DOD, |
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