GOOD EVENINg The show begins in Paris where EU leaders meet in emergency session to find a solution to Ukraine...
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 21 February 2025
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GOOD EVENINg The show begins in Paris where EU leaders meet in emergency session to find a solution to Ukraine...
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CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR
FIRST HOUR
* 9:00-9:15: UKRAINE: EU NATIONS CANNOT AGREE
Guest: Anatol Lieven, Quincy
* 9:15-9:30: NATO: RUSSIA WANTS ROLLBACK
Guest: Anatol Lieven, Quincy
* 9:30-9:45: SCOTUS: DOGE IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Guest: Richard Epstein, Civitas Institute
* 9:45-10:00: DOJ: ERIC ADAMS AND "WITHOUT PREJUDICE"
Guest: [Guest name not provided]
SECOND HOUR
* 10:00-10:15: MRMARKET: WALMART CAN SEE CHRISTMAS SLOWDOWN
Guest: Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com (@Stratacache)
* 10:15-10:30: QUANTUM COMPUTING REPORT: MICROSOFT CLAIMS PROGRESS
Guest: Brandon Weichert, National Interest
* 10:30-10:45: DOGE: JUDGE CHUTKAN STEPS BACK
Guest: @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @TheAmGreatness
* 10:45-11:00: DOJ: RESIGNATIONS AND NO DECISION
Guest: @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @TheAmGreatness
THIRD HOUR
Book Discussion: "Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age" by Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough
* 11:00-11:15: Part 1/8
* 11:15-11:30: Part 2/8
* 11:30-11:45: Part 3/8
* 11:45-12:00: Part 4/8
FOURTH HOUR
* 12:00-12:15: CANADA: SEEKING DOGE
Guest: Conrad Black, National Post
* 12:15-12:30: PANAMA: SUCCESSFUL
Guest: Mary Anastasia O'Grady, WSJ
* 12:30-12:45: IRAN: CHARM OFFENSIVE (Part 1)
Guest: Behnam Ben Taleblu, FDD
* 12:45-1:00 AM: IRAN: CHARM OFFENSIVE (Part 2)
Guest: Behnam Ben Taleblu, FDD
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is John Batchel. Good evening. The show begins in Paris, discussing with Antel Levin about the |
| 0:11.7 | emergency meeting, that's Mr. McCrone's words, held for the leaders of the EU, and NATO was also |
| 0:19.0 | present because the UK showed up, and it's not in the EU. |
| 0:23.6 | And then the next day, a hybrid meeting with the Romanian Prime Minister with Mr. Macron |
| 0:28.8 | in Paris and the others on Zoom. No conclusion. They needed a European-based military answer to Ukraine post-war. |
| 0:39.4 | They need to re-industrialize the defense business. |
| 0:43.4 | No decision. |
| 0:46.7 | Also, Russia wants a rollback on NATO, out of Romania, out of Moldova, out of the Baxie Basin. |
| 0:54.5 | That's one of the demands made by Leveroff to Rubio in the meeting in Riyadh. |
| 1:00.7 | This is a chess match played by professionals waiting. |
| 1:07.0 | And then Chris Wrigal joins to comment on what Walmart sees for Christmas, a slowdown. |
| 1:13.5 | They're preparing for it. |
| 1:15.3 | Why, their data is always very good. |
| 1:17.9 | It talks about the middle and lower middle class and their spending habits in stores. |
| 1:22.8 | Not Amazon, in stores. |
| 1:25.6 | Slow down. |
| 1:27.3 | And if that slows down, everything slows down. |
| 1:31.7 | Christmas, 25. |
| 1:34.1 | Quantum computing, great fun. |
| 1:35.7 | I'm following this story thanks to Brendan Weikert. |
| 1:39.1 | We're talking about physics that are not easily explained. |
| 1:43.9 | Microsoft says it's made an advance, creating a topological cubit. |
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