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The John Batchelor Show

TONIGHT: The show begins in Pennsylvania with Salena Zito, in order to explore the inquiry, can a Third Party candidate such as Joe Manchin carry Pa. Then to Conrad Black in Toronto, to celebrate his new book: The Political and Strategic History of the

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Society & Culture, Arts, News, Books

4.5 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

TONIGHT: The show begins in Pennsylvania with Salena Zito, in order to explore the inquiry, can a Third Party candidate such as Joe Manchin carry Pa. Then to Conrad Black in Toronto, to celebrate his new book: The Political and Strategic History of the World, Vol I: From Antiquity to the Caesars, 14 A.D.. Then to Philadelphia, to Yemen, Las Vegas, Boca Chica. To Mars equator, to the bin Laden compound 2011. To Lancaster County Pa and breakfast at the Park City Diner. And last to LEO, MEO, GEO and space war prep.

1913 GETTYSBURG 5OTH ANNIVERSARY


CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR


FIRST HOUR

9-915
#KeystoneReport: Can a Third Party win in Pennsylvania? Salena Zito, Middle of Somewhere, @DCExaminer Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, New York Post, SalenaZito.com
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2799639/we-can-elect-a-third-party-candidate-but-not-the-way-you-think/


915-930
#Canada: It is possible to construct a political history of civilization from antiquity to the Death of Augustus Caesar, 14A.D. Conrad Black.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CMCP8SKC?psc=1&smid=A37DFYOENRKCVH&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp


930-945
#SmallBusinessAmerica: Housing starts down but builder confidence up. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer
https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2024/01/builder-sentiment-surges-on-falling-interest-rates



945-1000
#SmallBusinessAmerica: Boomers Rule Small Business, Still. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer
https://genemarks.medium.com/dont-laugh-boomers-still-rule-the-world-for-now-fce85df76fac



SECOND HOUR

10-1015
##Houthis: The correct meaning of "genocide" and the Houthis are a genocidal cult. Cliff May, FDD
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2024/01/17/the-blood-libel-at-the-hague/


1015-1030
#PacificWatch: The Sphere goes to the super Bowl@JCBliss
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/article-12984131/Super-Bowl-LVIII-CBS-Sports-chiefs-reveal-Las-Vegas-Sphere-used-coverage-NFL-showpiece.html

1030-1045
#SPACEX: Boca Chica Mall and Diner. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/spacex-files-for-permits-to-build-a-shopping-center-and-restaurant-at-boca-chica/

1045-1100
##Hubble: #JamesWebb: Early galaxies were not normal shapes.. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com
https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/webb-confirms-the-unusual-shape-of-early-galaxies-as-seen-by-hubble/




THIRD HOUR

1100-1115
5/8: The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA Hardcover – October 17, 2023
by Liza Mundy (Author)

https://www.amazon.com/Sisterhood-Secret-History-Women-CIA/dp/0593238176/ref=asc_df_0593238176&mcid=d8b024f8944a3cfb869a04c0b84ba964?tag=bngsmtphsnus-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80608071597838&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4584207596928557&psc=1

Created in the aftermath of World War II, the Central Intelligence Agency relied on women even as it attempted to channel their talents and keep them down. Women sent cables, made dead drops, and maintained the agency’s secrets. Despite discrimination—even because of it—women who started as clerks, secretaries, or unpaid spouses rose to become some of the CIA’s shrewdest operatives.

They were unlikely spies—and that’s exactly what made them perfect for the role. Because women were seen as unimportant, pioneering female intelligence officers moved unnoticed around Bonn, Geneva, and Moscow, stealing secrets from under the noses of their KGB adversaries. Back at headquarters, women built the CIA’s critical archives—first by hand, then by computer. And they noticed things that the men at the top didn’t see. As the CIA faced an identity crisis after the Cold War, it was a close-knit network of female analysts who spotted the rising threat of al-Qaeda—though their warnings were repeatedly brushed aside.

After the 9/11 attacks, more women joined the agency as a new job, targeter, came to prominence. They showed that data analysis would be crucial to the post-9/11 national security landscape—an effort that culminated spectacularly in the CIA’s successful effort to track down bin Laden in his Pakistani compound.

Propelled by the same meticulous reporting and vivid storytelling that infused Code Girls, The Sisterhood offers a riveting new perspective on history, revealing how women at the CIA ushered in the modern intelligence age, and how their silencing made the world more dangerous.


1115-1130
6/8: The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA Hardcover – October 17, 2023
by Liza Mundy (Author)

1130-1145
7/8: The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA Hardcover – October 17, 2023
by Liza Mundy (Author)

1145-1200
8/8: The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA Hardcover – October 17, 2023
by Liza Mundy (Author)



FOURTH HOUR

12-1215
#MrMarket: #SoftData: Breakfast plates as big as hubcaps and the Apple Store jammed in Lancaster County. Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barrons. @MCTagueJ. Author of the "Martin and Twyla Boundary Series." #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety
https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/us-retail-sales-report-2024-030eaa0a

1215-1230
#Italy: Italy struggles to fend off the migrants from Tunisia rescued by NGO migration activists.
https://apnews.com/article/italy-migration-rescue-ships-meloni-52d3137cb7a88aff6c169d52d1ea830e

1230-1245
#Ukraine: Out of ammo as the US Congress and the GOP turn away. Josh Rogin Wasington Post.
also''https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/01/19/ukraine-aid-cut-likely-johnson-house-republicans/


1245-100 am
##SpaceForce: Preparing the battlefield in LEO, MEO, GEO. Henry Sokolski, NPEC
https://x.com/nuclearpolicy/status/1747659993388900534?s=46&t=hKg5MoZJk-45c078Ps82KA

Transcript

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0:00.0

Good evening.

0:01.0

The show begins tonight in Pennsylvania with my colleagues Salina Zito asking the question,

0:06.3

can a third party win in Pennsylvania?

0:09.3

When the state, the Electoral College state, or influence the decision of which way the Electoral College

0:16.6

goes.

0:18.0

It is a state that went for Donald Trump in 2016, it went for Joe Biden in 2020.

0:25.8

Salina has thoughts about the state right now,

0:28.3

we'll call it a toss-up.

0:31.2

Does a third party change the direction of Pennsylvania?

0:35.0

The name that comes up is Joe Manchin of West Virginia.

0:39.0

We then move to Canada.

0:41.0

Comrade Black joins, he has a new book, The History, very careful history,

0:46.4

political history, volume one, of politics from antiquity until the death of Augustus 14 a.D.

0:56.6

Much of the book is ahead of me.

0:59.1

I've ordered the hard back.

1:01.0

I have the Kindle. And Conrad and I will be discussing it soon enough once I've gathered

1:07.1

my forces and studied the matter.

1:11.2

It's a thousand-page book. I recommend the Kindle, it's easy to matter. It's a thousand page book. I recommend the Kindle, it's easy to manage. Conrad is

1:17.2

a sweeping and extremely careful writer. It is wonderful to have the book to talk about. It's everything up to the Roman

1:26.9

success and then afterwards. And then I turn to Small Business America. Gene Marks returns from his venture overseas.

1:36.1

We discuss the economy on the basis of housing.

1:40.0

Right now the housing starts are very low.

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