#ROSCOSMOS: Finally launching the severely sanctioned Angara from Vostochny. Ekaterina Zolotova, @GPFutures. Moscow https://geopoliticalfutures.com/rocket-launch-exposes-russias-technology-gaps/ 1872 JULES VERNEJohn Batchelor

GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Moscow, asking what will be acceptable terms of victory. To NATO and the choice of leadership -- perhaps from the Eastern Wing. To the FISA Court in DC for reforms to avoid the Russiagate abuse. To TSMC on Taiwan, asking if it can be reproduced in Arizona. To the White House, where they worry about inflation despite…

#BRAZIL: Musk illustrates Brasilia censorship.Mary Anastasia O'Grady WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-resists-brazilian-censorship-free-speech-latin-america-law-ca4d75b5 1956 BRAZILJohn Batchelor

#MRMARKET: Inflation, taxes and uncontrolled spending. Veronique De Rugy, Mercatus Center https://www.creators.com/read/veronique-de-rugy/04/24/tax-time-myths-and-truths UNDATED MARSEILLESJohn Batchelor

#CANADA: Standing with Israel and condemning Iran, all parties. Conrad Black, National Post https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2024/04/13/statement-prime-minister-attack-iranian-regime-against-israel 1891 OTTAWAJohn Batchelor

#IRAN: Threatening to assemble a bomb.Behnam ben Taleblu, @FDD https://www.fdd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/04-17-24-Taleblu-Written-Testimony.pdf 1925 PERSIAJohn Batchelor

#IRAN: The Russian hand in Tehran's air defense. #IRAN: Behnam ben Taleblu, @FDD https://www.fdd.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/04-17-24-Taleblu-Written-Testimony.pdf 1902 PERSIAJohn Batchelor

#SCOTUS: The obstruction case for January 6.@AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/in-reading-the-obstruction-statute-do-we-look-before-or-after-otherwise/ 1920 GOP CONVENTION, CHICAGOJohn Batchelor

#POTUS: Anonymous jury and the gagging of the accused. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/team-trump-is-undermining-its-bias-claim-against-merchan/ 1938 Lookout Mountain, POTUS FLOTUSJohn Batchelor

#NPR: Once upon a time an NPR interview was a pleasant curious, well prepared conversation. Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution. https://www.hoover.org/research/spirit-44 undated Don Quixote and Sancho PanzeJohn Batchelor

#!1944: The dangers of a undereducated electorate that doesn't know the history of 1944. Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institution. https://www.hoover.org/research/spirit-44 1944 Sword Beach, Queen RedJohn Batchelor

2/2: #MRMARKET: The American Rescue Act of 2021 is the sticky inflation of 2024. John Cochrane, Hoover Institution https://www.grumpy-economist.com/p/inflation-confusion October 1929 NYCJohn Batchelor

1/2: #MRMARKET: The American Rescue Act of 2021 is the sticky inflation of 2024. John Cochrane, Hoover Institution https://www.grumpy-economist.com/p/inflation-confusion 1860 Oysterstand NYCJohn Batchelor

##SCALAREPORT: Chris Riegel CEO, Scala.com @Stratacache. The Chips Acts vs the PRC. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2024/04/15/biden-administration-announces-6-billion-ensure-leading-edge-microchips-built-us/73325372007/ undated Petrograph, ArizonaJohn Batchelor

#FISA: The reforms are practical; and necessary. No apology from James Comey. . Cliff May FDD https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/04/17/listening-to-our-enemies/ 1918 NovemberJohn Batchelor

NATO: Leadership from the Eastern Wing. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute https://harpers.org/archive/2024/05/coming-to-terms-the-diplomatic-path-to-a-secure-ukraine-george-beebe-anatol-lieven/ 1886 Danube at BucharestJohn Batchelor

#UKRAINE: Russia winning the minimum territory -- Crimea to Luhansk and Donetsk-- may work to end the war. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute https://harpers.org/archive/2024/05/coming-to-terms-the-diplomatic-path-to-a-secure-ukraine-george-beebe-anatol-lieven/ 1943 UkraineJohn Batchelor

PREVIEW; #INFLATION: Conversation with economist John Cochrane of Hooover the the Biden Administration and Congress spending of these last years for creating and sustaining inflation (the devaluing of money) -- for which there is no easy or confirmed cure until government spending is cut back profoundly. Details later. 1929 NY Stock Exchange…

PREVIEW: #IRAN: #ARSENAL:Conversation with colleague Benham ben Taleblu of FDD re the Iran missle and drone arsenal -- and reports of failures in the launch, and reports of what remains in the arsenal. More details tonight. 1898 PersiaJohn Batchelor

PREVIEW: #NPR: Conversation with colleague Victor Davis Hanson re PR and memories of once upon a time (perhaps the 20the Century) polite, well-prepared and modestly left of center presenters who conducted substantive and often lengthy exchanges with guests absent partisan presumption or blame. Details tonight. 1936 Radio Row NYC…

PREVIEW: #TRUMP: #COURT: Conversation with Andrew McCarthy of NRO re what former President Trump can and cannot say during the Manhattan trial -- and especially what cannot be said in or out of court about the families of the principals. More detaails tonight. 1876 Broad Street NYCJohn Batchelor

PREVIEW: #RUSSIA: #IRAN: Conversation with colleague Anatol Lieven of Quincy Institute re the telephne exchange between President Raisi of Iran and President Putin of Russia following the barrage on Israel -- and the limits of the cooperation between the nations. More details tonight. 1914 RussiaJohn Batchelor

PREVIEW:#PRC: Conversation with CEO Chris Riegel of #SCALA com re the embassy by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to China to warn against dumping heavily subsidized goods such as EVs on the world market -- and the expected and often repeated response from the PRC authorities. More detail tonight. 1930 Shanghai…

Good evening. The show begins in Tehran, curious what gave the Mullahs confidence to order 300 or 700 missiles and drones fired at Israel. To Kyiv, without air defense; to Kharkiv, surrounded. To France for the price of energy; to Jerusalem to wait on the target. To Beijing, to Taiwan, to Ottawa and the Chinese saboteurs. To the north of Israel and…

#NewWorldReport: Dengue, drought and climate change. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/perus-dengue-deaths-triple-climate-change-swells-mosquito-population-2024-04-12/ UNDATED ATOM PLANT…