#LancasterReport: Tesla adds four hours to the troad rip. Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barrons. @MCTagueJ. Author of the "Martin and Twyla Boundary Series." #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSocietyaJohn Batchelor

#KeystoneReport: The politics of steel & What is to be done? Salena Zito, Middle of Somewhere, @DCExaminer Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, New York Post, SalenaZito.com https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2966597/the-politics-of-steel-are-center-stage-in-pennsylvania/ 1956 PAJohn Batchelor

#SCOTUS: The January 6 "obstruction" case and the Court decision in June. Richard Epstein, Hoover https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/04/justices-divided-over-jan-6-participants-call-to-throw-out-obstruction-charge/ SCOTUS undatedJohn Batchelor

#ISRAEL: Successful negotiating de-escalation between adversaries Israel and Iran. Richard Epstein, Hoover https://www.hoover.org/research/israel-forbearance-could-be-fatal 1925 PersiaJohn Batchelor

#NYC: The chaos and indifference toward the needy migrants. Harry Siegel, TheCity.com https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/04/18/migrants-exhausted-crowded-conditions-bathgate-st-brigid/ 1910 NYCJohn Batchelor

#Columbia: Flashback to April 1968 and the NYPD attack. Harry Siegel, TheCity.com https://www.thecity.nyc/2024/04/18/columbia-students-arrests-palestine-israel-encampment-nypd/ 1900John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #MARS: #INGENUITY: Happy conversation with colleague Bob Zimmerman of BehindtheBlack.com re the busy fate of Ingenuity now landed on Mars with a broken rotor blade -- with a whole new mission like a brave watchtower in Martian winds. More tonight. 2004 Mars by Opportunity ot SpiritJohn Batchelor

PREVIEW: #SCOTUS: Conversation with Professor Richard Epstein of the Hoover Institution re the arguments before SCOTUS on the "obstruction" charge by a protester who entered the Capitol uninvited during the Congressional session -- and how the Court may decide in June. More tonight. 1833 Washington Navy Yard…

PREVIEW: NEWZEALAND: Conversation with colleague Profesor Reuben Steff of Waikoto University re the immigration challenge that the Luxon government mesasures as "unsustainable."... 100,000 last year, mostly unskilled. More details tonight. 1860 New ZealandJohn Batchelor

PREVIEW: #NYC: Conversation with colleague Harry Siegel of the City.com re the clumsy and even cruel way NYC treats the migrants who are obliged to wander from shelter to shelter with arbitrary limits an mandated obligations -- with migrant children seen selling candy on the MTA. More details later. 1910 Lower East Side NYC…

PREVIEW:#SPACEX: #MARS: Conversation with eric Berger of Ars Technica re Musk's thinking for what is next for the journey to Mars Colony -- the chopstick towers, the Starship models 2 & 3, the reusable SuperHeavy. More detail later tonight. 1917 POPULAR SCIENCEJohn Batchelor

PREVIEW: #STEEL: Conversation with colleague Salena Zito of Washington Examiner on the across the political canvas opposition to the proposed sale of US Steel to Nippon Steel of Japan -- and the detail of what heavyweight is for the sale. More later tonight. 1904 PittsburghJohn Batchelor

#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