PREVIEW: #VPOTUS: Conversation with colleague Elizabeth Peek of Fox and The Hill re: the GOP choice for VPOTUS -- because the candidate will be in a strong position to run in 2028 -- and what the GOP is going to learn from mistakes such as candidates and governors Palin and Noem. August 1905 TRJohn Batchelor

PREVIEW:#GREEN: Conversation with Joseph Sternberg of WSJ re the quandary of Green iin Europe-- where political leadership passed laws mandating net-zero by such a date and the public suddenly doesn't aim to pay the bill. More later. 1904John Batchelor

PREVEW: #EU: Conversation with colleague Judy Dempsey of Carnegie re the EU vote in June and the opinion in the EU of the US presidential campaign and parties. More details tonight. 1914 war in Brussels.John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #GAZA: Conversations with Jonathan Schanzer of FDD re the "highway of tunnels" from Gaza into Egypt -- long presumed and most embarrassing or worse for Cairo if and when exposed as the Hamas smuggling route. More later. 1898 GazaJohn Batchelor

GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Afghanistan's eight or more Al Qaeda training camps across the whole country. To Columbia University and the cancellation of graduation because of the threats. To Krakow and Auschwitz for March of the Living. To Hong Kong and the grim prospect of a crushed culture. To Okinawa, to Bogota, Panama City, Caracas, Brasil…

#Lebanon: No decision. Seth Frantzman, FDD. Bill Roggio, FDD https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/05/israel-faces-rocket-fire-on-two-fronts.php 1910 NORTH OF GSLILEE IN THE JORDAN VALLEYJohn Batchelor

#GAZA: Imminent. Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, FDD https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/05/idf-asks-gazans-to-evacuate-eastern-rafah-ahead-of-offensive.php UNDATED NEGEVJohn Batchelor

2/2: #OCEANIA; Battling the PRC bribery in the Solomons,. Cleo Paskal, FDD. https://sundayguardianlive.com/investigation/17-people-in-malaita-stand-in-way-of-chinas-takeover-of-the-solomons-2 1910 MALAITAJohn Batchelor

1/2: #OCEANIA; Battling the PRC bribery in the Solomons,. Cleo Paska, FDD https://sundayguardianlive.com/investigation/17-people-in-malaita-stand-in-way-of-chinas-takeover-of-the-solomons-2 1944 OVER THE SLOMONSJohn Batchelor

#NewWorldReport: Javier Milei's sister Karina. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire https://www.ft.com/content/c782ee1b-ad41-4448-97d8-df7c0770f748 1913 ARGENTINAJohn Batchelor

#NewWorldReport: The rains overwhelm Rio `Grande du sol, Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/death-toll-rains-southern-brazil-climbs-56-some-70-still-missing-2024-05-04/ 1920 RIO DE JANEIRO…

#NewWorldReport: Panama hints at drifting to narco-terrirsm. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/panamanians-vote-crowded-field-presidential-contenders-2024-05-05/ 1940 PANAMA CITY…

#NewWorldReport: Petro's Colombia cuts ties with Israel. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/guerrilla-pseudo-state-complicates-search-peace-colombia-2024-05-02/ 1918 BOGOTAJohn Batchelor

#JAPAN: The Okinawa Island Chain and defense of the Pacific. Lance Gatling, principal of Nexial Research based in Tokyo, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.foxnews.com/politics/japanese-government-responds-biden-claim-japan-xenophobic-unfortunate 1940 OKINAWAJohn Batchelor

#PRC: "Patriotic Education" and pictures of Xi. ,Mark Simon, Jimmy Lai's long-time deputy and director at the now-closed Apple Daily,@GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/02/hong-kong-fake-news-world-press-freedom-day/ 1906 HONG KONGJohn Batchelor

#IRAN: Cheering Columbia protesters. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1. @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/02/business/media/campus-protests-russia-china-iran-us.html 1900 LELAND STANFORD JR UNIVERSITYJohn Batchelor

#IISRAEL: Holocaust Memorial Day and Gaza, Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://duckduckgo.com/?q=HOLOCAUST+MEMORIAL+DAY&t=osx&ia=web&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FInternational%2FwireStory%2Fnetanyahu-holocaust-ceremony-brush-off-international-pressure-gaza-109941292&pn=1 1895 KRAKOW…

2/2: #CAMPUS: Columbia cancels Columbia & What is to be done about DEI? Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Institution. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/05/03/columbia_lawlessness_springs_from_free-speech_hypocrisy__150882.html 1916 LELAND STANFORD JR STUDENTS ENROUTE TO FRANCJohn Batchelor

1/2: #CAMPUS: Columbia cancels Columbia & What is to be done about DEI? Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Institution. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/05/03/columbia_lawlessness_springs_from_free-speech_hypocrisy__150882.html 1917 YALE COLLEGEJohn Batchelor

2/2: #AFGHANISTAN: Al Qaeda training camps and the folly of the 2020 US-Taliban deal. Bill Roggio, FDD. Husain Haqqani, Hudson Institute https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/05/architect-of-doha-agreement-wrongly-claims-al-qaeda-in-the-indian-subcontinent-has-been-dismantled.php 1895 PAKISTAN…

1/2: #AFGHANISTAN: Al Qaeda training camps and the folly of the 2020 US-Taliban deal. Bill Roggio, FDD. Husain Haqqan iHudson Institute https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/05/architect-of-doha-agreement-wrongly-claims-al-qaeda-in-the-indian-subcontinent-has-been-dismantled.php 1878 KYBER ROAD…

PREVIEW: #AUSCHWITZ: Conversation with colleague Malcolm Hoenlein re the meaning of Holocaust Memorial Day and the signifigance of the March of the Living each year from the execution posts at Auschwitz to the collapsed crematorium at Birkenau -- an experience that can easily overwhelm the first-time pilgrims. 1936 at Berghof…

PREVIEW: #FACULTY: Conversation with Peter Berkowitz of the Hoover Institution re the faculty members joining the campus protests in order to complain about "settler colonialism" -- a term of condemnation that is discussed in the classroom. More tonight. Undated. Judge Roy Bean, Val Verde County, Texas…

PREVIEW: #GAZA: #IDF: Conversation with colleague Seth Frantzman of FDD and Jerusalem Post re: reports of disputes both in Jerusalem and in Washington about the Rafah operation -- and also about the unconfirmed report that the US has held back military supplies. More details tonight. 1898 JerusalemJohn Batchelor

PREVIEW: #APOLLO11: #ROSCOSMOS: Conversation with colleague Anatoly Zak on Hotel Mars with David Livingston re the Soviet answer to the NASA success in 1969 to win the mon race with Apollo 11: the Soviet notion was to go for a much bigger moon event. Details soon. 1957John Batchelor