GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Las Vegas, where the A's baseball team is now extending their run at the city's ballpark from 2028 to at least 2058. Next, to Philadelphia, where there is a reported fall in builder confidence. To Sacramento, where Governor Newsom is writing an autobiography. Then, to Milan, where there is a report of heavy rains. M…

#SCOTUS: CFPB wins, 7-2. Richard Epstein, Hoover https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/despite-consumer-watchdog-s-us-supreme-court-win-agency-powers-still-on-chopping-block/ar-BB1myVdO#fullscreen 1918Av John Batchelor

CHICAGO: The Chicago teachers Union prospers as the students depart. Richard Epstein, Hoover https://www.hoover.org/profiles/richard-epstein https://www.hoover.org/research/chicagos-downward-union-spiralAv John Batchelor

2/2: #Nukes: Proliferation is the new new again,from Saudi Arabia to Finland. Henry Sokolski, NPEC https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/17/us/politics/israel-saudi-arabia-gaza.html 1957 Operation Plumbbob. BOLTZMAN event. 12 kiloton on a towerAv John Batchelor

1/2: #Nukes: Proliferation is the new new again,from Saudi Arabia to Finland. Henry Sokolski, NPEC https://nssaspace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Russian-Nuclear-ASAT-5.16.24.pdf November 1952, Operation Ivy, KING eventAv John Batchelor

4/4: The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist’s Journey to the Dawn of our Solar System Hardcover – March 19, 2024 by Dante Lauretta (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Asteroid-Hunter-Scientists-Journey-System/dp/1538722941 On September 11, 1999, humanity made a monumental discovery in the vastness of space. Scientists uncovered an asteroid of immense scienti…

3/4: The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist’s Journey to the Dawn of our Solar System Hardcover – March 19, 2024 by Dante Lauretta (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Asteroid-Hunter-Scientists-Journey-System/dp/1538722941 On September 11, 1999, humanity made a monumental discovery in the vastness of space. Scientists uncovered an asteroid of immense scienti…

2/4: The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist’s Journey to the Dawn of our Solar System Hardcover – March 19, 2024 by Dante Lauretta (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Asteroid-Hunter-Scientists-Journey-System/dp/1538722941 On September 11, 1999, humanity made a monumental discovery in the vastness of space. Scientists uncovered an asteroid of immense scienti…

1/4: The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist’s Journey to the Dawn of our Solar System Hardcover – March 19, 2024 by Dante Lauretta (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Asteroid-Hunter-Scientists-Journey-System/dp/1538722941 On September 11, 1999, humanity made a monumental discovery in the vastness of space. Scientists uncovered an asteroid of immense scienti…

#MERCURY: ESA's BepiColombo not nominal. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/potentially-serious-problem-on-bepicolombo-mercury-mission/ 1957 SputnikAv John Batchelor

#FAA: Regulators in Space. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/congress-passes-new-authorization-bill-for-faa-that-includes-short-extension-of-learning-period 1930Av John Batchelor

#ITALY: Heavy rains and heavy politics. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation. https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/italy-hit-by-severe-flooding-after-heavy-rain/ar-BB1myTFO 1907 GenoaAv John Batchelor

CA: Governor Gavin Newsom pens an autobiography eventually. Bill Whalen, Hoover Institution. https://www.hoover.org/research/book-newsom-newsom 1923 California black goldAv John Batchelor

#SmallBusinessAmerica: AI upgrades to voice commands, heading toward AGI (Artificial General Intelligence. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer https://uk.news.yahoo.com/openai-vs-google-gemini-major-115529023.html?g 1908 Puck MagazineAv John Batchelor

#SmallBusinessAmerica: Builders lose confidence.@GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer https://www.nahb.org/news-and-economics/press-releases/2024/05/higher-mortgage-rates-hammer-builder-confidence-in-may 1940 AllentownAv John Batchelor

#LancasterCountyReport: Costco packed with shoppers. Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barrons. @MCTagueJ. Author of the "Martin and Twyla Boundary Series." #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/lancaster-county-farmers-eligible-for-free-organic-transition-program/article_3df6f92a-12f4-11ef-b2f6-b7bf7046b30d.h…

#PacificWatch: . Extending the Las Vegas A's until 2058 @JCBliss https://www.8newsnow.com/sports/local-sports/las-vegas-as/will-the-las-vegas-mlb-team-be-called-the-as/ 1947 Truman opening dayAv John Batchelor

PREVIEW: CALIFORNA: Conversation with colleague Bill Whalen of Hoover re Governor Gavin Newsom and his imagined 2028 presidential campaign - the challenges of explaining California. More tonight. 1957 DisneylandAv John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #LEO:Conversation with Bob Zimmerman re an Australia commercial space company, HEO Robotics, that takes photos of objects in orbit -- and its uses. More detail tonight. 1900 Jules VerneAv John Batchelor

PREVIEW:LA: Conversation with colleague Jeff Bliss re a Hollywood scale vehicle chase by the police on the famous and busy 405 Freeway in early morning hours that included going the wrong way into traffic. Details tonight. 1922 Sunset BoulevardAv John Batchelor

PREVIW: #NASA: Conversation with author Dante Lauretta re his new work, The Asteroid Hunters, of the conception and the risk management for a two decade building and execution of the sample return OSIRIS-Rex mission to Asteroid Bennu. Much more later. 2000 ShoemakerAv John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #SCOTUS: #CFPB: Conversation with Professor Richard Epstein of Hoover re his surprise that SCOTUS, by 7-2, left in place the fact that the Consumer Federal Protection Bureau is funded by the Federal Resevre without Congressional oversight. Details later. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/despite-consumer-watchdog-s-us-supreme-court-win-age…

PREVIEW: #STRATEGIC FORCES: Conversation with colleague Henry Sokolski of NPEC re the return of the risk of nuclear wepon proliferation not only among adversaries but also urgently among allies. Details later. 1953 NevadaAv John Batchelor

GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Beijing at the meeting between Putin and Xi for the next steps in their "No Limits" partnership. Next, to Moscow and the new Defense chief, Belousov. Then, to the Fabs under construction in the US and Europe. Moving on to Jerusalem, Lebanon, cyberspace, Tehran, and Gaza. To Newfoundland, and farewell to a leprechaun…

8/8: Sheridan’s Secret Mission: How the South Won the War After the Civil War by Robert Cwiklik (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Sheridans-Secret-Mission-South-After/dp/0062950649/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In late 1874, nearly ten years after the Civil War, former slaves, or freedmen, found themselves under siege in the South by v…

7/8: Sheridan’s Secret Mission: How the South Won the War After the Civil War by Robert Cwiklik (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Sheridans-Secret-Mission-South-After/dp/0062950649/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In late 1874, nearly ten years after the Civil War, former slaves, or freedmen, found themselves under siege in the South by v…

6/8: Sheridan’s Secret Mission: How the South Won the War After the Civil War by Robert Cwiklik (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Sheridans-Secret-Mission-South-After/dp/0062950649/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In late 1874, nearly ten years after the Civil War, former slaves, or freedmen, found themselves under siege in the South by v…

5/8: Sheridan’s Secret Mission: How the South Won the War After the Civil War by Robert Cwiklik (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Sheridans-Secret-Mission-South-After/dp/0062950649/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In late 1874, nearly ten years after the Civil War, former slaves, or freedmen, found themselves under siege in the South by v…

2/2: #HOTELMARS: How did Venus lose its oceans? Eryn Cangi, Bethan Gregory, David Livingston. The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, CO https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07261-y 2010 Moonand VenusAv John Batchelor

1/2: #HOTELMARS: How did Venus lose its oceans? Eryn Cangi, Bethan Gregory, David Livingston. The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, CO https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07261-y 1991 Venus impact craterAv John Batchelor

#MrMarket: Price controls have never worked except to create shortages and chaos.Veronique DeRugy, Mercatus Center https://www.creators.com/read/veronique-de-rugy/05/24/why-no-politician-can-fix-prices-and-why-thats-ok 1910 DetroitAv John Batchelor

#CANADA: Farewell to the Newfoundland Leprechaun Rex Humphrey. Conrad Black, National Post https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-political-correctness-and-faddish-zealotry-had-no-more-effective-opponent-than-rex-murphy 1842 St. John'sAv John Batchelor

#GAZA: Casualties revised. Joe Truzman is a senior research analyst at FDD’s Long War Journal. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/united-nations-cuts-estimate-for-deaths-of-women-and-children-in-gaza-in-half/ar-BB1mjJE7 1930 BeershebaAv John Batchelor

#IRAN: The Iran-China Trade. ILAN BERMAN, AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY COUNCIL 1925 PersiaAv John Batchelor

#ANTISEMITISM: CCP directed hate-mongering. Ivana Stradner serves as a research fellow with FDD’s Barish Center for Media Integrity. https://www.foxnews.com/us/chinese-communist-party-linked-anti-israel-campus-protests-well-funded-non-organic-group-says 1949 PLAAv John Batchelor

#Lebanon: The pending decision. Alex Traiman is the CEO and Jerusalem Bureau Chief of JNS (Jewish News Syndicate). https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/israel-pushes-deeper-into-rafah-and-battles-a-regrouping-hamas-in-northern-gaza/ar-BB1mfVp9?ocid=BingNewsSearch Beirut 1960Av John Batchelor

#GAZA: The Biden Administration steps back from Jerusalem. Cliff May, FDD https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2024/05/15/biden-turns-on-israel/ 1884 GazaAv John Batchelor

#ScalaReport: The Magnificent 7 Techs and the American economy. Chris Riegel, Scala.com #STRATOCACHE https://money.usnews.com/investing/articles/magnificent-7-stocks-explainer 1943 DetroitAv John Batchelor

#RUSSIA: Who is Belousov, the new Defence Minister? Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/belousov-says-russia-must-win-in-ukraine-while-minimising-casualties/ar-BB1mn0ER 1942 RostovAv John Batchelor

#RUSSIA: Putin and Xi in Beijing for more No Limits. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-and-xi-pledge-a-new-era-and-condemn-the-united-states/ar-BB1mwoTO 1900 BeijingAv John Batchelor

PREVIEW: Conversation with author Rober Cwiklik re the auspicious arrival of the famous General Phil Sheridan and entourage in New Orleans during Christmas and New Year season 1873-1874; and the looming tragedy of the United States Government powerless to halt the rising of the Jim Crow South. 1879 New Orleans…

PREVIEW: ##MARKETS: Conversation with colleague Veronique DeRugy of Mercatus Center re price controls and a form of same, minimum wage -- and how minimum wage distorts the market and leads to decline either in profits or customer satisfaction or both. More later. 1830 NaplesAv John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #IRAN: #PRC: Conversation with colleague Ilan Berman of the merican Foreign Policy Council re the unchecked and illicit oil trade from Iran to PRC; and what the Biden Administration can do to halt it. More tonight. 1925 PersiaAv John Batchelor

PREVIEW: Manufacturing: CHIPS ACT: Conversation with colleague Chris Riegel of Scala.com re the US economy on two tracks: the Fabs for high end microchip making; and everyone else now constrained by the high cost of money and the inflation in materials. More later. 1923 DetroitAv John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #GAZA: Conversation with colleague Cliff May of FDD re the Biden Administration repeated demands about the IDF and the Rafah underground tunnels -- and yet the attack on Israel is far broader and much more lethal, directed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. More tonight. 1931 GalileeAv John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #RUSSIA: Conversation with Anatol Lieven of Quincy Institute re te new Minister of Defence in the Kremlin, Andrei Belousov, 65, and his mission: re-industrialization. Details tonight. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/analysis-russias-surprise-defence-minister-belousov-economist-out-to-boost-war-budget/ar-BB1mjmWw 1930 Rostov on Don…

The show begins in Taiwan, awaiting the inauguration of President-Elect Lai on Saturday. Then to Shanghai, where there have been no IPOs in 3 years. Next, to Montana. Then to Buenos Aires, with some good news. On to Peru, where there is trouble with the PRC (People's Republic of China). In North America, the focus is on the search for Avian Flu jum…

2/2: #PlanetaryGeology: When did the Earth go from 2% Oxygen to 21% Oxygen? Uri Ryb, Nature Magazine https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-46660-7 UNDATED TIBERAv John Batchelor

1/2: #PlanetaryGeology: When did the Earth go from 2% Oxygen to 21% Oxygen? Uri Ryb, Nature Magazine https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-46660-7 1926 MILANOAv John Batchelor

#Russia: Renminbi now the currency in Moscow. Michael Bernstam, Hoover. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-05-13/russian-economy-stays-strong-amid-sanctions-ukraine-war-spending MOSCOW 1896Av John Batchelor