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1423: Italy opens its arms to American tourists. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation 10:10

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1423: The PRC confiscates Jimmy Lai's stock in Apple Daily. Mark Clifford. Gordon Chang. 11:45

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1423: Why does the PRC buy private schools in Canada? . Charles Burton, Gordon Chang @gordongchang 12:05

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1423: Baku recovers from the pandemic. Brenda Shaffer, @profbshaffer; @fdd 8:54

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1423: More tragedy in Nagorno-Karabakh. Brenda Shaffer, @profbshaffer, @fdd 13:05

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1423: The unknowns of asteroid Ryugu. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com 7:40

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Photo: Photograph of the full disc of the asteroid 162173 Ryugu, as it appeared to the Hayabusa2 spacecraft at 03:50 UTC on 26 June 2018. The photograph was taken by the spacecraft's Optical Navigation Camera – Telescopic (ONC-T) at a distance of 20 kilometres (12 miles). 162173 Ryugu is the 23rd minor planet studied by a spacecraft in-situ, and is…

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1423: The early days of space tourism. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com 16:10

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1423: Clarence Thomas and the New-New Scotus. Bill McGurn, @wjmcgurn, @wsjopinion, Wall Street Journal editorial board 10:55

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1423: The historical case for the January 6 Commission. Gerald F Seib, Wall Street Journal 11:05

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Photo: Warren Commission The Consequences of Not Creating a Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Commission If Washington’s political system can’t come together, it may be showing it can’t reverse the dynamics that produced violence in the first place. . . . In the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination and the 9/11 attacks, similar commissions were created to inve…

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1423: Boycott the Olympics because of the Uyghurs? Reggie Littlejohn and Gordon Chang @GordonGChang 11:45

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Photo: Founding of the First East Turkestan Republic The Turkic Islamic Republic of East Turkestan (IRET) was a short-lived breakaway Islamic republic founded on 12 November 1933; it was the first state to style itself an "Islamic republic." It was centred on the city of Kashgar in what is today China-administered Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.…

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1423: The battle in the Solomons: PRC vs Taiwan. @CleoPaskal; @GordonGChang 12:05

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1423: A conversation with the Senator from Charleston: Tim Scott. Salena Zito. 10:10

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1422: Small-town America awakens: Hot Springs, Virginia SalenaZito.com 11:50

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1421: Unknowns and secrets of a bat cave in China. @JoshRogin @WashingtonPost 11:35

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Photo: Panel with Fish, Bats, and Clouds. In Mandarin Chinese, while the radical for “bat” means “insect," the rest of the character is a homonym for "good luck.” .. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Unknowns and secrets of a bat cave in China. @JoshRogin @WashingtonPost https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinion…

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1421: South Korea must wait in line with the others. @JoshRogin @WashingtonPost 10:15

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Photo: "A traitor's peace! Workingmen! The politicans who cry out for 'peace,' and 'The Union as it was, tell us that it is a very easy thing to settle the troubles between the North and the South." . CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow South Korea must wait in line with the others. @JoshRogin @WashingtonPost h…

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1421: Tehran confidence in Vienna. Behnam ben Taleblu, @FDD 11:50

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Photo: Where the Iranian representative would stay: Palais Paar in Vienna. Palais Paar was built about 1630 for the postmaster of the Holy Roman Empire. According to the Viennese travel guide Nützliches Adress und Reisebuch, published in 1792, "the House of Prince Paar . . . especially deserves to be seen because of the splendor of its interior set…

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1421: "Belorussian exiles in Europe will be feeling most alarmed by this." @FelixLight @CBSNews Moscow 11:30

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Photo: How to combat piracy: A visit, board, search and seizure team assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio investigates a suspected pirate skiff. Anzio is assigned to Combined Task Force 151, a multi-national, mission-based task force established by the Combined Maritime Forces in January 2009 to conduct counter-piracy operations in the …

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1421: The Cuomo Brothers Win Again. @HarrySiegel @NYDailyNews 12:10

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Photo: A generation ago, the pater familias. . CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Cuomo Brothers Win Again. @HarrySiegel @NYDailyNews https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-lessons-from-the-quid-pro-cuo-bros-20210523-coeqxiagljcafid5o63e3rrjge-story.html?utm_source=siegeltown&utm_medium=email…

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1421: Goodbye 2020; Hello 2022. @LizPeek @TheHill 7:45

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Photo: The year rolls over into the next year . . . . CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Goodbye 2020; Hello 2022. @LizPeek @TheHill https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/top-republicans-flock-to-reagan-library-to-speak-out-on-gops-future/ar-AAKjXehΑπό τον John Batchelor

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1421: The consumer sallies forth. @LizPeek @TheHill @FoxNews 14:05

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Photo: Lumber in the US is now at least a third more expensive than it was six months ago. Here: Lumber being loaded onto truck at the Producers and Consumers Cooperative. Phoenix, Arizona. . CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The consumer sallies forth. @LizPeek @TheHill @FoxNews https://www.marketplace.org/2…

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1421: Sleeping America awakens from DC to AZ. @JohnTamny @RealClearMarkets 11:50

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Photo: Labor Day Parade, bakers carrying float of loaf of bread, New York CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Sleeping America awakens from DC to AZ. @JohnTamny @RealClearMarkets https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2021/05/25/capitalism_cant_fix_an_artificial_labor_shortage_778572.html…

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1420: The EU suddenly looks sturdy in a storm. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion 8:55

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Photo: Belarus: Catholic Church of St. Joseph and the Monastery of Jesuits in Viciebsk Беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎: Віцебск (Viciebsk), рог вуліцаў Вялікай (vulica Vialikaja) і Задунаўскай (vulica Zadunaŭskaja). Касьцёл Сьвятога Язэпа і калегіюм езуітаў. . CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The EU suddenly looks…

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1420: Scandal too many from "Dom Bomb" to BBC lies. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion 14:05

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Photo: Personifications of Truth, Hypocrisy and Wisdom with portrait of Terentius. Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser will criticise the prime minister for repeatedly delaying lockdowns and accuse the government of initially pursuing a policy of herd immunity. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Scandal too m…

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1420: Inflation and its discontents. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion 12:55

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Photo: Inflation: helicopter money?. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Inflation and its discontents. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/great-inflation-expectations-wont-save-the-fed-11621527488 https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/cramer-says-hes-confident-inflation-will-not-end-up…

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1420: Lockdown lifts London despite the Indian variant. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion 9:35

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Photo: London. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Lockdown lifts London despite the Indian variant. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/coronavirus-shameful-ministers-fail-to-announce-travel-advice-clearly-ck03mzjb9 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/advisers-believed-covid-pandemic…

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1420: #NewWorldReport: Bogota anarchy; & What is to be done? Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org 15:10

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Photo: Leaving Bogota CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #NewWorldReport:Bogota anarchy; & What is to be done? Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/colombia-government-strike-committee-reach-pre-agreement-in-protest-talks-2021-05-24…

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1420: #NewWorldReport: Why did Panama close its border with Colombia? Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org 9:00

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Photo: .1903 political cartoon: Panama separates from Gran Colombia CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #NewWorldReport: Why did Panama close its border with Colombia? Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/panama-says-will-temporarily-clo…

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1420: #NewWorldReport: Horror return on the Shining Path. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org 14:40

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Photo: Abimael Guzmán, founder of the Peruvian Shining Path. The Shining Path was organized as a Maoist political group formed in 1970 by Abimael Guzmán, a communist professor of philosophy at the San Cristóbal of Huamanga University. Guzmán had been inspired by the Chinese Cultural Revolution which he had witnessed first-hand during a trip to Chin…

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1420: #NewWorldReport: Caracas warlords dominate the borders. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc https://www.securefreesociety.org 6:40

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Photo: Detail of The Battle of Carabobo (1887) by Martín Tovar y Tovar. Federal Capitol of Venezuela. Diego Fernando Murillo alias Don Berna, Colombian drug lord. Diego Fernando Murillo alias Don Berna paramilitar y narcotraficante Colombiano extraditado a Estados Unidos el 13 de abril de 2008:. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Ne…

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1419: Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab points to a Kremlin link to the Belarus affair. @Felix_Light @CBSNews 10:55

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Photo: The arrival of British Foreign Secretary Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930) at Battery Park, New York City, May 11, 1917. Balfour and others are seated in an automobile. . Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour; as Foreign Secretary in the Lloyd George ministry, he issued the Balfour Declaration in 1917 on behalf of the cabinet. Dominic Ren…

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1419: Tehran likely ordered and directed the Gaza rockets and drones. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness 15:10

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Photo: Iran named one of its drones "Gaza." Here: a photo of part of one. . CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Tehran likely ordered and directed the Gaza rockets and drones. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.msn.com/en-xl/middleeast/middleeast-top-stories/ira…

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1419: "Indiana" Hoenlein and remembrance of Leo Frank, 1884-1915. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness 6:40

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Photo: The Atlanta Georgian, April 29, 1913, announcing that the police are closing in on Leo Frank for the murder of Mary Phagan three days earlier. . CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow "Indiana" Hoenlein and remembrance of Leo Frank, 1884-1915. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamg…

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1419: Merrick Garland hunts for Timothy McVeigh in 2021. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness 14:00

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Photo: A view of the destroyed Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building from across the adjacent parking lot, two days after the bombing. . CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Merrick Garland hunts for Timothy McVeigh in 2021. @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/w…

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1419: Healthcare and the economy remain atop the Biden Administration's list. Elliot Morris, @TheEconomist 9:40

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Photo: Nurses and doctors perform surgery . CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Healthcare and the economy remain atop the Biden Administration's list. Elliot Morris, @TheEconomist https://www.economist.com/president-joe-biden-polls?utm_medium=pr&utm_source=inf-aon polling.…

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1419: The Republican primaries and the long shadow of Trump for President, 2020. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund @ThadMcCotter 11:05

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Photo: President Donald J. Trump boards Air Force One Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., en route to Florida.(Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead). CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Republican primaries and the long shadow of Trump for President, 2020. @DavidMDrucker @JohnFund …

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1419: The Sheikh Jarrah long-time property dispute; & What is to be done? @RichardAEpstein @HooverInsty 11:30

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Photo: King Hussein flying over the Temple Mount while it was under Jordanian control, 1965. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Sheikh Jarrah long-time property dispute; & What is to be done? @RichardAEpstein @HooverInsty https://www.hoover.org/research/calling-out-aggression-mideast…

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1419: The looming California drought is a political event. @DevinNune CA-22 12:10

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Photo: Stranded in southern California. Belongings of Oklahoma drought refugees camped alongside the road . CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The looming California drought is a political event. @DevinNune CA-22 https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/follow-the-warning-signs-california-is-facing-a-devas…

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1418: The Hamas falsehoods that drive US antisemitism attacks. @AaronKleinShow Aaron Klein, Strategic Adviser to Prime Minister Netanyahu. 10:45

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Photo: Caricature of the anti-semitic policies of the Grand Union Hotel in Saratoga, N.Y. Lithograph by Joseph Keppler. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Hamas falsehoods that drive US antisemitism attacks. @AaronKleinShow Aaron Klein, Strategic Adviser to Prime Minister Netanyahu. https://news.yahoo.com/…

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1418: BBC suspect in a deception that damaged the royal family, especially Princess Diana's children. Vicki Barker @CBSNews 10:55

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Photo: The BBC's radio studio in Birmingham, from the BBC Hand Book 1928, which described it as "Europe's largest studio".. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow BBC suspect in a deception that damaged the royal family, especially Princess Diana's children. Vicki Barker @CBSNews https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-572290…

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1418: Afghanistan resistance after America departs: "He said fifty, sixty thousand." Charlie D'Agata, @CBSNews 13:54

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Photo: Ahmad Shah Massoud (right) with Pashtun anti-Taliban leader Abdul Qadir (left) in November 2000. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Afghanistan resistance after America departs: "He said fifty, sixty thousand." Charlie D'Agata, @CBSNews https://www.cbsnews.com/news/afghanistan-war-us-withdrawal-ahmed-ma…

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1418: Al Qaeda in Kabul. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD 8:10

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Photo: Sayyid Qutb, the Egyptian Islamist who inspired al-Qaeda. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Al Qaeda in Kabul. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2021/05/taliban-maintains-close-ties-with-al-qaeda-dia-reports.phpΑπό τον John Batchelor

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1418: The Kremlin pays no price for Navalny affair or Nordstream2 Enterprise @PaulR_Gregory @HooverInst 9:35

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Photo: Castoro Sei semi-submersible on station in the Baltic Sea south-east of Gotland (Sweden) whilst pipe-laying for Nord Stream. "The Nord Stream 2 Pipeline will transport natural gas into the European Union to enhance security of supply, support climate goals and strengthen the internal energy market." — security of supply as long as President …

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1418: Moon leaves disappointed. Bruce Klingner, @Heritge @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill 12:30

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Photo: Group of Koreans in traditional dress standing near a carved post on a mountain road. . CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Moon leaves disappointed. Bruce Klingner, @Heritge @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Bruce Klingner, senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation https://thehill.com…

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1418: The Taliban, the Coalition, the Afghan government, and a bad ending. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD 13:40

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Photo: Afghan women in the 1920s . CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow The Taliban, the Coalition, the Afghan government, and a bad ending. @ThomasJoscelyn @BillRoggio @FDD https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2021/05/taliban-overruns-district-in-central-afghanistan-2.php…

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1418: Dr. Li-Meng Yan, a Chinese virologist who was based in Hong Kong before fleeing to America, on this: 11:10

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Photo: Wuhan Institute of Virology. Wuhan, China. CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow What to make of the new suspicions of the Wuhan origins? Mi-Leng Yan, former virologist in Hong Kong. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Dr. Li-Meng Yan, a Chinese virologist who was based in Hong Kong before fleeing…

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1417: #PacificWatch: The second year of severe drought: California fears a third. @JCBliss 12:58

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Photo: Drought refugees in California, 1930s . CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow #PacificWatch: The second year of severe drought: California fears a third..@JCBliss https://www.wsj.com/articles/drought-imperils-economy-in-californias-farm-country-11621589407Από τον John Batchelor

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1416: Michael Auslin #Unbound. The complete, twenty-minute interview. May 12, 2021. 22:10

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Photo: Balinese dancers . CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor CBS Audio Network @Batchelorshow Michael Auslin #Unbound. The complete, twenty-minute interview. May 12, 2021. Asia's New Geopolitics: Essays on Reshaping the Indo-Pacific, by Michael R. Auslin Format: Kindle Edition https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08563RW9H/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bib…

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