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 SpiritΑπό τον John 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 ZealandΑπό τον John 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 SCIENCEΑπό τον John 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 PittsburghΑπό τον John 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 VERNEΑπό τον John 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 BRAZILΑπό τον John 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 MARSEILLESΑπό τον John 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 OTTAWAΑπό τον John 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 PERSIAΑπό τον John 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 PERSIAΑπό τον John 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, CHICAGOΑπό τον John 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 FLOTUSΑπό τον John 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 PanzeΑπό τον John 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 RedΑπό τον John 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 NYCΑπό τον John 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 NYCΑπό τον John 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, ArizonaΑπό τον John 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 NovemberΑπό τον John 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 BucharestΑπό τον John 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 UkraineΑπό τον John 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 PersiaΑπό τον John Batchelor