The John Batchelor Show

GOOD EVENING; The show begins in Western Pennsylvania, Erie County, with colleague Salena Zito, recommending that President Biden campaign in the rural counties as well as Philadelphia and Allegheny counties. Next, to Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Saudi Arabia, Lancaster County PA. Then, to the Eastern Mediterranean in the 12th century BCE, to UCLA in 1973, to Naples, Italy. Followed by stops at The Hague and the Supreme Court. 1943 Mslta

#SCOTUS: John Roberts declines to engage with the Democratic Senate Leadership.Richard Epstein, Hoover Epstein, Hoover https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/30/politics/john-roberts-ethics-alito-flag-supreme-court-durbin/index.html SCOTUS 1923

#ICJ: No jurisdiction, no relevance. Richard Epstein, Hoover Institution https://www.hoover.org/research/asymmetric-justice-gaza 1817 HAGUE

#ITALY: Giorgia Meloni EU powerbroker. Lorenzo Fiori, Ansaldo Foundation https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/toi-original/meloni-shocks-nato-with-italys-stand-on-strike-inside-russia-push-as-putin-fumes-watch/videoshow/110585202.cms 1780 ROME

#CALIFORNIA: Farwell Bill Walton and Pac 8 Joys. Bill Whalen, Hoover Institution. https://www.hoover.org/research/passing-pac-12-and-its-biggest-champion 1940 SAN DIEGO

4/8: After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations by Eric H. Cline (Author) https://www.amazon.ca/After-1177-B-C-Survival-Civilizations/dp/0691192138 At the end of the acclaimed history 1177 B.C., many of the Late Bronze Age civilizations of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean lay in ruins, undone by invasion, revolt, natural disasters, famine, and the demise of international trade. An interconnected world that had boasted major empires and societies, relative peace, robust commerce, and monumental architecture was lost and the so-called First Dark Age had begun. Now, in After 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the compelling story of what happened next, over four centuries, across the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean world. It is a story of resilience, transformation, and success, as well as failures, in an age of chaos and reconfiguration. 1200 AD TROJAN WAR

3/8: After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations by Eric H. Cline (Author) https://www.amazon.ca/After-1177-B-C-Survival-Civilizations/dp/0691192138 At the end of the acclaimed history 1177 B.C., many of the Late Bronze Age civilizations of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean lay in ruins, undone by invasion, revolt, natural disasters, famine, and the demise of international trade. An interconnected world that had boasted major empires and societies, relative peace, robust commerce, and monumental architecture was lost and the so-called First Dark Age had begun. Now, in After 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the compelling story of what happened next, over four centuries, across the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean world. It is a story of resilience, transformation, and success, as well as failures, in an age of chaos and reconfiguration. 500 BCE

2/8: After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations by Eric H. Cline (Author) https://www.amazon.ca/After-1177-B-C-Survival-Civilizations/dp/0691192138 At the end of the acclaimed history 1177 B.C., many of the Late Bronze Age civilizations of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean lay in ruins, undone by invasion, revolt, natural disasters, famine, and the demise of international trade. An interconnected world that had boasted major empires and societies, relative peace, robust commerce, and monumental architecture was lost and the so-called First Dark Age had begun. Now, in After 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the compelling story of what happened next, over four centuries, across the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean world. It is a story of resilience, transformation, and success, as well as failures, in an age of chaos and reconfiguration.T 1631 EGYPT

1/8: After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations by Eric H. Cline (Author) https://www.amazon.ca/After-1177-B-C-Survival-Civilizations/dp/0691192138 At the end of the acclaimed history 1177 B.C., many of the Late Bronze Age civilizations of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean lay in ruins, undone by invasion, revolt, natural disasters, famine, and the demise of international trade. An interconnected world that had boasted major empires and societies, relative peace, robust commerce, and monumental architecture was lost and the so-called First Dark Age had begun. Now, in After 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the compelling story of what happened next, over four centuries, across the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean world. It is a story of resilience, transformation, and success, as well as failures, in an age of chaos and reconfiguration. UNDATED DELPHI

##STARLINER: Yet another try. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/watching-the-first-manned-launch-of-boeings-starliner-capsule-2/ 1900 JULES VERNE

#WEBB. Another unexplained fertile bright galaxy at 300 million years after the Big Bang. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/astronomers-find-another-record-setting-most-distant-galaxy/ UNDATED HUBBLE

#LancasterCounty Report: Women's Golf Pros and Fisherman. Jim McTague, former Washington Editor, Barrons. @MCTagueJ. Author of the "Martin and Twyla Boundary Series." #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSocietyage https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/golf/meet-the-volunteers-of-the-79th-us-women-s-open-in-lancaster/ar-BB1npDmG 1941 LANCASTER COUNTY

#SAUDI ARABIA: US weighing bomb ready proliferation to the Kingdom. Henry Sokolski, NPEC https://www.reuters.com/world/how-might-us-saudi-civil-nuclear-deal-work-2024-05-18/ 1920 SAUDI ARABIA

#SmallBusinessAmerica: Minimum wage California means minimum workforce. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer https://finance.yahoo.com/news/biden-overtime-pay-rule-challenged-134357618.html 1908 MICHIGAN

#SmallBusinessAmerica: Housing not improving. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer https://www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/index-family/indicators/sp-corelogic-case-shiller/sp-corelogic-case-shiller-composite/#overview 1888 NEW ORLEANS

#PacificWatch: Hollywood union workers said to be in a panic. @JCBliss https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-05-28/hollywood-crew-unemployed-fewer-jobs-la-production-decline 1945 MAYA METHOT DIVORCING HUMPHREY BOGART IN LAS VEGAS

#KeystoneReport: The 2024 election is in Erie, Beaver, Northampton counties. Salena Zito, Middle of Somewhere, @DCExaminer Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, New York Post, SalenaZito.com https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3017330/biden-isnt-getting-that-erie-feeling/ 1946 PENNSYLVAIA

PREVIEW: #ARCHEOLOGY: Conversation with Professor Eric Cline, author AFTER 1177 BC, re the 8 competing civilizations of the 12th Cenury BCE and how they each weathered the collapse of their trade and city defenses -- or did not. Much more later. 1885 CLEOPATRA MEETS ANTONY

PREVIEW: #UCLA: conversatioin with colleague Bill Whalen of Hoover re the winning UCLA basketball superstar Bill Walton and memories of the celebrated PAC 8, now gone with the 20th Century. More detail tonight. 1897 LA

PREVIEW: #WEBB: CONVERSATION WITH BOB ZIMMERMAN RE WEBB DISCOVERY OF ANOTHER BRIGHT AND FERTILE GALAXY ONLY 300 MILLION YEARS AFTER THE BIG BANG -- TOO EARLY FOR THEORY TO EXPLAIN. MORE LATER. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/astronomers-find-another-record-setting-most-distant-galaxy/ UNDATED COSMOS