The John Batchelor Show

PREVIEW: NUKES: Conversation with colleague Henry Sokolski of NPEC re the nuclear war that will be engaged not only on Earth but aso in ordbit and on the Moon -- planning for it in this decade. More details tonight. 1897 War of the Worlds.

PREVIEW: #MARS: FUN CONVERSATION WITH COLLEAGUE BOB ZIMMERMAN OF THE FUTURE HELICOPTERS OF MARS -- OR MORE LIKELY THE HELICOPTERS AND DRONES EXPLORING DEEP CRATERS AND VALLEYS --MAPPING THE FUTURE. MORE LATER. 1957

PREVIEW: #NYC: Conversation with colleague Harry Siegel re: the antisemitism apparent in the campus protests throughout the week -- and how the unacceptable conduct connects to the sinister BDS. More later. 1910

PREVIEW: CALIFORNIA: Conversation with colleague Bill Whalen re how Governor Newsom has handled the protest on college campuses in his state -- as well as the blocking of the Golden Gate Bridge in mid April. More later. 1939 Los Angeles

GOOD EVENING. The show begin in the frontlines of Donetsky oblast in Ukraine with artillery fire, drones, missiles and static lines. To Gaza and questions about the offensive that continues to be delayed. To Buenos Aires, Ottawa, North Israel, Columba campus, DC, London. To Cyprus in 1974 and Austria in 1955. To Colorado, Tehran, Sacramento, Honoria, and Vostochny for the Angara success. 1938 Rome

#HOTELMARS: 50 years ago, NASA and Roscosmos worked together to manned orbit. https://russianspaceweb.com/protected/angara-2024.html 1936

#HOTELMARS: Angara flies! Anatoly Zak, #Russianspaceweb.com https://russianspaceweb.com/protected/angara-2024.html 1957

#SOLOMONS: China wins. Cleo Paskal, FDD https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/solomon-islands-chooses-jeremiah-manele-new-prime-minister-2024-05-02/ 1927 MALAITA SOLOMONS

12-1215A: The plan that can end all freight trains by 2035, Veronique De Rugy, Mercatus https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2024/05/01/the-ideological-cocktail-poisoning-american-campuses/ 1882

#Campus: Self poisoned. Cliff May, FDD https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2024/05/01/the-ideological-cocktail-poisoning-american-campuses/ 1850 Princeton College

#COLORADO: Self destruction? Bud Weinstein, RealClearEnergy.com https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2024/04/24/for_oil_and_gas_will_colorado_become_the_next_california_1027360.html 1904

UKRAINE: The 1974 Cyprus Solution. The Austrian Treaty Solution. Anatol Lieven, Foreign Policy. https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/01/united-states-russia-ukraine-china-taiwan-competition-primacy/ 1920 Turkiye

#UKRAINE: Washington underperforms in local wars. Anatol Lieven, Foreign Policy. https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/01/united-states-russia-ukraine-china-taiwan-competition-primacy/ 1927 Vietnam

#UK: AntiSemitism remains a problem in Labour. Dr. Alan Mendoza is the founder and executive director of the Henry Jackson Society, a UK-based foreign and security policy think tank.. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1891163/Labour-candidate-Israel-chief-whip 1874 The Embankment

#ANTISEMITISM: "Countering Antisemitism Act." Congresswoman Kathy Manning represents North Carolina’s Sixth Congressional District. A Harvard and University of Michigan Law School graduate, she's known for her advocacy on education and combating antisemitism. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 https://abc45.com/news/local/congresswoman-kathy-manning-proposes-new-anti-semitism-protection-bill 1857 Jerusalem

#COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: Fraught quad. Judah Wahba is a senior at Columbia University..Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-breaks-silence-college-protests-over-gaza-conflict-2024-05-02/ 1900 OXFORD

#ISRAEL The North under siege.. Lieutenant Colonel (Res.) Sarit Zehavi. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 Founder and president of Alma – a nonprofit and an independent research and education center specializing in Israel’s security challenges on its northern border. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-delegation-visit-egypt-soon-further-ceasefire-talks-statement-2024-05-02/ 1912 JORDAN VALLEY

#CANADA: Stepping back from the German (BAN CARS ON WEEKENDS) Green brink. Conrad Black, National Post https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-51900 OTTAWA

#Argentina: The 20,000 peso note,. Mary Anastasia O'Grady WSJ https://www.wsj.com/articles/javier-mileis-achilles-heel-economy-policy-dollarization-479fd74d 1921 BUENOS AIRES

#GAZA: Seeking strong indicators of an imminent Rafah operation. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-says-turkeys-erdogan-is-breaking-agreements-by-blocking-ports-trade-2024-05-02/ 1898 GAZA