The John Batchelor Show

GOOD EVENING: The show begins at the Federal Reserve, puzzling over what is to be done with the mixed to negative metrics from the US economy -- and the likelihood of a soft landing. We then move to campuses across the nation where spring festivities and final exams have been overshadowed by chanting -- sometimes antisemitic, and certainly less than well-informed. From there, we go to Gaza and the Sinai, and then to Lebanon, where the Hezbollah Army provokes the IDF each day. We visit Buenos Aires, Washington D.C., Panama City, Mexico City, and Caracas to discuss upcoming elections. Finally, we explore the situation in Peru and the challenge to China's bullying tactics using its financial influence. 1865 Lima Peru

2/2: #EU: Strategic Autonomy: Don't want to talk about it. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin. https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/92304 1898 BERLIN

1/2: #EU: Strategic Autonomy: Don't want to talk about it. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin. https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/92304 1957 PARIS

#OCEANIA: Solomons in the PRC grasp. Cleo Paskal, FDD https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2024/04/28/china-watches-as-the-u-s-fumbles-around-in-central-pacific/ 1940 FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA

#OCEANIA: Security for the Central Pacific unfinished. Cleo Paskal, FDD . https://www.fdd.org/analysis/op_eds/2024/04/28/china-watches-as-the-u-s-fumbles-around-in-central-pacific/ 1944 OFF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

#KingCharlesReport: Brave man. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2024/04/30/king-assures-cancer-sufferers-fine-first-visit-hospital/ 1912 KING, QUEEN, HEIR

#ATARCTICA: The colonial race is on, PRC dominating. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica 1900 MYSTERIOUS ISLAND BY JULES VERNE

#GAZA: Fleeing to Erdogan's protection in Turkiye. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/30/israel-netanyahu-rafah-invasion-ceasefire-deal/ 1870 ISTANBUL

#IRAN: 1978 to 2024 and the end of the Mullahs. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-mullahs-regime-in-iran-is-engulfed-in-fear/ UNDATED

#NewWorldReport: Peru sues the PRC. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/peru-seeks-avoid-arbitration-over-chinese-built-mega-port-2024-04-29/ 1910 PERU

#NewWorldReport: Three elections: Panama, Mexico and Venezuela. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis Three elections: Panama, Mexico, Venezuela. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/panama-top-court-calls-session-presidential-frontrunners-candidacy-2024-04-30/ 1948 VENEZUELA

#NewWorldReport: Americas Act vs PRC & what is to be done? Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.as-coa.org/articles/coa-welcomes-introduction-americas-act 1952 Venezuela

#NewWorldReport: Maverick President Javier Milei's sister Karina. Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://on.ft.com/3We88Rj 1899 Argentina

#ANTISEMITISM: Campus breakdown coast to coast. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/04/30/columbia-students-pro-palestinian-protesters-barricade/ 1888 Leland Stanford home, Palo Alto

#ISRAEL: The Gaza operation and the Hezbollah undecided. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/30/israel-netanyahu-rafah-invasion-ceasefire-deal/ 1898 Gaza

#Markets: The Biden Administration regulates salt and sugar. Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-white-house-signals-pessimism-election-surprising-way https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-30/us-labor-costs-accelerate-to-1-2-biggest-advance-in-a-year?srnd=homepage-americas&sref=5g4GmFHo 1928 Herbert Hoover and staff

#Markets: Wage pressure in addition to D. C. spending. Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-30/us-labor-costs-accelerate-to-1-2-biggest-advance-in-a-year?srnd=homepage-americas&sref=5g4GmFHo 1914 Federal Reserve

PREVIEW: #ARGENTINA: Conversation with Professor Evan Ellis regarding the report in the Financial Times about Argentine President Javier Milei's sister, Karina, and her unconventional role in the presidential administration -- a colorful and gossipy story. More details to follow later. 1936 Buenos Aires

PREVIEW: #MARKET GARDEN: #MONTGOMERY: Conversation with colleague Gregory Copley regarding the revelation in a soon-to-be-published book that Anthony Blunt, a member of the Cambridge Five and a spy catcher at MI5, discovered the details of Operation Market Garden and passed them to his NKVD handler. It is presumed that the information was then relayed to Moscow and Stalin, who may have subsequently shared it with Berlin. The discussion will explore the possibility that Stalin's motive was to prevent the Allies from crossing the Rhine and reaching Berlin before the Red Army. More details to follow later. 1944 Market Garden

PREVIEW: #OCEANIA: #PRC: Conversation with colleague Cleo Paskal of FDD regarding the planeloads of Chinese nationals from Hong Kong entering the US without a visa at the US territory of the Northern Mariannas, capitol at Saipan -- with easy accesss by water to the casino at Tinian and the US military base at Guam -- and exploring the potential motives and implications of this development. More details on this topic to follow tonight. 1900 Guam after typhoon