The John Batchelor Show

Good evening: The show begins in the markets as Brett Arends of MarketWatch comments on the panic. With wit. Two positions recommended: cash or fetal. 1930 CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915 #MRMARKET: Jerome Powell the Scapegoat. Brett "Break the Glass" Arends, MarketWatch 915-930 #MRMARKET: Fear Selling. Brett Arends, MarketWatch 930-945 #SMALLBUSINESSAMERICA: Elon Musk. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer 945-1000 #SMALLBUSINESSAMERICA: How to Weather Tariffs. @GeneMarks @Guardian @PhillyInquirer SECOND HOUR 10-1015 Space Force: Orbital Bomber. Henry Sokolski, NPEC 1015-1030 Lancaster County: No Panic at the Markets. Jim McTague, Former Washington Editor, Barrons. @McTagueJ. Author of the "Martin and Twyla Boundary Series." #FriendsOfHistoryDebatingSociety 1030-1045 #POTUS: No Penalty Without Law. Richard Epstein 1045-1100 Tariffs: Unwise at Any Speed. Richard Epstein THIRD HOUR 1100-1115 5/8: Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America Hardcover – March 4, 2025 by Russell Shorto (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Manhattan-Extraordinary-Created-America/dp/0393881164/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0 The author of The Island at the Center of the World offers up a thrilling narrative of how New York―that brash, bold, archetypal city―came to be. In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their archrivals, the Dutch, were in the way. But Richard Nicolls, the military officer who led the English flotilla bent on destruction, changed his strategy once he encountered Peter Stuyvesant, New Netherland's canny director general. Bristling with vibrant characters, Taking Manhattan reveals the founding of New York to be an invention, the result of creative negotiations that would blend the multiethnic, capitalistic society of New Amsterdam with the power of the rising English empire. But the birth of what might be termed the first modern city is also a story of the brutal dispossession of Native Americans and of the roots of American slavery. The book draws from newly translated materials and illuminates neglected histories―of religious refugees, Indigenous tribes, and free and enslaved Africans. Taking Manhattan tells the riveting story of the birth of New York City as a center of capitalism and pluralism, a foundation from which America would rise. It also shows how the paradox of New York's origins―boundless opportunity coupled with subjugation and displacement―reflects America's promise and failure to this day. Russell Shorto, whose work has been described as "astonishing" (New York Times) and "literary alchemy" (Chicago Tribune), has once again mined archival sources to offer a vibrant tale and a fresh and trenchant argument about American beginnings. 115-1130 6/8: Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America Hardcover – March 4, 2025 by Russell Shorto (Author) 1130-1145 7/8: Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America Hardcover – March 4, 2025 by Russell Shorto (Author) 1145-1200 8/8: Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America Hardcover – March 4, 2025 by Russell Shorto (Author) FOURTH HOUR 12-1215 #PACIFICWATCH: #VEGASREPORT: Nickel and Diming. @JCBliss 1215-1230 #ITALY: La Dolce Vita Orient Express 1230-1245 NASA: Isaacman confirmation starting. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com 1245-100 AM Moon: Inbound asteroid 2032. Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com

EARTH MOON SYSTEM: INBOUND ASTEROID 2024 YR4 2032. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM https://scitechdaily.com/asteroid-2024-yr4-sparks-global-alert-now-it-might-hit-the-moon-instead/ 1952

NASA: JERED ISAACMAN CONFIRMATION HEARINGS TO START. BOB ZIMMERMAN BEHINDTHEBLACK.COM 1961

#ITALY LA DOLCE VITA ORIENT EXPRESS,LORENZO FIORI, MILAN. https://www.orient-express.com/la-dolce-vita/ 1938 ROME

#PACIFICWATCH: #VEGASREPORT: NICKEL AND DIMEING. @JCBLISS 1940 CLARK COUNTY, LAS VEGAS

5/8: Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America Hardcover – March 4, 2025 by Russell Shorto (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Taking-Manhattan-Extraordinary-Created-America/dp/0393881164/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0 The author of The Island at the Center of the World offers up a thrilling narrative of how New York―that brash, bold, archetypal city―came to be. In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their archrivals, the Dutch, were in the way. But Richard Nicolls, the military officer who led the English flotilla bent on destruction, changed his strategy once he encountered Peter Stuyvesant, New Netherland’s canny director general. Bristling with vibrant characters, Taking Manhattan reveals the founding of New York to be an invention, the result of creative negotiations that would blend the multiethnic, capitalistic society of New Amsterdam with the power of the rising English empire. But the birth of what might be termed the first modern city is also a story of the brutal dispossession of Native Americans and of the roots of American slavery. The book draws from newly translated materials and illuminates neglected histories―of religious refugees, Indigenous tribes, and free and enslaved Africans. Taking Manhattan tells the riveting story of the birth of New York City as a center of capitalism and pluralism, a foundation from which America would rise. It also shows how the paradox of New York’s origins―boundless opportunity coupled with subjugation and displacement―reflects America’s promise and failure to this day. Russell Shorto, whose work has been described as “astonishing” (New York Times) and “literary alchemy” (Chicago Tribune), has once again mined archival sources to offer a vibrant tale and a fresh and trenchant argument about American beginnings. 1671 NEW AMSTERDAM

TARIFFS: UNWISE AT ANY SPEED. . RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS INSTITUTE. OCTOBER 1929 WALL STREET

#POTUS: NO PENALTY WITHOUT LAW. RICHARD EPSTEIN, CIVITAS INSTITUTE. 1890 SCOTUS

LANCASTER COUNTY: NO PANIC AT THE MARKETS. JIM MCTAGUE, FORMER WASHINGTON EDITOR, BARRONS. @MCTAGUEJ. AUTHOR OF THE "MARTIN AND TWYLA BOUNDARY SERIES." #FRIENDSOFHISTORYDEBATINGSOCIETY 1870 CORRY PENNSYLVANIA

SPACE FORCE: ORBITAL BOMBER. ORBITAL CARRIER. HENRY SOKOLSKI NPEC

#SMALLBUSINESSAMERICA HOW TO WEATHER TARIFFS. : @GENEMARKS @GUARDIAN @PHILLYINQUIRER 1953

#SMALLBUSINESSAMERICA:; ELON MUSK. @GENEMARKS @GUARDIAN @PHILLYINQUIRER 1953

MR:MARET. FEAR SELLING.. BRETT ARENDS MARKETWATCH 1908 NYSE

MR:MARET. JEROME POWELL THE SCAPEGOAT.. BRETT "BREAK THE GLASS" ARENDS MARKETWATCH 1914 FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

Preview: Colleague Gene Marks comments on the old-fashioned mission-directed management style of Elon Musk. More later 1958

Preview: Colleague Jeff Bliss recounts his attendance at two concerts inside the Las Vegas Sphere. More later. 1940 LAS VEGAS

Preview: Colleague Brett Arends identifies the drivers of the two-day market sell-off as uncertainty and panic. More later. 19O7 NYSE SELL-OFF

Preview: Colleague Bob Zimmerman reflects on the days at the turn of the century when commercial space tourism meant suborbital hops, and now private polar orbital multi-day missions. MORE LATER. 1952

Preview: Colleague Richard Epstein comments on the infamous Smoot-Hawley tariffs of 1930 that are said to have sealed the fate of the 1929 crash. More later. 1885 NYSE

Preview: Russell Shorto, author, "Taking Manhattan," explains that the settlers in New Amsterdam appealed in frustration to Amsterdam to defend their successful foothold in a continent of endless riches. More later. 1650 AMSTERDAM