The John Batchelor Show

RUSSIA: GAS TANK EMPTYING - MICHAEL BERNSTAM, HOOVER

MAMET & HOLLYWOOD - EMINA MELONIC

INDIA: CHINA ARRIVES OPEN HANDED SADANAND DHUME

INDIA: DC BREAK - SADANAND DHUME, WSJ BOMBAY

PRC: DRONE SUBS - RICK FISHER @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL 1904

PRC: CAPITAL FLIGHT - ANDREW COLLIER, GORDON CHANG

INDIA: WANG YI IN DELHI - BLAINE HOLT, GORDON CHANG

PRC: EARTH-MOON SYSTEM LANDING 2030 - BRANDON WEICHERT, GORDON CHANG 1954

#UKRAINE: TRILATERAL AND NATO - COLONEL JEFF MCCAUSLAND, USA (RETIRED) @MCCAUSLJ @CBSNEWS @DICKINSONCOL

#UKRAINE: GUARANTEES AND CEASEFIRE - COLONEL JEFF MCCAUSLAND, USA (RETIRED) @MCCAUSLJ @CBSNEWS @DICKINSONCOL CRIMEA

AI: REGULATING LLM - KEVIN FRAZIER, CIVITAS INSTITUTE CONTINUED 1952

AI: REGULATING LLM - KEVIN FRAZIER, CIVITAS INSTITUTE 1941

Colleague Michael Bernstam assesses the Anchorage and DC meetings about Ukraine to have reduced or removed the likelihood that POTUS Trump will direct secondary sanctions on those states trading with Russia. More.

Preview: AGI Regulation Colleague Kevin Frazier comments on the tentative state of LLM that needs time to develop before it is either judged or derided by lawmakers. More later.

Preview: David Mamet Biographer Emina Melonic comments on a new book, "THE DISENLIGHTENMENT," by playwright and movie maker David Mamet who introduces the unhappy observation that critics are even soulless. More later tonight on that current news. 1943 GARY COOPER AND AUTOGRAH SEEKER

Preview: Delhi-DC Colleague Sadanand Dhume of AEI outlines a remedy for the present friction between PM Modi and POTUS Trump. More. 1865 KOLKATA

Preview: Moon Landing Colleague Brandon Weichert comments on "the fork in the road" of 1969 and the wrong choice. More.

Preview: Moon Landing Colleague Brandon Weichert comments on "the fork in the road" of 1969 and the wrong choice. More. 1941

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1918 SIR JOHN MONASH (1865-1939)