PREVIEW; #JAPAN: Conversation with colleague Lance Gatling in Tokyo re the Okinawa Island Chain and the attempt by Beijing disinformation to divide Okinawa culture from Japan culture. More details tonight. 1950 Okinawaبقلم John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #HONGKONG: Conversation with Apple Daily director Mark Simon re the CCP pushing propoganda into the primary and secondary schools of Hong Kong, including the private schools -- most all with a picture of Xi. Details tonight. 1930 Hong Kongبقلم John Batchelor

#MICHIGAN: Overpromising and underdelvering post-war Gaza; and repeat. @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://amgreatness.com/2024/05/04/reconstructing-gaza-the-international-communitys-cycle-of-impotence/ 1475 Siege of Escalonبقلم John Batchelor

FRONTLINE FACING THE PRC SNEAK ATTACK: 4/4: Vectors: Heroes, Villains, and Heartbreak on the Bridge of the U.S. Navy Hardcover – Thomas B. Modly (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Vectors-Heroes-Villains-Heartbreak-Bridge/dp/1642257036 Thomas Modly had an eclectic career in the military, academia, business, and government when he answered the call to …

FRONTLINE FACING THE PRC SNEAK ATTACK: 3/4: Vectors: Heroes, Villains, and Heartbreak on the Bridge of the U.S. Navy Hardcover – Thomas B. Modly (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Vectors-Heroes-Villains-Heartbreak-Bridge/dp/1642257036 Thomas Modly had an eclectic career in the military, academia, business, and government when he answered the call to …

FRONTLINE FACING THE PRC SNEAK ATTACK: 2/4: Vectors: Heroes, Villains, and Heartbreak on the Bridge of the U.S. Navy Hardcover – Thomas B. Modly (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Vectors-Heroes-Villains-Heartbreak-Bridge/dp/1642257036 Thomas Modly had an eclectic career in the military, academia, business, and government when he answered the call to …

FRONTLINE FACING THE PRC SNEAK ATTACK: 1/4: Vectors: Heroes, Villains, and Heartbreak on the Bridge of the U.S. Navy Hardcover – Thomas B. Modly (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Vectors-Heroes-Villains-Heartbreak-Bridge/dp/1642257036 Thomas Modly had an eclectic career in the military, academia, business, and government when he answered the call to …

FRESH BIPARTISAN SUSPICIONS AND DOUBTS OF THE WUHAN LAB: 4/4: When Politicians Panicked: The New Coronavirus, Expert Opinion, and a Tragic Lapse of Reason by John Tamny (Author), George Gilder (Foreword) https://thebulletin.org/2024/05/republicans-and-democrats-investigating-the-origins-of-covid-19-find-a-common-target-peter-daszak/ https://www.ama…

FRESH BIPARTISAN SUSPICIONS AND DOUBTS OF THE WUHAN LAB: 3/4: When Politicians Panicked: The New Coronavirus, Expert Opinion, and a Tragic Lapse of Reason by John Tamny (Author), George Gilder (Foreword) https://thebulletin.org/2024/05/republicans-and-democrats-investigating-the-origins-of-covid-19-find-a-common-target-peter-daszak/ https://www.ama…

FRESH BIPARTISAN SUSPICIONS AND DOUBTS OF THE WUHAN LAB: 2/4: When Politicians Panicked: The New Coronavirus, Expert Opinion, and a Tragic Lapse of Reason by John Tamny (Author), George Gilder (Foreword) https://thebulletin.org/2024/05/republicans-and-democrats-investigating-the-origins-of-covid-19-find-a-common-target-peter-daszak/ https://www.ama…

FRESH BIPARTISAN SUSPICIONS AND DOUBTS OF THE WUHAN LAB: 1/4: When Politicians Panicked: The New Coronavirus, Expert Opinion, and a Tragic Lapse of Reason by John Tamny (Author), George Gilder (Foreword) https://thebulletin.org/2024/05/republicans-and-democrats-investigating-the-origins-of-covid-19-find-a-common-target-peter-daszak/ https://www.ama…

#Londinium90AD: Gaius & Germanicus observe the Bronze Age decline and Iron Age rebirth of trading empires -- and compare to the not-completed cycle 1900-2024. . Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos https://www.amazon.com/After-1177-B-C-Survival-Civilizations/dp/0691192138 1545 Trojan War…

#Londinium90AD: Gaius & Germanicus ask if the EU will arm and if NATO will reinforce? Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/02/lord-cameron-ukraine-right-to-use-british-weapons-defence/ 1919 Western Front one year laterبقلم John Batchelor

#Londinium90AD: Gais & Germanicus measure the Kyiv withdrawal and turmoil. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/03/ukraine-peace-talks-alternative-inevitable-defeat/ 1916 Verdunبقلم John Batchelor

WUHAN LAB RECONSIDERED: 8/8: Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for the Twenty-First Century by Josh Rogin (Author) https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/us-shared-gobsmacking-covid-lab-leak-file-with-uk/ar-AA1o8PCZ https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Under-Heaven-Twenty-First-Century/dp/0358393248 By the time the COVID-19 pandemic erupted in Wu…

WUHAN LAB RECONSIDERED: 7/8: Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for the Twenty-First Century by Josh Rogin (Author) https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/us-shared-gobsmacking-covid-lab-leak-file-with-uk/ar-AA1o8PCZ https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Under-Heaven-Twenty-First-Century/dp/0358393248 By the time the COVID-19 pandemic erupted in Wu…

WUHAN LAB RECONSIDERED: 6/8: Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for the Twenty-First Century by Josh Rogin (Author) https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/us-shared-gobsmacking-covid-lab-leak-file-with-uk/ar-AA1o8PCZ https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Under-Heaven-Twenty-First-Century/dp/0358393248 By the time the COVID-19 pandemic erupted in Wu…

WUHAN LAB RECONSIDERED: 5/8: Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for the Twenty-First Century by Josh Rogin (Author) https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/us-shared-gobsmacking-covid-lab-leak-file-with-uk/ar-AA1o8PCZ https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Under-Heaven-Twenty-First-Century/dp/0358393248 By the time the COVID-19 pandemic erupted in Wu…

WUHAN LAB RECONSIDERED: 4/8: Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for the Twenty-First Century by Josh Rogin (Author) https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/us-shared-gobsmacking-covid-lab-leak-file-with-uk/ar-AA1o8PCZ https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Under-Heaven-Twenty-First-Century/dp/0358393248 By the time the COVID-19 pandemic erupted in Wu…

WUHAN LAB RECONSIDERED: 3/8: Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for the Twenty-First Century by Josh Rogin (Author) https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/us-shared-gobsmacking-covid-lab-leak-file-with-uk/ar-AA1o8PCZ https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Under-Heaven-Twenty-First-Century/dp/0358393248 By the time the COVID-19 pandemic erupted in Wu…

WUHAN LAB RECONSIDERED: 2/8: Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for the Twenty-First Century by Josh Rogin (Author) https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/us-shared-gobsmacking-covid-lab-leak-file-with-uk/ar-AA1o8PCZ https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Under-Heaven-Twenty-First-Century/dp/0358393248 By the time the COVID-19 pandemic erupted in Wu…

WUHAN LAB RECONSIDERED: 1/8: Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi, and the Battle for the Twenty-First Century by Josh Rogin (Author) https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/us-shared-gobsmacking-covid-lab-leak-file-with-uk/ar-AA1o8PCZ https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Under-Heaven-Twenty-First-Century/dp/0358393248 By the time the COVID-19 pandemic erupted in Wu…

PREVIEW: #RECONSTRUCTION: From a two-hour conversation with author Robert Cwiklik re his new work, SHERIDAN'S SECRET MISSION, about the breakdown in order in post Civil War Louisiana and Mississippi, and the futile effort by President Grant and his military enforcer Phil Sheridan to contain the Crescent City White League and mass murder. More of th…

#OzWatch: The kindly Ben Stokes. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/27690569/josh-baker-dead-cricketer-20-dies-heartbreaking-tributes/بقلم John Batchelor

#OzWatch: Golfing with Eastern Browns. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-03/outback-qld-residents-tourist-warned-spike-deadly-snake-bites/103779992 1906 Queenslandبقلم John Batchelor

#OzWatch: Bucketing rain across the Eastern Continent -- El Nino coming Winter. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety https://www.news.com.au/national/weather/wet-weather-for-a-least-a-week-possibly-two-across-australias-east-coast/news-story/84ce181f897014531d739d0f5bdc0747 1915 Darwin…