TONIGHT: The show begins in Canada with Conrad Black remembering many decades of friendship with Henry Kissinger (1923-2023); and then we turn to celebrating the foreign policy successes of Henry Kissinger and his chief executive Richard Nixon. From DC t

TONIGHT: The show begins in Canada with Conrad Black remembering many decades of friendship with Henry Kissinger (1923-2023); and then we turn to celebrating the foreign policy successes of Henry Kissinger and his chief executive Richard Nixon.  From DC to Kyiv to Brussels; from Congress to Christmas vacation; from SCOTUS to Puerto Rico. From Tokyo 1946 to Moscow 2023.  With attention to SpaceX "hot staging."

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CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR

FIRST HOUR

9-915
#Canada: Remembering and celebrating Henry Kissinger and Richard Nixon, foreign policy maestros of the First Cold War. Conrad Black, National Post
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/conrad-black-2

915-930

#Venezuela: Dictator toys with Guyana to rally the the mob..  Mary Anastasia O'Grady

https://www.wsj.com/articles/venezuela-covets-guyanas-oil-fields-land-dispute-referendum-827462e1

930-945

1/2: #Ukraine: Kyiv digs in for General Winter & What is to be done for the outnumbered army]? Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute


https://responsiblestatecraft.org/zelensky-biden-washington/

945-1000

2/2: #Ukraine: Kyiv digs in for General Winter & What is to be done for the outnumbered army]? Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute


https://responsiblestatecraft.org/zelensky-biden-washington/

SECOND HOUR

10-1015
1/2: #GOP: #Impeachment: The House demands Hunter Biden before the House votes an inquiry of Impeachment & What is to be done? : @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness


https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/the-hunter-biden-circus-comes-to-capitol-hill/

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/impeaching-biden/

 
1015-1030

2/2: #GOP: #Impeachment: The House demands Hunter Biden before the House votes an inquiry of Impeachment & What is to be done? : @AndrewCMcCarthy @NRO @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness


https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/the-hunter-biden-circus-comes-to-capitol-hill/

https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/12/impeaching-biden/

 
1030-1045
#SCOTUS:The Wealth Tax and Its Discontents. @RichardAEopstein @HooberInst

https://news.yahoo.com/supreme-court-case-could-pave-205629150.html

1045-1100
#PuertoRico: The troubled laws that made Puerto Rico a colony largely dependent upon Congress, without a road to Statehood. @RichardAEopstein @HooberInst

https://www.hoover.org/research/contested-status-puerto-rico

THIRD HOUR

1100-1115

5/8: Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia Hardcover – by Gary J. Bass

https://www.amazon.com/Judgment-Tokyo-World-Making-Modern/dp/1101947101

In the weeks after Japan finally surrendered to the Allies to end World War II, the world turned to the question of how to move on from years of carnage and destruction. For Harry Truman, Douglas MacArthur, Chiang Kai-shek, and their fellow victors, the question of justice seemed clear: Japan’s militaristic leaders needed to be tried and punished for the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor; shocking atrocities against civilians in China, the Philippines, and elsewhere; and rampant abuses of prisoners of war in notorious incidents such as the Bataan death march. For the Allied powers, the trial was an opportunity to render judgment on their vanquished foes, but also to create a legal framework to prosecute war crimes and prohibit the use of aggressive war, building a more peaceful world under international law and American hegemony. For the Japanese leaders on trial, it was their chance to argue that their war had been waged to liberate Asia from Western imperialism and that the court was victors’ justice.

1115-1130

6/8: Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia Hardcover – by Gary J. Bass

https://www.amazon.com/Judgment-Tokyo-World-Making-Modern/dp/1101947101

1130-1145

7/8: Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia Hardcover – by Gary J. Bass

https://www.amazon.com/Judgment-Tokyo-World-Making-Modern/dp/1101947101

1145-1200

8/8: Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia Hardcover – by Gary J. Bass

https://www.amazon.com/Judgment-Tokyo-World-Making-Modern/dp/1101947101

FOURTH HOUR

12-1215

#Ukraine:  Lose Kyiv, lose US, lose Nato? is the EU worry.. Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol

https://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/nato-member-to-be-sweden-and-the-us-sign-defense-18536531.php

1215-1230

#Russia: The soaring price of eggs and bread in hyper inflation for the fixed incomes. Michael Bernstam, @HooverInst

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2023/12/10/vladimir-putin-is-running-russias-economy-dangerously-hot

1230-1245

#SpaceX: The success of the December launch of Super-Heavy/Starship. Eric Berger, Ars Technica. David Livingston, DrSpace, SpaceShow.comhttps://arstechnica.com/space/2023/12/rocket-report-the-final-space-shuttle-stack-spacex-may-extend-booster-lifetimes/

1245-100 am

#SpaceX: The timeline for launching Super-Heavy/Starship in 2024. Eric Berger, Ars Technica. David Livingston, DrSpace, SpaceShow.com

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/12/rocket-report-the-final-space-shuttle-stack-spacex-may-extend-booster-lifetimes/