PREVIEW: PRC: BANKS: DEBTS: Colleague Andrew Collier of Orient Capital Research commenting on the unusual lending and borrowing practices in the PRC during a severe and long-term downturn. More tonight. 1877 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank near Singapore RiverPar John Batchelor

#KINGCHARLES REPORT: The Highland Games at Balmoral Castle. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs 1849 Aberdeen ScotlandPar John Batchelor

#AFRICA: Russians in Sudan, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Mali, Central Africa Republic, for gold. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs 1920 Saudi ArabiaPar John Batchelor

#AUSTRALIA;What is to be done? Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs 1950 MelbournePar John Batchelor

#AUSTRALIA: The decline to dependency. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs 1867 MelbournePar John Batchelor

#MARS: Crack in the World. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com 1940Par John Batchelor

#SPACEX: Starship on Mars 2026. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com 1951Par John Batchelor

#LondonCalling: UK: Starmer baptism by dissent. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion 1798Par John Batchelor

#LondonCalling: October Surprises. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion 1885 IrelandPar John Batchelor

#IRAN: The war is over when Tehran surrenders. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD. 1925 Commons Police, PersiaPar John Batchelor

#ISRAEL: War of the North is next. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD, 1921 RamallahPar John Batchelor

#StateThinking: China declines & What is to be done? @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc. 1890 ShanghaiPar John Batchelor

#StateThinking: Afghanistan the Left Behind @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc. 1920 Fort Jamrud, Khyber PassPar John Batchelor

#POTUS: What do Europeans know of Harris? Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin. 1936 FDR and Sara RooseveltPar John Batchelor

#BERLIN: Closing the borders. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin. 1936 OlympicsPar John Batchelor

#POTUS: Elon Musk costcutter vs tax and spend. Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business 1885 Christmas on the Exchange FloorPar John Batchelor

#Markets: The pricey cost of money and jobs. Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business 1889 New York Stock ExchangePar John Batchelor

GOOD EVENING: The show begins tonight in the markets, waiting on Jerome Powell to lower the cost of money on Wednesday, September 18... 1939 New York Stock Exchange CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-915#Markets: The pricey cost of money and jobs. Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business 915-930 #POTUS: Elon Musk costcutter v…

PREVIEW: MUSK: MARS: Conversation with colleague Bob Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com, re the SpaceX-Musk announcement of a plan to launch Starship for Mars landing in 2026. More tonight. 1872 From the Earth to the Moon, Jules VernePar John Batchelor

PREVIEW: IDF: AFTER GAZA: Conversation with Jonathan Schanzer, FDD, re the strategic planning needed and at hand for the next phases of the war with Iran's proxies and Iran itself -- after a pause of up to a year. More soon.PREVIEW: IDF: AFTER GAZA: Conversation with Jonathan Schanzer, FDD, re the strategic planning needed and at hand for the next …

PREVIEW: OCTOBER SURPRISES: Conversation with colleague Joseph Sternberg, WSJ, re three possible October Surprises and the big picture of the US Election during extraordinary chaos in Eurasia. More tonight. 1930Par John Batchelor

PREVIEW: EU: APPLE: GOOGLE: Conversation with colleague Elizabeth Peek of The Hill and Fox News re the EU contradictions of desiring less regulation and more growth while advancing gargantuan tax cases against American tech giants Apple and Google; the rhetoric of similar regulatory burdens in the US Biden Administration. More later. 1955 Dodge Bro…

PREVIEW: AFGHANISTAN: LEFT BEHIND: With colleague Mary Kissel, Executive Vice President Stephens Incorporated, former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State, re the people left behind in Afghanistan during and after the American-led withdrawal in August 2021: What is to be done? More later. 1848 Khyber Pass…

PREVIEW: BERLIN: CLOSING BORDERS: With colleague Judy Dempsey in Berlin for Carnegie re the Olaf Scholz decision to close borders with nine neighboring countries so that one must show a passport. More tonight. 1900 PotsdamPar John Batchelor

PREVIEW: SINGAPORE 1942: AUSTRALIA: Conversation with colleague Gregory Copley re the decline in Australian industry parallel with Australia's dependence on the US for defense -- dating from Singapore 1942. More tonight. February 1942, Japanese attack on Darwin.Par John Batchelor

GOOD : The show begins in memories of Afghanistan thanks to a Substack site, Grumpy Combat Vetern and Friends -- comments and tales from vetrans who regret the losses dearly... 1890 Afghanistan CBS EYE ON THE WORLD WITH JOHN BATCHELOR FIRST HOUR 9-9:15 AFGHANISTAN: Unending despair. Bill Roggio, FDD. 9:15-9:30 IRAN: Tehran is the enemy. Bill Roggio…

PRC: Inadequate fiscal stimulus, says Goldman Sachs. Anne Stevenson-Yang, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Anne Stevenson-Yang, author of Wild Ride: China's Short-Lived Experiment in Capitalism, https://www.wsj.com/world/china/more-debts-or-not-beijing-faces-a-thorny-question-de0ef110 Hong Kong 1925…

#PRC:One sided Visa providing. Bill Gertz, Washington Times. @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill Bill Gertz, national security correspondent for The Washington Times and author of Deceiving the Sky: Inside Communist China’s Drive for Global Supremacy, @GORDONGCHANG, GATESTONE, NEWSWEEK, THE HILL https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/au…

#GERMANY: AFD and Wagenknecht rising nostalgia. Antonia Colibasanu @GPFutures https://geopoliticalfutures.com/new-political-lines-are-drawn-in-germany/ 1890 GermanyPar John Batchelor

#JAPAN: All the candidates regard Japan a National security risk? Nippon Steel rejected, Josh Rogin WaPo https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/05/biden-japan-us-steel-nippon-deal-protectionism-politics/ 1930 JapanPar John Batchelor

#NewWorldReport: Amazon drought. Sergio Mendes 19412024. -Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/amazon-rivers-low-water-levels-bring-fresh-challenges-locals-2024-09-08/ 1870 Amazon Andes…

#NewWorldReport: ARGENTINA: For a Madrid in Buenos Aires Old Post Office. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire https://www.reuters.com/markets/argentina-analysts-cut-2024-inflation-forecast-nearly-123-2024-09-05/ 1930 Argentina…

#NewWorldReport: Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bolivia-inflation-nears-decade-high-august-2024-09-07/ 1900 BoliviaPar John Batchelor

#NewWorldReport: VENEZUELA: Edmundo Gonzales Urrita flees to Spain. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuela-opposition-leader-gonzalez-flies-spain-after-arrest-warrant-2024-09-08/ https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/…

#UKRAINE: Outnumbered 10 to 1 Donbas. John Hardie, FDD. Bill Roggio, FDD 1882 UkrainePar John Batchelor

#UKRAINE: Strike what in Russia with NATO long range missiles? John Hardie, FDD. Bill Roggio, FDD. 1856 RussiaPar John Batchelor

LEBANON: Drone attack on Nahariya high rise. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-hezbollah-strike-on-nahariya-residents-say-government-abandoned-them/ 1457 Siege of AscalonPar John Batchelor

ISRAEL: Hostages abused, starved, executed. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1@ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.timesofisrael.com/slain-hostages-struggled-with-their-killers-in-final-moments-idf-probe-said-to-find/ 1900 Jaffa PortPar John Batchelor

LEBANON: How long to wait for the IDF to go north? . Seth Frantzman, FF and Jerusalem Post. Bill Riggio, FDD https://www.longwarjournal.org/ 1947 IsraelPar John Batchelor

#IISRAEL: West Bank Front. Gaza Front. Seth Frantzman, FF and Jerusalem Post. Bill Riggio, FDD https://www.longwarjournal.org/ 1905 JerusalemPar John Batchelor

IRAN: Tehran is the enemy. Bill Roggio, FDD. https://www.longwarjournal.org/ 1925 PersiaPar John Batchelor

AFGHANISTAN: Unending despair. Bill Roggio, FDD. https://www.longwarjournal.org/ 1940 Khyber PassPar John Batchelor

PREVIEW: BUENOS AIRES: Colleague Ernesto Araújo, former FM of Brazil, explains the success of the Fora Madrid confab sponsored by the Spanish party Vox that this year was housed in the Old Post Office in Buenos Aires, with key speaker President Javier Milei. 1878 Post Office Buenos AiresPar John Batchelor

PREVIEW: BOLIVIA: Conversation with colleague Joseph Humire of Secure Free Society re suspicions of financial profligacy in Bolivia that may mean the Andean left of center state is heading to a crisis. More tonight. 1935Par John Batchelor

PREVIEW: JORDAN: WEST BANK: Conversation with colleague Malcolm Hoenlein re a terror attack at the Allenby Bridge, pointing to repeated reports of weapons smuggling from Jordan to jihadists in the West Bank. What is to be done? More later. 1930 JerusalemPar John Batchelor

PREVIEW: AFGHANISTAN: Conversation with colleague Bill Roggio of FDD re why the US State Department is reluctant to aid the rescue of American citizen family members left behind in Afghanistan after the August 2021 withdrawal. More later. 1867 Khyber Pass AfghanistanPar John Batchelor

PREVIEW: UKRAINE: Conversation with colleague John Hardie, FDD, re the Ukraine war re the analysis of why and how Russia is advancing on the Pokrovsk Front in the Donbas. More tonight. 1918 UkrainePar John Batchelor

PREVIEW: HEZBOLLAH: Conversation with colleague Seth Frantzman of Jerusalem Post and FDD re what is to be done with the War of the North? More tonight. 1920 North GalileePar John Batchelor

#Londinium90AD: Gaius & Germanicus consider the Roman way of war was to point the legions at something the enemy values and destroy it. Such as the impregnable Sarmizegetusa Regia of the defiant Dacians. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos 1672 ActiumPar John Batchelor

#Londinium90AD: Gaius & Germanicus observe the Putin aim to reassemble the Tsarist Empire. Michael Vlahos. Friends of History Debating Society. @Michalis_Vlahos 1718 RomePar John Batchelor