The John Batchelor Show John Batchelor

PREVIEW: ICC: Conversation with colleague Mary Kissel re the ICC talk of an arrest of PM Netanyahu and Defence Minister Gallant -- and Mary Kissel quickly reminds that the ICC attempted similar lawfare against America with regard to Afghanistan and was met by sanctions  by the  Pompeo State Department.  Details later.

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GOOD EVENING: 

The show begins the day after Gaza is secured and looks to the challenges in the North in Lebanon and Syria, and in the East in Iran.

To Tehran and the empty presidential administration.

To Kabul, Islamabad, Baluchistan, Baghdad, Riyadh, Washington, Moscow.  

To Galilee and Homo erectus bones.

To Canada, to the nuclear arsenal. 

Back to Tehran and the succession.

To ceasefire talk in Brussels and Beijing.

To SETI and the Dark Forest Theory.

To Medellin, Brasilia, Caracas, Buenos Aires, Managua, Santo Domingo, Panama City.

1932 Hoovers

#NewWorldReport:  Dominican Republic pleasing; Panama shining.  Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/panama-weighs-more-checkpoints-treacherous-jungle-increasingly-crossed-by-2024-05-16/

1913 Panama Canal

#NewWorldReport:  Milei the rock star in Spain. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spains-far-right-vox-holds-mass-rally-with-argentinas-milei-foreign-allies-2024-05-19/

1930 Argentina

#NewWorldReport: Rio Grande du Sol and the refugees.   Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/cost-rebuild-brazil-state-after-floods-be-higher-than-initially-thought-governor-2024-05-17/

1920 Rio de Janeiro

#NewWorldReport:  Colombia quietly fails under Gustavo Patro.  Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-20/petro-replaces-colombia-s-top-army-commander?sref=5g4GmFHo

1918 Bogota