GOOD EVENING. The show begins at the Federal Reserve, speculating how many cuts in the rates before year's end. One or two? December? September? To imagining the VPOTUS pick by the nominee, former President Trump. To Gaza and the limited action. To Columbia campus. To Paris and the Pyrenees with President Macron and General Secretary Xi. To Gaza, I…

2/2: #HOTELMARS: Angara flies; Remembering the Soviet Moon Race. Anatoly Zak, RussianSpaceWeb.com https://russianspaceweb.com/#google_vignette 1963Von John Batchelor

1/2: #HOTELMARS: Angara flies; Remembering the Soviet Moon Race. Anatoly Zak, RussianSpaceWeb.com https://russianspaceweb.com/#google_vignette 1957Von John Batchelor

#EU: The election June 6 to 9. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin. https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/92357 1916 BrusselsVon John Batchelor

#EU: Poland insists; France designs; EU demurs. Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Editor-in-Chief: Strategic Europe, in Berlin. https://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/92357 1936 PolandVon John Batchelor

#KingCharlesReport: "Caged Lion." Normandy 80th Anniversary. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2024/05/05/royal-family-popularity-up-since-coronation-apart-from-one/ 1944 Royal ArmyVon John Batchelor

#Nigeria: Electricity declines; revenues decline; COLA climbs. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/nigeria-cuts-back-electricity-sales-to-overseas-customers-to-boost-domestic-supply/ar-BB1lTnOQ 1906 NigeriaVon John Batchelor

#ETHIOPIA: Civil war dominates: Amhara vs Abiy and the Tigrayans. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ethiopias-amhara-militia-says-resettlement-plan-beats-war-drum/ar-AA1o4zWk 1862 EthiopiaVon John Batchelor

#GAZA: #TURKIYE: Hamas out of time; Erdogan offers refuge. Gregory Copley, Defense & Foreign Affairs https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/turkey-s-erdogan-welcomes-hamas-accepting-ceasefire-hopes-israel-will-do-the-same/ar-BB1lURE0 1928 Turkey aviatorsVon John Batchelor

2/2: #LondonCalling: Until they got the Green bill; Liz Truss and Reagnamics. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/europeans-ditch-net-zero-while-biden-clings-to-it-britain-climate-change-cost-94f826e3 https://www.wsj.com/articles/liz-truss-diagnoses-britains-malaise-new-book-responsible-policy-conversation-96b2bdf0 1866…

1/2: #LondonCalling: Until they got the Green bill; Liz Truss and Reagnamics. @JosephSternberg @WSJOpinion https://www.wsj.com/articles/europeans-ditch-net-zero-while-biden-clings-to-it-britain-climate-change-cost-94f826e3 https://www.wsj.com/articles/liz-truss-diagnoses-britains-malaise-new-book-responsible-policy-conversation-96b2bdf0 1890 Stratf…

2/2: #StateThinking: #GAZA: #PRC: Netanyahu at odds with Biden; Xi at odds with Europe @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc. https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israeli-forces-seize-key-gaza-crossing-ahead-of-planned-rafah-offensive-45c4d31b?mod=latest_headlines 1873 Jerusalem…

1/2: #StateThinking: #GAZA: #PRC: Netanyahu at odds with Biden; Xi at odds with Europe @MaryKissel Former Senior Adviser to the Secretary of State. Executive VP Stephens Inc. https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israeli-forces-seize-key-gaza-crossing-ahead-of-planned-rafah-offensive-45c4d31b?mod=latest_headlines 1950 Beersheba…

#Campus: Indications of provocateurs. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-colleges-should-handle-campus-protests-free-speech-disorder-9072d717?mod=latest_headlines 1900 Leland Stanford Jr.Von John Batchelor

#GAZA: Limited. Jonathan Schanzer, FDD https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israeli-forces-seize-key-gaza-crossing-ahead-of-planned-rafah-offensive-45c4d31b?mod=hp_lead_pos3 1951 BeershebaVon John Batchelor

#Markets: The VPOTUS Game. Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-critical-vp-pick-5-criteria-president-consider 1968 LBJVon John Batchelor

#Markets: One or two Cuts Later: Liz Peek The Hill. Fox News and Fox Business https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/options-traders-did-not-take-powell-completely-at-his-word-on-unlikely-chance-of-a-rate-hike/ar-AA1o36OM 1914 Bankers at CongressVon John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #KINGCHARLES: #NORMANDY: Conversation with colleague Gregory Copley re the Price of Wales commenting that the King is a "caged lion" eager to get back to duty -- and the first event of profound weight looks to be the 80th Anniversary of the Normandy Landings on June 6. More later. 1944 Sword Beach, Queen Red.…

PREVIEW: #POMPEO: Conversation with colleague Mary Kissel re her former boss, Scertary of State Mike Pompeo, as a sturdy and smart choice to be the VPOTUS candidate for this year -- and a strong possibility of a candidate for the presidency in 2028. Details tonight. 1964 LBJ RanchVon John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #VPOTUS: Conversation with colleague Elizabeth Peek of Fox and The Hill re: the GOP choice for VPOTUS -- because the candidate will be in a strong position to run in 2028 -- and what the GOP is going to learn from mistakes such as candidates and governors Palin and Noem. August 1905 TRVon John Batchelor

PREVIEW:#GREEN: Conversation with Joseph Sternberg of WSJ re the quandary of Green iin Europe-- where political leadership passed laws mandating net-zero by such a date and the public suddenly doesn't aim to pay the bill. More later. 1904Von John Batchelor

PREVEW: #EU: Conversation with colleague Judy Dempsey of Carnegie re the EU vote in June and the opinion in the EU of the US presidential campaign and parties. More details tonight. 1914 war in Brussels.Von John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #GAZA: Conversations with Jonathan Schanzer of FDD re the "highway of tunnels" from Gaza into Egypt -- long presumed and most embarrassing or worse for Cairo if and when exposed as the Hamas smuggling route. More later. 1898 GazaVon John Batchelor

GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Afghanistan's eight or more Al Qaeda training camps across the whole country. To Columbia University and the cancellation of graduation because of the threats. To Krakow and Auschwitz for March of the Living. To Hong Kong and the grim prospect of a crushed culture. To Okinawa, to Bogota, Panama City, Caracas, Brasil…

#Lebanon: No decision. Seth Frantzman, FDD. Bill Roggio, FDD https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/05/israel-faces-rocket-fire-on-two-fronts.php 1910 NORTH OF GSLILEE IN THE JORDAN VALLEYVon John Batchelor