GOOD EVENING: The show begins tonight in Ukraine, waiting for weapons and ammo, and then moves to Russia, waiting out the American election. We then head to Mexico to observe protectionism regarding the PRC's BYD EV. Next, we visit China to check on manufacturing, followed by Toronto to puzzle about the slow growth of the economy. We then travel to Rome to speak of the shadow fleet of dilapidated oil tankers with bogus insurance running Russian oil to black marketeers. From there, we go to...

#NewWorldReport:Claudia Sheinbaum talks of water management and Green tech.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-presidential-frontrunner-would-focus-renewable-energy-water-2024-04-19/ 1647 Gulf of Mexico

#NewWorldReport: Panama in distress.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/imf-says-latam-caribbean-economies-resilient-more-growth-is-needed-2024-04-19/ 1913 Panama

#NewWorldReport:  Venezuela dodging sanctions.   Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis...

#NewWorldReport: Cleaning up Ecuador with law and order.  Latin American Research Professor Evan Ellis, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute. @revanellis #NewWorldReportEllis https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ecuadorean-president-noboa-seeking-approval-security-measures-sunday-vote-2024-04-21/ 1941 Ecuador

4/8: Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York Hardcover – March 12, 2024 by  Tyler Anbinder  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Plentiful-Country-Potato-Famine-Making/dp/031656480X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In 1845, a fungus began to destroy Ireland’s potato crop, triggering a famine that would kill one million Irish men, women, and children—and drive over one million more to flee for America. Ten years later, the United States had...

3/8: Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York Hardcover – March 12, 2024 by  Tyler Anbinder  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Plentiful-Country-Potato-Famine-Making/dp/031656480X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In 1845, a fungus began to destroy Ireland’s potato crop, triggering a famine that would kill one million Irish men, women, and children—and drive over one million more to flee for America. Ten years later, the United States had...

2/8: Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York Hardcover – March 12, 2024 by  Tyler Anbinder  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Plentiful-Country-Potato-Famine-Making/dp/031656480X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In 1845, a fungus began to destroy Ireland’s potato crop, triggering a famine that would kill one million Irish men, women, and children—and drive over one million more to flee for America. Ten years later, the United States had...

1/8: Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York Hardcover – March 12, 2024 by  Tyler Anbinder  (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Plentiful-Country-Potato-Famine-Making/dp/031656480X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= In 1845, a fungus began to destroy Ireland’s potato crop, triggering a famine that would kill one million Irish men, women, and children—and drive over one million more to flee for America. Ten years later, the United States had...

2//2:  #Chequerboard: The Twenty-first Century Confrontation between Public and Private land use in the West dating from the 19th Century. Terry Anderson, Hoover Institution. https://www.ft.com/content/63b1c7b1-c0de-43b3-851f-153fb20e938a?accessToken=zwAGFvBGmiwYkc9jscexwN5Ds9OFHxU_sg6Tig.MEQCIHboI0Tlj4EMAY6y6VeOY3oV3PGOyNwFfpEz1wmKWuoWAiBpxCayBFb7NuWSli-zvtUEYB9CL0HG1otebdVbCgn32Q&sharetype=gift&token=b6a0a944-1697-4032-9040-e7fea86e741e 1930 Bozeman

1/2:  #Chequerboard: The Twenty-first Century Confrontation between Public and Private land use in the West dating from the 19th Century. Terry Anderson, Hoover Institution. https://www.ft.com/content/63b1c7b1-c0de-43b3-851f-153fb20e938a?accessToken=zwAGFvBGmiwYkc9jscexwN5Ds9OFHxU_sg6Tig.MEQCIHboI0Tlj4EMAY6y6VeOY3oV3PGOyNwFfpEz1wmKWuoWAiBpxCayBFb7NuWSli-zvtUEYB9CL0HG1otebdVbCgn32Q&sharetype=gift&token=b6a0a944-1697-4032-9040-e7fea86e741e 1871 Montana

#RUSSIA: The Shadow Fleet and the sinking price of 2024 oil. Michael Bernstam https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/22/russia-shadow-fleet-nato-greenpeace-oil-spills/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Editors%20Picks%2004222024&utm_term=editors_picks 1918 Vladivostok

#CANADA: More than 4 million civil servants & What is to be done? Conrad Black, National Post https://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-nadir-of-our-once-great-nation 1898 Ottawa Ontario

#PRC: #SCALAREPORT:  China Manufacturing still sluggish. Chris Riegel, CEO Scala.com˽@Stratacache.  @STRATACACHE https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/for-years-manufacturing-left-the-us-now-its-begun-to-come-home-here-are-5-things-to-know/ar-AA1nzpmU 1957 Zhou

#MEXICO: BYD and the rhetoric of protectionism. Mary Anastasia O'Grady https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-biden-trump-trade-war-with-mexico-electric-vehicles-usmca-9a093d77 1905 Guyamas

#UK: Can British industry re-arm?  Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute https://harpers.org/archive/2024/05/coming-to-terms-the-diplomatic-path-to-a-secure-ukraine-george-beebe-anatol-lieven/ 1916 Punch

#UKRAINE: Peace at what cost? Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute https://harpers.org/archive/2024/05/coming-to-terms-the-diplomatic-path-to-a-secure-ukraine-george-beebe-anatol-lieven/ 1918 Ukraine

PREVIEW: #WYOMING: #MONTANA: Conversation with colleague Terry Anderson of Hoover Institution re the controversy of the chequerboard of public and private lands -- and a possible solution to unhappiness.  Details tonight. 1873 Downtown Bozeman MT

PREVIEW: #CANADA: Conversation with colleague Conrad Black of the National Post re how and why the Canadian family has fallen behind  the families in Australia and the US in prosperity and growth. More details tonight. 1911 Canada

PRVIEW: #USMCA: #MEXICO: #BYD: Excerpt from a conversation with colleague Mary Anastasia O'Grady re the anti-Mexico and anti-USMCA on the presidential campaign trail -- because of the possibility of BYD in Mexico -- and the old failed idea back again: protectionism.  More tonight. 1969 Mexico City

PREVIEW: #IRELAND: #MIGRATION: Excerpt from a conversation with author Tyler Anbinder re his new work, PLENTIFUL COUNTRY: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York, and the infamous "coffin ships" that haunted the times. Much more detail tonight and tomorrow.  Plentiful Country: The Great Potato Famine and the Making of Irish New York Hardcover – March 12, 2024 by  Tyler Anbinder ...

PREVIEW-UK: Conversation with colleague Anatol Lieven of Quincy Institute re the hard choice the next British government needs to make between arms and Green.   More tonight. 1843 Loch Lomond

PREVIEW: #PRC: Excerpt from conversation with colleague Chris Riegel of #SCALA.com re the reluctant domestic consumer market in China and what the future holds.  More tonight of China's struggle to shop.  1951 Longwha Airport.

GOOD EVENING. The show begins in Ukraine, which is receiving the first rush of weapons and cash from the U.S. Congress. We then move to Israel and the unfinished Gaza War. Next, we visit Beijing for a page and then to mainland China to discuss gold buying by consumers. We then travel to Occitanie, France, to discuss the price of energy. Shifting focus to space, we explore Voyager 1 calling home and then journey to Mars. Back on Earth, we head to the Philippines and examine the failure of...