PREVIEW: #MARS: Conversation with colleague Bob Zimmerman re new studies based on modeling that indicate the long voyages to and from Mars are profound health threats without present solutions - in particular, damage by cosmic rays. More later.1957

PREVIEW: #GATES: #SODIUM REACTOR: Conversation with colleague Henry Sokolski on the announcement that a Bill Gates-founded company, TerraPower, has started building a Natrium Nuclear Energy Plant in Wyoming - and what to make of the claim that it is safer than existing hot water reactors. More detail later. 1979 Three Mile Island PA

PREVIEW: #FRANCE: Conversation with colleague Lord Conrad Black in Toronto re the savvy decision by President Emmanuel Macron to call a snap election on June 30 and July 7. More tonight. 1909 Bonaparte and his mother and sisters.

PREVIEW: #ITALIA: #G7: Conversation with colleague Lorenzo Fiori in Genoa re the leadership success of Italian PM Giorgia Meloni at the G7 meeting near Bari, Italy. Much more tonight. 1778 Rome

Eric Deters sends Chuck Holbrook to Omaha to attempt to resolve the cases.

PREVIEW: UKRAINE: Conversation with colleague Jeff McCausland of CBS News re the Biden Administration now permitting Ukraine to fire back at the Russian missile and artillery batteries that sit in Russian territory. More later.1943

PREVIEW: #CONSTITUTION: Conversation with colleague Peter Berkowitz of a new book by Yuval Levin - American Covenant - in which the Constitution is celebrated for its encouragement of negotiation and compromise between the three branches - a skill lost today with more and more power taken by the Executive. More later tonight. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/06/09/yuval_levin_counsels_civic_renewal_through_constitutional_repair_151075.html 1770 The Stamp Act, Boston

PREVIEW: EU VOTE: Conversation with colleague Anatol Lieven of the Quincy Institute re the nationalist trend in the EU vote - and the surprise that liberal-minded Sweden now features a nationalist party - and that the future of the EU appears rightward toward states regaining their borders. More later on nationalism in the EU.1898 Brussels major reovations

PREVIEW: #BRAZIL: #PARAGUAY: #ARGENTINA: Conversation with colleague Mary Anastasia O'Grady of WSJ Editorial re the Tri-Border Region of South America that encourages and struggles with the extravagantly rewarding crimes of the black marketeers -- and what is needed to improve all cross-border trade. More tonight. https://www.wsj.com/articles/brazil-enables-the-black-market-eedb14c7 December 1936 FDR and Paraguay President Gabriel Terra in Montivideo

PREVIEW: #SAIPAN: Conversation with colleague Cleo Paskal of FDD in Saipan of the Northern Mariana Islands re the 80th anniversary of the USMC, USN, USA landings and liberation of Saipan from the Imperial Japanese Empire -- on Green Beach on June 15. More tonight and on Monday. 1945 Fat Man plutonium bomb on Tinian, Northern Marinas

PREVIEW :#PRC: #DEFLATION: Conversation with colleague Chris Riegel of Scala.com re the report of deflation for the consumer in China -- and that this also touched the manufacturing centers in a continued swoon of the PRC economy. More tonight. 1857 China

Recorded by Jacqueline Bishop for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 14, 2024. www.poets.org

2/2: #FRANCE: #UK: Perfect weather for the farmers of the National Rally. . Cold and stormy for the MPS of the Conservatives. Simon Constable, Occitanie.https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/12/world/europe/macron-france-elections.html undated Bank of England

#BETA PICTORIS: Asteroid Belt at 63 light years. Bob Zimmerman BehindtheBlack.com https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/evidence-of-giant-asteroid-collision-in-debris-disk-surrounding-the-star-beta-pictoris/ undated Cosmos

2/2: #Merchant Marine: Logistics and warfighting in the vast Pacific. Admiral Gary Roughead, USN (retired), Hoover

PREVIEW: #RUSSIA: #BANK RUN:  Conversation with colleague Michael Bernstam of the Hoover Institution re the sudden news that the US Treasury has sanctioned the Moscow Exchange, leading to the rouble climbing to 120 or 200 to the dollar -- and suggesting a bank run.  More later tonight. 1890 Moscow

PREVIEW: #PRC: #US MERCHANT MARINE: Conversation with Admiral Gary Roughead, USN (retired) re the US Merchant Marine required to contest the threatened war in the Western Pacific -- and what to think of the vast distances that need resupply. Much more tonight. 1900 Palau

PREVIEW: #EU: #RUSSIA: #PRC: Conversation with colleague Theresa Fallon in Brussels  re the alarm in Europe, especially the frontline NATO states, at the increasing number of hybrid attacks by Russian agents -- from warehouse fires to disinformation campaigns against the Paris Olympics.  Agents for both Russia and PRC.  More tonight. 1917 Vilnius, capital of Lithuania

PREVIEW: #NORTH KOREA: #RUSSIA:: Conversation with colleague David Maxwell re the developing bond between Kim Jong-Un and Vladimir Putin -- in anticipation of Putin's upcoming visit to Pyongyang.  More tonight. 1955 Kim Il-Sung

PREVIEW: #AL QAEDA: #FBI: Conversation with colleague Bill Roggio of what is known about  unconnected events: FBI arresting 8 Tajiks, some of whom crossed into the US on the Southern Border; Al Qaeda promoting training camps in Afghanistan; Al Qaeda leadership residence in Iran -- and the long lag between Al Qaeda operations.  More tonight. 1872 Tajikistan