The John Batchelor Show For Dec 14th

It's Sunday night, and that means it's time for John Batchelor!





Here is his website.





The show starts at 7pm Eastern, and continues for six hours of the best radio you will find anywhere, as only John Batchelor can deliver it with his stable of experts...




And here is where you can listen to the show live online:



New York, WABC-AM 770 7-10PM ET;



Washington DC, WMAL-AM 630 7-9PM ET;



San Francisco, KSFO-AM 560;



Los Angeles,KFI-AM 640;






Schedule for Tonight: (all six hours are on the same link now)






The first two hours are below to whet your appetite:

"The Chicago Way" Specials. Criminal Complaint

705P ET: Jodi Schneider, CQ, and Thaddeus McCotter, 11th CD (R) re the weeklong battle for the Congressional led bridge loans to the car-makers, the resistance in the Congress and in the polls, the House package, and the Senate filibuster by the Dick Shelby led GOP; re the White House talk of using TARP money to make the bridge loan, re the retreat of Harry Reid until January. Michigan's Fate Hangs on Bailout Re the squabble between House members Rahm Emanuel, Jan Schakowsky and former House member Rod Blagojevich: From David Mamet's screenplay for Brian DePalma's 1987 (above) "The Untouchables:"

Malone (Sean Connery): "You wanna know how to get Capone? They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. *That's* the *Chicago* way! And that's how you get Capone. Now do you want to do that? Are you ready to do that? I'm offering you a deal. Do you want this deal?"

720P: Rich Karlgaard, Forbes.com, re the financial crisis, the bear market, the joblessness, the global recession and "Turning Around America - A Modest Proposal," recovery program, "The wealth of American households is down about $20 trillion from 18 months ago;" re the car bailout and the failure to halt the filibuster, re the TARP and Detroit, re the Blago distraction, the Bernard Madoff distraction.

735P: Larry Kudlow, CNBC "Kudlow and Company," re the Senate filibuster an the strict limis urged by Bob Corker, Tennessee (R), re the Dick Cheney mention of Herbert Hoover if the bailout does not apss, re the White House considering TARP for Detroit; re the peculiar melodrama in Chicago. U.A.W. Chief and Senator Gain From Face-Off.

750P: Professional Roundtable with Natasha Korecki, Chicago Sun-Times, Margaret Hoover, FNC, and John Fund, Wall Street Journal; re the Chicago Way scandal in the Blagsosphere, re the untouchability of Patrick Fitzgerald, re the test of the Obama transition team (above Blago and Obama at the governors's conference in November), re Rahm Emanuel "death threats," John Kass: 'Where's Rahm?' and Tribune exclusive: Emanuel talked with office; re the Jesse Jackson Junior admission he is Candidate 5 and the JJJ denial he sought to bribe Blago. Jackson allies held Blagojevich fundraiser

Capone (Robert DeNiro): "I'm gonna tell you something. Somebody messes with me, I'm gonna mess with with him. Somebody steals from me, I'm gonna say you stole. Not talk to him for spitting on the sidewalk. Understand? Now, I have done nothing to harm these people but they are angered with me, so what do they do, doctor up some income tax, for which they have no case. To speak to me like me, no, to harass a peaceful man. I pray to god if I ever had a grievance I'd have a little more self respect. One more thing, you have an all out prize fight, you wait until the fight is over, one guy is left standing. And that's how you know who won." From David Mamet's screenplay for Brian De Palma's "The Untouchables."

805P: Continued re the ongoing Jackson risk, re the ongoing Emanuel risk, re the prospect of Illinois Attny General Lisa Madigan maneuvering the Illinois Superme Court to dismiss Blago, re the Obama obstacle course ahead, re Al Franken catches up and Norm Coleman in hot water? In Serbia, disbelief, sympathy for Blagojevich.

820P: Mary Kissel, Asia Wall Street Journal, re the China slowdown and the massive migrant worker dislocation, re the Taiwan prosecution of ex-President Shu-bian, re the collapse of the Austrailian currenc, re the crisis in East Asia markets.

835: Financial Professionals, with John Tamny, RealClearMarkets.com, Simon Constable,Dow Jones, Aaron Task, Yahoo Finance, Jim McTague, Barron's, re the car bailout in the House and the car wreck in the Senate, re the GOP filibuster, re the GOP blames the UAW (below Ron Gettelfinger UAW chief), re the Cheney "Herbert Hoover" remark. More panic for Monday morning: Citadel Halts Withdrawals. Ecuador Will Default on Foreign Debt.

850P: Continued, re the Bernard Madoff scandal and the greatest Ponzi scheme ever engineered, the missing $50 billion from the best country clubs in Florida and Long Island Many Red Flags in Case, re the Marc Dreier alleged bunko scheme and the missing $100 million, re the question asked, is capitalism for crooks and the jobless? Lawyer Accused of $100 Million Swindle; Letter from the research firm Aksia to its clients on Madoff Securities (pdf) How Madoff Made Folks Look Dumb.