GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Beijing at the meeting between Putin and Xi for the next steps in their "No Limits" partnership. Next, to Moscow and the new Defense chief, Belousov. Then, to the Fabs under construction in the US and Europe. Moving

8/8: Sheridan’s Secret Mission: How the South Won the War After the Civil War by Robert Cwiklik (Author)

7/8: Sheridan’s Secret Mission: How the South Won the War After the Civil War by Robert Cwiklik (Author)

6/8: Sheridan’s Secret Mission: How the South Won the War After the Civil War by Robert Cwiklik (Author)

5/8: Sheridan’s Secret Mission: How the South Won the War After the Civil War by Robert Cwiklik (Author)

2/2: #HOTELMARS: How did Venus lose its oceans? Eryn Cangi, Bethan Gregory, David Livingston. The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, CO

1/2: #HOTELMARS: How did Venus lose its oceans? Eryn Cangi, Bethan Gregory, David Livingston. The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, CO

#MrMarket: Price controls have never worked except to create shortages and chaos.Veronique DeRugy, Mercatus Center

#CANADA: Farewell to the Newfoundland Leprechaun Rex Humphrey. Conrad Black, National Post

#GAZA: Casualties revised. Joe Truzman is a senior research analyst at FDD’s Long War Journal.

#IRAN: The Iran-China Trade. ILAN BERMAN, AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY COUNCIL

#ANTISEMITISM: CCP directed hate-mongering. Ivana Stradner serves as a research fellow with FDD’s Barish Center for Media Integrity.

#Lebanon: The pending decision. Alex Traiman is the CEO and Jerusalem Bureau Chief of JNS (Jewish News Syndica

#GAZA: The Biden Administration steps back from Jerusalem. Cliff May, FDD

#ScalaReport: The Magnificent 7 Techs and the American economy. Chris Riegel, Scala.com #STRATOCACHE

#RUSSIA: Who is Belousov, the new Defence Minister? Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute

#RUSSIA: Putin and Xi in Beijing for more No Limits. Anatol Lieven, Quincy Institute

PREVIEW: Conversation with author Rober Cwiklik re the auspicious arrival of the famous General Phil Sheridan and entourage in New Orleans during Christmas and New Year season 1873-1874; and the looming tragedy of the United States Government powerless to

PREVIEW: ##MARKETS: Conversation with colleague Veronique DeRugy of Mercatus Center re price controls and a form of same, minimum wage -- and how minimum wage distorts the market and leads to decline either in profits or customer satisfaction or both. Mor

PREVIEW: #IRAN: #PRC: Conversation with colleague Ilan Berman of the merican Foreign Policy Council re the unchecked and illicit oil trade from Iran to PRC; and what the Biden Administration can do to halt it. More tonight.