SHOW AUDIO: https://thinkwingradio.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/kftdhd3_2013-10-02_govt-shutdown-boehners-legacy-constution-article-1-section-v-definition-of-appeasement-nih-funding-reverse-brain-drain-fukushima-x85-1000-c-of-alcohol.mp3

Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (every Wednesday from 2-3PM CT) on KPFT-HD Channel 90.1-3. One of our mottos is that you’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts, so we try to get our facts right.

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Some of the links used for this show are BELOW the break:

TOPICS:

1. As of 12:01AM on Tuesday, October 1, the Federal Government has been essentially shut down
2. On a related note, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives: [From Wikipedia]
   1. The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (or Speaker of the House) is the presiding officer of the chamber. The office was established in 1789 by Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution, which states in part, “The House of Representatives shall chuse [sic] their Speaker…” The Constitution does not require that the Speaker be an elected House Representative, though all Speakers have been an elected Member of Congress.^[1]
3. The Reverse brain drain
4. One Wrong Move at Fukushima Could Unleash a Nuclear Disaster Equivalent to 85 Chernobyls
5. A fun bit of beverage education: What 100 Calories of Alcohol Really Looks Like.

SOURCES:

• No go: House Republicans fail to pass stopgap federal spending bills
• Pelosi says GOP’s spending bills like a slow release of hostages:
  http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/325947-pelosi-says-gops-spending-bills-like-a-slow-release-of-hostages#ixzz2gXlYlYaA
• Speaker of the United States House of Representatives: [From Wikipedia]
• “I call them the ‘blue meth Republicans’. …
• Howard Fineman, 9/25/2013 on “Hardball with Chris Matthews”, referring to his article in the Huffington Post
• Chris Matthews Tears Up Kevin James on Hardball
• On 8/1/2011,John  Boehner told CBS News’ Scott Pelley that he got 98% of what he wanted from President Obama and the Democrats. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4VJFVgrlyI&feature=player_detailpage
• “The Way We Were”, By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
• “Declining nations glory in their past accomplishments because their future looks so bleak. Rising nations become great by looking to the future, investing in their people and their infrastructure, and taking risks.” ~ Michael R. Honig, from “Letter to Alan Grayson: Going To The Moon Is NOT A Lunatic Idea” Posted on January 31, 2012 
• One Wrong Move at Fukushima Could Unleash a Nuclear Disaster Equivalent to 85 Chernobyls
• What 100 Calories of Alcohol Really Looks Like
• Japan aims to beam solar energy down from orbit

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