SHOW AUDIO: kpft_2014-12-24-14_2200, COPS & RACE

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Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Wednesday night from 10-11PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies). Listen live on the radio or on the internet from anywhere in the world! When the show is live, we take calls at 713-526-5738. (Long distance charges may apply.)  For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:

• You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
• An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.

GUESTS: CALLERS NOTE: This post is subject to update before and after the show. ______________________________________________________________________ Some of the links used for this show are BELOW the break: SOURCES (Below the break) Not all topics discussed on tonight’s show:

• Labor’s big comeback: Obama appointees push for worker rights, By Timothy Noah, 12/22/14 5:35 AM EST [Updated 12/22/14 1:29 PM EST] com
  • National Labor Relations Act | NLRB, nlrb.gov: Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”) in 1935 to protect the rights of employees and employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and to curtail certain private sector labor and management practices, which can harm the general welfare of workers, businesses and the U.S. economy.
  • National Labor Relations Act – Wikipedia: Long title: An act to diminish the causes of labor disputes burdening or obstructing interstate and foreign commerce, to create a National Labor Relations Board, and for other purposes.
  • The Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (29 U.S.C. 401-531) better known as the Taft–Hartley Act – Wikipedia: a United States federal law that restricts the activities and power of labor unions.
• Mitch McConnell, compromiser?, By Paul Waldman December 23 at 8:39 AM (Washington Post): “There are two kinds of people in politics,” Mr. McConnell said after the recent blowup when Mr. Cruz, the fiery Texan, and Senator Mike Lee of Utah …“Those who want to make a point and those who want to make a difference. “All of us from time to time make a point,” Mr. McConnell said. “But it is time now to make a difference.” McConnell famously said…, “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.”
• Reactions are a little like the post-Vietnam reaction to the treatment of Vietnam vets:
  • Across US, After NYC Deaths, a Surge of Support for Police, NEW YORK — By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer, Dec 24, 2014, 1:08 AM ET, ABC News
  • Here Are the Scumbags Blaming de Blasio and Obama for Slain Cops, By Hudson Hongo, Gawker.com (12/21/2014
• ISIS: Western Journalist Embedded With Group Says He Came Into Contact With Americans, By HAMISH MacDONALD (ABC News) Dec 23, 2014, 3:32 AM ET: German journalist Jürgen Todenhöfer: “I have seen many wars. That’s the strongest group I ever met. Very strong, very clever, very enthusiastic. They are extremely brutal. Not just head-cutting. I’m talking about the strategy of religious cleansing. That’s their official philosophy. They are talking about 500 million people who have to die,” he said.
• United States embargo against Cuba, Wikipedia
  • Govt to pay subcontractor freed from Cuban jail, By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL, Dec. 23, 2014 10:01 PM EST (Associated Press)
    • If Congress objects to Obama’s move on Cuba, what can it do?, Christian Science Monitor
    • US-Cuba thaw could benefit farmers, energy and travel firms, Washington Post
• SENATE TORTURE REPORT
  • New York Times: Prosecute Cheney, By DYLAN BYERS, POLITICO.COM (12/22/14 11:00 AM EST )

  • WITH DOCUMENTATION==> New Documents Show the US Called Waterboarding Torture During World War II: When Japanese soldiers did it to GIs, the United States prosecuted them for war crimes, By Luke Whelan (Wed Dec. 17, 2014 7:05 PM EST) Mother Jones

  • CIA Torture Report Provokes Calls for Prosecution, Voice of America

  • N. Korea, China Criticize US Over CIA Torture Report, Voice of America

• POLICE:

  • SC trooper fired for shooting black motorist charged with assault [VIDEO], msnbc.com, 09/25/14 12:57 AM—Updated 09/26/14 11:36 AM
• FERGUSON
  • How to Turn the Ferguson Protests into a New Civil Rights Movement – Vanity Fair – Dec 1, 2014

SOURCES WHICH MAY BE RELEVANT TO OTHER DISCUSSION:

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