WE WILL BE MOVING TO MONDAYS AT 9-10 PM BEGINNING 4/13/2015.
SHOW AUDIO: kpft_2015-04-08_2200, RFRA Laws, Rand Paul v Rachel Maddow, Lousy Love, Malthus
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WE WILL BE MOVING TO MONDAYS AT 9-10 PM BEGINNING 4/13/2015.
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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).
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: (More complete biographical info on my guests are below Source links.)
- CALLERS
POSSIBLE TOPICS: TICKETS TO GIVE AWAY,The era of video vigilante-ism; ‘Religious Oppression Restoration Act’, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz for President?, Principles Over Results?, Rightwing (Apparent) Cognitive Dissonance, ‘Activist’ Investors, and more 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:
- Rand Paul and Rachel Maddow Revisited: An early visit to the philosophical underpinning of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Posted on April 8, 2015
- ‘The Rachel Maddow Show’ for Wednesday, May 19th, 2010: Read the transcript to the Wednesday show(Guests: Rand Paul, Joe Sestak, Chris Hayes)
- Rand Paul on ‘Maddow’ fallout begins, [with quotes] By The Rachel Maddow Show, 05/20/10 07:15 AM—Updated 10/31/13 02:47 PM
- Arkansas’ Civil War Over Religious Freedom: The Natural State’s religious freedom law has split families—including the governor’s—as well as pitted politicians against the business community, By Suzi Parker (http://www.thedailybeast.com) 04.01.2015
- South Carolina shooting: Officer charged and fired; protesters demand justice, Updated 8:16 AM ET, Thu April 9, 2015
- The ‘CSI Effect’:
- CSI effect – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: “The CSI effect, also known as the CSI syndrome[1] and the CSI infection,[2] is any of several ways in which the exaggerated portrayal of forensic science on crime television shows such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation influences public perception. …”
- McCain to Obama: get over your temper tantrum, WASHINGTON | Sun Mar 22, 2015 2:49pm EDT (Reuters) (Writing and reporting by Bill Trott; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky)
- How EZTag works: They always have your money.
- GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz is a lightning rod for controversy and a stickler for process, Written by Marc Fisher (http://www.washingtonpost.com) Published on March 24, 2015
- Everything you need to know about the Ted Cruz ‘birther’ movement, by By Aaron Blake (Washington Post) March 23
- “Wrath upon those who do evil”: Why Ted Cruz chose Liberty University to launch his campaign By Matthew Pulver (Salon.com), Tuesday, Mar 24, 2015 12:24 PM CST
SOURCES WHICH MAY BE RELEVANT TO OTHER DISCUSSION:
- The Mann Act: What You Can Learn From An Old Movie…
- Conservative ‘Cognitive Dissonance
- Conservative reasoning
- Why anti-abortion and anti-birth control makes sense
- Why they keep fighting for bad policies to uphold conservative principles.
- Ted Cruz Wants NASA to De-emphasize Climate Change Science. NASA Chief Fires Back, by Phil Plait(SLATE.com) March 16 2015 7:00 AM
- Exclusive: China drops leading technology brands for state purchases, By Paul Carsten (for REUTERS) BEIJING Wed Feb 25, 2015 8:47am EST
- It’s Time to Restore Pluto’s Good Name (Op-Ed), by David A Weintraub, Vanderbilt University, February 25, 2015 11:38am ET [This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Follow all of the Expert Voices issues and debates — and become part of the discussion — on Facebook, Twitter and Google +. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher. This version of the article was originally published on Space.com.]
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