WE WILL BE MOVING TO MONDAYS AT 9-10 PM BEGINNING 4/13/2015.
SHOW AUDIO: kpft_2015-04-13_2100, HILLARY 4PREZ, THINKING LIBS v THINKING CONS
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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:
- Hillary Clinton enters 2016 race: ‘Everyday Americans need a champion’ [w/VIDEO), By Evan Halper and David Lauter contact the reporters [LA TIMES]
- Reserve officer [Robert Bates, a 73-year-old insurance executive] in Oklahoma charged with manslaughter in [44-year-old Eric Harris] suspect’s shooting death: Police say the reserve sheriff’s deputy mistakenly pulled out his handgun instead of his stun gun, The Associated Press Posted: Apr 13, 2015
- White officer [Michael Slager] won’t face death penalty in South Carolina murder [of 50-year-old Walter Scott], Reuters
- South Carolina shooting: Officer charged and fired; protesters demand justice, By Ashley Fantz and Holly Yan, (CNN) Updated 7:19 PM ET, Wed April 8, 2015
- How EZTag works: They always have your money.
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.
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