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.

• TICKETS TO GIVE AWAY TONIGHT: “WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE” is a twice-monthly podcast in the style of community updates for the small desert town of Night Vale, featuring local weather, news, announcements from the Sheriff’s Secret Police, mysterious lights in the night sky, dark hooded figures with unknowable powers, and cultural events.
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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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