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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information; Harris County, Houston officials outline preparations for freezing temperatures; Ahead of below-freezing temperatures, ERCOT prepares power grid; Mayor Sylvester Turner announces agreement with Houston, Harris County, TxDOT over I-45 project; Guns confiscated at US airports hit record levels; ‘Out of control’: No one knows how much to tip; P-22, Los Angeles’ famous mountain lion, has been euthanized after ‘severe injuries’ from possible ‘vehicle strike’; Majority of states call on Supreme Court to review constitutionality of CFPB funding; Abe Hamadeh’s challenge of Arizona attorney general election to go to trial; Maricopa judge allows narrow part of Kari Lake’s Arizona election lawsuit to head to trial; Biden team planning a dramatically expanded digital strategy for 2024; Big Tech Laid Off Thousands. Here’s Who Wants Them Next; Biden administration proposing phaseout of compact fluorescent light bulbs; Mystery recordings will now be heard for the first time in about 100 years; More.

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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information; Jersey Village residents share feedback, hear updates on potential baseball stadium; Pearland City Council hires legal counsel and starts search for new city manager; City of Sugar Land wraps up 2019 bond-funded drainage projects; Harris County operating with slimmer budgets for law enforcement, flood control, hospital district after tax rate standoff; Advocates hope federal investigation brings fixes to Houston’s illegal dumping woes; Cruz: “Of course” Trump was wrong to call for terminating Constitution; GOP slowly begins to condemn Trump’s call to terminate Constitution, but many remain silent; Ukraine war: How Germany ended reliance on Russian gas; More

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3. Or by visiting ARCHIVE.KPFT.ORG for previous version of this show and over 100 other KPFT programs.

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TOPICS:  REGISTER TO VOTE; Houston officials say state made the call on water boil notice; ‘This message can save lives’: State agencies increase enforcement, encourage driver safety during Thanksgiving; Texas Transportation Commission approves toll rate price increase for Grand Parkway, Hwy. 249; ERCOT report: Texas power grid will hold up this winter (in most conditions); New York [City] will involuntarily hospitalize more mentally ill people; Jewish Allies Call Trump’s Dinner With Antisemites a Breaking Point; NATO Supports Eventual Ukraine Membership as US Pledges Millions to Fix Power Grid; More.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) on KPFT-HD2, Houston’s Community Station. You can also hear the show:

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POSSIBLE TOPICS:

1. VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information;
2. Harris County Elections Administrator Clifford Tatum seeks resources, still assessing midterm elections;
3. Harris County’s election missteps fuel GOP lawsuit and calls for investigation;
4. Texas lawmakers target property taxes, election fraud and transgender people in new legislation ahead of 2023 session;
5. Broward [Cty, Florida] Superintendent Vickie Cartwright Fired by School Board;
6. US intelligence official says Russian missiles killed two people in Poland; waves of missile strikes across Ukraine as G20 leaders meet in Bali;
7. Artemis I mission takes flight in historic leap forward for NASA’s moon program;
8. NASA’s massive moon rocket will cost taxpayers billions more than projected, auditor warns Congress;
9. How much did the Apollo program cost?;
10. More.

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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information; PSA: Low-income Texans may qualify for financial assistance with utility bills; Worksheet error overstates Pearland property values by $1.3B, city faces $10M shortfall; City of Houston moves forward with intentions to purchase Ruffino Tract; Election results: How Texas voted in the November 2022 midterms; DeSantis’ administration won’t allow Justice Department monitors inside Florida polling places, saying his secretary of state will watch the 3 Democratic strongholds instead; Maxwell Frost elected as the first Gen Z member of Congress; Live Results on Nevada Question 3: Voters will decide on ranked choice general elections and top-five primaries; US woman detained by Saudi officials after saying she has been trapped there since 2019; After Decades of Resistance, Rich Countries Offer Direct Climate Aid; Satellite Images Show A Russian Buildup In Belarus. Experts Say It May Be A Bluff.; Scientists evaluate Earth-cooling strategies with geoengineering simulations; More.

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This is a re-airing of an unexpectedly timely interview that was broadcast 1 day before Russia invaded Ukraine. Stan is a widely respected expert in the topics discussed.

INTERVIEW: Weds, February 23, 2022, 11 AM (CT). GUEST: STAN SLOAN. INTERVIEW TOPICS: Ukraine, Russia, and the Greater Euro-Transatlantic Situation. ALSO! Post-interview discussion, available only in this post! 

 

AFTER-INTERVIEW:

 

GUEST: STAN SLOAN

• Stan Sloan has worked on European security issues for over fifty years. He began with service as an intelligence officer at the CIA and in the US Air Force, followed by 24 years advising Congress on international security policy, continuing after retirement in 1999 as a teacher, lecturer, and writer. His most recent books are titled De-Trumping U.S. Foreign Policy: Can Biden bring America back? and Defense of the West: Transatlantic Security from Truman to Trump.
  • De-Trumping U.S. Foreign Policy: Can Biden Bring America Back? De Gruyter Publishing, December 2021; and 
  • Defense of the West:  Transatlantic Security from Truman to Trump, with a foreword from Sir Lawrence Freedman. Manchester University Press, 2020.
• ADDITIONAL REFERENCES MENTIONED DURING SHOW & POST-SHOW:
  • Rio Grande border disputes
  • 2014 Crimean status referendum
• PREVIOUS INTERVIEW with STAN SLOAN (APRIL 20, 2020): The Past/Present/Future of NATO in the age of Trump and Pandemic

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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information; BALLOT POSTAGE; Story & Commentary: European weapons manufacturers scramble to adapt to wartime demand; Harris Co. Dems call for federal election monitors after Paxton letter; Is crime up or down? In Houston, concerns are hard to allay; Earthquakes in Texas doubled in 2021. Scientists cite years of oil companies injecting sludgy water underground.; Backed-up pipes, stinky yards: Climate change is wrecking septic tanks; Forever Chemicals No More? PFAS Are Destroyed With New Technique; More.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) on KPFT-HD2, Houston’s Community Station. You can also hear the show:

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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information;  

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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information; No, it doesn’t cost between $25-30K to replace most electric vehicle batteries; Montgomery County to revise tax abatement guidelines as defaults continue; Harris County tax rate vote stalled for third time as law enforcement appear en masse at commissioners court; Rodney Reed pleads before U.S. Supreme Court for DNA testing that might establish his innocence; U.S. Supreme Court rejects request to review Texas death row inmate Andre Thomas’ case; Charlottesville museum hoping to melt Lee statue must tell plaintiffs where it is; Former presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard says she is leaving the Democratic Party; Russia’s FSB arrests eight for Crimea Bridge blast; European weapons manufacturers scramble to adapt to wartime demand; Tom Cruise set to become first actor to shoot movie in outer space; NASA Astronaut Warns Tom Cruise About What The ISS Smells Like; What does space smell like?: More

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) on KPFT-HD2, Houston’s Community Station. You can also hear the show:

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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information; State, local election officials target mail-in ballot rejections in Cy-Fair; Republican Harris County Commissioner Jack Cagle proposes solution to budget, tax rate impasse; Texas A&M’s early voting location was popular during general elections before it was moved off campus; Gov. Greg Abbott acknowledges New York City mayor’s office reached out about migrant busing efforts; Biden administration scales back student debt relief for millions amid legal concerns; CPAC backpedals on pro-Russia tweet as some U.S. conservatives back Putin; How Liz Truss Did So Much Damage in So Few Days; More.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) on KPFT-HD2, Houston’s Community Station. You can also hear the show:

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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information; City of Conroe creates urban forester position; Houston announces second gun buyback program for Oct. 8; Houston-area appraisal district known as HCAD changing its name in 2023; Texas AG Ken Paxton Quashes Subpoenas He Apparently Ran From on Monday; White House says it’s pushing to allow Puerto Rico fuel shipment; HURRICANES FIONA AND IAN, et al.: “Coming soon”: Lauren Boebert, MTG lead GOP celebrations over the rise of fascism in Europe; European leaders blame Russian ‘sabotage’ after Nord Stream explosions; MORE.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) on KPFT-HD2, Houston’s Community Station. You can also hear the show:

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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information; ‘It’s skyrocketing’ | Young Hispanic women fuel local spike in voter registration; Pearland’s new budget includes 13% water rate increase; “It’s destroying me”: Storm after storm, climate change increases strain on Texans’ mental health; From floods to slime: Mobile home residents say landlords make millions, [but] neglect them; World heading into ‘uncharted territory of destruction’, says climate report; Almost half of U.S. governors ask Joe Biden to cut student loan forgiveness plan; Michigan Supreme Court orders abortion rights initiative to appear on November ballot; Alabama could use nitrogen hypoxia for executions in death sentences. What is it?; OPINION: What is the future of the UK and northern Ireland under King Charles III?; More. 

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) on KPFT-HD2, Houston’s Community Station. You can also hear the show:

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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information; The Community Climate Summit will be a day-long gathering; Public comment period to close Sept. 15 on FM 529 widening project; Harris County ESD 9 approves Tele911 implementation in Cy-Fair; The ‘sleeper-hit’ beyond $10K: Student loan borrowers say new income-driven repayment plan could be ‘life-changing’; Inside the rise of ‘stealerships’ and the shady economics of car buying; Erdogan accuses Greece of ‘occupying’ demilitarised islands; More.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) on KPFT-HD2, Houston’s Community Station. You can also hear the show:

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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information;  REGISTER TO VOTE, IF ELIGIBLE; DO NOT mail in both ballots in one envelope!!; BE REGISTERED TO VOTE, and if eligible, REMEMBER TO FILL OUT AND MAIL YOUR MAIL-IN BALLOT APPLICATIONS BY OCTOBER 10^TH FOR 2022; The Community Climate Summit will be a day-long gathering of climate activists, community leaders, and frontline community members; West University Place schedules public meeting ahead of major drainage project planned for January; Houston City Council to consider November bond election; After decades of broken promises, a Texas “donut hole” community will get running water; Rainwater is no longer safe to drink anywhere on Earth, due to ‘forever chemicals’ linked to cancer, study suggests; Landmark human study finds a link between ‘forever chemicals’ in cookware and liver cancer; The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare; ‘I don’t know how we’ll survive’: the farmers facing ruin in America’s ‘forever chemicals’ crisis; Is nonstick cookware safe?; U.S. spares Western states from Colorado River water cuts – for now; Ron DeSantis, unconstrained by constitutional checks, is flexing his power in Florida ahead of 2024 decision; More.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) on KPFT-HD2, Houston’s Community Station. You can also hear the show:

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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information; ANNOUNCEMENT: The Community Climate Summit will be a day-long gathering of climate activists, community leaders, and frontline community members on Sep 10; Houston health officials roll out new monkeypox vaccination plan; VERIFY: Fact checking common claims about the monkeypox virus; Broadband feasibility study calls for construction of $36.8M fiber network pathway throughout Fort Bend County; Montgomery County approves proposed 2022 tax rate exceeding no-new-revenue rate; Record percentage of Texas teachers considering quitting, survey shows; This 2003 Texas law could shield Alex Jones from paying the vast majority of the $50 million defamation case judgment; For the First Time, Abbott Discusses Details of His Lawsuit Settlement; New state law allows Houston neighborhoods to redact racist deed restriction; Oregon law establishes renters’ right to AC, but some landlords threaten fines over air conditioners; The GOP Suddenly Wants to Defund Law Enforcement After Feds Raid Mar-a-Lago; Ukraine war must end with liberation of Crimea – Zelensky; More.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) on KPFT-HD2, Houston’s Community Station. You can also hear the show:

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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information; The Community Climate Summit will be a day-long gathering of climate activists, community leaders, and frontline community members; Houston patients can now receive rental bicycle prescriptions in new program; Harris County to face another election audit as new Texas law triggers greater scrutiny; Family Dollar hit with $1.2 million in OSHA fines for violations at 2 Ohio stores; Pregnant? Georgia says that fetus counts as a dependent on your taxes; Rand Paul knocks Charles Booker for traveling to flood-ravaged Eastern Kentucky; Former Republicans and Democrats form new third U.S. political party; Will Ivana help Donald Trump with tax breaks from beyond the grave?; Phones of top Pentagon officials were wiped of Jan. 6 messages; Russian man spent years as puppeteer behind US political groups, officials say; Russia threatens to break off diplomatic relations with US; World one step from ′nuclear annihilation,′ U.N. chief warns; More.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) on KPFT-HD2, Houston’s Community Station. You can also hear the show:

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