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Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike, just before the show. (Dec. 7, 2015)
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
SIGNOFF QUOTE[s]:
The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield. ~ “In Front of Your Nose”, London Tribune (22 March 1946) (George Orwell: ‘In Front of Your Nose’) (Cited from https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Orwell) First published: Tribune. — GB, London. — March 22, 1946. Reprinted — ‘The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell’. — 1968.
Authorities found a credit card skimmer Tuesday at the Brushy Creek Market on 17251 Great Oaks Drive in Round Rock. (Courtesy photo)
Authorities found a credit card skimmer Tuesday at the Brushy Creek Market on 17251 Great Oaks Drive in Round Rock. Courtesy photo
State officials found several credit card skimmers Tuesday at a gas station near Round Rock.
The Texas Department of Agriculture found skimming devices on four gas station pumps at the Brushy Creek Market, 17251 Great Oaks Drive, just west of Round Rock.
Law enforcement have since removed the devices.
Local police have been warning people through social media to be wary of credit card skimmers as more are found installed on gas pumps in the Central Texas area. In May, the Round Rock Police Department offered tips to look out for skimmers.
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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.)
Rene’ Lara, Legislative and Political Director of theTexas AFL-CIO, which is a federation of public-sector and private-sector labor unions in Texas, including affiliates representing teachers, firefighters, plumbers, flight attendants, steelworkers, nurses, communications and electrical workers, and many others.(See more complete bio below topical links)
Lane Lewis, Chair of the Harris County Democratic Party
POSSIBLE TOPICS: Unions and Labor Day, and the future of the labor movement in America
“Without the labor advances won by #Unions, #Capitalism itself might not exist today.” ~ Me
Let’s talk first about Labor Day. How was it created, and why is it in September instead of May Day, like the rest of the world’s equivalent labor celebrations?
The Labor Union movement was strong after WW2. What happened to weaken it?
Conservatives have succeeded in villainizing unions in the minds of many workers. How have they accomplished that?
How can it be reversed?
“We continually try to read Conservatives through Liberal-colored glasses. When we try to see things as Conservatives see them through their own eyes, understanding can arise. From that understanding can come effective Progressive responses.” ~ Michael R. Honig, 4/28/2015 (inspired by Jackson Galaxy)
Is that a trick that progressives and labor groups need to try to learn, and can they?
Is the political labor pendulum beginning to swing the other way now?
Judging from the current political and legal climate, it almost seems like labor organizing needs to start over again.
What will labor organizing look like as the 21st century progresses?
I loved this quote: “We feel that the group’s tactics are over the top,” said Carol Wight, chief executive of the New Mexico Restaurant Association. “I think there are nicer, more effective ways of getting what you want — achieving justice for workers.”
The article makes 2 important points:
Unions, at least in New Mexico, have not shown much interest in organizing low-wage workers;
“Workers Committees” are easier to organize than unions.
What does this development mean for workers in the future?
What does it mean for unions going forward?
Unions need money to do their work, whether it’s paying full-time officials, forming strike funds or funding political action.
Can unions survive in their current form, and if so, how?
If unions have to change, what might those changes look like?
Specifically, does the AFL-CIO and it’s brother and sister unions have new strategies going forward that we can discuss here tonight?
SOURCES WHICH MAY BE RELEVANT TO OTHER DISCUSSION:
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GUEST: OPEN FORUM
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 9-10 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Bob Gartner.
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For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:
You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike, just before the show. (Dec. 7, 2015)
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
SIGNOFF QUOTE[s]:
“Unhappy events abroad have retaught us two simple truths about the liberty of a democratic people. The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic State itself. That, in its essence, is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group or by any other controlling private power. The second truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if its business system does not provide employment and produce and distribute goods in such a way as to sustain an acceptable standard of living. Both lessons hit home. Among us today a concentration of private power without equal in history is growing.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Simple Truths” message to Congress (April 29, 1938) Click here for full textClick here for contemporary analysis of the speech in TIME Magazine
Gun Control Advocates Team Up With Big Law (12/8/2016)
Fighting against gun violence has often been a lonely task for activists, who on their own were dwarfed by the size of the gun lobby.But now, gun control advocates have found new allies in corporate law firms, including Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Covington & Burling; and Arnold & Porter.
Together, big firms are committing tens of millions of dollars in free legal services from top corporate lawyers.
Until now, there has not been a coordinated effort across law firms to lobby for stricter gun control.
The coalition’s legal strategies include:
• Seeking to overturn state laws that have gone largely unchallenged, including new policies that force businesses to allow guns to be carried on their property
• Mounting the first formal challenges to congressional restrictions on publishing government data on gun violence
Brad D. Brian, co-managing partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson, said advocates don’t take issue with responsible gun owners. But he added, “There is an epidemic of gun violence in this country, and the law can save innocent lives without infringing constitutional rights.”
Outrage is growing this week amid revelations that the pharmaceutical company Valeant raised the price for its critical lead-poisoning treatment by more than 2,700 percent in a single year.
Before Valeant took control of the medication, known as Calcium EDTA, in 2013, the average price for a package of vials was stable at $950, the medical news outlet STAT reported. But once the notorious pharmaceutical company bought it out in a multi-billion dollar deal, it swiftly boosted the price to $7,116 in January 2014 and to $26,927 by December of that year.
“This is a drug that has long been a standard of care, and until recently it was widely accessible at an affordable price,” Dr. Michael Kosnett, an associate clinical professor, told STAT. He also contacted U.S. Congress. “There’s no justification for the astronomical price increases by Valeant, which limit availability of the drug to children with life-threatening lead poisoning.”
And at least one person in Congress is listening. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) retweeted the STAT article this week and noted that the price remains high as Flint, Michigan suffers a very public lead poisoning crisis.
“While kids in Flint are poisoned by lead, Valeant charges $27,000 for the leading treatment,” wrote the senator, who made anti-price gouging legislation a cornerstone of his presidential campaign.
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POSSIBLE TOPICS:TOPICS: Trump WINS, Electoral College Decides, HISD Prop 1 Question Fails, Dems Fracturing, more.
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 9-10 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Bob Gartner.
Listen live on the radioor 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;
Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike, just before the show. (Dec. 7, 2015)
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
SIGNOFF QUOTE[s]:
“HELPUS ELECTORAL COLLEGE. YOU’RE OUR ONIY HOPE.” ~ first noted here: Phil Braniff @PhilBraniffSep 8, 2016, “Helpus electoral college, you are our only hope!”
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Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 9-10 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Bob Gartner.
Listen live on the radioor 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;
Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike, just before the show. (Dec. 7, 2015)
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
SIGNOFF QUOTE[s]:
If your vote didn’t matter, they wouldn’t try so hard to suppress it. VOTE!!
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Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 9-10 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Bob Gartner.
Listen live on the radioor 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;
Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike, just before the show. (Dec. 7, 2015)
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
SIGNOFF QUOTE[s]:
“If you believe that government is like a business, Voting is like is like any other market place product.With insufficient patronage, it will eventually cease being available.” ~ Michael R. Honig, Nov. 5, 2014
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Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 9-10 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Bob Gartner.
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Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike, just before the show. (Dec. 7, 2015)
You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
SIGNOFF QUOTE[s]:
The EU was formed to keep a united European continent at peace through the use of economic incentives. Peace is the main product of the EU. – Michael Honig, Oct 24, 2016
When you get to a certain level, this is how things ‘get done’. This Houston Press story is about the Greater Fort Bend Economic Development Council. At its root, that’s a local story, but roots are the invisible part. Replicate this story by the many thousands of counties, cities and miscellaneous business groups in the United States and you see on an escalating scale how, behind closed doors, things ‘get done’.
For A Price, You Can Get Behind the Closed Doors of Fort Bend Business
By Steve Miller,Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 6 a.m.(Houston Press)
At just after 7 a.m. on a mid-September day, a visitor made it no farther than just inside the glass doors of the development council. About 30 or so directors, mostly white, male, in their fifties, wearing dark suit coats and with the tops of their Men’s Wearhouse dress shirts open, wandered about inside a meeting room off the main office, sipping coffee from paper cups. On each high-backed leather chair, both around large tables and around the sides of the room, sat meeting agendas emblazoned with the Greater Fort Bend Economic Development Council’s logo.
“May I help you?” a woman asked in the tone of someone addressing a homeless person seeking a seat at Fleming’s. She summoned council CEO Jeff Wiley, a cool-headed, well-coiffed gentleman with a brunette shock of hair. “This is a private meeting,” Wiley advised, not unpleasantly. He is friendly but serious.
Why? Aren’t these people doing the work for the public? Some of the people in there are employed by the cities and the school districts and the county. “Yes, but they are business leaders,” Wiley said. Okay, but can’t we just hear what they’re talking about? After all, isn’t this to benefit the whole county? What is so secret? “There is nothing secret. It’s a private meeting,” Wiley said.
Millions of dollars are spent and generated by the Fort Bend economic development group, which draws up a legislative agenda and advises local municipalities and school districts on political stances and strategies. It is often the first group to greet prospective corporate leaders who may be looking to come to the county.
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Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike (Dec. 7, 2015)
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 9-10 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Bob Gartner.
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An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
The thing that struck me when I watched this was how much Trump rambled.
I’ve had to testify under oath. Paraphrasing, the best advice I ever got was, “Answer the question honestly. Answer what was asked. No more and no less.”
Trump’s lawyer jumps in once at the Serta question and cautions Trump about confidential information (I guess she can’t tell him not to talk so much), and for a few seconds Trump confines himself to yes and no answers, but then he returns to unnecessary embellishment and self-aggrandizement in his answers.
“Trump gave [this June 16, 2016] deposition in … connection with a lawsuit he filed in 2015 after chef Geoffrey Zakarian pulled out of plans to open a restaurant in Trump’s new D.C. hotel.” ~ Tessa Berenson (Video from POLITICO.COM) CLICK ON THE ARTICLE TO SEE THE VIDEO.
A video was released Friday of Donald Trump testifying under oath about his inflammatory rhetoric about Hispanics and immigrants, despite his lawyers’ arguments that it could be used in a campaign ad.
Trump gave the deposition in June in connection with a lawsuit he filed in 2015 after chef Geoffrey Zakarian pulled out of plans to open a restaurant in Trump’s new D.C. hotel. A D.C. Superior Court judge ruled the release of the video Thursday after Trump’s lawyers requested it stayed sealed over fears the content could be subject to “partisan editing,” Politico reports.
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Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike (Dec. 7, 2015)
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 9-10 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Bob Gartner.
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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.
SIGNOFF QUOTE[s]:
“You know, comrades, that I think in regard to this: I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this — who will count the votes, and how.”~ Joseph Stalin (A historical source has been found for one version of this quote. The source is Boris Bazhanov’s Memoirs of Stalin’s Former Secretary, published in 1992 and only available, so far as I know, in Russian. The pertinent passage, which appears near the end of chapter five, reads as follows (loosely translated with the help of Google)
POSSIBLE TOPICS: Presidential & VP Debates, GOP Fracking, Ana Navarro, Columbus Day, more.
TEXAS: REGISTER TO VOTE FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION
To vote in November 8th’s presidential elections, you have to be registered by TUESDAY, October 11th – TOMORROW! Make sure YOU are registered!
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Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike (Dec. 14, 2015)
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 9-10 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Bob Gartner.
Listen live on the radioor 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.
SIGNOFF QUOTE[s]:
“I recently heard [Newt Gingrich] say that Obama is a ‘Robyn Hood socialist’. How far off the path of decency do you have to wander to read the Robin Hood legend and identify with the Sheriff?” ~ Dylan Brody, from “Chronological Disorder” [Played on KPFT (10:30PM, June 7, 2012) PLAY HERE at about the 12:50 mark]
“You can tell Monopoly is an old game because there is a ‘Luxury Tax’, ‘Community Chest’ and the Banker can still get thrown in jail.” ~ Jeb Brovsky (@JebBrovsky), September 3, 2012
POSSIBLE TOPICS: Barack Obama & Hillary Clinton: Two Consecutive presidents who needed Constitutional Amendments to vote!, Trump Foundation Problems, US/Russia talks on Syria suspended, [Harris] County OKs initial funding for $105M Astrodome redevelopment, Republican and Democratic Doctors, Sabotage of SpaceX Rocket Test?, more.
TEXAS: REGISTER TO VOTE FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION
To vote in November 8th’s presidential elections, you have to be registered by October 8th — LESS THAN 30 DAYS! It will be here before you know it, so make sure YOU are registered!
We will be pre-empted on Monday, September 26, for the Clinton-Trump debate. However, you can still get tickets to attend the final weekend of “Space Junk: Do People Dream of Electric Children?“
The “Commander” drone in “Space Junk: Do People Dream of Electric Children?“
By Josh Watkins
We hear it all the time, “a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” Sounds familiar, right? That familiarity fades away in Space Junk: Do People Dream of Electric Children? Mel Petersen, founder of Amatol Productions, is revolutionizing stage productions. As Amatol’s first interdisciplinary theater production, Space Junk is a one-act sci-fi comedy that “bills itself as the world’s first drone play.”
“Space Junk utilizes drone technology to create a new form of puppeteering,” Petersen explains. There will be no actors found on stage, but instead, local artists will operate the drones as puppeteers while unseen voice actors bring the dialogue to life.
We hear it all the time, “a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” Sounds familiar, right? That familiarity fades away in Space Junk: Do People Dream of Electric Children? Mel Petersen, founder of Amatol Productions, is revolutionizing stage productions. As Amatol’s first interdisciplinary theater production, Space Junk is a one-act sci-fi comedy that “bills itself as the world’s first drone play.”
“Space Junk utilizes drone technology to create a new form of puppeteering,” Petersen explains. There will be no actors found on stage, but instead, local artists will operate the drones as puppeteers while unseen voice actors bring the dialogue to life.
The play is about three drones on a spaceship in the far future, who are searching for replacements for their lost crew. Attempting to make sure that past mistakes don’t arise again, the drones try to become human. While mimicking human nature and making many choices, they ultimately learn that one can’t pretend to be something without facing consequences. Also, there’s a spaceship corridor chase scene, because as Petersen says, “You gotta have a corridor chase scene!”
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Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike (Dec. 14, 2015)
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 9-10 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Bob Gartner.
Listen live on the radioor 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.)
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You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
SIGNOFF QUOTE: “Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism…” ~ Farewell Address by George Washington, as published inthe American Daily Advertiser (September 19, 1796) (Cited here).
POSSIBLE TOPICS: Hillary Clinton Gets Pneumonia, Trump, Bondi and the DoJ/IRS, Battle of the Foundations – Clinton vs Trump, Health – Clinton vs Trump, OT for Calif Farm Workers, Gary Johnson’s ‘Aleppo’ Moment, OSIRIS-REx Mission, Student Loans Surviving Death, Co-signing Loans, more.
TEXAS: REGISTER TO VOTE FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION
To vote in November 8th’s presidential elections, you have to be registered by October 8th — LESS THAN 30 DAYS! It will be here before you know it, so make sure YOU are registered!
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Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike (Dec. 14, 2015)
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 9-10 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Bob Gartner.
Listen live on the radioor 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.
SIGNOFF QUOTE: “A lie can travel halfway round the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” ~ This quote has been attributed to Mark Twain, but it has never been verified as originating with Twain. This quote may have originated with Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-92) who attributed it to an old proverb in a sermon delivered on Sunday morning, April 1, 1855. Spurgeon was a celebrated English fundamentalist Baptist preacher. His words were: “A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on.”
I like to to run this piece on Labor Day. First published 9/10/2010
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ThinkWing Radio with Mike Honig, 10/1/2010, 100110-FULL SHOW AudioGUEST: Becky Moeller, president of the Texas AFL-CIOTopic/Commentary: Why We Celebrate Labor Day.
It’s been just a few weeks since Labor Day, and we all celebrated it after our own fashion.
Some of us visited friends and shared their barbeques, or had our own. Some of us went to the beach for maybe the last time this year. Our kids enjoyed their last long weekend, a last faint shadow of their summer vacations, before the months of school until their next holiday.
So we all celebrated in our fashion. But what is it we were celebrating?
Like most national or state holidays, the reason for the holiday gets lost and forgotten. It becomes just the “day off” or “long weekend” which we’re REALLY celebrating.
So Washington’s birthday and Lincoln’s birthday become “President’s Day”. A day to remember what, exactly? Store sales?
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Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike (Dec. 14, 2015)
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 9-10 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Bob Gartner.
Listen live on the radioor 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.
We take callers during this show. Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast.
Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike (Dec. 14, 2015)
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 9-10 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Bob Gartner.
Listen live on the radioor 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.
SIGNOFF QUOTE: “A lie can travel halfway round the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” – This quote has been attributed to Mark Twain, but it has never been verified as originating with Twain. This quote may have originated with Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-92) who attributed it to an old proverb in a sermon delivered on Sunday morning, April 1, 1855. Spurgeon was a celebrated English fundamentalist Baptist preacher. His words were: “A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on.”
POSSIBLE TOPICS: More Clinton Emails, Russia out of Iran Bases, Aetna Blackmailing DoJ, Understanding Air conditioning in Houston: What to look for, Student Loans Surviving Death, Co-signing Loans!
Guest: Carl Takei of ACLU’s National Prison Project
Shockingly good news on today’s BradCast, following today’s remarkable announcement by the U.S. Dept. of Justice that they are working to end the federal government’s “use of privately operated prisons”.
After that, you may want to pop up some popcorn to best enjoy the rest of today’s program. [Audio link to complete program is posted below.]
First up today, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates issued a memo, as Washington Post reported, instructing federal officials “to either decline to renew the contracts for private prison operators when they expire or ‘substantially reduce’ the contracts’ scope. The goal, Yates wrote, is ‘reducing — and ultimately ending — our use of privately operated prisons.’
Wow. Her memo goes on to cite a recent DoJ Inspector General’s report finding that privately run prisons do not provide same level of service, “do not save substantially on costs” and “do not maintain the same level of safety and security” as those run by the federal government’s Bureau of Prisons.
I am joined by Carl Takei, staff attorney for the ACLU’s National Prison Project, for both an explanation and a bit of a victory lap after his organization and others have spent decades taking on the private, for-profit prison industry. Takei details what the announcement means, why it has finally come about now, and how the ACLU and others — including investigativereporters, the Bernie Sanders campaign, and eventually the Hillary Clinton campaign — have long argued precisely what the DoJ has admitted today.
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Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike (Dec. 14, 2015)
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 9-10 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Bob Gartner.
Listen live on the radioor 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:
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