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Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. TOPICS: Voting info; “Vote By Mail” applications; Texas DMV announces end date for waiver of vehicle title, registration requirements; When will Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff be sworn in; The day America realized how dangerous Donald Trump is; Some among America’s military allies believe Trump deliberately attempted a coup and may have had help from federal law-enforcement officials; Amazon Is Booting Parler Off Of Its Web Hosting Service; Fox News Verion of Capitol riot; MEANWHILE, IN THE REST OF THE WORLD; The U.S. needs a democracy overhaul. Here’s what Biden’s first step should be; Advocates worry vaccines will be out of reach for Black and Hispanic neighborhoods devastated by COVID-19; MORE. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
This program was recorded early in the morning on SUNDAY, January 10. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13, 2020 and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live. Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday from 3-4 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My co-host and Editor is Andrew Ferguson.
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Mon, Jan 4, 2021, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Voting info; “Vote By Mail” applications; TX DMV end date for waiver; GEORGIA RUNOFF; PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CERTIFICATION; Adobe Flash is officially dead; Eat a python to save the Everglades?; Austin not allowed to restrict dining-in at restaurants; The Pandemic Disproved Urban Progressives’ Theory About Gentrification; Eligible Texans can’t get answers about the COVID-19 vaccine; Trump called the USMCA the best trade deal ever. Analysts say not likely to help TX during pandemic; Census Bureau to miss deadline, jeopardizing Trump plan; Is the Republican Party becoming “The Sedition Party”?; Homes of Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi Are Reported Vandalized; The U.S. needs a democracy overhaul. Here’s what Biden’s first step should be; more. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
This program was recorded early in the morning on SUNDAY, January 3. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13, 2020 and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live. Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday from 3-4 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My co-host and Editor is Andrew Ferguson.
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Mon, Dec 28, 2020, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Voting info; “Vote By Mail” applications; TX DMV end date for waiver; TX hasn’t said when/how inmates will receive the COVID Vax; AG Paxton asked Trump to take back some of Harris Cty’s COVID-19 money; Despite smooth election, GOP leaders seek vote restrictions; The Democrats Trying to Overturn an Election; Sweden’s Covid-19 failures exposed myths of lockdown-sceptics; Chinese economy to overtake US ‘by 2028’ due to Covid; more. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
This program was recorded early in the morning on SUNDAY, December 27. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13, 2020 and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live. Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday from 3-4 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My co-host and Editor is Andrew Ferguson.
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Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Voting info; “Vote By Mail” applications; Texas DMV announces end date for waiver of vehicle title, registration requirements; Houston child shot amid parental dispute; Houston City Council says no to prison labor; So. TX restrictions meant to protect from COVID-19 – Then came the handcuffs and tickets; Texas unemployment rate rises in Nov.; Researcher Finds Evictions Associated With More Than 10k Deaths From COVID-19; Foxconn tells Wisconsin it never promised to build an LCD factory; Boston sergeant placed on leave as videos of George Floyd protests prompt investigations; Trump Contradicts Pompeo Over Russia’s Role in Hack; Pro-Trump shakeups continue at VOA’s parent agency; Supreme Court throws out challenge to Trump’s plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from census count; Heated Oval Office Meeting Included Talk Of Special Counsel, Martial Law As Trump Advisers Clash; China should consider alternatives for Australian iron ore as trade tensions simmer; Australia escalates China trade dispute with WTO action; Concern among Muslims over halal status of COVID-19 vaccine; NASA to skip repair of Orion electronics unit; More. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
This program was recorded early in the morning on SUNDAY, December 20. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13, 2020 and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live. Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday from 3-4 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My co-host and Editor is Andrew Ferguson.
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Mon, Dec 14, 2020, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Voting info; “Vote By Mail” applications; New speed limit for cyclists; Three indicted in Harris Cty illegally influencing state House races; El Paso Mayor loses reelection by a lot; Woman charged for driving car into NYC protesters; The Constitution has an answer for seditious members of Congress; Gingrich and Huckabee back Newsom recall effort; Trump’s New Citizenship Test Is Full of Conservative Bias And Mistakes; TX students will take STAAR tests in 2021 but schools won’t be rated; Why autism training for police isn’t enough; Iran rejects Biden’s terms for reviving nuclear deal; Trump’s bold moves raise fear of ‘destructive’ final days in office; More. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
This program was recorded early in the morning on SUNDAY, December 13. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13, 2020 and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live. Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday from 3-4 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My co-host and Editor is Andrew Ferguson.
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Mon, Dec 7, 2020, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Rooftop Cinema Club’s new drive-in theater rolls into Houston’s EaDo district with holiday movie lineup; Hewlett Packard Enterprise to relocate headquarters from Silicon Valley to Springwoods Village; School districts worry a fiscal cliff could await them in January; Gov. Greg Abbott tells supporters he’s considering placing law enforcement for Central Austin under state control; E.P.A.’s Final Deregulatory Rush Runs Into Open Staff Resistance; Solar Panels + Agriculture: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet; Salmon have been dying mysteriously on the West Coast for years. Scientists think a chemical in tires may be responsible; Facing the first loss of their voting lives, young Republicans are surprisingly hopeful, but want the GOP to work for Gen Z; N.J. congressman says Trump should be tried for ‘crimes against our nation and Constitution’; More. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
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This program was recorded early in the morning on SUNDAY, December 6. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13, 2020 until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live. Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday from 3-4 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My co-host and Editor is Andrew Ferguson.
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Mon, Nov 30, 2020, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Voting info; What is the status of the Astrodome?; Volunteers make progress restoring Black cemetery in Conroe; TX Dems have failed to pass voter access legislation for years – COVID may change that; Last whistleblower fired from TX AG Ken Paxton’s office days after suing for retaliation; Trump considering kicking off 2024 run during Biden’s inauguration: report; Biden eyeing Cindy McCain for UK ambassador position; AOC and Ilhan Omar want to block Biden’s former chief of staff; Biden looks to career officials to restore trust, morale in government agencies; A Fight Over Agriculture Secretary Could Decide the Direction of Hunger Policy; More. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
This program was recorded early in the morning on SUNDAY, November 29. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13, 2020 until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.
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Mon, Nov 23, 2020, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Voting info; COMMENTARY: At this point, we must acknowledge that what we are seeing is an attempted overthrow of elected government under color of law; 3rd Party Food Delivery; Driver dies after vehicle T-boned by HPD patrol unit responding to call; These Texans were rescued by the U.S. government after getting stranded in Peru. Now, the bills are arriving; Portland’s anarchists say they support racial justice. Black activists want nothing to do with them; Secret UN report reveals fears of long and bitter war in Ethiopia; New York and the crisis in mass transit systems; Air pollution particles in young brains linked to Alzheimer’s damage; More. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
This program was recorded on SUNDAY, November 22 at about 4:30 AM. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13th and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.
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COMMENTARY: Are We Experiencing An American Coup d’Etat?
COMMENTARY, NOV. 23, 2020
At this point, we must acknowledge that what we are seeing is an attempted overthrow of elected government under color of law by Trump, and by the Republican Party writ large. Next, in 2021, we’ll be watching Republicans try to further consolidate minority rule by gerrymandering.
In the 2000 election, Al Gore won the popular vote by 543,895*, so the majority of America was under minority rule for 4 years.
*The Florida Recount of 2000, By Brooks Jackson | factcheck.org | Posted on January 22, 2008
According to a massive months-long study commissioned by eight news organizations in 2001, … the study also found that Gore probably would have won, by a range of 42 to 171 votes out of 6 million cast, had there been a broad recount of all disputed ballots statewide. However, Gore never asked for such a recount. The Florida Supreme Court ordered only a recount of so-called “undervotes,” about 62,000 ballots where voting machines didn’t detect any vote for a presidential candidate.
None of these findings are certain. County officials were unable to deliver as many as 2,200 problem ballots to the investigators that news organizations hired to conduct the recount. There were also small but measurable differences in the way that the “neutral” investigators counted certain types of ballots, an indication that different counters might have come up with slightly different numbers. So it is possible that either candidate might have emerged the winner of an official recount, and nobody can say with exact certainty what the “true” Florida vote really was.
In the 2016 election, Hillary won the popular vote by 2,868,686 votes
In the 2020 election, with 98% as of Nov. 21, 2020, 6:00 P.M, Biden is winning by 6,020,054 votes.
- “…Vote counting continues in several states.[16] During the campaign, on election night,[17] and after the Democrats were declared winners,[18] Trump and numerous Republicans made false and unsubstantiated claims in an attempt to delegitimize and subvert the election.[19] Officials in all 50 states have stated that there is no evidence of systematic fraud or irregularities in their state.[20] Federal agencies overseeing election security say it was “the most secure in American history”.[21][22][23]
- “Biden and Harris are scheduled to be inaugurated on January 20, 2021. As of November 21, Trump has not conceded and has falsely declared himself to be the winner,[24] filing multiple legal challenges disputing the results of the election in multiple states, most of which have been dropped or dismissed by various courts.[25][26] ~ 2020 United States presidential election, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So Donald Trump, with the active or acquiescent assistance of the Republican Party, is now trying to overturn a decisive victory by Joe Biden; a victory that as so far has won 51% of the vote, with a near-record turnout among eligible voters estimated at 66.5%.
This is no longer a matter of ‘letting the matter work its way through the system’. The lies, attempted coercion of election officials, and other actions of Donald Trump, his minions and his enablers and apologists, now are rising to what in normal times in any other country, the United States would call an attempted coup d’etat and a perversion of a legitimate election.
The Republican Party, as represented by various individuals, has so far been passive or actively complicit in this attempted coup by Donald Trump.
Americans must fight against this attempted to overthrow our elected government by ant peaceful means available to them.
Further, Americans must be vocal about insisting on fair election districts at all levels of government, from local to State to Federal.
The alternative is a continuation and further entrenchment of minority rule in the United States.
Now is the time for all good people to come to the aid of their country.
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Mon, Nov 16, 2020, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Voting info; Houston Chronicle tech editor is taking the buyout; Longtime cult-favorite Houston movie theater permanently shutters; City of Houston launches new restaurant, meal assistance program; UT report provides look into high COVID-19 risk in Texas correctional facilities; Republicans kept their grip on Texas government in 2020. In 2021, they’ll be able to tighten it; Redistricting Tom DeLay; A Convicted Kidnapper Is Chosen to Lead Government of Kyrgyzstan; This is no conventional coup. Trump is paving the way for a ‘virtual Confederacy’; There’s a plan afoot to replace the Electoral College, and your state may already be part of it; “Incoming GOP Senator Doesn’t Seem To Have A Full Grasp On Basics Of U.S. Govt And History; The economy as we knew it might be over, Fed Chairman says; Inheritance, not work, has become the main route to middle-class home ownership; Let’s consider the larger and long-term effects of “delocalizing” so-called white-collar work on this problem. We might call this, “”Things To Come”, rather like the 1936 movie; More. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
This program was recorded on SUNDAY, November 15 at about 4:30 AM. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13th and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.
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Mon, Nov 9, 2020, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPIC(s): Six things that happened while the world watched the US election; Biden plans immediate flurry of executive orders to reverse Trump policies; 2021 will be a Congressional apportionment year decided by DOWN-BALLOT results; Despite record turnout, some Texas voters were still shut out; 26-Year-Old Green Mayor Elected in Baldwin Park, CA; Plus 10 Other Green Candidate Victories So Far; John Bolton: “The Republican Party now faces a character test”, In Changing U.S. Electorate, Race and Education Remain Stark Dividing Lines; Republicans maintain majority on Texas education board; Analysis: Texas voters elect to stay the course; Maine 2020 election results, more. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
This program was recorded on SUNDAY, November 8 at about 8:30 AM. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13th and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.
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Monday, 11/2/2020: This is a re-broadcast of an often-referenced episode, with a new introduction — Mon, 3/23/2020, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPIC: Voting Info, COVID-19: ADAPTING NOW AND IN THE FUTURE; Ken Cuccinelli unlawfully appointed to lead US immigration agency, Supreme Court will decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act sometime next term, presumably after the election, ‘On the brink’ – Trump’s push for Medicaid transparency could worsen rural hospital crisis, Who Signs Up to Fight? Makeup of U.S. Recruits Shows Glaring Disparity, Mother Of Marine Claimed Son Told Her Fox News Plays On Every TV On Base, Not Allowed To Change The Channel, Science Under Attack: How Trump Is Sidelining Researchers and Their Work, DMVs Are Selling Your Data to Private Investigators, MORE. Guest: CALLERS [AUDIO/VIDEO]
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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.
![Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike, just before the show. (Dec. 14, 2015)](https://thinkwingradio.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/mike-mayor-annise-parker-at-kpft2015-12-07-cropped.jpg?w=300)
Houston Mayor Annise Parker [L] with Mike, just before the show. (Dec. 7, 2015)
SIGNOFF QUOTE[s]:
“What we’re discovering is that the Constitution is not a mechanism that runs by itself. Ultimately, we are a government of men and not law. The law has no force without people who are willing to enforce it. The ball is now squarely in the court of the Republican Party, and particularly Senate Republicans. Will they ever be prepared to say enough is enough?” ~ William A. Galston, a senior fellow in governance at the Brookings Institution who graduated from college just before Watergate.
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MAIN TOPICS: TOPIC: Voting Info, “Italians over 80 ‘will be left to die’ as country overwhelmed by coronavirus”, The fake text message about the “Stafford Act” and a national quarantine, explained, Dine out or eat in during the coronavirus crisis? Here’s what public health and food safety experts say, Ken Cuccinelli unlawfully appointed to lead US immigration agency, judge rules, Supreme Court will decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act sometime next term, presumably after the election, U.S. SCOTUS interested in child-slavery cocoa lawsuit, The Right needs to stop falsely claiming that the Nazis were socialists, ‘On the brink’ – Trump’s push for Medicaid transparency could worsen rural hospital crisis, In Amazon’s Bookstore, No Second Chances for the Third Reich, Who Signs Up to Fight? Makeup of U.S. Recruits Shows Glaring Disparity, Mother Of Marine Claimed Son Told Her Fox News Plays On Every TV On Base, Not Allowed To Change The Channel, Science Under Attack: How Trump Is Sidelining Researchers and Their Work, DMVs Are Selling Your Data to Private Investigators, MORE.
Mon, Oct 26, 2020, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPIC(s): Outrageous Plan to Deepen, Widen, Kill Buffalo Bayou – Virtual Public Meeting Monday, Oct. 26; CENSUS YEAR: VOTE DOWN-BALLOT!; Houston creates new system for low-income residents to address late court fees; Sick Texans seeking late absentee ballots still need a doctor’s note, Texas appeals court rules; The attorney general’s office has sidelined four of the seven whistleblowers who reported Ken Paxton to law enforcement; Critics urge Texas regulators to reverse decision allowing social workers to turn away clients who are LGBTQ or have a disability; Alarming failure rates among Texas students fuel calls to get them back into classrooms; A Pro-Trump Militant Group Has Recruited Thousands of Police, Soldiers, and Veterans; Treaty to ban nuclear weapons made official with 50th UN signatory; Saudi Arabia may have enough uranium ore to produce nuclear fuel; How Many Countries Are There in the World in 2019?; Drive-Thru Voting in Harris County; . Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
This program was recorded on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25 at about 4:30 AM. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13th and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.
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Mon, Oct 19, 2020, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPIC(s): 2020 is a CENSUS year; Mail-In Ballot Postage, Early Voting Has Started; Drive-Thru Voting in Harris County; TX quickly appeals Travis Cty ruling allowing multiple ballot drop-off sites; Drive-thru voting Harris Cty greater than in-person; Women’s Marches In Washington, D.C. & Nationwide; Pandemic causes world’s economies to diverge; EU Sanctions Russian Officials Over Navalny Poisoning; The First Amendment in the age of disinformation; More. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
This program was recorded on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19 at about 6:30 AM. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13th and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.
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Mon, Oct 12, 2020, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPIC(s): 2020 is a CENSUS year; Early Voting Starts on October 13; Drive-Thru Voting in Harris County; Houston ISD updates; ‘Not just politics’: How the 2020 campaign is dividing Houston’s suburbs; Chevron to layoff 700 employees in Houston downtown; Microsoft’s work-from-home hybrid model concerns Redmond [WA] businesses; How down-ballot candidates could help Democrats flip Texas; Volunteer lawyers will advise military personnel who question the legality of orders during protests, election disputes; What Moral Philosophy Tells Us About Our Reactions to Trump’s Illness; More.. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
This program was recorded on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 at about 4:30 AM. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13th and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.
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Continue readingMon, Oct 5, 2020, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPIC(s): Early Voting Starts on October 13; Drive-Thru Voting in Harris County; ‘A healing place’: New plan would transform [a] downtown Houston park into lynching memorial; Trump’s Covid Treatments Are Aimed at Preventing Severe Illness ; Covering Trump the Reuters Way; The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free; Twitter bans posts wishing for Trump death. The Squad wonders where that policy was for them; In Nagorno-Karabakh, New Risks in an Old Ethnic Conflict; More. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
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Continue readingCOMMENTARY (from July 14, 2016): All Lives Should Matter Equally, and They Provably Do Not
This commentary can be heard in audio as part of the Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig show from July 11, 2016.
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Let me get this out of the way early: I respect cops. Being a cop is hard. It’s dangerous work. In Dallas, we’ve seen exactly how dangerous. It can be like fighting in a war zone. And I can understand how constantly being in a world of bad actors – thieves, gangbangers, killers, liars, petty criminals – can be emotionally and even morally exhausting. I have no doubt that cynicism eventually comes with the job.
I have personally, as a white guy, interacted with many police in many circumstances, some of which were emotionally loaded. Most cops are good people, and have treated me fairly; even compassionately. Some are real jerks. That’s life, isn’t it?
But to come to the point of this commentary, I don’t recognize my country anymore. It feels like I’ve been kicked back in time 50 years.
I don’t see fire hoses and police dogs being turned on peaceful civil rights protesters like in the 1950s and 60s, but things are beginning to feel creepily familiar nonetheless.
Some of the images we’ve seen of police massing against protesters … We have to remember that those tactics aren’t a decision by individual cops. Those decisions are made higher up, and there’s a problem there in civilian policing that needs to be looked at. Hard.
Peaceful protests are being confronted by cops in camo gear and body armor.
Really, guys? Camo gear in the streets of a city like Ferguson? Do you think that green or brown camo is going to help you blend in with the brick or the asphalt? It would be funny, if it wasn’t so frightening.
But each of the cops in those mass confrontations with demonstrators have some individual latitude in how they handle themselves in those situations. And quality and humanity of leadership matters a lot.
I follow a lot of information sources, from mainstream network news to international news. I follow some smaller news sources and blogs with writing styles showing varying degrees of polish and professionalism. Some can veer toward the hyperbolic. But I value truth and valid information, and sometimes truth and valid information comes with excitement or anger that degrades the writing style of untrained-but-talented amateurs. But writing style doesn’t determine truth. Facts do.
Up until about 15 years ago, I thought that this country was coming along pretty well in outgrowing its racist past, but increasingly over the past few years, I’ve been feeling like America has been suffering from a racist relapse.
I‘m not a lawyer, and my specific knowledge of these things is strictly nonprofessional, but as I understand it, there are two different standards for adjudicating responsibility in a defendant. In criminal law, the standard is “beyond a reasonable doubt”. That’s a very serious standard in law, perhaps belying the simplicity of the words. People are put to death for being judged guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
There’s another standard that’s typically used in civil – i.e., non-criminal – law. That standard is “by a preponderance of the evidence”. This standard is used when life and limb of the accused are not in jeopardy, or when judging cases where life and limb were not put in jeopardy by the accused.
Even by the lesser standard of a preponderance of the evidence gleaned from major and minor information sources, this country has a newly-exposed racist cop problem.
At least, it’s newly-exposed to old white folks like me.
I know that some white folks are offended by “Black Lives Matter”. Some white folks infer that it means that Black Lives Matter MORE.
I get it.
Rest assured, you white folks out there. What they actually mean is that Black Lives Should NOT Matter LESS.
ALL LIVES SHOULD MATTER EQUALLY. But provably, both on video and statistically, black and brown lives don’t matter equally.
We all have our biases, and I’ve always assumed that there are a few racist cops. There are always a few racists, everywhere. That’s life. But we’re supposed to be a country that judges on actions, not thoughts or feelings. If you can be professional on the job while being racist, but keeping your racism between yourself and your friends and family, that’s okay by me. This country doesn’t have thought police.
But when your racism affects how you DO your job and you’re a cop, you need to find another line of work. A best-case scenario: Do the right thing and ask for an administrative duty where your racism doesn’t damage lives or kill.
Here’s another consideration. If you’re a racist cop and your racism is affecting your policing, maybe it’s not all your fault. Maybe your training wasn’t effective enough to over-rule your racist emotions when the going gets tough. Maybe with better training and a will on your part to be a better cop, maybe you can stay a cop – even be a GOOD cop – and still be a racist at heart.
After all, even racists have to earn a living.
It’s just that you can’t be a cop and live your racism on the job.
In individual policing, the video images over the past couple of years have grown increasingly alarming, not only in kind but in frequency. Black men and women being assaulted or killed as a result of interactions that were initially for petty crimes or traffic violations, or even over no crime at all.
Over the years, we’ve all seen and heard stories of black men shot or beaten by cops. Of the homes of people of color raided by law enforcement in the middle of the night, or even in broad daylight, only to find that there was nothing criminal to be found. Of people of color killed on their front porch. Of people of color being arrested or killed after calling the police for help!
Now we’ve seen it on video with sound. We know that there are cops who lie about what happened during citizen interactions, and what the truth actually is.
This isn’t just bad policing. It’s existentially bad for our country. Every citizen’s trust in, and respect for, law and order – government authority – boils down to every interaction they have with every cop – and yes, every and judge – in the system.
Now, I want to direct this to any cops who are listening: There’s an old saying in business: 90% of your complaints come from 10% of your customers. So let’s be generous. Let’s say that 90% of bad police actions come from 10% of your blue brothers and sisters.
You, as a good cop – a cop who is diligent, calm under pressure, respectful of all citizens, and knows how to de-escalate dangerous situations in ways that they end peacefully – YOU don’t deserve to be lumped in with the 10% of your blue brothers and sisters who cause 90% of the complaints. Especially when those complaints aren’t about trivial things like defective TVs, or can openers that don’t work right.
A complaint against a cop can be for something life-effecting; or even life-ending.
Look, no one wants to rat on a family member or friend. But if your brother or sister stole stuff or bullied people, what would it take to turn them in to the law?
It would take a lot. It’s hard, Really hard. Like being a cop is hard.
But here’s the thing: “… you can’t be [a] good Cop if you are not turning in bad Cops”. ~ Darryl Sullivan (by way of @Brasilmagic)
Mon, Sept 28, 2020, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPIC(s): Early Voting Starts on October 13; CORRECTION: Maine’s Ranked Choice Voting; The Secrecy Voting Envelope; Straight-Ticket Voting, Federal judge blocks Texas’ elimination of straight-ticket voting; The Supreme Court hasn’t been this conservative since the 1930s; Latinx Activists Are Closer Than Ever to Flipping Arizona—If Democrats Don’t Take Them for Granted; Foreign hackers compromise Hamilton County’s email system, raising election security concerns; High-speed train between Dallas and Houston gets federal approval; I-45 improvement project set to displace homes, businesses along construction route; Fewer than 10% of Americans show signs of past coronavirus infection, study finds; more. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
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Continue readingMon, Sept 21, 2020, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPIC(s): Early Voting Starts on October 13; Political repercussions of RBG’s passing; So there’s an open seat on the Supreme Court – How do we deal with the institutional fallout?; America’s Plastic Hour Is Upon Us; Democracy is in decline around the world — and Trump is part of the problem; Supreme court: Democrats rally in bid to stop Trump filling Ginsburg’s seat; Houston Democrats to USPS leaders: Why are dozens of post offices rejecting voter materials?; Officers rewarded for use of force with steakhouse gift cards, former Williamson deputies say; Texas Supreme Court rules 3 Green Party candidates should be added back to November ballot; more. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
POSSIBLE TOPICS: Early Voting Starts on October 13; Political repercussions of RBG’s passing; So there’s an open seat on the Supreme Court – How do we deal with the institutional fallout?; America’s Plastic Hour Is Upon Us; Democracy is in decline around the world — and Trump is part of the problem; Supreme court: Democrats rally in bid to stop Trump filling Ginsburg’s seat; Houston Democrats to USPS leaders: Why are dozens of post offices rejecting voter materials?; Officers rewarded for use of force with steakhouse gift cards, former Williamson deputies say; Texas Supreme Court rules 3 Green Party candidates should be added back to November ballot; more.
This program was recorded on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 at about 4:30 AM. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13th and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.
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Continue readingMon, Sept 14, 2020, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPIC(s): Early Voting Starts on October 13; Bernie Sanders expresses concerns about Biden campaign; Trump’s fusillade of falsehoods on mail voting; PTSD expert Seth Norrholm: Americans “are being psychologically abused by Donald Trump”; Donald Trump’s fatal flaw: Of his many defects, Bob Woodward may have identified the worst; Mortality Rates From COVID-19 Are Lower In Unionized Nursing Homes; “Ignorance is a correctable condition. Stupid is forever” – Unknown — This is the 3rd time in about a month that a Trump Pride boat parade has ended this way (The Willamette River, Lake Travis, and now Lake Houston.) Hundreds show up to Pres. Trump boat parade on Lake Houston; Houston’s Third and Fifth wards designated as cultural districts; More. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
POSSIBLE TOPICS: Early Voting Starts on October 13; Bernie Sanders expresses concerns about Biden campaign; Trump’s fusillade of falsehoods on mail voting; PTSD expert Seth Norrholm: Americans “are being psychologically abused by Donald Trump”; Donald Trump’s fatal flaw: Of his many defects, Bob Woodward may have identified the worst; Mortality Rates From COVID-19 Are Lower In Unionized Nursing Homes; “Ignorance is a correctable condition. Stupid is forever” – Unknown — This is the 3rd time in about a month that a Trump Pride boat parade has ended this way (The Willamette River, Lake Travis, and now Lake Houston.) Hundreds show up to Pres. Trump boat parade on Lake Houston; Houston’s Third and Fifth wards designated as cultural districts; More.
This program was recorded on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 at about 4:30 AM. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13th and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.
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Continue readingMon, Sept. 7, 2020, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPIC(s): In Texas, Early Voting Starts on Oct 13-thru-30!; A primer from last Labor Day: Mon, 9-2-2019; Ballot applications are latest flashpoint in expanded vote-by-mail process; Democrats Hold Secret Edge If Election Is Too Close to Call; Nearly all Black Lives Matter protests are peaceful despite Trump narrative, report finds; New York police hunt car that drove into BLM protesters in Times Square; Lake Travis [Austin, TX]: Several boats sink at pro-Trump parade in Texas after A Boat On The Willamette River Sank After Being Swamped By Waves During A Trump Boat Parade; Quarantine Could Change How Americans Think of Incarceration; Uploading Books That Are Secretly in the Public Domain; more. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
POSSIBLE TOPICS: In Texas, Early Voting Starts on Oct 13-thru-30!; A primer from last Labor Day: from Mon, 9-2-2019; Ballot applications are latest flashpoint in expanded vote-by-mail process; Democrats Hold Secret Edge If Election Is Too Close to Call; Nearly all Black Lives Matter protests are peaceful despite Trump narrative, report finds; New York police hunt car that drove into BLM protesters in Times Square; Lake Travis [Austin, TX]: Several boats sink at pro-Trump parade in Texas after A Boat On The Willamette River Sank After Being Swamped By Waves During A Trump Boat Parade; Quarantine Could Change How Americans Think of Incarceration; Uploading Books That Are Secretly in the Public Domain; more
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Mon, August 31, 2020, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPIC(s): VOTING FAQ – In Texas, Early Voting Starts on October 13-thru-30!, Texas tells Harris County to halt plan to send all voters applications for mail-in ballots, For second time, federal judge finds Texas is violating voter registration law, Texas Democrats are successfully suing to kick Green Party candidates off the November ballot, Republicans try and fail to remove Libertarian candidates from the ballot, Texas Education Agency announces new COVID-19 tracking system for public schools, Study of More Than 55,000 COVID-19 Cases Reveals a Predictable Order of Symptoms, 7 things to know about COVID-19 combined with flu season, Coronavirus in vacant China apartment implicates toilet in spread, Report: Police Shootings Continue Unabated Despite COVID-19 Shutdowns, Why police shoot so many times to bring down a suspect, Rio Tinto execs lose bonuses but keep jobs after destruction of ancient aboriginal caves, MORE. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTING FAQ – In Texas, Early Voting Starts on October 13-thru-30!,Texas tells Harris County to halt plan to send all voters applications for mail-in ballots, For second time, federal judge finds Texas is violating voter registration law, Texas Democrats are successfully suing to kick Green Party candidates off the November ballot, Republicans try and fail to remove Libertarian candidates from the ballot, Texas Education Agency announces new COVID-19 tracking system for public schools, Study of More Than 55,000 COVID-19 Cases Reveals a Predictable Order of Symptoms, 7 things to know about COVID-19 combined with flu season, Coronavirus in vacant China apartment implicates toilet in spread, Report: Police Shootings Continue Unabated Despite COVID-19 Shutdowns, Why police shoot so many times to bring down a suspect, Rio Tinto execs lose bonuses but keep jobs after destruction of ancient aboriginal caves, MORE.
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Continue readingMon, August 24, 2020, 3PM (CT) #KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPIC(s): OVERALL EPISODE THEME: ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES; Homeless encampments get cleaned, Texas put hundreds of hours into finding and arresting police brutality protesters. Lawyers call it a “witch hunt.”; More Than 550,000 Primary Absentee Ballots Rejected In 2020, Far Outpacing 2016; General Election voting in the Year of Covid; Trump pledges to send ‘sheriffs’ and ‘law enforcement’ to polling places on Election Day, but it’s not clear he can; “A second Trump term might injure the democratic experiment beyond recovery”; Forget the Trump tweets. This is the Trump action that might actually kill us; MORE. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
POSSIBLE TOPICS: OVERALL EPISODE THEME: ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES; Homeless encampments get cleaned, Texas put hundreds of hours into finding and arresting police brutality protesters. Lawyers call it a “witch hunt.”; More Than 550,000 Primary Absentee Ballots Rejected In 2020, Far Outpacing 2016; General Election voting in the Year of Covid; Trump pledges to send ‘sheriffs’ and ‘law enforcement’ to polling places on Election Day, but it’s not clear he can; “A second Trump term might injure the democratic experiment beyond recovery”; Forget the Trump tweets. This is the Trump action that might actually kill us; MORE.
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This program was recorded on SUNDAY, August 24 at about 5:30 AM. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13th and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.
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Continue readingMon, August 17, 2020, 3PM (CT) @KPFTHouston 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPIC(s): VOTER INFO, VOTING FAQ, ADVANTAGES OF A DEPRESSIVE PERSONALITY IN THE ERA OF TRUMP, Trump Says He Will Protect Cops Who Attack Protesters: ‘You Gotta Be Able to Fight’, NYPD union endorses Trump: ‘We need your strong voice across the country’, AOC blasts NYPD union’s endorsement of Trump, Georgia State Patrol trooper charged with murder after shooting a Black man, U.S. citizen accused of insulting Islam shot dead in Pakistan courtroom, U.N. Security Council votes not to extend arms embargo against Iran, Shifting Dynamics of the Mideast Pushed Israel and U.A.E. Together, For Palestinians, Israel-U.A.E. Deal Swaps One Nightmare for Another, Climate change: Greenland’s ice sheet has melted past the point of no return, more.. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTER INFO, VOTING FAQ, ADVANTAGES OF A DEPRESSIVE PERSONALITY IN THE ERA OF TRUMP, Trump Says He Will Protect Cops Who Attack Protesters: ‘You Gotta Be Able to Fight’, NYPD union endorses Trump: ‘We need your strong voice across the country’, AOC blasts NYPD union’s endorsement of Trump, Georgia State Patrol trooper charged with murder after shooting a Black man, U.S. citizen accused of insulting Islam shot dead in Pakistan courtroom, U.N. Security Council votes not to extend arms embargo against Iran, Shifting Dynamics of the Mideast Pushed Israel and U.A.E. Together, For Palestinians, Israel-U.A.E. Deal Swaps One Nightmare for Another, Climate change: Greenland’s ice sheet has melted past the point of no return, more.
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This program was recorded on SUNDAY, August 16, 2020 at about 4:30 AM. Due to Covid-19, shows are being prerecorded beginning March 13th and until further notice. We miss our live call-in participants, and look forward to a time we can once again go live.
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