Mon, 7/30/2018, 2PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Be registered and VOTE 8-25-18 Harris Cty Flood Control Bond Election, Trump’s ‘Authoritarian Effect’, Trump-Russia Stuff, Texas Typhus, MORE. SUPPORT KPFT. GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO] @KPFTHouston

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Amendment I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. ~ First Amendment | Constitution | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute [https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/first_amendment]

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Mon, 7/23/2018, 2PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Be registered and VOTE 8-25-18 Harris Cty Flood Control Bond Election, Florida ‘007 Law’ Killing, Mexican Police Dept Arrested for Murder, Trump’s ‘Authoritarian Effect’, Trump-Russia Stuff, Maryland’s Russian Voter Vender, Texas Typhus, MORE. SUPPORT KPFT. GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO] @KPFTHouston

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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 people of each State shall choose a number of persons as electors, … who shall assemble within the State, and vote for some fit person as President. Their votes, thus given, are to be transmitted to the seat of the national government, and the person who may happen to have a majority of the whole number of votes will be the President. But as a majority of the votes might not always happen to centre in one man, and as it might be unsafe to permit less than a majority to be conclusive, it is provided that, in such a contingency, the House of Representatives shall select out of the candidates who shall have the five highest number of votes, the man who in their opinion may be best qualified for the office.

The process of election affords a moral certainty, that the office of President will never fall to the lot of any man who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications. Talents for low intrigue, and the little arts of popularity, may alone suffice to elevate a man to the first honors in a single State; – PUBLIUS (aka Alexander Hamilton)

~ From The Federalist Papers: This web-friendly presentation of the original text of the Federalist Papers (also known as The Federalist) was obtained from the e-text archives of Project Gutenberg. For more information, see About the Federalist Papers.

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Mon, 7/16/2018, 2PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Be registered and VOTE 8-25-18 Harris Cty Flood Control Bond Election, Trump Surrenders To Putin, MORE. SUPPORT KPFT. GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO] @KPFTHouston

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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]:

“You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’” ~ George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Back to Methuselah, act I, Selected Plays with Prefaces, vol. 2, p. 7 (1949). The serpent says these words to Eve.

Senator Robert F. Kennedy used a similar quotation as a theme of his 1968 campaign for the presidential nomination: “Some men see things as they are and say, why; I dream things that never were and say, why not.” ~ Senator Edward M. Kennedy quoted these words of Robert Kennedy’s in his eulogy for his brother in 1968.—The New York Times, June 9, 1968, p. 56.

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Mon, 7/9/2018, 2PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Register to VOTE 8-25 Harris Cty Flood Control Bond Election! In many counties and States, AI Algorithms assist with sentencing guidelines. Is this good, bad, or something else? GUESTS: Melissa Hamilton, JD; PhD Senior Lecturer in Law & Criminal Justice University of Surrey School of Law [AUDIO/VIDEO] SUPPORT @KPFTHouston

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Listen live on the radio or 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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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]:

“You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’” ~ George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Back to Methuselah, act I, Selected Plays with Prefaces, vol. 2, p. 7 (1949). The serpent says these words to Eve.

Senator Robert F. Kennedy used a similar quotation as a theme of his 1968 campaign for the presidential nomination: “Some men see things as they are and say, why; I dream things that never were and say, why not.” ~ Senator Edward M. Kennedy quoted these words of Robert Kennedy’s in his eulogy for his brother in 1968.—The New York Times, June 9, 1968, p. 56.

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Mon, 7/2/2018, 2PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Make sure you are registered TO VOTE – August 25, 2018 Harris County Flood Control District Bond Election, North Korea has increased nuclear production at secret sites,, Constitutional Professor Laurence Tribe About Trump Picking His Own Jurist, The Trump administration has replaced family separation with indefinite family detention, Mexico’s Lopez Obrador commits to NAFTA after landslide win, MORE. SUPPORT KPFT. GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO] @KPFTHouston

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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]:

“You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’” ~ George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Back to Methuselah, act I, Selected Plays with Prefaces, vol. 2, p. 7 (1949). The serpent says these words to Eve.

Senator Robert F. Kennedy used a similar quotation as a theme of his 1968 campaign for the presidential nomination: “Some men see things as they are and say, why; I dream things that never were and say, why not.” ~ Senator Edward M. Kennedy quoted these words of Robert Kennedy’s in his eulogy for his brother in 1968.—The New York Times, June 9, 1968, p. 56.

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Mon, 6/25/2018, 2PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Trump Calls for Deports ‘With No Judges or Court’, Gun industry sees banks as new threat , Why Sarah Sanders was asked to leave restaurant, Trump’s Roach-Infested Restaurants Vile Compared to Red Hen, Maxine Waters Warns Trump Cabinet- Steel Yourself For More Public Confrontations, SCOTUS upholds Texas redistricting a lower court said discriminated, MORE. SUPPORT KPFT. GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO] @KPFTHouston

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Listen live on the radio or 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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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]:

“You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’” ~ George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Back to Methuselah, act I, Selected Plays with Prefaces, vol. 2, p. 7 (1949). The serpent says these words to Eve.

Senator Robert F. Kennedy used a similar quotation as a theme of his 1968 campaign for the presidential nomination: “Some men see things as they are and say, why; I dream things that never were and say, why not.” ~ Senator Edward M. Kennedy quoted these words of Robert Kennedy’s in his eulogy for his brother in 1968.—The New York Times, June 9, 1968, p. 56.

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Mon, 6/18/2018, 2PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Trump Calls for Deports ‘With No Judges or Court’, Gun industry sees banks as new threat , Why Sarah Sanders was asked to leave restaurant, Trump’s Roach-Infested Restaurants Vile Compared to Red Hen. Maxine Waters Warns Trump Cabinet- Steel Yourself For More Public Confrontations, SCOTUS upholds Texas redistricting a lower court said discriminated, MORE. SUPPORT KPFT. GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO] @KPFTHouston

SHOW AUDIO: Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast. We take callers during this show at 713-526-5738.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show airing live every Monday night from 2-3 PM (CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer is Don.

Listen live on the radio or 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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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]:

“You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’” ~ George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), Back to Methuselah, act I, Selected Plays with Prefaces, vol. 2, p. 7 (1949). The serpent says these words to Eve.

Senator Robert F. Kennedy used a similar quotation as a theme of his 1968 campaign for the presidential nomination: “Some men see things as they are and say, why; I dream things that never were and say, why not.” ~ Senator Edward M. Kennedy quoted these words of Robert Kennedy’s in his eulogy for his brother in 1968.—The New York Times, June 9, 1968, p. 56.

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Mon, 6/11/2018, 2PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: e-Statements, SCOTUS gives Ohio right to purge thousands of voters rolls, Net neutrality is officially dead, Trump is a bully, Canada Alienated, China increasingly challenges American dominance of science, SpaceX Falcon Heavy with Block 5 rockets targets November launch debut, Samantha Bee, MORE. SUPPORT KPFT. GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO] @KPFTHouston

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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]:

“The Myth of the Indispensable Nation – The world doesn’t need the United States nearly as much as we like to think it does. ~ By Micah Zenko / Article title, http://foreignpolicy.com /| November 6, 2014, 3:48 PM

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Mon, 6/4/2018, 2PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: KPFT Truck Raffle Results, Young Parkland activists announce nationwide tour ahead of midterms, Trump: ‘I have the absolute right to pardon myself’, Supreme Court gives narrow victory to baker who refused to make cake for gay wedding, Schrodinger’s Constitution, are criminal penalties for violating Oath of office, Allies Please conduct trade war on Trump & , not America, Texans should be wary of bullet train proposal, How Trump changed everything for The Onion, Nikki Haley’s Twitter account, What Is Populism, More. SUPPORT KPFT. GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO] @KPFTHouston

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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 best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is 75.4 million Millennials with a vote.” – @Jenna_Blum (cited at least as far back as James F. Haning II‏@jameshaning, Mar 26, 2018

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Mon, 5/28/2018, 2PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Flash floods again rip through Ellicott City (MD), Indefinite Detention and the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act, U.S. lost track of 1,475 immigrant children last year, China’s navy ‘warned off’ US warships in So China Sea, China’s first home-built aircraft carrier begins sea trials, How Trump changed everything for The Onion, Nikki Haley’s Twitter account, What Is Populism, More. SUPPORT KPFT! GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO] @KPFTHouston

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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]:

“At one point he [Trump] started to attack the press and I said, ‘You know, that is getting tired. Why are you doing this? You’re doing it over and over and it’s boring and it’s – it’s time to end that. You know, you’ve won the nomination and, uh, why do you keep hammering at this? And he [Trump] said, ‘You know why I do it? I do it to discredit you all and demean you all so that when you write negative stories about me, no one will believe you.’ He said that. So, put that in your head for a minute.” ~ Lesley Stahl (“Deadline Club”, May 21, 2018). Excerpt from “Kasie DC”, May 27, 2018

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Mon, 5/21/2018, 2PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: TX Runoffs, Pompeo – U.S. & Mideast allies will ‘crush’ Iranian operatives, Democrats just rolled out a broad reform agenda, Trump demands Investigation if DOJ or FBI spied on campaign, Texas governor’s website continues to tout shotgun giveaway, Nikki Haley’s Twitter account, China’s first home-built aircraft carrier begins sea trials. What Is Populism, More. SUPPORT KPFT! GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO] @KPFTHouston

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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]:

“The best way to stop a bad guy with a gun is 75.4 million Millennials with a vote.” – @Jenna_Blum (cited at least as far back as James F. Haning II‏@jameshaning, Mar 26, 2018

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Henry Johnson, Harlem soldier and forgotten WWI hero – France 24

A century ago, a young African-American soldier singlehandedly fought off a group of German soldiers in the French trenches of the First World War. But his heroism was largely forgotten by an American society ruled by segregation.
— Read on m.france24.com/en/20180514-france-henry-johnson-harlem-soldier-forgotten-hero-world-war

Mon, 5/14/2018, 2PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: TX Runoffs, President Trump working To Save Jobs In China, 52 Palestinian Protesters Killed As U.S. Opens Jerusalem Embassy, Trump WH axes Nasa research into greenhouse gas, Trump’ Reminds ‘Daily Show’ Host ‘Of An African Dictator’, China’s first home-built aircraft carrier begins sea trials. iOS 11.4 to Disable USB Port After 7 Days, Euless (TX) elects first Muslim councilman, defeating Tea Party candidate, Congress Nudging NASA to Look for Aliens, Uber’s Self-Driving Car Just Killed Somebody. Now What, What Is Populism, More. SUPPORT KPFT! GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO] @KPFTHouston

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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]:

“There’s a sucker born every minute” ~ a phrase closely associated with P. T. Barnum, an American showman of the mid-19th century, although there is no evidence he in fact said it. Early examples of its use are found instead among gamblers and confidence men. (Wikipedia)

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Mon, 5/7/2018, 2PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: TX Runoffs, Jade Helm Hysteria was fueled by Russians, NRA Helped Promote Russian Sniper Rifle, The government took $41,000 from this Texan at a Houston airport six months ago, Genealogy sites are Wild West of privacy, How many calories are in that pizza, Uber’s Self-Driving Car Just Killed Somebody. Now What, What Is Populism, More. SUPPORT KPFT! GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO] @KPFTHouston

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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.

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Hysteria over Jade Helm exercise in Texas was fueled by Russians, former CIA director says, by Cassandra Pollock and Alex Samuels May 3, 2018 Updated: 2 PM (Texas Tribune)

Hysteria over Jade Helm exercise in Texas was fueled by Russians, former CIA director says

Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision in 2015 to ask the Texas State Guard to monitor a federal military exercise prompted significant criticism. A former CIA director said Wednesday that the move emboldened Russians to next target elections.

by Cassandra Pollock and Alex Samuels May 3, 2018 Updated: 2 PM

(Republished courtesy of The Texas Tribune)

Operation Jade Helm 15, a military training exercise, began in the summer of 2015 in 12 Texas counties: Bastrop, Burleson, Brazos, Edwards, Howard, Hudspeth, Kimble, Martin, Marion, Real, Schleicher and Tom Green. It was also set to take place at Camp Bullis in San Antonio and Camp Swift in Bastrop County. Graphic by Todd Wiseman

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A former director of the CIA and NSA said Wednesday that hysteria in Texas over a 2015 U.S. military training exercise called Jade Helm was fueled by Russians wanting to dominate “the information space,” and that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott‘s decision to send the Texas State Guard to monitor the operation gave them proof of the power of such misinformation campaigns.

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Mon, 4/30/2018, 2PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Runoff Elections, Texas Voter ID Law, Richard Painter ditches GOP to seek Franken’s U.S. Senate in Minn. as Democrat, Michelle Wolf, Donald Trump’s Tax Law Firm, FORD Kills Cars, ‘Cultural Appropriation’, Hwawei vs Android, Former model eaten alive by scabies in Georgia nursing home, Uber’s Self-Driving Car Just Killed Somebody – Now What, What Is Populism, More. SUPPORT KPFT! GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO]@KPFTHouston

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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]:

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” ~ John F. Kennedy, March 13, 1962.

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“The threat of impeachment can push presidents out the door. But there’s a catch.” – Washington Post

This article is a really thoughtful primer on how impeachments can be right, wrong or unknown impactors in democratic systems.

I never read the Federalist papers in school, but especially over the last 2 years have been obliged to delve into them occasionally for purposes of the show. I am frequently struck by how much thought and wisdom went into the writing of these papers, both the pros and cons what the new Constitution should include and how it should be phrased, that never actually made its way into the Constitution. I suppose that the footnotes required would have been ponderous, yet clarifying.

The article cites Hamilton thus:

… because presidents are judged by the legislative body, the instrument inevitably has a political component. In the United States, for instance, Alexander Hamilton warned in Federalist #65 of this risk — “the greatest danger, that the decision will be regulated more by the comparative strength of parties than by the real demonstrations of innocence or guilt.”

The English in the original text of Federalist #65 is written in an archaic style and is also technical in nature, so it might me useful to go to a site that summarizes it such as here, in the literal Cliff’s Notes version. On this page, a useful mention is made of the 17th Amendment:

As this section is largely expository, detailing the nature and necessity of the powers to be exercised by the United States Senate, there is no need to comment except perhaps to note this: Publius made much of the “distinctive” character of the Senate arising from the fact that its members would be chosen by the state legislatures, and not directly by the people, as was the case with members of the House of Representatives. In 1913, with the adoption of the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution, it was stipulated that United States Senators in each state were to be “elected by the people thereof.”

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The threat of impeachment can push presidents out the door. But there’s a catch.

by John M. Carey, Javier Corrales, Mariana Llanos, Leiv Marsteintredet and Aníbal Pérez-Liñán [WASHINGTON POST] DATED April 11, 2018

In late March, Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigned from office, a day before he would have been impeached. Kuczynski was the 10th Latin American president since the 1990s to leave office under the threat of impeachment.

Kuczynski’s downfall highlights some of the pitfalls of impeachment, a term that shows up a lot in the U.S. media these days. Here are some key takeaways:

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Mon, 4/23/2018, 2PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: New ‘Thinkwing’ Time Slot beginning this Monday (4-23), Sample Ballot Available for May 22 runoff, Milo Yiannopoulos walked into a Manhattan bar full of NYC Democratic Socialists of America got heckled and left, VULTURE CAPITALISM and SEARS, WH urges Dems to reconsider opposition to Pompeo [for Sec. of State], California’s future – More big droughts and massive floods, new study finds, Florida Detectives Tried Using Dead Man’s Finger to Unlock Cellphone, Uber’s Self-Driving Car Just Killed Somebody. Now What, What is Populism, more. SUPPORT KPFT! GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO]@KPFTHouston

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“Did you know, beginning in the late 19th century, corporations were granted all the rights of the individual, but none of the annoying responsibilities. They lack, almost by design, any kind of moral compass, conscience, or compassion. Basically, corporations are a way to enact sociopathic behavior on a grand scale. In short, they’re what makes this country so damn great.” ~ The Devil (played by Ray Wise), TV Series “REAPER”, Episode 30: “Business Casualty”, Aired May 19, 2009

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Mon, 4/16/2018, 9PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: New ‘Thinkwing’ Time Slot beginning next Monday (4-23), Sample Ballot Available for TX primary May 22 runoff, 150-Foot Asteroid Flew Alarmingly Close to Earth, Confirmed ‘Hundreds’ of Russians Killed in U.S. Attack in Syria, EPA broke law spending $43K on Pruitt’s soundproof booth & not telling Congress, Nikki Haley Under Bus, Uber’s Self-Driving Car Just Killed Somebody. Now What, What is Populism, more. SUPPORT KPFT. GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO]@KPFTHouston

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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]:

Our economy is a plantation run for the aristocrats – the CEOs, hedge funds, private equity firms – while the field hands are left with the scraps. ~ Bill Moyers

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Mon, 4/9/2018, 9PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: The 2nd Amendment – History, Transformation, Transition, Chipping Away. SUPPORT KPFT. GUESTS: Melissa Hamilton, Law Professor at the University of Surrey (England) [AUDIO/VIDEO]@KPFTHouston

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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 radio or 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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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]:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. ~ United States Constitution, 2nd Amendment

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Mon, 4/2/2018, 9PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: SUPPORT KPFT, 30+ TX primary races headed for May 22 runoff, Sinclair defends itself over uproar, Trump’s ‘Good Relationship’ With Russia Is Slipping Away, Trump Tariffs and Chinese retaliation, Uber’s Self-Driving Car Just Killed Somebody. Now What, What is Populism, more. GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO]@KPFTHouston

SHOW AUDIO: Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast. We take callers during this show at 713-526-5738.

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 radio or 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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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]:

Our economy is a plantation run for the aristocrats – the CEOs, hedge funds, private equity firms – while the field hands are left with the scraps. ~ Bill Moyers

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Mon, 3/26/2018, 9PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Over 30 Texas primaries go to 5-22 runoff, What I Saw Treating the Victims From Parkland, US Closes Russ Seattle Consulate, US ‘confronting China economic aggression’, ICE Deports US Army Combat Vet to Mexico, Rep. Stockman Charged with 28 felonies, Vulture Capitalism Kills Iconic Brands, Mississippi bans abortions at 15 weeks, Uber’s Self-Driving Car Just Killed Somebody. Now What, What is Populism, more. GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO]@KPFTHouston

SHOW AUDIO: Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast. We take callers during this show at 713-526-5738.

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 radio or 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.)

Please take a moment to visit Pledge.KPFT.org and choose THINKWING RADIO from the drop-down list when you donate.

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]:

Our economy is a plantation run for the aristocrats – the CEOs, hedge funds, private equity firms – while the field hands are left with the scraps. ~ Bill Moyers

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Mon, 3/19/2018, 9PM (CT) on 90.1FM. POSSIBLE TOPICS: Over 30 Texas primary races headed for May 22 runoff, Austin is looking for a ‘serial bomber.’, Vulture Capitalism Kills Iconic Brands, Ireland and Brexit, US-Russia-Syria agree that Turks strengthen ISIS, Mississippi bans abortions at 15 weeks, Uber’s Self-Driving Car Just Killed Somebody. Now What, What is Populism, more. GUESTS: Open Forum [AUDIO/VIDEO]@KPFTHouston

SHOW AUDIO: Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast. We take callers during this show at 713-526-5738.

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 radio or 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.)

Please take a moment to visit Pledge.KPFT.org and choose THINKWING RADIO from the drop-down list when you donate.

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]:

We need to start to talk about money in ways that dethrone it and make it subject to human ethics and standards of love and decency.”
― Joel Solomon, The Clean Money Revolution: Reinventing Power, Purpose, and Capitalism

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