- Harris County will have runoff elections on December 13, with early voting running from December 1st though the 9th;
- League City officials debate confidentiality agreement for elected officials;
- Trump Organization Announces Tokenized Hotel Development as Crypto ‘Crime Season’ Continues;
- Trump’s “Arctic Neglect”: Obsolete Radars & Strained Canada Ties Leave “Most Strategic” Alaska Exposed To Russia, China Threats?;
- Russia’s “Notorious” Research Vessel, Yantar, Keeps NATO On Tenterhooks; UK Says We Are Watching, We Are Ready!;
- In A Historic First, Japan Arms U.S. With Lethal Patriot PAC-3 Interceptor Missiles; But Why Is Tokyo Arming “Mentor” USA?;
- Germany’s rearmament upends Europe’s power balance;
- Germany cancels auction of Holocaust artifacts after backlash;
Tag Archives: Germany
#kpfthoustontx – July 6+7+9, 2025. Sun. at 1pm, re-aired Mon. at 2pm, and Weds 11am (CT). [AUDIO/VIDEO] KPFT Houston, at 90.1 FM-HD2, Galveston 89.5-HD2 and Huntsville 91.9-HD2. TOPICS:
- Food insecurity rate sees increase in Fort Bend County;
- $2M in grants awarded to 6 Houston-area workforce skill training programs;
- Here’s what’s in Trump’s GOP megabill and how it will affect Texans;
- Texas’ immigration law is unconstitutional, appeals court rules;
- MIKE has some comments creeping fascism to creeping Nazism;
- US military says 200 Marines being sent to support ICE in Florida;
- Can Trump strip [Elon] Musk and [Zohran] Mamdani of their US citizenship?;
- The US dollar is on track for its worst year in modern history;
- China tells EU it can’t accept Russia losing its war against Ukraine, official says;
- Ukraine ‘most important task’ in German foreign policy;
#kpfthoustontx – June 8+9+11, 2025. Sun. at 1pm and Weds 11am (CT). [AUDIO/VIDEO] KPFT Houston, at 90.1 FM-HD2, Galveston 89.5-HD2 and Huntsville 91.9-HD2. TOPICS:
- I think that possibly the most important story of the week as of Saturday night …;
- Runoff Elections, June 7rd;
- Houston Democratic group drops support for Mayor Whitmire;
- As temperatures rise, so do our AC bills in Houston: Ways to save on your energy bill;
- School vouchers, THC ban, property tax cuts: Here’s what Texas lawmakers did in the 2025 regular session;
- Trump deploys 2,000 National Guard members after LA immigration protests;
- Canada won’t become the 51st US state – but could it join the EU?;
#kpfthoustontx – Feb. 16+19, 2025. Sun. at 1pm and Weds 11am (CT). TOPICS: 1. Election Info; 2. ‘Every child made homeless is on you’: CFISD approves gender disclosure policy amid backlash; 3. Jersey Village City Council moves forward with pool demolition; 4. Mayor Whitmire releases efficiency audit of city departments, actual savings still unknown; 5. ‘You’ve Seen the Tweet, Right?’: Sheinbaum Aces Trump Playbook; 6. Renaming the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” Could Cost Taxpayers Over $1 Billion!; 7. White House defends blocking AP from event for using ‘Gulf of Mexico’; 8. Speaking of which … Going forward; 9. Trump and Vance are courting Europe’s far right to spread their political gospel; 10. German officials hit back at Vance over censorship lecture: ‘Unacceptable’; 11. Baltic states begin historic switch away from Russian power grid; More. [AUDIO/VIDEO] KPFT Houston, at 90.1 FM-HD2, Galveston 89.5-HD2 and Huntsville 91.9-HD2.
Now in our 12th year on KPFT!
Going forward, new shows will broadcast on Sundays at 1PM (CT) broadcast and re-run on Wednesdays at 11AM.
AUDIO:
TOPICS:
- Election Info;
- ‘Every child made homeless is on you’: CFISD approves gender disclosure policy amid backlash;
- Jersey Village City Council moves forward with pool demolition;
- Mayor Whitmire releases efficiency audit of city departments, actual savings still unknown;
- ‘You’ve Seen the Tweet, Right?’: Sheinbaum Aces Trump Playbook;
- Renaming the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” Could Cost Taxpayers Over $1 Billion!;
- White House defends blocking AP from event for using ‘Gulf of Mexico’;
- Speaking of which … Going forward;
- Trump and Vance are courting Europe’s far right to spread their political gospel;
- German officials hit back at Vance over censorship lecture: ‘Unacceptable’;
- Baltic states begin historic switch away from Russian power grid;
Nov 7+10+13, 2024, Thurs 6PM, Sun 1pm (CT), and Weds 11am. TOPICS: 1. OPINION: Here’s What I Learned From Trump’s Victory: I’m the Problem. It’s Me; 2. FROM: Lina Hidalgo, Harris County Judge; 3. So, what can this administration do before January 20th, and what can the Democratic-led Senate do before the end of the year? 4. Joe Biden Could End Ukraine War Before Donald Trump; Zelenskyy Too Might Prefer A Biden-Led Deal: OPED; 5. NATO’s Rutte says Russian attacks on Europe are ‘intensifying’; No new limits on Ukraine’s use of US arms if North Korea joins Russia’s fight, Pentagon says; 6. Satanic Temple has created a largely-free telehealth clinic to help people perform a ritual … that includes mailing them abortion pills.; 7. Walking pneumonia is spreading. Doctors share the tell-tale symptoms to look for, and varied ways to treat it.; 8. Do I have COVID, the flu or something else? 2024 symptoms and testing to know.; 9. Our toothbrushes are home to hundreds of new viruses. They could be the future of biotech.; 10. Evolutionary anthropologist presents hypothesis about why humans are dominating the world over other animals; 11. Hertz Apologizes For Threatening To Have Customer Who Drove 25,000 Miles In Rental Car Arrested; 12. Boeing Reportedly Looking to Sell Off Its Disastrous Starliner Spacecraft; More. [AUDIO/VIDEO] KPFT Houston, at 90.1 FM-HD2, Galveston 89.5-HD2 and Huntsville 91.9-HD2. #kpfthoustontx
Now in our 11th year on KPFT!
Going forward, new shows will post for Thursday at 6PM (CT) broadcast and re-run on Sundays at 1PM and Wednesdays at 11AM.
AUDIO:
POSSIBLE TOPICS:
- OPINION: Here’s What I Learned From Trump’s Victory: I’m the Problem. It’s Me;
- FROM: Lina Hidalgo, Harris County Judge;
- So, what can this administration do before January 20th, and what can the Democratic-led Senate do before the end of the year?
- Joe Biden Could End Ukraine War Before Donald Trump; Zelenskyy Too Might Prefer A Biden-Led Deal: OPED;
- NATO’s Rutte says Russian attacks on Europe are ‘intensifying’;
- No new limits on Ukraine’s use of US arms if North Korea joins Russia’s fight, Pentagon says;
- Satanic Temple has created a largely-free telehealth clinic to help people perform a ritual … that includes mailing them abortion pills.;
- Walking pneumonia is spreading. Doctors share the tell-tale symptoms to look for, and varied ways to treat it.;
- Do I have COVID, the flu or something else? 2024 symptoms and testing to know.;
- Our toothbrushes are home to hundreds of new viruses. They could be the future of biotech.;
- Evolutionary anthropologist presents hypothesis about why humans are dominating the world over other animals;
- Hertz Apologizes For Threatening To Have Customer Who Drove 25,000 Miles In Rental Car Arrested;
- Boeing Reportedly Looking to Sell Off Its Disastrous Starliner Spacecraft;
Weds, DEC. 27+28, 2023 & JAN 3 2024, Thurs 6PM (CT). TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV — Voter Info; Counties vote on adding METRO to Gulf Coast Rail District; Abbott says SB4 will keep Texans safe. HPD union: ‘We’re not here to be the immigration police’; Watching Ukraine burn through ammo fighting Russia has the US Army rethinking how much it really needs for when war breaks out; Europe Moves to Fill Weapons Gap Amid Doubts About U.S. Commitment to Ukraine; NATO Leaders Try to Pin Down U.S. on Ukraine Aid as Republicans Waver; The US Army needs tanks to win a war in the Pacific, but it knows the Abrams isn’t the right tank for the job; ‘Not conducive to our survival’: Pacific islands on the climate frontline respond to Cop28 deal; What might happen to Argentina after Milei’s mega-decree?; Don’t Fall for Big Oil’s Carbon Capture Deceptions; Explainer: What new OPEC+ oil output cuts are in place after Thursday deal; MORE. [AUDIO/VIDEO] 90.1 FM-HD2, #kpfthoustontx
AUDIO:
POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information; Counties vote on adding METRO to Gulf Coast Rail District; Abbott says SB4 will keep Texans safe. HPD union: ‘We’re not here to be the immigration police’; Watching Ukraine burn through ammo fighting Russia has the US Army rethinking how much it really needs for when war breaks out; Europe Moves to Fill Weapons Gap Amid Doubts About U.S. Commitment to Ukraine; NATO Leaders Try to Pin Down U.S. on Ukraine Aid as Republicans Waver; The US Army needs tanks to win a war in the Pacific, but it knows the Abrams isn’t the right tank for the job; ‘Not conducive to our survival’: Pacific islands on the climate frontline respond to Cop28 deal; What might happen to Argentina after Milei’s mega-decree?; Don’t Fall for Big Oil’s Carbon Capture Deceptions; Explainer: What new OPEC+ oil output cuts are in place after Thursday deal; More.
#Thinkwing: Mon,3/20/2017, 9PM @KPFTHouston 90.1FM. TOPIS: Writ of Mandamus Denied by SCOTUS. What is next? (SCOTUS docket # 16-907, Writ of Mandamus) GUEST: Mark Small, Attorney for Revote2017.org [AUDIO]
SHOW AUDIO: Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast. We take callers during this show.
This guest was unable to appear, and caused some confusion at the beginning. Then things smoothed out.
TOPIC: SUPPORT KPFT! Mark Small is an attorney for Revote2017.org. He will discuss the SCOTUS denial of their Writ of Mandamus, and what their next steps will be.
GUEST: Mark Small, Attorney for Revote2017.org
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 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.)
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. 14, 2015)](https://thinkwingradio.com/wp-content/uploads/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)
- An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
SIGN-OFF QUOTE[s]:
“Though the mills of God grind slowly; Yet they grind exceeding small;
Though with patience He stands waiting, With exactness grinds He all.” ~ translated into English by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (“Retribution”, Poetic Aphorisms, 1846):[11] as cited by Wikipedia
A variation and source for, “All things come to those that wait.”
#Thinkwing: Mon,3/13/2017, 9PM @KPFTHouston 90.1FM. TOPICS: Chris Sampson talks cyber-war, Former British lawmaker Louise Mensch at heart of Trump wiretap allegations, How Donald Trump Is Reviving American Democracy, Recording your police, Daylight Saving Time – Ugh, Private prisons are ‘in’ again, Murderous Veterinarian in Montrose, more. Survey finds Americans are seriously stressed out about the future of the country, This Week – SCOTUS docket # 16-907 (Writ of Mandamus before SCOTUS) WILL BE DISTRIBUTED FOR CONFERENCE to the Justices on March 17, 2017, Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to fly two private citizens around the moon by late next year, MORE GUEST: Chris Sampson, OPEN FORUM [AUDIO]
SHOW AUDIO: Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast. We take callers during this show.
TOPIC: SUPPORT KPFT! Chris Sampson talks cyber-war, Former British lawmaker Louise Mensch at heart of Trump wiretap allegations, How Donald Trump Is Reviving American Democracy, Recording your police, Daylight Saving Time – Ugh, Private prisons are ‘in’ again, Murderous Veterinarian in Montrose, more.
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.
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.)
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. 14, 2015)](https://thinkwingradio.com/wp-content/uploads/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)
- An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
SIGN-OFF QUOTE[s]:
“We don’t need more confirmation that there’s something wrong with Donald Trump. Let’s instead find ways to rebuild what is rational. And the Democrats, goddamn it, get a little backbone, get a little spine. The only person I can trust anymore is Al Franken, who has a great brain and a great heart. I believe what he says.” ~ David Letterman, from “In Conversation: David Letterman”, By David Marchese (March 5, 2017)
#Thinkwing: Mon,3/6/2017, 9PM @KPFTHouston 90.1FM. TOPICS: Ben Carson refers to slaves as ‘immigrants’, Follow-Up: ‘Special Warfare Unit Flew Trump Flag In Public. Now Navy Is Punishing Its Members’, Revised executive order bans travelers from six Muslim-majority countries, Can Republicans Be Trusted to Investigate Trump’s Russia Scandal, Former British lawmaker at heart of Trump wiretap allegations, Doomsday Cancelled – Trump is Good News for Allies and World Peace, Americans are seriously stressed out about the future of the country, survey finds , SCOTUS docket # 16-907 (Writ of Mandamus before SCOTUS) WILL BE DISTRIBUTED FOR CONFERENCE to the Justices on March 17, 2017, Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to fly two private citizens around the moon by late next year, MORE. GUEST: OPEN FORUM [AUDIO]
SHOW AUDIO: Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast. We take callers during this show.
TOPIC: SUPPORT KPFT! Ben Carson refers to slaves as ‘immigrants’, Follow-Up: ‘Special Warfare Unit Flew Trump Flag In Public. Now Navy Is Punishing Its Members’, Revised executive order bans travelers from six Muslim-majority countries, Can Republicans Be Trusted to Investigate Trump’s Russia Scandal, Former British lawmaker at heart of Trump wiretap allegations, Doomsday Cancelled – Trump is Good News for Allies and World Peace, Americans are seriously stressed out about the future of the country, survey finds , SCOTUS docket # 16-907 (Writ of Mandamus before SCOTUS) WILL BE DISTRIBUTED FOR CONFERENCE to the Justices on March 17, 2017, Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to fly two private citizens around the moon by late next year, MORE
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.
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.)
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. 14, 2015)](https://thinkwingradio.com/wp-content/uploads/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)
- An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
SIGN-OFF QUOTE[s]:
“Our concern was military members showing a partisan political allegiance to a person as opposed to the Constitution or the country .They simply cannot — in uniform in military vehicles and in an official capacity — show partisan political leanings.” ~ Lt. Jacqui Maxwell, a spokeswoman for Naval Special Warfare Group 2, said in a statement to The Washington Post that punitive actions were taken but declined to comment on the precise nature of the punishment or how many individuals were affected. (from “A special warfare unit flew a Trump flag in public. Now the Navy is punishing its members.” March 1, 2017)
#Thinkwing Radio: Mon, 9/21/2015, 9PM @KPFTHouston FM 90.1. TOPIC(s): When Green…Isn’t?, Syrian Refugees, When Worlds Collide?, What is the future of Journalism, and more. GUEST: Open Forum [AUDIO]
THINKWING RADIO MOVED TO MONDAYS @ 9-10 PM, BEGINNING 4/13/2015.
SHOW AUDIO:
Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast.
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.)
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Monday night from 9-10PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies).
For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:
- You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
- An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
GUESTS: (More complete biographical info on my guests are below Source links.)
OPEN FORUM
POSSIBLE TOPICS:
- When Green…Isn’t?
- Syrian Refugees
- When Worlds Collide?
- What is the future of Journalism
SOURCES WHICH MAY BE RELEVANT TO OTHER DISCUSSION:
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#PoliticsDoneRight: Weds, 9/17/2015, 3PM @KPFTHouston FM 90.1. TOPIC(s): GOP Debates, Bernie Sanders at Liberty U, Refugees Seeking Asylum, What is the future of Journalism, and more. GUEST: Open Forum [AUDIO]
THINKWING RADIO MOVED TO MONDAYS @ 9-10 PM, BEGINNING 4/13/2015.
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SHOW AUDIO:
Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast.
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.)
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Monday night from 9-10PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies).
For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:
- You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
- An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
GUESTS: (More complete biographical info on my guests are below Source links.)
OPEN FORUM
POSSIBLE TOPICS:
- GOP Debates
- Bernie Sanders’ speech at Liberty University
- Syrian Refugees
- The Future of Journalism
SOURCES WHICH MAY BE RELEVANT TO OTHER DISCUSSION:
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#Thinkwing Radio: Mon, 9/14/2015, 9PM @KPFTHouston FM 90.1. TOPIC(s): Bernie Sanders at Liberty University, Syrian Refugees, What is the future of Journalism, and more. GUEST: Open Forum [AUDIO]
THINKWING RADIO MOVED TO MONDAYS @ 9-10 PM, BEGINNING 4/13/2015.
SHOW AUDIO:
Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast.
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.)
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Monday night from 9-10PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies).
For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:
- You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
- An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
GUESTS: (More complete biographical info on my guests are below Source links.)
OPEN FORUM
POSSIBLE TOPICS:
- Bernie Sanders’ speech at Liberty University
- Syrian Refugees
- The Future of Journalism
SOURCES WHICH MAY BE RELEVANT TO OTHER DISCUSSION:
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#Thinkwing Radio: Mon, 7/27/2015, 9PM @KPFTHouston FM 90.1. TOPIC(s): OPEN FORUM (Suggested: Who’s Fighting Who In The Middle East Melee? Is Trans the ‘new’ Gay? What is a ‘small business’?& more). GUESTS: CALLERS! [AUDIO]
THINKWING RADIO MOVED TO MONDAYS @ 9-10 PM, BEGINNING 4/13/2015.
SHOW AUDIO:
Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast.
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.)
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Monday night from 9-10PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies).
For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:
- You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
- An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
GUESTS: (More complete biographical info on my guests are below Source links.)
- CALLERS
POSSIBLE TOPICS:
- The Middle East Melee:How big will the war become?
- Map: Spillover of fighting in Mideast, by Wikipedia
- Turkish involvement in the Syrian Civil War, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Spillover of the Syrian Civil War, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Millennialism – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Millennialism (from millennium, Latin for “thousand years”) … is a belief held by some Christian denominations that there will be a Golden Age or Paradise on Earth in which “Christ will reign” for 1000 years prior to the final judgment and future eternal state (the “World to Come” of the New Heavens and New Earth). This belief is derived primarily from Revelation 20:1–6. Millennialism is a specific form of millenarianism.
- Is Trans the new Gay?
- Gays used to be almost completely taboo in movies and TV, and ‘gayness’ of characters was only hinted at.
- Today, no TV show or movie seems complete without at least one prominent gay character.
- The GLBT movement has helped bring Transgender people into the public consciousness.
- Has Caitlin Jenner now made Trans characters almost mandatory in media?
- Do modern wars have such sloppy endings precisely because there is no Declaration of War and no proper surrender?
- Texas Refuses To Issue Birth Certificates To Children Of Undocumented Immigrants
- This story has been only barely covered (or at least is barely findable) in MSM. In the top-tier Google findings, only Reuters showed an article.
- Undocumented immigrants’ U.S.-born children denied docs – lawsuit, By Brendan Pierson (REUTERS) Thu May 28, 2015 7:44pm EDT
- Texas Refuses To Issue Birth Certificates To Children Of Undocumented Immigrants, By @Karoli (CrooksAndLiars.com)
- The model state of Texas denies birth certificates to children born to immigrants within its borders, by Kerry Eleveld (DailyKos.com) Tue Jul 14, 2015 at 11:45 AM PDT
- Air Travel/Airport/Passenger Pick-up Hell
- Americans are getting bigger:
- Clothing, shoes, furniture, even toilet seats are getting bigger. Why are airplane seats getting smaller?
-
DOJ subpoenas airlines over keeping ticket prices high,
-
Safety risk of shrinking, By Associated Press (Aprl 15, 2015)
- Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protection – See more at: http://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/ACACP#sthash.7bh0CrUI.dpuf
- Airports, airlines disagree about raising ticket fees, October 29, 2014
- Americans are getting bigger:
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Some of the links used for this show are BELOW the break: SOURCES (Below the break) Not all topics discussed on tonight’s show: Continue reading
#Thinkwing Radio: Mon, 7/20/2015, 9PM @KPFTHouston FM 90.1. TOPIC(s): OPEN FORUM (Suggested: Is ‘Trans’ the new Gay? Is there an ‘Obama Doctrine’? , Are declared wars ‘better’ than undeclared wars? & more). GUESTS: CALLERS! [AUDIO]
*2* PAIRS OF FREE TICKETS TO Space City Comic Con for CALLERS! (Tickets good for Friday, 7/24, Noon-8PM) Daily Schedule <– Click
THINKWING RADIO MOVED TO MONDAYS, 9-10 PM BEGINNING 4/13/2015.
SHOW AUDIO:
Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast.
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.)
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Monday night from 9-10PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies).
For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:
- You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
- An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
GUESTS: (More complete biographical info on my guests are below Source links.)
- CALLERS
POSSIBLE TOPICS:
- Is Trans the new Gay?
- Gays used to be almost completely taboo in movies and TV, and ‘gayness’ of characters was only hinted at.
- Today, no TV show or movie seems complete without at least one prominent gay character.
- The GLBT movement has helped bring Transgender people into the public consciousness.
- Has Caitlin Jenner now made Trans characters almost mandatory in media?
- Do modern wars have such sloppy endings precisely because there is no Declaration of War and no proper surrender?
- Polemic |
- Definition of polemic by Merriam-Webster (merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polemic): : 1) a strong written or spoken attack against someone else’s opinions, beliefs, practices, etc. 2) polemics : the art or practice of using language to defend or harshly criticize something or someone
- Polemic – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polemic) Wikipedia: A person who often writes polemics, or who speaks polemically, is a polemicist or a polemic.
- Many blog media are written in polemical styles, but when deconstructed still contain useful thoughts and/or information.
- EXAMPLE: The Obama Doctrine: A New Paradigm Worthy of a Second Nobel Peace Prize, by Spandan Chakrabarti July 14, 2015 (http://www.thepeoplesview.net)
- Obama Doctrine: The principle that the United States should never fear to negotiate and that we are a power strong enough to take calculated risks.
- Texas Refuses To Issue Birth Certificates To Children Of Undocumented Immigrants
- This story has been only barely covered (or at least is barely findable) in MSM. In the top-tier Google findings, only Reuters showed an article.
- Undocumented immigrants’ U.S.-born children denied docs – lawsuit, By Brendan Pierson (REUTERS) Thu May 28, 2015 7:44pm EDT
- Texas Refuses To Issue Birth Certificates To Children Of Undocumented Immigrants, By @Karoli (CrooksAndLiars.com)
- The model state of Texas denies birth certificates to children born to immigrants within its borders, by Kerry Eleveld (DailyKos.com) Tue Jul 14, 2015 at 11:45 AM PDT
- Air Travel/Airport/Passenger Pick-up Hell
- Americans are getting bigger:
- Clothing, shoes, furniture, even toilet seats are getting bigger. Why are airplane seats getting smaller?
-
DOJ subpoenas airlines over keeping ticket prices high,
-
Safety risk of shrinking, By Associated Press (Aprl 15, 2015)
- Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protection – See more at: http://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/ACACP#sthash.7bh0CrUI.dpuf
- Airports, airlines disagree about raising ticket fees, October 29, 2014
- Americans are getting bigger:
- Infrastructure: Be careful what you wish for: North-South access suddenly very challenging
- Downtown segment of I-45 going through major reconstruction.
- Shepard between us-59 and Allen Pkwy going through major construction
- Studemont experiencing some construction between I-10 and Memorial
- Occupation experience: Why did Iraq & Afghanistan turn out so differently from Germany and Japan?
- The American Reconstruction of Germany and Japan, by Kieran Neeson, Oct 20 2008 (This content was written by a student and assessed as part of a university degree. E-IR publishes student essays & dissertations to allow our readers to broaden their understanding of what is possible when answering similar questions in their own studies.)
- Lessons in Nation Building from Japan, Germany, and Afghanistan for Postwar Iraq, The United States Institute of Peace is an American non-partisan, independent, federal institution that provides analysis of and is involved in conflicts around the world. (See Wikipedia entry) Founded: 1984
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Some of the links used for this show are BELOW the break: SOURCES (Below the break) Not all topics discussed on tonight’s show: Continue reading
#PoliticsDoneRight: Thurs, 7/16/2015, 3PM @KPFTHouston 90.1 FM.TOPIC(s): OPEN FORUM (Suggested: Iran Nuke Treaty, Greek Debt Crisis, Air Travel/Airport/Passenger Pick-up Hell, Infrastructure: Be careful what you wish for, & more). GUESTS: CALLERS! [AUDIO]
FREE TICKETS TO Space City Comic Con for CALLERS! (Tickets good for Friday, 7/24, Noon-8PM)
Welcome to POLITICS DONE RIGHT. Today I’m sitting in for Egberto Willies.
WE HAVE MOVED TO MONDAYS AT 9-10 PM BEGINNING 4/13/2015.
SHOW AUDIO:
Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast.
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.)
WE HAVE MOVED TO MONDAYS AT 9-10 PM BEGINNING 4/13/2015.
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Wednesday night from 10-11PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies).
For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:
- You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
- An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
GUESTS: (More complete biographical info on my guests are below Source links.)
- CALLERS
POSSIBLE TOPICS: The Iran Nuke Treaty, Greece: Is Austerity The Best Way To Address Excess Debt? Air Travel/Airport/Passenger Pick-up Hell; Infrastructure: Be careful what you wish for.
- Mission to Pluto: Over 9 years at 31,000 mph.
- As Jade Helm 15 Military Exercise Begins, Texans Keep Watch ‘Just in Case’, New York Times
- Tex. – Despite the Internet chatter about trains with shackles and Walmart stores being closed to be used as detention camps, this small West Texas town on Wednesday seemed to be surviving the start of Jade Helm 15, the military exercise …
- IRAN NUCLEAR TREATY:
- Why the Iranian nuclear deal is great news for Assad By Ari Heistein (Haaretz)| Jul. 14, 2015: Freeing Iranian billions will help the regime pay to keep propping up the Syrian dictator, interfering in the region’s bloodiest civil war.
- Greece: Is Austerity The Best Way To Address Excess Debt?
- The Greek Responsibility:
- Governed by adults who should know the consequences of borrowing
- More effective collection of taxes
- VAT: Great for tax on consumptions, but what about people who make far more than they can spend?
- Cutting expenditures to pay sovereign debt:
- Pain worth the gain?
- Might Austerity be fair for multiple generations?
- Should debt forgiveness be essential?
- Why, and by whom?
- Does austerity make it much harder to pay creditors by hurting economic growth?
- Are some forms of austerity better or worse than others?
- Do Banks and Financiers share responsibility because they over-lent?
- Should Banks and Financiers ‘forgive’ some of Greece’s debt, and it so, why?
- Air Travel/Airport/Passenger Pick-up Hell
- Americans are getting bigger:
- Clothing, shoes, furniture, even toilet seats are getting bigger. Why are airplane seats getting smaller?
-
DOJ subpoenas airlines over keeping ticket prices high,
-
Safety risk of shrinking , By Associated Press (Aprl 15, 2015)
- Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protection – See more at: http://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/ACACP#sthash.7bh0CrUI.dpuf
- Airports, airlines disagree about raising ticket fees, October 29, 2014
- Americans are getting bigger:
- Infrastructure: Be careful what you wish for: North-South access suddenly very challenging
- Downtown segment of I-45 going through major reconstruction.
- Shepard between us-59 and Allen Pkwy going through major construction
- Studemont experiencing some construction between I-10 and Memorial
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Kylie Jenner Sports Cornrows, Sparks Racially Charged Debate—Was Amandla Stenberg One of Her Critics?
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Some of the links used for this show are BELOW the break: SOURCES (Below the break) Not all topics discussed on tonight’s show: Continue reading
#Thinkwing Radio: Mon, 7/13/2015, 9PM @KPFTFM 90.1 (Houston). TOPIC(s): OPEN FORUM (Suggested: Greek Bailout, Air Travel/Airport/Passenger Pick-up Hell, Infrastructure: Be careful what you wish for, & more). GUESTS: CALLERS! [AUDIO]
FREE TICKETS TO Space City Comic Con for CALLERS! (Tickets good for Friday, 7/24, Noon-8PM)
THINKWING RADIO HAS MOVED TO MONDAYS AT 9-10 PM BEGINNING 4/13/2015.
SHOW AUDIO:
Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast.
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.)
WE HAVE MOVED TO MONDAYS AT 9-10 PM BEGINNING 4/13/2015.
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Wednesday night from 10-11PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies).
For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:
- You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
- An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
GUESTS: (More complete biographical info on my guests are below Source links.)
- CALLERS
POSSIBLE TOPICS: 1) Greece: Is Austerity The Best Way To Address Excess Debt? 2) Air Travel/Airport/Passenger Pick-up Hell; 3) Infrastructure: Be careful what you wish for.
- Greece: Is Austerity The Best Way To Address Excess Debt?
- The Greek Responsibility:
- Governed by adults who should know the consequences of borrowing
- More effective collection of taxes
- VAT: Great for tax on consumptions, but what about people who make far more than they can spend?
- Cutting expenditures to pay sovereign debt:
- Pain worth the gain?
- Might Austerity be fair for multiple generations?
- Should debt forgiveness be essential?
- Why, and by whom?
- Does austerity make it much harder to pay creditors by hurting economic growth?
- Are some forms of austerity better or worse than others?
- Do Banks and Financiers share responsibility because they over-lent?
- Should Banks and Financiers ‘forgive’ some of Greece’s debt, and it so, why?
- Air Travel/Airport/Passenger Pick-up Hell
- Americans are getting bigger:
- Clothing, shoes, furniture, even toilet seats are getting bigger. Why are airplane seats getting smaller?
-
DOJ subpoenas airlines over keeping ticket prices high
- Safety risk of shrinking , By Associated Press (Aprl 15, 2015)
- Advisory Committee for Aviation Consumer Protection – See more at: http://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/ACACP#sthash.7bh0CrUI.dpuf
- Airports, airlines disagree about raising ticket fees, October 29, 2014
- Americans are getting bigger:
- Infrastructure: Be careful what you wish for: North-South access suddenly very challenging
- Downtown segment of I-45 going through major reconstruction.
- Shepard between us-59 and Allen Pkwy going through major construction
- Studemont experiencing some construction between I-10 and Memorial
-
Kylie Jenner Sports Cornrows, Sparks Racially Charged Debate—Was Amandla Stenberg One of Her Critics?
- Occupation experience: Why did Iraq & Afghanistan turn out so differently from Germany and Japan?
- The American Reconstruction of Germany and Japan, by Kieran Neeson, Oct 20 2008 (This content was written by a student and assessed as part of a university degree. E-IR publishes student essays & dissertations to allow our readers to broaden their understanding of what is possible when answering similar questions in their own studies.)
- Lessons in Nation Building from Japan, Germany, and Afghanistan for Postwar Iraq, The United States Institute of Peace is an American non-partisan, independent, federal institution that provides analysis of and is involved in conflicts around the world. (See Wikipedia entry) Founded: 1984
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Some of the links used for this show are BELOW the break: SOURCES (Below the break) Not all topics discussed on tonight’s show: Continue reading
#Thinkwing Radio: Mon, July 6, 2015, 9PM, @KPFTFM 90.1 (Houston). TOPIC(s): OPEN FORUM (Suggested: Reparations For Slavery: If No, Why? Greece: In Or Out Of Eurozone, And Is Austerity The Best Way To Address Excess Debt?If Yes, How? & more). GUESTS: CALLERS! [AUDIO]
FREE TICKETS TO Space City Comic Con for CALLERS! (Tickets good for Friday, 7/24, Noon-8PM)
WE HAVE MOVED TO MONDAYS AT 9-10 PM BEGINNING 4/13/2015.
SHOW AUDIO:
Link is usually posted within about 72 hours of show broadcast.
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.)
WE HAVE MOVED TO MONDAYS AT 9-10 PM BEGINNING 4/13/2015.
Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio), a listener call-in show (every Wednesday night from 10-11PM CT) on KPFT-FM 90.1 (Houston). My engineer and discussion partner is Egberto Willies (@EgbertoWillies).
For the purposes of this show, I operate on two mottoes:
- You’re entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts;
- An educated electorate is a prerequisite for a democracy.
GUESTS: (More complete biographical info on my guests are below Source links.)
- CALLERS
POSSIBLE TOPICS:
- Reparations For Slavery: If No, Why? If Yes, How? Greece: In Or Out Of Eurozone, And Is Austerity The Best Way To Address Excess Debt?
- Reparations For Slavery: If yes, How? If Not, Why not?
- Is there such a thing as “Post-Traumatic Slavery Syndrome” among American African-Americans?
- If there is:
- What, if anything, can or should be done about it?
- Would ‘reparations’ help, and in what way?
- Greece: In Or Out Of Eurozone, And Is Austerity The Best Way To Address Excess Debt?
- Cutting expenditures to pay sovereign debt:
- Pain worth the gain?
- Might Austerity be fair for multiple generations?
- Should debt forgiveness be essential?
- Why, and by whom?
- Do Banks and Financiers share responsibility because they over-lent?
- Should Banks and Financiers ‘forgive’ some of Greece’s debt, and it so, why?
- Cutting expenditures to pay sovereign debt:
- Reparations For Slavery: If yes, How? If Not, Why not?
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Some of the links used for this show are BELOW the break: SOURCES (Below the break) Not all topics discussed on tonight’s show: Continue reading
