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Mon, May 10 & 17, 2021, 3PM (CT). POSSIBLE TOPICS: Voting info; ‘Nationally-known’ water bottling company backs out of Conroe deal; Missouri City City Council gives initial go-ahead for employee pay increases; Heights-area residents give feedback on rapid bus route coming to I-10; More than ever, Harris County home appraisals draw protests; Texas’ larger cities would face financial penalties for cutting police budgets under bill approved by House; Medicaid expansion for uninsured Texans had bipartisan support, but lawmakers won’t pass it this session; Texas lawmakers propose electricity market bailout after winter storm; Protesters who obstruct emergency vehicles could face felony charges under bill passed by Texas House; Redistricting is boring, and that’s why it’s hazardous to voters; The Real-Life Victims of Democrats’ Irrational Deficit Paranoia; Is Slow Growth and a Sluggish Economy the New Normal? Ask College Grads. More [AUDIO/VIDEO] #KPFTHouston 90.1FM
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Mon, May 3, 2021, 3PM (CT). TOPICS: VOTING INFO, Proposed plan will increase City of Houston water and sewage bills over next 5 years; West University proposes speed limit change; ExxonMobil resolves tax abatement default, moves employees from Spring to The Woodlands; Harris County coronavirus count: Daily new cases rise as hospitalizations fall; Houston ISD to receive $536M in federal funds in first allotment of COVID-19 relief money; Texas enabled the worst carbon monoxide poisoning catastrophe in recent U.S. history; Texas House passes package of police reform bills; In push for new Texas voting restrictions, House panel sets up GOP faceoff; McConnell Attacks Biden Rule’s Antiracism Focus, Calling It ‘Divisive’; Romney booed at Utah GOP convention before failed vote to censure him; Exclusive: Biden’s $400,000 tax cap for individual earnings, not joint filers; Indian PM Modi could have prevented India’s devastating Covid-19 crisis, critics say; 4-Stories: Drought, Climate Change, Adaptation; MORE. [AUDIO/VIDEO] #KPFTHouston 90.1FM
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Mon, April 26, 2021, 3PM (CT). This Episode was a repeat of the show broadcast on April 19, 2021. See notes there.
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Mon, April 19 & 26, 2021, 3PM (CT). TOPICS: James Berk “Jim” Henley – October 7, 1947 to April 14, 2021; Voting and Tax Info; Vehicle Registration Self-Incrimination; West U council OKs $1.7 million for Virtual Gate second phase; League City agrees to land swap with Friendswood; Harris County supports creation of new criminal district court to tackle case backlog; No grace period to follow end of statewide waiver for vehicle title, registration; Texas House approves bill that would allow people to carry a gun without a license; Ted Cruz among a small number of Republicans opposing bill to address hate crimes against Asian Americans; Maxine Waters: Jim Jordan was mistreating Dr. Fauci, panel; Mary Mallon (1869-1938) and the history of typhoid fever; U.S. drops plans to send destroyers into the Black Sea due to concerns over Russia; UK warships to sail for Black Sea in May as Ukraine-Russia tensions rise- Sunday Times; SO, WHAT’S GOING ON HERE? Ukraine, Russia, Crimea, etc.; Biden’s Russia pipeline dilemma; How Dependent Is Germany On Russian Gas?; More. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO] #KPFTHouston 90.1FM
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Mon, April 12, 2021, 3PM (CT). TOPICS: Voting info; Tax Day for individuals extended; Officials: No grace period to follow end of statewide waiver for vehicle title, registration requirements; Federal relief offers Houston way to avert fiscal disaster—for now; Bellaire roundup: Council OK’s grant for backup generator; Rice Military-area senior housing project gets backing of city’s Harvey grant program; Houston political groups eye November for election on mayoral power limits; Federal judge approves Houston’s $2 billion answer to Clean Water Act lawsuit; Texas has 19.4% of its population fully vaccinated; TX Land Commissioner George P. Bush “seriously considering” run for attorney general; Western U.S. may be entering its most severe drought in modern history; Nearly “catastrophic” Piney Point wastewater leak could irreparably harm neighboring marine life; Egypt, Sudan reject Ethiopian proposal for data sharing on Renaissance dam; Brexit Britain’s Biggest Test Might Be Survival; Ukraine turns to Turkey as Russia threatens full-scale war; US and China deploy aircraft carriers in South China Sea as tensions simmer; How Putin or Xi Could Blow It All Up for Biden; More. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO] #KPFTHouston 90.1FM
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Mon, April 5, 2021, 3PM (CT). TOPICS: Voting info; Tax Day for individuals extended to May 17: Treasury, IRS extend filing and payment deadline; Pandemic leads to rise in anxiety, depression in Cy-Fair; Texas will receive record 2.5M COVID-19 vaccine doses [this] week; ‘No one gets left behind’: Harris County prioritizes COVID-19 vaccine access for vulnerable residents; Houston Real Estate Remains Insulated From February’s Arctic Blast; GOP congressional candidate in TX special election loses prominent supporters after racist comment about Chinese immigrants; Let’s get rid of Democratic appellate court justices; Biden administration working to develop a system for people to prove they’ve been vaccinated; Republican Sen. Roy Blunt calls on Biden to slash massive infrastructure plan to $615 billion; Parler explains ‘free speech’ to angry users after sharing Capitol riot posts with the FBI; Postal banking, alcohol delivery could save the USPS; The Historians Under Attack for Exploring Poland’s Role in the Holocaust; MORE. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO] #KPFTHouston 90.1FM
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Mon, March 29, 2021, 3PM (CT). POSSIBLE TOPICS: Voting info; TX DMV announces 4/13 end date for waiver of vehicle title, registration; ; ; MORE. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO] #KPFTHouston 90.1FM
Due to technical circumstances beyond our control, we were unable to record Monday’s show.
The topics and excerpts will be posted, however.
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Mon, March 22, 2021, 3PM (CT). POSSIBLE TOPICS: Voting info; TX DMV announces end date for waiver of vehicle title, registration ; Tax Day for individuals extended to May 17: Treasury, IRS extend filing and payment deadline; Asian women say shootings point to relentless, racist tropes; River Oaks Theatre likely to close despite further negotiations; The Texas rent relief program has been open for a month. It’s made just 3 payments.; Rent is cheap, vacant space is everywhere: Retailers seize the moment to open stores; What Happens When a Slogan Becomes the Curriculum; Evidence in Capitol attack investigation trending toward sedition charges, departing chief says; ‘An all-hands moment’: GOP rallies behind voting limits; Democrats want ‘illegal aliens and child molesters’ to vote, Ted Cruz says – report; The Government Just Admitted It Doesn’t Really Try to Collect Rich People’s Taxes; US ranks last in worker benefits among developed countries: data; MORE. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO] #KPFTHouston 90.1FM
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Mon, March 15, 2021, 3PM (CT). POSSIBLE TOPICS: Voting info; “Vote By Mail” applications; Texas DMV announces end date for waiver of vehicle title, registration requirements; INCOME TAXES; Houston coronavirus updates: UK variant present throughout city, new data confirms; Houston City Council OKs measure to prevent water bill spikes caused by Winter Storm Uri; Montrose TIRZ presents ‘Liveable Centers’ plan for long-term investments in affordable housing, infrastructure; Harris County sues TxDOT over I-45 overhaul proposal; Another Texas GOP lawmaker is attempting to make abortion punishable by the death penalty; Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick focuses scorn on Public Utility Commission after winter storm, testing Gov. Greg Abbott; After Texas’ power grid failure, some in Lubbock worry about the city’s plans to join ERCOT; The percent of Texans vaccinated against COVID-19 now exceeds the percent who have tested positive for the virus; Biden will deploy FEMA to care for teenagers and children crossing border in record numbers; EXPLAINER: How dangerous is the Fukushima nuke plant today?; Irish foreign minister says UK guilty of ‘perverse nationalism’ over U.S. trade; Switzerland referendum: Voters support ban on face coverings in public; ‘Racist agenda’: Fear, worries over Sri Lanka’s burqa ban; Syria’s Asma al-Assad faces police investigation in the UK; In Fact, Dr. Seuss’ Name Rhymes With Voice; MORE. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO] #KPFTHouston 90.1FM
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Mon, March 8, 2021, 3PM (CT). POSSIBLE TOPICS: Voting info; “Vote By Mail” apps; TX DMV announces 4/13 end date for waiver of vehicle title, registration; SNAP May Replace Food Lost During Power Failure; The freeze was hard on the bats; Fired ERCOT leader refuses more than $800,000 severance pay; Harris County, Houston leaders call end of statewide mask mandate a ‘distraction’ from power grid failures; For some Texans who lost loved ones to the coronavirus, lifting the mask mandate is a “slap in the face”; Harris County got rid of cash bail for many people accused of minor crimes. GOP lawmakers want to walk that back; Idaho Just Passed a Law to Compensate the Innocent; Kentucky bill would make it a crime to insult a police officer; Today’s Gridlock Is Like a 19th-Century Nightmare; Switzerland referendum: Voters support ban on face coverings in public; Russian disinformation campaign working to undermine confidence in Covid-19 vaccines used in US; More. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO] #KPFTHouston 90.1FM
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Mon, Feb. 22, 2021 & March 1, 2021, 3PM (CT). POSSIBLE TOPICS: REPUBLICAN FREEZE-POCALYPSE 2021 ADDITION; MORE. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO] #KPFTHouston 90.1FM
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Mon, Feb. 22, 2021 & March 1, 2021, 3PM (CT). POSSIBLE TOPICS: REPUBLICAN FREEZE-POCALYPSE 2021 ADDITION; MORE. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO] #KPFTHouston 90.1FM
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Mon, Feb. 15, 2021, 3PM (CT). POSSIBLE TOPICS: Voting info; Voting info; “Vote By Mail” applications; TX DMV announces end date for waiver of vehicle title, registration ; Sheriff Eric Fagan’s reversal of 2019 dispatch policy brings relief to Fort Bend County officials; Former top aides say TX AG Ken Paxton received assistance with home remodel, job for alleged girlfriend in return for helping political donor; Trump impeachment: Senate falls short of majority needed to convict; After impeachment, bipartisanship is dead — and so is the immoral Republican Party; 120 anti-Trump Republicans are in talks to form a center-right 3rd party that would run on ‘principled conservatism,’ “; Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt resigns from board amid group’s recent scandals; Insurrectionists are rushing to delete evidence of their participation in the Capitol riot, report says; CBO says U.S. federal debt to exceed size of economy even before Biden stimulus is approved; More. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO] #KPFTHouston 90.1FM
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Mon, Feb. 8, 2021, 3PM (CT). POSSIBLE TOPICS: Voting info; “Vote By Mail” apps; TX DMV announces 4/13 end date for waiver of vehicle title, registration; Local officials urge COVID-19 vaccine distribution to focus on the high-risk and vulnerable; New effort to track economic equity in Harris County; Oil and gas cleanups are on Biden’s agenda. Will Texas embrace it?; Pete Buttigieg: I want the United States to be leading the world in high speed rail; Sen. Lindsey Graham says Trump will ‘get his share of blame in history’ for the Capitol riot; Ingraham: Biden defense chief starting ‘ideological and un-American purge of the US military’; Yellen: US could reach full employment next year if Congress passes Biden’s stimulus plan; It’s not just GameStop worrying Wall Street about a bubble; MORE. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO] #KPFTHouston 90.1FM
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Mon, Feb. 1, 2021, 3PM (CT). POSSIBLE TOPICS: Voting info; “Vote By Mail” apps; TX DMV announces 4/13 end date for waiver of vehicle title, registration; Bellaire roundup: Council sets date for consensus facilitation firm, refers specifications review to commission and more; Analysis: Just when you think campaign season is over, Texas pulls you back in; It’ll be awhile before redistricting happens; Pa. could become national outlier in how it elects appellate judges, worrying some experts; Texas prepares to test for lead in schools’ drinking water for the first time; After Record Turnout, Republicans Are Trying to Make It Harder to Vote; After Record Turnout, Republicans Are Trying to Make It Harder to Vote; ‘We need to work together’: Manchin blasts Harris’ TV hit on Covid relief; MORE. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO] #KPFTHouston 90.1FM
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Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 3PM (CT) POSSIBLE TOPICS: Voting info; “Vote By Mail” apps; TX DMV announces 4/13 end date for waiver of vehicle title, registration; Last Sears in Houston area is closing; New groundwater rules set to abolish previous pumping restrictions in areas including The Woodlands; Toxic substance or water supply? Lawmakers to weigh whether wastewater from oil fields could replenish the state’s aquifers; Dems frustrated as fight over filibuster stalls power-sharing agreement in Senate; Prominent Senate Republican warns Trump trial could spark more impeachments; Congress must face the enemy within; MORE. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO] #KPFTHouston 90.1FM.
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Mon, Jan 18, 2021, 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; Stopping storm surge: Coastal barrier aims to protect Greater Houston area; Ken Paxton is only state attorney general in the U.S. who didn’t sign letters condemning Capitol insurrection; Texans call for Ken Paxton’s resignation outside Texas Attorney General’s Office; Republican U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz plan to attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration; Joint Chiefs Affirm Election Results, Condemn ‘Assault on Our Constitutional Process’; Democrats have a new tool to undo Trump’s ‘midnight rule-making.’ But there’s a catch; Biden’s agenda gets a fighting chance after Democrats capture Senate control; Biden Seeks Quick Start With Executive Actions and Aggressive Legislation; After Georgia Senate Victory, Will Democrats Kill the Filibuster?; FBI probing if foreign governments, groups funded extremists who helped execute Capitol attack; MORE. Guest: [AUDIO/VIDEO]
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#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: Mon,2/27/2017, 9PM @KPFTHouston 90.1FM. TOPICS: 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! 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.
SIGNOFF QUOTE[s]:
“My great fear is that we are quickly approaching a situation where our two major political parties are not only distinguished by whether they are ideologically liberal or conservative but also by whether they actively support and defend basic liberal democratic norms and institutions or not. In the past, both the Republican and Democratic parties have been honorable defenders of American democratic norms and institutions. It is difficult to say, though, that the Republican Party as a whole is strongly committed to defending liberal democratic values right now.” ~ Dr. Benjamin Knoll, Ph.D., Contributor John Marshall Harlan Associate Professor of Politics, Centre College, “Donald Trump, the Republican Party, and the future of American democracy are at a crossroads”, 02/26/2017, huffingtonpost.com
#Thinkwing: Mon,2/20/2017, 9PM @KPFTHouston 90.1FM. TOPICS: “Not My President’s Day, What happens in Sweden …. , A Govt by Generals & Billionaires, What sayeth the 1st Amendment?, ‘Writ of Mandamus before SCOTUS, A Govt Civics Discussion-How Our Govt Is Designed – A Primer, 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! ‘Reuters Instructs Reporters to Cover Trump Like Any Other Authoritarian’, A Govt Civics Discussion-How Our Govt Is Designed – A Primer, 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.
SIGNOFF QUOTE[s]:
“In my work with the defendants [at the Nuremberg Trials, 1945-1949] I was searching for the nature of evil and I now think I have come close to defining it. A lack of empathy. It’s the one characteristic that connects all the defendants, a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the absence of empathy.” ~ Captain G. M. Gilbert, the Army psychologist assigned to watching the defendants at the Nuremberg trials http://www.crisispapers.org/essays8p/empathy.htm (For attribution, I found this information here. Thanks to edwinrutsch3.)
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Houston Open Carry Policy in Restaurants & Grocery Stores
Houston activist Kyle Nielsen has maintained a publicly available online spreadsheet for the past several weeks, along with a little help from a few local journalists, including myself.
#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]
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THINKWING RADIO MOVED TO MONDAYS, 9-10 PM BEGINNING 4/13/2015.
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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?
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DOJ subpoenas airlines over keeping ticket prices high,
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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

