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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information; REGISTER TO VOTE; APPLY FOR MAIL-IN BALLOT; Last day to register is the end of April 6^th; 2023 Houston mayoral election; Top Republicans balk at Trump highlighting Jan. 6 rioters, calling it politically unwise; House Republican summarizes party’s response to rampant school shootings: “We’re not gonna fix it.” … said Rep. Tim Burchett; The Federalist Society Isn’t Quite Sure About Democracy Anymore; A REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT — U.S. and China wage war beneath the waves – over internet cables; Denmark invites Nord Stream operator to help salvage unidentified object; Inch by Bloody Inch in Ukraine War, Russia Is Closing In on Bakhmut (“I would alternate through what might be described as manic-depressive swings, joking around one moment and being on the verge of tears the next. This could happen multiple times per hour.”); More.

 Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) on KPFT FM-HD2, Houston’s Community Station. You can also hear the show:

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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information; REGISTER TO VOTE; APPLY FOR MAIL-IN BALLOT;Harris County commissioners approve climate action plan, worker safety policy; ‘Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’: Texas lawmakers have $188B available for 2024-25 budget; Jim Jordan Defends Physical Altercation on House Floor: ‘Exactly How the Founders Intended It’; Fallout and Doom QA Testers Just Formed the Biggest Union in the US Games Industry; A US federal agency is considering a ban on gas stoves; Tests on travelers from China offer rare snapshot of covid chaos; With China, America faces a preparedness crisis; The WTO’s national security ‘thin ice’ moment could shatter reform talks; More.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) on KPFT FM-HD2, Houston’s Community Station. You can also hear the show:

1. Live online at KPFT.org (from anywhere in the world!)
2. Podcast on your phone’s Podcast App
3. Visiting Archive.KPFT.ORG

Welcome to Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig where we discuss local, state, national, and international stories. My co-host and show editor is Andrew Ferguson.

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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information; Harris County, Houston officials outline preparations for freezing temperatures; Ahead of below-freezing temperatures, ERCOT prepares power grid; Mayor Sylvester Turner announces agreement with Houston, Harris County, TxDOT over I-45 project; Guns confiscated at US airports hit record levels; ‘Out of control’: No one knows how much to tip; P-22, Los Angeles’ famous mountain lion, has been euthanized after ‘severe injuries’ from possible ‘vehicle strike’; Majority of states call on Supreme Court to review constitutionality of CFPB funding; Abe Hamadeh’s challenge of Arizona attorney general election to go to trial; Maricopa judge allows narrow part of Kari Lake’s Arizona election lawsuit to head to trial; Biden team planning a dramatically expanded digital strategy for 2024; Big Tech Laid Off Thousands. Here’s Who Wants Them Next; Biden administration proposing phaseout of compact fluorescent light bulbs; Mystery recordings will now be heard for the first time in about 100 years; More.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) on KPFT FM-HD2, Houston’s Community Station. You can also hear the show:

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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information; Jersey Village residents share feedback, hear updates on potential baseball stadium; Pearland City Council hires legal counsel and starts search for new city manager; City of Sugar Land wraps up 2019 bond-funded drainage projects; Harris County operating with slimmer budgets for law enforcement, flood control, hospital district after tax rate standoff; Advocates hope federal investigation brings fixes to Houston’s illegal dumping woes; Cruz: “Of course” Trump was wrong to call for terminating Constitution; GOP slowly begins to condemn Trump’s call to terminate Constitution, but many remain silent; Ukraine war: How Germany ended reliance on Russian gas; More

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) on KPFTFM-HD2, Houston’s Community Station. You can also hear the show:

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3. Or by visiting ARCHIVE.KPFT.ORG for previous version of this show and over 100 other KPFT programs.

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TOPICS:  REGISTER TO VOTE; Houston officials say state made the call on water boil notice; ‘This message can save lives’: State agencies increase enforcement, encourage driver safety during Thanksgiving; Texas Transportation Commission approves toll rate price increase for Grand Parkway, Hwy. 249; ERCOT report: Texas power grid will hold up this winter (in most conditions); New York [City] will involuntarily hospitalize more mentally ill people; Jewish Allies Call Trump’s Dinner With Antisemites a Breaking Point; NATO Supports Eventual Ukraine Membership as US Pledges Millions to Fix Power Grid; More.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) on KPFT-HD2, Houston’s Community Station. You can also hear the show:

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POSSIBLE TOPICS:

1. VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information;
2. Harris County Elections Administrator Clifford Tatum seeks resources, still assessing midterm elections;
3. Harris County’s election missteps fuel GOP lawsuit and calls for investigation;
4. Texas lawmakers target property taxes, election fraud and transgender people in new legislation ahead of 2023 session;
5. Broward [Cty, Florida] Superintendent Vickie Cartwright Fired by School Board;
6. US intelligence official says Russian missiles killed two people in Poland; waves of missile strikes across Ukraine as G20 leaders meet in Bali;
7. Artemis I mission takes flight in historic leap forward for NASA’s moon program;
8. NASA’s massive moon rocket will cost taxpayers billions more than projected, auditor warns Congress;
9. How much did the Apollo program cost?;
10. More.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) on KPFT-HD2, Houston’s Community Station. You can also hear the show:

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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information; PSA: Low-income Texans may qualify for financial assistance with utility bills; Worksheet error overstates Pearland property values by $1.3B, city faces $10M shortfall; City of Houston moves forward with intentions to purchase Ruffino Tract; Election results: How Texas voted in the November 2022 midterms; DeSantis’ administration won’t allow Justice Department monitors inside Florida polling places, saying his secretary of state will watch the 3 Democratic strongholds instead; Maxwell Frost elected as the first Gen Z member of Congress; Live Results on Nevada Question 3: Voters will decide on ranked choice general elections and top-five primaries; US woman detained by Saudi officials after saying she has been trapped there since 2019; After Decades of Resistance, Rich Countries Offer Direct Climate Aid; Satellite Images Show A Russian Buildup In Belarus. Experts Say It May Be A Bluff.; Scientists evaluate Earth-cooling strategies with geoengineering simulations; More.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) on KPFT-HD2, Houston’s Community Station. You can also hear the show:

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This is a re-airing of an unexpectedly timely interview that was broadcast 1 day before Russia invaded Ukraine. Stan is a widely respected expert in the topics discussed.

INTERVIEW: Weds, February 23, 2022, 11 AM (CT). GUEST: STAN SLOAN. INTERVIEW TOPICS: Ukraine, Russia, and the Greater Euro-Transatlantic Situation. ALSO! Post-interview discussion, available only in this post! 

 

AFTER-INTERVIEW:

 

GUEST: STAN SLOAN

• Stan Sloan has worked on European security issues for over fifty years. He began with service as an intelligence officer at the CIA and in the US Air Force, followed by 24 years advising Congress on international security policy, continuing after retirement in 1999 as a teacher, lecturer, and writer. His most recent books are titled De-Trumping U.S. Foreign Policy: Can Biden bring America back? and Defense of the West: Transatlantic Security from Truman to Trump.
  • De-Trumping U.S. Foreign Policy: Can Biden Bring America Back? De Gruyter Publishing, December 2021; and 
  • Defense of the West:  Transatlantic Security from Truman to Trump, with a foreword from Sir Lawrence Freedman. Manchester University Press, 2020.
• ADDITIONAL REFERENCES MENTIONED DURING SHOW & POST-SHOW:
  • Rio Grande border disputes
  • 2014 Crimean status referendum
• PREVIOUS INTERVIEW with STAN SLOAN (APRIL 20, 2020): The Past/Present/Future of NATO in the age of Trump and Pandemic

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Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) on KPFT-HD2, Houston’s Community Station. You can also hear the show:

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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information; BALLOT POSTAGE; Story & Commentary: European weapons manufacturers scramble to adapt to wartime demand; Harris Co. Dems call for federal election monitors after Paxton letter; Is crime up or down? In Houston, concerns are hard to allay; Earthquakes in Texas doubled in 2021. Scientists cite years of oil companies injecting sludgy water underground.; Backed-up pipes, stinky yards: Climate change is wrecking septic tanks; Forever Chemicals No More? PFAS Are Destroyed With New Technique; More.

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) on KPFT-HD2, Houston’s Community Station. You can also hear the show:

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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information;  

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) on KPFT-HD2, Houston’s Community Station. You can also hear the show:

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POSSIBLE TOPICS: VOTETEXAS.GOV—Voter Information; No, it doesn’t cost between $25-30K to replace most electric vehicle batteries; Montgomery County to revise tax abatement guidelines as defaults continue; Harris County tax rate vote stalled for third time as law enforcement appear en masse at commissioners court; Rodney Reed pleads before U.S. Supreme Court for DNA testing that might establish his innocence; U.S. Supreme Court rejects request to review Texas death row inmate Andre Thomas’ case; Charlottesville museum hoping to melt Lee statue must tell plaintiffs where it is; Former presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard says she is leaving the Democratic Party; Russia’s FSB arrests eight for Crimea Bridge blast; European weapons manufacturers scramble to adapt to wartime demand; Tom Cruise set to become first actor to shoot movie in outer space; NASA Astronaut Warns Tom Cruise About What The ISS Smells Like; What does space smell like?: More

Thinkwing Radio with Mike Honig (@ThinkwingRadio) is now on Wednesdays at 11AM (CT) on KPFT-HD2, Houston’s Community Station. You can also hear the show:

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