OTTOS KANSAS COFFEE BAR

Kansas Coffee Bar

Program Summary date 29 Dec. 2014

Hear Rep. Bill Otto and "the Lineball Sisters" discuss all manner of smalltown life in Kansas in the second hour after these news stories.

Counterspin (30 min.)

Description: Welcome to CounterSpin, your weekly look behind the headlines of the mainstream news. I'm Peter Hart. This week on CounterSpin, what does the CIA torture report say about torture-- and about us? We'll talk with Rebecca Gordon, author of the book Mainstreaming Torture, about the big questions we should be asking.

Free Speech Radio News (30 min.)

Description:

• Houston and Milwaukee officers cleared of charges in killings of unarmed black men
• New York City mayor calls for protest pause after deadly ambush of two officers
• Checkpoints and other restrictions put damper on Christmas tourism in Bethlehem
• Blasphemy claims incite mob violence; young couple immolated
• Declassified memo reveals Mexican police worked for Zetas in town infamous for migrant murders and mass graves
• Prop 47 frees some California inmates in time to be home for the holidays

Co-hosted during the second hour with Rep. Bill Otto, formerly of the 9th district, in the Kansas legislature listen in to conversations with "Traditional Republicans" who have lived small town life in Kansas across the generations.