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Program Summary 16 Feb. 2015

Hear Rep. Bill Otto and "the Lineball Sisters" during the 2nd hour discuss all manner of smalltown life in Kansas in the second hour after these news stories.

Between the Lines (30 min.)

Description: As War Hawks Circle Above Washington, Humanitarian Crisis in Eastern Ukraine Invisible in U.S. Media; Activists Engage in Civil Disobedience in Opposition to LNG Terminal at Cove Point Maryland; As FCC Readies New Net Neutrality Rules, Telecom Giants Prepare Legal and Legislative Offensive

Free Speech Radio News (30 min.)

Description:

• Deadline looming on the future of austerity measures in Greece
• Overflow crowd packs Federal Election Commission hearing on campaign finance limits
• 300 people assumed dead in mass drowning while trying to reach Europe from Africa
• Independent, international experts question Mexico’s handling of missing students case
• Scientists examine apparent increase in mass mortality events among non-human species
• Education reform bills before Wisconsin Assembly could lead to more for-profit education

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.