This week featured guests include executive director Becky Allgood of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum, located in West Branch, Iowa, which is celebrating its 50th Anniversary this summer with a free all-day event August 4th. KRUU is a proud cosponsor of the event. For details, click here. 3pm CT.

Host James Moore kicks off the show with WW II pilot Jerry Yellin who talks about his work with veterans suffering from PTSD. He will be hosting HEALING the HIDDEN WOUNDS of WAR Saturday, July 28th at 2pm at the Sondheim Center. It's free and open to the public. Also speaking: Afghan War veteran Luke Jensen & brain scientist Fred Travis. KRUU is co-sponsoring the event. 2pm

Fairfield civic lighthouse Ken Malloy talks about the Greater Jefferson County Foundation. Learn about the Foundation's genesis and its role supporting nonprofits and high school students since 1975. A contest for those interested in producing a video to represent & promote the Foundation is announced. $500 cash prize. Listen August 1st for a co-sponsorship day announcing the contest.

Followed by meditations on John Carroll, Neale Donald Walsh & the Libor scandal.

At 4pm, it's our regular segment "Inside the Headlines" with Newsvandal JP Sottile. For full list of this week's headlines, please click "Read more" below.

Head's Up: Tomorrow morning 11am: Filmmaker Kristian Day and author Frank Meeink, who are working together on a new documentary "Is This Heaven" on Iowa spirituality. Kristian, president of the Modern American Cinema and managing editor at Iowa Music Buzz, files regular reports for KRUU from Des Moines.

1. Profits Of Doom
Amnesty International's latest arms trade campaign is colonialism with a kindly face
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100172438/amnesty-internationals-latest-arms-trade-campaign-is-colonialism-with-a-kindly-face/
 
U.S. “Secretly” Circumvents Somalia Arms Embargo
https://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2012/07/somalia_arms.html
 
U.S. Plans $4.2B Patriot Missile Sale To Kuwait
http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120725/DEFREG04/307250005/U-S-Plans-4-2B-Patriot-Missile-Sale-Kuwait
 
U.S. builds Afghan air base, but where are the planes?
http://www.stripes.com/news/middle-east/afghanistan/us-builds-afghan-air-base-but-where-are-the-planes-1.183932
 
Pentagon efforts to straighten out bookkeeping face billion-dollar cost overruns
http://www.iwatchnews.org/2012/07/24/10181/pentagon-efforts-straighten-out-bookkeeping-face-billion-dollar-cost-overruns
 
Sequestration: The Way to Cut Defense Waste
http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/sequestration-the-way-to-cut-defense-waste/
 
Disconnect: Public Wants Cuts in Defense Spending; Democratic and Republican Leaders Don’t
http://www.allgov.com/Top_Stories/ViewNews/Disconnect_Public_Wants_Cuts_in_Defense_Spending_Democratic_and_Republican_Leaders_Dont_120723
 
Congressional insider trading ban might not apply to families
http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/19/politics/stock-act-loophole/
 
Welfare State: Meet America's socialist military
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/07/19/welfare_state
 

2. The Economy Doesn't Suck, It Just Sucks For You
The LIBOR Scandal for Dummies
http://www.moneytalksnews.com/2012/07/23/libor-scandal-of-the-century/
 
Big banks dominate Dodd-Frank meetings with regulators
http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2012/07/19/dodd-frank-two-years-later/
 
Your credit card costs small biz thousands
http://money.cnn.com/video/smallbusiness/2012/07/19/sbiz-credit-card-costs.cnnmoney/
 
New Home Sales Collapse 8.4%
http://www.businessinsider.com/new-home-sales-june-2012-7
 
Hamptons Home Sales Jump to 5-Year High as Luxury Demand Climbs
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-26/hamptons-home-sales-jump-to-5-year-high-as-luxury-demand-climbs.html
 
Tax Justice Network: Wealth Held in Tax Havens Skyrockets
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/07/22/tax-justice-network-wealth-held-in-tax-havens-skyrockets/
 
US poverty on track to rise to highest since 1960s
http://news.yahoo.com/us-poverty-track-rise-highest-since-1960s-112946547--finance.html
 
The U.S. Economic Policy Debate Is a Sham
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-23/the-u-s-economic-policy-debate-is-a-sham.html
 

3. It's Not Nice To Fool With Mother Nature
The Ecology of Disease: How Destroying Nature Unleashes Infectious Diseases
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/sunday-review/the-ecology-of-disease.html
 
The Chevron Oil Pollution Mess Gets Messier
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-07-24/the-chevron-oil-pollution-mess-gets-messier
 
Oceans of Garbage: Why People are Eating their Own Trash
http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/oceans_of_garbage/
 
USDA Prepares to Green-Light Gnarliest GMO Soy Yet
http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2012/07/usda-prepares-ground-dows-herbicide-sucking-crops
 
House Agriculture Committee Slips in Late Amendment Attacking State Animal Welfare Laws
http://www.allgov.com/US_and_the_World/ViewNews/House_Agriculture_Committee_Slips_in_Late_Amendment_Attacking_State_Animal_Welfare_Laws_120724
 
Triage Now Determining which Species Will Die Out
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=conservationists-triage-determine-which-endangered-species-to-save
 

THIS WEEK IN GOOD NEWS!
Oil demand in the rich world has peaked and is falling, leaving the industry with massive overcapacity
http://www.economist.com/node/21559374?fsrc=scn/tw/te/ar/stormypetrol
 
McDonald's second-quarter profit falls, shares slide
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/23/us-mcdonalds-results-idUSBRE86M0IG20120723
 
As China costs rise, technology lures U.S. factories home
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/24/us-usa-manufacturing-onshoring-idUSBRE86N05M20120724
 

ODDS & ENDS:
Spy Satellite Companies Form Space Monopoly
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/
 
Ten Years After Decriminalization, Drug Abuse Down by Half in Portugal
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/07/05/ten-years-after-decriminalization-drug-abuse-down-by-half-in-portugal/
 
Nearly Half of Americans Drink Soda Daily
http://www.gallup.com/poll/156116/Nearly-Half-Americans-Drink-Soda-Daily.aspx
 
STAT OF THE DAY: 37% of Births Between 2006 and 2010 Were Unplanned
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/07/37-births-between-2006-and-2010-were-unintended/55037/
 
Israel orders demolition of 8 Palestinian villages, claims need for IDF training land
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-orders-demolition-of-8-palestinian-villages-claims-need-for-idf-training-land.premium-1.453015
 
Afghan reality TV show's goal is national unity
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/afghan-reality-tv-shows-goal-is-national-unity-7966302.html
 
Religious right targets Africa
http://www.smh.com.au/world/religious-right-targets-africa-20120724-22ng6.html
 
The Hill's 50 Most Beautiful People
http://thehill.com/capital-living/cover-stories/239791-the-hills-50-most-beautiful-people-2012
 
Paraguay’s Bitter Harvest: Multinational Corporations Reap Benefits from Coup Government
http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/07/25/paraguays-bitter-harvest/
 
McClatchy joins quote-approval opposition
http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/07/mcclatchy-joins-quoteapproval-opposition-129624.html
 
Matt Taibbi | No Kidding: The Most Incoherent Tom Friedman Column Ever
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/no-kidding-the-most-incoherent-tom-friedman-column-ever-20120725
 
Legendary Director Peter Bogdanovich: What If Movies Are Part of the Problem?
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dark-knight-rises-shooting-peter-bogdanovich-353774
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