New World Next Week: Episode175 - Hitila, Media PTSD, Viral Truth

NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode175 - Hitila, Media PTSD, Viral Truth
Welcome to New World Next Week - the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week:

Story #1: Reality Star Tila Tequila Converts to Nazism, Calls Herself ‘Hitila’ In Anti-Semitic New Song
MySpace Star-Turned-Conspiracy Theorist Tila Tequila Says Paul Walker Killed In "Ritualistic Murder"

Story #2: Can You Get PTSD From Watching Media Coverage Of An Event? Maybe.
Video: Can Watching Media Coverage of a Traumatic Event Be More Stressful Than Actually Being There?

Story #3: If A Story Is Viral, Truth May Be Taking a Beating
Beastie Boys Counter-Sue Toy Company GoldieBlox Over Copyright Claim
CIA Director Reveals He Wasn't Aware 'Zero Dark Thirty' Screenwriter Was Present at Bin Laden Raid Briefing
Toto Doesn't Approve of 'Africa' Playing During CBS' Mandela Memorial Coverage

#NewWorldNextWeek Tweets:
JPMorgan Files Patent For 'Bitcoin Killer' Currency
Video: Interview With Seymour Hersh On Syria Chemical Weapons Lies
Obama Administration Cherry-Picked Intelligence To Justify Strike Against Assad
Syrian Electronic Army Strikes Again

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Previous: Rice Smackdown, Sriracha Shutdown, Pizza Throwdown

When Elites Attack (Each Other): Rupert, Tom, Cher and more

@rupertmurdoch I can't believe the biggest newspaper tycoons in the world have been reduced to sniping on Twitter about #Scientology...

— Charles Foster Kane (@KaneCitizen) July 3, 2012

Murdoch Hits Scientology After Celebrity Breakup
from ibnlive.com: News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch took a swipe at Tom Cruise on Sunday in a series of tweets that labeled the Hollywood star a No. 2 or No. 3 person in the hierarchy of Scientologists, a group the media mogul called 'creepy.'

Cher Refuses To Back Down From Anti-Mormon Slur
from abc4.com: Cher is refusing to back down from a Twitter comment she posted on Friday that is considered a slur against members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints... Cher's tweet said: "I Feel if he doesn't get all his DUCKS IN A ROW we'll b forced 2 listen 2Uncaring Richy Rich! The whitest man in MAGIC UNDERWEAR in the WH" Some news agencies reported that LDS leaders were upset over the reference to the garment won by faithful adult members of the church to remind them of sacred temple ordinances.

#Newspurge: Rising Sun Blues

Econocrash:
Rockefellers and Rothschilds Unite: Two of the world's greatest family dynasties, are pooling their vast resources*

Keynesianism & Eugenics*
A History of Bank Runs*
Euro Near a 2-Year Low; #EU Calls for a 'Banking Union'*
UK Plans Border Controls For Euro Meltdown*
Drach to the future! The Greek currency conundrum*
Bank of America: Thanks for the Bailout…We’ll Create Some Jobs in the Philippines*
Video: Dylan Ratigan interviews 'Bailout' movie makers*
Bank Profits Hit 5-Year High*
Half a Million Long-Term Unemployed Lose Benefits Earlier than Expected*
Postal Service offers buyouts to 45,000 mail handlers*
Bleak May unemployment report suggests economic recovery may be stalling*
Audio Satire: New 'Desperate Poverty' Video Game Blamed For Urban Violence*

Geopolitiks:
Video: Al Qaeda and the West team up to frame Syrian government for massacre*
Turning the T.I.P. – From Guernica to Huola*
SCO member-states to set up the Development Bank and Energy club*
SCO Armed Forces to Stage “Peace Mission 2012″ Drill*
Video: Nile Bowie on RT - Laying the Foundations for Preemptive Nuclear War Against Iran*

Media/Memes:
Buffett to buy newspapers;
Berkshire claims he won't influence content*
Broadcasters Warn of Apocalypse in Dish’s Ad-Skipping Service*
Acting Director of Defense Media Activity: Who Is Bryan Whitman?*
Sweden wins song contest marked by Azeri dissent*
Video: Loreen "Euphoria"*
For Some New York Immigrants, VHS Is King for Movie Rentals*
MIBs: Silencers vs Killers*
Vallée on MIB Imagery*
'Hemingway & Gellhorn': Directed by Philip Kaufman*
John Travolta hiding out in the Bahamas*
Against Me! Singer Plays First Show as Laura Jane Grace -
Transgender rocker, formerly Tom Gabel, opens for The Cult*
Amanda Palmer Dramatically Answers Questions About Her Connection to Scientology*
Video: Tyson Posted Training Video of #Bieber Before Singer's Assault on Photographer*
Despite Kabblah "cult" reunion Ashton and Demi not reuniting*
During her stay in Israel Madonna visited Tel Aviv’s Kabbalah Center*
Madonna Prays at Kaballah Center Ahead of Show*
Video: Doc Watson, Folk-Music Legend, Dies 89*
Audio: Doc Watson "Rising Sun Blues"*

Police State Updates:
Outsourcing Surveillance:
Watching dissidents is a booming business in China*
Quebec government makes it illegal to protest against the government*
If Violent Crime Rate is at 40-Year Low, Why is U.S. Spending S100 Billion a Year on Police?*
Gunshot Detection Systems:
The Latest Tool against Violent Crime*
Flashback: Who watches the watchers in surveillance society?*
Man Ticketed for Dropping Money on the Ground*
Judge Jails Honor Student with Two Jobs for Missing School*
Video: 11th-grade Honors Student Jailed for Truancy*

Portlandia/Oregon Oddities:
Oregon county releases inmates amid budget cuts*
Portland uses bad roads to qualify PSU area for Urban Renewal*
Portland man's 'Live #LipDub Proposal' goes viral*

West Virginia Worry:
Mountain Mourning:
Appalachian Women Lead Dramatic Protest Against Mountaintop Removal*
'Serpent-Handling' Pentecostal Pastor, ‪Mark Wolford‬ 44, Dies From ‪Snake Bite*

You Can Change the Channel, But Local News Is the Same

Local TV Stations Cut Costs by Sharing News Operations

from nytimes.com: Call a reporter at the CBS television station here (in Texas), and it might be an anchor for the NBC station who calls back. Or it might be the news director who runs both stations’ news operations.

The stations here compete for viewers, but they cooperate in gathering the news — maintaining technically separate ownership, but sharing office space, news video and even the scripts written for their nightly news anchors. That is why viewers see the same segments on car accidents, the same interviews with local politicians, the same high school sports highlights.

The same kind of sharing takes place in dozens of other cities, from Burlington, Vt., where the Fox and ABC stations sometimes share anchors, to Honolulu, where the NBC and CBS stations broadcast the same morning show. The changes have drawn the ire of critics, who charge that there are fewer and fewer journalists actually covering local news. The agreements behind this sharing are also attracting the attention of another group of viewers — federal regulators.

Amid stiff competition for advertising revenue, these agreements are a “survival strategy” for weak stations, said Perry Sook, the chairman and chief executive of Nexstar, which owns the CBS station here, KLST.

The rise of the agreements resembles the retrenchment of the American newspaper industry, but it has been far less publicized.

#MediaMemes: Hunger Game, Throne Change

Could Will You Survive the 'Hunger Games'?*
Hunger Games gets minor edits for UK release*
Third Horse’s Death Forces HBO's ‘Luck’ To Suspend Production With Animals*
Update: HBO's 'Luck' canceled after 3rd horse dies*
HBO's 'Game Change' promoted by same PR firm that represents Sandra Fluke*
Newspapers pull, move Doonesbury comic referencing abortion ultrasound bill*
After 244yrs, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses*
Video: Greg Palast says "We've got like a hypnotized nation. It's like Prozacistan here."*
'American Idol' Finalist Has 5 Active Arrest Warrants*
Jay-Z & Kanye West Settle Copyright Infringement Lawsuit*
Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead's Runaway Guitarist*
Ronnie Montrose, Guitarist, Dies at 64*
Jimmy Ellis, Trammps' "Disco Inferno" Singer, Dies at 74*
Steve Bridges, Comic impressionist, Dies at 48*
Frisner Augustin, Haitian Vodou Drummer, Is Dead at 63*
KONY 2012 Video: After Further Review By the Referees...*
#Kony2012 Director Jason Russell Arrested for Allegedly Drunkenly Masturbating in Public*
George Clooney arrested during protest at Sudan Embassy in DC*

Oregon Oddities and West Virginia Worry: This Mortal Coil

Dr. Peter Goodwin, Father of OR Suicide Law, Takes Own Life
from oregonlive.com: Peter Goodwin, the first doctor in Oregon to campaign publicly for the terminally ill to obtain medical help in ending their lives, died Sunday shortly after exercising the right he fought to secure. He was 83. Goodwin's four adult children and their spouses surrounded him in his Terwilliger Plaza apartment when he took a planned overdose of a prescribed drug Sunday.

Related Oregon Oddities:
Insufferable Portland?*
Updates on 'Insufferable Portland'*
Original 'Insufferable Portland' Piece from Weekly Standard*
More than 800,000 Oregonians received food stamp benefits in January*
Oregon employers slash 6,400 jobs in February; unemployment rate holds at 8.8 percent*
Fired Oregon School Boards Association executive director had charged questionable expenses*
Northwest Training and Testing EIS/OEIS:
Navy invites public comment on its offshore testing and training proposals*
Men identified, search suspended for missing Oregon boaters*
Man's body recovered from Willamette River in North Portland*
West Coast governments agree on plan to deal with debris from Japanese tsunami*
The First Four Minutes:
A Timeline of Portland's Upcoming Cataclysmic Quake*
Robert J. Caldwell, editorial page editor of The Oregonian, dies*
Oregon paper publishes embarrassing correction after editor found dead in sex act*

Federal Prisoners in WV Test MP3 Player Program
from wtrf.com: Hundreds of female inmates at a federal prison in West Virginia are testing a program to bring the quality of entertainment behind bars into the 21st century. More than 400 inmates have spent about $70 apiece to buy MP3 players from the commissary in the Federal Prison Camp at Alderson. U.S. Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Traci Billingsley says the program is essentially a technology update because inmates have been able to buy radios for decades. If it works in West Virginia, it will be rolled out to other federal facilities in late spring or early summer. Billingsley says keeping inmates occupied helps promote safety, particularly in overcrowded prisons where stress, conflict and the risk of violence is high.

Related WV Worry:
West Virginia Passes Texting Ban*
W.Va. unemployment climbs to 8.2 percent*
Eight Years After Abu Ghraib, Lynndie England's Not Doing So Well*
Flashback: Bayer plant still home to MIC stockpile / MIC killed thousands in Bhopal*

10/20 newspurge: everybody's talking 'bout the stormy weather

biowars/envirohealth:
just hours before the real thing in east bay,
millions participate in statewide quake drill*
second quake jolts bay area*
series of earthquakes strike big island of hawaii*
earthquake shakes south texas*
US, mexico to install quake sensors in two border city areas*
palm beach, fl confirms first dengue fever case*
video: albino cyclops shark is real, skeptics still not satisfied*

history/mystery: dynasts of the daily press -
'the magnificent medills: america's royal family of journalism during a century of turbulent splendor'*
historic seattle uptown theater is back & better than ever*
oct20, 1977: lynyrd skynyrd's plane crashes*

media/memes:
sonic youth's kim gordon & thurston moore split after 27rs of marriage;
group's future uncertain after current tour*
video: sonic youth 'teenage riot'*
morgue turns lilo away for being late to community service*
from von trier's end-times film to caustic visions from polanski, cronenberg, almodovar - nyff's year of apocalypse*
edgar m. villchur, hi-fi innovator, dies at 94*
the onion's twitter posts draw scrutiny*
onion story on capitol hill hostages sparks probe*
video: congress takes group of schoolchildren hostage*

murder/mayhem:
wild, exotic animals escape farm as owner found dead*

new world next week - oct7

media psyops, bye-bye sanchez, down with msm


Welcome to another important episode of the New World Next Week - the video series from Corbett Report & Media Monarchy that gives you the text, context & subtext on the stories that matter. This week:

Story #1: Army Uses US Media to Train Psychological Operations Personnel
Flashback: Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon's Hidden Hand

Story #2: CNN's Rick Sanchez Out After Suggesting Jews Run the Media
Flashback: Massive Israeli Manipulation of US Media Exposed

Story #3: Distrust in US Media Edges Up to Record High
Flashback: Internet Overtakes Print in News Consumption Among Americans

Bonus: Terronoia Grows Over Latest International Threataganda

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previous episode: sep30 -
fbi raids, cyber storm iii, phoney farmer's markets

army uses US media to train psychological operations personnel

from allgov: In what might be called reverse embedding, the U.S Army has been placing soldiers who conduct psychological warfare at local television news stations and newspapers, in order to pick up media skills for their work.

Through internships and fellowships, the Army’s Training with Industry program has allowed members of the 4th Psychological Operations group to work at WRAL, a CBS affiliate in Raleigh, North Carolina, and WTOC, a CBS affiliate in Savannah, Georgia. The experience provides soldiers with knowledge about broadcasting which then can be used to sway foreign enemies or populations.

The Army previously placed PSYOPS troops in CNN Money’s newsroom in 2000. But after word got out about it, CNN pulled the plug on the internships and admitted the move had been a mistake. The Chicago Tribune also hosted Marine Corps officers from 2002 until 2004.

In June the Army announced that it would be replacing the term “psychological operations” to the less ominous-sounding “Military Information Support Operations.”

new world next week - aug26

google in court, scanners on trial, bye bye cable


Welcome to a special positive episode of the New World Next Week - the video series from CorbettReport.com & MediaMonarchy.com. This week:

Story #1: Google Wi-Spy Lawsuits Head to Court
Flashback: Google's Wi-Spying & Intel Ties Prompt Call for Congressional Hearing

Story #2: After EPIC FOIA, Senators Question Retention of Body Scanner Images
Flashback: Body Scanners Will Not Be Used at Dubai Airports

Story #3: Pay TV Subscriptions Fall for 1st Time Ever in US
Flashback: Internet Overtakes Print in US News Consumption

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previous episode: aug19 -
warwhores, cointelpro lives, whole wheat wins

corbett report: episode120 - economics 101

from corbett report: The real story of the last 500 years has been the struggle of humanity to wrest itself from the clutches of the bankers who create our money out of thin air, but you won't read that in the history (or economics) textbooks. Find out what else you're missing as we delve into Economics 101 with John Williams, G. Edward Griffin, F. William Engdahl and Catherine Austin Fitts.

download episode120 [54.7mb mp3]


sunday update:
carbon eugenics, whistleblowers muzzled, rip mainstream media

the latest corbett report audio interviews:
#135 - stephen kohn & #136 - marc morano

previous episode: episode119 - lessons in resistance: whistleblowing

new world next week - mar4

9/11 trials, americanada & the death of printaganda

Corbett Report & Media Monarchy are proud to present the latest episode of the New World Next Week - the weekly video series that uncovers the subtext & gives you the context on some of the most important developments in alternative news & open source intelligence. This week's episode further explores the tortured patsies of 9/11 & their coming show trials + the deepening integration of the US/Canada militaries & some great news on the death of printaganda.

Story#1: Pentagon Drops Military Charges Against 9/11 Plotters
The Real Reason Only 5 Detainees Coming to NYC?
Flashback: Newly Released DOJ Memos Support Account of Torture of KSM's Children using Insects

Story#2: US & Canada to Extend Security Measures Past Olympics
The War on Terrorism & the Countdown to the 2010 Olympics
Flashback: US/Canada Border Security & Military Integration

Story#3: Internet Overtakes Print in US News Consumption
Pew Research: Understanding the Participatory News Consumer
Flashback: Anarchy, a Threat on the Electronic Frontier?

As mentioned at the end of this episode, Media Monarchy & Corbett Report are now accepting $10 donations for the new DVD from Divergent Films & PeaceRevolution.org: '20/20 Hindsight: Censorship on the Frontline'. Your donation gets you this new whistleblower documentary with numerous extras + you'll help support the alternative media that brings you news the corporate-controlled media won't touch. And as always, you'll stay up-to-date if you subscribe to the feeds from Corbett Report here & Media Monarchy here. Thank You.

previous episode: nwnw - feb25

obama would 'rather be a really good one-term president'

from raw replay: President Barack Obama greeted ABC World News anchor Diane Sawyer with a kiss to begin their interview Monday. But an awkward moment soon followed when Sawyer asked the president if the job was ever so difficult that he would consider not running for a second term. “I’d rather be a really good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president,” said Obama. This video is from ABC’s World News, broadcast Jan. 25, 2010.

related: obama has suspicious number of letter-writing fans named 'ellie light'

12/25 newspurge: it's beginning to look alot like...

9/11 updates:
9/11 families argue in court to remove ashes of loved ones from nyc garbage dump*
fed judge in germany:
numerous 9/11 theories screaming for investigation*
terrorists & crooks keep faa pilot's licenses*
specter looks to revive 9/11 suits against saudis*
9/11 hero dies of cancer on christmas day*

drugwar:
russia blames US forces in afghanistan for heroin rise*
video: man dies after swallowing bag of pot and being tasered*

econocrash:
banks with political ties got bailouts, study shows*
banks squeezing money from unemployed*

geopolitiks:
berlusconi attack underscores a sharply divided italy*
viral video suggests berlusconi attack was faked*
former french president chirac indicted for embezzlement*
mexican navy kills top cartel kingpin in shootout*
why did lockerbie bomber have $2.9m in swiss bank?*
mumbai suspect is US double agent, india claims*
mumbai terror suspect david headley was 'rogue US secret agent'*
cruise missiles strike yemen*
obama approves aid to israel & those other people*
organgate: after lying for decades,
israel admits illegal organ harvesting*
israel admits harvesting palestinian organs*

history/mystery:
video: marilyn monroe kicks back &
smokes some pot in newly uncovered home movie clip*


media/memes:
'sin city' star dies: brittany murphy at 32*
video: nbc removes controversial clip after brittany murphy's death*
moviemaking in america: it's a man's world*
parents in 'balloon boy' hoax get jail time*
the real reason newspapers are losing money, and why bailing out failing newspapers would create moral hazard in the media*
hannity calls ron paul supporters nuts & extremists;
says military complex gives us freedom of speech*
movie ratings: smoking marijuana=r; murder=pg-13*
charlie sheen arrested on felony charges in aspen*

murder/mayhem:
man holds 5 hostage in virginia post office*
virginia post office standoff ends peacefully*
fort hood-linked iman killed*
woman in red attacks pope*
US charges nigerian man in case of attempted terrorism*
foiled terrorist bombing in detroit:
an excuse to expand the bogus war of terror*

obamessiah updates:
obama gives diplomatic immunity to interpol by executive order*
obama admin has picked the worst possible case for its first torture trial*
video: obama calls wall st ceo's "fat cat bankers"*
how we killed health care & how we can bring it back to life*
video: senate passes historic health care legislation*
lisa pease: can obama face the 'unspeakable'?*
another breach: 'accidental salahis' enjoy white house breakfast*
obama & the new world order*
obama calls local talk show: 'barry from dc'*
bush officials emailed bogus rumor blaming gore for failure to kill osama*
rand paul leading republican candidate in kentucky*
video: 'yes we can' by winston smith*


police state int'l:
change: obama grants interpol immunity as foreign 'assets' assigned to US homeland; another brick in the wall of tyranny*
US prison population larger than that of 12 states*
cfr president admits wars of agenda to serve '...global order'*
un chief: we will impose global governance*
video: colbert says corporations ready to take over patriot act*
intelligence improperly collected on US citizens*
accidents increase at chicago red light cams intersections*
states get more time to comply with real id*
privacy is quickly becoming a thing of the past*
update: texas agrees to destroy controversial infant blood samples*
video: dc cop on desk duty after pulling gun at snowball fight*

warwhores:
contractors outnumber US soldiers in afghanistan*
norad posts rare video of its command center*
US forces had 'boots on the ground' in pakistan*
american sponsorship of global terrorism*
hillary: we'll still be in afghanistan in 50 or 60yrs*
los alamos researchers accidentially demolish building with a cannon*
war costs americans more than all state govts combined*

media/memes: obamavision, tv twilight & the end of the road

abc announces oprah-obama christmas special*
nbc's obamavision: '30 rock' offers up more gore*
washington post shutters all US bureaus outside capital*
vatican sinks teeth into vampire film 'twilight'*
mpaa says copyright-treaty critics hate hollywood*
gang was killing people for fat, attempting to sell it to cosmetic companies*
study: many day cares showing tv to tots*
rihanna's 'russian roulette': or, what's wrong with the entertainment industry*
celebrities lead charge against scientology*
'the road': bleak & unforgettable*
godless 'road' offers bleak worldview*
jim corr is better suited to celtic crooning than new world order conspiracy theories*

previous media/memes post:
content is king & corporate schemes

media/memes: greenwash, lou dobbs & immortal technique

doj asked for indymedia.us' visitor lists*
npr, pbs & the national security state*
media, money & the moonies*
shakeup at rev. moon's washington times*
nbc enlists prime-time programs in green message*
video: lou dobbs resigns from cnn*
thought police drive lou dobbs off cnn*
lawsuit claims rampant sex harassment, race discrimination at new york post*
video: russia today interviews immortal technique*

econocrash: crashes, crime, capitalism, whores & more

black tuesday & a return to big government*
roubini: a big crash is coming, but i don't believe in gold*
former chairman of citigroup: restore glass-steagall*
ex-sullivan & cromwell associate, under investigation for insider trading, commits suicide*
madoff associate jeffry picower found dead in pool, police say*
bernanke's trillion-dollar decision*
capitalism, socialism or fascism?*
exposing lies about the fed, the cia & the murder of jfk*
anchorage bank robber got what he wanted: food & shelter*
video: fdic head sheila bair tells protesters: 'no more bailouts!'*
capmark files for bankruptcy with $21b in debt*
US newspaper woes continue: circulation plummets 10%*
grayson causes another ruckus: calls fed adviser a 'k street whore'*
video: mayor daley considering sale of chicago's water system*


update: wal-mart starts selling coffins*

econocrash: bombs, bailouts, banksters & biden

how did america fall so fast?*
billionaire, executives charged with insider trading; including intel & ibm*
cali bank becomes 99th in US to be shut in 2009*
canadian dollar climbs toward parity with dollar; 14-month high*
russia & iran now officially talking of dumping dollar for intl trade*
nytimes to cut 100 newsroom jobs*
22 reasons why this recession is different & why it will endure*
bombs & bailouts: how the US 'pissed away' $14t*
victims of foreclosure check in to shelters*
video: biden says 'this is a depression', not a recession*
goldman exec named first coo of sec enforcement*
video: max keiser on jpmorgan & goldman fraud*

10/22 updates:
obama plans to slash pay of executives at 7 bailed-out companies*
dollar hits 14-month low against the euro*
deserted shopping mall in okc a bleak symbol of fed bailout*

william safire, columnist & nixon speechwriter, dies at 79

from ap: William Safire, the conservative columnist and word warrior who feared no politician or corner of the English language, died Sunday. He was 79. The Pulitzer Prize winner died at a hospice in Rockville, Md. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer, family friend Martin Tolchin said.

Safire spent more than 30 years writing on the Op-Ed page of The New York Times. In his "On Language" column in The New York Times Magazine and more than a dozen books, Safire traced the origins of words and everyday phrases such as "straw man," "under the bus" and "the proof is in the pudding." ...

Safire penned more than 3,000 columns, aggressively defending civil liberties and Israel while tangling with political figures. Bill Clinton famously wanted to punch the curmudgeonly columnist in the nose after Safire called his wife "a congenital liar." ...

As a speechwriter in the Nixon White House, Safire penned Vice President Spiro Agnew's famous phrase, "nattering nabobs of negativism," a tongue-in-cheek alliteration that Safire claimed was directed not at the press but at Vietnam defeatists.

related: the speech safire wrote for richard nixon if the apollo11 astronauts got stranded on the moon

econocrash: homeless, deficit, world currency & the fed under fire

"here it is, you can see it & touch it":
medvedev shows off sample coin of new 'world currency' at g8

more families becoming homeless, study finds
from washington post: Louis Gill doesn't like to turn anyone away. The director of the Bakersfield Homeless Center in California has taken to laying out cots and mattresses between the shelter's 174 registered beds to cope with the rush of homeless families brought to his doors by the financial crisis. "Last year, we saw a 34 percent increase in homeless families and a 24 percent increase in homeless children," he said. "Why do we go beyond capacity? Because in a just society, a child should not have to sleep outside or in a car." Gill is a frontline witness to the change in the makeup of the country's homeless. The stereotype of a homeless person as a single man no longer applies. A resident of the Bakersfield center is far more likely to be a young mother with a "good, solid job and a mortgage that she just couldn't pay... They're like folks you know and that you've worked with," Gill said. "Maybe the work's not there right now. Maybe they got behind on their payments. But the idea of a typical homeless person has changed. We're seeing individuals come in that have never had to access the safety net before." Government figures support Gill's experience. The ravages of the recession, including a surge in foreclosures and unemployment approaching 10 percent, have driven thousands of families onto the streets. Although the number of homeless individuals remained relatively stable between 2007 and 2008, the number of homeless families rose 9 percent, and in rural and suburban areas the number jumped by 56 percent, according to a report [5.6mb PDF] released last week by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

as economy bites, US states cut prison sentences

calif tax officials: legal pot would rake in $1.4b
from sfgate: California tax officials have found that a state bill to tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol would generate nearly $1.4 billion in revenue. A State Board of Equalization report released Wednesday estimates marijuana retail sales would bring $990 million from a $50-per-ounce fee and $392 million in sales taxes. The bill introduced by San Francisco Democratic Assemblyman Tom Ammiano in February would allow adults to legally possess, grow and sell marijuana. Ammiano has promoted the bill as a way to help bridge the state's $26.3 billion budget shortfall. The state could not begin collecting taxes under the bill, as written, until the federal government legalizes marijuana. A spokesman says Ammiano plans to amend the bill to remove that provision.


wells fargo bank sues itself &
nytimes selling radio station wqxr to wnyc for $45m

canada's job picture surprisingly, um, un-weak as
US budget deficit tops $1t for first time
from ap: Nine months into the fiscal year, the federal deficit has topped $1 trillion for the first time ever. The imbalance is intensifying fears about higher interest rates and inflation, and already pressuring the value of the dollar. The Treasury Department says the deficit in June totaled $94.3 billion, pushing the total since the budget year started in October to nearly $1.1 trillion. The deficit has been propelled by the huge sum the government has spent to combat the recession and financial crisis, combined with a sharp decline in tax revenues. Paying for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is also a major factor. The country's soaring deficits are making some foreign buyers of U.S. debt nervous, and this could make them reluctant lenders down the road.

goldman sachs earnings easily surpass expectations &
jp morgan chase reports 36% jump in 2nd-quarter profit

video: the fed under fire

and here are the people who do not want the fed's veil lifted

audio: 'we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt'
from cnsnews: Vice President Joe Biden told people attending an AARP town hall meeting that unless the Democrat-supported health care plan becomes law the nation will go bankrupt and that the only way to avoid that fate is for the government to spend more money. “And folks look, AARP knows and the people with me here today know, the president knows, and I know, that the status quo is simply not acceptable,” Biden said at the event on Thursday in Alexandria, Va. “It’s totally unacceptable. And it’s completely unsustainable. Even if we wanted to keep it the way we have it now. It can’t do it financially... We’re going to go bankrupt as a nation,” Biden said. “Now, people when I say that look at me and say, ‘What are you talking about, Joe? You’re telling me we have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt?’” Biden said. “The answer is yes, that's what I’m telling you.”