Hunger strikes rattle North Carolina’s abusive prison system

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By on August 2, 2012

Central Prison in Raleigh, N.C.

Durham, N.C. — Over 100 prisoners started a hunger strike on July 16 at three facilities in North Carolina: Bertie CI in Windsor, Scotland CI in Laurinburg and Central Prison in Raleigh. Prisoners are refusing to eat to underscore their demands for an immediate end to solitary confinement, torture, physical and emotional abuse, and for more nutritional food, medical care and other basic human rights.

This action follows a massive and similar strike across Georgia prisons, a hunger strike in the supermax Red Onion State Prison in Richmond, Va., this May, as well as a sit-down labor action in the kitchens at Central Prison last December.

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Another $200 million for the Pentagon up in smoke?

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Another $200 million for the Pentagon up in smoke?

Published on Jul 30, 2012 by RTAmerica

While social programs are being scrapped across the board, expenses for the Pentagon are exploding more than ever. The US spends several times over what China spends on their military, but few speak out in favor of cutting in. More than $200 dollars has been spent on training police forces in Iraq. Is tax money actually being spent on anything being asked for? Author Michael O'Brien discusses.
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VIsionkeeper: How you think and feel matters

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During this time of great unrest and shifting it is so important to be conscious of what you are feeling. Of course we don’t need any negative thinking to weigh us down, that is for sure and it weighs down the planet’s vibration as well. We need excitement to fuel our engines at this time. Excitement usually connotes happy anticipation and hopefully we are all excited about the coming changes. That is good as it keeps us vibrating at a higher speed. If we couple this with feeling optimistic about what these changes will bring then we speed up even faster. Excitedly anticipate what may be coming with thoughts of ‘knowing’ they will be good. Have no doubt in your mind about how the world will be, see it as positive and loving and peaceful. See it, know it and breathe it with excitement in your hearts. These emotions set the stage for a positive outcome and while you are feeling this you have shifted yourself into a space that will allow you to go with the flow. There is no greater space to occupy than in the flow. Life moves like a freshly greased wheel, there is no resistance and all seems well. Feeling excited, positive, and full of anticipation keeps us always moving forward in a strong, positive and peaceful mindset.

Simon English: In the surreal place called Planet Banker, those in charge are never to blame

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Tuesday 31 July 2012

The bank's leadership insist that HSBC's issues are a matter of structure rather than culture

Welcome to Planet Banker, a surreal place where a seeming lack of oxygen seems to affect the eye-sight and hearing of the inhabitants.

Yesterday's conference call with HSBC to discuss their latest extraordinary disasters – half year results, they prefer – took place on this curious planet, a place that gets stranger by the week.

UFO sightings on the rise in Oz

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Last Updated: Tuesday, July 24, 2012, 09:12

Melbourne: UFO sightings in Australia are on the rise, and international studies indicate a growing number of “closet believers” of extraterrestrial life, according to people who track such phenomena.


But people who come forward to report sightings are still pilloried by much of society.

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30 years of secret, official transcripts prove vaccine schedules in US and UK are based on government lies

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Wednesday, August 01, 2012
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(NaturalNews) A comprehensive investigation into the inner workings of the U.K.'s nationalized healthcare system has revealed a shocking legacy of corruption and lies concerning the country's vaccine policy. According to Dr. Lucija Tomlijenovic, Ph.D., from the University of British Columbia in Canada, the advisory and governing bodies that set vaccination policy in the U.K. have, for many decades now, hidden the truth about vaccine dangers, and deliberately pushed unsafe vaccines on the public in order to uphold the official vaccination schedule.

Official documents uncovered from secret meetings of the U.K.'s Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), an independent body that helps set vaccination schedule policy in the U.K., reveal that JCVI ignores independent data showing vaccines to be unsafe, and reinforces questionable data produced by vaccine companies claiming that vaccines are safe. The group also discourages all research that might question the safety of vaccines, and knowingly lies to parents in order to increase the overall vaccination compliance rate.

New Earth Meditation.....By Janisel........Sanandas Eagles

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New Earth Meditation.....By Janisel........Sanandas Eagles....

*** NEW EARTH MEDITATION ***
(Terra Nova, New Paradise, New Co-Created Reality, Game Over)
by Sananda (Lord Jesus the Christ Ascended)
( Through Rev. Janisel of Sananda's Eagles)

As you quiet your mind and your physical body, breathe deeply, and go to
that space within your own heart… that space of quiet and calm, that
inner chamber where True Love does abide.

As you rest within the silence, free yourself from the thoughts of your daily activities and turn within to communion with Me.

I want you to go with me to the Christ Consciousness Grid, from where we
shall look down upon the New Earth which is being prepared for you.

BP’s profits drop over $1bln in second quarter

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Published: 31 July, 2012, 13:28

Britain’s energy giant BP has reported a profit slide as it struggles with compensation for the US spill disaster and legal battles in Russia.

­The company said its net loss fell to $1.4 billion in second quarter of 2012 compared to the $5.6 billion profit last year.BP blamed the slide on the write-downs on US assets and on weaker oil and US gas prices.

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UK homeless rate rises by 25%

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Tue Jul 31, 2012 9:51AM GMT

A new research shows the number of homeless households in England has surged by a quarter in the recent three years.

A new research shows the number of homeless households in England has surged by a quarter in the recent three years.
 
The number of the homeless families and individuals in England has surged by 25 percent in the recent three years, a new research shows.

The number of homeless families and individuals in England has surged by a quarter in the recent three years, a new research warns.

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Deeper Spanish recession in 2012, 2013: IMF

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Spanish protesters shouting slogans, condemning the recent austerity measures announced by the government on July 13, 2012 in Madrid.

Spanish protesters shouting slogans, condemning the recent austerity measures announced by the government on July 13, 2012 in Madrid.
 
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the Spanish recession would be worse than initially estimated as the country’s economy will contract 1.7 percent in 2012 and 1.2 percent in 2013.

The IMF also said on Friday that increasing market tension could upset Spain's ability to finance itself, despite a eurozone bailout agreed for Spanish banks and other financial reforms for the country.

Banks could face criminal charges over Libor fixing

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Tuesday 31st July 2012, 2:08am
JAMES WATERSON

CRIMINAL charges can be brought against those responsible for manipulating interbank lending rates, the UK’s fraud squad confirmed yesterday, paving the way for prosecutions of individual bankers over the Libor-rigging scandal.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said that as part of an ongoing investigation into the scandal, it had now concluded that “existing criminal offences are capable of covering conduct in relation to the alleged manipulation of Libor and related interest rates”.

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