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‘War Criminal’ Deported as U.S. ‘War on Guns’ Criminals Continue to Evade Justice Ammoland Inc. Posted on
Justice, such as it is, has at long last caught up with Friedrich Karl Berger. Meanwhile, our own government officials who were issuing or “just following orders” that resulted in untold numbers of deaths are confident their roles will never be fully exposed. (Department of Justice/Facebook)
U.S.A. – -(Ammoland.com)- “U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) removed a 95-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard to Germany,” a Sunday ICE press release reported. “Friedrich Karl Berger, a German citizen, participated in Nazi-sponsored persecution while serving in 1945 as an armed guard of concentration camp prisoners in the Neuengamme Concentration Camp system (Neuengamme).”
Rolling Stone James Burke, Five Stairsteps Singer Who Crooned ‘O-o-h Child,’ Dead at 70
One of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time remains a pop-soul classic
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James Burke, a member of the classic Chicago soul group the Five Stairsteps died last Friday, February 19th. He was 70. Burke’s brother and bandmate, Dennis Burke, confirmed James’ death to
Rolling Stone, adding that the cause was pneumonia but unrelated to Covid-19 complications.
Formed in the mid-1960s, the Five Stairsteps scored a string of hits, including their 1970 classic “O-o-h Child,” to earn the moniker, “the First Family of Soul.” Burke family patriarch, Clarence Burke, Sr., a former Chicago police detective, formed and managed the group, which consisted of his four sons, Clarence Jr., James, Dennis and Keni, and daughter, Alohe. The band’s name came from their mother, Betty, who said her children resembled a staircase when li
O-o-h Child Singer James Burke, of the Five Stairsteps, Dies at 70
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James Burke, whose shared lead vocals helped make “O-o-h Child” into a smash for his group the Five Stairsteps in 1970, has died at age 70.
Word of Burke’s death first began to circulate on Saturday and was confirmed to Rolling Stone on Tuesday by brother and bandmate Dennis Burke, who said the cause of death was pneumonia.
The Five Stairsteps are often thought of as a one-hit-wonder band because of the outsize popularity of “O-o-h Child,” which continues to rack up cover versions today, including one that was released just last month by KISS member Paul Stanley. But the group had 19 singles that charted on either the R&B or pop charts usually both between the years of 1966-80. “O-o-h Child” was their only song to crack the top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 8. But 11 of the Stairsteps’ singles made it into the top 20 of the R&B c
By Pat Shannan
Two top United States officials have now been forced out of their positions as a result of a congressional investigation into “Fast and Furious,” a U.S. operation that had law enforcement looking the other way as Mexican drug gangs purchased guns in the U.S. and smuggled them into Mexico. The mainstream media was largely dismissive of the scale of these official programs, but AMERICAN FREE PRESS remained focused on the scandal, which has resulted in the death of a Border Patrol officer, fired on by weapons purchased during one of the U.S. government-run operations.