Born in Midland, Ontario, in 1927, Tom Brandon was a second-generation Canadian whose grandparents had left Ireland in the 19th century. His repertoire hailed from both his paternal roots in Belfast and maternal roots in Wexford, spanning northern and southern regions of the island. On this recording, made by the Canadian folklorist Edith Fowke, Brandon sings unaccompanied ballads with a clear Irish brogue, which somehow survived two generations outside of Ireland. The selection here is varied, including Irish broadsides, rebel songs, lumberjack songs, and even American cowboy ballads, all sung with a keen grasp of melody and phrasing perfectly suited for his style of singing. The Rambling Irishman was originally released by Folk-Legacy Records in 1962.
UK lobbying scandal balloons
After Greensill collapsed this March, a series of investigations by the
Times and
Financial Times revealed that Cameron had become an advisor for the company in 2018 and tried to use his political and personal connections to secure government financial backing. Cameron reportedly held millions of pounds’ worth of shares in the operation. Founder Lex Greensill had been a special advisor to the Tory government under Cameron, where he used his position to push a policy which benefited his company.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock speaking at a government Covid-19 press conference inside No10 Downing Street (credit: picture by Andrew Parsons/No 10 Downing Street Flickr)
by Allan Lengel David Chipman David Chipman, a native of Oakland County who served as an agent in Detroit for part of his 25 year career with Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), is expected to be nominated by President Joe Biden to head the agency. The New York Times, citing two unnamed sources, reported Wednesday on the nomination of Chipman, who is pro-gun control and works as a senior policy advisor for the Washington-based organization, Giffords: Courage to Fight Gun Violence. The group was founded by former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, who was shot and wounded in 2011, and her husband Mark Kelly, a former astrounaut, who was elected in Arizona in November to the U.S. Senate. The organization says its mission is to advocate for sensible gun laws, policies and ways to make communities safer.
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Douglas Story’s white supremacist street cred was easy to find. He had a white pride tattoo and a neo-Nazi license plate. In extremist online forums he made ominous, N-word-filled posts about President Barack Obama, implying that the president should be shot. The Aryan Nations even booted Story from its website when he sought help for converting his AK-47 rifle into a fully automatic machine gun – a federal crime.
Douglas Story’s white supremacist street cred was easy to find. He had a white pride tattoo and a neo-Nazi license plate. In extremist online forums he made ominous, N-word-filled posts about President Obama: “If someone puts a 30.06 round into the base of his skull, huh ya think? The Aryan Nations even booted Story from its website when he sought help for converting his AK-47 rifle into a fully automatic machine gun a federal crime.
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But none of that factored into his 2012 sentencing after the FBI arrested him in Virginia for possession of that modified gun. A federal judge blocked prosecutors from discussing Story’s white supremacist views, because the First Amendment protects speech, no matter how offensive. Prosecutors could only focus on Story’s illegal weapon.