Freedom Fighter Radio

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Last month, the Utah House voted 68-6 to prohibit state officials from complying with REAL ID. A couple dozen states have passed resolutions protesting the federal Act, but the Utah law would have more teeth. If more states join, we might see a real confrontation with national policy.
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Source: AFP

LONDON (AFP) - - Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev hailed Barack Obama as “my new comrade” Thursday after their first face-to-face talks, saying the US president “can listen” — even if little progress was made on substance.
The Russian president contrasted Obama as “totally different” to his predecessor George W. Bush, whom he blamed for the “mistake” of US missile shield plans fiercely opposed by Moscow.

Obama agreed to visit Moscow in July after his talks with Medvedev on Wednesday on the sidelines of a G20 summit in London aimed at fixing the battered world economy.

“I believe that we managed to establish contact. But Moscow lies ahead. I cannot say that we made much progress on the most serious issues,” he told reporters, adding: “Let’s wait and see.”

“I liked the talks. It is easy to talk to him. He can listen. The start of this relationship is good,” he said, adding: “Today it’s a totally different situation (compared to Bush)… This suits me quite well.”

Jasim, pictured here with Gen. David Petraeus, is an Iraqi translator who served heroically with the U.S. Army but whose life is at risk after being denied a U.S. entrance visa.

Source: Fox News

An Iraqi translator who has earned commendations for risking his life repeatedly to save the lives of many American soldiers in combat has been denied a visa to live in the United States because of nonviolent actions he took to overthrow Saddam Hussein — at the same time the U.S. government was calling for regime change in Iraq.

Jasim, whose name is being withheld for his safety, has received strong support from the U.S. military, and the Department of Homeland Security approved his application for a visa.

But the State Department has denied Jasim a visa because he was arrested in 1996 for actions against the Saddam dictatorship.

Source: New Scientist

Bacteria that can convert electricity into methane could help solve one of the biggest problems with renewable energy – its unreliability compared to the steady output of polluting fossil-fuel power stations.

Wind power is capricious, while solar cell output drops off at night or on cloudy days. That fluctuating output poses big problems for electricity grids that rely on steady levels throughout the day. Proposals to deal with the ups and downs of green power supply have included better batteries or redesigning the electricity grid.

An intriguing new idea involves “feeding” surplus power to bacteria instead, which combine it with carbon dioxide to create methane. That could then be stored and burned when needed. The method is sustainable too, as the carbon is taken from the atmosphere, not released from long-term storage in oil or coal.

Source: Associated Press

BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S. soldier has been charged with murder in the shooting of a foreign contractor last month at a base north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Sunday.

Pfc. Carl T. Stovall III, 25, of Kennesaw, Georgia, was taken into custody soon after the March 26 shooting at the U.S. base in Taji, which is about 12 miles (20 kilometers) north of Baghdad, the statement said.

A murder charge was formally lodged against him under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, the statement added.

The statement gave no further details of the shooting and did not identify the victim by name or nationality. The victim was identified as a third country national, meaning neither American nor Iraqi.

An agreement between the U.S. and Iraq that went into effect this year grants the U.S. sole jurisdiction over crimes allegedly committed by American soldiers on U.S. installations.

The U.S. statement said Stovall is assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, which is part of the 1st Cavalry Division from Fort Hood, Texas.

Source: WLNS News

An explosive situation is under investigation after someone set off a bomb in a Livingston County home. It happened on the 1200 block of Triangle Lake Road in Marion Township, just south of Howell. As Mona Shand shows us, both police and the homeowners are trying to figure out who could have done this. If you look closely at this lake front home, you’ll see a hole in the wall. It’s the first visible sign of the explosion that rocked the house just after midnight. A sound Sandra Donovan first blamed on lightning. Sandra Donovan, Pipe Bomb Victim: “It felt like the house was coming off the foundation, it rocked the entire house, shook the windows.” The force of the explosion was so strong it blew the doors right off the fireplace, shattered the window and filled the basement with ash and smoke.