Fake federal agent who befriended Secret Service had visas from Iran, claimed ties to Pakistani intelligence

No one’s surprised, right? Certainly you’re not surprised if you read this morning’s post.

Still, there are details here that don’t make sense to me. If these guys are part of an Iranian plot to target U.S. officials, they’d want to be as unobtrusive as possible, right? Make friends with the Secret Service, see what they’ll tell you, but otherwise don’t give your neighbors any reason to be suspicious of you.

That is some kinda weird.

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Sacramento mass shooting suspect served less time because whipping girlfriend & dragging her by the hair are considered non-violent offenses in California

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A suspect arrested in connection with last weekend’s mass shooting outside bars in Sacramento served less than half his 10-year sentence because of voter-approved changes to state law that lessened the punishment for his felony convictions and provided a chance for earlier release.

Smiley Allen Martin was freed in February after serving time for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, according to court and prison records.

Those count as nonviolent offenses under California law, which considers only about two dozen crimes to be violent felonies — such as murder, rape, arson and kidnapping.

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Geico drops Linda Sarsour as a diversity speaker after backlash from Jewish groups

Linda Sarsour and Mentors

The Geico insurance company on Thursday canceled a company event with Linda Sarsour, a prominent pro-Palestinian activist who has been widely accused of antisemitism, after backlash from Jewish groups.

“We apologize to our employees, customers, and others for our initial plan to invite Linda Sarsour to speak at our internal event,” Geico said in a statement.

To me this perfectly illustrates the truth of the “diversity” con.

Sarsour is a known crank. I believe she was chosen by design not by accident.

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Europe agrees to ban Russian coal, but continues to buy Russian oil & gas

The European Union nations have agreed to ban Russian coal in the first sanctions on the vital energy industry over the war in Ukraine, but it has underlined the 27 countries’ inability to agree so far on a much more sweeping embargo on oil and natural gas that would hit Russia harder but risk recession at home.

The coal ban should cost Russia 4 billion euros ($4.4 billion) a year, the EU’s executive commission said. Energy analysts and coal importers say Europe could replace Russian supply in a few months from other countries, including the U.S.

WW II was won by buying oil & gas from the Axis

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Two men arrested after targeting Secret Service agents in influence operation

US officials have arrested two men who had spent thousands of dollars seeking to influence Secret Service agents.

An affidavit filed with a US district court accused Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 36 of posing as Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees.

FBI officials said the men had used the guise to get closer to four agents – one of whom served on first lady Jill Biden’s protection detail.

No motive????

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Revealed: Secret letters sent from Prince Charles to Jimmy Savile begging paedophile DJ to ‘use his straightforward common sense’ to help royals with PR

Prince Charles wrote to depraved child rapist Jimmy Savile to ask him to help with the Royal Family’s ailing image – and boosting his own profile – after a series of PR disasters, newly released letters written by the heir to the throne over 20 years revealed today.

The Prince of Wales lavished praise on the predatory paedophile’s ‘straightforward common sense’ and asked him for advice on improving speeches and helping him with public visits to charities. Charles also asked Savile to advise his sister in law Sarah, the Duchess of York and her gaffe-prone husband Prince Andrew.

The TV star, later revealed to be one of Britain’s worst child abusers who also bragged about performing sex acts on corpses in hospital morgues and stealing glass eyes from the dead for jewellery, even drew up a media relations handbook for Charles, according to the royal’s letters.

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Obama backs Biden after ‘sad’ video shows audience ignoring president

Obama backs Biden after ‘sad’ video shows audience ignoring president

This is pitiful.

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