Armed agitator was a cop Dan Lyke / comment 0
Arizona Right Watch @azrww.bsky.social
During the anti-ICE school walkouts in January, a group of students in Chandler were targeted by an armed agitator. Turns out it was Phoenix PD Sergeant Dusten Mullen. He admitted his plan was to try to get purposely assaulted so the teenager protesters would all get arrested (it didn’t work).
Exciting USAA Advice Changes are Dan Lyke / comment 1
The "Exciting USAA Advice Changes are Coming!" email may be the thing that drives my growing sense of unease fully into "find a new insurance company".
Used to be that we actually liked USAA. Is there an "actually like" insurance company of any sort any more? Preferably that eschews AI?
Nepal's fake rescue racket Dan Lyke / comment 0
This is fascinating: Kathmandu Post: Inside Nepal’s fake rescue racket
Investigations reveal a vast network of trekking firms, helicopter operators, hospitals and agents staging fake evacuations, fabricating medical records and inflating bills to siphon millions from global insurers.
The tourists may be in on it, told by their guides that they can avoid a 2 week hike back from Everest base camp by saying they were sick, or may be scared into it by guides inducing psychosomatic symptoms of altitude sickness, or may be given Diamox (Acetazolamide) tablets (for altitude sickness) with excessive water to induce symptoms of altitude.