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Arthur Bremer — the would-be assassin who shot Alabama’s racist (depending on the time of day) Gov. George Wallace in 1972 — was released from a Maryland prison this morning after 35 years of doing time. But he can’t go gallivanting all willy-nilly like anytime soon! According to the terms of his release, “Bremer must stay away from any local, state, federal or foreign elected officials and any current candidates.” He is welcome to shoot anyone else, though. MORE »

As Tehran and London and Washington continue their terrifying game of Nuclear Chicken over the captured British sailors, Iran’s nuclear energy plans and the way that one guy gave a funny look to the other guy, CNN dingbat Kyra Phillips is in Iraq to bring a welcome dose of bizarre chatter to that wrecked country. MORE »

Vladimir Putin’s bloody war against his critics finally made it to Washington last week, when KGB expert Paul Joyal was shot outside his Prince George’s County house — four days after NBC Dateline broadcast Joyal’s accusation that Putin ordered the radioactive poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko.

Joyal had just returned home from a meeting with an ex-KGB general “at a restaurant next to the International Spy Museum in downtown Washington,” the International Herald Tribune helpfully notes, when he was shot in the groin.

Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, and the rest is after the jump.

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Foul-mouthed nutcase and legendary Dodgers’ manager Tommy Lasorda shares his special view of the world on the official MLB website, and on Wednesday he honored the memory of MLK with a bizarre recollection of Robert Kennedy’s assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. According to Tommy’s blog, Bobby wanted to meet him that fateful night. But Tommy didn’t go, because his feet hurt or something. And then RFK got killed by some Manchurian Candidate from Pasadena. MORE »