Greetings from the land of misfit news… Return of the Weird, Wild, and Wacky Beating the "rap" (into the ground) How stupid is this in today's political climate: A white police officer from Arizona offered a pair of black men he'd just pulled over the chance to avoid a littering ticket if they performed an impromptu "rap" number about the incident - while cameras for a police PR video rolled… Predictably, the NAACP and other similar groups have labeled the incident as racist. And in response, the Tempe PD has promised to increase diversity training - and to convene an "African American Advisory Board" (whatever that is). Whether or not the editor who allowed the segment to run in the broadcast got a "rap" on the head over the incident is unknown… "Willies" con carne The old kids' joke about "mystery meat" in the school cafeteria - not to mention adult quips about alley cats in the moo-shoo pork - just got a little closer to being true in the Big Apple. Health inspectors there have been cracking down on a dramatic increase in the amount of illegal meats being sold in city markets. Fueled by an exploding immigrant population (no, really?), this demand for exotic meats has led authorities to confiscate more than 800 TONS of prohibited carne in just the first 9 months of 2006 - including such delicacies as armadillo, iguana, gorilla, chimpanzee, and "smoked rodent" (read: trapped behind the store). According to the AP item on the trend, many of the violators blame INABILITY TO SPEAK ENGLISH for their violation of FDA and NY health department rules regarding meat importation. Hmmm. I'll bet all of these merchants speak enough English to sell me as many alley rats as I want to cook - and make the right change for any bill I hand them, too… The "buzz" on the Air Force's newest bomb squad Scientists from the government's Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico may have just "drafted" millions of new airborne troops to help fight in Iraq: Honeybees! According to Breitbart.com and other sources, these flying friends with the incredible noses are now being trained to hone in over long distances on the explosives typically used by suicide bombers and in primitive roadside IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) in Iraq - things like C-4, dynamite, and a chemical called TATP. Called the Stealthy Insect Sensor Project, there's no official deployment date yet for these new enlistees… What date the animal rights crowd will begin to protest this "cruelty to animals" is not yet known, either. And in one last item, from the "criminal stupidity" file… [ADS/BLURBS] Driving a hard bargain - straight to the clink! A 19-year-old Tennessee man is in the hoosegow after trying to steal a car at gunpoint from the owner of a local used car lot. He might've gotten away with it, too, had not the salesman been packing heat himself. Once the "buyer" threw down, the alert dealer pulled a .380 automatic pistol of his own and squared off with the young man, who fled after a brief "Mexican standoff." No shots were traded in the tense showdown. Not that the criminal shouldn't have expected to have to shoot it out with the dealer. Here's why: The entire time the pair of men were inspecting the vehicle, out on the test drive together, and finally across the desk to make the deal, the salesman was wearing a hat that read "Friends of the NRA" on it! As if that weren't enough of a clue, this particular car dealer had a reputation for giving away FREE RIFLES with car purchases in the past… How'd the perpetrator get caught if he wasn't shot, you're asking? He left his driver's license at the dealership. And that, my friends, is the latest from the land of news that just doesn't fit in anywhere else, but that's still too good to not report. | 
