Boston PD will report zombie invasion

See Consumerist.

Who knew Twitter was so useful?

Wrong, wrong, wrong

At The Daily News:

When Sylvester Stallone rumbles across the screen in the movie he’s now filming in New Orleans, “The Dispicables,”... [emphasis mine - Ed.]

According to IMDB, the name of the film is "The Expendables."

The Dispicables is a punk band.

OMG they moved the city!

Missing girls:

On Tuesday, April 28th the U.S. Marshals office notified Amarillo Police that the two girls and their father were located in a trailer home in Bogalusa, Alabama [emphasis mine-Ed.].

Not the first time the city's been shifted to another state.

Great video

Seen at Neatorama. Caution: earthy language.
via videosift.com

Three light poles down

At the Avenue B ball park. Looks like they were cut with a saw. Vandalism?

UPDATE: Apparently the Avenue F ball park is no more.

Bogalusa represents at the Inauguration!

We've been told that one of the Color Guard (from the Air Force) is a graduate of Bogalusa High School.

More info as it becomes available.

Medical mystery

At Fox News:

World's Smallest Boy? ... His family and doctors struggle to solve the mystery of his small size. Link

I'm not a doctor - and don't play one on TV, heh - but I betcha the little guy's a primordial dwarf.

Disturbance at "Christmas in the Park"

There was a loud argument (?) at Christmas in the Park, Cassidy Park, Friday night around 8:00 p.m.

Multiple law enforcement units responded; one parking lot attendant counted eight cars.

Outcome unknown.

Vote!

Our rural polling place had lines for ID check and voting machines at 7 a.m.

Counterfeiting funds terrorism

Law enforcement officials on Capitol Hill Wednesday told a House panel that the booming international trade in phony consumer goods is funding terrorism. Link

So, Bogalusa PD, this was not your best idea:

"We decided to just take the items off the street,” Culpepper said, adding both business are legitimate with the proper licenses. “It’s what they were doing that was the problem.” Link

Gee, Capt. Culpepper, I trust this isn't the way you approach drug dealing? Just take the drugs away, let the perps go? How 'bout armed robbery? Victim gets his money back, bad guy stays on the street?

I. Didn't. Think. So.

Counterfeiting funds terrorism. The Fox News article linked above is from 2003. This ain't nothin' new.

Friday's Daily News has a front-page article about a couple guys arrested while selling counterfeit items. Their names sound, oh, Middle-Eastern to me.

I wonder if their profits were staying in the USA - or if they were going overseas to buy explosives for IEDs to kill our soldiers and Iraqi citizens.

I'm sure it's difficult being a cop in a small town, where you've got to arrest your cousin or your in-laws. But you swore an oath of office; do your job, and leave the judging to the court and jury. Arrest the bad guys, including the store owners, because unless they unwittingly purchased fake goods from their regular supplier (doesn't sound like it), they're just as guilty as the ones driving the truck.

In the latest case, you might want to alert the FBI, in case the scoundrels have terrorist connections.