Crazy Stuff

Tennessee is a state after my own heart.

Police can stop cars for driving too slowly.


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Police can stop a vehicle for driving too slowly, the state Supreme Court ruled Monday in a case that led to a drug bust.

Chattanooga police arrested three people for possession of cocaine and marijuana with intent to sell or deliver after they were pulled over in 2005 for driving 20 miles an hour in a 35-miles-per-hour zone.

The trial court judge in Hamilton County had earlier ruled that the stop and subsequent search were illegal because the car's speed didn't cause traffic to come to a complete standstill.

The state argued that the slow-moving vehicle did impede traffic because other cars had to brake quickly and move into another lane to avoid the car.

In a unanimous ruling, the Tennessee Supreme Court sided with the state. It reversed the lower court's ruling and sent the drug case back for a new hearing.

Chattanooga police spokeswoman Sgt. Jerri Weary said traffic stops for driving under the speed limit are uncommon, but is sometimes necessary to keep traffic moving.

Yes the Judges on the Tennessee Supreme Court must have been behind a slow driver in the left lane. Good decision.

Check this out:



Totally killer, dude! A dog hits the waves at the 3rd Annual Loews Coronado Bay Resort surf dog competition in Imperial Beach, Calif. It's the largest surfing competition for dogs.


There are stupid organizations all over the world



Ram Singh Munda rides his bike with his pet bear Rani in this undated photo. Munda found the sloth bear when it was an orphaned cub in the forests of eastern India last year and took it home and cared for it. But now Munda is in jail, accused of violating wildlife protection laws.

Yeah, the bear really looks like it needed protecting from Ram Singh Munda. Notice the scared look on the bear's face.


What some people try to sell as art I say is the work of a sick individual:



Visitors at an art museum in Sydney, Australia, check out an installation featuring a taxidermic horse suspended from the ceiling by leather slings. Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan designed the work, titled "Novecento."

I'd like to hang Maurizio Cattelan from a ceiling with leather straps wrapped around his you-know-what. Titled "Follow The Bouncing Ball."


OK Let's make a deal:

Woman accused of stealing cat to get back her dog

GREENACRES, Fla. - Police say a South Florida woman stole a couple's cat to get them to return her dog. Linda Urioste's black Labrador was recently picked up by animal control officers and later adopted by Jutta Hollar and her husband.

Hollar learned a couple of weeks later that Urioste had been to the shelter looking for the dog. Hollar says she had considered returning the animal until she met Urioste, who yelled and threatened to sue.

A few days later, the couple realized their cat was missing. Police say Urioste left a phone message with the Hollars saying that she had their cat and was willing to trade it for the dog.

Police charged Urioste on Saturday with theft and extortion. She was released from jail on a $6,000 bond.

Who would be stupid enough to trade away a perfectly good dog for a cat anyway?