Adventures of the Coconut Caucus

I have a bunch of stuff to say about Hispanic Hysteria Month and Alberto’s torture memo, but I just had to post this, because it was easy, available and about the best I can do on 3 hours of sleep…. As far as I know, no known Hispanics where directly involved, but being Miami, I am sure there was somewhere along the line…

U.S. amputee to recover leg auctioned in barbecue

MIAMI (Reuters) - A man whose amputated, embalmed leg was sold at a North Carolina auction will get the limb back over the objections of the buyer, who wanted to include it in a macabre, money-making Halloween display, police said on Thursday.

The dispute over the leg John Wood lost in an airplane crash three years ago was apparently resolved when police decided the buyer, Shannon Whisnant, had given up ownership by calling authorities and asking them to take it away.

“The simple fact is that he said he didn’t want it,” said Capt. Tracy Ledford of the Maiden Police Department, who chuckled his way through an interview about the case that has made for lively gossip in the small North Carolina town.