Port of Oakland (Calif.) commissioners ordered a full inquiry in October on why 1,000 secure-area access badges to Oakland International Airport were missing. However, the FAA had come down hard on the airport only because 1,000 badges was too many, in that regulations permit that airport to have only 500 unaccounted-for access badges. [sfgate.com-AP, 10-24- 01]

Ah, the security conscious US airports… keep in mind that this is a month after that whole hijacking spree.

Update:Okay… another one…

On being informed that Canada had chosen a secluded rural retreat for next year’s Group of Eight (G8) summit, possibly because the area’s grizzly bear population would discourage the usual protestors, Alberta activist Alan Keane said the protestors would be out in force, anyway, because grizzly bears “are our friends.” [National Post, 7-23-01]

Yes, but in this case, they’re not the kind of friend that comes over and plays Playstation games with you and drinks your beer. This is the kind of friend that chases you down in the woods and eats your head.