Archive for the 'Toys' Category

Glenn Beck Attempts to Explain Economics at the CPAC Conference.

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

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When his trusty blackboard had no effect on the audience,
Glenn went to Plan B. Sadly, Yin-Yang Yo-Yo only 
confused the assembled conservatives more.

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Image: (Yo-Yo) CSPAN (toy) crystallink.com; (string) expertvillage.com via ehow.com

Behind ya!!!!!

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

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“Now, don’t get me wrong. I love workin’ in Legoland, but it’s times like these that make me wonder why had ever left that cushy job at IT’S A SMALL WORLD at Disney in Florida.. 
 
When that Lego snow begins to squall, those little pieces rip into you.  I didn’t have […]

Tiny-rannosaurus Rex: Why Dinosaurs May Not Have Been As Big As Hollywood Films Suggest–Daily Mail online headline

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 1:34 AM on 22nd June 2009     
Dinosaurs
may not have been as monstrously big as scientists and Hollywood film directors would have us believe.

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I have included the Daily Mail’s headline because its inventiveness  is worth a […]

Official Vatican newspaper–Osservatore Romano: Washing machine has done more for liberating women than ‘the pill’ or employment out of the home.

Monday, March 9th, 2009

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The Great Emancipator
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I read it at the online INDEPENDENT.

I believe that we should expect more from the Vatican Rag.

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These little numbers certainly have given mothers extra long-term independencefrom the responsibilities of having to watch their children.

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What about men?

 
Liberation comes in many forms.
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The Papal Brewery’s flag reflects this belief.

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Images: (washing machine) answers.com […]

This video game may be too intense for youngsters.

Tuesday, November 25th, 2008

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Image: (Christine movie box) (GOYA-illus of Tribunal of the Inquisition) via pierretristam.com; (drawing of burning) via rogerwendell.com; (two priests) via  luciferknight.files.wordptress.com; (skull & crossbones) via mystae.com

GRIM MOMENTS IN MARKETING–2008 TOYS FOR ALL AGES

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

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Images: (All Products & actual information) via top-toys-kids.com; (Educational toys) shopping.discovery.com;(Austin Powers) newline-shop.com via seriousvideos.com; (straight razor) cachebeauty.com; (Rx sign) neon.das.com;(most odd characters in movie yard) STONE COLD via stonecoldmovie.com; (Man firing pistol) via backmovieplanet.com; (Hair) hairzingers.com

Really GRIM MOMENTS IN MARKETING…

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Children’s gift time is tough
when a parent may wonder
if a liter of absinthe is no worse than
a four ounce can of clay.
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Asbestos turns up in toys, children’s clay
DIYers who use duct tape, spackle, roof sealer also at risk of exposure
By ANDREW SCHNEIDER
P-I SENIOR CORRESPONDENT
Asbestos has been found in a variety of consumer […]

Until children’s toys are safe, I shall display some of the more outrageously dangerous examples on the market.

Monday, November 19th, 2007

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Image: (crossbow) fingerhut.com; (kid) modeling something else in fingerhut; (room) newaffordableyou.com; (RADIO-CONTROL KID) nymag.com; (tank) wallpaperbase.com

“Listen up, you mugs! No Sears’ Latex Weatherbeater! Fill ‘em with lead!”

Friday, September 21st, 2007

Mattel apologises to China over toy recalls
AFP
Friday, September 21, 2007 16:02 IST
BEIJING: A senior executive with US toy giant Mattel apologised Friday to China over massive recalls of products made in China, saying the cause was design flaws committed by the US company itself.
Thomas Debrowski, Mattel’s executive vice president of worldwide operations, made […]

If accurate, these quotes from the Draper book show W to be more incompetent and stupid than we could have believed.

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

Book Tells Of Dissent In Bush’s Inner Circle
White House Granted Author Unusual Access
By Michael Abramowitz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, September 3, 2007; Page A01
Karl Rove told George W. Bush before the 2000 election that it was a bad idea to name Richard B. Cheney as his running mate, and Rove later raised objections to the nomination […]