Dexter Serial Killer Dolls on Toys-R-Us Shelves Infuriate Man and Scare Barbie Dolls

Any Barbies hanging out in the previously-safe aisles of Toys-R-US may want to start taking some self-defense classes now that "Dexter"- a famed serial killer with his own TV show- now has his own line of dolls being sold in Toys-R-Us.

Jim Schultz of Ohio was one of the first (if not the first) to spot and complain about the inappropriateness of Dexter the Serial Killer lying in wait for Barbie on the same shelves.

"I've seen the Toys R Us commercials, I didn't see a 30-something-year-old guy dancing around with the kids and the giraffe," Schultz said. "There isn't a serial killer Ken.  He doesn't come with a hack saw and a trash bag to put Barbie's head in."

Dexter's action figure comes with bloody gloves and a hack saw, which may be disturbing for young children and probably even some adults for that matter.

The store in question responded that none of the eight Dexter dolls that were originally stocked on the shelves are left and that the store will not be re-stocking the shelves with the serial killer's likeness, which should come as a relief to Barbie and any other unsuspecting young dolls or action figures on shelves nearby. The Toys-R-Us store in question also claims that the dolls were marked as, "Not intended for children." The store has not said exactly who the serial killer dolls were intended for, as adults seeking action figures as collector's and novelty items do not usually shop in Toys-R-Us stores due to the sheer volume of over-enthusiastic children in the stores.

The blogosphere isn't exactly humming with the news about the serial killer's infiltration onto the Toys-R-Us shelves. One blogger writes that Barbie is equally as criminal because of the sheer number of eating disorders that she spawns in young girls and the arch-nemesis' of Batman and other Superheroes are just as bad as the serial killer Dexter.


Personally, I just fear for the safety of Barbie against Dexter; she is not exactly known for her intelligence and he is a serial killer remniscent of Ted Bundy.

Has The Tiger Gotten His Roar Back?

"Tiger roars at Barclays, " says the headlines.  Great!

Well, who doesn't want to see a tiger roar? The Tiger roared after one round of golf and his fans are hopeful. He ties for the lead after the first round at Barclays, yesterday, Thursday, with 6-under 65. But one round won't do it for a comeback.

Okay, now that the divorce is out of the way, he is playing better? Maybe his divorce did effected his game?

Tiger Woods  told the press -- 'I can't really say that's the case."  The Daily News reports, "But for once, he could fall back on his golf. For once, he noted he felt like he was in control."

Maybe it really was getting the divorce out of the way, and the danger of missing the Ryder Cup got him back on track?

The Tiger failed to qualify "for the first time — he had led the standings every other time since 1997 — and now must rely on U.S. captain Corey Pavin spending one of four wild-card picks on him."

Whatever, I am a Tiger Woods fan and I hope that his game is back.

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Kansas Combine Derby

SUMMER MADNESS

Earlier this month, thousands of people made the pilgrimage to Abilene, Kansas for the Kansas Combine Derby, to watch big trucks crash into one another. It was BANG! CLANK! BANG! GEE! BANG, BANG, BANG! CLANK! See the video.

My lord! If that derby wasn't summer madness, is anything ever is?

Well, crashing trucks beat what people at that festival in India did. They threw stones at each other.Crashing big trucks beat throwing stones, right?

As for the festival in Spain, where people throw tomatoes at each other, each year, -- crashing trucks are for the people who can afford the big trucks, and can afford to crash them, --- tossing a tomato? Everybody can toss a tomato.

Wait! I like tomatoes. The price of which is steadily rising. I can't be sure, and the answer is probably not, but I wonder: Does the tossing of the tomatoes in Spain effect the price of the tomatoes in our supermarkets?

Harold Dow, R.I.P

Harold Dow, a reporter on CBS News 48 hours, died yesterday, Saturday morning. He was only sixty two. The Associated Press reports that Mr. Dow died suddenly. In the orbit, the AP lists Mr. Dow's numerous awards: five news Emmys, television journalism's Peabody Award.

He had worked for CBS for nearly 40 years. Mr Dow was one of network television's first African-American reporters. I remember seeing him co-anchor CBS News Nightwatch, reporting on the nightly news programs, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and on the Sunday show, CBS News Sunday Morning.

Susan Zirinsky, executive producer of 48 Hours Mystery, said in a statement that Harold Dow was, "Insatiably curious, he was happiest when he was on the road deep into a story, It was his humanity, which was felt by everyone he encountered, even in his toughest interviews, that truly defined the greatness of his work. He was the most selfless man I have known."

Harold Dow, R.I.P.

Bill O'Reilly Playing for the Press

Bill O'Reilly is back on the morality kick. Talking morality is a more popular topic than talking politics. He hasn't stopped running his yapper on politics. His butt is propped in one of Fox News chairs. O'Reilly is an entertainer. He is likely to say anything that will get him ratings. I mean, anything that pops into his head, whether its something rude about President Obama or something rude about a nasty wart that might pop up on his bottom. Any topic that he thinks will draw the eyeballs, it will draw his mouth -- to the topic.

A week ago, Jennifer Aniston new movie, The Switch, in which she plays a single mom, drew O'Reilly's mouth. He railed against Ms. Aniston's sense of lack of morality. He said that she was "destructive to society." O'Reilly railed -- How dare she try to make being a single mom seem like something attractive!

This past Friday, he turned his mouth on Kim Kardashian and Justin Bieber.

Ms. Kardashian and young Mr. Bieber, posed together by the beach for an Elle magazine photo shoot, O'Reilly screamed: immoral!

My lord! Does that man listen to himself?!

Martin Kaymer Wins PGA Championship

Another Major, Another First Time Winner

Martin Kaymer, a 25 year old golfer from Germany, won the PGA Championship, yesterday, Sunday. This was the first time he won a major tournament. So it was another major and another relative new face as winner. This year there have been three first-time major winners. No golfer's game at this point is dominant. The first runner up in the tournament, Bubba Watson, is also a relatively new top leader board name at a major golf tournament.

The story of the tournament was the mistake by Dustin Johnson that cost him a chance to take home the trophy. He grounded his club in a bunker. This cost him a two-stroke penalty and denied him a go at the play off.

The Associated Press reports that, 'Kaymer earned $1.35 million with the victory, went to third in the Ryder Cup standings for Europe, and moved to a career-best No. 5 in the world. 'I cannot win anything bigger,' Kaymer said. 'Just knowing that I can win a tournament like that will give me huge confidence for any other tournament I will play for the rest of my career'."

Where were Tiger Woods and Phil Mickleson? Some where trailing the leaders.

Golf as a spectators sport has become watching Tiger Woods make his move then fail. Maybe one of these times the Tiger will come out on top and roar again.

Tug of War In The August Heat

A tug of war in the summer heat?

It is the summer time, August. What else is there to do? It's is too hot to think, and so the residents of two Mississippi River towns have figured out what to do. Why shouldn't they do it?

It is the time of their annual Tug of War contest. A sweaty, can get dirty and grimy, battle of brawn and grip in the crazy heat -- Leave the brains to the people wearing the straw hats. The people have come to chill, to have fun.

Everyone needs fun. If we don't do the silly-crazy now and then, take a break from the serious, take the time out to just have fun, our lives would be boring.. Those moments of play, when we do or watch things that exist for the sole purpose of making us laugh, are what keep us going. Hell, those moments keep the world going.

The Associated Press reports --"Teams from Illinois and Iowa pulled on a 24-hundred foot long, 800 pound (rope) for bragging rights and a coveted bald eagle statue." See the video.

Apple Manager Named in Million Dollar Kickback and Money Laundering Scheme

Paul Shin Devine,

a global supply manager at Apple, and Andrew Ang, of Singapore, were named in a 23-count federal grand jury indictment for wire fraud, money laundering and kickbacks. The allegations assert that Devine used his mid-level manager position at Apple to obtain confidential information which he then provided to Apple's suppliers in China, Japan, Hongkong and Singapore. The information he provided potentially gave these suppliers negotiating advantages in securing contracts with Apple that were more favorable than they might otherwise have been. Devine was then handsomely rewarded in monetary payments to a series of bank accounts, some in his wife's name, and by cash payments when he visited Singapore. Devine then shared the money with Ang. Devine, a 37 year-old Sunnyvale resident is being held by the U.S. Marshals Service. The Internal Revenu Service is involved, and Apple has filed suit in civil court, alleging that Devine received over one million dollars in kickbacks over the course of several years.

Devine is scheduled to appear in court in San Jose on Monday. Apple's only official word comes from their spokesperson Steve Dowling who hasn't said much more than "We have zero tolerance for dishonest behavior inside or outside the company."

It appears that components for the iPhone and iPod were the principal items provided by the suppliers. According to the Wall Street Journal, Devine provided confidential information and internal documents to Apple parts suppliers Cresyn Co. Ltd. in South Korea, Kaedar Electronics Co. Ltd. in China and Jin Li Mould Manufacturing Pte. Ltd. in Singapore. Ang is employed by Jin Li.

Abby Lincoln, RIP

We, the people of the world, have lost another great performer of music. She sung jazz and wrote songs. She passed yesterday, Saturday, August 14th, in New York. She was eighty years old. Her name was (is as long as her music last and that will be as long as there are recordings of sound and images.) -- Abby Lincoln.

Abbey Lincoln is being remembered as a lady who knew how to sing and to say something while she was singing, and that is saying something.

"I learned from Billie (Holiday)," Abby Lincoln told The Washington Post in 2006. "It isn't about showing how good your voice is. It's about saying something."

She was noted for a "simplified" singing style, for dropping the showiness. Showiness? The clever little tricks, expedients, use to deceive listeners into believing that they are hearing something, that speak true, when all they are being subjected to is theatrical fakery -- to artificiality, not to real emotions, not to art, but to artifice.

The Washington Post in its orbit of Abby Lincoln states --"Ms. Lincoln found early fame as a sex-kitten supper-club singer and made a cameo appearance in the campy 1956 teen film "The Girl Can't Help It," starring Jayne Mansfield. Later she became one of the first entertainers to make civil rights and racial pride an overt cause. She was a noted film actress in the 1960s.She starred with Ivan Dixon in the 1964 racial drama "Nothing But a Man" and as a maid opposite Sidney Poitier in "For Love of Ivy" (1968). The films were among the first Hollywood depictions of mature, loving relationships between black women and black men. She then retreated to obscurity before staging a remarkable comeback in the 1990s as a singer, songwriter and spiritual elder. I don't scream anymore," she said. "I sing about my life."

Abbey Lincoln, jazz singer, songwriter, actor, R.I.P.

Ben Quayle Wrote Lite Porn; Lied About It

Another Truth Challenged Republican

The Associated Press reports that "Jay Leno is cracking Quayle jokes on late night. But now the rising target of comics is Ben Quayle, son of the gaffe-prone former vice president, who is committing doozies of his own in his campaign for Congress."

Young Mr. Ben Quayle is running as a family-values conservative. He wrote for a lite porn web site, and at first denied, then admitted that he had. Mr. Quayle used the alias 'Brock Landers," the name of a character from the 1997 movie "Boogie Nights" about porn stars in California. Oh, how original!

This Mr Quayle also is so inept, clumsy with his deception, that one would think he's brain deficient as well as truth challenged.

From the AP -- "Quayle sent a campaign mailer showing his wife and two young girls, with the words, 'We are going to raise our family here.' He and his wife have no children; the girls were his nieces. Campaign rival Vernon Parker accused Quayle of 'renting a family'."

That's a kind way of putting it.

This Mr. Quayle is also the same dude who called President Barack Obama "the worst president in history."

Please! Well, we know this Mr. Quayle doesn't tell the truth.

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