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Good old megacorporations, how would be raise our children to be good little consumers without them?

Tesco condemned for selling pole dancing toy
by COLIN FERNANDEZ
Last updated at 23:13pm on 24th October 2006

Tesco has been forced to remove a pole-dancing kit from the toys and games section of its website after it was accused of “destroying children’s innocence”.

The Tesco Direct site advertises the kit with the words, “Unleash the sex kitten inside…simply extend the Peekaboo pole inside the tube, slip on the sexy tunes and away you go!

“Soon you’ll be flaunting it to the world and earning a fortune in Peekaboo Dance Dollars”.

The ?49.97 kit comprises a chrome pole extendible to 8ft 6ins, a ‘sexy dance garter’ and a DVD demonstrating suggestive dance moves.

The kit, condemned as ‘extremely dangerous’ by family campaigners yesterday, was discovered by mother of two Karen Gallimore who was searching for Christmas gifts for her two daughters, Laura 10, and Sarah, 11.

Mrs Gallimore, 33, of Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, said yesterday: “I’m no prude, but any children can go on there and see it. It’s just not on.”

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n recent years Asda was forced to remove from sale pink and black lace lingerie, including a push-up bra to girls as young as nine.

Next had to remove t-shirts on sale for girls as young as six with the slogan “so many boys, so little time.”

And BHS and others came under fire for selling padded bras embellished with a “Little Miss Naughty” logo and t-shirts with a Playboy-style bunny that said “I love boys…They are stupid.”

Tesco last night denied the pole dancing kit was sexually oriented and said it was clearly marked for “adult use”.

A spokesman added: “Pole dancing is an increasing exercise craze. This item is for people who want to improve their fitness and have fun at the same time.” .

OK – it’s bad enough peddling smutty toys to children, turning young girls into ersatz Page 3 fodder, but fifty quid for that bit of glorified shower curtain rod?? What a fucking liberty.

Read more: Tesco, Christmas, Toys, Sexualisation of children

So Unlike The Home Life of Our Own Dear Queen

Ewwww. Ewwwwwww. More than I ever wanted to know about the proclivities of female wingnuts. I think I just threw up in my mouth a little. What a way to start the week.

The Anchoress bares all, via Alicublog:

I like various positions! With the lights on and off! In the daytime and the nighttime! In the ocean and in the windowseat! I like sex on Sunday mornings! Can I get an “AMEN” for Cunnilingus? AMEN for cunnilingus! Can I get a “You know how to whistle, don’t you” for Fellatio? “You know how to whistle, don’t you?” Can I get a “Ride ’em Cowboy” for my husband? Yippeekayae! Can I get an “arghghghghg” for Readi Whip and maraschino cherries? Arghghghghghg! What, no brownies?

Hang on… I thought anchoresses were women who choose to withdraw from the world to live a solitary life of prayer and mortification? I don’t remember Julian of Norwich embracing food fetishism with quite the same gusto.

But wait. It gets worse. Tbogg:

…as do we all.

K-Lo:

It’s Sunday Morning and All [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

So I think I take some comfort in not being on the Playboy list.

posted by tbogg at 2:11 PM

Gulp. I’ll just let you think about that for a moment… On second thoughts, don’t. It’s unfair of me to spread the misery around.

But I wonder, since putting it all out there in front seems to be the new trend of the increasingly desperately spinning Foley apologists, will the remainder of this week see more bedroom revelations, this time from the likes of Ann Althouse, Atlas Shrugs and Michelle Malkin?

I do so hope not.

Read more: US Politics, Blogs, Sex, Women, Wingnuttia

Even More Foley Jokes

Just when you thought it was safe…. more of the gift that keeps on giving, this time from Bartcop:

“I have the latest in the big Washington sex scandal. … CNN is reporting that former Congressman Mark Foley’s instant messages were not only sexually inappropriate, but were also full of typos. In his own defense, Foley said, ‘It’s hard to type with one hand.'” –Conan O’Brien

“The good news? Florida Congressman Mark Foley has entered rehab. The bad news? Rehab is a 14-year-old boy from Pakistan.” –Jay Leno

“The big question now is what should be done with Mark Foley’s seat in Congress. I say, spray it with Lysol, boil it, coat it with Bactine, and then maybe you can sit on it.” –Jay Leno

“On Rush Limbaugh yesterday, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert said, ‘We took care of Mr. Foley. We found out about it and asked him to resign.’ Yeah, a year later. That’s not just slow, that’s FEMA slow.” –Jay Leno

“After being caught sending explicit emails to underage boys, Florida congressman Mark Foley has resigned. So his seat is up for grabs, which is what got him in trouble in the first place.” –Jay Leno

“This is like the worst thing to happen to congressional Republicans since last Thursday. … Most people think GOP stands for Gay Old Pedophile.” –Jay Leno

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“Apparently, new evidence that just came out shows that former Congressman Mark Foley once engaged in Internet sex with a former page while a vote was being taken in the House. … Apparently, instead of voting ‘Aye,’ Foley voted ‘Oh God yes!'” –Conan O’Brien

“Mark Foley has now checked into rehab for alcoholism. Oh, shut up. Like that’s the big problem. Who cares if he’s addicted to Jack Daniels? He’s addicted to little Jack and little Daniel. That’s the problem.” –Jay Leno

“Actually, this scandal with Foley has finally led to some bipartisan cooperation in Congress. For example, Republican leaders had to meet with Ted Kennedy to find out what’s the best rehab center.” –Jay Leno

“Have you all been following this scandal in Washington with ex-Congressman Mark Foley? Well, a couple of days ago, he checked himself into rehab. … It had gotten so bad he had to go out and develop a drinking problem.” –David Letterman

“The ex-congressman, if nothing else, is contrite. He says when he gets out of rehab, he wants a fresh start and to turn over a new page.” –David Letterman

“He spent most of his career protecting children from Internet stalkers. Turns out he was doing it so he could have them all to himself.” –Jon Stewart

“The big question, of course, for this congressman, who was an online sex predator to a 16-year-old, is — what drove him to it? . The sauce. Sad juice. Satan’s breast milk. Uncle Scotchy’s anger wrangler. The active ingredient in Nyquil. That’s why he did this thing. For if not for alcohol, it would have never crossed his mind. Mark Foley’s problem wasn’t that he drank, it was what he drank . Young Boyschlager. It’s got real bits of young boy in it. You don’t stand a chance.” –Jon Stewart

“It’s unbelievable the way the mainstream media is reporting this thing. Listening to them, you’d think it’s all Foley’s fault. Don’t you think the kids bare some of the blame here? Hear me out. Let’s be fair. How can a 53-year-old, six-term congressman hold out against the snares and seductive trickery of a high student from the rural South?” –Stephen Colbert

“He’s in rehab, which means it only happened because he was drinking. We’ve all done it folks — drunk dialing. It’s just that in Foley’s case, it was drunk texting erotic messages to underage pages about masturbation. … It’s simple. You drink, you forget things — especially things that could endanger minors.” –Stephen Colbert

“Apparently he had text message phone sex with a boy during a vote on funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. No one can say he’s soft on terror.” –Jimmy Kimmel

“Former Florida Congressman Mark Foley has resigned over allegations he sent explicit emails to underage boys. What is it with Congress? If they?re not grabbing your wallet, they?re grabbing your ass.” ?Jay Leno

“How about that Florida congressman Mark Foley? Whoa. At least the Democrats wait until the interns are 18.” ?David Letterman

“The Republicans reacted quickly. They transferred Foley to a different parish.” ?David Letterman

“The Foley saga quickly sent leaders of the North American Man-Boy Love Association, or Congress, into action.” –Jon Stewart

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More, much more, here. This one will outrun Les Mis.

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Comment of The Day

Driftglass at the News Blog on learning a former house page, now a soldier in Iraq, is to give evidence against Foley :

Stplossed: unit in firefite. WTF do u wnt?

Maf54: Bet that?s a heckuva wrk out. What R U wearing?

Stplossed: desert cmo. Again, WTF d/u wnt?

Maf54: Sounds hot. C U send me a pix of your ?unit??

Stplossed: C U send us some F?KING BODY ARMOR!

driftglass

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