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‘Breaking Bad’ Figures in Toys ‘R’ Us, Along with Fake Crystal Meth, Pulled From Stores
by Chuck on October 22, 2014**Bumped Up From TAM Wire. Posted By Chuck** File this one under “The Death of Right and Wrong” — Breaking Bad action figures, complete with fake crystal meth and a stash of cash. The packaging says that it is intended for those over 15, but they are selling them on Toys ‘R Us, alongside children’s toys. There is already a petition to remove these toys: http://www.change.org/p/toys-r-us-remove-breaking-bad-dolls-from-their-shelves Via 9News Colorado: ‘Breaking Bad’ figures on toy store shelves Breaking Bad may have been one of the most popular cable shows of the last decade, but do figures depicting the show’s meth-making characters belong on toy store shelves? That’s the question parents are asking after NewsChannel 5 found them in two St. Louis-area...
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Your Tax Dollars At Work: ObamaCare Workout Video With… Richard Simmons
by Chuck on January 19, 2014**Bumped Up From TAM Wire. Posted By Chuck** Your tax dollars at work! Warning: you may need a drink afterwards. Via Red Alert Politics: I’m either on drugs, or the administration is this helplessly stupid. The Tell a Friend — Get Covered campaign, better described as “a tourist trap off Route 66,” began a six-hour live-streamed event Thursday afternoon that was advertised to “include stories, tips, helpful information and other details related to national health care options.” Really, it was as if the audio-visual club got wasted on malt liquor and hijacked public access television. Get Covered, a partnership among state healthcare exchanges and the Obamacare missionary Enroll America, expertly fails to cater to young people. Its circus began Thursday...