Rainy Day Wonderings

Saturday, October 28, 2006

WTF?

Warning!

The following post is not for the faint of heart.

I have been struggling most of the night trying to decide if I should post this news report. My concern is that I do not want to add to anyone's sick and perverted lifestyle and posting this article on my site may give some mother fucking pedophile ideas for his or hers next victims. Therefore, I will not be linking to The Tesco Direct site.

Tesco condemned for selling pole dancing toy

by COLIN FERNANDEZ

Last updated at 23:13pm on 24th October 2006

Mother of two Karen Gallimore was searching for Christmas gifts for her two daughters, Laura 10, and Sarah, 11, when she came across the 'toy'

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."

Dr Adrian Rogers, of family campaigning group Family Focus said yesterday that the kit would "destroy children's lives".

He said: "Tesco is Britain's number one chain, this is extremely dangerous. It is an open invitation to turn the youngest children on to sexual behaviour.

"This will be sold to four, five and six-year olds. This is a most dangerous toy that will contribute towards destroying children's innocence."

He added: "Children are being encouraged to dance round a pole which is interpreted in the adult world as a phallic symbol.

"It ought to be stopped, it really requires the intervention of members of Parliament. This should only be available to the most depraved people who want to corrupt their children."

Tesco today agreed to remove the product from the Toy section of the site, but said it will remain on sale as a Fitness Accessory, despite the fact that the product description invites users to "unleash the sex kitten inside".

You can read the rest of the article here

What the fuck is this company thinking? How can they justify selling this product? Why after public outrage would they still keep selling the product as a Fitness Accessory?
And before any of you start thanking God that this product is not being sold in the US, it may be just a matter of time before someone decides to do so.

For all of you fuckingassholemotherhumping pedophiles out there... May you all burn in Hell!

N Posted by Rain at 10/28/2006 08:34:00 AM

Thursday, October 26, 2006

It's Me, Rain

Hi Everyone!
Yep, this is me a few years ago, he, he!
Sorry for the quality, I don't have a scanner.

A man doing market research knocked on a door and was greeted by a young woman with three small children running around at her feet.

He says, "I'm doing some research for Vaseline. Have you ever used the product?"

She says, "Yes. My husband and I use it all the time."

"And if you don't mind me asking, what do you use it for?"

"We use it for sex."

The researcher was a little taken back. "Usually people lie to me and say that they use it on a child's bicycle chain or to help with a gate hinge. But, in fact, I know that most people do use it for sex. I admire you for your honesty. Since you've been frank so far, can you tell me exactly how you use it for sex?"

The woman says , "I don't mind telling you at all.. My husband and I put it on the door knob and it keeps the kids out."

And you thought it was gonna be a dirty joke.......................... =D

Have a wonderful day everyone!

N Posted by Rain at 10/26/2006 01:53:00 PM

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Paris Exposition of 1900

For the Paris Exposition Universelle, W.E.B. Du Bois assembled a unique set of photographic albums for display. It was important that this exhibit, "of American Negroes [be] planned and executed by Negroes, and collected and installed under the direction of. . . [Negroes]," said Du Bois. These four unique volumes are titled Types of American Negroes (volumes 1-3) and Negro Life in Georgia (volume 4). They show various aspects of black life through the images of people, their homes, professional organizations, physical surroundings, schools and churches, as well as institutions of higher learning.

TITLE: Homes and businesses owned by African Americans, Chattanooga, Tenn., ca. 1899
SUMMARY: G. W. Franklin undertakers
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1899?
NOTES: Images collected by W.E.B. Du Bois and Thomas J. Calloway for the "American Negro Exhibit" at the Paris Exposition of 1900 (Exposition universelle internationale de 1900)

Title: Only Negro store of its kind in the U.S., at 2933 State St., Chicago, Ill

Summary: Three men at doorway of Charles F. Gardner, electrician and locksmith

MEDIUM: 1 photographic print.

CREATED/PUBLISHED: [1899?]

TITLE: African American baseball players from Morris Brown College, with boy and another man standing at door, Atlanta, Georgia
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
NOTES:
In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 337.

TITLE: Sgt. Brent Woods, full-length portrait, standing, facing slightly right
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [ca. 1900]
NOTES:
Detail of Medal of Honor men

TITLE: Young African American woman, half-length portrait, facing right, with left hand under chin
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [1899 or 1900]

TITLE: Summit Avenue Ensemble, Atlanta, Georgia
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [1899 or 1900]
CREATOR:
Askew, Thomas, 1850?-1914, photographer
SUMMARY: Photograph shows a group of six young men posed with their instruments in the photographer's home studio on Summit Avenue, Atlanta, Ga. From left: the photographer's twin sons Clarence and Norman Askew, son Arthur Askew, neighbor Jake Sansome, and sons Robert and Walter Askew.
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [1899 or 1900]
NOTES:
Untitled photo in album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 356.
Title and photographer attribution based on research by D. Willis in Small nation of people.

TITLE: Choir and organ of Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [1899?]
NOTES:
Title and other information transcribed from caption card.
Reportedly displayed as part of the American Negro exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900 (excellent link)

Title: Company D, 8th Illinois Volunteer Regiment
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: [1899?]

TITLE: African American men, women and children outside of church
MEDIUM: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: 1899 or 1900
RELATED NAMES:
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963, collector.
NOTES:
In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 3, no. 274.

Listed below is a complete list of the awards received by the different contributors to the Exhibit of American Negroes at the Exposition Universelle, Paris, France, 1900.

GRAND PRIX American Negro Exhibit (on the collection as a whole): Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia.

GOLD MEDALS Tuskegee Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia. Howard University, Washington, D.C. Thomas J. Calloway, Special Agent Negro Exhibit (as compiler). William Edgar Burghardt Du Bois, Collaborator, as Compiler of the Georgia Negro

ExhibitSILVER MEDALS Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee. Agricultural and Mechanical College, Greensboro, North Carolina. Berea College, Berea, Kentucky. Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia. Booker T. Washington, Monograph on Education of Negro.

BRONZE MEDALS Roger Williams University, Nashville, Tennessee. Central Tennessee College, Nashville, Tennessee. Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia. Pine Bluff Normal and Industrial School, Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

HONORABLE MENTION Haines Normal and Industrial Institute, Augusta, Georgia. Claflin University, Orangeburg, South Carolina

Want to know more? Please visit

The Library of Congress

The Black Database

Paris Exposition of 1900-Video

Books by W.E.B. Du Bois

The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America: 1638–1870 PhD dissertation, 1896, (Harvard Historical Studies, Longmans, Green, and Co.: New York) Full Text
Black Reconstruction: An Essay toward a History of the Part which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880
Dusk of Dawn: An Essay Toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept
The Encyclopedia of the Negro
An ABC of Color: Selections from Over a Half Century of the Writings of W.E.B. Du Bois (1963)

On a personal note I would like to thank each of you that have extended your hands in friendship through comments and emails. I appreciate each and everyone of you.

Lyndon, you have no idea how you have lifted my spirits this week, thank you.

Have a great day everyone!

Labels: photography

N Posted by Rain at 10/24/2006 08:49:00 AM

Monday, October 23, 2006

Mondays Glamour

Joan Blondell

Have a good week everyone!

Labels: Monday's Glamour

N Posted by Rain at 10/23/2006 07:41:00 AM