Children
Follies of the Madmen #286
Lots of goofy stuff here.
First commercial: who's the publisher for that special Mom propaganda book?
Second and third commercials: love that trippy 2001: A Space Odyssey sequence as we fly thru the aspirin particles.
Fourth commercial: once upon a time, hairy chests were okay.
Fifth commercial: this woman has ingested so much iron that her bare feet are comfortable on metal stirrups.
Sixth and seventh commercials: life in a circus-acrobat household.
Eighth commercial: multivitamins promote blue balls.
Ninth commercial: children are iron-vampires.
Tenth and eleventh commercials: psychedelic scrumpcheroo!
Twelfth commercial: hey, a rerun! Or is this a flashback from dropping too many Chocks?
Thirteenth and fourteenth commercials: Charley Chocks, pusherman.
Fifteenth commercial: Chocks and chopsticks!
Sixteenth commercial: And you thought the Archies were too fake!
Seventeenth commercial: interplanetary Chocks colonialism!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 18, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Drugs, Psychedelic, Children, Elderly, 1960s, 1970s
Let Children Vote
Yesterday I posted about a proposal to disenfranchise the elderly. Here's a similar idea — a scheme to reduce the political power of grey hairs — but it goes about it in a different way. Instead of taking away the vote from the elderly, you give the vote to children. Their new political power would presumably balance out the influence of seniors, shifting state policy in new directions.This idea has been repeatedly advocated by Paul E. Peterson, professor of government at Harvard. He's argued for the idea in the journal Daedalus (Fall 1992), The Brookings Review (Winter 1993), and Education Next (Jan 2011).
The way it would work, in practice: "parents exercise the vote on behalf of their children... parents be given the option to assign the right to their child whenever they think he or she is capable of casting it on their own. That right, once given, can never be taken back."
The details that remain to be worked out: "Which parent gets the vote? What is to be done with election-day newborns? What proof of parentage is required?"
Peterson was not, by any means, the first to come up with the idea of letting children vote. Philippe van Parijs gives a brief history of the children's suffrage movement in his book Just Democracy:
Image source: The Brookings Review (Winter 1993)
Posted By: Alex - Wed May 18, 2016 -
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Category: Politics, Reformers, Do-gooders, Agitators and SJWs, Children
Exchanging Greetings and Introductions
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 16, 2016 -
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Category: Etiquette and Formal Behavior, PSA’s, Children, 1960s
Know Your Missiles!
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Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 10, 2016 -
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Category: Hobbies and DIY, Children, 1950s, Weapons
Hitler the Snowman
Adolf Hitler snowman created by Tokyo children, January 1937.At the time, Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan had recently become allies, with the signing of the Anti-Comintern Pact.
Source: Newsweek - Jan 23, 1937
Posted By: Alex - Mon Apr 04, 2016 -
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Category: Dictators, Tyrants and Other Harsh Rulers, Children, 1930s
Which Way Did They Go?
You are out at an Easter egg hunt and you see a police helicopter searching the area. Then you see two men running away, what do you do? These kids knew just what to do. They formed an arrow on the ground to point the police in the right direction. Yes, the cops got the criminals. Great job kids!
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 02, 2016 -
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Category: Communications, Cops, Crime, Children
Follies of the Madmen #274
Horny beach bunnies switch instantly from thoughts of lust to thoughts of dental hygiene.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 12, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Children, Parents, 1960s, Teeth
Bob Gaffner, Fishermen’s Helper
That Bob! "He's full of the old mick!" Huh? That expression summons up a mere two Google hits. I suspect it's a euphemism for "full of the old Nick," which in turn was a euphemism for "full of the Devil."
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 02, 2016 -
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Category: Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Work and Vocational Training, Children, 1950s
Kiddy Boxing
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 06, 2016 -
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Category: Martial Arts, Children
“Life-sized” Alien Facehugger & Egg
Too bad this won't be available until April 2016. Imagine the screams of terror, as depicted, when your lucky first-grader opens this under the Xmas tree.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 20, 2015 -
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Category: Aliens, Death, Toys, Children, Eggs
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