Nobody tell Mister Pterodactyl

You spend years and years with nary a thought of the now-deceased pedophile cannibal mass murderer from your home state, and then suddenly he makes the news twice in one month:

Man who escaped Jeffrey Dahmer arrested over fight death

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - A man who narrowly escaped Jeffrey Dahmer and helped end the serial killer's murder and sexual assault spree two decades ago faced a possible homicide charge of his own on Thursday in Wisconsin.

Tracy Edwards, 52 and homeless, was arrested on Tuesday after a fight that led to a man falling into the Milwaukee River and dying. The Milwaukee County District Attorney's office said it was reviewing the evidence with a view to a possible homicide charge.

No cannibalism, body-parts collection, or uncomfortably-textured lampshades were involved, however. As for Edwards' involvement in the Dahmer case:

…Twenty years ago this month, Milwaukee police found Edwards, half naked and partially handcuffed, in the street near Dahmer's apartment. Edwards told police he had just escaped Dahmer's apartment and led them back there.

Police arrested Dahmer that evening after finding body parts in his refrigerator and human remains throughout his apartment.

Too bad that was twenty years ago. If that happened today, Edwards would be the star of his own reality TV show within six months, tops. Sure, the sudden fame and fortune would probably just exacerbate whatever factors cause him to be homeless, but still. I’m sure he could at least swing one date with a Kardashian.

Previously:

• It Was Twenty Years Ago Today, Jeffrey Dahmer’s Dinner Got Away

The creepiest thing you’ll see all day

Alternate headline: this eBay seller’s making a killing!

The story:

An eBay customer has paid almost $1 million to for a Casey Anthony rubber mask.

Described by the seller as “a significant piece of crime history” the mask was purchased with a winning bid of $999,900 last Wednesday, beating another 104 bids, the first started at $25.

The online seller called “prophunter” is based in LA and ended up with six rubber face masks of Anthony’s face that had been used in a parody video and put one of them on sale on eBay.

Have a look:



Are you totally creeped out right now? I am totally creeped out right now.

I get why the masks were made ("parody video," whatever that was), and I get why they’re being sold. But...almost a million dollars? How much could it possibly cost just to create a brand new mask?

There’s two more still available on ebay, by the way. Current bids are $26,000 and slightly less than $5,000. Go nuts.

Is it my birthday? Obama’s approval ratings drop to 40%

Alternate title: stupid RINOs, not approving of President Obama's job performance.

Gallup:

President Obama's job approval rating is at a new low, averaging 40% in July 26-28 Gallup Daily tracking. His prior low rating of 41% occurred several times, the last of which was in April. As recently as June 7, Obama had 50% job approval.

Let’s not get too excited. This could just be an outlier, and anyway his approval rating’s hit 41% a few times and come back from it. Plus, polls suck, so we have to take that into account.

Still. Woot.

This was interesting:

Obama's job approval rating among Democrats is 72%, compared with 34% among independents and 13% among Republicans. In the prior three weeks, his average approval rating was 79% among Democrats, 41% among independents, and 12% among Republicans.

Approval among Democrats: down. Among independents: down. Among Republicans...up? What the hell?

Sure, it’s within the margin of error. On the other hand...don’t count me among those who'll root against the economy to gain partisan advantage, but I do approve of anything the president does to make his re-election less likely.

Your approval of someone’s performance depends on whether he’s achieving what you want him to achieve, doesn’t it? So if you want President Obama to be a one-termer, then don’t you kind of have to approve of his performance so far?

In which case, what’s wrong with the rest of those Republicans?

As of today, I become the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.

So there.

Trog asked for this

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Not in the 'would you please?' way.  More like the 'this is for your own good' way.  You know what I mean.

Who's ready for some football?

Here's why I haven't blogged at all today:

Yep, that's me and Acme Man, whose name I somehow neglected to ask. Nice of him to take the picture with me, though. Saint Vince was there, too. Didn't get one of him.

I felt a little like I was in costume, too: I was the only guy not from the Packers' front office who was wearing a suit. But he, it's a shareholders meeting! What else do you wear?

More blogging tomorrow.

I'm off to the Green Bay Packers' annual shareholders' meeting...

...and what incredible timing, the same week the lockout ended; the same day the players report to camp. I dunno if we'll see any of the players, but, feh. It's Lambeau, surrounded by Packers fans on a beautiful day, with my 11-year-old son who just had to call me from his grandparents' house to make sure I knew that the lockout had ended.

I'll post some pictures later, if I've got any. Seeya!