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http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/24/caitlyn-jenner-halloween-costume-sparks-social-media-outrage-.html

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...een-costume-labeled-817515?utm_source=twitter

It's nowhere near October, but one ensemble is already on track to be named the most controversial Halloween costume of 2015.

Social media users were out in full force on Monday criticizing several Halloween retailers for offering a Caitlyn Jenner costume reminiscent of the former-athlete's Vanity Fair cover earlier this year.

While Jenner's supporters condemned the costume as "transphobic" and "disgusting" on Twitter, Spirit Halloween, a retailer that carries the costume, defended the getup.

"At Spirit Halloween, we create a wide range of costumes that are often based upon celebrities, public figures, heroes and superheroes," said Lisa Barr, senior director of marking at Spirit Halloween. "We feel that Caitlyn Jenner is all of the above and that she should be celebrated. The Caitlyn Jenner costume reflects just that."

 

[Kulee Baba]

It's be funny if they started dressing him up like the Royalty of the past.

 

[remiem]

will avoid any stereotypes

'won't impose stereotypes'

I don't think in today's day and age anyone raises their child specifically to be a stereotype, unless maybe you're that Susie Green woman or Jazz Jenning's mother, this totally smacks of Mommy wants more headlines than anything else. Almost all children these days are raised to enjoy what they want and express themselves as they please especially in predominantly white cultures.

Although maybe this baby will bring elaborate wigs, leggings, puffy pants and the like back into royal fashion. L o L

 

[Samoyed]

Meghan & Harry will 'raise baby as gender fluid and avoid stereotypes', say pals

MEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry will reportedly raise their baby ‘gender fluid’ and ‘won’t impose stereotypes’ on it. A source close to the couple told Vanity Fair that…

www.thesun.co.uk

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will raise their baby as ‘gender fluid’ and will avoid any stereotypes, according to friends.

A source close to the couple told Vanity Fair that Meghan Markle, 37, was telling guests at her recent New York baby shower that she would raise their baby in a "fluid" way.

“She was talking openly about it,” said the source to the magazine. “Meghan has been talking to some of her friends about the birth and how she and Harry plan to raise their baby. Her exact word was 'fluid'. "She said they plan to raise their child with a fluid approach to gender and they won’t be imposing any stereotypes."

While it is unknown how strictly they will take their 'gender fluid' parenting, the royal couple may decide to avoid dressing their firstborn in typical pink or blue clothes associated with boys and girls and are likely to encourage their child to play with a variety of toys including dolls and trucks.
Or, on the other end of the spectrum, they could join a small group of parents who are raising 'theybies' — children who aren't identified as a 'he' or 'she'.
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Add this to the list of jokes about Prince Harry's Marriage.

What they'll dress up their kid as:

 

[RI 360]

lmao finally, a lolcow the media will stalk for us.

 

[Some JERK]

The funniest part of this is that Harry flew attack helicopters in the military.

 

[Male Idiot]

Well I am sure the next good thing will be inbreeding like the good old days.

 

[MediocreMilt]

She's 37? Fuck, not only is the kid going to be black, but it's going to have a good chance of being re-tarded. The one true king: an autistic tranny nog.

This guy's gonna be pretty hard to dethrone for most genetically effed up monarch: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_Spain

 

[Coolio55]

The funniest part of this is that Harry flew attack helicopters in the military.

You know, I'd have thought that fighting in an actual war would immediately kill these sorts of ideas.
Either it's PTSD or he's lived such a siddhartha-esque life he never got into actual combat.

Either way, the media were absolutely shitting themselves over Prince George playing with toy guns so maybe we'll get a cool battle where George smacks him about.

 

[ProgKing of the North]

If this is what convinces Brits to stop paying a rich family to pretend they’re better than everybody else then it’s worth it

 

[Sable]

Lol, they can do what they want their child is never going to ascend the throne.

 

[Jozef]

So, when the kid starts doing things that's natural for their gender, will they try to shame them? you know, because forcing a kid to act a certain way is abuse?

 

[CWCissey]

So, when the kid starts doing things that's natural for their gender, will they try to shame them? you know, because forcing a kid to act a certain way is abuse?

Of course not.

They'll get the servants to do it.

 

[MediocreMilt]

This doesn't make any sense as a thread. Why not a sub-forum where these sorts of threads are collected?

 

[ICametoLurk]

Democratic Socialism, Sebastian Gorka Warns CPAC, Wants to "Take Away Your Hamburgers… What Stalin Dreamt About But Never Achieved'

Sebastian Gorka, former deputy assistant to President Donald Trump, told attendees at the right-wing CPAC convention on Thursday that nobody should be fooled about the term "democratic socialism," because that's just the politically-correct term for "communism" being used by people that "want to take away your hamburgers."

"This is what Stalin dreamt about but never achieved," Gorka blustered.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2...rns-cpac-wants-take-away-your-hamburgers-what

This has come to life.

 

[Rei is shit]

Ex-gawker writer sends hate email to an NYT columnist. The response he gets is career advice about acting professional and not sending hate mail to people he doesnt know. Gawker dude spergs out proving old nyt guys point.

Bret Stephens Tried to Teach Me Because I Called Him Dumb

archived 2 Mar 2019 00:55:58 UTC

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https://twitter.com/BretStephensNYT/status/1101638239742578689

 

[AnOminous]

Ex-gawker writer sends hate email to an NYT columnist. The response he gets is career advice about acting professional and not sending hate mail to people he doesnt know. Gawker dude spergs out proving old nyt guys point.

Bret Stephens Tried to Teach Me Because I Called Him Dumb

archived 2 Mar 2019 00:55:58 UTC

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https://twitter.com/BretStephensNYT/status/1101638239742578689

Bitch should learn to code.

 

[Dolphin Lundgren]

5 year old boy destroys a kindergarten classroom for 45 minutes and gets the school officer sent to him. Mother doesn't get why they did it.

Upland school calls police on 5-year-old boy

An Upland mother is wondering why her 5-year-old son's elementary school called the police when he acted out and destroyed a classroom instead of contacting her first.

www.yahoo.com

SoCal school calls police on 5-year-old boy

An Upland mother is wondering why her 5-year-old son's elementary school called the police when he acted out and destroyed a classroom instead of contacting her first.

abc7news.com

Like many kindergarteners, 5-year-old Kyler has plenty of hobbies and interests - and one of his dreams is that he wants to be a policeman.

At least he wanted to be one until an incident last week at Foothill Knolls Elementary School.



"He is a young African-American male and the police being called on him, that hurt me as a mother," his mother, Jenny Kimbell, said.

Kimbell said kindergarten had started out just fine, but then Kyler started getting into trouble.

"He's gotten frustrated. He had struck another kid," Kimbell said.

Then the incident happened last Tuesday.

"It escalated to where Kyler got upset, started flipping desks, throwing chairs," she said.

Kimbell even shot video on her cellphone of the aftermath.



"He'd destroyed the classroom. I was told that this went on for 45 minutes," she said.

How does a five year old kid destroy that much? The mom should blame herself since it's her fault.

 

[AnOminous]

How does a five year old kid destroy that much? The mom should blame herself since it's her fault.

They're too cucked to just hold him down and record his screams.

Or put him in a group home.

 

[Dolphin Lundgren]

They're too cucked to just hold him down and record his screams.

Or put him in a group home.

That kid definitely needs to be put in some special treatment and he's young enough where it could help him. The mom should be more concerned with that instead of blaming the school for doing their job.

 

[Safir]

Lol fatties. Way to ruin a good thing you had.

'Bike country No 1': Dutch go electric in record numbers
E-bikes now outsell standard bicycles in Netherlands, with quality prized more than price

'Bike country No 1': Dutch go electric in record numbers

E-bikes now outsell standard bicycles in Netherlands, with quality prized more than price

www.theguardian.com

"An average for an e-bike is over €2,000 but that is in our culture. In the future we will not talk about e-bikes, but just bikes,” he [an employee of the local transport association] said. “E-bikes will be the new normal, I think, within 10 to 15 years. We think that all bikes will be supported by small engines. In the Netherlands, 60% of those who work live within 15km [9.3 miles] of their work and that is perfect for an e-bike."