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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."
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Union launches Streets ice-cream boycott for Australian summer

The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union is urging ice-cream lovers to boycott Streets products – including popular Golden Gaytime, Calippo, Splice, Magnum, Cornetto and Paddle Pop ice-creams – as it ramps up its fight to protect workers’ pay.

Unilever, the multinational owner of Streets, is attempting to terminate a collective agreement for workers at its Sydney factory. The union says Streets workers face a 46% pay cut if the agreement is terminated.

“Streets have given the Australian public a choice this summer,” the AMWU NSW secretary Steve Murphy said on Monday. “It’s a choice between supporting workers in struggle or supporting corporate greed.

“We think we know which side the Australian public are on. When you eye an ice-cream, you buy an ice-cream that makes you feel good.”

Beaches and major sports events will be targeted over the summer by union members calling on people to choose any other ice-cream over a Streets product.

The campaign was sparked by Unilever’s application last August to the Fair Work Commission to terminate the collective enterprise agreement (EA) among workers at its Minto factory in Sydney’s south-west.

Unilever says it needs to make changes as the factory is too expensive to run, saying it is 30% cheaper to import a Magnum Classic made in Europe than to make the same product at Minto.

“In regards to the union’s calls for a summer boycott of Streets, we think that Australians can decide for themselves what ice-cream to eat,” Unilever said in a statement.
“The reality is that every Gaytime, Magnum or Paddle Pop chosen this summer will help shore up the future of Streets manufacturing in Australia. All a boycott will do is hurt workers and local manufacturing.”

Unilever also rejects the union’s claims that workers face a 46% pay cut if the Fair Work Commission decides to terminate the EA.

Murphy said the union was confident the campaign would win public support and entice Unilever back to the negotiating table.
 
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Union launches Streets ice-cream boycott for Australian summer

The Australian Manufacturing Workers’ Union is urging ice-cream lovers to boycott Streets products – including popular Golden Gaytime, Calippo, Splice, Magnum, Cornetto and Paddle Pop ice-creams – as it ramps up its fight to protect workers’ pay.

Unilever, the multinational owner of Streets, is attempting to terminate a collective agreement for workers at its Sydney factory. The union says Streets workers face a 46% pay cut if the agreement is terminated.

“Streets have given the Australian public a choice this summer,” the AMWU NSW secretary Steve Murphy said on Monday. “It’s a choice between supporting workers in struggle or supporting corporate greed.

“We think we know which side the Australian public are on. When you eye an ice-cream, you buy an ice-cream that makes you feel good.”

Beaches and major sports events will be targeted over the summer by union members calling on people to choose any other ice-cream over a Streets product.

The campaign was sparked by Unilever’s application last August to the Fair Work Commission to terminate the collective enterprise agreement (EA) among workers at its Minto factory in Sydney’s south-west.

Unilever says it needs to make changes as the factory is too expensive to run, saying it is 30% cheaper to import a Magnum Classic made in Europe than to make the same product at Minto.

“In regards to the union’s calls for a summer boycott of Streets, we think that Australians can decide for themselves what ice-cream to eat,” Unilever said in a statement.
“The reality is that every Gaytime, Magnum or Paddle Pop chosen this summer will help shore up the future of Streets manufacturing in Australia. All a boycott will do is hurt workers and local manufacturing.”

Unilever also rejects the union’s claims that workers face a 46% pay cut if the Fair Work Commission decides to terminate the EA.

Murphy said the union was confident the campaign would win public support and entice Unilever back to the negotiating table.
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I think its a really bad thing for large corporations to try and fuck over their workers.
 
http://rare.us/rare-news/across-the...oween-costume-sparks-rage-from-other-parents/

Dumbass risked carrying around a toy gun with no orange cap on the end.:roll:

A Nebraska man sparked backlash after a parent posted a picture of his costume in a Facebook group.

According to KETV, the ordeal began when Hugo Mendoza wore a black, hooded robe while holding a duffel bag and a toy gun — the orange cap indicating that it was fake was missing — while attending the Monster Mash Bash with his girlfriend and daughters at Oak View Mall in Omaha. Desirae Anson, who was attending the event with her children, recalled that family members told her “You know, we should probably go,” believing that a shooting was about to take place. A picture Anson later posted of Mendoza in a Facebook group received about 800 reactions and 500 comments.


Mendoza defended himself, saying that he was simply wearing a costume inspired by “The Town,” a 2010 movie starring Ben Affleck which depicted bank robbers

I mean, if it was something bad, why would they sell it? I was there to have a good time with my daughters and my girlfriend. I wasn’t there to scare little kids or make people feel uncomfortable.

Anson held her ground, saying that she couldn’t tell if the gun was real or fake. Others in attendance, including Amber Hall, also voiced discomfort as the scene reminded them of the Van Maur shooting, which occurred at Westroads Mall in 2007.


“In 2007, I was going through the Omaha Police Department recruit academy and, as part of that, we watched the mall, the Von Maur shooting,” Hall recalled. “The videos, the radio calls, since then even now, that’s all that’s ringing through my head.”

Oak View Mall and Westroads Mall owner GGP has since said that it did “not allow any form of mask, prop or costume deemed inappropriate or offensive.” One publication attempted to contact mall security about the incident, but the person who answered the phone said that they could not comment.
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I thought that all realistic looking toy guns had to have the orange cap. Even toy guns that look like something out of a cartoon have them much of the time now too. I want to say that it's not a huge deal and the soccer moms overreacted. But I do get their poit somewhat given his costume choice and the gun and bag.

I think it's a good idea to not buy anything without an orange cap. These days people are just too on edge. I really hate costume policing though.
 
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http://rare.us/rare-news/across-the...oween-costume-sparks-rage-from-other-parents/

Dumbass risked carrying around a toy gun with no orange cap on the end.:roll:



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I thought that all realistic looking toy guns had to have the orange cap. Even toy guns that look like something out of a cartoon have them much of the time now too. I want to say that it's not a huge deal and the soccer moms overreacted. But I do get their poit somewhat given his costume choice and the gun and bag.

I think it's a good idea to not buy anything without an orange cap. These days people are just too on edge. I really hate costume policing though.
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2edgy4u costume. If the dumbass had done something stupid and gotten shot I wouldn't have been upset by it.
 
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Looks like 4chan is up to their usual hijinks.

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/20...d-cambridge/IQrDmpt2zisM4Ka5nbOgHK/story.html

Stickers saying “It’s okay to be white” were posted on Wednesday morning on light poles and electrical boxes around Cambridge Common and Harvard Square, echoing several such displays that have popped up across the country and in Canada.

Signs declaring “It’s okay to be white” were also found in several locations far beyond Cambridge, including taped on the door of the Native Studies building at the University of Alberta, in Canada, on Tuesday, and around the campus of Tulane University in New Orleans on Wednesday.

The stickers were also reported in Rock River, Ohio, a Cleveland suburb, on Wednesday.

The signs were apparently promoted on 4chan, an anonymous online message board notorious for trafficking in far-right themes and internet hoaxes. A message thread on the forum appears to encourage such a campaign, predicting the stickers would have “media & lefties frothing at the mouth.”
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