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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."

 

[Silence of the Troons]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...om-use-stretches-far-beyond-sex-idUSKCN1LL1BO

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cubans use them to fish, ferment wine, fix punctures or tie up hair; latex condoms have become the ultimate multipurpose tool on the Communist-run island where shortages of basic goods have forced locals to become masters of invention.

Decades of U.S. trade sanctions and a dysfunctional Soviet-style, centralized economy mean the aisles of Cuba’s shops are often glaringly bare. And when available, imports that are sold at a steep markup by the state or on the black market may be too expensive for those on an average state wage of $30 per month.

Yet condoms, both those domestically produced and imported from Asia, are in relatively bountiful supply, partly due to the Caribbean country’s focus on sexual health. Government subsidies mean they are cheap; a box of three condoms costs just one Cuban peso (around 4 dollar cents).

Strong and stretchy, they lend themselves to various industrial as well as recreational applications beyond contraception and protection against sexually transmitted infections, Cubans say.

“We can’t allow clients to leave upset that we couldn’t do something because we lacked the tools so instead we look for alternatives,” said Sandra Hernandez, a stylist at a Havana hairdressers, who uses them as hairbands.

At concerts and children’s birthday parties, condoms blown up to large balloons with a whitish hue drift through the air.

Along the coast, floats made from several inflated rubbers tied together bob on the sea, carrying baited hooks of fishing lines. These allow those fishermen confined to Cuba’s shores due to authorities’ strict controls on boats for fear of illegal emigration to send their hooks further out.

“The aim is to catch the bigger fish,” said Angel Luis Nunez, a fishermen on the capital’s Malecon seafront boulevard.


Perhaps the most idiosyncratic use for condoms is that of Orestes Estevez. In his makeshift winery in his Havana home, he covers the bottles of grapejuice with condoms.

The rubber inflates and become erect as the fermentation releases gases; when it collapses, the process is complete. Estevez then sells the wine in his garage.

“It really increases the alcohol percentage and improves the process of fermentation, as well as that of clarification,” the home winemaker said.

 

[sperginity]

He was picking stuff out of his teeth, using the web camera as a mirror

Dr. Peterson popped up in his followers’ feeds during a surprise livestream, where even he didn’t know he was going live.

The accidental broadcast began with Peterson appearing to check out his teeth for any leftover bits of food, then settling back into his chair to browse the internet. Viewers can gather that he was staying up to date on political news from the stream's audio.

Peterson’s wife, Tammy Roberts, appeared two minutes and thirty seconds into the stream, seemingly returning home from work.

Tammy approached her husband to show him a news article, laughingly saying that it would “make him mad.” The article in question was from the Global News, titled, “Doug Ford is returning Ontario to a 1998 sex-ed curriculum.”

Roberts and Peterson didn't appear to be fans of the piece, with Peterson saying, “Fuck you, you fucking pricks,” in response to the one teacher’s view of gender-identity education as being a human rights issue. “I really like the little graph at the end,” he said in reference to a graph showing the number of times certain keywords were used between 1998 and 2015 sex ed curricula.

Peterson continued streaming for a few more minutes, blissfully ignorant of his online presence. He then appeared to take notice of this and immediately went offline, saying, “I’m livestreaming.”

Dr. Peterson’s everyday interaction with his wife (thought to be out of the public eye) shows a private side of the psychologist. Peterson has since deleted the stream, but thanks to the never-ending efforts of the internet, the clip is available for all to see.

 

[Draza]

Oh the camera been on this whole time.....

 

[millais]

Oh the camera been on this whole time.....

He was just washing his penis scratching his leg

 

[Ahriman]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...nine-gang-raped-son-friends-killed-India.html

We really need to talk about India's rape culture...

 

[LegoTugboat]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...holders-2019-including-dog-jump-six-feet.html

A dog that can jump more than six feet, an 84-year-old flying trapeze artist and a 14-foot knitting needle... Guinness reveals the weird and wonderful world record holders for 2019

A dog that can jump more than six feet is among the weird and wacky champions revealed today in the 2019 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records.

Feather, a greyhound rescue from Maryland, USA can jump 191.7cm (6ft 3in), which is only a few centimetres less than the British women's record set by Katrina Johnson-Thompson at the Rio Olympics in 2016.

Samantha Valle, 31, Feather's owner, says her talents became apparent when she saw her jump so high she hit their basement ceiling.

She then began to train Feather to jump over hurdles an soon she was hopping over 150cm 'effortlessly'.

Another competitive canine scooping up a world record in Geronimo, a border collie - Australian kelpie cross, also rescued by Samantha.

Geronimo holds the record for the most double dutch-style skips by a dog in one minute, at 128. The human record was is 133 and was achieved by Huang Junkai, Jiang Dali and Jin Zhenyu from Shanghai in September 2017.

After six weeks, Samantha had an idea to add a skipping rope into the mix when Geronimo was proving difficult to train - it soon became clear that Geronimo was a complete natural.

Samantha takes great pride in seeing the promise in animals that others have left behind and trying to bring out the best in them.

'Sometimes it takes a certain person to come along and see the potential in a dog to make them even greater' she says.

Matt Denton, 45, from Winchester, takes a record for a robot he built.

The Animatronic Control System Specialist takes the record for the largest rideable hexapod robot at 9ft1 (2.8m) tall, and 16ft1 (5m) wide.

Matt's love of animatronics and engineering began at a very young age, when he received his very first LEGO technic kit and was cemented after a trip to the cinema to see Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back when he was eight years old.

Matt's spent his younger years fascinated with walking machines like the AT-AT's and fulfilled a childhood dream when he had the chance to work on Star Wars: The Force Awakens to create the fan-favourite, BB-8.

Other awards this year go to the most dice balanced on a cat’s paw (10), most make body modifications (516), fastest 50m hand skating (8.55 seconds), longest time controlling a football with the soles whilst on the roof of a moving car (93 seconds), most fire breathing backflips in one minute (14) and most consecutive back handsprings on one hand (34).

This edition of the Guinness World Records is celebrating the 'maker' movement and will have a special feature devoted to inventors, dreamers, crafters and creators including the world's largest water pistol, an elephant-sized hamburger and enormous sculptures made of toothpicks.

Spoiler

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...holders-2019-including-dog-jump-six-feet.html

 

[Iwasamwillbe]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/lifestyle...-assuming-babies-gender/ar-BBLSAbi?li=BBoPOOm

 

[Goofy Logic]

Sex attack on beaver

File photo
Police arrested a man in Kennewick, Wash., for sexually assaulting a beaver.

The man was arrested for animal cruelty Monday night in Columbia Park, YakTriNews reports.

A witness says she saw a car run the animal over. She wrapped it in a towel and ran home to get a box to put the beaver in. When she returned, she says she saw a man on top of the beaver with his pants unzipped.

Police were called, and Richard Delp, 35, was arrested. He was also found to be in possession of crystal meth.

The beaver did not survive.

Washington Meth-head rapes roadkill, kills it.

 

[Francis E. Dec Esc.]

'Brazil's Donald Trump' stabbed twice in stomach while campaining for president.

 

[Chopinpiano]

source: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018...left-candidate-renominate-sen-tom-carper.html

The Bernie Sanders far-left wing of the Democratic Party – including some candidates who proudly label themselves democratic socialists – has scored some big primary victories in recent months, but ran out of luck Thursday in tiny Delaware, when voters nominated U.S. Sen. Tom Carper for another term.

The victory was good news for Democrats, who hope to capture control of the Senate and House in the November midterm elections with centrist candidates who can draw support from Democratic moderates, independents, and even some Republicans disenchanted with President Trump and the controversies surrounding him.

But Carper’s trouncing of challenger Kerri Evelyn Harris – he captured 65 percent of the vote to her 35 percent – was bad news for Republicans. GOP officials and candidates would like nothing better than the opportunity to run against candidates they can paint as leftist radicals who want to raise taxes, make Big Government a lot bigger, and replace America’s successful free market economy with the socialist model that has failed miserably across the world.

The GOP would like nothing better than to run against candidates they can paint as leftist radicals who want to raise taxes, make Big Government bigger, and replace the free-market economy with the socialist model that has failed across the world.

Carper is now the heavy favorite to win re-election in November when he faces Sussex County Councilman Robert Arlett, who defeated former PayPal executive Gene Truono by 67 to 28 percent to win the GOP Senate primary. Arlett chaired the Donald Trump presidential campaign in Delaware in 2016.

Carper, 71, has served in the Senate since 2001 and was governor for eight years before that. He previously spent a decade as Delaware’s only member of the U.S. House and earlier served as state treasurer of Delaware. He was endorsed by the Delaware Democratic Party and former Vice President Joe Biden, who is a former Democratic senator representing Delaware.

Harris, 38, is a biracial community organizer and Air Force veteran. She was endorsed by democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who gained national attention with her surprise primary victory June 26 over veteran Democratic U.S. House member Joe Crowley in New York City.

Harris’ left-wing platform included support for national health insurance, a bailout of student loan debt, a $15 minimum wage, and abolishing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency.

Those positions had limited appeal in Delaware, which does not have a large immigrant community and where voters are steeped in the so-called “Delaware Way” – a culture of bipartisanship and political compromise. Even though she had a strong volunteer network, Harris was only able to raise about $120,000 for her race, versus $3 million raised by Carper.

While the radical left is pushing to move the Democratic Party in its direction, Harris’ big loss to Carper shows the ability the ability of leftist extremists to succeed is limited.

While few thought Harris had a chance of defeating Carper, her supporters hoped she could pull of a political miracle like some other far-left candidates have done.

In addition to Ocasio-Cortez’s win in New York in June, Boston City Councilwoman Ayanna Pressley scored an upset victory Tuesday when she easily defeated 10-term U.S. Rep. Mike Capuano in the Democratic primary for a U.S. House seat representing Massachusetts.

Pressley is another far-left candidate and she will become the first African-American woman representing Massachusetts in Congress because she faces no Republican opponent in November.

In Delaware, Harris brought in so many outside activist veterans of the campaigns of Ocasio-Cortez and Pressley that Carper was overheard complaining about it on an Amtrak train Thursday.

According to the Washington Free Beacon, Carper told the person he was speaking to on a cell phone: "There are a lot of people coming from out of state, socialists coming in, trying to defeat me." The senator then went on to say socialists are ruining the Democratic Party, the Free Beacon reported.

In the end, Carper need not have worried quite so much. Even though Delaware played a leading role in the American Revolution it’s hardly a bastion of socialist revolutionaries today. The state’s economy is benefiting from low corporate tax rates and business-friendly bank regulations. It has a history of electing moderate Democrats such as Biden and Chris Coons, Carper’s Senate colleague.

The lesson of recent primaries is that while the left wing is on the rise, its biggest impact will be in scaring Democratic incumbents to do its bidding rather than actually winning a lot of elections on its own.

Ocasio-Cortez and Pressley both won in districts where Democratic primaries are dominated by minority voters.

In Florida, liberal Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Gillum, and African-American, was able to win his crowded primary with 33 percent of the vote. But would probably have failed if he faced a single moderate candidate.

But while the Bernie Sanders wing of the Democratic Party is not going to take over the party, it’s certainly capable having a major influence, especially in primary campaigns, pushing candidates further left than they might otherwise go.

Just think back to 2010, when tea party conservatives dominated the GOP primaries and set the stage for the rise of Donald Trump. Many far-left Democrats want to play a similar role in electing candidates to their liking in November and again in 2020.

https://twitter.com/KerriHarrisDE/status/1037844453208350721


https://twitter.com/KerriHarrisDE/status/1037836523700400133



lol, Wilmington Delaware is a complete shithole, people kill each other over shoes. It's worse than Detroit, but black people BLAME DEM COPS

 

[kcbbq]

'Brazil's Donald Trump' stabbed twice in stomach while campaining for president.

And the man who stabbed him is Barack Obama, or at the very least his clone...

 

[RG 448]

I like this shift in strategy from trying to manufacture a positive image for a bad candidate to just not running them.

 

[Goofy Logic]

I like this shift in strategy from trying to manufacture a positive image for a bad candidate to just not running them.

When you are desperately scraping the bottom of the barrel for candidates to fight a suddenly popular opponent, I guess it's your only choice.

 

[PoisonedBun]

Australian Prime Minister Responds to (totally not coached) Transgender Child:

https://twitter.com/theprojecttv/status/1037636127434334209?s=21

(skip to 4:00)

 

[Zarkov]

This popped up on my fb:

Totally legit you guyz

 

[The Fool]

Domino's Pizza tattoos earn some Russians 'free pizza for life'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-45445668

That was the deal offered to people in Russia last week when Domino's Pizza in Russia began their "Domino's Forever" campaign on social media offering "free pizza for your whole life".

The catch? To earn their crusts, people had to get a permanent tattoo of the Domino's logo "on a visible spot" of their bodies.

The post says people who get tattoos will be given a certificate offering a maximum of 100 free pizzas, per year, for a century - a possible 10,000 pizzas.

But to get that many free meals you would have to live well beyond the average Russian life expectancy.

Nevertheless Russian social media was soon awash with hundreds of people looking to take advantage of the deal.

Many of the posts were fairly self-aware, with people considering themselves captive to the offer of free meals.

After hundreds of posts appeared across Instagram, Facebook and Russian-language social media platform VKontakte, Domino's was forced to impose strict rules upon entries.

The pizza chain clarified only "the first 350 people" to post such pictures on social media would receive the free meals, and warned that while the tattoo can be any colour, it must be at least 2cm (0.79 inches) in length.

Furthermore, it released an image clarifying the "visible parts of the body" where people were allowed to have the tattoo.

Despite the change in rules the pictures kept on coming, with people sharing snaps of tattoos on arms, tattoos on legs, and even tattoos on thumbs.

With the entries coming so quickly, Domino's was forced to bring the competition to a halt as they quickly hit their 350-participant threshold.

"Friends, we already have 350 participants!" Domino's wrote on its Facebook page.

"We are not receiving any new tattoos!

"If you are at a tattoo artist's and getting tattoos, we will include you in the list of participants. But we are waiting for pictures before 12:00 today.

"For those [getting tattoos] later, we recommend cancelling the appointment, because unfortunately we will not be able to include you."

But by this point, the warnings did not stop the tattoos.

On Instagram alone, there have been over 80 additional applications using the campaign hashtag since the promotion officially closed, with more on Facebook and VKontakte.

That may not seem like much, but can you imagine getting this tattoo and not receiving the free pizza?

Fortunately for these late entrants it seems Domino's feels the same way, as the company continued to reply to posts.

Domino's responded to John Adamovsky - who posted his tattoo after Domino's stopped the offer - to let him know that they would contact him privately to arrange his prize.

 

[millais]

Domino's Pizza tattoos earn some Russians 'free pizza for life'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-45445668

lol, this is some impressive trolling. It's less about awarding a lifetime of free pizza to 350 Russians and more about tricking 10 000 Russians to get a Domino's tattoo because they were too dumb or hasty to read the fine print about all the retroactively-added stipulations that would disqualify 9 650 of those Russians from getting the free lifetime pizza

 

[Rokko]

Drunk Man Broke Into Zoo, Was Beaten Up By The Squirrel Monkeys He Tried To Steal
Of course its a kiwi.

For those who live in the Free peoples republic of europe that cannot access without VPN:

Spoiler: Text

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND — A drunk New Zealand man has been thrown in the slammer after breaking into a cage full of squirrel monkeys — and being beaten up by the tiny creatures.

John Owen Casford, 23, snuck through the gates at Wellington Zoo and tried to capture one of the 10-inch tall squirrel monkeys for his girlfriend, according to the New Zealand Herald.

But the monkeys turned on him and attacked.

Casford, who was found the following morning, suffered a broken leg, two fractured teeth, a sprained ankle, and bruises, according to The Sun.

In court, the judge said that the monkeys had been “distressed” and that two of the simians had suffered injuries.

During the Restorative Justice hearing, zookeepers told Casford that he had traumatized the poor little monkeys.

Wellington District Court judge Bill Hastings said: “Your intention was to capture [a monkey] and bring it home to your girlfriend. Your attempt was not successful.”

He added: “I don’t know what happened in the squirrel monkey enclosure. The squirrel monkeys know. You say you couldn’t find them, and I don’t speak squirrel.”

When the zoo staff discovered Casford, he was reportedly “high as a kite.” They later located the female monkey that Casford had attempted to steal — hiding, injured, and frightened.

Squirrel monkeys are not known as dangerous animals, but have been known to attack humans if they feel threatened.

Casford pleaded guilty to several charges including common assault, assault with intent to injure, and breach of community work.

 

[frozenrunner]

Drunk Man Broke Into Zoo, Was Beaten Up By The Squirrel Monkeys He Tried To Steal
Of course its a kiwi.

For those who live in the Free peoples republic of europe that cannot access without VPN:

Spoiler: Text

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND — A drunk New Zealand man has been thrown in the slammer after breaking into a cage full of squirrel monkeys — and being beaten up by the tiny creatures.

John Owen Casford, 23, snuck through the gates at Wellington Zoo and tried to capture one of the 10-inch tall squirrel monkeys for his girlfriend, according to the New Zealand Herald.

But the monkeys turned on him and attacked.

Casford, who was found the following morning, suffered a broken leg, two fractured teeth, a sprained ankle, and bruises, according to The Sun.

In court, the judge said that the monkeys had been “distressed” and that two of the simians had suffered injuries.

During the Restorative Justice hearing, zookeepers told Casford that he had traumatized the poor little monkeys.

Wellington District Court judge Bill Hastings said: “Your intention was to capture [a monkey] and bring it home to your girlfriend. Your attempt was not successful.”

He added: “I don’t know what happened in the squirrel monkey enclosure. The squirrel monkeys know. You say you couldn’t find them, and I don’t speak squirrel.”

When the zoo staff discovered Casford, he was reportedly “high as a kite.” They later located the female monkey that Casford had attempted to steal — hiding, injured, and frightened.

Squirrel monkeys are not known as dangerous animals, but have been known to attack humans if they feel threatened.

Casford pleaded guilty to several charges including common assault, assault with intent to injure, and breach of community work.

The Drunken, Belligerent Virgin vs. the Chad Squirrel Monkey

 

[Dysnomia]

Washington Meth-head rapes roadkill, kills it.

It's like The Onion is the true face behind CERN and it's all a huge trololol.