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

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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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Haram Exercise said:
"We're coming for your children"
At least the comments are based? Surely this will make people rise up this time right?
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I'm surprised the comments haven't been turned off yet given some of the spiciness being posted. The kiddie-diddlers are so emboldened that they are comfortable enough to post this 'wink-wink' video on the net and not expect to get [fedposting redacted]. People won't rise up because they're not quite at the stage of 'lives, fortunes, and sacred honor.' The question is, what level of humiliation and subjugation must be inflicted on Americans before they reach that point?
 
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Gas station operator sues over new law​


By Associated Press​


Published: Tuesday, July 6th, 2021 at 10:05pm
Updated: Tuesday, July 6th, 2021 at 10:15pm​


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GALLUP – A company that runs dozens of convenience stores and gas stations in New Mexico is suing the state over new liquor laws that took effect last week.
Western Refining Retail claims a new provision that singles out McKinley County is unconstitutional because it prohibits gas stations from selling liquor based on population.
The new rule states any dispenser or retailer licensee who sells gasoline in a county with a population between 56,000 and 57,000 people cannot sell any alcohol other than beer. McKinley is the only New Mexico county that falls under that population threshold, and the change does not affect other businesses, such as grocery stores, package liquor stores, restaurants and bars.
Democratic Sen. George Muñoz told Albuquerque television station KRQE that he sought the language targeting retailers attached to gas stations to address a problem in his western New Mexico district.

“People die in McKinley County because of alcoholism,” he said.
He added: “Just because it’s legal doesn’t mean it should be readily available and convenient in every single location.”
Western Refining’s lawsuit seeks to stop enforcement of the new law, noting that 14 businesses in the county, 10 of which are run by the company, are affected.
The state’s Regulation and Licensing Department shows the company has dispenser licenses at Speedway, Giant and Conoco gas stations in Gallup.
Officials with the state licensing department said they will not comment on the lawsuit until they can review the complaint.
According to an annual report on substance use published by the New Mexico Health Department, McKinley and Rio Arriba counties had extremely high alcohol-related death rates.
Overall, the report noted that New Mexico has extremely high death rates due both to alcohol-related chronic diseases and alcohol-related injuries. The state’s rate of alcohol-related injury death was about 1.5 times the national rate.
Health officials said that, while New Mexico’s rate for alcohol-related motor vehicle traffic crashes has decreased substantially over the past 30 years, disparities remain.
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The new rule states any dispenser or retailer licensee who sells gasoline in a county with a population between 56,000 and 57,000 people cannot sell any alcohol other than beer. McKinley is the only New Mexico county that falls under that population threshold, and the change does not affect other businesses, such as grocery stores, package liquor stores, restaurants and bars.
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Ha. "I'm not saying you've got a problem, but you've got a fucking problem."
 
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Is this the face of someone you want anywhere near children? Because he REALLY wants to be near your children:
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This critter and his cohorts in the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus sing a touching little diddy titled 'We'll Covert Your Children.' Of course they're totally singing about 'tolerance' and not pedophilia and buggery. Aren't those the eyes of a totally trustworthy person?
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"A Message From the Gay Community" Performed by the San Francisco Gay…

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two things.

1) They've now made the video private.

2) the people who wrote this horrible thing also wrote a play about Bacha Bazi, or "dancing boys," the sexual abuse of young boys by older men in parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan. When these fuckers say they're coming for your children, believe them.

NY Times review of their play: i can't get text because it's behind a paywall for me.
 
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LateNightMuffin said:
two things.

1) They've now made the video private.

2) the people who wrote this horrible thing also wrote a play about Bacha Bazi, or "dancing boys," the sexual abuse of young boys by older men in parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan. When these fuckers say they're coming for your children, believe them.

NY Times review of their play: i can't get text because it's behind a paywall for me.
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pro tip: you can bypass paywalls by putting the url into an archive. Here you go https://archive.is/tgnkQ
 
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LateNightMuffin said:
two things.

1) They've now made the video private.

2) the people who wrote this horrible thing also wrote a play about Bacha Bazi, or "dancing boys," the sexual abuse of young boys by older men in parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan. When these fuckers say they're coming for your children, believe them.

NY Times review of their play: i can't get text because it's behind a paywall for me.
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Review: Tackling a Major Taboo in ‘The Boy Who Danced on Air’ - The N…

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I figured shit would get too hot for them. Glad I followed the Gospel of Jersh and archived everything.

Also, it sucks that once you begin noticing (((them))) it becomes difficult not to:
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Troy Iwata on Why Netflix’s ‘Dash & Lily’ Is Important for Queer and Mixed-Race Communities - NewsBreak

(Warning: This post contains mild spoilers for Netflix’s “Dash & Lily.”) For Troy Iwata, his new Netflix holiday rom-com “Dash & Lily” is more than just a love letter to Christmas and New York City — it’s also a love letter to the queer and mixed-race communities that the gay actor,...
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Troy Iwata on Why Netflix’s ‘Dash & Lily’ Is Important for Queer and …

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more about the assholes who wrote the song about coming for the children (I also posted this in tranny social media sideshow/shitshow)

those fucking pedos who wrote the song about coming for your children are currently "working on a show commissioned by New York City Children's Theatre." Okay, so they have already said they are coming for your children, and they have written a play about 'dancing boys' which includes a boy who is aging out of his relationship with the man raping him and is sad about leaving his rapist: just the people who should never ever write a play for a children's theater.

'about us.'

TIM ROSSER (Composer) and CHARLIE SOHNE (Book Writer and Lyricist) are winners of the 2015 Jonathan Larson Award, ASCAP’s 2015 Mary Rodgers/Lorenz Hart Award and the 2016 San Diego Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Original Score. Their show, The Boy Who Danced on Air (NAMT 2013) had its world premiere at The Diversionary Theatre and its Off-Broadway premiere at the Abingdon Theatre. Their pilot, Truth Slash Fiction, won best comedy at SeriesFest and ITVFest. Their new song cycle, With The Right Music, will make its premiere with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra in February of 2018 and they're currently working on a show commissioned by New York City Children's Theatre. Tim and Charlie were also 2014-15 Dramatists Guild Fellows, members of The Civilians’ R&D Group and writers at the Rhinebeck Writers Retreat, ASCAP’s Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project and the Yale Institute for Music Theatre. Their songs have been seen at their sold-out 54 Below show, Birdland, Contemporary Classics at Seattle Rep, Cutting Edge Composers at Joe’s Pub, ALNM at Rockwell in Los Angeles, Above The Arts in London, a sold out show at Broadway au Carre in Paris, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. They are the songwriting team behind India.Arie's single, High Above.
 
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Pentex said:
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Review: Tackling a Major Taboo in ‘The Boy Who Danced on Air’ - The N…

archived 5 Jun 2017 22:57:35 UTC
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I figured shit would get too hot for them. Glad I followed the Gospel of Jersh and archived everything.

Also, it sucks that once you begin noticing (((them))) it becomes difficult not to:
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Troy Iwata on Why Netflix’s ‘Dash & Lily’ Is Important for Queer and Mixed-Race Communities - NewsBreak

(Warning: This post contains mild spoilers for Netflix’s “Dash & Lily.”) For Troy Iwata, his new Netflix holiday rom-com “Dash & Lily” is more than just a love letter to Christmas and New York City — it’s also a love letter to the queer and mixed-race communities that the gay actor,...
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Why is it always Jewish people?

Thank you Netflix for giving me yet another reason to not subscribe to you. That makes three strikes: having nothing good to watch, Cuties & now this faggot.
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and they have written a play about 'dancing boys' which includes a boy who is aging out of his relationship with the man raping him and is sad about leaving his rapist: just the people who should never ever write a play for a children's theater.
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The name of this btw is "The Boy Who Danced On Air."
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The Boy Who Danced on Air | TheaterMania

A new musical explores the clandestine world of Bacha Bazi in Afghanistan.
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The Boy Who Danced on Air | TheaterMania

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I just went to archive this and I got a message that it was archived already 15 hours ago, people are buzzing around this like flies on shit.
 
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Court rules education institute can use electric shock device on special-needs students

CWC got off easy.

A federal appeals court says a Massachusetts school can continue to use an electric shock device as therapy for special-needs students, vacating a U.S. Food and Drug Administration ban on the practice.

The ruling, handed down Tuesday by a panel of judges for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia circuit, states the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center can continue using "electrical stimulation devices used to treat aggressive or self-injurious behavior."

That practice had earlier been banned by the FDA under its authority to regulate certain medical devices.

The school has used the method for decades, which a United Nations panel has called torture.

In the ruling this week, the judges said the FDA "may not enact the regulation at issue."

The ruling also reads: "The FDA has no authority to choose what medical devices a practitioner should prescribe or administer or for which conditions."

The Canton, Mass., center praised the ruling, saying, "With the treatment, these residents can continue to participate in enriching experiences."
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PS1gamenwatch said:

Are we screwed?
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This all could have been avoided if the powers that be had actually paid attention as far back as the 1990's about network security.

But no, 'network security' funding was code word for 'buy another fucking yacht' for too many people.

They were warned. Over and over and fucking over.

They refuse to give people training, they refuse to even follow basic security, and they pocketed money rather than doing what they were supposed to.

Fuck 'em.
 
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EU unveils sweeping climate change plan - BBC News

archived 14 Jul 2021 15:39:46 UTC
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Just some fluff about the EU'#s climate change plans (banning new cars, taxing everything to shit, the usual).

Then the Commission President goes and says this:

It is our generational task... [to secure] the wellbeing of not only our generation, but of our children and grandchildren.
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Highlights, press releases and speeches
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Actual press release in case anyone is interested.

Anyway, it made me giggle.
 
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Woman charged after allegedly sexually assaulting 6-year-old boy in Toronto park

TORONTO -- A woman is facing charges after she allegedly sexually assaulted a child in a Toronto park two months ago and police believe there may be other victims.

According to police, a six-year-old boy attended the Walter Saunders Park, near Dufferin Street and Eglinton Avenue West, on May 20. At that time, the boy was sexually assaulted, police said.

An investigation was launched by the Toronto Police Service’s Child & Youth Advocacy Centre. As a result of their investigation, 33-year-old Toronto resident Ruby Eby was arrested on June 8, police said.

She is charged with sexual interference with a person under the age of 16 and sexual assault. Eby is set to appear in a Toronto courtroom on July 21.

In a news release issued on Tuesday, police said investigators believe there may be other victims.

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