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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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Talk about a surprise! Woman gives birth in McDonald's bathroom with the help of 3 employees

A holiday gift indeed! The woman was headed to give birth before stopping to use the bathroom in the restaurant before her baby girl arrived after three pushes.
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Baby delivery: 3 Atlanta McDonald's employees deliver customer's baby…

archived 26 Nov 2022 05:14:18 UTC
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Woman gives birth in McDonald's bathroom with the help of 3 employees​

Friday, November 25, 2022
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Delta flight attendant tells wheelchair passenger that TSA will make him get off plane 'with their guns'

When Cory Lee's Delta flight from Santiago, Chile, landed in Atlanta, Georgia, on Nov. 13, he was looking forward to deplaning after the long trip.

The award-winning travel blogger, who is based in Georgia, was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy at age 2 and has used a wheelchair for most of his life.

That hasn't stopped him from traveling all over the world. When he does, he is always the last to deboard the plane as he waits for his chair to arrive at the jet bridge, Lee told Fox News Digital.

"It weighs like 400 pounds, so it usually takes a while," Lee said.

When the flight crew approached him with the aisle chair that's used to transport wheelchair users to their own wheelchairs, Lee told Fox News Digital that he inquired if his power chair was at the jet bridge yet.

Lee said that when he was informed that his wheelchair wasn't at the jet bridge, he told the flight attendants that he preferred to stay on the plane until he had access to his chair.

Lee's request falls under the Air Carrier Access Act.

The U.S. Department of Transportation website reads, "You can request that your wheelchair or walker be returned to you on the jet way at your destination airport and not the baggage claim area. Airlines are required to return wheelchairs to users as closely as possible to the door of the aircraft if requested."

Lee said it can take up to an hour for his chair to get to the jet bridge and the aisle chair is uncomfortable for him.

"Plus it puts me at risk for developing pressure sores," he said.

It was Lee's request to wait for his wheelchair to be brought to the aircraft that angered the flight attendants, he said.

A supervisor, who also wanted him to deplane prior to his wheelchair's arrival, got involved, Lee said.

"They were talking to each other, saying, 'He just doesn't want to get off the plane,'" Lee told Fox News Digital. "Believe me, I definitely wanted to get off the plane."

The interaction, captured on video and shared on Instagram, escalated when a flight attendant told him to exit the plane and wait for his wheelchair in the aisle chair — or the TSA would make Lee "get off the aircraft with all their guns and stuff."

At that point, Lee said he "did not want to cave to pressure. I know the law."

Lee believes he is the first traveler in a wheelchair to visit all seven continents.

A few minutes later, a "very nice and helpful" employee of the Atlanta airport arrived and said the wheelchair was at the door of the jet bridge, Lee said.

"He picked me up and [put me] into the aisle chair and then again into my wheelchair," Lee said, adding that it was about seven to eight minutes after the flight attendant's gun comment that Lee was in his own wheelchair and on his way.

Fox News Digital reached out to Delta and was sent a statement.

"The exchange in this video does not reflect the high standard of care Delta people aspire to every day," the statement said. "We are reviewing what occurred here and will follow up as appropriate with our people. Delta has reached out to this customer directly to hear more about what they experienced and to offer further apologies."

Lee said he reached out to the airline via email and received a response that said they were looking into the matter.

What he would really like, however, is the opportunity to speak to flight attendants, Delta corporate and ground crews about interacting with people with disabilities, he noted.

"They need accessibility training and to hear from actual people with disabilities like myself," Lee said. "They need to understand the impact their words have."

Cory Lee's first trip internationally, at age 15, was to the Bahamas.

"Seeing the culture and trying the new foods sparked something inside of me that made me want to see so much more of this big, wild, beautiful world of ours," he writes in his travel blog.

He is a graduate of the University of West Georgia and has a degree in marketing, he says in his blog.
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Child sex abuse boomed in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Children were forced to perform live sex shows for pedophiles around the world. The Filipino president has declared an "all-out war" on child sexual abuse, but it's a war the Philippines does not seem to be winning.

Good luck to Marcos Jr. Since he is no longer president maybe DU30 could hunt them down and go Punisher on their asses.
 
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Fleetwood Mac singer, keyboardist Christine McVie dead at age 79

“She was the best musician anyone could have in their band and the best friend anyone could have in their life,” the band said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Christine McVie, the English musician whose smoky vocals and romantic lyrics helped catapult the rock group Fleetwood Mac to international success, died Wednesday, the band and her family announced on social media.

She was 79.

"There are no words to describe our sadness at the passing of Christine McVie," the group said in a statement posted on Twitter on Wednesday afternoon. "She was truly one-of-a-kind, special and talented beyond measure."

"She was the best musician anyone could have in their band and the best friend anyone could have in their life. We were so lucky to have a life with her," the band added. "Individually and together, we cherished Christine deeply and are thankful for the amazing memories we have. She will be so very missed."

In a statement on Instagram, McVie's family said she "passed away peacefully" surrounded by loved ones at a hospital after a "short illness."

"We kindly ask that you respect the family's privacy at this extremely painful time," the family said, "and we would like everyone to keep Christine in their hearts and remember the life of an incredible human being, and revered musician who was loved universally."

McVie was once married to Fleetwood Mac bass guitarist John McVie. The turmoil in their relationship was one of the creative engines behind the behind's massively popular album "Rumours," released in 1977.

Christine McVie penned some of the most cherished lines in the Fleetwood Mac songbook, writing the lyrics to global hits like "Everywhere," "Little Lies" and "Don't Stop" — a track that later became synonymous with Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign.

In her lyrics, she chronicled the highs and lows of love in simple but soulful terms. "You Make Loving Fun," one of the melodic high points of "Rumours" and a staple of Fleetwood Mac's tours, summed up the joyful abandon of romance.

In the 1970s, when Fleetwood Mac was at its commercial peak, the band sold tens of millions of records and soared into the pantheon of rock acts. Fans around the world were entranced by the transcendent melodies — and fixated on behind-the-scenes drama.

The breakup of the McVies — and the accompanying split of fellow singer-songwriters Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham — gave rise to "Rumours," a timeless joint diary of domestic dissolution and one of the bestselling albums of all time.

McVie retired from Fleetwood Mac in 1998, after the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

She rejoined the band in early 2014 for an electrifying world tour, reuniting with the "Rumours"-era incarnation of a group known for frequent lineup changes.

"First of all, to be in a band with another girl who was this amazing musician—she kind of instantly became my best friend," Nicks said of McVie in an article published in The New Yorker in February. "Christine was a whole other ballgame."

Christine Anne Perfect was born on July 12, 1943, in Birmingham, England, and showed a natural gift for the musical arts at a young age.

She got her professional start in 1967 with the British blues band Chicken Shack. She met and married John McVie after a brief courtship, then officially joined his band in 1970.

Christine McVie quickly became an integral member of Fleetwood Mac, adding dimension as a mesmerizing low alto singer, songwriter and keyboardist. McVie's early notable contributions include the tunes "Over My Head" and "Say You Love Me."

John and Christine McVie divorced in 1978, although they remained friends and stayed in the band together through beloved albums such as "Tusk" (1979) and "Mirage" (1982).

She was married a second time, to Eduardo "Eddy" Quintela, from 1986 to 2003.

McVie won two Grammy Awards out of seven total nominations, and in 2014 she earned a lifetime achievement honor from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.

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Even if you‘ve never heard of a Fleetwood Mac song, you‘ve heard the band in the same way you have heard Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd. Great band with a very unique female singer.

 
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A sheboon just shat out a baby in the Mcdonald's bathroom in Atlanta. She now nicknamed her Nugget.
some minor points
-It only took 15 minutes
-The employees who delivered the baby got a $250 gift card
-This is the blackest event to happen this whole month.
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Woman names baby LITTLE NUGGET after giving birth in McDonald's toilet

One fast-food customer and expectant mother walked away with a different kind of 'Happy Meal' after delivering her baby in the bathroom of a McDonald's.
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Al Roker was rushed back to hospital 24 hours after being released.
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Al Roker was rushed back to hospital 24 hours after being released

The popular “Today” weatherman, who has been suffering from blood clots in his legs and lungs, was rushed back to hospital the day after Thanksgiving.
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Al Roker was rushed back to the hospital via ambulance the day after Thanksgiving amid his ongoing health scare due to blood clots.

The beloved “Today” anchor fell ill on Friday — just a day after he missed hosting the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for the first time in 27 years due to having just been released from the hospital.

The popular weatherman, 68, was taken away by ambulance as his frantic wife, Deborah Roberts, attempted to break into their malfunctioned Tesla to retrieve her mobile phone to follow her husband to the uptown Manhattan hospital, sources say.

ABC News journalist Roberts, 62, tried to smash her way through a reinforced glass window on the front side of the car with the help of a neighbor outside their Upper East Side home, say witnesses.

One witness told Page Six, “Al was taken from his home in a stretcher back to the hospital on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. His condition was worrying, but once back in the hospital, he improved.
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..."blood clot", it won't be long before some folks blame the vaxx.
 
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The Tokyo district court has upheld the constitution of validity of Japan's ban on same-sex marriages. The decision is a blow to LGBTQ+ rights and the movement against sexual discrimination in marriage. This also goes against the trend in large parts of the world especially the developed countries. This is the second such ruling in the only G7 nation where same-sex marriage is not permitted.
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A California congressman just got caught faking a hate mail to himself.
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This is the same guy who passed the bill where they lowered the penalty for knowingly passing HIV without informing their partners. And he added a third non-binary gender to government forms.

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New York is for Niggers :wall:

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Opinion | New York State Wants to Conscript Me to Violate the Constitution

A new law requires me to post a policy for dealing with ‘hate speech’ in comments on my blog.
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Note, Eugene Volokh is one of the preeminent constitutional scholars in the country, particularly with respect to the First and Second Amendments. They will lose this as it is not only a flagrant violation of the First Amendment in too many ways to list, but also obviously preempted by Section 230.

Volokh and his co-plaintiffs will easily win this lawsuit, even if they somehow handpick some crooked judge to uphold it at the trial court level.
 
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Kim Dotcom tweeted this, a response letter from the NZ government DIA confirming they have current access to a Facebook takedown portal that allows them to censor content.


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The request is documented here [A] and appears to be real. Interesting thing to note is that the request asked the question in the past tense, "ever had partner access to Facebook’s takedown portal previously found (since removed)", and the government response is in the present tense, "has access to Facebook’s takedown portal", indicating that the portal (known about) previously existed, was removed, and there is now a different one which they still have ongoing access to. The government could have responded "yes, we did", instead someone seemingly accidentally responded, "yes, we do".

While it's pretty obvious that various governments have deep ties with social media corporations, and it's equally obvious some governments could exert influence or control over content, this is the first flat out official confirmation of it from one I know of. It almost assuredly means the Five Eyes and many others do, rather than probably do.

This Mark Wong guy seems pretty based and has followed up the request asking them what other NZ agencies have access, what the internal guidelines for use are, and how many posts they've removed using it thus far.
 
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The CEO of Apple chickened out and hide from a reporter.
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CEO of Apple Tim Cook HIDES From Reporter

Apple CEO Tim Cook completely rejected a Fox News reporter during his most recent visit to Capitol Hill. Fox reporter Hillary Vaughn asked Cook “Do you support the Chinese people’s right to protest? Do you regret restricting Airdrop access that protesters used to evade surveillance from the...
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CEO of Apple Tim Cook HIDES From Reporter

Apple CEO Tim Cook completely rejected a Fox News reporter during his most recent visit to Capitol Hill. Fox reporter Hillary Vaughn asked Cook “Do you support the Chinese people’s right to protest? Do you regret restricting Airdrop access that protesters used to evade surveillance from the...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook completely rejected a Fox News reporter during his most recent visit to Capitol Hill.

Fox reporter Hillary Vaughn asked Cook “Do you support the Chinese people’s right to protest? Do you regret restricting Airdrop access that protesters used to evade surveillance from the Chinese government?”

To which Cook completely ignored.

Vaughn would follow up by asking “You think it’s problematic to do business with the Chinese party when they suppress human rights?”
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