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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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So here is an absolutely bizarre one:

Back in November businesses and schools in Saskatoon started getting bomb threats and packages of white powder in their mail. An Alexa Emerson was arrested and charged for those, then more white powder showed up after she was released from bail.

She's went through three lawyers, one of whom also received some white powder, and newspapers received a video confession from another woman that sounded suspiciously scripted.

After a "Where's waldo" social media campaign by police, it turns out it was a video-narrator-for-hire from North Carolina that Alexa hired.

One of the defense lawyers indicated the cause is from “a complicated domestic situation.” Take that to mean what you will.
 
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Sounds like Twitter will be the next "My Space".
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The only reason anyone is holding onto the stock now is the hope that someone will come along and buy the company. And the longer the wait, the worse it gets. I don't know who would be willing to buy them out right now, since the major players have turned them down and the platform itself has some serious problems. Whoever buys would probably do so with the intent on extracting an awful lot more profit from it. But hey, if they charged a penny a tweet, the Rat King could fund the company all by itself.
 
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The only reason anyone is holding onto the stock now is the hope that someone will come along and buy the company. And the longer the wait, the worse it gets. I don't know who would be willing to buy them out right now, since the major players have turned them down and the platform itself has some serious problems. Whoever buys would probably do so with the intent on extracting an awful lot more profit from it. But hey, if they charged a penny a tweet, the Rat King could fund the company all by itself.
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Just the reeeeee-ing about charging a penny a tweet would make the company profitable.
 
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