Amazon’s servers have withstood some powerful traffic tempests before. But nothing like this. “This” being Lady Gaga and her handlers’ idea to sell her album Born This Way on Amazon for $.99 today.Shit is getting ugly.

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We’re currently experiencing very high volume. If you order today, you will get the full @ladygaga album for $.99. Thanks for your patience.less than a minute ago via TweetDeck

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