There is no evidence she condoned being called a horse. – Jeffrey Merlino
This was a weird week for links; up until Wednesday evening all I had was the first video (via Mike Siegel, who also provided “flu tax”), and I was trying to figure out what I would do if I didn’t get anything else! But then the internet came through, and as you can see I have a full slate of interesting stuff. This week’s top contributor was Franklin Harris, who supplied everything down to the first video; the second video was provided by Radley Balko (who also gave us “Idaho”), and the links between the videos were suggested by Mistress Matisse (“Elvis”), Walter Olson (“cigars”), Violet Blue (“CISPA”), Wil Wheaton’s Cat (“sci-fi”), and Kevin Wilson (“bingo”).
- Chick-Fil-A is opposed to gay marriage, but encourages medieval incest.
- Calling a classmate a “fat ass” is now a criminal matter in New Jersey.
- Somebody wants to make a movie out of an anti-D & D Chick comic.
- 4th grade “science” quiz from a creationist school.
- In 1995, a New Mexico legislator introduced a bill that would’ve required psychologists to dress like wizards while on the witness stand.
- Elvis impersonator cleared of poison charges, looks for Moo Cow and promises foot massages for ladies.
- Cops are trying to steal a yacht because there were cigars on board.
- Idaho government agents abduct children of marijuana activists.
- US Congress votes on taxing the flu.
- CISPA is dead again, for now.
- Sci-fi children’s books.
- Statist bingo.
- Zardoz?
From the Archives
- My take on the Secret Service scandal attracted quite a bit of media attention, but US personnel running over whores did not.
- Jezebel blogger saves unwitting women from accidentally prostituting themselves “in fucking Thailand or some shit”.
- Real men support sex worker rights, and here’s a list of a few examples.
- Valeria Messalina, the Roman empress who enjoyed playing the whore.
- In honor of Vinalia Urbana, a catalog of aspects of the goddess Venus.
- The New York Daily News strongly criticizes Anna Gristina’s treatment.
- Last year’s attempt at banning “condoms as evidence” in New York.
- Tennessee joins the list of states defining miscarriage as murder.
- Northern Ireland has
railroadedconvicted its first “sex trafficker”. - Either my strangest column ever, or not. Or both simultaneously.
- Government is practically the definition of “necessary evil”.
- The methodological deficiencies of prohibitionist “studies”.
- Cops try to blame the Long Island murders on hobbyists.
- In Asia, sex workers are welcome at feminist events.
- Helpful dating advice from government. Yes, really.
- Greta Christina invited whores to tell our stories.
- My favorite books and my favorite authors.
- The self-destruction of Somaly Mam.
- A selection of poems about harlots.
- The Thing and No, They Can’t.
- Early CISPA shenanigans.
- A hooker coffee klatsch.
OMG i have tears of laughter rolling down my face after reading this one
http://io9.com/chick-fil-a-really-wants-you-to-take-your-mom-on-a-medi-482949482
Yeah, I laughed pretty hard at that one as well. 🙂
There was an older fellow that used to come into the grocery store where I worked in high school and if you helped him out to his car he’d give you a Chick tract instead of cash for a tip, so I used to have quite the collection. They are all mind numbingly funny, especially the god afwul seventies hair in the “serious” ones.
And always remember, the gun is good, the penis is evil.
Okay, this should have been a general response, not one to jemima specifically. Really, I’ve only had one glass so far.
“CISPA is dead, for now.”
Best news I’ve heard all week. But, yeah, they’ll keep trying, won’t they?
With the nation $17 TRILLION DOLLARS in debt you’d think the Repubelican House would declare a national emergency and make it a priority.
Instead – they have time to pass CISPA. The Repubelicans are a funny bunch – always SAYING they want government out of your life – but, when in power – they do exactly the opposite.
Why limit the “funny bunch” observation to Republicans? The Democrats always swear they are looking out for the ‘little guy’ or ‘working class’, and time after time they favor regulations, laws, and movements that screw the general citizenry, sans lubrication, for the benefit of Democrats cronies.
A pox on both sides of the aisle.
The Dimmocrits are Marxists and they’ve never said they intend to do anything about the national debt. Additionally, they are honest in that they embrace “big government” as a solution and promise their constituents a continuation of the prohibitionist state – enforced on their enemies.
The Republicans – since Reagan, have promised their constituents smaller government. They have never – not once – produced it. When G.W. Bush had a Republican Congress capable of ramming through anything – he expanded the debt exponentially – he grew government.
This makes Republicans the stupidest voters on the planet – because they are voting for guys who promise them one thing – and deliver the opposite. They never seem to catch on to this and continue to go into the voting booth and pulling the lever for these “cloaked” statists.
What I find especially amusing is that … there’s what? 350 Million people in the U.S.? Out of all those people – there are only TWO who have failed socialist healthcare systems named after them … the first is Obama.
But the second? Oh hell, he was the Republican nominee last year!
It was RomneyCare and the “WTF?” factor that caused Americans not to trust the GOP last year. Remember they won historic gains in 2010 in congress and most people would have you believe that suddenly, in the span of two years, we all became “progressive”. But the real issue is – there are just enough of the GOP base waking up to realize that that party has no solutions either.
All the mockery of Jack Chick is just because of his religious beliefs, not because he wants stuff banned. If only he wanted things to be banned for the right reasons! Then he’d be giving interviews on TV and to gaming Websites.
A video game Website, Kotaku, called for this video game character from Vanillaware’s up coming game Dragon’s Crown to be suppressed just recently:
http://dariuswhiteplume.tumblr.com/post/8997416218/videogamesbabes-vgb-sorceress-dragons
Because she’s “harmful to women,” apparently. (She reminds me a bit of my wife, actually.) They literally said that George Kamitani should not have created this character, and that he needs to tone her down or eliminate her from his game.
If Dark Dungeons were a neofeminist tract about the dangers of sexy fantasy art (a crusade that’s been going on since I was kid, incidentally), and harmful to young girl’s self esteem then everyone would love him and he’d probably get invited to the White House. Heck, I could probably take the existing comic and just change the dialogue balloons and get rid of the biblical references and it would be popular if people didn’t recognize it.
http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/23/dragons-crown-finally-dated-as-it-draws-fresh-criticism-for-sexy-imagery/
The Sorceress is ridiculous. Her boobs are bigger than her head and her outfit is impractical for battle.
The Amazon is also in for a world of hurt if goes into battle wearing THAT while her male compatriot wears heavy, all-covering armor.
The male Dwarf is nakeder than either of these two women, and the female Elf is rather modestly dressed.
The whole thing is more humorous than offensive, though… assuming one HAS a sense of humor.
I actually had the pleasure of reading the ‘Dark Dungeons’ tract. Among other things, it advocated buring C.S. Lewis and Tolkien books. (Which conjured up the image of Chick readers storming religious bookstores to seize books… but I digerss.) And the biblical passages that are cited as justification for this act of thuggery don’t actually recommend such actions, let alone order them.
*Blink*BlinkBlink* THERE ARE FEMALE DUNGEONMASTERS?!? *looks frantically* Where? Where? Back when I played, it was a victory to find a DM that bathed. And if I get to actually learn spells, I want Speak in Tongues and Transmute Lead to Gold. Love to work at the U.N.
I was a dungeon mistress; still am, though sad to say we don’t play nearly as often as we used to.
@wanfulforever
Hey! I resemble that remark…:) (re bathing)
Seriously, women having been becoming more involved in gaming for some time now. Since RPGs involve (at their best) creative storytelling and interpersonal relationships, it’s not surprising. And those of us still in the hobby are seeing more game systems emphasizing stories and motivations, rather than ‘get gear, kill monsters, loot bodies, return to town, repeat…’ White Wolf built their entire World of Darkness on avoiding that trope.
I wasn’t going to do anything on this one yet, but that Sorceress gets one’s attention.
I’ll come back to this.