All I asked for was sliced cheese. – Ricky Berry
Unfortunately, the US media (including social media) are still obsessed with Donald Trump, so it was pretty slim pickings for links this week; let it never be said I don’t go the extra mile for my readers, though. The video was provided by Jacob Sullum, the links above it by Tim Cushing (“surprise” & “understand”), Scott Greenfield (“robot”, “politicians” and “surgery”), Cathy Reisenwitz (“identity”), and Tushy Galore (“retrained”).
- Gee, what a surprise.
- Still want a robot car?
- The man without an identity.
- And yet people still believe politicians.
- I hope his first purchase is facial plastic surgery.
- Why is “not for any reason whatsoever” so hard to understand?
- “The employee who called the police will be…possibly retrained.”
From the Archives
- Even the more perceptive survivors of forced prostitution recognize that criminalization enables it.
- Why do reporters either focus on or try to entirely avoid saying a crime victim was a sex worker?
- Police collaborators name their gang after whore famous for hiding fugitives from police.
- Let’s hope this legal rationale of why chimps aren’t “persons” is extended to fetuses, too.
- Important federal judge officially declares “sex trafficking” hysteria bullshit.
- A government this sluggish & cumbersome is too big to be allowed to exist.
- Proving that stupidity & gullibility are no barriers to becoming a physician.
- Imagine this idiot as shouting in a kind of fit, spraying spittle everywhere.
- How are there actually still lawyers clueless enough to use this “defense”?
- Should I worry sex isn’t as special for my escort girlfriend as it is for me?
- Let’s watch the crippled remains of “gypsy whores” myth gasping for air.
- One of the most aggressive campaigns of whore persecution gets worse.
- Invent a ludicrously-broad definition, then pretend it means something.
- Cop says cops should have fun, rape a few whores, laugh at their tears.
- If antis want to “rescue” whores, why do they keep us from other jobs?
- The party will be displeased if your children question diktats, comrade.
- Sleazy politician tries to quietly impose the Swedish model on the UK.
- In which a popular “feminist” porn star turns out to be a serial rapist.
- Any criminalization of sex work allows cops to play their evil games.
- It’s good to see more in the media on the reality of male sex work.
- In which the balance of my effort shifts back to work and activism.
- Prosecutors admit couple’s innocence, but won’t exonerate them.
- In honor of St. Nicholas, who disapproves of the Salvation Army.
- It’s so nice to see this from the other side of that imaginary line.
- Violet Blue on the federal campaign to suppress sex businesses.
- Young Greek women are selling sex for the price of a sandwich.
- She’s a victim! So let’s help her by making her homeless, too!
- Two broken people nearly always create a broken relationship.
- This could be a huge development if more schools follow suit.
- Once again, vanillas reveal themselves as the true perverts.
- “Many NK defectors resort to better-paying jobs in South“.
- “Fight sex trafficking” by getting dressed in the morning.
- Florida vows to “fight sex trafficking” via magic posters.
- A bunch of high-level clerics cast an anti-whore spell.
- Is Rand Paul still claiming to be a kind of libertarian?
- Cops, McBattery, 50 Shades and teddy bear surgery.
- Trying to get back to the grind after a year of travel.
- Rare honesty in a mainstream American newspaper.
- A short biography of Seattle’s most famous madam.
- Woman commits suicide after cops destroy her life.
- Doing these things isn’t illegal, only seeing them.
- In the long run, tight budgets work in our favor.
- Armed gang robs a man of everything he owns.
- This is Sweden, we don’t believe in evidence.
- More “sex slave” lies, this time about Russia.
- If something’s in a movie, it must be true!
- Sex workers’ tips on maintaining privacy.
- The truth about “rescue” org Apne Aap.
- The EFF steps up to do the ACLU’s job.
- On the immorality of drug prohibition.
- Canadian politicians protest Bill C-36.
- A federal hearing on mugshot policy.
- Trying to reboot the Satanic Panic.
- A short profile of Laura Lee.
- Oh, the mental gymnastics.
That small guy sure carried that 86 lb bucket pretty easily. I bet there wasn’t really that much in there and the guards that let him steal it had already taken their cut.