I know I’m the second coming of Christ, and I got a command from God to do it. – Todd Kincannon
The big news this weeks was of course the death of Aretha Franklin, so this week’s video is my personal favorite of all her many hits. The links above it were provided by Dave Krueger, Brooke Magnanti, The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, Jesse Walker, Wendy Lyon, and Mike Chase (in that order).
- But for video.
- Issues of Weird Tales online!
- Interactive globe of geological history.
- From plain sociopathy to full psychosis.
- In case you thought only US cops did this.
- Crime: sitting on a tractor. Penalty: death by strangulation.
From the Archives
- Be skeptical of claims about the sexual habits of the “younger generation”.
- Economists don’t have a monopoly on stupid assumptions about sex work.
- There are now two outfits cashing in on “sex trafficking” tours in Houston.
- Just because someone opposes bad guys, doesn’t make them a good guy.
- Just in case you thought screws restricted their petty sadism to prisoners.
- Half the population of New York City would be contaminated by sex rays!
- What’s the proper way for a client to express dissatisfaction with service?
- If there are so many “sex trafficking victims”, why keep making up tales?
- I’m glad somebody beat the pompous politicians of Seattle to the punch.
- The depravity of prohibitionists’ lurid fantasies about our lives and work.
- The myth of “sex addiction” sprang from “social construction of gender”.
- Cops, lost cities, weird fantasies, flat maps, prohibition and much more.
- US “authorities” turn driving a friend to work into “child sex trafficking”.
- Hiding migration control behind “sex trafficking” cant is often obvious.
- Prohibitionists try to turn the truth about “gypsy whores” on its head.
- What “legalized and heavily regulated” actually looks like in practice.
- Mr. Bell’s company is under increasing scrutiny for prostitution calls.
- How different the same story sounds when stripped of euphemisms.
- Another violent cop, another black woman profiled as a sex worker.
- Government is just a word for the things we choose to do together.
- A very reasonable article, considering the BBC’s usual prudishness.
- Despite this UK cop wanking fantasy, not one has ever been found.
- Over 90% of violence against sex workers comes from the police.
- Criticism of “anti-trafficking” propaganda from inside their ranks.
- Why do massage parlors bring the puritans out of the woodwork?
- One of the rare times you’ll ever see me actually assist the cops.
- When political & private interests “partner”, it’s called “fascism”.
- If you think they’ll keep this limited to sex crimes, you’re a fool.
- Why won’t those who know anti-sex dogma is bullshit speak up?
- Melissa Petro on the stigma faced by sex workers with children.
- Yet “leftists” are still surprised that “feminists” are anti-sex.
- How can a young guy get an escort to take him seriously?
- Pigs just love to make their fantasies sound “scientific”.
- The result of stigma, encouraged by criminalization.
- An essay by the mother of the late Grace Bellavue.
- Cops, music videos, woo, poop and much more.
- Wow, that’s some MIGHTY “suppression” there!
- Just a typical case in a typical American prison.
- A policewoman decides to turn to honest work.
- Never call the cops for any reason whatsoever.
- Hmm, where have I heard this pattern before?
- Another murdered transwoman, and another.
- Actually, this isn’t the “Nordic model” at all.
- I really hate buying and selling real estate.
- So much for “negative secondary effects”.
- Rapist cops of the week, 2016 and 2017.
- Sweden’s “liberal reputation” is bullshit.
- Things I’m not going to tell you about.
- The end of regular fictional interludes.
- When a sick infatuation is frustrated.
- Baltimore police are typical.
- I’m sure you feel safer now.
- Fascism in action.
- Zero equals zero.