The Honest Courtesan

We can lock him up, take his kid, put his dog in the impound.
–  Raiford Box

As my memorial for Robbie Robertson, I chose this example of kind of antiwar song I think most effective: one about the human costs of war.  The links above it were provided by Radley Balko; Scott Greenfield; Popehat; Jesse Walker and Radley Balko again; Phoenix Calida; and Elizabeth N. Brown, in that order.

• But for video.
• This week in artificial stupidity.
• What the media calls a “leader”.
• R.I.P. William Friedkin and Robbie Robertson.
• Cops brutalize man and baby for eating while black.
• Not because you saw someone with a marker, either.

From the Archives

• My 1st profession has become as much an authoritarian target as my 2nd.
• Cop molests a corpse: state acts. Cop molests living woman: state yawns.
• Cops bloviate that they use the technology to catch “dangerous criminals”.
• Everyone who spread “sex trafficking” hysteria contributed to this atrocity.
• “Detention center” is just a euphemism for “prison”, and that means rape.
• Michigan is among the greediest, most unscrupulous states in this regard.
• Victoria is about to become the world’s 4th jurisdiction to achieve decrim.
• Would-be dance banners crib language from the federal “obscenity” test.
• People pretend “politician hires whores” is something more than a yawn.
• Sex workers and allies speak out about Kristof’s latest anti-sex crusade.
• This psychopath is far too close to the power she so desperately craves.
• A “compromise” only bureaucrats and politicians could find reasonable.
• These mob rule laws will continue to metastasize unless SCOTUS acts.
• Strippers are spearheading the movement for sex worker labor rights.
• This creep was trying to demand sex in addition to rent, not in lieu of.
• Indian sex workers, like their US sisters, are going online to survive.
• What other country publicly shames those who engage in sex work?
• “Search” is the most common government euphemism for “molest”.
• I love that Trumpaloons are taking over “sex trafficking” hysteria.
• Every year, I forget just how much the Dog Days wear me down.
• It’s always a pleasure to watch experts trash harmful sex myths.
• “Sex trafficking” fetishists extend their pet fantasy to OnlyFans.
• How a country treats its prisoners reveals a great deal about it.
• You may remember that I called this as bullshit ten years ago.
• New York apes Scotland’s approach to “helping” sex workers.
• In which a bluenose describes cartoon nudity as “horrifying”.
• If you’re new to my oeuvre, this is the best way to catch up.
• But don’t worry, toothless local laws will definitely stop this!
• A conflict between my whore ethics and my librarian ethics.
• Facial recognition systems have quietly become ubiquitous.
• To collectivist minds, group membership is a point of pride.
• Rapist politicians generally prefer to assault drunk women.
• Completing the foundation for our second guest cottage.
• Setting up the highest steel beam in my bathhouse roof.
• A “mistake” during “correction”. This is not reformable.
• It’s getting harder to tell the preachers from the cops.
• Rapist cops of the week, now with more euphemisms.
• It’s always lovely to see them feeding on each other.
• Cops, bird-brains, Lamont Dozier, and much more.
• A compilation of all my short Doctor Who reviews.
• American puritanism is a pox on the entire world.
• The old strip club business model is a dead duck.
• Most rapist cops have multiple underage victims.
• How “sex trafficking” hysteria grew into “QAnon”.
• Some Louisiana cops prefer to rape by proxy.
• Cops, carillons, nightmares, and much more.
• Prohibition by human idiots is bad enough.
• Finishing up phase V of my annex project.
• Your “leaders” refer to this as “correction”.
• Decriminalization is just the beginning.
• Why does anyone still trust Facebook?
• The story is the same the world over.
• Another curated collection of tweets.
• Cops, errors, Plato, and much more.
• Prohibitionism never, ever changes.
• Spending time with a dear friend.
• My new propane tank.

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