The Honest Courtesan

Stop breaking my door.  –  Brandy Laramore

There aren’t many decent seasonal videos any more, but this little animated Loveraft adaptation caught my attention.  The links above it were provided by Jesse Walker, Radley Balko, The Onion, Nun Ya, Popehat, Franklin Harris, and Phoenix Calida, in that order.

• Sounds reasonable.
• Not a police state, no sirree!
• The Onion, in a seasonal mood.
• A fine example of the exonerative voice.
• California does something right for a change.
• R.I.P. Piper Laurie, Keith Giffen, and Lara Parker.
• Another life ruined by school “zero intelligence” policies.

From the Archives

• I’ve somehow managed the best possible game with the hand I was dealt.
• I’m sure Jesus would approve of punishing children for their parents’ sins.
• There’s literally never been a case of a kid getting drugged trick-or-treat.
• Florida screws all yell “Stop faking!” at victims after breaking their necks.
• You’ve heard of “burying the lede”, but this one just keeps getting worse.
• Authoritarians can’t conceive of any non-violent solution to any problem.
• It’s great to see anti-prohibitionist views quickly becoming mainstream.
• Funny how often people “die suddenly” while cops are brutalizing them.
• Commies still love the fantasy that they can magically vanish sex work.
• The Japanese get very touchy when anyone memorializes their victims.
• Psychedelic destigmatization is happening more quickly than expected.
• It’s good to see a sex worker run for office, especially when she wins.
• The cop who stood by and watched a rape has thought up an excuse.
• The racism of “anti-trafficking” schemes is getting harder to disguise.
• Did you ever wonder why the government stopped harassing bitcoin?
• No, this is a different Louisville cop stealing women’s nude pictures.
• The government needs to be buried in lawsuits before this will stop.
• Some still believe these sociopaths really want to “protect children”.
• UK admits “human trafficking” narrative is about migration control.
• Facebook didn’t think the face-eating leopards would eat its face.
• The rescue industry provides many opportunities to play cowboy.
• Cops cosplaying pimps vs cops cosplaying sex workers & clients.
• Indian activists battle prohibitionism disguised as “public health”.
• Banks are still actively looking for whores to rat out to the pigs.
• Cops, wolves,San Francisco, Robbie Coltrane, and much more.
• All too often, evil arrives cloaked in the mantle of expediency.
• Cops are just a gang of rapist thugs waiting for opportunities.
• Brooke Magnanti on how “sex trafficking” panic led to QAnon.
• Maybe the Church shouldn’t just ignore priests’ sexual needs.
• Ever notice how often predatory cops’ targets are underage?
• “Sex trafficking” propaganda has always been deeply racist.
• On the havoc wrought by Swedish criminalization in France.
• Pregnant women are uniquely vulnerable to state coercion.
• Cops, politicians, Twinkies, sound effects, and much more.
• Still think this djinni can be crammed back into its bottle?
• A custom arrangement to fit your needs and preferences.
• It’s not only Louisiana cops who prefer to rape by proxy.
• A look at Hacking/Hustling’s report on shadowbanning.
• An analysis of how the Baby Boomers wrecked the US.
• It’s always nice when filth like this feed on each other.
• Moral imbeciles are almost completely out of control.
• PayPal is becoming a major threat to civil liberties.
• The stupider the belief, the harder it is to debunk.
• All of our roofing materials are finally on the way!
• It rains an awful lot on the edge of a rain forest.
• Rapist cops of the week, 2020, 2021, and 2022.
• Once in a while, whores win a small victory.
• Yet another curated selection of tweets.
• Cops, laws, monsters, and much more.
• Learning to weld while building a roof.
• Plumbing my new bathroom.
• Cicero’s breakfast peanuts.
• Worst Phone Ever.

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