The Honest Courtesan

I wanted her arrested for assault, not executed.  –  Talisa Coombs

This catchy number was one of my favorite songs from Sesame Street, but I hadn’t thought about it in years until a recent retweet by Elizabeth N. Brown recalled it to me.  The links above it were provided by Mike Siegel; T. Greg Doucette (x2); IncarcerNation; Scott Long; Dan Savage and Franklin Harris; and Tracy Quan, in that order.

• Artificial stupidity is treyf.
• Not for any reason whatsoever.
• Your reason is not an exception.
• Was this “protecting” or “serving”?
• A development worthy of The Onion.
• R.I.P. Chuck Woolery and Earl Holliman.
• An edition of Alice with unusual illustrations.

From the Archives

• “Sex trafficking” isn’t the magic brain-pause spell it was for over a decade.
• Cops will never stop doing this while the state keeps giving them pretexts.
• Mark Draughn on the aftermath of the Backpage persecution & show trial.
• Sleeping with a cop is one of the most dangerous things a woman can do.
• Calling 911 = calling cops. Never call the cops for any reason whatsoever.
• A false rape claim supported by a lying cop; the victim is lucky to be free.
• Seems Mexican cops care more about sex workers’ lives than US cops do.
• Blaming behavior on an imaginary “addiction” is not taking responsibility.
• The government thinks you shouldn’t be allowed any privacy whatsoever.
• The US has given every tyrant in the world a powerful rhetorical weapon.
• They try to make it sound like the scumbag was doing his victim a favor.
• Blaming bad behavior on “addiction” works when you control the board.
• Give aggressive thugs power over teens; what could possibly go wrong?
• Uniforms & racism are window-dressing for fascism, not defining traits.
• Idaho apparently wants to chase away as many physicians as possible.
• Americans don’t really care where their overpriced coffee comes from.
• Watching Tim Ballard’s reputation go down in flames is so very sweet.
• It’s easy for cops & prosecutors to circumvent supposed “guarantees”.
• Women of childbearing age should avoid Alabama entirely if possible.
• Asking us to feel sorry for a man who was hoist with his own petard.
• “Sex predators” usualy hold positions of authority over their targets.
• North Carolina’s “solution” for rampant cop violence? Hide the data.
• The conscription of unconsenting drivers into copaganda continues.
• The prosecutor in this case rode it to become AG of Massachusetts.
• Getting my nails done is the visible sign of a covenant with myself.
• What my new bathroom looked like two days before Thanksgiving.
• Amazon’s fascist collaboration with cops just keeps getting worse.
• Reporter tries to bury the lede; headline writer won’t participate.
• “Safety” as pretext for petty torture and fascist profitmongering.
• All too often, evil arrives cloaked in the mantle of expediency.
• This was the endgame of “anti-trafficking” schemes all along.
• Cops, animals, heavy metal, Marty Krofft, and much more.
• Cops murder more people than any other group in the US.
• Perhaps we’re nearing the end of this nasty, twisted saga.
• Cops, vampires, Bruce Lee, Irene Cara, and much more.
• Blogging retrospectives from November 2012 and 2013.
• My atrium is no longer a construction site, but a room.
• “Presumption of innocence” doesn’t apply to whores.
• I’m actually starting to get the hang of MIG welding.
• This sordid saga finally wraps up after three years.
• It takes a lot to make me delay my tree-trimming.
• Your “leaders” refer to raping kids as “correction”.
• Are most cops even capable of telling the truth?
• Authoritarian regimes are much of a muchness.
• Cops, Florida, singing cats, and much more.
• It’s not like it’s their money, after all.
• A textbook example of McNeill’s Law.
• Your “leaders” call this “correction”.
• Throwback Thursday vs. Baragon.
• A Yuletide message from Annie.
• As I predicted three years ago.
• Belated birthday presents.
• Rapist cop of the week.
• R.I.P. Wakefield Poole.
• Oh, what a surprise.

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