The Honest Courtesan

Before today, I cannot think of a single time when a Bing search result was more valuable than the Google equivalent.  –  Russell Brandom

When I saw this essay from C.J. Ciaramella two months ago, I was immediately reminded of a different Australian nun who was also an early ’70s pop star, because this one got very heavy play on New Orleans Top 40 stations in 1974; it also made its way into the guitar masses which were popular at the time.  The links above the video were provided by Mike Siegel, Ryan Marino, Walter Olson, Violet Blue, and IncarcerNation (x2), in that order.

• Instant karma.
• Last week in artificial stupidity.
• A scene from a long-ago tragedy.
• Another great moment in artificial stupidity.
• Trigger-happy gypsy cop rewarded for multiple murders.
• When will the mainstream media admit pigs in schools are a menace?

From the Archives

• America’s sick lust for torture turns prison sentences into death sentences.
• Prohibition turns bodies into “crime scenes” which cops can violate at will.
• Sleeping with a cop is one of the most dangerous things a woman can do.
• The inevitable result of entrusting mentally ill people to sociopathic thugs.
• How long will the US ignore the costs of its sick worship of state violence?
• Prohibitionists keep trying to inflict the evil “Swedish model” on Scotland.
• Politicians don’t even try to make their new laws Constitutional anymore.
• The hotel industry is really going to regret its collaboration with fanatics.
• I was fated to be threatened with state violence regardless of my career.
• Psychopathy is typical in politicians, but these laws are wholly deranged.
• Keep plunging that ice pick in; the bad thoughts will go away eventually.
• Hey, female cops; how’s that collaboration with the police state working?
• Cop deals with problems exactly as trained to, and everyone is shocked.
• I’m sure they helpfully yelled “Stop faking!” at this little girl as she died.
• Swedish politicians are angry their law doesn’t destroy enough lives yet.
• Denying meds to caged people is silently yelling “Stop faking!” at them.
• Local politicians’ virtue-signaling is powerless vs the fascist panopticon.
• Most coverage of this story hides the fact that the abuser was a screw.
• A large fraction of US politicians implicitly or explicitly approve of this.
• Infantilizing young victims of state violence as “children” doesn’t help.
• If he truly had trouble before, why did he call the same agency again?
• When will the federal government finally read the writing on the wall?
• One would think that the title “youth pastor” would be a big red flag.
• The only way to keep any data from being abused is not to collect it.
• Apparently, this wasn’t a rape attempt, just a cop being a dumbass.
• The government doesn’t care, as long as Lacey dies in a filthy cage.
• Cops will continue to do this until there are criminal penalties for it.
• Why are people shocked when men paid to behave violently, do so?
• Note that cases of actual coercion don’t look much like the myths.
• The Spanish case of the Swedish rot has been especially virulent.
• Retrospectives of my blogging from May 2013, 2014, and 2015.
• Cops, antimatter, Tina Turner, George Maharis, and much more.
• The censors are growing bold enough to admit their real goals.
• Occasionally, cops’ lies are too outrageous even for politicians.
• In mass surveillance, fascism beats communism hands down.
• Letting government dictate what constitutes “disinformation”.
• The 2nd installment of a multi-part review of the Buffyverse.
• Another massive pogrom from the psychopathic Grady Judd.
• Cops, artificial stupidity, Richard Sherman, and much more.
• It’s good to see someone actually studying this problem.
• Cops are nothing more than state-sponsored terrorists.
• Rapist cops often specifically target vulnerable women.
• Kaytlin Bailey on the realities of sex work Down Under.
• This sickness will get much worse before it gets better.
• Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Throwback Thursday.
• This is no surprise to anyone from New Orleans.
• The censors got what they wanted in this case.
• Cops, families, Bruce Logan, and much more.
• My Year of Disaster is now thirty years gone.
• I have a system for nearly everything I do.
• A very late end to chick season at Sunset.
• Opening up my new paddock extension.
• Definitely something to be thankful for.
• The Throwback Thursday Happening.

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