If the government decides to point its finger at you, there’s really no question that they’re going to try to ruin you. – Jim Larkin I never met Jim Larkin, but the unexpected news of his suicide brought tears to my eyes last Tuesday; those tears were not only for him, but for all of […]
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R.I.P. Jim Larkin
Posted in Current Events, Obituary, Perception, The Dark Side, Tyranny, tagged advertising, Arizona, Backpage, censorship, Dangerous Speech, ethics, hysteria, internet, RIP Jim Larkin on August 7, 2023| 1 Comment »
Back Issue #105
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged blogging on March 31, 2022| 1 Comment »
It is government which creates the legal climate which allows oppression to flourish. – “Enabling Oppression” Making hard-to-get pseudoephedrine from easy-to-get methamphetamine. It’s only OK for government actors to grope people without their consent. South Africa refers to police violence against women as “official handling”. Statistics disprove prohibitionist claims about “trafficking” in Amsterdam. Another article […]
In the News (#1073)
Posted in Current Events, Miscellaneous, News, Tyranny, tagged animals, Arizona, cell phones, censorship, cops, Devil's Advocate, drugs, Finding What Isn’t There, Florida, I Spy, Indiana, internet, License To Rape, masturbation, New York, politicians, propaganda, rape, Scapegoats, surveillance, teachers, Welcome to the Future, You Were Warned on September 16, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Our job as educators is not to create a surveillance environment that teaches students how to better lie, but to foster critical thinking and civic responsibility. – Zeynep Tufekci License to Rape Police states define the bodies of all citizens as “crime scenes” which can be violated by “authorities” at will: Christopher McCormack is one of the […]
Connections
Posted in Current Events, The Dark Side, Tyranny, tagged Arizona, Backpage, bogus studies, censorship, left-right myth, politicians, racism, rape on October 5, 2018| 4 Comments »
As most of y’all can probably guess, I have not been watching the Kavanaugh hearings on TV, because even if I did watch other TV news (which I don’t, and haven’t since I first started reading the newspaper around age 12, recognizing even then that it was entertainment and not news) I would certainly not […]
R.I.P. Dennis Hof
Posted in Current Events, Obituary, Perception, tagged brothels, Hall of Shame, hysteria, Nevada, pimps, politicians, prohibitionist myths on October 18, 2018| 3 Comments »
Dennis Hof, owner of half of the brothels in Nevada, died early Tuesday morning, apparently of natural causes; he was 72. I have never hidden my deep dislike for the man, who is still the only male member of my Hall of Shame; that dislike is inextricably bound up with my deep dislike for the […]
Power Play
Posted in Current Events, Perception, Tyranny, tagged agency denial, Backpage, Power Play, The Mote and the Beam on October 14, 2016| 7 Comments »
The raid of Backpage.com’s Dallas office and the arrest of its CEO is an election-year stunt, not a good-faith action by law enforcement. – Liz McDougall For the past five years, pompous politicians have repeatedly attempted to bully and threaten Backpage into removing its designated escort ad section in the same way they terrorized Craigslist […]
In the News (#689)
Posted in Current Events, Miscellaneous, News, Perception, Tyranny, tagged Arizona, Arkansas, avails laws, California, Canada, censorship, condoms, cops, drugs, Election Day, FBI, Florida, homosexuality, hysteria, Illinois, India, law, left-right myth, Legalization a Good Idea?, Like a Horse and Carriage, Maine, marriage, Massachusetts, Montana, Morality Lessons, Neither Addiction nor Epidemic, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, politicians, porn, psychology, rape, Taiwan, The Clueless Leading the Hysterical, To Molest and Rape, Tyranny by Consensus on November 12, 2016| 17 Comments »
The reason it took so long was we kept looking for something we couldn’t find. – Joe DiSalvo Election Day (#45) It was interesting, but not at all surprising, to look back at my comments after the last presidential election and discover that the issues literally haven’t changed at all. Once again the world was […]
Links #304
Posted in Current Events, History, Links, Miscellaneous, Tyranny, tagged asset seizure, California, contraception, cops, Florida, Georgia, imaginative fiction, Never Call the Cops, Oklahoma, video, Virginia on May 2, 2016| 3 Comments »
In reports that were written by the deputies who took their gun belts off, took their clothes off and went in the water – those deputies aren’t lying. – Bob Gualtieri, before seeing video showing the deputies were indeed lying As I said in a recent column, it really is difficult for young people today […]
Against the Tide
Posted in Current Events, Perception, Tyranny, tagged activism, Arizona, asset seizure, end demand, hysteria, language, left-right myth, prohibitionist myths, Washington (state), yellow journalism on October 9, 2015| 3 Comments »
When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you couldn’t hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that’s just the place and time that the tide’ll turn. – Harriet Beecher Stowe I’ve stated several times recently that I think the sex worker rights […]
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