You know what you have to do, carry on. – Leandro Andrés Bertazzo
This seemed to me the appropriate song for the passing of Orbison’s longtime songwriting partner. The links above it were provided by Desiree Alliance; Kevin Wilson; Jesse Walker; Dan Savage and Jesse again; IncarcerNation; Angela Keaton; and Ryan Marino, in that order.
- As one does.
- Quite an exit.
- Paging Dr. Frankenstein.
- R.I.P. Sam Neill and Joe Melson.
- What part of “never” is so hard to understand?
- It couldn’t have happened to a more deserving guy.
- Anti-vaxxers’ disregard for children’s lives is rarely so direct.
From the Archives
- I’m sure they occasionally yelled “Stop faking!” at him as he wasted away.
- On Beijing’s aggressive campaign to silence Chinese people outside China.
- Western countries have criminalized politically-unpopular fiction for years.
- Holding up little signs saying, “The house is on fire!” instead of fighting it.
- I’m sure other federal laws could be used vs other state prostitution laws.
- Fanatics claim their propaganda is unprovable ’cause they disseminate it.
- It does not help victims of State brutality to infantilize them as “children”.
- This will continue as long as fools teach children obedience to “authority”.
- As predicted, Amazon’s retreat from fascist collaboration was short-lived.
- The “TIP” crowbar has been largely disused since the first Trump regime.
- The return of a silly fantasy we haven’t seen much in the past few years.
- Keep plunging that ice pick in; the bad thoughts will go away eventually.
- “This bill is not about kids’ safety, because it will put their safety at risk”.
- QAnon cranks have made “sex trafficking” rhetoric unpalatable to most.
- The practice of banning mail & books from prisons needs to be banned.
- That anyone thinks this is OK shows censoriousness is a mental illness.
- Prohibition can never succeed, regardless of the substance prohibited.
- Several states choose to punish sex workers in this deranged fashion.
- New Jersey residents are compelled by law to surrender DNA to cops.
- Ballard’s increasingly-bizarre antics upset his partners in profiteering.
- “Sex trafficking” hysteria paved the way for anti-migrant pogroms.
- It’s heartening to see so many rescue industry profiteers exposed.
- Pornhub has repeatedly refused to spy on its users for the State.
- Everyone victimized by “child protection” agencies needs to sue.
- Another dodge to pretend a typical and representative cop isn’t.
- The first interesting development in this whole affair since ever.
- If only there were a concise term for “coerced women into sex”.
- Another troubled woman fakes an “abduction” to get attention.
- If you think this will go away when Trump does, you are a fool.
- I’m sure they yelled “Stop faking!” at her several times a day.
- Will this be another victory for US evangelical prohibitionists?
- Partisans deny this when it’s their side making “suggestions”.
- A sex-worker hating psychopath desperately craving power.
- Wave bye-bye to the last remaining shreds of your privacy.
- Cops, artificial stupidity, Ozzy Osbourne, and much more.
- This isn’t a “shelter”, “housing”, or “school”; it is a prison.
- Gee, I wonder why violent men often target sex workers?
- Cops should not be allowed anywhere near legal minors.
- Ever year I honor St. Mary Magdalene on her feast day.
- Another bizarrely-anachronistic “sex trafficking” article.
- Cops are nothing more than state-sponsored terrorists.
- The last time we saw this lawsuit, the number was 95.
- It seems July is nearly always a busy month for me.
- CGI slop is another cause of the coming dark age.
- The urge to censor is a dangerous mental illness.
- Cops love awkward, overcomplicated language.
- Cops, Muppets, Bob Newhart, and much more.
- Cops, satire, animated sci-fi, and much more.
- “You know who doesn’t screen? Cops.“
- Blood for Throwback Thursday.
- Bikini Throwback Thursday.
- A Study in Emerald.
- A growing turkey.
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