We were told to hand the kids a couple of jelly beans and a quarter cup of lemonade at the end. – Paul Connell
To honor the passing of Steve Lawrence, here’s a number in which he and his wife & lifelong singing partner Eydie Gormé join Steve Allen, Ann Sothern, and two very big guest stars in a number on Allen’s show, where Lawrence & Gorme were regulars. The links above the video were provided by Dan Savage, Amy Alkon, Radley Balko, The Onion, IncarcerNation (x2), and Mike Siegel, in that order.
- R.I.P. Steve Lawrence.
- I hate it when this happens.
- Georgia is right next to Florida.
- The Onion is at its best when it does sci-fi.
- But the US isn’t a police state yet, no sirree!
- Cop attempts to murder kid for setting off fireworks.
- Politicians get away with basically this same scam, year after year.
From the Archives
- Those who actually need “correction” are the ones who enable this horror.
- I’m sick of the current popular obsession with people’s genes & genitalia.
- Busybodies are most infuriated by affairs that are none of their business.
- I’m sure “anti-trafficking” crusaders will be going after this any day now.
- Burying government in lawsuits is the only way to slow its depredations.
- Even journalists reporting these abuses euphemize them as “correction”.
- Cops try to combine fentanyl hysteria with panicmongering over edibles.
- 41% of cops admit to beating their wives; some don’t stop with beating.
- So many “enlightened” countries still pretend disease is caused by “sin”.
- Did somebody in charge actually develop a particle of moral judgment?
- China has adopted a method of subjugation invented by the Assyrians.
- Future historians will refer to the 20th Century as “the Prohibition Era”.
- Trans people have become another canary in the civil rights coal mine.
- While sex work is marginalized, sex workers will be targets for creeps.
- Repurposing a disused tag to feature sex worker activism of this type.
- Cop deals with others as he normally does, and the press is shocked.
- Another article trying to elicit sympathy for a cop’s criminal behavior.
- If they actually punished wife-beating cops, they’d lose half of them.
- Louisiana can always be counted on to make a bad idea even worse.
- “Disciplinary action” = asking rapists to “think about what they did”.
- The urge to control women cannot be stopped by a mere pandemic.
- Will WA politicians accept progress, or demonstrate their hypocrisy?
- Cops, puritanism, Ricou Browning, Wayne Shorter, and much more.
- One can never have too many anti-Swedish criminalization articles.
- It’s about time they started using their money to fight censorship.
- Disgusting men never tire of blaming women for their own rapes.
- Politicians don’t think “science-driven policy” applies to sex work.
- Starting a new D&D campaign for the first time in over a decade.
- Rapist cops are typical and representative of their warped breed.
- This blog has a lot more infrastructure than most people realize.
- Far too many people adore authoritarian public health schemes.
- Fanatics’ crusade to control all human thought is never-ending.
- Cops lie so frequently, they can’t tell which lies are believable.
- Sows cry, “We didn’t know the leopards would eat our faces!”
- Ever notice how often predatory cops’ targets are underage?
- Harassment like this will continue until FOSTA is overturned.
- Support posts for the northwest roof section of my annex.
- Indian politicians want to help demolish the internet, too!
- Cops, bureaucracy, tea, Emilio Delgado, and much more.
- Fixing a leaky hot tub seal with my own soft little hands.
- By now, the title “youth pastor” should be a big red flag.
- Cops, beer, Norton Juster, Doctor Who, and much more.
- Signed copies of Ask Maggie, Volume II are available!
- Medical confidentiality has gone the way of the dodo.
- The conclusion of my 6-part review of Blake’s 7.
- The legacy of Operation Choke Point and its ilk.
- I called this a hoax as soon as the story broke.
- It’s nice to see a journalist getting it for once.
- An excerpt from Rikki de la Vega’s new book.
- Just another cop demonstrating what he is.
- Crypto-moralism rots people’s brains.
- A panel on the idea of “free love”.
- You can’t keep a bad bill down.
- Fan letters are so inspiring!
- On the death of Orville.
- Rapist cop of the week.
- Presents!
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