This is like something out of a science fiction film, anal probing by government officials and public employees. - Shannon Kennedy
Since there’s almost no such thing as a Thanksgiving video that isn’t stupid, you probably shouldn’t expect to see any seasonal videos for a few weeks yet (because I do NOT start Yuletide early). Today we have two of interest, the first a short one from Libertarianism.org and the second a parody of colonialist ethnographic videos from Austrian TV, provided by Laura Agustín. Everything before the first video is from Mike Riggs, and the links between the videos were contributed by Radley Balko, Glenn Greenwald, Kevin Wilson, Mike Siegel, Cop Block, Grace, Nun Ya, my cat, Lenore Skenazy, Dan Savage, Jesse Walker, and Gideon (in that order); Walker also supplied “far-right homophobe”.
- An ex-cop’s guide to not getting arrested.
- Government is just a word for the things we choose to do together.
- Drunk serial murderer shoots man in back; not charged. Guess his job.
- This week’s edition of “Never call the cops for any reason whatsoever.”
- Big Brother’s rationalizations are increasingly desperate and absurd.
- Cops tase man for trying to rescue toddler son from a fire; boy dies.
- “While bombs are falling, players make take cover without penalty.”
- Cops beat up man with Down’s syndrome for having a colostomy.
- IRS wants to jail woman for refusing to commit perjury.
- A Chrome extension to make the news more bearable.
- How a Poe-loving reporter covered an 1898 cat show.
- Kindergarteners forbidden to touch each other.
- Another value for the Drake equation.
- The ultimate infographic.
- Huh?
- The lost cow tunnels of New York.
- Man dies in jail for something no longer illegal. Bonus: “Stop faking!”
- SPLC says not wanting to be groped by government actors makes you a “far-right homophobe”.
From the Archives
- Police state, garbage, electoral awfulness, Adam & Eve, William Shatner, elephants, daylight saving time, witchcraft and a zombie planet.
- Prostitution stories involving Florida cops would be hilarious if their moronic shenanigans didn’t hurt real women.
- A few clueless idiots looking for cheap pussy becomes “People trading gas for sex on Craigslist.”
- Edinburgh renewed its sauna licenses (before the cops overruled that).
- Voting is a custom more honored in the breach than the observance.
- Dutch outlaw more whores, feign surprise when more work illegally.
- The incompatibility of facts with dogma and science with law.
- The good, the bad & the ugly of last November’s elections.
- So, where are the calls to ban “ethical” chicken farming?
- An escort service that “wasn’t prostitution or anything”.
- Just reading this made me incredibly uncomfortable.
- Greek brothel owner donates €3000 to a school.
- The willful blindness of a prohibitionist politician.
- A sociological group backs decriminalization.
- Irish prohibitionists advertise to hire shills.
- My last two columns for Guy Fawkes Day.
- The tall tales told by Texas “authorities”.
- Sacred prostitution at a shrine in Java.
- On the nonexistence of free lunches.
- Louisiana outlaws the use of cash.
- Olympic-level mental gymnastics.
- The Wonderland of legalization.
- A new term: ”eglimaphilia”.
- Happy Birthday, USMC!
- Wood trafficking.