Links #234

By Maggiemcneill @Maggie_McNeill

How about if I see you post this on YouTube, I’ll find a way for the DA’s office to arrest you?  –  “Trooper” Rosenblatt

It’s not surprising that I have so little for you this week; besides it being Christmas, I’ve had a lovely guest taking up my time (and that is not a complaint).  As I explained last week, there were few holiday links this year, not even videos, so I’ve chosen two videos that I think will amuse you and make you feel good.  The first (via Aspasia) is pretty self-explanatory, and I don’t know that I’ve ever in my life felt the kind of pure, canine joy the woman in the second video (via Tushy Galore) displays for her sponges.  The links above the first video are from Popehat, and those between the two are from Grace, Angela Keaton, Ed Krayewski, Walter Olson, and Nun Ya, in that order.

From the Archives

  • The police state, Mr. Bingle, missing planets, Christopher Lee and the non-end of the world.
  • Cops, FBI, TSA, Dali, Snowden, drugs, bureaucracy, cheese and atheists.
  • My previous columns for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
  • The US Senate asks someone else to be a “responsible global citizen”.
  • The resemblance between decriminalization of drugs and prostitution.
  • “Trafficking” witch hunt victims acquitted due to total lack of evidence.
  • How can one pass screening without giving incriminating information?
  • This is why most whores in legalization regimes refuse to register.
  • Another surveillance device designed to make your kids hate you.
  • How can one find a good escort if one only has Backpage to use?
  • The latest in Al Jazeera’s rapid descent into “trafficking” hysteria.
  • China replaces “re-education” camps with “re-education” camps.
  • Montreal jury acquits special-effects artist of “corrupting morals”.
  • I’ll bet those pearl-clutching Welsh academics didn’t expect this.
  • I really wish I didn’t have to say “I told you so” quite so often.
  • Because “bottleneck effect” is not in the lawhead vocabulary.
  • Bollywood figures are beginning to support decriminalization.
  • How does a couple go about finding a reputable sex worker?
  • A new and revolting twist on “revenge porn” extortion sites.
  • Sex workers & allies condemn the Guardian‘s prohibitionism.
  • The effects of Kathleen Rice’s ugly “end demand” campaign.
  • Cops arrest people on Christmas Day, for their own good.
  • Ebenezer Grayling bans Christmas presents for prisoners.
  • A new article by Dr. Nick Mai on “sex trafficking” in the UK.
  • New York forces private corporations to do its dirty work.
  • Teaching someone to keep herself safe is now a “crime”.
  • It looks like prohibitionists are getting more desperate.
  • Somaly Mam’s staff warned her against lying for years.
  • The dangers of letting police persecute sex workers.
  • Even the ignorant are beginning to distrust Kristof.
  • When the US sounds like a third-world militocracy.
  • Misogynistic Labour-party puritans are at it again.
  • Swedish politician practices “feminist” censorship.
  • Vancouver wants to repeal an anti-whore law.
  • A Treasury of Great Recipes and lots of candy.
  • A parody of the Christmas song I hate most.
  • Child rapist gets a job in an orphanage.
  • Description of a “rescue” raid in India.
  • My online debate at Cato Unbound.
  • Support your local thought police.
  • Just after the Bedford decision.
  • My favorite Christmas things.
  • Tracy Elise is arrested again.
  • He sure does get around!
  • R.I.P. Al Goldstein.