All I asked for was sliced cheese. – Ricky Berry
Unfortunately, the US media (including social media) are still obsessed with Donald Trump, so it was pretty slim pickings for links this week; let it never be said I don’t go the extra mile for my readers, though. The video was provided by Jacob Sullum, and the links above it by Tim Cushing (“surprise” and “understand”), Scott Greenfield (“robot”, “politicians” and “surgery”), Cathy Reisenwitz (“identity”), and Tushy Galore (“retrained”).
- Gee, what a surprise.
- Still want a robot car?
- The man without an identity.
- And yet people still believe politicians.
- I hope his first purchase is facial plastic surgery.
- Why is “not for any reason whatsoever” so hard to understand?
- “The employee who called the police will be…possibly retrained.”
From the Archives
- Even the more perceptive survivors of forced prostitution recognize that criminalization enables it.
- Why do reporters either focus on or try to entirely avoid saying a crime victim was a sex worker?
- Police collaborators name their gang after whore famous for hiding fugitives from police.
- Let’s hope this legal rationale of why chimps aren’t “persons” is extended to fetuses, too.
- Important federal judge officially declares “sex trafficking” hysteria bullshit.
- A government this sluggish & cumbersome is too big to be allowed to exist.
- Proving that stupidity & gullibility are no barriers to becoming a physician.
- Imagine this idiot as shouting in a kind of fit, spraying spittle everywhere.
- How are there actually still lawyers clueless enough to use this “defense”?
- Should I worry sex isn’t as special for my escort girlfriend as it is for me?
- Let’s watch the crippled remains of “gypsy whores” myth gasping for air.
- One of the most aggressive campaigns of whore persecution gets worse.
- Invent a ludicrously-broad definition, then pretend it means something.
- Cop says cops should have fun, rape a few whores, laugh at their tears.
- If antis want to “rescue” whores, why do they keep us from other jobs?
- The party will be displeased if your children question diktats, comrade.
- Sleazy politician tries to quietly impose the Swedish model on the UK.
- In which a popular “feminist” porn star turns out to be a serial rapist.
- Any criminalization of sex work allows cops to play their evil games.
- It’s good to see more in the media on the reality of male sex work.
- In which the balance of my effort shifts back to work and activism.
- Prosecutors admit couple’s innocence, but won’t exonerate them.
- In honor of St. Nicholas, who disapproves of the Salvation Army.
- It’s so nice to see this from the other side of that imaginary line.
- Violet Blue on the federal campaign to suppress sex businesses.
- Young Greek women are selling sex for the price of a sandwich.
- She’s a victim! So let’s help her by making her homeless, too!
- Two broken people nearly always create a broken relationship.
- This could be a huge development if more schools follow suit.
- Once again, vanillas reveal themselves as the true perverts.
- “Many NK defectors resort to better-paying jobs in South“.
- “Fight sex trafficking” by getting dressed in the morning.
- Florida vows to “fight sex trafficking” via magic posters.
- A bunch of high-level clerics cast an anti-whore spell.
- Is Rand Paul still claiming to be a kind of libertarian?
- Cops, McBattery, 50 Shades and teddy bear surgery.
- Trying to get back to the grind after a year of travel.
- Rare honesty in a mainstream American newspaper.
- A short biography of Seattle’s most famous madam.
- Woman commits suicide after cops destroy her life.
- Doing these things isn’t illegal, only seeing them.
- In the long run, tight budgets work in our favor.
- Armed gang robs a man of everything he owns.
- This is Sweden, we don’t believe in evidence.
- More “sex slave” lies, this time about Russia.
- If something’s in a movie, it must be true!
- Sex workers’ tips on maintaining privacy.
- The truth about “rescue” org Apne Aap.
- The EFF steps up to do the ACLU’s job.
- On the immorality of drug prohibition.
- Canadian politicians protest Bill C-36.
- A federal hearing on mugshot policy.
- Trying to reboot the Satanic Panic.
- A short profile of Laura Lee.
- Oh, the mental gymnastics.