Links #338

By Maggiemcneill @Maggie_McNeill

He should have been surrounded by family at old age, not surrounded by bullets.  –  Roy Serna

Since there seems to be a dearth of holiday videos nowadays, I decided to share this classic from 1939 with you.  It’s an antiwar cartoon from MGM, and though most of the screen time features cute anthropomorphic animals it also features something not found in most mainstream animated films, then or now:  death.  As in actual death, not turning into a cartoon angel and floating up to a cloud.  And on a massive scale, too; if you’ve never seen it, take a few minutes to do so now.  The links above it were provided by Mike Siegel (“Dalek”), Mark Draughn (“protect”),  Franklin Harris (“headline”), Popehat (“Florida” and “night”), Tushy Galore  (“amateurs”), and Elizabeth N. Brown (“denied”).

  • Dalek restroom.
  • To protect and serve.
  • Headline of the week.
  • Oh Florida man, please never change.
  • Amateurs are a danger to themselves & others.
  • Cops murder old man for being outside at night.
  • Cops upset they were denied opportunity to murder someone.

From the Archives

  • Prohibitionist un-ironically uses phrase “women performing like whores” in fact-free anti-porn rant.
  • Sweden isn’t racist, nope. And neither is the “human trafficking” narrative.
  • Give lies weight in the minds of the stupid: embed them in an infographic.
  • Does anyone actually believe this excuse would’ve worked for a poor man?
  • They must have threatened him with decades in prison to secure this deal.
  • Despite the headline, what they’re actually calling for is decriminalization.
  • Adults with Important Titles thought this actually needed to be discussed.
  • Women who tell outlandish rape tales undermine credibility of all women.
  • Previous columns for Yule, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day & Boxing Day.
  • The same paper has printed several “lock ’em up” prostitution editorials.
  • The law under which these people were arrested defines “near” as 100′.
  • Not the late actor; the president of a fundamentalist Christian group.
  • Axolotls, cops, censorship, muffins, Florida & Shakespearean deaths.
  • Obsessing about what others do in private is a sign of mental illness.
  • Is this what it takes to get Gay, Inc interested in sex worker rights?
  • This was obvious to anyone who’s actually known any actual men.
  • Article on US obsession with policing sex ignores “sex trafficking”.
  • “Doing something” about “child sex trafficking”, ignoramus style.
  • The Stranger owns up to its part in promoting Chong Kim’s lies.
  • A TED talk about sex worker rights is definitely a step forward.
  • For the “crime” of seeking an adult partner for consensual sex.
  • You wouldn’t know this was Canadian if not for the specifics.
  • Elizabeth Nolan Brown demonstrates her amazing allyship.
  • Cops, Spongebob, torture, charity, thoughtcrime & more.
  • Another atrocity resulting from “fetal personhood” laws.
  • Man obsessed with serial killer brutally attacks whore.
  • “Following the Money: Spending on Anti-Trafficking“
  • Another brutal murder of a Hong Kong sex worker.
  • A Christmas Eve visit from a hooker named Holly.
  • Activist arrested for speaking to a whore.
  • Seattle’s Annual Sexwork Symposium.
  • UK politician opposes censorship law.
  • The title’s not usually this literal.
  • Beginning to sound familiar yet?
  • Preparing for Christmas, 2014.
  • The last diary column of 2015.
  • Rapist cops of the week.