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Spitzer? I Hardly Even Knew Her!

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Spitzer, Weiner hoping for forgiveness, perhaps Sanford-style comeback (AP via Yahoo! News) Smerconish: We should legalize prostitution (MSNBC) I often joke that I don’t have to worry about marketing The Prostitutes of Lake Wobegon as a topical book; as long as we have male politicians, some scandal involving prostitution is sure to be in the news. That said, the phenomenon of sex scandal-disgraced politicians re-entering public service, while not new (just look up Jerry Springer’s pre-television political career — yes, I said Jerry Springer), seems to…

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The Face of the War on Women

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Before I get to the usual links, let’s start with a video from earlier this week of Michael Ellis, the President of the Wisconsin Senate, totally flipping his lid as he tries to push through another of those forced-ultrasound bills in his chamber (and succeeds): Okay, now for the usual article links: Ohio abortion clinic closes its doors, foreshadowing state budget impact (Salon.com) Ohio Republicans Introduce One of the Nation’s All-Time Worst Abortion Bills (nationofchange.com) I opened with the video of Ellis for two reasons.…

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Getting Away With Murder

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Texas man acquitted in Craigslist escort murder (Salon) Jury selection begins tomorrow in the trial of George Zimmerman, who shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, an unarmed African-American teenager, and then claimed Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law allowed him to shoot Martin because he felt threatened by him. Sometimes it seems like states — especially those controlled by Republicans — are in some kind of sick contest to see who can pass the dumbest laws. In Florida there’s the “Stand Your Ground” law and the…

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Blurring the Line

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Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus: Reports of bondage rituals (digitaljournal.com) Kink.com CEO says fetish porn is not to blame for shocking sex cases (New York Daily News) When I was very young, CBS’s adaptation of The Incredible Hulk, starring Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno, was one of the most popular shows out there. Since my father was a huge fan of M*A*S*H, which also ran on CBS, I’d see lots of promotions for the show, and for a time the sight of Bixby’s Dr. David Banner transforming into…

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#freekate

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Kaitlyn Hunt Refuses Plea Deal: Gay Teen Charged Over Underage Relationship Will Appear In Court (Huffington Post) ACLU of Florida Statement on Prosecution of 18-Year-Old Kaitlyn Hunt (aclufl.org) Several years ago, when I was still playing dance games at arcades and going to tournaments and such, I got to know someone who was a registered sex offender here in Ohio. When he was nineteen years old he had a consensual relationship with a woman who was seventeen; the age of consent here in Ohio is…

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