First they'll take your porn
 

Have these people no respect for the lonely and bored business traveller, stuck in a dull town with no GAs and no titty bars?

At a guess, this is in part a response to the defense tactic in obscenity cases. Obscenity is defined based on community standards, and prosecutors pick their jurisdiction thinking that the standards in a particular community are more likely to cast porn as "obscene." I believe, but am not certain, that decisions regarding internet porn essentially give any county jurisdiction to bring such charges (assuming they can find and bring in the defendant).

If you were a prosecutor trying to prove a porn movie obscene -- that it was beyond community standards of mere porn -- you'd probably choose to bring that claim in some community other than, say, San Francisco or NY or Vegas.

But then some defense lawyers recognized that, in pretty much any city with a chain hotel, people were watching all kinds of porn. And it was being purveyed by some of the biggest companies in the US - the cable and hotel companies involved. And when you can show that 7000 people watched Gang-Bang Zombies in your community last month, the pictures of Not Me licking whipped cream off of ppnyc's breasts that I was selling suddenly seem not so bad. Nauseating, yes, but obscene, no.

So now they want to crack down on the hotels, too. Fuckers.

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I agree that functional buttonholes are generally pointless as why and/or when would you unbutton them, but what is the point of having buttons on the sleeves that don't button anything?

It's totally subjective, andI am not arguing right or wrong, but on the couple of custom pieces I have, I thought the real buttonholes looked good.

Because you all have such good taste.
 

Or nursing. Or bought her implants at Costco ("buying in bulk saves you $$$!").

But we're letting this go now. Didn't you get the memo?

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What is your problem? if your goal is for me to not brag you got it baby. I've stopped. Now I'm posting nice and sometimes, even funny things. And you're still grousing. damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Because you all have such good taste.
 

You musta been too busy examining faux or real buttonholes to notice?

A revelation
 

I have already vowed to stay out of the subjective ranking game, and I will maintain this vow, as you are all beautiful, in your own ways, except to the extent that you are not, but....

Objectively speaking, will you...can you...could you....confirm the 38E bra size?

I still hold out hope....
 

For the record, I have personally tried to get TM to give me his evaluation of a female poster, and he refused. He is the soul of discretion, as far as I'm concerned.


Though, as ppnyc's posts demonstrate, he's also a big meanie-head.

First they'll take your porn
 

• A coalition of 13 conservative groups — including the Family Research Council and Concerned Women for America — took out full-page ads in some editions of USA Today earlier this month urging the Justice Department and FBI to investigate whether some of the pay-per-view movies widely available in hotels violate federal and state obscenity laws.

1) Is DOJ/FBI now supposed to investigate violations of state law as well? Federalism indeed.

2) The fact that they're taking out full-page ads in USA Today suggests that they've already lost the political battle. Since FRC is hardly a stranger to Washington, the way they know to go about this is to push on DOJ in private, through all the channels they have, including the white house. The threat is that they'll "make it ugly" if no investigations ensue. Well, this is carrying out that threat. The attack is as much on DOJ as it is on the porn industry. And I'm pretty sure the hotel biz isn't going to give up this juicy plum of revenue without a big fight.

I guess having Ralph Reed linked to Abramoff probably cut off just a bit of their access.

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Although funny, like a person's attractiveness, is largely subjective, you've yet to make me laugh.

(At least intentionally.)

I still hold out hope....
 

It is not the same thing o litigator. I put myself out there. He ain't gonna out someone who wasn't willing to do so.

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Man, that was one love-fest that didn't last long.

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Cite, please.

I still hold out hope....
 

Sidd was commenting, albeit obliquely, on the credibility of your claim that TM commented to you about me. BECAUSE IT HAS BECOME ALL ABOUT ME FROM THIS POINT FORWARD. GOT IT?

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I tried, Sidd. I did.

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I second Wonk on this - you were told wrong. Its just a matter of personal style.

But I asked the question for a reason.