Links #838

You know what you have to do, carry on. – Leandro Andrés Bertazzo This seemed to me the appropriate song for the passing of Orbison’s longtime songwriting partner. The links above it were provided by Desiree Alliance; Kevin Wilson; Jesse Walker; Dan Savage and Jesse again; IncarcerNation; Angela Keaton; and Ryan Marino, in that order. As one does. Quite an exit. Paging Dr. Frankenstein. R.I.P. Sam Neill and Joe Melson. What part of “never” is so hard to understand? It couldn’t have happened to a more deserving guy. Anti-vaxxers’ disregard for children’s lives is rarely so direct. From the Archives I’m sure they occasionally yelled “Stop faking!” at him as he wasted away. On Beijing’s aggressive campaign to silence Chinese people outside China. Western countries have criminalized politically-unpopular fiction for years. Holding up little signs saying, “The house is on fire!” instead of fighting it. I’m sure other federal laws could be used vs other state prostitution laws. Fanatics…