Sam Langhorne, Author at Mike South The institute for the advance study of insensitivity and pornography Sun, 09 Jul 2023 09:09:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/mikesouth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Sam Langhorne, Author at Mike South 32 32 1788040 Appeals court rejects Stormy Daniels appeal of libel case loss to President Trump https://mikesouth.com/legal/appeals-court-rejects-stormy-daniels-appeal-of-libel-case-loss-to-president-trump-64780/ https://mikesouth.com/legal/appeals-court-rejects-stormy-daniels-appeal-of-libel-case-loss-to-president-trump-64780/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2020 20:01:36 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=64780 A federal appeals court has rejected an appeal by faded adult film star Stormy Daniels of her loss in a  libel case she brought against President Trump over a tweet he posted about her in 2018. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in California ruled in favor of Trump, whose lawyers argued that the president’s 2018 tweet amounted […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/legal/appeals-court-rejects-stormy-daniels-appeal-of-libel-case-loss-to-president-trump-64780/feed/ 1 64780 Court docs: Michael Avenatti is broke, likely will get public defender https://mikesouth.com/legal/court-docs-michael-avenatti-is-broke-likely-will-get-public-defender-60647/ https://mikesouth.com/legal/court-docs-michael-avenatti-is-broke-likely-will-get-public-defender-60647/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2020 17:30:19 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=60647 The New York Daily News reports that lawyer jackass Michael Avenatti is broke, unable to pay his attorneys and will likely require a public defender to fight allegations he stole money from faded porn star Stormy Daniels, according to court filings revealed Monday. An attorney for Avenatti said in an affidavit filed in Manhattan Federal Court […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/legal/court-docs-michael-avenatti-is-broke-likely-will-get-public-defender-60647/feed/ 3 60647 ‘A Disaster for Avenatti’ as 9th Circuit Overturns His Huge Win Against Kimberly-Clark https://mikesouth.com/legal/a-disaster-for-avenatti-as-9th-circuit-overturns-his-huge-win-against-kimberly-clark-60103/ https://mikesouth.com/legal/a-disaster-for-avenatti-as-9th-circuit-overturns-his-huge-win-against-kimberly-clark-60103/#respond Thu, 23 Jul 2020 19:02:17 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=60103 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has overturned attorney-turned-convicted-felon Michael Avenatti‘s big verdict against Kimberly-Clark and Halyard Health. As reporter Meghann Cuniff notes on Twitter: The “trial judge already slashed [the] $454 million jury verdict to $25M, but 9th [Circuit] just gutted [the] entire judgment. A disaster for Avenatti.” The court found that […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/legal/a-disaster-for-avenatti-as-9th-circuit-overturns-his-huge-win-against-kimberly-clark-60103/feed/ 0 60103 New Statesman: Sex Robots and Vegan Meat: when technology seeks to replace biology https://mikesouth.com/technology/new-statesman-sex-robots-and-vegan-meat-when-technology-seeks-to-replace-biology-59912/ https://mikesouth.com/technology/new-statesman-sex-robots-and-vegan-meat-when-technology-seeks-to-replace-biology-59912/#respond Wed, 22 Jul 2020 22:49:16 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=59912 Sex Robots and Vegan Meat presents four reports on emerging technologies that have long been staples of science fiction. In addition to sex dolls, we learn about ectogenic “baobabs” (in which it will be possible to grow a baby as opposed to a human womb), the protean developments in lab-grown meat that aims to conjure up beefburgers […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/technology/new-statesman-sex-robots-and-vegan-meat-when-technology-seeks-to-replace-biology-59912/feed/ 0 59912 Huge LOLs in the Latest ‘Porn is Racist’ Story at VICE https://mikesouth.com/race-related/huge-lols-in-the-latest-porn-is-racist-story-at-vice-59223/ https://mikesouth.com/race-related/huge-lols-in-the-latest-porn-is-racist-story-at-vice-59223/#comments Tue, 21 Jul 2020 17:14:30 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=59223 Ok, so the latest ‘Porn is Racist’ diatribe has been published over at VICE, entitled, “Black Porn Performers Call For Changes in Adult Industry, Including Cutting Out Agents,” and the laughs come long and hard. Incidentally, I write this with an acknowledgment that there are indeed important issues concerning race that should be addressed in […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/race-related/huge-lols-in-the-latest-porn-is-racist-story-at-vice-59223/feed/ 2 59223 Avenatti Now Indigent, Says Attorney; Wants Taxpayers To Foot The Bill For His Defense https://mikesouth.com/legal/avenatti-now-indigent-says-attorney-wants-taxpayers-to-foot-the-bill-for-his-defense-59035/ https://mikesouth.com/legal/avenatti-now-indigent-says-attorney-wants-taxpayers-to-foot-the-bill-for-his-defense-59035/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2020 20:21:41 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=59035 Attorneys for former Stormy Daniels mouthpiece Michael Avenatti revealed that the felonious former lawyer in indigent and can no longer afford his legal counsel ahead of his criminal trials set to take place later this year. Lawyer Dean Steward filed a motion in federal court on Saturday asking the judge to approve taxpayer funding to stay […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/legal/avenatti-now-indigent-says-attorney-wants-taxpayers-to-foot-the-bill-for-his-defense-59035/feed/ 3 59035 Sex workers in Bolivia returning to work in clear ‘biosecurity suits’ to reduce COVID spread https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/sex-workers-in-bolivia-returning-to-work-in-clear-biosecurity-suits-to-reduce-covid-spread-58140/ https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/sex-workers-in-bolivia-returning-to-work-in-clear-biosecurity-suits-to-reduce-covid-spread-58140/#respond Thu, 16 Jul 2020 18:07:08 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=58140 Sex workers in Bolivia are preparing to see clients again following instructions from a 30-page set of guidelines: including face shields, gloves, and see-through raincoats serving as "biosecurity suits."

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/sex-workers-in-bolivia-returning-to-work-in-clear-biosecurity-suits-to-reduce-covid-spread-58140/feed/ 0 58140 Can You Spot What’s Wrong With This News Headline? https://mikesouth.com/https-mikesouth-com/can-you-spot-whats-wrong-with-this-news-headline-58120/ https://mikesouth.com/https-mikesouth-com/can-you-spot-whats-wrong-with-this-news-headline-58120/#respond Wed, 15 Jul 2020 18:20:27 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=58120 The bald-faced dishonesty of the woke mainstream media on full display Yesterday, the BBC ran a news story with the following headline: Blackpool woman accessed child abuse images in hospital bed Here’s the tweet that promoted the story: The story begins: A woman who accessed her “vast” library of child sexual abuse images from her […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/https-mikesouth-com/can-you-spot-whats-wrong-with-this-news-headline-58120/feed/ 0 58120 Melissa Petro: Kamala Harris’ Whorephobia Is Sadly No Surprise https://mikesouth.com/politics/melissa-petro-kamala-harris-whorephobia-is-sadly-no-surprise-58062/ https://mikesouth.com/politics/melissa-petro-kamala-harris-whorephobia-is-sadly-no-surprise-58062/#comments Tue, 14 Jul 2020 04:04:55 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=58062 It sucks to log onto social media and see everyone — including people you admire — celebrating someone or something you know directly or indirectly harms the people you love. “Sucks” is probably not the best way to articulate it, but in situations like this, I don’t always feel like being articulate. More often, I […]

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]]> https://mikesouth.com/politics/melissa-petro-kamala-harris-whorephobia-is-sadly-no-surprise-58062/feed/ 1 58062 Philly sex workers receive help from coronavirus relief fund https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/philly-sex-workers-receive-help-from-coronavirus-relief-fund-57839/ https://mikesouth.com/prostitution/philly-sex-workers-receive-help-from-coronavirus-relief-fund-57839/#respond Sat, 13 Jun 2020 19:05:07 +0000 https://mikesouth.com/?p=57839 From Billy Penn — Imagine there’s a deadly respiratory virus going around, and your line of work requires close contact with other people. Like, really close contact. For sex workers, the coronavirus pandemic has been especially scary. If they decide to continue working in person, they put themselves at high risk. If they forgo close contact […]

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