A Christmas Eve Videocassette

Some videos for the holiday

Only once did I work retail during the holiday season. It was in 1985, and at that time, video store clerk was a typical job for a twenty something. This was the VHS era; DVDs wouldn’t come along for another decade, by which time I was long out of working any retail job. But in December 1985, that was all in the future. Boston was covered with a light layer of snow. The air was crisp. The store was decorated with gold and silver garland, and we were playing Christmas movies on the monitors through the store.

Not that everyone wanted Christmas movies. The store I worked at was notable for a few things. First, it had a fairly extensive collection and rather than compete with the chains that were popping up, went for a broad selection of films, instead of lots of lots of the movie that had been a hit in the theaters six months before. I had been hired for two reasons: for being a science fiction fan who could identify some of the gaps in their science fiction collection, and for being reasonably well versed with computers, since when I was hired the owners were planning on computerizing everything, which they soon did.

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Police Decide Not to Scope Out Teen Boner

Sexted girlfriend, abused by police

Yesterday, the Manassas, Virginia police got some national intention with their warrant to inject a 17-year-old with drugs to induce an erection so that they could compare this to a video the young man is alleged to have sent to his 15-year-old girlfriend, after she sent him sexually explicit pictures.

I didn't mention that part yesterday, that she sent pictures. Why haven't the Manassas police forced her to strip, to show that the pictures on his phone really are his girlfriend? Sure, her mother complained, but why aren't both teens being charged with distribution of child pornography?

Let's be serious, if we're going to insane.

Obviously, Virginia should just drop all the charges, maybe put him on a cell-phone less probation until he's 18, and tell him not to show his underage junk to anyone else. USA Today (among other sources) provided the update.

Douglas Keene, the Manassas chief of police, told a local television station

When I found out about it, we determined we would not proceed.

Good call.

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The Police Have Boner Comparing Software?

Virginia is clearly not for lovers if they’re still teens. The Washington Post reports that the Manassas, Virginia police are trying to get a 17-year-old boy to get his penis erect on camera so that they compare it that in a video sent to a 15-year-old girl. The girls mother found it and now her daughter’s boyfriend is facing child porn charges. If he is convicted, he would be imprisoned until he is 21 and be a registered sex offender.

The police have already taken pictures of the young man’s penis, feel they need the boner shot to truly make their case. They might be using this as a tactic to get the teen to plead guilty, since the teen’s lawyer was told that if he did plead guilty,

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