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Don't know if it's appropriate Jackson in this forum but I want to remind my fellow mongering colleagues to avoid visiting the gas stations on the 15th of May. $3.00+/gallon is absolutely ridiculous. Here at the end of the 2nd quarter you will be seeing the big ass OIL companies bragging about their huge profit margins at OUR expense. Boy do they have balls. Lets protest and boycott on the 15th PLEASE so we can monger more affordably and continue to the great cause of USASEXGUIDE's purpose!

Thank you.

Hello fellow mongers:

I'm from San Diego but this Thursday/Friday I will have the pleasure of visiting New York for a business trip, and I was wondering if I can get some tips on how to score a streetwalker for Thursday night in my hotel room.

I'm staying at the Double Tree nearest JFK airport, if anyone is familiar with that area, are there any streets that have prostitution on them that are preferably walking distance? If not, what area is closest and I can maybe use a cab.

Of course, if anyone can PM with a number for a reliable girl that they have tried and is attractive, I would be greately in your debt and will take care of you when/if you ever come down to San Diego.

I appreciate any and all help I can get, thanks!

I just posted something about this & i came across this article in the daily news, LE is trying to catch up, but they can't catch them all!

[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/05/nyregion/05craigslist.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin[/url]

September 5, 2007

As Prostitutes Turn to Craigslist, Law Takes Notice
By BRUCE LAMBERT

GARDEN CITY, N.Y., Sept. 4 — The eight women visited Long Island this summer along with vacationing families and other business travelers, staying in hotels and motels in commercial strips in middle-class suburbs like East Garden City, Hicksville and Woodbury. Their ages ranged from 20 to 32.

Three had come all the way from the San Francisco Bay area, one from Miami. Two lived less than 60 miles away, in Newark and Elizabeth, N.J. and two even closer, in Brooklyn.

All eight were arrested on prostitution charges here, snared in a new sting operation by the Nassau County police that focuses on Craigslist.org, the ubiquitous Web site best known for its employment and for-sale advertisements but which law enforcement officials say is increasingly also used to trade sex for money.

Nassau County has made more than 70 arrests since it began focusing on Craigslist last year, one of numerous crackdowns by vice squads from Hawaii to New Hampshire that have lately been monitoring the Web site closely, sometimes placing decoy ads to catch would-be customers.

“Craigslist has become the high-tech 42nd Street, where much of the solicitation takes place now,” said Richard McGuire, Nassau’s assistant chief of detectives. “Technology has worked its way into every profession, including the oldest.”

Augmenting traditional surveillance of street walkers, massage parlors, brothels and escort services, investigators are now hunching over computer screens to scroll through provocative cyber-ads in search of solicitors.

In July raids, the sheriff of Cook County, Ill., rounded up 43 women working on the streets — and 60 who advertised on Craigslist. In Seattle, a covert police ad on Craigslist in November resulted in the arrests of 71 men, including a bank officer, a construction worker and a surgeon.

And in Jacksonville, Fla., a single ad the police posted for three days in August netted 33 men, among them a teacher and a firefighter. “We got hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of hits” in phone calls and e-mail messages, said John P. Hartley, the assistant chief sheriff there.

Sex and the Internet have been intertwined almost since the first Web site, but the authorities say that prostitution is flourishing online as never before. And while prostitutes also advertise on other sites, the police here and across the country say Craigslist is by far the favorite. On one recent day, for example, some 9,000 listings were added to the site’s “Erotic Services” category in the New York region alone: Most offered massage and escorts, often hinting at more.

Law enforcement officials have accused Craigslist of enabling prostitution. But the company’s president, Jim Buckmaster, said its 24-member staff cannot patrol the multitude of constantly changing listings — some 20 million per month — and counts on viewers to flag objectionable ads, which are promptly removed.

“We do not want illegal activity on the site,” he said. Asked whether the company supported the police’s placing decoy ads on Craigslist, Mr. Buckmaster said: “We don’t comment on the specifics” of law enforcement.

Craig Newmark, the site’s founder and chairman, deferred all questions to Mr. Buckmaster.

The police have also occasionally turned to Craigslist to trace stolen goods offered for sale or make drug arrests. In June, in Nassau, spotting code words like “snow” or “skiing” to refer to cocaine, they set up a sting with an undercover officer to arrest a man who advertised cocaine for sex.

Experts say that under the federal Communications Decency Act of 1996, the ads are legal and Web site owners are exempt from responsibility for content posted by users. Craigslist, for example, last fall won dismissal of a suit that alleged housing discrimination in ads posted on its Web site. “You hold the speaker liable, not the soapbox,” explained Kurt B. Opsahl, senior staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital civil liberties group based in San Francisco.

While Mr. Buckmaster said Craigslist was no different from old-media publications that have long carried sex-oriented ads, law enforcement officials say its scope and format are especially useful to the sex industry. With listings for some 450 cities around the world, Craigslist claims to have 25 million users and 8 billion page views a month. Posting advertisements, except those in the employment and some housing categories, is free, as is responding to them by e-mail.

“The Internet has allowed people to make contact in a way not possible before,” said Ronald Weitzer, a sociology professor at George Washington University and a researcher on prostitution. “Ten years ago this was not happening at all.”

As Nassau’s district attorney, Kathleen Rice, said of Craigslist: “It’s as easy as it gets.”

Tracy Quan, a member of the advocacy group Prostitutes of New York and author of the autobiographical novel “Diary of a Married Call Girl” (Harper Perennial, 2006), acknowledged that “the Internet became a virtual street for people in the sex industry,” but said that “the police are as inventive and as wily as sex workers are.” She said that the stings amounted to entrapment of consenting adults, and that “it seems like an enormous waste of time resources by authoritarian busybodies.”

The police say that Craigslist has changed prostitution’s patterns, with people roaming the country, setting up shop for a week or two in hotels — often near airports — where they use laptop computers and cellphones to arrange encounters for hundreds of dollars, then moving on to their next location.

“They like to move around, that’s for sure,” said Assistant Chief McGuire. “They’re flying in from out of state because there is money here” on Long Island.

In Westchester County this spring, the police in Greenburgh, Rye, Rye Brook and Elmsford formed a joint task force to investigate ads on Craigslist, resulting in 30 arrests. Some of those arrested were out-of-town prostitutes who booked numerous dates in advance, then whisked in for a busy couple of days, the police said.

In Sandpoint, Idaho, population 8,105, R. Mark Lockwood, the police chief, said that an arrest this summer involving Craigslist “was probably our first prostitution case since World War II.”

Amid the police crackdown, in a game of electronic cat-and-mouse, the authorities say that Web site users who get wind of enforcement sometimes post warnings to thwart investigators.

The Craigslist modus operandi provides mobility, helping prostitutes keep a few steps ahead of the law, law enforcement officials say. It also affords a degree of anonymity — if they are caught, being away from home makes an arrest less embarrassing.

Pimps have also adapted to the computer age, the police say. Among those arrested here in August, on charges of promoting prostitution, was Victor Teixeira, 31, of Mineola. “He was managing the technology of it,” said Assistant Chief McGuire. “He recruited the women on the Internet. He put different ads up sometimes three times day. He would screen the calls and make the appointments.”

Mr. Teixeira pleaded not guilty; he could not be reached for comment.

Most of the arrests are on misdemeanor charges, with convictions resulting in fines of a few hundred dollars; only repeat offenders risk jail time. The real penalties are the disruption of business, the cost of lawyers and the seizures of computers and cash — as much as several thousand dollars at a time. The police say the focus on such misconduct is worthwhile because prostitution is often linked to other crimes involving drugs, weapons, physical abuse and exploitation of minors and immigrants.

Law enforcement officials ask why Craigslist even includes Erotic Services among its 191 categories. Mr. Buckmaster, the company president, said the site created that category “at the request of our users” for legitimate massage, escorts and exotic dancers. In an e-mail interview, he said that the police had praised the company’s cooperation, though he did not give examples.

Despite police complaints that Craigslist facilitates prostitution, some experts say the Web site also aids enforcement.

“Craigslist is a very open site, and it leaves digital footprints,” said Leslie A. Harris, president of the nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology. “It makes it easier for the police.”

Copyright 2007 The New York Times Company

Be Careful & Happy Hunting!

Maybe it's me, but it doesn't sound like a stretch to realize that LE will peruse CL, VV and others for leads. As ridiculous as the laws may be, they are on the books, meaning that scores of officers rely on busts for their daily bread. If I were them, I'd be drawn to "criminals" who advertise their services in popular media. It's up to us to be double careful when responding to an ad.

is that we live in a country where innocent people are punished for indulging in the most natural act known to the human species, while the real criminals.- corporations, politicians, and other "elites".- get away with raping the common man at home, and all over the world. our policy regarding prostitution is stupid, short-sighted, and obviously, destroys the lives of law obiding citizens. this is because we are being placated with religion, which once again has become the plague that invades our lives. instead of accepting a policy that declares our most basic function as criminal, we should strive to legalize prostitution, tax it, and utilize the revenue to fight actual crimes: pimping and the abuse of the ****d. europeans seem to have gotten it right. yes, my friends, our oppressive domestic (not to mention international) policy is a running joke in europe! it seems we have forgotten that change really does emerge from the acts of the people.

I will be visiting Lake George first week in April. (Not by choice) I am a regular on the Providence boards. Anything in the area?

Thanks

Tony

I'm sure all of you have heard the news by now that our governer was implicated in a prostitution ring. It amazes me what LE and the Feds do to bring down a prostitution ring, however, our boarders continue to be less secure than the days prior to 911.

Go ahead, keep busting the girls and their Johns or in this case their Eliott..What a bunch of loosers.....

Cheers

TM

So Eliot Spitzer is like most of the guys in this forum, except he fucked up with his money transfers, which led the feds to look into him. Ironically, people like him and Guliani are the reason it's harder for guys to get laid in New York (and elsewhere).

There's so much that can be said about the Spitzer deal (or will come out later). So what do you guys think of "Kristen" who is on My Space?

my space dot com /ninavenetta

I've checked her out. I don't think she's worth $4300. For that matter, what's with these guys spending hundreds, or thousands of dollars at a time on ONE girl?

This place has been around for a while, but I never see it mentioned in the reviews. Has anyone tried it? The prices seem better than elsewhere. Any comments?

[QUOTE=Little Tony II]I will be visiting Lake George first week in April. (Not by choice) I am a regular on the Providence boards. Anything in the area?

Thanks

Tony[/QUOTE]Call Sara. She's the #1 provider in the area. For a first time customer, she required an outcall appointment.

GL

I may post this in other folders, just to get the word out.

I am finally doing the long-awaited Philly/Camden trip next week. Several of you had previously expressed interest. This will happen towards the end of the week. If enough people go, I am thinking maybe a small G-B? Not necessarily, but if others are into it? Judging from the boards, we will definetely find the material there.

PM me if interested.

[QUOTE=Ruchacz1]I may post this in other folders, just to get the word out.

I am finally doing the long-awaited Philly/Camden trip next week. Several of you had previously expressed interest. This will happen towards the end of the week. If enough people go, I am thinking maybe a small G-B? Not necessarily, but if others are into it? Judging from the boards, we will definetely find the material there.

PM me if interested.[/QUOTE]Camden. Yes. Dude that area makes brooklyn and the bronx look a little pussy. No offense. The area is 42% below the poverty line. And 30% of money that runs that area is from the dope game. So that mean a SW on every coner. No joke. LE don't miss with you on less your just acting funny.

But PA, they have some law out there. They can give you a ticket if you have no business around there. So beware. And if your wondering how I know. I work out in AC/NJ.

Please check out my escort ad under the escort classifieds and my pics in the Connecticut General Reports Forum. I look forward to hearing from you.

Hello fellow hunters & hobbyist,

I'm going to make this brief & to the point: WTF is up with Craiglist? I know there was a crack down & restructure of the way CL advertise its adult aka exotic section because of the "CL Killer"! I haven't been on in a while, very busy just trying to keep my pockets wet with green because this economy is not good for business owners but I do check up to see what action is popping but CL has lost major weight & the pickings are very slim except for all the AMP's, damn there running CL, you would think the Asians own the company, lol!

So my questions is, where are all the ladies that was once on CL about 3 months ago? I know there not on the streets cause nobody is reporting about them, they might have resorted back to the save haven of the titty clubs but a lot of them can't qualify so is there another site like CL that they frequent, and don't tell me backpages cause there wack also even more than before!

If theres any good info, please PM or post on board, I like myself a good AMP but I don't always get a chance to hit up the city & BK AMPs suck.

Thank you for reading, until next time.

Blac