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Some customers like to get right down to business! Of the 100 people busted in the Polk County sting operation with the name “Operation Santa’s Naughty List,” only Rodney Davis, a (soon-to-be former) security guard at Walt Disney World, showed up completely naked.

The photo above is from video taken during the sting. There are excerpts of the video below, including this sad-larious exchange between Davis and the undercover detective at the scene:

Undercover detective posing as a prostitute, after greeting an already-naked Davis at the door: Come inside and get warm.

Davis: Oh, I’m warm. You the only one home?

Undercover detective (off-camera): Yeah.

The scene changes to the living room.

Undercover detective: Since you’re already naked, let’s get started. Do you have the money?

Davis (looking around): I do. There’s nobody hidden around the corner, like a cop or anything like that?

Undercover detective: Uh, no… (laughs nervously)

Content warning: Blurred-out large naked man, and discussion of services to be rendered.

It’s worth watching Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd’s press conference on the sting, just for his quips:

Here’s what he had to say about Davis:

“He didn’t have a stitch of clothes on, but he was carrying a shirt. I guess in case of emergency.”

One of the arrested johns was a pastor, to which he remarked:

“Jesus ain’t gonna be happy.”

And after remarking on a particularly shocking remark by a john, he took a dramatic pause, following it up with “That gives me pause.”

Photo by Hubert Sacasa. Tap the photo to see it at full size. Tap here to see the source [LinkedIn].

These sweaters (actually long-sleeve T-shirts) were a hit at last night’s party, and you can get them on Amazon:

• The “woman yelling” one
• The “smug cat” one

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Once again, thanks to Donovan Hunter for the find!

Thanks to Donovan Hunter for the find!

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Never forget that for this administration and its supporters, the cruelty is the point.

In case you need context:

• Want to know where this display is? See the LA Times piece, Claremont nativity scene depicts Jesus, Mary and Joseph as refugees separated in cages.
• The New Yorker: A New Report on Family Separations Shows the Depths of Trump’s Negligence
• AP: US held record number of migrant children in custody in 2019
• Vox: The horrifying conditions facing kids in border detention, explained
• Time: Here’s What to Know About the Status of Family Separation at the U.S. Border, Which Isn’t Nearly Over
• Texas Tribune: Family separations aren’t over. As many as five kids per day are separated from their parents at the border.

Thanks to Chris Laco for the find.

Here’s the full text of the question:

I very much enjoy your column, and you are much kinder than I am. It may be my age, but my parents weren’t expected to pay for college when I came of age. I am, yes, a baby boomer. From reading your column it seems like lots of people of varying ages seem to believe that they have rights to an inheritance, often by virtue of being a DNA relative and, sometimes, by virtue of a marriage.

I disagree with this assumption. Please educate me. Are my somewhat scornful reactions a reflection of my own age or ignorance? Or can I or anyone else write a will leaving their estate to whomever they like — say a charity, or the kid next door, or their nurse — instead of their kids and spouse? What is the law and etiquette regarding wills and inheritance?

Wow. This isn’t the only surprising question that people ask The Moneyist. A sampling:

• My stepmother told me she wasn’t required to file my father’s will — then she left his house, cars and investments to her kids
• I discovered through Ancestry.com that my biological father is someone else — can I claim an inheritance as his heir?
• My friend asked me to be her maid of honor but didn’t invite me to her wedding — am I expected to buy her a gift?
• This woman’s husband sponsored her to move to the U.S., but he kept a $200K windfall and insisted she pay all the bills
• My husband’s two children would toss me out of the house if he were to die before me — what can I do?