Slimy politicians will make all kinds of "state of the XYZ" speeches. Governors will make state of the state addresses. The president will make state of the union addresses. You get my point.  

The industry does seem, at least in the U.S., to be under attack. With the NSA spying on Americans and the press, this shouldn't surprise anyone but should scare the hell out of everyone.

That's Moore's Law, or something like that...of hobbyland.

John Fogarty penned this ditty back in the late 1960s when the government began to crack down on anti-war and anti-government movements in general.

The lyrics still are timely for anyone undergoing repression.

To sum it up:  Keep your things together.

(Be smart and play safe, in other words.)

Whoring has been around since we walked upright...and I don't see it stopping (whoring that is  LOL) anytime soon.

Two of the incidents you cite are not part of any trend.  The "other review site that was shut down by the Feds" was, in large part, shut down because of the number of under-age (and presumably trafficked) girls being advertised there.  I don't think that's the case regarding TER.
The second site that announced it was closing had been in financial difficulties for a while.  I can't be certain but I believe they went out of business because they had more expenses than revenues for too long, but used the legal issues that face "site #1" as an excuse.
As for P411 all I've heard is rumors.  I know of no credible info suggesting they are in trouble.
Where's the fire?

You know as well as anyone here that LE is active on this site...and nearly every other prostitution based site operating.

Lets be honest. We dont know exactly why those sites were shutdown and we will likely never know to a 100% certitude.

Here is another one - on topic...  

What I did say was that TER was less likely to be a target for running ads for underaged or trafficked girls.  I still believe the hysteria over what happened in SF is overblown in terms of the national picture.
Anyway, if things get too bad I'll just move to Costa Rica.  TER is rather redundant there.  Unless TER stands for Tica Erotic Resort.

It doesn't.  And I'm not bragging.  I've been there.  Not that it's a big deal.  Simmer down, lamb chop.
PS: If you really think "everything about CR is budget" you've never been there.  Especially to Los Suenos or Miguel Antonio.
Please note another loser post under an alias.

As for TER being able to be shut down by any US LE group I seriously doubt it, though I expect TER management is being as careful as they can and not tempting fate.  Keep in mind it would have to be at the Federal level and I just don't see that happening for a lot of reasons.

Actually Costa Rica attracts women from several other countries because they can make MORE money in Costa Rica than their home countries. Three countries that come to mind are Nicaragua, Colombia, and the Dominican Republic. Women flood to Costa Rica from these countries to make more money as sex workers than they could possibly make at home. So you should really learn what the fuck you are talking about before running your big fat cowardly mouth.

A willingness to jettison liberty in the face of perceived adversity has long been part of the American psyche. Just a dozen years after ratifying the Bill of Rights, we had the Alien and Sedition Acts. The nation acquiesced to Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus during the Civil War, the executions in the wake of the Haymarket Riot in the 1880’s, the internment camps during WW II, O’Brien and the draft card cases of the 1960’s right through the Patriot Act and Lopez and the Guantanamo Cases.  
In light of history, shutting down our little world in the name of stamping out trafficking would hardly fan the fire of liberty under siege

very appropriate.

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As was wit with the shutting down of casino sites (back in 2011) not located in the States.

If you keep up with the news, you'll see that "trafficking" and "underage prostitution" are merely excuses to shut down sites like these. Relative to the numbers of adult consensual participants, there are very few "children" involved. And those who are are typically 17 years old. There is a very rabid set of anti porn and anti prostitution activists who will stop at nothing to get every last vagina under control.

But I doubt anyone will be shutting TER down in the foreseeable future.  And, as I said in an earlier post, I'll bet LE finds this place useful for research and would hate to see it closed down.  And, to repeat myself, I think TER is better at keeping verboten advertisers off this site.

CL is still in business but simply changed their model.  You can still find pros there if you know how to look. As for BP, it's all well and good to assert that "it seems BP is next." But it has yet to happen.

It's whack a mole.

When you said:

The recent Urban Institute study makes it clear that most of the under-age sex workers are runaways. Most of them seem to have fled an abusive situation, and they turn to sex work to support themselves. They may be abused by pimps as sex workers, but they don't go back home because their situation would be even worse at home.  

I believe it was back in 2008 when Eliot Spitzer got outed for his "unusual" personal expenses while he was in office as Governor of NY. For about 6 months things were HOT everywhere in the NYC adult entertainment world. Well known clubs were getting shut down left and right and arrests skyrocketed as a response to the "outrage" over Spitzer's activities.

Exactly.  This is a scary area where the extreme left and the extreme right find common ground.

I think that any good government wants to keep the door open to any perceived crime where said government can glean a profit.

I recently tried to switch my domain names and was circumvented for a period of 60 days while the information is passed to the ICANN agency. (I looked into it, apparently there are new regulations for domain names in place).