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From AVN:
Facebook Sets Safeguards, Obscenity Blockers
“Social networking website Facebook has instituted a number of enhanced privacy safeguards and obscenity blockers.
The move on Thursday was part of an agreement with 49 state attorneys general to increase the level of protection for the site’s younger users.”
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And here I thought Facebook was the adult version of Myspace.
Posted by Vixen as News at 11:41 PM CDT
From Xbiz:
Dupre Seeks $10M, Forfeit of GGW Websites
“The $10 million lawsuit filed Monday against Girls Gone Wild creator Joe Francis, his company and a man purportedly involved in creation of two websites contends that Ashley Dupre was underage at the time she signed a contract.
Dupre is the call girl linked to the downfall of former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
Entertainment attorney Richard C. Wolfe claims in the suit that Dupre was 17, intoxicated and thus not legally competent to enter into a contract when she was cherry-picked by Girls Gone Wild execs at Miami Beach’s Chesterfield Hotel.”
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I wonder how this will turn out. Personally, I’m hoping she gets a juicy book deal.
From the BBC:
Austrian ‘hid daughter in cellar’
“A 73-year-old Austrian is under arrest on suspicion of hiding his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathering seven children with her, police say.
The existence of the woman, believed missing since 1984 and now 42, emerged after a teenager said to be her daughter was taken to hospital.”
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By now I’m sure you’ve heard of the secret lair, kidnapped daughter and incest grandchildren in Austria. But there are two more stories I want to include here.
Also from the BBC:
‘Second man’ at Austrian cellar
“A lodger at the Austrian house where a father allegedly imprisoned and abused his daughter says he saw another man go to the cellar where the abuse happened.”
(snip)
“Mr Dubanovsky, rented a room in the Fritzl house for 12 years.
He and other lodgers were forbidden to go down to the cellar under threat of eviction, he told the BBC. ”
(snip)
“However, officials believe that no-one was aware of the existence of the purpose-built dungeon, citing DNA tests.
“I think we can rule out accomplices,” Leopold Etz, chief of homicide investigations for Lower Austria province, told the Associated Press.”
From ABC News:
Incest Dad Left Children to Go on Vacation
“While crime scene investigators are continuing their inquiries, more details about the man who held his daughter and children captive in Austria are coming to light.
Most upsetting to many Austrians may be a home video obtained by German TV station n-tv.
It shows the man who confessed to imprisoning, raping and impregnating his daughter, Elisabeth, for 24 years on a “boys holiday” in Thailand in 1998, as she and her children suffered in a secret dungeon in the family home thousands of miles away.”
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This story is so crazy that when I first heard about it I thought it was the plot of a book rather than real life. The situation is just so fucked up I don’t know what to write about it.
From Prison Planet:
Overwhelming Evidence Points To Murder Of DC Madam
“Evidence is stacking up to suggest that the alleged “suicide” of DC Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey was in fact a calculated murder, as the manager of Palfrey’s Florida Condo reveals that Palfrey was not suicidal when he spoke to her Monday and told him of her fears about a contract being out on her life.
The new testimony is backed up by at least four other recorded public statements on behalf of Palfrey attesting to the fact that she would never commit suicide and if she was found dead to immediately suspect murder. ”
(snip)
“Though never confirmed directly, Palfrey strongly insinuated that both Dick Cheney and John McCain were possibly involved in the DC Madam scandal, and this could have been one of the primary reasons why she was murdered.”
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So on Monday Jeane Palfrey seems fine and yet by Thursday she kills herself? Her death is just too convenient. She knew that some very powerful politicians were clients of her business. She likely had the power to ruin quite a number of careers. With her “suicide” this knowledge apparently dies with her. Definitely suspicious.
The speculation over McCain being a client I find especially interesting.
Lina from Uncool did a great blog post listing different bloggers coverage of Palfrey’s death. You can read that here.
From DNA India:
Sex workers seek recognition on Labour Day
“Over 3,500 sex workers took out a candle-light rally shortly after midnight to press for their rights and social recognition as labourers on the occasion of Labour Day on Thursday.
“We took out the rally from Sonagachi area (Kolkata’s largest red-light district), and finally converged at College Square at around 2 am on Thursday.
“We held this rally in demand of our social rights as sex workers,” Bharati Dey of Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee (DMSC), an NGO working for sex workers’ rights said.”
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Yay, a rally for sex worker rights. It’s good to have some uplifting sex worker news after this week.
Posted by Vixen as News at 11:15 PM CDT
From CNN:
‘D.C. Madam’ found hanged
“Deborah Jeane Palfrey, known as the “D.C. Madam,” was found dead in Florida on Thursday, according to Tarpon Springs police.
Palfrey hanged herself in a storage shed on her mother’s property, where she had been staying, police said. Palfrey’s mother, 76-year-old Blanche Palfrey, found the body, police said.”
From the Post Chronicle:
Deborah Palfrey Ex Employee Brandy Britton Photo: Suicide Similar
“Much like the DC Madame’s former employee Brandy Britton, Deborah Jeane Palfrey has killed herself before her final sentencing.”
(snip)
“Britton was set to go to trial, but decided to hang herself instead. When Britton killed herself, Palfrey told the press: “I guess I’m made of something that Brandy Britton wasn’t made of.”"
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God fuck shit piss damnit! I’m stunned, I’m upset, I’m saddened. But I just don’t buy it. Call me a conspiracy theorist if you like but I can’t believe she killed herself. When I interviewed her I heard such strength in her voice. She was a tough woman, a true fighter.
Yes, people can change. And suicidal tendencies can come on suddenly. But still I don’t buy it. The mainstream media coverage sucks, but hell I say that about most news stories. Here’s some better coverage:
From Info Wars:
DC Madam Predicted She Would Be Suicided
“DC Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey predicted she would be “suicided” on several occasions both recently and as far back as 17 years ago - comments that now appear ominous in light of the announcement that the former head of a Washington escort service allegedly killed herself today.
(snip)
“During several recent appearances on The Alex Jones Show, Palfrey also said that she was at risk of being killed and that authorities would make it look like suicide. She made it clear that she was not suicidal and if she was found dead it would be murder. ”
But what about her “friend” that said she confided her intention to kill herself? He’s not so credible it turns out.
Professional Conspiracy Debunker Claims Friendship with Deborah Jeane Palfrey
“Dan Moldea tells us he was Deborah Jeane Palfrey’s friend.”
(snip)
“However, there are problems with the testimony of Dan Moldea, problems that put his assertion about Palfrey in question.”
-Definitely worth a read.
Neatorama covered the story and the comments are interesting. I’m certainly not the only one who doubts the “official” story.
Lastly, Sex in the Public Square started an online memorial for Jeane.
“Do you have something to say in memory of Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who was harassed by anti-prostitution law enforcement and whose name is now added to the list of many who have lost their lives to the persecution of sex workers? Click here to add your thoughts in honor of her memory.”
Posted by Vixen as News at 11:59 PM CDT
I was having a hard time deciding which sex news story to blog about today. Instead I’m trying something new and doing a news round up. Like the idea?
From the New York Post:
Kinky News Network
“CNN personality Richard Quest was busted in Central Park early yesterday with some drugs in his pocket, a rope around his neck that was tied to his genitals, and a sex toy in his boot, law-enforcement sources said.”
(snip)
“Quest was initially busted for loitering, the source said. Aside from the oddly configured rope, the search also turned up a sex toy inside of his boot, and a small bag of methamphetamine in his left jacket pocket.”
And an update from The Guardian:
CNN presenter goes into rehab
“CNN’s UK-born presenter Richard Quest has embarked on a course of drug rehabilitation following his arrest last Friday in New York.
The US news broadcaster today issued a statement confirming that Quest, a familiar face on the network, had entered a “drug rehabilitation facility” on the orders of a judge following his arrest.”
From Yahoo News:
NYPD officers cleared in killing; rights leaders want probe
“Civil rights leaders demanded a federal investigation and vowed to march through the streets in protest after three police officers were cleared of all charges Friday in the killing of an unarmed man cut down in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding day.
(snip)
“Bell, a 23-year-old black man, was killed outside a seedy strip club in Queens in 2006 as he was leaving his bachelor party with two friends. The officers — undercover detectives who were investigating reports of prostitution at the club — said they thought one of the men had a gun.
The slaying heightened tensions in the city and stoked long-standing allegations of racism and excessive use of force on the part of New York City’s police, even though two of the officers charged are black.”
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I’ve blogged about this trial over on the $pread Blog. The killing happened in front of a strip club and several strippers testified during this trial.
And two stories from Xbiz:
Adult Industry Attorneys Outraged Over Military Porn Bill
“Adult industry attorneys today blasted a Georgia lawmaker, who has introduced a proposal that would close a loophole and regulate further adult material sold at military exchange stores.
The Military Honor and Decency Act, introduced last week by Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., would amend a provision of the 1997 Defense Authorization Act that limited sales of sexually explicit material on military bases.”
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This seems ridiculous to me. These soldiers are risking their lives and having to go through the hell of war. The least we can do is let them have all the jerk off material they want.
Could Adam Walsh Act Harm the Adult Biz?
“In 2006 Congress passed HR 4472, a bill that came to be known as the Adam Walsh Act, which is the short title of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. The law was named after the son of John Walsh, the creator and producer of the “America’s Most Wanted” television series, who was kidnapped from a shopping mall in Hollywood, Fla., and found murdered 16 days later.”
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This article goes into detail about the Walsh Act, 2257 and how it’s being used to fuck with the adult industry. Good reading if you’re not familiar with these laws.
Posted by Vixen as News at 11:44 PM CDT
From Brad Blog:
Pennsylvania Primary: E-Voting, Registration, Polling Place Problem Report Wire
“Problem reports from polling places in PA, including voting machine malfunctions and long lines, began coming in early this morning. That could be an ominous sign, given that on most Election Days, the real extent of problems, at least with voting systems, isn’t fully revealed until later, and often in the days after the election. See our report yesterday detailing concerns about e-voting equipment (though not from officials, who weren’t concerned at all) and whether there would be enough machines to go around (presuming they work at all) across Pennsylvania.”
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The story above is chock full of info about voting problems. Definitely worth a read. (Though not a chipper one I’ll admit.)
Interested in our fucked up electronic voting system? Me, bitter? Whatever gave you that crazy idea? Anyway, check out Voters Unite-”A non-partisan national grassroots resource for fair and accurate elections! We believe in the power of facts.”
Posted by Vixen as News at 1:17 AM CDT
From Raw Story via What Really Happened:
Jury finds ‘DC Madam’ guilty on four counts
“A Washington jury has convicted Deborah Jean Palfrey, who became known as the DC Madam, on four counts including money laundering and racketeering in connection with a running a prostitution ring, according to news reports.”
From the Washington Post:
Escort Service Boss Found Guilty
“A federal jury convicted Deborah Jeane Palfrey yesterday of running a Washington-area call-girl ring in the guise of “a high-end erotic fantasy service,” rejecting her argument that she was unaware for 13 years that female escorts she employed were performing sex acts with clients for money.”
(snip)
“The U.S. attorney’s office said that under sentencing guidelines, Palfrey probably faces a prison term of four to six years.”
(snip)
“Although lawyers in the trial said in court that Vitter, Tobias and Ullman were on their witness lists, no prominent alleged ex-clients were called to testify.”
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I’ve had a busy week and completely missed this news story until Mr. Radical mentioned it. Damn. Damn damn damn damn. I just went to her website and it’s gone. “deborahjeanepalfrey.com is off line until further notice.”
This comment comes from the Raw Story:
“When a man agrees to pay $250 for 90 minutes with a woman, what do most men expect in that time?” prosecutor Daniel Butler said during closing arguments Monday. “In that context, it’s pretty clear. Most men want sex.”
I disagree. Lots of prodommes charge $300/hr and the men don’t expect sex. A stripper friend of mine was an escort for over a year and never had sex with her clients. She mostly stripped for bachelor parties but did the occasional nude photo shoot. Some men do expect sex obviously. I once did a session where the guy kept trying to inappropriately touch me. It got to the point where I had to smack his hands away. But I find the prosecutors argument here weak.
But obviously the jury didn’t. Since she was found guilty what will happen to her well publicized clients like Vitter and Tobias? The cynic in me figures nothing.
All I can think right now is damn. Damn damn damn.
Posted by Vixen as News, Sex Workers at 10:21 PM CDT
(Sometimes I can’t resist a cheesy alliteration title.)
From France24:
Pope denounces American societal mores
“Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday berated US bishops for their poor handling of the child sex scandal that has rocked the Roman Catholic church, but laid part of the blame on the breakdown of values in US society.
Benedict told a gathering of bishops they had “sometimes very badly handled” the decades-old problem of pedophile priests. But he urged efforts “to address the sin of abuse within the wider context of sexual mores.”
“What does it mean to speak of child protection when pornography and violence can be viewed in so many homes through media widely available today?” the pontiff said on the first full day of his US visit.”
(snip)
“Describing clerics who sexually abuse children as “gravely immoral,” the octogenarian pope warned that the scourge of pedophilia “is found not only in your dioceses but in every sector of society.”
“It calls for a determined, collective response,” he said, but did not outline any firm action that the Vatican intended to take to purge the church of pedophile priests.”
(snip)
“In his speech Wednesday, the pope did not outline any concrete steps that would be taken, but urged the bishops to give more guidance to priests, who “have experienced shame over what has occurred.”"
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Grrrr. Pope Benedict is at it again. So the problem of pedo priests is decades old but porn is partly to blame? But porn wasn’t as available decades ago as it is today. Maybe it’s the way the church addresses sexuality? Maybe it’s the Madonna/Whore complex? Maybe it’s the unrealistic vow of chastity that priests have to take? Maybe it’s treating priests as if they’re asexual beings? No, no, no. Clearly it’s the evils of porn and violence that is causing, no Forcing!, those poor, poor priests to molest the children.
Sigh.
And to top it off the Pope doesn’t urge the guilty priests to face justice. No, they need “more guidance” instead.
One of my close friends is a gay Catholic man. When I bring up enraging arguments/decisions/comments the new Pope makes he just sighs and says “I know. I know. He’s not the best Pope.” As irked as I am about the Pope’s actions at least he’s not my spiritual leader. It must be much more frustrating to be Catholic and to think Pope Benedict is wrong.
Posted by Vixen as Political Rants, News at 11:59 PM CDT
From the New York Times found via Boing Boing:
Possible Nazi Theme of Grand Prix Boss’s Orgy Draws Calls to Quit
“Few scandals in recent years have provoked as much anger and dismay across Europe as the saga of Max Mosley, the overseer of grand prix motor racing who made tabloid news last weekend in a front-page exposé and accompanying Web video showing him in a sadomasochistic orgy with five supposed prostitutes in a London sex “dungeon.”
But beyond the licentiousness of the episode, it was the suggestion of Nazi undertones in the role-playing during the session in a basement in London’s fashionable Chelsea district that led to demands for Mr. Mosley’s resignation as president of the Paris-based Federation Internationale de l’Automobile. Known as the F.I.A., it is the international governing body of motor sports, and has presided over the expansion of Formula One racing into one of the world’s richest sports.”
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My first thought when reading this story was that Mosley didn’t hire hookers. You hire prostitutes to fuck you; you don’t hire them to spank you in a role play scene. For that you hire a Mistress. While some prostitutes certainly do role play in sessions, I think a prodom would be the best person for a fantasy as intense as this one.
Is it a Nazi fetish? Maybe, maybe not. I’ve done German prison fantasies that never touched on the Nazi subject. In Erectionland Germans are known for their discipline and cruelty. One client of mine likes to relive an in-person session he had with a Mistress while in Germany on business. I mostly ooh and ahh while he describes the intense thrashing she gave him. Her German cursing still turns him on years later. Another client likes to fantasy about seeing a German Mistress who toilet trains him. If he refuses to open his mouth she becomes very cruel and beats him until he cries.
Though I have never done a Nazi call I know they happen.
During my second year as a PSO I had man request one. He called and immediately asked if I was of German descent. I actually am part German so thought it was neat that someone could tell. The client then promptly apologized for being Jewish. (If this happened today I would immediately know where this was going. Back then I was so naive.)
I was completely confused. Why apologize for that? I told him he had nothing to be sorry about. Realizing I wasn’t catching on he explained that he had a taboo fantasy. He asked if he could give me a few details to see if I was comfortable with the subject matter. I said sure. (If you have a taboo fantasy and want to see a sex worker this is an excellent idea. I can’t recommend this enough.)
He wanted me to role play a German officer in the Auschwitz camp. In the fantasy I was to extremely beat and torture him. He wanted the fantasy to end by me putting him in the ovens.
I was shocked. Hell, I’m still shocked. I remember trying to comment and blubbering instead. To his credit he did not try to go into the fantasy. In a polite voice he only gave me a quick overview.
After some more blubbering on my part he explained himself more. He told me it was “survivor’s guilt”. He was born shortly after WWII ended. He didn’t understand why some of his family died in the camps and some didn’t. He couldn’t understand how God could let it happen. The power of sexual release relieved his guilt, at least temporarily. (His accent was Jewish and his voice sounded the right age for this to be true.)
This was too extreme for me. I couldn’t handle it. I told him so and he didn’t pressure me. He said he understood, thanked me for listening and hung up. By far, his is one of the most extreme fantasies I’ve ever heard. Though it freaked me out, it fulfilled something for him. A need of Mosley’s obviously got fulfilled or he wouldn’t have done his session. Many of my clients fantasies would be considered shocking and immoral if displayed to the public.
Posted by Vixen as PSO Confessions, News at 11:58 PM CDT
From the NY Times vis Buzz Flash:
In Searching for New Job, Gonzales Sees No Takers
“Alberto R. Gonzales, like many others recently unemployed, has discovered how difficult it can be to find a new job. Mr. Gonzales, the former attorney general, who was forced to resign last year, has been unable to interest law firms in adding his name to their roster, Washington lawyers and his associates said in recent interviews.
He has, through friends, put out inquiries, they said, and has not found any takers. What makes Mr. Gonzales’s case extraordinary is that former attorneys general, the government’s chief lawyer, are typically highly sought.”
(snip)
“The greatest impediment to Mr. Gonzales’s being offered the kind of high-salary job being snagged these days by lesser Justice Department officials, many lawyers agree, is his performance during his last few months in office. In that period, he was openly criticized by lawmakers for being untruthful in his sworn testimony. His conduct is being investigated by the Office of the Inspector General of the Justice Department, which could recommend actions from exonerating him to recommending criminal charges. Friends set up a fund to help pay his legal bills.”
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If I owned a law firm I wouldn’t hire him. Makes me wonder what John Ashcroft is doing these days.
Posted by Vixen as News at 9:26 PM CDT
From Yahoo! News:
Sen. Vitter may testify in sex case
“Louisiana Sen. David Vitter may be called to testify on behalf of a woman accused of running an upscale Washington prostitution service, attorneys said at the opening of trial.
The Republican senator was among several possible witnesses identified Monday in the racketeering and money laundering case against Deborah Palfrey. Among others on the list is Harlan Ullman, a military strategist who created the concept of “shock and awe” that the United States used to open hostilities against Iraq more than five years ago.
Prosecutors said they planned to call about a dozen former escorts and several clients.”
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This could turn out so many ways I’m not sure what to hope for.
Posted by Vixen as News, Sex Workers at 11:50 PM CDT
