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Election 2004: Think Before You Vote

By Greg Zeboray on www.zeboray.com

Less then two months away from another Presidential election, and one that pits a Liberal challenger against a moderate incumbent - and a handful of less publicized rivals. I'm not sure however, that this is "the most important election" (as the liberals love to call it) we've ever faced - I think that they are always important.

I am fascinated by the entertainment industry's spin on things: They will have you believe that your right to free speech depends on this election - as if the liberals are your only hope to maintain your right to produce the product you currently do. What is really going on is that those vocal few in the entertainment industry (and groups such as the adult industry's Free Speech Coalition) are devout liberals who use the fear of censorship as a means to get their candidate elected. They want you to believe liberals are your only hope to protect your right to free speech and the maintenance of your civil liberties. But that's not always true. Take the Free Speech Coalition sponsored AB1894 that was signed into law on August 30th by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. According to the FSC's executive director Kat Sunlove (who wrote the following in an article for the 9-1-04 edition of AVN.com): "Although the bill passed both houses of the legislature last year on a unanimous 'aye' vote, Governor Davis vetoed the measure, saying he did not wish to aid 'pornographers' that might benefit from the provisions of the law". Is there anyone reading this who doubts Gray Davis' commitment to ultra-liberal politics?

By voting for John Kerry, you are asking for European-style socialism, and trust me when I tell you it's not a good thing! For all of you who champion this way of life, I ask how many have ever experienced it first hand (as a resident, not a tourist)? I have! I lived in England and I can tell you that it is not what it's promoted to be. Let me address three areas of concern:

The middle class: John Kerry will have you believe that his system guarantees the survival of the middle class, yet nothing could be further from the truth. Fact is, European-style socialism virtually eliminates the middle class. You end up with a class society not seen in this country - the wealthy and the working class (i.e. the poor who live paycheck to paycheck).

Healthcare: Sure, they have a national health insurance program, but the care is second-rate to what one gets in the United States. Did you ever notice that every time a wealthy person from Europe, Canada and elsewhere needs highly specialized treatment they come to the U.S. and visit facilities such as the Mayo Clinic (at their own expense)? Their working people don't have that option, so they stay home and settle for potentially substandard treatment. Is that what you want? I don't. We complain about the high price of drugs and the money the pharmaceutical companies are making; do you really expect companies to develop new drugs if they can't make an acceptable profit? It is no coincidence that not one advanced drug is developed in a country with a national health insurance program. Oh, and while we're talking about drug and insurance company profits, let me remind you of who is really making the money: the normal middle-class Americans who own stock - every substantial company is publicly owned. As for the uninsured, there is virtually no excuse for it. A Good solid PPO no deductible insurance plan is as a low as $65.00 a month for an L.A. resident in their 20's. Fact is, too many people put things like health insurance after entertainment in their budget - perhaps they need to reprioritize how they spend their money! Health insurance should come before partying at the local nightclub on Friday and Saturday nights; before the top-of-the-line car, and etc. Let's be real; there is little to no excuse for being uninsured.

Secular Movement: The single most dangerous movement in this country today (a movement seen long ago in Europe - one that has already caused destruction). Like it or not, this country was founded on Judeo-Christian principals, and it is from those principals that we developed our ethics and morals. The free enterprise system is supported by a tripod - ethics, morals, and the obeying of all laws (whether we agree with them or not). Knock out just one of the legs and the system will collapse; this movement threatens at least two of the legs. Unfortunately, we have a very vocal (and despicable) organization known as the ACLU that is intent on pushing this notion of a secular nation so that everyone is free to do what he or she wants without judgment. What the supporters of the ACLU don't want to acknowledge is the damage their position would do to our overall economic system (or maybe that's what they - as ultra-liberals - want). Not to mention the furthering decay of our society; we are already a nation with plenty of self-centered, rude, dishonest, and disrespectful people. God help us if the ACLU should ever get its way!

While this may have sounded like an endorsement of President Bush, it's not. In fact, President Bush has done many things (including the Iraq war) that I strongly disagree with. I am not an unabashed fan of President Bush. What I am, however, is 100% anti- Senator Kerry.

In November, I recommend Anyone But Kerry (or Nader)

Care Concepts I, Inc. Rescinds the iBill Closing and Delays Acquisition

From GFY:

POMPANO BEACH, Fla., Sep 24, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Care Concepts I, Inc. (IBD, Trade) announced here today that it has rescinded the closing of its acquisition of Media Billing Company, LLC and its wholly owned subsidiary Internet Billing Company LLC ("iBill") that was purchased from Penthouse International, Inc. in August 2004.

On September 20, 2004, the Company received a notice from the AMEX of its intention to de-list the Company's Common Stock from trading on the exchange, pending a hearing requested by the Company. By agreeing to rescind the closing of the iBill acquisition unless and until the Company has satisfactorily resolved all listing eligibility issues and receives all necessary AMEX approvals related to the iBill transaction, the staff of the AMEX has agreed to withdraw its notice of intent to de-list the Company's securities.

There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to satisfactorily resolve all listing issues or that it will receive all such AMEX approvals associated with the iBill transaction. The notice from the staff provides that in the opinion of the staff the Company was not in compliance with applicable continued listing standards as follows:

1. The Company has not fully furnished information requested by the Exchange related to the acquisition of Media Billing Company, LLC (iBill);

2. The Company's acquisition of iBill raises public interest concerns pursuant to Section 1003(f)(iii);

3. The Company has issued or authorized its transfer agent to issue additional shares of its common stock without the Exchange's approval;

4. The Company issued 20% or more of its currently outstanding shares of common stock without obtaining prior approval of its shareholders;

5. The disclosure in the Company's 8-KA dated September 2, 2004 regarding the number of shares of common stock issued to Penthouse in the iBill acquisition contained material omissions and inconsistencies, and;

6. The Company completed an acquisition, the net effect of which was that the Company was acquired by an unlisted company and the Company did not provide adequate information to the staff for it to determine whether the post transaction company meets the initial listing standards as required by Section 341 of the Company Guide The Company intends to furnish the information on a timely basis and is hopeful that the staff of the AMEX will, upon receipt and review of such information, provide all necessary approvals for the iBill acquisition to be completed.

If for any reason, however, that AMEX approval has not been obtained by January 21, 2005, the Company will nevertheless close the acquisition, withdraw from the AMEX and seek to re-list its common stock on an alternate stock exchange. The Company's common stock was halted for trading on Tuesday, September 21, 2004. The management of the Company believes that there may have been a disclosure of certain material non-public information concerning the above-referenced letter.

In commenting on the restructure of the iBill acquisition, Gary Spaniak, Jr., the Company's President stated, "It is the Company's clear objective to resolve with the AMEX all issues relating to the iBill acquisition and to permit the continued trading of its stock on the AMEX for the benefit of its shareholders." Mr. Spaniak also stated that the Company intends to engage a compliance officer with respect to the corporate governance operation of the Company and in compliance with the provisions of the Sarbanes Oxley Act. The stock is expected to resume trading Monday morning on the American Stock Exchange.

NASCHURCH - God's Champion Racer

Jim Holio writes on GFY:

I am getting ready to pull the covers off of NASCHURCH

Los Angeles CA: Internet savvy entrpreneur Jim Holio has unveiled the latest in a string of new ventures this year with NASCHURCH.

With the phenomenon of NASCAR the idea to begin a competeing series with each car representing a religion has taken off with a furious bang. Each venue will have a place of worship for each denomination to observe Sunday services. At the end of the season one religion will be crowned as God's champion.

Early entries are as follows:

The Toy's 'R' Us Catholic Chevrolet
The Universal Studios Scientology Dodge
The Planet Hollywood / William Morris Jewish Pontiac
The Jihad schwartz fertilizer Ford

"We see this as the future of spreading the good word" Holio said. The series will run from Easter to Christmas and will have a huge night race after Yom Kippur. It was reported the Jihad car has been fined several times in testing after several incidents of the car leaving the pit area engalfed in flames and then crashing to a stop in the bleacher area. An investigation has been launched to see if the multiple incidents are connected. ..Developing...

New CC Processing companies on the horizon?

Tonda writes on JBM:

With only a handful of cc processors to choose from, do you think we will see new cc processing companies emerge? What happens if one or more processors fold? Do you think it will ever dwindle down to just one choice? If so, what will you do? I would love to see one or two new cc processors form, it has been awhile. I am not naming names or trying to start rumors but there is the potential for there to be one cc processor to choose from. Will this change the industry? Or do you think that we all pretty much rely on one main processor as it is now and the effect would be minimal?

Peaches writes: "Back in 1996 when I started in this biz and went to my accountant, he said "A bunch of the big guys should get together and start their own processing company because that's going to be this industry's biggest problem.". They had the ability to do it back then but of course, no one could ever get along with each other for more than 15 minutes."

Some big players, such as the Bottos behind Maxcash.com, formed Jettis in 1999, which recently sold its third party CC processing to Epoch/Paycom.

WiredGuy writes: "Barriers to entry seem very high to start up a new billing company in my opinion. Maybe some mainstream high risk entrepreneurs would be willing to give it a shot, but it doesn't seem worth it right now given the market conditions."

Alan writes:

Peaches, you have to understand who is putting pressure on the Industry. Before I started in the industry I was reading ABI World's Magazine. (It is a trade magazine for bankruptcy attorneys) Purposed bankruptcy reform (where you can't discharge credit card debt) is the carrot being offered by Republicans in the Senate and the House in exchange for the credit card companies not processing porn. Well the credit card companies can't just shut down processing for an entire industry otherwise they would be dealing with anti-trust issues so they continue to tighten the regulations hopping to eventually squeeze the third party processors out of business altogether. Once we get done with the 1% they will want %.5 and on and on.

Checks may be the long term answer. It seems they are inching closer to real time processing. The government can't tell people who they can and cannot make checks out to, and banks can't refuse to honor the checks based upon who they are made out to.

Evilc asks Mitch of Netbilling: At what stage would it make sense for a paysite to go for their own merchant account?

Mitch replies:

If you are processing more than $5k per month for an adult site and are located in the USA, I feel it is worthwhile. If it is non-adult, $1k per month. Offshore adult, $50k. Keep in mind that you have to pay the registration fees to both Visa and Mastercard ($1500) for the US adult merchant account but not for an offshore or mainstream account. However, you do not have to pay it for each processor you use. The amount of URLs or what those urls are processing has nothing to do with it.

Teagan adultdvdtalk.com thread is locked by the moderator

Jamie Ralph Gardner writes:

The longest adultdvdtalk.com thread about an Actress may no longer be getting new messages. When I was trying to post my latest message to Wow! Teagan thread on adultdvdtalk.com , I got a message that said: "We're sorry but the topic you were attempting to post to was locked by a moderator while you were composing your post. The content of your post is listed below in case you would like to cut/paste it."

The last message on the thread is by bono-ONE, the Moderator: "You know guys this thread has indeed run it's course I think. Mark your calendars on Sept. 24 at 12:28 it was locked, maybe for good. I want to personally thank Teagan for all her posts keeping us up to date early on and lately well this thread hasn't been what it once was without her continued involvement. Perhaps when she has some new stuff with Digital Playground we can start anew and keep up with this beautiful young woman!!"

Here is my message that didn't get posted on the Wow! Teagan thread:

Late last night Teagan posted a couple of messages on http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TeagansPlayground/

I think that at some point the discussion about Teagan's breasts will run its course. For a while, people were making a big deal about the interracial issue. That subject doesn't get brought up as much now. Frequently, when a celebrity becomes more famous, a backlash happens. Even though Jenna Jameson is very popular, people have said negative things about her over the years. I think that some of Jenna's negative views of Digital Playground have been influenced by her association with Tera Patrick. Club Jenna, Jenna's company, manages the officialterapatrick.com website. I think that the problems that Jenna had with Digital Playground, in relation to Teagan being in Janine Loves Jenna, probably reinforced negative opinions that Jenna already had.

I have never read about Digital Playground giving it's side of the story when it comes to Janine Loves Jenna. I have noticed that Digital Playground has been publically diplomatic when it comes to the negative things that Tera Patrick and Evan Seinfeld have said about them. In an interview, Joone (Digital Playground's owner) didn't speak negatively of Tera when her name got brought up. http://www.rogreviews.com/interviews/joone.asp

I think that people who have a positive opinion of Teagan need to post more messages. I don't think that banning people who have negative opinions of Teagan is the right thing to do. I think that there should be a variety of opinions expressed. TeagansPlayground has banned people that have expressed opinions that are too negative about Teagan. There are people in mainstream Hollywood that say that they learn more from criticism then the praise that they get. I think that constructive criticism can be good but personal attacks can alienate the person who you are trying to influence. I think there have been people that have been mean and rude toward Teagan but I don't think that every message should have only praise for everything that Teagan does. It's up to Teagan to decide which critisms are valid and which are not. A lot of what people say is subjective so I think their opinions are neither right or wrong. I think that despite the critisms of Teagan, her movies for Digital Playground will be big successes. I will rent them when they come out.

Jamie Gardner www.demicomix.com/Carnal01.htm

Last Teagan thread standing.

Mike Albo's Favorite Philosopher

Mike writes: Yeah, yeah. Everyone in porn's an intellectual. My vote goes to Robert Johnson (1911-1938). "I got to keep movin'/Blues fallin' down like hail/And the day keeps on worryin' me/There's a hellhound on my trail."

Porn's Resident Intellectual, Christian Mann, Tells All

I asked Christian for his favorite philosopher. The owner of Video Team replies:

You're asking a loaded question in that you might as well ask me who is my favorite composer or what is my favorite food. I need to do analysis before the synthesis. I have favorites within genres and each choice is informed by a slew of other influences.

All philosophy is a footnote of Platonic or Socratic thought. If you consider the Social Contract, i.e. philosophy as a tool for man to find his place in society, than you start with Socrates, and work through Kant, Rousseau and all the enlightenment thinkers. As a Catholic, I should reference St. Augustine and Thomas Aquinas (for their treatises on ethics more than dogma). I disagree with my beloved Claire who favors Nietzsche's "Beyond Good & Evil" as a rational invalidation of the ethical in favor of the real. This view is much too harsh for me. I am the anti-nihilist. I could take the obvious and easy way out and dissert ad nauseum about Descartes and Sartre, but I think it's bullsh-t for pretentious people seeking a faux appearance of philosophical interest.

The bottom line is that I like ethicists. My favorite philosophical quote comes from a dramatist/architect who is not even considered to be a philosopher. John Vanbrugh's famous quotation: "Virtue is its own reward" perfectly sums up my ethical view. I enjoy modern thinkers like Kahil Gibran, although I admit that some of it is Far East and far-out.

The biggest influence on my life to date is from a 20th century figure who was not a philosopher at all: Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous. His basic principle, that happiness and fulfillment are derived from a release of self and a reliance on a higher power has made me a better more useful person and has freed me of most of my anxiety.

If none of the above works for your survey, try this: "I'm a Marxist - (Groucho)". If you think that's just a one-liner, than you haven't read the Groucho Letters. I highly recommend it.

VISA's Cross Border Rules

Chris Mallick from Epoch writes:

This post is information you NEED to know - so please do not expect me to comment on replies that accuse me of marketing.

Here are the facts on Visa's cross-border rules and very recent answers to a few questions. There have been a number of inaccurate posts here that leave the reader with a false sense of security. We are all affected if these rules are not followed. This is basically the same information you should have read in the past from Paycom, iBill, CCBill and Jettis if you were around when the IPSP rules went into effect or have become a Registered Sponsored Merchant, ever, in the U.S.

You are a Registered Sponsored Merchant under an IPSP, if you are currently processing and settling transactions (sales) through Paycom, iBill (US, not EU), CCBill (US, not EU) - the only IPSP's that I am aware of today.

If you are a Registered Sponsored Merchant you declared and represented to the IPSP, at the time you were registered, who in turn represented to Visa, that you are a US entity or resident and that is where your principle place of business is located.

You may not change this status unless you form an entity or move to another country outside of the U.S., Puerto Rico or the U.S. Virgin Islands. If you do change this information your processor may stop processing for you in the U.S. and settle your transactions in a bank in that other Visa Region. You may not process and/or settle for a day, week, month, or even a minute for that matter, across Visa Regions.

You may not process or settle transactions in two different regions at the same time. If you do, you are in violation of the U.S. Rules and your back up or secondary IPSP will be forced to terminate your processing.

Do not, repeat NOT allow your IPSP to cross border acquire your transactions. If you are currently unaware of which Visa Region your U.S. registered URL's are being processed AND settled in, ask your IPSP. Get that answer in writing. If you can't get it in writing it does not count. An IPSP that violates cross-border rules may be terminated by Visa and you, as
a Registered Sponsored Merchant, risk being terminated as well, possibly system wide. That would mean you would not be able to process and/or settle with any U.S. IPSP - ever.

The above are only some of the reasons we feel it appropriate to make sure the industry is informed. It affects Paycom if another IPSP is violating rules, as the sale of the commonly shared Sponsored Merchants, through no fault of our own, may be lost, thereby creating ratio problems for the entire book of business.

Consider this a written confirmation from Paycom that if you have an account with us your transactions are all processed and settled in Visa USA in accordance with all IPSP Rules.

If you are a Registered Sponsored Merchant, processing and/or settling with one of the three Registered IPSP's in the US and are also processing those URL's or that entity's sales under any other scenario, except where you have your own Merchant Account in Visa U.S., you are also at risk of termination.

We are all connected folks - so please keep informed with accurate data about these and other rules.

Christopher Mallick
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Paycom.net

Feds seeking $61K from alleged call girl

No charges filed against Stanford Law graduate who lived in Oakland

Federal prosecutors argue the government should keep $61,000 in cash seized from an Oakland woman who allegedly worked as a high-priced call girl to repay student loans from her time at Stanford Law School.

Court documents detail how agents sifted through trash, conducted surveillance, interviewed clients and a colleague, pored over tax returns and surfed the Internet to build a case for keeping money seized from Cristina Schultz, 31 -- who they say used the name "Brazil" and charged $1,300 for two hours.

Singleton writes on TER: "she got greedy ... reporting only $30K of income in 5 years is not very smart and obviously she doesn't know anything about money laundering (something every provider should know) ... making $45K cash deposits is a rookie's game."

XXX Nena Cherry Alert on Date Rape Drugs and Alcohol and the Internet

HIV-positive porn star and escort Nena Cherry writes on the big doggie:

Date rape drugs it's happening. I know so be careful. It happened to me and my friend. You can never be too sure of who or when it could happen when you go out to party. I was in San Antonio at ASPD Social and my date and I are at the bar. It was a swingers bar in San Antonio's lovely industrial side. I can't recall the name, but there is only one bar of that kind. My date and I are sitting and having our first drink. Then we look in front of us and our drinks are gone. We looked at each other and we're very puzzled. Where did they go? Then they reappear from a bartender behind the bar. We drank, and hung out another 20 minutes. I socialized some what and then went back to my date. Well, I had no date , he was gone. I began to feel very fu*ked up within the hour and was upset that he left. Then the more fuc*ked up I became I started to leave. I was totally out of it, not drunk, but drugged. Then I was followed outside the club where this aspd social took place. Some people tried to follow me and assist, even a girlfriend named Mia. I was wasted and fiesty! I'm the wrong person to drug, I didn't react lovingly put it that way! I won't go into too much detail, but I was DRUGGED! My date was drugged and he nearly died, he was a diabetic. We know this business is risky but please be careful! I can not sure but, *allegedly* hold aspd.net responsible for it. The bartenders there working we're lady members of aspd, they we're not hired help! Why did my drinks disaapera, and then within a short time Im feeling dizzy, and my date is gone!? People who do this sh*t think that they get by with it. Believe me they would have been investigated if my date ended up in the hospital, and died, enough said. So... I have been the part of a rumor in order for ASPD to get me off their site. The rumor is I physically threatened someone from a spa in Houston. One, I do not work for spas I work for myself! Two, I wouldn't threaten and it wouldn't be released via internet. It was BS and they we're simply afraid of my story being told. They made up a BS story to remove me from their site. I tried to post on their site today and they banned my IP. Like I care, all I wanted to do is inform you that you cannot trust anyone in this business.

Seeking Forgiveness Before Yom Kippur

It has been about five years since I've gone to somebody in the days before Yom Kippur and sought forgiveness for my specific sins against them. I've never experienced the healing and reconciliation this can bring.

I'm skeptical of seeking of forgiveness unless it meets these criteria:

* It is for something specific where one can take practical steps to mitigate the harm one has caused.

* The seeking of forgiveness can do some good and lead to a reconciliation.

Most of the relationships that have ruptured in my life have been irreparable, not so much because of the hugeness of the sin, but because we've been going in different directions, and our differences in direction are irreconcilable.

My best friend in Los Angeles had bad credit. I gave him a credit card in my name (I was responsible for paying for it). He was usually late paying me. Finally, I cut off his card. He refused to pay me the approximately $400 he owed me. We've never been able to discuss the matter. I've tried a few times (pushed by my therapist) but he would never talk about it. He has no money. I can't forgive him because he hasn't asked for forgiveness. Every time I hear his voice on the phone (I decided to keep him as a friend because I can't afford to keep chucking people out of my life), I remember how he didn't repay me. Our friendship limps along.

I remember once (in 1990) I sought the advice of a rabbi on the day before Yom Kippur about my long distance telephone-and-letter relationship with a non-Jewish ex-girlfriend. He told me to cut it off. I knew he was right. I did. It caused pointless misery for both of us. She'd already moved on to another relationship and she just wanted to stay in touch with me because I was so sick, lonely, and isolated.

Most every time I pushed myself to act extra-moral, I only increase my isolation. Plenty of my immoral acts have also furthered my isolation. On balance, my immorality has hurt me more than my putatively moral acts.

My friend Cathy and I have exchanged numerous barbs over the length of our friendship, many of which have hurt the other. But it would feel pro-forma to me to go to her and ask for general forgiveness. If I ask it for specific wrongs, that would only increase the hurt. So forget it. I ain't apologizing for that crack about her pumping her 31yo friend in her columns. She deleted it from her site. When Cathy used the word "pumping" about another Internet columnist and his fondness for linking to a cute friend of mine, she found it hilarious.

I've often done the 'please forgive me for anything I've done against you in the past year,' which, without specifics, feels pro-forma to me (but I always reciprocate it if somebody offers it to me). I normally try to apologize as soon as I realize I have done wrong against somebody (when I think the apology will do some good).

In my experience, most apologizing is pro-forma and rarely does any good. Not apologizing for needlessly hurting somebody, however, is a horrible thing. Most of my sins over the past year have been careless remarks which have wounded feelings and tasteless writing.

So, dear reader, please forgive me for the awkwardness, shock, horror and disgust your reading of me has brought you, your family and your community (I know you can not forgive on behalf of others). I sometimes perpetrate horribly inaccurate journalism. I can't ask for blanket forgiveness for this as I will likely do it again. I can only apologize for specific things I've gotten wrong, and I have always tried to correct my mistakes as soon as they are brought to my attention.

Most of the times I hurt people in the industry it is because I am accurately reporting things porners have said and done.

So what to do? Put down my emotional state right now as resigned.

Jenna Jameson Attacks Digital Playground Over Teagan

Jenna Jameson writes on her new free site JustJennaJameson.com 8/6/04:

This started out being a really bad day. The girl that was scheduled for todays sex scene called and canceled 1 hour after her call time and it set us back 6 hours!!!!! Basically made us push the other scene for the day and cost the production 20K+! I am soooooo mad. We hired Teagan to do a scene. We also were considering signing her as a new clubjenna girl. She decided to sign with Digital Playground, coool I hope it goes well. Well DP decided that they didnt want her on our set and came up with multiple reasons , all lies, why she couildn't be on set. They are known for being unscrupulous and unethical, so it really didnt surprise me at all. Too bad for them she would have been in the biggest selling movie of all time, would have really helped her career and made them more money in the long run! I will be sending them a bill for production costs. I think Justin will lbe handling this one...they better watch out!

Teagan's Plastic Surgery

She recently got a boob and nose job.

Lance writes on AdultDVDtalk.com, where there are ten pages of discussion on Teagan's surgery: "I THOUGHT Teagan's popularity was based on her girl next door looks. Some girl need boobs. Some don't. Teagan doesn't."

Jagerclown writes: "She looks more like a professional porn girl now, not a next door type chick. I think she looks beautiful, but I'm not a fan of cosmetic surgery."

Teagan Presley writes:

1st of all, basing me is ridiculous & childish. Everyone thinks that just because a girl gets implants or has any surgery for any reason whether you know it or not, they act like their performance is going to change. Well, sorry to burst your bubble but its not. Its just a new look like dying your hair, or something new for you to play with.

2nd of all, surgery isnt as bad as people think it is.

Alot of girls yes have implants & get them very large. I do not want my boobs pornified. I want normal looking boobs just a bit bigger. Something that looks natural for someone of my small of a body frame. It's not that big of a deal. & I'm smart enough to know that if you go too big too fast you will have stretch marks. You can only go as big as your skin will allow you. & as you all know I'm very petite. So stop acting like boobs are "Anna Nicole" like.

Normal women these days are getting boob jobs. I know the majority of my friends have them just so that they can feel more like a girl. It brings self confidence & if it makes the girl happy then isn't that the point. Is that the girl is happy with herself considering she has to live with it for the rest of her life. I know for some girls they dont stress as much about their weight since they have boobs. I know I have & other girlfriends of mine worry about your weight cause your so flat that your chest is in the same line as your stomach even though you maybe 98 lbs. With boobs you know that they are bigger & farther out then your stomach so its not that much a worry anymore to get skinny.

I am very happy with my body & I'm satisfied & thats all there is to it & if thats not enough for you then I'm sorry. My scenes arent gonna change. Its not like I'm going to stop doing anal or anything.& thats all I'm going to say. So Kisses to everyone who has written me sweet emails lately! Teagan Presley xoxo

I think its ridiculous to have to justify myself because that would be like me asking you to explain why you dyed your hair or got your nails done or bought new clothes.

Ira Levine Posts To AdultDVDTalk About Cal-OHSA

So, first to your idea of banning the importation of non-condom porn into California to level the playing field for safer-sex porn. There s a couple of little problems with that idea. For one, it constitutes a completely unconstitutional prior restraint on expressive speech. The name for what you propose is censorship, and whether done in the name of safe sex or religion, it s against the law here, and stands in direct opposition to the very principles that make legal porn possible in this country. If pictures can be banned for the lack of visible safe-sex precautions, why not for any of a hundred other reasons censors want to ban porn. They too argue that it s unhealthy, bad for people, a danger to society, etc.

Even the misguided bureaucrats attempting to impose the Cal-OHSA standard recognize this, stating explicitly in their enforcement guidelines that they will make no attempt to assess the legality of production activity based on viewing the products created after the fact. They also point out another problem with your proposal, which is that digital post-production techniques could easily muddy the question of what precautions were used when the material was shot. No agency here has the power or resources to review all incoming material and make that call. So much for any help from them on keeping non-condom products out.

And then there is the practical problem of trying to physically keep out the porn you want to get rid of. As manufacturers and distributors know to their frustration, digital video is so easily ripped, burned and dubbed, there's virtually no way of keeping it from getting into any market. Attempting to prohibit non-safe-sex porn would simply create a hugely profitable black-market in such merchandise.

A final, and catastrophic, flaw in this approach is the existence of 30 years worth of non-condom porn in this country. This material can be cut up and cloned into new non-condom comps eternally. Attempting to retroactively make all this tape illegal over the lack of protection methods that weren't applicable at the time it was made wouldn't make it past the courthouse door.

So the idea of eliminating non-condom competition from the porn market is simply a non-starter. Ain't gonna happen.

As to the market for such porn, I completely agree that a handful of what you call unconvincibles ought not to influence the question of performer safety. Alas, here I disagree with both you and Ren. As someone who works everyday in the porn marketplace, I think the anti-condom buyers are far more numerous than might be immediately apparent. Many consumers will claim they don't mind visible barriers in scenes, but when they get down to spending their money, they go for the non-condom product everytime. Again, trying to make it unavailable to them is both illegal and impossible. The gay video model often cited for switching over an entire market to safer-sex products is inapplicable here, because the volume of material is so much greater and the sources so much more numerous. I believe consumer resistance to condoms can and will eventually be overcome, but this is a process of consciousness raising that can't be legally enforced and will take some time. Will safer sex porn eventually come to satisfy most of the consumers - perhaps eventually, but this is not
something we can change quick as you suggest

On a more positive note, I do believe that if major US companies, particularly those with popular talent rosters, institute condom use policies, the market will eventually come around. However, as Steve Hirsch from Vivid will tell you, it will take time and cost money to bring this about. Not all companies have deep enough pockets to withstand the initial loss of sales during the conversion process. I agree that this is the companies problem, but it does make the work of convincing them to do the right thing more difficult.

The all-or-nothing approach you propose to safer sex practices in porn shows little familiarity with how large, varied and unmanageable the production process really is. Simply making a rule doesn't mean it will be followed. California is basically bankrupt and the agencies that want to institute these rules lack the ability to enforce them. The money isn't there to hire the personnel needed to police this huge, unwieldy work-force. LADOHS head Dr. John Fielding told me in his office the best they could hope for was to make examples of a few of the bigger offenders. Making examples has never worked in this industry. The feds have been busting a few pornographers here and there for years, during which time the industry has continued to grow steadily. Like it or not, we'll only have safer sex practices as a widespread reality in this business when performers insist on them individually, even at the cost of their own employment. Fair? Hardly. Why should the most economically vulnerable class of workers have to shoulder this responsibility? In a better world, they shouldn't. The companies should simply do what's right and eat their losses. Too bad it's not that kind of world.

Now, as to the idea of heading off what are clearly prohibitory regulations with an industry-supported set of standards to be created by the legislature with our input, you present an idea with much appeal. The suggested standards to emerge from Assemblyman Paul Koretz's investigative hearings are far more workable and might meet with widespread cooperation within the production community, if the legislature would enact them without the permanent anti-porn faction in Sacramento tacking on all kinds of deal-breakers.

But even here there is a problem, and it is a very serious one indeed, undoubtedly the most. It would apply equally to a legislative standard, unless very carefully written around it, as it now does to the Cal-OHSA standard, and will likely spell the doom of both.

Under California law, as in many other states, it is illegal for employers to require HIV testing as a condition of employment. This law is intended to prevent hiring discrimination as a result of HIV status. It has the strong support of the ACLU and has withstood many court tests, as have similar laws in other states. By classing performers as employees, Cal-OHSA, or the Assembly if it chooses to join in, could make producers liable for judgments under this law if they attempt to keep HIV-positive players out of porn by testing. Nothing about these new regulations is more ominous than this prospect. The California ACLU has already stated unequivocally that it will challenge any legal standard for porn that requires HIV testing. If that challenge is successful, and it probably would be, producers would be compelled to hire performers regardless of their HIV status.

In what conceivable way would this make the talent safer? Condoms or no, very few HIV-negative performers would be willing to work with performers known to be HIV positive, but with testing no longer an official requirement, they would be left to rely on one another to get tested and bring reliable proof of their negative status, all without participation by the producers. Anyone who actually shoots porn will tell you that it's difficult enough already to get performers to stay on top of their testing requirements. When testing is no longer required, the kinds of situations that get performers sent home now - test a day stale, test left at home, test still pending, test eaten by dog - will no longer constitute a legally defensible justification for denying employment.

Which brings us to your final point about mandatory condoms or mandatory measures of any other kind. If the cost of trying to make safer sex mandatory is the abolition of existing safeguards, the result will be more STD transmission, not less. Barrier methods aren't fool-proof. They're designed to work for ordinary people having ordinary sex. The kind of prolonged, multiple-partner sexual encounters that are necessary to shoot porn will inevitably compromise the effectiveness of barrier protections. Without testing as a back-up, such a mandatory approach, and the widespread misapplication of it sure to develop, will open the door to a truly disastrous outbreak of HIV that will threaten both the health of the porn industry talent pool and that of the surrounding community.

All these utopian attempts to impose a collective solution to what is fundamentally an individual problem that has to be resolved between performers and producers, regardless of what laws, regulations, decrees, fatwas or whatever are imposed from the outside. On the set, all that will matter is the determination of performers to protect themselves and the enlightened self-interest of producers wishing to avoid the kind of situation in which TT Boy now finds himself.

Everyone wants a simple, one-size-fits-all answer here, but there is none.

Jonathan Silverstein Interview

Success leaves clues.

IBill Holding Back Funds From Its EU Clients

IBill gets the prestigious Duke Floored award for the most inept management of any major porn company over the past few years.

US clients have been paid on time but EU clients of IBill are still waiting for their funds.

Sleazy Dream writes on GFY: "An honorable company would pay their clients out of their own pocket for their own f---up - as this IS their f---up for not anticipating it and being prepared for it."

St. Ides writes: "Should have told them that when Worldcom went down and they did not pay for the owed Web900 money."

The brothel creeper

As the debate rages about the pros and cons of legalising prostitution, Sebastian Horsley - a man who's slept with more than 1,000 prostitutes - gives a controversial and candid account of his experience of paying for sex.

Albert Camus vs Diogenes

David Aaron Clark says his favorite philosopher is "Albert Camus. Who else?"

Like Clark, Camus was an enormous womanizer. He was on his way to a sexual liason when he died in a car crash.

Ira Levine says his favorite philosopher is "Diogenes by a wide margin."

This difference in philosophy gets to the nub of their differences over porn safety issues.

Camus' novel "The Plague" was really meant as a prophetic satire on the way our industry is handling its HIV problem.

"In this immensely fascinating work, Camus [and Clark] sides with the little man who does what he must in the face of great adversity."

Like Diogenes, Ira Levine is a cynic philosopher. He has devoted his entire life to seeking an honest man and he has finally found one in the person of AIM founder Sharon Mitchell.

The first time Ira met his future wife Nina Hartley, she struck him. He replied, "Strike me, Nina, but you will never find a stick sufficiently hard to remove me from your presence, while you speak anything worth hearing."

I remember when Rob Spallone was brutalizing Ira at the AIM press conference April 22 at the Universal Hilton. When Rob threatened to sell him as a slave, Ira replied, "I can govern men; therefore sell me to one who wants a master."

Ira has long practiced self-control and a most rigid abstinence -- exposing himself to the utmost extremes of heat and cold and living upon the simplest diet, casually supplied by the hand of LFP.

Immanuel Kant Died A Virgin

I won't. I am his better.

Immanuel Kant was a real piss ant. Heidegger, Heidegger, was very rarely stable. Or was that Schlegel?

I drink therefore I am.

Hegel. Heidegger. Wittgenstein. Kant. These Aryans don't impress me.

Terri Redor, who has a masters degree in the classics, writes:

Alright, now you've gone too far.

But not farther than Kant. Did you also know that he never in his life traveled more than 50 miles from his hometown, Konigsburg? But he was still the most important philosopher of the Enlightenment (yeah, philosophers are always a century or so behind the times).

And Martin Heidegger was a Nazi stooge - but he was also one of the most poetic and (therefore) profound thinkers of the last half century.

Wittgenstein was simply the greatest philosopher of the 20th Century.

I think you'd find them to be more profitable reading than Bill Bennett - or Hayek or Rand or Strauss or whomever the Young Republicans are reading these days.

Officially yours, Terri

P.S. Hey, if you want to start a porn dropouts' philosophical reading salon, let me know. We can start with the Pre-Socratics and work our way forward.

Terri, you think like a goy. The greatest philosopher of the 20th Century was a longshoreman - Eric Hoffer.

Lara Roxx Suing TT Boy For $10,000,000

I hear that T.T. was served today.

Lara Roxx, according to Adult Industry Medicine, caught HIV from Darren James on a T.T. Boy shoot. T.T. had sent Darren down to South America to work in some of the Boy's movies, and according to AIM, that is the most likely place where Darren caught HIV (from a trannie?)

T.T. Boy does have a lot of money, probably more than a million, but I doubt he has ten million.

Victoria Zdrok Interview

I interview the author of the book Anatomy of Pleasure, Wednesday, September 22. She's walking through Manhattan.

"Did you read my book?" she asks.

Yes. I've got it right here.

"What did you think of the oral part?"

That's not one of my favorite things to do.

"Can I just wonder why?"

It's kinda gross down there. It can smell and it can taste funny.

"I think you've been with the wrong women. Did you read the whole chapter about the flavor issue and the diet, how it affects. It all depends on their diet and glands. Perhaps you had a bad experience."

Yes, I did. The first time. I've never gotten over it.

I just don't like the whole idea of going down there with my face.

"So how do you please a woman?"

Take her to dinner.

"Take her shopping is another way.

"Do you realize that the majority of women are able to climax only through clitoral stimulation? About 80%. Which means that the ones you've been with probably faked it."

That's not true.

"How would you know? I'm trying to tell you that if you don't go down on them and think that you're able to satisfy them with intercourse, correct? Unless the women are older. With time, the uterine walls turn out and the G-spot is easier to access. Older women are more likely to climax through intercourse. But as you don't like older women because they have bad eggs, then you're stuck..."

I use my hand.

"Ok, if you're good enough with your hand, that should work. Or if you have a handy pocket rocket by your side."

I don't own any pocket rockets but sometimes they do. Most of the women I've been with have been older than me.

"What's this whole thing with the eggs? I find it disturbing. Everything from your traditional values, [complaints about] women who value career over family. Just because you have a career doesn't mean you don't value your family."

The older I get, the younger I like them [though only down to the age of consent, not lower].

"You're supposed to interview me, not the other way round.

"I was just disillusioned. Here I had fantasies that this handsome intelligent guy who I contemplated on calling on my next LA trip, but I think your ad really blew it for me. That description of the kind of woman you were looking for. The oral is very important for me. If you can't deliver, sorry.

"The only unnatural act between two consenting adults is the one you can't perform. If you are really into somebody, you don't really care what you do. You want to taste them, feel them every way imaginable. Why should there be artifical limitations on that?"

You've never had a boyfriend who didn't want to go down on you?

"He wouldn't be my boyfriend if he didn't want... I wouldn't see him again, ever. I would rather have a man with no penis whatsoever than one who wouldn't want to go down on me. It goes to the core of who you are as a woman if a man doesn't want to go down on you."

You're saying that sex is the important thing to you in a relationship.

"That's a tough issue. It's not the most important thing. It is one of the most important things. I happen to be a very sexual being. It happens to be one of my problems in my current relationship [of nine years] is not enough sex."

Reminds me of the saying that no matter how beautiful you think a woman is, there's a man out there who's tired of f---ing her.

Victoria, how much sex do you want?

"At least three times a week, every day would be better. Would that be too much for you?"

I'm 38. I can't do it more than once a day. Ten years ago, I could do it three times a day.

"That's not bad. Anyway, you're supposed to be interviewing me."

I am.

"Anatomy of Pleasure combines the latest psychological pleasure with, I don't know, some... Did you read it?"

Yes.

"Did you like it?"

Umm, I'm not that much. I mean it's a good guide.

"It's a manual. For those who do not have creative erotic imaginations, it gives them ideas."

I'm really traditional with sex. I like to turn the lights out. Good ol' missionary and then turn over and go to sleep.

"You don't want to try the lotus position?"

No.

"Kamasutra?"

No.

"I can tell you've never been in a longterm relationship."

Nothing longer than a year. [I actually have never gone that long, more like six months with several different women with some lingering after affects.]

"Exactly. I've been in a relationship for nine years. After nine years of the missionary position, it gets stale. The idea of the book is to keep the romance and passion alive, to keep the monotony out of the monogamy."

Do you think that is even possible?

"Yes, I do. That's the whole point of the book."

Different sexual positions and techniques. Is this really the way to keep a romantic relationship alive?

"It isn't the primary way but it's about a change of scenery. I am very open-minded. I notice that you are not. Even introducing another partner can be a great way to spice it up. You have to have foundations to the relationship before you can take it a step further beyond the traditional missionary position."

Let's say a happily married couple adds another partner to their mix. I'm convinced that most of the time, that is going to be disastrous for the relationship.

"I don't think so. If they are happily married, they have trust. Even if they introduce a one-night partner, it is not going to disrupt what they have between them. What they have between them is far more than just sexual. Adding additional experience only unifies you."

I had a girlfriend whose ex-husband used to get her to do threesomes and she found it degrading.

"You describe it as something her husband used to get into. It wasn't something she chose. It has to be a mutual decision. I'm not saying that every night you should get another partner. If it is something that the husband has to do every night, most likely he is no longer in love with his wife."

Would you be willing to shoulder any responsibility for a couple who take your advice to add another partner and it ends disastrously?

"No. It is their responsibility to determine if there is enough trust to experiment. I don't think that is a correctly posed question.

"Going younger and younger is a trap. The older you get, the less in common you are going to have with the younger generation. It's a new sensation you're trying to obtain rather than to develop a base for a relationship."

When I'm with a 25 year old, I feel like I am 25.

"I'm not sure why you feel so old. You're only 38 years old. The zenith of your life.

"Anyway, you're supposed to be interviewing me about my book. It's www.buybooksontheweb.com.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll link to it and all that good stuff.

"It's also on PlanetVictoria.com."

Right. I'll link to that too.

Are we dealing here with a dark knowledge that many people would be better off without?

"Which knowledge?'

The knowledge that your book imparts.

"No, I don't see it as dark at all. These are not some strange and unusual practices that are offered by the S-M society. I reviewed a lot of books, including The Joy of Sex. I made it more up to date, more hip. I threw out some of the French terms Dr. Comfort uses."

There are so many books of sex advice out there. Why did you choose to write your book?

"There are a lot of books out there, but a lot of people who are writing them are not that qualified. I do have the training. I have a PhD in psychology."

Victoria walks through an area filled with loud music. It interrupts our conversation for 20 seconds.

"I wanted to make a real compendium. There are books out there on single topics like The Art of Kissing. I wanted this to be a reference guide, A-Z about sex. It's written in a friendly format yet with up-to-date scientific knowledge."

Is part of your motivation for writing this book to professionalize your work as a nude model?

"You could say that. I was eager to put my education to use. I do have a name and a following. I want to make a series of sex education videos. The first one will be based on this book. It will be called Anatomy of Pleasure. I'm going to do direct marketing. I want to do vertical integration as a sexpert. Everything from a talkshow to a book to a DVD."

How do you feel about growing older?

"Obviously, like with everyone else, there is a fear. As I told you in a previous interview, I intend to fight aging all the way."

How do you find yourself changing psychologically as you age?

"I'm slowing down and focusing more. I am becoming more realistic about what I can accomplish. I'm becoming more intellectual. I am turning inward and towards the world of science."

Victoria did not agree with my assertion that most men want sex more than their female partners. She says most men are "afraid to bed a sexpert for fear of not living up to her expectations. But my boyfriend laughs about it."

Did you have a ghostwriter?

"No. I wrote everything myself. I'm cocky when it comes to my writing. I think I'm a great writer. My dissertation was nominated for a psychology award. I come from a family of writers. My uncle is a famous poet in the Ukraine. I would never let anybody ghostwrite anything for me. I don't think they could ever do a better job."

How much time did this take you to write?

"Three weeks. I've had the ideas and knowledge before. I was jotting down notes during my post-grad education."

What did you love and hate about writing this book?

"I loved the research. Sex is a personal passion of mine. What I hated was the balance that we had to walk to make sure it was not obscene, not offensive, that it is scientific enough yet easy-to-read but not too colloquial. Sex is so emotionally laden. It's not an easy topic to write on an empirical level."

Who is the Dr. Sandra Leiblum you dedicated the book to?

"She was my professor. She's really famous for a number of scientific studies of sex. I haven't shown her the dedication yet. I'd like to get her to write a preface to my next book."

Do you think it is immoral for people to have sex outside of love and commitment?

"No. Sex is great for its own sake. I don't think you need commitment for it. It is part of normal human interchange between people. Obviously, in the age of STDs and AIDS, you have to be selective."

Have you had sex that you've regretted?

"I don't think I've regretted any sexual experience. There was some that I didn't enjoy."

What did you think of the latest Philadelphia magazine article on you?

"I thought it was slightly patronizing. It was also brutally honest and quite perceptive. There was a slight moralistic patronizing tone to it. It was good journalism."

Does it have psychological repercussions on a woman to perform consensual anal sex on her?

"No, I don't think so. Everything done in moderation."

What do you say to men who are addicts to porn? Who spend hours a day looking at pictures and masturbating. And to get out of it, they had to go cold turkey and get away from porn.

"I don't believe in cold turkey anything. I don't think abstinence is the way to combat something. The rate of relapse for somebody like a porn addict is very high. A lot of these men suffer from [a lack of] social skills. The development of social skills, going out and meeting women and getting away from the visual into other sexual media is a way to ween them off the addiction. It's a problem with relating to real human beings. Fear, anxiety, social phobia. That's what it comes from more than anything else.

"Excessive masturbation to images like that can be harmful to a relationship with a real person. When men look at these images, it is a dry masturbatory technique. Then, when they have intercourse with a woman, it is a different environment. It's moist. It's not as tight. They'll usually end up suffering from premature ejaculation."

Do you accept that there is such a thing as porn addiction and that it has ruined the lives of thousands of men?

"I think it is like any addiction. Anything taken to an extreme becomes an addiction. I don't think that addiction is any different from any other."

Your approach to addiction is not the same as AA's, which advises complete abstinence.

"I don't believe in AA's approach to anything because it is very religiously based. I believe in a more scientific behavioral approach."

Do you know any approach to addictions that is more successful than AA?

"That would be a long list of cognitive behavioral solutions. It usually requires work with a therapist."

Do you feel that you and other beautiful models are warping the images of beauty in the eyes of many men so that they can no longer be satisfied with regular women?

"The unrealistic perception that we really do look like that is a problem. One of my future books is called Beauty by Design. It is to explain the creation of beauty and to demystify and deconstruct it. To realize that these are fantasy creations. That people like that [Penthouse Pets] do not exist like that in real life."

The day after our interview, I email Victoria:

I wanted to pass along some excellent sexual advice that 19th Century British imperialist Lord Curzon gave to his American wife: "Ladies never move."

I've found it very distracting when women move. So please pass the word along - Ladies never move.

As a reward for transcribing my Zdrok interview, I read a short story by Rebecca Goldstein - "The Courtship," from the book The Mind-Body Problem (about an Orthodox woman's sexual awakening at college):

There's been so much serious discussion devoted to the profound question of the vaginal vs. the clitoral orgasm. Why doesn't anyone speak about the mental orgasm? It's what's going on in your head that can make the difference, not which and how many of your nerve endings are being rubbed.

Lainie from Penthouse responds:

Hot damn boy you have more issues than the publishers clearing house. How could such a sexy looing man suck so bad in bed? This is just tragic. Victoria and I are gonna tie you up and teach you a thing are two.

I'm throwing our Pet of the Year party in Victoria's honor on November 8th at the Penthouse Executive Club in New York City. This is going to be the best one ever and I would really be happy if you could attend.

So long as I don't have to go down on anyone, I'll be happy.

How does Ali G keep conning famous guests?

The American version of Da Ali G Show recently wrapped up its second season on HBO, and, once again, a long list of prominent Americans have been embarrassed. Somehow, Sacha Baron Cohen, in the guise of a British would-be gangsta with a penchant for malapropisms and misunderstandings, managed to secure another passel of interviews with people like former EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman (who conceded that, yes, whale feces "have got to be massive") and archconservative Patrick Buchanan (who said that Saddam Hussein "was using BLTs on the Kurds"). In one episode, Richard Kerr, a former deputy director of the CIA, found himself debating whether terrorists could drive a train into the White House.

Ron Jeremy Won't F--- On Yom Kippur

WHEN Ron Jeremy made his decision three years ago, it was only half as difficult as the one he has to make now.

In 2001, Jeremy opted not to f--- on Yom Kippur in the movie Gang Bang In The Fat Lane. Due to its low budget status, the decision only cost Filmco a few dollars to reschedule.

Now Ron Jeremy is slated to star in the epic Barnacle Bill the sailor. The movie's key orgy scene takes place on Yom Kippur and tens of thousands of dollars are riding on its success.

Ron says he might f--- on Friday night, the beginning of Yom Kippur, but he will only do girl-girl on Saturday, Judaism's most solemn day. In observance of the Jewish fast, he will limit himself to two meals and no more than 3,000 calories worth of the most strictly kosher offerings.

"It's something I feel is an important thing to do," Jeremy says, "partly as a representative of the Jewish community and as far as my being a role model for Jewish kids, to basically say that sex, or anything, isn't bigger than your religion and your roots."

In 2001, when Jeremy walked into shul on Yom Kippur morning in the middle of prayers, the entire synagogue rose and applauded.

"It was the proudest moment of my life," a sheepish Ron recalled months later. "That and when I first performed fellatio on myself."

Jewish porn stars not f---ing on Yom Kippur has a rich and proud history. Though they are not generally religious people, folks such as Nina Hartley, Raylene, Traci Lords and Jamie Gillis have often chosen to continue the traditions of their ancestors rather than earn a quick paycheck performing meaningless sex on the holiest day of the year.

Kevin Blatt writes: "May I also throw out that I am not ----ing on Yom Kippur either. Unfortunately it has to do more with a shortage of [key commodity] in SD than my Jewish faith. This year I go to Kol Nidre."

The Good Samaritan writes: "Where does Ron Jeremy daven? If word gets out, all manner of Jewish chicks will show up for services, and I want a shot at the crumbs that fall off his table."

Digital Playground Party

Scott Fayner, Gia Paloma Mari Possa, Seymore Butts Angel Cassidy, Seymore Butts Angel, Seymore Angel, Seymore Jesse Jane, Scott Fayner Jesse, Ann Marie Jesse, Ann Marie Kim Chambers, Jesse Jane, Ann Marie Mari Possa, Teagan Teagan, Scott Fayner Teagan, Scott Flower, Teagan, Kim Chambers Flower, Teagan, Kim Flower, Kim, Mari Possa Kim, Mari Possa Kim, Mari Possa Ava Ramone, Brad (party promoter) Rock Star Jay, Alyssa Jay, Alyssa Jay, Alyssa Jay, Alyssa Sid Deuce (Alex's editor), Alex Sanders Sid Deuce Teagan, Nadia Styles Teagan, Nadia Styles Teagan, Nadia Tommy Lee Tommy Lee Tommy Lee Angel Cassidy, J.J. Ryder Angel J.J. Ryder, Angel J.J., Angel Angel Cassidy, J.J. Ryder Angel, J.J. Angel, J.J. Angel, J.J. Ava Ramone, Celestia Star Ava, Celestia Ava, Celestia Ava, Celestia, Scott Fayner Ava, Celestia, Scott Ava, Celestia Ava, Celestia Ava, Celestia Ava, Celestia

* Open bar probably set Digital Playground back $2,000 an hour.

* I run into Renny. "I thought you retired?" he said.

"I'm like Mohammed Ali. I float like a butterfly and I sting like a bee."

* I run into Scott Fayner of l-keford.com. He says Seymore Butts is the worst-dressed man in porn. Scott says Seymore referred to him as a crackhead. Though Scott writes on his site about all the drugs he does, including cocaine (so that he has no feeling in his nose), he does not use crack. He is a Jew and Jews do not crack out. Scott hates Seymore and edits his name out of all press releases.

Fayner's mother dated the protagonist of the 2001 movie Blow, George Jung (played by Johnny Depp).

Scott hangs with Gia Paloma. He says he got nine handjobs for his bar mitzvah and a Scorpions tape.

Fayner's directing his own line, Sloppy Hos.

* Teagan got mad at Scott for things he wrote on LF.com about her recent plastic surgery on her breasts and nose. Neither were needed, says Scott.

* Seymore Butts comes with Mari Possa. The official line is that they are boyfriend, girlfriend. I suspect it's a show for the show Family Business and that he has a civilian girlfriend on the side.

* I don't notice any difference in Seymore since his successful Showtime reality program.

* I ask Seymore about the Cal-OHSA fines on T.T. Boy. "Unfortunately, he was caught in the eye of the tornado. There were so many smaller tornadoes that fizzled out before anyone heard of them."

* Several times when I ask Seymore questions, he doesn't take the bait and turns the question around back on me.

* Seymore is helping develop a new product called SafeGlide, a lubricant that will protect against STDs with more than 99% effectiveness. Seymore hopes that FDA approval will only take six months. The creator the gell came to Seymore after watching his Showtime program.

* Adam Grayson from SearchExtreme says he likes vagina more than haftorah. His little sister just got back from Israel. He goes to his grandparents' seder once a year, and jokes about Judaism with goyim who have no idea what he is talking about.

* I hear that rocker Tommy Lee is Jesse Jane's boyfriend.

* Kim Chambers has had two bouts of plastic surgery in the past two months. When she fell in weight from 140 pounds to 120, they had to redo her implants and put them behind the muscle, which was extensive and painful work. She looks light and chiselled and 20 pounds smaller than when I saw her last.

* I meet Ava Ramone and Celestia Star from England. Ava has done about 40 movies and Celestia, a former secretary, has done about 13.

I ask Celestia, "Have you had a good experience in the porn industry?"

"Yes. It's something I've wanted to do for a long time. It took a long time for me to work up the courage to come out here and do it.

"Since I was 16, I've had a fantasy of becoming a porn star."

When Stars Get Scammed

Airs Monday night on VH1:

Fame and fortune can come at a high price for Hollywood's hottest celebrities and there is never a shortage of people out there looking to make them pay. From smooth talkers to fast walkers, All Access: When Stars Get Scammed looks at some of the slickest scammers and swindlers who have taken more than a few `A' listers out for a ride. Celebrity extortion is one of the ways scammers try to cash in on a star's mistakes.

We'll look at how super hot actress Cameron Diaz was shook down to keep an x-rated S&M video off the internet and how this blonde bombshell fought back big time! Also Lil' Kim and the price one crook tried to make rap's Queen Bee pay to get back her bling.

G-Day, Would You Like A Red Rocket?

I've decided to begin augmenting my income by teaching the Bible to all who wish to learn.

I'm also offering my time to teach adult learners all about the Torah, and prepare them for bar/bat mitzvah as an adult. Contact me and I'm sure we can work out a mutually beneficial arrangement. You don't have to be Jewish.

I'm also performing circumsicions over the Internet.

To make some extra money, I'm renting out my hovel and van by the hour or the day (for shoots or anything). Treat that someone special in your life with a weekend away in gorgeous Mid-Wilshire at the hovel. There's not much room so she won't be able to get away. And if she screams, no one will hear her.

I also offer lessons in the Australian accent.

I'll also serve as your butler and cater your set and your joyous occasions.

I wish I could be one of those guys whose wife supports him so that he can sit at home and study pornography all day.

I'm also dressing up in a clown suit and driving up and down my neighborhood in my van selling icecream to children. "G-day, would you like a Red Rocket?"

Porn Observer Replies To Ira Levine

"What specific workplace safety regulations would be acceptable to Ira? If he is not willing to list them item-by-item, then he is not a part of the solution."

Mike South Explains OHSA's Porn Interest

From MikeSouth.com:

OHSAs domain is the workplace, and they have the absolute right to go into any business and enforce workplace safety requirements. What this has to do with porn is pretty simple on the surface and complex when you look at it realistically. you see OHSA has very strict requirements for those who come into contact with bodily fluids as a part of their job. Just like in a pathology lab porners come into contact with bodily fluids all the time.

Should OHSA choose to really enforce it's rules on porners there would be no unprotected contact with sexual organs or with sperm. No facials, no unprotected sex, including oral on males or females. OHSA could end porn in a way that Ashcroft can only have wet dreams about, because OHSA doesn't operate around the first amendment, they have laws for workplace safety that are already on the books and enforceable, and OHSA has the power to fine offenders at will.

Now it's interesting that you mention choking, because this really wouldn't fall into OHSAs domain, per se, but it does fall into the domain of the LA County police who in conjunction with OHSA could deliver a coup de grace by criminally prosecuting the offenders or even worse open the door for civil remedies. I am surprised it hasnt already happened.

Consider this scenario: Pornchick goes to shoot for blue light piuctures and gets nearly choked out as a part of the scene, sure she agreed to it up front. Now she either has or claims she has migranes that she never had before, also neck pain and maybe blurred vision. She goes to an attorney who recommends a doctor, who in turn recommends a neurologist, she gets MRIs, therapy and whatnot. A couple of years down the road the Lawyer files suit, and it's a big one, not just all of her medical expense but she is entitled to "pain and suffering" or punitive damages because the lawyer contends that Blue Light Pictures was NEGLIGENT in not only allowing this activity but REQUIRING it as a condition of her employment. Its an open and shut case because BLP can't reasonably argue that they didn't know that choking someone was dangerous. Pornchick wins a judgement in the millions

Guess what y'all sooner or later this or something very close is going to happen, and when it does porners will react, just like they are reacting now. A proactive stancew would serve us far better...an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure and all that...but it won't happen because collectively we really don't give a rats ass about the performers or anything else but money, and it will be that money that will eventually get our attention.

KURT LOCKWOOD & JULIAN J/O FOR "STR8 STARS SOLO"

Jason Sechrest writes:

Straight male porn stars Kurt Lockwood (pictured here) and Julian are two of eight studs going solo for Chi Chi LaRue's forthcoming video, Str8 Stars Solo. Yet again, the directrix proves just how easy it is to get a straight boy to do just about anything. LaRue has worked with Lockwood on his movies with Vivid Video and, of course, who can forget her past with Julian's lone piece of bi porn?

"This is totally being marketed for straight women," writes Kurt in his blog. As if it would be marketed towards gay women? And with it coming out under Chi Chi's gay porn label via Channel 1 Releasing, I think it's a safe bet to say "women" won't make up the majority of the consumers at all. But good for Lockwood and the rest for breaking the boundaries and even more kudos to Chi Chi LaRue for continuing to bring the straight and gay genres together. . I don't feel so alone anymore.

Stupid Cash Closes After Two Years

Brad Shaw writes on JBM: "They were buying crosses (easy wasy to get joins). They were not managing them. They were either about to get visa axed, or got over 100cb's and got scared."

KB: 'I am back from Cleveland and I have some news'

Kevin Blatt posts to GFY:

I still love visiting there- but it's just miserable seeing parents and dealing with Jewish guilt- On the positive side

- KB has been retained by Hollywoodpop.com the Biggest event planning company in the east coast to handle all of ther marketing on the west coast

- If you know an individual or company looking to throw a gala for a Christmas- or company party/ AVN Internext party/ AVN EXPO etc.... I am the man to call.... This is not to be confused with competing with my brother, his Players Ball is on as well and will be a BLAST this year

- I am looking for mainstream companies and ADULT companies that want to throw the unbelievable or unthinkable party. If you have the money, we have the vision. Clients include- Sony Music, Diana Ross, Usher, R Kelly, Universal Studios, Kathie Lee Gifford, ABC TV and Burger King to name a few of their clients

- Don't let intenet webmasters and film producsrs take your hard earned sponsor dollars and throw it in their pockets

- Let a real EVENT planning company handle your next major company event- email Kblatt@adelphia.net for more information on pricing and availability. Also Mensniche.com V 2.0 is here check it out http://www.mensniche.com This program is the best converting program I have seen since Busty- Amateurs.com

'I-Bill going down would be a catastophic event for our industry'

Rick Latona writes on GFY:

Even if the TRO is stayed, FDC does not have to pay processing revenues to iBill. They can, by the terms of their agreement, hold ALL funds and add them to the reserves as the risk of a fine is huge. In fact, FDC does not even have to give a reason, they will just hold the money. I believe many programs are going to go down with the ship b/c they will not get paid. The "reserves" of $21 million are gone, gone and gone. FDC holds $11 million, or so iBill says and chargebacks and credits will eat that up in 2 months. The money they owe clients may not be funded, iBill is paying 2 - 4 weeks in arrears with today's processing revenue. So the music will stop, imo, and when it does there will be no chairs and no floor. This is going to be a bad, bad economic fallout and wm's don't get it. Sending one single sale to them now is butt-stupid for any pay per join program.

Someone please tell me if I am wrong! If I'm right, how many programs are going to fall? How many webmasters are going to be in deap financial trouble? One of the big three processors going under is a major event.

Digital Playground Party

Highlights:

* Tommy Lee sticking his hand before my camera and telling me to stop taking pictures. His bodyguard backs him up.

* Several people asking me if Paul Fishbein is really worth $60 million.

* I keep imagining (falsely) that I see AVN VP Darren Roberts at the party.

* Seymore Butts' reality show was following him around and filming the party.

* Writhing porn girls transmogrify in my mind into Orthodox rabbis. They stare into my soul. Though they say not a word, I can hear their thoughts:

- You're an insincere convert.

- You said you weren't doing this anymore.

- I stuck my neck out for you and you betrayed me. You went back on your word.

- I introduced you to my family.

- We can't have this in our community.

- Two people came over to me during Rosh Hashanah davening to tell me about Lukeisback. How can you whore for porn whores?

- I taught you Torah for two years, and now you do this?

- I vouched for you. I never heard of Duke Floored. I only knew you as Chaim Amalek. We're returning your $600 donation. Thank you very much, but we don't want your filthy tainted money.

- I think it is clear that this is not the place you should pray.

- You want to touch someone? Touch me. Feel my tzitzit. Feel the wrath of God.

- Time to pack you off to porn prison, to Pure Life Ministry in Kentucky.

- What Would Jesus Do?

Ira Levine Responds To A Critic

Ira writes:

I think Porn Observer misunderstands the nature of my position. Having spent fifteen years as a journalist before enteriing porn, I do have some familiarity with the real world. I fully realize that legitamcy, and visibility, in any enterprise inevitably brings governmental attention, and with it, some forms of regulation. Not all regulations are the same, however, either in intent or application. The regulations that require porn companies to establish age eligibility for performers, and to keep records verfiying having done so, are entirely appropriate and meet no resistance within the industry.

Prohibitive sanctions that cannot be met without destroying the industry they purport to regulate violate botht the letter and the spirit of the enabling legislation that created the regulatory bodies seeking to impose them. Read over in detail Cal-OHSA's new rule-book for porn and see if googles, gloves and dental dams consitute either a reasonable or needful precautions. These are not "normal business regulations," anymore than forbidding the use of hammers would because a worker might hit his thumb with one would constitute a normal business regulation in construction.

Cal-OHSA's rules for porn are based on bad science and bad intentions and if the issues presented are examined in court, I would expect the agency to be sent back to the drawing board to come up with more workable standards.

And, for the record, I do not reject out of hand the possibility that such standards could be drafted. These are simply not they.

Ira Levine aka Ernest Greene responds to David Aaron Clark on AdultDVDTalk.com:

Accusing me of personalizing a debate that began with personal attacks from others is bad enough. Conflating my comments about Gloria Braeme's jeremiad against straight porn in general with an unrelated observation I made about her BDSM book to cast my differences with her on the issue at hand as some kind of parochial fem-dom v. male-dom competition is both personally offensive and factually incorrect. It's also bad rhetorical technique, which is a recurrent problem in addressing what I see as the more important points in your arguments. Let's just leave our views of BDSM out of this for the moment. We have more important things to discuss.

Again, you accuse me of speaking for the power structure of the porn industry. Again, I can only point out that this would be news to the influential producers I assume you're talking about. I don't work for them that much, rarely in video, and even if I did, that wouldn't influence my remarks on the current situation. I give you the credit for having and representing your own ideas and I would appreciate it if you would extend me the same courtesy. No one tells me what to think or say, and I manage to piss off all interests with my opinions on a regular basis. That I disagree with you doesn't put me in any particular camp except the rather large one of people who disagree with you.

Likewise, I do not attempt to speak for the performing community, which is so varied and so divided over the key concerns here that no one could. In fact, I find it extremely unproductive for a tiny number of marginal players to presume to do so, such as those you cite in your post. They have their views and are certainly entitled to express them, but they are no more representative of any broad commonality of interest than you or me. We're all just some people talking, and I think that's very much how we're seen by most outside observers.

Not only am I not a part of some sinister cabal, along with AIM, AVN, LFP and other elements of what you identify as porn's power structure, I question that any such structure even exists. There are great differences of priorities and policies among all these entities. They do not speak with any one voice, least of all mine, and do not necessarily agree on all things with one another. It is something of a practical problem that there is no centralized authority in this industry that can set policy for it on any important matter. Both the delight and the danger of the porn biz lie in its anarchic, anti-authoritarian nature. When all goes well, that's great. We just each do our respective things and nobody gets hurt. But when somebody does get hurt, or some important initiative needs to be taken, there is no governing body that can step up. Right now, we're under attack as an industry by highly centralized, powerful bureaucracies that can and do wield power with a consistency and conformity of which we are incapable, which puts us at a terrible strategic disadvantage. Every day that goes by without a unified industry response to this challenge strengthens the hand and the determination of the opposition. Frankly, we could do with a bit more of a power structure just now.

As to the matter of outspoken internal industry critics finding themselves on the receiving end of some payback from those they criticize, that's not really an infringement on anybody's freedom of speech. Freedom of speech does not mean that anything can be said with no consequences to the speaker. If those who espouse controversial ideas are unprepared to pay the price for offending those who might be in positions to cause them problems, they might be advised to avoid controversy. I know from experience that adopting a contrarian stance in any community is likely to bring some heat. That's the unfairness of real life.

The charge that I am unaware of conditions on gonzo sets, or sets in general, is simply false. Though you have made it clear that you don't think much of AIM, the fact remains that we hear from performers in great detail about what goes on all over the Valley. Moreover, the same performers and crew who work for me work for plenty of other producers on the other side of the fence. I suspect I hear more of the ugly stuff that goes on out there than most anybody in this whole business, and I don't like what I hear. My resistance to what I see as a clumsy and potentially catastrophic governmental attempt to regulate porn out of existence should not be taken as an endorsement of the status quo. I have been and shall remain an outspoken critic of what I see as dangerous and exploitative conduct throughout the business. I have worked for reform tirelessly for twenty years here, and I have no intention of stopping. I'm not defending the reprehensible activities of anyone, inadvertently or otherwise.

Finally, concerning the long-past meeting over which we seem to be fruitlessly still arguing, I point out once again that a variety of different views were heard, both from the stage and from the audience. If minds weren't changed in the way you had hoped, perhaps it was because the arguments advanced simply weren't coherent or convincing enough to significantly sway the sentiments of those present.

Beneath all the bluster and all the pot-shots you take at others, Dave, what I really want to know is this: What is your plan? What is it that you think we should all be doing that we're not? What specific solutions do you have to propose?

What we need now are sound, workable, practical ideas to get us out of the mess we're in. If you have any, let's hear them.

iBill's Motion Denied

Tom Hymes writes for AVN.com:

NEW YORK - The Sept. 17 motion filed by Internet Billing Company (iBill) to keep First Data Bank processing its online adult credit card transactions has been denied by the New York State Supreme Court, a lawyer for iBill confirmed to AVN Online late this morning.

The iBill application stated: "iBill brings this action to save its business from immediate collapse."

Jennifer Rosenblatt Sues AVN, Paul Fishbein, Darren Roberts

Former advertising manager for AVN, Jennifer Rosenblatt, has filed suit against Adult Video News in Van Nuys Superior Court, alleging breach of contract and sexual discrimination. I believe her lawyer is Carol Gilliam. There are eleven different charges in the civil suit.

While at AVN, Jenn may have been porn's highest paid employee, right up there with Jim Kohls, president of LFP, around the $300,000 per annum mark. She was on course to make $500,000 this year and a million dollars next year.

Jennifer and AVN tried for a couple of months to reach an amicable settlement but AVN's offer was low.

I expect that AVN will get served with this lawsuit this week. I believe Paul Fishbein and Darren Roberts will get sued personally. I believe Fishbein is worth over $60 million. [Editor: If so, why does he stick to the porn grind? Why doesn't he just make real movies, like he wants to do?] He owns part of many companies. Darren Roberts is worth over $10 million. He owes half of AVN and all of the AVN tradeshows.

GFY thread

Xpays Evan Horowitz vs Photographer AaronM

Evan Xpays writes: "Homegrown has been cranking away since i was sucking my mother's tit- but you'll be able to promote them through XPays soon."

Victoria Zdrok vs Duke Floored

Boobs, Brains, And Borscht -- Jim Goad's interview with Victoria.

Round one March 11, 2004. Advantage Victoria.

Here's a picture of Penthouse publicist Lainie Speiser (redhead in the middle) with Victoria (blond) and Linn Thomas (another Pet).

I spoke to Victoria for 40 minutes today about her new book Anatomy of Pleasure.

From PlanetVictoria.com:

Subtitled "The Head to Toe Guide to Better Sex," my 174-page guide covers every form of giving and receiving sexual pleasure, utilizing every part of the human body to achieve that incredible, breathless kind of sexual joy that endears you to your lover forever. Illustrated by my own photographs, this comprehensive guide describes explicit techniques, sex tips and sexual positions that both men and women can use to enhance and improve their sex lives. It is a book which belongs in the library of any person who wants to be known as a master or mistress of the sexual arts.