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You all know that I’ve never been a fan of crAPPS, well now Apple isn’t either.  According to Techcrunch, these are the new rules

1. No images of women in bikinis (Ice skating tights are not OK either)

2. No images of men in bikinis! (I didn’t ask about Ice Skating tights for men)

3. No skin (he seriously said this) (I asked if a Burqa was OK, and the Apple guy got angry)

4. No silhouettes that indicate that Wobble can be used for wobbling boobs (yes – I am serious, we have to remove the silhouette in this pic)

5. No sexual connotations or innuendo: boobs, babes, booty, sex – all banned

6. Nothing that can be sexually arousing!! (I doubt many people could get aroused with the pic above but those puritanical guys at Apple must get off on pretty mundane things to find Wobble “overtly sexual!)

7. No apps will be approved that in any way imply sexual content (not sure how Playboy is still in the store, but …)

This removes about 5000 or 3% of the apps from the App store.  There’s been a lot of controversy because the SI Illustrated (2009 & 2010) as well as Playboy apps haven’t been removed.  I respect what Apple is doing, but you’ve got to play fair.

There are a bunch of theories as to why Apple took action.  I believe that it’s because some of the crAPPS made their way into the Top 10.  Others say that it’s because Apple wants to clean up the store because it releases the education-friendly iPad.

Picture by App Advice

Apple has finally acknowledged that it had a softcore porn problem in the App Store.  The company is not taking action by taking down apps with “overtly sexual content.”  The following message was sent to the maker of Wobble iBoobs, an application that allowed users to make breasts in pictures…uh…wobble.

The App Store continues to evolve, and as such, we are constantly refining our guidelines. Your application, Wobble iBoobs (Premium Uncensored), contains content that we had originally believed to be suitable for distribution. However, we have recently received numerous complaints from our customers about this type of content, and have changed our guidelines appropriately.

We have decided to remove any overtly sexual content from the App Store, which includes your application.

Thank you for your understanding in this matter. If you believe you can make the necessary changes so that Wobble iBoobs (Premium Uncensored) complies with our recent changes, we encourage you to do so and resubmit for review.

Sincerely,
iPhone App Review

Apparently a few apps remained, but from a preliminary check, it seems like they’ve cleaned up the popular ones.  Good for you Jobs & Co. I still want to trade my iPhone for an Android though.

Source:  Techcrunch (one of the best sites on the web)

Note: A chiclet is a brand of candy AND the name of the iPhone icons that appear on the home page. Clever title, huh?

I once had the bright idea of going undercover on Trashy Madison to check it out, but apparently a news station in AZ beat me to it.  There’s a video of their investigation below.

My favorite is how these horny guys hit up women without them even putting up a picture.  You’ve also gotta love how the one guy puts a fake picture of himself up.  Always classy.

The best part, however, is the quote from the sleeziest man on the planet, Noel Biderman.  Here’s his memorable quote:  ”We’re probably the biggest marriage preservation tool on the planet.”  I guess he has never heard of organized religion. His site has 5 million people, but there’s a couple billion people that follow religion.

Noel reminds me of Soulja Boy.  Soulja Boy is a horrible artist, but he makes BS catchy songs that people like (like Flo Rida).  I believe that SB once said that he was like the best rapper alive.  What’s this guy thinking? The same with Noel. Does he REALLY think that his website saves marriages? He obviously doesn’t know what marriage means.  I sometimes feel sorry for his wife, but then again she deserves anything that comes to her for staying with that douchebag.  What kind of self-respecting woman stays with a man that creates a website to foster affairs?  Ergo she’s trash too.

Source: KOLD

Trashy Madison aired an ad during the Cleveland Cavs game and a few people were upset.  The game was broadcast by Fox Sports Ohio on the Dish Network.  Fox denies that it would air the ad and the Dish Network says that it would pull the ad.  Good for them.

Source: Cleveland.com

This is a wonderful article by a man brave enough to discuss how he quit his job filming porn once he realized how harmful it is to women.   Be sure to read the ENTIRE article.

The following are my two favorite passages:

But in due time, I came to learn that within the context of the heterosexual L.A. industry, while my overt task at hand was to make sure that the girls got naked, my true responsibility as director was to make sure the girls got punished. Scenes that stuck out, and hence made more money, were those in which the female “targets” were verbally degraded and sometimes physically humiliated.

None of it was written in my contract, of course; it was more of a contextual thing. Like: Everyone’s doing it . . . thus, so shall we. My various superiors across the years saw the issue from a businessman’s perspective, reminding me quite openly of the need to keep up with our competition. Anabolic’s getting nasty? Then we need to be nastier. Another one of their gambits was “We owe it our viewers.”We have to give them what they want! (And what do “they” want? Scenes of degradation, of course. Gloryholes and gang-bangs. The facial cumshot became de riguer sometime in the 1980s, but by the 2000s, you literally had to do it in every scene or risk not collecting your paycheck.)

Source: AlterNet

…but they know how to act when it is time to act. Coach Fabio Capello has replaced John Terry as the head of England’s soccer team. Apparently Europeans believe that people with moral shortcomings should not lead, even if their behavior is not directly tied to their underlying profession. I wish we that we had the guts to do the same in America (i.e. Bill Clinton, Mark Sanford, Kobe Bryant, Shaq, Jesse Jackson…)

When will WE learn that CHEATERS won’t learn until they are held accountable for their actions?  We have to REEXPECT (shameless plug, I know) that people that do wrong will be punished in some way.

Source: NYTimes

I was checking my feed last night and saw an article about how a guy named Jon Kuhrt in the United Kingdom has started a Facebook group dedicated to taking down billboards from the internet company Marital Affairs.  The group has gone from about 600 people to over 2500 in less than 24 hours.  The wall and discussion pages are full of pissed off people.  And I’ve never seen anything more beautiful in my life.

At what point are Americans going to get on the bandwagon? Ashley Madison has billboards, print, radio, Internet, and TV ads (they even managed to air a Superbowl commercial in TX last year).  At what point do we say enough is enough?  The Manogamy Movement is picking up a lot of steam, but this should have been done a LONG time ago.

I fully support Jon and sent him and e-mail to see if we can work together somehow.  I can certainly use his man/womanpower.  Moreover, I can use the fact that he has people that are straight up gangster.  These people are calling the Advertising Standards Authority and trying to get these billboards taken down.

The interesting thing is that the billboard is NOWHERE near as racy as Ashley Madison advertisements.  The one in Times Square featured a woman in a bedroom about to perform oral sex with the tagline “Life’s Short, Have an Affair.”  And where was the outrage from this country? SMH.

Update: After getting 3500 people involved, the three Jon’s (yup men are finally taking a stand) got the billboards taken down. Now, they’re trying to take down the company altogether.  Man I wish we had that kind of passion here in the U.S.

The AJC ran an article today about how the lobbyist aren’t sending young, attractive women to the Gold Dome this year in light of Glenn Richardson’s tryst with a lobbyist.  Every is apparently shook over forthcoming ethics reform litigation.

While I am glad that companies are doing something about the problem, I must ask “Is this really supposed to stop men from stepping out on their wives?” Let’s blame it on the women instead of the addressing the real issue: men not knowing to keep their hands to themselves.

If you really want to solve this problem, you have to instill in men that women that aren’t your significant other are off limits.  Law firms shouldn’t have to worry about hiring a young, attractive association for fear that it may disrupt the firm.

This is just a Band-Aid to fix the real problem. The article predicts that “babe alley” (yes, that’s actually what it is called) will return once the heat is off.  And then what? We’re going to end back at square one.

I posted earlier today how the Manogamy Movement acquired Manogamy.com today.  Well, I was doing some domain shopping and came across a pretty cool, simple name: ReExpect.com (naturally, rethink, and every other variation was taken). I know ReExpect is not a word, but neither is Manogamy.

So why ReExpect.com?  I believe that many people have lowered their expectations for relationships.  Just do a Google Search for monogamy.  You’ll see plenty of articles that question whether monogamy is natural, realistic, a myth, etc.

There was a time when we expected faithfulness in a relationship.  I’ve talked to many women that say they understand if a man cheats or that cheating once is not that bad.

There’s nothing naive about it.  People can remain faithful for their lifetime and be happy.  It’s not a fairy tell ladies and gents.  It’s time for us to ReExpect Monogamy.

One of the great things about the Internet is that you can let the news come to you.  I created an Adultery bundle on Google Reader that notifies me whenever there is news about adultery.  I’m glad I’ve done this because I don’t miss a thing, like today’s great article (actually yesterday, but I wanted to wait until the new domain cleared).

Meet Jean Nero

Jean is a contributor to the little known Repository in Canton, OH. Jean said something that really resonated with me about what love is. And for that, I’ve tagged this article with L, O, V, and E.

Here’s the best part of the article.

I was washing dishes while Papa read the paper. Suddenly, he came over and said, “I want you to know something. I was never unfaithful to your mama.”

Hiding my surprise at such a topic, I replied, “No one ever thought you did! Secondly, you were 36 when Mama became paralyzed … if you had fallen to temptation once we would have understood.”

His answer: “No. I made a vow at the altar and I kept it.” With that he walked away, while I wondered, “What in the world brought that up?” Two minutes later he’s back, says with a twinkle, “Hey, don’t think I never had a chance to!”

We need more men like Papa Nero out there.  And that’s why I created this website.