Confessions of a Recovering Pharisee

[Yahoo]   An unforeseen and surprising beneficiary of the Economic Stimulus Plan, a plan thatGeorge Bush contends will "boost our economy and encourage job creation," has surfaced this week. An independent market-research firm, AIMRCo (Adult Internet Market Research Company), has discovered that many websites focused on adult or erotic material have experienced an upswing in sales in the recent weeks since checks have appeared in millions of Americans' mailboxes across the country.   According to Kirk Mishkin, Head Research Consultant for AIMRCo, "Many of the sites we ... Read More

[Military.com] Legislation that would restrict the sale of certain men's magazines on U.S. military bases around the world would be bad for morale, according to soldiers at Grafenwöhr.   U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-Ga., has introduced legislation that would close a loophole in the current law that allows the sale of some sexually explicit material on military bases by lowering the threshold required to deem material "sexually explicit." A Department of Defense committee that reviews materials sold on bases ruled last year that magazines such as ... Read More

[Cleveland Leader]   Peekaboo Pole Dancing, the company behind Carmen Electra's pole dancing kit, announced a few weeks ago that they were seeking a partner to license a pole dancing game for the Nintendo Wii. Since then people around the world have been asking the same question: "Why?" MTV caught up with the Peekaboo people, and spoke with a company rep who said: “Peekaboo will be all about fun and fitness for a new generation. Peekaboo wants to make the fitness benefits of aerobic pole dancing ... Read More

[Miami Herald]   It was business as usual at the porn convention.  And then there was Jesus. Thousands of attendees at this weekend's Exxxotica in Miami Beach, the largest adult-entertainment event on the East Coast, would go home to find, deep inside their goodie bag, a sizable chunk of the New Testament under the title ``Jesus loves porn stars.'' All this courtesy of Craig Gross, a 32-year-old former youth pastor in Southern California who had set up a booth for his XXXChurch -- which he started six years ... Read More

[The Buffalo News] The missing pastor of an Orleans County church has been found … physically fine, but emotionally distraught … inside a strip club outside Dayton, Ohio, according to police in Ohio. Read about it here. [From me] Maybe he was doing outreach to the strippers. What do you think? Read More