Success!!! Blogger Accepts "Porn"

And we have a winner! Just got this from Blogger -- An update on the Blogger porn content policy:

This week, we announced a change to Blogger’s porn policy stating that blogs that distributed sexually explicit images or graphic nudity would be made private.
We’ve received lots of feedback about making a policy change that impacts longstanding blogs, and about the negative impact this could have on individuals who post sexually explicit content to express their identities.
We appreciate the feedback. Instead of making this change, we will be maintaining our existing policies.

Ta-daaahhhhh!

And this means for you, my loyal dozens of readers, there will likely be no more "Pornography + Time = Art" Fridays.

Sorry. And it was shaping up to be such a fun fight, too...

Sorry, No Sex For Me -- I Have a Bad Case of HTML

According to a probably questionable survey, fully 10% of Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.

And, silly me, I thought Internet pornography was a healthy outlet for those base sexual urges. As a wise man once said, "Don't knock masturbation -- at least it's sex with someone I love."

The same survey found that 23% thought that MP3 audio files were some kind of Star Wars reboot, and Blu-Ray was some kind of marine animal.

It's kind of fun, but as I say, it needs to to be taken with a grain block 50 lb. bag of salt.

Pornography + Time = Art (2)

Here's another Venus -- she was a popular girl back in the day -- this one called The Birth of Venus, by Sandro Sandro Botticelli.

Or, as she is probably equally well known, Venus on the Half Shell.

This is another masterpiece from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. And yes, I put my naked eyes all over this one as well.

As I've said,  Blogger has announced that as of March 23, all blogs containing "images and videos that are sexually explicit or show graphic nudity" will be banned.

While they do say they will "still allow nudity if the content offers a substantial public benefit. For example, in artistic, educational, documentary, or scientific contexts", that's some cold comfort -- it's not at all clear whether that ban will or will not include this picture. For example, if I call this "pornography" (which I clearly imply), does that remove the "artistic context" so that it will be banned and my blog taken down?

Only time will tell... And yes, I am trying to push the envelope here.

Pornography + Time = Art

For those of you who were home-schooled and are therefore deficient in art history -- especially this kind -- that is the Venus of Urbino by the great Renaissance painter Titian.

No less an art authority than Mark Twain himself called this painting, "the foulest, the vilest, the obscenest picture the world possesses." Tongue fully in cheek, I presume...

I have actually seen this painting, with my own naked eyes, in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.

Yeah, I know: Place dropper.

BTW, Blogger says that as of March 23, all blogs containing "images and videos that are sexually explicit or show graphic nudity" will be banned.

While they do say they will "still allow nudity if the content offers a substantial public benefit. For example, in artistic, educational, documentary, or scientific contexts", that's some cold comfort -- it's not at all clear whether that ban will or will not include this picture. My first question is this: How will they know?

Stay tuned...

Sucking Koch

Okay, I will admit that the headline caught my attention, not only for its prurient-interest value but also because I am such a lifelong devotee to word play.

Nevertheless, it just goes to show ya ("just shows to go ya") that the rethugs are capable of pretty much anything tha the Koch Brothers are willing to whip out...

Check out "Republican Governors Caught Sucking Koch" for the down-and-dirty (nyuk nyuk) on this.

Jeez, I oughta be sorry for this, but I'm not. After all, they started it...