Radio Station Dumps Controversial Extramarital Affair Ad

An advertisement for "the world's premier discreet dating service" was pulled from one Salt Lake radio station because,
it says, the ad promotes infidelity in marriage.

The Ashley Madison Agency, an Internet-based company that specializes in arranging extramarital affairs, had its
commercial taken off air for good on the same day it started.

The president of Simmons Media Group, X96's owners, G. Craig Hanson, said: "As soon as we heard it, we pulled it." He
doubts the ad ran more than a few times.

He said all ads are e-mailed to the station and the ad got to air before any staff heard it. “We don't want to accept advertising of that nature. This is a family centered, values oriented community."

He said the ad was simply too explicit and while some in the community may endorse that kind of thing, he doesn't believe
the masses do.

The Ashley Madison ad is basically an interview with the company founder, Noel Biderman which begins with a disclaimer, saying the opinions in the ad do not necessarily reflect the views of the radio station.

Funny thing is Ashley Madison decided to target Utah for this multimillion-dollar ad campaign, after they learned Utah boasts the highest viewership of online pornography in the nation.

Amazon Strips Gay and Lesbian Books From Sales Ranking

Amazon.com made a very strange decision over the Easter holiday weekend.

The stripped many books of sales rankings making them impossible to find through the website's search engine.

Would you believe titles such as "Lady Chatterly's Lover", "Brokeback Mountain" and "Bastard Out of California" were tagged as being "adult" and removed from search rankings.

It seemed that mostly gay themed books got the push but some “Straight” books that were more explicit but not labeled “erotica” got to stay.

An Amazon spokesman said the de-rankings of an untold number of gay and lesbian titles are due to a “glitch” that’s “being fixed.”

It's very difficult to accept that Amazon would allow a "glitch" to find it's way onto its servers. This action would have needed to be discussed and approved before it happened.

Many of the titles that were affected have now been restored but the sales rank, which Amazon tells customers is “a good indicator of how well a product is selling overall,” has still disappeared from a host of gay, lesbian and erotic titles over the past few days which means the books no longer show up in bestseller lists or in listings by rank.

And the hypocricy of this action comes into play when you can buy sex toys on Amazon and they're telling us what books we can and cannot read?

Farrah Fawcett Condition Not Good

Farah Fawcett, who many of us first came to love as an actress in Charlie’s Angels, has had a setback in her long battle with cancer.

She’s now 62 and has undergone chemotherapy and aggressive alternative treatments since 2006 when she was first diagnosed with anal cancer. She saw that cancer go into remission then return in 2007.

Now in hospital in Los Angeles, friends and family are have told radar.com. she’s critical but stable. They also say she is unconscious and has been hospitalised for days.

She has been battling cancer for three years and recently returned from Germany, where she had experimental stem-cell treatment.

Long-time love Ryan O’Neal has been by Farrah’s bedside, as has troubled son Redmond, who bolted from rehab earlier this week.

It is not known whether she will survive.