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  • October 2008
    • Bangkok Pol Assaults Host on Live TV

      Bangkok Pol Assaults Host on Live TV

      (Newser) - A Thai politician, vexed by an interviewer’s questions, pummeled the man on live TV today, Reuters reports. Chuvit Kamolvisit, a strip-club magnate turned Bangkok gubernatorial contender, did not deny the charges. “What I did was a petty crime,” he said. “I am happy to pay the fine for elbowing him and kicking him.” Host Visarn Dilokwanich said the candidate “behaved like a thug.” More »

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      Thailand   assault   Bangkok   battery   television interview   politician   sex industry

  • April 2008
    • No More Expense-Account Hookers for Deutsche Bank

      No More Expense-Account Hookers for Deutsche Bank

      (Newser) - In a sign of just how bad the credit crisis has become, Deutsche Bank has forbidden its employees from using expense accounts to pay for brothel visits and hotel porn, the Independent reports. It's unclear if execs have been seeking relief from subprime woes—the German giant has written down $4 billion—in fleshier pleasures, the paper adds. More »

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      credit crisis   subprime crisis   Deutsche Bank   brothel   sex industry   inappropriate expenses

    • UK Balks at Hooters' Expansion

      UK Balks at Hooters' Expansion

      (Newser) - Some Britons are choking on Hooters' plan to serve up another 35 locations in the UK, the Guardian reports. Britain has one so far, but feminists are already accusing the chain of importing misogyny and sexist entertainment with its chicken wings. "Without the sexualised waiters and the soft porn and sport on display, what would men go for?" one asked. "They can get better and cheaper chicken wings in KFC." More »

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      Great Britain   restaurant   sexism   misogyny   strip club   Hooters   sex trade   sex industry   stag parties

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