Some people are calling this the most important presidential election of our lifetime. So, one might expect that all eyes would be on the Ohio and Texas primaries today, right?
Not quite.
Here’s the CNN top stories today. If you make it past the American Idol stripper and the six-legged octopus (hexapus?), you’ll see that the story of today’s primaries is at #10.
God Bless America and our strippers and our politicians (in that order).
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I’ve noted the hotel rooms in China are equipped for nights of passion. I’ve written about the rise of Chinese promiscuity. I even wrote about Chinese hookers and ice cream. Today, on CNN there’s yet another report on xing (sex) in China.
There are several things from the piece that freak me out. The first is about the rooms that young couple rent by the hour to get their xing on:
A sign on the wall warned: “If the linens are too dirty, you will lose your deposit.”
They don’t change the sheets!
And ever more disturbing:
A walk-in abortion costs $140 at the Haidian Maternal and Child Health Hospital, a large public hospital in northwest Beijing. Too pricey? Skip the anesthesia and the price falls…
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The World Vision Report aired my interview with model/designer/saint/UN Ambassador Bibi Russell. They mixed the interview with some Bangladeshi music and I think it turned out quite good. Especially, since it’s my first ever recorded piece to air.
Listen to it now.
Bibi plays an important part in my book. Here’s how the chapter she’s featured in starts out:
“Now is a good time,” Bibi said. “The electricity is out.”
I have never interviewed a supermodel before or even talked to one, for that matter. I never expected that she would be there – up three flights of stairs off the chaotic streets of Dhaka sitting in the dark.
When she stood I almost said, “Boy, you sure are tall and…
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