Shift Buzz The network apparently mixed up the outgoing president with Colombian prostitute Dania Suarez. The gaffe is especially ironic given some of Sarkozy's policies.
Shift Buzz Agency officials have interviewed 10 of the 12 women agents brought back to the Hotel Caribe in Cartagena, and say 9 of them were paid for sexual services. Some Secret Service agents have also submitted to lie detector tests, but others have refused — including the supervisor who tried to underpay an escort, kicking the scandal off in the first place.
Shift Buzz An anonymous source told CNN that Secret Service agents paid for sex at a strip club in San Salvador in March 2011. The owner of the club said his establishment “routinely takes care of” US Embassy employees, FBI agents, and Drug Enforcement Agency officials as well.
Shift Buzz Last year, three Marines and a US embassy staffer allegedly pushed prostitute Romilda Aparecida out of a car in Brasilia, Brazil, breaking her collarbone. She was told afterwards that seeking legal recourse would be pointless, but now that the Secret Service prostitution scandal is big news, she's hired a lawyer and filed suit.
Shift Buzz New details have emerged about the allegation that Secret Service agents paid for (or in some cases failed to pay for) prostitutes in Cartagena, Colombia. Here's what we know so far.
Shift Buzz A new report says New York City officers routinely use condom possession as evidence of prostitution — and confiscate and destroy condoms if they think they might be used in sex work.
Shift Buzz Want to know what strippers can deduct and how prostitutes declare their earnings? We talked to writer and former sex worker Melissa Gira Grant to find out.
Culture Buzz A brilliantly photographed series on the dangerous, grueling lives of teenage sex workers in Bangladeshi slums. Read more here.
Old and busted: The Hamburgler. New hotness: The McProstitute! I hope she was at least negotiating for a 20-piece. (via thedailywh.at)
Culture Buzz Jerry Sandusky, the former assistant football coach charged with 40 counts of child sex abuse, breaks his silence on the Penn State scandal with Bob Costas. And he unsurprisingly denies all the charges. “Horsing around” and “horseplay” are terms that are now forever tainted.
Culture Buzz On the heels of the revelation that the judge who freed Jerry Sandusky on bail was a donor to Sandusky's Second Mile charity, and the incredulous questions as to why she did not recuse herself, here are some more unanswered questions surrounding this awful scandal. Not to get into the realm of conspiracy theory, but there are some very disturbing “coincidences” surrounding this case.
John Wong Azn is in desperate need of a sensitivity training course, and he's not nearly as articulate as our current Commander-in-Chief. But offering free Chinese take-out every weekend? I may have to rethink my vote. (via.)
Professor is super hot on the BuzzFeed Network right now. Here's all the best viral buzz on Professor.
Says he is proud to be a prostitute. As he should be … just look at that beautiful frock.
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Oh lordy, this is real. Sugar Daddies can now solicit for sex find ladies to spoil on this new mobile application. It's categorized under “dating app.”
Culture Buzz A new study by Wired of the New York sex industry has yielded some fascinating insights into the career of a high tech hooker. For example, prostitutes prefer BlackBerrys over iPhones. Also, hand jobs in the Bronx cost $75 plus a shot of liquor. Reams more data over at Wired (although a ream costs extra).
Check out how America likes to get its rocks off and how much money it spends doing it. Keep this in mind as you get loaded and bet on the Super Bowl.
For any of you out there who are fans of the classics such as “dry bobs” and bung blows with goose quills. Pinkey must have been quite popular.
Style Buzz This is Allen E. Brown, a 48-year-old pimp who was recently sentenced to 18 years in prison. That's a LOT of free time to experiment with even more avant-garde hairstyles.