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Banning Bikini Baristas

They make it their business to mind your business, and this month America’s busybodies have been working overtime.

Lawmakers are no longer loco for just one brand of energy drink. Illinois State Rep. Luis Arroyo (D-Chicago) has penned a bill that would make it illegal “to sell, offer for sale or deliver” just about any kind of energy drink to anyone under age 18 (Arroyo’s championing another top-tier issue–outlawing lion steaks).

Meanwhile, dog lovers in Oklahoma are sounding off against a plan cooked up by State Sen. Patrick Anderson (R-Enid) to allow cities to ban specific breeds of dogs. But this time the Nanny of the Month comes to us from Shelton, Washington, where city commissioners and townspeople alike have united against a threat of bikini baristas. H/T Reason TV

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Forecaster Flashes Hemispheres

A South Korean weather woman gave a special show to her audience after a wardrobe malfunction. Her “hemispheres” went on display on national TV while forecasting the weather.

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Now That’s a Croc

A 36-year-old IT specialist in Hong Kong was arrested at the Kowloon Tong Station after police observed him taking upskirt shots of women using a miniature camera embedded inside his Croc shoes. He even installed a battery so he could film for longer. H/T Apple Daily English

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Madagascar’s Child Sex Trade

Australia’s Dateline goes undercover to investigate Madagascar’s child sex trade, with some parents even prostituting their own children.

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Sex and Punishment

“Our sex organs were kind of like hands or feet, they were obedient,” says Eric Berkowitz, author of Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire. “After we ate the apple and did what we did, the sex organs to Augustine became like little dictators that we have to either succumb to or overpower.”

ReasonTV‘s Tracy Oppenheimer sat down with Berkowitz to discuss original sin, changing trends in sex laws and why governments feel duty-bound to control what their citizens do in the bedroom.

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Combat Etiquette for Women

Now that the US military is on board with the concept of sending women into battle, wonder if the Brass plan to create an infomercial showing women soldiers the proper grooming and etiquette to employ on the frontlines? They’ve gone that route before. Just take a look at The Pleasure of Your Company: Military Etiquette and Grooming, produced by the military as a teaching tool in 1970.  Here, the young lady soldier could learn everything she needed to know about the proper selection of clothes, table manners, ordering in a restaurant, introductions, dating etiquette and etiquette at a formal reception.

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Egypt’s Reign of Political Rapes

A wave of sexual assaults in Cairo has led critics of the Morsi regime to charge that Egyptian Islamists are using rape as a tool to silence political dissent. Many of the victims of the attacks have been women protesting for equal rights. Criticism of the regime has intensified since reports emerged of 25 rapes taking place in Tahrir Square.

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Meanwhile, Russia Today captured some disturbing video footage of Cairo police stripping a protester and dragging him through the streets to an awaiting van. Two weeks in, the protests do not appear to be abating but growing more frequent and violent.

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Saint or Dirty Old Man

David Suzuki is lionized as a scientific saint and progressive philosopher always keeping the well-being of the Planet in the forefront. He hosts a weekly TV show in Canada, The Nature of Things, seen in 40 countries. But a series of memos surrounding his recent speaking engagement at a small Canadian college suggests he’s not as pure or altruistic as he would lead you to believe. Ezra Levant shares the lowdown. H/T small dead animals

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Bizarre Sex Cult Busted

Mexican authorities have broken up a sex cult that had cast a wide net from Spain to Argentina, but apparently was based just across the US border in the Mexican city of Nuevo Laredo. At the head of the cult: A Spaniard who claimed to be a reincarnation of Christ. But if so, he had forsaken the spirit for the flesh, as he demanded that all of his women followers have sex with him.

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New Orleans…Or Busted

This just in…Football fans across America are getting ready for this weekend’s Superbowl in New Orleans. Jodi Miller reports, “When reached for comment, former Mayor Ray Nagin said — You’ll have so much fun, you may get indicted.” Jodi also gives us the low-down on sugar daddies, Chris Matthews and hidden messages in the Transformers movies in this edition of NewsBusted.

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