From porn performer to far-right militia madame

Hungarian elebrity portal velvet.hu posted an article over the weekend in which it revealed that one member of the infamous far-right militia Magyar Gárda has an interesting past. More specifically, one of its members is none other than Nikki Miller, also known as Candy…

via Sexiside.hu: Celebrity Portal Reveals Pornstar Past of Far-Right Militia Girl.

The picture which accompanied this article was definitely ‘not safe for work’. So instead I’ve put up a photograph of Admiral Horthy. It was under Horthy’s leadership in the 1920s that Hungary became the first post World War I nationalist dictatorship in Europe, setting the scene for all kinds of ensuing unpleasantness. This is the style of politics favoured by Jobbik, the right wing nutters who last weekend took around 15% of the popular vote, in the first round of general elections. Their foot soldiers are the Magyar Gárda, who really have it in for Roma (gypsies) and Jews, even as they try to convince observers that they’re as harmless as overgrown cub scouts.

Anyway, I thought if anything would encapsulate how crazy the socio-political scene can be in Hungary, home to not only several hundred thousand unrepentant xenophobes, but also the porn capital of Europe, it would be this article. Incidentally, the website is ‘Sexiside’, the shamelessly slutty sister website of the generally very excellent Pestiside.

Castro's illegitimate children of the revolution

Fidel Castro’s Cuba full of his offspring after years of womanising by El Commandante – By Philip Hart

The Cuban leader with female admirers in New York, 1959 Photo: GETTY

Fidel Castro is renowned in Cuba for his verbosity and longevity. But his long-suffering compatriots know little about another sphere where El Commandante has proved prolific – his private life. Discussing his womanising ways is strictly taboo on the Caribbean communist outpost, even on an island where the gossip grapevine flourishes in the absence of a free press. But a long-time Cuba-watcher has now revealed the scale of his philandering and the existence of at least 10 offspring. That is more than previously believed – but very possibly not the full tally. via Fidel Castro’s Cuba full of his offspring after years of womanising by El Commandante – Telegraph.

Well, there may be a colostomy bag under the tracksuit pants of el loco Fidel these days, but in his younger days he was a veritable hombe de salón (ladies’ man).

Isn’t it already hard to believe Raul Castro has clung onto power as long as he has? It is, to put it mildly, going to be interesting to see when this creaking regime will finally stumble to its inevitable demise.

Meanwhile, this nicely scurrilous article from the Torygraph. To paraphrase Monty Python’s Life of Brian, he’s not the Messiah, he’s just a very naughty boy.

The Department of Foreign Affairs

Your eyes meet across a quaint bistro in some enchanting corner of the world. Introductions follow, and they are tentative, filled with longing. Then comes conversation, with snatches of broken English, and perhaps some other exotic tongue. You’ve never felt more alive, so intoxicated by the presence of another; so keenly aware of the all differences that fascinate.  You’re Mata Hari and he’s James Bond, (or the other way around). How did you ever think you could be happy with the boy (or girl) next door?

Without wishing to sound like he’s boasting, your correspondent has had enough affairs with women whose first language was not English to know what he’s talking about. One of the great attractions of a foreign affair is that unless it’s some tawdry business involving the exchange of money, you know your partner is hanging around because of good-old-fashioned chemistry. And if that doesn’t turn out to be enough to sustain a relationship, well, it’s still a bloody good place to start.

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One of Dubai’s most popular beach hotels has issued guests with an “etiquette guide” after two Britons were convicted for having sex on the beach near the hotel. The etiquette guides, which suggest the hotel’s guests could be arrested for inappropriate public displays, are left on tables during the weekly brunch event at the Madinat Jumeirah hotel. The guests should “employ discretion” in expressing affection publicly, says the hotel, with “anything more than a peck on the cheek” likely to result in police involvement.

“When travelling abroad, in the continental style, it’s my belief that one must attempt to be discreet”: So sang Tom Waits some years back.