Letter here. Excerpt:

'George Miller and Barbara Boxer are running for re-election this year and it is time to reflect on what they have done. I met George Miller once and found him abrasive and two-faced. And I was not surprised when I saw Barbara Boxer pleading for usurping respect on a web feed. Perhaps she would prefer "her highness" instead of senator. The most important matter is that Barbara Boxer and George Miller have unstintingly supported the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) while ignoring the plight of abused men.

Article here, which includes an embedded link to the audio report. Excerpt:

'It’s not easy being an unreconstructed bloke these days. Spare a thought for René Kuhn, former president of the right-wing Swiss People’s Party in Lucerne. He’s the one made headlines a while back for saying Swiss women are frumpy and don’t wear enough make-up.

Now he’s saying feminism is an attack on men’s rights and he’s having to hold a planned anti-feminism meeting in secret. The meeting was due to be held in the canton of Zurich, in Uitikon, but after protests and a paint attack on the town’s community hall this week, the venue pulled out of hosting the meeting. WRS’s Jo Fahy reports:

The anti-feminist meeting’s organisers declined to go on air but confirmed they’ve employed a private security firm and will only inform conference attendees of the event’s new location.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'CALGARY — Just weeks after being charged with sexual assaulting a 15-year-old boy and being ordered to stay away from him, a Calgary school employee allegedly met with the victim, landing her in jail for several weeks.

Now, Calgary police are trying to ensure the school employee — who is in her late 40s — and the teen remain apart. But neither are co-operating.

“We believed the relationship wasn’t going to end contrary to charges being laid,” said acting staff Sgt. Mark Hatchette, adding it was the victim’s family who contacted police about the relationship.

“We are doing our due diligence and that’s all we can do. We put specific conditions in place to protect victims and then we follow up.”

Police say the woman, who was an employee with the Calgary Board of Education, was charged in late July with sexual assault, sexual interference with a young person and sexual interference by a person in authority.'

Via email:

In preparation for our upcoming Stop Mandatory Arrest campaign, SAVE has compiled a listing of the citations of the laws in the 21 states with mandatory arrest: http://www.saveservices.org/what-are-the-state-laws-that-mandate-arrest-for-dv-assault/

We also encourage you to check this page out in preparation for your state legislature’s upcoming session in early 2011, so you can prepare your plan of action. For more information about SAVE’s upcoming campaign, visit: http://www.saveservices.org/protect-victims-stop-mandatory-arrest/

Article here. When governments seek to "outlaw homosexuality", the vast majority of those persecuted are men. Societies of all kinds seem much less threatened by female homosexuality than male, even while male homosexuality is more often discussed in public forums. The persecution of men because of their sexuality is just another form of persecuting men, plain and simple. In this case, the penalty for being gay isn't just prison for some period of time, or a fine, or just public censure, but death. Excerpt:

'Gay Ugandans have faced a fortnight of attacks and intimidation, say human rights campaigners, after a local newspaper published a list of the country's "top 100 homosexuals". As well as naming gay Ugandans – complete with photographs and addresses – Rolling Stone newspaper also claimed that a deadly disease was attacking homosexuals in Uganda, and said that gays were recruiting one million children by raiding schools.

Article here. Excerpt:

'There is no doubt that this story is absolutely appalling and quite sad. The natural reaction is to ask how a mother could be so evil to kill her baby over a video game? But it can’t be just that simple. While I do not condone her behavior, what jumped out at me was that this woman must have been experiencing some severe postpartum depression. I am not excusing her actions but postpartum depression is real and often underestimated.

Women are expected to be all exuberant and glowing with the birth of their new baby but sometimes reality come crashing down on new moms. While they truly love their babies, sleep deprivation, hormonal fluctuations, or painful breastfeeding can trigger unpleasant feelings and hopelessness.

Article here. Noting like politics to make everyone just wee less than true to their stated cause(s)... but NOW fairly excels at it! Excerpt:

'Following gossip website Gawker’s publication of an anonymous story alleging a one-night encounter between the author and Republican senatorial candidate for Delaware Christine O’Donnell, the National Organization for Women has refused comment. “We’re going to pass on this one,” Mai Shiozaki told The Examiner. I asked if this is generally a topic they try to stay away from. “Thanks, we’re passing.”

NOW played a prominent role in demanding Anita Hill’s charges against then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas “be heard in a public forum.” But that was politically convenient — after all, one of NOW’s “important missions” is “fighting the right wing.”

Press release here. Excerpt:

'WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Domestic Violence experts are criticizing President Obama's pre-election unveiling of a new domestic violence initiative, saying the effort represents a concoction of unproven strategies that betray the needs of women.

The Obama plan will promote wider use of restraining orders -- but research shows such orders are flatly ineffective in preventing future violence: http://www.saveservices.org/downloads/Why-DV-Programs-Fail-to-Stop-Abuse

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All –

The President has unveiled a new domestic violence program that is transparently designed to sway the upcoming November 2 election. WE MUST ACT NOW.

On Thursday and Friday, Oct. 28-29, we are asking you to telephone your Senators and Representative in Washington DC at 1-202-224-3121 and deliver this simple message: “Stop playing politics with Domestic Violence. Speak out against President Obama’s untested DV plan. We need abuse prevention programs that are based on sound science, and do not ignore half of all abuse victims.”

Don’t call just once. Call several times, spacing your calls about an hour apart.

Full article here. Excerpt:

'A Jacksonville mother charged with shaking her baby to death has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

Alexandra V. Tobias, 22, was arrested after the January death of 3-month-old Dylan Lee Edmondson. She told investigators she became angry because the baby was crying while she was playing a computer game called FarmVille on the Facebook social-networking website.

Tobias entered her plea Wednesday before Circuit Judge Adrian G. Soud. A second-degree murder charge is punishable by up to life in prison.'

Article here, on News.com.au. Miranda Devine isn't much of a friend to guys, but this article says a lot, both in the article itself and most importantly in the comments being added. Clip:

'ONE sunny morning last week a 55-year-old advertising executive and father was walking to work on Sydney's North Shore when he came across a toddler wandering by himself just 10m from busy Military Rd (in North Sydney), no guardian in sight. "Where's your mummy," he asked the small boy, who didn't respond and kept walking towards the dangerous thoroughfare.

Against his instinct, the man did not pick up the boy, for fear of being accused of being a paedophile abductor. Instead, as the child kept moving towards danger, he called to a lady in a nearby shop to ask if the boy was hers. She ran outside and chased the toddler down. In the commotion the mother emerged from a nearby shop, apparently unperturbed.

Link here. In full:

'A 34-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of a 63-year-old man pushed under a London Tube train while he was wearing women's clothes.

The victim, from central London, was struck by a train at King's Cross underground station at rush hour on Monday evening.

His companion, from north London, was arrested at the scene.

Nina Kanagasingham, 34, will appear at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court on Thursday.'

Link here. Excerpt:

'A Californian mother has faced court accused of killing her twin daughters with a samurai sword.

Monica McCarrick, 28, allegedly stabbed her three-year-old girls, set fire to her apartment and then stabbed herself on October 12.
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She has since left hospital and been sent to prison, where she is bound to a wheelchair and wears bandages for her injuries.

She has pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, child abuse, arson, and destruction of evidence.'

Link here. Excerpt:

'An Indian woman who gave birth prematurely to twins has been arrested in Mumbai for allegedly throwing one of her children from a hospital window, police and hospital officials said.

The woman dropped the baby girl from a ground floor bathroom window of the KEM Hospital in central Mumbai early on Tuesday morning. The infant was found but had suffered head injuries and later died.

The girl's mother initially claimed that her daughter had been stolen but security camera footage showed her going into the toilet with the baby and emerging without her.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The lawyer for a young Florida woman who was known for unstoppable hiccups and is now accused of murder said Tuesday he may present an unusual defense in her case: His client has Tourette's Syndrome.

Jennifer Mee, 19, was charged Sunday with first-degree murder after police said she lured a 22-year-old man to a meeting where he was robbed and shot a day earlier. St. Peterburg Maj. Mike Kovacsev said police do not believe she fired the gun.

Mee was briefly famous in 2007 because she couldn't stop hiccuping. Her attorney, John Trevena, said she was diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome, a neurological disorder that can cause involuntary movements and speech problems.

"Hiccups are a symptom of Tourette's," Trevena said, declining to be more specific about how the condition might have affected his client's behavior.