Submitted by AngryMan on Wed, 2009-01-14 23:09
Article here. Excerpt:
'Having given us class war yesterday with her ‘equality’ proposals the Minister for Women, Harriet Harman, returns today to her signature battleground of the sex war to promote yet another policy that springs from the desire to give men a bashing.
At present, the law provides a defence of provocation to the charge of murder in cases where there is a sudden loss of temper or self-control.
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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2009-01-14 16:31
Story here. Excerpt:
'Ottawa police have charged a woman with aggravated assault after her boyfriend fell through a pane of glass at a Herongate-area apartment building Sunday.
Police are disclosing nothing more about the 25-year-old accused or the alleged assault because they say their policy is not to disclose information about domestic-related incidents.
Officers responded to an apartment building on Cedarwood Dr. just after 2 p.m. and found a 34-year-old man with cuts to his neck, face and head.
Police said the injuries were originally life-threatening, but the man's condition subsequently improved.'
"Tiff"?
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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2009-01-14 16:28
Story here. Excerpt:
'Ivan Henry already had a criminal history in 1983, a previous conviction for attempted rape. He also had a history of drug and alcohol abuse. According to a court-appointed psychiatrist, he was psychotic and suffered paranoid delusions.
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He has spent the past 26 years in prison for crimes he has always maintained he did not commit.
The record now casts serious doubt on the prosecution's case against him and the process leading to it.
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But "relevant and potentially exculpatory" evidence had surfaced while Henry languished in prison.
He had, in the 1980s and 1990s, tried to initiate 55 proceedings, all on his own. None succeeded.
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The suspect was identified during yesterday's proceedings, but his name cannot be published under court order. He pleaded guilty to three sex offences in 2005 and received a five-year prison sentence. He has since been released.
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Submitted by Michael on Wed, 2009-01-14 05:52
Story here.
'HOUMA – A Dulac man who spent 18 years in state prison for a rape he didn’t commit has died.
Clyde Charles, 55, died of natural causes Wednesday at his home on Shrimpers Row, according to relatives.
In 1981, Charles was wrongfully convicted of rape and sent to Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola after a woman identified him as her attacker.
Almost two decades after his imprisonment, Charles was exonerated of the crime based on DNA evidence. The same evidence implicated his brother, Marlo Charles,
in the crime. Marlo Charles is serving a life sentence for aggravated rape.
Relatives said he had diabetes, among other health problems, and was receiving dialysis.
A memorial service is scheduled for 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Blaine Clay Lodge No. 14 F.M., 915 Lafayette St., Houma. In lieu of flowers, family asks donations be made to the Innocence Project at innocenceproject.org'
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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2009-01-14 04:18
Once again, Mr. H. hits the nail on the head. Read it here. If you read this, even if you are a die-hard 100% feminist, and don't find it very disturbing, then you probably are among the Clinton donors he is talking about. Excerpt:
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Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2009-01-13 23:22
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'TROY — A Wapakoneta woman will be paying authorities $892 for the overtime detectives used to investigate her false claim of being raped.
Melissa Turner, 40, told the sheriff's office May 19 she was raped on the banks of the Great Miami River, under the Eldean Bridge north of Troy. She admitted May 21 that she had lied, according to court documents.
She pleaded guilty to the felony charge in November and was sentenced Monday, Jan. 12 to community control and order to reimburse the Miami County Sheriff's Office.'
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Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2009-01-13 23:02
Article here. Excerpt:
'A father says he's been stripped of his parental rights and now he's taking bold steps to get the word out about his case.
James Rhoades says he fathered a child with a woman he had an affair with. But since she's married to someone else, the courts won't recognize Rhoades as the dad. So now he's putting up billboards asking for help.
In the heart of St Matthews shopping district you'll see a billboard with a toddler looking down at you.
James Rhoades says the toddler is his son and he's doing everything he can to see him again.'
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Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2009-01-13 22:59
Article here. Excerpt:
'In a speech this weekend, she will hail this move as a step towards ‘a new social order’.
‘We want to do more than just provide escape routes out of poverty for a talented few. We want to tackle the class divide,’ she will say.
This is but the latest bit of cack-handed injustice from Harman, an ultra-feminist gender warrior who has spent much of her political career trying to institutionalise injustice against men and privilege women on the basis of ‘sexual equality’.
Much is made of Gordon Brown’s unreconstructed redistributive socialism. But in fact Harman is the most conspicuous example of another important characteristic of this government: its state of fossilised adolescence.
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Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2009-01-13 22:56
Article here. Excerpt:
"Ms. Magazine, the publication founded by Gloria Steinem, is releasing a special inaugural issue with somewhat provocative cover. Its photo-shopped image portrays Barack Obama in an iconic Superman pose: heeding a distress call and pulling open his starched white shirt to reveal a secret identity. In this version of the comic-book send-up, the somewhat misleading layer of business attire conceals not a blue and red leotard, but a black t-shirt that reads, "This is what Feminism looks like".
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'When the chair of the Feminist board, Peg Yorkin, and I met with Barack Obama, he immediately offered, "I am a feminist." And better yet, he ran on the strongest platform for women's rights of any major party in American history.'"
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Submitted by DLR1943 on Tue, 2009-01-13 20:20
Recently National Car Rental had an ad showing John McEnroe smashing a tennis ball into a mans' head for trying to take a car he wanted. I protested the commercial because it continues to promote the idea that inflicting pain on a man is funny. I found out today that the commercial has been permanently dropped because of the protests that were received from viewers. I am glad that others found the ad offensive and that national car rental got the message. -- Dave
The ad can be seen here.
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Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2009-01-13 18:16
MANN received this submission anonymously. While we normally don't publish such lengthy pieces, especially if submitted anonymously, this one is just too well-written and timely not to publish. It also reads like it was written as a letter to a government official and so it has content others may find useful. Big thanks to whomever submitted it!
"I am a long-time Army Family Member, being both the daughter of a retired Sergeant First Class, and the spouse of an Active Duty Sergeant First Class, and the sister-in-law of two retired soldiers, in addition to both my brothers serving in the Army; the Army has been the only life I have led. I am proud of the sacrifice that my family has made for the Army and this grateful nation and as such I have dedicated my time to volunteering to honor the life of public service that has been bestowed upon me. It is on behalf of this and other proud servicemen and women that I compose this letter with a serious concern for the soldiers’ and their families.
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Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2009-01-13 16:20
Item here. Excerpt:
'Last Friday, in one of its first actions of the 111th Congress, the House of Representatives passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act. Although the bills purport to ensure equal pay for men and women, in truth they are a stimulus package for trial lawyers and liberal/feminist special-interest groups.
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Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2009-01-13 05:34
Story here.
'ST. CLOUD, Minn. — A St. Cloud woman is in jail after police say she tried to set her boyfriend on fire using a lighter and air freshener.
Investigators say the 49-year-old woman is accused of pouring fingernail polish remover on the victim and the blanket covering him, then trying to light him on fire.
The victim was able to take the air freshener from the woman. Police say she then hit him on the back of the head and bit him several times. As the man tried to call police, the woman allegedly ripped the phone cord out of the wall.
The woman is in the Stearns County Jail on suspicion of domestic assault and interfering with a 911 call.'
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Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2009-01-13 04:13
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'"We are seeing a substantial increase in cases . . . challenging the custody of military parents and the return of custody when they come back from mobilization or deployment, compared to virtually none 10 years ago," said Mark E. Sullivan, a retired Army Reserve judge advocate who practices family law in North Carolina. The increase has been greatest in states with large military populations, such as Virginia and Texas, he added.
Female troops may be particularly at risk, because mothers are more likely to have custody of children after a divorce. "For them to go away for 15 to 18 months, it opens the door to these challenges," said A.J. Balbo, Greer's attorney and a former Army judge advocate.
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Diaz gained temporary custody of his daughter, Talia, in February 2002 because her mother was unfit, Diaz said. But when he deployed to Iraq with his engineer battalion in April 2003, he had to delegate joint custody to his mother and Talia's mother. When he came back, Talia's mother refused to return the child.'
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