Did you know that the Economic Stimulus plan under debate in the Senate allocates 400 million dollars to fund ineffective domestic violence programs?¹

The Senate may vote on the Economic Stimulus plan at any moment. So stop whatever you're doing and take a few minutes to call these three key Senators on the stimulus bill right now:

Tell the Senators:

Article here. Apparently this has been going on in the Czech Republic for decades, without evidence that it's effective. Excerpt:

'(CNN) -- The Czech Republic's practice of surgically castrating convicted sex offenders is "invasive, irreversible and mutilating" and should stop immediately, the Council of Europe's Anti-Torture Committee said in a report made public Thursday.

The central European country castrated at least 94 prisoners in the 10 years up to April 2008, when investigators from the Council of Europe, a human-rights forum, visited the Czech Republic.

The Council of Europe condemned the practice as "degrading."

The procedure is being performed even on first-time, non-violent offenders, such as exhibitionists, its investigation revealed.

Prisoners have to request castration under Czech law, but many fear they will be jailed for life if they do not, the investigation found.

Article here. Excerpt:

"Six cancer patients whose sperm samples were lost by the NHS have won their claim for damages in a landmark judgement which establishes the legal principle that a man's semen is his own property.

The case, which could cost the NHS hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation, is expected to lead to a review of the law relating to ownership of human body parts.

In yesterday's judgment the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, the most senior judge in England and Wales, rejected the notion that sperm held by North Bristol NHS Trust had the same legal status as a discarded toenail or hair cut at a barber's shop.

Article here. Excerpt:

'A Montreal woman is suing her former lover -- the father of her three children--for spousal support, even though the two of them were never legally married and Quebec law does not grant so-called "common law" spouses any entitlement to alimony or property equalization.

The man is reportedly a billionaire. The woman is seeking a $50-million lump sum, plus $56,000 monthly. She already receives $35,000 monthly in child support, plus the use of a $2.4-million house and several servants.

Story here. A husband accidentally kills wife while cleaning firearm. The police acknowledge that the incident was an accident. The incident was covered in the press as a sad accident with the husband displaying remorse. However, nonetheless, he will be arraigned on charges Thursday afternoon for the accidental killing. Notice how the article towards the end turns in to an advertisement for taking gun safety courses.

How many women kills their husbands on purpose, then claim domestic violence or depression and are never brought up on charges? Excerpt:

'A 21-year-old newlywed is facing a homicide charge in the shooting death of his wife. Sources tell Channel 6 News Joshua Beasley will be arraigned at 2 p.m. Friday on a negligent homicide charge.

Prosecutor Joe Kelly of the Lancaster County Attorney's Office would not explain what led prosecutors to bring charges and said they were still deciding exactly what charge or charges Beasley might face.

Story here. When a wife is mortally attacking the husband, all 'explaining' and 'counseling' comes into effect... But if its the other way round, even if its only alleged and no one but the alleging woman knows the truth, no one ever thinks of any counseling for the man; he just has to be punished as hard as possible. And they say its the man's world! Excerpt:

'SUSSEX, N.B. — A woman appeared in court Wednesday to face charges after RCMP officers had to use a Taser to disarm her on Tuesday.

At the time she allegedly chased her husband around a barber shop with a knife.
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"The (officers) made verbal and physical efforts to control the situation, but it became obvious that the female was out of control and she was posing a real threat to the (officers) so they had no choice but to use the Taser," Tremblay said.

Letter to the editor here.

'The horrific killing by Penny Boudreau of her 12-year-old daughter, looking into the child's eyes while strangling her, should make us both shudder and consider. While this cold-blooded killing is extreme by any standard, a large sample study of child deaths in the United States showed that mothers were involved 60% of the time and acted alone as the perpetrator in one-third of the killings.

Despite this, governments have ministries for women and children and universities have faculties of women and children -- all designed to further the myth that the greatest risk to children comes from men, and specifically fathers. The research statistics suggest otherwise.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'In addressing intimate partner violence, the focus is usually on women who are physically battered by husbands or boyfriends. However, women sometimes hurt their partners as well.

Women are doing virtually everything these days that men are—working as doctors, lawyers, and rocket scientists; flying helicopters in combat; riding horses in the Kentucky Derby. And physically assaulting their spouses or partners.

In fact, when it comes to nonreciprocal violence between intimate partners, women are more often the perpetrators.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'I love my sons—they’re funny, sweet, and full of surprises. But I don’t understand how a species incapable of feeding themselves—much less hitting the toilet—ever came to rule the planet.

Story here. Excerpt:

'A case is developing in a Tennessee divorce dispute that one attorney believes could impact custody decisions nationwide because it calls down the authority of the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause to help fathers who are good parents and want to remain involved in their children's lives.

The attorney, Stanley Charles Thorne, told WND the issue in the case at hand will be significant, since there are 3,000 divorce or custody cases in courts across the U.S. daily.

And according to the Children'sJustice.org website, those cases leave nearly 38 percent of the fathers with no access or visitation rights to their children. In addition, four in 10 mothers report they interfered with the father's visitation to punish him at least once, half the mothers see "no value" in the father's continued contact with his children and 70 percent of the fathers wanted more time with their kids.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'They are among a growing army of well-intentioned fathers who view the system as stacked against them because of their gender, even though New York State law requires judges and magistrates to consider only the best interests of the child in disputes between parents.
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An increasing number of dads are stepping up to the legal plate to fight custody and visitation battles against women they claim are dead-beat moms, he said.
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On the other side, "There are thousands of guys out there like me," he said. Some men find themselves victims of "moms using the system to send dads into exile from their kids, taking them out of their lives with ease."

Mothers can be vindictive, "hell-bent on destroying you," charged another father who endured a Family Court battle over the custody of his young son. "It's hard. It took me three years to learn how to play the game. It was the worst experience of my entire life."'

Article here, originally. At the time of posting, though, the article isn't showing up (404 error); the home page of the on-line paper has a notice saying they are having technical problems though, so that could explain it. I did manage to find it in the Google cahce though, here. Excerpt:

'The winner-take-all adversarial divorce system of Judge Meyer and Mr. Cade of routinely awarding custody or ownership of our children of divorce to one parent, usually the mother, and demoting the other parent, usually the father, to the status of a visitor deprives our children of the stability and continuity of having two parents during their developmental years. The system also deprives fathers of their basic right of raising their children.

Article here. Excerpt:

'Historically, the state's courts have not favored this arrangement because of concerns that shuttling between parents could be disruptive for a child. Custody often went to mothers, who tended to be the primary caregivers. But now, fathers are more involved. "I think in some ways it's a matter of the judicial system catching up with changes in society," says Melissa Froehle, policy and program director at the Minnesota Fathers & Families Network in St. Paul.

Rep. Tim Mahoney (DFL-St. Paul) has made it his mission to change the law. Divorced twice, Mahoney paid through the nose to get joint physical custody. "But I thought everybody did that," Mahoney says. "It wasn't, 'Oh, I'm a wounded divorced father and I feel slighted.'"

Article here. Excerpt:

Article here. Excerpt:

'In today’s society, women are still objectified as sexual playthings. From Hooters to strip clubs and prostitution to GoDaddy.com Super Bowl ads, depicting women as nothing more than sexual objects is sadly still around

Thankfully, One Tree Hill shines as a beacon of feminism in an otherwise male-dominated society. It might seem odd, but looking back at the history of the series, it’s always been a place where it’s the male stars who are made into sexual objects.
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While other shows might focus on the sexy women, stripping them down to bikinis to parade around the screen, One Tree Hill does the same thing with its men. James Lafferty has seemingly spent about half his time on the show without a shirt. Whether he’s playing basketball, walking around the house, or participating in the Boy Toy Auction, the show keeps him as naked as possible as often as possible.'