Story here. Excerpt:

'A nursing-care company at the centre of a searing abuse case in which an emaciated 69-year-old stroke victim was found tied to his bed with a dog leash refused yesterday to discuss its role, or even acknowledge it was involved.

"Because of privacy laws in Ontario, I really cannot comment on any specific client or client case," said Lynn Tughan, vice-president of operations for S.R.T. Med-Staff.

At issue is the plight of Thomas "Tony" Butler, rescued from his Richmond Hill apartment in March after his adult daughter, Julie Henderson, discovered him and alerted York Regional Police.
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In sentencing, Mr. Justice Peter Bourque said Ms. Madi had tried to conceal Mr. Shakeri's repeated assaults on Mr. Butler, who stands 6 foot 1 and weighed just 68 pounds when his daughter found him at the apartment he shared with Ms. Madi, also 42.'

Via Glenn Sacks' Dec. 10 newsletter:

'Producer Kurt Kuenne is full of "fury at the injustice done to his best friend Andrew Bagby, a doctor who was set up and gunned down," apparently at the hands of an ex-girlfriend who he had broken up with.

Kuenne has made a film to memorialize his murdered friend and tell the world about the injustice his ex perpetrated. The legal system coddled the apparent killer, allowing her to be free on bail and have custody of their son, who she subsequently murdered.
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From Christopher Smith's review of Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father:
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"Surrounding all this isn’t just the ache of loss felt by Andrew’s parents, which is so palpable, it burns, but also of his many friends and family, who are interviewed in ways that not only show us who Andrew was as a man, but also in ways that move the story forward. And where that goes, I’m not going.

Story here. You gotta see this one. This article claims to be the tragic story of a black girl born to white parents, get this, not because of paternity fraud, but because of some rare genetic throwback. Excerpt:

'Her African features were almost certainly a throwback to an unknown ancestor whose DNA, having lain dormant for generations, had emerged in her. But when Sandra was a schoolgirl, this aspect of genetics was unknown and there was no such thing as a DNA test.

There was only the cruel and relentless gossip suggesting that her mother had had an affair with a black man.

For four years, teachers and the parents of other pupils at her all-white primary school had fought to have her expelled on the grounds that she was of mixed race. Finally, they had succeeded.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'NASHUA – A 38-year-old woman was sentenced to prison Monday for sexually assaulting a teenage boy she initially accused of rape.

Robin Mowery of Nashua was convicted in June of four counts of felonious sexual assault and two counts of sexual assault involving a friend of her teenage daughter. Mowery was 35 at the time; the boy was 15.
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"Like it or not, an underage boy having sex with an older-aged girl is viewed differently than the other way around," Lynn said at the sentencing hearing.
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"Young men have raging hormones. It doesn't make him a bad person," said Lynn, who also noted that the teen also tried to use the relationship as a "bargaining chip" to escape penalty for crimes committed as a juvenile.

Video report here. Caption:

A mom is accused of hosting a sex party and allowing her teenage daughter to dance half-naked.

"So much for the fundamental responsibility of mothers protecting their children." -- Sheriff in interview

Just keep watching; the sheriff reports these kinds of cases (where mothers are pimping their kids out one way or another) are increasingly more common to his department.

Story here. Excerpt:

'A mother will appear before magistrates in Manchester this morning charged with murdering both of her children.

Jael Mullings was arrested after the bodies of two-year-old Romario Mullings-Sewell and his brother Delayno, aged three months, were found at their home in Kilmington Drive, Cheetham Hill, on November 12.

Both had been stabbed to death with a single wound to their chests, according to the post-mortem examinations.

Police and paramedics discovered the bodies at 5.45pm, a few hours after a GP called reporting concern for the children’s welfare.
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Officers had called at the house where the boys’ bodies were found just hours before the brothers were killed.

The boys were described as “gorgeous” and “beautiful” by their family. Their mother was sectioned under the Mental Health Act following their deaths.'

Article here. Well I suppose it keeps you from seeing the inside of a "family court" but it's sad commentary on the state of affairs between the sexes. We will soon see a male version I am sure. For all the money the inventor spent on creating this android, as imperfect as it is at mimicking an actual human, the truth is that the technology is available today and the only thing lacking is major funding and the input of more engineers who are as brainy (or nearly so) as the inventor. The selling price of the "Programmable Perfect Mate 3000" could be as high as $30,000 and there would be no shortage of takers. Heck, they could sell them for $100k and still make a mint. Cylons indeed! Excerpt:

'Inventor Le Trung, 33, created Aiko, said to be “in her 20s” with a stunning 32, 23, 33 figure, shiny hair and delicate features.

She even remembers his favourite drink and does simple cleaning and household tasks.

"Fem-bot" Aiko, who has cost £14,000 to build so far, is a whizz at maths and even does Le’s accounts.

Story here. Excerpt:

A 'perfect' mother massacred her five children by calling them one by one into her bedroom and slitting their throats, a Belgian court has been told.
Genevieve Lhermitte, 42, said she felt desperate and trapped alone at home with the children - four girls and a boy aged between 14 and three - while her husband Bouchaib Moqadem was away visiting his parents in Morocco.

On the day of the killings last year, which left Belgium in shock, she stole two knives from a supermarket and cooked a farewell lunch for the family before locking the front door and starting the massacre, the court in Nivelles, near Brussels, was told.
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She later told police she felt "desperate and trapped" at having to be at home with the children while her husband was away, the court heard.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'From its beginnings three decades ago, the domestic violence industry has been plagued by a cabal of pinkshirts who will do almost anything to advance their agenda.

Erin Pizzey, founder of the first domestic violence shelter in England, let the cat out of the bag when she revealed many of the women in her shelter were as abusive as the men they had left. In retaliation, feminists issued death threats and eventually forced her to flee the country.

In the United States, Dr. Suzanne Steinmetz' research on the Battered Husband Syndrome triggered a whispering campaign designed to torpedo her impending promotion, as well as a bomb threat at her daughter's wedding.

Article here. Excerpt:

'One lesson came from an emailer in California who was an economics student at a state university in the early 1990s. "This is like déjà vu," he wrote. He told me that as part of his studies he researched the economics literature on the male/female "wage gap" and arrived at basically the same conclusions that Professor Block did in his Loyola College lecture: Once one accounts for the effects of marriage and numerous other economic factors, there is little evidence that sex discrimination is a very important determinant of the "wage gap."

Article here. Excerpt:

'9 December 2008 - As the world grapples with a global recession and financial markets remain volatile, many people are reminding themselves that money can't buy happiness. Men however, beg to differ.

Results of a global happiness survey from The Nielsen Company reveal that men are happier with money, while women are happier with friendships and relationships with their children, co-workers and bosses.

"Because they are happier with non-economic factors, women's happiness is more recession-proof, which might explain why women around the world are happier in general than men are," said Susanna Baggaley, Executive Director, The Nielsen Company, New Zealand.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'As speculation heats up over another Kennedy in the Senate, New Yorkers - and especially women - need to seriously consider what exactly is behind the nudge-that's-become-a-shove for a woman to fill Hillary Clinton's seat.
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This is the kind of emotion-laced rhetoric that reduces the importance of public service to a petty, quid pro quo board game of interchangeable pieces, and sets gender debates back 50 years to a time when it was argued only a man could lead a country, a boardroom or a military division - only now the argument is reversed.

Since when are men incapable of or disqualified from advocating for women's rights? Barack Obama supporters, in fact, told us incessantly during his campaign that he and Joe Biden would be two stalwart male champions of women's issues. In particular, the giddy cheerleading on behalf of Kennedy, a well-respected national figure who has no experience in elected office, only worsens the sexism and elevation of symbolism over substance.'

Article here. Excerpt:

'There is a newly built women’s prison in Massachusetts where 40 percent of the women have mental health issues and 85 percent have substance abuse issues. In the wake of severe budget cuts, instead of providing social services like drug treatment programs, mental health programs, jobs, childcare, etc., the state is throwing women in jail.

The Women’s Fightback Network in Boston is demanding that the governor declare an economic state of emergency. WFN brings to the forefront how women have been disproportionately victimized by foreclosures, evictions, job loss and budget cuts. Anita Hill wrote an article last year stating that women were particular targets of subprime predatory lenders, especially elderly women and Black and Latina women. One loan officer talked about how she would add many additional costs to the mortgage loan if the client “appeared uneducated, inarticulate, was a minority or was particularly young or old.”

Story here. Excerpt:

'Katie Gutierrez-Perez, 40, ran over Finlay Woods in her two ton Toyota Hilux as his mother Tina Woods pushed him along the pavement near a primary school in Chingford, Essex, in September.

Finlay was dragged under the wheels while his mother was smashed against a pillar and left with a head wound. The toddler was taken to nearby Whipps Cross Hospital but died.

Appearing at Snaresbrook Crown Court in London on Wednesday via video-link, Gutierrez-Perez sobbed as she admitted causing death by dangerous driving and driving without insurance.

Sue Rodham, defending, said: "There was quite clearly a failed suicide attempt and a history of depression."

Gutierrez-Perez owned a struggling café which had been closed by bailiffs days before the crash.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'Proposed tough changes to family law in Ontario — from beefed-up requirements for those seeking custody of children to easier to obtain restraining orders and new rules on how to divvy up pension assets — were announced this morning by the provincial attorney general.
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The Star reported on Saturday that Bentley would introduce legislation that toughens how custody is awarded. The proposed changes include detailed, sworn child care plans from those seeking custody for both parents and non-parents; for non-family members seeking custody, they must submit to police checks and submit a letter from Children's Aid outlining concerns, if any, the society may have about that person's ability to parent.
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The changes were welcomed by many groups and advocates for women's rights.

"We can no longer ignore the fact that the safety of women and children in this province must be paramount," said Zahra Dhanani, legal director for the Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children.'