Story here. Even after photos emerged of this "mom" out having fun less than a day after she reported her daughter missing, the authorities still weren't quite sure it might be her. This is the same "mom" who had a bounty hunter post bail for her since he thought it just couldn't be her, no way, no how.

What do they need, a picture of her doing the kid in with a large sign reading "I am doing my kid in!" strapped across her chest? Excerpt:

'Casey Anthony tried to give her missing 3-year-old daughter up for adoption before she was born, but her mother wouldn't let her, according to legal documents that paint the 22-year-old Florida woman as a perplexed, scheming and unbalanced person who repeatedly defended obvious lies in police reports.

The 400 pages released by prosecutors this week leave little hope that Caylee Marie Anthony will be found safe. Anthony says her daughter has been missing since June 9, but she didn't report it until more than a month later. She faces charges of child neglect, obstruction and making false statements.

Story here. A Milwaukee teacher sexually assaults a student. The prosecution "allows" her to plead guilty to fourth degree sexual assault. Her sentence will be probation, 25 days in jail on work release, and sex offender registration for 2 years. She will not be able to teach-- but only in Wisconsin. Excerpt:

"Originally charged with second degree sexual assault of a child, 27-year-old Sweet pleaded guilty to fourth degree sexual assault Tuesday. It was part of a plea deal after she admitted to sexually assaulting her 14-year-old student."

Petition is here. From the petition text:

"There is no plausible argument for releasing the name of the accused as this does nothing to further justice, but only serves to punish them outside of the judicial system. The only punishment for rape, should be passed down by a judge, not by newspapers, their peers, or their employers. Therefore revealing their identity is an unjust punishment without basis in english law."

Article here. Excerpt:

'Tragically -- but true to the radical feminist agenda -- the Obama/Biden Democratic ticket portends an escalating war on boys, men, fathers, and families. On Father’s Day 2008, Sen. Obama could have spoken on any number of topics. His choice was to castigate African-American fathers and blame fathers, and fathers alone, for the ills of the African-American family.
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So, what then does Sen. Biden bring to the ticket? Sen. Biden brings the divisive Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) which he originated, expanded, and vigorously supported in subsequent years. Unfortunately, substantial evidence now indicates that VAWA not only fails to protect women from domestic violence but in many cases increases their risk of harm and contains much fraud. What VAWA does best, however, is squander billions of taxpayer dollars annually to finance the war on fathers and families.'

Jeremy Paxman, a pretty outspoken British TV presenter, has spoken out and said that he thinks the TV industry in the UK is biased against middle aged white men. The BBC reports it here. Excerpt:

'Paxman, 58, said: "Do I think it's a man's world in television? That is the most ridiculous question I have been asked all week.

"The worst thing you can be in this industry is a middle class white male.

"If any middle class white male I come across says he wants to enter television, I say 'give up all hope' - they've no chance."'

The journalist then named five women TV executives including BBC One controller Jay Hunt, Channel 4 head of news Dorothy Byrne and Dawn Airey, who will soon become Channel Five's chief executive.

"Is this evidence of some male conspiracy keeping women down?" he said.

Story here. Excerpt:

'A CELEBRITY plastic surgeon who allowed a patient to perform oral sex on him before he gave her a nose job is fighting to keep his medical licence.
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Dr Mendelsohn, 50, admitted he did not attempt to stop a 22-year-old patient performing oral sex on him during an after-hours consultation in May 2005.
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After the woman left the surgery, she asked her boyfriend to take her to the police, where she pressed sexual assault charges against the doctor.

The NSW Director of Public Prosecution later dropped the charges, on the basis there was no reasonable prospect of a conviction.'

Saturday, Barack Obama named Joseph Biden as his vice presidential running mate. It was thanks to Sen. Biden’s tireless efforts that the Violence Against Women Act was first passed in 1994.

So the choice is clear: Either we speak out now about the colossal injustice that VAWA has become, or we learn to accept the consequences.

Yesterday we asked you to get on the blog of your local newspaper – or any blog for that matter – and make sure everyone knows that, in Biden’s own words, "What I’m most proud of in my entire career is the Violence Against Women Act."

And word is already getting out! Yesterday Marc Rudov published an edgy column titled, Will YOU Elect GynObama & VAWA Joe?.

Between now and the beginning of the Democratic convention Monday afternoon, we have an incredible opportunity to get our message out.

So today, we are asking you to think of any mailing lists you have, or any of the listservs you are on, and pump out this critical message:

Via Marc A. Article here. Excerpt:

'SCOTTISH men who are attacked by their violent partners are being left with nowhere to turn, failed by an under-resourced system, victims and campaigners have told The Scotsman.

There is no tailored facility for male victims of domestic abuse north of the Border, and many are instead being shunted to unsuitable services.

And the Scottish Government insists that general counselling services, such as Victim Support, are enough – even though female sufferers have bespoke services.

Now a new organisation, Men's Aid Scotland, is seeking charitable status to secure funding to provide the counselling and advice services which currently do not exist.'

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Ed. note: bespoke = "custom-made". Mr. Editor here had to look that one up himself. :)

Story here. Excerpt:

'A binge-drinking mother has been jailed after falsely accusing an innocent taxi driver of raping her. Joanne Rye, who kept up the lie for 20 months, was told by a judge her behaviour was despicable and was handed an eight-month prison sentence.
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The mother-of-one caused great shame and disgrace to devout Muslim Sherekhan Kali and his family after claiming that he dragged her down an alleyway and assaulted her.
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The court also heard the week before she made the rape allegation, she had used racially insulting language to Mr Kali.
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But jailing Rye for a 'modest' eight months, Judge Crawford Lindsay, QC, said he had no doubt the matter was so serious there had to be an immediate prison sentence.'

Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, whether you plan to vote for Barack Obama, John McCain, or none of the above, this message is of vital importance.

Sen. Barack Obama recently released an announcement naming Sen. Joseph Biden as his vice presidential running mate. As we know, VAWA is Sen. Biden’s signature legislation. Biden has bragged, “What I’m most proud of in my entire career is the Violence Against Women Act.”

Oddly, most members of the voting public don’t know that important fact. So it’s up to us to turn that around.

The next 72 hours – between now and the beginning of the Democratic convention on Monday afternoon – offer an extraordinary opportunity for us to get that message out. So we are asking each and every person reading this Alert to take 10 minutes today, Sunday, and Monday.

Today, we are asking you do the following:

Practically every newspaper in the country has set up a blog on its website. Today, we’d like you to go to the blog and made sure everyone on the blog knows the Violence Against Women Act is Biden’s brainchild. Then explain why VAWA has been so harmful to families and children.

Op-ed here. Excerpt:

"This week, while you were distractedly waiting for one of the presidential candidates to just go ahead and pick Michael Phelps as his running mate, a Manhattan lawyer sued Columbia University for discriminating against men.
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His beef is not really with women's studies but with the way it spreads the "religion" of feminism, again helped by federal money, which he contends violates the establishment clause.
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Men's studies exists in the broader academic world, although Columbia doesn't have a men's studies department. It explores such subjects as "paradigms of fatherhood" and "gendered violence." And according to Harry Brod, editor of the scholarly book "The Making of Masculinities: The New Men's Studies," it's an outgrowth of the feminist movement. "If Roy Den Hollander really understood what men's studies was," Brod told me, "he wouldn't be in favor of it."

Video report here. Caption:

"A woman wanted in the bizarrely complicated attempted kidnapping of her former virtual boyfriend has been apprehended after a multi-state search."

Crazy is as crazy does.

Great, another chivalric blowhard sellout may get another promotion... to VP. FYI, Biden is the chief architect of VAWA.

Biden Wants Legal Brigade for Domestic Safety

http://endabuse.org/vawa/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence_Against_Women_Act

Men's groups have challenged the validity of India's DV Act. Story here. Excerpt:

'CHENNAI: As many as five petitions are pending before the Madras high court, challenging 23 provisions of the Domestic Violence Act which they say are misused by women to harass innocent husbands. Now planning to join the list of petitioners is the Chennai-based Association for Protection of Men's Rights, which believes that investigation into cases filed under Domestic Violence Act are usually not fair.
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Elangovan blames overzealous women's organisations, saying they often blow up marital disputes and make it a dowry issue, thus ruining relationships and careers.'

Story here. Excerpt:

'OKLAHOMA CITY – More men are filing sexual harassment complaints, according to data from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The percentage of harassment complaints filed by Oklahoma men with EEOC and related state agencies all but doubled over a 10-year period, from 8.8 percent in 1997 to 17.4 percent last year.

Nationally, the percentage of sexual harassment cases with male complainants has doubled since 1990, from about 8 percent to 16 percent in 2007.
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Hammons mentioned one current case in which a man whose female superior slapped him on the butt later fired him after overhearing him tell co-workers he did not like such treatment and was going to make a complaint.'