I was absoltely horrified when I read this story (search on "'x'files" to see the post). I never realized how the legal system and vindictive women can so easily destroy a man's life. If there was one positive aspect, was this woman realized her mistake, and understood how she was manipulated. She is now taking action from preventing the same injustice from destroying her brother's life.

Also of interest: An Open Letter To Women In The Domestic Violence Movement

From The Toronto Star:
"Since we have women on our bench, we have nicer pictures on the walls, better food in our dining room, a cake for every judge's birthday, yoga and, recently, a piano," McLachlin said in a speech at the Canadian Bar Association's annual meeting.

On a personal level, women judges could make for "happier courts," McLachlin said yesterday.
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For at least two decades, Canada has defined merit as the ability to do the job, McLachlin said. As a result, the pool of prospective judges has widened, with more women, academics and lawyers with limited courtroom experience becoming judges, she said.

So, Chief justice Beverley McLachlin thinks that the important role that women play in the justice system is to make sure that the court houses get pretty pictures in the hallways and birthday cakes for judges; oh and a piano, can't forget the piano. BUT, she also mentions that Canada hires inexpirienced women judges [READ: INCOMPOTENT] over males (who if hired, must be even more incompotent then the females so as not to show them up) who have much greater in court experience.

The goal of the Truth and Consequences campaign is to meet with every Congressman to discuss VAWA abuse. One question that is often asked is, "What should I do if my Congressman (or senator) is known to be a strong supporter of VAWA?"

Basically you've got two options:

1. Work with the incumbent, or
2. Support the challenger.

Work with the Incumbent

If you choose to work with the VAWA supporter, you need to adjust your goals and expectations. Any progress you make will be incremental. When you meet with the staff person, highlight the good work that VAWA has done in serving DV victims. From here you have two possible strategies:

"I have nerve now, and I have self-esteem. So, my ugly came out," Alabama investigator Stan Stabler quoted Mary Winkler as saying, according to a report on the hearing published in The Jackson Sun. She referred to herself as a "moron" and an "evil woman," the newspaper reported.

My bet is that eventually the preacher will be condemned as an evil patriarchic oppressor and she will be painted as poor Ms. Wonderful who fell victim to his abuse and rightfully killed him in self-defense.

Article Here

Please sign the petition here to the government of Finland to rectify the injustices in their child custody/divorce system. The petition accepts signatures from people regardless of their nationality. The more the merrier, so please do your part.

“Men, I urge you to be more conscious about whether you are allowing yourself to be turned into being a beast of burden to pay for the expensive house, kids, and all the material “stuff” that you might well be willing to trade away for a more pleasant life.” Marty Nemko

Apparently, according to Marty, most women who start out on a career path, in the end, long to be taken-care of by a successful male breadwinner who will maintain them in a lap of luxury.

Marty’s Article Here

"Commitment" is a word that doesn't begin to cover this fellow's dedication. He has been put on a feeding tube but continues his vigil. Story here.

John, we're in your corner!

Here is one that is hard to believe. A 15 year old male is to be sentenced this month because he had sex with an 11 year old female who subsequently got preggo and is now a mother at 12. If a 15 year old male can be convicted of having underaged sex then why can't the 12 year old female?

And to think this happened in the land of Braveheart. BTW: the 12 year old female was recently arrested for a "drunken incident." Get it?

Save Indian Family member Swarup finally was able to summon his wife (to court) for killing his unborn child on account of not meeting her monetary demand.

This sends a strong message to ladies who would like to kill their child that it is not proper to kill a child on failure of the husband to meet your monetary demands.

The update is here. I doubt if she had been the victim, he would be out on bond. The report closes with the usual sort of "she has only seen her kids once," blithering foolishness. Well, that's because she's unpredictably muderous!

Hard to believe, except for men whose wives/partners have had children-- or is it? This is one less thing feminists can assert is the exclusive province of women, though I am sure some will try.

Does this mean if a man does something insanely violent after a baby is born he can claim it as a defense, too?

A mother and grandmother would never do this sort of thing, now would they? Of course not. Some man must be behind it all.

"BEDFORD, New Hampshire (AP) -- A woman turned herself in to police Wednesday after a store surveillance video captured footage of two children sneaking behind display cases to steal thousands of dollars worth of jewelry, allegedly on instructions from their mother and grandmother."

The New Double Standard, by Marty Nemko. Excerpt:

'This establishes a new double standard: you can, without reprisal, viciously denigrate men without substantiation but dare you make a milder statement about women, your career is eviscerated. That double standard will make academics, leaders, and the media think 10 times before saying something negative about a woman, but not about a man. That will immeasurably hurt how men are treated today, and in future generations.'

For those wanting a little tabloidism today, the latest in the McCartney divorce news is here. She's going to walk away with a great big chunk of this guy's wealth, all for five minutes of "work": standing there and saying "I do", in a dress no doubt bought by Paul.

This in the NYTimes does a good job of pointing up how men and women are held to substantially different standards of "business attire" and speculates on why that may be. Indeed, heaven help the man who dares wear anything not within very prescribed limits to the office!