Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2016-06-01 21:09
Story here. Remember: If you can't shut someone up, threaten to blow them up! Yeah, that makes sense... not. Excerpt:
'The latest stop on Milo Yiannopoulous’s “Dangerous Faggot Tour” at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) was blocked by protests at the beginning, and evacuated by a bomb threat at the end.
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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2016-06-01 14:52
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'An arrest warrant has been issued for a teacher in the Aldine Independent School District who is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old student.
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Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2016-06-01 12:16
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'The mum of tragic Liam Fee and her lesbian partner have been found guilty of murdering the toddler and falsely blaming his death on another child.
Rachel Fee, 31, and Nyomi Fee, 29, were convicted today of killing two-year-old Liam by inflicting severe blunt force trauma to his body at a house in Fife, Scotland.
The youngster, who had been subjected to a life of pain and neglect, suffered a ruptured heart after sustaining injuries similar to those seen in car crash victims.'
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Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2016-05-31 23:56
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'Tyler Kost has been in the Pinal County jail for over 550 days on what looks more and more like an “anti male hate crime”. A growing body of evidence suggest Tyler was set up on false rape and sexual assault allegations by a group of high school girls.
Fortunately, a Pinal County Superior Court Judge has allowed and agreed all social media will be released by the female accusers from Poston Butte High School in San Tan Valley.
These girls, now young women, were inspired by the movie “John Tucker Must Die”.
Tyler’s attorney is lobbying for his release until his trial that is scheduled to begin late 2016. No word yet as to the status of the request.
If Tyler is found innocent we hope the family will seek justice by filing a civil lawsuit against the Sheriff’s Department, Poston Butte High School and the now adult women in this case.'
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Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2016-05-31 23:09
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'But while the issue of sexism is now on the back burner, this epic presidential campaign has already exposed modern feminism as disingenuous. From playing the “woman card” to fighting for “women’s issues,” it is clear that feminism is now misunderstood by its own advocates who no longer want equal treatment, but instead demand special treatment.
Consider the campaign rhetoric itself. Like many Americans, I have found it distasteful. The personal insults have been cringe-worthy but anyone who has been following knows the charade has left no one — male or female — unscathed.
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Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2016-05-31 21:19
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'Joseph Fernandez, 47, of Warwick, along with a growing number of men, feel like they are at a disadvantage as fathers when it comes to custody over their child. Together, they are the Rhode Island Fathers’ Rights Movement and advocating for family court reform as well as for equal parenting to be the standard in custody cases.
“Sometimes I feel there is this assumption within the court that as a dad I don’t want to be in the picture,” Fernandez said. “We love our children, we want to be in their lives, we shouldn’t have to beg to be parents.”
Fernandez has been fighting for more time with his 4-year-old daughter since 2012 and, finding he wasn’t the only one struggling with custody issues, began the Rhode Island Fathers’ Rights Movement, which has connected with likeminded groups from across the country, a movement that is now “38 states strong.”
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Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2016-05-31 21:19
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'Senator Michael Hastings (D-Tinley Park) sponsored legislation to modernize the state's child support laws, by requiring both parents' income to be considered in determining child support.
"Illinois has a lot of archaic laws. The child support laws on the books do not consider the modern family when determining the necessary child support for many families," Hastings said.
House Bill 3982 would update a portion of Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act for the first time since 1984.
The new model is called the "income shares" model. It would consider the income of both parents and what it would be if they were living together. It also would modernize the costs of raising a child in Illinois.'
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Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2016-05-31 21:01
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'There has been a recent rise of an online stronghold of cultural libertarianism, which has been deemed by some to be a reactionary movement against the regressive left. Classically liberal and conservative figures are breaking down the barriers between the political left and right, and are coming together to discuss a multitude of ideas including free speech, political correctness, censorship and 'safe spaces' in the university scene, and cultural relativity.
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It was only a matter of time until something so contentious as a #MessageToFeminists campaign would arise. The hashtag, created by one Taleed Brown on his Youtube channel That Guy T, aimed to stimulate debate on the current feminist movement by giving a voice to its most common critiques. Originally devised as a Youtube challenge, the hashtag is now making rounds on Twitter, drawing attention to the need for an actual intellectual conversation and free exchange of ideas, which many believe has failed to take place in a monotonic, stifling PC culture.'
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Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2016-05-31 20:58
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'A recent report alleges that the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation aims to censor and control society for the purpose of advancing progressive ideals.
According to the report, which has been published at The Capital Research Center, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation advocates for the censorship of politically incorrect and anti-feminist views on social media. In addition, the foundation has partnered with Microsoft in an effort to replace standardized testing with an educational video game system that would likely bring a progressive message to millions of American students.
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Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2016-05-31 19:42
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'Only 10 per cent of white British males from the most disadvantaged backgrounds go onto higher education, according to a new report.
By stark contrast, 20 per cent of men from black Caribbean heritage, 50 per cent of males from Indian backgrounds and more than 60 per cent of boys from Chinese heritage are keen to take their education further.
The startling statistics are contained within a report from the Higher Education Policy Institute.
The figures highlight how young white men are less likely to achieve, prompting fears they could get trapped in a life-cycle of failure where they are left behind while others flourish.'
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Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2016-05-31 19:01
Article here. Excerpt:
'On Tuesday morning, Amber Heard released a statement concerning her domestic violence allegations against ex-husband Johnny Depp. A rep for the actress addressed the “years of psychological and physical abuse” Heard says she experienced, and the fact that many victims of abuse fail to come forward immediately.
“As the result of Amber’s decision to decline giving an initial statement to the LAPD, her silence has been used against her by Johnny’s team,” the statement read. “Amber did not provide a statement to the LAPD in an attempt to protect her privacy and Johnny’s career.”
The fact that Heard had to release such a statement at all, a statement vehemently defending herself in the “Court of Public Opinion,” is a testament to the consistently messed up way we approach the actions of famous men.
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Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2016-05-31 18:13
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'A group of Senate Republicans wants to remove a controversial provision from the Senate's annual defense policy bill that would require women to register for the draft.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) has filed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would remove the provision and block any court, including the Supreme Court, from hearing cases about who must register with the Selective Service System.
The debate over requiring women to take part has split Congressional Republicans, and opponents argue that Congress needs to spend more time studying the issue.
Lee’s amendment would add a section into the defense bill expressing the "sense of Congress that the decision of the secretary of Defense to open all military occupational specialties to women raises important legal, political and social questions about who should be required to register for the military selective service."
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Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2016-05-31 18:12
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'Half of all misogynistic tweets posted on Twitter come from women, a study suggests.
Over a three-week period, think tank counted the number of uses of two particular words as indicators of misogyny.
It found evidence of large-scale misogyny, with 6,500 unique users targeted by 10,000 abusive tweets in the UK alone.
Twitter boss Jack Dorsey has said that tackling abuse is a priority.
The research comes as UK MPs - Yvette Cooper, Maria Miller, Stella Creasy, Jess Philips - alongside former Liberal Democrat minister Jo Swinson, launch their Reclaim the Internet campaign, in response to growing public concern about the impact of hate speech and abuse on social media.'
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Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2016-05-31 18:04
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'A survey has revealed that female students are more likely to support campus censorship than their male peers. Keeping Schtum, a report by the Higher Education Policy Institute, found that 16 per cent more women support Safe Space policies and the banning of tabloid newspapers than men. Men are more likely to support unfettered freedom of speech on campus.
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Submitted by Mastodon on Tue, 2016-05-31 18:00
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'New research suggests women earn less than men because they opt for jobs with more flexibility but less pay.
From the White House to feminist lobby groups, a chorus of voices claims the gender pay gap is due to rampant sexism in the workplace, with women earning just 78 cents on the dollar to what men earn.
This figure is a statistical sleight of hand. The 78 cents figure, or anything like it, can only be reached by adding up all the money men earn and all the money women earn, and looking at who is earning more on average.
The figure doesn’t represent women earning less than men working the same jobs, the same hours, in the same roles. Nevertheless, the Obama administration is proposing costly rules that mandate companies with 100 employees or more to include more information on annual reports of employees’ pay and sex.'
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